Entertainment Industry Novels with Fresh Ideas, Like Zhihu Stories, and No Whole-Internet Hate Campaigns 像知乎一样题材新颖不要全网黑的娱乐圈小说

1. 901 神 The Return of the Condor Heroes: Return to the Formation 神雕之归阵 Four Beatings a Day一天四顿打Male-Channel Fanfiction41k WordsCompleted The Return of the Condor Heroes: Returning to the Formation 13Reads—Score—14d adds
2. 902 变 After Turning into a Cat, I Won Over My Idol with Sheer Shamelessness 变成猫猫后靠厚脸皮攻略偶像 Wan Louyu万楼愈Two Male Leads368k WordsCompleted [Two male leads] [Both pure, body and soul! Let me emphasize this again: both male leads are pure in body and soul! Anything that seems impure has its reasons! Please stop asking!] Esports player Wen Renyu wakes up one day to find he’s turned into a palm-sized kitten! What? The runs? ...A minor issue, a little embarrassing, that’s all... What? Sleeping together?! ...I’m just a kitten, this is no big deal, no big deal (not really)... Wait, a bath?! Nothing to see here, nothing to see here… 3.4kReads9.5Score56914d adds
3. 903 关 After I Turned the Server's Number One Player Into a Simp in a Danmei Novel 关于我把全服第一写成耽美文舔狗后 Mu Shenye牧神野25k WordsCompleted After I Made the Number One Player on the Server Into a Simp in My Danmei Novel 2kReads—Score—14d adds

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   I highly recommend it!

4. 904 重 Reborn, I Will Not Keep My Appointment with My Old Love 重生不赴故人约 Four Beatings a Day一天四顿打Historical32k WordsCompleted Reborn, I Won’t Keep My Appointment with You Again 1Reads—Score—14d adds
5. 905 喜 Trending! The Flirtatious Charmer Stirs Up Trouble on a Dating Show 喜提热搜！小撩精在恋综兴风作浪 Zong Xi宗汐Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Nonsensical comedy + madcap fiction means having no manners! No manners! No manners! + dating show + wish fulfillment + face-slapping + adored by everyone] Fox Jiu is trying to grow her ninth tail when she transmigrates into the body of a C-list nobody who’s been blacklisted across the internet for trying to mooch off an award-winning actor. She signs on for a dating show. Before it even airs, her haters flood the screen: [Besides chasing clout and latching onto famous people, what can this pla 466Reads9.3Score10214d adds
6. 906 系 The System Reconnected: Was My Simp Life, Driven by Lust at First Sight, All a Misunderstanding? 系统重连，我那见色起意的舔狗人生竟是场误会？ Mu Shenye牧神野21k WordsCompleted The System Reconnected, and It Turns Out My Simp Life, Driven by Love at First Sight, Was All a Misunderstanding? 4kReads—Score10314d adds
7. 907 在 Caught Between Shining and Burning Bright, She Chose to Go Crazy 在发光和发热之间，她选择了发疯 Yan Xiaonuo颜小糯Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Dating show + going off the rails + showbiz + humiliating scumbags + exes crawling back] The High God Gu Si transmigrated into a book to undergo a trial. The book took the stand-in trope to the extreme. The green-tea older sister kept men on the hook, while Gu Si played the stand-in for every kind of scumbag, eventually dying with hatred in her heart after a lifetime spent in someone else’s shadow. To pass her trial, she had to collect regret points from the scumbags. Gu Si was thrilled. “Playi 2.4kReads9.2Score46314d adds
8. 908 假 The Fake Heiress Stole My Fate, So After I Was Reborn, I Took Her Out 假千金夺我命格，重生后我嘎了她 Mo Mo Is Master Mo墨墨是墨爷Modern Romance504k WordsCompleted [Rebirth + punishing scumbags + satisfying wish fulfillment] Ren Ran had an easy life for her first eighteen years, then spent the next eight plagued by bad luck. Her maternal grandparents, mother, and younger brother died one after another. Her scumbag father took over the company, and she was thrown out of the house to live on the streets. She’d be robbed just walking down the road, and flowerpots would fall from the sky when she approached a building. Whenever she got a job at a company, it w 48.8kReads9.5Score6.5k14d adds

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   This book is really novel. I still don't know who the male lead is. The plot twists and turns, and it's still not finished. It's really mind-bending.

9. 909 无 Whatever, I Have Three Chances to Fake My Death 无所谓，我有三次死遁机会 Mu Shenye牧神野73k WordsCompleted Whatever, I Have Three Chances to Fake My Death 2.5kReads—Score—14d adds
10. 910 论 How to Conquer the World’s Best Mid Laner with Terrible Cooking 论如何用菜征服世界第一中单 Mu Shenye牧神野32k WordsCompleted How to Conquer the World’s Number One Mid Laner with Terrible Plays 188Reads—Score—14d adds
11. 911 死 My Archenemy Insists on Queuing With Me as a Duo 死对头非要和我双排 Mu Shenye牧神野31k WordsCompleted My Mortal Enemy Insists on Duo Queueing With Me 1.7kReads—Score—14d adds
12. 912 要 Oh No, My Ex Showed Up on the Variety Show! 要命了，前男友杀到综艺上来了！ Mu Ashuang慕阿双Modern Romance584k WordsCompleted [Absurd comedy | Showbiz novel | Variety show livestream] [Funny, radiant actress and aloof top-tier star actor] Everyone knows that rising star Fu Xi has an ex-boyfriend who remains her first love, and that he passed away just three months ago. Netizens have all urged Fu Xi to pull herself together, and a wave of online tributes to her ex-boyfriend has swept the internet. After spending three months filming deep in the mountains, a certain award-winning actor finally gets online and sees the en 14.7kReads9.2Score1.9k14d adds

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    Everyone knows that the rising starlet has a first love she can't forget, but this first love suddenly passed away three months ago. Everyone is advising her to cheer up! When a certain movie star, who was filming in a remote mountain forest, saw this, he was so angry that he stomped his feet and exclaimed, "What?! I'm dead?!"

13. 913 重 Reborn in the Entertainment Industry: I Love My Sugar Daddy 重生娱乐圈之我爱金主干爹 Yun Chu Loves Shrimp Paste爱吃虾酱汁的云初Modern Romance436k WordsCompleted (This story leans toward realism, with a slightly dark tone and questionable morals. The male lead isn’t chaste. If you’re looking for a brainless, fluffy romance, this may not be for you.) Lin Xiaoxiao is reborn, back at the beginning of her career in showbiz. Staring at the dazzling man before her, she wonders how she ever let a useless jerk turn her into a lovesick idiot in her past life. If she can just land the man in front of her, wealth and luxury will be hers for the taking. Who needs an 45Reads8.7Score—14d adds
14. 914 她 She Just Wants to Lie Low, but They Keep Forcing Her to Rebel 她想咸鱼躺，非逼她造反 Warfires Stain All烽火尽染Ancient Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [Screen adaptation rights sold] Lu Songli transmigrated into a book and became the cannon-fodder first wife of Xie Zhan, the male lead of The Powerful Minister's Beautiful Young Second Wife. In the book, her friend Zhao Yutan, who returned in glory from a place of exile, would steal her husband. The two of them carried on behind her back while she was gravely ill, and their affair literally angered her to death. Lu Songli was about to roll up her sleeves and tear into the cheating scumbag and 106.8kReads9.5Score12.4k14d adds

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    The female protagonist in this book has an incredibly high IQ. After reading it, I felt like I had gained a brain myself. It's so good, so good!

15. 915 我 I’m an Agent 我是经纪人 Use Your Brain When Reading Fiction看小说也要带脑子Modern Romance841k WordsCompleted [Not a wish-fulfillment story] [The System is not a golden finger, not a golden finger!] [No romance + entertainment industry + talent manager] [Plot-focused + no formulas] [A strong female lead who grows over time] The summer she was fourteen, that man hacked that woman to death and was sent to prison. Ye Chang Qing thought she had finally gained her freedom, but she never expected predatory lenders to come after her from every direction, right alongside it. She worked odd jobs, sold her blood, 8.8kReads9.5Score1.3k14d adds

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    These are some of the best entertainment industry novels I've read on Tomato Bookstore; the plot and logic are both outstanding.

16. 916 疯 The Unhinged Big Shot Helps Me Thrive in the Cultivation World 疯批大佬带我在修仙界躺赢 Fan Qiqi樊七七Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Invincible, Funny, Beloved by All, Slacker, Ensemble Cast, Romance] [Everyone is hopelessly in love. If that's not your thing, run!] Ye Chen, sect leader of the Xuanming Palace, was actually the Demon Realm's Supreme Sovereign. Don't ask why he was the sect leader of the Immortal Alliance. The answer is simple: he's hopelessly in love, and there's no cure. Ye Chen had eleven personal disciples, and his favorite was the eleventh. Don't ask why the eleventh was his favorite. The answer is simple: 15.1kReads9.2Score2.3k14d adds
17. 917 魔 The Witch's Growing Pains 魔女小姐的生长痛 Mouse Sauce鼠子酱Modern Romance1.6M WordsOngoing [Immortal Witch Protagonist + BG as the Main Romance, with GB/BL/GL on the Side + Personal Kinks (Nonhuman Characters) + I'm a Demon, So Don't Talk to Me About Morals + Slight Everyone's Favorite Setup + Heroine Is a Genius in Many Fields + Raising Kids Early On (The Story Starts When the Heroine Is Little, and She's a Real Child) + The Blurb Doesn't Cover Everything] (Restrained, self-controlled dragon dad ♂) Smiler was wandering through the forest when he came across a powerful defensive magic 417Reads8.7Score10014d adds

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    It's definitely new; the low score means it just opened.

18. 918 快 Quick Transmigration: The Sickly Overlord Always Wants to Keep Me by His Side 快穿之病态大佬总想圈养我 Magical Girl Chichi魔法少女迟迟Modern Romance878k WordsCompleted The stone spirit Gu Ying is tricked into entering the world of a book to heal powerful men plagued by illness. She thinks she can leave once she completes the plot... Until one day, a refined scoundrel of a CEO traps her by the waist in the dim light, his amused breath brushing her ear. “Why run? Don't you plan to take responsibility?” The slave she once humiliated becomes the new emperor. Holding her ankle bone, he laughs softly. “Why are you trembling, Your Highness? Don't be afraid. I am st 5.3kReads9.4Score47514d adds
19. 919 我 I Never Asked You to Pay Me Back 我没有要你还 Young Master Ye, Who Loves Egg White Puffs爱吃蛋白溶豆的叶少6k WordsCompleted I Never Asked You to Pay Me Back 45Reads—Score—14d adds

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    I recommend it to you 🤲

20. 920 闭 When the Moon Chases the Light 闭月逐光时 Young Master Ye, Who Loves Egg White Puffs爱吃蛋白溶豆的叶少20k WordsCompleted When the Moon Chases the Light —Reads—Score—14d adds
21. 921 惊 Thriller: Why Are All My Romance Targets So Terrifying? 惊悚：我的攻略对象都很恐怖？ Wolf of the Void虚空之狼Mystery386k WordsOngoing Note: The rating is low because few people have read it, so there aren’t many reviews! [Mystery and the supernatural + light novel + love triangle + living off a woman + mind games and deduction] Through a twist of fate, Ling Jue crossed the line between life and death and witnessed the other side of everyday life. This place was known as the “Underworld.” The living dwelled in the mortal realm, while ghosts haunted the Underworld. When Ling Jue opened his eyes, sunlight streamed into the room, 3Reads8.0Score—14d adds

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    The first book is really great, please check it out. The second book is by Xie Kefeng, keep it up and boost the rating!

22. 922 等 Waiting for the Moon to Come See You 等月亮来见你 Young Master Ye, Who Loves Egg White Puffs爱吃蛋白溶豆的叶少19k WordsCompleted Wait for the Moon to Come Find You —Reads—Score—14d adds
23. 923 年 I Was Too Young to Know How Good a Psycho Could Be. No Kisses? Then I'll Hang Myself 年少不知疯批妙，不给亲亲就上吊 Xie Kefeng谢客风Two Male Leads371k WordsCompleted [If you're a bottom-control fan, leave, leave, leave. No exceptions.] Two male leads + devoted 1v1 + chasing his husband + hopeless romantic + delicate, teary White Impermanence + a bit goofy + mild coercion] (Warning: a very unconventional and unusual take on Black and White Impermanence, with lots of original worldbuilding. Main couple: irritable, roguish, yandere Black Impermanence X a tough but delicate, tearful White Impermanence Side couple: aloof, noble head of an occult clan X quirky, sp 1.5kReads9.0Score15014d adds
24. 924 山 An Old Friend Returns to These Mountains and Rivers 山河故人回 Young Master Ye, Who Loves Egg White Puffs爱吃蛋白溶豆的叶少15k WordsCompleted Old Friends Return to the Rivers and Mountains —Reads—Score—14d adds
25. 925 深EN Deep-Sea Survival: I Can See the Viewer Hints 深海求生：我能看到弹幕提示 White-Scaled Raincoat白鳞雨衣Sports1.8M WordsCompleted When Xiao Hao wakes up, he discovers that he and his bed have transmigrated to the bottom of an otherworldly sea. Everyone else is in the same situation, taking part in a deep-sea survival game. Each person has a coral-shell room, with the seawater kept outside by some strange magic. The dark world beneath the sea is full of countless surprises and dangers. In this harsh struggle for survival, staying alive becomes every player’s shared goal. By chance, Xiao Hao discovers that he can see scrolli 529Reads8.5Score—14d adds
26. 926 沉 The Sunken Beauty: Tales from the Misty Waters 沉鱼烟波录 Young Master Ye, Who Loves Egg White Puffs爱吃蛋白溶豆的叶少21k WordsCompleted The Sunken Fish: A Record of Misty Waters 1Reads—Score—14d adds
27. 927 我EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.0M WordsCompleted The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score178.8k14d adds
28. 928 此 I Pledge This Life to the Mountains and Rivers 此生许山河 Young Master Ye, Who Loves Egg White Puffs爱吃蛋白溶豆的叶少32k WordsCompleted I Pledge This Life to the Rivers and Mountains —Reads—Score—14d adds
29. 929 双 The Twin Phoenixes Return 双凤归 Young Master Ye, Who Loves Egg White Puffs爱吃蛋白溶豆的叶少Modern Romance23k WordsCompleted The Twin Phoenixes Return —Reads—Score—14d adds
30. 930 十EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score206.4k14d adds
31. 931 寒 The Fragrant Winter Garment 寒衣添香记 Young Master Ye, Who Loves Egg White Puffs爱吃蛋白溶豆的叶少8k WordsCompleted The Fragrant Chronicle of Winter Clothes —Reads—Score—14d adds
32. 932 织 The Record of Sin 织罪录 Young Master Ye, Who Loves Egg White Puffs爱吃蛋白溶豆的叶少6k WordsCompleted The Record of Weaving Sin —Reads—Score—14d adds
33. 933 双 The Twin Souls Reborn 双生还魂记 Young Master Ye, Who Loves Egg White Puffs爱吃蛋白溶豆的叶少10k WordsCompleted Tale of Twin Souls Reborn —Reads—Score—14d adds
34. 934 寒 Fallen Plum Blossoms 寒梅落 Young Master Ye, Who Loves Egg White Puffs爱吃蛋白溶豆的叶少9k WordsCompleted Falling Plum Blossoms 1Reads—Score—14d adds
35. 935 青 No Grudge Is Buried at the Green Mound 青冢不葬怨 Young Master Ye, Who Loves Egg White Puffs爱吃蛋白溶豆的叶少24k WordsCompleted No Grudge Buried in the Green Mound 1Reads—Score—14d adds
36. 936 我 I Heal the Interstellar World by Planting Trees, Part One 我靠种树治愈星际（上） Young Master Ye, Who Loves Egg White Puffs爱吃蛋白溶豆的叶少13k WordsCompleted I Heal the Interstellar World by Planting Trees (Part 1) 1Reads—Score—14d adds
37. 937 我 I Heal the Interstellar World by Planting Trees, Part Two 我靠种树治愈星际（下） Young Master Ye, Who Loves Egg White Puffs爱吃蛋白溶豆的叶少11k WordsCompleted I Heal the Interstellar World by Planting Trees (Part 2) 4Reads—Score—14d adds
38. 938 星 The Galaxy Healing Center 星河疗愈所 Young Master Ye, Who Loves Egg White Puffs爱吃蛋白溶豆的叶少96k WordsCompleted Star River Healing Center 120Reads—Score—14d adds
39. 939 第 District Nine: Crimson Seal 第九区：深红封印 Young Master Ye, Who Loves Egg White Puffs爱吃蛋白溶豆的叶少33k WordsCompleted Zone Nine: Crimson Seal 1Reads—Score—14d adds
40. 940 末 The Doomsday Bladesman 末世刀客 Young Master Ye, Who Loves Egg White Puffs爱吃蛋白溶豆的叶少16k WordsCompleted Doomsday Bladesman —Reads—Score—14d adds
41. 941 长 Crossing the Sunken Boat in the Long Night 长夜渡沉舟 Young Master Ye, Who Loves Egg White Puffs爱吃蛋白溶豆的叶少Sci-Fi & Apocalypse370k WordsOngoing A new book has just begun Shen Yue transmigrates into an interstellar age where psychic power rules everything. As the only person without psychic power, he is defective in the eyes of society. All he owns is the wealth of memories from Earth in his mind. Only later does he learn that these memories are the lost heritage of all human civilization. Starting from nothing, he has a nearly obsolete System and a travel agency with no one but himself. Someone asks him why he doesn't return to his own 1Reads—Score—14d adds
42. 942 虫 The Wormhole Courier 虫洞镖师 Young Master Ye, Who Loves Egg White Puffs爱吃蛋白溶豆的叶少Male-Channel Fanfiction357k WordsCompleted Outside Xiangyang City in the Southern Song, an interstellar escort guard falls from the sky. Guo Jing asks him, “Can you hold off a hundred thousand Mongol cavalrymen?” He looks at the alloy blade in his hand. “I can hold off something far more terrifying: the tide of time.” —Reads—Score—14d adds
43. 943 全 A Western Fantasy World Full of Tricks 全是套路的西幻世界 Juice Fox果汁狐Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [Western Fantasy + Magic + Growing Female Lead + Ensemble Cast + 1v1 Couples, All Chaste] After discovering she had become Lillian Snowwhite, the false marquis’s daughter, she resolutely decided to lie flat in this fantasy world full of tropes. With the positive attitude that every extra day alive was a bonus, and having already pushed herself hard enough in her previous life, she decided to treat this inexplicable new life like a game in which she controlled the character. But then came an enco 7.2kReads9.2Score1k14d adds

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    You won't lose money investing in this stock!!!

44. 944 老 After My Husband Cheated with the Real Young Master, I Went on a Rampage 老公出轨真少爷后，我杀疯了 Cotton Ball Bubbles棉球泡泡18k WordsCompleted After My Husband Cheated with the Real Young Master, I Went on a Rampage —Reads—Score—14d adds
45. 945 反 Villain: I'm No Good at Fighting Spells 反派：小女子不擅斗法 Another Ten Years of Rustling萧萧瑟瑟又十年Ancient Romance1.2M WordsOngoing [Villainess story + false benevolence + no male lead + ordinary-mortal cultivation] Sold by her parents to a brothel at the age of ten, Liu Muqing has no idea what is good or evil. By chance, she embarks on the path of cultivation. Her master teaches her to put self-interest first in all things. As Liu Muqing gradually understands the world, she decides to cut off the goodness in her heart and become the chaotic era’s most feared witch. 1kReads8.8Score10014d adds
46. 946 死 Waltz of the Dead 死人圆舞曲 Love's End Leads to Buddhahood情绝成佛Modern Romance155k WordsCompleted [A melancholy novel! A yandere! A tragic romance! Stream of consciousness!] A dead man's dream! China's answer to The Unbearable Lightness of Being! A strange book, a strange book that goes against the spirit of the times. An unusual structure and a shocking twist ending! The ultimate destructive power of the unattainable beloved! The purest unrequited love in history! A groveling ex trying to win back his wife! If despair reaches its absolute limit, can death become a kind of hope? A spiritual 3Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The author's writing is good, and it has the same writing style as "Psychological Crime". If you like reading classics such as the Chinese version of "The Unbearable Lightness of Being", you can come and take a look. The male protagonist's character is unique.

47. 947 重 Reborn in the Hong Kong Entertainment Industry of the 1980s 重生八十年代在港娱乐圈 Leisurely March三月闲暇Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Yin Xiao was reborn in Hong Kong in the 1980s. To find a job, she entered the Miss Hong Kong pageant and won the crown, launching her career in show business. She attended training classes, took bit parts, and played cannon fodder, steadily rising to become the leading lady. In the end, she became famous across mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, earning her place as an undisputed superstar. Even when Yin Xiao became the most influential film and television mogul of her era, people still call 12kReads9.4Score1.4k14d adds
48. 948 失 I Got Fired, So What Do I Do When the Top-Tier Star Begs Me to Come Back? 失业了，顶流求我回去怎么办 Mouse to the Eighth Power鼠的八次方Modern Romance433k WordsCompleted [Entertainment Industry + Variety Shows + Employment + Heaven-Sent Nemesis-to-Lover Romance + Older Woman/Younger Man Dynamic (Reverse)] Xu Fou’s life was like sleeping straight through to the age of twenty-seven, then suddenly waking up. She discovers that the star she raised is a beautiful lunatic. Xu Fou: I want to quit. When Xu Fou tries to resign, everyone thinks she’s crazy. It’s not easy to find a job these days. Besides, she’s the personal manager of a top-tier star. Xu Fou wants to lie 558Reads9.0Score10114d adds
49. 949 不 I Have No Choice but to Fulfill My Parallel World's Self's Last Wishes 不得不为平行世界的我完成遗愿 Moonlight on the River河里的月光Urban348k WordsCompleted After graduating from college, Lin Chao returns to his hometown and remains unemployed, plagued by recurring dreams in which he dreams of nothing. Then one day, he starts dreaming again and learns that he has been chosen as a “fixer of lingering regrets.” He must fulfill the various last wishes of his counterparts in parallel worlds to free them from their obsessions. From then on, Lin Chao is forced to embark on a journey where reality and illusion intertwine. 3Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The third story is worth checking out! [Thumbs up][Thumbs up]

50. 950 荒 I Rule the Desert Island Variety Show, Top-Tier Star. You’re Strong as a Wild Boar 荒岛综艺我称王，顶流野猪你的强 Beyond the Mountains山外Modern Romance296k WordsCompleted Jian Xun is a wild boar. Right now, she’s being forced to serve as a laborer in this world. With an alcoholic father, a mother who favors her son, a hard life, and a broken family. The little wild boar sneered: “You don’t know when you’ve got it good. You people are beyond saving!” To her son-obsessed adoptive mother, she smiled and suggested: “Why not just marry your son? You can be his wife and his mother. Everyone will praise you for managing the household!” To the arrogant male lead whose be 8.1kReads9.5Score1.4k14d adds

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