Looking for a Well-Plotted Urban Novel, Please, No System 求都市剧情好的小说，无系统求求了
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Fading Lights Upon the Sea 海上灯火阑珊
This is a story about music, dreams, and love. Yang Cheng, a musician who left his hometown of Shanghai for Beijing, staking everything on his dream, was crushed by powerful industry interests, betrayed by his lover, and had his work stolen. His heart completely broken, he slunk back home. After withdrawing from the noise and ruins of the music scene, he couldn't bring himself to return to his family and lived alone in a rented place, sinking into despair. In the apartment he shared with others,
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Love Among the Migrant Workers of Dongguan 东莞打工爱情
[Working in Dongguan + power fantasy + everyday urban life + jianghu feuds + down-to-earth] Simple and honest Zhao Zhendong has just gotten out of prison when his sneaky, underhanded neighbor tricks him into going to Dongguan for work. If it weren’t for his beautiful, generous sister-in-law, He Mengting, taking such good care of him, he probably would have given up long ago. His prospects had seemed bleak, but one small good deed turns his life around completely, and from then on everything goes
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I’m the Boss in Italy 我在意大利当老板
In late-1990s Italy, Hu Liu’an, a stranger in a strange land, takes you on a journey through an overseas world unlike any other, filled with its own bittersweet experiences and tangled loves and hatreds...
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Great Ming: I Told You to Hang Yourself, Not Become a Tyrant 大明：让你上吊，没让你当暴君
[Political intrigue + scheming protagonist + satisfying read + no System + one heroine] Transmigrated into the body of the Chongzhen Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, with less than half a year until the Jiashen Incident. Huang Taiji is about to take a detour through Mongolia, breach the Great Wall, and threaten the capital! What? You say the treasury is empty and we can't fight back? Don't panic. Let me kill a few ministers first and scrape together some money! What? You say Li Zicheng has rebelled
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Sequence Unfolding: I Slay the Gods with Half a Sword 序列展开：我以半剑斩神明
Updating regularly! I hope all you wonderful readers will leave plenty of comments and add the book to your shelves. Your support is the author's greatest motivation to keep updating! Synopsis: If there is light, I can see your eyes. If there is darkness, then I will become your eyes. When the person from your dreams appears in reality; when the door from your dreams opens in reality! It all begins with staring directly at the sun. Everything within my sight is under my protection, and my half-s
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I Became the Whole Family's Darling After Marrying into a Tycoon's Home 替嫁进豪门，成了全家人的团宠
[Underdog comeback + adored by everyone + domineering CEO + married first, fall in love later + livestreaming + secret identities] [Pure-hearted beauty with both brains and looks VS a cold yet devoted domineering CEO] As an adopted daughter, she was forced by her mother and elder sister to marry into the Huo family as a stand-in bride. A lonely orphan with no one to rely on and a comatose man who’d suffered a terrible accident: they really were a perfect match! But she never expected that... Aft
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Neon Taipei: My Seven-Year Descent 霓虹台北：我的七年堕落实录
My new book is out! You can read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well!
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The Legend of a Man 一个男人的传说
[Not a mindless wish-fulfillment novel, not fan fiction, no system] If you had only one choice to make in your life, would you live on your knees, or would you rather stand tall and be destroyed?! This is a novel you need to settle down and read at your own pace. [Prison Arc] Dark, violent, and oppressive, but with hope left behind. [Tiger Emerges from the Mountain] Focused on growth, groundwork, and choosing a path. [Dragon Rises from the Sea] Focused on confrontation, breakneck pacing, and exh
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The Tiger Roars Through the City! 虎啸都市！
The original story of The Invincible Jia Erhu: Abandoned as a baby 24 years ago, he grew up tough, struggling at the bottom of society. Now he has returned as a king, entering the world that once abandoned him with a towering rage. He shows no mercy to his enemies, killing any god or demon that stands in his way. Powerful figures beg for mercy, while his enemies tremble at his name. In the end, he stands at the pinnacle of power, becoming a legendary warlord!
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My Beijing Girl 我的北京女孩
A young man with nothing going for him can't move on after a breakup. When he accompanies a friend to Beijing, he encounters new things and new people... His life quietly changes course. What kind of love story will he find as he sets out to reclaim his dream?
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I Learned to Love You in a Southern City 我在南方的城学会爱你
The seven-year itch came to an end beneath the blazing afternoon sun. I thought my life was about to enter a long winter, but little did I know it was the beginning of a new one. When it comes to learning how to love you, I have used every bit of my ingenuity.
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I Waited for You in the Wind 我在风中等到你
A down-on-his-luck young man, plagued by bad fortune, has no choice but to sign himself away to a beautiful creditor to cover his rent... For a place to live, I can put up with this! ... When I was singing with my friends, someone pulled the plug. My beautiful creditor merely glanced over... Faced with my friends' confusion, I said, “What are you looking at? I'm done singing! She's my ancestor!!!”
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After I Used My Beautiful Boss’s Computer 我动了美女上司的电脑之后
My new book is out! You can find 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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Dangerous Relationship 危险关系
Some kinds of love do not become something you can smile away just because they belong to the past... The feelings that came with our chance encounters were like golden ginkgo leaves drifting gently across my cheek. They quietly became part of my life, then scattered without a sound. But the aching dream of not knowing when those leaves touched the ground follows me like a shadow, for the rest of my life. At least once in a lifetime, love someone enough to forget yourself. Ask for no outcome
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My 26-Year-Old Rich Woman 我的26岁富婆
“Everyday realism” + “A small-town underdog’s rise” + “A wealthy woman’s tangled past” This story follows Qi Lan, a down-on-his-luck young man from a small town, and the strange experiences he shares with Chen Cheng, a wealthy 26-year-old woman. My name is Qi Lan. I never imagined that I’d get rich overnight. A cold, wealthy woman has somehow moved into my house. What am I supposed to do? What’s more, I’m a pure-hearted virgin. Surely I can’t be expected to offer myself to her? As an upstanding
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The Sword Rises in the Nine Mirrors 剑起九镜
The most punishing transmigration test in history, with a pass rate below 3%? Yet this city is packed with transmigrators! She comes from the year 2300, she comes from the Shang Dynasty, and he? Maybe he comes from the Three Kingdoms era. Sorry, I became immortal from the start. My transmigration seems just a tiny bit different from yours. Enemies surround us, and there are schemes within schemes. How come everyone except the main cast has off-the-charts intelligence? Thrown into another world w
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I Transmigrated into a Book, and the Male Lead Fell for Me, the Sick One 穿书之男主爱上有病的我
Reborn in the womb, transmigrate into a book, wealthy family, domineering CEO, jealous and insecure male lead, healing, overprotective brother, play the pig to eat the tiger, female supporting character, possessive, jealous Rong Jin thought this was all life would ever be: half a lifetime struggling through the mire, living at the very bottom, with a life that would always be bleak. After an accident, at the moment of her greatest pain and despair, she transmigrated into a book and gained a life
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I Don’t Have a System, but I Do Have a Hammer 我没有系统，但我有榔头
Fifteen years ago, the “God of Gambling System” abandoned me. Along with it went my luck, gambling skills, wealth, women... and every memory my family and friends had of me! As if the whole world had cast me aside, I angrily grabbed everything I owned, rushed into a hardware store, and spent 38 yuan on a hammer. From that day on, I decided I would kill every System with nothing but my mortal body! (Author’s note: No transmigration, no System, no cheats, no female lead, no brothers, no faction, n
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The Reborn Weakest Meme Lord in a World of Martial Might 最弱玩梗人重生高武
Synopsis: [No golden finger + no talent + no harem] A triple-no novel, all about the jokes! My name is Ling Yun. I transmigrated into a high-martial world and got a second chance at life. No cheats, just hard work! No talent, just Yellow-tier inheritances! No backing, just an ordinary family! But I have a golden dream! I want to become a superstar of Yellow-tier martial arts and work hard to develop Yellow-tier techniques to their absolute limits. Wait, why is everyone around me built like a pro
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In the End, I Was Blinded by the Blossoms 终是乱花迷了眼
This story is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely a matter of fate! Zheng Yin was an ordinary working-class man. After being laid off, he chose to strike out on his own. He and his wife started a shop in a rented room of just ten square meters. Thirty years later, he owned a three-story storefront spanning over a thousand square meters and had become the leading name in the local hardware trade. From the hardships of starting a business to the struggles of run
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Shanghai Auntie’s AI Male Model 沪上阿姨AI男模
The protagonist, Wang Chen, struggles to survive in an apocalyptic world during the Great Depression, then unexpectedly transmigrates to an alternate-world Shanghai in the 1990s. And so Wang Chen’s happy life begins!
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What Can I Do to Save You, Little Dragon Girl? 小龙女我拿什么救你
Ao Xi, an 1,800-year-old dragon girl, runs away from home to explore the world, but ends up trapped in an underground chamber for 2,000 years. By accident, she activates a teleportation array that transports Li An, the male lead from Earth, to the Silvermoon Continent in another world. The two are trapped in the underground chamber, and a few years later, the dragon clan comes knocking!
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The Man Adopted by a Widow 寡妇收养的男人
[Urban Imagination] [Surreal] [Multiple Female Leads] [Beijing-Circle Heiresses] [Beautiful Women Around the World] [Entertainment Industry Stars] [Web-Novel Heroines] [Most Beautiful Heroines on Screen]
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The Live-Action Anime World 真人日漫界
In the future, global attitudes toward marriage and relationships have become warped, and nobody gets married or has children. As a result, the population has plummeted, leaving only 120 million people worldwide. Eastland has 38 million survivors, its cities lie in decline, and human civilization stands on the brink of extinction.
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I Become a Scoundrel in Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils 我在天龙当曹贼
The male lead, Yin Qiancheng, worked himself to death in Shenzhen, then transmigrated into the world of Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils. He obtained a brain-development and dream-insertion System AI. To return to the future, he brought all the female leads of Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, those beautiful older sisters, back to modern Shenzhen.
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Living the High Life as a Young Master 天上人间当少爷
My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well!
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The Feng Family’s Treasured Mother and Daughter 风家的宝贝母女
A novel about love, marriage, and redemption. If I don’t wear the golden headband, how can I save you? If I put on the golden headband, how can I still love you? A love story about the mother and daughter of the Feng family!
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Those of Us Who Don’t Want to Go to Work 不想上班的我们
There are three protagonists in this story: a young man who only wants to open a bar, a young woman who drops out of school to become a livestreamer, and me, someone who always played by the rules but eventually became thoroughly disillusioned with office life. This is a story about a group of young people, just like you and me in our youth. We don't want to go to work, but society beats us down and grinds us into the floor. After enduring hardship, a band of little good-for-nothings rises up to
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I Turned the Whole Class of Underachievers Around, and You Call Me a Homeroom Teacher? 秀翻整个学渣班，你管这叫班主任
Reborn as the homeroom teacher of a class of good-for-nothings, Lu Ze gets the [Super Hardcore Teacher System]. Lu Ze: Nice to meet you. How about this: Class monitor, make a group chat and add everyone. Class monitor: Sure thing, Mr. Lu. The next second. Lu Ze: All right, the 25 students who’ve joined the group, hand over your phones. What kind of teacher is this? What a scam! Another time. Lu Ze: Come on, everyone, repeat after me: “Though old, I am still strong; though my hair is white, my am
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Those Years Adrift in Guangdong 漂泊在广东的那些年
This is a realistic story, based on the author's and his friends' real experiences, with a little artistic embellishment! No golden finger, no System, and probably none of the wish-fulfillment moments you're hoping to see! Beyond the raw realities are deep reflections and memories that have gradually grown hazy! I dedicate this story to the days spent drifting through Guangdong! I dedicate it to those of my generation who went through similar experiences!
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The Pretty Widow of Peach Blossom Creek, Loved by a Young Man 桃花溪的俏寡妇，小年轻爱上她
The night twenty-two-year-old Li Yuchuan returned to his village, he stumbled upon a woman bathing by Peach Blossom Creek. In the moonlight, her skin glowed white. Water slid from her collarbone to the small of her back. She tipped her head back to toss her hair, then flicked out her tongue to lick a drop of water from the corner of her mouth. That one little movement nearly made his soul fly away. Later, he learned she was the “jinx” everyone in the village talked about. Jiang Yuwei. Thirty-fiv
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The Storms of Beicheng 北城风云
Synopsis: (This story is entirely fictional. Its original title was Northern City’s Turmoil.) What is the jianghu? Wherever there are people, there is a jianghu, and wherever there is a jianghu, there is conflict! The jianghu is about fighting, killing, and the law of the jungle, but it’s also about human relationships and social conventions. This book will take you back to the jianghu of the 1980s and 1990s, where you’ll witness the extraordinary path of Chen Yanan, a generation’s ruthless hero
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The Gangster Tycoon Who Rose from the Hutongs 胡同里杀出来的流氓大亨
Previously published under the titles Dragon City Years and Thirty Years in a Bloodstained Underworld. This is a lawless age where every corner is ruled by a big shot. This is the story of a naive young man who turns into a bloodthirsty beast just to survive. This is an underworld tale full of thrills and passion! Welcome to the 1980s…
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The Beauty’s Ordeal 红颜劫下
Even a dragon may lie low in a deep pool, but one day it will soar into the sky. Betrayed by his girlfriend of three years, bullied by the CEO, and caught in a vicious cycle of office infighting, he runs into a police beauty in Jingyang. He gets promoted and a raise, only to be framed, then sees his moment of glory vanish in a flash. After scraping by for a while, he finally shows his heroic mettle, starts a business of his own, and seizes his chance. A migrant worker from the countryside rises
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The Wife I Met at the Civil Affairs Bureau Turned Out to Be a Millionaire 民政局捡到的老婆竟然是个富婆
Zhao Muyuan was delivering divorce papers to his boss when he found himself a wife outside the Civil Affairs Bureau. “Why do you carry your household registration booklet around with you?” Xiang Qiu was at a loss for words. Zhao Muyuan held the booklet, eagerly waiting for her to act on impulse. “Congratulations, you are now legally married.”
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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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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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Police: First in the National Exam, Assigned to Balihe 警察：联考第一，我入职八里河
[Completed] [Grassroots police + lighthearted daily life + father-son affection, mentor-student bond, friendship + no romance + no System, transmigration, or rebirth + not a wish-fulfillment story + male lead is injured fairly often in the middle and later arcs + well-rounded characters] Haunted by unresolved issues, promising young officer Wang Boyu chooses to join the Balihe Police Station as one of five new recruits, embarking on a warm but chaotic journey of growth! Here, you'll find: The co
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The Chaotic Record of Mending the Heavens 混沌补天录
[No System, no being reborn, cautious cultivation, sound logic, quotable lines, and hilarious comedy] Please don't expect this to follow the usual formula of some cultivation novels, where the protagonist becomes invincible and starts killing as soon as he begins cultivating. This story follows the protagonist's transformation from an ordinary person, and strives to stay closer to real life, with plenty of introspection and social criticism. Starting as a law-abiding citizen, the protagonist fir
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A Senior's Diary of Chasing Love: Only After Losing Me Did He Learn to Chase His Junior 学姐追夫实录，失我方见学弟追妻火葬场
An Upperclassman's Record of Pursuing Love: Only After Losing Her Does the Underclassman Realize He Must Chase Her Back
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Why the Childhood Sweetheart Waited for Her Childhood Friend 何以青梅，终候竹马
How Childhood Sweethearts Waited at Last for Their One True Love
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A Pair of Delicate Red Hands 一双红酥手
Reborn in 1996, I planned to strike it rich with the lottery numbers from the one thing I remembered about my past life. Who knew it would still turn out to be just a dream!!! There are only 98 days left until the college entrance exam, and I’ve forgotten every bit of what I learned in my previous life. What do I do... Fine, I’ll come clean. I just want to be a couch potato, enjoy life with a beautiful wife, and live a quiet little life... This story is entirely fictional. Any similarities are p
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Wang, the Northeastern Guy in the Women's Dorm, Don't Panic 女工宿舍楼里东北汉子老王你别慌
Wang Xinyan is a strapping Northeastern man, tall and broad-shouldered. But because his mother loved watching romance dramas, she gave him a feminine name. After graduating from college, that name got him assigned not only to a female factory-worker position, but also to a dorm room on the women's floor…
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The Merchant’s Road to the West 西部商途
[No System] [No golden finger] [School belle] [Multiple heroines] [The struggle of an ordinary guy] Zhang Bo is a poor kid from the countryside. He doesn’t have much going for him, except that he’s pretty lucky with girls...
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Restarting My Life and Winning Over Several One True Loves 重启人生拐几个白月光
So what if he was rich in his previous life? He couldn't even find his wife and daughter! In this reborn life, he'll protect his family first... A life of wealth and luxury? He wouldn't mind! But the simple pleasures of everyday life are what feel most real!
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I Don’t Want This Kind of Rebirth 这样的重生我不想要啊
Being reborn isn't about having an easy, satisfying life. It's about walking the human road again through blood and tears! The hardships I've endured and the burdens I've borne aren't anything to be proud of. I'll just leave them in my memories. A simple, honest life, surrounded by a beloved wife and beautiful companions, is what truly matters...
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You’ve Got to Be Kidding: A Tang Dynasty Assassin Taking the College Entrance Exam 没搞错吧我一个大唐刺客参加高考
A Tang Dynasty assassin has just beheaded a military governor, only to open his eyes as a hopeless high school senior! He spent the first half of his life relying on a swift blade. Now he has to battle trigonometry? With just 100 days left until the college entrance exam, what’s an assassin like me supposed to do? And just as the turmoil is still unfolding, he learns that his beautiful master has transmigrated from the Tang Dynasty too…
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One Sword to Slay the Fairer Sex 一剑斩红粉
[Urban Martial Arts]+ [Traditional Cultivation]+ [Multiple Heroines] Lin Che, young master of an ancient martial arts family in the city, was framed and killed in his previous life while enjoying himself beneath the peonies. His lover, a minor internet celebrity close to him, had joined forces with his family's sworn enemy to set him up. His path to being reborn is also a path to rising to power…
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After Succeeding in Cultivation, I Transmigrated to Earth to Farm 修仙有成却穿越到地球种田
[Cultivation]+ [Farming]+ [Multiple Heroines]+ [Transmigration]+ [Golden Finger]+ [Alternate Fantasy World]+ [If It's Not Your Thing, Please Don't Complain] Chen Xing, an immortal with a spirit body from the Ziling Sect, had cultivated to the peak of the continent. Just as he was reveling in a life of pleasure with six beautiful concubines, the Trial of Worldly Desires struck. His soul transmigrated into the body of a young man with the same name on Earth, who had died after slipping and falling
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After the Divorce 离婚之后
[An animated series based on this book is coming soon. If you enjoy Qiuqiu's work, please keep an eye out for it!] This story tackles a subject close to real life, one I've always wanted to write about but never dared to. After writing a few feel-good power fantasies, I found myself returning to this subject, with an even stronger urge to express what I wanted to say. And so this book was born… Yang Zhixuan was a full-time homemaker who was divorced after fifteen years of marriage. On a snowy ni
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