The Heart of a Smith - Chapter 22 - Training Camp I

[All content is fictional, everything is set up, it’s imaginary, please don’t take it seriously!]Master said Jian Xi was born to make a living out of metaphysics!She has two of the five flaws and three deficiencies!Widowed, orphaned, lonely and disabled, she got orphan!That’s right, she’s an orphan who was picked up!Of the three deficiencies she got no money!That’s right, she can’t save money, nor have money!Just as Master was about to pass away, he put the Taoist temple in her name, but it went bankrupt in less than a month!Luckily she has a brother who, though not related by blood, cares for her like one… So she could only go find him first!So she decisively packed up and went down the mountain to find her brother!He Qingchen, the person in charge of the He Group, acts recklessly with an unpredictable personality. One second he could be laughing with you, the next he might send you to the King of Hell!He doesn’t seem to care much about anything.Oh no, there is one thing he cares about – the Five Emperors coin he wears around his neck!Ever since Jian Xi rushed into He Qingchen’s arms and called him brother at the He Group reception, rumors spread throughout B City that He Qingchen has a sister!More importantly, this sister of his can read faces, see one’s life with a glance, and determine life and death with a word. Many big shots competed to ask her for a reading!But soon after, He Qingchen put out the word: “Those who want to seek my wife’s service, please hold off for now. She’s pregnant and can’t be too overworked!”Everyone was confused. Wasn’t she his sister?

For the large sum of money to help her husband, she chose to be a surrogate mother covertly. Her sweetheart was out of trouble, but she became the woman of loose morals in his eyes. Misunderstanding, disappointment and sadness forced her to divorce the man she loved from the childhood.

When she was determined to start new life, another man burst into her life. “You are my baby’s mommy and you are my wife!” A big surprise hit her that her baby’s Daddy, the man she surrogated for, fell in love with her at his first sight.

His deep love convinced her to believe the affection of love again. Unexpectedly, her ex-husband returned to beg her recombination. One was her childhood sweetheart, and the other was the man who loved her and gave her hope for a new life……Facing the two men, what is her choice?
 

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Content Advisory: Some scenes may be intense or disturbing. Reader discretion is advised.Three hundred years ago, in the Empire of Elarion, the Goddess of Resentment, Khaeren, cursed humanity for their greed of power and lust while the Goddess of Healing, Mirath, blessed certain souls with the power to heal.Duke Alaric Davenmore, a famed swordsman, is tasked with leading a unit to fight the monsters born from this ancient curse along with his twin brothers Lyric and Sylas, and the youngest prince Cael. In search of a healer, they find Soren, a quiet commoner persuaded by a friend to apply. But they only see him not as a true healer—only a substitute.Even as an exceptional healer, not only did the nobles ignore but even the temple doesn't want a commoner inside their sacred ground.Soren cannot feel physical pain, but his heart carries a lifetime of emotional wounds. As they fight monsters and face the dangers of the empire, will their differences keep them apart, or will they finally acknowledge the feelings they've been trying to ignore?And for Soren, who has never truly felt before—will he finally discover what it means to be healed, or sink deeper into the abyss within his heart?

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