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  1. 1 My Years as a Con Artist 我做老千的那些年 Urban3.3M WordsOngoing The short drama adaptation of the Old Cheater series is now streaming on Red Fruit and Tomato. Come check it out! I'm a professional gambler. At the table, I can turn the odds on their head. But I want to use my own experience to tell you a simple truth: stay away from gambling. Because nine out of ten games are rigged, and you lose every time! 454kReads9.5Score47.1kShelves
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  2. 2 The Hidden Secrets of the World 天下藏局 Urban2.8M WordsCompleted [Wuxia World + Antiques Appraisal + Tomb Raiding] I never went to school as a child. Instead, I spent ten years learning the trade from a beautiful woman. Over those ten years, she forged me a pair of “Ghost Eyes” that could identify every rare treasure in the world. She trained my hands into “Buddha’s Hands,” teaching me to break traps and set schemes with impunity. And she taught me a repertoire of “divine skills” that let me navigate the shifting world of the martial underworld with ease. Dra 99.7kReads9.4Score18.4kShelves
  3. 3 The Profiteer 奸商 Urban1.6M WordsCompleted [Read the first 10 chapters patiently, and you'll see: in studying, daily life, work, and love, there are tricks everywhere!] There are no honest businessmen. Nine out of ten merchants will cheat you. But nine out of ten salespeople will become bosses. I'm a salesperson, and I became a boss too. I'll use my own experience to show you the tricks these unscrupulous merchants use… This book aims to teach you how to avoid scams. Imitate anything in it at your own risk. 10.9kReads9.1Score1.7kShelves
  4. 4 The Art of Deception! 千术! Urban7.7M WordsCompleted As the saying goes, nine out of ten gamblers lose. You'll never see the knives hidden behind the gambling table! I have a plain name: Niu Tiezhu. Of course, you can also call me... A-Yao. 23.6kReads9.0Score2.3kShelves
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  5. 5 The Gambling Den 赌城 Urban1.8M WordsCompleted My new book, I’m a Proper Chinese Medicine Doctor, So Why Am I Being Treated Like a Gynecologist?, is out. As the saying goes, nine out of ten gamblers lose. But as someone who lost everything and worked as a junket agent, I can tell you for sure: every single gambler loses! Even if you can avoid a cheat’s tricks, you can’t escape the odds of the casino. Gambling is a game ordinary people should never touch. It’s a blade that kills without drawing blood! 5.7kReads9.1Score479Shelves
  6. 6 A Life of Gambling 赌涯人生 Urban1.0M WordsCompleted I'm a card cheat! Behind the seemingly glamorous card tables lies a world of knives and swords, where every step could be deadly. I thought I'd learned how to rig the game and deceive others, but I never realized that perhaps I was just a pawn on someone else's board. 343Reads9.0Score130Shelves
  7. 7 There's No End to Gambling, Turn Back Before It's Too Late 赌海无涯,回头是岸 Urban1.4M WordsCompleted People often say that nine out of ten gambling games are rigged. There's another old saying, too: gamble long enough, and even the gods will lose. Even in our harmonious society, where material and cultural life are highly developed, the age-old scourge of gambling is still all around us. Countless people have lost everything to it, some even losing their families and their lives. Told from the perspective of someone who works in a casino, this book exposes the little-known shady dealings behind 14.8kReads9.2Score1.4kShelves
  8. 8 The Cardsharp: Back to the Underworld 老千:重返江湖 Urban1.4M WordsCompleted 11.5kReads9.0Score966Shelves
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  9. 9 My Casino's Golden Eyes Can See the End of All Life 我的赌场金瞳,能见众生末路 Urban2.6M WordsOngoing I’m Zhao Fan. I make my living in casinos, with a pair of eyes that can see through fate. But who knew this wasn’t some divine power? It was nothing but a shackle, one that bore the weight of human hearts and human nature. After spending enough time around gambling, I came to understand: Nine out of ten games are rigged, and every gambler loses in the end. Stay away from gambling. The moment you sit at the table, you’re taking the first step toward ruin. You’re after money, but everyone else is 15.5kReads8.4Score987Shelves
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  10. 10 A Cardsharp’s Life in the Jianghu 老千之人在江湖 Urban339k WordsOngoing Cheating at games? Rigged contests? Professional swindlers? They say those caught up in the game are blind, while onlookers see clearly. The moment you sit down at the gambling table, you’ve already lost. Ever since I was little, I, Lin Chujiu, lived with my second uncle. If it weren’t for him, I swear I would never have become one of the Eight Gates who make their living wandering the jianghu... I’ll use stories from my life in the jianghu to show you how terrifying gambling is... Please! Stay 88Reads—Score—Shelves
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  11. 11 The Dashing Gambler 风流赌神 Urban4.7M WordsOngoing Synopsis: [Not a System novel, please don't complain if it's not for you] [High-stakes gambling] [Stories from the bathhouse] [Everyday scams and fraud] [Male lead grows from weak to strong + gives back to society] Chen Zhongchuan is an abandoned orphan, raised by his grandfather from childhood. When he boards the train to Nanshan, his grandfather tells him the truth... This book explores gambling and the many scams found in real life, warning readers to stay away from gambling. At best, it can 3kReads8.8Score242Shelves
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  12. 12 Tales of the Thousand Gates 千门之往事 Urban1.7M WordsCompleted My name is Chen Xiang, and I'm a professional card sharp. Back in my hometown, there's a saying: The Outcast, above one person and below ten thousand! It means that whenever a gambler strikes it lucky at the table, tens of thousands of others are bound to lose and be trampled underfoot. If one person wins, ten thousand lose! That's gambling! Treasure your life and stay away from gambling! 1.5kReads8.5Score119Shelves
  13. 13 You Call Me the Underworld’s Dog? Then I’ll Become the King of Gamblers! 你说我是江湖的狗?那我就做千王之王! Urban1.5M WordsOngoing I used to be a cardsharp, cheating at the gambling table and lording it over everyone in public. But I want to use my own experience to give you a sincere warning. Stay away from gambling! Because no matter what kind of gambler you are, even if you’re the king of cardsharps, you’ll never come to a good end. There are absolutely no exceptions. This is a tragic road that leads nowhere but darkness! 109Reads9.0Score—Shelves
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  14. 14 My Years in the Underworld 我当黑手那些年 Urban1.6M WordsCompleted Have you downloaded the National Anti-Fraud Center app? Have you ever been scammed? What secrets are hidden in those unusual industries operating in the gray areas? There are people who hide their identities, go misunderstood, put themselves in danger, and dare to take on criminal forces. We call them the Black Hands! 11Reads5.8Score—Shelves
  15. 15 The Thousand Gates 千门 Urban1.0M WordsCompleted There's an old saying: nine out of ten gamblers get cheated. Wrong. All ten get cheated. My name is Chen Jiu. I'm a card sharp, and I'll use my own story to show everyone that not gambling is the real win. 2.6kReads8.4Score169Shelves
  16. 16 The Strongest Outsiders of the Martial World 最强江湖外八行 Mystery426k WordsCompleted When the Qianmen rise in anger, the jianghu falls into chaos. Without conflict, there can be no Qianmen. If conflict rises again, the Qianmen will surely take the helm of the jianghu, restore order, and put an end to the fighting! When I was little, my grandfather read my fortune and said I was destined to “ride the wind to success.” After he died, I inherited his hardware store. Only when a beautiful woman came knocking did I learn that I was the heir to the Qianmen, a legendary jianghu school 607Reads9.1Score—Shelves
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  17. 17 The Thief's Way 贼道 Urban2.1M WordsCompleted My name is Xiao Wu. I was a wild child no orphanage could keep in check. At nine years old, I charged into this dog-eat-dog world. I saw through it then: living was like clinging to a moving train. You either held on or fell and were crushed to pieces. The first steamed bun I stole wasn’t because I was hungry. I wanted to see whether these hands that picked pockets could grab fate by the throat. The juvenile detention center, the shelter, and the detention center were my schools. The thieves wer 84.3kReads9.6Score10.6kShelves
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  18. 18 My Life in the Underworld of Cardsharps: Unstoppable 我的老千江湖之所向披靡 Urban380k WordsCompleted A showdown between professional cardsharps isn't just about winning or losing. It can mean the difference between life and death. My name is Lin Lingdong. I'm a professional cardsharp and a powerful gang boss who commands respect throughout the underworld. As the saying goes, one thought can lead to heaven, another to hell. The underworld is a place where the strong prey on the weak, and in the world of cardsharps, you can get rich overnight or lose everything just as fast. Where do we go from h 3.9kReads8.2Score186Shelves
  19. 19 Kuaishou Wuxin's First Book 快手无心的第1本书 Urban212k WordsOngoing My new work is out! You can read 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! 12Reads6.7Score—Shelves
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  20. 20 The First Book by Jianghu Laoliu 江湖老六的第1本书 Urban3.2M WordsCompleted Stay away from gambling, or you’ll ruin your family. This book exposes all kinds of cheating tricks at the gambling table and reveals one rigged scam after another. Nine out of ten gamblers lose. The underworld isn’t just about fighting and killing; it’s about human relationships and social savvy! 2.6kReads9.1Score268Shelves
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  21. 21 My Years as a Cardsharp 我当老千的那些年 Urban1.9M WordsCompleted Nine out of ten gambling games are rigged. The cheat plays to carve out a way to survive for himself, while dealing others a losing hand. Step into the world of the Thousand Gate and grudges run deep. The ways of the world reveal people's true hearts. Goodness and kindness were the original intentions, but alas, the ways of the world leave their mark. —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  22. 22 The Cheat's Underworld 老千蓝道 Urban629k WordsCompleted Trained in the Southern School, with knowledge of both Chinese and Western methods. This is my true account of years spent as a professional swindler! Using all kinds of cheating techniques, I’ve fought my way through casinos large and small across the land. Burning with ambition, I clawed my way upward, enduring the hardships of the underworld and a life of wandering with no way back! Schemes within schemes, tricks within tricks, and all kinds of dark and shady memories: I’ll expose every techn 1.6kReads7.1Score107Shelves
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  23. 23 A Thousand Paths 千人有道 Urban3.3M WordsCompleted [Modern underworld] [Stories of crooked gambling] [Gambling scams] [Anti-gambling] When I was six, my grandaunt said I was doomed to a life of loneliness. She sold me. She sold me to an old man who had lost one hand. An old man who made his living as a swindler. From then on, I learned how to cheat at gambling from him. The old man became my master, but he told me to call him Fourth Master. I became a professional swindler, too. But on the day I graduated from my apprenticeship, Fourth Master di 12.9kReads8.8Score1.2kShelves
  24. 24 King of Gambling 赌王 Urban5.6M WordsCompleted Macau, a city where gambling is legal. You think gambling is all about luck? Actually, it isn't. Skill, probability, cheating… Often, a game is already decided before it even begins. And that means one thing: you lose! Anyone who comes here and gets hooked on gambling will never get back on their feet! Gambling isn't a game for ordinary people to dabble in. In the hands of those with an agenda, it's a blade that kills without drawing blood! 11.9kReads8.8Score1.1kShelves
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  25. 25 Little Thousand 小千 Urban109k WordsCompleted Slowly closing his eyes, the old man couldn't help looking back on the road he'd traveled all these years. He let out a soft sigh. “I haven't had the kind of dramatic ups and downs in life that many people have. Instead, I've seen the real, brutal truth. Gambling? What is there to gamble for? It only destroys families and harms both yourself and others. No one can walk away unscathed. I'll use everything I've experienced in my life to tell you: stay away from gambling!!!” 358Reads—Score—Shelves
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  26. 26 Fortunes Rise in Macau, but the Road to Wealth Is a Little Rocky 风起澳门,暴富的道路有点坑 Urban1.2M WordsCompleted I was doing all right in the human world. Then, out of nowhere, I was dragged up to heaven, only to be kicked straight down into hell. Now I'm in hell, but my heart is in heaven. Going back to the human world is nothing but a distant dream... Gamblers want to win, but casinos don't want to lose either. In this vast world, people of every kind are busy, all scheming and calculating. A mountain is a mountain, and water is water. Then a mountain is no longer a mountain, and water is no longer water 6.7kReads8.9Score385Shelves
  27. 27 The Winners' Club 赢家俱乐部 Urban147k WordsCompleted He can predict the outcome of a match with near-perfect accuracy. But if the stake is your conscience, would you still place a bet? A born cardsharp, the likes of whom appear only once in a thousand years, spends the rest of his life trying to atone for the crimes he committed before becoming a crime boss. Does that make him a good person? A group of nobodies, caught up in gambling and the underworld, find the good and evil in human nature magnified. How should they choose, how should they liv 121Reads—Score—Shelves
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  28. 28 Making Money on the Side! 捞偏门! Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [After graduating from college, I went from a shady fortune-teller to a political fixer] This book pulls back the curtain on political fixers, giving you an in-depth look at the scams hidden from view in both the underworld and the corridors of power. “Do you think officials are all fools? They know I’m a con artist. They just happen to need a con artist like me to do things for them.” 10.3kReads8.9Score1.6kShelves
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  29. 29 One Gamble for the Thrill 一赌为快 Urban822k WordsCompleted A casino-boat dealer is drawn into chaos by the lure of money. After he's caught cheating, he escapes the gambling boat and drifts across a desolate sea... Seeking revenge, love, friendship, and family, he embarks on an extraordinary path. What awaits him in the future? This is the story of young Fu Ming's journey from a naive boy into a true man, exploring responsibility, relationships, human nature, and his clashes with other powerful figures. Its vivid cast will draw you in. When I talk about 4Reads7.4Score—Shelves
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  30. 30 At the Poker Table: The Dirtiest Underworld Around You 牌桌:你身边最肮脏的江湖 Urban1.8M WordsCompleted [The World of the Cardsharps] The card table is the easiest place in the world to get something for nothing, bar none. That is precisely why it is filled with greed, madness, and debauchery. Beneath the table lie filthy conspiracies, deceit, schemes, cruelty, and every unscrupulous trick imaginable. As the owner of a mahjong parlor for many years, I solemnly warn you: become hooked on the card table, and you’ve plunged into the devil’s abyss... 607Reads9.4Score110Shelves
  31. 31 How to Make a Gambling Addict and a Scumbag 赌鬼,渣男是怎样炼成的 Urban2.3M WordsOngoing Poor, and you're a factory girl; rich, and you're a domineering CEO. A quick look at casino rules, and a chat about foot-bath culture. Let's talk about casino secrets and help you stay away from gambling! Those who love me break their hearts for me. Those who hate me fall apart over me. If life deceives you, don't be sad or lost. Just let it fool you a few more times... If I can't be your Yang Guo, then let me be your Yin Zhiping! 14.7kReads8.8Score966Shelves
  32. 32 Tales of a Con Artist 老千故事 Urban189k WordsCompleted Su Qing challenges the legendary gambler Mei Luo, hoping to avoid falling into someone else's trap. But her actions lead to her father's tragic death, and Su Qing herself is left in grave danger. After repeatedly risking her life, she sees the good and evil, and the injustices, in the world. To survive and avenge her father, Su Qing pushes herself to the limit again and again, ultimately escaping death by a hair. 146Reads—Score—Shelves
  33. 33 The Treasure-Hunting Con Artists 老千护宝团 Urban190k WordsOngoing Across ten miles of Haojiang, undercurrents run deep. Neon lights and wild revelry mean nothing to him. Neither does a life of drunken excess. Wu Qiliu, heir to the Qianmen tradition, drifts through a chaotic age, navigating casinos and the streets. Caught between rival gangs, he searches for his missing master and protects the nation's lost treasures. The Zhongyi Gang secretly has his back, but friend and foe are hard to tell apart, and every game of chance could be a deadly trap. Gambling-tabl 25Reads—Score—Shelves
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  34. 34 Fox Ji Mi's Fifth Book 狐姬幂的第5本书 Urban153k WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can find it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what drives me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 36Reads—Score—Shelves
  35. 35 A Book Above the Clouds 云上的一本书 Urban1.5M WordsCompleted 1.8kReads9.0Score161Shelves
  36. 36 My Life in the World of High-Stakes Gambling 我的老千江湖 Urban472k WordsCompleted [Based on a lifetime of gambling experience, revealing the secrets behind a hundred cheating techniques] I grew up in casinos. In the noisy halls, the lure of money blinded people to everything else: cheating, feuds, traps... They sank deeper and deeper into gambling, losing everything they owned, destroying their families, and plunging toward the abyss! After years of rising and falling, I became a professional cheat-catcher, feared throughout the gambling world! In this seemingly glamorous wor 2.3kReads8.8Score197Shelves
  37. 37 The Allure of Darkness 黑色之诱惑 Urban442k WordsCompleted By chance, Xia Xue’er steps into a casino and catches a fleeting glimpse of Chen Feng, the underworld boss. It proves to be a trap laid by fate. From then on, she is seized by the demon of gambling and takes one step after another toward the abyss of crime. The curtain rises on her tragic life… 11.7kReads9.4Score994Shelves
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  38. 38 A Book by Black Shackles 黑色枷锁的一本书 Urban4.9M WordsOngoing 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! 3.1kReads9.1Score243Shelves
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  39. 39 Little Lie's Tenth Book 小列第10本书 Urban107k WordsOngoing A new story is here! You can read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  40. 40 The Rise of a Northeast China Cardsharp 东北老千成长之路 Urban338k WordsCompleted The story of a young cardsharp from the Northeast countryside who fights his way to success, making his way from rural gambling games to the ups and downs of the big city. It exposes the harms of gambling: nine out of ten games are scams. Stay away from gambling. 2.2kReads7.1Score105Shelves
  41. 41 The Scoundrel Immortal's Eight Gates and Generals 贱仙千门八将 Eastern Fantasy492k WordsCompleted [Comedy + Fortune-telling + Sleazy antics + Con artist + Flashy face-slapping + Demon-catching + Ghost-slaying + Cunning schemes + Outrageous stunts + Memorable one-liners] Wu Xuanye, Blue Star’s “Prince of Trash Talk,” stays up all night in a fierce battle and transmigrates into the cultivation world, where he becomes “Wu the Half-Immortal,” a third-level Qi Refining cultivator from Backing Mountain Village. Armed with an ancestral tortoiseshell that works only some of the time, and carrying a 169Reads7.6Score—Shelves
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  42. 42 A Thousand Generals 千将 Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Five young men become sworn brothers, but disaster strikes: the eldest is murdered, the second is gravely wounded, and the third is sentenced to fifteen years in prison. Inside, the third brother becomes a disciple of Yuan Hanlin, a master of the Thousand Gates. Fifteen years later, Shen Hao, loyal and true to his friends, is released with gambling skills that surpass his master’s, unshakable convictions, and a superhuman memory. Watch how he uses his abilities to hunt down the person who framed —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  43. 43 My Texas Hold’em Career 我的德州扑克生涯 Urban176k WordsOngoing Texas Hold’em is an incredibly dark game, and more than 90 percent of players lose. The outcome of a single match depends on luck. Long-term wins and losses depend on skill. The rules are simple, but mastering the game is difficult. Simple mathematical probabilities, and the most complex human nature, impossible to see through. Bankroll management, emotional control, hand analysis, and reviewing past games. Luck, restraint, courage, patience, and calculation are all essential. This book tells th 122Reads6.4Score—Shelves
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  44. 44 The King of Con Artists 千门魁首大老千 Urban192k WordsCompleted I mastered the Golden Eye. No matter who you are, if you cheat, I'll see right through you. I can set up an immortal's trap. Once I've got my eye on you, you'll have no choice but to go bankrupt. When I became the leader of the gambling world and people hailed me as the greatest cheat of all... After a life of ups and downs and countless wounds, I finally understood: there's always someone better, and the only way to win is not to gamble. 1.2kReads6.8Score—Shelves
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  45. 45 I Transmigrated as Lin Chong, So Why Keep Putting Up With This?! 穿越成林冲,还忍气吞声干嘛! Historical613k WordsOngoing “Shui Hu” means “by the waters.” It alludes to people being driven to the brink, with their backs to the wall, forced to do whatever it takes to survive. That is “Shui Hu.” As the saying goes: Traitorous ministers bring calamity to the land; Heroes are driven to gather in the mountains. When blades and spears fly, the people suffer; Thus begins the tale of Shui Hu. When Lin Chong of the new century transmigrates into the Leopard Head at Duanjin Pavilion, he will no longer be taken in by Wu Yong 118Reads—Score—Shelves
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  46. 46 Ghost Hand Chen: The Eight-Gate Lockdown 鬼手陈:八门锁局 Urban3.3M WordsOngoing Every gambler has three defining traits: First, they’re lazy and gluttonous, dreaming of getting rich overnight. Second, they think they’re clever and see everyone else as an idiot. Third, they’re missing a screw and never consider the consequences. Third Master Chen makes a living fleecing people like that... 23.9kReads9.1Score1.8kShelves
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  47. 47 Tiger Descending the Mountain 下山虎 Urban4.0M WordsCompleted Two brothers, one lifetime. Far from home and with no one to turn to, just staying alive is so hard. But the living can’t just sit around and die. We have to keep moving forward. Even if life is a swamp of filth, we’ll still shape it into a flower, even if it’s only a foxtail. 35Reads8.8Score—Shelves
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  48. 48 My Fatal Charmer 我的红颜祸水 Urban1.0M WordsCompleted On the night the 2015 college entrance exam results became available, the whole family gathered around the computer to wait for the scores. We’d agreed that whoever scored higher, my younger sister or me, would go to college. The other would go with our father to find odd jobs at construction sites and earn money. My mother, stepfather, half-sister, and I all watched the screen. My sister scored 612, and I scored 540. But no one knew that I’d gotten zero on the Chinese exam. I’d turned in a blan 18.4kReads9.2Score1.8kShelves
  49. 49 The Gambler’s World 老千江湖 Urban403k WordsOngoing Nine out of ten gambling games are rigged. The only way to win is not to gamble. Once you sit down at the table, everyone loses, without exception. This book is a warning to stay away from gambling. 55Reads—Score—Shelves
  50. 50 Disciple, You're Invincible Now. Go Down the Mountain and Wreak Havoc with Your Junior Sister 徒儿,你无敌了下山祸害你师妹吧 Urban367k WordsCompleted A young monk descends the mountain to become the greatest hero under heaven. He becomes the great hero in the hearts of countless beauties, standing center stage and dazzling beneath the spotlights. 201Reads—Score—Shelves
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