Looking for a Book That Leaves You Feeling Helpless and Despairing 想要一本看了会产生无力感和绝望感的书
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The Innocent Mosquito Is Burning Hot 纯情蚊子火辣辣
Tired of life? Come on in and sample a whole new kind of flavor! After an accident, Lin Ke’er transmigrates into the body of a pet mosquito kept by domineering CEO Gu Can, and unexpectedly reveals that she can talk. She thinks he’ll slap her dead, but instead, the CEO develops a wildly obsessive love for her across species. Faced with Gu Can’s forceful imprisonment, she struggles desperately. “This could never work between us!” But he answers with obsessive determination. “Mosquito or human, you
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At 43, I Awakened After Being Fired! 43岁,被开除后觉醒了!
At 43, I Awakened After Getting Fired!
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A Geisha’s Dream 瑰夏之梦
One midsummer day in my second year of high school, I glimpsed Xiao Ruohua at the library, bent over her books by the window. She became the Guixia rose I kept hidden in my heart. For twelve long years, I watched her from afar. I saw her shine as she sang onstage and dazzle everyone in debate competitions. I also saw her hide beneath the protection of the Chu family, suppress all her talents, and become an obedient, almost invisible stepdaughter. I watched in silence and quietly made my way towa
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After Yixiu Was Reborn, Why Is the Big Fat Orange Crying? 宜修重生后,大胖橘怎么哭了
[Empresses in the Palace fanfiction + Yixiu reborn + saving her son + revenge + palace intrigue + mother-and-son story + unapologetic wish fulfillment + the emperor's long road to winning back his wife] Yixiu died. She died in Jingren Palace, after the words, "We shall never meet again, in life or death." Only as she lay dying did she understand that all her life she'd hated Rouze, Zhen Huan, and those who had stolen the emperor's favor, yet had forgotten to hate the one man who had truly taken
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Give Me Back My Kidney! 我的肾,还给我!
[A few warnings: absurd, incoherent, half-mad writing + pure-love melodrama + kidney-donation drama + an endless kidney-swapping cycle + clear-headed heroine with one goal, getting her kidney back + the male lead grovels but fails to win her back + angst with sweet moments + the second male lead wins] Jiang Heng loved Fu Yunshen for ten years. Then his beloved Su Rou’er returned from abroad gravely ill, and he used every means at his disposal to force Jiang Heng to donate a kidney to her. Only a
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Interstellar: Studying for the Rise of the Alliance 星际:为联盟之崛起而读书
[Romance + Military Academy + Mecha + Zerg + Ensemble Cast] Content warnings up front: 1. The heroine has a romantic pairing. 2. The story discusses class issues, not gender issues. 3. The author’s imagination runs wild and there are no limits on language. Cyber censorship is not welcome. Official Synopsis Bolsheviks / Resident Evil / cyberpunk, all thrown into one pot. Patriotism with a Soviet flavor. The main story follows one person’s journey from undocumented nobody to commander, while the s
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After Prison, I Picked Up a CEO 出狱后,捡漏一个总裁
After Getting Out of Prison, I Stumbled Upon a CEO
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The Gods Reclaim Their Authority? I'll Copy and Paste It Instead 神明收归权柄?反手复制粘贴
(The score is low because there aren’t many words. The book’s quality can be judged from the reviews.) [The author has a formula and is showing off a mountain of crap] [No heroine + no System + ensemble cast + vivid prose + original worldbuilding + no cookie-cutter tropes + careful, intelligent characters] That day, at 5:15:43 in the morning, Everything changed. When projections etched with stars covered the Earth, when the Titans’ chaotic divine voices exploded inside our minds, Humanity lost
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Transmigrated as a Lighthouse Keeper, but I’m Sealing an Evil God! 当个灯塔看守员,怎么就成超凡了
[Steampunk + Supernatural powers + Potions + Lighthearted fun + Quips + A sidekick always ready with a joke + Madness] Jiang Huan fell into a lake while fishing in the wilderness. When he woke up, he found himself transmigrated to the steam age, where he was a lighthouse keeper. The good news: He'd transmigrated, and landed a high-paying job with a monthly salary equal to half a year's pay for most people. The bad news: His workplace was a lighthouse on an isolated island, and his coworker was a
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My Life Is Yours, All of It 我的命,全都给你
[Heartbreaking Romance + No Logic + Unhinged Fiction + Whatever Comes to Mind + Urban Cultivation + Face-Slapping + Pouring Out One's Heart] (This is entirely fictional. Please do not relate it to real life.) She lost both her parents and relied on financial aid to finish school. Independent yet sensitive and fragile! He came from a powerful family, counted money until his hands cramped every day, and was charming and handsome, yet cold and ruthless! * One thought they didn't matter to the other
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The Comments Say I'm Deeply Devoted, So I Use My Secret Identity to Level Up 弹幕说我情深义重,我靠马甲加点
[The rating has just opened and will rise] [No female lead, mass misunderstandings, forums, bullet comments, stat allocation, ensemble cast, unconventional plot, not invincible, immortal body, transmigration, System, power progression, academy setting, third-person narration] [Also known as: Transmigrated into a High Martial World and Read the Bullet Comments, Love You, Old Self. See You Tomorrow] Bad news: I transmigrated into a terrifying High Martial world, and my weakling body immediately fe
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Day N of Pretending to Be a Genius in a World of Morons 在弱智世界装天才的第n天
[Feel-good power fantasy + plot-driven + absurdist + requires just a little bit of brainpower] (Trust me, it’s definitely interesting. If you’re unsure, you can check out the reviews first.) After being expelled from school, Jiang Chen had resigned himself to hauling bricks at a construction site. But then, the world suddenly changed. An ordinary high school student became the most intelligent person in the world. And so… Cambridge Professor Norman: “In fact, Dr. Jiang Chen is the only person al
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I’d Rather Die Than Give You Up 死都不给你
Xia Qianchu and Xu Yuyan were in love for five years. After enduring one hardship after another, Xia Qianchu eventually died of esophageal cancer, but she didn't truly die. She became a dog and stayed by Xu Yuyan's side.
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Starfall Dreamtalk 星落梦语
[Pretend GL] + [BG] + [Domineering, coercive romance, a groveling pursuit after betrayal, and winning hearts with tricks] + [One-on-one romance] + [Happy ending] Readers who prefer chaste stories, beware!!! (Also known as: The Heroine Is Always Thinking About How to Survive) Overworked office worker Meng Jian transmigrates into a fantasy world. She thinks she can coast to an easy, sweet romance by binding herself to a romance System, but it turns out the System is a scammer too! It gives her not
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After All of Humanity Disappeared 当全世界人类都消失以后
After all humanity disappears from the world, there comes a knock at the door... Li Ge thought this was the kind of thing that only happened in science fiction movies and novels. He never dreamed he’d actually experience it himself! What’s it like to be the only human left in the world? Li Ge: Thanks for asking. I’m in Pengcheng, just got off the plane, and I have three things to say. I just found a gun and some grenades, blew up a bank, and set the cash on fire. Wanxiang City, the museum, the l
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I Logged In Ten Thousand Years Early, but I’m the Mastermind Behind It All 提前一万年登录,但我是幕后黑手
(Ensemble cast · Western fantasy · world creation · epic · players arrive · protagonist never takes the stage, remaining purely in the background) After unexpectedly acquiring an ancient book, Chen Jiu becomes the Creator. With enough Creation divine power, Chen Jiu can do anything. There are only three ways to obtain Creation divine power. First, the world periodically repays him with Creation divine power. The stronger the world, the greater the reward. Second, whenever an epic, world-sha
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Gentle Breezes, Northern Light 清风徐徐,北光照拂
A story concept I got from spinning a roulette wheel one day: Ling Beiyao: a teacher in an era of future technology Xu An: a doctor from another world Lin Yingchu: a demon king from an era of super-civilization (The protagonist was supposed to be just one person, but I ended up writing three.) The story is divided into the main storyline and individual character arcs. The main storyline follows the three protagonists from different worlds on their adventures in an era of super-civilization. The
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Kill That Tomato Writer 杀死那个番茄作家
[Many years later, facing the firing squad, Kareni Na Ka will recall the afternoon when I dragged him into the book.] “Can I really write the blurb like this...?” “Tsk, I’m imitating One Hundred Years of Solitude.” “Who even reads One Hundred Years of Solitude these days? Do you read it?” “Then... should we change it?” “Never mind, let’s keep it. Nobody reads blurbs anyway.”
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After Work Forced Me Into Love, I Chose to Go Crazy 被工作强制爱后,我选择发癫
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!
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From Our Parting to Becoming Invincible Under Heaven 从分别后走向举世无敌
Urban high martial arts + supernatural powers + decisive and ruthless + play the pig to eat the tiger Everyone knows that immortals and mortals belong to different worlds. But in this world, there are no immortals beneath the neon lights, only magic arts. Qi Qian understands this, so he devotes himself to the arts and advances cautiously, one step at a time. But for all his careful calculations, he never reckoned that fate’s greatest talent is killing both body and heart. After enduring one tria
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Divine Oil 神油
The waters of the Gui River cannot wash away old blood debts. A jar of miraculous oil can keep the secrets of a powerful family locked away. The Republic of China is in chaos, the country teetering on the brink of collapse. At the command of his ancestors, the sole surviving heir of the Shi family enters the fray, disguising himself as an anonymous laborer at the Wen family’s oil mill. He appears plain and timid, but in his heart he is plotting a sweeping revenge. The miraculous oil the Wen fami
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Ode to White Hair 白头赋
In a daze, she seemed to see that young man again, standing in the spring sunshine as he asked her: “Do you have feelings for me?”
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Killing City: Mental Pollution 杀戮都市:精神污染
[Mild horror + plot twists + bizarre thrills + growth + not a power fantasy + superpowers + beware if you want a straightforward protagonist] Red hail descends, and half the people in the world turn into monsters. They possess superpowers and do whatever they want, with no trace of humanity. Qi Xutian is born with a superpower exclusive to villains. Everywhere he looks, he sees Homelander wannabes. When it comes to being the first to awaken, he can't compete, so he has to take another route: bec
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The Life Mentor of the Arrogant Dragon Protagonist 龙傲天的人生导师
[Equally matched leads + younger top + slow transmigration + love and hate + unhinged] (Note: Neither the top nor the bottom is normal. Both are unhinged, and the bottom has a bit of a beloved-by-everyone quality. The small worlds have tragic endings.) (The story is a slow burn with a very slow pace. Each world has its own complete, independent setting.) Shen Zui was about to retire when the quick transmigration agency dragged him in to handle several terrifying missions with low completion rate
510Reads8.7Score101Shelves
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Arriving in a Parallel World 来到平行世界
This man’s name is Xiaoshuai. He had walked this mountain trail on the way back countless times. The shadows of the trees, the sound of the wind, the feel of the stone steps: everything was exactly as it had always been. There was no flash of light, no loud bang, no warning of any kind. In the brief moment it took to make his way down the mountain, he had stepped into a completely unfamiliar world. What he didn’t know was that this wasn’t some accidental detour. The impostors had already pried o
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To My Foolish Self 致愚蠢的我
The self-delusion of a foolish idealist facing reality. Every one of us is born foolish, and we love comparing just how foolish we are. If I'm even a little less foolish than you, I hope to use that to defeat you, taking pleasure in hurting others and pretending to be the strong bullying the weak. That's all there is to it.
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Front Tooth 1 门牙1
Front Tooth 1
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With a Fox Immortal, I Subdue a Hundred Ghosts 我以狐仙镇百鬼
The day I was born, nineteen bolts of thunder struck around our family’s courtyard. A fortune-teller said I was born a demon child, fated to suffer eighteen calamities in my life. Either someone else would die, or I would. As it turned out, the fortune-teller met his own calamity on the very day I was born. He carried me out of the village, and suddenly dropped dead!
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Front Tooth 2 门牙2
Front Teeth 2
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Starting Out as an Armor Summoner 从变成铠甲召唤器开始
After transmigrating into a world plagued by monsters, Lin Ti became an armor summoning device. Use the device to summon powerful, mysterious armor. Defeat monsters to keep evolving. Raise both hands above your head, young man. Use your card to transform! “Armor, unite!”
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I Command Countless Vengeful Ghosts, and Return as the Strongest in the World 身具万千厉鬼,我归来即人间最强
[Ghosts in the Book!] [Dark Tone!] [Villain Protagonist!] [Urban Supernatural!] [Horror Aesthetic!] [Invincible from the Start!] A sinister doll saws someone to pieces, a red-clad vengeful ghost claims lives at the airport, a hundred ghosts hunt people down along a ten-mile street, the dead rise again in a crematorium, and corpses dance wildly in an abandoned hospital... None of these things happened to me. They are all stories I wrote. My name is Yang Ning. I am an heir to the Ling Men, a profe
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A Dark Fairy-Tale World from Scratch 从零开始的黑暗童话世界
When a foul-mouthed soul with few morals and a hunting instinct etched into its very bones transmigrates into a dark world utterly consumed by “indescribable evil,” where every fairy tale has been twisted in the worst possible way, it discovers that it has become the legendary “Fairy Tale Hunter.” Its task is not to weave beautiful dreams, but to carry out the most brutal “purge” with hands stained by the blood of fairy-tale characters.
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The Shackles of Silence: A Desperate Father's Suicidal Revenge (Original Title: The Melody My Heart Forgot) 沉默的枷锁:一个绝望父亲的自杀式复仇(原书名:我心遗忘的旋律)
A six-year-old blind girl × a disillusioned cellist A father who lost his daughter × a mother whose marriage fell apart A sharp-minded reporter × a migrant worker who hides the truth Several broken people draw near to one another, offering protection and feigned kindness in the wake of an accidental murder. Together, they compose a symphony of truth and lies. Cellist Li Ran is preparing to end his life during a journey when, on the brink of death, he learns that his daughter died in an “accident
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After Eight Thousand Years of Wandering, Can We Find Each Other and Comfort an Immortal Life? 颠沛流离八千年可得相逢慰长生?
[Single] [Girls' Love, Light] [Pseudo-Ensemble Cast] [Longevity] [Invincible] [A Longevity story unlike any other] Ninety thousand years after the fall of civilization, she awakens in a barren land. She pursues light and warmth, witnesses the rise of civilizations and the collapse of faith, and crosses paths with countless people. As the years pass, her footsteps carry her across the world. In the end, she becomes a legend and a true person.
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The Divine Phoenix's Gift 神凰赋
A garden needs roses! But roses don’t need gardens. A rose is a rose wherever it grows: proud, radiant, and brilliantly independent. In the wild, in the fields, in a free and unrestrained world, she lives as a goddess who strikes decisively and without hesitation.
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Apocalypse Snail: A Little Conscience, but Not Much 末世蜗牛:有点良心,但不多
[No System or Superpowers] [Comedy] [Wild Ideas] [Plot Twists] [Light Novel] [Protagonist Fans, Read at Your Own Risk] [Bizarre and Explosive] [Not for the Straight-Laced] One day, snails poured from the sky in place of rain. Anyone bitten turned into a monster, and resources became scarce… You'll see a protagonist group that is selfish and self-serving, lacking in empathy, hypocritical, vindictive, fake do-gooders, arrogant, two-faced, all pretenses, and downright crazy... Every las
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Who Says I Don't Like You? 谁说我讨厌你啦?
"I like him more than anyone, and I hate him more than anyone." -[Sweet and angsty, high school romance, healing, two top students Content warning: The female lead has suicidal tendencies, depression, and anxiety] At first, they couldn't stand each other. Until her deliberate efforts to keep her distance started getting under his skin, so he deliberately kept making his presence felt around her. Through his efforts, he succeeded in falling for her. And she became unable to live without him. But
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Apocalypse: The Holy Armored Soldier, Definitely Not EVA! 末世之圣装机兵,真不是EVA!
[Apocalypse + hard sci-fi + no System, no golden finger + Lovecraftian horror + interstellar war + invincible] As the shadow of destruction blots out the sky, humanity's civilization has only seven days left. That day, a god descended without warning over Tokyo. With absolute power, it declared the end of the old era, turning a prosperous world into scorched earth and wasteland in just one week... The survivors cling to life in despair. To reclaim their lost home, they pour every resource the
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Saving the World in 24 Hours 24小时拯救世界
What would you do if you had only 24 hours to save the world? After countless rebirths and resets, Zhu Shijiu has endured the unbearable pain of dying tens of thousands of times. With each endless loop, his will has teetered closer to collapse. He has tried everything to escape, but nothing has worked. Every time he dies, he returns to the day before that damned world is destroyed! All he can do is follow every thread and search for clues, using each death to uncover the truth. 24 hours to save
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As Expected of Me, Gu Yongbingdie, the Magical Princess 不愧是我,魔法公主顾雍冰蝶
She is the future heir to the world’s number-one conglomerate and a magical princess who wields a spellbook. Everyone loves her, every flower loves her, every blade of grass loves her! Birds sing for her, and even tigers and lions give up killing for her! Gu Yong Bingdie often asks the sky, the earth, and herself: Who am I, really? Why am I so irresistibly beautiful? But all three keep silent, unable to answer her questions. Then one day, a man descended like a god, slowly approaching from among
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You Broke Your Promise 你失信了
The acclaimed signature work You Broke Your Promise by popular author Shi Qingyao, now with 40,000 new words of never-before-published content! Sensitive girl Xiang Yu VS golden boy Song Huaishi. I had to play out the whole secret-crush story, so I loved him year after year. It was an ordinary day. Just as she closed her eyes, Xiang Yu suddenly thought of Song Huaishi: Song Huaishi, neat in his clothes and radiating warmth. Song Huaishi at seventeen. Still in his school uniform, he leaned lazily
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Mr. Lu, Are You Satisfied Now That She’s Dead? 陆先生,她死了你可满意
“Mr. Lu, are you satisfied now that she's dead?” Sang Yuwan looked at him coldly. She truly wished she could kill the despicable man standing before her with her own hands. “Who are you trying to fool? You think putting her photo on some random urn makes it her? Ridiculous!” Lu Cichuan's eyes were faintly red as he stared fixedly at Sang Yuwan, as if he could still brazenly torment Li Mo as long as Sang Yuwan said she wasn't dead. But... Sang Yuwan was gone. That was true.
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Not to Be Trusted 不可信奉
This world is full of the bizarre. Every household worships a god, and the more devout you are, the more power you gain. Everyone longs to become a god. New to this world, Jiang Yuan refuses to worship. His blood-red cleaver tears through the beautiful veil covering the world. Beneath that veil, the real world is mad, violent, and evil. Surrounded by monsters, he realizes that he is the one who doesn't belong. He has to survive.
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Poor Thing! President He’s Obsessively Doting on Her Day and Night 可怜的她!被病娇贺总日夜宠爱!
[Ruthless hero + no escape + 22-year age gap + dark and intense + deranged, possessive love + no scruples + powerful man, vulnerable woman + both are each other’s first and only + marriage before love + innocent heroine + winning her back] Deranged, possessive financial magnate uncle × naive, timid little bunny Wen Tongtong lived in the wealthy He family’s home, where food and clothes were always brought to her. Outsiders envied her life beyond measure. But Wen Tongtong knew that although she en
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The Domineering Tomato Falls for Me 霸道番茄爱上我
A warning: this story is completely unhinged, so a lot of it makes no logical sense. I came up with it on a whim, and didn't want to dampen my creative enthusiasm by writing an outline first. The plot covers a lot of ground and jumps around quickly, so I'll leave the rest to your imagination. Zhou Yanzi woke up to find herself entangled with a tomato, who claimed to be the man she loved. Zhou Yanzi: “But you're a tomato.” Tomato: “You've been thinking about me every night, so I came. Woman, why
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Livestream Post Goes Viral! The Refined Scoundrel Is Losing Control 直播贴!全网疯!斯文败类失控中
[Two male leads + sweet romance and redemption + voice-actor online romance + a carefully laid seduction] [Soft, sweet, and innocent good boy + a cunning, secretly flirtatious top voice actor] Yan Nuo is a social recluse. With his fluffy, loosely curled light-gold hair, he looks well-behaved and easy to fool. Hoping to make some friends, he joins the voice-acting scene as a voice actor. Who would have thought a top star would appear out of nowhere and invite him to fake a couple act?! The top st
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The True Story of My Love with Mr. Shen 我和沈先生的恋爱实录
Pei Ran: I met, understood, and fell in love with Mr. Shen when we were young. From then on, we held hands and stayed together until our hair turned white. Shen Zhixing: I liked Pei Ran. It was a secret I kept when I was young, one I never told anyone. I love Pei Ran. That is a truth that will never change, from now into forever, and I'm willing to tell the whole world.
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This Simulator Is Such Garbage 这个模拟器就是屑啦
[Complete! Supernatural simulator + no romance + ancient-style setting + a cast of beautiful women in troubled times] [“What are you eating?” The dumpling in the bowl split open a bloody maw and bit into a person's body. Human blood mixed with chili sprayed all over your face. “I'm eating a person. What are you eating?”] [“What are you listening to?” “Supernatural sounds.” “How can you hear them?” The stranger turned around. “Hee-hee, want to try [Whispered Speech]? When two people share a deep
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Would the Protagonist of a Story Ever Miss a Dead Nemesis? 话本主角会怀念死去的宿敌吗?
[No CP + ensemble cast focus + slow-paced + daily life + flashbacks + ship whoever you like] This is the thirteenth year of the Yuande era. The sixth year since his death. Chaosheng Manor: From rivals to dear friends to mortal enemies, the beginning and end of it all. The unrivaled leader of the martial world, and someone from his memories. Xuhuai Academy: Two generations of heads giving their all, an ideal that endures through fire, and the lingering echoes of spring thunder, with just one pers
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The Swallow Who Crawled Out of the Dark Abyss 从黑暗深渊中爬出的燕子
Tell me, just how unlucky can one person be? Her own father married four women, and her stepmother treated her like a thorn in her side. In the prime of her youth, she was tricked by a villain and taken away. At long last, she found a little warmth and thought she’d found love, only for it to turn out to be another ill-fated relationship. She got married, thinking she’d found a home, but her life became a complete mess. And that wasn’t the end of it! One by one, all her loved ones disappeared...
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