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  1. 101 EN Countdown in a Dream? 我在梦里倒计时? Mystery1.0M WordsOngoing [Infinite Worlds + Character Growth + Ensemble Cast + Lighthearted + No Harem] “Welcome to FM404. Today is August 23, 2024. There are three minutes left until the countdown reaches the 24th. Nothing major has happened… static… around the world… static… some people have… static… collapsed and fallen into a deep sleep… static…” “Sorry, we just lost the control tower signal. Let’s continue…” Some people have luck on their side, while others… have been blacklisted by the Goddess of Fortune. Those wh 160Reads—Score—Shelves
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  2. 102 EN The Horrors Are Hard to Kill? Sorry, I'm the Truly Immortal One 诡异难杀?抱歉,我才是真正不死 Urban2.0M WordsCompleted This book has been signed for publication, so enjoy it with confidence. [Death Regression + Foreknowledge of the Future + Kill the Saintly One First + Dark Tone + Supernatural Resurgence] After accidentally transmigrating to a world invaded by the supernatural, Fang Xiu awakens the ability to return from death, also known as turning back time. Whenever he dies, time rewinds to just before his death. In this perilous and uncanny world, he could have laid low, but instead he chooses to announce to 231.9kReads9.5Score28.4kShelves
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  3. 103 The Horror Livestreamer 恐怖女主播 Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted My name is Yuan Junyao, a name that doesn't suit me at all. I've had a chronic illness since birth, and I'm so hideously deformed that tumors started growing on my face when I was little. My father left me when I was just three months old. At fifteen, I was blamed for my mother's death. Only my grandmother raised me and my stepbrother, who shared neither parent with me. But after an accident, I was offered up to a man who should never have crossed my path. To get revenge and see justice done, I 18.3kReads9.1Score2.3kShelves
  4. 104 Subduing Evil 镇邪 Mystery2.0M WordsCompleted [China's first mystery novel to reveal the customs of the ancient Dongnu Kingdom] A mysterious old town, an ancient profession, and a rash of strange events. Friend or foe, it's impossible to tell! A peculiar custom from the ancient Dongnu Kingdom, and the source of sins passed down for thousands of years. Terror at the fifth watch, bizarre murder cases: are they vengeful ghosts, a curse, or the evil in people's hearts? A bloodstained clay pot, bells and drums offered in worship, kindhearted peo 160Reads5.2Score—Shelves
  5. 105 749 Bureau: From the Start, I Became a Zombie 749局:开局变成僵尸 Mystery1.6M WordsOngoing "Ruthless and decisive" "All monsters deserve to die" "I’m a monster? Then I deserve to die too!" "No female lead" "A slightly slow start" "Takes off later" Li Buguo is an online absurdist streamer who makes a career out of wild antics. On the Ghost Festival, just as he was making his comeback, a strange beast being hunted by Bureau 749 happened to pass by and pierced his chest. It sent him straight through the open Gates of Hell, only for a ghost to kick him back out. He became an exceptionally 71kReads8.9Score7.8kShelves
  6. 106 Mr. Vampire: I Am the Strongest Jiangshi! 僵尸先生:我,最强尸王! Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted He wakes up to find that he has transmigrated into the movie Mr. Vampire. From the start, he is at the Ren Family Town police station, a corpse lying alongside Master Ren. "Ding! Supreme Corpse King System binding in progress." "Resurrection countdown: 3:00" He comes back to life right in front of Uncle Jiu, then takes off into the sky. He rises to power step by step with the help of the System, roaming the world of zombies and becoming the Supreme Corpse God! 631Reads5.2Score—Shelves
  7. 107 Paranormal Gender-Swap: Why Is This World Full of Ghosts? 灵异性转:这个世界怎么全是鬼! Mystery893k WordsOngoing [Mild horror, no female lead, gender swap, mild yuri] Zhao Gui works overtime until midnight. In the elevator, she runs into an old woman who keeps repeating herself. Her colleague Lao Zhang is standing with his back to her, and no matter how she calls to him, he won't turn around. [The male protagonist's soul transmigrates into a woman's body and gains a pure yin constitution, making him prone to attracting ghosts] “Big sister, why aren't you in the mirror?” The little girl's voice is innocent 208Reads6.4Score102Shelves
  8. 108 Ghostly Tales: The Guide Between Life and Death 诡谈:生死引路人 Mystery126k WordsOngoing (Horror + suspense + supernatural + mind-bending + live-action game) This is an urban horror novel with no transmigration and no System. After Jia Wen uncovers his wife's long-hidden secret and the mystery buried deep within his own heart, his life is turned upside down, and he becomes a ghost hunter. While investigating a case involving missing ghosts, he and his senior, Zhong Chuqing, use her powerful spiritual detection abilities to identify the mastermind: Young Master Jie. After careful pla 6Reads—Score—Shelves
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  9. 109 A Long Journey in Another World 异界旅途漫漫 Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsOngoing [No System + Original Story + Ensemble Cast + No Brain-Dead Characters + Fast-Paced + Pure Romance] I’m dedicated to creating a different kind of world and bringing everyone a fresh new thrill, along with a more realistic experience! The rain fell without letup, day after gloomy day. Beneath the curtain of rain... Travelers from another world, I’d like you to finish this terrible game of chess for me. Anyone can be a chess piece, anyone can be sacrificed. All living beings are players in this ga 5.8kReads—Score334Shelves
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  10. 110 Eerie Instances: Today, Too, I Must Be a Good Ghost 诡异副本:今天也要好好做诡 Mystery577k WordsOngoing [No CP] [An unsettling perspective. Readers who can't accept eerie beings killing people, please stay away] [Writing this to satisfy my own cravings, please go easy on me] Lin Yan was a surgeon in life. After death, he became an eerie entity studying at the Abyss Echo Academy. To stay alive, Lin Yan diligently enters instances and works hard. 7.5kReads6.9Score658Shelves
  11. 111 The Haunted House 2 诡舍2 Mystery399k WordsOngoing The eternal night has come, and absurdity runs rampant. A thick pollution blankets the sky, while pitch-black eyes look down upon the world. Carrying a flame, we press slowly onward. Humanity's sun will be kindled by human hands. 317.9kReads8.8Score35.3kShelves
  12. 112 Reincarnation's Eerie Station 轮回诡站 Mystery1.8M WordsOngoing A cursed ticket leading to one horrifying incident site after another... A city shrouded in dense fog, obsessed with eradicating the very existence of "horror"... Passengers who vanish one after another, or are cursed for all eternity... Inside a dilapidated train, an amnesiac burdened by three curses awakens in the dim light, as a voice calling out "curse" sounds in his ears... "Welcome to Reincarnation Station! Passengers aboard the train, please pay attention... The next stop is... Corpse Pai 167.9kReads8.8Score17.9kShelves
  13. 113 I Transmigrated to a Supernatural World and Became a Dungeon Boss 穿越诡异世界我成了副本BOSS Mystery2.5M WordsOngoing [Infinite Realms + Supernatural Horror + Mild Horror + No Romance + Everything Handcrafted] Zuo Lin'an discovers that he has transmigrated. At first, he assumes this is just an ordinary otherworld, until he runs into his close friend Xu Youyou and learns that his aunt is a supernatural investigator. Only then does he realize he has transmigrated to a world haunted by the supernatural. And this supernatural world is not what he expected. Because he happens to discover that he might have a chance 71.6kReads8.8Score6.3kShelves
  14. 114 When the Uncanny Descends on the World, Death Is the End 当诡异降临世界,死亡即是终点 Mystery2.5M WordsOngoing [Supernatural horrors descend + no System + fresh worldbuilding + survival + semi-infinite-flow + no do-gooder protagonist + not dark + supernatural abilities] In the best years of his life, amid the exuberance of youth, Su Yuan thought his days would remain peaceful and beautiful forever. Then a line of bloody text appeared on the blackboard during evening study. [In the silent night, a terrifying ghost appears outside your dorm room... How long will it take to kill you?] Everyone thought it wa 390.6kReads9.3Score43.5kShelves
  15. 115 Terrifying Nightmare: Extreme Survival in a Bizarre World 恐怖噩梦:我在诡异世界极限逃生 Mystery1.2M WordsOngoing [Infinite-flow, mildly scary, no romance] Wang Yan wearily opened his front door. Inside, he saw the woman next door holding and soothing a baby, staring at him in terror. “Sorry, I’ve got the wrong apartment.” He quickly apologized and backed out, then slammed the door shut. Standing in the pitch-black hallway, he found himself unable to decide what was more terrifying: seeing his female neighbor in his home, or seeing the baby who had died long ago… 410.7kReads9.4Score78kShelves
  16. 116 The Haunted City of Dreams 诡梦迷城 Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted [Manhua adaptation and high-quality live-action audio drama now available] [Infinite progression + mystery + mind-bending puzzles + supernatural powers + paranormal horror. No System, no harem, no brainless plot. Read with caution if these are deal-breakers.] When I woke up, everything around me had become eerie and terrifying. My dead roommate called me, repeating over and over the struggle of his final moments... A pair of slender, snow-white legs appeared mysteriously on a bed in the boys' do 42.2kReads8.7Score4.7kShelves
  17. 117 EN Call Me the Ghost Messenger 请叫我鬼差大人 Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted After the Eternal Night, terror returned. Ten miles of desolate graves, eerie singing. An old man searching for his arms, a headless baby... They kept piecing their bodies back together, unleashing an even more terrifying aura. In the wasteland, even a severed hand could destroy heaven and earth. In this world of darkness and despair, a post office appeared and vanished from view... A mysterious young man, a postal carriage traveling through the void... One blood-red letter after another became 102.6kReads9.5Score9.7kShelves
  18. 118 Strange Tales Livestream! 怪谈直播间! Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted Welcome to the Rules of the Strange. This is a battle of blood and fire, a test of wit and courage. The power of words cannot be resisted, and the eerie rules must not be broken. In a seemingly hopeless situation, find the one correct answer, break free of your constraints, and search for a way to survive. 173.8kReads9.7Score17.7kShelves
  19. 119 Evil God Moran! 邪神墨然! Mystery3.1M WordsCompleted Why does the headless ghost in the hospital keep praying at midnight? Why does the skin-stealing ghost in the desolate mountain village wail without stopping? And why does the long-haired female ghost in the studio apartment shriek in the middle of the night? None of this is a distortion of human nature, much less a collapse of morality. It’s just that… someone’s having an episode! In an age when horror has returned and vengeful ghosts run rampant, Bai Yuan, dressed in a hospital gown, smiled ca 155.2kReads9.3Score16.3kShelves
  20. 120 Out of Control 失控者 Mystery100k WordsCompleted [Anthology stories + supernatural horror + folk customs + feng shui and mysticism + subtle scares + jaw-dropping twists] Open a paper box sealed away for many years, and one terrifying incident after another begins to surface. The massacre that wiped out an entire family in Nanhua Estate, and the deaths of everyone connected to the case! A bride in a red qipao appearing by your side in the dead of night! Strange legends circulate through a dilapidated high-rise, where hands reach out of the dark 35Reads—Score—Shelves
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  21. 121 A World Out of Balance 人间失衡 Mystery94k WordsCompleted [Mind-bending suspense + short stories + no overarching plot + crime + criminal investigation + shocking twists + stories of ordinary people] The deepest wounds are often inflicted by those closest to us. A bloody case at an old family home, shrouded in mystery. Who is the real killer? After her father dies of illness, her sister-in-law sells her to northern Myanmar! The body of a baby girl is found in the woods. A kidnapping case turns into a murder investigation. Who would target an innocent i 203Reads8.3Score—Shelves
  22. 122 Give Me Back My Soul 把老子的魂魄还给我 Mystery644k WordsCompleted My name is Lin Zhou, and I'm a security guard. After I lost my job, my childhood friend Erwa found me a high-paying security job at a hotel. I soon discovered that everything about the place was strange. There wasn't a soul around during the day, but at night it was bustling, sending chills down my spine. I tried desperately to escape the hotel, but no matter how far I ran, I couldn't get away... 101Reads6.5Score—Shelves
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  23. 123 The Loop 循环 Mystery133k WordsCompleted From losing everything to striking it rich overnight, Wang Hao wins at the gambling table for five days straight. But there are no free lunches, and in the end, his greed will make him pay a terrible price! In a single night, Wang Hao vanishes without a trace. Awei, Wang Hao's friend, reports him missing to the police, then secretly investigates his whereabouts. Unexpectedly, one eerie incident after another follows! Someone who died more than twenty years ago reappears! As he digs deeper, he di 246Reads8.3Score—Shelves
  24. 124 I Was a Detective in the Republic of China 我在民国当侦探 Urban146k WordsCompleted [Republican-era investigations + Anthology stories + Male leads + Strong leads + Folk customs] Gao Ren has been having an awful run of luck lately. He accidentally offended a rich young master and nearly got thrown in jail! Luckily, while making his escape, he ran into a gullible little Taoist priest. The little priest wasn’t just good-looking, he was also willing to be Gao Ren’s money tree! He could perform rituals and solve baffling cold cases, too! Gao Ren stuck close to the little priest, se 242Reads8.9Score—Shelves
  25. 125 Spirit-Seeking Case Files 3: The Grudge of the Wronged 访灵笔录3:冤亲赋 Mystery195k WordsCompleted [Mystery] [Supernatural] [Strong Duo] [Lighthearted] [Episodic Stories] [Ghostly Tales] [Ensemble Ghost-Hunting] "Love gives rise to sorrow; love gives rise to fear." "An evil spirit lives inside my body. I don't know when it will devour me." A naked woman's corpse is discovered in an underground parking garage, her chest stuffed with weeds and her organs missing. A string of murders throws the entire city into panic! Quan Ning accidentally gets caught up in this bizarre case. As clues gradually 38Reads7.9Score—Shelves
  26. 126 Spirit-Seeking Case Files 1: The Road to the Yellow Springs 访灵笔录1:黄泉路 Mystery202k WordsCompleted [Mystery] [Supernatural] [A Powerful Duo] [Lighthearted] [Episodic Stories] [Ghostly Tales] [Ensemble Cast Hunting Ghosts] "The road to the Yellow Springs stretches for thousands of miles. The living and the dead are separated, with only fate to reunite them in another life." Quan Ning got into a car accident on a mountain road. As he lay on the brink of death, a man claiming to be a ghost judge from the underworld offered him a chance to live. "I'll lend you ten years. Interest is three percent 83Reads8.6Score—Shelves
  27. 127 Dark Tales 5: The Power Game 恶谭5:权势局 Mystery243k WordsCompleted [Mystery + Criminal investigation + Deduction + Case-by-case mysteries + The depths of human nature + No romance + Focused on solving cases] [Beneath the power, there is nothing but desire] A dismembered body is found in an alley, its bones and flesh mixed with pork. The brutal method of killing is appalling, and the victim’s wife has vanished without a trace! A popular young star dies mysteriously in a luxury hotel. The crime scene is covered in blood, but a malfunctioning surveillance system l 131Reads9.2Score100Shelves
  28. 128 Dark Tales 4: Tides of the Sea of Hate 恶谭4:恨海潮 Urban175k WordsCompleted [Mystery + Criminal investigation + Deduction + Case-by-case mysteries + The depths of human nature + No romance + Focused on solving cases] [Love and hate are poison. In excess, they consume flesh and blood and devour the soul.] A student at a foreign studies university carries explosives into a classroom, causing a tragedy that shocks the entire city! A wealthy boy vanishes on a rainy night, and his body surfaces in the river the next day. But the circumstances of his drowning are riddled with 246Reads9.3Score103Shelves
  29. 129 Dark Tales 3: The Abyss of Desire 恶谭3:欲望渊 Mystery209k WordsCompleted [Mystery + criminal investigation + deduction + episodic cases + the depths of human nature + no romance + solving cases] [Desire is a wildfire, hard to contain once it spreads. It burns away reason, leaving only ashes behind.] Young Jiang Tingxu was presumed to have died by suicide, but years later he suddenly reappears and mercilessly kills the family members he once knew. A bizarre family history begins to come to light... The shocking discovery of several skeletons brings Longxue Village, a 184Reads9.2Score109Shelves
  30. 130 Dark Tales 2: The Fame and Fortune Circuit 恶谭2:名利场 Mystery267k WordsCompleted [Mind-bending mystery + criminal investigation + deduction + episodic stories + the depths of human nature + stunning twists + hard-core sleuthing] “Where fame and fortune reign, disputes are sure to arise.” A woman's corpse hidden inside a Buddha statue in an ancient temple, a mysterious online celebrity, and a group of suspects with tangled connections: Tan Zheng takes on a baffling murder case. As the investigation deepens, he discovers that the case is far more complicated than it first appe 257Reads9.3Score104Shelves
  31. 131 Record of the Spirit Seekers 2: Farewell to the Mortal World 访灵笔录2:入世辞 Mystery196k WordsCompleted [Mystery + supernatural + powerful partners + lively humor + episodic stories + ghostly tales + an ensemble cast hunting ghosts] “Nothing brings greater joy than meeting a new friend; nothing brings greater sorrow than parting from a loved one.” A chance encounter with a beauty on Ghost Wasteland Mountain turns out to be a deadly ghost's attempt to claim a soul! Karmic ties from a past life and entanglements in this one: whose mistake is it, and whose fate? Quan Ning and Yin Cangyi are accidenta 45Reads8.6Score—Shelves
  32. 132 The Haunted Apartment: I Turn Out to Be the Final Boss 猛鬼公寓,我竟然才是大BOSS Urban514k WordsCompleted Welcome to Happy Apartments: There’s a friendly atmosphere and kind neighbors. Every night, they come out to talk with you about life and share their dreams for the next one. So, looking for a place to rent? The haunted kind. 2.5kReads9.1Score201Shelves
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  33. 133 Horror Phone Game 恐怖手机游戏 Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted When the God of Death decides to make the most entertaining mobile game in the world... 1.2kReads8.5Score102Shelves
  34. 134 Folk Taboos and Strange Tales 民间禁忌怪谈 Mystery1.8M WordsCompleted Ever since I was a kid, I thought my grandpa was strange. Whenever he had nothing to do, he liked to wander deep into the old forest. Then one day, he brought a little girl back from the woods, and I discovered the secret he was hiding. From then on, I tried to get away, but only became more deeply entangled... 690Reads8.3Score100Shelves
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  35. 135 Midnight Fortune-Teller: Humans Keep Away, Ghosts Come Forward 午夜算命师:人回避,鬼上前 Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted Everyone knows about fortune-telling, but have you ever heard of telling fortunes for ghosts? Just because you've never heard of something doesn't mean it doesn't exist. If you ever come across a fortune-telling shop with its doors still open in the middle of the night, don't go looking for excitement. Because the people waiting in line might not be people… 35.4kReads9.0Score2.6kShelves
  36. 136 On the Edge of Death 死亡边缘 Mystery963k WordsCompleted His cousin marries a stunningly beautiful woman, but on their wedding day, the bride dies! Then strange things begin happening in the village, and the villagers start dying one after another... 136Reads8.8Score—Shelves
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  37. 137 The Haunted Pawnshop 诡当 Mystery2.0M WordsCompleted There are many strange and sinister objects in this world, known as cursed artifacts. Everyone is afraid to go near them. Ancient relics from underground tombs, bloodstained objects from murder scenes, and ominous heirlooms passed down among the people: in the eyes of the world, they are steeped in resentment and shrouded in mysterious curses, bringing those who encounter them a death they cannot escape. Wu Chang, born into a family of pawnbrokers, discovered an unknown side of this peculiar tra 244Reads—Score—Shelves
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  38. 138 The Divine Book of Heavenly Secrets 窥天神册 Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted My beautiful girlfriend called and asked me to come over to her place for her birthday. It turned out she wanted to have me committed to a psychiatric hospital! Wearing a jade pendant lets me dream of lottery jackpot numbers, so why don't they work when the winning numbers are drawn? Who would implant a bronze plate inscribed with the Classic of Mountains and Seas in their stomach? Is it for self-defense? The latest work from ghost shopkeeper Tian Qi, author of I Sell Buddhist Amulets in Thailan 161Reads—Score—Shelves
  39. 139 The Art of Deception 骗术 Urban1.6M WordsOngoing After his parents vanish and his only close relatives die, he is taken in as an apprentice by Lao Jiu, a con man of the underworld. In five years, he masters the dark arts of appraising treasures, setting up scams, identifying jade, and dividing gold. He lives by the motto “A gentleman is like jade; virtue is the way to win,” yet is forced to become a “pawn in the game” of the antiques trade! That is, until a life-or-death wager over a painting nearly drives him to break with his master, sending 446Reads6.7Score103Shelves
  40. 140 I Am Not a Paper Spirit 我不是纸仙 Mystery796k WordsCompleted A paper effigy is made by folding paper into the shape of a person, so it can take on another's sins, endure their punishment, and bear the consequences of their karma. I was an orphan from a young age, adopted by my master. He was a paper effigy maker, and when I was nineteen, I learned his craft. That set me on a road of no return and turned me into a jinx. Before long, I brought about my master's death. Through one mistake, I turned a “Lovers' Fold” into a “Life-Damaging Fold,” creating a pap 43Reads7.6Score—Shelves
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  41. 141 A Record of Supernatural Events in the Countryside 乡村灵异事件薄 Mystery241k WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 466Reads—Score—Shelves
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  42. 142 The Wheel of the Sun and Moon 日月之轮 Mystery263k WordsOngoing (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless writing, not a power fantasy. Read with caution if these bother you.) When I thought it was an ordinary day, a stone gate thrust me into a strange world where truth itself was distorted. As I sought a sliver of hope amid the cycle of the sun and moon, dreaming of escaping this place, divine radiance fell upon everyone. Just as I thought this was my last chance to step onto the path of godhood, an enormous lie surfaced... 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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  43. 143 The Ghosts Come Out at Night Series 猛鬼出更系列 7k WordsCompleted The Ferocious Ghosts Come Out at Night Series 122Reads—Score—Shelves
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  44. 144 The Last Corpse Handler 最后的赶尸匠 20k WordsCompleted The Last Corpse Driver —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  45. 145 The Bloodied Hole Beneath the Red Veil 红盖头下的血洞 20k WordsCompleted A Bloodied Hole Beneath the Red Bridal Veil 1Reads—Score—Shelves
  46. 146 Tonight at Eight, I'll Be Waiting for You in the House 今晚八点,我在房子里等你 20k WordsCompleted I'll Be Waiting for You in the House at Eight Tonight —Reads—Score—Shelves
  47. 147 The Hand Reaching Out of the Coffin 棺材里伸出的手 20k WordsCompleted The Hand Reaching Out of the Coffin —Reads—Score—Shelves
  48. 148 Who Wore That Blue Robe? 谁穿了那件蓝衫 20k WordsCompleted Who Wore That Blue Shirt? 3Reads—Score—Shelves
  49. 149 The Secret of the Buddha Mother 佛母的秘密 34k WordsCompleted The Buddha Mother's Secret 40Reads—Score—Shelves
  50. 150 Terror at the Luxury Estate 豪苑惊魂 57k WordsCompleted Terror at the Grand Estate 17Reads—Score—Shelves

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