Looking for Novels About Living a Quiet, Ordinary Life ❤️ 求平平淡淡过日子的小说❤️
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My Tenth Year as a Simp 我当舔狗的第十年
Mo Ziyan screamed because Yang Dun had knocked her to the ground, and the fall hurt. Yang Dun screamed because he had accidentally pressed his hand against Mo Ziyan’s chest... Embarrassed, Yang Dun quickly scrambled to his feet, then awkwardly helped Mo Ziyan up. But Mo Ziyan thought Yang Dun had knocked her down on purpose. “Team Leader Yang, how could you be so naughty? You told me to stand right here and not move, but it turns out you were lining me up so you could knock me over!?”
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A Working Girl’s Life Through Wind and Rain 打工女孩的风雨人生路
In the 1990s, a wave of migrant workers swept across the country, and countless young people left their hometowns for the big cities. The dazzling neon lights of the metropolis conjured one fantasy after another, while burying the youth of so many. Longing for a fresh start, the naive young Zhou Jie joined the great wave heading south. From getting a factory job to running away, from falling on hard times to fighting her way forward, she had to tread carefully at every step. She thought that a
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The Official's Ladder 官梯
No cheating spouse At the end of the day, every rule follows one fundamental principle: the strongest force gets to decide. This is the “meta-rule,” the rule that determines all other rules. The martial world isn’t all about fighting and killing; it’s about human relationships and social conventions. The same goes even more so for politics. Chen Bo is drawn into an unwinnable game of chess because of a debt he has no choice but to repay. He thinks he’ll spend the rest of his life in prison, but
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Shenzhen, Beguiling After Dark 深圳，夜色迷人
A tale of business rivalries and political intrigue set against the backdrop of Shenzhen, following Chen Binnan’s remarkable journey south in pursuit of success. This story is dedicated to all the brothers who have headed south, north, or east to make their way in the world!
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In and Around the Village 村里村外
His beautiful mother was nearly assaulted by a village lout, but she tearfully begged the man who rescued her not to call the police. Young Gao Yuan couldn’t understand why at the time. Only when he reached his thirties and looked back on the past, with those scenes flashing through his mind, did he realize that the lives of countless rural people together form a chronicle of the mountains and rivers of China!
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Digging Up Graves 挖坟
The morning sunlight fell on Zhu Ning. Beneath its rays, her skin was as pale as white porcelain. Her eyelashes trembled as she slowly opened her eyes, sunlight reflected in her dark pupils, dazzlingly beautiful. Shiliu stopped in his tracks. Seeing her squint, he heard her murmur softly, “What a lovely day in early spring.” He knew Zhu Ning had always loved the sun. But what was he supposed to do?
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The Foolish Prince Takes a Bride, and His Wife Is Expecting 傻王娶妻，夫人她鸿孕当头
Chen Xiaoyan’s father, Chen Erniu, found a boy with limited intelligence on the street and brought him home. After a few days at the Chen house, the boy started calling Chen Xiaoyan’s parents “Mom” and “Dad,” and calling her his wife. The Chen family began thinking about having the boy marry into their family, but who could have guessed he was actually Prince Cheng’an? The Chens gave up on the idea, but the prince wouldn’t hear of it. He clung to his wife, always begging her to cuddle him. And t
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Better Late Than Never. There's Still a Long Road Ahead 迟到但无妨，来日且方长
Chu Mingxi thinks of herself as a piece of charcoal and Li Cheng as a spark. Only when she meets Li Cheng does she grow warm and begin to shine. She was late to their promise, but in the days ahead, she’ll make a living from the simple pleasures of life and find love through poetry. She once thought beauty lay in partings and reunions, but in the end, even life’s everyday necessities are poetry.
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Exiled to the Northern Frontier? I’ll Reclaim the Wasteland with My Reborn Husband 流放北疆？我带重生夫君开荒
[No System, no pocket dimension, transmigrated woman vs. reborn man] [If you want an overpowered golden finger, this isn't for you] [There are children, but if you want a story focused purely on raising kids, this isn't for you] [No political scheming! No household intrigue! No palace intrigue! Not a power fantasy about a strong female lead!] [Some chapters end with short skits where the male lead transmigrates to the modern world; proceed with caution if that's not your thing] Tan Yun transmig
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1987, Before Spring Arrives 一九八七，春未至
This is a novel you won’t forget, especially its heroine, Li Shan! [No System, no pocket space, no transmigration, no rebirth] Period-setting comeback story + single mother builds a career Li Shan joyfully brings her college acceptance letter home, only for her parents to tell her the family has no money and she can’t go. Through her brother-in-law’s connections, she gets a job as a textile factory worker and works her way into the office as a translator. Then the factory goes bankrupt. Her pare
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The Happy Life of a Wealthy Family 豪门文里的幸福生活
[Love after marriage, happy ending, faux female-dominant romance] Su Xiaomei transmigrates, becoming a mother of a three-year-old at just twenty-six. Later, however, she discovers that she hasn't merely transmigrated: she has transmigrated into a book, a novel about a domineering CEO and his sweet, pretty substitute wife. Su Xiaomei never expected that she hadn't just entered a book. Her bargain-bin son seems to be the villainous big boss... Fortunately, she is only a passing extra mentioned in
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Young Master Yan Has His Eye on Another Man’s Wife 严少惦记上了别人家的媳妇
A playboy falls for a timid, long-suffering wife. He lives next door, and after watching her for long enough, he starts getting ideas. This story’s motto: Never let a little drama get in the way of a good show. Yan Hao had been called a scumbag for half his life. But after moving to a small town in the countryside, he compared himself to the husband next door and realized he wasn’t scummy at all. In fact, he even felt a certain masculine superiority. Compared with that guy, Yan Hao was practica
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Every Day After Marrying a Rugged Man Is Pure Bliss 嫁给糙汉后每天都真香
1v1. Both leads are devoted only to each other. Jiang Nian is a sweet, gentle, clever heroine who isn’t self-righteous, while Fan Pingye is a taciturn hunter who dotes on his wife without restraint. At 17, Jiang Nian follows her father’s arrangement and marries Fan Pingye, the hunter feared by everyone in the village. She trusts that her father wouldn’t harm her, but she is still an inexperienced young woman, and everyone knows Fan Pingye’s fearsome reputation. The villagers say he killed count
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The Junior Clerk and the Heir to a Fortune Are Secretly Married 小公务员和豪门继承人隐婚了
[Cold on the outside, warm on the inside male lead + warm on the outside, guarded on the inside female lead + older man + secret marriage + marriage first, love later + devoted only to her] A marriage brought about by a twist of fate stirred up no waves for either of them. What difference did it make whom she married? What difference did it make whom he married? After getting their marriage licenses, they agreed to keep the marriage a secret for the time being… But her husband’s secret identity
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After a Female Civil Servant Flash-Marries a Rich Family's Puppy-Dog Boyfriend 女公务员闪婚豪门小奶狗之后
Her stingy boyfriend of six years invited her to dinner at a fancy restaurant. He wasn’t proposing. He was breaking up with her. Afraid of wasting the expensive red wine, the heroine drank the whole bottle by herself. And then… She told the male lead, “You’re so handsome! Marry me!” He replied, “Okay! Once you’re sober tomorrow, we’ll go register our marriage.” When she sobered up, the heroine regretted it. Because he was five years younger than her and still in school. But the male lead
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Horoscope 八字通晓
"Bazi Tongshi" is actually two names added together. Which two names are there? Tan Bazi (boy) and Jiang Tongxiao (girl). [Guan Jixu and Fang Zhinan] obtained the true biography of Master Xu, Master Guan and other immortal masters in Tangfeng Cave. Founded the "Taihua Dongfeng Numerology Sect" and established "Tan Bazi" as the sect leader and "Jiang Tongxiao" as the deputy sect leader. Since then, Tangfeng Cave and Taihua East Peak have become two important numerology forums. The stories of Guan
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Secrets in the Rose Villa 蔷薇别墅里的秘密
Chen Xiaorong was born in the countryside. Her parents didn’t love her, and her prospective in-laws were all awful people. She was clever and decisive, beautiful and poised, and brimming with ambition. She earned top marks to get into university, but nobody supported her. She was willing to run away from her wedding and travel far from home to study on her own. The road ahead was difficult. When she faced endless darkness, the warmth he gave her became a ray of light that illuminated her heart.
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Early Spring Frost 小春霜早
Xiaochun Shuangzao tells the story of the lives, changes, joys, and sorrows of the three Gu siblings at the end of the twentieth century. Through their story, the novel explores the profound impact of Reform and Opening Up on people's thoughts and lives, and the sweeping changes brought by the new era. [Print edition published]
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Shanghai People Eat Rice Porridge 上海人吃泡饭
In the middle of the night, Wang’s Granny was being beaten so badly she could barely move, and could only call for help. Uncle Huang was still fuming over how she had humiliated him during the day, so angry he couldn’t sleep. He heard what sounded faintly like a cat meowing, but when he listened more closely, he realized it was a cry for help coming from Wang’s Granny’s house. He was about to go save her when his wife grabbed hold of him...
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Transmigrated to the 1970s: The Handsome Male Educated Youth Has His Eye on Me 穿越七零：我被俊俏男知青盯上了
[Transmigration + doted on by the whole family + sweet romance + devoted to each other] Li Qingqing, an HR specialist at a publicly traded company, buys a ring, only for it to turn into a pocket dimension. Then a mysterious voice keeps telling her that she is about to transmigrate and needs to get ready. Li Qingqing: ... After checking out her pocket dimension, Li Qingqing decisively quits her job, sells her house, and stocks up on supplies. Thinking she’ll run into all kinds of awful people, Li
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A Life Reassembled 重组人生
Don’t think life is always dull and ordinary. Everyone has their own poetry and distant horizons, and every love nurtured with care deserves to be mellowed by time, like a fine wine. Just like Fang Xiaojin and Lin Feng, who found rebirth through saving each other.
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Xiaohua Garden in the City 都市晓花园
Fresh out of college, Xia Xiaoxiao acquires a space. It isn’t very big, but it contains a spiritual spring that can promote the growth of plants and animals. Graduation means unemployment? No problem, I have a space with a spiritual spring. I’ll open a flower shop, grow flowers, play with cats, and find myself a handsome Professor Yu. A simple, peaceful life is filled with happiness… Authors work hard to write. If you don’t like it, feel free to click ❌, but please go easy on me.
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A Mint Candy Marriage 薄荷糖之婚
An IT engineer from a small town studies hard, works diligently, turns down a wealthy family’s marriage proposal, and goes abroad to study. Even after unexpectedly becoming a single mother, she never stops growing. She makes a dazzling transformation into an investment banking star… The only thing that drives her crazy is the child’s father, a young man from a small town who’s two years younger than her. He pursues her relentlessly, but what can she do? Love isn’t something you can achieve just
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Starlight Over Yunling 云岭星光
After popular actress Ning Xin is betrayed by her boyfriend Lin Rui and her public image falls apart, her manager sends her off to the remote mountain village of Qijia Courtyard B&B to lie low. There, she falls in love with the owner over time, while becoming involved in rural revitalization, raising children, and a series of other stories…
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Teacher's Wife, Please Answer 师母，请回答
Teacher’s Wife, Please Answer
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The Happiness We Waited For 等来的幸福
In this blended family, the male and female leads grow up calling each other brother and sister. After her mother dies, the heroine goes abroad with her biological father. While overseas, she and the male lead begin a relationship.
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Love Makes a Home 有爱才有家
Where There Is Love, There Is a Home
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Transmigrating into the Mountains: A Farmer Widow’s Easygoing Life 穿越深山，农家小寡妇的悠哉日常
(No romance, farming, no golden finger, no imperial power struggles, no awful relatives, building a fortune, everyday family life, livestock raising) Wen Li woke up one day in the body of a young widow. Well, she got to be a mom without the labor pains, and there was no man in the picture. Not bad. Looking at her family of frail and elderly relatives, their home practically bare, she rolled up her sleeves and got to work. She led them in farming, selling medicinal herbs, curing persimmons, and g
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The Little Earthen Tower Family 小土楼人家
They say there’s no one better than a mother, and a child with a mother is treasured like a precious gem. But for Yu Jian, it’s that there’s no one better than a grandmother, and a child with a mother is like a blade of grass. One earthen building, one world, smoke curling from the chimneys. A lifetime of love, a lifetime of warmth in the heart.
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Woman in a Man’s Body: A Concubine-Born Son’s Rise to Wealth 女穿男：庶子的发家日常
[Woman transmigrates into a man's body + transmigration + one-on-one romance + marriage before love + slow-burn + farming and business] [Sweet-talking, ruthless rent collector vs. theatrical holdout who refuses to break off the engagement] When Zhao Wenduo opens his eyes, he's become the disowned illegitimate son of a duke's household. A vast fortune? None of it is his. A houseful of servants? They've all gone to the legitimate son. All he has left are two crumbling alleys, a marriage contract,
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Love at First Sight: The Farmer's Daughter and the Landowner 爱了爱了，农女的员外郎
[Slice of life, no transmigration, no rebirth, no golden finger, a slow and steady story about imperial exams and getting rich. Here, “yuanwailang” is simply a colloquial term for a rich man.] The Su family of Zao Shu Village had nothing to their name. Su the eldest and Su the second were both old enough to marry, but because their family was poor, no one would consider them. One day, the matchmaker brought good news: Song, a wealthy man from town, was willing to offer ten taels of betrothal mon
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Qingshui Village Farmstay 清水村农家乐
When you've reached a dead end, go home, back to the vast fields and farmland. Help your parents sell peaches, grow vegetables in greenhouses, and run a farmstay. Then lead the villagers of Qingshui Village to prosperity and forge your own path as a new-generation farmer!
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Zhang Laiti 张莱蒂
Zhang Laiti grows up in a respectable family in a small county town. She never goes without food, clothes, or other necessities. Her parents do everything they can to support her education. To outsiders, they seem loving and well-off, and she appears to be a daughter raised in comfort. Her mother, Liu Pei, is the gentle, well-mannered second daughter in her family. She devotes herself to her parents and siblings, earning everyone's praise. They all say she's the Liu family's good second daughte
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Reunited After Ten Years 十年再相遇
After finishing their college entrance exams, childhood friends He Yimo and An Muchen officially became a couple. The news drove Jiang Shuwan, who had always been in love with An Muchen, to slit her wrists in a suicide attempt. For their daughter's sake, Jiang Shuwan's parents forced the two people who truly loved each other to become strangers. Ten years later, with their friends and younger sister working to bring them together, they laid their grievances to rest and reunited.
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The Vanished Winter 消失的冬天
This story follows Xia Xue, a country girl who finds herself again and is reborn after her father sells her out, her lover abandons her, and her friends betray her one after another.
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The Ordinary Life of a Supporting Character 配角的平凡人生
Shi Yanjun: Who says you have to date in college? Well, I won't. I'm going to focus on gaming! Mo Jingyu: Who says you have to devote yourself to your husband and children after marriage? Well, I won't. I'm going to make a name for myself! Su Jinxiao: Who says every good girl is bound to meet a terrible man? Well, I won't. I'm going to find a man who's ten out of ten! Mu Hanyun: Who says a woman has to wallow in misery after a divorce? Well, I won't. I'm going to live life on my own terms!
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In the 1970s, I Came Clean: My Grandpa’s a Big Shot 七零我摊牌了我的爷爷是大佬
In his previous life, Su Lin endured one tragedy after another: his parents died, his sister married far away, and his younger sister was sold. Just when he finally managed to return to a normal life, a rich second-generation heir turned everything upside down. In the end, Su Lin’s body was dumped at sea... Unexpectedly, when Su Lin opened his eyes again, he had been reborn as an eight-year-old child. In this life, he would save his family, make a fortune, and help them build a better life throu
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A Wounded Woman Doesn't Talk About Love 受伤女人不谈爱
She raises her husband’s mistress’s child! This is a story about a woman’s growth, inspired by many real-life stories. Wang Shengnan was born into a rural family that favored sons over daughters, and her mother named her Shengnan, meaning “to surpass men.” She started working as soon as she graduated from middle school. At a beauty salon, her boss sexually assaulted her, but timid and meek, she did not dare speak out. Later, she married an ordinary man, only for him to die in an accident. After
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A Hundred Little Things with My Boyfriend 和男友的一百件小事
Modern romance + fun everyday love story + mutual devotion + sweet romance Chen Yuanyuan returns home and moves in with her best friend, Li Jin’an. By chance, she meets Li Jin’an’s younger brother, Bai Yu. The two go from bickering like sworn enemies to becoming a sweet couple. Chen Yuanyuan finds herself an adorable puppy of a boyfriend in Bai Yu, and their warm, romantic everyday life is the envy of everyone.
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The Farming Girl Has a Pocket Dimension: Her Scholar Husband Dotes on Her 农女有空间：秀才相公宠妻日常
Her birth family is desperately poor, and Du Chan, who can eat them out of house and home, is sold by her brother and sister-in-law to the Qin family for two thousand coins to bring good fortune to their dying invalid son. Who could have guessed that after just a few days of marriage, his health would start to improve? Faced with sky-high medical bills, the Qin family, terrified of how much Du Chan can eat, hurriedly splits the two little calamities off into their own household before the New Ye
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The Transmigrated Farm Girl Supports Her Husband's Quest to Become the Top Scholar 穿越农女：我供夫君考状元
[Cozy farming + slow and steady romance + everyday family life + building wealth + imperial examinations] Shen Xi lost her parents at a young age and had lived with her grandfather since middle school. The day after graduating from college, she became a complete orphan. After finally arranging her grandfather’s funeral, Shen Xi fainted in front of his grave. When she woke up, she discovered she had caught the latest social trend: she had transmigrated!!! She had the same name, and looked just as
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I Transmigrated to Ancient Times and Made a Fortune with My Rugged Husband 穿越古代，带糙汉相公发家致富
[Historical romance + farming and commerce + sweet romance + food + rugged husband and lovely wife] Su Qingqing transmigrated into a dynasty that had never existed in history. Looking at her dilapidated home and her husband, whose clothes were covered in patches, she decided to build her fortune in ancient times with her own two hands! The first step to getting rich: Su Qingqing dusted off her signature skill, selling braised pork rice! Next came braised pork ramen, milk tea, spicy hot pot, and
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Reborn in the 1970s: Coins Rain Down Wherever I Go 重生七零之到处爆金币
Golden finger + period setting + transmigrate into a book + fictional world + cozy everyday life Shan Yi always thought his luck was perfectly ordinary: Not too good, not too bad, just middling. Who knew he'd wake up one day to find he'd transmigrated, becoming the child of a superhero mom from a period novel? He has eight siblings, more than the Calabash Brothers. Even stranger, anything can drop gold coins. If he hadn't gotten hurt and bled, he really would have thought he was playing a game.
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Getting By in a Period-Era Novel 我在年代文里混日子
Transmigrate into a book + period setting + everyday family life + a touch of fantasy Hu Yan realized she seemed to have been reborn and transmigrated. She’d become a character in an old period novel she had read long ago. Oh, the story had already ended. She was a peripheral character, even less important than a walk-on. Her family’s four lovely daughters were living miserable lives. She didn’t have the heroine’s portable dimension or special aura. But she did have her own little stroke of luck
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Kidnapped at an Old Age, Reborn in 1999: The Whole Family Is Together Again 被拐老太重回99，一家整整齐齐
Alternate History + Everyday Life + Family Matters + Reborn + No Golden Finger + Adorable Kids As the saying goes, rich old ladies dance in the plaza, while poor old ladies can only sell vegetables and scavenge for trash beside them. In 2029, Yuan Laotai was hit and injured while collecting empty bottles, and ended up in the hospital. Lying in her hospital bed, she looked at the few dutiful children she had left, her heart full of resentment toward heaven, the world, and herself. She thought abo
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Back in 1995, Building a Business While My Little One Strikes It Rich Treasure Hunting 重回九五搞事业，崽崽靠寻宝致富
Just got its rating... Cozy everyday life + period setting + reborn + building wealth + raising kids + no romance + a touch of ensemble cast Chen Jiayan woke up one day to find herself back in 1995, when she was five years old, just before a high fever nearly left her stupid. Looking back, her life hadn’t been all that terrible, and there was no one she’d loved but couldn’t have. Looking at her family, decades younger, and their many hardships, she clenched her little fists and gazed out at the
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Reborn with Heart Disease: I Want to Keep Dad Away from Cancer 心脏病重生，我要爸爸远离癌症
The terrible news came one after another: heartbreak, her father’s death, and then the dog she’d raised for ten years died of illness. In just three and a half years, Liu Lingmei fell from heaven into a pit of mud, shattered into pieces. A long period of silence didn’t heal her wounds. It only made her heart worse. Given another chance at life, she would make sure you stayed far away from cancer and escaped the family’s inherited nightmare. She would save you, herself, and your love.
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There Is a Girl in the Village Named Xiaofang 村里有个姑娘，叫小芳
This is not a love story. The life of an ordinary rural woman. Xiaofang's story may be the story around us. I once longed for a prosperous big city life, but later...
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His Insatiable Desire, Her Ordeal 他的欲壑，她的劫难
Shen Yu risked her life to give birth to a son. Seven years later, Qiao Feng still cheated on her. Shen Yu’s best friend, Du Xiaoyun, had gradually found peace of mind in her sexless marriage. She asked Shen Yu, who had decisively divorced: If that woman hadn’t seduced him, would he have betrayed your marriage? He would. Why? Because he has no principles… A person with no principles when it comes to marriage will never be faithful to it. Does marriage require fidelity? It does. Getting married
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Manman’s Journey to Happiness 漫漫要幸福
Marriage first, love later, a devoted couple, an uncaring family back home, and an unwelcoming in-law family: even a terrible hand can be played well. See how the heroine, Zhong Manman, turns her life around. My new work is out! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well!
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