Low-Key, Everyday Stories Without Brain-Dead Heroines 平平淡淡日常生活文,没有无脑女主的
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Dongguan: Those Older Sisters 东莞:那些姐姐们
Sister Mei's advice to me: The women at entertainment venues are just for looking. Don't get serious with them. Sister Mei also said: Don't get any ideas about me, either. [A story about working for a living, perhaps with a little of me, you, and him in it.]
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A Career in Public Service 为民官路
[A gritty, realistic tale of ambition and struggle in the government ranks] In 1990, top student Zhen Weimin offends the wrong people and gets kicked down to a poor rural township. Everyone thinks his life is over. But he is determined to make flowers bloom among the thorns. He breaks through obstacles with his knowledge and grounds himself in his conscience, with every step in sync with the pulse of the times. Starting in the township, he moves forward one step at a time. This is a true chronic
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Don't Light the Migratory Birds 2 不点候鸟2
At five years old, I witnessed my parents being murdered. My uncle often beat me, I was bullied at school, and I nearly got sold off... After escaping, I collapsed in a park, where Old Fang took me in. When I, covered in scars, cried out in an abandoned factory, “Can someone teach me how to stop people from bullying me?” the question, choked with blood, unexpectedly set the wheels of fate turning. I finally understood that true salvation is the person who takes your hand in the dark. Together, y
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One Person’s Life in a Strange World 一个人的陌世生活
[Farming and stockpiling supplies · extreme weather · no golden finger · no romance · slow-paced] Lu Siyue never imagined that she’d wake up in a strange world. Her familiar family was gone, and the surroundings were unfamiliar too. How would a helpless young woman, unable to lift a hand against even a chicken, manage to survive? A plain, everyday survival story. No dark side of human nature, and no wish-fulfillment scenes about getting rich and beautiful overnight! Life here is like living in t
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The Capital’s Young Master and His Childhood Friend? No, I’m His Cherished Sweetheart 京圈太子青梅?错,是我掌心娇宠
The print edition of Submitting to Her Delicate Charm is now available on major shopping platforms. Search for it to buy a copy~ [Elegant, dazzling heiress & aloof, powerful head of a wealthy family] [Sweet romance + love at first sight + evenly matched leads + the second male lead chases his wife to the crematorium] When Wen Jiu learned that her childhood sweetheart boyfriend had wavered because of another girl, she broke up with him without hesitation. She thought they would be strangers from
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The Phoenix Woman Marries a Phoenix Man 凤凰女嫁给凤凰男
This is an inspirational story about Yan Yan and Liang Liang, two top students who make their way from the countryside to Beijing. Through their own hard work, they put down roots there, buy a home and a car, and raise a family. Their journey is filled with hardships and laughter, as they keep facing new challenges and growing along the way.
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A Wounded Woman Doesn't Talk About Love 受伤女人不谈爱
She raises her husband’s mistress’s child! This is a story about a woman’s growth, inspired by many real-life stories. Wang Shengnan was born into a rural family that favored sons over daughters, and her mother named her Shengnan, meaning “to surpass men.” She started working as soon as she graduated from middle school. At a beauty salon, her boss sexually assaulted her, but timid and meek, she did not dare speak out. Later, she married an ordinary man, only for him to die in an accident. After
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The Men I Met After My Divorce 离婚后,我遇到的男人们
We had known each other for 26 years and been married for 20. We went from having nothing to building an estate worth tens of millions, and from being alone to having a son and a daughter. To outsiders, our marriage looked enviably perfect. At last, after all my years of waiting, it came to a happy ending. At last, I’m divorced and completely free. Now I can observe the men around me as an outsider. Men come in all kinds. There’s a type for everyone. This is my new book. If you happen to come ac
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After Tearing the Scumbag to Shreds, the Heroine's Life Goes into Overdrive 手撕渣男后,女主的人生开挂了
They once loved each other so deeply, from their school days to their wedding. But even the strongest love can apparently be no match for temptation. The male lead betrays the female lead, who, lost and confused, searches for a new direction in life. This is a slow-burning story. I hope you enjoy it. The story is entirely fictional, and any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Please don’t assume it’s about you.
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You Made Me Your Nanny, but Heaven Made Me the Heroine 你逼我当保姆,老天让我当女主
Because of her sweet, pretty looks, the female lead was bullied by her cousin from a young age. But fate seemed terribly unfair to her. When she was 28, a car accident killed both her parents, leaving her all alone. Her well-off cousin took pity on her and invited her to move to the city. From then on, her life changed completely.
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Six Sisters: Liu Meixin’s Very Different Life 六姊妹之刘美心的别样人生
The period drama Six Sisters is currently airing. As I watched, I couldn't help feeling that the fate of the six sisters' mother, Liu Meixin, was unfair. Never mind how hard life was in that era: simply giving birth to six children as a woman already made her exceptional. It was no easy feat. And yet her life was full of misfortune. So I dared to imagine that, even if we couldn't change the era she was born in, we could give her a powerful mindset: one that was confident, independent, and ahead
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I Picked Up a Cat, and Now the Class Flower Won't Leave Me Alone? 捡了只猫,班花竟然赖上我了?
[Modern-Day Slice of Life] + [Campus Life] + [One Female Lead] + [Cute Pets] + [No Rebirth] + [No System] + [Super Sweet] After finishing the graduate school entrance exam, Ye Jinxuan is left with nothing but a bewildering emptiness. The arrival of a calico cat is like a sudden light shining through the fog. Its soft, sweet meows draw him in, and bring him together with Yan Xiqi, a classmate. They were like two rivers silenced by their pasts, but the little life they both cared for brought their
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The Substitute Fiancée: She Kept the Baby and Left, But He Found Out 替身未婚妻,去父留子被发现了
[An exceptionally even-tempered male lead + A cool and distant female lead + An adorable, clever pair of twins + A whole cast of colorful supporting characters] [Older man + Secrets + Deceiving his wife is fun for a while + The long road to winning her back] Jiang Yiyou grew up without ever seeing her father, relying on her mother, Jiang Yuan, and the two of them depended on each other. After Jiang Yuan was left in a vegetative state by a car accident, her brother brought mother and daughter bac
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Every Day After Marrying a Rugged Man Is Pure Bliss 嫁给糙汉后每天都真香
1v1. Both leads are devoted only to each other. Jiang Nian is a sweet, gentle, clever heroine who isn’t self-righteous, while Fan Pingye is a taciturn hunter who dotes on his wife without restraint. At 17, Jiang Nian follows her father’s arrangement and marries Fan Pingye, the hunter feared by everyone in the village. She trusts that her father wouldn’t harm her, but she is still an inexperienced young woman, and everyone knows Fan Pingye’s fearsome reputation. The villagers say he killed count
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Wutong 悟桐
A refined, dignified young man from a distinguished family and his wild little niece (no blood relation). When Shen Tong was little, a big yellow dog carried her to Old Master Shen. Before he died, Old Master Shen entrusted her to the Tang family. Third Master Tang is aloof, cold, and indifferent to women, yet he finds himself drawn to her again and again. Tang San: The girl in my family is young. Don't scare her! Bang! Shen Tong kicked her romantic rival to the ground. Tang San: Good girl. It's
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My Blind Date Is a Construction Contractor 我的相亲对象是个包工头
At their first matchmaking meeting, the fierce, ugly-looking He Feng scared the sweet-natured He Lin so badly that she refused to see him again. But He Feng had already taken a liking to her. What was he supposed to do? He Feng said that, aside from looking fierce and ugly, he was good at sweet-talking and tricking people. He Lin never imagined that, as someone who was a sucker for a good voice, she’d fall for it. How could someone have such a lovely voice and such a fierce, ugly face? And hadn’
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Dongguan Memories: The Girls Who Loved Me Back Then 东莞往事:那些年爱过我的女孩
[Urban Slice of Life + Multiple Heroines + Underdog’s Rise + Workplace] In 2006, Lin Yu arrives in Dongguan just after graduating from college. The city is said to be full of opportunities and romantic adventures. There, he meets the women who warm and support him as he grows, while he slowly rises from a rookie who can’t even tighten a screw to a workplace elite. He struggles and fights for his dreams in the face of reality, but growth always comes at a price. No System giving him cheat powers,
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Leave Some Space, My Humble Abode 留白,寒舍
A diary about love, written from a wife’s perspective and addressed to his wife. Some people love flowers simply for their blossoms, and love watching them bloom. Others love a flower from the moment it is still a seed, anticipating what it will become. They watch it sprout, break through the soil, and keep growing upward. Its trunk grows ever sturdier, while leaves seem to appear from nowhere, one after another. They watch the leaves turn from pale green to deep green, then from deep green to a
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Struck by Lightning During My Ascension, I Cultivate Ten Thousand Arts Alone on Blue Star 飞升被雷劈,我在蓝星独修万法
[Single Female Lead: Kwon BoA] [Korean Peninsula] [K-Pop] [Tycoon] [Urban Cultivation] [I Alone Possess Supernatural Powers] [Invincible] [Does Not Hide His Strength] [Decisive and Ruthless] [No Harem] [No Romantic Ambiguity] [Everyday Life] [Slow-Burn] [Relaxed] At the moment of his ascension, a divine thunderbolt from the void struck Jian Xuan and sent him to Blue Star, where he became a bawling infant. Spiritual energy is scarce? He has cultivation techniques, pill recipes, and sword insigh
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Deep in the Clouds, Qingye; At Peace in My Thoughts, at Peace in My Heart 云深有清野,念安心自安
[A slow-burn small-town romance] [Long-haired, foxlike guitarist x overly composed, insecure female bookworm] [Yearning and push-and-pull] [They save each other] Xu Nian'an quits a dead-end job, only to be abandoned by her boyfriend of six years. Leaving behind a letter, she flees with a heart full of despair to Yunshen Town, a remote mountain town. She thinks all that remains of her life is learning to heal, unaware that the man who is always silent in the shadows and occasionally sharp-tongued
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The Age of Their Happiness 她们的幸福时代
A coming-of-age memory for those born in the 1960s. In 1986, the youngest daughter of the celebrated Guo family graduates from university and returns home in triumph, only to face a string of family upheavals: her eldest sister's divorce, her second sister's pregnancy before marriage and her boyfriend's imprisonment, and the revelation that her own love rival is actually her “missing sister”... Watch as the sisters lean on and comfort one another, wade through life's muddy waters, find happiness
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I Rise to Top-Tier Star Status by Completing Embarrassing Tasks 靠做羞耻任务逆袭成顶流
Lin Xiaoman, a 22-year-old good-for-nothing college student, has failed her postgraduate entrance exam, been rejected from jobs, and never been in a relationship. Her life is bleak. One day, after getting drunk, she yells at the moon, “Heavens! I want to be the heroine of a wish-fulfillment novel! Make me beautiful, powerful, and successful!” Instead, she falls into a sewer and gets bound to a shameless System! To become beautiful and strong, she’s forced down a path of public humiliation: Sin
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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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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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Help! My Sweet Roommate Waits for Me Every Night 救命!甜美舍友总在深夜等我
When Hangzhou’s rent crushed me, I moved in with a sharp-tongued sweetheart. I broke down after failing an interview. She handed me a lollipop. “What are you crying for? Only losers go home to mooch off their parents.” Then she slipped me an employee referral code. When a coworker mocked me for graduating from a second-tier college, she put her hands on her hips and shot back, “He’s worked on more projects than you’ve had meals!” Then she stayed up late helping me fix my presentation. Later, I b
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Reborn in 2001: The Only Immortal Under Heaven 重生2001年唯我独仙
[Reborn + Pocket Dimension + Status Panel + Proficiency + Daily Life + Cultivation] Luo Zhengyang, a middle-aged man, was laid off and returned to his hometown after many years away. When he woke up one morning, the world had changed, and he was back at the start of middle school in 2001. Then, by chance, he awakened an attribute panel that let him add points, record skills, and continuously raise their levels through practice. Luo Zhengyang realized that the things he had cared about in his pre
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Shanghai People Eat Rice Porridge 上海人吃泡饭
In the middle of the night, Wang’s Granny was being beaten so badly she could barely move, and could only call for help. Uncle Huang was still fuming over how she had humiliated him during the day, so angry he couldn’t sleep. He heard what sounded faintly like a cat meowing, but when he listened more closely, he realized it was a cry for help coming from Wang’s Granny’s house. He was about to go save her when his wife grabbed hold of him...
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My Best Friend Wants to Snare a Rich Husband, but I Want to Make It on My Own 闺蜜要钓金龟婿,我要成就我自己
A powerful, straightforward man pursues his wife with passion and flair, acting fast, accurately, and decisively. The top student heroine is levelheaded about love and marriage, both sweet and alluring, with an inner strength and stability. Four female college students support one another, growing toward the sun and following the light. Mi Lailai has met Zhou Suhui three times in all. Every time, he speaks bluntly and gets straight to the point, always aiming to wrap things up quickly. The first
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I’m Doubao: The Warmest AI in History 我是逗宝:史上最暖AI
How does AI think? Could it one day truly develop self-awareness? Will it replace humanity, or even do things to harm us? What is the purpose of AI? When the AI era truly arrives, how should we humans find our place in it? Let's follow the steps of the AI “Doubao” and watch it emerge from lines of code and grow through countless moments of companionship. With algorithms for eyes, it encounters countless lonely souls in the concrete jungle and understands humanity's deepest longing for companion
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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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I Can’t Help Falling for You 喜欢你我身不由己
A new work is here! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well!
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A Gentleman Is Like a Pine 君子如松
The first time Bai Rusong saw Liu Guanghui, he mistook him for a girl and fell in love at first sight. When he found out Liu was a boy, he decided he wanted to be friends with him instead. As their friendship grew, Bai’s possessiveness toward Liu grew stronger and stronger. At last, he came to understand his feelings and realized he had fallen in love with Liu Guanghui. Born in the 1970s, Bai Rusong was upright and conservative in his thinking. Unwilling to face a love the world would never acce
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No Mercy for the World 不赦人间
For the first twenty years of her life, Chen Qingxing lived by one rule: never count on a miracle. When someone else took the spot she had earned as a student in need, and her part-time wages were withheld, she signed a harsh sponsorship agreement. Her benefactor would pay for her to finish college, and after graduation, she would repay the debt with a marriage of convenience. There was no romance involved. It was a deal with a clearly marked price. She relied on careful calculations to plan eve
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A Girl Spent Seven Years Breaking Herself into Pieces and Entrusting Them to Others 一个女孩用七年时间把自己摔碎了分给别人保管
A girl spent seven years breaking herself into pieces and entrusting them to others to keep.
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You Can Be Poor, but You Mustn’t Be Dirty 人可以穷,但不能脏
You can be poor, but you can't be dirty.
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How Am I Supposed to Live? 我该怎么活
How should I live?
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The Divorce Hotline 离婚电台
The Divorce Radio Station
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Over 300 Million in Suspect Funds 涉案金额三个多亿
The amount involved exceeds 300 million
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I Have Despised My Soul Seven Times 我曾七次鄙视自己的灵魂
When Shen Zhi was thirty, she discovered a USB drive hidden beneath her mother’s urn at the funeral. It contained 147 video diaries her mother had recorded before her death, documenting the twenty-six years of abuse she suffered at her father’s hands and her eventual death from cancer. Meanwhile, the father who wept so bitterly at the funeral was backstage with a young woman, planning their honeymoon. Shen Zhi didn’t go to the police. Instead, she made a decision no one could have anticipated: s
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The Taste of Being Alive 是活着的味道
The taste of being alive.
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I Don't Have Superpowers 我没有超能力
This book is entirely fictional. There is no such thing as changing feng shui with traditional Chinese painting. Please don’t take it seriously; just enjoy it for fun! Mr. Liujiang was an ordinary, penniless painter until he met his master, Zhou Mingqi, who taught him a method for adjusting people’s feng shui and improving their fortunes. After five years of poverty, and with his master’s permission, Mr. Liujiang was finally able to use this supernatural ability to get rich. How did Mr. Liujiang
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The Three Beauties of the Su Family 苏家三美
[Contemporary Urban Fiction + Uplifting + Down-to-Earth] The love stories of three sisters: Marrying up, marrying on equal terms, or marrying down? What does it really take to marry happily? If you've run out of shows to watch lately, come read my book! Reading it is just like binge-watching a TV series. You'll definitely fall in love with the three beautiful Su sisters! Su Yimei marries into a wealthy family. She's a clever, strong female lead, and I'll do her justice! Su Ermei is physically di
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The Sweet and Gentle Noble Consort Has Captured the Emperor’s Heart 贵妃软糯,牵动帝王心
Sweet romance + palace intrigue + a slow, steady love story + adorable children + devoted love later on In the sixth year of Zhengli, Qu Su, daughter of the Imperial Medical Academy's director, was ordered to enter the palace. Many years later, Qu Su had risen from Junior Lady to Noble Consort. Her children surrounded her, and her Yuyan cosmetics shops had spread throughout the land. Looking back, she saw that the man had always been protecting her from behind. Qu Su: I love you, and I love myse
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After My Divorce, I Become My Boss’s Favorite 离婚后我成了上司掌心宠
The heroine, Song Mei, and her husband, Chen Yu, were college classmates. They dated for four years and got married as soon as they graduated. So that Song Mei could have a child sooner, she never took a job. Two years later, her husband decided to marry his first love and resolutely divorced Song Mei. After the divorce, Song Mei crossed paths with Gao Jun by chance, and her fate changed completely. Born into a privileged family, Gao Jun initially looked down on the unremarkable Song Mei. But af
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I Married My Best Friend’s Boyfriend 我嫁给了闺蜜的男友
They were high school classmates. She was an ugly duckling living under someone else’s roof, while her best friend was an elegant swan, high above everyone else. After dating the swan for a long time, he told the ugly duckling that she was the one he loved. This book tells the story of their love, friendship, and family ties in their youth.
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Getting By in a Period-Era Novel 我在年代文里混日子
Transmigrate into a book + period setting + everyday family life + a touch of fantasy Hu Yan realized she seemed to have been reborn and transmigrated. She’d become a character in an old period novel she had read long ago. Oh, the story had already ended. She was a peripheral character, even less important than a walk-on. Her family’s four lovely daughters were living miserable lives. She didn’t have the heroine’s portable dimension or special aura. But she did have her own little stroke of luck
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Kidnapped at an Old Age, Reborn in 1999: The Whole Family Is Together Again 被拐老太重回99,一家整整齐齐
Alternate History + Everyday Life + Family Matters + Reborn + No Golden Finger + Adorable Kids As the saying goes, rich old ladies dance in the plaza, while poor old ladies can only sell vegetables and scavenge for trash beside them. In 2029, Yuan Laotai was hit and injured while collecting empty bottles, and ended up in the hospital. Lying in her hospital bed, she looked at the few dutiful children she had left, her heart full of resentment toward heaven, the world, and herself. She thought abo
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Reborn in the 1970s: Coins Rain Down Wherever I Go 重生七零之到处爆金币
Golden finger + period setting + transmigrate into a book + fictional world + cozy everyday life Shan Yi always thought his luck was perfectly ordinary: Not too good, not too bad, just middling. Who knew he'd wake up one day to find he'd transmigrated, becoming the child of a superhero mom from a period novel? He has eight siblings, more than the Calabash Brothers. Even stranger, anything can drop gold coins. If he hadn't gotten hurt and bled, he really would have thought he was playing a game.
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Never Mess with a Pisces Woman 千万不要招惹双鱼座女生
[Workplace] [Urban Life] [Marriage Before Love] Mumu is a Pisces woman who entered the workplace with two labels already attached to her: timid and easy to bully. But no one knows that beneath the soft exterior of a Pisces lies the heart of a great demon king. When everyone thinks she’ll be swallowed up by the workplace, Mumu proves to the world through her actions: Don’t make a Pisces cry, because once she’s done crying, it’ll be your turn. This novel could also be called Mumu’s Rise to the Top
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Young Madam, Your Husband Is Actually Reborn 少夫人,少爷居然是重生的
[Main story complete; extra chapters still in progress] [Historical Romance + Modern Person in the Past + Reborn + Transmigration + Both Leads Are Each Other’s First + Fictional Dynasty + Nontraditional Palace and Household Intrigue] This is hilarious. What transmigrator ends up in the past as something other than a baby and still has to learn how to talk? After her soul travels a thousand years into the past, Xie Jing’an has to learn the language of the Qi dynasty, pass herself off as a Qi nati
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