Please Recommend Some Underworld Stories, Preferably with No Romance 跪求黑道流的文，最好没cp
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Tales of Black and White: Leaping Through the Dragon Gate 黑白往事之跃龙门
(Hardcore underworld, a rise from humble beginnings, ensemble cast, smart characters, a realistic coming-of-age style, not a mindless power fantasy, not first-person! Readers under 18 should exercise caution!) How much impact can one misunderstanding have? Enough to change someone's entire life! Can someone with a damaged brain still be a gang boss? Not only can he, he can be a great one! In the early 1990s, the tide of the market economy swept across all of China, stirring up everyone just like
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Temptations of the Jianghu 江湖诱惑
“The new book’s rating has just been released, and it’ll climb soon.” [Underworld + Mature Beauties + Conquest + Feel-Good Action + Multiple Heroines] [The first five chapters take their time, but the story gets thrilling later. Read ten chapters, and if you’re not hooked, come chop me up!] Wang Xiaohu leaves the countryside for Jiangcheng, hoping to live a quiet life, but a clash draws him into the whirlpool of the underworld. He meets Qian Jiajia, gets close to Cui Meng, and is even forcibly h
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Crouching Tiger 卧虎
A hidden dragon rises from the depths and devours all things; a crouching tiger commands the mountains and guards a thousand frontiers! When I was little, the strange older girl next door always asked me to help wash her. When I got a little older, she taught me how to be a real man! Twenty years of flashing blades, eighteen years of changing seasons. The black throne may change hands, but true kingship belongs only to madmen who dare to dance with the devil!
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The Road Through the Martial World Is Long: I Rule the Northeast 江湖路远：我掌东北势
Now streaming as a Red Fruit short drama: I Rule the Northeast Underworld. Urban, gangland, clever protagonist, slow-burn power fantasy Snowflakes swirled in the air. Outside the prison gates. Twenty-three-year-old Wang Yun stood outside the prison, gazing up at the gloomy sky. Five years ago, he killed Zhang San, the man who had assaulted his mother. Today was the day he finished his sentence. But when Wang Yun returned home, he discovered that his mother was dead, her body buried in the mass g
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The Gangster Tycoon Who Rose from the Hutongs 胡同里杀出来的流氓大亨
Previously published under the titles Dragon City Years and Thirty Years in a Bloodstained Underworld. This is a lawless age where every corner is ruled by a big shot. This is the story of a naive young man who turns into a bloodthirsty beast just to survive. This is an underworld tale full of thrills and passion! Welcome to the 1980s…
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Now That I’m Reborn, Who’d Still Run with the Gangsters? 都重生了谁还混社会
Short drama: "Loyal to the Skies: Starting Over" is now streaming The novel was originally titled "Now That I've Been Reborn, Who Would Still Run With Gangs?" [Reborn + business + lots of underlings + no groveling + no cowardice + taking the righteous path + law-abiding] A big shot from the underworld returns to 2010. Should he repeat his old mistakes and keep running with gangs, or abandon his underlings and take the road to a brighter future? No! I won't choose! In this life, I, Qin Jiang, wil
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The Alpha Wolf, Who Can Stand Against Me? 头狼，谁与争锋
In the depths of winter, my birth parents abandoned me. Luckily, my adoptive mother took me in and named me Yang Dong. My sister dropped out of school to support my education and went to work in the city. I went to find her with my university acceptance letter, only to witness her being abused to death! Blinded by rage, I took a knife to avenge her, but I was framed and sent to prison instead. Six years behind bars, and my hatred never faded! After getting out, I set off on the road to revenge w
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Tattooed, Fighting for Turf, and Wielding a Machete: The Spirit Medium 纹身干架抢地盘，拎砍刀的出马仙
[Underworld Turmoil] [Northeastern Chinese Style] [Tales of Spirit Mediums] After being gravely wounded in a gang fight, small-time hoodlum Lin Tianhua accidentally awakened the immortals his ancestors had worshipped, becoming a spirit medium. After a sudden upheaval, his boss fled and his enemies came after him. To survive, Lin Tianhua decided to form his own crew and become the boss. From then on, Lin Tianhua beat people up by day and killed ghosts by night. He made his way through both the un
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Tales from the Borderlands: All My Relatives Are Ruthless Bandits 边水往事，我家亲戚都是悍匪
Jiang Wang opened his eyes and found himself in the story of The Longest Day in Chang'an? No, a closer look told him this was the original setting! And not just any setting, but the borderlands, at the most lawless time in the Golden Triangle: the early 2000s. There was no order in this era, only bloody cruelty in the forests and stacks of cash. It was a wild gold-rush age, full of outlaws. River-crossing dragons, mountain-tunneling tigers, gunshots ringing without end. When I have a gun, you c
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A Rogue Who Never Meant to Be One 没想当流氓的流氓
Ever since the founding of the new nation, the land of China has been developing at a dizzying pace. Then came the 1990s, a peculiar era when economic growth was the sole priority. A group of laid-off workers and poor farmers barely scraping by struggled through confusion and hardship, throwing themselves into the game and using brutal methods to gamble on a dream of a better future. And so, one after another, gangs and groups of lowlifes and hooligans came into being. They grew amid blood an
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I’m No Punk: Three of Us Together 我不是小混混之三人行
Determined not to become a thug, he knows that those who walk different paths cannot work together. Brotherhood, and the revival of the Eight Gates of the underworld. Is a sinister force behind it all, or is something far worse on the horizon...?
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Dragon Head Supreme 龙头至尊
The campus beauty he'd loved for three years was brutalized and killed! Chen Xuewen, who had done nothing, was framed and sent to prison! His honest, hardworking parents both died horribly while seeking justice for him! After nineteen years of living by the rules and obeying the law, Chen Xuewen finally saw the true face of the world. “Those who kill and burn their way to riches wear golden belts, while those who build bridges and roads leave no bones behind!” “If others can kill and burn, why
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The Strongest Man 最强人
The strongest person isn’t the one who defeats others, but the one who refuses to be defeated by anyone or anything. Zhuang Xiaoqiang grew up in a poor family. His father’s downward spiral left the family on the verge of falling apart when Xiaoqiang was just eight. From then on, he shouldered the burden of supporting his family. He learned early how important money was to a household, and knew there was no one he could rely on. Everything he wanted had to be earned with his own hands, whether a
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The Youth of Two Generations 两代人的青春
My name is Li Sunan, and I'm a complete... bastard. Please take a moment, settle in, and let me tell you the whole story. From my godfather, Li Zhen, to my second uncle, Cui Lijun, and then to my own dark life. From 1990 to 2020. Thirty tumultuous years in a small city in Northeast China. One act ends, and another begins. Two generations rise and fall, knowing both glory and disgrace. There are no all-powerful crime bosses here. Just a bunch of little people struggling at the bottom... The road
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Underworld Saga: My Big Sister in the Capital 黑道风云：我的京城姐姐
[Not for Young Readers] [Hot-Blooded Underworld] [Brutal Underworld Battles] [The Many Faces of Officialdom] [Face-Slapping Comeback] [Clever, Satisfying Read] He began cultivating at nine and went to prison at thirteen. In jail, Chu He mastered an arsenal of extraordinary skills. With nowhere to turn after his release, he headed for the capital and entered the underworld, winning the support of the capital's most captivating women. With ruthless methods, Chu He outmaneuvered every faction. Sta
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I'll Write My Own Youth 青春我来写
Synopsis: When I was very, very young, I had a beautiful older sister. My parents were always incredibly busy and often had to leave home to work in other places. So one day, they brought home an older sister they had adopted for me. She treated me wonderfully and took care of me in every way. But Dad was exceptionally cruel to her. Then one day in middle school, my sister left. I studied as hard as I could, and by the time I reached high school, I finally got into a school in the city and foun
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I Started High School as a Good Girl and Became a Crime Boss 上了高中，我从乖乖女变成黑老大
When I started high school, I went from a good girl to a crime boss.
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The Pinnacle of the Unpeopled World: The Pure Dust Arc 无人之巅清尘篇
The story of Ye Qingchen, the one who stands alone at the summit: You are the peerless genius of your city, blessed with a boxing talent no one can match. At last, the year you turn eighteen, you claim the national boxing championship...
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The Pinnacle of Nowhere 1 无人之巅1
I went into the underworld because I didn’t want to be bullied... I stepped into the darkness so I’d never have to turn my back on it again. I cast aside my conscience and sharpened my claws, trampling underfoot each person who had once humiliated me.
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Underworld: Blue Skies 黑道：青天
At a class reunion, I kept a low profile and was mocked and sneered at by my former classmates and teachers. Just as I was about to leave, the class beauty from back then suddenly stood up to defend me.
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Be the Fiercest One 做最凶的那个
Lin Yu had always been troubled by a question: Why must good people endure eighty-one trials to become Buddhas, while bad people only need to lay down their butcher's knives? Fairness has never been something the poor get to talk about. If you want fairness, there's only one way: make yourself strong enough to create it. This world has both light and darkness. It won't treat you well just because you're kind. His father was unable to repay his debts and eventually took his own life. The creditor
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The Endless Underworld 黑道无尽
(Period setting, underworld, gritty realism, high-octane) A savage era. An unconventional underworld boss. A story of the jianghu written in blood and tears. So much happened in those years. You can only see it clearly through blood-tinted glasses...
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Dirty Cop 黑警
“I gave my heart to the moon, but the moon shines on the ditch.” As a people's police officer, it is my duty to defend the country, maintain social order, and protect the lives and property of the people. But there are always people who operate in the gray areas, acting with abandon and flouting the law. I have no choice but to step in and wipe them all out...
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The Tiger Roars Across the Central Plains 虎啸中州
Three cups of wine for the mortal world, one pot of tea for a legacy that lasts a thousand years. What does it mean to truly live? Let me tell you what it means to unleash a ferocious tiger. Some ride horses, some sit in sedan chairs, while others push carts and shoulder their loads. I’ve never admitted defeat. You can beat me a thousand times, but I still won’t cry!!!
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She Stuck With Me Through Three Hard Years. After I Made My First Fortune: Is It Really So Wrong to Get a New Girlfriend? 她陪我吃苦三年，第一桶金赚到后：换女朋友不过分吧？
She struggled alongside me for three years. Now that we've earned our first fortune, is it really so wrong to get a new girlfriend?
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When Daylight Ends, the Killing Begins 昼尽而杀
Hong Kong, 1994. Three kingpins, two gangs, police officers, wealthy businessmen, officials, the media, hostesses, assassins, and ordinary people are all caught up in power struggles amid the surging tides of the times. No one can escape, and no one can hide. Fate is never in our own hands. Whether your eyes are open or shut, when night falls, people die.
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The Legend of Lu Laoqi 陆老七传奇
In the province of Rehe during the Republican era, a catchy rhyme circulated through the martial world: “Lu Laoqi, Li Changjiu, undefeated throughout Rehe; the Beggar, Detective, and Master Shang; Dalong, Qingshan, and Zheng the Crooked; the Driver, Drunkard, and Wang Chaojie; Pockmark, Du Wu, and Liu Minghu; the Twin Fiends, Kou Haiyang, and Yu Xingba.” It vividly described the eighteen peerless fighters of Rehe at the time. Ranked first was Lu Yishan, a boy from a poor family in the province.
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Within Canglan 苍兰之中
After the planet Qingmu Huanhai was unified by Huangfu Shou, the Canglan Kingdom was founded. The former kingdoms of Bailong, Hei, Lushu, and Xingji rose in rebellion, hoping to restore their old regimes. The protagonist, Liu Yicheng, was orphaned at a young age and taken in by the abbot of Shaolin Temple. He trained at the Bodhidharma Hall from childhood, mastered all of Shaolin’s martial arts, and breezed through the Eighteen Bronze Men formation. After completing his training, he descended th
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The Bloody Underworld: Thirty Years of Organized Crime in North China 血色江湖：华北黑道三十年
[Underworld + First Person + Period Setting] What is the underworld? It’s a place where even if you win in the end, you still feel like you’ve lost. No matter how much you gain, it can never make up for what you’ve lost. My name is Jiang Qiyao. I witnessed thirty years of the underworld’s rise and fall across North China, watching one boss after another rise to power, then fall. After thirty years in that world, I can’t call myself a good person, but at least I haven’t become completely rotten.
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An Age of Turmoil: The Gangster Who Rose from a Village 混乱年代：从村走出来的枭雄
After leaving the military, Wu Wenjun drifted around the village, looking for a trade to take up. Just then, the village was holding an election for village chief. His Third Uncle, the former chief, was provoked at a banquet. Enough was enough: if you can dish it out, you can take it. How could he stand by while someone bullied a man in his own village? He stepped forward at once, and so began his life in the underworld. When he looked back, he had become a famous young boss in the criminal worl
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Awakening of the Lost Dragon 迷龙觉醒
Special forces soldier Jin Nan was on an overseas mission when he accidentally fell off a cliff, was injured, and lost his memory. He later took the name Dongfang Long. After being rescued, he tried every possible way to find out “Who am I?” but failed. To repay his debt for saving his life, he founded a company and fought the underworld, eventually uniting the criminal world. Years later, he regained his memories and rediscovered himself, then seized the chance to serve his country with burning
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Tales of Shanghai’s Underworld 沪上黑道往事
My new novel is here! You’re welcome to read my work 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! The male lead of this book loses his father at a young age and depends on his mother. To avenge his father, he goes up a mountain to study martial arts under a master. After completing his training, he comes down and succeeds in taking revenge. To escape the authorities’ pursuit, he brings his mother to Shanghai. By chance
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Bloodstained Memories 血染的往事
(This story is entirely fictional. The places, people, events, and everything else in it are not real.) In the early 1990s, on a silent winter night, two muffled gunshots rang out beneath the darkness over an old neighborhood. A five-shot hunting rifle with a sawed-off barrel brought more than a scene of underworld vendetta. It also laid bare a hidden storm of bloodshed. Some say he was a loyal and righteous brother. Some say he was an ambitious kingpin. Others say he was a vicious monster, crue
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Hongmen Brothers (Three-Book Set) 洪门兄弟（全三册）
A gang, a city, an era; brothers, fathers and sons, lovers, and home and country. The gangland wars are flaring up once more on the Shanghai Bund! Two sworn brothers join forces to build a gang empire, only to be driven to love and hate each other by betrayal and a frame-up. When the storm passes, a new name rings out along the Huangpu River: the Hongmen! Hongmen Brothers 1: Sworn Brotherhood arrives, telling the story of the Hongmen’s birth and revealing a leader unlike any you have ever seen!
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I Run with the Mob in America 我在美国混黑道
Yacht parties, high-society gatherings, private clubs, hot spring resorts, golf, Russian roulette, depth charges... Have you heard of these? The protagonist, Lin Jin, flies to America, where beautiful women crowd around him and he witnesses the depraved lives of the rich! The author has lived in the United States for many years. No invincible hero, no System, no mindless plot. Carefully crafted, logically coherent, full of twists, and terrifying the more you think about it...
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Above Canglan 苍兰之上
The planet Qingmu Huanhai is home to many nations, including two great powers: Tianqiu and Lushu. Many minority tribes near Tianqiu frequently raided its border, plunging the kingdom into years of war and leaving its people in misery. Under the leadership of King Qiu Lianjie and the Eighth Prince Huangfu Shou, however, Tianqiu eventually reached its peak. Lushu, by contrast, enjoyed peace and prosperity. The kingdom favored civil officials over military ones, while powerful in-laws and a succes
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The Allure of Darkness 黑色之诱惑
By chance, Xia Xue’er steps into a casino and catches a fleeting glimpse of Chen Feng, the underworld boss. It proves to be a trap laid by fate. From then on, she is seized by the demon of gambling and takes one step after another toward the abyss of crime. The curtain rises on her tragic life…
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The Underworld: Who Can Stand Against Me? 黑道之谁与争锋
Maybe I just wasn't good enough, which is why I met the woman I most wanted to love at the most helpless time in my life. It's a shame that life isn't a movie: when you're broke, no girl is willing to wait three or five years for you. But so what? Nothing can defeat me. I am my own heaven, and I will take control of my own destiny. Step by step, I will turn the tide.
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The Passionate Days We Lived 那些年走过的热血
I was born in the 1990s and experienced all the prosperity and disappointment of this era. As a teenager, I was full of passion. Everything around me was new, and I looked to the future with boundless hope. I pursued my dreams with all my might, devoting all my time and energy to my studies and hobbies. Back then, I loved life, connecting with people, and trying new things. My heart was full of passion and hope, as if the whole world were in my hands. But as time went by, I gradually matured. I
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Reborn: I Haven't Been a Big Shot in Years 重生之我不做大佬好多年
[Reborn + No System + Passionate Battles + Brotherhood + Invincible] Some people call him Dong-ge, some call him Chairman Chen, and others call him Boss. His journey has been one legend after another. … A person's name casts a shadow as great as a tree. I, Chen Yaodong! Haven't been a boss in years!
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Cast Aside in Desperation: Returning in Glory 绝境弃子：归来荣耀
For ten years he kept his head down, enduring every sneer. The world saw him as a discarded nobody from the bottom rung, lowly as mud and fair game for anyone to bully. But Jiang Mu is the last heir of Jiang City’s most powerful hidden clan, and a dragon-patterned jade pendant conceals an immense force. A hidden dragon in the deep will one day reclaim its place. When he gives the word, armies will gather. Those who oppress me will see their graves overturned; those who have shown me kindness wil
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A Matchmaking Connection 相亲缘鉴
The protagonist of this book, Lin Xuexian, starts out as an intern and works his way up to become a domineering CEO. Along the way, he finds many beautiful romances and ultimately achieves success in both his career and love life.
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The Strongest Man to Emerge from Vocational School 从职校走出的强者
When Li Feng stepped into vocational school, his life began to change... Youth is meant to be lived boldly and without restraint! A legend is about to unfold! May you roam far and wide, then return still young at heart...
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The Youth of Wage Slaves 牛马青春
In the passionate, uncertain years of youth, “I” and a group of friends with wildly different personalities experience the growing pains and transformations of coming of age. “I” may be brash, but I also care deeply about those close to me. When friendship and love become tangled, I often find myself torn and conflicted. The lives of many people intertwine in this small town. From campus feuds to our first steps into society, we explore the meaning of life through laughter and tears, writing a u
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The Underworld Heiress Makes a Fierce Bodyguard 黑道千金猛保镖
[Underworld] + [Urban] + [Multiple Female Leads] + [Power Fantasy] [Not for readers under 18] Wang Meng rose from bodyguard to godfather of the underworld, unifying both the criminal and legitimate worlds. His was a life of power and grandeur.
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Beyond the Fireworks Lies a Spring Mountain 烟火尽处是春山
[Synopsis] In twenty years on the martial world’s roads, she writes a legend of a ruthless hero with her own hand. Amid the blades flashing through Kowloon Walled City lie a young girl’s private feelings. Atop Victoria Peak, the fragrance of tea mingles with bloody undercurrents. “Hong Kong’s nights are too dark. I’ll light every neon sign with my own hands, then wait for you to return through the snow and wind.”
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The Gray-Eyed White Cat 白猫传灰瞳
The young heir of a crime family is forced to become a beggar. With nothing but a bowl from the start, he becomes the Zhu Yuanzhang of the underworld. Fresh twists and airtight logic. Italian mixed-race, ruthless, cruel, and realistic. He kills decisively, with every punch landing hard, every blade striking true, and every bullet finding its mark. A slow burn. Trust me, it only gets better as it goes. (No saintly heroine, no System, no harem, pure underworld fiction.)
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