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  1. 601 I Put on a Mask and Became a God 戴上面具,我成了神 Mystery215k WordsCompleted I woke up with amnesia from the start. Did I kill someone? The security footage shows me brutally slaughtering two burly men all by myself? Yan Zhile: That wasn't me. I put on a mask and got possessed by a god. Do you believe me? Police: Why not say you're Ultraman while you're at it? From an ordinary college student to the Host of a forbidden mask. She takes down scumbag dads, slays heavenly fiends, and tames ancient divine beasts. When she has collected every mask, she stands atop the Ea 27Reads—Score—14d adds
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  2. 602 Welcome to the Game of the Gods 欢迎进入神明游戏 Two Male Leads874k WordsOngoing [Two male leads + horror game + a wide variety of Overseer Bosses + high intelligence and combat prowess + solving the game] An unknown-species bottom × a god who gives his all for love The world fell into darkness. The Divine Game: a path to godhood. The Harbingers of Calamity lurked out of sight. The Judges stood high above, while the Overseers slaughtered without restraint. The Chosen laughed arrogantly, while the Candidates screamed and struggled to survive. The Rioters ripped bloody heads f 15.4kReads9.4Score2.9k14d adds
  3. 603 He Kills, Never Saves: This Taoist Is Wickedly Righteous! 只杀不渡,这个道士正到发邪! Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Supernatural + Mazu + folk customs + deity processions + Guanjian Shou + yin-yang taboos] People in Fujian often say, “If the powers above won't agree, just ask Mazu.” Born with an extremely weighty fate, Lin Haien was conceived on Qingming and born on the Winter Solstice. He has a yin-yang constitution and a spirit-sensitive body. Lost souls and wandering ghosts torment him, all hoping to take over his body and replace him. To give him even the slimmest chance of survival, his midwife grandmot 116.6kReads9.2Score9.7k14d adds
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  4. 604 Surrender 自首 Mystery691k WordsCompleted (Now streaming on iQIYI. Starring Xu Weizhou, Guo Junchen, and Xiao Yan. A criminal police captain, played by Xu Weizhou, teams up with a psychologist, played by Guo Junchen, to solve cases and capture the monsters of the human heart. Mystery + deduction + psychologist + episodic cases + serial murders + high-IQ crimes + revenge plots + strange tales and records + best partners + light horror + suitable for the faint-hearted) “I killed someone.” A girl turns herself in, claiming that she killed 21.5kReads9.4Score3k14d adds
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  5. 605 Torchlight [Criminal Investigation] 炬火【刑侦】 Mystery601k WordsCompleted Dozens of high-stakes, mind-bending cases. A detective and a psychologist join forces to solve crimes, uncover the truth, and probe human nature. (Mystery + deduction + psychologist + episodic cases + serial murders + high-IQ crimes + strange tales + revenge plots + perfect partners + light horror + suitable for the easily frightened.) This novel is the second installment in Confession, also known as The Truth About Murder. Once again, it follows detective captain Ti An and psychologist Zhao Yao 6.7kReads9.4Score1.1k14d adds
  6. 606 Strange Tales, Volume 1 奇闻诡事录1 Mystery288k WordsCompleted This is a collection of folk tales about the uncanny, strange accounts from across the land. Each chapter is a complete story, each tale a separate supernatural mystery, revealing the mysteries of yin and yang, folk taboos, and the obsessions of the dead. You never know when a casual remark might draw the attention of spirits lurking in the wilderness; when an old object you pick up might hold the memory of a tragic death; or when an everyday habit might already have crossed a forbidden boundary 20Reads—Score—14d adds
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  7. 607 Someone New Appeared in the Footage 录像里多出一个人 Mystery543k WordsOngoing The test shoot’s discarded footage was four seconds longer. Everyone in the frame held the same poses they had at the end of filming. No one moved. I counted three times. There were six people every time. But only five people had been there that day. On the hard drive my mother left behind, there was an empty folder with a four-character name: Do Not Fast-Forward. In the recycle bin was a deleted video, four minutes and twenty-five seconds long, which couldn’t be recovered. Our production crew w 3Reads—Score—14d adds
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  8. 608 Going Home for Lunar New Year: Your Mom Says It’s Time to Go on a Blind Date 过年回家,你妈喊你去相亲 Marriage & Romance28k WordsCompleted You go home for the New Year, and your mom tells you to go on a blind date —Reads—Score—14d adds
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  9. 609 Haunted House Sleep Test: The Agent Said Not to Be Afraid, This Manual Teaches You How to Torment Ghosts 凶宅试睡:中介说别怕,这本手册是教你怎么折磨鬼的 16k WordsCompleted Haunted House Sleep Tester: The Agent Says, “Don’t Be Scared. This Manual Teaches You How to Torture Ghosts.” 58Reads—Score—14d adds
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  10. 610 I Am Not a Paper Spirit 我不是纸仙 Mystery796k WordsCompleted A paper effigy is made by folding paper into the shape of a person, so it can take on another's sins, endure their punishment, and bear the consequences of their karma. I was an orphan from a young age, adopted by my master. He was a paper effigy maker, and when I was nineteen, I learned his craft. That set me on a road of no return and turned me into a jinx. Before long, I brought about my master's death. Through one mistake, I turned a “Lovers' Fold” into a “Life-Damaging Fold,” creating a pap 50Reads7.6Score—14d adds
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  11. 611 The Man Buried Upside Down 倒着埋的人 13k WordsCompleted The Man Buried Upside Down 7Reads—Score—14d adds
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  12. 612 My Neighbor Knocks on the Wall at 3 A.M. Every Day 我的邻居每天准时在凌晨3点敲墙 11k WordsCompleted My neighbor knocks on the wall at exactly 3 a.m. every day 7Reads—Score—14d adds
  13. 613 Don't Look Back During Evening Study at School 学校晚自习别回头 14k WordsCompleted Don’t Look Back During Evening Study at School 6Reads—Score—14d adds
  14. 614 I Came from the Underworld to Deal with Those Who Defy the Rules 我从地府来,专治规则不服 33k WordsCompleted I Came from the Underworld to Make the Rules Behave 1Reads—Score—14d adds
  15. 615 Rules of the Rest Stop on a Stormy Night 暴雨夜服务区规则怪谈 15k WordsCompleted Rules of the Rest Stop on a Stormy Night 5Reads—Score—14d adds
  16. 616 I Only Take on the Most Ominous Cases 我只收大凶之物 Mystery404k WordsCompleted [Supernatural] + [Traditional Folk Customs] + [First-Person Narration] + [Chinese-Style Horror] + [Decisive and Ruthless] + [Not a Do-Gooder] + [One Female Lead] I was born in a rural village in the mountains of Southwest China. I'm a third-year university student, and I'm also a yin-yang master. Calling myself a yin-yang master is really just to make myself sound impressive. Back in my hometown, people in the countryside call someone like me a Daoist ritual master. Most people probably know a l 53Reads8.2Score—14d adds
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  17. 617 365 Folktales of the Supernatural, All Come to the Human World 365个民间怪谈,皆来人间 Mystery730k WordsCompleted [Standalone Stories] [Folk Tales of the Strange] [Rural Supernatural] [Horror Folklore] [Terrifying on Closer Thought] No overarching plot! Each chapter features a separate tale of strange events from local folklore, adapted from true stories passed down by elders in my hometown. Note: This story is entirely fictional and for entertainment only. Trust in science and reject superstition. 3.7kReads—Score—14d adds
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  18. 618 Vivid as Life 栩栩若生 Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted A fortune-teller said I was born destined for greatness, the reincarnation of the Flower Goddess, with the power to turn stones into gold and command flower spirits and tree sprites. Once I came of age, my family was sure to prosper. But when I was twelve, I came down with a strange illness. My fever wouldn’t break, and I kept seeing terrifying visions... In a dream, I met an old woman who told me to find an expert with supernatural powers to save my life. Millet to summon souls, altars and form 19.7kReads9.5Score3.4k14d adds
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  19. 619 The Evil Well 邪井 Mystery103k WordsOngoing [Apocalyptic supernatural + horror and suspense + adventure and growth] The world changes. Humans and ghosts coexist, An evil, uncanny ancient well, A shy young man, The world grows corrupt, and a hundred ghosts revive. Will it bring salvation or destruction? 1Reads—Score—14d adds
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  20. 620 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 Mystery4.6M WordsOngoing 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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  21. 621 Ghostly Eyes 鬼灵瞳 Mystery931k WordsCompleted A reclusive man known as Little Master, along with several strange people brought together by coincidence but united by their shared interests, gradually uncovers a history buried for many years: the five great clans of the ancient world and the Yin-Yang adepts who could do anything. It seems that fate has long been leading them into one thrilling fantasy adventure after another... 1kReads9.1Score10314d adds
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  22. 622 The Dead Man's Makeup 死人妆 Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted The old folks often say, “Men shouldn’t be born on the first day of the lunar month, and women shouldn’t be born on the fifteenth.” I was born on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, with the fate of an iron broom and a destructive bone marrow. The living despise me, and I bring death to my whole family, yet demons and ghosts have their eyes on me! Because of him, I also broke a taboo and became a woman of yin fate... To save me, my mother-in-law taught me the art of applying makeup to th 2.5kReads9.1Score33014d adds
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  23. 623 Suppressing the Dragon 镇龙 Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted For one person, he dug up an ancient grave, broke into a dragon's tomb, and wielded the Yang Sword to slay yin spirits! An heir to a family of secret arts, he joins a group of men and women bound together by fate. Together, they travel far and wide, fighting monsters in the mountains, slaying evil in the cities, breaking into the underworld, and robbing ghost messengers... To change our fate, we defy the heavens! 2.5kReads8.8Score53214d adds
  24. 624 The Yin-Yang Occult Artisan 阴阳诡匠 Mystery4.2M WordsCompleted As the old saying goes: “Better to offend the King of Hell than a carpenter.” A carpenter isn't someone who puts together a plank to make a door or builds a table. That's just woodworking! A true carpenter understands the yin and yang, knows feng shui, and can bring prosperity to a household or cause someone to die a sudden, violent death. I might have spent my whole life as an ordinary woodworker, if Grandma hadn't given me a mysterious old book... 4.6kReads7.0Score49014d adds
  25. 625 The Haunted Dreamscape, Part One 诡梦境第一部 Rural Life82k WordsCompleted Are ghosts always frightening? Are people always kind? Sometimes, people can be more terrifying than ghosts. Behind every strange incident may lie a tragic story you never saw coming. 12Reads—Score—14d adds
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  26. 626 Soul Reaper 收魂人 Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted To stay alive, I had no choice but to marry a two-headed monster. But I never expected her to be a Rakshasa with two souls. My fate was utterly transformed, and I embarked on a perilous path full of thorns, surrounded by demons and spirits... 765Reads7.2Score11614d adds
  27. 627 The Secret Whispers of Spirit Artifacts 器灵秘语 Mystery260k WordsCompleted The underground palace of Qin Shi Huang, the Black Horse Temple in Shanxi, Dingling, and the ancient city walls of Chang'an: strange objects appear, unleashing one terrifying, suspenseful, and horrifying incident after another... 1Reads—Score—14d adds
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  28. 628 A Hundred-Year-Old Villager’s Tales of Ghosts and the Supernatural 农村百岁老人口述鬼怪奇谈 Mystery278k WordsCompleted I grew up in the countryside, and whenever I had free time, I liked listening to centenarians in the village tell strange tales of ghosts and other uncanny events from days gone by. I have collected, recorded, and adapted these folk stories. There is no overarching plot. Each chapter is a standalone horror story. Not for the faint of heart!!! 32Reads—Score—14d adds
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  29. 629 The Vengeful Spirit Notebook 凶灵笔记 Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted I've slept in a coffin since I was little. It wasn't until the woman in red appeared that I learned the truth. I was born on Ghost Festival. I don't want to die. 1.3kReads8.7Score22314d adds
  30. 630 Eerie: A Dog from the Start, Gear You Scavenge 诡异:开局一条狗,装备全靠捡 Mystery1.0M WordsOngoing [The rating just came in, and it will rise later] [Apocalyptic Awakening] [Stat-Allocation Sequence] [Horror Survival] [Extreme Combat Style] Terror descends upon the world, and a Black Tide begins to devour cities. The uncanny, demons, monsters, forbidden artifacts... Human life is as worthless as grass. People struggle to survive by any means. In an apocalypse of endless terror, the only way to stay alive is to awaken and become part of a Transcendent Sequence! Others awaken as doctors, surviv 466.1kReads8.5Score51.4k14d adds
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  31. 631 The Lu Ban Book 鲁班书 Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted "The world knows only about Gongshu Ce, not the Book of Lu Ban. Gongshu Ce originated from the Book of Lu Ban, but only carried on its outward form. My family, however, possesses a peerless edition of the Book of Lu Ban. My ancestors were carpenters for generations. By my time, the craft had fallen into decline, but my family never gave up. Even I took over my father's carpentry business after graduating from university, following the usual path. Outsiders only know that my family works as carpe 1.5kReads8.7Score23414d adds
  32. 632 The Yin-Yang Artisan 阴阳诡匠 Mystery313k WordsCompleted [Author's note: This book has no System and isn't mindless. Most of the events… really happened. Do not try any of the customs or taboos described here! Any consequences are your own responsibility!] It's better to offend the King of Hell than a poor carpenter. When you've worked as a carpenter long enough, you'll inevitably encounter all sorts of terrifying, bizarre accidents and stories. Sometimes, we're part of them ourselves. I used to think my grandfather was just an eccentric old carpenter 1.1kReads6.3Score10214d adds
  33. 633 The Skinning Ghost 扒皮鬼 Mystery756k WordsOngoing (Traditional supernatural horror + extreme horror + multiple twists + mystery + entirely handcrafted) Lately, I've been having nightmares every night. A fortune-teller said I might have a ghost clinging to me. He told me about a forbidden folk ritual: Put on a pair of worn underwear over your head, and it will block a ghost's sight. That night, I got home and followed his advice, half believing it. My girlfriend came back to the room after washing up and stared blankly at where I was. "Where... 64.2kReads8.3Score7k14d adds
  34. 634 I Drive a Taxi, but I Don’t Pick Up Passengers, Only Female Ghosts and Models 我开出租不拉客,只拉女鬼和模特 Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted Pan Mudan kept her lips pressed tightly together, not daring to make a sound in case her husband heard... I used to be a company driver at a steel mill. Then the company laid people off. I spent eight thousand yuan on an almost-decommissioned commercial vehicle and started driving a taxi. My friends all said I'd struck gold! Even without the air conditioning on in summer, the car was chilly inside! 6.4kReads8.9Score57714d adds
  35. 635 The Haunting One 诡缠人 Mystery9.3M WordsCompleted Demons and monsters, uncanny forces and strange happenings, in a world where the living and the dead are indistinguishable and good and evil are hard to tell apart. No one can save anyone else, and no one can be saved... An epic tale of humans and ghosts: are they evil spirits wearing human skins, or is the human heart itself wicked? The conflict between humans and ghosts begins here. It will stir everything most real deep within you... 1.1kReads5.5Score10314d adds
  36. 636 The Scripture of the Hidden Talisman 阴符经 Mystery186k WordsCompleted I'm a fake Taoist who taps a wooden fish and burns yellow talismans, but one funeral nearly cost me my life... 238Reads—Score10714d adds
  37. 637 Close Your Eyes, and the Nightmare Begins 闭眼即梦魇 Mystery150k WordsOngoing [Infinite-flow + no romance + mild horror + mystery-solving] A bizarre murder case dragged Yan Wei, a psychiatric patient, into a bloody game. As layer after layer of fog lifted, he discovered a grand conspiracy lurking behind it all... A mysteriously vanished psychiatric hospital, otherworldly powers worshipped by the masses, a boy whose face he could never remember from his dreams... Behind ideals that seemed so grand lay a tangled web of human and divine self-interest. 41Reads—Score—14d adds
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  38. 638 Baby Lantern 婴儿灯 Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted When I was five, I fell into the water and my soul left my body. With my own eyes, I saw the legendary baby lantern said to lure away souls. I initially thought it had come to harm me, but that wasn’t the case. As I continued to investigate, a sinister layout targeting me slowly came to light... 208Reads—Score—14d adds
  39. 639 The Four Yin Gates 四阴门 Mystery377k WordsCompleted Have you heard of the “Four Yin Trades”? It’s a collective name for four professions that deal with the dead. There’s a saying that goes: “The executioner’s blade hangs on the wall; the coroner’s eyes can see; the paper effigy maker’s craft looks lifelike; the second-skin tailor’s needle and thread stitch right through the hide.” My grandpa practiced the third of these trades: he made paper effigies! 10Reads—Score—14d adds
  40. 640 Fifteen Minutes of Death Every Day: I Became a Yin-Yang Courier 每天死亡十五分钟:我成了阴阳骑手 7k WordsCompleted Fifteen Minutes of Death Every Day: I Became a Yin-Yang Courier 1Reads—Score—14d adds
  41. 641 Wandering in the Mountains 山间游荡 Mystery166k WordsCompleted This is a novel in the vein of an “infinite flow” story. The heroine travels through countless folktale horror stories and experiences supernatural events. “What’s wrong with Ma Er? What are you doing?” The steward came to the carriage at the front. He saw Ma Er standing there, pale-faced and motionless, trembling all over. “N-no, we can’t go any farther. That’s Gudang Mountain up ahead, the Mountain of the Dead. No one ever comes out alive. If we go in, we’re dead! Th —Reads—Score—14d adds
  42. 642 Folk Feng Shui: I Made My Name by Moving a Grave 民间堪舆:从迁坟开始扬名 Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted On a midnight road, a ghost encounters a coffin being carried. A blood-seeping black coffin holds calamity at bay. Chen Mo, a boy from a remote mountain village, only wanted to live in peace with half a box of tattered books and a cracked compass left behind by his grandfather. Then the old village chief died mysteriously, and the supposed auspicious burial site turned out to be a place steeped in a century of resentment. The instant the coffin was opened, bloody words appeared alongside claw ma 3Reads—Score—14d adds
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  43. 643 The Tomb Raider Who Keeps Time 盗墓守时人 Mystery974k WordsCompleted “Guardians of Time and the Memory of Civilization”, All ancient tombs and ruins are actually defensive fortifications built by Chinese civilization to withstand periodic “spatiotemporal cataclysms.” The struggle between tomb raiders and tomb guardians is, in truth, a battle over the memory of civilization. 38Reads—Score—14d adds
  44. 644 The Haunted House Cleanup Crew: The Mystery of My Origins 凶宅清理师之我的身世之谜 16k WordsCompleted The Haunted House Cleaner: The Mystery of My Origins 35Reads—Score—14d adds
  45. 645 The Yin Tombs of the Yellow River: A Feng Shui Master of the Qing Nang 黄河阴坟:青囊风水师 9k WordsCompleted The Yellow River Yin Tomb: A Qing Nang Feng Shui Master 81Reads—Score—14d adds
  46. 646 Terrifying Supernatural Happenings 恐怖灵异怪事 Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing A terrifying paranormal ghost story. There is a Zhao Family Village in the Funiu Mountains, where many terrifying supernatural incidents have taken place in the ravine west of the village. Several people have been frightened to death, and many nearby residents shudder at the very mention of the ravine. Even the villages around it have experienced many inexplicable events. I used to be afraid. I wanted to write about them but didn't dare. Whenever I thought about putting them into words, terror w 670Reads8.0Score—14d adds
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  47. 647 Guiding Spirits 1 度灵1 Mystery285k WordsCompleted When Jiang Xingchen was eight, his friend drowned while saving him, and from that moment on, the world split in two. He became a “freak,” someone who could see ghosts. Fear and avoidance nearly consumed him, until he met Mo Yuan, a mysterious spirit guide. With Mo Yuan’s guidance and the influence of Ling Yan, another spirit guide with a forceful style, Xingchen gradually learned to listen to the voices behind the “horror.” From city apartments to ancient wells in mountain villages, from solving 3Reads—Score—14d adds
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  48. 648 Sinister Deals in Northern Myanmar: Every Step a Nightmare! 缅北罪恶交易,步步惊魂! Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Tags: urban, northern Myanmar, thriller, horror, romance, special agents, suspense, betrayal in love, ruthless action, gambling city, beautiful female agents, villains, calculating characters. A one-of-a-kind chronicle of northern Myanmar, a brutal dossier on the organ trade, the dangerous years of special agents, and the struggle between good and evil. Enemies become friends, friends become enemies, a warlord's daughter who once seemed impossible to reconcile with becomes a battle-hardened love 756Reads8.5Score10114d adds
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  49. 649 House for Rent: Haunted 凶宅出租 Mystery453k WordsCompleted Firsthand experiences and true cases from a real estate agent, adapted supernatural incidents from haunted houses. Each chapter is a standalone paranormal story, uncovering the secrets behind haunted houses and the tangled struggles of human nature. 471Reads8.2Score—14d adds
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  50. 650 Super Scary: Spine-Chilling Horror Stories 超级恐怖:耸人听闻的恐怖故事 Mystery253k WordsOngoing [Traditional Supernatural Tales] [Chinese-Style Horror] [Reader Submissions] [Chilling on Second Thought] [Strange Stories] [Plainspoken Storytelling] [No Fancy Prose] [A New Protagonist Every Chapter to Keep You Immersed] I pieced these stories together bit by bit from old folks around the country, private messages from netizens, and country gossip. They're all little ghost stories I heard before bed. I've rewritten them in plain, easy-to-follow language without beating around the bush. I just 6Reads—Score—14d adds
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