A Roundup of Novels with Ordinary Titles but Fantastic Stories 盘点那些名字很普通，内容很精彩的小说～
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The Happy Fake Heiress and the Real Lovelorn CEO 快乐假千金和真恋爱脑霸总
[Sweet Romance + Comedy + Cozy Everyday Life + Both Leads’ First Love + Happy Ending] Cheerful, adorable heroine × Gentle older male lead (The rating is low because the book was just rated.) Blurb: The highlight of overworked office employee Xia Wenxi’s day was slacking off on company time in the bathroom. Unfortunately, even the best-laid plans can go awry. After squatting for half an hour in the office restroom, Xia Wenxi blacked out and hit the floor! When she opened her eyes again, Xia Wenxi
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Even as a Fake Heiress, I’ll Still Daringly Embrace Doing Nothing 就算是假千金也要勇敢摆烂
[Print edition launching across all platforms on August 9, 2025] When Shen Yue was twelve, she accidentally fell into a pond while feeding the fish. That was when she learned the truth: her parents weren’t her real parents, and her five older brothers weren’t really her brothers. She was the Mu family’s fake heiress! Faced with a future where she was destined to lose everything, Shen Yue decided to get ahead… by lying down. If she was going to lose it all anyway, she might as well lie back and
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The Psychological Anatomist 心理解剖者
[Signed for publication] Genius Forensic Doctor VS Tough-as-Nails Police Captain [Mystery + deduction + sweet romance + high-IQ crimes + serial murders + criminal profiling + suitable for the timid] Original title: The Psychological Anatomist Schizophrenia, antisocial personality disorder, high-IQ crimes... This is a world overrun by psychopaths. The Cat-Fetus Man case, the Couple Butchers, the Angel of Death... Twisted fantasies of evil always burst into reality alongside violence. A corpse is
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The Xie Family's Short-Lived Son Has Lived to a Hundred 谢家的短命鬼长命百岁了
[Screen adaptation rights sold] The lid of a dead person's coffin won't lie flat because they had an unresolved longing in life. Given time, that longing turns into a demonic obsession, and unless it is resolved, their descendants will suffer. Yan Sanhe's job is to release the dead from their obsessions. One day, she gets hounded by Third Master Xie, who claims to have one. Yan Sanhe says she doesn't deal with the living. Third Master Xie replies, “Everyone says I won't live long. Just think of
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After My Divorce, I Became the Best Ex-Wife 离婚后，我成了最佳前妻
After transmigrating, Shi Shi was delighted to find herself free of her short-lived life. She checked her bank balance and enjoyed the thought of having no mortgage or car payments. She gave Heaven the middle finger. This was awesome! She had only wanted to become a powerful figure behind the scenes and quietly make a fortune, hoping to retire as soon as possible. But somehow, things just kept getting more and more competitive. See how Shi Shi, a film and TV reviewer from Earth, fares in a paral
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I Sometimes Help the Host, but I’m Number One at Sabotaging Them 帮宿主偶尔行，坑宿主第一名
[Tomorrow will definitely be sunny], the System declared with absolute confidence. Then she and a radish spirit watched sunshowers in a cave. [This herb is absolutely a peerless spirit medicine], the System enthusiastically recommended. After she chewed it, she tap-danced for the rest of the afternoon. A typical day dealing with the useless System: The System supervises her studies, and she accidentally becomes a renowned doctor. She takes shelter from the rain in a cave and happens to pick up a
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Love Like a Sea of Stars 爱意如星海
[Clever, sharp-witted female executive × gentle, scheming company president] [One-on-one, love at first sight, falling deeper in love at their next meeting, happy ending] Shen Muqing only wanted to make money to pay for her mother's treatment and bring down her scumbag father. But somehow, she got involved with Ji Yancheng. Church doves don't kiss crows. She deliberately tried to keep her distance, until he cornered her against a wall and said, “I might be a more reliable choice than the men you
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Crossing the Line: Surrendering While Wide Awake 越界，于清醒中沉沦
[Independent, clear-headed female secretary + heir who has been plotting for a long time] [One-on-one, both virgins, love grows over time, secret crush becomes mutual, happy ending] * Fu Ning worked herself to the bone for three years at Shengshi Group to repay a debt of gratitude. Before things became completely unmanageable, she decisively walked away. All of Yuncheng was saying she had tried to seduce the young master of Shengshi, failed, then lost her temper and was forced to resign. They ca
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The Tenant I Picked Up Had Been Plotting This for a Long Time 捡来的租客他蓄谋已久
[Ice queen + wolfish CEO] [1v1 + happy ending + devoted couple] The day Chu Huaiyue found Lu Xingzhao, torrential rain was pouring down. He was injured and sitting dejectedly outside her home, like a stray dog that had just lost a fight. She had always been indifferent to other people. At the time, she felt just a little sympathy for him, only a little. But from then on, she couldn’t get rid of him. He stuck to her like glue. * One night, while drunk, she dragged him into bed. His response was e
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I'm the Heroine of a Tragic Romance, and Getting Tortured Only Makes Me Stronger 我虐文女主，越虐越强很合理吧
[Wish-Fulfillment + Strong Female Lead + Powerful Heroine + Decisive and Ruthless + System + One-Sided Love from Male Characters] Li Nian stayed up late criticizing an old-school tragic romance. When she opened her eyes, she had become the book’s ill-fated heroine, a concubine-born eldest daughter of the Yong’an Marquis household with the exact same name as herself. Her birth mother had stood by the marquis through his years of hardship, only to be driven to her death by Li Nian’s legitimate ste
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Reborn in the Flames: From a World in Chaos to Glory 浴火重生：从乱世走向辉煌
The rating has just come in, and it will rise later. Rebirth + alternate history + no System + resistance-war espionage A hundred-year-old man, Wang Anqing, dies alone amid the chaos of war... Reborn in the resistance-war era, he must start over from scratch. Watch how this teenage boy grows step by step, makes up for the regrets of his previous life, and ultimately rewrites his fate and history.
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All I Want in Life Is Half a Heart’s Contentment 一生只求半称心
The comic adaptation is coming soon! [Traditional] [No gimmicks] [Not a power fantasy] [No cheat abilities] In the 1970s, Li Laoman had no sons, so he wanted to find a live-in son-in-law for his third daughter, Li Fan. Li Fan refused and stole her second sister Li Ting's fiance instead! Now Li Ting had not only lost her man, but also had to take on the responsibility of finding a live-in son-in-law for her younger sister. With Li Laoman pressuring her, she had no choice but to take Zhong Wensong
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My Wife's Lies 我妻子的谎言
The warmth of their newlywed days had barely faded when the lie hidden beneath their marriage certificate came crashing down on Shu Wang. The lovely wife he doted on was none other than the woman his childhood friend Qin Yiming had kept hidden away three years ago. His wife kept the past secret, stumbling over her words and showing no sense of boundaries. Qin Yiming pressed him at every turn, refusing to let go. All the tenderness vanished from Shu Wang's eyes. "After everything you two hid f
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The Little Monster's Wanderings 小妖怪流浪记
(No System, no transmigration, not a power fantasy) They’re weak and unlucky, but that doesn’t stop them from being the protagonists of their own lives. Two naive but unlucky little demons keep living with optimism and resilience even after losing their good fortune. What will become of them in this world of rampaging demons, sinister hearts, and fantastical gods? Along the way, Tang Sanzang and his disciples travel west. Besides the demon kings who rule their respective territories, there are a
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Saving Mandela 拯救曼德拉
Saving Mandela
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The Demon Dragon Beyond 魔龙于彼
The Demon Dragon Beyond
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Haoge 昊歌
(No harem, no invincibility, no System, no transmigration, and no power fantasy. Read at your own discretion.) Haoge is a song of praise. The martial path has declined, and the star domains are sealed off. Everyone says it is so, but does that make it right? Then, one night, immortals and gods descended. Possession and destruction followed one after another, and a dazzling star chart and golden radiance were planted in the young man's heart. By a stroke of fate, an unassuming young man became th
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The Demon Dragon Beyond (Part Two) 魔龙于彼（下）
The Demon Dragon Beyond, Part Two
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The Bad Girl Won't Redeem Herself 渣女不洗白
Whose youth is free of scars? Who hasn’t smiled while crying inside? But flowers bloom beyond the mountain, and beautiful scenery stretches beyond every hurdle! Life is precious, so don’t waste it! To those of us who never got to be young properly back then! “Why are you here?” “Because I know my girl wants to try flying. And I want her to know that I’ve never been a cage keeping her from spreading her wings. I’m the tree she can always come home to, the safe harbor where she can rest, and the p
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After the Divorce 离婚之后
[An animated series based on this book is coming soon. If you enjoy Qiuqiu's work, please keep an eye out for it!] This story tackles a subject close to real life, one I've always wanted to write about but never dared to. After writing a few feel-good power fantasies, I found myself returning to this subject, with an even stronger urge to express what I wanted to say. And so this book was born… Yang Zhixuan was a full-time homemaker who was divorced after fifteen years of marriage. On a snowy ni
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I Transmigrated into a Book, but the Powerful Male Lead Won't Play by the Rules 穿书，权臣男主不按套路出牌
(Mutual devotion + tsundere + sweet romance) Fu Jing transmigrates into the novel The Most Powerful Chief Councillor of Wanxiang as Ruan Jing, the male lead's ill-fated stepsister. Without the protagonist's halo, a golden finger, or a pocket dimension, how can she turn her tragic fate around...
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When I Turned Around, That Person Was Still There 蓦然回首，那人依旧
After leaving her child behind and being forced out, she has returned to settle the score... "From beginning to end, all I wanted was to hold on to his sleeve and follow him to become immortals... But... I can never hold on to that sleeve... I thought fate had finally smiled upon me, but what awaited me was an imperial decree ordering that I be killed after giving birth, while my child was kept... A person whose life is as worthless as grass has only one way to stand tall before others..."
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Impossible! My Arrogant Husband Is Actually the Big Bad 不可能！傲娇夫君竟是大反派
[Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story] [Daughter of a Cultivation Clan × Proud Young Master of the Demon Clan] Jiang Zhitang is the pampered, spoiled daughter of a prominent cultivation family. Liu Xiaoman is destined to become the demon clan’s commander. The first cultivation family he will wipe out is Jiang Zhitang’s. When they first meet, Jiang Zhitang has no idea that this boy, with a smile on his lips and delicate features, is the story’s greatest villain. After she falls for him, Liu Xiaoman smile
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The Tale of Si He 思合传
She was born to an ordinary family amid the bustle of Jiangnan, spending her carefree childhood in the rhythms of everyday life. The older brother and sister who watched over her as she grew up were, in fact, lost royal descendants living incognito among the common folk. Once their origins were revealed, the family's fate was changed forever. She, too, was swept into the deep waters of the imperial palace. In the golden hall, candlelight flickered as she smiled sweetly. Every glance she cast lef
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Ziqing 子卿
A princess of a fallen kingdom and a prince from a foreign land meet on the journey to a political marriage and fall in love. But fate has other plans: one must put her country first, the other his people and elder brother. Their love never goes beyond what propriety allows; neither of them ever crosses the line. To be happy with the one I love for a whole lifetime, only to be told it was all a dream: how cruel. “Princess, you and Prince Chen are not destined to be husband and wife. This dream i
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A Cruel Mother, a Broken Home, and Me, Unbroken 狠心的妈，破碎的家，不屈的我
[Male-Oriented, Rural, Family, Comeback, Power Fantasy, Inspirational] Abandoned by his own mother, abused by his stepmother, and struck by his father's sudden misfortune. Su Yang, a poor boy from the mountains, has been left battered by his family's cruelty. With no one to lean on and no support to count on, he can only fight his own way to survival. He studies hard, weathers turmoil on campus, and makes his way in the business world. His heartless relatives come crawling back to latch onto his
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Are You Crazy? You Call This Lawyer a Fraud? 疯了吧？你管这叫水货律师？
Su Kai is a senior lawyer at one of the country’s top law firms. He wakes up in a parallel world and, from the start, finds himself trapped at a notorious law firm, left as its sole remaining lawyer. Zhang Han, one of the partners at Hanhai Law Firm, represents a defendant accused of molesting a child. In court, the prosecution recommends a five-year sentence. But to everyone’s surprise, Zhang Han, the defendant’s lawyer, argues that the prosecution’s recommendation is too lenient. He insists th
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The Frail Powerhouse Is Determined to Play It Safe 病弱大佬她一心求稳
[Reunion x Both Leads Are Chaste] She was the “traitor” he had spent eight years searching for and eight years hating, and also the protector who had never left his side. Eight years ago, Tang Ling was plunged into despair and broke up with Jiang Huaizhi, determined to end things. She thought it was the only way to protect him. Eight years later, after enduring countless hardships, Tang Ling joined Yantong Tech as an ordinary programmer, appearing before Jiang Huaizhi, now the group’s CEO. She w
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The Quick Transmigration Cannon Fodder Won't Play by the Rules 快穿炮灰她不走寻常路
No fixed pairing, Qing-dynasty setting + historical eras + other worlds, with a pocket dimension Note: The heroine is a hedonist and a self-serving perfectionist. Her motto is that she can eat anything but hardship and endure anything but suffering. She tries to live comfortably in every world. After more than twenty years of bad luck, college student Shen Anning finally catches a break, only to die the day before her fortune is due to arrive. Perhaps her resentment is too great: just before sh
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I'm a System, and I'm Going to Reach the Top of System Life! 统统我呀，一定要走上统生巅峰！
In his junior year of college, Tong Yi was preparing to take the civil service exam, hoping to land a stable government job with a guaranteed salary. Although his test score was nearly perfect, a new regulation forced him to work as a System to gain experience. But the first step to becoming a System was finding a Host, so Tong Yi went to the human world to look for a sucker. Xu Xinmo had no parents and grew up in an orphanage. An ordinary person with an extraordinary dream, she wanted to become
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Learning Feng Shui from Third Grandpa 跟着三爷爷学风水
Born into a family of Feng Shui practitioners, I became someone who defies fate the moment I entered the world of Yin-Yang Feng Shui. As one strange event after another unfolded, I learned to recognize fortune and misfortune, ward off disaster, and handle everything with ease. To all the brothers, sisters, uncles, and aunties passing by, please leave a book review here! Remember to comment, too! Thank you! If you like learning, remember to bring your brain along. There’s plenty of useful informa
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I Touched Your Ashes. Keep Hanging Yourself 我碰了你的骨灰，你继续上吊
In the imperial capital, there was a young master named Nalan, the most gifted diviner in the land. The noble families all flocked to his residence to pay their respects. Later, that famous young master died, hanged from a willow tree. Su Nuo was a college student. Then she met a hanged ghost dangling from a willow tree. The ghost was rich and capable, but had no body. He said he could give Su Nuo gold. Su Nuo believed him.
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After Winning a Hundred Million, I Became My Company's Savior 中奖一个亿后，我成了公司救世主
[The rating just came out, but it'll slowly improve! No risk in getting on board!] Shen Yanshen casually bought two lottery tickets and won a hundred million. His miserable working life was over for good, and from then on he lived in a mansion and drove a Mercedes. His ex-girlfriend, who had once looked down on him for being poor, came back in tears, begging him to take her back. Shen Yanshen kicked her a hundred meters away. “Get as far away as you can. Can't you see I'm washing my wife's feet?
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After Taking a Pay Cut and Quietly Giving Up, My Boss Begged Me for Forgiveness All Night 降薪摆烂后，老板连夜跪求我原谅
After My Pay Was Cut, I Started Slacking Off. My Boss Begged Me on His Knees to Forgive Him That Very Night
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My Comatose Husband Woke Up After I Married Him to Bring Him Good Luck 植物人老公被我冲喜冲醒了
My Vegetative Husband Woke Up After I Married Him for Good Luck
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After a Whirlwind Wedding, I Became a Rich Woman and Didn't Have to Work Night Shifts 闪婚后我成了富婆，还不用上夜班
After a Whirlwind Marriage, I Became a Rich Woman and Didn't Have to Work the Night Shift
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After Being Demoted and Quietly Giving Up, My Incompetent Boss Begged Me to Accept a Promotion 降职摆烂后，草包领导跪求我升职
After I Was Demoted and Started Slacking Off, My Incompetent Boss Begged Me on His Knees to Promote Me
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After the Intern Was Thrust into the Role, the Boss Begged Me on His Knees to Take Over 实习生赶鸭子上架后，老板哭着跪求我上位
After the Intern Was Thrown in at the Deep End, the Boss Wept and Begged Me to Take Over
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Don't Want to Work Overtime? Then Get Out! I Did, So Why Is My Boss Begging Me to Come Back? 不加班就滚？真滚了，老板又跪下来求我干什么？
“If You Won't Work Overtime, Then Get Lost!” I Really Left, So Why Is the Boss Kneeling and Begging Me to Come Back?
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My Stubborn Mother-in-Law Went to Her Grave 不听劝的婆婆归西了
My Stubborn Mother-in-Law Went to Meet Her Maker
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During My Confinement, I Kicked My Mother-in-Law Out 月子里，我赶跑了婆婆
I Kicked My Mother-in-Law Out During My Postpartum Month
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Song of Hua Xu: Moon Over Jiangnan 华胥引：江南月
Huaxu is a dream. The world is full of beauty, love and hate entwined, and the lovesick and lovelorn are admired by all. Yet none can withstand the passing years, and flowers bloom only briefly. I often revisit the dream of the Red Chamber, admiring Cao Xueqin’s brilliance and regretting that he could not finish his work. Now I wish to imitate his approach and write a book as a warning to those who come after, hence this introduction. As for the words “Jiangnan,” I chose them because it is the h
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The 1970s: I Married the Man Who Prayed to the Gods 七零：我嫁给了求神拜佛的那个他
[Transmigration + Period Setting + Everyday Life + Sweet Romance + Past and Present Lives + Rebirth + Romance + No Saintly Protagonist + Golden Finger + Pocket Dimension] Blurb: Bai Xiaxia transmigrates to the 1970s, only to have her engagement broken off. The neighbors are all waiting to see her make a fool of herself. To their surprise, before long she's married to someone with even more power and status! She thinks going north to study is a reluctant choice, made after weighing her options
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Life in the Jianghu: An Electrical Engineer's Extraordinary Adventure 人在江湖：一个电力工程师的奇遇
Li Fangao, an electrical engineer, unexpectedly gains supernatural powers. In a daze and against his will, he finds himself stepping into the modern-day underworld. His powers bring him one extraordinary encounter after another, and with each new experience, his abilities continue to advance. Moving between the underworld and everyday life, he thrives in both. The underworld today has no more flashing blades or torrents of blood, but it is rife with open and covert power struggles, with deadly d
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Mary, Do You Know? 玛丽，你知道吗？
[Western fantasy + historical what-if + scientific superpowers + ensemble cast + serious drama] In the Victorian era, an Eastern girl is brought to Europe. She possesses the same “Trinity” abilities as the legendary “Mary”: mind-reading, control, and healing. Yet she does not believe in miracles. Instead, she uses science to explain supernatural powers, seeking to uncover the mystery of a contract hidden in her bloodline. Theodore, her gentle childhood friend, returns from war covered in scars,
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The Rat King Forced Me to Cultivate, and I Got Rich Across Worlds by Snagging Bargains 鼠王逼我修仙，我靠捡漏暴富万界
[Ordinary Mortal's Treasure-Hunting Cultivation] [Treasure Hunts and Mysteries] [Secret-Realm Expeditions] [Unearthing Treasures Across the Myriad Worlds] [Laid-Back Immortal Cultivation] [Secret-Realm Dungeon Adventures] [Lighthearted and Relaxed] Qin Lie: “Immortal, demon, or Buddha, I don't care. Anyone who gets in the way of my treasure hunt and path to immortality dies!” Treasure-Hunting Mouse: “Kid, you've got a big mouth!” Qin Lie: “If we can't kill them, we'll just run!” From antique s
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Sails Together on the Vast Sea 沧海同樯
A bloodstained ship’s nail from the Ming dynasty links a tragic tale of sacrifice and protection across six centuries. During the Yongle era, 108 fishermen from Tanmen joined their boats in a desperate battle at Twin Reefs to defend their waters. Their masts toppled, their oars shattered, and every one of them perished at sea. In the present day, Huang Qinghe, an inheritor of intangible cultural heritage, and his granddaughter Huang Fan swear to defend the Brothers’ Temple, a symbol of sovereign
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A Lowly Palace Maid's Rise to Power 粗使宫女升职记
[A new writer and a new novel. The rating has just appeared, so it’s quite low. My family is struggling, and writing isn’t easy. I hope you’ll be patient with me. I’m deeply grateful to you all.] [This story features a large ensemble] [No rivalry between women, no love-brained heroines, and no adoration of men] [Women supporting women] [An unconventional palace drama] [A heroine who grows] Please note! The emperor in this story is extremely [human] (bolded for emphasis!), and lacks basic moral
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Eight Meters Apart: Imperfect Us 八米的距离：不完美的我们
I wrote a love letter for my roommate to give to the classmate I had a crush on. Every “I love you” was something I was desperately writing to myself. Ten years later, I got married. My bride wasn’t her. On our wedding night, my wife said calmly, “I know there’s a room in your heart I can’t enter.” I said I was sorry. She said, “What matters is that you come home every day.” Ten years later, I nearly cheated on her. When the young woman took off her coat, she revealed the scars on her wrist: “We
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Plenty of Stories at the Funeral Home 殡仪馆里故事多
Ever since Lin Yu took a job driving a hearse at a funeral home, his life became anything but ordinary. He and his friends went through all kinds of bizarre, inexplicable events together. Vengeful spirits possessing people, a dead infant in a pot, opera singing in a graveyard... No one knew what would happen next.
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