Looking for Lighthearted, Everyday Urban Fiction 求都市轻松一点的日常文
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The Famine of the 1960s and a Local Rogue: Country Life Is the Best! 六零饥荒二溜子：乡村就是得劲！
[1960s + no System or spatial dimension + hunting in the mountains + genuine famine + rough-around-the-edges protagonist + coercion] “Chen Yang, I hope you… keep your promise.” The educated youth from the city is trying to save her little sister… and has to trade herself for half a jin of cornmeal. Having just transmigrated into the famine of 1960, Chen Yang sees what’s happening and hesitates for half a second before deciding to help. … “Chen Yang, you bastard! You liar! What happened to the
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After Starting University, I Fell in Love with the Perfect Senior 上大学后，我爱上了完美学姐
[Easygoing daily life] + [Warm and sweet] + [One heroine] Lin Mu has been single since birth. After starting university, he happens to meet a perfect upperclassman. His youthful heart stirs, and he decides to date her properly and finally end his lifelong single streak. What Lin Mu never expected was that just as he was preparing to pursue the perfect upperclassman, she turned out to be interested in him too. And so their love story began. “What did you say? The campus beauty Su Xiaoyu suddenly
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Meeting You Was Fate 遇上你是我的缘
This is a novella-length romance the author wrote on a whim to commemorate and promote their second home, beautiful Xinjiang. Through the romantic encounter and passionate love between a couple separated by the distance between the frontier and the mainland, as well as the unforgettable entanglements of their relationship, the story explores contemporary young people's reflections on love and marriage and the choices they make in the face of grave danger. It mercilessly condemns fickle attitudes
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Reborn in My Sophomore Year, I Rented Superpowers to Become a King First 重生回大二，租超能力上个王者先
[Reborn + System + College Life + Lighthearted Daily Life + Esports Streaming + Face-Slapping] Lin Xiaowei transmigrates back to his sophomore year of college and activates a superpower rental System. Whether it’s gaming, sports, studying, or even scientific research, he excels at everything! He makes a fortune investing in stocks, cryptocurrency, and real-world businesses!
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A Life of Lying Low in the Brocade-Clad Guard 苟在锦衣夜行的人生
His younger brother, who shared his mother but not his father, went missing. Bai Yu opened the black suitcase the boy had left under the bed and understood one thing: The world is a bride beneath a veil. Whoever lifts her veil, she belongs to him. Fifty years spent cloaked in luxury, walking unseen through the night. Life is like dust beneath the bright moon.
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A Feast of Empire and Beauties 江山美女一碗宴
Livestreamed to the entire internet, with millions watching, Zhang Qingshan, the "God of Cooking," tastes a twelve-yuan prepackaged meal kit and passes it off as handmade cuisine. His reputation is gone, his endorsements are gone, and he slinks back to his hometown of Hongshan. Beneath the old stove at his family home, he finds a handwritten cookbook, a kitchen knife engraved with numbers, and a bronze fragment dating back three thousand years. His grandfather left him one instruction: Take t
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My Stunning 27-Year-Old CEO 我的27岁倾世女总裁
Someone once asked, “What is the meaning of life?” I said, “The meaning of life is that you don’t need to go looking for its ‘meaning.’ We live in this dazzling, bewildering world, beneath oceans of stars and skies full of constellations. Meaning lies in the process of slowly beginning to shine.” Someone else asked, “What about love? What is it?” Love... might put out the light of your star, but someone will always come along to illuminate your world. My name is Zhou Dongli. Through my story, I’
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Adrift in a Sea of Debt 债海沉浮
The pressure of credit card payments, calls from bank debt collectors, relentless harassment over online loans, and reproaches and complaints from his wife and friends weigh on him like a boulder on his chest. Every breath brings pain. He works day and night, yet still cannot fill the bottomless pit of debt. For him, life has become an endless struggle of helplessness. Every time hope flickers to life, reality cruelly snuffs it out. Even his once-beautiful, virtuous wife gets into someone else's
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We Broke Up After Graduation, but a Mysterious Beam Helps the Male Lead 毕业就分手，神秘光线助力男主
My new work is here! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well!
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My Five Years as a Drifter in Guangzhou 广漂的那五年
A detailed look at the five years after college graduation, spent struggling to make a living in the bustling city of Guangzhou. How did a complete novice gradually grow stronger, step by step? As we make our way along the paths of love and career, each of us has a story to tell... After five years of weathering life's hardships, we'll grow stronger at last! It's time to turn the tables!!! A new author with a new book: My Five Years Drifting in Guangzhou. I've got a story.
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Love Apartment: The Super Invincible Ultimate Mashup Monster! 爱情公寓之超级无敌究极缝合怪！
Urban everyday life + comedy and lighthearted fun + the Myriad Worlds + ensemble cast + fanfiction + passionate growth Love Apartment, My Classmates, Armor Hero series, The Outcast, Kamen Rider series, Magic Cellphone, Animal Control Bureau Many more to come. Stay tuned.
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Siheyuan: Sickly from the Start 四合院:开局是个病秧子
Lin Mancai transmigrated into a shabby little room in Love in the Courtyard, only to find himself gravely ill and on the verge of death. To make matters worse, Qin the Widow had her eye on him. Could any transmigrator have it worse?
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The First Farmer 第一农夫
He thought they were the best of friends, but his friend was actually the enemy who stole his wife and even tried to kill Lin Feng. Luckily, Heaven had other plans: Lin Feng survived against all odds and stumbled upon the greatest opportunity in the world. Watch as the world's top farmer takes revenge and makes his mark in both the countryside and the city.
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Love Amid the Fireworks of Life 烟火今生情
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...
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My Years in Public Relations 我做公关的那些年
[Urban Romance] + [Public Relations Industry] + [Cuckoldry] + [Model] + [Lighthearted Comedy] After working in public relations for more than two years, I never imagined my fiancée would cheat on me just to land a major client… While I was reeling from the mess, a gorgeous model showed up at my door demanding an explanation. What will happen between us as we get caught up in the whirlpool of love? My name is Gu Tingxuan. Let me tell you about the extraordinary women I’ve encountered over the yea
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I Wanted to Be a Good Person, but Brother Ming Shattered My Daoist Resolve 我想做个好人，明哥却毁我道心
Multiple heroines + jealousy and rivalry + romantic entanglements + wish fulfillment + lighthearted comedy + college life No dropping the story, no dragging things out. No ambiguous relationships, no endless back-and-forth. Building a bright future starts with you. Cao Yuan’an says that under Jiao Ziming’s guidance, he simply can’t manage that at all…
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A Lost Path Through the Ranks 基层仕途迷茫路
“Jiaming,” Third Grandpa said, “I just saw green smoke rising from your family grave. That's a good omen. I reckon Xinghe will grow up to become an official.” A fortune-teller told him, “You can become an official in the southeast.” Chen Xinghe was a grassroots official who spent more than twenty years struggling his way through the political world, constantly making waves on the grand stage of his own life. For a time, his efforts brought him fame and success, and he enjoyed a happy life. He wa
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Apricots Beneath the Flames of War 烽火栓杏
The 1930s: a turbulent and unsettled era. The extraordinary story of a remarkable woman, who weaves her own spectacular life. Join the author as we open the door to that tumultuous age through a unique perspective.
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The Cold-Faced Officer's White Moonlight 冷面军官的白月光
That night, they sat on the steps outside the photography studio, eating wontons. The July heat in Shanghai was stifling as a steamer, and cicadas poured their cries from the plane trees’ canopies, spreading them across the ground. Shen Zhi prodded a wonton with her chopsticks, then suddenly asked, “How did you get by during those two years in Yemen?”
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Reborn with Heart Disease: I Want to Keep Dad Away from Cancer 心脏病重生，我要爸爸远离癌症
The terrible news came one after another: heartbreak, her father’s death, and then the dog she’d raised for ten years died of illness. In just three and a half years, Liu Lingmei fell from heaven into a pit of mud, shattered into pieces. A long period of silence didn’t heal her wounds. It only made her heart worse. Given another chance at life, she would make sure you stayed far away from cancer and escaped the family’s inherited nightmare. She would save you, herself, and your love.
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Searching for Love in the Mortal World 尘世寻爱
At the end of the twentieth century, Momo always looked at the reasonable and unreasonable aspects of the world from the perspective of a bystander, living carelessly like a rogue. It wasn't until she met Li Fan, a married woman, and Duoduo that she truly entered the real world. But the cruelty of reality, and the enormous gulf between it and her inner world, made it impossible for her to adapt...
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Reborn in 2007: This Assassin Is Not So Cold 重生2007，这个杀手不太冷
[Rebirth + Light Business + Shifting Personality + Beautiful Women Galore] Xiao Li, a cold-blooded assassin, is reborn, waking up on the morning after he submitted his college applications. Still groggy in a hotel room, he has no idea he’s been reborn when the phone rings. He grabs the phone from the table beside him and answers. Just as Xiao Li starts speaking, a voice suddenly comes from beside him: “Babe, you’re lying on my hair!” The silence is shattered. Xiao Li glances at the phone and rea
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Reborn, Who Still Wants to Be a Simp? 重生了谁还当舔狗啊
At 36, Zhang Hang had achieved modest success in his career when he unexpectedly joined the reborn craze and returned to age 18. After deciding he would no longer be a lovesick doormat, the gears of fate began to turn. He made off with 560,000 yuan in family assets, then stunned his parents by raking in two million from a demolition payout that same month. He launched the game Legend of Greedy Fun and stormed into the gaming industry, then began laying the groundwork for influencer marketing wit
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Reborn in 2007: Surrounded by Beautiful Women 重生2007，美女如云
Business empire + multiple entrepreneurial ventures + sweet romance + beauties everywhere Yuan Mufei was reborn at the most crucial turning point in his life: the summer before he started college. In his previous life, he had wasted four years at university, and after graduation, he had no choice in the matter. Given another life, he would not let himself fall into ruin or lose his first love. Throughout his four years at university, he studied and built businesses, striving forward with the per
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The Gambling Den 赌城
My new book, I’m a Proper Chinese Medicine Doctor, So Why Am I Being Treated Like a Gynecologist?, is out. Please support it. As the saying goes, nine out of ten gamblers lose. But as someone who lost everything and worked as a junket agent, I can tell you for sure: every single gambler loses! Even if you can avoid a cheat’s tricks, you can’t escape the odds of the casino. Gambling is a game ordinary people should never touch. It’s a blade that kills without drawing blood!
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My Girl of All Seasons 我的四季姑娘
This is a memoir... A journey from my own pristine world, across a bridge of dreams... to a new setting... And a journey of hating goodbyes, experiencing them, and learning to live with them. A flower that will never leave, delighting in all the seasons of the past as time passes.
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The Comeback: My Female Roommate 逆袭：我的合租女舍友
[Can't live without making fun of things] [A witty young man] [The road to a comeback] “May you and I both become masters of our own lives” chronicles an ordinary young man's struggles, growth, and tangled romances in the present day. A friend gets hooked on gambling. He goes through a beautiful woman's PUA tactics. Old friends turn into rivals over money. Behind human nature, is everything as fickle as the clouds? A down-and-out young man graduates only to find himself unemployed, and reluctant
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I Gave My Teacher 5,000 Yuan from the Start 开局就给老师扔了5000元
[Urban] [No System] [Everyday Life] [Romance] [Reborn] (This is a slow-burn novel with a measured pace and quite a few hints and plot threads. Readers who prefer a fast pace may want to think twice before diving in.) Yu Yan was reborn on the day before he won a major prize ten years ago. He’d planned to live this life quietly and peacefully. But… His romantic luck in this life was downright ridiculous. The spy girl next door is actually a T? I caught the school belle cheating? Wait, I have a fia
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Xiaoxian Helps Me Find a Rental, and Yifei Helps Me Sleep! 小贤带我租房，一菲助我安眠！
This book is called Love Apartment. Also known as: "Xiaoxian Helps Me Rent a Place, Yifei Helps Me Sleep Soundly (ಡωಡ)" Su Zixuan has transmigrated! Both his parents are dead, and he grew up in an orphanage... He's got the full transmigrator package from the start! But... where's his golden finger? Where's the System, essential for showing off and slapping faces? He doesn't want this kind of transmigration! One day, Su Zixuan finally makes up his mind: he's moving out of this internationally fam
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After Leaving My Childhood Friend, I Found Pure Love with a Strong Girl 离开青梅后，和怪力少女搞纯爱
[No rebirth + no System + one female lead + lighthearted everyday life] Jiang Chuan had spent his entire youth under his childhood sweetheart's thumb. For the college entrance exams, he chose the same school and major as her, only to accidentally overhear her say that playing with him was just like playing with a dog. He finally saw the truth. On his way to register for college, he ran into a suspiciously strong girl... Her long hair hid her pretty little face. Her slender frame concealed extrao
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The Summer I Met the Light 那年夏，我与光的相逢
[No Harem, One Female Lead, Everyday-Life Story] One is Chen Shiyi, a “solitary” boy from an ordinary family whose parents have passed away. He suffers from a strange illness and has barely “graduated” from high school. The other is Cheng Lele, a soon-to-be college freshman from a wealthy family. Her parents dote on her, she’s healthy and optimistic, and she’s been accepted to Jingcheng University. This is a story of love and redemption that begins one summer... I’m not good at writing blurbs, s
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The Long Summer 悠长夏季
The quiet, secluded town of Guanhai welcomed two strange young men one after the other. From then on, the monotonous life of an eighteen-year-old high school girl was filled with laughter… But all good things must come to an end, and eventually they had to leave… Many years later, they unexpectedly met again, but everything had changed…
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The Bureau: The Truth Syndrome 管理局：真理症候群
“Fast-paced,” “distorted,” “psychological warfare,” “amnesia.” A divine punishment concept entity capable of destroying dimensions descended from a higher dimension into the world. It was named “Final Truth.” To resolve the crisis once and for all, the Bureau’s highest-ranking leader personally entered the fray to eliminate the problem. Final Truth, in turn, set the terms for their contest: it would leave this dimension only if it was satisfied with their showdown. And so, a breathtaking battle
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Tales of Bincheng 滨城往事
The company goes bankrupt, his brother runs off with the money, and his wife suddenly asks for a divorce. His peaceful life is shattered. Was it all an accident, or had it been planned all along? Determined to uncover the truth, Wang Xu investigates step by step, unaware that he has already fallen into a massive trap...
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Don’t Leave Me in a Hell on Earth Without You 别把我丢在没有你的人间炼狱
Don't leave me in a living hell without you.
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My Tenth Year as a Simp 我当舔狗的第十年
Mo Ziyan screamed because Yang Dun had knocked her to the ground, and the fall hurt. Yang Dun screamed because he had accidentally pressed his hand against Mo Ziyan’s chest... Embarrassed, Yang Dun quickly scrambled to his feet, then awkwardly helped Mo Ziyan up. But Mo Ziyan thought Yang Dun had knocked her down on purpose. “Team Leader Yang, how could you be so naughty? You told me to stand right here and not move, but it turns out you were lining me up so you could knock me over!?”
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A Different Kind of Youth 不一样的青春味道
Everything came so suddenly, as brief as dew... But she had to learn to accept the unexpected losses life brings: spilled milk, a lost wallet, a friendship broken, a lover gone astray... Overnight, her stable career was swept into a tangled struggle of competing interests, and she nearly lost her job... In a single day, the boyfriend she had loved for years turned and walked away, with a reason that sounded so noble... In an instant, one look seemed to last a lifetime. You suddenly appeared befo
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My Trillion-Dollar Spending Spree Is Limited to Nightclubs 我的万亿消费，限定夜场
He was delivering takeout when he caught his wife cheating, and discovered that the daughter he’d raised for eight years wasn’t even his! Chen Mo, a middle-aged programmer, was framed and left with nothing, saddled with massive debt and watching his life fall apart. After he steps in to help Lingling, a massage parlor technician, the “Zhu Bajie” idol worshipped at the establishment miraculously comes to life! The [Fatebound Spending System] forcibly binds itself to him. He gets a daily allowance
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Power, Glamour, and Workplace Trials 权色生香职场历练
A major work by a real estate mogul. During the twenty years when architecture and real estate were booming, Yifei, a graduate of a prestigious university, chose to enter the construction industry for the sake of his girlfriend. After navigating workplace intrigue and being betrayed by the college girlfriend he had dated for years, he resolutely moved into real estate. Facing office politics and all kinds of temptations, he gradually rose from a workplace novice to a real estate mogul! This is a
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The Goddess’s Close-Protection Guard 女神的近身护卫
After an “accident,” Xiao Zheng is pursued and pressured into marriage by the icy female CEO who everyone knows. He also smoothly joins Xin’ao Corporation, nicknamed the “Kingdom of Women,” and begins an exciting life surrounded by all kinds of beautiful women. The icy goddess, the fierce tigress, the gentle female boss, the playful student… Hey! I’m a married man! Show some respect! A friendly tip: This book is hilarious and action-packed, with the occasional heartwarming moment. It’s suitable
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Let's Share a Place! Strange Transmigrators! 合租吧！异常穿越者！
[Wild imagination, ensemble cast, light comedy, and clashes between a ton of original worlds]+ [No formula, no main plot, and no reason they have to get stronger] Lin Xiao, a cultivator who failed his tribulation; Lucifer, a demon driven out by his own kind; and a beautiful young scientist from the future with a few quirks. These three “losers” share a daily life in a low-rent apartment. To cover rent and utilities, they set up an “Illegal Investigation Agency.” The three were supposed to find t
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There's a Girl in the Village Named Xiaofang 村里有个姑娘，叫小芳
This is not a love story. It's the life of an ordinary woman from the countryside. Xiaofang's story may well be the story of someone close to us. She once longed for a life in a prosperous big city. Later...
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I Deliver Food in 2026, with Li Yunlong as My Partner 我在2026送外卖，搭档李云龙
His name is Li Yunlong. A shell blasted him from a battlefield in 1942 straight into 2026. From then on, the back seat of a food delivery scooter had a new passenger: a veteran with a gray crew cut and a mouth full of "damn it." Together, they deliver food and meet a middle-aged man driven to despair by online loans, a girl who bought a meal package but can't afford to eat, young people burning themselves out in 996 office towers, and an eight-year-old kid in an urban village already looking aft
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Zhao Jiji’s Love Story After Divorce 赵吉吉离婚后的爱情故事
To be loved is an extension of self-love! I thought I'd shut myself off from love for good, but I never expected to meet him in my forties... After her son takes the college entrance exam, Zhao Jiji divorces her ex-husband. She delivers food, works as a real estate agent and caregiver, and writes novels, doing her best to make a life for herself. While working as a caregiver, she meets a man she once went on a blind date with, and the two begin a beautiful relationship.
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Born to Follow the Sun 向阳而生
[A new book from a veteran author] [Daily life] [Romance] [A little heartbreak, then overwhelmingly sweet] He Zhicheng gave his son He Shu a perfect demonstration of what a scumbag looked like, leaving He Shu terrified of marriage before he was even an adult. The little tree, withered before it had even grown, was chased by another stubborn little sprout who kept urging him to stand tall. Well, maybe it takes going through all that pain to appreciate the happiness of an ordinary life. Life comes
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Film and Anime Crossover: A Divine Ghost-Slaying Order from the Start, and Kun's Cousin 影综：开局神鬼七杀令，靓坤表弟
[Hong Kong Crime + American Crime + The Boys + Young and Dangerous + My Date with a Vampire + Multiple Heroines + System + Seven Ghostly Killing Orders...] After transmigrating into a world of movies and TV, he obtains a God-Tier Entertainment System and grows stronger by making films. This world is home to superpowered beings like Homelander, Soldier Boy, A-Train, Starlight, the Deep, Queen Maeve, Stormfront, and the Invisible Man. It also has beings like Ma Xiaoling and Kuang Tianyou. As the c
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A Poor Kid's Rise to Billionaire at Thirty-Five 穷小子逆袭三十五岁成亿万富豪
(Slow-burn setup in the early chapters; urban life, emotions, sweet and heartwarming everyday moments + one female lead + 1v1 + mutual devotion + office life + romance + childhood friends and first love) This book mainly follows the many ups and downs in Zhu Zilong's life, and the warmth and harshness of the world around him. After succeeding as an entrepreneur and changing his fate, he grows more mature and dependable. Yet even after achieving success in his career, he remains single. He can't
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Summer Tangerine Through the Seasons 夏橘的春夏秋冬
On a bright morning, a girl named Xia Ju transferred to a new school. Teacher: “Gu Bei, she’ll be your new deskmate from now on.” The boy nodded. Xia Ju looked at him. He was an exceptionally handsome boy. From that day on, the two of them were never apart again. A sweet romance from school days to the wedding aisle.
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The Playboy and the Five Golden Flowers 风流之子与五朵金花
[Completed] If you happened to click on this, please read a few more pages, or even a few dozen, and help boost my stats. Thanks for your support! This is the story of a group of people who came from elsewhere to work and put down roots in Zhuhai. They fall in love, get married, buy homes, and have children. The first half covers their lives up to marriage. The second half explores marriage, human nature, changes in society, and growing up in middle age. This novel has a calm and gentle tone, pe
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My Girlfriend Has a Cheat, and Seven Divine Songs Take the Music World by Storm 我有外挂女友，七首神曲横扫乐坛
Tang Yiao is a minor celebrity in the entertainment industry, stuck in a career rut and going nowhere. His company sends him to compete on a talent show for newcomers. After his former rumored girlfriend publicly announces her relationship with a popular young star, he becomes a laughingstock, enduring ridicule and mockery. Setbacks in both his career and love life send him to the lowest point of his life. By chance, while watching a livestream on his phone, Tang Yiao reunites with Jiang Xinyue,
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