Books with Beautiful Writing and Elegant Prose, Full of Lines You Could Use in an Essay 文笔好，语言优美，可以写进作文里的句子的书

1. 1 听 Songs of the Listening Wind Tower 听风楼歌 Splashing Water from the Far Bank隔岸拍水Urban186k WordsOngoing Why does Xiangju run a business that only loses money and never makes a profit? She treats relationships just as carelessly, elbowing her way to the top of the airport’s Twelve Most Beautiful Women. She has Hong Zhi and Brother Gen fighting over her in a jealous brawl, and instead of being ashamed, she’s proud of it. After her eldest daughter gets into a prestigious university, she works hard and becomes independent. She tutors and models cars in her spare time, and accompanies her professor to 790Reads—Score—14d adds

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   Tears well up in my eyes, I listen to the wind, the rain, and the smoke of cooking fires; light shines in my heart, who will hold my hand and walk with me under the moon?

2. 2 十EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score206.4k14d adds

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   The writing style is quite good.

3. 3 黛 Dai Chuan’s Idle Snow 黛川闲雪 You Jing Lin Yan宥净林言Modern Romance193k WordsOngoing One flower, one world; one leaf, one bodhi. People are like plants, subject to the cycle of flourishing and withering through the seasons, life and death, reincarnation, cause and effect. The only things that never change are the inherent energies in the magnetic field. 11Reads—Score114d adds

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   [Learned it]

4. 4 家 Homeland 家园 Wine Addict酒徒Historical2.2M WordsCompleted During the reign of Emperor Yang of Sui, a young boy from Shanggu in Hebei fled conscription and entered the vast grasslands. There he adopted a silver wolf, which the grassland tribes regarded as a sacred beast. He met Han Chinese people on the plains and learned archery, military strategy, and more from people from the Central Plains who had been stranded there. After offending the nobility, he returned to the Central Plains and joined the campaign against Goguryeo, where he won recognition! 2.5kReads9.2Score36714d adds
5. 5 我 My 26-Year-Old Female Tenant 我的26岁女房客 Super Big Tank Kobe超级大坦克科比Urban2.1M WordsCompleted After a wild night at a bar, a beautiful woman pinned him with a paternity claim, and the down-and-out young man suddenly became a father. As if things weren't bad enough, the owner of his rented home changed, and he was about to be kicked out. But his new landlady was beautiful! Should he ask to share the place? She coolly gave him a single word: “Get out!” A romantic entanglement sparked by a housing problem. 120kReads9.7Score13.9k14d adds
6. 6 妈 The Seventh Door of Mother 妈妈的第七扇门 Tale of the Literary Star文星传Urban304k WordsCompleted For a long time, I never understood my mother’s past. This was the first time I had looked so deeply back on her life: one generation of women interpreting another. In the 1990s, my eighteen-year-old mother left a small mountain village in Nanyang and headed alone for the glittering city. A scrap of gum wrapper brought her face to face with the calamity of her life: Liu Dawang. And so the door to her fate opened. She made a living in urban villages and hotpot restaurants, leaning on her best fr 631Reads—Score—14d adds

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   The writing is witty and humorous, full of memorable quotes. Of course, it can be used in essays. A beautiful girl who came to the city to work at eighteen, with her foxy eyes, ventured into the world, but suffered the most devastating setback in love.

7. 7 神 Divine Punishment Descends 神罚莅临 Witch's Evil Knight巫衣邪士Sci-Fi & Apocalypse213k WordsOngoing The virtuous suffer poverty and die young, while the wicked enjoy wealth and long lives. When you are oppressed by evil, have you ever wished, even for a moment, that the underworld existed? If it did, would you dare to peer into it for even one-millionth of a second? The year quantum computing underwent a revolution, Company R offered an answer: the Cyber Underworld. Professor Qi Yuan used computer simulations to resurrect sinners in a virtual world after death, where they would endure eternal 222Reads—Score—14d adds

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   Collection of golden verses: 1. Describe going to death: Human beings' fear of death comes first from the primitive emotion of the unknown, and secondly from concern for the living. 2. Describe the memorial: The golden sunshine shone on her coffin, and the blue raindrops soaked my eyes. 3. Describe human nature: We hate injustice often not because it violates human ethics, but because we are not the beneficiaries of the system. Once you understand this, you understand most of the historical cycle rates. 4. Describe the pain: Her body was pulled by the vortex... Like a star falling into a black hole and about to turn into a tidal tear. 5. Descriptive philosophy: In this universe built by code, are human flesh and blood and exploration meaningful because of "truth", or are they great only because of "good and evil"? Ethical dilemma + micro-thinking + micro-knife + intellectual battle + high concept + strong emotion + strong reversal Imagine: you wake up after death, step on charcoal fire, your skin and flesh are scorched and then reborn. You scream, you wail, you beg to die. This is the cybernet. Professor Qi Yuan used a quantum computer to judge all sinners in the world. But right next to you, there is a person who is not shouting. She knelt on the charcoal fire, held up the face of a dead soul that had turned into a walking corpse, and kissed it. The dead soul called out her name. With every kiss she kissed, she became weaker. She is a prophet. This is "silent flow".

8. 8 斩 Cutting Spring 斩春 Chinese Loropetalum in the South南有檵木Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted ༆ Original title: "Slaying Spring", courtesy title: "Three Thousand Miles of Floating Light", also known as "A Little Bookshop in Chang'an" . "The audiobook is now available. Give it a listen!" . [Historical fantasy, farming, ancient romance, healing, opening a bookshop, romance, with a strong focus on the love story.] · [Heroine: Xu Jiang ★ Hero: Lou Yunchun] · [Other characters: Hu Xu ★ Song Li, Zeng Zhui ★ Lin Hongchu, Lin Qinnian ★ Madam Lin, Lou Jing ★ Madam Lou. Du Hui, Yuan Zuzu, Wu Zhi, 19.8kReads9.5Score3k14d adds

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   Take out the notebook and copy down the sentences.

9. 9 古 The Grand Princess from Ancient Times Is a Science Prodigy in the Modern World 古穿今，长公主她理科超神 Zombie Gu Gu僵尸咕咕Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Ancient-to-Modern Transmigration + System + Top Student + Strengthening the Nation] In her previous life, Chen Lingying needed only three thousand light cavalry to strike down the enemy's commander. The people of Great Zhou called her the Eldest Princess of Chen, with both reverence and fear. When she opened her eyes again, the princess who had stood second to none had become a modern high school girl. Mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology; The International Mathematical Olympiad, internatio 4.1kReads9.3Score66214d adds

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   If you want to improve your skills and accumulate good words and phrases, just close your eyes and go for these nine books.

10. 10 半 Half a Lifetime of Passing Years 半生流年 Huangnigang黄泥岗Urban523k WordsCompleted Though we have all lived through this real world, when we look back on the years gone by, most of us find them somehow unreal. Looking back, nearly forty years had slipped away from Zhang Xiaoji like a flowing stream. Sitting alone by the window, he quietly examined the course of his life. Suddenly, Zhang Xiaoji realized that he was much like Bai Jiaxuan from White Deer Plain, because both men took pride in having had seven women, or perhaps more. He was even more like Fugui from To Live: though 31Reads—Score—14d adds

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    That's great, a perfect score on the college entrance exam essay!

11. 11 雪 The Snow Canon, the Mist Canon: Chronicle of the Twins 雪典，雾典，双生纪 Bo L Tang波l棠Ancient Romance748k WordsCompleted “The first snow between heaven and earth fell atop Kunlun Mountain. Back then, snow did not yet know what melting was, and mist did not know what it meant to disperse. They thought everything in the world would last forever.” “Later, the snow melted and became water. The mist dispersed and became nothing. Only then did they understand: what was eternal was not themselves, but the person who paused in the snow, and the eyes that glanced back through the mist.” 52Reads—Score—14d adds
12. 12 雨 The Rain Canon 雨典 Bo L Tang波l棠Ancient Romance387k WordsCompleted When rain falls upon the world, it is no longer just water. It becomes a bridge between two people meeting, tears of parting, the sorrow of waiting, and a promise to stay together. How many bonds of affection between heaven and earth last only as long as a passing shower? And I am merely the passerby holding an umbrella. 40Reads—Score—14d adds
13. 13 课 Spring and Autumn in the Textbooks 课本春秋 Bo L Tang波l棠Modern Romance212k WordsCompleted Seasons in the Textbook A Republican-era classroom, with one teacher and several students [Volume One] First School Year (Autumn 1932–Summer 1933): The Beginning of Learning Opening Note: In the autumn of 1932, the ancestral hall in Qingxi Town opened its doors as a school. Five children walked inside. Over the next six years, they would see the whole world from here. A Poem for the Opening The ancestral hall’s threshold stands three inches high. The children lift their feet to cross, unawar 26Reads—Score—14d adds
14. 14 百 The Ancestor's Parody of Versailles: A Lecture Hall of Laughter 百家笑谭老祖宗的凡尔赛讲堂 Bo L Tang波l棠583k WordsCompleted Emergency report! Emergency report! The Chinese cultural heritage system has triggered a Level Three Red Alert! The meeting room at the Heavenly Dao Administration was in chaos. Three curves plunged on the holographic display: The first line, labeled [System Comprehension], had fallen from 85% in the Tang Dynasty to 32% in the 21st century. The second line, labeled [Integrity Index], had gone from the dazzling galaxy of the "Hundred Schools of Thought" era to today's scattered "quotes from fa 14Reads—Score—14d adds
15. 15 两 Collection of Two Forgettings: Records of an Unknown Daoist Couple Among Clouds and Waters 两忘集——无名道侣云水录 Bo L Tang波l棠44k WordsCompleted The Collection of Two Forgotten: The Unnamed Daoist Couple's Record of Clouds and Waters 10Reads—Score114d adds
16. 16 活 Alive! As Long as She’s in This Town, She’s Alive 活性！只要她还在这座小镇就活着 Bo L Tang波l棠Rural Life114k WordsCompleted You are alive. Your body is alive. But are you still human at heart? Did you see someone today? Did you make a choice today, not because it was easy, but because it was right? Did you do something today where no one could see, something only you would ever know about? It was small, so small you’d feel embarrassed even to mention it. But you did it. That is your humanity. That is your vitality. To be alive, you need humanity. Even if you mutate, you can still be human. Without humanity, you’re no 15Reads—Score—14d adds
17. 17 上 The Ancient Powerhouses Have Arrived 上古大佬团驾到 Bo L Tang波l棠Eastern Fantasy108k WordsCompleted The ancient supreme gods Di Jun and Donghuang Taiyi, long since retired and all but legendary, were bored one day. They decided to take their wives, Xihe and Changxi, on a “business trip” that was really a “government-funded vacation,” visiting the Heavenly Court and the Underworld, both under the administration of the current management, the Jade Emperor. When word got out, the officials governing the Three Realms fell into unprecedented panic and chaos. They mistook a simple family outing for 13Reads—Score—14d adds
18. 18 糖 Candied Hawthorn Inn 糖葫芦客栈 Bo L Tang波l棠Fantastical Romance133k WordsCompleted Pure dialogue, a novel told entirely through lines of speech. The martial world can be a little bitter, so why not try a candied hawthorn? The first bite is tart, but the sweetness lingers. Another one, dear guest! Welcome to the Candied Hawthorn Inn! 10Reads—Score314d adds
19. 19 以 I Offer My Devotion to the Passing Years 以我深情祭岁月 Er Qiao二乔Modern Romance324k WordsCompleted [The physical book with the same title is now available] “I hesitated once. I turned back to face the slightest glimmer of hope, yet no one cared.” “Later, a thick fog rolled in. You said you loved me so much, but why was your love thinner than the fog, so faint I could barely see it?” Shen Nian 74.3kReads9.4Score6.7k14d adds

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    Shen Nian is forever frozen at the age of 23. [Crying]

20. 20 血 The Blood-Red Wedding Dress: My Five-Hundred-Year-Old Ghost Girlfriend 血色嫁衣我的五百岁女鬼女友 Bo L Tang波l棠Mystery214k WordsCompleted A female ghost in a blood-red wedding dress! A sinister plot that extinguished all humanity! A meeting five hundred years in the making: she came back in this life for you! Young Gu Linchuan secluded himself in Jiangnan to prepare for his exams, only to encounter Rong Qianlu, a five-hundred-year-old female ghost dressed in a blood-red wedding gown. Her family was slaughtered when she was alive, turning her into a vengeful spirit, but Gu Linchuan’s gentleness brought out her vulnerable side. The 10Reads—Score—14d adds
21. 21 推 Push: The First Time I Got Pushed, I Hit Back! 推——第一次被推就打回去！ Bo L Tang波l棠64k WordsCompleted Push Back! The First Time Someone Pushes You, Hit Them Right Back! 16Reads—Score—14d adds
22. 22 杀 Slaughter Kindergarten: Killergarten 杀戮幼儿园——Killergarten Bo L Tang波l棠78k WordsCompleted Killergarten 4Reads—Score—14d adds
23. 23 山 The Rivers and Mountains Trilogy 山河故人三部曲 Bo L Tang波l棠Modern Romance96k WordsCompleted A small town in Jiangnan, Mudanjiang in the northeast, and the ancient city of Xi'an. Different places, the same vision. Beautiful China! Jiangnan's bridges and flowing streams, the northeast's ice and snow, Xi'an's lamb paomo. Beautiful mountains, beautiful rivers, and even more beautiful people. The scenery is written through its people, and the people are reflected in the scenery! 5Reads—Score—14d adds
24. 24 七 Seven-Day Captivity: A Letter from the Abyss 七日囚——深渊的来信 Bo L Tang波l棠29k WordsCompleted Seven Days Imprisoned: A Letter from the Abyss 8Reads—Score—14d adds
25. 25 忘 Forgotten River Teahouse: Ghost Stories Galore at the Ghost Festival Teahouse 忘川茶寮——中元茶寮鬼话连篇 Bo L Tang波l棠38k WordsCompleted Wangchuan Teahouse: Ghost Stories Galore at the Zhongyuan Teahouse 1Reads—Score—14d adds
26. 26 西 Random Notes from the Western Capital 西京杂记 Liu Xin刘歆Historical17k WordsCompleted The Miscellaneous Records of the Western Capital is an ancient collection of anecdotes about Chang'an, the capital of the Western Han dynasty. It was traditionally attributed to Liu Xin of the Western Han, though later accounts generally credited Ge Hong of the Jin dynasty with compiling it. In six volumes, it gathers court lore, stories about famous figures, local customs and traditions, ingenious crafts, and folk legends from the Han dynasty. Its contents are wide-ranging, and its prose is sim 42Reads7.9Score—14d adds

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    Some authors are so talented that entire passages are worth memorizing.

27. 27 杀 Killergarten 2: Frozen Throne 杀戮幼儿园2冰封王座——Killergarten2FrozenThrone Bo L Tang波l棠73k WordsCompleted Killergarten 2: Frozen Throne —Reads—Score—14d adds
28. 28 蛮 The Savage Era: The Legend of Tang Yan 蛮荒纪元：棠焱传奇 Bo L Tang波l棠Historical87k WordsCompleted The Wilds Era: The Legend of Tang Yan 6Reads—Score—14d adds
29. 29 盘 The Meal on the Plate: The Execution Ground, They Watch You, They Remember 盘中餐：刑场——它们看着你，它们记得 Bo L Tang波l棠58k WordsCompleted The Meal on the Plate: The Execution Ground: They Watch You, They Remember 2Reads—Score—14d adds
30. 30 江 Fishermen’s Lights on the River, Keeping Me Awake with Sorrow 江枫渔火对愁眠 Can't Catch不能扑Modern Romance54k WordsCompleted She waited for him all her life, but he would never come back. 822Reads8.6Score15914d adds

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    These are some of the books I felt had good text; I found the descriptions in them very beautiful.

31. 31 双 A Double-Faced Jianghu, Dedicated to the Eighteen of Every Story 双面江湖献给所有故事里的十八号 Bo L Tang波l棠Eastern Fantasy187k WordsCompleted The world sings the praises of heroes, But who remembers the nameless extras? The jianghu is more than flashing blades, It lives in serving tea and sweeping floors, too. Two voices separated by countless mountains and rivers, yet keeping exactly the same rhythm. Unhurried, neither too loud nor too soft. Like a heartbeat, like breathing. Like the jianghu itself, quietly and ceaselessly carrying on. 11Reads—Score—14d adds
32. 32 镜 The Person in the Mirror: Who's Living My Life? 镜中人：谁在替我活着 Bo L Tang波l棠45k WordsCompleted The Person in the Mirror: Who Is Living My Life 4Reads—Score—14d adds
33. 33 你 You Are the Encounter the Universe Arranged 你是宇宙安排的邂逅 Zhang Haochen张皓宸Modern Romance127k WordsCompleted Watching the ordered motion of the universe, could you believe that this very moment was predestined? Nine stories, one city, and different versions of you and me, all brought to life by belief. I Want a Future with You “When did I start doubting the world I live in?” The characters in a novelist’s story develop minds of their own. After an accident, a man and a woman take issue with the ending and begin secretly fighting the plot, causing the fictional world to collapse... Sunlike Star When adu 241Reads9.3Score—14d adds
34. 34 潇 The Late Sound of Drizzling Rain 潇潇雨声迟 Meng Zhiwan孟栀晚Modern Romance120k WordsCompleted Years after graduation, a gossip post begins circulating on the message board for City Experimental School. The school's 2011 beauty, Ye Xiao, and its most handsome boy from the same year, Ruan Yusheng, are a couple. Their classmates, who know them well, rush over to set the record straight: it's pure rumor. There was never any spark between the two of them. Ye Xiao's profile even says, “Person I hate most: Ruan Yusheng.” People in the know go so far as to say, “Ye Xiao feels nothing but hatred 81.1kReads9.7Score14.1k14d adds

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    If you want to read it, I still have some on my bookshelf.

35. 35 时 How Am I Supposed to Survive Around Conan When I Keep Coughing Up Blood 时不时吐血的我在柯南身边怎么活 Moonlight Tea明月茶Anime Fanfiction1.2M WordsCompleted [Detective Conan + No Romance + Little Sister Ai + Beautiful, Strong, and Tragic Hero] Feng Jianhe transmigrates and gets a buff from the start: his constitution is permanently set to -1… Also known as: “How Do I Survive Beside the Grim Reaper When I Keep Coughing Up Blood?”, “The Hospital Is My Home, and Everyone Helps Me Get Back There,” and “There’s No Need to Worry About Me, I’m Really Fine. The Important Thing Is That I Didn’t Kill Anyone.” Shipping fans, keep to your own corner~ 13.7kReads9.4Score1.8k14d adds

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    This book is well-written, with many sentences worth copying. The protagonist even teaches how to write essays. Below are some descriptions of the environment: Sunlight streamed into the ward through the window, casting a golden hue on the blankets. Kazama Tsuru's smile was faint, yet it seemed to add a touch of white cloud to the blue sky, suddenly brightening it. Time took away the leaves, brought years, and also brought a few drops of drizzle. Dark clouds formed from the once clear sky, driving away all the white clouds, occupying the entire sky, turning it a somber gray. Flowers and leaves swayed in the wind, the leaves rustling softly. Fewer and fewer pedestrians walked on either side, and cold raindrops dotted the icy pavement, leaving only a chill in the air. The red leaves and mossy ground were unbearable; it was another day of cool wind and evening rain.

36. 36 罪 Hymn to Sin 罪恶颂 Smoke Seals the Chaos乱世封烟Eastern Fantasy101k WordsOngoing A prisoner who escaped his fate catches a glimpse of the truth where fireflies drift down. Gears roll along the tracks of the past, but their destination often lies far in the future. Fana Sizzet, a young boy in a world bound by chains, longs for freedom and a brighter future. Watched over by fate, the boy will have his destiny rewritten, and every question will be answered. —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    No need for further explanation, you'll see how good it is at a glance.

37. 37 烟 Love Amid the Fireworks of Life 烟火今生情 Witty and Clever妙语玲珑Modern Romance108k WordsCompleted The story of a young woman studying biopharmaceuticals as she grows from an inexperienced college student into an adult making her way in the world, encounters a terrible man, and struggles through a thorny path. Along the way, she finds a close male friend and a soulmate, and grows through her independent efforts... 32Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The female protagonist works in the pharmaceutical industry; she's a shrewd and resourceful career woman, navigating every step with cunning and strategic thinking. The story is fresh in its subject matter, beautifully written, and elegantly styled.

38. 38 长 Old Chang’an 长安旧 West Lake Won't Lend You an Umbrella西湖不借伞Urban120k WordsOngoing Xi’an, also known as Chang’an, is where our story takes place. Here, Zhou Mo, a Chinese returnee searching for his roots, meets Gu Leng through a painful bout of appendicitis. From the pool hall to the firing range, they uncover each other’s secrets and vulnerabilities, setting off an era-spanning legend of their own. The first time Zhou Mo sees Gu Leng, he can’t help feeling a little overwhelmed by her attentions. Perhaps the girl who grew up in this ancient capital has absorbed too much of its 1Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Many, many years later, when a few children pulled this photograph from the sleeping old man's hand, they saw a young woman in a light pink down jacket. The shyness and evasiveness on her face only accentuated her beauty. For the first time, they realized the ravages of time and found it hard to reconcile her appearance with the deep wrinkles that etched on her face.

39. 39 我EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.0M WordsCompleted The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score178.8k14d adds

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    The Crimson Lord who mocks the abyss, the King of No Form who toys with fate. Watching the love story of a cat and a dog, you'll really cry halfway through. Their romance is both sweet and a little heartbreaking.

40. 40 冷 A Cold-Blooded Emperor's Lifelong Love 冷血帝王之一世情长 Yuan Mengyan元梦烟Ancient Romance424k WordsCompleted [Two powerful leads, satisfying revenge, sweet romance, special agent transmigration, no pocket dimension] The modern-day “Ghost Doctor” and “Living King of Hell” somehow transmigrated. Upon opening her eyes, she found: One white-lotus younger sister, One scumbag father, One evil stepmother, One scumbag fiancé, And wait, Are you sure this is the kind of setup the great Ghost Doctor should have? Fine, throw in one icy-faced King of Hell too. Oh, this one seems like a better match for me... 918Reads8.6Score10214d adds

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    A masterpiece, a truly exhilarating read!

41. 41 宦 The Official's Path Through the Seas of Bureaucracy 宦海官途 Flirtatious Second Brother风流小二Urban6.5M WordsOngoing Amid the struggles of the workplace and the ways of the world, he holds fast to his sincerity and principles. Through trials and hardships, he handles each matter with calm and steadily moves forward, finding himself through the passage of time and taking each step along the road with care. 499.3kReads9.4Score20.7k14d adds
42. 42 长 Longing for You 2: Together Forever 长相思二：长相守 One Dream, One Life一梦一生Female-Channel Fanfiction211k WordsCompleted She searched the island where he had fallen in battle for three days and three nights without closing her eyes once. At last, amid a pool of poisonous blood, she found the remnants of his soul, wrapped in a mass of spiritual energy. Overjoyed, she wept as she carefully cradled his soul, laughing and crying at once. This time, let me save you. 7.5kReads9.4Score53514d adds

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    This book, this one, the language is so beautiful.

43. 43 情 A Guide to Sweet Talk 情话指南 Li Huaisha李怀沙Two Male Leads302k WordsCompleted A flirtatious green-tea beauty who barely speaks vs. a slightly dim-witted, spoiled puppy The serious blurb: My beloved is perfect in every way. His only flaw is that he doesn’t love me. As a veteran simp, I spent ten thousand yuan to bring my beloved home and keep him. I have to pamper him and give him his allowance on time, or he’ll stage a dramatic runaway. One day, I really ran out of money and couldn’t give him his allowance. Would he still stay by my side? As it turned out, he had more mo 7.4kReads9.2Score80714d adds
44. 44 宦 The Road Through Officialdom 宦路 Brother Peng彭哥哥Urban1.5M WordsCompleted The character for “official” has two mouths: if they say you're capable, then you're capable; if they say you're not, then you're not! The political arena is full of deceit and scheming, and one wrong step can leave you shattered. Zhou Yang knows this all too well. With no powerful backers, no connections, and no money, how can he survive? He has no choice but to keep going. He works hard and fights on, rising step by step to a position of power... 8.2kReads9.0Score85014d adds
45. 45 一 Soar All the Way to Immortality! 一路飞升！ Three Three Five Five叁叁伍伍Urban8.7M WordsOngoing Yang Ming, a county government civil servant, is demoted to a township government office, where he faces discrimination and suppression at every turn. When a flash flood strikes, he risks his life to save others and does a good deed, finally turning his fortunes around... 81.3kReads9.3Score4k14d adds
46. 46 官 The Official's Path: Rising to Prominence from a Funeral Home 官道：从殡仪馆平步青云 A Crystal Grape一颗水晶葡萄Urban3.2M WordsCompleted With a touch of scholarly refinement and a strong sense of justice, Zhang Yuanqing had been thriving in the officialdom until he hit a major setback. Then his girlfriend betrayed him, and he was banished to conduct research at a funeral home. Faced with deceit and sinister schemes, he refused to give up, finding a way to survive against all odds. Armed with the skill to bring down dragons, he set out from a humble background to forge a path to the very top. I am but a commoner from Jiangbei. 55.7kReads9.4Score5.4k14d adds
47. 47 封 The Feng Clan's Record of Things Seen and Heard 封氏闻见记 Feng Yan封演Historical30k WordsCompleted Records of What Feng Yan Heard and Saw is a ten-volume collection of informal writings by the Tang dynasty scholar Feng Yan. Its broad-ranging contents cover many aspects of the Tang dynasty, including politics, institutions, culture, customs, geography, and anecdotes about notable figures. Written as a record of personal observations and accounts, it carefully documents little-known details of Tang social life, providing valuable firsthand material for the study of Tang history and culture. Unl 14Reads7.9Score1214d adds

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    Knowledge entered my brain in an incredible way! [I'm so full!][I'm so full!][I'm so full!]

48. 48 官 The Road to Power: Starting as a Seconded Inspector in the Police Department 官道：从借调警厅督查组开始 Jiang He将河Urban7.1M WordsOngoing Li Dong was hospitalized after being injured on duty, and his status-conscious girlfriend cruelly betrayed him. Misfortune may prove to be a blessing in disguise. Starting out at a township police station, he faced criminals without fear and skillfully navigated the infighting within the police force, overcoming every obstacle on his way to the top! 95.3kReads8.9Score4.5k14d adds
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