In a Reading Slump, Looking for Period Novels 书荒求年代文
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The Reborn Capitalist Heiress Is Doted on by Her Military Officer Husband 资本家大小姐重生军官老公掌心宠
[Historical Setting + Joining the Army Husband on an Island + Reborn + Young Lady + Sweet Romance + Everyday Life] [Alternate setting, 1960s] [Flirtatious, high-maintenance heroine and rough, arrogant hero] Shen Yitang thought there must be something seriously wrong with her. She had spent five years disliking Gu Huaizheng, but after he died, she spent a full ten years missing him. She missed the strong arms that had protected her in the catastrophic flood, and the safe haven he had built for he
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Ancestor, Stop Laying Low: The Universe Is About to End 老祖别苟了，宇宙要没了
[Lighthearted daily life + invincible + Backer Sect + call for reinforcements when unable to win + schemer + no martial ethics + longevity] Because he had died once before, Hua Yunfei always put staying alive first. He had hidden away on Daoyuan Peak for a hundred years, performing sign-in for a hundred years. [Beep, congratulations to the Host on completing one hundred years of sign-in and obtaining the Ultimate Emperor Weapon: the Chaos Bell] The Dark Blood Era arrived, plunging Heaven an
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Apocalypse: The Whole Company Denies the Existence of the 18th Floor 末世：全公司否认18楼存在
[Apocalypse + No System + Reborn + Mystery + One Female Lead + Zombies + Hard Sci-Fi + No Mindless Decisions + Revenge] Reborn six hours before the apocalypse, Chu Yan has not only retained his memories of the future, but also mastered the ultimate secret of genetic evolution! He can become the most powerful god in the apocalypse! He frantically stockpiles supplies, builds weapons, modifies vehicles, and saves his parents, racing against time! He will kill his enemies with his own hands and turn
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The Ninth Special Zone 第九特区
After the catastrophe, the land was scarred beyond recognition. Food was scarce, resources were in short supply, and the situation was chaotic... A young man who had fought his way out of an undeveloped zone, with endless yellow sand at his back, came alone to District Nine to make a living. Yet he never expected to meet a few good friends by chance, rise to prominence in the chaotic era over a single thought, and embark on a legendary journey...
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Apocalypse Cockroach 末日蟑螂
Zhang Xiaoqiang is an insignificant nobody, a lazy loser who had been content to lounge around and wait to die. Staying at home lets him avoid the first outbreak of the zombie virus. When he sees his neighbors in the same apartment complex turn into zombies, he is overcome with boundless terror. He struggles to survive alone in an Apocalypse where people prey on each other. At last, worn down by loneliness, he picks up his gear and heads out into a world shrouded in smoke and fire. He takes the
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Songs of the Listening Wind Tower 听风楼歌
Why does Xiangju run a business that only loses money and never makes a profit? She treats relationships just as carelessly, elbowing her way to the top of the airport’s Twelve Most Beautiful Women. She has Hong Zhi and Brother Gen fighting over her in a jealous brawl, and instead of being ashamed, she’s proud of it. After her eldest daughter gets into a prestigious university, she works hard and becomes independent. She tutors and models cars in her spare time, and accompanies her professor to
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Quick Transmigration, Little Si! No, I’m Here to Send Scum to Hell 快穿小四！不，我来送渣上西天
[Everyone is a villain + don't read too much into all the details] [Protagonist's halo + a touch of universal admiration + both leads have past relationships + the male lead is on the older side] In this world, there is always a group of women who use the pretense of "true love above all" to brazenly destroy other people's relationships and families, forcing their way into their homes and taking their places. They may find their own happiness, but the resentment of the rightful partners has alre
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Quick Transmigration: One Story Per Chapter, Each One Wrapped Up in a Single Chapter 快穿：一章一个故事一章完结
Hilarious, absurd comedy + fast-paced + one world per chapter + one story per chapter These are the countless incredible lives of Yun Yao. Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, and enjoy the read.
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The Little Crybaby of the 1960s Is Always Hung from the Demonically Handsome Commander's Waist 六零小丧包天天被妖孽首长挂腰上
[Military marriage in the 1960s · quietly unhinged · decisive and ruthless · golden finger with a hint of mystery · off-the-charts sweetness] Don’t mess with Lu Jiu. She’s fierce, bold, and rebellious. In her previous life, she spent thirteen years undercover, going from a drug lord’s fake heiress to the drug lord herself. The day the operation closed in, she blew everyone sky-high, herself included. When she opened her eyes again, she was Lu Jiu, an academic ace in the 1960s. She came with a me
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Transmigrate to the 1960s and Keep Busy Growing Vegetables on the Island 穿越六零，海岛种菜忙
[Period]+ [military marriage]+ [Transmigration]+ [no storage space]+ [superhuman strength]+ [building a career] In 2023, swimmer Jiang Jiaojiao and her teammates are on a team-building trip at the seaside. While trying to save a child who has fallen into the water, she is swept away by a huge wave. In 1964, Lin Baoni jumps into the sea to save a People’s Liberation Army soldier in distress. A huge wave carries her away, and she eventually dies of exhaustion. Reborn in Lin Baoni’s body, Jiang Jia
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Codename Nightingale: In the 1960s, She Pledged Herself to Her Country 代号夜莺：六零年代她许国
[Period setting, strong female lead, military, comeback] She was the uncrowned queen of the shadow world, codenamed “Night Phoenix,” but fell in a carefully plotted betrayal. When she opened her eyes again, she had become Leng Qingyan, the tragic supporting female character in a military compound in the 1960s: the poor girl who, in the original story, had everything stolen by her reborn younger stepsister and eventually died miserably on the streets. Faced with Lin Xiaoxiao’s relentless schemes,
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Siheyuan: I'm Liu Guangqi 四合院：我是刘光奇
A Love in the Courtyard fanfic. I transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard and became Liu Guangqi. Emmmm, not a bad identity. Unlike other transmigrators who start out as orphans, at least the courtyard's scoundrels can't bully me. As for everything else, I'll just sit back and watch!
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A Beautiful Bad Woman’s Quick Transmigration Journey Through the Eras 美丽坏女人的年代快穿之旅
[Quick transmigration through different eras + self-serving heroine + a touch of outlaw spirit + flower-soul dimension + Heavenly Secrets Mirror (damaged)] Note: The heroine is stunningly beautiful, but she is NOT universally adored! Xia Zhizhi comes from another world where men are beastmen whose true forms are wild animals, women are called Rui, and their souls take the form of flowers and trees. The Rui, who are responsible for reproduction in that world, are extremely rare and delicate, so b
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The Sweet Chef's Daughter Goes to the Countryside, Where a Ruthless Ruffian Whispers Sweet Nothings to Her 娇厨娘下乡，被恶霸痞子低声诱哄
(Complete) Also known as Transmigrating into a 1970s Novel: The Supporting Actress Becomes the Cook at the Educated Youth Compound Chi An never dreamed she would transmigrate into a period-piece novel about a lucky heroine, becoming the heroine’s unfortunate older cousin. In the book, the original owner had a tragic life. Married off to the wrong man at a young age, she died after people spread rumors that she had an incurable venereal disease. After transmigrating into the book, Chi An couldn’t
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1940s: Snacking on Sunflower Seeds at the Alley Entrance 四零我在胡同口嗑瓜子
Tang Miaomiao was a top salesperson. She had just closed a huge deal worth tens of millions when excitement got the better of her and she died. When she opened her eyes again, she had become Tang Miao, a woman born in the 1940s. The good news: Her new parents had left her plenty of valuables, enough to live comfortably for the rest of her life! The bad news: More than a decade remained before reform and opening up. Looking at her honest, unassuming civil-servant husband and her sweet, well-b
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The 1970s: My Sister Finally Gets to Eat Well 70年代，姐姐终于吃上了好的
A Sweet Romance Set in the 1980s: One Woman, Four Pure-Hearted Men, Building Wealth and Winning Both Money and Fame. Some fall in love at first sight, while others grow closer over time. Song Li is a thirty-year-old old maid. Every day, all she does is go to work and scroll through Douyin. Half the blame for her being unable to get married can be laid at the feet of those videos. Her heart has never known love, yet it’s practically turned her into a relationship expert. She thinks marriage is n
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Reborn in Hong Kong: My Gangster Son 重生港城，我的古惑仔儿子
[Content warning: The Hong Kong arc is an old-school, oppressive, melodramatic angst story; the mainland arc is warm and domestic. Please don't complain if it's not for you.] [Transmigration + golden finger + gangsters + cute child + family life + heroine's stepson + hero's adopted son] In Hong Kong in the seventies and eighties, gangs were everywhere, but the most feared criminal organization was Yige. It had more than a hundred thousand gang members, and its leader, Shang Cixiao, was a ruthle
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In the 1960s, My Partner Set Their Sights on Stealing My Grandpa’s Job 六零之对象立志要抢我爷饭碗
[Era setting + pocket dimension + building wealth + everyday family life] Content warning: The main story does not cover the heroine's background before she transmigrates. If you'd like to learn about it, you can read the extra chapters first. On the first day Song Wan transmigrated, or rather, her first night, she nearly became the unlucky soul who died the moment she arrived. On the second day, she discovered someone had stolen the fruits of her labor, so she promptly sent them a few bullets
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The Book Transmigrator Gets a Waist-Hugging Flirt from the Army's Toughest Man 穿书女配被全军第一硬汉搂腰撩
Jian Yuelan had transmigrated into a book years ago, but the plot only kicked in after she followed the army to an island! Good news: sweet romance and a happy ending. Bad news: she and the second male lead were killed off early. A sweet, doting marriage in the 1970s? That’s all complete bullshit! Every character was just there to pave the way for the male and female leads to ascend! With no plot to follow, Jian Yuelan created her own, racking her brains to change her fate. Fortunately, her man
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A Sucker’s Life in the 1960s 大冤种的六零生活
Liu Yun transmigrated into a series of novels by a certain author, and she even ended up as the book's biggest punching bag. No way. Whoever wants to be that unlucky sap can take the job. When she came of age, she found a man and married him, only to discover she had been dragged into the “palace intrigue.” What could she do? Just roll with it. Her mother-in-law was reborn, and her neighbor had transmigrated. Right, all that was missing was a quick transmigration story. Is this world full of hol
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Back to the 1950s: The Shameless Couple Lands Secure Government Jobs 重回五零：极品夫妇端上了铁饭碗
[Space] + [Family life] + [Period] + [Trading System] After Yang Huihui dies suddenly from staying up all night, she opens her eyes in the 1950s. The original owner is not only notorious as a piece of work, but also lazy and greedy. To top it off, she comes with a fiancé just like her: lazy, fond of cutting corners, and a perfect match for her bad habits. With the three years of natural disasters looming, Yang Huihui has no choice but to lead the whole family in diligently stockpiling supplies f
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I’m Self-Serving and Sophisticated, and I’m the Worst in This Era 精致利己的我在年代里当极品
See how Lin Jiaojiao lives happily in worlds from different eras. (Note: The heroines have different personalities in each period story. Some have a golden finger, and others don't.) 1. She Has a Serious Illness in the 1970s 2. The Capitalist Darling of the 1970s 3. The Reborn First Wife of the 1980s 4. The Foil of the 1990s 5. She Transmigrates into a Scumbag Who Abandoned Her Husband and Child in the 1970s 6. The 1960s, When Sons Were Valued More Than Daughters 7. My Childhood Friend with a Po
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In the 1960s, I Won My College Student Wife by Stealing Her from Another Man 六零大学生的老婆是撬墙角换来的
[All-rounder male college student vs. delicate young lady] (Hero’s perspective + period setting + one heroine + sweet romance + equally matched leads) Wei Xiaobei transmigrated to the 1960s, an era of food and clothing shortages. Looking at his freshly issued college diploma, he knew that life in the city wouldn’t be easy for the next few years. So he quickly packed his bags and prepared to head back to the village to farm.
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Why Help Others Get What They Want? I’ll Choose Myself 成全别人？不如成全自己
In the book, Xu Jing'an spent her whole life helping others and putting them first, yet in the end, no one even said a kind word about her. This time, she's going to look after herself first and do what's best for her.
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The Hidden Heiress’s Little Slice of Rural Bliss [The Fifties] 隐形富婆的农村小惬意【五零】
1950s setting, slice of life, marriage first and love later, watching the drama unfold The heroine transmigrates into a book, and the hero is reborn. Both are self-interested pragmatists who don't interfere with the original plot. After living another life, everything else seems empty. The most important thing is to live freely and happily. After 1957, Song Jinhé had no lofty ambitions. She just wanted to eat well, have fun, sleep well, and enjoy a quiet, ordinary life of her own. She never
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Period: A Wonderful Life with a Golden Finger for Both Husband and Wife 年代：夫妻都有金手指的美好生活
Synopsis: [Period setting + System + pocket dimension + transmigrate + couple transmigrates together + lots of children] An unexpected car accident sent Lin Wanqing transmigrating into a book, specifically a story about someone being reborn in the 1960s and turning their life around. Fortunately, she had a golden finger. But who could tell her what use a palace-intrigue System could possibly be in this particular era? What? The System could be upgraded too? That feature... she could just about a
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The Profound Venerable Who Returned to Zero 归零玄尊
Xuan Zun Ling Chen is betrayed by his beloved and meets his end. Reborn as a good-for-nothing youth, he encounters a fortuitous opportunity and awakens the Chaos Profound Meridians, a gift unseen for countless generations. In this life, he has come not only for revenge, but also to uncover the ultimate secret of the “Heavenly Order.” At the end of cultivation, is there transcendence, or are you reduced to nothing? All the powerful are merely “energy livestock” raised by ancient transcendents.
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Reborn in the 1980s: The Rough-Hewn Educated Youth Carries Me Home in His Mouth 重生80，糙汉知青叼我回家
Reborn in the cornfield where her fate had changed, Jiang Xiaoyou swiftly delivered a kick to the man trying to assault her, preventing the tragedy of her previous life. In this life, Jiang Xiaoyou would no longer be a pawn in someone else's hands. She was determined to live a brilliant life of her own. She'd tear apart the white lotus, face-slap the scumbag pretty boy, trample her awful relatives, and grind everyone who'd wronged her underfoot. In this life, she would protect her parents and en
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My Youth Was Like a Pool of Mud 我的青春，好似一滩烂泥
(Youth, School Life, Growing Up, Everyday Life, Redemption) Told in the first person, this is a coming-of-age story about a bad boy who matches wits with students and teachers at his school. They save one another and gradually grow up. My name is Fang Yuan. Ever since I was a child, I've been different from other people's kids. Girls say I'm as thick as a log, and my friends say I'm selfish. But I never thought there was anything wrong with that. Because I'm not a good person to begin with. W
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With Ten Billion in Supplies: A Big Shot Lands in the 1960s 带着百亿物资：大佬穿到六十年代
[Strong heroine + spatial powers + satisfying read + serving the nation] Xia Fan, a powerful figure from the apocalypse with spatial and healing abilities, transmigrated into a period novel. In the book, the female supporting character relied on having been reborn to trample the original heroine and take her place. She not only ruined the happy life that should have belonged to the heroine, but also got her killed. Xia Fan was reborn in the original heroine's body. First, she was forced to drop
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You’re Forcing Me to the Countryside? This Scientist’s Wife Will Empty Your Whole House 逼我下乡？科研军嫂搬空你全家
[Military Marriage + Period Setting + Powerful Lead + Face-Slapping + One-on-One Romance] Xia Li, a powerful wielder of both thunder and space abilities, had just come through the apocalypse. She became the founding general entrusted with the New World's Omniscient Eye System, ready to enjoy a quiet retirement. She only took a short nap, but transmigrated instead. After transmigrating, she faced two choices: Either marry a self-important mama's boy who expected her to put up with his mistress af
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Transmigrated to the Day Before My Military Officer Husband’s Death 穿到军官老公死亡的前一天
Su Can was raised by her own mother to be fat, ugly, and not too bright. Her mother forced her to marry her younger sister's husband, a man with two paralyzed legs. When Su Can refused, she was starved for half a month, then sent to the village where he lived, barely clinging to life. She died of a serious illness. Su Can, a bodyguard, unexpectedly transmigrates into a book and inherits this mess. Their home is bare, with no money and not even enough food. With a disabled soldier for a husband a
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You Want to Force Me to the Countryside? This Mechanic's Wife Will Empty Your Whole House 逼我下乡？机械军嫂，搬空你全家
[1970s + Two Superpowers + Mechanical Genius + Military Marriage + Putting Jerks in Their Place] Su Qingyuan, a top mechanical genius from the post-apocalyptic era and a powerful wielder of both wood and lightning abilities, had just completed a controlled nuclear fusion project when she opened her eyes and found herself transmigrated into the body of a pitiful doormat in 1970s China. Her scumbag father and stepmother want her to give up her job to her stepsister, forcing her to marry an old bac
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The 1970s: A Substitute Bride in a Military Marriage, Solving Cases and Becoming Legendary 七十年代：替嫁军婚，破案封神
At the military hospital, Lu Beiting looked at his brand-new little wife and warned her coldly, “You’re just here for show.” Su Mo nodded obediently, but at the case analysis meeting, she turned around and left the entire security department speechless with a string of professional terms. From a body hanging high above the ground, she spotted details everyone else had missed and drew an accurate portrait of the killer, stunning everyone in the room. Lu Beiting realized that his wife could not on
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With My Tung-Oil Umbrella, I Would Shelter the Suffering of This World 我有桐油伞愿庇尘世苦
[Extremely slow burn + Everyday life + A touch of ensemble cast + Not a conventional power fantasy] Jiang Mingzhu was a happy single woman who died of terminal cancer. As her life ebbed away, she could only think that life was too short. Her one wish was, “If there’s another life, I don’t want to be reborn.” But her mother, heartbroken over losing her daughter so young, wept and prayed at her bedside: “If there really is another life, all I ask is that you’re healthy and have a smooth life, with
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The National Security Bureau's Prodigy 国安局天才
“The top hacker the whole world is searching for, ‘Zero,’ is actually a high school science student. He breached the dark web not for fame or fortune, but to uncover the truth behind his father’s disappearance.” “To rescue my scientist father from the drug traffickers holding him captive, I became a top hacker operating on the edge of the law. But at university, I became the nation’s ‘invisible blade.’” A leading research expert plunges to his death. The surveillance footage is flawless, making
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The Divine Ring's Sacred Hand: From Intern Doctor to the City's Supreme 神戒圣手：从实习医生到都市至尊
Betrayal and a chance encounter set him on the path to the ultimate urban comeback! On a rainy night, intern doctor Wang Hao catches his girlfriend in an intimate moment with Li Rong, a rich second-generation heir. During their argument, he is shoved to the ground, and his blood stains the rusty ring he bought from a street stall. When he wakes, the world has changed completely. A mysterious ring-shaped mark remains on his left ring finger, and a space shrouded in gray mist has appeared in the d
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The Morgue Bed 停尸床
The Morgue Bed
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The Willows by the Moat Are Unusually Alluring 护城河柳别样妖娆
The Willows by the Moat, Strikingly Alluring
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Ghost Mom’s Cooking 鬼妈的饭
A Ghost Mother's Cooking
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Tales of the Strange by Huang Laogui 黄老诡谈
I have 365 folk ghost stories, each one haunting by day and terrifying by night. Shadows stir beneath dead trees in the moonlight, sinister energy clings to wild graves, spirits hide in city alleys, and mysteries lie buried in mountain villages. Collected from across the country are strange tales passed down for generations: local legends, folk horror, vengeful spirits, and secret records of yin and yang. No over-the-top scares, just the chill of the evening breeze, fear rooted in folk tradition
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Borrowing a Body to Return to Life and Settle Old Ties 借身还魂，了牵挂
Borrowing a Body to Return to Life and Settle Old Longings
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The Woman’s Head Thrown from the Fourth Floor 4楼扔下的女人头
A Woman's Head Thrown from the Fourth Floor
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He Could Smell the Stench of Death Growing Stronger 他嗅到了死亡的气息越来越浓
He could smell the growing stench of death
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The Bewitching Maze 迷魂阵
Maze
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Don't Follow Me 别跟我
Don't Follow Me
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The Love and Hate Between a Scholar and a Female Ghost 书生与女鬼的爱恨情仇
The Love and Hatred Between a Scholar and a Female Ghost
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River Spirit 河姬
River Maiden
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The Dragon-Locking Well 那口锁龙井
That Locked Dragon Well
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Don't Settle Down at the Crossroads 十字路口，别安家
Don't Settle Down at the Crossroads
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