The Scariest Novel on Tomato Novel. Terrifying from the Start. 全番茄最恐怖的小说。开局恐怖至极。

1. 151 娱 Secret Feng Shui Tales from the Entertainment Industry 娱乐圈风水秘闻 Bitter Melon with Flower Crab苦瓜炒花蟹Urban1.8M WordsOngoing From the big-eyed actress who sacrifices her children for wealth and status, to the martial-arts superstar who uses metaphysics to prolong his life; from the steel-cannon director who turns to metaphysics to conceive a child, to the wealthy actress whom tycoons treat like a human Pixiu, bringing her into the entertainment industry to attract wealth. Few people know how many sordid, dark truths lie beneath the entertainment world’s glittering facade! As a feng shui agent who has spent twenty year 313.2kReads9.3Score41kShelves

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   These books are all quite good and worth reading.

2. 152 我 Chronicles of My Bizarre Life 我的诡异人生记事 Duan Xiaoyuan段小远Mystery45k WordsCompleted A new work is out! I hope you'll head over to Tomato Novel to read it. I hope you enjoy it. Your support gives me the motivation to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 153 我 My Years as a Feng Shui Consultant in the Entertainment Industry 我在娱乐圈当风水顾问的那些年 Bitter Melon with Flower Crab苦瓜炒花蟹Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted Corpse-oil lipstick, raising little ghosts, summoning fox spirits, tattooed talismans: some celebrities will stop at nothing to get famous and go viral. My name is Chen Tian. I'm a feng shui consultant who moves in entertainment circles, specializing in handling the aftermath for celebrities who rose to fame through supernatural means. 137.9kReads9.0Score26.2kShelves
4. 154 我 My Years in the Funeral Business 我干殡葬的那些年 Dongfang Goudan东方狗蛋Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted People light candles, ghosts blow out the lamps. The dead return at midnight, corpses rise in funeral halls, and ancient relics lie buried for thousands of years. In my years working in the funeral business, I’ve encountered plenty of strange and uncanny things. The living walk the roads of the living world, and the dead walk the roads of the underworld. But sometimes, not everyone on the underworld’s roads is a ghost, and not everyone on the living world’s roads is human… 51.1kReads9.2Score5.1kShelves
5. 155 我 My Years Running a Fortune-Telling Shop 我开命理馆的这些年 Lighting a Lamp and Listening to the Rain掌灯听雨Mystery955k WordsOngoing [Metaphysical divination, esoteric arts, thunder formulae, the Four Pillars of Destiny and feng shui, astrology, ghost hunting, folk sorcery, witchcraft...] This is the true story of a yin-yang master. How much do you know about the metaphysical arts? You may have heard of feng shui, the Four Pillars, Qimen Dunjia, and the Six Yao, but you may never have witnessed the true power of these arts of fate and divination. In the early 1990s, as interest in the Book of Changes surged, I formally took u 26.4kReads9.1Score2.7kShelves
6. 156 纸 Tales of a Paper Effigy Maker 纸人扎匠诡事录 Black Armor Warrior黑甲武士7k WordsCompleted Tales of the Paper Effigy Artisan's Strange Cases 5.7kReads—Score151Shelves

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   Reading these two books gave me goosebumps! They were terrifying! But there's no doubt that these two books are masterpieces of our time! True masterpieces, worthy of being adapted into movies! The setting, the plot—absolutely brilliant!!

7. 157 水 Thirty Meters Underwater, a Bride-Clad Corpse Opened Her Eyes 水下30米，一具女尸穿着嫁衣，睁开了眼 Black Armor Warrior黑甲武士6k WordsCompleted Thirty meters underwater, a female corpse in a wedding dress opens her eyes. 3.6kReads—Score—Shelves
8. 158 散 Ghosts in Pieces 散装见鬼 Tian Yucao田雨草Mystery174k WordsCompleted Do you believe there are ghosts in this world? I think that question is as impossible to answer as whether there are dragons in this world. The answer you hear most often is: Believe in them, and they exist. Don’t believe in them, and they don’t. But if you ask me, my answer is simple: Yes! Not because I believe, but because I can see them. Of course, I wasn’t able to see them from birth. It all goes back to the strange experience I had when I was six... 31Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A very realistic ghost story!!!

9. 159 最 The Last Soul-Quelling Master 最后一个镇魂师 The One in Charge话事人Mystery813k WordsCompleted I grew up at my grandfather's house in the countryside. He was the most respected suona player in our village. One day, Li Dashan, a fellow villager, beat his pregnant wife to death and came to ask my grandfather for help. My grandfather tried everything he could, but still couldn't calm the resentment of Li Dashan's wife. In the end, he had no choice but to play a suona dirge to forcibly pacify her soul. On the night of the Lantern Festival, Li Dashan and his family turned into vengeful ghosts 117Reads8.5Score—Shelves
10. 160 地 Underworld Agent 地府经纪人 Stars星辰Mystery810k WordsCompleted I was hit by a basketball at school and fell into a lake, but I survived and became an official employee of the Underworld. I also gained a Ghost Hunter System that helps the Underworld recruit talented ghosts, setting me on the path to turning my life around. 49Reads6.8Score—Shelves
11. 161 地 The Underworld Calls Me Little Sir 地府叫我小先生 HelinEastern Fantasy803k WordsCompleted [Supernatural + mystery + power progression] Getting hit by a basketball and falling into a lake was bad enough. Even worse, I got killed by a basketball!! The Black and White Impermanence told me I still had seventy years left to live. To make it up to me, they offered me a job in the underworld. So I became an HR officer on the underworld’s permanent staff and even got a ghost recruitment System! As long as I help the underworld recruit talented ghosts, I can earn all kinds of abilities: talis 396Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 162 这 This Taoist Priest Is a Little Too Cool 这个道士不太冷 Ghost Hunter, Big Brother抓鬼大师兄Mystery802k WordsCompleted My name is Niu Dabao, and I’m the only college graduate in Niu Village. I thought that after graduation, I’d get promoted, earn a bigger salary, marry a beautiful, rich woman, and reach the pinnacle of life. Who knew the company would go under and the boss would kill himself? I didn’t get a single penny of my wages, couldn’t even afford rent, and had to sleep at the train station every night! Then a ragged Taoist priest told me I was dogged by bad luck and possessed by a host of ghosts, and that 798Reads7.8Score—Shelves
13. 163 我 I Live in Fengmen Village 我住在封门村 Naughty Leopard顽皮豹Mystery807k WordsCompleted My hometown shares its name with the legendary number-one haunted village in China: Fengmen Village. What’s more, our village also has a grandmaster’s chair. Whoever sits in it is doomed to die! It was 1997, and I had been accepted into the high school in town. Once summer vacation was over, I would finally be able to leave the place where I’d spent sixteen years. But what I never expected was for one terrifying incident after another to strike the village! Rats that ate human flesh, five-colore 712Reads6.1Score—Shelves
14. 164 诡 The Haunted Grave 诡坟 A Single Ink Blade墨刀一柄Mystery802k WordsCompleted I think I've been possessed! Right before the college entrance exam, I suddenly came down with a high fever that wouldn't break. I missed the exam and had to spend half a year recovering at home. During those six months, I found a job as a cemetery groundskeeper. My coworker, Old Zhang, saw how frail I was and how weak my yang energy seemed, and insisted on finding me someone to protect me. But he didn't tell me that my protector would be a female ghost!! Not only does she want to marry me, she 101Reads7.4Score—Shelves
15. 165 话 There Are Ghosts in These Words 话里有诡 Chen Taiyao陈太瑶Mystery88k WordsCompleted They say everyone has a few little secrets they can't bring themselves to talk about these days. But if you really want to hear something out of the ordinary, go find Old Bu. Old Bu runs a little tavern set inside an abandoned train carriage. From the day it opened, he laid down one rule: One interesting story in exchange for a night's worth of drinks. Sounds like a good deal, doesn't it? Too bad he doesn't give you much to drink, and the stories just keep getting stranger. An intelligent wristb 8Reads7.6Score—Shelves
16. 166 怀 Pregnant with an Insect Egg, I Became the Mother of All Insects 怀上虫胎后，我成了万虫之母 Yan Di Qing Mu炎帝青木11k WordsCompleted After Conceiving an Insect Egg, I Became the Mother of All Insects 122Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Various types of short horror stories, each with a different style.

17. 167 恐 Horror Judgment: The Cat Is Purifying Me 恐怖审判：猫在净化我 Yan Di Qing Mu炎帝青木19k WordsCompleted Horror Judgment: The Cat Is Purifying Me —Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 168 规 Rule Horror: The Corpse on the Bridge Sways in the Live Stream 规则怪谈：直播桥上的尸体晃呀晃 Yan Di Qing Mu炎帝青木9k WordsCompleted Rule Horror: The corpse on the bridge sways back and forth on the livestream —Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 169 我 I Was Horrified to Discover That My Neighbors Were Disappearing One by One 我惊恐的发现！邻居们陆续失踪 Yan Di Qing Mu炎帝青木18k WordsCompleted I discovered to my horror that my neighbors were disappearing one after another —Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 170 灵 Supernatural: After My Best Friend Died, She Began Turning into Me to Take Revenge 灵异:闺蜜死后，报复我开始变成她 Yan Di Qing Mu炎帝青木Mystery10k WordsCompleted Supernatural: After my best friend died, she began to take revenge on me by turning into her —Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 171 成 Christmas Eve in Chengdu: My Dead Mom Sent Me a Red Envelope 成都平安夜，死去的妈给我发红包 Yan Di Qing Mu炎帝青木25k WordsCompleted On Christmas Eve in Chengdu, my dead mom sent me a red envelope —Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 172 活 Survived Eighteen Times: The Third Real Horror Movie 活过十八次：第三度真实恐怖电影 Undying Glow 2熠不灭2Mystery198k WordsOngoing (Starring in Real Horror Movies) + (Infinite-Flow Supernatural Instances) If you happen to scroll through videos, Weibo, or Tieba and come across an invitation to the Third Degree Horror Movie, you will find yourself thrown into a horror movie, playing one of its characters. As the plot unfolds, bizarre, spine-chilling curses and eerie ghosts lurking everywhere will descend one by one. A village shrouded in a blood spring, a strange building, thirteen flights of stairs, a dark corridor, a silent 3.4kReads—Score408Shelves

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    Starring in a real horror film

23. 173 墓 Grave Keeper 墓吏 Song Dynasty Talent宋朝才子Mystery87k WordsCompleted There are Buddhas and Daoists, immortals and ghosts, humans and demons, good and evil, black and white. I vow not to become a Buddha until Hell is empty; I vow not to become an immortal until the Ghost Path is no more! 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    At the very beginning of the game, the security guards at the cemetery were possessed by a ghost.

24. 174 一 Painting Yin and Yang with a Single Stroke 一笔绘阴阳 The Waves Are a Whale's Tears海浪是鲸鱼的眼泪Mystery661k WordsOngoing As I gazed down the shadowy corridor and across the empty hall, the strange order of light and darkness stirred a fear of the unknown deep inside me. The elders always said, “The ancestral hall is home to spirits that have yet to depart.” “Don’t step on the threshold, don’t touch the ancestral tablets, and don’t whistle in the ancestral hall.” “The names on the tablets weren’t carved there. They moved in.” When the wind blew past the row of wooden windows, the latticework let out a mournful wail 200Reads—Score101Shelves

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    Based on a true story, the film is full of foreshadowing and thrills, suspense, and horror.

25. 175 规 Rule Horror: All My Teammates Are Crazy 规则怪谈：我的队友全是神经病 Fishing on the River of Forgetfulness忘川河上捕鱼Mystery589k WordsCompleted [The main CP is a male-male couple] [Romance] [Supernatural horror] [Social satire] [Mystery and deduction] [CPs include both men and women] The God-Sealing Game has descended on this planet for the second time. No one knows who will succeed in becoming a god this time and become a legend for future generations. The mysterious Andrew Card seems like a divine gift, yet something about it feels sinister. Zzzzt A sudden burst of static swept through everyone's minds. [Humanity's God-Sealing Plan in 85Reads—Score—Shelves

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    New book recommendation: Realistic horror isn't considered scary because it's based on real-life stories.

26. 176 嫂 My Sister-in-Law Tore Up the Night Watch Rules, So I Drew the Whole Family’s Death Portraits 嫂子撕掉守夜规则，我给全家画遗容 I Work Hard, Then Hit You with a Brick努力搬砖砸到你28k WordsCompleted My Sister-in-Law Tore Up the Night Watch Rules, So I Drew Funeral Portraits for the Whole Family 13Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Take a look, you might not see any different people around you after you've seen them.

27. 177 三 At 3:17, I Have to Put a Living Person in the Crematorium 三点十七分，我必须把活人送进焚化炉 I Work Hard, Then Hit You with a Brick努力搬砖砸到你23k WordsCompleted At 3:17 a.m., I Have to Send the Living into the Cremator 1Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 178 她 She Insisted on Taking My Night Shift, So I Sent Her Straight to Her Doom 她非要替我值夜班，我反手送她上绝路 I Work Hard, Then Hit You with a Brick努力搬砖砸到你22k WordsCompleted She insisted on taking my night shift, so I sent her straight to her doom —Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 179 丈 My Husband Sacrificed Me to a Freezer, Saying It Was the Night-Shift Rule 丈夫把我献祭给冰柜，说这是夜班规则 I Don't Wear Underwear on Windy Nights听风的夜晚不穿内裤21k WordsCompleted My Husband Sacrificed Me to the Freezer, Saying It Was the Night Shift Rules 3Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 180 这 This 24-Hour Convenience Store Uses the Living as Shopping Baskets 这家24小时便利店，用活人抵购物篮 I Don't Wear Underwear on Windy Nights听风的夜晚不穿内裤24k WordsCompleted This 24-Hour Convenience Store Uses Living People as Shopping Baskets 1Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 181 招 Night Shift Security Guard Wanted: Must Be Able to Find the Extra Building That Appears at Dawn 招聘夜班保安，要求能找到凌晨多出的那栋楼 I Don't Wear Underwear on Windy Nights听风的夜晚不穿内裤21k WordsCompleted Night-shift security guard wanted. Must be able to find the extra building that appears at midnight. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 182 我 I Was Putting Makeup on an Unknown Female Corpse When She Revealed the Cause of My Sister's Death 我给无名女尸化妆，她却说出我妹妹的死因 I Don't Wear Underwear on Windy Nights听风的夜晚不穿内裤23k WordsCompleted I Put Makeup on an Unidentified Woman's Corpse, and She Told Me How My Sister Died 5Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 183 我 I Drove the Subway for Ten Years Before Learning It Only Carries People Who Don’t Exist 我开了十年地铁，才知它专拉不存在的人 I Work Hard, Then Hit You with a Brick努力搬砖砸到你21k WordsCompleted I drove the subway for ten years before learning it carried people who didn't exist. —Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 184 与 Living Next Door to Ghosts 与鬼为邻 Fang Jiujiu方啾啾Mystery774k WordsCompleted After losing his job, he rented an apartment and thought he was starting a new life. He never expected ghosts to knock on his door in the middle of the night, only to discover that all his neighbors were ghosts. He wanted to leave, but faced a hefty penalty for breaking his lease. With no other choice, he decided to make the best of it. 15.2kReads8.6Score1.1kShelves
35. 185 高 The Most Terrifying Class on Campus 高校里最恐怖的班级 Zhen Nai Wants to Sleep真奈想睡觉Mystery2.0M WordsCompleted A classmate who had been dead for two years suddenly spoke in the group chat. At first, everyone thought it was someone's prank, until the first classmate died unexpectedly. Only then did they realize this was no prank... 794Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 186 我 My Paranormal Memoirs 我的灵异自传经历 About Thirteen Lang关于十三郎Mystery124k WordsCompleted The story follows the male protagonist through a series of supernatural and terrifying events he personally experienced as a boy and later as an adult. Each chapter is a new story, beginning with memories from his childhood, as the paranormal incidents grow steadily more frightening. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 187 镇 The Dragon-Suppressing Coffin and the King of Hell's Fate 镇龙棺，阎王命 Feiyi匪夷Mystery4.9M WordsOngoing They severed my tendons and buried me alive in a sealed coffin, but they didn’t know I was born with the fate of the King of Hell! [Folk horror, feng shui and talismans, incense offerings] Feng shui and fortune-telling, painted-skin demons and spirit summoning, walking in the shadows and corpse driving, corpse-raising spells and curses, yin tattoos and talismanic needles, puppets controlled by strings, red doors sealed with wax, Dogs digging graves on Burial Mound Ridge, ghosts feasting in the R 313.2kReads9.4Score28.3kShelves
38. 188 别 Don't Call Me a Ghost Warden, I'm Just a Student 别叫我鬼差，我只是一名学生 Prisoner Dragon狱囚龙Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing People often say that ghosts are terrifying. But sometimes, people are even more frightening than ghosts. After all, the hardest thing to see through is a person's heart. Until the very last moment, you'll never know what lies beneath a kind exterior. 71Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 189 绝 Absolutely True Tales of the Supernatural 绝对真实的灵异故事 Fragrant Swaying Wheat麦穗飘香Mystery183k WordsCompleted These are the most authentic supernatural stories on the entire internet! Almost none of them have been embellished, and every one is grounded in evidence. Maybe they aren’t as gripping or terrifying as made-up tales, but their value lies in being real. If you like things that are true, come along with me. Through one real story after another, we’ll explore the mysteries of the universe and the world around us! 7.8kReads6.7Score287Shelves
40. 190 我 The True Supernatural Events I Saw and Heard 我眼见和耳闻的真实灵异事件 Unconventional Beast Daring另类敢兽Mystery164k WordsCompleted Do you believe ghosts exist in this world? Have you ever encountered one? In fact, many paranormal events really do happen in this world. Or, to put it another way, ghosts truly exist all around us. Not everyone has seen the Egyptian pyramids with their own eyes, but that doesn't mean we can deny their existence just because we haven't seen them! I solemnly promise that every story in this collection is absolutely true. None of them are sensationalized or dressed up with empty embellishments jus 151Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 191 老 Old Wei’s Supernatural Stories 老魏讲灵异故事 Unrestrained for Ten Thousand Miles万里天纵Mystery2.3M WordsOngoing [Traditional Supernatural Tales] [Chinese-Style Horror] [Based on True Stories] [Reader Submissions] [Chilling on Second Thought] [Bizarre Tales] [Beyond the Realm of Science] [Plain, Simple Writing] [Just Stories] These stories were collected from various places by the author, then adapted and fictionalized, so no sources are listed. They’re all kinds of little ghost stories to listen to before bed: straightforward and easy to follow, perfect for unwinding and relieving stress. To keep reader 1.4kReads9.4Score213Shelves
42. 192 都 Urban Paranormal Tales 都市灵异怪谈 Old, Yet Never Outdated积年不旧Mystery2.5M WordsCompleted Do you believe there are ghosts in this world? Or, to put it another way, what do ghosts represent to you? Fear? Death? Darkness? My view might be a little different from yours. I can see ghosts. Aside from those who died by suicide, who endlessly relive the moment of their death where they died, most ghosts are just like ordinary people. They simply have unfulfilled wishes. But there are exceptions. Have you ever heard of a jian? When a person dies, they become a ghost; when a ghost dies, it be 112Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 193 收 I Tamed Countless Vengeful Ghosts, and Came Down from the Mountain as the Strongest in the World 收服万千厉鬼，我下山即人间最强 The Out-of-Control Editorial Department失控编辑部Mystery2.5M WordsCompleted [Standalone Stories + Supernatural Horror + Folk Customs + Feng Shui and Mysticism + Mild Frights + Mind-Blowing Twists] I was adopted by my master as a child and grew up in the mountains, learning all kinds of ghost-hunting techniques. Since I never had any playmates, I thought I was a total pushover. Later, I descended the mountain on my master’s orders and met someone with a bizarre fate. His face clearly showed he should have died long ago, yet he was still alive and well! A strange greenhou 1.5kReads8.0Score100Shelves
44. 194 民 The Folk Ghost Hunter 民间捉鬼人 Bai Youxuan白幽轩Mystery212k WordsCompleted This novel tells the true story of an old man from our village. His name was Li Zhengyu, and he was an extraordinary practitioner of the occult. Born in a small village in the mountains of Lingnan, he became tainted by yin energy after being haunted by the ghosts of a mother and daughter, and repeatedly encountered supernatural beings. By chance, he met a master of Daoist arts and began his journey of cultivation, changing the course of his life. Evil Maoshan curses, poison and witchcraft, treas 1.2kReads9.0Score—Shelves
45. 195 三 The Three Corpses Scripture 三尸经 Wind and Rain Are All Part of the Jianghu风雨皆江湖Mystery631k WordsCompleted A breathtakingly beautiful corpse, a village steeped in age. Born of a corpse and raised by a ghost, I am the only corpse driver. I share a bed with a female corpse and dream of entanglements with female ghosts... Three-fingered mountain demons, evil corpses in the wetlands, strange Nuo rituals... One bizarre event after another opens the door to a whole new world for me! 790Reads—Score100Shelves
46. 196 我 The Supernatural Events I Encountered in My Rental Apartment 我在出租屋遇到的灵异事件 Du Shangfeng杜上丰Mystery305k WordsCompleted One day, Du Shangfeng returned home and discovered that his once-gentle cousin had begun acting terrifyingly strangely. He was so frightened that he fled the house in the middle of the night. On the road, he ran into his college classmates Li Xiuchen and Pan Xiaowei, a girl from the Miao family. Together, they began investigating the matter. As they dug deeper, stranger and stranger things came to light: Why had their classmate Afu, who had moved away and whose house had been demolished, suddenl 7.3kReads8.3Score475Shelves
47. 197 诡 Haunted by Vengeful Spirits 诡怨缠身 Plum Blossom Old K梅花老KMystery677k WordsCompleted I rented an innocent, wholesome girlfriend online to take home for the New Year. I thought a romantic encounter was in store, but strange things kept happening, and everything seemed deeply unsettling. Who was this girl, really? What unspeakable past was hidden behind that sinister ancient jade? I thought I'd already uncovered the truth. Little did I know, I'd only just fallen into an endless nightmare! 62Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 198 猛 The Ghosts Come Out at Night Series 猛鬼出更系列 Plucking Plum Blossoms, Drunk in Luoyang且插梅花醉洛阳7k WordsCompleted The Ferocious Ghosts Come Out at Night Series 122Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The first three are a collection of chilling short horror stories, while the fourth is a thrilling, humorous, and slightly suggestive new-style urban suspense fantasy novel.

49. 199 午 The Deadly Neighbor at Midnight 午夜凶邻 Plucking Plum Blossoms, Drunk in Luoyang且插梅花醉洛阳7k WordsCompleted The Neighbor from Hell at Midnight 107Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 200 o Office Ghosts: Don't Work Overtime office有鬼之不要加班 Plucking Plum Blossoms, Drunk in Luoyang且插梅花醉洛阳6k WordsCompleted There Are Ghosts in the Office: Don’t Work Overtime 83Reads—Score—Shelves

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