I Want a Satisfying Read, But Not Something Brain-Dead 要爽文，但别太无脑

1. 201 都 The City's Number One Tough Guy 都市第一猛男 Blockbuster-Level Mastery爆款高境界Urban1.5M WordsCompleted Wu Nitian didn't want to be a corporate drone, but he couldn't see any light in his future. Just as anxiety and misery overwhelmed him, he suddenly obtained the High-Mindedness System. It told him that no matter what he faced, as long as he tried to maintain a high-minded state, he would receive System rewards from time to time! 2.4kReads5.7Score211Shelves
2. 202 唐 Nine Beauties of the Tang Dynasty 唐朝九个美女 Blockbuster-Level Mastery爆款高境界Historical171k WordsOngoing Style: Clear and easy to understand, witty and humorous, lighthearted, with plenty of romantic tension. System: Tang Dynasty Get-Rich-Quick System. Male lead: Wang Jumeng Female supporting characters: Nangong Qian, Murong Ying, Li Jiaojiao, and others Language: Concise and straightforward. 17Reads—Score125Shelves
3. 203 宋 The Song Dynasty’s Number One Tough Guy 宋朝第一猛男 Earn a Billion a Day 99日赚一亿99Historical425k WordsOngoing Wu Jushuai opens his eyes to find himself in the Song Dynasty, transformed into an ugly man with the same name. The System, however, requires him to collect “admiration points from peerless beauties” to become handsome. The top courtesans of Bianjing, noble ladies from wealthy families, and chivalrous women of the martial world are all left blushing by his poetry and modern-day flirting techniques. The villains grit their teeth and grumble, “That guy's ugly and lecherous. What makes him so speci 1.2kReads—Score102Shelves
4. 204 暧 Flirting Makes Me Stronger 暧昧就变强 Lone Star at Night 99夜孤星99Urban161k WordsOngoing The male lead, He Jumeng, has an incredible superpower: he grows stronger whenever he flirts with beautiful women. Then he suddenly gains the “Business Prodigy” superpower and starts with just 1,000 yuan in savings, gradually building his fortune! Style: A business prodigy superpower, the business world, commercial rivalry, emotional sparring with villains, gripping conflicts, face-slapping, a rise after an initial setback, and one satisfying moment after another. 4kReads—Score237Shelves
5. 205 纳 Take Ten Husbands and Torment the Scum Who Ruined My Past Life 纳十夫虐前世渣夫 Northern Snow Hut北方雪屋Ancient Romance301k WordsCompleted Tian Mei and her betraying husband, Ma Mingyang, fall together into a bottomless mountain gorge. Their souls travel into the bodies of a young couple in another world where men greatly outnumber women. The female lead is still called Tian Mei, while Ma Mingyang ends up in the body of Li Dashan, a man with a broken leg. From then on, Li Dashan’s life of misery begins. Tian Mei keeps bringing home more husbands, and Li Dashan has to cook for the whole family, wash Tian Mei’s clothes and those of 3.4kReads—Score303Shelves

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   Once you start reading, you won't want to stop.

6. 206 猛 A Stingy Tough Guy with 500 Million, on a Trip with a Beauty 猛男有五亿还抠门，旅行遇美女 Blockbuster-Level Mastery爆款高境界Urban105k WordsOngoing Style: After striking it rich, the macho Cao Jumeng has 500 million yuan but still sticks to his top-notch frugal habit of treating every yuan saved as a yuan earned. He meets beautiful women while traveling. The story is easy to follow, funny, lighthearted, and full of flirtation. There is emotional sparring with villains, gripping conflicts, a rise after an initial setback, and one satisfying moment after another. Problems crop up one after another during his travels, and he finds ways to solv 1.3kReads—Score112Shelves
7. 207 一 I Make 100 Million a Day, So I Do Whatever I Want 一天进账一亿，我放荡不羁 Lone Star at Night 99夜孤星99Urban103k WordsOngoing A detailed look at urban survival and the complexity of human nature. Emotional sparring, gripping conflicts, a roller-coaster plot, and one satisfying moment after another. System: Earn 100 million a day. Every 10 million can be spent to buy or upgrade a superpower. 3.1kReads—Score215Shelves
8. 208 女 A Woman in a Man's Body, and I'm Drop-Dead Gorgeous! 女穿男，我美翻了！ Northern Snow Hut北方雪屋Ancient Romance502k WordsCompleted Wu Songmei, a modern military doctor, fell asleep from exhaustion after performing an operation for someone in her unit. When she woke up, she discovered that she had transmigrated to the Dayu Dynasty and into the body of Wu Songbai, a young general who had been unconscious on the front lines for three days. She was delighted to have changed from a woman into a man, but she was poisoned with a deadly toxin and badly wounded. Then the little orb in her spatial dimension gave her an antidote and a 544Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 209 明 One Hundred Beauties of the Ming Dynasty 明朝一百个美女 Lone Star at Night 99夜孤星99Historical243k WordsOngoing I woke up to find that I’d transmigrated into the male lead of One Hundred Beauties of the Ming Dynasty, and gotten bound to a rather improper “Humorous Get-Rich System.” As long as I make the villains laugh, silver automatically lands in my account. So I let loose, pushing my luck at the edge of death every day. Then one day, I cornered the peerlessly beautiful villainess Su Meier against a wall. “Miss, have you heard that a smile takes ten years off your age? If you smile a few more times, may 2kReads—Score126Shelves
10. 210 惹 Try Messing with Me! I'll Strike You with Heavenly Thunder 惹我试试！天雷伺候 Together All the Way一路相伴Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Transmigration + pocket dimension + strong heroine + satisfying revenge + sharp tongue + multi-element abilities + no CP Mu Rong Qing transmigrates into the Great Yan General Mu Rong's residence. She becomes the legitimate daughter Mu Rong Qing, who was abused by her stepmother and bullied to death by her younger sister, Mu Rong Xue. A few days later, her sister picks on her again. With old and new grievances piling up, Mu Rong Qing stops holding back. She ruthlessly scars her stepsister Mu Rong 7.6kReads8.4Score734Shelves

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    This book is good. The female lead is invincible, it's satisfying to roast people, and even more satisfying to get revenge. There's no romantic pairing.

11. 211 合 Hehuan Sect: I Rewind Time to Turn the Whole Sect Against Itself 合欢宗：我读档反推全宗门 Jiang Xiaodao1988姜小刀1988Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsOngoing At the Hehuan Sect, if you don't die fast enough, you'll never marry the strongest immortal beauty. Chen Lun awakens the [Reincarnation Cultivation System]. As long as he completes achievements bizarre enough, he can trade them for peerless talents and items. Others cultivate by meditating. I cultivate by courting death and stirring up trouble! He dances wildly on the edge of death, and his cultivation keeps climbing! Before long, he has completely changed the Hehuan Sect's way of doing thin 2.8kReads6.9Score235Shelves

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    Take it to watch, it has a plot and characters

12. 212 爸 Dad, I’m Not Going 爸爸，我不去 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊7k WordsCompleted Dad, I Don't Want to Go 342Reads—Score—Shelves

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    One morning when I was six, I used my mom's phone to reject my dad's flirtatious invitation. "Dad, I'm not going." He replied instantly: "Stop it, come on over." I proudly showed my mom the chat history, but she just smiled and ruffled my hair. Years later, while sorting through old things, I found that old phone. After turning it on, hundreds of unread messages flooded in, from another number belonging to my dad: "Is our daughter asleep? I miss you."

13. 213 那 That Night, She Made Me Remember Her for a Lifetime 那一夜，她让我记一辈子 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊Marriage & Romance9k WordsCompleted That night, she made me remember her for the rest of my life 602Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 214 都 Now That I'm Reborn, Who Still Wants to Be a White Lotus? 都重生了，谁还要当白莲花？ Durian ai Mango榴莲ai芒果Modern Romance609k WordsCompleted [Historical Era + Reborn + Satisfying Revenge + Crushing the Wicked + Scheming Heroine] In her previous life, Zheng Xinya lived up to her reputation as a “good woman,” letting her stepmother drain her dry, enduring abuse from her in-laws, and suffering her husband's affairs and domestic violence. After they had nearly bled her dry, her in-laws and stepmother sold her to a foreign land... She takes her own life in despair, only to be reborn as a black lotus! She gives her tormentors a taste of th 1.9kReads9.1Score180Shelves

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    This book features a reborn female protagonist who goes on a dark path and then lets loose in all sorts of ways.

15. 215 这 What a Clever Adultery Bust 这奸，捉得妙 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊21k WordsCompleted What a perfect time to catch them in the act 344Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 216 她 She's My Underling and My Wife 她是我小弟，也是我老婆 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊27k WordsCompleted She's My Little Brother, and Also My Wife 977Reads—Score—Shelves

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    My wife is my sworn brother. On our wedding day, she suddenly wanted to add a sworn brotherhood ceremony, which earned her a severe scolding from my mother-in-law. She still calls me "brother," and I call her "little brother." Our six-year-old son strongly objects: "My mom is my dad's little brother, so am I their son, or my dad's nephew?" Until that day, I discovered her old diary—it turns out that from the beginning, it wasn't me who wanted to be the older brother. It was her who wanted to be mine. Everyone thought I was the hunter, but only I knew that I was the prey being hunted.

17. 217 耳 Starlight by My Ear: Deaf for Ten Years, He Heard Only Her Name 耳畔星光：他聋了十年，只听见她的名字 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊9k WordsCompleted Starlight by the Ear: He Was Deaf for Ten Years, and the Only Thing He Heard Was Her Name 101Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 218 除 On New Year’s Eve, After My Mother-in-Law Opened the Door Three Times, My Wife Said Our Marriage Was Fake 除夕夜，岳母三次推门后，老婆说我们是假结婚 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊Marriage & Romance10k WordsCompleted On New Year's Eve, After My Mother-in-Law Opened the Door Three Times, My Wife Said Our Marriage Was Fake 570Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 219 弃 Tale of a Forsaken Husband 弃夫记 Why Not1有何不可1Marriage & Romance8k WordsCompleted Tale of a Cast-Off Husband 9.4kReads—Score102Shelves

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    Short, refreshing ancient romance novels are here!

20. 220 我 I'm Already Invincible, So Why Make Me Start as a Good-for-Nothing?! 我都无敌了，你让我废材开局？！ Shining Uma Musume闪耀优俊少女Eastern Fantasy110k WordsOngoing Ding! A powerful enemy detected. Host, please endure humiliation and bide your time. In thirty years, the tide will turn..." "Thirty years your head! Take this punch!" After transmigrating into a book as a down-and-out young lord, Chen Xiao wasn't worried in the slightest. As the protagonist of this world, he knew that every humiliation was just groundwork for showing off. So why not just show off from the start? And so Chen Xiao punched his genius cousin flying, triggered celestial phenomena, a 77Reads—Score113Shelves
21. 221 莞 Guan City in Turmoil: From the Start, I Had the Gangster Boss's Wife Wrapped Around My Finger 莞城风云：开局拿捏黑道大嫂 Family Bucket Milk Tea全家桶奶茶Urban143k WordsCompleted [Underworld Fiction + Multiple Heroines + Coming-of-Age + Rags-to-Riches] A free-spirited underworld big sister-in-law? A gentle, considerate factory girl? A tender, sweet mistress? Eighteen-year-old Lin Sheng arrives in Dongguan in 2004 to make a living. By a twist of fate, he joins a local boss and becomes a bona fide enforcer. Unfortunately, the good times don't last. A few years later, Dongguan launches a major crackdown on crime. With the underworld big sister-in-law's help, Lin Sheng is sm 691Reads—Score124Shelves

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    That's exactly right.

22. 222 牛 The Working Stiff's Cultivation Chronicles 牛马修仙录 Mi Duxiu觅独秀Urban782k WordsOngoing A nationwide online game turns out to be a path to immortality! Paralyzed from the waist down, he is forced to embark on the path to becoming an immortal! By day, Shi Jin is a food delivery guy, ground down by the hardships of life! By night, Shi Jin is a Great Golden Immortal, and all the gods from every direction had better keep their distance! This book has a bit of everything: spoofing Investiture of the Gods and Journey to the West, and wreaking havoc in the Celestial Court and the Primordi 23.6kReads8.9Score1.9kShelves

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    Cures book droughts and provides laughs!

23. 223 夫 I Am My Husband's Comeuppance 夫君的报应就是我 Why Not1有何不可1Marriage & Romance9k WordsCompleted I Am My Husband's Comeuppance 899Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 224 开 I Snatched the Heroine From the Start, That's What a Great Villain Does! 开局抢走女主，这才是大反派！ Beyond the Cage囚笼之外Urban1.2M WordsOngoing [System + Villain + Satisfying wish-fulfillment + Revenge + Face-slapping + Multiple heroines] Transmigrated into a book as a cannon-fodder villain with danger closing in? Don't panic. The Great Villain System is here to help. See how Murong Fu outmaneuvers his foes and outsmarts the protagonist. He knows nothing matters more than his own strength, so he'll do whatever it takes to seize the protagonists' opportunities and make himself stronger. As long as he can win, he doesn't care about anythi 3.1kReads—Score192Shelves

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    Give it a try; this has been keeping me company during my recent reading slump.

25. 225 异 Superpowers: The Good-for-Nothing Star Dust Awakens 异能：废柴星尘觉醒 Flying Sword From the West飞剑西来Urban178k WordsCompleted Explosive action + high martial arts + ruthless combat + fiery passion + invincibility + ensemble cast + satisfying thrills + no angst. The Star-Eaters, an alien race, have disguised themselves as humans and are secretly hunting the people of Blue Star. With Blue Star on the verge of occupation, humanity is about to become food for the aliens. One day, a young man awakens an unparalleled supernatural power. He rises up and leads his closest friends, both male and female, in wiping out the invade —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    An incredibly satisfying and exhilarating read, bursting with excitement without any angst—it's super enjoyable!

26. 226 金 My Golden Finger Awakened, and I Took Revenge as an Unstoppable Force 金手指觉醒，我以无敌之姿复仇 Flying Sword From the West飞剑西来Eastern Fantasy395k WordsOngoing Feel-good power fantasy + no angst + transmigration + revenge + ruthless action + hot-blooded battles + invincibility + ensemble cast + cultivation + pure excitement. A college student transmigrates into the body of the foolish young master of the Chu family. As his clan faces annihilation, he binds himself to the ultimate revenge cultivation System and sets out on a path of cultivation and vengeance. This is a first-person fantasy power fantasy with a breakneck pace and one satisfying moment af 678Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 227 乌 Black Gauze and Rouge 乌纱与胭脂 Writer Lu Tao作家鲁涛Modern Romance205k WordsCompleted Human nature is like the sun: impossible to look at directly. Many people appear charming and refined on the surface, but strip away the facade and you’ll see human nature laid bare. By portraying the real chaos of society, this work exposes the evil and filth within human nature and calls on people to choose kindness and uphold social decency. 7.6kReads—Score479Shelves

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    It's great from the start, and it's great all the time!

28. 228 当 When She Comes of Age 当她长熟时 Huilin Ah惠林啊Modern Romance333k WordsCompleted [Beautiful and Alluring Young Bride] In this day and age, people still marry off brides to bring good fortune to the dying? A bride sent to bring good fortune, and a husband on the brink of death. Hu Juan raised her head and met her mother-in-law's eyes. "Mom, how about you discuss it with the village chief?" Li Xiuying's expression changed instantly. "The village chief? What are you getting at?" Hu Juan didn't flinch. "Mom, I know everything. About that night." Li Xiuying's face turned from red 5.5kReads7.9Score456Shelves

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    This is a witty and satisfying period novel; it's so good you won't be able to stop reading.

29. 229 浮 The Strange Tales of Mortal Life: Li Longbiao 浮生乱象之李龙彪 Writer Lu Tao作家鲁涛Urban253k WordsCompleted I'm the scum at the bottom of society, the trash you all talk about. I don't have much education, money, status, a house, a car, or a wife. I'm a single man, just some hoodlum. It's not my fault I ended up this way. When I was a kid, I had big dreams and ambitions, too. I wanted to study hard, get into a good university, then find work in the city and become a respectable office worker. But the cruel realities of life shattered every one of those beautiful dreams. Through its portrayal of Li Lon 1.8kReads—Score144Shelves
30. 230 胭 The Rouge Spinster 胭脂剩女 Writer Lu Tao作家鲁涛Modern Romance117k WordsCompleted Through the emotional journey of Yang Jingjing, a single woman past the age traditionally considered ideal for marriage, the story offers glimpses of every facet of society and the warmth and coldness of human life, exposing the ugliness and greed of human nature. Full of twists and turns, it paints a penetrating portrait of the realities faced by women like her. 1.9kReads—Score147Shelves
31. 231 好 Favorability System: Everything the Goddess Wants, I Have 好感度系统：女神想要的，我全有 Ou Ke欧氪Urban1.2M WordsOngoing [System + Tycoon + Everyday Wish Fulfillment + Lots of Pictures + Lots of Women + Entirely Handcrafted] On the first day of his junior year, Cao Xu awakened the [Affection Satisfaction System]. It would fulfill every condition a goddess had for her ideal partner. At 60 affection points, if a goddess wanted a partner earning a million a year, the System would put a million in cash straight into his account, every year! At 80 affection points, if a goddess wanted to marry a company boss, he would 74.3kReads8.5Score6.6kShelves

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    You won't regret getting into this, come on over!

32. 232 重 Reborn: Summer Isn't Over, and the Jade Is Just Beginning to Take Shape 重生：夏时未晚，玉圆方始 Lollipop Killer棒棒糖殺手Urban377k WordsOngoing [Reborn in 2002's golden era + ensemble cast + two bona fide female leads + a light harem + playing both sides of the law + witty humor + no brainless characters + masterfully handled love triangles] [The original title was an abbreviation of the two female leads' names, with no hidden meaning. Read with confidence. This isn't a brainless power fantasy. Love triangle warning!] A 40-year-old division-level official! A career-minded political elite! Would someone like that really want a second cha 28Reads6.9Score—Shelves

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    Humorous and witty with a warning of a love triangle! Reborn in 2002, Chen Yunchuan quits his civil service job and embarks on a thrilling urban power struggle amidst multiple female leads.

33. 233 经 Running a Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinic: From the Start, Treating Young Ying Zheng 经营中医药馆，开局救治少年嬴政 Liu Zixian刘子羡Urban670k WordsOngoing Chen Che was a doctor with advanced degrees in both Chinese and Western medicine. After graduating, he joined a top-tier hospital in Chuting, Chuyun City, Nanyue Province, as an emergency medicine clinician. But an accident destroyed his reputation. He was fired and forced to leave the hospital, and all his earnings went to compensating the patient's family. With no other choice, he moved to a village in Yongzhou, Guixi Province, and began practicing traditional Chinese medicine. From then on, h 167Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 234 我 I Really Want a Divorce, So Why Won't You Agree? 我真要和离，你又不乐意了 Bamboo Scenery and Refined Pleasures竹景雅趣10k WordsCompleted I Really Am Going to Divorce You, So Why Won't You Agree Now? 2.9kReads—Score—Shelves

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    These are captivating short stories, exciting, fast-paced, and addictive.

35. 235 本 I'm the Princess, and I Can Do Whatever I Want. What Are You Going to Do About It? 本公主就是嚣张跋扈，你能奈我何？ Bamboo Scenery and Refined Pleasures竹景雅趣Ancient Romance9k WordsCompleted This Princess Is Just Arrogant and Overbearing. What Can You Do About It? 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves
36. 236 桂 Osmanthus Falls from the Moon, One Night of Passion 桂子月中落，一晌贪欢 Bamboo Scenery and Refined Pleasures竹景雅趣10k WordsCompleted Laurel Blossoms Fall from the Moon, a Moment of Stolen Pleasure 2kReads—Score—Shelves
37. 237 别 Don't Mess with Her, Her Cultivation Is the Way of Slaughter 别惹她，小师妹修的可是杀道 Bamboo Scenery and Refined Pleasures竹景雅趣10k WordsCompleted Don't Mess with Her, Little Junior Sister Cultivates the Path of Slaughter 306Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 238 我 I Insist on Breaking Your Lofty Branch 我偏要折了你这高枝 Bamboo Scenery and Refined Pleasures竹景雅趣Ancient Romance9k WordsCompleted I Insist on Breaking Off Your Lofty Branch 244Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 239 我 I'm Just a Cannon Fodder! Why Is the Emperor Spoiling Only Me? 我是炮灰!为何皇上偏独宠我一人？ Bamboo Scenery and Refined Pleasures竹景雅趣Ancient Romance12k WordsCompleted I'm Just a Cannon Fodder! Why Does the Emperor Favor Only Me? 431Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 240 一 I Accidentally Slept with My Heartless Dao Master, But I Really Didn't 一不小心睡了无情道师尊，我真不是 Bamboo Scenery and Refined Pleasures竹景雅趣10k WordsCompleted I Accidentally Slept with My Ruthless Daoist Master, but I Really Didn't... 115Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 241 骰 My Dice Can Copy Anything, So I Beat Up the School Bully from the Start 骰子能复制万物，开局吊打校霸 Hibernation-Loving Brown Bear爱冬眠的棕熊Urban252k WordsOngoing The day Zhou Zhi picked up a mystery box, his life suddenly went into overdrive: While everyone else risked their lives rolling white dice, he only had to touch them to copy abilities like "Gravity -50%" and float his way to school; While rich second-generation kids showed off with "Money x2," he copied the ability and took over a milk tea shop, then made the bill vanish in a second; Even Zhao Lei, the school bully's "Movement Speed x3," ended up in his hands. He broke the school record in the 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [Shy] Blind box cheating is so awesome! Zhou Zhi replicates gravity and floats around, secretly learning the rich kid's money cheat and showing off his milk tea! The Collapse value has skyrocketed? Relying on the lucky teammates' luck bug and mystical prediction, he turns superpowers into a dimensional attack!

42. 242 什 What?! The Entire Court Is My Harem? 什么!满朝文武都是我的鱼? Bamboo Scenery and Refined Pleasures竹景雅趣9k WordsCompleted What?! The Entire Court Is My Fish? 31Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 243 反 Anti-Scam Livestream: The Station’s Cells Are Full 反诈直播：所里快蹲不下了 Yi Ezreal一泽瑞尔Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Scammer: Our records show an overseas purchase of 200,000 US dollars on your account. Did you make this purchase yourself? Lu Ze: Yes, I made it myself. What about it? The scammer thought, You sure know how to brag! Lu Ze: I never thought... the fact that I bought weapons overseas would finally come to light! Using his god-tier voice imitation skill, Lu Ze mimics the voices of several underlings, as well as the sound of an AK firing in full auto. The scammer's face turns pale. “I'm calling the p 20.4kReads9.4Score2.2kShelves
44. 244 清 How Can the Cold, Aloof Wolf King Be Like This? 清冷狼王怎么能这样？ Bamboo Scenery and Refined Pleasures竹景雅趣9k WordsCompleted How Can the Cool Wolf King Be Like This? 23Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 245 开 From the Start, I Could Understand Lottery Tickets, and I Became the Richest Man 开局听懂彩票说话，我成了首富 Moonx Money Lover月x财迷Urban333k WordsCompleted Su Chen unexpectedly awakens the "Voice of All Things System," and from then on the world is completely "naked" before him! The moment it awakens, the scratch-off ticket in Su Chen's hand screams: "You broke loser covered in knockoffs, don't touch me! I'm worth three million!" He turns to steady himself against a door, but the creaky old wooden door lets out a haughty groan: "Easy there! My poor old back! I used to be the pride of the imperial palace, you know!" From that moment on, Su Chen can 862Reads—Score408Shelves

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    Others look at the outer skin, the moss-like patterns, and the veins on the stones. Su Chen looks at stones by listening to the voice within them. A piece of scrap material rejected by everyone reveals imperial green in his hands. A piece of rough stone, cut open, turns out to be full-color glass-type jade. At a stone gambling convention, he silenced countless experts and made countless collectors envious. But what Su Chen truly cares about is never the price of the stone. He hears bronze artifacts say, "I want to go home." He hears ancient jade say, "I shouldn't be here." He hears a broken Buddha statue say, "I've waited a long time." In appraising antiques, he can tell the authenticity at a glance. In gambling on stones, he can decide the fate with a single cut. And those national treasures scattered abroad are waiting for him to bring them back, one by one!

46. 246 王 The Prince Insists on Loving Me, But I'm Really a Fake Princess 王爷强制爱，可我真是冒牌王妃呀 Bamboo Scenery and Refined Pleasures竹景雅趣Ancient Romance6k WordsCompleted The Prince's Forced Love, but I'm Really Just a Fake Princess Consort 21Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 247 东 Dongguan, Dongguan: The Blossoming '90s 东莞，东莞，90繁花年代 Old Jiu's Records of History老九史记Urban501k WordsCompleted This story is based on real life. One day, Er Gou said mysteriously to Li Minghui, “Ah Hui, did you know? I heard a new Taizi Bathhouse opened nearby. They say it offers a service imported from Thailand.” The story follows a protagonist who turns his fortunes around in the electronics business of the Pearl River Delta. In 1990s Dongguan, KTVs, nightclubs, and bathhouses offered a different kind of splendor. There were also pure-hearted romances between migrant workers over beef brisket rice nood 980Reads8.2Score102Shelves

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    This is a very realistic depiction of working and starting a business in Dongguan in the 1990s. Those who know, know how great it was for a man in Dongguan back then! At this moment in the dream, Li Yan playfully scolds, "Ahui, you little rascal, why are you being so naughty?" Li Minghui is about to explain...

48. 248 青 The Qingxuan Sect Spoils Its Junior Sister Rotten 青玄宗把小师妹宠上天了 Bamboo Scenery and Refined Pleasures竹景雅趣6k WordsCompleted The Qingxuan Sect Spoils Their Little Junior Sister Rotten 34Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 249 狐 A Fox's Substitute: The Cold-Faced Warlord Happily Becomes Her Devoted Servant 狐替浅渊，冷面督军心甘情愿沦为裙下臣 Bamboo Scenery and Refined Pleasures竹景雅趣18k WordsCompleted A Fox in the Shallow Abyss, the Cold-Faced General Willingly Becomes Her Devoted Admirer 28Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 250 穿 Transmigrate into a Book: Ignore Palace Intrigue and Romance, Pursue Power Instead 穿书宫斗，无心情爱只想权柄 Bamboo Scenery and Refined Pleasures竹景雅趣Ancient Romance11k WordsCompleted Transmigrated into a Book's Palace Intrigue, I Have No Interest in Romance, Only Power 18Reads—Score—Shelves

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