the story of 20 year old man. who finds his way to a peculiar bookshop he never seemed to notice before. while job hunting after losing his previous job.

Life is unpredictable. 

From being a bookshop clerk and an average individual, Dan is pulled into a world of demons and dark creatures.

Given a destiny he hadn't chosen, he is sinking fast into the pool of misery.

He's all alone.

Will he succumb to the devil and the demon within or find a way to change his fate?

Find out in 'The Sin'.

[ NOTE: There might be scenes that can be uncomforting for readers 14 below. Please be aware. ]

Amanda, is a girl who drowns herself in books, books, and just variety of books. Since at a young age, she has been immersed in a world that most girls don't find interesting. When her 17th birthday arrived, her eldest, Maria came across a little bookshop then picked the nearest copy she could grasp as a gift. Little did she know it was no simple book. 

And so it begins, once upon a time...

Damilola stopped by the door for a while as a thought crossed her mind.

"I hope it works", she thought, then turned back and walked towards the director.

"Ma'am, what do you say about me working for you to pay the fees?"

"The woman stared at her in silence for a while, and just when Damilola was losing hope, she said "That would be cool, miss"

Damilola was amazed. She never could have believed her idea would be accepted by the woman so easily.

Here she was, a year after graduating planning to join the dance group supported by the school.

Today was the audition and she had little time for a rehearsal.

She ran as fast as she could until she reached a nearby bookshop to buy a novel for her boss.

This was part of the many errands and jobs she does for her boss.

On getting to the book shop. She went to the attendant who was sitting almost by the door, she walked up to her and asked for the book she wanted titled 'the luggage'. She heard a lot about the book and told her boss about it last week Monday and the woman agreed on buying it today.

Damilola asked the attendant if they had the book and she told her to check. She pointed to a part of the book shop for her to check for it or any book of her choice if they don't have the one she wants.

Damilola walked towards where that attendant pointed at and began to check.

Murmuring to herself. She just couldn't understand why her boss couldn't read this books online. The world has turned digital for Christ sake.

After searching for a while, she caught a glimpse of the book in the bookshelf opposite her, but it was way on top of her. She was too short to pick it up.

To pick the book, she stood at the tip of her toes. Due to the fact that she was a barley dancer, it was easy for her to stand on the tip of her toes but barley was no longer what she majored in, so, it was kinda difficult to stay balanced. She began to jump up, so as for her hands to grab the book but all to no avail.

About to give up, she felt a warm breath on the back of her neck, a strong arm on her hand also reaching out for the book, with an unexplainably closeness and warmth. 

Someone had to be behind her. Who could that be?

Out of curiosity, she turned around to see the person, her palm on the broad chest of the person as she slowly brought her eyes up to look at the person, making her eyes come in contact with a beautiful pair of blue eyes, which also looked arrogantly at her.

Damilola was immersed in those beautiful eyes that she couldn't resist starring into it.

Not just his eyes caught her attention but his entire face. 

He was so handsome. She had come across only one beauty who was more handsome than this person before her and that was Richard.

In Fact, she started to doubt if Richard was more handsome.

This guy before her was arrogantly cute, with a beautiful smile on his face while Richard on the other hand always wore a cold face.

Any girl would pick this guy over Richard.

"Just who was this guy?" She thought, taking in more of his beauty.

He was the complete opposite of Richard.

Uhmm. Why is she comparing everyone to Richard now?

This guy's smile. Why does it look so familiar?

She stared at his beautiful face, which was perfectly shaped by God.

He had dimples pasted on each sides of his cheeks as he smiled.

He stared into her eyes unblinking.

Damilola wanted nothing more but for this moment not to end.

He was dark in complexion and very much taller than she was.

As she stared at him in a daze, she heard a beautiful masculine voice say, "When you are done drooling, could you get your hands off me?"

Hearing that, Damilola felt extremely embarrassed.

"I am so sorry, I ahhh", Damilola stammered feeling completely embarrassed. Her words were stuck to her throat, they couldn't come out.

She removed her hands from his chest and moved away from him. She was just about to walk out of the bookshop forgetting the book she came to get when that same magnetic voice spoke up again with a smirk on his lips.

"The luggage uhn? Sounds like an interesting book." He said checking the book out.

"Ye-a-h, ye-a-h, it is. I came to buy it and that is the last one, thanks for helping me pick it up. It was a huge problem getting it from there." Damilola said stammering and rushing her words at the same time, pointing at the place the book was.

She wanted nothing more than to run fast away from this embarrassing scene she created.

"Thanks for helping you? Who says I helped you. I got it for myself, Miss."

Hearing that Damilola was dumbfounded, how could someone be this shameless.

Right now, she cared less about her image, she had already been embarrassed. It won't hurt to embarrass him also.

"Hey, give it back. I saw it first and I planned on taking it." Damilola shouted in anger.

"Planned on taking it?" The guy scoffed as he repeated her words and walked away. Leaving her hanging, walking to the bookshop attendant to pay for the book.

Damilola couldn't take it, she ran after him.

Does all cute guys she meets have to have a certain kind of disorder of attitudes? Gosh! This was tiring.

When they got to the bookshop attendant, he said "Hey, I will take this, how much is it?" He asked starring at the bookshop attendant.

The book shop attendant started smiling and blushing. She probably hadn't seen someone that handsome before.

Damilola couldn't help but squeeze her face in anger. Just why wasn't the the name 'idiot' written on people's faces. Wouldn't it be easier to figure them out?

Damilola walked to the front of the guy and began to speak to the bookshop attendant.

The bookshop attendant's smile dissipated immediately Damilola obstructed her view of Mr Handsome. This made her act rudely to Damilola.

"Hello Miss, so, I came earlier to ask for this book and you directed me over there, you remember?"

"Of course, I do, I definitely don't have amnesia," the lady replied rudely but covering it up with a smile.

Damilola was so pissed by the bookshop's attitude. 

"What the heck was wrong with this woman? Can't she comport herself in front of a man? Going all out to get a guy to notice her?"

The Cashier starring at the guy, said. "Mr handsome here brought the book here first. I am sorry but that's the rule. There is no evidence that you had the book with you first, miss."

Damilola stood there, mouth agape as the bookshop attendant collected the cash for the book with a shy smile, completely ignoring Damilola.

Damilola couldn't take in this disgusting scene anymore as she walked angrily out of the bookshop.

She began to run as fast as possible to the nearest bookshop.

She got to the nearest bookshop 30 min later.

She waited for so long for a cab at the previous bookshop but saw none.

On her way back, she saw a cab.

In an hour, she was back at the dance studio. She ran as fast as possible to the elevator and went straight to the top floor. She was 30 minutes late for the audition.

Hopefully, she prayed that there were numerous people at the audition and it was going to take a while.

Damilola barged into the audition room where a guy was performing for the auditions.

If it were to be ten years ago, hundreds of people would have been here for the auditions and it would have taken days, it would have even been shown on TV, but right now, the groomers dance group was no longer in the spotlight.

They had their spot taken away from them by the rippers 10 years ago.

It was a huge blow to the groomers and they couldn't come back on their feet for ten years after that year.

Gradually, the dancers who came for auditions to the group depreciated embarrassingly.

Right now, there were only about 20 people here for an audition.

They tried still putting their auditions on air but very few people viewed it.

Everyone were only interested in the new stars, 'the rippers'

Damilola walked sneakily into the audition room through the back door. 20 people is enough to cover up for her late coming.

Focusing on preventing the director from seeing her she lost concentration, and hit a training bar, which made her miss a step. Making her land violently and loudly on the floor, drawing the attention of everyone in the dance studio to her.

Being tormented by the mistakes of her past, she decided to make up for it all by answering those questions which occupied her mind. Questions that if answered correctly can mend her life but if answered wrongly can wreck her.

She had made too many mistakes in life and it was high time she made a difference.

Read this book to find out what happens.

I don't know where I once saw this quote about how "the comfort zone is a great place to be but there's no room for growth". It has been on my mind lately, I feel like I'm stuck in this comfort zone.

*BEEP BEEP!!!* My alarm sounds, I've been up the past hour thinking about my life... or the lack there of.

Going through my morning routine is a slow and dull process, especially since my minimal makeup skill are non existent today so I end up washing my face and opting for a "no makeup day". 

I arrive late at work, good thing I'm the boss so I can make it seem deliberate.

The shop is already full swing with the morning rush so I jump in and assist at the register so we can beat the rush.

That's when I saw him... in the midst of all that chaos, I saw him.

"Expresso, make it quick I'm in a rush", he said sporting an annoyed look.

Well he's a douche, such a pity because he looks like every woman's dream.

I ring up his order and he walks off once Sindy hands him his drink.

"Who's he?, I've never seen him around before." , Sindy asks checking him out as he leaves the shop.

I shrug and carry on with the customers till the rush dies down and I retreat to my office.

I own this small coffee shop slash bookshop. Books have always been my love but as the times progress people have switched to digital thus I had to keep up with the times. There's a coffee shop that also sells a few baked goods. There is a sitting area where you can enjoy your coffee whilst reading your favorite book whether it be an old fashioned book like me or online using our free wifi with every beverage. 

The shop makes enough for me to survive and my employees make a decent earning.

At the Gate University's main branch building, a girl in a t shirt and pants stood in the library. 
She has big dark glasses and her hair were always set up in such a way that it was not able to most of the boys and girls to have a good look of her face. 

"Xiao Xun, what are you reading now?" asked her distinct friend Di Shi.

 "Ms. stupid,  it is a language operating book which I am thinking to give the professor as a present since he is having his birthday the next week." The girl replied in low voice not to disturb the quietness of library.

  Shi in amazement " C'mon you don't have in interest in the fifty year old professor, do you?"

"Get lost.  Professor Zhukov is my idol. He back then helped me a lot in studies while I was in my first year to grade up than other teachers and also clear my doubts regarding three businesses and history." 

Shi got a reply within a minute.  The beautiful girl placed the book back in its place and took her bag and started to  exit the library.

"Where are you going ,  not taking  it as a gift" chuckling at her friend not to get a gift.
 "This is not a bookshop, Ms. Di. " 

Sge got the reply in no second like she knew that her friend will definitely question her showing that she has given up on the book or the topic that she never do according to her nature. 

 "Aiyo Xun M...."

"Shi in public and in front of others don't call me by my family name. 

Just call me Amm.. 

You know no one particularly shall know that I  belong to Xun family. People may start question about my identity. " in low voice she warned her friend in a bit of chilling aura and a demonic look that was enough to pass shivers in the body of Shi.

 " I  will obey you ,your highness Amm" as completely surrendering  to her cold aura friend .

 Then the miss started to leave the library as it was time for their next lecture and probably the last one of this session before their exams.  

" Ohhh!! MS. Xun  you are so fast. ""  catching up with her friend she said.

"" And you are so slow" Xun Amm shaked her head to see her friend like this. 

Following her indifferent friend  then Shi got a notification in the university's gossiping and hot news group formed by the students online, that something intersting will happen in their next lecture and it is related to Ms.  Genius and Mr. Genius of the Gate.  

She suddenly frozed.  "Is not my friend called Ms Genius and for Mr Genius isn't he, the second young master of the  Jiang's main family , doesn't my Amm's family hate his family.  Aren't they rivals??  Have her secret been discovered!?? Is it due to my stupidity??. " her conscience told her. 

 "Stop her from going to lecture.. " it again shouted.

  Without waiting  and  wasting a single minute she started to followher. She tried making different excuses but can not stop her domineering friend to enter the lecture room. 
Suddenly she froze as the door swung open!!!

'' We will work together. '', a man said. 

'' Yeah, together we can change the history of the world.. '', a person standing besides the person said. 

They both were standing on a hill top and looking at the vast landscape which was lightly sinking in the bright rays of the sun as it was rising high from the hills. 

 
 As it is said that with the time passing and surrounding changing, our friends and relatives also changes and show their ugly sides. 

 
'How dare you betray me?'', said the man in his late fifties.

'' Why are you shouting on me? It's you who betrayed me. '', roared the second man of the same age.

'' We will have worked together and stayed with each other more than our family members did, but you
.. Nothing is more important than money for you. ''

'' It'd you who is always running for money.... ''

They both fought.

They both separated their families.

They stopped contacting each other.

Seeing each other feel happy without their buddy, they were sad so tried to create problems for each other.


Just on a single thing, once childhood friends had become rivals.


The friends who could give their lives was now thirsty for each other's blood.. 


Why does human has such a big ego?

Their families started to hate each other from their core of the heart. 


YEARS PASSED AND THIS HATE HAD DEEPENED. 


While working in the business, they found new rivals and the government. 

To protect their business and status, they were forced to work together again but the trust, that was lost could not be get so easily. 


So to build this trust, a marriage was planned. 


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" I love you.. '' said Jiang Suchen as he hold Xun May's wrist. 

'' I hate you.. '', Xun May replied with no emotion in her eyes as she tried to pull her hand away. 

'' Hate comes when their is love, so that means you also love me.. '', he pulled Xun May in his embrace. 

'' You... Big gorilla!'', she steps her heel hard on his foot.

''Ahh. You.'' He cries in pain. 

'' What? Do you think I am an easy person? Mr. Jiang, I know very well that you are trying to get me late at the board meeting, so that my company may not get this project. So lame trick. '', she said coldly and left. 

Behind, the man smirked. '' This rival bird has to long feathers, I have to cut it down. '' 


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Jiang Suchen is the cold and aloof CEO of JI. He had a past which he could not forget and tried to rectify his mistake.

Xun May is the anonymous heir of the Xun Corp., rival company of the JI.
She had to live duel identities due to her past.

Her second identity is that of Amm, who is socially funded scholar in the beast University 'The Gate' and had some more in her store.


 Follow the story Of Suchen and May to face their future and lighten or deepen the rivality and hatred that their families had shared for so long.

Will their pasts eat both of them?

Will they be a boon or curse couple?

Will their future be their fate or made by them, themselves?

 Let's find out it in this novel.....


Please share, support, vote and send reviews........

Every new year, I got a new age with year old lines on my face. Age was really coping up with me, faster than usual. I could be more happier if it was my family and friends who could have time to love me more than my wrinkly cheeks. I didn't understand why, but people looked at me like a charming young girl moving around for a lover. Sometimes, it felt like that. Young handsome guys were proposing me but I was me, so never happened. I had a small bookshop of my own, where only adults were allowed to hang out with coffees and cakes. They could spend their time, as long as they could with hourly charges, no memberships, no borrowings,  only reading their desired books. For me it was enough. Single, lonely, mid age woman who was not interested in love, trying to survive with a small book shop was quite alarming caraway story on my neighbourhood, but I loved the way they representing me. It was then, when I met him. Friend of mine made the arrangement online.  He was frustrated about the rumours, people were loving to share about me for their own benefits. That's why,  he was out of sympathetic spiritual realism, he introduced me with him. At first, my virgin love had no idea what was going on, we were just chatted like a sneak peek. No one had enough time to give each other more than an hour. Both working like a dog, too experienced adults were trying first time love, at the end of time, both of us were lost interest on love the subject. He was a man with a little interest on woman, no intention to have any interest on their thinking, their career or anything. It was like a physical therapeutic conversations.  He was interested more on my physical appearance. I was feeling like a duck in a swan's land. He had a business of his own with little bit mesmerizing airy flute notes. He loved his flute selling business and loved to play it, it was his hobby. He was serious about it and I was showing passionate gestures by asking him to make a band of his own. Afterwards, we were a good at, on hiding the actual facts that both were dissatisfied and disappointed with our lives though we were smiled a lot. I was learning from him, how to become a buddha without being a Buddhist because he was a loner himself for decades and loved to stay like it. He had a small family but all were living on their own. So, like me, his friends were worried about his lonesome future death. He was literally crying when he was sharing about his childhood affairs. He made assurances that he had dated much more aged woman than me, so I had nothing to worry about the age atleast and he was not a virgin flower that needed protection. When we were first time glanced each other, it was like father and daughter watching each other because I was shyly sharing my younger version and he was at his best version. He got probably upset by my ignorance of his feelings. Moreover, I could not made my time for him. I was too busy with my work and social life. After few missed golden opportunities to get a life long lover,  he lost his patience and got frustrated over me. He thought I was not interested. So, life happened, he announced to me about his new girlfriend. It was like an earthquake on my side because I was really interested on him. I was sobbing and feeling bad about myself for being emotionally depressed when I lost him completely.

She is in love with a man who she can not have but is this the end of an imaginary love story or the beginning?

Note: fictional, please read without comparison with your lover or ex or beloved or someone you think you know more than him or her because after all it is a mere subject of the contest.

Please read with open mind. Trying to be the lost descendant of Shakespeare when English just a language to speak to convey our feelings not a barrier with subtle rules.

In one swift movement, Gu Yancheng picked Lu Qixin up in his arms. He gave Ye Tianxin, who was standing to the side, a fleeting glance before lowering his head to console Lu Qinxin in a gentle voice.
"Qinxin, does it hurt badly? Don't be scared. I'm going to take you to the hospital."
All Gu Yancheng cared about at that moment was Lu Qinxin's slightly swollen ankle. He hadn't even noticed what kind of person Ye Tianxin was.
After he walked away a few steps, he seemed to remember Ye Tianxin and, standing at a distance of about three meters from her, said emotionlessly, "Sorry."
Gu Yancheng and Lu Qinxin then left the scene.
Ye Tianxin's heart sank to the lowest depths.
In her past life, she'd always assumed that the reason why Gu Yancheng treated her so coldly was because she wasn't good enough for him.
It wasn't until now, after she'd stepped back from the situation and looked at it from an outsider's perspective, that she finally realized without a doubt in her mind that the reason why he had treated her like that wasn't because she wasn't good enough...
It was because he wasn't in love with her.
He had done all those things to her in her past life because he wasn't in love with her.
Ye Tianxin laughed bitterly at her own foolishness and naivety. She turned around and started walking in the direction of the bookshop.
She and Gu Yancheng were like travelers on parallel paths, walking away from each other in opposite directions.
Back at the bookshop, she saw her grandmother chatting with Madam Du.
"Tianxin, how was it?"
When she saw Ye Tianxin enter the bookshop, Grandma anxiously walked toward her.
Helping her grandmother to the rocking chair, Ye Tianxin replied, "Grandma, it's still too early to tell. The inspector said the list of shortlisted applicants will be posted on the notice board at the main gate three days from now and to check back then."
Grandma was very uneasy at the thought of having to stay in Capital City for three more days.
However, mindful that this was about Ye Tianxin's life, she decided that she should bear it for her granddaughter's sake.
Although Madam Du had kindly allowed her and her grandmother to stay in the bookshop the night before, Ye Tianxin felt that they should look for a place to stay that afternoon. She'd feel terrible if they inconvenienced Madam Du any further.
"Auntie Du, thank you for being so kind and letting us stay here last night. In a short while, I'm going to go out and look for another place to stay."
Madam Du smiled warmly, her slender brows perfectly complementing her dazzling eyes. She was as graceful as a beautiful orchid.
Madam Du was in her early forties, but her face was exquisitely made-up, and she looked great. However, her side profile was especially attractive.
"You don't need to go look for a place to stay. Coincidentally, in the near future, I'm going to have to go away to attend to some matters, so you guys should just stay here at the bookshop on a temporary basis!"
Madam Du got up from her seat and led Ye Tianxin and her grandmother to the yard at the back of the bookshop.
It was only when they got to the backyard that Ye Tianxin discovered, actually… there was a whole other space back there.
Madam Du was undoubtedly a woman who loved and lived life passionately. She opened the connecting door between the bookshop and the backyard, presenting to them a small garden of flowering plants, shrubs, and trees.
Since it was spring, the flowering plants constantly gave off the fragrance of spring.
Located at the back of the shop was a small double-story house.
Perhaps because it hadn't been lived in for a long period of time, the little house looked a little dilapidated.
"Tianxin, you and your grandmother would need to tidy this place up and make it liveable. And, if you want to cook your own meals, you might need to buy some kitchenware."
Liking the place at first sight, Ye Tianxin looked with delight at Madam Du, "Thank you, Auntie Du."
"There's no need to thank me. If you were not here, I would have to close the bookshop every time I need to go away on business. Don't even think about paying me rent. I also won't pay you a salary."
Ye Tianxin was moved to tears. As a visitor in a strange city, she felt very blessed to have met such a kind person.
Madam Du's kindness filled Ye Tianxin's heart with warmth, like the balmy spring air….


Framed for something she did not do which resulted in her only son’s death, she was abandoned by her husband. Reborn after an accident, the eighteen-year-old Ye Tianxin swore to reclaim her life. Then, due to an unexpected twist of fate, she saved the life of a powerful man and her new destiny was rewritten!

Shanghai.
There were countless transparent raindrops linking the sky and the earth. On the street, colorful umbrellas started to appear like mushrooms and wound along the street.
Jiangnan's plum rain season had arrived, and the sun had not appeared for a very long time. The continuous rainy days made the air extremely humid. For an open-door business, such weather was obviously unwelcome.
However, the one who was troubled was the boss. To the ordinary worker, sales did not mean as much. Whether they sold more or sold less, the money they received was all around the same. When there were fewer customers, they were quite relaxed, and they could take the opportunity to be lazy.
There were many people that liked it when it rained, like the group of people that owned cars. Rain meant they had a free car wash.
In the rain, a limousine quietly stopped by the roadside.
The driver that also acted as the bodyguard came down from the cab, opened the umbrella, respectfully opened the back door, and held the umbrella out for the person in the car. The driver paid no regard to the rain falling down his back.
A leather shoe stepped into the shallow puddle by the curb. After that, another leather shoe followed.
Li Yuanfei got out of the car and buttoned the button in front of his suit. He raised his eyes to look at his surroundings.
It was a very normal street in Shanghai, located in the transitional zone between the commercial center and the residential area. There were some fashionable brand stores nearby. The brands were not top-notch, but they had good reputations.
In front of him was a pet shop. It was a direct store under his Stars pet chain supermarket. Its exquisite decorations did not lose much compared to other boutiques nearby. Its brand new signs were washed bright by the rainwater.
White-collared ladies and teenage girls passed by with umbrellas. They cast burning gazes when they saw the luxurious car and Li Yuanfei, who was in high spirits.
"Boss, do you need me to follow you in?" The driver that doubled as the bodyguard carried the umbrella, sending him to the covered doorway.
"There's no need." Li Yuanfei valued his words like gold.
The automatic doors separated to the left and right, and he walked into the shop.
The driver quietly returned to the side of the luxury car, waiting quietly for him to come back.
Compared to the cold wind and rain outside, the warmth and humidity inside were just right, causing people to feel like a huge burden was lifted off of them.
There was a mat to rub their feet on at the door and the floor was clean, but it also showed that customers were scarce because of the continuous rain. When he walked into the shop, he left a string of shallow footprints. No shop assistant came to wipe them off immediately, but perhaps that was a little too extravagant.
The layout of the shop was concise, but not simple. It was mainly pure white in color. It tried to cater to the cold and mild Japanese style favored by metropolitan, fashionable women. The first half was the pet supply area, the second half was the pet sale area, and there was even a playground for the children beside the door.
The cashier raised his head to look at him but did not recognize him. He welcomed him, as was the official procedure, before he continued to chat in the QQ group of chain stores on the computer. After all, the distance between the lowest level workers and him was quite far.
At that moment, there were only two or three customers sitting on the sofas and resting. Rather than actually shopping for pet supplies, they were instead just avoiding the rain.
Li Yuanfei took a quick glance at the products on the shelves. There was nothing to criticize. Whatever was necessary was there, and he walked towards the most central part of the pets section. Even though the pet products took most of the space, the position of the pets themselves was even more important.
The display cabinets in the pet area displayed cats, dogs, and other pets in different categories. The prices were arranged in descending order. The most beautiful and valuable pets were placed in the front so that customers could see them first.
Li Yuanfei took a quick look and saw an employee sitting cross-legged. He was concentrated on using his phone, so Li Yuanfei coughed lightly and used his finger joint to knock on the class of the display case of the English Shorthair. He asked, "May I ask what kind of cat this is?"
Of course, he knew what kind of cat it was. At that moment, he suddenly wanted to have a random inspection on how the chain store was run and the attitude in which they treated their customers. Before that, no one was warned.
The employee took a look, then quickly lowered his head again to stare at his phone. He spat out, "English Shorthair."
Li Yuanfei frowned in a way that was not easy to see and asked again, "What is special about this cat? Can you introduce it to me?"
The employee's face flashed with obvious irritation, as if he was reluctant to be disturbed. Li Yuanfei guessed that he was probably playing a game on his mobile phone.
He walked over lazily, staring at the English Shorthair. He casually answered, "Using simple terms, the most unique part of the English Shorthair is how 'circular' it is: its eyes are circular; its face is circular; its claws are circular; the tip of its tail is circular; its torso is circular. Its personality is warm and obedient, and it is suitable to be kept by an ordinary family."
Li Yuanfei was shocked and happy. He did not think that the employee, who looked particularly lazy, could somehow summarize the English Shorthair's specialties so well. He had used the simplest and easiest words to introduce it to the customer.
"Brother, you are very professional. Do you learn details about pets on a regular basis?" he questioned tentatively. He had already made a decision in his mind. If the employee gave a positive answer, he would greet the manager of the store and promote him to assistant manager. After all, the low-level employees who liked to learn were too rare to be buried.
"So-so." The shop employee scratched his head. It could have been that he saw that Li Yuanfei was dressed very well and he did not want him to look down on him. He answered truthfully, "That's what's written in the book."
"Oh? You saw it in a book? What book?" Li Yuanfei asked, interested. "Is it a pet magazine or a book you bought in the bookshop concerning pets?"
The store employee shook his head. "It was written in an online novel."
His response was not what Li Yuanfei had anticipated. He was shocked momentarily. "…An online novel introduced the unique points of the English Shorthair?"
"You don't believe it? I was just reading it just now… Here, it's this paragraph." The store employee took his phone out from his pocket and flipped to the chapter he was referring to, letting Li Yuanfei see the words on the screen.
Li Yuanfei was intrigued and grabbed the phone to take a look.
The phone screen was full of words, and it seemed to really be an online novel. One of the paragraphs introduced the special features of the English Shorthair. It was exactly the same thing that the store employee had just said.
So that was how it was…
Li Yuanfei was a bit disappointed. After all, compared with professional reference books, online fiction had a lower level. He hardly ever read online fiction. The impression of online fiction was that it was all about killing in a different world or fighting in a city and getting girls. On the private bookshelf of his office were all the biographies of famous businessmen and historical celebrities in the country and abroad.
He had already gotten rid of the idea of promoting the employee to the assistant manager, but as an employee of a pet shop, reading an online story about pets was more meaningful than reading pornographic books, right?
Then, another thought flashed through his mind: It was impossible to expect unambitious, lower level employees to learn and improve on their own initiative, but could he improve the quality of grassroots employees by means of teaching in a way they enjoyed?
Such as… Li Yuanfei took a look at that employee again. No matter where the employee's knowledge came from, it indeed would be able to increase the experience of a customer's shopping experience.
"How is that online novel written? Is it meaningful?" he asked, pretending to be very interested.
He simply looked through several pages and found that no matter what the story was, at least the pet knowledge mentioned in the novel was basically correct, which was already very rare for an online novel.
"Haha, I find that it is quite meaningful. I recommend that you read it!" The employee was obviously a fan of online fiction. He was suddenly spirited. He gushed and said, "I am also an old bookworm. This is the first time I have seen online fiction describing real pets! At first, the website recommended it to me and I refused, but recently there's been a book shortage. Now that I'm working in a pet shop, I thought it would be okay to see how the author fabricated the story. After I looked, however, it seemed that it was not like that, so I continued to read it. The only thing is that the author is relatively short and powerless…"
Li Yuanfei smiled as he listened. He thought, You are holding an employee pass for a pet shop and you are recommending online novels to customers. Is that suitable?
But he was already disappointed, and right now, he did not have much hope that the level of the employee was very high. He followed the flow and asked, "Is it? It sounds quite good. I also quite like pets… What is the content of this book? Can you explain it to me?"
"No problem!" The employee said. "In short, it's in a place called Binhai City. A man nicknamed 'Huo' downloaded a mobile game to capture elfins by chance, and then caught elfins everywhere. It just happened that he was running a pet shop…"
"What did you say? Repeat it again!" The employee was suddenly seized by the collar by Li Yuanfei. He was totally confused. What kind of stimulation did the elegant man in front of him have that caused his face to turn so vicious in the twinkling of an eye? He hoped that he was not an intermittent manic patient that had escaped from a psychiatric hospital.
"Who are you? Let me go!" He was reluctant to admit his weakness and wanted to remove Li Yuanfei's hand from his shirt collar.
"What is happening? Why did you start a fight with the customer?" Right at that moment, the store manager of the shop walked out. At first, he had only seen the back of Li Yuanfei and had thought that he was just an ordinary employee. When he walked in front of them and saw Li Yuanfei's face, he was instantly so shocked that his face became the color of mud.
"Boss… Boss Li, why are you here today?" The store manager turned around and pushed the employee to the side, exasperated at his failure to do good. "Boy, open your dog eyes wide and look clearly! Who is this? This is the big boss of our company!"
The employee shrank his neck in fear, but still whispered in disobedience, "So what if he's the boss? He was the first to make a move…"
"You still dare to speak?" The store manager was so angry he wanted to vomit blood.
"It was really like that! He took my phone and hasn't returned it to me!" The employee put his neck on the line. In his heart he thought that he would just resign and return to his hometown, but he needed his phone back at least. It was the new Apple phone that he had bought with months worth of savings.
The store manager pointed at the doorway and was just about to tell the employee he was fired when his hand was pressed down by Li Yuanfei.
Li Yuanfei took a deep breath, straightened his clothes, then shook his head lightly. He walked over to return the phone to the employee and apologized. "I'm sorry, it was me who lost my composure just now. Let me apologize to you. I'm willing to pay you for your losses."


1. Download a suspicious game
2. Catch a few magical pets as partners
3. Go through interesting daily routines and lead the pet shop to a whole new level

Pearl stopped by the book shop the next morning to see how things were going. She and Rhys decided to keep the name so Frank would always be a part of it but they were working on having a new sign made out front. 
"Hey guys! I brought muffins. How are things going?" 
"Oh hello there, Miss Pearl. We are well." Frank said. Iris introduced her to the new young man they had hired to work part time. He was a first year college student majoring in English Lit and was extremely thankful for the job. "I'm Tyler. It's nice to meet you. I've never met anyone famous before", He said, blushing. 
"I'm not famous.", Pearl said. She welcomed him and walked around. She looked down the aisle where she had me Rhys and smiled. This was still her favorite place in the world, not that she had seen much of the world. 

She met the band back at the studio and they worked on a few more songs. By the way things were going, they would be done with the album in another week. That would put them a week ahead of schedule to send to Jax to mix. They planned to wrap their work at the home studio that Friday. 

It was the middle of January and Pearl was ready for Rhys to be home in a week. She had been practicing making sushi with Martha and wanted to surprise him with dinner his first night back. "You are getting good at the rolling.", Martha told her the next evening. 
"I feel I'm meant to be a sushi maker." Pearl said, holding up her rolling bamboo mat. Martha rolled her eyes and laughed. Jim walked in and made some tea. "It smells like a fishes ass in here.", he said, making a face. Her sister Mary was there. She had been by the house a few times and Pearl could see some chemistry between she and Jim. 
"Hey there, Jimbo. Are you gaining some muscle? You look ... bigger.", Pearl said, winking. 
Jim ignored her completely and asked Mary if she wanted some tea. 

Pearl's phone rang and she was thinking it might be Rhys. She ran to the sink and washed her hands and answered without looking at the number. 
"Hey there.", she answered. 
"Um, hello. Pearl? It's Paul."
"Paul... ", Pearl's breath caught in her throat mid sentence. What would make her ex husband think it was ok to call her? 
"I'm sorry to call. I just, I saw you online. I almost didn't believe it at first. You're engaged? To an actor from Hollywood? And you have a record contract?" Pearl wasn't sure if he was asking her or just saying these things out loud to convince himself. 
"What can I do for you, Paul?", she asked, sounding as morose as she felt. 
"I just wanted to tell you that I'm happy for you." 
She knew something was up. He wasn't a nice guy. He wasn't a "happy for you" kind of guy. She thanked him and started to end the call when he continued with his purpose for it. 
"I was wondering if you'd like to buy your car back. You loved that car and you seem to be in a good place to buy it now, so I thought I would offer it to you.", he sounded like he was doing her a favor. She knew he wasn't. 
"I have a driver now. And several cars, including a Jeep I paid for. I don't need a 6 year old sedan.", she said. 
"I lost my job. And I'm close to losing the house. I am in bad shape. I need help, Pearl." She almost dropped the phone. This selfish asshole who made her feel like she had no worth all these years had the nerve to ask her for help. This man that looked her in the eyes, while she lay sobbing on the floor, begging him not to leave with the girl he was cheating with, and told her she "really didn't do anything for him anymore." She took a breath before she responded. Then a thought hit her. 
"I appreciate your circumstance and I feel you are the kind of man that wouldn't want any handouts. You are way too proud for that. I do, however, have a job opportunity for you.", she tried to stifle a laugh. She wasn't lying. They had a part time position at the bookshop. It was three days a week and it paid 15 dollars an hour. 
"I don't know how I feel about that.", he replied. 
"Well, I guess it appears your situation isn't as terrible as it seems." And she said goodbye, hanging up. 

That was pure joy. Pure awesomeness. Pure karma.

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