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A Gentle Breeze of Sandalwood Finds Its Way to Your Heart 微风轻檀入尔心
Rebirth, growth, and redemption… This story spans a long period and focuses on the heroine’s growth! I’m a fan of Tan Jianci, and I had a long, vivid story dream while I was in the middle of it, which gave me the framework for this novel! Fellow Charcoal Sisters, if you happen to come across this, please show it some support. And if there’s anything you don’t like, please go easy on me, haha! In her previous life, Gu Weiwei endured a miserable childhood, deception, and betrayal. Reborn, all she
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The Girls Who Taught Me to Grow 那些女孩教我成长
This is a modern romance novel about life, lies, and facing everything together. If love had a shape, it would not be a lone island bearing every burden alone. It would be two people standing side by side, daring to entrust each other with their backs even when they know storms lie ahead.
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Simmering Gently 温水煮沫沫
Song Yimo considers herself ordinary, so even when given a second chance at life, she never expects to live an extraordinary one. To her, making sure her grandmother survives is the sole purpose of her new life. She never dreams of becoming a renowned writer, becoming a top-tier simultaneous interpreter one day, or meeting someone so remarkable. She simply lives each day earnestly, taking one steady step at a time. Without realizing it, with that man's companionship and support, she has traveled
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Reborn as a Young Businesswoman in the 1990s 重生九零小商女
After a miserable life, Xia Ruchu had both eyes gouged out and both legs crippled. In despair, she jumped off a building, only to be reborn eleven years earlier! Her rebirth gave her the power to see through things. She can read people’s hearts, gamble on stones, and appraise jade, rising step by step to the pinnacle of life! In public, she’s a quiet, reserved top student. Behind the scenes, she’s a business tycoon known to everyone!
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Reborn: The Beauty Only Wants to Escape 重生之美人只想逃
Transmigrate! Transmigrate! Transmigrate! The author is terrible at naming things, so please go easy on me, cuties. [Transmigration, no pocket dimension, no golden finger, coming-of-age heroine] Xu Wanwan suddenly transmigrates to ancient times. Longing for freedom, she doesn't want to be bound by the rules of the era, so... When she runs into family infighting, she runs away; When she faces an arranged marriage, she runs away again; But when she finds love, she seems unable to run away this tim
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The Villainess's Handbook to Becoming Irresistible 恶女万人迷修炼手册
Ruan Xinxuan. A peaceful heart, a graceful presence that blooms on its own. Different men call for different ways of getting along. There will be 1v1 pairings at different stages. An alluring villainess adored by everyone, with a certain... recurring guest. If it's not for you, please click away. Thanks for your support!!
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My Years as the CEO's Daughter 我当总裁千金的这些年
CEO romance + face-slapping + satisfying revenge + youth + love + the worlds of politics, business, and the military + fierce battles A poor girl rises to become a wealthy beauty, taking on the worlds of politics and business in turn! The plot is thrilling: her secret crush confesses his feelings! A domineering CEO pursues her relentlessly! The political world treats her like a treasure! The business world holds her in awe! The heroine is clever, intelligent, emotionally savvy, and financiall
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The Dying Lamp Rekindled: The Prison Rose Returns 枯灯复燃，狱中玫瑰归来
Five years ago, she was the eldest daughter of the Qian family, admired by everyone. But she was framed over her family's reputation and charged with murder, falling from the clouds into the mire and ending up behind bars. Behind those high walls, she met Zhao Yi, a woman imprisoned for financial crimes who nevertheless wielded absolute power inside. In their sunless days, they became each other's light, enduring more than two thousand nights together. Five years later, Qian Xin walks out of p
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Bound to an Ancestor, I Make a Fortune in the Modern World 绑定老祖宗，我在现代疯狂暴富
[Rewriting history from the moral high ground + cause and effect + unwavering devotion] She loved Gu Sinan for five thousand years. But her ancestor, Gu Mingze, erased all her memories! Fate took an unexpected turn. In a new world, she fell in love all over again with the cool, calculating Gu Sinan... Though Gu Shengwan was born unlucky and ill-fated in this new world, with little affection from her family and misfortune at every turn, she spent half her life struggling under a cloud of despa
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The Flower-Pinned Young Man 簪花少年郎
When they first met, Qiao Yanan mistook the young man's sex, taking the breathtakingly beautiful youth for a girl. Thinking they were both fellow sufferers in this world, she treated “her” with great warmth, stirring the young man's heart. Once his identity was revealed, Qiao Yanan asked him to pose as her fake fiancé for her own safety. Having fallen for a beautiful young woman, the boy's heart beat faster and faster. He gladly accepted his new fiancée and did everything he could to turn their
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Reborn as a Mad Princess: The Moon Shines Over the Western Tower 重生狂妃之明月罩西楼
In her previous life, Jiang Mingyue, daughter of a great general, took blows and shed blood for the Great Yin dynasty. She lived a passionate life and died a passionate death. So when she got another chance at life, she decided to stop making waves. She chose the rich, titled Zhao Xilou, a veteran slacker, as her husband, intending to while away her days with Lord Zhao, eating and waiting to die. But after becoming a Zhao, Jiang Mingyue discovered that her slacker husband might have no ambition
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Scheming for the Heir 谋嫡
From being a pawn sent by her elder half-sister to the Third Prince's residence to climbing over a mountain of blood and claiming the empress's throne, Lin Wanying did just one thing: she kept Zhao Xuan firmly by her side.
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Quick Transmigration: A Guide to the Green Tea Bitch 快穿之绿茶婊攻略
This novel is updated daily. The author also has a completed novel, The Online Life of the Legendary Big Villain. Everyone is welcome to check it out! A third-rate actress dies to the sound of a gunshot. But death isn’t the end. A magical System tells her that if she completes her missions, she may be reborn one day. Since that’s the case, she might as well get to work!
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I Stir Up Trouble in the Cultivation World 我在修仙界搞内卷
[Print edition now available] After Qin Shu transmigrated into a book, she learned that she was a fraud who had taken her younger half-sister's place to cultivate immortality. After eight years of cultivation, her half-sister entered the Dao despite having been an ordinary mortal. Qin Shu's cover was blown in front of everyone, and the sect mercilessly cast her out, even though she had only reached the third level of Qi Refining. With her peerless beauty, she was turned into a cultivation furn
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A Sweet and Tender Bride on Her Wedding Night in the Seventies 七零新婚夜，知青娇妻身软体甜
[Military-marriage romance + both leads reborn + educated-youth era + mutual devotion + feel-good face-slapping + cloyingly sweet + fake white moonlight] At eighteen, Gu Qijiao was smitten with educated youths, so she threw herself at the drunk Zheng Yunsheng and married him. They eventually got married and had a child, but Zheng Yunsheng's white moonlight provoked Gu Qijiao into miscarrying. After losing the baby, Gu Qijiao decided to give up on the man she'd seduced into marrying her. Gu Qijia
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I Transmigrated 999 Times and Drove the Mad Tyrant Insane 我穿越999次，逼疯了疯批暴君
With only six months left to live, Tang Wan masters a skill called “Transmigration,” allowing her to travel back and forth between the modern and ancient worlds. On her first transmigration, people mistake her for a ghost… On her ninety-ninth, she nearly dies at the hands of the dog emperor. On her 108th, she “defiles” the emperor’s innocence. After transmigrating time and again, she discovers to her delight that a little dragon energy can extend her life. Tang Wan: “Mooch, mooch, keep mooching
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The Lucky Wife of the Grand Secretary 首辅家的锦鲤妻
Only after Su Jiuyue married into the Wu family did she discover that her husband was a fool. She thought she'd been swindled. But as soon as she entered the family, it was as if Heaven itself had blessed the Wus. One happy occasion followed another, and their lives kept getting better. She went up the mountain to gather wild greens and found a lingzhi mushroom; she went down to the river to fish and found a rare, ancient fungus. Even her foolish husband turned out not to be a fool, and he came
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Transmigrated as a Wicked Old Woman, I Get Rich with Pinduoduo 穿成恶毒老妇，靠拼夕夕发家致富
[Farming + no romance + System] After Su Muning died suddenly from working overtime, she was bound to Pinduoduo and transmigrated into a book as a cannon-fodder villainess, an old farmer. The moment she opened her eyes, her reborn granddaughter was demanding to split up the family. After the split, Su Muning resolved to fight against the tragic fate awaiting her in the book, with three foolish sons and a delicate little daughter by her side. She eagerly opened the Pinduoduo System... “Ding! Pind
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The Wicked Stepmother Is Surprisingly Wonderful 恶毒后娘她真香
Greedy, evil, and abusive to her stepchildren? No wonder she was a disposable character among the villains, an essential figure whose sole purpose was to make their tragic lives look even worse. One moment, Mu Xiaonuan is asleep; the next, she wakes up as the wicked stepmother, Madam Mu, in a novel. She has five stepsons and two stepdaughters, each one either cannon fodder or a villain, and she herself was born to be a stepping stone for them. Looking at the little sprouts in front of her, it’s
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The Reborn Second Wife’s Handbook 继室重生手册
When do the symptoms arise? At that moment when the lanterns are dim and the moon is half-bright. In her previous life, Chen Yining failed to see Xu Zeyu’s love for her. She was used by others, and in the end, she caused Xu Zeyu’s death and died miserable herself. Reborn in this life, Chen Yining will never again betray the person who loves her most in the world.
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Quick Transmigration: A Shen 快穿：阿蜃
When a seasoned author looks back at their earliest writing, it's hard not to find their younger self affected and pretentious, and to wish they could transmigrate back in time and cover their own mouth 🤭 The author is here to warn you: the first arc isn't good, so skip it. The “fight fire with fire” arc isn't good either, and the “wading through the waters” arc isn't good either. The apocalypse arc is, well, so-so. Basically, just skip whatever you don't like. This book is pretty divisive: the
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After Reincarnating as a Wretched Old Woman, I Just Want to Live a Laid-Back Life 穿成极品老妇之后只想当咸鱼
The old woman was a real piece of work. She drove her eldest daughter-in-law to her death, then doted on her second son, who passed the highest imperial exam and married the daughter of the prime minister. She even encouraged him to favor his concubine and neglect his wife. In the end, the prime minister had the whole family killed. The old woman suddenly came back reborn, only to be scared to death by what she had experienced in her previous life. Manxing, a promising 25-year-old woman, transmi
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Quick Transmigration: The Eighteen Ways of a Supporting Female Character 快穿之女配十八式
A car accident claimed her life, and a System from nowhere forcibly bound itself to her. She had no choice but to enter novels and fulfill the wishes of various supporting female characters in exchange for being reborn. “System binding successful. Failure to complete a mission will deduct double the points. Once your points reach zero, the Host will be forcibly erased. Beginning the first mission...”
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The Power of the Imperial Favorite 权宠天下
Live-action short-form drama: The Power and Privilege 4: Ruling the World is now streaming on Hongguo. A brilliant medical PhD transmigrates into the body of the Chu Prince’s discarded consort. As soon as she arrives, she encounters a critically injured patient. Guided by her medical ethics, she treats him, only to nearly be thrown into prison on false charges. When the Retired Emperor falls gravely ill, she finds a way to treat him, but that hateful Poison King misunderstands and berates her. I
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Quick Transmigration: Raising Kids Takes Me to the Top of Life 快穿之我靠养娃走上人生巅峰
[Quick transmigration + raising kids + food + feel-good wish fulfillment + strong heroine, with a romance] Her pitiful son is abused, so after transmigrating into the story, Song Yuhua becomes his sharp-tongued but softhearted stepmother, works diligently, and builds a better life through hard work. After the family goes bankrupt, her older sister runs off with the money, leaving her rich young master of a younger brother destitute and in debt for the rest of his life. After transmigrating in,
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Quick Transmigration: Why Do I Always Become the Wicked Mother-in-Law? 快穿：总是穿成恶婆婆怎么办
Mo Lin gets a job at the Plane Protection Bureau. His work is to forcibly transmigrate into the bodies of people who hinder the development of three-dimensional planes, helping others while padding his own pockets. Those whose bodies are taken over are forcibly expelled, so if you don't like that premise, don't read. The protagonist has no romantic pairing. This isn't a romance, and there's no melodramatic cast of awful relatives or overpowering golden finger. The story is warm and low-key. The
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From Peasant Roots to Sixfold Top Scholar in the Imperial Exams 穿成泥腿子，一路科举连中六元
[The short drama adaptation is now streaming] A modern SSS-rank researcher dies suddenly and transmigrates to the Great Xing Dynasty. His health is so poor that he's not allowed to pick rice in the fields until he's six. Sunstruck and light-headed, Li Jing decides that farming with this body is a risky business, so he immediately resolves to study for the imperial examinations. That's what he's good at; the transplanting can be left to the professionals! The following year, now named Li Yiqing,
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From Zero: A Witch’s Road to Revenge 从零开始，魔女的逆袭路
Please give it a try! Western fantasy! Magic! Adventure! Battles! A fiery tale of revenge! This is the coming-of-age journey of a magical girl. I will smash through every obstacle in my way! It all begins with a raging fire at a monastery, and Mary sets out on a grand and eventful life! From having nothing and being bullied and trampled on by everyone, to wielding power and rising above all others, she goes through one extraordinary adventure after another. Come along and read about the witch Ma
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Meow! I Got Rich by Petting Cats with a Tycoon System 喵呜！我靠撸猫绑定神豪系统
Cashback System + Immersive Spending + Cat-Pampering Daily Life + Men Competing for Her Qiao Xi worked herself to the bone saving up for a marital home, only to discover her boyfriend was cheating on her. His rotten family then took over the house and even threw her cat to its death! Reborn, her cat Nuhulü returned with a benevolent spending cashback System from the Fortune Cat. “As long as you spend money with good intentions, you’ll get double your money back.” Could there really be such a gre
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The Goddess Doesn’t Want to Slay the Heavens 神女不想诛天
[Past and present lives + secret identity mystery + revenge for the beloved + ensemble adventure] Recently, Luan Yin has been dreaming of being repeatedly slain by someone, and fragments of memories that don't belong to her have surfaced in her sea of consciousness. Just then, the Immortal Tree, withered for ten thousand years, blooms on the fertile plains. A coming-of-age ceremony for the young Qingluan clan leader and an unexpected visitor from the Heavenly Realm set Luan Yin on a journey to f
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White Noise: The All-Seeing Eye 白噪音：全视之眼
(Science Fiction / Wuxia / Mystery / Two Powerhouses / Battle of Wits) Shen Ji, chief architect of the All-Seeing Eye, has been executed. No one knows the charge. Before she died, she tore most of her memories into fragments and hid them away. Since then, the world has had a woman with no body. Every faction wants to control her, because she is an Awakened One. Lu Ran, the spokesperson chosen by the Awakened Ones. His body was transformed by black enzyme catalysts, and every faction wants to c
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Reborn: Making the Most of My Youth 重生之不负韶华
In 2019, 31-year-old Wen Ying had found some success in her career and was happily in love, making others envious. In 2004, 16-year-old Wen Ying was struggling at school, secretly in love with her dream guy, and having a miserable time. One day in 2019, Wen Ying woke up back in 2004. She was 16 again, writing furiously in the exam hall during her high school entrance exams... Given the chance to restart her life, Wen Ying refused to waste her youth or leave any regrets behind this time!
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Metaverse Energy Clinic 元宇宙能量诊所
Saturn changes signs, and I’ve opened an energy clinic on Tomato. I help people whose Qi-Spirit flames have gone out. The stars really do talk, and the Qi Spirits speak to people through them.
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The Reborn Senior Sister Doesn’t Want to Work Hard 重生大师姐不想努力了
As the sect’s senior disciple, Song Wu had always worked diligently, trained hard, and taught her fellow disciples, all to protect the sect’s reputation. But her fiancé thought she wasn’t gentle or considerate enough. Her fellow disciples called her rigid, strict, and lacking in compassion. Even her master, the sect leader, advised her to be more generous and kind. Heartbroken, Song Wu forced a breakthrough and lost her life. She never expected to be reborn at a time before she had even become t
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The Mystic Sect's Female Shopkeeper: And Now I Have to Moonlight as a Princess Consort 玄门女掌柜：竟然还要兼职做王妃
(A growing heroine + mysticism + episodic supernatural mysteries + romance + background System) Lu Li, the head of a Taoist temple, slipped and was struck by heavenly lightning, transmigrating to another world and becoming the bankrupt manager of a small inn. She had planned to return to her old profession and earn a little extra with mysticism, but on her very first day, she ran into trouble. "Innkeeper, is this place haunted?!" Former temple head, current innkeeper (amnesiac version) x noblem
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A Pure Yang Female Fate 纯阳女命
(A strong female lead's growth + childhood friends + mysticism + fortune-telling + monster-fighting + everyday life. No harem, no clichés, no invincibility, no defying the heavens, no System, and no brainless characters. Read with caution if any of that bothers you.) My name is Song Miao. My master says I'm a natural jinx. I was possessed by a ghost at birth, and even surviving meant other people would have to worry themselves sick over me. When I was born, I cried enough tears to circle the Ear
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