Any Novels That Feel Grounded and Close to Ordinary Life? 有没有那种现实点的小说,接近普通人的生活的小说
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Deep Love Will Find Its Time 深情终有时
“Long time no see, Mr. Li.” Chen Nuan had been swept up in a storm of emotions just moments ago, but now she had unexpectedly calmed down. How long had it been since they last saw each other? Chen Nuan thought back. She had been abroad for two years, but she had not seen Li Chen for the two months before she left. So it must have been two years, two months... and seven days? Li Chen's feelings were a tangled mess. Chen Nuan had actually called him “Mr. Li.” The corners of his eyes stung. “Two ye
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The Retired Soldier King and His Sweet Southern Girl 退役兵王糙汉与南方娇软妹子
(Mutually faithful, one-on-one romance: a rugged former special forces soldier and a sweet, gentle girl from the south) Cheng Ye was once the king of the special forces. He was wild-looking and lived a rough, carefree life. After leaving the military, he started a renovation crew. Ruan Ruan was just like her name: sweet-looking and gentle by nature. What kind of story will unfold when a soft-spoken southern girl meets a rough northern man? Former Special Forces Soldier × Heiress to a Pastry-Ma
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He Says I’m His Lifeline 他说我是他的命
She asked him, “Have you made up your mind?” He nodded firmly. To her, it was nothing more than a fling. But for him, from that moment on, everything was already decided. For the rest of his life, she would be his whole world.
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A Wonderful Life Restarted 精彩的重启人生
Period novel + transmigration + business + the warmth and coldness of human nature Bai Mengyao died in an accident. When she woke up, she discovered she had transmigrated. She still had the same name, Bai Mengyao, but she was dismayed to learn that the original owner was a lazy glutton who spent every day gossiping about everyone in the village. What dismayed her even more was that she had transmigrated back to the 1990s. The many inconveniences of daily life nearly drove her to despair, but aft
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City Romance: 101 Heart-Pounding Moments 都市恋语:101次心动瞬间
In this bustling city, love quietly takes shape in a thousand different ways. Some feel their hearts race as they pass a stranger in a subway station. Some rediscover their courage after a chance encounter in a cafe. And some use words across a screen to keep each other warm through lonely nights... This collection brings together 101 short stories, each a vivid, self-contained glimpse of love. Some are sweet, some bittersweet, some absurd, and some healing. Together, they capture the excitement
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Never Turning Back 誓不回头
Also titled: The Ideal Life Is One Where You Can Soar Without Cheats. This is an amusing story with a touch of melancholy. Fresh out of school, Ma Yiming feels lost. “What's a life plan? Adults make plan after plan, but in the end, all they get is a measly paycheck?” His friend Chen Guangxu is just as lost. “...Four of us were sent to intern at the fitness center, and I was the only guy they assigned to sell memberships. I'm a boxing major. What am I doing selling memberships? Damn it, all the
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A Few Stories from an Ordinary Worker’s Life 小人物的打工两三事
From “Am I the one getting laid off?” to “I got a better offer,” Yang Sanyue's growth isn't a matter of suddenly getting lucky. She got there one step at a time. Her boyfriend, whom she sees once a year, is hard to reach by phone, but his love is always there. It's not domineering, over-the-top pampering, but tenderness in the little things.
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Thanks to My Ex-Husband, the CEO Came Knocking 托前夫的福,霸总找上门
This is the first time in my life I've had anything to do with a rich person, and I have my husband to thank for it. Lin Yuting is cooking at home when a strikingly handsome man knocks on her door. He says, “Your husband stole my wife, so...” After sizing him up, Lin Yuting replies, “Whatever you want to do, I'll cooperate!”
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A Simple Goodbye 简单告别
[A boy seeking redemption in a barren land] x [A girl who would risk everything for love] You’ll ache for him, and you’ll watch him struggle at the edge of ruin. You’ll lead him into the sunlight, then give him a poke in the back. Also known as: A Stroke of Youth /// Missing person notice: [Shao Xuan, male, postgraduate student in law at Yubei Law School, admitted through the self-study entrance exam. Missing since July 13. If you see him, please contact us. Generous reward offered...] At Shunan
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Heartbeat Over the Line 心跳越轨
[Signed for print publication] [Age gap + married first, love later + exceptionally gentle, fatherly male lead + both leads are each other's first] A restrained cardiac surgeon x a sweet young woman who grows into herself *Complete. A sweet, everyday romance with no melodrama. - On the eve of her engagement, Jiang Qiao catches her boyfriend passionately kissing another woman. As she stands there in a pitiful state, Pei Zhihe's tall figure appears beside her. His deep, dark eyes look at her from
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Far from Home 在他乡
One-on-one romance, both pure-hearted, with ten years of devotion and love A career-driven heroine who seems cool but is warm inside (Qi Yu) A steadfast, warm, and devoted hero (Mu Yunfei) “I’ve already moved in. Do you really think I’m going to move out?” Mu Yunfei looked at her with a sly grin. “It’s not living together, we’re just sharing a place,” Qi Yu muttered, her head lowered. Mu Yunfei’s eyes shone like stars.
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The Green Apple Falls into the Garden 青苹果落园
Youth is full of dreams, passion, and all kinds of generous yet fleeting impulses. Outside influences can make some of them vanish in an instant, while others endure. Whatever their nature, they are part of growing up. These experiences are all raw and new, and whether joyful or painful, they are hard to forget. Everyone finds their own way to preserve these memories. But will their fates be good or bad? Where will they ultimately lead?
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The Newlywed Young Widow 新婚小寡妇
In the winter of 1976, Li Yanmei was newly married when her husband died. Branded a “husband-killing” jinx, she was pregnant when her cruel in-laws threw her out with nothing. On a stormy night, she gave birth in a melon shed. Starving and freezing, she swallowed the slur “loose woman” along with her tears. For the little one in her arms, she wiped away her tears and turned humiliation into a stepping stone. She went from selling goods at a black-market stall to reclaiming land for farming, from
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The Post-Marriage Era 后婚姻时代
The novel follows Zhuang Jing through thirty years of work and life, telling the story of marriage, family, and career from the perspective of a professional woman. The book recounts the protagonist's experiences in three stages of life. The first stage, from age 22 to 30, is marked by the passion and stumbles of starting a career, and the happiness and struggles of falling in love, getting married, and having a child. The second stage, from 40 to 45, sees the pressures of her career gradually e
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The Woman with Five Marriages 五婚女人
Among contemporary Chinese literature's portrayals of rural women's lives, Zheng Guozhen's story grips readers with its astonishing realism and tragic depth. Through an ordinary rural woman's five failed marriages, this novel sketches the hardships of rural women's lives and inner worlds during China's social transformation in the 1990s. From an arranged marriage imposed by her parents to a self-serving union built on dependence on power, from an emotional wasteland scarred by violence to a brie
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The Fire Chief’s Sweetheart 消防队长的甜宠女孩
[Tough firefighter captain x sweet, soft-spoken college student] [Sweet romance + devoted couple + slow-burn love] An Ran was chased by a big black dog and nearly fell from a rooftop, but luckily a firefighter scooped her up just in time. She’d never fallen for anyone before, yet she couldn’t stop thinking about the warmth of his arms. She pursued him and flirted with him. Surely even a block of ice would melt, but his heart was set on the firefighting work he loved. After falling afoul of some
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The Long-Suffering Younger Sister 苦妹
This is a bloodcurdling, suffocating epic of female suffering. It tells the tragic story of a woman called Ku Mei, whose life was mercilessly crushed by fate over more than half a century, from the early 1960s to the beginning of the twenty-first century. In 1960, during a famine-stricken winter, she was born the second daughter in her family and named Pan Di, “Hoping for a younger brother.” From then on, her grandmother saw her as a “jinx” and branded her Ku Mei, “Bitter Girl.” In a family that
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A Wife’s Revenge Plan 妻子的复仇攻略
[Divorce + revenge + awakening + face-slapping + satisfying moments] He thought I was still the same meek wife. That was until I played the video of him cheating with a young nurse for a room full of relatives. “Shared marital assets: 12.05 million. I’m taking 70%. Emotional distress damages: 580,000. The 370,000 you gave her, you’re paying it all back.” Mother Zhou leaped up and accused me of dreaming. That seemingly perfect husband had been scheming against me all along, treating me like a “de
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Young Master Yan Has His Eye on Another Man’s Wife 严少惦记上了别人家的媳妇
A playboy falls for a timid, long-suffering wife. He lives next door, and after watching her for long enough, he starts getting ideas. This story’s motto: Never let a little drama get in the way of a good show. Yan Hao had been called a scumbag for half his life. But after moving to a small town in the countryside, he compared himself to the husband next door and realized he wasn’t scummy at all. In fact, he even felt a certain masculine superiority. Compared with that guy, Yan Hao was practica
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A Debt of the Heart 心债
[Heart-wrenching romance + powerful families + a husband’s desperate quest to win his wife back] A tearjerker from romance queen Sui Houzhu! Five years ago, she was falsely accused and sent to prison, while he stood by and watched, consumed by a desire for revenge. Five years later, she plots to take their child, but he has a plan of his own, determined to keep her by his side. The debt of vengeance has been repaid, but the debt of the heart remains. Tormenting your wife feels good for a moment,
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Rural Sisters-in-Law 农村妯娌
This is a story of war and peace between two women, and also a miniature epic chronicling the transformation of rural China from collectivization to the modern era. When the well in Liuxi Village was filled in and running water reached every home, the women who had once argued, wept, and whispered secrets beside that well proved through their lives that time can bury old grudges, and that a resilient spirit can blossom in the soil.
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Wait for Me, Come See Me 等你,来看我
“Will you miss me?” “I will.” “Will you come find me?” “I will.” “If I came to see you, would you be happy?” “I would.” “You’re lying.” Years later, Zhao Yan, who has spent half her life quiet and careful, always following the rules, sets off to wander just like her friend Xue Ni. She once fell in love with a boy she shouldn’t have loved. As fireworks filled the sky, she was too embarrassed even to confess. When they meet again after years apart, she chooses to run away on her wedding day. - Xue
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After I Got Pregnant, I Discovered My Husband’s Secret… 怀孕后,发现了老公的秘密……
After I Got Pregnant, I Discovered My Husband's Secret...
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Life After Marriage 婚后余生
Zhang Han's best friend seduced her husband. Then, while Zhang Han was heartbroken and miscarrying, her friend stole her chance at a promotion! What do you do when life hits rock bottom? Naturally, you seduce the hot young man who took your position, dump your cheating ex-husband and your backstabbing best friend, and watch them regret it while you live life on your own terms!
752Reads9.2Score104Shelves
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Cleansing the Heart 濯心
The novel follows recent university graduates Qian Jin, Li Qianjin, and others as they grow and experience love and marriage over ten years on the front lines. It portrays the little-known joys and sorrows of frontline employees working on construction projects. Centered on project manager Wu Xinshi and college graduates Qian Jin, Li Qianjin, and others, the novel explores their work and lives, telling how different people make different choices when faced with life's challenges. Each choice mar
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The Shoe Factory Worker Holds Forth, and She Knows So Much! 鞋厂女工论道,她知道那么多!
[Urban slice of life + romance] The heroine is beautiful and works at a factory. She takes care of looking lovely while the hero works hard to get ahead. He climbs the factory's management ranks and even puts in time on the production line, all so the two of them can tie the knot and enjoy a long, happy life together. But things aren't that simple...
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After We Got Our Marriage License, I Exposed My Girlfriend's Scam 领证后,我戳破了女友骗局
After We Got Our Marriage License, I Exposed My Girlfriend’s Scam
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I Picked Up a Sweet Young Woman, and the Celibate Old Chinese Doctor Is Losing His Mind with Desire 捡了个娇娇女,禁欲老中医馋疯了
A chaste, old-school traditional Chinese medicine doctor × a sweet, pampered makeup artist [Both Pure and Faithful + Sweet 1v1 Romance + Tender Devotion + Fatherly Boyfriend, 13-Year Age Gap + Muscular Martial Artist + Sweet, Soft Little Beauty] An accident lets Yan Yin witness something utterly shocking. Her best friend has been dating her boyfriend for two years, but he turns out to be in bed with another man... For a hopeless romantic like Yan Yin, the scene is too much to bear, leaving her t
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This Guy Is a Bit of a Rascal 这个家伙有点坏
[No formulaic plot][Not a wish-fulfillment story][No cheat abilities][Traditional][Realistic][Period][Countryside][Hardship] A boy who is both bad and good, a family made up of people with no blood ties, a difficult yet sweet golden age, and a story full of humor and warmth... Beginning in the 1980s, this novel spans forty years and strives to recreate the changes of the times, telling the story of one person's growth. Above all, this is a realistic story, with both sweetness and heartbreak. Rea
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Sand in the Palm 掌间砂
[Elegant, handsome bureau director] VS [Landlady with hidden depths] [Second chance romance] [Each other’s first love] I could give up the whole world. You alone are the cinnabar mark in the palm of my hand. When he returned, he was no longer the young office director who had once written her an entire guide to the civil service exams. After years of rising steadily through the ranks, he had become a bureau director who helped bring peace and prosperity to the land. But an unexpected turn of e
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A Collection of Short Stories 短篇小故事合集
A Collection of Short Stories
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Marrying Mr. Yu 嫁给喻先生
[The print edition of the same name is now available / The short drama of the same name is now streaming] [Cheerful artist vs. aloof, calculating professor] [Age gap + marriage before love + sweet romance + long-planned courtship + slow-burn love] Shi Sheng and Yu Wenzhou met on a blind date. But even on their wedding day, she still couldn't figure out what Yu Wenzhou saw in her. Since they didn't have much of a romantic foundation, Shi Sheng thought it would be good enough if they could at leas
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The Meaning of Happiness 幸福的标准
Ye Han and He Junshan are, in everyone’s eyes, the perfect love story from campus to the altar. But how can a marriage keep feelings safe from the wear and tear of everyday life? Even their careers are gradually facing new crises…
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The Absolute Man 绝对男人
[Traditional] [Realistic + hardship + inspirational] [Some angst] His mother died, his father was paralyzed, his stepmother suffered a mental breakdown, his older siblings kept running into trouble, and his younger siblings were still minors. At just sixteen, this outstanding student had no choice but to become the family’s sole support, shoulder his father’s enormous debts, and endure all kinds of unfairness and setbacks. Still, he refused to give up... This isn’t a wish-fulfillment story. Ther
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Dear You: I Once Had a Terrible Deskmate 卿卿如晤:我曾经有个坏同桌
The animated comic is coming soon! Two top students flirting with each other | Steamy and sweet | Small-town romance | No contrived plot, not a power fantasy Chen Qingqing thinks her love story with Lin Jingze is too embarrassing to tell anyone. Other people fall in love by dating. First comes a confession, then fingertips brushing, then lips meeting. But the two of them... went straight to bed. They were former deskmates who hadn't seen each other in years, and on the day they reunited, their f
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Fork in the Road 分叉
She lost her job, then her marriage, and now she is raising a son with autism. With a long road ahead, can she find her way in life again? The struggles of raising her son, uncertainty in love, betrayal by friends... One hardship after another drags her to rock bottom and leaves her blaming herself. If she cannot find happiness, so be it, but now even her parents' marriage is in trouble. Life is full of crossroads. Sometimes the sky is clear, and sometimes dark clouds gather. Again and again, sh
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The Ascetic Heartthrob Doesn’t Play Innocent, and I Laughed 禁欲系男神他不吃素,我笑了
The Chaste Male God Doesn't Do Vegetables. I Laughed.
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The Brother I Mistakenly Took Home Turns Out to Be My Tycoon Boss's Brother 抱错弟弟他亲哥竟是我的财阀老板
A sweet, everyday romance that unfolds at an unhurried pace. After listening to everyone's feedback, Ali will be fine. The story will return to its sweet romance main plot, with the wedding and baby both on the way. [Switched at Birth in Reverse] [Sweet Everyday Romance] [Powerful CEO from a Wealthy Family] [Instinctive Attraction] [Both Unchaste] [One-Year Age Gap] [Clear-Headed Office Worker] [Lighthearted Sweet Romance] [CEO's Secretary] The ratings just came in, and they'll keep going up~ P.
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The Years of Growing Up 成长的岁月
Pingping was born in the mid-1960s and grew up in a small town in Jiangnan. Her parents raised five children, and Pingping was the fourth. Born during the Cultural Revolution, Pingping witnessed the country rise from poverty and backwardness to prosperity and strength. Through her own hard work, she grew alongside the times.
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The Awakening of a Housewife 一个家庭主妇的觉醒
When the heroine, Song Xiaoying, discovers that her daughter is planning to kill herself, she follows the clues and uncovers her husband Zhou Yang's affair. This sets off a battle of interests between the wife and the mistress, husband and wife, and parents-in-law and daughter-in-law, laying bare the calculations and compromises, darkness and ugliness of human nature. It's a rare and compelling work of realistic relationship fiction.
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Starting from Scratch: Three Years Flipping Little Boxes Made Me a Millionaire 白手起家,倒腾小盒子三年千万
Mocked for selling contraceptives in his dorm from the start? Disciplined for it? No problem! He earns money while teaching in the countryside. After four years of hard work, he builds a fortune worth tens of millions, turning his dreams, love, and wealth into reality. [No transmigration + no System + no pocket dimension + no overpowered villains + no golden finger + a realistic story of striving]
10.6kReads8.1Score780Shelves
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Fan Hua Like Brocade: Taking Down the Scumbag, the Vixen, and My Cold-Blooded Parents 樊花似锦【撕渣男贱女冷血父母】
A realistic story of a woman’s growth, blending satisfaction and heartbreak. There’s no floating comeback powered by a golden finger, only an ordinary woman ground into the dirt by life, slowly crushing the mess of her past and turning the chaos into something beautiful. The more stifled you feel watching her in the first half, the more satisfying the second half will be. Love yourself first, and everything else will fall into place. Everyone and everything that wronged her will have to pay her
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Call Me Big Brother 叫你一声哥
Call Me Brother
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My Love, Please Wait Until I Grow Up 爱人,请等我长大
[Contemporary Urban Romance] A low-level employee at a company suddenly receives a plea for help from a wealthy woman. She asks him to find her missing husband, setting off a series of events... This is a short novel, about a hundred thousand words in total. It’s a traditional work of fiction about the little hassles of everyday life.
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The Old Hand and the Spitfire 老油条和小辣椒
At eighteen, Zuo Luo flirted with the rugged owner of the hotpot restaurant by her school, Boss Shi. Later, he became her very own Old Shi. At thirty, Shi Jingzhan was approached by a pretty young girl. Later, that pretty young girl became his girl. A romance with a twelve-year age gap. I really, truly like you.
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The White-Collar Girl and Her Military Training Instructor 军训教官的小白领
The first time Fu Suting addressed the group, the sound of his military boots striking the ground echoed in every heart. “My name is Fu Suting.” He surveyed the room, his gaze like a blade tempered in ice. “There are no office workers here, only soldiers.” Lin Xiaoyu was unlucky enough to become the object of his special “attention.” When she couldn’t hold a proper military stance, he personally measured the gap between her knees with a ruler. When she kept stepping out of sync during a march,
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Stories of the Little People in My Life 我的人生小人物记录故事
Little stories, a big life. I record the extraordinary moments in my ordinary life. Starting as an insignificant nobody, I’ll keep learning and gaining experience. One day, I’ll explore this world and find myself.
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I Told You to Pan for Gold! Do You Even Know What That Means? Why Are You Hauling It Away by Car? 让你淘金,淘金懂吗!你用车拉?
(Urban life, daily life, comedy, gold panning, billionaire lifestyle) A live-action audio drama has been adapted, and a short drama of the same name is now available. A financial crisis sent wages plummeting, and newly graduated students fought tooth and nail for jobs paying just 1,200 yuan. Fresh graduate Chen Feng couldn’t take the disappointment. He stayed home, hanging around doing nothing, smoking and drinking every day. Luckily, he awakened the Gold Prospector System. With a metal detect
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Kiddo, Stop! Your Dad Is the Big Villain, One Bite at a Time 崽崽停下!你爸是大反派一口一个
[Beloved by Everyone + Truly a Little Kid + Heartwarming + Lighthearted + Variety Show + No Romance] Three-and-a-half-year-old Zhaozhao is a pitiful sacrificial character in the original novel. Her birth mother abandoned her as soon as she was born, and later her uncle and aunt abused her. One day, she packs a little bundle and resolves to run away from home. But halfway there, a System for Reforming Villains suddenly appears and binds itself to her, unlocking a new identity: the only little one
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Falling into His Trap 落入他的圈套
The short drama adaptation, “Caught in His Trap,” is now streaming. Rugged man x sweet girl [sweet romance] Auto mechanic and a little rich girl returning to her hometown After Su Yuan returned to her hometown, she happened to rent a place from Chen Lie. From that day on, the man forcefully pushed his way into her life. Su Yuan thought Chen Lie was a little rough around the edges, but he really knew how to treat a woman well. It was also the first time she had ever fallen so madly for a man. Wha
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