Any Stories Where the Male Lead Is a Ghost, Snake, or Something Like That? 有没有那种男主是鬼啊 蛇啊什么的
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The Dragon King’s Most Yin Bride 龙王大人的至阴新娘
I was born with an extremely yin nature, and the village shaman found me in a graveyard. I was frail and sickly from childhood. To keep me safe, my grandmother, the shaman, made a blood pact with a fox spirit, but the pact backfired and left her gravely injured because of me. Just as I was at a loss for what to do, a man who could transform into a Azure Dragon appeared. He claimed we had been bound by fate for a long time, and he protected me from disaster, calling me his “little bride,” yet he
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Ferryman of the Underworld 黄泉摆渡客
My sister was abused to death by her husband. Even after she died, her resentment kept her from resting in peace. To help her find peace, I became a ferryman traveling between the worlds of the living and the dead. From then on, I strode between yin and yang as if walking atop a hanging coffin. The strong live, the weak die. I will be the one to decide who lives and who dies!
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The Jealous Snake Lord Is Brutal and Obsessive, Yet He Spoils His Wife Without Limit 醋王蛇君暴戾偏执却宠妻无度
Also known as: The Snake Bride. Devoted couple + sweet romance + light supernatural elements. I was born in a cursed village. The year I was born, my grandfather killed a snake matriarch, and our whole family was relentlessly hounded for revenge. I fled the village with a bracelet passed down through my family. When I returned to the village years later, I met a giant white snake. He was desperate to keep me by his side. To outsiders, he was a vicious demon, but he spoiled me in every way. To ot
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Parasitic Fetus: Corpses Rise Wherever I Go 寄生胎：走哪哪诈尸
[One True Pairing + Plot-Driven + Past and Present Lives + Sweet Romance + Goofy Humor + Mild Horror] My name is Jiang Han. My mother died while I was still in her womb, and I crawled out of the belly of a corpse that had been dead for seven days. On the day I was born, ghosts roamed the night and snakes bowed before me.
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The Brooding Tycoon’s Soft, Adorable Bunny 病娇大佬的软萌兔子精
[A soft, adorable bunny spirit, delicate and easy to push over × a possessive, obsessive powerful man] The System told Su Yusheng that she had to reform the ultimate obsessive man who would one day destroy the world. “Come with me and do a mission!” “Okay!” The bunny spirit had only taken human form that very day, but she agreed right away. “What’s a mission? Is it tasty? Is it tastier than carrots?” System: ... Was it too late to switch Hosts?
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I Died from the Start, and the Mad Demon Cried Until His Eyes Were Red 开局我先死，疯批魔头哭红眼
Yu Zhen transmigrated into a book. From the start, the book's great villain stabbed her through the heart and killed her. With the last of her strength, she gave the villain the international hand gesture and cursed in a faint voice, “Bitch!” She died, but not entirely. When she opened her eyes again, she had become an insignificant cannon-fodder character who had hopelessly pursued the villain and was about to have her neck snapped by him. Yu Zhen had no choice but to grit her teeth and win the
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- 57 Sorry About That, the Unhinged Villain Only Cries in Front of Me 抱一丝啊，疯批反派只对我哭兮兮 A brooding, possessive dragon who cries easily × a quirky junior sister Lu Lingxi transmigrated into a book. The System told her that her mission was to help the villain solve the mystery of his origins. Great, no problem. Lu Lingxi thought it would be easy. But why was the vicious villain from the original story, who supposedly got so angry he could shake every last egg out of the old hen at the village entrance, crying in her arms?! The first time he saw her, his blood roared, urging him to se 4kReads9.2Score48914d adds
- 58 After Wishing to the Yandere Underworld King, I Found Love 向病娇冥王许愿后，我脱单了 (A scheming, possessive Hades X a cheerful little ray of sunshine who heals others; sweet romance + redemption + supernatural + obsessive love) Chi Yu, who has always been unlucky, went up a mountain to make a wish. Through a series of mishaps, she climbed the wrong mountain and prayed to the wrong god. Her wish came true, but she also ended up selling herself to a deranged, violent, possessive King of the Underworld. To fulfill her vow and stay alive, Chi Yu had no choice but to work for her bo 671Reads9.3Score10314d adds
- 59 The Yandere Snake Emperor Loves to Keep His Darling Close and Cover Her in Kisses 病娇蛇皇就爱圈着小娇包嘎嘎乱亲 [A strange and wonderful menagerie~ {The animals can only talk; this is not a cultivation novel}] [Possessive // Ill-tempered // Little Demon King ~ Lively // Spirited // Little Sunshine] From the first day she arrived, Jiang Man knew the true form of the little demon king in her household: a purple-scaled golden python that had cultivated for tens of thousands of years. And the inner core he had lost was inside her kidney. Jiang Man was trembling with fear for her life. Even while sleeping, she 129Reads8.7Score—14d adds
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The Fox’s Child 狐胎
I was born in a poor, remote village in Northeast China, and grew up not knowing who my father was. On the day I was born, a red-haired fox brought me a gold ingot in its mouth. Only later did I learn that I was the fox’s child. Twenty-one years later, when I met the fox again, he threatened to drag me into his bridal chamber! To survive, I swallowed my humiliation and became his spirit medium. Just as I was beginning to accept him, I discovered that it had all been a scheme, and I was nothing m
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The Fox Immortal's Betrothal Gift: A Town for a Hundred Ghosts 狐仙下聘，镇百鬼
(Ancestor of the Fox Clan) (Angst in the middle and later parts) My grandmother told me I was born under an unusual fate. On the day I was born, my mother nearly died in childbirth, thunder and lightning raged, and many restless spirits appeared nearby. The Ancestor of the Hu Clan emerged from seclusion and brought the Fox Clan’s troops to guard our family’s courtyard. That was the only reason I survived. In exchange, my family had to offer incense to him for the rest of our lives, and eighteen
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May All Go as You Wish, Generation After Generation 巳巳如意，世世如怡
[Snake Immortal + Supernatural + Mystery Solving + Twists + Romantic Tension] When Lu Mingshen, a snake immortal, loses his younger brother to humans who eat him, the tragedy sparks a hatred that sets Lu Mingshen’s fury ablaze. A tale of love and vengeance between humans and snake immortals unfolds.
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Cursed by a Snake Immortal, I Can See the Ghosts Among Us 蛇仙诅咒，我看见人间百鬼
A quick apology to all my lovely readers who have been supporting me! After careful consideration, I’ve decided to make substantial revisions and improvements to the earlier chapters of this book. Some plot details will be adjusted slightly. I’m doing this to make the story more complete and compelling, and to give you a better reading experience. If the changes have caused you any disappointment, I sincerely ask for your understanding. 🩵
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The Demon God Returns 魔神归来
A thousand years ago, the Demon Lord was pierced through the heart by the sword of the one she loved most, and fell into a sleep filled with hatred. In this life, she is the savior chosen by the ancient gods. But when she returns, her red robes are stained with blood, and she has fallen to the demonic path. Will she save the world, or slaughter all living beings? He is the ancient Dragon God who abandoned divinity and fell into the demonic path for her. He made a blood oath and a soul pact, and
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The Tale of the Silver Flood Dragon 银蛟传
[Metaphysics + Suspense + Taoist Magic + Historical Relics + Mythical Beasts from the Classic of Mountains and Seas + Folk Mysteries] Legend has it that the Dragon-Locking Well imprisons a wicked dragon guilty of an ancient crime. But when Zhuang Jiang, a junior clerk at the Cultural Relics Protection Institute, finds a piece of a jiao's horn at the bottom of the well, she discovers a silver-white jiao sealed inside it. From then on, the ten thousand ghosts hidden in a calligraphy album, the dea
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My Husband Is the Ghost King 我的老公是鬼王大人
A super-powerful ghost gong who dotes on his spouse × a moderately powerful exorcist shou Chen Nian seems like an ordinary college student, but he has a secret none of his classmates or friends know: he has a husband from a ghost marriage, and he inherited a shop from his grandfather that deals with all kinds of strange cases. He has never actually met his husband, but he has worshipped him since childhood, burning incense on every holiday. His grandfather said that when the time was right, his
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- 67 Snake Spirit 蛇灵 When I was three, I came down with a strange illness. My whole body felt as if it had no bones. The rice-reading granny said something was at work, occupying my body and borrowing my lifespan. After she splashed a basin of blood toward the northeast corner, a black snake with red markings and a long beard burrowed out of the earth. Sixteen years later, the snake spirit returned. “Xiao Yu, you were the one who came after me first. If we don't get married, this is going to end badly...” [Snake Hus 1.8kReads9.3Score22814d adds
- 68 The Amulet Shop 佛牌专事店 [No female lead + two male leads] My name is Zhou Yi. I’m a broke loser who just graduated from college and can’t even find a decent job. Then a shop owner called and asked me to interview for a sales clerk position. At last, I found a job that could keep food on the table. But the things sold in this shop were nothing like ordinary merchandise. They even seemed a little sinister. Still, I needed to make a living, so I gritted my teeth and stuck with it. I never imagined that this job would plun 11.6kReads9.0Score1.6k14d adds
- 69 Help! A Snake Has Wrapped Itself Around Me 救我！我被一条蛇缠上了 [Male-male romance + sweet love + entertainment industry + mutual healing] Jiang Chen often has nightmares about a snake as thick as a tree coiling over him and slithering around. Then, at his grandfather’s funeral, the villagers offer him as a sacrifice to a male snake spirit. At the Snake Immortal Temple, after a tense struggle, Jiang Chen flees in a panic. He thinks it’s all over. But can someone tell him why the male snake’s human form looks exactly like the actor who has suddenly become a h 2.9kReads9.2Score45914d adds
- 70 Lord Yama, I Didn't Mean to Fall Into Your Arms 阎君大人，我不是故意掉你怀里的 [Mystery romance + love that grows over time + team exploration + a touch of ensemble cast] [Not a wish-fulfillment story, no horror, and the plot avoids clichés.] [Delicate writing + rich content + a little spice] Yan Yichen: You share my name, so I'll call you A Li. Yan Yichen: So Lord Yan is actually this tsundere. Bai Manjun: Tu Shanze, you showy peacock, strutting your stuff everywhere! Tu Shanze: How about I repay you for saving my life by marrying you? Song Bao: Can I eat this? What abou 40Reads—Score—14d adds
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I Became a Tigress in the Beast World 穿成兽世母老虎
She had transmigrated into this world only a few days ago when she noticed something strange on the soles of her feet. Bending down to look, she saw three beast seals branded on her soles, quietly inscribed and vividly lifelike: A green, vine-like taipan snake A deep, dusky blue Black Tortoise, as if formed from condensed water A bird that seemed born from fire, wreathed in leaping flames that scorched the heavens Every line pulsed with mysterious power, as if telling of an ancient pact.
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The Snake Lord's Spoiled Bride: The Substitute Snake Husband Lures a Down-and-Out Heiress 蛇君娇宠：替身蛇夫诱拐落魄千金
[Down-on-her-luck heiress and unlucky pauper X power-hungry snake demon, dark outside, pure inside] A sweet romance between a human and a demon amid dark, powerful forces [Happy ending + sweet romance + devoted to each other + human-demon romance + lighthearted + healing + political intrigue + redemption] Hua Nianjiao, granddaughter of the former Grand Tutor, has no money and no choice but to climb into a bridal sedan on Ghost Festival night, marrying into a prince's manor to bring good fortune
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Is a Lovelorn Son-in-Law More Appealing? The Qing Family Has Two 恋爱脑女婿香吗？老卿家有俩
The rating is low because not many people have read it yet. Both couples get happy endings! [Beastfolk romance, two couples: Li Ge (head of the Canglang clan) × eldest sister Qing He, Liu Huaichuan (head of the Tengshe clan) × younger sister Qing An] Both male leads fall for the women at first sight! The story and romance are split about fifty-fifty across the book (don't overthink it; if you do, you're right). The Qing family has two daughters, and both are fated mates to beastfolk clan leaders
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The Fox Who Bewitched My Heart 狐惑我心
[Mysticism + Ghost Marriage + Feng Shui + Devoted Husband + Male Rivals] My stepmother and younger sister teamed up to sell me to northern Myanmar, where I was to serve as a living lotus offering to an evil god. By day, I was beaten and forced to do hard labor. Every night, I had to spend hours entangled with a red-robed, silver-haired man. He said we had made a promise in a previous life, and forced me to marry him in a wedding ceremony at a Fox Immortal Temple. But I knew the red-robed man was
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After I Was Scared Unconscious by a Black Serpent's Tail 被黑色蛇尾吓晕后
After being frightened unconscious by a black snake tail
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- 76 I Sold a Snake's Shed Skin, and a Damp, Humongous Serpent Latched Onto Me 卖掉蛇蜕后，阴湿巨蛇缠上我 After I Sold the Snake's Shed Skin, a Sinister Giant Snake Latched Onto Me 1Reads—Score—14d adds
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An Epic Love Between a Man and a Snake 旷世蛇恋
When I was eighteen, my grandmother sacrificed her life to beg a huge white snake to heal my eyes. To bring her back to life, I made a pact with that snake. As fragments of my memories gradually come together, I discover that my bond with the great white snake is no coincidence. Grudges from a past life and unfinished love: everything has been guiding me toward the whirlpool of fate all along.
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The Lovesick Lord of the Underworld Is Jealous Again Today 病娇冥王，今天又吃醋了
Su Wei never imagined that, after failing her tribulation and nearly losing her soul, she would be taken back to the Underworld by Xie Yanci, the King of the Underworld whom all three realms feared, and cherished as the apple of his eye. But his affection soon took a troubling turn. She showed a lost young immortal the way, only to find the King of the Underworld had frozen the entire Immortal Child Hall. She gave a wounded spirit bird a sip of immortal dew, and the next moment, the forest where
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- 79 The White Snake in Bed 白蛇在榻 In an ancient, mysterious town, a terrifying legend has been passed down: any woman born with a yin constitution must marry the Snake God, make offerings to him, and establish a shrine for him, or she will be consumed by yin energy and lose her life. Many women have died this way over the years, and the legend has become a shadow that haunts the townspeople. Lin Mei was born with a yin constitution. Frail and often plagued by yin energy, she has suffered greatly. Strong-willed and kind, she is c 1Reads—Score—14d adds
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Wifey, Wifey, This Snake Loves You: I Give You All I Have 老婆老婆蛇爱你，蛇的全部献给你
A comic adaptation is out! (Check the author's reviews for content warnings!) Beautiful, independent florist × a young snake-shifter heir who pretends to be a stray and is hopelessly devoted to her [Mutual firsts | The male lead gets very jealous, so stay away if that's not your thing!] The night the snake Xu Yi had raised ran away from home, a handsome man stood at her door, his eyes red-rimmed. “Wife, please don't leave me.” Q: What's it like when the snake you raised turns into a gorgeous guy
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The Snake Heavenly Emperor 蛇天帝
An old snake from the village accidentally swallowed a human elixir and gained intelligence, setting out on the path to immortality. With a mysterious little cauldron and a cultivation technique that can transform it into a dragon, the snake has only ten short years to live, so it must seize every moment. This is the story of an old snake becoming an immortal. [Original title: The Old Snake’s Path to Immortality (Snake Ancestor). A manga adaptation is currently being serialized.] [No System, tra
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- 82 Spirit Spring Space: My Cunning Snake Husband Knows How to Charm and Pamper Me 灵泉空间:腹黑蛇夫会哄又会宠 (Super doting! Super sweet! Super flirtatious!) [Completed + One-on-one, both leads devoted only to each other + System + Pocket dimension with a spirit spring + Farming + Infrastructure building + Husband who dotes on his wife like his life depends on it] .Note: The leads keep no secrets from each other and are completely honest. If that bothers you, don’t read! A sweet and delicate-looking heroine with a resilient heart vs. a tough, cunning, rough-and-rowdy hero who dotes on his wife . Bai You 19.6kReads9.4Score2k14d adds
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What the Hell, I’m the Ghost King’s Bride 见鬼，我居然是鬼王的新娘
[A tsundere Ghost King and his two timid little brides, a sugary-sweet romance] The son of Youdu Mountain, a Ghost King born of heaven and earth, was chosen by the Book of Matrimony to serve as the God of Joy and matchmaker. Nearly a century into the job, he still wore black from head to toe, liked to wander at night, and was steeped in deathly aura. With the Ghost King serving as the God of Joy, birth rates were low, marriage rates were low, and divorce rates were high. The Book of Matrimony sa
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The Follower Who Betrayed the Snake God 背叛蛇神的信徒
The Wen clan of Huazhou excelled at chess and had worshipped the Snake God for generations. But the emperor's wife and daughter were mysteriously killed by a snake demon. The emperor decreed that all demons be exterminated. The Wen clan defied the decree and was wiped out. The clan's legitimate daughter escaped and swore revenge. With nowhere else to turn, she returned to Huazhou to beg the Snake God for help. The god was powerless to undo what had happened to the Wen clan. Devastated beyond mea
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Help! I Transmigrated into a Book and Now I Have to Join the Male Lead in Hunting Demons 救命！一穿书就要跟着男主去捉妖
Reader advisory: This is not a wish-fulfillment novel; the focus is on the plot. Also known as: My Journey with My Demon Husband Proud, sharp-tongued demon hero + female demon hunter Plot-focused at first, romance-focused later A gradual progression For a hefty bonus, Ming Wei transmigrated into a book. The original heroine was beautiful and had a built-in cheat ability, so you’d think she was destined for a legendary life. Well, her life certainly was legendary. The original novel’s male lead
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- 86 The Yin-Born Girl: The Dragon King's Little Wife 阴生女：龙王的小娇妻 I was born with an unusually yin nature, and I’ve had yin-yang eyes since childhood. I can see every demon and evil spirit in the world, and they’re always haunting me. My mother suffered a difficult labor when she gave birth to me. After three days and three nights, I still hadn’t been born. My grandmother was a fortune-telling medium, and she predicted that I was destined for wealth and would become the Dragon King’s wife. She said that the only way to save my life was to betroth me to the Dra 70Reads—Score—14d adds
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The Jiao Consort Returns 蛟妾归
I’m blind, born with a disability. A fortune-teller said I had to stay away from my parents or disaster would strike our whole family. The prophecy came true when I was twelve. My entire household was massacred, and I was the only one lucky enough to escape. Unexpectedly, that escape led me straight into a realm of demons and spirits, where I was surrounded by monsters and ghosts, and the underworld. During my flight, I was hunted down again and again, nearly killed, and wanted for the massacre
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The Dragon's Wife Is Hard to Handle 蛟夫难缠
[First-person paranormal | Flood Dragon husband | Horror | Cathartic comedy] My name is Shen Yuezhao. I was born a freak after my mother emerged from the Dragon-Locking Well. I was born with an ill-fated yin destiny, and a single talisman kept me alive until I was fourteen. When I was eighteen, an incredibly handsome man came looking for me. His moods were unpredictable, yet he was utterly devoted to me. He kept me on the brink of death while giving me everything he had... In a dream, I saw him
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The Snake Queen 蛇王女
When I was eighteen, I was offered as a sacrifice to a snake. Only much later did I learn that I held a shocking secret. Because of it, all manner of monsters and demons, practitioners of the mystic arts, and mysterious figures from every corner of the world wanted to get their hands on me… To protect myself, I had no choice but to cling to Lord Snake, who had protected and helped me all along. I thought he truly cared for me, but I never imagined he would be the one to push me into the abyss wi
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Dai Chuan’s Idle Snow 黛川闲雪
One flower, one world; one leaf, one bodhi. People are like plants, subject to the cycle of flourishing and withering through the seasons, life and death, reincarnation, cause and effect. The only things that never change are the inherent energies in the magnetic field.
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The Snake Pregnancy in October 十月蛇胎
A serious illness left me pregnant after ten months, and the child's father was a snake: The Northeast Spirit Medium, the true story of a female spirit medium
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Snake Sacrifice 蛇祭
Two virgins + Sweet romance + Strong female lead leveling up The Snake Lord is fearsome. A promise made a thousand years ago, a meeting in dreams, a bracelet carved from nine dragons’ bones, protection for his wife, a Soul-Devouring Demon Blade, souls scattered to the winds, old grudges brought to an end... On the night of the Ghost Festival, the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, Old Song carried me back from the village’s Spirit Snake Mountain. Strange changes swept across the sky: ligh
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You’re Dead, So Stop Flirting with Me 死人，别撩我
I never imagined that after being kidnapped, drained of blood, and stuffed into a coffin, touching the dead man would bring him back to life. And the whole thing was my dad's fault. He'd taken money from them and sold me to that dead man!
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The Snake Lord Dotes on Me Alone, Yet the Scumbag's Family Still Dare to Swindle Me Out of My Inheritance? 蛇君独宠，渣男全家还敢吃绝户？
Only as Ji Chang’an lay dying did she realize that the husband she had so carefully chosen was a rotten scoundrel, a beast in human form. All these years, Wen Yesong had repaid Duke Ji’s kindness in raising him by devouring the Ji family’s wealth piece by piece. The Ji family, once the richest in the Great Sheng dynasty, had long since become an empty shell. And that wasn’t all. Wen Yesong had been secretly seeing another woman for ages. The pair of children they had together were both his. In t
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One Day, I Became the Underworld’s Beloved 有一天，我成了冥界团宠
I’m pregnant, but the father of my child isn’t human. As if that weren’t enough, my grandmother, the only family I have, dies around the same time. To my surprise, with her dying breath, she entrusts me to the very creature that defiled me. I always thought he was a worthless ghost. Then I discovered that he eats like there’s no tomorrow and doesn’t feed on incense offerings. I thought I’d married a pig. Married to a pig? He might as well have been a ghost! After finally accepting the reality th
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Married to a Snake 蛇嫁
My mother died in difficult labor while giving birth to me. As they were lowering her coffin into the grave, a white snake coiled around it. The pallbearers fled in terror, and when the coffin hit the ground, I crawled out of my mother’s corpse. Ever since, the great white snake has pursued me relentlessly, insisting I bear him a whole brood of little white snakes. What am I supposed to do?
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The Snake Bride 蛇娶妻
[Supernatural + Devoted Husband + Pure Romance + Sweet Love + Wild Imagination] She was betrothed to the Snake King at birth, branded as his snake bride. Before she turned twenty-four, the Snake King would force her to marry him. Her grandfather said the Shen family owed the Snake King a debt, and that only marrying him could save her life...
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The Demon Lord's Adorable Little Wife 魔尊的可爱小娇妻
Modern romance + sweet pampering + supernatural + a Demon Venerable who spoils his wife rotten + love at first sight + amnesia + reincarnation + … After an accident, Wu Xue'er enters into a contract. Demon Venerable: “Be a good girl. Your husband likes you. Give me your… Well, that's a good girl, Xue'er. Your husband will take good care of you.” Wu Xue'er: “You lecher!”
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