Any Stories About Transmigrating to Ancient Times and Becoming a Live-In Son-in-Law? 有没有穿越到古代当上门女婿的？
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The Prodigal: Back to Ancient Times as a Son-in-Law 败家子：回到古代当赘婿
A genius professor transmigrates to ancient times and becomes a live-in son-in-law. His mother-in-law humiliates him, and the court is in turmoil, leaving the people destitute! Watch how Chu Feng sweeps all before him, rises to the very top, and claims the world!
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Reborn in Ancient Times as a Son-in-Law 重生古代当女婿
After transmigrating to the Han Dynasty, Su Can becomes the Grand General and Grand Marshal. He drives back the Xiongnu, crushes the barbarians, and leads the Han toward an age of unmatched prosperity, with its might felt throughout the land. Yet, at the age of eighty, on the verge of death, he inexplicably transmigrates to another era and becomes a live-in son-in-law in someone else’s home. His wife is not only beautiful, but can also fight on the battlefield... Shen Shiruo: “Su Can, come fight
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The Autobiography of a Tomb Raider 来自一位盗墓者的自传
[Published in print and available online] [The Beipai Notes horizontal-screen drama is now streaming] [Tomb Raiding + Mystery + Antiques] I'm a poor kid from a mountain village in Northeast China. In the early twenty-first century, hoping to make something of myself, I joined a northern tomb-raiding crew. From south to north, I've seen every side of the underworld and crossed paths with people from all walks of life. Over the years, I went from a young man to a middle-aged one. My drinking got b
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I Transmigrate to the Northern Song, Then Face an Assault Case Back in the Modern Day 穿越北宋，回现代遭遇打人事件
Li Chen accidentally transmigrates to the end of the Northern Song dynasty and obtains a mysterious space. He is fortunate enough to become the student of a renowned master and hone his skills. After his beloved betrays him and his enemies hunt him down, Li Chen goes on a killing spree. He never expected to transmigrate back again, only to arrive just in time for a fight...
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Make a Fortune and Raise a Top Scholar 赚钱养出状元郎
(Male-male romance) The setting has three genders: men, women, and ge’ers. The Chu family’s youngest son, Chu An, insists on going up the mountain to play. He never expects to be struck on the head by a falling rock. He’s brought home and lies unconscious for a whole month without waking. The Chu family searches everywhere for famous doctors, but when there’s nowhere else to turn, they seek out the village shamaness. She says Chu An encountered an evil spirit in the mountains, and that they must
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The Ultimate All-Rounder Godly Son-in-Law 极品全才神婿
His mother-in-law thinks her son-in-law is poor and useless, and forces him to divorce her daughter. Never in a million years did she expect the seemingly spineless man to have such an astonishing identity. On the day of the divorce, wealthy magnates and powerful elite families arrive with their daughters and granddaughters, all demanding to marry him. When his mother-in-law learns the truth, she is so terrified that she falls to her knees and slaps herself, begging him to remarry her daughter!
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The Immortal King Reborn as a Live-in Son-in-Law 仙王重生当赘婿
[Reborn + Immortal King + Live-in Son-in-Law + Invincible + Face-Slapping + Urban + Domineering Female CEO] Betrayed by his disciple, a mighty Immortal King is forced to be reborn. In this life, I’ll reclaim everything I once lost. A live-in son-in-law of the Song family! “Excellent. That’s a pretty good identity!” Bystander: “You’re nothing but a useless nobody. What makes you think you can?” Ye Chen: “Sorry. I wanted to get along with you as an ordinary person, but all I got in return was reje
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After I Transmigrated into a Book, I Got Caught Up in Cultivation World's Rat Race 穿书后，我在修仙界搞内卷
[Absurd comedy + cultivation + cannon fodder + face-slapping and taking down scum + high-spirited] [Transmigrated into the scapegoat of a melodramatic Mary Sue novel, but now a cultivation prodigy who specializes in dealing with simps and working herself to the bone] Yun He transmigrated into a book one day, becoming the doomed third senior sister, a cannon-fodder character who dies early in a melodramatic Mary Sue novel called Beloved by All: The Immortal Sects of the Heavens Fall for Me. She s
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The Divine Doctor Dragon Son-in-Law: After Being Kicked Out, I Shocked the World 神医龙婿：被赶出门后我震惊全球
Three years ago, I became the Lin family's live-in son-in-law. They called me useless, a good-for-nothing, and said I was worth less than a dog. My wife gave me cold looks, my mother-in-law mocked me, and the whole family trampled me underfoot. Then, on the day we divorced, my identity as a miracle doctor was exposed. With golden needles, I could save the world; my medical skills were peerless! Everyone who once looked down on me fell to their knees and begged for mercy! My wife, who had once ab
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Reborn: The Foolish Young Man Becomes a Peerless Medical and Martial God 重生之傻子极品医武神婿
Protagonist: Qin Fei Setup: After being reborn, he becomes a “fool” in everyone else’s eyes and finds himself in a difficult situation. Background: Apparently a live-in son-in-law, known as the “Divine Son-in-Law.” Golden finger: Combining medicine and martial arts, he seems to possess both medical and martial skills. Style: A classic play-the-pig-to-eat-the-tiger, comeback, and face-slapping power fantasy. Typical plot developments: Stories of this kind usually follow this pattern: At first, he
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Lingyuan: Ling Chen 灵渊之地凌辰
When heaven and earth first formed, chaos had yet to divide. Spirit and Abyss came into being together, giving rise to all things. Spirit was the source of life, while the Abyss was the foundation of all laws. Only through their balance did the Three Realms and Six Paths emerge, with countless races standing side by side. But the balance between Spirit and Abyss was lost, and order collapsed. In the primordial war, the gods fell and Spirit and Abyss shattered, becoming countless secret realms sc
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Reborn in 1980: I Lead My Whole Family to Prosperity 重生之1980年我带全家奔小康
Jiang Yuanchao died. After forty years of struggle, from being laid off in the 1980s to becoming an IT magnate in the internet age, he had witnessed the opportunities of every era and tasted the bitterness of missing his chance. On Lunar New Year’s Eve in 2026, a sudden heart attack struck him at the New Year’s Eve dinner table in his own villa. In his hand was a red envelope he hadn’t had the chance to give his grandson. When he opened his eyes again, he was back in 1980, the year he turned twe
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Reborn as the Useless Crown Prince 重生之废物皇太子
Li Jian, a demobilized soldier, is unexpectedly reborn as a disgraced crown prince. He had hoped to stay out of the struggle for power and live a quiet life, keeping his true abilities hidden. But with the other princes constantly bearing down on him, he has no choice but to fight back. He beats the chief minister and kicks the General Who Guards the Nation into submission, bringing the entire court to heel. An enemy princess secretly sends him flirtatious glances, and he goes on to build his ca
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The Peak Son-in-Law 巅峰赘婿
Main characters: Lin Ziming and Chu Fei Synopsis: After four years of living like a dog as a live-in son-in-law, Lin Ziming finally saw who was truly worth his devotion. One day, he would reign supreme, return to the top, and earn the world's submission, all because the woman he loved wanted to lie in his arms and watch a spectacular fireworks display.
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The Tycoon's Son-in-Law 豪门女婿
Ye Chen is a live-in son-in-law whom everyone looks down on. No one knows that he is actually the heir to a top family. Those who scorn him will eventually kneel before him, trembling with fear as they call him Master!
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The Goddess's Live-in Son-in-Law 女神的上门贵婿
On the surface, he’s a notorious live-in son-in-law. But behind the scenes, his true identity is shrouded in mystery. All it takes is a word from him, and even Linjiang City’s richest man is willing to work for him. He meant to keep a low profile, but there’s always some fool who tries to bully his family. To keep his wife and daughter from being wronged, he’s done pretending. Time to lay it all out: “Uncle Chen, I want my share of the billions. My wife and daughter deserve a better life!”
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The Radiant Prince of Great Tang 大唐煌亲王
Li Tianhua transmigrated to the seventh year of the Wude era. He became Li Yuan’s illegitimate son, but couldn’t accept his difficult circumstances. So Li Tianhua used his wits to escape from the imperial palace and Chang’an, then vanished without a trace. All that remained was the legend: “An immortal touched my crown and granted me eternal life when I came of age.” As the saying goes, wherever there are people, there is a world of martial arts, and wherever there is such a world, conflict foll
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The Hidden Marquis of Great Tang's Zhenguan Era 大唐贞观隐侯
Li Moyan, a miserable office worker in the modern world, is struck by lightning and killed after a night of drinking. His soul travels back to the Tang dynasty and possesses an unlucky man who happens to have the same name. Li Moyan only wants to make a little money and become a quiet country landowner. But fate has other plans. Enemies appear one after another along his path, and his mysterious identity forces him to step onto the grand stage of the prosperous Tang dynasty. Here, he brews fine
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The Abandoned Son-in-Law Returns 弃婿归来
How did a boy from the mountains with a mysterious past manage to marry a beautiful, wealthy heiress? With peerless martial arts and extraordinary medical skills, why does he still get framed by passersby? When even a penny can defeat a hero, how does Ye Qing manage to earn a million a month? Find out in The Abandoned Son-in-Law’s Return!
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The Super Wild Son-in-Law 超级狂婿
After three years as a live-in son-in-law, Zhao Qianye has endured countless cold looks and been branded a good-for-nothing. But when his true identity is revealed, the whole world trembles.
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The Strongest Son-in-Law in History 史上最强女婿
To pay off his younger brother’s gambling debts, Li Zhao marries into another family. Then a bolt of lightning awakens memories of his past life. With an immortal cultivation technique, peerless medical skills, and the knowledge stored in his memories, Li Zhao rises to the top…
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The Extraordinary Live-In Son-in-Law 超凡上门女婿
He was once the greatest God of War in Huaxia. After his death, he is reborn in the body of a cowardly loser! From then on, a man of iron and unyielding spirit is born. Those who bully me will be killed; those who disgrace me will be wiped out. People fight for a breath of pride, just as the Buddha fights for a stick of incense! I will wipe away every humiliation the original owner suffered!
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The Perfect Son-in-Law 最佳女婿
Chen Yang becomes a live-in son-in-law for money and suffers humiliation at every turn. Until one day, his father pulls up in a Rolls-Royce to take him home…
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The Tycoon's Daoist Son-in-Law 豪门道婿
Because I was born into a lowly family, I was driven from home. My mother died protecting me. After three years in seclusion, I have returned to take my revenge! I can make you prosper, and I can bring you down. I can spend every last coin, and I can build a fortune from nothing. No one can take what was always mine!
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China's God of War: The Ultraman Live-In Son-in-Law 华夏战神奥特赘婿
Saga, one of the Mysterious Four Ultras, was badly wounded in a fierce battle with his old nemesis, Zetton. With no other choice, he went to the Land of Light, where he fell in love with a female Ultraman. For love, he married into her family and became an Ultraman son-in-law. But all he got in return was endless humiliation. Three years later, he finally stopped pretending... The Myriad Worlds, fantasy, urban life, romance, Journey to the West, prehistoric chaos, infinite flow, Naruto, fan fict
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Ultraman: The Monster Son-in-Law 奥特：怪兽赘婿
Yang Yuan was thrown into the depths of a volcano, where he accidentally took over the body of the sleeping monster Golza. With his unusual identity, he entered the Liu family and became a bona fide live-in son-in-law. When Melba called him, it was: Come on, brother, let’s go mess with the giants’ pyramid. Not interested. I need to keep my wife company. When his wife fell off a cliff, he transformed into a monster to save her, only to run into Ultraman Tiga. Run for it! Dark Ruler, don’t chicken
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The Legend of the Son-in-Law: Peppa Pig Battles Nezha, the Third Prince 赘婿传说小猪佩奇大战哪吒三太子
The Legend of the Live-In Son-in-Law: Peppa Pig Battles Nezha, the Third Prince! After reading this novel, the Milky Way's famous five-star reviewer, MacArthur, praised it as “the first philosophy lesson every adult should read!” Warning: This is a serious work of social satire, not a children's story. Please read with caution and a critical eye. This work is not for young readers! Younger readers must be supervised by someone with at least an undergraduate degree in philosophy!!! For a mysterio
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The Wealthy Family’s Live-In Son-in-Law 豪门赘婿
Everyone knew him as the son-in-law from the countryside. He had endured countless sneers and insults, until one day his biological parents found him and said, “We’ll give you everything we have!” Overnight, he became the richest man in the city. And so he gave her a love that made the whole world envious!
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The Wealthy Family's Number One Son-in-Law 豪门第一女婿
I became the husband of a female CEO, a live-in son-in-law to a wealthy family. I’ve endured everyone’s contempt, but my heart still belongs only to you. For you, I would do anything.
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The Empire's Little Son-in-Law 帝国小赘婿
After his family falls into ruin, Chen Le has only an old servant by his side. He plans to coast through life in the Qianyuan Empire and do his best as a live-in son-in-law. He wants nothing to do with princes, nobles, generals, or ministers, and nothing to do with blood feuds. When hardship strikes, he’ll just wait for his wife to step in. Come wind or rain, his wife will be there for him. But for his wife’s sake, Chen Le comes out of hiding. He wades through mountains of corpses and seas of bl
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The Number One Tycoon's Son-in-Law 第一豪门女婿
For three years as a live-in son-in-law, he was branded a good-for-nothing and endured endless mockery and ridicule. When the three-year marriage was up, his mother-in-law threw him out! His wife was breathtakingly beautiful, but she never once treated me kindly! Three years east of the river, three years west: reborn into a wealthy family, I can trample rich pretty boys and win over beautiful rich women with ease!
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My Brother-in-Law 上门姐夫
Chu Tianshu is a master of both medicine and martial arts. He commands a global network of power and is revered as the Godfather. After being ambushed and losing his memory, he ends up on the streets and becomes a live-in son-in-law, enduring humiliation and mockery. When his memories suddenly return, watch as he turns the tables, wins his beautiful wife's heart, and makes his way back to the pinnacle of the world with her by his side!
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Transmigrating to the Ming Dynasty to Become Emperor 穿越明朝当皇帝
[Historical Writing Contest] He transmigrates into the body of the Ming dynasty’s last emperor, with less than five months left before the dynasty falls. Zhu Youjian, now with a new soul, is deeply troubled. He can only rely on his knowledge of future history and set out to turn the tide and change the course of events. First, move the capital and make a strategic retreat. Anyone who disagrees gets executed! Next, cultivate the land, carry out land reform, and manufacture guns and cannons. Anyon
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The Super Son-in-Law 超级女婿
After three years as a live-in son-in-law, everyone thought they could walk all over me. But I was only waiting for her to take my hand. Then I could give her the whole world.
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Spring Returns 续春
Are you conscious when you die? Yes, because I’ve been through it. Does the supernatural really exist in this world? Yes, because I am one.
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After Transmigrating, I Became the Group’s Beloved Lucky Charm 穿越后，我成了团宠小锦鲤
Xiao Yuer transmigrates to ancient times and becomes the family’s cherished little lucky charm. Overnight, the Jiang family, who used to scrape by with barely enough to eat, turns its fortunes around. That’s only the beginning of their good days. Thanks to her, her troublemaking second sister-in-law turns over a new leaf. A sharp-tongued village gossip cries just a few times because of her, and her life is changed forever. A sickly boy from a hunter’s family recovers because of her. A little pri
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After a Hundred Thousand Years of Qi Refining, I’m Already Invincible 炼气十万年，我已经无敌
[Ten Thousand Years at the Qi Refining Realm + Invincible]+ [Reviving His Sect in the Lower Realm]+ [Taking Disciples]+ [Defeating Every Villainous Sect]+ [Slaying Demons and Exorcising Evil]+ [Free Travel Between the Human, Immortal, and Demon Realms, as well as the Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth Timespaces]+ [Protagonist's Halo]+ [An Incredibly Satisfying Power Fantasy] Zuo Xiaoyu had spent a hundred thousand years in the Immortal Realm, stuck at the Qi Refining Realm. One day, he discover
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The Divine King’s Medical Son-in-Law 神王医婿
Twenty years ago, during a massacre that struck the Gao family, Gao Han narrowly escaped death. Tang Ling saved his life, and later his master took him deep into the mountains. For twenty years, Gao Han trained diligently and mastered a formidable set of skills. His master told him to cultivate his character and temper his anger, but he never forgot two things: the little girl who had saved him, and his grudge against those who had destroyed the Gao family. Twenty years later, he bid his master
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Reborn in 1988: My Golden Age 重生1988：我的黄金时代
#Urban + Rebirth + Tycoon + Farming + Making Money + Decisive and Ruthless + Clear-Headed + Fast-Paced + Big Shot + Period Drama + Business Warfare# > In his previous life, he was a ruthless business magnate, but his brother and the woman he loved joined forces to betray him. He died with hatred in his heart, leaving behind a hundred-billion regret. > > When he awoke, he had returned to 1988, a golden age of upheaval and opportunity! > > In this life, Chen Mo returned with memories of the next f
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The Ultimate God of War: From the Start, He Knelt, and the World Panicked 终极战神：开局下跪，全球慌了
#Urban + War God + King of Soldiers + Tycoon + Face-Slapping + Doting Dad + Passionate + Invincible + Feel-Good + Live-in Son-in-Law + Business Warfare# He was a god on foreign battlefields, codenamed “Ultimate,” whose achievements eclipsed all others. > For the woman he loved, he concealed his identity. But before a crowd, he was forced to kneel to save his daughter, suffering one humiliation after another. > One phone call sent the entire world into a panic! > A hundred thousand cavalry swept
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The Unrivaled Treasure-Appraising Son-in-Law 无双鉴宝婿
# Tycoon + Invincible + Treasure Appraisal + Live-In Son-in-Law + Heiress + play the pig to eat the tiger + Ex-Wife Regrets the Divorce + Passionate Action # When his mother-in-law publicly humiliated him and forced him to divorce, Jiang Fan unexpectedly awakened a gift for appraising antiques on Antique Street. A coin he picked up for twenty yuan sold for a staggering three hundred thousand; a shabby painting no one wanted turned out to be a forgotten national treasure. Antique masters who ha
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Crimson Dawn: The Bronze Tiger Tally 血色黎明：青铜兵符
# War of Resistance espionage + patriotism + suspenseful adventure + elite agents + exhilarating action + historical legend # [Complete] [Hardcore Espionage] A thousand-year-old military tally sparks a covert war that sweeps across the globe. Lin Mubai, a former military intelligence agent, must choose between his beliefs and his country as he makes his move before the bloody dawn. From Shanghai to Greenland, from Tibet to Dunhuang, this is the ultimate battle for the survival of civilization. C
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After Being Reborn, the Obsessive Big Shot Spoils Me Rotten 偏执大佬重生后把我宠上天
[Equally matched leads + rebirth + revenge on scumbags + obsessive, devoted love + wish fulfillment + wealthy CEO + marriage first, love later + System + secret identities + strong heroine] Shen Wei was reborn on the day the fake heiress had her killed. She turned away with a cold laugh and latched onto Li Sihan, the future richest man in the country. She used her memories from her previous life to help him avoid danger and build his fortune, while he gave her unlimited power to crush her enemie
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You Brat, Get Down the Mountain and Go Make Trouble for Your Wife 臭小子，下山祸害你媳妇去吧
Sixteen years ago, his family of three was framed. His parents were brutally killed, and he was saved by a divine physician. Sixteen years later, he descends the mountain at his master's command. He marries into the Ning family and becomes a live-in son-in-law to a wealthy family. He is unrivaled in martial arts and possesses miraculous medical skills. Though a live-in son-in-law, he is brazen and untamed! For your love, I'll gladly be your live-in son-in-law! To protect you, I'll stand against
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The Medicine God's Live-In Son-in-Law 药神赘婿
Veteran surgeon Lin Yun transmigrates with the Medicine God System and becomes a live-in son-in-law, while also gaining a sect master wife as beautiful as a celestial maiden. Divine-grade pills, made in no time with the System. Even as a live-in son-in-law, he’ll be the strongest and most ruthless Medicine God of them all!
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Lost in the Prosperous Tang Dynasty, Drunk on a Floating Life 误入盛唐醉浮生
One day, I accidentally stumbled into the prosperous Great Tang and became a nobody in Chang’an. The brightly lit, bustling streets of Suzaku Avenue, the poets and scholars who drank and caroused, the borderlands filled with the clamor of warhorses and weapons This was the best of times, and the most treacherous of worlds. Carrying memories that didn’t belong to this era, I hid my talents amid the lively bustle of the taverns. But when locusts swept across Guanzhong, Turkic cavalry came knockin
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The Caged Phoenix of the Northern Song: From the Start, I Was Veiled in Red 北宋囚凰：开局被戴红盖头
No golden finger + love of country and family + devoted, not a womanizer + peerless woman of talent + slow burn A highly educated business magnate transmigrates and wakes up beneath a bright red bridal veil. In the Northern Song dynasty, the top courtesan of Qiantang mistakes him for a medicinal ingredient to bring good luck, then plans to burn him once he's served his purpose. A literary academy contest, outwitting Fang La, factional struggles at court, the Jin kingdom and Western Xia. Slow bur
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Traveling Between Two Worlds: The Red-Hot Years 两界穿梭之火红年代
Li Xiaren is an ordinary office worker, trudging through grueling days that start at eight in the morning and end at midnight. One day, after finally getting several months of back pay, he plans to give himself a well-deserved break. Who could have guessed that eating a grilled kidney for no apparent reason would send him back to the 1970s when he woke up? Luckily, he discovers he can return to 2025, and so two completely different eras open up before him!!!
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Traveling Between Two Worlds: The 1970s 两界穿梭之七零年代
Wu Xiaoyao is a working-class nobody, a corporate drudge who likes to unwind by grilling skewers and letting loose whenever he has a bit of free time. But an out-of-control dump truck sends him hurtling back to the fiery age of the 1970s. What surprises him is that he can travel back and forth between the seventies and 2025. Two completely different eras now lie before him.
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A Double Crossing to Make a Fortune in Republican-Era China 双穿之民国淘金
Li Xiaren had spent 25 years as a wage slave, living at the bottom of society and crushed by the pressure of making ends meet. No matter how hard he worked to earn money, he still couldn't afford a home of his own. Even his longtime girlfriend left him. Downhearted, he finally managed to collect the wages he'd been owed and planned to head to Tian Shang Ren Jian for a stuffed flatbread. But who could have guessed? A ball of lightning struck him and sent him straight back to a turbulent era. More
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