Calm and Ordinary, Beautiful Writing, No Mary Sue Tropes, and Both Leads Are Cool and Distant 平平淡淡 文笔好 没有玛丽苏情节 男女主都很清冷
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He Watches You from the Shadows 他在背后凝视你
Chi Wan, a female detective, had seen more than enough corpses, but never one with roses offered after death. A famous woman painter was brutally murdered in her studio. There was a small wound between her brows and a thornless rose by her side. Every piece of evidence pointed to her abusive husband, and Chi Wan was ready to close the case, until a man appeared. “My name is Wenren Jing. I’m the victim’s defense attorney.” Gentle and refined, he nevertheless brought the case crashing down with a
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From Beginning to End! 自始至终！
[Independent and ambitious, occasionally emo HR specialist & confident, arrogant, but actually stubborn and devoted programmer] [Reunion after years apart + rekindled romance + everyday realism + slow burn] Five years after they broke up, Jiang Yu returned to her old hometown. On her first day at a new job, she unexpectedly ran into Jiang Yanzhou. There was none of the polite small talk you see in movies, no “Long time no see,” just a cool “Hello.” Not long afterward, Jiang Yanzhou bluntly told
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Painting the Stardust of the World 绘世星尘
The universe is a prison, and fate is a lock. Beneath the calm of the Twin-Mind Planet, judgment has long been hidden in the cycle of reincarnation: older than civilization, more secret than breathing. “Deep are the mysteries of the star prison; the delusive crystal conceals the truth. Let the heart turn toward the hidden depths, and when illusion breaks, the Way remains.” The voice from beyond that lit the mind of Qingping Star Sovereign did more than that. It was the first beam of light to pi
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My Girlfriend Is Such a Drama Queen 我的女友是戏精
Gu Yan, an ascetic elite in investment banking, has spent his whole life putting data first and relying on such rigid logic that he lives like a precision timepiece. Yet he falls hard for the theatrical Su Xiaoye and completely loses his composure! A memorable scene unfolds at their blind date: Su Xiaoye arrives half an hour late, lies flat and pretends to be dead on the spot, then charges into the restaurant kitchen to catch a mouse, ruining Gu Yan's important meeting and costing him his bonus
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Dongguan: Those Older Sisters 东莞：那些姐姐们
Sister Mei's advice to me: The women at entertainment venues are just for looking. Don't get serious with them. Sister Mei also said: Don't get any ideas about me, either. [A story about working for a living, perhaps with a little of me, you, and him in it.]
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From Village to City: Their Lives Swept Along by the Tide of the Times 从村到城，她们在时代洪流里沉浮
Their fates seem to repeat across generations. Three generations of women all grew up under the shadow of fathers who left or divorced their mothers. Raised in households with only their mothers, the women share similar traits: resilient and adaptable, dignified and self-assured, hardworking, and devoted to living life well. From the countryside to the city, women of the new era have finally welcomed a spring of their own. Their lives have become richer and more colorful, full of endless possibi
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The Village Guardian Ghost 护村鬼
Ghosts often haunt Ronggu Village, but the villagers themselves are not afraid. They say the ghosts are protectors of the village and would never harm its people. In fact, they protect them. Outsiders, however, are afraid, especially those who know they have a guilty conscience. That is why outsiders rarely dare to spend the night in Ronggu Village. So what exactly are these guardian ghosts like? Why are they called the village’s protectors? Let me tell you the story.
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A-Dou’s Comeback 阿豆的逆袭
He was born with a disability: no neck, his head almost resting on his shoulders... On top of that, he lost both his parents as a child. Yet this very man eventually made a comeback like Forrest Gump. He not only married the village beauty, but also found success in his career. How did he turn his life around and rise to the light? Was it luck? Character? Talent? Maybe it was a bit of everything.
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Daring to Act 大胆作为
She was as beautiful as a celestial maiden. Raised in a remote mountain village, she became famous far and wide for her beauty, but she was neither delicate nor dependent on men. With an excellent memory, high emotional and intellectual intelligence, and a stubborn refusal to give up, she carved out a place for herself in the world. She studied opera, ran a stall, worked odd jobs, and did business, eventually making her mark in the commercial world. Because of her unusual birth, her life was far
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Northeastern Memories: The Road to Qingyun 东北记忆之青云路往事
A business story brimming with the everyday life of Northeast China, a record of life there woven with love and hate, and a microcosm of the region’s people, culture, and economic landscape. The characters come from different social classes and age groups, but they all live in Sheng’an, a central city in Northeast China. Faced with different business opportunities, each hopes to make a breakthrough in life in 2015. Together, they form a portrait of the region’s economy. This story aims to show r
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Infinite Spiritual Power? No, I'm a Human Power Bank 无限灵力？不，我是人形充电包
Infinite spiritual power + dantian constipation + a power-supplying formation + play the pig to eat the tiger Others cultivate based on talent. Lin Que cultivates based on his battery level. He transmigrates with infinite spiritual power, but suffers from "dantian constipation syndrome," with spiritual power so blocked up that it leaks out through his lower half. Sect Leader: Go relieve yourself at the mountain-protecting formation every day. And so he becomes the Qingniu Sect's mobile power so
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Beware the Mediocre 庸人小心
Realistic fiction · Unrequited love with a bad ending · Small-town life · Ordinary people · Coming-of-age · No golden finger Based on the true experiences of friends, this story is told from a male first-person perspective and follows Jiang Xin through the ups and downs of his youth in a small southern county town from 2005 to 2014. He was once an elementary-school prodigy admired by everyone. But from the moment he started middle school, his life quietly began to veer off course. As a boy, he
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The Matchmaker’s Comic and Tragic Fate 红娘啼笑因缘
A matchmaker who transmigrated, still so young and already arranging marriages. What a farcical situation! The matchmaker Hongniang in the Peking opera The Story of the Western Wing is famous for helping lovers find happiness. Could a real-life matchmaker actually be the reincarnation of the Hongniang from The Story of the Western Wing? Can the Book of Changes really predict love and marriage?
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A Working Stiff's Little Journal 打工小记
Urban daily life + earning a living through hard work + multiple heroines + healing The story of an ordinary wage earner: from drifting to Guangzhou to drifting to Beijing, from Shaoxing to Foshan and then to Majiaqiao in Beijing. Fifteen years in all. See how a worker at the bottom makes his way through life... I went south at fifteen and drifted north at thirty. The fiercest gamble of my life took fifteen years to pay for. Over those fifteen years, I worked in an electronics factory, served
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Butterfly Shadows Return to Dust: Sold into Prostitution by My Mother-in-Law, My Ex-Husband Searched for Me for Ten Years 蝶影归尘：被婆母卖入风尘，前夫寻了我整整十年
The Butterfly’s Shadow Returns to Dust: Sold into a Life of Vice by My Mother-in-Law, My Ex-Husband Searched for Me for Ten Years
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Back to the Beginner’s Village? No! I’m Here to Retire! 重回新手村？不！我是来养老的！
After completing 9,999 repair missions in minor worlds, Hua Yi decisively retires and chooses a world to spend her remaining years in. She seems like a fresh-faced newcomer who has just entered the world of cultivation, but behind the scenes, she’s a powerhouse who dares to go head-to-head with the Heavenly Dao! Along the way, she plays the pig to eat the tiger, picks up strays, and enjoys the gossip and drama. There’s the Child of Misfortune, sealed away by a powerful cultivator. There’s also t
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My Grandmaster Is Zhuge Liang 我的祖师爷是诸葛亮
[Fantasy premise] [Urban supernatural powers] [Two Worlds] [Wits and strategy] [Three Kingdoms mysteries] Life is a play, and everything depends on your acting. Surrounded by enemies, fish in troubled waters. Make enemies believe they’re your friends, and make yourself seem like their enemy. Zeng Ming is plagued by a hidden ailment and has little time left to live. By sheer luck, he meets a benefactor and learns a life-saving spell passed down from Zhuge Liang. The trouble is, this spell comes w
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A Journey Through the Martial World in Golden Winds and Jade Dew 金风玉露江湖行
Chen Hao comes from a world utterly different from this one. There, cultivators soar through the skies and burrow through the earth, spells can destroy heaven and earth, and sects have endured for millennia. As the son of the Hehuan Sect’s leader, he was meant to inherit the sect and roam the world in freedom. Until that blood-red night. His sect was destroyed, his father blew himself up, and every fellow disciple was killed. He fought desperately to protect his senior sister, only to end up wit
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I Kissed the Demon Dog’s Toes and Became a Cultivation World Troublemaker 亲吻魔犬脚趾，我成了修仙乐子人
[System shenanigans + absurd comedy + light power fantasy + no farming] Other cultivators slay demons and vanquish monsters, reaching for the heavens, but my very first cultivation quest is to kiss a demonic hound’s toe?! After awakening the Taiji Fun-Seeker System, the more ridiculous the quest, the more outrageous the reward! Fairy dresses, lace gloves, bizarre abilities... As long as I keep the antics coming, my cultivation skyrockets! No protagonist torture, no frustration, no melodrama, jus
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No Spiritual Roots? I’ll Hunt Down the Heavenly Dao with My Mortal Body 无灵根？我以凡躯猎杀天道
On the day of the tournament, my cousin sighs that I have no spirit root. My fiancée demands to break off our engagement. My whole clan sees me as a burden, and the Heavenly Dao declares me a cripple. But no one knows that the [Myriad Daos Return to the Void System] I awakened tells me: Spirit roots are shackles imposed by the Heavenly Dao. Having no spirit root is what makes a person whole! From then on, I forge an original Great Dao that requires no spirit root. My cousin is a genius? I'll gra
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Wait, What? My Best Friend's Gift Turned Out to Be Her Uncle! 搞错了！闺蜜送的礼物竟是她小叔
(Just started getting ratings, and they’ll rise later) Hong Kong finance tycoon × rebellious Beijing heiress pretending to be a good girl Marriage first, love later|Long-planned romance|Ten-year age gap|Powerful man bows to love|Devoted, mutually faithful couple|Beijing and Hong Kong elite families On the night of her coming-of-age ceremony, Feng Xiaxi awakened memories of her past life. Bound by traditional expectations all her life, she was known in Beijing as the perfect good girl. She never
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Great Song Lotus Guard: A Transmigration That Begins with an Assassin 大宋芙蓉卫：穿越从刺客开始
[Mystery Case Investigation] [Historical Romance] [Transmigration] [Strong Female Lead] [Wuxia] [Medicine] In 2046, Jiang Man, a top agent of the GA Bureau, leapt into the flames of war in the second year of Jianyan under the Southern Song, searching for the lover she had lost long ago. This was her second transmigration. Who could have guessed that an unexpected mishap would strike on the very first day? The Furong Guard assassin Zilian, whose body she had entered, was unconscious and on the br
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After I Transmigrated, I Gave Up, but My Target Started Pursuing Me Instead 穿越后摆烂我被攻略对象反攻略了
Dual male leads, everyone's favorite, cultivation, System, angst first and sweetness later, reincarnation, amnesia, twists. I transmigrated into a hidden extra, and not just any extra, but a crucial one! The original story never even mentioned me! The calamity that will destroy the world is fast approaching, yet the System's missions are utterly baffling. Am I supposed to form a friendship bond with the child of destiny? Or win over the world-ending villain? And there's more than one child of de
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Moonlight Fort 明月堡
Set after the Central Plains War, this work follows the rise and fall of the Hu family, a prominent business clan in Mianshang County in central Shanxi, and the joys and sorrows shared by two generations. It portrays the region’s distinctive local customs and bears the clear imprint of its era.
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The Cold-Faced Officer's White Moonlight 冷面军官的白月光
That night, they sat on the steps outside the photography studio, eating wontons. The July heat in Shanghai was stifling as a steamer, and cicadas poured their cries from the plane trees’ canopies, spreading them across the ground. Shen Zhi prodded a wonton with her chopsticks, then suddenly asked, “How did you get by during those two years in Yemen?”
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The Little Palace Kitchen 深宫小食堂
After transmigrating as the empress, Lin Wanyi binds herself to a “Life Assistant System.” The abilities she draws each day are all kinds of strange, and so she begins a happy life in the imperial palace, never fighting for anything and just wanting to lie flat.
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A Sour Story for Fujoshi 腐女酸文
Hello, everyone. I’m the author of this book, and also its protagonist: Yatou. This book tells the true story of my life. Every word comes from my own experience; nothing is fabricated or plagiarized. Over the years, I’ve weathered countless ups and downs and struggled through one storm after another. To make it this far feels like a hard-won miracle. Many people wonder about the meaning of the title, The Bitter Ramblings of a Fudanshi. It’s really a reflection of the first half of my life: “
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