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- 151 An Ordinary Man’s Official Career: A Police Chief at Twenty-Four 凡人官途，二十四岁的公安局长 [A genuine political-intrigue novel] Cheng Bo was just starting his career and was thrilled to become an assistant to the town mayor. But after taking up the post, he discovered that he had also been saddled with a daunting mission! 44.7kReads8.0Score3.8kShelves
- 152 The Top Spy in Officialdom: Sent to an Asylum from the Start 官场第一秘：开局就被送进疯人院 [An underrated political drama with real-world relevance] Locked up in a psychiatric hospital from the start? How is he supposed to hold office now? Secretary Jiang Nan's act of standing up for what was right became a trap carefully laid by his rival, and he was illegally confined to an asylum. Was this merely a provocation by local power brokers, or a deadly strike aimed at the leader behind him? When word was secretly delivered to the top, the real power struggle had only just begun... Watch h 16.3kReads7.4Score1.3kShelves
- 153 After Our Divorce, My Boss Turned Around and Promoted Me 离婚后，领导转身就提拔了我 His new book, The Number One Secret in Officialdom: From the Start, I Was Sent to an Asylum, is now available. Your support is welcome! Two paternity tests shattered Zhao Shu’s world: neither child was his! His wife had betrayed him, and he angrily divorced her! At the lowest point in his life, his ability and resolve happened to catch a superior’s eye, and he entered the world of officialdom. Fueled by the anger of betrayal, Zhao Shu cuts through every obstacle, rising from head of security to 11.8kReads8.9Score1.3kShelves
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You Beat Up an Entire Street, and You Call Yourself a Pretty Boy? 砍翻一条街，你管这叫小鲜肉？
He reigns supreme over the underworld and rules the city! A champion fighter discharged from the army comes to the city. Faced with the oppression of the powerful, he stands proud and begins a forceful counterattack! Using an unnamed cultivation technique, he unifies the underworld’s many factions, thrives in both the legal and criminal worlds, and becomes an underground leader feared across the region. See how Han Yu foils conspiracies, defies the powerful, and carries out world-shaking deeds i
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- 155 Fake Eunuch, True Emperor 假太监真皇帝 A general practitioner from a family of traditional Chinese medicine doctors transmigrates, only to be dragged into the imperial harem as a eunuch on his very first day. He has no choice but to negotiate with the eunuch in charge of castration: could you let me off this once? I still have a blood feud to avenge! The eunuch says, “Sure!” 967Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 156 Romance in the Ancient Village 古寨情缘 The new book, The Number One Secret in Officialdom: Sent Straight to the Asylum from the Start, is now available. Your support is welcome! When someone bullies his sister-in-law, Wang Ye steps in without hesitation, kills a man, and ends up in prison. There, he unexpectedly acquires peerless mystical arts and learns that in his previous life he was the True Dragon Emperor of another world, his sister-in-law was a tiger spirit, and his childhood friend and sidekick was a little white rabbit spiri 21.3kReads9.0Score1.9kShelves
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I’m No Punk: Three of Us Together 我不是小混混之三人行
Determined not to become a thug, he knows that those who walk different paths cannot work together. Brotherhood, and the revival of the Eight Gates of the underworld. Is a sinister force behind it all, or is something far worse on the horizon...?
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Apocalypse Underworld Emperor: After Dark, I Make the Rules 末世地下皇帝，天黑以后我说的算
(No System, passionate, brotherhood, not an invincible protagonist, high martial arts) (Ensemble cast, every character has a distinct personality and their own moments to shine) A young man framed and imprisoned by his own boss unexpectedly gains the blood of the Demon Ancestor and awakens as a superpowered fighter, embarking on a path of revenge. The story of a group of youths from the bottom of society fighting their way up. A legend about a young man who rises to become the Underworld Emperor
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Tales of the Northeast: Fortune Is in Heaven's Hands 东北往事之富贵在天
[Underworld] [Not Mindless] [Ensemble Cast] [Realistic] [Passionate] [Not a Feel-Good Power Fantasy] After spending three years in prison for injuring someone while collecting a debt, Chen Yang’s first move after getting out is to track down the lousy bastard who reported him and got him arrested, then demand forty thousand yuan. But that incident sets off a chain of events that once again leaves Chen Yang at a crossroads, just when he had hoped to settle down. So... will he accept the hand fate
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Tokyo Revengers: The Crow's Summit 东京复仇者:乌鸦的顶点
Reborn into the world of Tokyo Revengers! Unlock the Super Domination System! From the start, he instantly takes out Kiyomasa. He saves Keisuke Baji and recruits Kazutora Hanemiya. Taiju Shiba becomes his right-hand man! Love and Peace, Valhalla, and Tenjiku are no match for him! He conquers Suzuran's strongest, defeats Housen's king, and rallies the troops for three days of furious battle! He sets his sights on the top of the crow's world!
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- 161 Detective Conan: From the Start, I Became the Black Organization's Boss 柯南：开局成为黑衣组织boss [Detective Conan]+ [Transmigration]+ [System]+ [No Romance] Yin Mobai was a tech-loving otaku who adored anime. Who could have guessed that after cursing out a fellow netizen who hated the Black Organization a few extra times before bed, he would wake up as the new boss of the Black Organization… On top of that, he gained a “Black-Clad System.” Before long, he had more assets than he knew what to do with. One day, Bourbon received a message from Gin: “I can’t believe I’ve become a full-time chau 1.8kReads9.3Score208Shelves
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Lone Wolf of the Underworld: I Came from Hell 黑道孤枭：我从地狱来
Orphaned at eight, I spent eight years keeping my head down. I came from hell, and I came for revenge. When the lone wolf strikes, the underworld runs red with blood. Those who owe me will repay me tenfold. Those who wrong me will be ground to dust!
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- 163 Urban: From the Start, I Can See the School Belle's Dark Past 都市：开局看到校花黑历史 Lin Xian, a recent college graduate, obtains the [Dark History System], which lets him see everyone’s darkest secrets. [The richest man’s son’s dark secret: He isn’t the richest man’s biological child. He is conspiring with his biological parents to transfer the richest man’s assets!] [The campus beauty’s dark secret: Too shameful to say, she’s actually a...] By making good use of this dark information and earning rewards from the System, Lin Xian begins his invincible life! 775Reads6.2Score102Shelves
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I Will Disassemble All Things and Walk the Edge of the Rules 我将分解万物，行于规则边界
(Decomposition ability, intelligent protagonist, decisive and ruthless, mastermind, multiple female leads, urban supernatural powers, dark truths) Hua Zhongqi only wanted to make a living with his supernatural ability, until he discovered that the goods he was reselling were made by refining living people. And it all pointed to his mysterious father and his brother, who lay asleep in a hospital bed. This time, what he would decompose wasn’t an object, but the very foundation of a city that devou
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- 165 Urban Scoop: From Gossip Paparazzo to All-Powerful Tycoon 都市爆料：从八卦狗仔到全能神豪 Li Mu had outstanding college entrance exam results, yet a rich kid with the same name took his place at Hangzhou University. Standing outside a vocational college, just one street away from the university, he felt like dying. But just when he was at his lowest, he unexpectedly activated the Big News Scoops System. A mysterious paparazzo codenamed “Honest Man” appeared. [Expose rich kid Zhao Quan's scandals and receive the skill “Blink and Get Rich”: make money just by blinking.] [Expose Jin Hai 46Reads7.4Score—Shelves
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The Day I Went to Prison: She Blazed a Trail Alone and Smashed My Shackles 入狱当天：她单枪铺路，为我砸镣
[Not Reborn]+ [No System]+ [One Female Lead] The last big sister of the underworld! The day I went to prison, she broke into the jail and smashed my shackles, clearing a path for me with a gun in hand! If the rest of my life is destined to be without light, at least in this moment, she is by my side! Some even call her the last big sister of Southeast Asia! Truth is, she was just forced to take charge in a crisis, with no other choice! Since we're already fugitives, then let's take our dark love
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- 167 The Dragon City Kingpin 龙城枭雄 At the end of the last century, Longcheng was a haven for countless criminal gangs, and most of its people were driven onto a path of no return... In that era of flashing blades and bloody battles, a man named Yao Chutian unleashed a storm of bloodshed and chaos. 4Reads—Score—Shelves
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Temptations of the Jianghu 江湖诱惑
[Underworld + Mature Beauties + Conquest + Feel-Good Action + Multiple Heroines] [The first five chapters take their time, but the story gets thrilling later. Read ten chapters, and if you’re not hooked, come chop me up!] Wang Xiaohu leaves the countryside for Jiangcheng, hoping to live a quiet life, but a clash draws him into the whirlpool of the underworld. He meets Qian Jiajia, gets close to Cui Meng, and is even forcibly h
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- 169 I Was Black as Coal Before Military Training, but I Became Famous for My Looks on the First Day of Freshman Registration 军训前我黑成了一块煤，没想到新生报到第一天，我凭借丑出名了 I got as black as a lump of coal before military training. I never expected to become famous for being ugly on the very first day of freshman orientation. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 170 Hong Kong Films: Handsome, I Run Tsim Sha Tsui! 港片：靓仔，尖沙咀我话事！ [Invincible from the start, decisive and ruthless, hard as nails, no System, no saintly protagonist.] Su Dingwen transmigrates into a Hong Kong action movie as a police cadet. After bravely stopping a gang of violent criminals, he's repaid with betrayal: tycoon Li frames him! Expelled from the police academy, he goes undercover in a gang, then buys a Han sword and carves his way through the underworld! Others worship Lord Guan. I charge into battle alone as Lord Guan! By day, he's the gangland b 3.1kReads6.1Score—Shelves
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The Hidden Dragon in the Mortal World 龙隐浮世
This world has always been a Game of Thrones, played with wealth and power. When the world's “golden finger” appears, the old rules of the game are shattered. As long as your “fists” are strong enough, even an ordinary person can become king. The story may not unfold as expected, but unexpected things are always bound to happen!
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My First Half of Life: A Bloody Underworld 我的前半生：血色江湖
[The rating just came in and it’ll keep rising, so don’t let it scare you off! This book is entirely handcrafted, and writing it isn’t easy. Hope you enjoy it!] Eight years in the army, decorated for valor, only to have his future stolen by a substitute! He moves to the city for work and tries to keep his head down, but is forced into a dead end! His brother goes to prison, and his sworn brother dies a tragic death. Good people have no way out, while the wicked run rampant! He abandons the strai
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Twenty Years of Gangland Turmoil 黑道风云二十年
I had just gone to prison when my girlfriend got together with my big brother. My name is Wang Chao, a street punk who takes loyalty seriously. The passion of the 1990s is my dream. And the youth an entire generation can never get back. With my story, I’ll look back on the glorious years we shared!
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Seventeen That Year: The Winner Takes All 那年十七之胜者为王
(Ensemble cast, passionate urban drama, school and underworld, sensible characters, major players in the later story) The bonds of youth are worth more than gold. Ride through the underworld, free to go wherever I please! What is youth? It's a byword for passion, growing up, and loyalty. I was bullied in middle school just because I was honest, well-behaved, and kindhearted. I thought it would all be behind me when I got into the best high school in the county. But on the first day of school, I
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I Told You to Confess, So Why Did You Hit on the Underworld Boss's Daughter? 让你表白，你找上黑道千金？
[System + family + one heroine + sweet everyday romance + lighthearted comedy] Su Jiang is a first-year university student who unexpectedly awakens a System. [Host, confess your feelings to someone of the opposite sex within thirty seconds. Fail, and you die immediately!] With no other choice, Su Jiang confesses to An Rou, the class beauty, in front of the whole class. Su Jiang: “An Rou, I like you. Would you go out with me?” An Rou: “What do you like about me?” Su Jiang: “Uh… your legs are real
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Tales of Dragon City: Stories of a Small Town 龙城往事之小城故事
A realistic portrayal of northeastern China from the late 1980s to the present, full of grudges, grievances, and social change. Follow a group of impressionable young people as they face a host of challenges and opportunities and discover what it means to grow up. Realistic fiction, not a wish-fulfillment story, with a slow build.
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Hong Kong Films: You're a Gangster, Yet You Show Mercy and Become a Buddha? 港片：你个古惑仔，慈悲成佛？
[Betray your brothers] [Sell out your boss] [Take the enemy's side] [Sleep with your big brother's wife] [How can someone like this become a Buddha through compassion?!] A mash-up of Hong Kong crime movies. If you can dream it, it's here! Qin Jianghai transmigrates into a member of the Hung Hing gang. He's a thoroughly wicked man, but unexpectedly unlocks the Good Deeds System. What?! I'm already a gangster, and you still expect me to do good deeds? Not even a dog would [Ding! Congratulations on
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A Long Road for a Lifetime 长路终生
The untold stories of the modern underworld, filled with love, family bonds, and friendship. This is the story of someone who endures a life of hardship and trials. I hope you'll show your support. I'm a new writer, so please be patient and offer advice on what I've done well and what I can improve.
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Shadow of the Black Wolf 黑狼影
Do you believe in wolves that live in the light without fear? People say light can cover the whole world, so how can the world have shadows? And in those shadows, are the ones who live there wolves or people?
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Undercover, Reel Them In Already or I'll Become Utterly Corrupt! 卧底，再不收网我就恶贯满盈啦！
[Undercover in a gang + ruthless and decisive + no bleeding-heart heroine + no System + patriotic + special agent] Lu Chengfeng transmigrates to the year 2000 in a parallel world. After dropping out of police academy, he begins his life undercover. He rises quickly by preying on the criminals themselves. With a beautiful woman on his left and a rich wife on his right, he becomes so feared that even the ruthless gangsters blanch at the mention of his name. “I’m not the boss, so don’t call my wife
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The Fire of Our Youthful Years 那些年我们青春的锋芒
To everyone else, he was an honest man and a spineless loser. His middle school years were a living hell, until one day, a friend his age from the neighboring family transferred back from a school out of town and came to his defense with a commanding presence. The boy, Wu Feng, took the baton handed to him and strode ahead, rising from a meek, honest kid into a powerful figure who radiated authority and revealed his sharp edge.
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- 182 The Old Days of Northern Jiangsu 苏北社会往事 This is not just a school story. It is a snapshot of an entire generation’s coming of age: On dignity: When fists become the “rules,” can books still defend our dignity? On choices: In the gray areas, how do we draw the line within ourselves? On leaving: That train ticket to Nanjing is the coming-of-age rite shared by every boy from northern Jiangsu. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
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Storm over Binhai 滨海风云
The jianghu isn't about fighting and killing. It's about human relationships and worldly wisdom. The underworld isn't about fighting and killing either. It's just a way for people to make a living by going down a dark path. Chen Mu, an orphan, was just an ordinary food delivery driver. One late-night delivery brought him together with Chu Wanyin, who had been hurt by love. At the same time, his biological father came looking for him. Liu Xie, also an orphan, chose a path entirely different from
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The Godfather: The Ideal State 教父：理想国
Friendship is the currency accepted everywhere, loyalty is the finest gift, and silence is a rule that must be obeyed… I had no intention of contending for power, but the people suffer. When Trump was at the end of his rope, a mysterious force helped him turn the tables. Who could have flipped the election overnight? And who was pulling all the strings from behind the scenes? Only he: the shadow emperor of America’s underworld, the true power broker of the capitalist world, the man people call
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Who Rules the Changing Tides of the Martial World? 江湖之谁主浮沉
“Northeastern Gangland,” “No Mindless Shenanigans,” “Based on Real Cases” A group of young people, driven by a moment of recklessness, set out on a path unlike any they had taken before... From Xiao Yao's days of loafing around to gradually growing up and setting off down the point of no return, making a living in the underworld... Family, friendship, and love all become entangled... Some die... some go to prison... and others... A new story, a new beginning. Come witness the rise of a true crim
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- 186 After Getting Out of Prison, I Married the Underworld Princess 出狱后，我娶了黑道公主 [Multiple heroines + first-person slice of life + retro jianghu customs and human relationships + not for everyone] After the 1999 college entrance exams, I accidentally killed someone while trying to save Xiang Xiaoya and was sentenced to five years in prison. After my release, I followed Brother Wai and became a manager at the most upscale nightclub in Tianlin City. I lived with Xia Shu, the club's star hostess, and enjoyed a life of wine and excess, until I offended Shangguan Yu, the underwor 4.1kReads8.8Score322Shelves
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Searching the Underworld for My Missing Son, I Clean Up Crime and Clear My Father's Name 失子入江湖扫黑恶，父冤得伸
(Passionate urban action, a comeback! Multiple female leads!) Also known as "Lost Son Enters the Underworld to Fight Crime, Father’s Wrongful Conviction Finally Overturned" I am the son of a soldier. After getting lost during a sorrowful journey, I was raised to adulthood by a kind rural couple surnamed Ye. I thought it was pure chance that my master taught me peerless martial arts. From then on, I became the greatest martial artist in Nan Yue! Later, to improve my family’s financial situation,
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Jinbei Storm: A Black-Market Outlaw 晋北风云：黑道狂徒
Yanbei City is known as the Coal Capital, and coal is also called black gold. Crowds of gold seekers pour into Yanbei City, hoping to get a share of the coal industry. The various factions stop at nothing to achieve their goals. In their eyes, everything has a price, including human life. What is the underworld? The underworld is face. The underworld is brotherhood. The underworld is money. They say the coal of northern Shanxi is black, but few realize that human hearts are blacker still. After
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- 189 The Bad Guys: The Storm Rises Again 2 坏蛋之风云再起2 [People have names, and trees have shadows. Who is Xie Wendong? Everyone knows.] As the scorching sun slowly sinks away and the half moon hangs high, as neon lights begin to flicker and night descends, what can we use to prove that we exist? 12.5kReads9.0Score818Shelves
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I Am the King 我为王
Betrayed by everyone, I was wounded by those closest to me! I cut off a finger to survive, then lay low for six years before emerging again. Through the grudges and warmth of the martial world, I’ve seen it all. I am the king!
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1980: A New Order in the Underworld 一九八零：江湖新秩序
What is the martial world? Wherever there are people, there will be conflict! The strong survive, and the weak perish. That is the martial world! Relive the 1980s and pay tribute to a youth long gone! This is the story of Han Yue, and how he rose from the bottom to the top of the provincial capital, only to fall again! The road through the martial world is treacherous. Everyone survives by their own wits! Hold on, and you can make something of yourself. Give up, and you're out... (This book is p
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Godfather of the Underworld: Planting My Flag in Mong Kok 黑道教父：从旺角插旗开始
Hong Kong is in turmoil, and crime lords rise on every side! Chen Kun is a low-ranking 49er in the 14K triad, with no power or influence. But he's both clever and brave, fearless, and full of brotherly loyalty. With the New World and Wo Shing Wo watching him like tigers, and the ruthless, bloodthirsty Big Circle Gang closing in, he's caught in the maelstrom of a chaotic era. His only way to survive is to risk his life. He rises through bloody underworld battles and makes a name for himself on th
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After Returning Home, the Underworld Boss Became Everyone’s Favorite 回国后，黑道大佬成团宠
The short drama “No Heirloom Jewelry, But I've Got a Fist the Size of a Cooking Pot” is now streaming. [Beloved by a wealthy family + two powerful leads with secret identities + sweet-tempered yet volatile heroine + devoted hero + influence in both the underworld and the legitimate world] Lin Qingye, head of the most feared assassin organization in the underworld, finally destroys the second-largest assassin organization and obtains clues about her origins. She immediately decides to return home
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- 194 The Magnate of 1990 枭雄1990 [The whole world is a chessboard. Ask not who makes the first move.] In his previous life, Lu Ye trusted the people around him and met a tragic end in prison. Back in 1990, he faced the surging tide of a new era and rose from humble beginnings, fighting his way forward, though without the carefree swagger of a young man. Awake, he commanded the world; asleep, he lay beside beauties. See how Lu Ye became a legendary tycoon, taking control of the board and becoming the one who made the moves. 4.2kReads8.3Score296Shelves
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He and His Thousand Brothers 他和他的一千个兄弟
A sweeping crackdown on organized crime by the municipal Party committee and government brought Kangcheng ten years of peace. But after a decade, criminal forces sprang up like mushrooms after rain and returned in force. A breakup, having his identity stolen in the college entrance exam, and a construction boss’s schemes led Chen Li’an to give up on making an honest living. In the end, he went down a path of no return, turning against society.
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The Peerless Young Master 公子无双
Lin Qi seems like an ordinary delivery driver, but in this city, whether they are business tycoons, renowned doctors, or underworld bosses, everyone treats him with the utmost respect and calls him, "Young Master!"
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Supreme Warlord 至尊战王
After ten years on the battlefield, the God of War returns. He wields power over all and is richer than a nation! But his entire family has been slaughtered, and the mastermind turns out to be his fiancée...
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Reborn: It All Began When I Went to Visit My Brothers’ Graves 重生：从给兄弟们上坟开始
[Reborn + no System + fiery action + brotherhood + invincible] The first thing Yi Hui did after getting out of prison was visit the graves of his dead brothers. In that gang fight, all his brothers died except him. He survived, but was sentenced to life in prison. Later, his life sentence was commuted to a fixed term, and he was finally released. Guangzi, A Long, Debao, Feifei, I’m sorry. If only we could do it all over again… Yi Hui was reborn in 1998. In this life, he would make good money wit
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- 199 The Peerless God of War 绝世战王 After ten years on the battlefield, the War King returns, rich enough to rival a nation! But his entire family has been slaughtered, and the culprit turns out to be his fiancée... 2.1kReads7.2Score146Shelves
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Underworld Lust and Sin: The Twisted Life After My Fall 黑道孽欲：黑化后的妖孽人生
(Urban slice of life + lives consumed by desire + grounded and down-to-earth + multiple heroines + no brainless decisions + no melodrama + no cultivation + no System) What did an ordinary person at the bottom of society go through to end up on a one-way road into the underworld? If someone picks a fight, hit back. Life and death are no big deal! The plot is full of twists and turns, and relentlessly probes the human condition! So good it’ll make you pound your bed in a frenzy! If you love this k
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