Classic Novels That Never Get Old 经典小说，百看不厌

1. 301 沙 Desert Expedition 沙漠探险 Artistic Conception at the Orchid Pavilion兰亭画意Mystery168k WordsCompleted The midday sun baked the sand until it was scorching. Chen Zhi crouched and plunged his fingers into the sand. Hot. But not the kind of heat the sun would leave behind. He jerked his hand back. Blisters had already formed on his fingertips. "There's something wrong with this sand." Chen Zhi stood up and held his hand out to Li Tian. The blisters glistened in the sunlight. Li Tian took a step back. "Old Chen, what happened to your hand?" "There's something under the sand." Chen Zhi kicked away th 18Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 302 重 Reborn as a Concubine in the Su Household 重生之我在苏府当小妾 Shangguan Loves to Drink Water上官爱喝水Ancient Romance377k WordsCompleted Nontraditional rebirth + women's self-rescue + psychological healing + original poetry + metafiction Don't let the title fool you. The original title was Dawn's Clear Light. Rebirth is the ultimate act of self-rescue. A profound story that is both heartbreaking and healing. Zheng Ming awoke after transmigrating, only to become the concubine of a powerful minister. She navigated the storms of political rivalries and stirred the winds of change across the realm, believing she was carefully plan 228Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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   I'm recommending a hidden gem that I've read three times. The title may seem commonplace, but it's a breathtaking epic of female awakening. It's steeped in classical style, with philosophical insights permeating every line. The first five volumes seem like a tale of domestic intrigue and power struggles, but later you discover that every detail is foreshadowing, leading to a sudden and profound understanding. It requires careful reading and is perfect for readers tired of fast-paced, action-packed stories and seeking intellectually stimulating reading experiences. I've shed tears for it and am deeply impressed by the author's craftsmanship. If you're not afraid of a mind-bending read, you're welcome to give it a try.

3. 303 生 The Zombie Virus Runs Rampant 生化僵尸病毒肆虐 Artistic Conception at the Orchid Pavilion兰亭画意Sci-Fi & Apocalypse248k WordsCompleted A virus leaks from an underground laboratory. Spread through the air and bodily fluids, it causes those infected to progress through the stages of “infection, corruption, frenzy, mutation, and transformation” within 48 hours, ultimately turning them into mindless, bloodthirsty, gluttonous “aberrants.” 17Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 304 天 Heaven's Wrath: A Tragic Ballad of Heroes Amid the Late Ming Wars 天罚：明朝末年战乱英雄悲歌 Artistic Conception at the Orchid Pavilion兰亭画意Historical632k WordsCompleted In the forty-sixth year of the Wanli reign of the Ming Dynasty, Nurhaci announced to the beile princes: “My mind is made up. This year, we will march against the Ming!” On the thirteenth day of the fourth month that year, he proclaimed the “Seven Grievances” to Heaven and raised his army against the Ming. 25Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 305 第 The First Notebook of a Feng Shui Master Passed Down Through Generations 第一本祖传风水师笔记 I Come from the East我自东方Urban896k WordsOngoing [Adapted into a short drama] [A feng shui novel about the world around you] This novel explores feng shui in homes, shops, offices, graves and burial grounds, and people’s personal lives. There’s nothing mysterious or abstruse here, just feng shui stories from everyday life. By the time you come across this book, the gears of fate may already have started turning. Read carefully, and you may find something unexpected... 237.5kReads9.1Score24.3kShelves

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   Three books. The first is a textbook for career success and a guide to enhancing insight, suitable for those starting from the bottom or seeking promotion from middle to upper management. The second and third are works on the I Ching and Taoism.

6. 306 她 She Betrayed You, So Why Are You Begging Her to Come Back? 她都背叛你了，你还求她回来 Artistic Conception at the Orchid Pavilion兰亭画意Urban128k WordsCompleted Reborn on the day they broke up, he was dumped by his ex-girlfriend, who looked down on him, then went straight to a top company. She cried and begged him to take her back, but he no longer liked her, and —Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 307 那 That Red Land 那片红色的土地 Xiong Dayu熊大雨Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting] [Slice of life] [Entrepreneurship] [Family] [Rural life] [No clichés] [Not a power fantasy] [No transmigration] [Slow-paced] [Realistic] [Urban] [Hardships] Trust me, it gets better and better as the story goes on, and it absolutely won't end badly! Writing an original work is no easy task. Every word comes from the heart. Please don't leave a low rating or bad review. A casual three or four stars from you could deal a fatal blow to this niche novel. This novel is neither a cr 11.9kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves

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   A masterpiece whose title doesn't do it justice; it's original and engaging. After reading Chapter 1, I'm already on to Chapter 43, Chapter 158...

8. 308 退 Retired Seniors Start New Businesses 退休创业的银发老年人们 Artistic Conception at the Orchid Pavilion兰亭画意Urban114k WordsCompleted A 65-year-old former state-owned factory director discovers that his fellow seniors are full of hidden talents while teaching smartphone apps at a senior college. A retired accountant can make short videos, a former garment-factory patternmaker wants to open an online qipao shop, and a veteran hopes to form a cycling group for seniors and make documentaries. He leads them in founding the Silver-Haired Entrepreneurs Alliance, turning their experience into products. —Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 309 我 My Elders 我的长辈 Lion Mound狮子墩Modern Romance335k WordsCompleted In the 1980s, as people flock to the cities, all kinds of stories unfold! Mu Fang suffers from asthma, so many people keep their distance. After several unsuccessful matchmaking attempts, she meets someone on a day when sleet begins to fall. It feels like fate has brought them together, and they fall in love at first sight. Defying her family’s objections, Mu Fang marries her second uncle, who is more than ten years her senior. She never looks down on him for being poor and from the countryside, 312Reads—Score—Shelves

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10. 310 用 After Defeating My Master with the Ten-Palm Dragon-Slaying Technique 用降龙十巴掌击败师父之后 Artistic Conception at the Orchid Pavilion兰亭画意Male-Channel Fanfiction8k WordsCompleted After Defeating My Master with the Ten Palms of the Dragon Subduing Technique —Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 311 向 Born to Follow the Sun 向阳而生 Li Xiangxiang李想想Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [A new book from a veteran author] [Daily life] [Romance] [A little heartbreak, then overwhelmingly sweet] He Zhicheng gave his son He Shu a perfect demonstration of what a scumbag looked like, leaving He Shu terrified of marriage before he was even an adult. The little tree, withered before it had even grown, was chased by another stubborn little sprout who kept urging him to stand tall. Well, maybe it takes going through all that pain to appreciate the happiness of an ordinary life. Life comes 127.8kReads9.6Score14.2kShelves
12. 312 抗 Fighting the Japanese in Burma 抗日之缅甸作战 Artistic Conception at the Orchid Pavilion兰亭画意Historical153k WordsCompleted In 1942, the Chinese Expeditionary Force entered Burma to fight. On the edge of Burma's Wild Man Mountain, in the primeval jungle after the retreat from Tonggu. A brutal, unforgiving battlefield, with ammunition in desperately short supply. 35Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 313 我 I Restore Artifacts at the Palace Museum, and the Artifacts Actually... 我在故宫修文物，文物竟然 Artistic Conception at the Orchid Pavilion兰亭画意19k WordsCompleted I Restore Cultural Relics at the Palace Museum, and the Relics Actually... 5Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 314 幸 The Psychology of Happiness 幸福心理学 Artistic Conception at the Orchid Pavilion兰亭画意33k WordsCompleted The Psychology of Happiness 5Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 315 山 Chronicles of Mountains and Rivers 山河志 A Dao阿刀Urban1.9M WordsCompleted His beautiful mother was nearly assaulted by a village lout, but she tearfully begged the man who rescued her not to call the police. Young Gao Yuan couldn’t understand why at the time. Only when he reached his thirties and looked back on the past, with those scenes flashing through his mind, did he realize that the lives of countless rural people together form a chronicle of the mountains and rivers of China! 84.2kReads9.6Score9.2kShelves
16. 316 西 Performing Crosstalk with Tomato Novels: A Humorous Commentary on Treatise on Cold Damage and Miscellaneous Diseases 西红柿小说和我一起展示相声表演：笑谈注解伤寒杂病论 Artistic Conception at the Orchid Pavilion兰亭画意13k WordsCompleted Tomato Novel joins me in presenting a crosstalk performance: Laughing Through the Annotations to the Treatise on Cold Damage and Miscellaneous Diseases —Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 317 最 The Strongest Man 最强人 Wang Yiwang王已忘Urban6.1M WordsCompleted The strongest person isn’t the one who defeats others, but the one who refuses to be defeated by anyone or anything. Zhuang Xiaoqiang grew up in a poor family. His father’s downward spiral left the family on the verge of falling apart when Xiaoqiang was just eight. From then on, he shouldered the burden of supporting his family. He learned early how important money was to a household, and knew there was no one he could rely on. Everything he wanted had to be earned with his own hands, whether a 42.7kReads9.2Score4.8kShelves
18. 318 我 I Forged a Peking University Acceptance Letter, and My Parents Invited the Whole Village to a Banquet 我伪造了北京大学录取通知书，父母邀请全村人来吃宴会 Artistic Conception at the Orchid Pavilion兰亭画意9k WordsCompleted I Forged a Peking University Acceptance Letter, and My Parents Invited the Whole Village to a Feast —Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 319 甘 I’ll Drink Illusions Like Spring Wine, and Ask No Truth of the Abyss 甘吞虚妄作春醪，不向深渊问假真 Artistic Conception at the Orchid Pavilion兰亭画意7k WordsCompleted I’ll gladly drink delusion brewed like spring wine, and ask no abyss whether it’s true or false. —Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 320 嫁 Marrying Into the Jin Family 嫁金钗 Punctuation句读Modern Romance104k WordsCompleted Shanghai seems like an isolated island, cut off from the war raging across the country. While battles rage everywhere else, Shanghai alone is still filled with decadent revelry... 23.6kReads8.5Score652Shelves

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    Just looking at the book title makes you want to memorize the classic lines.

21. 321 唐 Tang Sanzang Dresses Up as Pleasant Goat to Cross Goat Village, While Reborn Big Wolf Eats Tang Sanzang to Gain Immortality 唐僧为过羊村扮喜羊羊，重生灰太狼吃货吃唐僧长生不老 Artistic Conception at the Orchid Pavilion兰亭画意Male-Channel Fanfiction13k WordsCompleted To get through Sheep Village, Tang Seng disguises himself as Pleasant Goat. Reborn as a gluttonous Gray Wolf, he eats Tang Seng to gain immortality. —Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 322 重 Reborn as a Cockroach 重生之我变成了一只蟑螂 Artistic Conception at the Orchid Pavilion兰亭画意7k WordsCompleted Reborn as a Cockroach —Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 323 京 Spring Tide over Beijing and Macau 京澳春潮 Midsummer Rain仲夏雨Modern Romance400k WordsCompleted [Print edition preorders open August 7, 2026, at 7 p.m.] [Heiress vs. Men from All Walks of Life] Also known as Spring Tide in Jing'ao The first time Wen Ning saw Xie Zhiyu on Aodao, she knew he was a dangerous man. Even though he was merely sitting quietly in a dessert shop, eating a bowl of mung bean soup. The little shop was packed and noisy, yet no one dared share a table with him. A few meters around him, an island of solitude had been deliberately carved out. “Who is he?” “Xie Zhiyu. No on 182.5kReads9.6Score28.3kShelves
24. 324 噬 Tower of Devouring Wastelands 噬荒塔 The World's Most Stubborn Mouth天下嘴硬Eastern Fantasy288k WordsCompleted Synopsis of "The Devouring Wasteland Tower" The day Lu Chenzhou's dantian shattered, his fiancée broke off their engagement on the spot. All of the Eastern Wasteland knew that the Lu family's useless son was alive only to waste grain. No one knew a tower had entered his sea of qi. A tower that was three thousand years old. It could eat, play dead, and even erase its accounts. Only he could read the words carved into it, and the whole Eastern Wasteland had no one else who could. Using this d 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The roof beams were low, the roof tiles were leaky and broken, and moldy firewood was piled in the corner. The air was filled with a damp, earthy smell and a faint, almost imperceptible smell of blood—his own.

25. 325 幽 Crossing the Netherworld 幽司渡 The World's Most Stubborn Mouth天下嘴硬Mystery247k WordsCompleted Protagonist Name: Zi Mo Lineage: A descendant of the Yin-Shang royal house, a distant kinsman of Zi Shou, King Zhou Identity: You Si (not an official position, but an identity defined by a mission) Appearance: Around twenty-five or twenty-six, lean and reserved, with a faint old scar at the corner of his left eye Personality: Quiet and taciturn. He has seen death countless times but has not grown numb to it. He feels compassion for the dead and keeps a cautious distance from the workings of Heav 5Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 326 中 Ingenious Inventions of Ancient China 中国古代奇技淫巧 Yang Jun杨钧Historical194k WordsCompleted The authors of this book searched through vast collections of historical records, painstakingly gathering hundreds of long-lost secret arts and techniques passed down through the centuries. These include forging antiques, identifying treasures, alchemy, health practices, beauty techniques, fortune-telling by characters, martial arts, and spiritual cultivation. Their scope ranges from contemplating the heavens and earth and making uncanny predictions to calming the mind, curing illness, and riddi 8.9kReads9.6Score1.5kShelves
27. 327 爷 Grandpa's Trillion-Yuan Spoiled Granddaughter 爷爷千亿宠孙女 The World's Most Stubborn Mouth天下嘴硬64k WordsCompleted Grandpa's Trillion-Yuan Love for His Granddaughter 2Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 328 宫 A Rhapsody of Palace Flowers 宫花赋 Six-Eared Yuanyuan六耳圆圆Ancient Romance681k WordsCompleted [A no-nonsense, trope-defying palace-intrigue drama + no love for the emperor + ensemble of women] Everyone has their own ambitions. I have no interest in fighting other women over a man. She was little Qing Luo, a girl who valued her life above all else. Abandoned by her parents as a child, she had wandered through hardship until she entered the Forbidden City, where she met the beautiful, gracious Yue Ren and the clever, perceptive Lü Zhu. At last, her wandering heart found a home. The three s 30.1kReads9.6Score4kShelves

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    Having withstood the test of time, it is rich and mellow.

29. 329 替 The Contract Wife, The Ice-Cold CEO Falls Hard 替嫁契约妻，高冷禁欲总裁沦陷 Loves Bauhinia Flowers爱紫荆花Modern Romance410k WordsCompleted Forced by her adoptive parents, Xia Yutong takes the place of her arrogant, overbearing stepsister and marries Lu Yunfei, a notorious playboy caught up in one scandal after another. But the wedding takes a shocking turn. The man who comes to escort her home is not the playboy Lu Yunfei, but Lu Yanci, the feared devil of the business world. He runs the vast Lu business empire, wields enormous power, and is ruthless in his methods. He is aloof, chaste, and indifferent to women. On their wedding ni 13kReads6.8Score893Shelves

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    Here are a few classic novels I recommend; you'll never tire of them. They're all about arranged marriages that blossom into love, and incredibly sweet. A cold, calculating CEO falls for her, only to later face a tumultuous pursuit.

30. 330 新 On Our Wedding Night, My Comatose Husband Put His Arm Around My Waist 新婚夜，植物人老公搂住我的腰 Loves Bauhinia Flowers爱紫荆花Modern Romance238k WordsCompleted [Marriage First, Love Later + Sweet Romance + Age Gap + Husband Chasing His Wife + Both Chaste] Tong Yao is forced to take her twin sister’s place and marry Gu Jingchen, a former business tycoon who is now in a vegetative state. The whole city pities her, believing she will spend her life as a wife in name only. But on their wedding night, the sleeping man suddenly wraps an arm around her waist. The once decisive king of the business world wakes up and takes back his immense power. Everyone wait 3.6kReads6.6Score283Shelves
31. 331 瓦 The Saga of Wagang Stronghold 瓦岗寨演义 Liang Langchuan梁朗川Historical74k WordsCompleted The Tale of Wagang Stronghold is set amid the chaos of the late Sui dynasty and vividly recounts how the heroes of Wagang rise up to resist tyranny. The story follows bold outlaws such as Cheng Yaojin, Qin Qiong, Shan Xiongxin, and Xu Maogong, chronicling their legendary exploits: gathering at Wagang, seizing the imperial tribute, rebelling in Shandong, and joining forces with eighteen rebel kings to fight the Sui court. The book features both bloody battles amid flashing blades and clashes of w 845Reads9.5Score107Shelves

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32. 332 闪 My Flash-Marriage Husband Is Actually a Trillionaire CEO 闪婚老公，竟是千亿总裁 Loves Bauhinia Flowers爱紫荆花Modern Romance161k WordsCompleted 4.6kReads—Score166Shelves
33. 333 我 I Woke Up My Husband from His Vegetative State 我让植物人老公苏醒 Loves Bauhinia Flowers爱紫荆花Modern Romance286k WordsCompleted [Love after marriage + age gap + groveling pursuit + sweet romance + powerful man lowering his head] Su Tong is the Su family’s adopted daughter. Clever from a young age, she excelled in school and graduated from Harvard, becoming an outstanding neurosurgeon. The Su family’s biological daughter, Su Shishi, refuses to honor the betrothal arranged for her when she was young and marry Huo Yunzhou, a business magnate from Haicheng who has been in a vegetative state since a car accident. So her adop 2kReads8.0Score143Shelves
34. 334 新 On My Wedding Night, I Revived a Comatose Tycoon 新婚夜，我救活了植物人大佬 Loves Bauhinia Flowers爱紫荆花Modern Romance515k WordsCompleted [Marriage First, Love Later] [Sweet Romance] [Age Gap] [Scheming Male Lead] Jiang Yan grew up in a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners. From childhood, she studied medicine under her grandparents, both seasoned physicians, and mastered the art of acupuncture. However, fate had other plans. Her father's company was on the brink of collapse, and to save it, she was forced to marry Lu Jingming, a business genius who had been left in a vegetative state by a car accident. Known for h 2.4kReads6.8Score149Shelves
35. 335 植 The Comatose Tycoon Falls in Love with Me 植物人大佬，爱上我 Loves Bauhinia Flowers爱紫荆花Modern Romance378k WordsCompleted [Marriage first, love later + devoted to one another + sweet romance] An Ran is a highly skilled neurosurgeon who should have been making a name for herself saving lives. Instead, her greedy stepmother and father force her into the dark depths of fate. Tempted by money, they push her into what seems like an endless, loveless marriage, marrying her off to Mu Tingchen, a legendary business tycoon left in a vegetative state after a car accident. Once, Mu Tingchen ruled the business world with an ir 1.1kReads6.4Score—Shelves
36. 336 大 Grandmaster Zun 大师尊 Cheng Ru成如Eastern Fantasy505k WordsOngoing A seasoned old hand from the martial world transmigrates into the cultivation world. Thanks to his wife's connections, he gets into an immortal sect. Senior sisters, junior sisters, saintesses, grand elders, sect masters... Pure wish fulfillment, utterly invincible, but not brainless. Overwhelming combat power, a sharp mind, devious beneath a good-guy exterior, and full of schemes. He borrows the tiger's skin to wave a great banner, winning people over with virtue. He throws lime in their eyes a 3.3kReads—Score223Shelves

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    A seasoned veteran of the martial arts world transmigrates to the cultivation world. Through his wife's connections, he enters a celestial sect. Senior sisters, junior sisters, holy maidens, grand elders, sect leaders… Purely refreshing, invincible, not brainless, with explosive martial arts skills and undeniably sharp intelligence, cunning, seemingly a good person but harboring a belly full of evil. He uses his connections to intimidate, manipulate others with virtue, and employs clever tactics to overcome brute force. He's a master of rhetoric, unmatched in his verbal prowess. From a son-in-law of a celestial sect, he ultimately becomes a grandmaster. [Eating popcorn]

37. 337 新 On Our Wedding Night, I Woke My Husband from His Coma 新婚夜，我让植物人老公苏醒了 Loves Bauhinia Flowers爱紫荆花Modern Romance169k WordsCompleted [Marriage before love + winning her back after breaking her heart + age gap + sweet romance + scheming male lead] Her older sister was suffering from kidney failure and urgently needed money for a transplant. Jiang Yawei swallowed her pride and went home to beg her scumbag father to pay for the surgery, only to catch her boyfriend of three years kissing Jiang Feifei, her half-sister. Her father and stepmother seized the chance to hold her sister’s life-saving money over her head, forcing her to 1.9kReads—Score146Shelves
38. 338 我 I Restored the Capital’s Tycoon’s Sight, and He Spoils Me Rotten 我让京圈大佬复明，他把我狠狠宠 Loves Bauhinia Flowers爱紫荆花Modern Romance204k WordsCompleted [Substitute marriage, love after marriage, ex-husband’s redemption, sweet romance, both leads are virgins] Huo Jingchen had a fiery temper, devastating looks, and a decisive, domineering way of doing things. He was arrogant and unruly, with a strong streak of tsundere pride. He was recognized throughout the business world as a genius, famous for his ruthlessness and cunning. His decisive, ruthless methods earned him the nickname “Living Yama,” and made his business rivals tremble at the mere men 1.1kReads—Score100Shelves
39. 339 禁 The Abstinent Tycoon Is Addicted to Me 禁欲大佬对我上瘾 Loves Bauhinia Flowers爱紫荆花Modern Romance144k WordsCompleted [1v1 sweet romance + both leads are devoted to each other + powerful man lowers his head] After getting drunk, Sheng Yanxi accidentally wandered into the presidential suite of Ling Jingchen, the fearsome “tyrant” of Hancheng. After one reckless night, she woke up, saw the outline of the man beside her, and was scared out of her wits. It was Ling Jingchen! The cold-faced tyrant whose slightest stomp could make all of Hancheng tremble! While he was still asleep, she fled in a panic. Ling Jingchen 3kReads—Score132Shelves
40. 340 南 A Popular History of the Northern and Southern Dynasties 南北史通俗演义 Cai Dongfan蔡东藩Historical611k WordsCompleted [An Introduction to History, Adapted from Official Histories, Northern and Southern Dynasties Intrigue, Warlords of a Turbulent Age, A Chaptered Novel, Rigorous Historical Detail] The Popular Romance of the Northern and Southern Dynasties is part of Cai Dongfan’s classic series of popular histories, recounting in full the nearly two centuries of turmoil from Liu Yu’s overthrow of the Jin dynasty and founding of the Song to Yang Jian’s unification of north and south. Complete in one hundred chapt 16Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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41. 341 浩 Venerable Lord of the Vastness Sword: Mencius Descends to Earth, His Aura Reaches the Ninth Heaven 浩然剑尊：孟子临凡，气贯九天 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今28k WordsCompleted Sage of the Righteous Sword: Mencius Descends to the Mortal Realm, His Spirit Piercing the Nine Heavens —Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 342 纪 The Changing of Eras: Born of the Ashen Heavens 纪元更替·烬天生人 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今30k WordsCompleted The Changing of Eras: People Born Under the Ashen Sky 1Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 343 太 The Marquis of Liu Through the Ages 太玄留侯 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今23k WordsCompleted The Great Mystery and the Marquis of Liu —Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 344 关 Tales of the Northern Song Dynasty 关于北宋的那些事 Can't Cry哭不得Historical2.0M WordsOngoing A new work is here! I hope you'll head over to Tomato Novel to read it. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 9.4kReads8.4Score1.1kShelves

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    It's a classic! It lets you personally experience the prosperity and splendor of the Song Dynasty a thousand years ago!

45. 345 寒 The Poor-Born Female Chancellor: Your Majesty, I Won’t Marry 寒门女相：陛下，臣不嫁人 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今29k WordsCompleted The Common-Born Female Chancellor: Your Majesty, I Will Not Marry —Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 346 五 The Woman with Five Marriages 五婚女人 Little Pear Blossom O小梨花OModern Romance394k WordsCompleted Among contemporary Chinese literature's portrayals of rural women's lives, Zheng Guozhen's story grips readers with its astonishing realism and tragic depth. Through an ordinary rural woman's five failed marriages, this novel sketches the hardships of rural women's lives and inner worlds during China's social transformation in the 1990s. From an arranged marriage imposed by her parents to a self-serving union built on dependence on power, from an emotional wasteland scarred by violence to a brie 1.8kReads7.9Score224Shelves
47. 347 长 The Rhapsody of Changmen: Ashes of the Golden Moon 长门赋·金月烬 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今Ancient Romance18k WordsCompleted Ode to the Gate of Longmen: The Golden Moon Burns to Ashes —Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 348 破 After Daybreak 破晓过后 Happy Land Land Land Land Land乐土土土土土Eastern Fantasy406k WordsOngoing I walk across the land. Passing through this world, where roads stretch far and horses hurry by. I hold all things in the world lightly. After hello comes goodbye, and after goodbye comes silence. Life is vast as the sea, with mountains rising one after another. 30Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I wrote this myself, so I'd appreciate any suggestions. Thanks! ☺️

49. 349 苦 The Long-Suffering Younger Sister 苦妹 Little Pear Blossom O小梨花OModern Romance588k WordsCompleted This is a bloodcurdling, suffocating epic of female suffering. It tells the tragic story of a woman called Ku Mei, whose life was mercilessly crushed by fate over more than half a century, from the early 1960s to the beginning of the twenty-first century. In 1960, during a famine-stricken winter, she was born the second daughter in her family and named Pan Di, “Hoping for a younger brother.” From then on, her grandmother saw her as a “jinx” and branded her Ku Mei, “Bitter Girl.” In a family that 3.3kReads8.8Score399Shelves
50. 350 庆 The Invisible Grain of Qingli 庆历无影粮 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今9k WordsCompleted The Shadowless Grain of Qingli —Reads—Score—Shelves

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