King's Awakening - Chapter 146 - : Jones Group Store Big Fraud?

The life of the underworld was something Ashley had dreamed of escaping all her life. Born as a bastard from an affair between an underworld kingpin and a prostitute, Ashley was meant to die even before she was born. The only reason she survived was that her father thought she was a boy.From a young age, she understood that if she wanted to survive in this world of violence—on top of her father’s wife and daughter’s schemes—she had to be useful.So, she made herself a promise: one day, she would escape this world.Ashley almost succeeded… until her father found her again and thrust her into a marriage of convenience with his rival, Dominion, in his beloved daughter’s place.Everyone in the underworld knew Dominion.They were cruel, organized, and simply spawns of evil. And the man who stood above that power, Luciano, was said to be downright diabolical. Just their name alone could make anyone tremble.And this organization was where Ashley now had to survive.To make matters worse, the marriage also came with a child — Luciano’s mute heir.Forced to become the wife of one of the most violent and powerful underworld organizations, and the mother of its future leader, Ashley made a vow.“No matter what, I’ll escape this place!”But she would soon realize it wouldn’t be as simple as that. Not when the feared members of Dominion clung to her feet, begging,“Madam, don’t go!”And when the mute stepson finally spoke, “Mommy, if you’re leaving, please take me with you.”Finally, her diabolical, obsessive, and utterly territorial husband said,“I’ve packed our things. Where should we go?”

After five years, Ning Xi has returned and is out to take revenge on the sister who turned her parents against her and the childhood sweetheart who betrayed her for her sister. She aims to fulfill her childhood dream and become a famous actress. However, her sister is still out to get her, and she has to avoid all her underhanded schemes.

One day, after falling into one of her sisters’ schemes, she meets an adorable kid and saves him. This is how Ning Xi found herself staying at the autistic little kid’s house to help him come out of his shell. Slowly, his father, Lu Tingxiao, starts falling for her too.

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I transmigrated into a webnovel as the pathetic young master villain.You know the type that bullies the protagonist, gets face-slapped repeatedly, dies embarrassingly to show the hero's growth.That villain. Yeah. I'm that idiot.Except I'm not playing along. I'm not going to! I'm not even going to try![WELCOME TO THE VILLAIN REFORMATION SYSTEM][MISSION: Don't avoid being a villain. BECOME THE BEST VILLAIN.]The hero? A manipulative hypocrite hiding behind righteousness.His harem? Heroines trapped by circumstance and narrative.The villains? Actually had legitimate reasons all along.I'm not here to be a stepping stone, I'm not here to redeem myself into a side character and I'm certainly not here to help the hero win. I'm here to show them what a REAL villain looks like.The Strategic, charismatic and magnificent that I so much likes to read about.The Academy's Worst Villain isn't the one who bullies weaklings. It's the one who steals the protagonist's fate, recruits his harem, and rewrites the story.Let's see how the hero handles a villain who knows every move he'll make.-----------------Additional tags.Drama.Harem, Beautiful Female Lead, Antihero Protagonist, Clever Protagonist, Strategic BattlesFaction Building, Romantic Subplot, Face-Slapping, Revenge...Note: This is not a dark book and it's a very fast pace book.

This book narrates the joyful cultivation tale of an ordinary commonplace university student and a cute and coquettish little fox.