Recommend Books with Brains, Philosophy, and Cultural Depth

104 奇 Singularity Past SilentSci-Fi & Apocalypse696k WordsCompleted 39Reads5.8Score—Shelves

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When artificial intelligence masters all the knowledge of human civilization...

105 本 Original Intention A Layman's StoryModern Romance151k WordsCompleted 3.1kReads—Score—Shelves

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IQ Online, reflecting on the survival philosophy of life from life.

106 逆 Defying the Classics: A Strategy for the Realm Ren FanwuyinEastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted 42.3kReads9.4Score4.4kShelves

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Try this book, also known as "Liu Yao Zangju". Machiavellian martial arts, suspense solving, and genius revenge. The writing style is humorous, make it a joy to read, and you won't regret it if you get into it! 🦩🦩🦩

107 绝 Despair Fate Be Like ThisModern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted 15kReads9.2Score1.3kShelves

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This one is broad, deep, thoughtful, and realistic!

108 终 Ultimate Sacrifice See Rough Clouds AgainModern Romance819k WordsCompleted 38.6kReads9.4Score5.2kShelves

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The only book that kept me up late this year. I never thought that a book like this would appear in Tomato. Nowadays, there is a ceiling for sweet and sadistic sapiosexuality. I can't even watch anything else. The author has a profound literary background, which is not comparable to that of novice authors. The writing is divine and super delicate. The author writes about romance, but presents huge values, outlook on life and love, which subtly affects readers. You will come back and thank me after reading it. Don't look at the score, the score just opened.

109 智 The Orphan of the Chi Family: All the Villains in My Warring States Period I'm AlmostHistorical521k WordsOngoing 1Reads5.8Score—Shelves

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I would like to recommend these two books. One is a Warring States version of A Song of Ice and Fire that is full of history, and the other is a magical realism novel that slices through time.

111 麻 Muggle Guards Corps RuixiangModern Romance405k WordsCompleted 97Reads5.8Score—Shelves

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The top game of intelligent elites, the ups and downs of the plot contain philosophical speculations

112 星 Interstellar: Dear Davari Yu FeiModern Romance859k WordsCompleted 22.9kReads9.5Score3.9kShelves

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Absolutely intelligent, the author has profound insights into civilization and physics

113 华 Hua Xuyin: Jiangnan Moon YinweiziHistorical181k WordsCompleted 45Reads—Score—Shelves

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There is a single heroine, and there are original poems and homophones of the characters' names, written in gray lines. The author is good at expressing hidden words, and there are stories about the rise and fall of the family and the tragedies of the characters. There are kindnesses that are betrayed; there are redemption and light; there are pure love showing loyalty; there are hidden chess games in temples and so on. At first glance, it seems to be love, but at second glance, it makes sense, but the connotation reveals the hidden background. Please enjoy it, and please criticize and correct me if the writing is not good. It's free anyway, so you might as well come and take a look [Blow a kiss]

114 梦 Dreamwalker 2025 Mu Mu Mu XiSci-Fi & Apocalypse800k WordsOngoing 51Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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Recommend this, an alternative niche, not happy with the article, not yy, pick readers. Tomato is unique among publications! Dream core psychological science fiction uses dreams to analyze psychology, logical thinking can withstand scrutiny, rich imagination, and strong philosophical thinking! In addition to in-depth applications of psychology and brain science, there are also extended thinking in the direction of physical mathematics, such as using infinite fractals and Mandelbrot sets to explain the boundaries of thinking, using ancient Egyptian mythology to graft artificial reincarnation in the future world, and using Monge's theorem to locate the "deep space of consciousness"... I like some of the sentences in it! "Loneliness is the innate background of human beings." "Even in the universe in a general sense, there are no similar people like us, only people who are looking for similar people." "'Have a good dream' is the most commonly used blessing and the most sincere farewell." "May you always maintain absolute sovereignty over your spiritual territory on the boundary between waking and sleeping. When setting sail, you can ferry calmly as if you are on an ancient ferry. When you wake up, you will land, and when you stop thinking, you will set sail."

115 年 Period: The Day My Mother Returned to the City, I Chose to Go Up the Mountain Bubbles the Lazy SheepUrban2.1M WordsOngoing 50.3kReads8.3Score3.6kShelves

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There are so many souls and enough things

116 富 As a Second-Generation Rich Person, I Ended up in Debt and Turned Myself Around by Writing Online Articles. Gu Chen Writes Articles to Support His FamilyUrban421k WordsOngoing 127Reads7.5Score—Shelves

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Don't be fooled by the name

117 影 100 Major Events That Influenced World Civilization (Part 1) Jiang ZhongzheHistorical123k WordsCompleted —Reads7.6Score—Shelves

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118 巨 After the Giant Beast Passes By Master Control Intelligence Core TaigomSci-Fi & Apocalypse118k WordsOngoing 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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It really has philosophical depth. Follow it and read it slowly. There are four volumes in the book, each with a philosophical proposition. Now for the first volume, it won't be boring. I want to write philosophy in the form of online articles!

120 花 Flower Ling Hong YanHistorical257k WordsCompleted 24Reads5.8Score—Shelves

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My first book, the heroine is a brothel courtesan, with stunning appearance, she is proficient in playing music, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry and song, and her writing style is okay. I cannot change the title for the time being. Is there anyone willing to help me read it? In the Red Mansions fanfiction I wrote, Shen Qingyuan, a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine, penetrates Daiyu with his soul, cures diseases and saves people, subverts the bad luck department, and leads the Twelve Beauties of Jinling on the road to immortality. [Almost crying][laughing]

122 量 Quantum Immortal Sect Cyber ImmortalSci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsOngoing 863Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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The brain cells you want! Unique setting, if you come to kill me if it is not novel, I will definitely... Resist to the end! The soul travels through the Northern Crown Multiverse United Empire! Hard-core technology transforms demons into immortals! Fellow Taoists, please stay and hold your sword as your pen together to rebuild the Immortal Sect!

123 恒 Hengji Fengjie Xuanyuan DomineeringModern Romance1.2M WordsOngoing 8Reads5.8Score—Shelves

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The golden bowl: the magic of capital in the incompleteness. Lao Zhou has been repairing porcelain under the ancient city wall for thirty years. The copper nails of the porcelain can bloom in his hands. In the autumn of 2024, an old man who collected scraps delivered a porcelain bowl that was broken into seven petals. The walls of the bowl were as thin as cicada wings, showing the unique warm luster of shadow celadon from the Song Dynasty. Unfortunately, a piece of porcelain was missing from the rim of the bowl, and the cracks spread like spider webs. "Old Zhou, no one wants this broken bowl. See if you can repair it. Just give me a dollar." The old man said and put the bowl pieces on the counter. Lao Zhou rubbed the porcelain piece and recognized it as a shadow green bowl from Hutian kiln in the Song Dynasty. This kind of porcelain is "as thin as paper and as bright as a mirror" and is rare to this day. He bought it for fifty yuan and repaired it carefully using gold repair techniques - lacquer mixed with gold powder to fill the cracks, and then seven times of grinding and polishing. Seven days later, the broken bowl was given a new lease of life: gold threads snaked along the cracks, like embroidering golden vines on the plain white porcelain surface, and the missing porcelain was repaired into a small golden flower, giving it a bit more charm than when it was complete. The repaired bowls were placed in the shop. Tourists passing by took a glance and left: "It's so ugly to see a good bowl like this." The owner of the tableware shop next door joked: "Old Zhou, why don't you use this broken bowl as a flower pot for me, and I'll replace it with a brand new one for you." Bone china bowl." Lao Zhou smiled and shook his head. He remembered what his master had said. The beauty of the "golden iron wire" in Ge kiln in the Song Dynasty was the result of incompleteness, just like the Mansheng pot in the Qing Dynasty. If it was deliberately dropped out of the kiln and then repaired, the price would be three times higher than that of a perfect similar product. The turning point came on a rainy day. Local Internet celebrity "Wenlv Aya" broke into the shop while hiding from the rain and caught a glimpse of the golden bowl. She held up her mobile phone and broadcast live: "Family members, look! This is not an ordinary broken bowl. It is an ancient porcelain from the Song Dynasty that was repaired using intangible cultural heritage gold repair techniques. The cracks in the gold threads are so amazing. This is the 'wabi-sabi style' of Eastern aesthetics!" In the camera, the gold repair bowl glows warmly under the light, and the gold threads in the cracks seem to be alive. This live broadcast unexpectedly became a hit, with tens of millions of views, making Jin Zhiwan an internet celebrity item. Someone left a message: "This bowl has a story more than a perfect porcelain bowl." Others asked about the price of restoration. Lao Zhou didn't think much and received hundreds of repair orders one after another. The repair fee for the most expensive teapot was 2,000 yuan, and the restorer's monthly income was stable at over 10,000 yuan. But he didn't expect that a capital storm was quietly brewing. Cultural fund manager Lin Kai watched the live broadcast. With his professional sensitivity, he immediately found Lao Zhou. "Master Zhou, I will pay 100,000 yuan to buy this bowl, and then we will cooperate with you to develop the gold frame series." Lin Kai's plan is very thorough: first conduct a scientific and technological appraisal of the ancient bowl, use thermoluminescence testing to confirm that it is an authentic product of the Southern Song Dynasty, and then invite the intangible cultural heritage heirs to record a restoration documentary, and package "Song Dynasty ancient porcelain + intangible cultural heritage + craftsman spirit" into a cultural IP. Soon, this broken bowl, which was once worth one dollar, had a new identity: "Southern Song Dynasty Shadow Lazuli Guanzhan". Lin Kai's team registered it as a digital collection and issued 1,000 equity certificates on the Ant Chain, which sold out in 36 seconds. They also took it to the cultural fair, where it was placed together with the patched handbags from the LV show and Gucci's raw edge denim bags, focusing on the concept of "incomplete luxury" - just like those Capucines patch bags priced at 280,000, the deliberately retained traces of wear and tear have become a symbol of high-end. In the spring of 2025, this gold-made bowl appeared on the auction house stage. At this time, its background story is full enough: treasures from the Hutian Kiln of the Southern Song Dynasty, broken after eight hundred years of vicissitudes, repaired by intangible cultural heritage goldsmithing techniques, and internet celebrity cultural relics exposed to tens of millions. The auctioneer quoted a starting price of 800,000 yuan, and the bidding on the spot was fierce. In the end, it was hammered down by a collector for 12 million yuan. This price was ten times the price of an ordinary complete Song Dynasty Yingqing bowl in the same period, and comparable to the 8.8 Million Chenghua residual porcelain jar at the French auction in 2025. The news spread, and the ancient city exploded. The owner of the tableware store next door looked at the piles of perfect bone china bowls on his shelves and was puzzled: "My bowl is white and round, and it's hard to sell it for ten yuan a piece. Why should his broken bowl be sold for ten million?" Lao Zhou was also confused. He had repaired countless complete pieces of fine bone china, but had never sold them at this price. Lin Kai put it bluntly: "Today's capital does not lack perfect products, but scarce symbols with stories. What you repair is not the bowl, but the cultural code that capital can hype." The magic does not stop at a porcelain bowl. Lin Kai's team focused on the ancient houses of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in the suburbs. Those leaky old houses were originally ignored. They learned from Fuzhou's ancient building financial innovation model, applied for special repair loans, and renovated them using the concept of "repairing the old as before": retaining the mottled walls, using copper nails to reinforce cracked wooden beams, and replacing the broken stained windows with new styles of gold paint splicing. The renovated ancient house has been turned into a "waste-style" B&B, priced at 3,000 yuan per night, and reservations are scheduled for three months. It is like a desert ruin camp in Jordan, the more incomplete it is, the more popular it is. What's even more surprising is that this kind of "fragment economics" has spread to more fields: the ruins after the war in Syria were transformed into cultural and tourism complexes, with an average daily passenger flow of 20,000 people; the fragments of Dunhuang murals were divided into one million virtual rights through the blockchain, and each share was snatched up for 999 yuan; even designer Keisuke Yoshida's 2026 spring and summer series used laser cutting to create fragmented hollows, turning "tired elegance" into a fashion trend. Lao Zhou never repaired such an expensive broken bowl, but he understood a truth: perfect things can be found everywhere, but incomplete stories are unique. Capital is like a skilled magician, turning a broken bowl worth one dollar into a sky-high price treasure sought after by the upper class through cultural packaging, story rendering, and scarcity creation. Just like the copper nails he used when cutting porcelain, they were originally tools to repair defects, but under the operation of capital, they became a symbol of luxury. Today, a new sign hangs in Lao Zhou's shop: "Jin Zhen Intangible Cultural Heritage Studio." Every day, young people come to learn restoration skills, and capital parties also come to discuss cooperation. He occasionally thought of the old man who collected scraps. If he had known that this broken bowl could be sold for 10 million, would his jaw have dropped? And those perfect porcelain bowls that no one cares about on the shelves seem to be silently telling the paradox of this era: when capital learns to price imperfections, imperfection becomes the most expensive luxury product. This is not the fault of culture, nor the evil of capital, but when three thousand years of ingenuity meets the magic of modern capital, incompleteness gives birth to a value beyond perfection. Under the projection lights, carnivals about scarcity and symbols are staged.

124 天 Legend of Tianlong: Strange Tales of the World Ysxiao HuaUrban611k WordsCompleted —Reads—Score—Shelves

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Hurry up, get in the car, I'm afraid it will take too much time for you to keep up and fall 😂

125 星 Star Machine Girl: Meow-Ear Battle Girl, I'll Do It! Que TianyinSci-Fi & Apocalypse167k WordsOngoing 10Reads—Score—Shelves

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This one! Unexpected? [Thinking] You can tell by looking at its chapter titles. Chapters 27 to 33 are very philosophical, and Chapters 29 and 30 "Here" and "Dasein" are two consecutive chapters of pure philosophy! ! But it's very interesting to watch, and the conflicts in the drama are also very sharp... [Laughs evilly] It's up to you whether you dare to give it a try

126 机 The Fantasy Love of Mechanical Civilization Zhang ShiqiSci-Fi & Apocalypse171k WordsOngoing —Reads—Score—Shelves

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Explore the subject of science fiction from the perspective of philosophy and science. The protagonist's deep emotions and philosophical understanding are reflected in the dialogue. There is no lack of thinking about life and human nature under the complete world view. You can see if it is enlightening.

127 窗 The Road Outside the Window and the Sea in My Heart Shitou XiaoxiModern Romance207k WordsCompleted 4Reads5.8Score—Shelves

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Realistic themes, online IQ, deep healing!

128 E ENTJ: Existential Age Fable Miao ZhaoentjUrban188k WordsCompleted 1Reads5.8Score—Shelves

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I would like to boldly recommend my own work here. It is an existential literary novel that I created under the influence of literary works such as "The Outsider" and "The Catcher in the Rye". Unfortunately, no publisher is willing to publish it. I hope it can be seen by more readers here. Since the first chapter of the novel is the chapter that lays down the background of the whole text, it may seem too technical and boring. It will gradually get better from the second chapter. I am confident that the writing, plot and ideas of this book will never let you down! Thank you for your reading and criticism! Introduction to the novel: (A tribute to "The Outsider" and "The Catcher in the Rye") When Camus's absurdity meets Salinger's rebellion, when the steel forest of the 21st century collides with the emptiness deep in human nature - the protagonist Miao Zhao, an economics college student from an intellectual family, is standing on the fault line of the times. He is a sober person who deconstructs market logic in the classroom, a bystander who touches real suffering on the assembly line, and a wanderer in the countryside who asks for the meaning of existence. From the neon lights in Lujiazui to the roar of factories, from the regulations of libraries to the smoke in the countryside, he witnessed the entropy of order and the deterioration of human nature. In the collision of capital and ideals, in the pull of alienation and persistence, he asked over and over again: When the world becomes a theater of absurdity, how should individuals find the anchor point of existence? This was not a passionate resistance, but a lonely breakout. From the city to the countryside, from books to reality, Miao Zhao, with both pessimism and passionate love for the world, searches for his own undefined answer to survival in the wilderness of nothingness. When existentialism meets the Chinese texture of the 21st century, every soul struggling in absurdity can see his own shadow in his journey.

131 诡 Weird Invasion: Parasitized at the Beginning Lose 100 Pounds of MeatUrban117k WordsOngoing 96Reads5.8Score—Shelves

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The protagonist has a high IQ. The knowledge in molecular biology, psychology, and clinical medicine is pretty hardcore.

133 J JOJO: the Evil Savior in Daughter Form Passionate HeartUrban1.7M WordsOngoing 786Reads8.3Score—Shelves

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DiO, a philosopher who is good at sophistry

136 晨 Ode to Morning Flowers GoddessAncient Romance3.6M WordsOngoing 22Reads—Score—Shelves

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All characters make for a complex book with their own stories

137 我 My Fantasy Conversation with AI The Silent Source of the WorldUrban436k WordsCompleted —Reads5.8Score—Shelves

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Definitely deep enough... But brain-burning...

138 自 Have Low Self-Esteem, Your Original Partner ABO Golden Water Duoduo 2025Modern Romance279k WordsCompleted 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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The first Hegel, thesis and antithesis, it really feels like high-level thinking is suppressed. In the second book, Hesse inherited this thinking. With so many people believing in Buddhism, he still had to find his own way, but not because he didn't believe it but because he didn't have the answer to the question. The third one, I think, is a novel with a bit of philosophical depth. I just want to see how O in ABO fits the theme and breaks the secular framework of society. It's just as different as I thought fighting would be.

139 造 The Creator's Taboo Xiu JiSci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted 1.8kReads5.8Score161Shelves

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It is useless for people to always think about why people live. It is better to think about why people live from the perspective of the Creator.

141 盼 The Story in Pandu's Belly Kingfisher YaoyaoAncient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted 2Reads5.8Score—Shelves

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This is the philosophy of life

142 好 I Really Want to Say, I Love You, in the Snowy Sky Wanfengqingjun13k WordsCompleted 30Reads8.6Score—Shelves

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This book is about the philosophy of love and officialdom. The male protagonist finally divorced the female protagonist because he hoped that the female protagonist could find someone who had time to love her. How could the female protagonist forget such an innocent, kind and capable person like the male protagonist? I hope they will meet in another parallel universe when the snow ends, but unfortunately the story has ended long ago. This book covers personal growth, love, and officialdom. Although it is a short story of more than 10,000 words, it contains many golden sentences that can only be understood by thinking hard.

143 逆 Defeat God: Start by Repairing Taoist Temples White Horse with Silver Saddle Riding on the Spring BreezeEastern Fantasy488k WordsCompleted 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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One sword, two alliances, three kings, four families, five houses and six factions. This book refers to the real historical background. In the turbulent era of the late Tang Dynasty, Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, from the world of cultivation to the secular world, the overt and covert struggles of major forces never stopped. Under the pressure of the legendary "Heavenly Punishment", the boundary between good and evil has become increasingly blurred. Amid the chaos in Central Continent, what will be the outcome for the monks? This book will be the author's "where the dream begins", the first completed work with a goal of one million words, and I look forward to sharing it with all fellow Taoists and walking together! [Love]

144 逻 Logical End Point Me and WoSci-Fi & Apocalypse171k WordsOngoing 17Reads—Score—Shelves

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When language begins to collapse, can humans still understand the world? In the early morning of Beihai, the radio host used words to piece together his sleep; in the classroom, students collectively forgot grammar; social networks set off a "language liberation" craze. In the nerve center of the city, the "Candle Dragon Agreement" was quietly launched. Language is not what we say, it is what is spoken to us. A war between cognition, language and reality has begun. "Logical End" - a hard-core science fiction novel that crosses the boundaries of philosophy, science and civilization, is approaching the truth. #Cognitive reconstruction #hard science fiction #logical endpoint #language collapse #science fiction recommendation #1

145 太 The True Awakening of the Supreme Old Lord's Daoist Heart Sometimes SillyEastern Fantasy223k WordsCompleted 2kReads6.8Score390Shelves

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[Like][Like][Like]

146 浮 Tales of Strange Affairs on the Floating Isles Xuan Yuan HaojingSci-Fi & Apocalypse412k WordsOngoing 2Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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The requirements for philosophy are a bit high, but it can also be said that they are not very high. Many people actually know that their mission in this world is half-enlightened.

147 无 Nothing More Than Low-Key PandaUrban95k WordsCompleted 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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If you are a cow or horse, you shouldn't have thoughts! Thoughtful cows and horses are factors that cause social instability.

148 战 God of War X LiandaEastern Fantasy410k WordsOngoing 197Reads9.6Score—Shelves

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How about this? [Ask for attention][Ask for attention][Ask for attention][Ask for attention][Ask for attention]

149 清 The Breeze Blows Slowly and the Northern Light Shines QingdieAncient Romance445k WordsOngoing 5Reads5.8Score—Shelves

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There is a lack of comments from readers who are educated and understand philosophy. In terms of writing, you can first read the author's book reviews, or you can talk to them in a tree hole, whether you are a reader or not. The sublimated passages in [Personal Chapter] that follow the ups and downs of the character's heart are worth reading. Combined with [Main Line], you can understand a variety of meanings. An unpopular and semi-calm group portrait, set on a turntable, with self-created content, daily adventures, interspersed with reality, and a mixture of fiction and reality.

150 枯 The Withered Lamp Is Rekindled, and the Rose from Prison Returns NonsenseModern Romance616k WordsCompleted 27Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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[Seeking attention][Blessed immediately][Has been planted][Original party][Blessed immediately][Original party][Original party][Blessed immediately]