by ALTOD_MAYNITE
He was Joaquin Dela Cruz, a Filipino exchange student. His excitement turned into unease when he finally met Lianhua Zhang, the daughter of his host family. Cold and distant, she made it plain that she didn't want him around. And when she muttered something about him not being the first Filipino student to come here and that the last one hadn't exactly been a success either the tension started to rise.This search for unscrambling truth involves Joaquin in the old secrets, family feuds, and cultu…
by Bored_Creativity
[Book III of EdensVerse]"It's been 3 years, huh..."I lowered my espresso and clutched it with both hands. Suddenly, even this empty train car felt too small.She kept talking."Wait, you are aware it's November again, right?""Until now, I still question why you lived through that.""Well, at least your sister isn't that helpless anymore, yeah?"Maybe I was tired. Maybe I was grumpy because I hadn't drunk all of my coffee. But I decided, recklessly, to answer her.Now that I look back on it, I think I…