Canvas of Lies: The Mountain Heir's Masterpiece
By @john1208
Maelo grew up tending sheep on the terraced farms of Mount Soriano, far from the glittering galas of the Estevant family's art-auction empire. His quiet life shatters when a routine hospital visit for a minor farming injury triggers a medical database match, proving he is the long-lost billionaire son of the Estevant Syndicate chairman. Dragged into the ruthless high society of Mercadia, Maelo is scorned as an uncultured bumpkin by the elites and the golden fake heir, Florian. But Maelo possesses a hidden talent: a flawless, savant-like ability to detect art forgeries, honed by years of studying and restoring forgotten paintings in his mountain barn. As he stubbornly invalidates the prized collections of the snobs who mock him, he finds an unexpected ally in Noemi, a cynical rival heiress who slowly falls for his gentle sincerity. But as Maelo prepares to expose Florian's ultimate counterfeit masterpiece, he uncovers a terrifying secret: his most trusted mentor in the city is the very person who orchestrated his disappearance. Can the shy farm boy outmaneuver the mastermind who controls the art world's shadows?
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Bloodline Override
By @john1208
Vashka spent his life scrubbing floors at the Morzana Ascetic Order and secretly hacking corporate satellites for fun. But his life takes a lethal turn when he wakes up drowning inside the submerged cooling tank of the Vrost Conglomerate’s master mainframe - an impossible, hyper-secure vault. He soon discovers the dark truth: Chairman Vrost’s dying will named Vashka the true heir. To steal the inheritance, the fake heir, Orenze, executed a flawless digital identity swap. Now, Orenze is playing the tragic, long-lost temple boy, while Vashka is legally branded as the disgraced, ousted fake heir. It’s a brutal trap - unless the victim is a cheeky, shameless hacker who loves playing dirty. Embracing his new identity as the 'disgraced elite', Vashka teams up with Lescara, a cold-blooded cybersecurity chief acting as his double agent, to weaponize Orenze’s own network against him. As Vashka systematically humiliates the snobs who think they’ve already beaten him, the clock ticks down on the grandfather’s encrypted will. Can Vashka crack the final biometric lock before Orenze physically erases him from the real world?
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