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A Tail Never Cut
Words: 3326 · Source Novel:: Greed's Fatal Tail
Li Jian walks out of the Purification Hall with his land secured and his body scarred. Jing Zhang awaits execution, yet Li Jian feels no triumph, only the cold understanding that greed, like a phantom tail, continues to twitch in every heart of the village—and in the new magistrate sent to replace the last. As he sits on his reclaimed boundary stone, Li Jian realizes the true asylum is the world outside, where the fatal tail never stops growing.
The Rich Soil Grudge
Words: 3147 · Source Novel:: Greed's Fatal Tail
Li Jian wins a land dispute against his neighbor Jing Zhang, who lusts after the farm's rich soil like a man starved. In court, Li Jian presents his land deed and village witnesses, humiliating Jing. That night, Jing stares at his own meager plot and feels the ancient pull of greed, a living tail he cannot sever. He decides Li Jian's sanity will be the soil in which he plants his revenge.