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Chen Shi Lives Next Door to Akita 秋田隔壁住陈实
Qiutian’s mother was known throughout the surrounding villages as a capable woman. She was still harvesting rice in the fields just before giving birth to Qiutian, so she named her daughter Qiutian, meaning autumn fields. When Qiutian was one, her mother went mad. Carrying her on her back, she ran around everywhere and even made her drink filthy water from a cesspit. When Qiutian was three, her mad mother fell off a cliff and died. Her father, a traveling peddler, was hardly ever home. Her five-
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- 2 Remarried to the Rough-Hewn Neighbor, the Young Bride Is Spoiled Rotten 改嫁隔壁糙汉，小媳妇被宠上天 Original title: "Left Alone at Home, the Neighboring Roughneck Has His Eye on Her" [1980s | Countryside | Realistic | Devoted Couple | Possessive Favoritism | Age Gap | Love Rival Showdown] In 1980, Li Chuntao is married off in exchange for her older brother’s marriage. But on their wedding night, her groom elopes with his old flame. Overnight, she becomes the village’s target of scorn, branded a woman who brings bad luck. Her mother-in-law calls her a jinx, while a pack of old bachelors eye 38.1kReads8.6Score1.5kShelves
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Moving to the Great Grasslands: From the Start, I Keep the Mongolian Sisters Fed 下乡大草原，开局养活蒙族姐妹花
[Moving to Inner Mongolia] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Educated Youth] [Cultivation] Wang Tiejun transmigrates to the capital in 1968, only to discover from the start that he has become the biggest sucker in a dysfunctional family. He dated his ex-girlfriend for three years without even holding her hand. He cuts ties with his family and heads to the countryside with his friends, leaving the courtyard house behind. He takes on spoiled villains, battles bandits, and meets a pair of Mongolian sister
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- 4 Sent to the Countryside: I Bring My Sister to Save the Five Tibetan Beauties 下乡知青，带妹救赎藏族五朵金花 [Two comic adaptations are in production] [Ensemble cast + multiple heroines + treasure hunting and inheritance + instant revenge + rural comeback + fiercely protective and scheming + everyday family life] Lu Chuan is reborn in the capital in the 1960s as a capitalist's son, despised by everyone. With his family in shambles, he quickly takes his younger sister to the grasslands to join the rural resettlement program and start his life over. He only meant to get by and look for the treasure his a 17.3kReads7.3Score1.7kShelves
- 5 After Moving to the Countryside, the Capitalist Young Master Becomes the Village Favorite 下乡后，资本少爷成村里的香饽饽 [No AI, Entirely Handwritten] Don't pay attention to the newly posted rating (period setting + educated youth + hunting + sent down to the countryside + treasure hunting + space + multiple female leads) Li Wu's soul travels to the 1960s, where he arrives in the capital. Because his grandfather was a capitalist, his uncle and cousin reported him and had him denounced, leaving Li Wu no choice but to go to the countryside. Before leaving, he strips the treasures his grandfather left him bare, and t 18.4kReads7.6Score1.7kShelves
- 6 A Capitalist Scion Lands in the 1960s: Taking His Pocket Dimension to the Countryside in Search of Treasures 资本少爷穿六零，带空间下乡寻宝 [No AI, entirely handmade] Just got a rating, don't pay attention to it (period setting + educated youth + hunting + sent down to the countryside + pocket dimension + treasure appraisal) Wei Wu transmigrates to the capital in 1968 with a pocket dimension. When he learns that his older brother reported their father, leading to his tragic death in a labor camp, he retaliates by exposing his brother's embezzlement at the machinery factory and gets him locked up for good. Then he clears out the fami 24.7kReads7.6Score1.7kShelves
- 7 Sent to the Northwest Countryside, I Hunt to Feed Uyghur Triplets 下乡大西北，狩猎养活维族三胞胎 [No AI, entirely handwritten] (period setting + educated youth + hunting + sent down to the countryside + pocket dimension + antique appraisal) Modern office worker Yi Xin is furious when a friend borrows money and refuses to pay it back, so he decides they should die together. Unexpectedly, he is reborn in 1968 in the body of a man in the capital with the same name. From the start, he is reported for associating with an old Taoist and is thrown into a cowshed. At his lowest point, he awakens a 6.4kReads7.3Score399Shelves
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1982: I'm Really Not a Good-for-Nothing 年代1982，我真不是二流子
[Rebirth + period setting + entrepreneurship + social savvy + everyday life + largely an ensemble cast] The rating has just appeared and is climbing. The audiobook and animated series are now available. Give them a try! Back in 1982, Lu Zhigang decided to make up for his regrets and give his family a better life. But why did none of them believe him...? He took over a brickworks, opened a food factory, and led Lujia Village racing down the road to prosperity.
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- 9 Chronicles of Mountains and Rivers 山河志 His beautiful mother was nearly assaulted by a village lout, but she tearfully begged the man who rescued her not to call the police. Young Gao Yuan couldn’t understand why at the time. Only when he reached his thirties and looked back on the past, with those scenes flashing through his mind, did he realize that the lives of countless rural people together form a chronicle of the mountains and rivers of China! 84.2kReads9.6Score9.2kShelves
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A Family by the Yishui River 沂水河畔一家人
This book tells the story of a large family over nearly a century, from the late Qing dynasty to the end of the twentieth century, through turbulent changes, banditry and warfare, twists and turns, and eventual reversals of fortune. Led and subtly influenced by the protagonist, several generations endure decades of hardship yet remain upright, united, and determined to improve. In different eras and historical circumstances, they do everything they can, persevering in their efforts to contribute
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The Woman with Five Marriages 五婚女人
Among contemporary Chinese literature's portrayals of rural women's lives, Zheng Guozhen's story grips readers with its astonishing realism and tragic depth. Through an ordinary rural woman's five failed marriages, this novel sketches the hardships of rural women's lives and inner worlds during China's social transformation in the 1990s. From an arranged marriage imposed by her parents to a self-serving union built on dependence on power, from an emotional wasteland scarred by violence to a brie
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- 12 The Long-Suffering Younger Sister 苦妹 This is a bloodcurdling, suffocating epic of female suffering. It tells the tragic story of a woman called Ku Mei, whose life was mercilessly crushed by fate over more than half a century, from the early 1960s to the beginning of the twenty-first century. In 1960, during a famine-stricken winter, she was born the second daughter in her family and named Pan Di, “Hoping for a younger brother.” From then on, her grandmother saw her as a “jinx” and branded her Ku Mei, “Bitter Girl.” In a family that 3.3kReads8.8Score404Shelves
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Rural Sisters-in-Law 农村妯娌
This is a story of war and peace between two women, and also a miniature epic chronicling the transformation of rural China from collectivization to the modern era. When the well in Liuxi Village was filled in and running water reached every home, the women who had once argued, wept, and whispered secrets beside that well proved through their lives that time can bury old grudges, and that a resilient spirit can blossom in the soil.
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- 14 The Newlywed Young Widow 新婚小寡妇 In the winter of 1976, Li Yanmei was newly married when her husband died. Branded a “husband-killing” jinx, she was pregnant when her cruel in-laws threw her out with nothing. On a stormy night, she gave birth in a melon shed. Starving and freezing, she swallowed the slur “loose woman” along with her tears. For the little one in her arms, she wiped away her tears and turned humiliation into a stepping stone. She went from selling goods at a black-market stall to reclaiming land for farming, from 1.6kReads6.5Score103Shelves
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Water Willow 水性杨花儿
(The rating was just added and will rise. It's already going up!) Neighbor Guo Hongmei ran off with another man? What? That man is Yang Hua'er's husband, Zhao Dashan? Talk about gossip coming right back to bite you. They say nine out of ten people born in the Year of the Sheep are fated to have a hard life, but Yang Hua'er doesn't believe in fate. Even without a man, she can still make a warm and happy life for herself.
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The Tough Guy of the Deserted Island! 荒岛的猛男！
The male lead is handsome, incredibly powerful, and has superpowers: there's a special energy inside his body that can create one uncomplicated object each day. It also gives him great strength, incredible speed, and lightning-fast reflexes. Style: deserted-island survival, full of twists and turns, thrilling and suspenseful, easy to understand, humorous and witty, lighthearted and fun, with constant romantic tension.
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- 17 Talk Trash and Win Prizes 对骂就有奖 Hao Tie was treated like a pack mule and was about to hit rock bottom because he refused to keep living like one. Then he suddenly got a System that rewarded him for trading insults! From then on, he used verbal sparring to reach the pinnacle of success! 24.5kReads7.1Score1.1kShelves
- 18 The Palace’s Number One Tough Guy 皇宫第一猛男 Ying Zheng, a modern overworked young man, dies suddenly from working overtime and has his soul transported into the body of Xiao Caizi, a young eunuch who was just killed after offending the powerful. He also obtains the Fake Eunuch System and begins cultivating the Divine Art of the Fake Eunuch. In a palace rife with schemes and human malice, he steadily climbs to the pinnacle of life! 12.1kReads6.5Score547Shelves
- 19 War of Resistance: A God-Tier Sharpshooting Manual from the Start! 抗日：开局赠送神级枪法！ As Marshal Ye lay gravely wounded on the battlefield, at death's door, he unexpectedly bound himself to the “Strongest War of Resistance System.” The System grants him divine-level marksmanship from the start, but assigns bizarre missions. [Ding! The Host's powerful indomitable will and potential to resist the Japanese have been detected. Binding requirements met. The “Strongest War of Resistance System” is beginning the binding process... 1%... 50%... 100%! Binding successful!] 9.9kReads—Score493Shelves
- 20 The Workplace Tough Guy 职场猛男 The male lead, He Jumeng, has a superpower: a very special energy inside his body lets him sense what other people are thinking to a certain extent. It also gives him immense strength, fast strikes, and lightning-quick reflexes. Style: Workplace drama, clear and accessible writing, witty and humorous, lighthearted and fun, with plenty of romantic tension. Emotional push and pull with antagonists, compelling conflicts, a twisting plot, setbacks followed by comebacks, and lively, engaging storytel 9.8kReads—Score362Shelves
- 21 The Beauties in the Safehouse 安全屋美女 Style: Global furnace apocalypse, safe-house survival. Easy to understand, humorous and witty, lighthearted and fun, with constant flirtation. System: Global Furnace Apocalypse Safe-House Survival System. Male lead: Hao Jumeng Language: Clear and concise. 10kReads—Score402Shelves
- 22 The City's Number One Tough Guy 都市第一猛男 Wu Nitian didn't want to be a corporate drone, but he couldn't see any light in his future. Just as anxiety and misery overwhelmed him, he suddenly obtained the High-Mindedness System. It told him that no matter what he faced, as long as he tried to maintain a high-minded state, he would receive System rewards from time to time! 2.4kReads5.7Score211Shelves
- 23 The Ultimate Tough Guy 第一猛男 Full of twists and turns, gripping and vivid, with distinctive, lifelike characters and lively, concise prose. The nouveau riche Ye Shuang travels everywhere and lives a carefree life. What a dream! 7.9kReads—Score457Shelves
- 24 A Stingy Tough Guy with 500 Million, on a Trip with a Beauty 猛男有五亿还抠门，旅行遇美女 Style: After striking it rich, the macho Cao Jumeng has 500 million yuan but still sticks to his top-notch frugal habit of treating every yuan saved as a yuan earned. He meets beautiful women while traveling. The story is easy to follow, funny, lighthearted, and full of flirtation. There is emotional sparring with villains, gripping conflicts, a rise after an initial setback, and one satisfying moment after another. Problems crop up one after another during his travels, and he finds ways to solv 1.3kReads—Score112Shelves
- 25 I Make 100 Million a Day, So I Do Whatever I Want 一天进账一亿，我放荡不羁 A detailed look at urban survival and the complexity of human nature. Emotional sparring, gripping conflicts, a roller-coaster plot, and one satisfying moment after another. System: Earn 100 million a day. Every 10 million can be spent to buy or upgrade a superpower. 3.1kReads—Score215Shelves
- 26 Flirting Makes Me Stronger 暧昧就变强 The male lead, He Jumeng, has an incredible superpower: he grows stronger whenever he flirts with beautiful women. Then he suddenly gains the “Business Prodigy” superpower and starts with just 1,000 yuan in savings, gradually building his fortune! Style: A business prodigy superpower, the business world, commercial rivalry, emotional sparring with villains, gripping conflicts, face-slapping, a rise after an initial setback, and one satisfying moment after another. 4kReads—Score237Shelves
- 27 My Beautiful Tenant 我和美女租客 The villain’s emotions are a constant tug-of-war, with gripping conflicts, twists and turns, and a story that starts low before rising again. Lively and entertaining. Style: Urban survival, accessible, witty and humorous, lighthearted, with plenty of romantic tension. System: The Younger Every Day System. Each time the male lead, Hao Youqian, successfully delivers a cutting remark to a beautiful tenant, he gets a month younger. 2.1kReads—Score145Shelves
- 28 Wilderness and Deserted Island 荒野荒岛 Distinctive and original, exciting and vivid, with sharply drawn, lifelike characters and lively, clear, concise prose. A story of survival and life on a deserted island, with an exciting plot and vivid characters. 13.5kReads6.1Score504Shelves
- 29 Desert Island Wilderness 荒岛荒野 System warning: Excessive intimacy with NPCs is prohibited. Ren Yingying catches Hao Shuang and Wang Qian acting flirtatiously. Ren Yingying sneers. “So this is how System users behave?” She turns and disappears into the depths of the jungle, while Su Yan secretly watches everything. That night, a red warning suddenly pops up from the System: Emotional bond instability detected. Survival points will continue to drain. Hao Shuang stands by the bonfire, his face deathly pale, when Wang Qian sudden 1.9kReads—Score135Shelves
- 30 One Hundred Beauties of the Ming Dynasty 明朝一百个美女 I woke up to find that I’d transmigrated into the male lead of One Hundred Beauties of the Ming Dynasty, and gotten bound to a rather improper “Humorous Get-Rich System.” As long as I make the villains laugh, silver automatically lands in my account. So I let loose, pushing my luck at the edge of death every day. Then one day, I cornered the peerlessly beautiful villainess Su Meier against a wall. “Miss, have you heard that a smile takes ten years off your age? If you smile a few more times, may 2kReads—Score126Shelves
- 31 The Song Dynasty’s Number One Tough Guy 宋朝第一猛男 Wu Jushuai opens his eyes to find himself in the Song Dynasty, transformed into an ugly man with the same name. The System, however, requires him to collect “admiration points from peerless beauties” to become handsome. The top courtesans of Bianjing, noble ladies from wealthy families, and chivalrous women of the martial world are all left blushing by his poetry and modern-day flirting techniques. The villains grit their teeth and grumble, “That guy's ugly and lecherous. What makes him so speci 1.2kReads—Score102Shelves
- 32 The Teleporting Delivery Driver 能瞬移的外卖员 The number-one tough guy, Ye Jumeng, can teleport while delivering takeout. The villains’ emotional manipulation, gripping clashes, twists and turns, and a story that starts low and rises high make for a vivid, entertaining read. Style: urban survival, easy to follow, witty and humorous, lighthearted, with no shortage of romantic tension. 983Reads—Score101Shelves
- 33 The Man with Six Marriages 六婚男人 A marriage spanning half a century, full of ups and downs, and one man's six sorrowful, blood-stained journeys into wedlock. In the late 1970s, at a state-owned coal mine in Northeast China, Kim Dazhuang, an ethnic Korean Chinese who had returned from Korea, was tall and burly, with a fiery temper. He sweated through his work amid the roar of steam locomotives. Over the course of his life, he went through six marriages. Each time, he entered with hope, only for almost every one to end in heartbr 19Reads—Score—Shelves
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A Ridiculous Love Debt 荒唐情债
Traditional period setting + realistic daily life + family and village affairs + ensemble cast In 1985, Yang Yun was already a married woman, yet she lived a life purer than a blank sheet of paper. Her new husband already had an old flame, and the woman was well into her forties. Faced with such a disgrace, Yang Yun had to fight back while staying on guard against the village men with ulterior motives. The seemingly peaceful little mountain village had long been seething beneath the surface, hid
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Shuanzhu Goes on a Blind Date 拴柱相亲
Shuan Zhu Goes on a Blind Date
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- 36 Tales of Fox Ridge 狐岭轶事 Tales from Fox Ridge 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 A Worker’s Chronicle 打工纪事 Adapted from real experiences of rural teenagers who worked summer jobs in the 1980s and 1990s, this story shows their honest, hardworking spirit and courage in building a new life. They did not fear the hardships or exhaustion of life, knowing that a better life is something you earn through your own efforts. 6Reads—Score—Shelves
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Years of Quiet Reflection 沉淀的岁月
The story follows the lives of three high school girls from rural backgrounds. In the fall of 1964, the confident, ambitious “top student” Yu Hongying, the warmhearted and forthright “knight-errant” Li Chunfen, and the reserved, introspective lady Yue Shuqian unexpectedly meet in their first-year dormitory, along with the “campus belle” Yang Yuhuan and the “fake Marxist-Leninist” Wu Lihong. This sets off a series of stories, some serious, some amusing, some bizarre, and some full of joy and sorr
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Reborn in 1975: The Fool's Unusual Life 重生1975，傻子的别样人生
Chen Qingshan was reborn. In his previous life, production team leader Liu Fugui used him as a pawn, and someone pushed him off a cliff, where wolves devoured him. When he opened his eyes again, he was still the same easily bullied “dimwit” from 1975. But now, his eyes held nothing but frozen hatred. If everyone thought he was an idiot, then he'd play the fool to the bitter end! In the cornfield, he stood watch while Liu Fugui had an affair with Widow Chen, earning a stale steamed bun in retur
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Reborn in the Northwest: An Eight-Year-Old Boy Becomes the Family's Pillar 重生西北八五八岁小哥挑起顶梁柱
[Northwest China + 1985 + rural life + reborn + realistic + not especially feel-good + light ensemble + everyday family life] The protagonist is only eight, so giving him a rebirth setup provides at least a little of a golden finger. Otherwise, he really wouldn’t stand a chance. After He Jianjun and his wife died, they left behind four young children. Their uncle and aunt sold them all for money. Some died, some went mad, and not one of them met a happy end. Fortunately, the eldest son was rebor
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- 41 Bedridden for Ten Years, She Dies Miserably! Grandma Chen Is Reborn in the 1980s 卧床十年惨死！陈老太重生八零 [Feel-good power fantasy + Family life + Rebirth in a bygone era + A touch of ensemble cast + Putting scumbags in their place + Rural life] Granny Chen was reborn on the day her third daughter was being forced by her husband to marry a fool. Of course, she refused to agree this time. First, she called off the engagement, then dealt with her abusive husband and unfilial children. She started by giving them a few slaps and refused to spoil them for even a moment. And that wicked mother-in-law who 8.9kReads8.8Score707Shelves
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The Domineering Village Chief Gets Caught 霸道村长落网记
[Rural] [Period Drama] [Tragedy] Synopsis: The domineering village chief Hu Gang, backed by his family, bullies men, preys on women, and commits every kind of evil. After Hu Ying, the heroine, is abused by Hu Gang and his son, she escapes. With Yang Jun's help, she ultimately brings down the entire Hu family. Yet Hu Ying's tragic fate is only just beginning... (You won't believe it until you read it!)
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- 43 A Song of Life's Sorrows 生命悲歌 [Human nature + family + first person + male and female audiences] (Adapted into an audio drama with real voice actors; a motion comic is in production and coming soon.) Fate is never set in advance, yet it always pushes people toward unknown wilderness when they least expect it. The Ballad of Life uses simple, heartfelt storytelling to unfold a journey through hardship, perseverance, and struggle, revealing the most moving strength found in an ordinary life. There are no earth-shattering legend 10.7kReads9.2Score894Shelves
- 44 Spring Sunshine Over the Countryside 暖春照乡野 [Village Life]+ [Period]+ [Rugged Man]+ [Family Life]+ [Angst Before Romance]... Yang Wei’s elder brother, Yang Ming, died unexpectedly, leaving his widowed sister-in-law to raise him all alone! Now that her younger brother-in-law is grown, will Chuntao remarry, choose to spend her life with Yang Wei, or grow old alone? What will Yang Wei decide? What does his father think? What do Chuntao’s parents say? A whole host of questions now stand before them! But those are only minor problems. The real 84Reads6.2Score—Shelves
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Heading to the Northeast: Lin Erni's Bumpy Road to Happiness 闯关东：林二妮的颠簸幸福路
[No contrived twists] [No cheat powers] [Traditional] [Realistic] [Period] [Rural] [Hardship] [Inspirational] Lin Erni was born in Heze, Shandong, and married into Harbin in the Northeast. She struggled to get by amid the freezing snow in the mountains, then later had no one to rely on and went alone beyond the mountains to make a living. The first time, she was tossed from one place to another like a bag of steamed buns, made a child bride, and beaten and cursed. The second time, her father sol
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- 46 Remembering the Years as the Seas Changed 沧海桑田忆年年 My father and Uncle Wang Si, whom he had begged for help from among the neighbors, rode along an unknown little road dusted with snow, just as dawn began to break. Their whips cracked through the silent morning with a crisp, swirling sound. One cart carried the last of our corn kernels in burlap sacks, a few battered water jars, and four large geese. The other held pots and pans, the furniture that was still usable, and some clothes that had been worn by who knew how many children. All the quilt 1.8kReads8.9Score154Shelves
- 47 This Guy Is a Bit of a Rascal 这个家伙有点坏 [No formulaic plot][Not a wish-fulfillment story][No cheat abilities][Traditional][Realistic][Period][Countryside][Hardship] A boy who is both bad and good, a family made up of people with no blood ties, a difficult yet sweet golden age, and a story full of humor and warmth... Beginning in the 1980s, this novel spans forty years and strives to recreate the changes of the times, telling the story of one person's growth. Above all, this is a realistic story, with both sweetness and heartbreak. Rea 67.9kReads9.3Score6.9kShelves
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The 1960s: After Getting into Technical College, I Secure a Cadre Position 六零：考上中专后，我稳坐干部岗
[1960s + everyday life + extremely, extremely slow-paced + family squabbles + no rural assignment + vocational school entrance exams + few awful relatives] [This is a female-oriented novel! The heroine is an ordinary person, not a powerhouse heroine. Please don’t read if that bothers you.] Heartbroken and still looking for an internship? To escape reality, senior college student Zhou Yuan casually signed a contract for the full-immersion game Awakening. When she opened her eyes, she had become Z
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- 49 Take It Easy, Village Miracle Doctor 乡村神医悠着点 Lin Xiaoqiang was beaten so badly in the city that he lost his wits. When he returned to the village, Sister-in-law Shuihua took care of him. Then the village bully, Liang Shan, beat him up. That beating snapped him back to his senses, and he even gained a special ability. From then on, his life took off. 3.3kReads7.3Score272Shelves
- 50 The Mature Landlady 成熟的老板娘 For the sake of keeping the family fortune all to himself, Liang Dashan hatched a vicious scheme to frame his wife, Du Xue. Faced with her husband’s ruthless plotting, Du Xue fought back from the brink. She turned people’s motives to her advantage and used his own tactics against him, unraveling every conspiracy by playing along, and ultimately leaving the traitor with nothing but the clothes on his back! 31kReads7.9Score1.6kShelves
