For Old-School Readers: Any Funny, Logical Novels With a Little Manly Excitement? 老书迷，有没有逻辑好的又搞笑的还男人小兴奋的
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Surely You Laugh at My Passion 多情应笑我
Lin Fang has been disguised as a boy since childhood, and she can't help feeling helpless about it. Her household registration says she's male, so what can she do? But the secret she has sworn to protect is discovered by a young boy she accidentally rescues! Lin Fang thought she'd picked up a deadweight, but once the boy, Yun Weiming, regains his identity, she feels as if she's sitting on a mountain of gold. “Who would've thought! I've picked up all kinds of things before, but you're the most va
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Reborn as the Beloved of Everyone: The Movie Emperor's Wife Is Poor and Fierce Again 重生团宠：影帝夫人又穷又凶
[Print edition signed for publication] [Insanely outrageous wish-fulfillment + a few secret identities + savage online roasts + devoted romance with both leads’ first love + dazzling the world] In her previous life, she died with regrets. Now she has been reborn in the middle of a massive online hate campaign! If they’re going to hate on her anyway, she might as well stop pretending! Her scumbag fiancé gets shoved into a cold pool, then coughs and blames her? Sheng Wenyin: “What, caught a cold?
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The Whole Family Transmigrates: 18 Ways to Survive in Ancient Times 全家穿越：古代生存十八法
The whole family transmigrates to ancient times after an accident. Whether that counts as good luck or bad luck is anyone’s guess. They’ve barely woken up when they find out the family has no money, no land, and a mountain of debt to repay. Not one of them has a golden finger, either. But the dog that came along with them is rather interesting. Could it be some kind of divine hound? This big family has to put food on the table, keep the household harmonious, and make progress in their studies. W
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The Movie Emperor Keeps Trying to Make a Move on Me 影帝他总想对我图谋不轨
Shen Yi, stage name Wei Long, was an actor of superstar caliber who took the world by storm in the 1970s. But after he disappeared one day, he vanished from history without a trace, as if he had never existed. One day, Rong Qian spotted a photo of herself with Shen Yi, taken more than thirty years ago... This incredible discovery sent her on journey after journey through time, transmigrating into the past to save him! For Rong Qian, only a few days passed between each trip to the past. But for S
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Global Manhunt: You’re Crazy! You Call This an Escape? 全球通缉：疯了！你管这个叫逃亡
Ten major conglomerates are investing, a hundred billion dollars in prize money is up for grabs, and elites from every field are taking part! Urban parkour, high-altitude skydiving, wingsuit flying. Everything... is for the sake of escape! A global manhunt! This is a show that drives people wild! Its goal is to uncover vulnerabilities in security systems and public safety in today's information age. Su Yu is sent to prison from the start, but no one could have expected what came next. Su Yu brea
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Legend Management Bureau 传说管理局
(No harem, no formulaic plot, no invincibility, no System, no brainless decisions, and no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if any of that bothers you.) Du Yu dies an untimely death right at the beginning of the story. Hoping to secure a better spot in his next life, he takes a job with the Bureau of Legendary Tales. His job is to return to legends that have gone off course and put their plots back on track. He never expected that the first mission assigned to an ordinary mortal like him would
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Mommy, Daddy Is a Lemon-Scented Jerk 妈咪，大佬爹地是柠檬精
He is the ruthless, bloodthirsty CEO of Jiang City, a man feared by all. She is a young heiress who went missing. A carefully orchestrated scheme throws her into his arms. Seven years later, she returns with three prodigy children, transformed and ready to repay those who framed her tenfold. But just as she tries to make a clean getaway, a certain man wraps an arm around her and pulls her into his embrace. With a wicked smile, he says, “Woman, you have my children. You could run to the ends of t
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Third Master, Your Wife Has Dazzled the World Again 三爷，夫人她又惊艳全球了
In her previous life, Ye Meng had no brains to speak of. Her fiancé and stepsister deceived her, crippled her, and took everything from her. In this life, her wits are back, and no demon or devil can stop her dazzling rise to global fame. Scumbag: “Ye Meng is average-looking, and her figure is nothing special either. How could she compare to my Taotao?” Ye Meng comes downstairs. Scumbag: “Is that a celestial beauty?” Vile woman, smugly: “My design was once praised by Angel, the world-famous desi
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Listen to the South 听南
Ten years ago, Xia Tingnan was in her third year of middle school, while her next-door neighbor Xu Bingran was a sophomore in high school. Both the Xia and Xu parents were busy, so Xia Tingnan, who loved sleeping in, was put in Xu Bingran's care. Xu Bingran was disciplined, sensible, a good student with dreams, and known as “Xu Bingran of No. 1 High School.” Xia Tingnan was lazy, scatterbrained, a happy slacker with decent grades, and everyone's beloved “cutie.” And so began a four-year routine:
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I'll Wait for You in Spring 我在春天等你
A highly educated expert is caught up in a “wife-murder scandal,” causing a nationwide sensation. The truth is painstakingly pieced together through layer upon layer of investigation, and the answer is heartbreaking. This is a battle over careers: she lost everything, but won you. This is a nostalgic love story: only after reopening memories long sealed away does she realize that someone once loved her deeply and for a very long time. This is a soul searching for a place to belong: should she yi
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Plucking Stars 摘星
[Marriage First, Love Later + Sweet Military Romance + Love Grows Over Time + The Pinnacle of Powerful-Family Fiction] [Steady, brilliant young major general × National Defense University's genius hacker] He is a young major general: steady, learned, and imposing. She is a naive newcomer to society, fresh out of school: impulsive, loyal, and optimistic. An accident ruins his reputation and leaves him disgraced, branding him a heartless man condemned by everyone. She becomes the infamous other wo
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The Youngest Daughter, Changle 幺女长乐
Miss Zhu Si’s rough fighting skills have always made her the laughingstock of the capital’s noble families. In everyone else’s eyes, that’s the sort of work meant for household guards. Zhu Changle, who considers herself invincible, isn’t ashamed of it. She’s proud. Not everyone can protect their own home, but she can! And then some! She’d even turn the whole capital upside down to protect it! Don’t believe her? Try her!
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I Made a Pact with the Gods, and Now You’re All Turtles 我与神明画押，你们都变王八
[Ridiculous comedy] When Yan Luo was put on the spot from the start and expected to confess in front of everyone, she thought fast and called out to the young master: “Classmate Cang Zhu, wise people don’t fall in love. Let’s build a beautiful homeland and work together to create a harmonious society!” The young master: ... The young master at first: “Go away! Keep your distance! You’re scaring me!” The young master, winning himself over: “Holy crap, she insulted me. Does she like me? Holy crap,
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I Was Reborn as a Scripted Murder Victim, and Every Suspect Fell for Me 穿成剧本杀死者，嫌疑人都爱上我
[Ridiculous Comedy + Beloved by Everyone + Clearing Her Name in Showbiz + A Harem-War Showdown] Shen Xiaoyan transmigrates into a murder mystery game as the victim, a washed-up actress hated by the entire internet. Her killer agent, her cold-blooded, straight-laced boss, and a top-tier star idol are all prime suspects who want her dead. To stay alive, she has no choice but to put her clever little brain to work. But she ends up being a little too clever. Not only does she successfully clear
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After the Mad Emperor Redeemed Himself, All Under Heaven Became His Devoted Subjects 疯批帝尊洗白后，天下皆为裙下臣
Original title: After Constantly Trying to Get Myself Killed, I Became the Emperor Venerated by All Di Yange transmigrates into a wish-fulfillment novel aimed at male readers, where she can only return home by getting herself killed. To make it back as soon as possible, she disguises herself as a man and does everything she can to oppose the protagonist and befriend the villains. In the end, through one careless mistake, she not only saves all the villains but also follows their path, rising ste
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Quick Transmigration: The Tragic-Novel Heroine Seems to Have a Serious Problem 快穿：虐文女主好像有那个大病
[Goofy + Slacker + Romance-Averse] Male lead: “The only one I've ever loved is her!” Cen Jing (rolling down the car window): “You two have to make it work. I'll take a car.” Second male lead: “You're interesting.” Cen Jing: “You deserve someone better, not someone who's already the best, like me.” Villainous big shot (pointing at the male lead and his mistress): “Why not tell the driver to run them over?” Cen Jing: “Hello? 110? Someone's inciting someone to commit murder... No, I'm not stutterin
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Breaking News! The Goddess Became the World's Favorite Thanks to Her Goofy Antics 惊爆！神明她靠沙雕成了全球团宠
[Everyone is ridiculous + adored by the whole family + no logic, just laughs] Tantan transmigrated into a book, becoming a disposable character in an old-school Mary Sue novel. She thought her mission was to fight the heroine and save the villain who’d turned evil, but who could have guessed… this world was completely out of whack! The domineering CEO hero and her three nutcase older brothers all begged her to acknowledge her family and let them spoil her. The white-lotus heroine turned out to
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Never Grow Old Like a Pair of Lovebirds 不学鸳鸯老
Yin Huayue was a dog the Zhuang family had sent to watch over him and keep him under their thumb. She was cold-blooded and hypocritical, always wearing a smile so false it hurt to look at. She dressed him, combed his hair, stood guard at his door, and lit his lamps. For ten out of every twelve hours, Li Jingyun thought about how to make her leave. But later... She really did leave. And he panicked. Morning and evening, I long to be with you; the wind has no pity for the hardy grass. I would rat
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Quick Transmigration: When a Funny Girl Meets a Yandere 快穿之当搞笑女遇上病娇
[Warning: The yandere tendencies grow more intense over time. The first world doesn't count as yandere.] Jiang Zhi unexpectedly acquired a System, along with the chance to experience all kinds of different worlds. Each world came with its own missions and clear rewards and punishments. Jiang Zhi: Since I'm already here, what have I got to be afraid of? But nobody told her the main characters would all be this messed up, okay?! After going through all sorts of things, Jiang Zhi learned one thing:
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Leveling Up to Lucky Charm: I Rely on Luck to Develop a Deserted Island 升级欧皇，我在荒岛靠幸运值开荒
Ordinary girl Luo Yin is thrown into a deserted-island survival game. From the start, all she has is a deserted island, and she has to fish for everything she needs. Everyone else: “Unbelievable! I pulled out a pile of cockroaches, and now they’ve made themselves at home on my island.” Our heroine, Luo Yin: She looks at the fruit in her hand and takes a huge bite. Everyone else: “I don’t get it. Why is there a pair of stinky, previously worn socks in my chest?!” Our heroine, Luo Yin: She happily
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The Tycoon System Helps Me Become Everyone's Crush 神豪系统助我成为万人迷
[No CP] Cheng Mo transmigrated to Blue Star and awakened the God of Wealth System. Before she could even laugh like a pig, the System made her read its full name. The God of Wealth System That Makes Me Stronger When I Spend Money on Men. What? I can only spend money on men? The system doesn’t handle spending under any other pretext? Cheng Mo fell silent. So she was just an ATM? Men drove luxury cars and lived in mansions, while she got around on an old bicycle or by walking. Oh, she could earn c
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The Couple I Ship Broke Up Again 我磕的cp又be了
Jiang Xueying transmigrated into a book after dying suddenly from staying up too late. She ended up in a tragic romance where the male lead is killed by the sickly, obsessive male supporting character, who is then killed by the heroine. She herself is the heroine’s ill-fated younger sister, a cannon-fodder character who dies unjustly! Her mission is to do everything she can to get the leads their happy ending and stop the obsessive male supporting character, Luo Ying, from causing trouble! Luo Y
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Going Insane to Reform Showbiz: It’s Chaotic, but Comforting 发疯整顿娱乐圈，颠颠的，很安心
Complete [1v1 Sweet Romance + Transmigrate into a Book + Showbiz + Hilarious + Scumbag Gets His Comeuppance] Shi Ran transmigrates into a book and becomes a female celebrity hated by the entire internet in a story about a beloved star adored by everyone in showbiz. The original Shi Ran joined a live-streamed dating show. Its male contestants, one, two, three, were all devoted to the heroine in the book, and every one of them had treated her badly. As for the aloof movie emperor, the original Shi
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After My Breakup, a Travel Sign-In System Healed Me 分手后，我被旅游签到系统治愈了
[System] + [Sign-in] + [Travel] + [Career], [This isn't a rich-and-powerful tycoon story, so beware, everyone! Suggestions are very welcome~ The heroine has plenty of flaws, but gradually becomes a better person through traveling! That's what change means to me. If she were perfect from the start, there'd be no room for growth...] After a breakup, Wang An'an, a laid-back recent college graduate, unexpectedly gets a travel-involution System called 996. Sign in once, and get a round-trip flight t
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The Paparazzi Are Useless! The Movie Emperor Breaks All the Big Stories Himself 狗仔不行啊！大瓜都靠影帝自己爆
[Reality dating show livestream + devoted to one another + sweet romance + entertainment industry] Ever since the top-tier star and award-winning actor was caught on livestream with his son calling him Dad, Gu Nian has been unable to shake him off. Fans: Lord Shi is handsome, Lord Shi is charming. We want to be all cute and clingy with him. Gu Nian complains, “He’s just a little sleazy, a little brash, and so jealous he’d flirt you right off your feet. One rumor of an affair and he gets carri
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Reborn and Doted on by Everyone: The Top-Tier Star's Style Is All Wrong 重生团宠：顶流女王她画风不对
Mutual devotion + showbiz + sweet romance and feel-good power fantasy Li Susu died. Then she came back to life. Back before her tragic death, she decided she was done being a doormat! Fake-sweet sister: Help me get a role, Sis. Li Susu: Get lost. Scumbag ex: I know you’re going on that show for me. Li Susu: I’m tired. We’re breaking up. Everyone said she went on the show to be a lovesick doormat. But when it aired, she wasn’t just transformed into a cool, confident queen. The award-winning actor
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The Little Troublemaker Is the Darling of the Entire Entertainment Industry 小作精被全娱乐圈团宠了
(The short drama adaptation, Perfect New World, is now streaming.) [Everyone’s Darling + Showbiz + Golden Finger + Sweet Romance] Jiang Zhichu was a star supporting actress in the Quick Transmigration Bureau. One day, she suddenly found herself in a world where a real and fake heiress had been switched at birth. Her identity as the fake heiress who had usurped the real heiress’s place for twenty years had been exposed. Based on her years of mission experience, she was certain her task this time
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The Carefree Young Marquis 逍遥小侯爷
Also known as A Commoner. What do you do when you transmigrate into the body of a marquis who has been stripped of his title and rank? Make do! Life goes on, doesn't it? If there's nothing left to rely on, then stand on your own two feet and start from scratch! Starting as a commoner, amass all the wealth in the land, earn the literary world's reverence, toy with the Hundred Schools of Thought, and command the changing fortunes of the kingdoms! Decades later, what does a mere marquis amount to?
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I Transmigrated 999 Times and Drove the Mad Tyrant Insane 我穿越999次，逼疯了疯批暴君
With only six months left to live, Tang Wan masters a skill called “Transmigration,” allowing her to travel back and forth between the modern and ancient worlds. On her first transmigration, people mistake her for a ghost… On her ninety-ninth, she nearly dies at the hands of the dog emperor. On her 108th, she “defiles” the emperor’s innocence. After transmigrating time and again, she discovers to her delight that a little dragon energy can extend her life. Tang Wan: “Mooch, mooch, keep mooching
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The Palace Maid Keeps Embarrassing Herself Every Day 宫女她每天都在社死的路上
[Transmigrate into a book + inner thoughts + System + regret-and-redemption arc + secret identities] As the story’s disposable cannon-fodder bug, Zhou Shengsheng thinks she can reincarnate perfectly as long as she keeps the plot on track. But these three men are each stranger than the last. When she was a palace maid, they treated her like a plaything. She thought she could put on a new secret identity and get back at them for everything she had endured. But their reactions leave her baffled. Th
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After Turning into a Soft, Sweet Little Zombie, I'm Spoiled by an Apocalypse Big Shot 变成娇软小丧尸后，我被末世大佬宠上天
After the apocalypse, Mu Tang goes from being a researcher at an experimental base to a cute, soft zombie with a mind of her own. But she still has a powerful owner: Lu Yan, a former commander of a top-secret national unit whose intentions are questionable and who once wanted to send her in for dissection. Lu Yan: “Look at this roast chicken. Crispy, golden, and dripping with oil. It must taste great. And look at the little cake I brought you while I was out scavenging. It’s soft, fragrant, and
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Above the Heavenly Abyss 天渊之上
The firmament shatters, the river of stars grows dim, and dawn and dusk cease to exist. Yin and yang are overturned, flowers bloom and fall with a turn of the hand, and in an instant the universe is conquered… The morning sun blazes across the sky screen, while my burning heart soars to the heavens!
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