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- 601 Beast World Transmigration: Bound to a Childbearing System 穿越兽世:绑定生子系统 [A heroine who has children + No fixed male lead] After starving to death following five years of survival in the apocalypse, Bai Yingying transmigrates to a beastfolk continent where females are scarce. But she becomes a physically frail female rabbit beastfolk with low fertility, blamed for the deaths of her entire family. On the day of her coming-of-age ceremony, she’s about to be sent to the female den and turned into a tool for the tribe’s males to vent their desires. To survive, she can on 12.3kReads9.2Score1.4k14d adds
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The Negative-Equity Lovers 负资产恋人
(A work of realism. The story starts slowly, but its impact builds.) A middle-class man in his thirties is hit by the property bubble’s collapse. With his assets shrinking and his marriage all but over, I had planned to give up and lie flat in this city. Until one day, Lin Shu, a fragile-looking college girl full of contradictions, barged into my chaotic life under the guise of a mysterious tenant. She’s sensitive and vulnerable, yet has an instinct for influencer culture that runs deep. To put
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A Rich Lady Takes Risks 贵妇险中求
Xiao Tian was an ordinary field guard living at the foot of Blackstone Mountain. A great fire awakened his potential, roused the Insect Tower within him, and made him a fate changer. It turned out that Blackstone Mountain, where he had lived since childhood, was a sheep pen, with the previous generation standing guard all around it to hold back the bitter cold. From that day on, he dreamed of climbing out of the pen. He pushed his way to the front and saw the abyss. Stone steles stood in the whe
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Snow in Winter, Flowers in Spring 冬有雪,春有花
When Nan Xiu was fourteen, her father told her, “Be good, don't cry. Smile. When you do, you look like a little fairy from another world.” When she was twenty, her older brother told her, “Be good, don't cry. Find a good man. He'll take good care of you.” At twenty-two, Nan Xiu rode her little electric scooter back and forth between school and her mentor's shop, smiling sweetly as she called out, “Old Liu, I've finished today's tasks!” At twenty-four, Song Shimo told Nan Xiu, “I'll love you for
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- 605 How Could a Scheming, Obsessive Man Not Have a Wife? His Wife Is So Sweet 心机病娇怎可能没老婆!老婆甜 After catching her scumbag fiancé cheating on her with her stepsister, Wen Sisu, Wen Qiansu was kicked out of the house by her scumbag father. Poor, innocent, and helpless, the girl collapsed in front of Mr. Huo’s car on a stormy night. The rumors said Mr. Huo was insane and cruel, with a ruthless streak. Whatever you did, never provoke him, or you’d meet a terrible, terrible end. When she woke up, a gentle, handsome man was holding a bowl of medicine. “Baby, it’s time to take your medicine.” We 12.8kReads9.2Score1.6k14d adds
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Back to 2001: Allocate Points and Level Up 重回2001加点升级
[Reborn + Pocket Dimension + Status Panel + Proficiency + Daily Life + Cultivation] Luo Zhengyang, a middle-aged man, was laid off and returned to his hometown after many years away. When he woke up one morning, the world had changed, and he was back at the start of middle school in 2001. Then, by chance, he awakened an attribute panel that let him add points, record skills, and continuously raise their levels through practice. Luo Zhengyang realized that the things he had cared about in his pre
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The Woman Next Door 邻家女人
The lives of women in an old Shanghai mansion [A self-conscious, bullied high school beauty who draws everyone in + a devoted childhood sweetheart who is her pure first love] [A chaotic, troubled painter + a refined, domineering gallery owner, drawn to each other] [A despairing housewife with depression + her cold doctor husband, who has to fight to win her back] [Urban romance + sweet campus love + an ensemble of women] In an old French-style mansion in Shanghai, Zhang Yajing has just signed a
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My Blind Date Is Actually a University Counselor? 相亲对象居然是大学导员?
[Feel-Good Story + Sweet Romance + Older Woman/Younger Man + Workplace + Easygoing Daily Life + No System] Right after graduating, Shen Yan's dad forced him into a blind date. Shen Yan planned to go through the motions and get it over with, but the woman he was supposed to marry turned out to be Zhao Jinshu, the university counselor who had supervised him for two years! The two began pretending to be a couple for their own benefit. While fake-dating his counselor, Shen Yan set the workplace stra
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- 609 The Sweet and Gentle Boy Is Wild and Wicked 甜兮兮的温柔少年他很疯很坏 [Reborn + Darkening + Sickly Male Lead + Reconciliation After a Breakup + The Male Lead's Redemption] After living her life over again, Wen Yisheng swore she would stay far away from Wen Zhi! She'd rather sleep on the streets or under a bridge than live with the Wen family again! Because the Wen family's eldest son, who seemed gentle and refined to outsiders, never smoked or fought, studied hard, and loved helping people, was a mad and wicked monster underneath! He was cruel and obsessive. “You 20.5kReads9.3Score2.6k14d adds
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The City’s Masked Man: Go Ahead, I’m Watching You Act 城市假面人,演,我看着你演
An ordinary person acts so convincingly that he could win an Oscar, living behind a mask as marriage, family, and career all deal him blow after blow. Like a cockroach, he is reborn against all odds. See how he copes with the chaos of everyday life and becomes a master of life's many skills!
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I Helped My Relatives Escape the Zombie Horde, But They Still Keep Pressuring Me to Marry and Have Kids 我帮亲戚们躲过了丧尸潮,但他们还是催婚催生
I Helped My Relatives Escape the Zombie Horde, but They Still Keep Pressuring Me to Get Married and Have Kids
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The Door to Vault Three 三号库的门
The Door to Storage Room Three
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- 613 My Aunt Is Eighteen Years Older Than Me 阿姨比我大了十八岁 [This is an everyday romance between a male protagonist and an older woman. There’s a significant age gap, so please don’t read if that’s not your thing.] That year, we both got into university. I was eighteen, and so were you. A sudden car accident separated us forever. When I was reborn, you were still waiting. You are mature and steady, elegant and beautiful. 1.9kReads9.0Score26114d adds
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Quick Transmigration: This Time, I Refuse to Be a Jerk! 快穿:这一世,拒绝当渣男!
(Quick transmigration / no fixed couple / fictional setting / pocket dimension / scumbag redemption) 1. An honest man in ancient times 2. An Eighties simp 3. A victim of the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law war 4. A dutiful son 5. A gambling addict 6. A golden phoenix who flies out of the mountains 7. An educated youth sent to the countryside 8. A younger sister living with her parents …
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The Art of the Deal: You Dumped Me for Being Poor? Why Are You Crying Now? 商猎:嫌我穷?分手后你哭什么?
[Urban] [Slice of Life] [Miracle Doctor] [Tycoon] [No System] [Hacker] [Big Shot] Eight years of devotion earned him only the words, “Let’s break up.” Eight years of giving meant nothing next to a whisper from her new love. He was the “Wolf King,” yet on a late night in 2013, the woman he loved most stabbed him in the back. Seven billionaires are fighting to marry off their daughters? A mysterious old man cries out, “You look so much like him”? Mu Feng couldn’t care less. All he knew was that th
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Whoa! Transmigrating to 2016 Is the Best 我去!穿越到2016真的爽翻了
The male lead took first place in the entire grade during his first semester, then grew complacent. During a class in his first year of high school in 2006, he fell fast asleep and accidentally transmigrated ten years into the future, to 2016. When he woke up, everything around him was utterly unfamiliar, as if he had slept through the past ten years without experiencing any of them. The people and things around him had all become strangers. He didn't even recognize his best college classmate an
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Beneath the Form 形体之下
A story about a woman, for whom beauty is both an asset and a sin. Yu Jie is thirty-one, an aerobics instructor who believes hard work pays off. When a real estate tycoon offers her a 180,000-yuan bonus and a 300,000-yuan endorsement deal, she scoffs, resists, then convinces herself to “get just a little closer.” She doesn’t know the rules of that world: once you step inside, there are no boundaries. From prized mistress to businesswoman, from a broken marriage to having nothing at all, it tak
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The Insider 内部人士
In the early 21st century, China’s real estate economy was booming. Many ordinary people caught a favorable wave amid the great tides of history and amassed considerable wealth. The protagonist is an average person with no particular gifts, but as he grows, he continually learns from the wisdom of those around him, including some truly remarkable people. Through constant learning and reflection, he eventually develops a unique kind of wisdom and achieves success of his own. It seems as though fa
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Divorcing with Terminal Cancer 癌症晚期离婚
[Everyday life + heartwarming + despair + one heroine + moving + relentless misfortune + no System + mother-daughter conflict + villains growing old + standing up to everyone + siblings + food lovers] Originally titled My Wife Divorced Me When I Had Terminal Cancer, Then My Mother-in-Law Knocked at Midnight Programmer Chen Xun often worked overtime and smoked. He developed terminal lung cancer, with only six months left to live. Not wanting to burden anyone, Chen Xun chose to divorce his wife an
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Life Isn’t a Novel About Winning Back Your Wife 生活不是追妻文
Life Isn't a Wife-Chasing Story
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Reborn Against the Current: From Programmer to King of Business 逆流重生:从程序员到商业之王
The protagonist, Lu Chen, graduates from a second-tier university and gets rejected by all ten companies he interviews with. To make ends meet, he accepts a low-paying job at a small outsourcing firm, writing tedious code day after day. While maintaining an old system, he discovers a hidden security vulnerability and secretly investigates it, drafting a fix. But his boss, Zhou Mingyuan, takes all the credit...
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The Fall of New York: A Former Congresswoman's Wife Wanders in Search of Redemption 纽约陷落:前议员夫人的流浪救赎
International student Aili meets a wealthy young gentleman from a political dynasty, with blond hair and blue eyes, impeccable manners, and every advantage in life. They fall in love, but class is far from the only thing standing between them. Can they make it work?
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Tibet: I Fell in Love with the Wind of Namcha Barwa 西藏:我爱上了南迦巴瓦的风
[Roommate-style story] + [Childhood Friends] + [Heiress] + [Beautiful Ex-Girlfriend] + [Love Rival Showdown] Male-oriented, male-oriented, male-oriented "Wang Dong, clear out your desk and go take care of your resignation paperwork." After working for five years, Wang Dong was fired by his unscrupulous boss. He had been praised by everyone to the highest heights, only to be hurled down hard. That night, he came across a video of Tibet. "Screw this company, I'm going to Tibet!" In Tibet, his chil
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The Ultimate Campus Belle Is Secretly in Love with Me 极致校花她竟在偷偷暗恋我
On the night before graduation, the secret of her unrequited love came out by accident. From stunned disbelief to a growing attraction, Gu Yan began to take another look at the aloof campus beauty who had kept “running into” him, and found his own clumsy but sincere way to return her deep affection.
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When Will Life Go My Way? 人生何时照我意
After returning to the country, Ji Jian went straight to a temple to cultivate. At the abbot's urging, she chose to return to Si Linyue's side. By then, Si Linyue had recovered physically, but his mental illness had become increasingly apparent... The seemingly delicate and harmless Si Linyue is sharper than anyone, while Si Mingchen, who seems sharper than everyone else, can't help feeling a little green... Scene: At a grand wedding People around them whisper, “Song Siyan is a rising star, and
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Yin-Yang Eye Realtor: Selling Haunted Houses in Chongqing 阴阳眼中介:我在重庆卖凶宅
A novel inspired by local Chongqing legends and historical anecdotes. This story is entirely fictional. As a child, the protagonist gained the ability to see yin and yang from a Qing dynasty skeleton. His family’s ancestral ledger is filled with secrets of old Chongqing. The folklore is meticulously researched, with traceable details ranging from place names and historical anecdotes to traditional remedies and feng shui formations. Each haunted house seems like a self-contained case, but in trut
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Right or Wrong, One to Six 对错一比六
A unique era and extraordinary experiences shaped the main character Xiao Jiu's distinctive personality, way of thinking, and outlook on life. His views on many things differ from those of ordinary people, but he is no rebel against convention. His ideas about love and marriage are especially original: clear-eyed, perceptive, and above the ordinary. Reality often plays tricks on our ideals. Though Xiao Jiu is principled and upright, he still faces conflicts between morality and kindness, law and
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- 628 You Hired Me to Collect Bodies, So I Dissected My Ex-Girlfriend 让你当收尸人,你直接解刨了前女友 In anatomy class, the corpse turns out to be my ex-girlfriend... After that, I went through all sorts of unbelievable things. A bus that only goes up, never down, and runs straight to a reservoir. An old scholar tree in the hospital, lush with branches and leaves, that swallows people whole. A giant catfish by the Qingshui River, begging people for help every night. And a deadly brothel hung with human skin, open for business without end. It went on and on, as if it would never come to an end... 62.6kReads9.4Score2.3k14d adds
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Reborn: You Keep Grinding, I'll Take It Easy 重生:你们卷,我躺赢
Period setting + no System + one female lead + chips + lithography machines + smartphones + Bitcoin + new energy vehicles + game development + esports + internet + AI + data services + real estate + business warfare + face-slapping Reborn in 2008, he had only a few hundred yuan in his pocket. That year, Bitcoin was still worth less than a cent, Jensen Huang was still selling graphics cards, no one knew what AI was, the mobile gaming market was a blue ocean, the golden decade for real estate had
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Reborn as a Layabout 重生之闲人一枚
Reborn and transmigrated into the turbulent era of reform and opening up in the 1980s, he uses a little bit of what he remembers to take part in the decades of change that follow. He only wanted to stay true to himself and enjoy a peaceful life, but before he knows it, he is standing atop the waves of the age.
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A Midnight Romance 深夜情缘
Fang Nan's girlfriend of two years was pregnant with another man's child. Furious, he got into a car accident on a rainy night and crossed paths with a beautiful senior executive at a company. From then on, he was caught up in an utterly unbelievable tangle of love and revenge…
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- 632 The Celestial Master Is Here: Qimen Feng Shui Shakes the World 天师在此,奇门风水震天下 [Several short dramas have been adapted from this novel: Feng Shui Heavenly Master, The Grand Master of Qimen Feng Shui, The Heavenly Master Is Here, Qimen Feng Shui Shakes the World, Notes of a Folk Feng Shui Master, and others] Everything in this book is fictional. Just enjoy the story, don’t take it seriously, and don’t get too caught up in it... 249.1kReads9.1Score60.5k14d adds
- 633 I Went to Prison in My Husband's Place, Only to Return to an Empty Home 替夫入狱,归来无家 Jiang Xin takes her husband's place in prison for five years. When she gets out, she hopes to live a quiet life, but who could have guessed that Xu Yang already has a new love, Jiang Meina, and has married into her family? After a painful separation, Jiang Xin gives up on herself and joins Foodie Inc. as a taste tester. At the company's innovation competition, she and her new colleague Guo Ming develop a hit product that flies off the shelves. Unexpectedly, she runs into Xu Yang and Jiang Meina 9Reads—Score—14d adds
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A 200,000-Yuan Bride Price to Marry a Construction Worker 二十万彩礼,嫁给工地男
[The rating has only just opened and will rise] [Dowry Controversy] + [A Marriage Full of Misery] + [Multiple Male Leads] + [A Tense Push and Pull] + [Desperate, Obsessive Love] (Not reborn, not transmigrated, no golden finger) After more than six years of working, He Sui still hadn't paid off her online loans. Instead, her debt kept growing. Every New Year, her father nagged her about getting married until she was numb to it. Finally, He Sui steeled herself and got married. She had her own litt
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- 635 The Dragon-Suppressing Coffin and the King of Hell's Fate 镇龙棺,阎王命 They severed my tendons and buried me alive in a sealed coffin, but they didn’t know I was born with the fate of the King of Hell! [Folk horror, feng shui and talismans, incense offerings] Feng shui and fortune-telling, painted-skin demons and spirit summoning, walking in the shadows and corpse driving, corpse-raising spells and curses, yin tattoos and talismanic needles, puppets controlled by strings, red doors sealed with wax, Dogs digging graves on Burial Mound Ridge, ghosts feasting in the R 308.4kReads9.4Score27.5k14d adds
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It's Only Fifty 不过是五十而已
An inspirational, unyielding story of midlife crisis, workplace struggles, bank managers and tellers, married life, and everyday urban life. This book tells the story of Huang Wenxue, a bank manager facing a midlife crisis. She is at that awkward age when she is considered too old to find a new job, yet still too young to retire. How will she answer the unavoidable questions surrounding her career, marriage, family, children, and caring for her aging parents? Even in middle age, even when confro
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The Jianghu: I Am the Kingpin 江湖:我即为枭
[Underworld] [Brothers United] [Mind-Bending] [Passionate and Thrilling] Three years in prison couldn't dull my edge. My name is Wang Xiao. I spent three years behind bars for offending a powerful figure. After my release, I returned to my old stomping grounds with my brothers and the skills my master taught me. Some want to trample me underfoot. Some want to stab me in the back. And my enemies, lurking in the shadows, are watching me like hawks. But my life is no longer something just anyone ca
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- 638 The Day We Meet Again 再会之期 What do these strange, recurring dreams really mean? Can Ye Hang change anything in his dreams? Can the sound of a bell awaken Ye Hang from his dream? Saved text messages, a broken bracelet, and white balloon flowers. Do you remember the vows we once made and the promises we kept, Li Yanxiao? The day they meet again is a promise between them, and a dream that marks both a beginning and an end. “If I were a beam of light, I would pierce every darkness in the world, and shine on you alone!” Th 1Reads—Score—14d adds
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I Kissed the Gloomy Villain Boy Speechless 阴沉沉反派少年被我亲懵了
Redemption story! Originally titled The Gloomy Villain Boy I Kissed Into a Daze Tang Susu unexpectedly transmigrates into a school romance novel as a cannon-fodder supporting character. Having read only half the novel, Tang Susu looks down at the breathtakingly beautiful boy standing in the rain. He became disabled when he was young and suffered one injustice after another, yet he never complained. Before returning to her original world, she decides to stay by his side and watch him grow. T
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My Girl of All Seasons 我的四季姑娘
This is a memoir... A journey from my own pristine world, across a bridge of dreams... to a new setting... And a journey of hating goodbyes, experiencing them, and learning to live with them. A flower that will never leave, delighting in all the seasons of the past as time passes.
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I Claimed a Cute Kid and Won Big 认领萌娃后,我赢麻了。
After Claiming a Little One, I Won Big.
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Twenty Years Side by Side: A Memoir of Youth 二十年并肩:青春备忘录
[A must-read for anyone born in the 2000s: a yearbook of youth for our generation] [Realistic youth + ensemble cast + growing up + regrets + period piece] Twenty years in the lives of five boys and girls, from youth to middle age. An unspoken crush, ideals crushed by reality, friendships that slowly drift apart. No over-the-top comeback stories, only the pain and warmth of growing up for real. We once thought youth would last forever, but in the blink of an eye, it was all over. This is the echo
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You Promised a Singlehood Curse, So You Broke It with Physics? 说好单身诅咒,你用物理学破解?
[One Female Lead] [Daily Life] [Lighthearted] [Subverts Expectations] [No System] [Healing] [Top Student] [Youthful Campus] To fend off the advances of the neighboring class's heartthrob, Lin Xiaoman announces in front of everyone that she's cursed to fail her classes, and anyone who gets close to her will have bad luck. Little does she know that this outrageous lie, made up just to get her out of trouble, will be believed by Lu Xinghe, the icy top science student in their grade. He immediately
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- 644 Future News: Once You're Rich, Keep Your Head Down and Don't Get Reckless 未来新闻:有钱了稳住别浪 This novel has been adapted into a short drama, so you can count on the quality. [Urban + tycoon + System + finance + national strength] (Some readers may think the male lead is a bleeding heart. In fact, every person he saves earns him a point, and those points let him turn the world upside down and make his words come true. The reason he gives readers that impression is that the points don’t appear in the System at first, creating a false impression. Read a few dozen chapters and you’ll unders 16.9kReads8.5Score1.4k14d adds
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Chunfen 春芬
Ni Chunfen had known since she was little that her parents were different from other children’s parents. They both spoke with sign language. But they lived a happy life. After Ni Chunfen graduated from college, her parents told her a secret: she was adopted. Now that she was grown up and looking for a job and a boyfriend, they decided to tell her. They didn’t want their daughter to become romantically involved with one of their biological sons. If she ever got serious about a boyfriend, she had
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The Real Stories of My Virtual Boyfriend Days 关于我做虚拟男友的那些真实往事
In 2020, during the pandemic, I happened to become a virtual boyfriend online. Six years later, so many stories are still vivid in my memory, so I picked up my pen and wrote this novel. Every story in this book is true.
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- 647 Confession Game: Eight Seats 坦白局:八个位置 Confession Game: Eight Seats —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 648 Tears of Frost 寒霜泪 Because the baby she was carrying was another girl, Hanshuang was given away while still in the womb. As she grew up, she endured one hardship after another. Hanshuang told herself that as long as she kept living, she would never lose in life! My new work is now available, and I hope you’ll enjoy it! Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 20.4kReads9.2Score1.7k14d adds
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Love Still Lives in That Beloved Land 爱还在那片热土
Ergou is an ordinary man who has lived all his life in a remote mountain village. He refuses to bow to fate, shedding his old self like a falcon molting its feathers, reborn through bloodshed, and struggling to complete his transformation. He leads his fellow villagers, defies the powerful, and wages a battle against heaven and earth. He builds factories and businesses, rising from commerce into public office. He may be an ordinary man, yet he leaves behind countless memories that are hard to le
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