Since The Red Moon Appeared - Chapter 1109: The battle at qingang (6500 words) _2

To care for her ailing sweetheart, college student Lu Chenchen gave up her white-collar office job and chose the higher-paying caretaker profession instead. Going around in circles, she ended up at the Mao family’s home.

The Mao family background was complicated. Old Madam Mao was not her son Yanning’s birth mom, but his young aunt. His wife was Old Madam Mao’s first love’s daughter, spoiled and pampered. Despite over ten years of marriage, husband and wife were distant.

To repay Old Madam Mao’s kindness in raising him, and for the sake of his three children, Mao Yanning endured again and again – not just a loveless but outright destructive marriage.

Lu Chenchen walked on eggshells among these people – carefully serving young and old, currying favor with the lady of the house without offending the man of the house, while also worrying about his sweetheart’s illness and missing “his” elders and children back home. Her heart was like a cookie flattened between the pages of life, living a difficult and cautious existence.

However, as the saying goes, “You reap what you sow.” A life that has been polished will eventually shine with a brilliance that ordinary years cannot compare.

Manchester United, once a dominant force in world football, finds itself struggling under Erik ten Hag despite having the financial power to rebuild.Big-money transfers fail to restore the club’s glory, forcing Ten Hag to shift his focus to homegrown talent.Among the overlooked prospects in the U18 squad is Leo Calderon, a 17-year-old central midfielder buried deep in the pecking order.Lacking physicality and dismissed by teammates as weak, Leo endures constant ridicule from those who dominate with strength and athleticism.But during one ordinary training session, everything changes—Leo suddenly sees passing lanes no one else can, angles of play invisible to even the most talented prospects.Yet, there’s a problem. His vision surpasses his ability. The passes he attempts don’t connect, his technique unable to match his newfound awareness.Coaches dismiss his efforts as sloppy, and his struggles continue. But one unexpected observer—a visiting League One assistant coach—notices something different.He watches Leo’s movements, seeing potential where others see failure.As Leo fights to prove himself in an unforgiving system, the question lingers—can he refine his raw talent before the club moves on without him?

An eternal prison, a soulless body, a sealed spirit, everything lost.

To resign before merciless fate, or to become destiny!

“I lived in an illusion, I was lost, I could not find my home, I did not have a home… but why does it matter?! Between bowing to the threat of death and a spine that would never bend, I will choose the latter!”

- Description from Novelupdates

To the world, Isabella Harrington is nothing special--quiet and easy to forget despite her wealthy background. After her parents died ten years ago, her inheritance fell under her uncle's control. Even her marriage was perfectly planned by them.But Isabella was far from being anyone's pawn.Behind her calm smile and flawless disguise hides a fiercer and more ruthless side. She would do anything to take back everything that was stolen from her, even if it meant attaching herself to her family's rival.Enter Kaelian Veyron, the young master of the powerful Veyron family and president of Phoenix Corporation. He's the man every woman dreams of marrying.Cold, calculating, and devastatingly handsome, he easily tops the nation's “most desired” men lists even after an accident left him blind.No one, however, imagined that the 'ordinary' Harrington heiress would pursue him so relentlessly that she boldly moved in next door, sent him flirty texts, and removed all obstacles from his path, and even confessed her feelings in public.Everyone waited for her to be rejected and humiliated.Unexpectedly, Kaelian surprises them all by taking Isabella as his wife....He thought her feelings for him were fleeting, and he should get rid of her early.But later, he realized, she had already stolen his heart.Now, he can’t let her go.