Tragedies! Must Be Underrated and Under 800,000 Words. No Mindless Angst! 虐文!一定要小众!80万字以下!不要无脑虐!
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The Sad Little Thing Called Unrequited Love 暗恋这件难过的小事
Lin Xu has a crush on the popular boy Ye Feng, and she remembers countless little details about him. Every day, Lin Xu times her departure down to the second, getting dressed and putting on her shoes in a hurry, all for the chance to catch a fleeting glimpse of his back. The music playing during the long break outside her classroom is Xu Song’s “Moon over Luzhou.” Lin Xu knows it’s the favorite song of Ye Feng, the school radio station’s announcer. Lin Xu has even stayed up all night organizing
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The Royal Family Is Truly Heartless 最是皇室无情人
For generations, the Mu family had loyally served the country. In the end, their entire clan was sentenced to execution. The official presiding over the execution was her husband, the most brilliant and extraordinary of the Great Jing Kingdom's Third Princes. Then she awoke to the truth: The man she loved was a member of the royal family, the most heartless people in the world...
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The Delicate Beauty’s Tears 折娇啼
[The hero regrets everything to the point of madness + the leads torment each other + a friend steals the heroine away + the second male lead gets the girl + no reconciliation after a breakup + pure historical angst + the heroine ends up with the second male lead] Shen Yanzhi, heir to the Marquis of Jinghai in the Great Chu Kingdom, had just come third in the palace examination when he was unexpectedly captured by the Eastern Qiang Kingdom and married off to Qin Guiwan, a woman of Eastern Qiang
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My Lord, the Princess Consort Says She’ll Never See You Again 王爷,王妃说此生不复相见
[Historical Romance Tragedy + No Getting Back Together + Second Male Lead Takes the Lead] A tragic romance! A tragic romance! A tragic romance! Ye Chuyan loved Pei Xiuyan for twelve years, but never moved him in the slightest. All she got in return was Pei Xiuyan wiping out the Ye family and having her father and brothers tortured to death over three days in the snow. At last, she understood: for the rest of her life, there would be no love between her and Pei Xiuyan, only hatred, until one o
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My Ex-Husband Is Sacrificed to the Heavens, and I Become Unstoppable 前夫祭天,法力无边
[Content warning: old-school angst. If you like feel-good stories, stay away!] [Content warning: old-school angst] [Content warning: old-school angst] Shen Qingzi is the fated heroine in the Cycle Envoy's stories. Over eighty lifetimes, she helps eighty immortals who have descended to the mortal world overcome their trials. In every life, she suffers through tragic love and endures every kind of torture the mortal world has to offer. In her eighty-first life, she meets Wen Ting, the Crown Prince
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Stop Tormenting Me, Your Majesty: Your Deposed Empress Is Your Precious Darling 皇上别虐了,废后是你的心肝宝
[Both leads are faithful to each other] She traveled a thousand miles to marry him. She gave him everything and helped him seize the throne. But once he wore the imperial robes, all she received was an edict deposing her as empress. When he viciously told her she wasn’t even worthy of dying, she saw in his icy eyes nothing but the deepest disgust and hatred. She finally understood: he had never loved her. With war raging everywhere, the army of Beichen breached the walls of Southern Shu. Dressed
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Mr. Shen, Stop Tormenting Me. Please Let Me Go! 沈先生别虐了,请放我走!
A car accident changed both their fates. After humiliating her in every possible way, he finally realized that he was the biggest joke of all! Miss Qiao, is it too late for me to pursue you now? Mr. Shen, please let me go!
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Love at First Sight, Thank You for Loving Me 一见卿心,承蒙你喜欢
Tearjerker: [The Second Male Lead Wins] “Our hands will never let go. If one of us lets go, the other has to hold on tight.” That beautiful promise vanished after his car accident. He fell for another woman and no longer remembered Shi Qing, the one who had made that promise with him. Even after they married, the only thing he ever did for her was fulfill his duties as a husband. After falling into despair, she ended things with a divorce. “Mr. President, Miss Shi's flight to Switzerland is at t
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Frost of Love 情霜
Wen Nuo thought loving someone meant trusting them unconditionally. But one day, she was framed, and love vanished in the blink of an eye, like fireworks. Shen Shilin said, “Wen Nuo, you betrayed me. You deserve to be punished.” From then on, Wen Nuo spent three years living in hell. She no longer felt love, only numbness.
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Love So Deep, Yet Nowhere to Return 情深不知归处
Ji Wanyan loved him deeply, but all that devotion brought her nothing but...
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One Day, We'll Meet Again, Our Love Still Deep 他日深情再相逢
Gu Nan fell in love for the first time at the age of ten, but she never dared tell anyone. Because he was someone she could not love, she dared say his name only in her dreams. After keeping her secret buried for more than a decade, Gu Nan suddenly discovered that she was pregnant. For her mother's sake, she had no choice but to give up everything and leave. But as she was leaving, she learned the truth about her pregnancy. Marrying the man she had loved for more than a decade should have been a
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Fourteen Sentences 十四句
[The print edition of Fourteen Lines, bearing the same title, is now available on multiple platforms.] Life is like duckweed on the water, so why doubt that people will meet and part? Morality and ethics clash with matters of the heart. A realistic story. If that’s not your thing, don’t read. The greatest regret isn’t that people enter your life at different times, but that you’re meant to meet without being meant to be together. A remorseful husband tries to win back his wife. Written as realis
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Divorce! But the Love-Struck Tycoon Makes Her Heart Race 离婚!可病娇大佬撩得她心尖颤抖
[Male Lead Torment]“Why won’t you let me go?” “I love you to the depths of my soul. How could you expect me to give up?” After she dies and loses her memories, she becomes a quick transmigration agent. Her very first mission is to make a man’s love for the original host disappear completely. When she gets the assignment, she thinks it’ll be a piece of cake. She makes herself look ugly, throws tantrums, spends his money, makes him angry, and does everything she can to upset him. But to her surpri
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A Warm, Tangled Love 暖暧缠情
When Ruan Ning left Yangcheng, she thought she was leaving all her troubles behind. But the moment she met Su Zheng, she learned that some people are unbearable in a way that only gets worse. “Name, address, phone number?” “What for?” “To file a complaint against you!” Su Zheng ground his back teeth and pulled out his police badge. After returning to Yangcheng, Ruan Ning kept feeling that someone was following her. Until… she was pinned against a wall. “What are you doing?” “I missed you.” “I di
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Bone-Chilling 刺骨
Han Zhen is a thorn in Nan Qiao’s throat: pull it out and she bleeds; swallow it and she dies. When they were young, he deceived her. She thought he simply didn’t know how to love. Only later did she understand that when he loved deeply, he was more devoted than anyone. He simply didn’t want to love her. Later, she was stripped to the bone, lost everything, and painfully came back reborn, becoming someone who no longer loved him.
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After the Divorce, She Became the Apple of His Eye 离婚后,她成了心尖宠
[Scheming CEO + Obsessive Possessiveness + Physical and Emotional Torment + Wife-Chasing Crematorium + Adorable Baby] He loved her but could never have her, then took her for granted once she was his. When he lost her, his regret went far beyond anything he could bear! They should have shared the affection of childhood sweethearts, but he hurt her for another woman, wearing away all her love until he even forced her to abort their child! After the divorce, she vanished without a trace. When they
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Young Master Shen: His Wife Came Back with His Child to Make Him Suffer 沈少:夫人她带球回来虐你了
Five years ago, a ridiculous marriage bound them together. After ten years of unrequited love, she finally worked up the courage to tell him, “I love you. Can’t you at least try to love me too?” But he coldly replied, “I’d have to be crazy to love you.” But later, in the first year after she left, he stood by her grave, drunk, and said, “There are plenty of women. It’s not as if I need you.” In the second year: “Lin Xiaoran, I didn’t wrong you. Please come back, okay?” In the third year: “I don’
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Obsessive, Toxic Love: After His Wife Goes Mad, Mr. Fu Dies 偏执毒爱:夫人疯后傅总他死了
[Both Have Past Relationships + Captivity + A Chasing-His-Wife-to-the-Crematorium Arc + Both Die] Original title: Burning My Life to Love You “Please, let me go.” After an accident led her into his territory, she humbly begged him to spare her, but he threw her into the mountains, where she endured every kind of hardship and cruelty. Three months later, she escaped and sent them all to prison in one fell swoop. Two years later, he returned to his homeland and dragged her from her peaceful life i
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Young Master Fu: Your Wife Was Stupid Enough to Get Herself Killed 傅少:夫人被你蠢死了
[Tortured Romance + Rekindled Love + Scheming, Rugged Hero + The Hero’s Long Road to Winning Her Back] One drunken night, she finally worked up the courage to confess to the man she’d secretly loved since childhood. When she woke up, all she got was his cold denial. Heartbroken, she decided to move on and keep her distance from him. Yet whenever she found herself in dire straits, unexpected help always came her way. Before they got together: “Spend five million buying her secondhand bag. Don’t c
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Dump the Barren Ex, Marry the Mightiest New Husband 赶走不育前夫,嫁最勇猛新夫
My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well!
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Happiness Is Just Out of Reach 幸福触手不可及
Three years of marriage couldn’t compete with one month after his first love came back... It wasn’t until Qiao Ran was forcibly dragged onto the operating table that she realized she didn’t even measure up to one of his first love’s fingers in his heart... When a man doesn’t love you, even your breathing is wrong, let alone clinging to him. She knew she had made a terrible mistake... But only when she raised the knife in her hand and plunged it into her own chest did he realize who he truly love
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The Clouds Could Never Match Your Love 云端不及你情深
Yun Duan always believed the man she loved was a peerless hero, and that one day he would come to marry her, clad in golden armor and riding on auspicious clouds of every color. But it wasn't until he personally sent her to prison for another woman that she realized how foolish she'd been! He said she had set a fire that killed the woman he loved. He refused to listen to a single word of explanation... She endured every humiliation and fought to stay strong, all to prove her innocence! Only when
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The Tide Between Beijing and Hong Kong 京港澜渡
[The rating just opened, slowly climbing] [Hong Kong old-money style vs. Beijing political circles] [Intrigue and covert battles among the wealthy] [High-IQ business and romance] [Slow burn, not a fast-paced power fantasy; feel free to skip chapters] Four pairs of hunters, four hunts. The rain pours over Hong Kong. Come enjoy a TVB-style romance, business-war, and suspense drama! Sweet nothings go beyond “Stay a little longer” and “I adore you” to include “I’m crazy about you.” Duplicity is the
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Ten Realms: I Was Ordinary 十界:我本平庸
(We are all ordinary people. Some say they don’t understand what I’m writing! The truth is, I simply want to tell the story of an ordinary person who keeps growing, improving, and learning. He feels lost and helpless, never knowing what to do. His life is full of stumbles, but through repeated setbacks and lessons, he slowly grows! Some people are born in Rome, while he is stuck in the mud. In Rome, it’s easy to cross the finish line. But there’s something all the more inspiring about perseverin
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The Willow by the Palace Wall 宫墙柳
Why must the imperial consorts compete for the emperor’s favor? A smash-hit, heart-wrenching historical romance that burst onto the scene in 2019! Recommended by countless tearful readers, this unconventional palace-intrigue novel will stay with you long after you finish. In the lightest of styles, it captures everyone’s deepest regrets. In May of the year I turned fourteen, with the pagoda trees in fragrant bloom, I sat in Yong’an Palace, propping up my head as I dozed. The man’s laughter held
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I Can Devour Sin 我能吞噬罪恶
There are no ghosts in this world. Every strange occurrence is the work of evil things. Evil things are exactly what the name suggests: wicked objects with uncanny powers. Dolls, dresses, pillows... Any of them can be affected by resentment and turn into something evil. There are many such objects among the people, and most strange events are actually caused by them. Don't be afraid. If you are upright and optimistic, evil things will keep their distance. It is only when you are crooked or pessi
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A Love Bound by Hate, with No End in Sight 恨有独钟,情长无终
Jin Huaijin stubbornly believed that Wanning Yiyi’s unrequited love for him in her reckless youth was a sin. Wanning Yiyi stubbornly tried to atone, yet kept insisting that she had done nothing wrong. No one could have imagined that the truth about what happened back then would be so shocking…
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May We Share the Rest of Our Lives in Deep Love 愿用深情共余生
On the day of her engagement, her boyfriend took her younger sister’s hand instead! In front of everyone, she grabbed her ex-boyfriend’s older brother to use as a shield, then boldly kissed him. As soon as they left the engagement party, the man demanded they get their marriage license! Fine, they’d get one. Better to keep the good things in the family, anyway.
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All I Wish Is to Grow Old with You 唯愿与你终老
He took care of me for four years, providing me with food, clothes, and an education. I knew he would get tired of me one day, so when that day finally came, I didn't make too much of a scene. I did as he asked and walked out of his life, determined not to cause him the slightest bit of trouble. But then he came looking for me again, smiling as he asked, “Tang Xin, how did you end up being even more heartless than me?” I hated myself for having no backbone. He called, and I came; he waved me awa
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He Crushed My Deepest Love 他凉了我的深情
During their three years of marriage, he tormented her and even made her lose their child. Then, in an instant, their love was over. When they meet again, she's already married, but he keeps forcing his way into her life and demanding that she get a divorce. She sneers. “Sorry, I don't know you.”
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Addicted at First Touch 一染成瘾
At twelve, Song Xiaoran's goal was to become like her idol. At twenty, her goal was to marry him. But her idol is...
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I Once Loved You, Even as I Fell into the Dust 我曾爱你落入尘埃
Lu Mingxuan sent me to Lu Bei's bed to bring him down, then turned around and called me cheap. Lu Bei married me to protect his status and position, but then forced me to divorce him for the sake of his illegitimate child, turning around to call me an ungrateful wretch. So here's my conclusion: Why does a rich woman need a husband? Is she addicted to being insulted, or are young, handsome men just not good in bed?
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Alas, the Night Is Always So Cold 奈何夜色总薄凉
Three years ago, Jiang Wanyin was like the dazzling princess in a fairy tale. After Gu Yunsheng suddenly opened her heart, her life began to revolve around him. Because of a misunderstanding, he broke both her legs and threw her in prison. After three whole years of torment, Jiang Wanyin emerged from prison covered in scars, only to be greeted by his Satanic smile and a steady stream of torment and humiliation. He was not simply seeking revenge. Deep down, he harbored a love he could not face, a
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By the Time Our Hair Turns White, I'll Have Lost You 等到白头错过你
I let you go only so you could have the fullest wings in the world. Mr. Huo, loving you is a song.
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I'll Tell You the Story of My Life 我将此生,说予你听
I was insecure, timid, and came from a poor background. I once tried to kill myself with sleeping pills, became a kept woman, was tricked into joining a pyramid scheme, and almost contracted AIDS. He was born into nobility. He was my idol. He misunderstood me, looked down on me, ignored me, gave up on me, helped me, hated me, and even loved me. He told me, “You are my battlefield.” He told me, “In this life, I hope someone will stay by your side through every hardship.” I only want to ask one t
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How Could I Not Long for You 岂言不相思
Blurb: In this world, the best fate I could ever have will come from your hands. That is my promise.
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The Bloodthirsty CEO's Puppet Bride 嗜血总裁的傀儡新娘
A carefully orchestrated accident turned An Muran into a pawn in Ou Yechen’s hands. Because her face resembled Lan Yiner’s, she was forced to marry Luo Yuxi, a man she had never met. All to satisfy his selfish desires. Countless schemes and crimes became intertwined. She struggled endlessly through the mire of fate. Beneath the cruel moonlight, the man lifted her delicate chin and said indifferently, “An Muran, you can’t escape.”
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Run! Her Flash Marriage Turned Abusive, So She Fled in the Night 快逃!闪婚被虐疯,她连夜跑路
“Who are you? What are you doing in my room?” A sudden shout rang in Liu Ya’er’s ear. Startled, she jolted awake. When she saw the strange man, her face turned pale with shock! She married him in a whirlwind wedding, yet no one knew that she ranked below even the maid. Every day, she waited on him and his ex-girlfriend, and he kept finding new ways to bully her! Six months later, he caught her after she ran away. “You think you can get away from me? Go on, try running again!” “Let go of me!” she
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If I Leave, We’ll Never Meet Again 我若离去,后会无期
“Remember to take your medicine. If you get pregnant, get rid of it.” In the six months since they married, this was the only thing Bai Zhuohan ever said to her as a matter of course. So Tang Sheng thought women who heard “Drink more hot water” every day were already incredibly lucky. He immersed himself in a world of wine and women, never coming home night after night, with scandals piling up everywhere. He waited for her to beg him, waiting until it became an obsession. She stayed at home
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When I'm Not by Your Side 当我不在你身边
Have you ever risked your life for someone else?
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Marrying a Fool in Her Place: Mr. Yan, Your Secret Identity Is Showing 替嫁傻夫:严总你的马甲掉了
After her groom cheats on her with her best friend, Qin Yi marries Yan Yize, the famously dim-witted young master of the Yan family, in a fit of anger. She prepares herself for a lifetime of a sexless marriage, but then... The seemingly foolish Yan Yize flashes a wicked smile, and Qin Yi realizes that everyone has been fooled by him...
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Restarting Life as a Tycoon 重启人生当富豪
He hurried home, bursting with excitement, only for a pleasant surprise to turn into a nightmare in an instant! His wife had betrayed him, and the child wasn’t his. For a time, he became a miserable, browbeaten cuckold who could only grin and bear it. After divorcing, he returned to his hometown to start a business. By a stroke of luck, one good thing after another came his way, along with plenty of romantic opportunities, and all sorts of stories unfolded. Later, he succeeded in animal husbandr
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The Journey 走过
Walking Through is a poignant romance novel. The carefree days of youth are beautiful, but they can also be painful. Everyone’s growth is its own story of youth, and every story is different. Some lives are smooth sailing, filled with happiness and joy; others are quiet and ordinary, with gentle days; still others are passionate and dramatic, full of fervor and determination... Chunyan’s youth was full of twists and hardships. Yet, in the face of one trial after another, she never gave in. She c
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Keeping Watch Over Our Marriage 守望婚姻
This is the tragic story of a rural woman left behind in the countryside. Juhua is a traditional village woman, and like other rural women, she has no source of income. Without financial standing in her household, she can only rely on her husband's earnings to support the family. She is the sort of person who endures whatever comes her way. Her two sweet, clever children seemed to offer a chance to change her fate, but misfortune plunged her back into an abyss of suffering...
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Sweet Little Flirt, the Possessive Mogul Can't Get Enough 娇软小撩精,偏执大佬宠不停
(Reborn, obsessive love, healing, revenge, sweet romance) Before being reborn, she hated Gu Yuchen with every fiber of her being, convinced he was a ruthless, heartless murderer. Then, after attending her scumbag ex’s wedding, she was killed in a car accident on her way home. She was stunned when she saw Gu Yuchen clutching her corpse and crying out in unbearable grief, “I’ll make them wish they were dead.” The obsessive young master Gu shed tears of regret and sang the nursery rhyme from his ch
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Blood-Red Sunset 残阳似血
[Female special forces soldier vs. heir to a financial empire] [Love and hate] [Suspenseful tragic romance] [Tragic ending] He commanded a vast business empire, and money and women were the things he had most of. They were also the things he loved most. He loved lots and lots of money, and women who were very, very special. She was the strongest special forces soldier, bar none. She had no desires and stood alone in the world. Watching her, he couldn’t help saying, “I think I’ve really fallen in
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A Life Stolen 被拐人生
Their daughter was stolen, leaving her parents devastated. They searched for her for eighteen years, traveling thousands of miles, but found no trace of her. This story reveals the strange ordeal of a girl who was abducted as a child, along with the tragic fate of her adoptive parents. Full of twists and turns, it makes for compelling reading. Will the girl ever return home, and what fate awaits her?
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A Woman from a Poor Family 寒门女人
(Family melodrama + romance + revenge) Bai Xue's birth brought her mother untold hardship. Crushed by feudal beliefs, she and her mother struggled just to breathe, hoping to escape that man's clutches as soon as they could. Overwhelmed with grief, she could no longer face the love her boyfriend gave her. Every day was agony, and the hatred in her heart drove her to swear she would find the man who had violated her and make him pay. Will she find him? What will become of her and her boyfriend? R
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My Husband Risks Everything to Win My Favor, So I Pack Up and Flee in the Middle of the Night 夫君玩命争宠,我卷铺盖连夜逃跑
[Matriarchal society! Multiple male leads, brothers! Every character is beautiful, strong, and deeply wounded; a big-time “I didn’t know I’d fall for them” story, with a redemption arc and an emotional focus!] Yan Qing’s soul transmigrates into a matriarchal dynasty, where she becomes the wife and head of a rural household. The original owner was cruel, brutal, and vicious. Though she had stunningly beautiful husbands at home, she abused them mercilessly, leaving them covered in wounds. Whipping
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The Princess Says Her Childhood Friend Is Just a Snake-Obsessed Lunatic 郡主说她家竹马只是蛇精病而已
[Childhood sweethearts + sweet romance + possessive love] A hopelessly clueless man’s guide to romance The Chai family’s beloved, pampered, kind and beautiful young princess, famed for her looks, has fallen for the gentle, refined young man who lives next door to the neighbor next door. But she has too many rivals. How can she win him over? The princess remembers the person who lives next door to her: a nameless creature whom neither people nor dogs can stand, barely worthy of being called her c
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