It’s So Hard to Find Gold in a Pile of Trash. Any Good Book Recommendations? 一堆答辩里找金子太难了，有没有好书推荐一下。
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After Prison: The Movie Star's Wife Became the Haters' Number One 出狱后：影帝夫人成了黑粉头头
After spending thirteen years in prison, she was reborn. When she opened her eyes, she was back at the time when the entire internet hated her. If you can’t beat them, join them. Before she knew it, she’d become the head of the antis. Antis Group One: “Boss, Yu Yuan’s causing trouble again. Should we go after her?” Yu Yuan: “Go after her for what? Did we get paid this time? Even antis have professional standards. We’re not working for free!” Antis Group Two: “Boss, the CP fans are shipping Yu Yu
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Late in the Day 行止晚
[Devoted love + emperor and empress + tragic palace romance] 145,000 readers gave it top ratings, and countless readers cried their way through it! The year’s breakout historical romance, a heartache readers can’t forget. A clear-eyed, sweet empress VS a proud emperor whose love never wavers. Born into the imperial family, how can everything ever go as you wish? May we remain together forever, and may I keep you safe and at peace. A gentleman’s word is his bond. In a daze, I saw the moon rise.
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The Paranoid Tyrant Throws a Tantrum, but the Empress Is Too Much for Me 偏执暴君无能狂怒，皇后欺朕太甚
[The comic adaptation, with the same title, is now available on Tomato: “You Made Me a Palace Maid, So Why Did You Make the Tyrant Kneel on a Washboard?”] [Mind-reading + changing the plot + a cast of lovable idiots + laugh-out-loud comedy + one-on-one romance, both leads have eyes only for each other] After Ning Xiaoxiao transmigrated into a book, she unexpectedly gained the golden finger ability to change the plot. From then on, she began living the life of a feel-good heroine who could do wha
5.7kReads9.4Score971Shelves
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The Temptress 尤物
The print edition of The Enchantress will be released on March 25 at 8 p.m. (A devoted one-on-one romance, with both leads each other’s first and only.) Zhou Yi is notorious in their circle for being a shameless playboy. Everyone thinks he cares about pleasure, not feelings. That is, until a video leaks one day. In it, Zhou Yi looks like a devout believer, clasping a woman’s slender wrist in his hand. His eyes are filled with fervor and tenderness as he murmurs in a low, hoarse voice, “Jiang Yin
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I Transmigrate into a Book as the Wicked Stepmom on a Wealthy-Family Reality Show 穿书成豪门恶毒后妈综艺对照组
[Parenting reality show + light supernatural elements + livestream + System] Qi Yue Ning was a member of the mystic arts community, living in a world that cracked down on fortune-telling and shamanism and where everyone opposed superstition. She kept her secret identity tightly under wraps, trembling and living in constant fear. Then, while trying to pick up a dropped one-yuan coin, she was hit by a truck and died at the age of twenty-six! When she opened her eyes again, she had transmigrated in
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After Being Four Big Shots’ Stand-Ins, I Earn a Billion a Year 给四个大佬当替身后，我年薪百亿
[No fixed pairing + everyone gets their comeuppance + transmigrated female supporting character + female lead diligently follows the plot but doesn’t get emotionally involved] After dying from a brain hemorrhage, Jiang Nuannuan transmigrated into a book, specifically a chaotic mash-up of melodramatic CEO romances. She got the role of a disposable fake heiress and stand-in, and activated the Hundred-Billion Stand-In System. Jiang Nuannuan: For the sake of making a living, I’ll put up with it! I’l
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Flirting Openly! Seducing in Secret! Sharing Sweet Moments on a Dating Show with a Top-Tier Star 明撩！暗诱！和顶流影帝恋综撒糖
The print editions of the novel and manga adaptation of Secret Crush Echoes are now available for purchase across all platforms. Li Jiu is hailed as a breathtaking beauty in Beijing’s elite circles, with sultry eyes, long legs, a slender waist, and a dazzling, unrestrained beauty. One drunken night, she accidentally flirts with Pei Shisi, a top-tier star and actor, then gets boycotted across the internet after a trending video shows her pinching his butt. What no one knows is that the two grew u
18.5kReads9.5Score2.6kShelves
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The Nation’s Movie Emperor Has a Secret Crush on Me 国民影帝暗恋我
Word is that national heartthrob Yu Qianfan has someone he secretly loves? Fans: “No, I don’t believe it! He loves us!” Word is that the person Yu Qianfan secretly loves is Queen Li? Fans: “Li Jin? No way! Those two don’t get along. This rumor is definitely false!” During a variety show game, Yu Qianfan put his hand on a lie detector. Host: “I heard you have a secret crush. Is it Li Jin?” Li Jin shot him a cold look. Yu Qianfan answered, “No.” Zap! The red lights flashed, and the alarm blared. L
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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
[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
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You Asked Me to Bless You, but I Cursed You: The Alluring Goddess Has Arrived 让你赐福你赐祸，美艳神明她来了
Man Yue, the God of Joy (and Misfortune), was kicked out of the Divine Realm by her grandfather, the Supreme God. The moment she opened her eyes, she had become an unlucky woman with the exact same name. She went from being a contestant to a judge on the show. Netizens: Who does she think she is? She’s not some big-shot sponsor. Man Yue: Those who believe in me will prosper. Those who curse me will have bad luck! * Short on cash? Buy a lottery ticket, and quietly chant, “Man Yue, you’re my god!”
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My Beloved Wife Has Too Many Love Rivals 万人迷老婆修罗场太多
[Quick Transmigration + Corruption + Obsession + Male Rivalry] The author is the heroine’s number-one supporter! She won’t let the heroine suffer. Content warning: A sweet, soft, airheaded beauty adored by everyone. If you don’t like airheaded heroines, ❌. Su Qingxuan is bound to a Villainess System and transmigrates into various worlds, becoming a catalyst for the male and female leads’ romance, a background character in their story, and a stepping stone for the plot. The wealthy family’s rea
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The Boy and the Mountain Breeze 少年和山间的风
Model student Zhou Man is staying with a family friend of her parents’ generation, sharing a roof with rich playboy He Chengxiu. After she transfers schools, rumors run wild: people say she stole He Chengxiu, Zhao Situ’s childhood friend and the class belle’s sweetheart. While everyone watches for a show, Wen Li, the aloof boy no one at school dares mess with and a top candidate for admission to Beijing or Tsinghua, speaks up with a mocking sneer: “Zhou Man is chasing He Chengxiu? What for? His
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The Little Highness Has a Screw Loose 小殿下他脑子有坑
[Sweet, bold, and outspoken young princess X gentle, seemingly innocent but secretly calculating young prince] Shi Sui transmigrated into the heroine of a classic tragic romance. In the original, the male and female leads' melodramatic love story tortured them from the first chapter to the penultimate one, and still ended in a tragic finale. Shi Sui: Bye-bye, then. I'll pick the devoted second male lead. Basically, it's a story about a laid-back girl using her wonderfully quirky imagination to s
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The Side Consort Arrives, Joining the Crown Prince in Rebellion, War, and the Rise to Emperor and Empress 侧妃驾到，携太子造反出征成帝后
My first book wasn’t very well written. [Harem intrigue + political scheming + two powerful leads + revenge] He is Xiao Junze, a warm and gentle yet calculating Crown Prince with a devoted heart. She is Lin Qingyue, a cool-headed, clever side consort who has no desire to enter the palace. He says, “Qingyue, I’m afraid you’ll destroy the obsession I’ve held onto for ten years.” She says, “Junze, I’m willing to build a golden age with you.” As dangers close in at court, their feelings for each oth
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After Fleeing the Chaotic Era, I Became the Founding Empress 乱世逃亡后，我成了开国女帝
[Publication rights signed] [Strong heroine + political intrigue + turbulent times + power struggles + ensemble cast] She’s fleeing from the start, a female warlord in a chaotic age. Lin Zhihuang, originally named Lin Zhihuan, transmigrates as a county magistrate’s daughter, only to find tens of thousands of refugees attacking the city from the start! While others transmigrate into palace or household intrigue, she transmigrates straight into a chaotic age and a desperate flight from famine. The
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A Little Land of Mountains and Rivers 小山河
When Chi Xia first joins the special investigations team, Luo Xun strongly recommends transferring her elsewhere. The intern is so thin-limbed and wooden, like she can barely keep her eyes open. What makes her suitable for this team? She’d be much better off in Publicity! The thin-limbed intern says nothing, responding to everything with, “Captain Luo, solving the case comes first.” Luo Xun is so frustrated he can barely contain himself. The team is doomed, he thinks. Before long, Captain Luo ge
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The Willow by the Palace Wall 宫墙柳
Why must the imperial consorts compete for the emperor’s favor? A smash-hit, heart-wrenching historical romance that burst onto the scene in 2019! Recommended by countless tearful readers, this unconventional palace-intrigue novel will stay with you long after you finish. In the lightest of styles, it captures everyone’s deepest regrets. In May of the year I turned fourteen, with the pagoda trees in fragrant bloom, I sat in Yong’an Palace, propping up my head as I dozed. The man’s laughter held
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The Duke Became the Regent’s Little Darling 国公大人成了摄政王的小娇包
The spoiled young heir gained the memories of a young general and discovered an obsession in his hands: whenever he saw Young Lord Jing, he wanted to touch him! But Young Lord Jing was aloof and untouchable. If you have no feelings for me, then I’ll let you go! Sheng Changge turned around and headed for the battlefield. Love had gone badly, so she would make a name for herself on the battlefield. Who says a woman can’t live without a man? Later, Young Lord Jing became regent. Sheng Changge retur
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The Actress Queen Can Read Fortunes! And She's Fair-Skinned, Beautiful, and Long-Legged 影后她会算命！还肤白貌美大长腿
[Ridiculous + mysticism + wish fulfillment + adored by all + 1v1] The Dragon Clan's princess, Chu Yanxi, transmigrates after undergoing a trial and becomes a notorious, much-maligned celebrity in the entertainment industry? She joins a survival variety show, and her suona rendition of “Zhu Bajie Carries His Bride” goes viral across the internet. During a live performance, a hater shouts, “Chu Yanxi, you talentless pretty face! You're useless!” Chu Yanxi: “Who says I can't do anything? Let me rea
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She's Such a Flirt 她那么撩
[Signed for publication] [Sweet romance + short story] Shen Xiao, renowned as a captivating beauty, pursued Han Ce for five years. Only after they married did she learn that he had fallen in love with her at first sight and had been secretly enjoying her pursuit all along. After an accident sends her back to the beginning, when she first met Han Ce, she hears the heir of the Han family sneer in front of his childhood friends: “Shen Xiao? A childhood betrothal? I'd rather stay single than marry h
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The Unparalleled Little Scapegoat 绝世小冤种
Also known as: I Pay, You Risk Your Life, and We Both Go Crazy; The Ultimate Scapegoat; Power Over All, Sword to the Heavens Someone has set a trap to make everyone turn against me. "It's fine. I have a System..." Luo Yinyou comforted herself. "Even if the System is a total troll!" The world order had changed drastically, and the flow of destiny had been redistributed. Countless geniuses emerged, but the most dazzling of them all was the young lord Ye Ci of Dragon Island, hailed as the greatest
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Is the Fake Heiress Impressive Today? 假千金她今天优秀了吗
[Two top students + childhood friends of sorts + heroine who grows over time] Lin Yuejiu was adopted at the age of seven, and in an instant became a little princess. She had loving parents, a doting older brother, and even gained a childhood friend. In her second year of high school, the Lin family's biological daughter was found and brought home. As her place in the family changed, Lin Yuejiu willingly stepped aside for the real heiress. After she left, Lin Yuejiu devoted herself to becoming a
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Bound by Spring 缚春情
[The print edition is available on the homepage; film and television rights have been sold] The Jiang and Song families have been close for generations, and Song Wan was betrothed to Jiang Xingjian before she was even born. They grew up together, but she was confined to the inner quarters, where everything she learned was meant to prepare her to become a Jiang family wife. The young man was dashing and ambitious. Before he had even turned twenty, he went off to the frontier to make his name. Bef
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Mermaid Chanson 人鱼香颂
Mermaids roam a ghost ship by night, where a long-sealed transoceanic love letter lies aboard a whale-bone fishing vessel! Fourteen breathtaking love stories, sweet enough to delight, angsty enough to hurt. Deep old velvet, a beautiful fool, a refined knight commander, a younger wolf pup, and an irresistibly alpha heartthrob. Pick your favorite pairing from this delicious mix. Turn hardship into absinthe and drink it down with the bitter salt of the waves. Shed tears like pearls, shed the tender
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What on Earth Is This? Complete in Two Volumes (The Original Novel Behind the Hit Drama Starring Wang Churan and Cheng Lei) 成何体统：全二册（王楚然、丞磊主演热播影视剧原著）
What is it like to transmigrate into a web novel and become the tyrant's bedmate? After a few simple calculations, Yu Wanyin reached a conclusion: she would have to find another way. In this story full of villains, if she wanted to carve out a path to survival, she had to become the biggest villain of all. First, help the tyrant take down Prince Duan, then take down the tyrant and become empress herself. But when she met the tyrant and carefully considered the strange sense of familiarity in his
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Legend Management Bureau 传说管理局
(No harem, no formulaic plot, no invincibility, no System, no brainless decisions, and no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if any of that bothers you.) Du Yu dies an untimely death right at the beginning of the story. Hoping to secure a better spot in his next life, he takes a job with the Bureau of Legendary Tales. His job is to return to legends that have gone off course and put their plots back on track. He never expected that the first mission assigned to an ordinary mortal like him would
210.3kReads9.6Score29.2kShelves
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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 Movie Emperor Keeps Trying to Make a Move on Me 影帝他总想对我图谋不轨
Shen Yi, stage name Wei Long, was an actor of superstar caliber who took the world by storm in the 1970s. But after he disappeared one day, he vanished from history without a trace, as if he had never existed. One day, Rong Qian spotted a photo of herself with Shen Yi, taken more than thirty years ago... This incredible discovery sent her on journey after journey through time, transmigrating into the past to save him! For Rong Qian, only a few days passed between each trip to the past. But for S
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Don't Touch My Rabbit Tail 不要碰我的兔尾巴
Sweet romance + comedy + healing + a woodland fairy-tale love story + rabbit × wolf Annie the rabbit is the real deal. The male lead is someone she’d genuinely dare to boil in a pot. After her poison plot, assassination plan, and shameless plan all failed, Annie decided to give up on turning the wolf into a potion. But the wolf refused to leave her house and even tried to become her mate. Hmph! She was the strongest witch in the Black Forest. How could she possibly agree? Arthur, king of the jun
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Strange Tales Livestream! 怪谈直播间！
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.
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Reborn: The Everyday Life of a Writer 重生写文日常
[Slice of Life / Slow Burn / Ensemble Growth]+ [Clear-Eyed Heroine, a Top-Tier IP-Making Machine × Goofy, Homebody CEO Hero *Hero Appears Later]+ [Completed] Reborn in one instant, with excellent college entrance exam results and her university application still unchanged, Zhu He had a top university waiting for her! Writing stories to earn her living, she tackled transmigration and rebirth, infinite-loop fiction, sweet romances, tragic romances, and male-oriented fiction. With her work publishe
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Teacher Chang Mao 长矛老师
Originally titled “You Sell Swords, I Go Crazy: Together, We Set the Entertainment Industry Straight” [Rebellious CEO × Defiant Top-Tier Star] [Entertainment industry + absurd comedy + dating show + nonsense + memes + shameless antics] Jiang Qiyu transmigrated into a book. She became a brainless cannon-fodder character in a novel about a fake heiress in the entertainment industry. After taking a phone call, she realized the plot was already more than halfway through. Her family had abandoned he
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From the Start, Immortal for Eternity, Laying Low Until the End of Time 开局长生万古，苟到天荒地老
[Published in print] [Not a wish-fulfillment story + tranquil daily life + lighthearted humor + no female lead + no tragedy + survival expert] Enter with caution. A longevity story told from the perspective of an immortal, spanning several great eras of cultivation. It begins in an ordinary mountain village, moves into a small domain, and then enters the vast world of cultivation, passing through the eras of flourishing development, golden prosperity, the collapse of the rules, the great dark up
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Take Me Home, Mr. Chu Xi! 带我归乡吧！楚夕先生
[No System] + [One Heroine] + [Not Overpowered] + [Slow-Paced] + [Everyday Life] + [Romance] “My little Xixi is such a clever child!” “This child is kind. Everyone who meets him likes him.” “Xixi, remember: take a hundred steps after a meal, and you’ll live to ninety-nine!” Whenever Chu Xi, caught up in the bustle of the city, felt restless, he would think back to the blessings his grandparents had given him. In the end, he quit his well-paid job, boarded a rural bus home, and moved into th
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Human Emperor Reborn: The Rise of Humanity 人皇重生：人族崛起
Since the Fall of the Shang, Humanity Has Had No More Sovereigns! The last Human Sovereign, Yin Shou, was reborn in despair, and humanity rose again. An emperor? What a joke. If you’re a dog to Heaven, you’re still a dog! Cultivation powered by technology, civilizations colliding: a very different prehistoric world.
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Republican Era: Who Needs Concubines? Spend Money to Make Your Warlord Stronger 民国：要啥姨太，军阀氪金就变强
[Republican Era] [Warlords] [Tycoon] [Pay to Win] [System] [No Female Lead] [War of Resistance] Cao Qiqiang transmigrates into a chaotic age and awakens the “Warlord Pay-to-Win and Grow Stronger System.” He rises amid war and strife, dominating the world with swagger! [Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have bound the Warlord Tycoon System! Get a ten-thousand-fold rebate on your savings! Exchange them for Threshold Coins and enjoy a surprise!] [The System Shop is now open for a limited time.] [War
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Villain: I Went Wild with Joy After Marrying the Comatose Empress 反派：娶了植物人女帝后我乐疯了
My name is Chu Lingxiao. I transmigrated to the Dragon Fortune Dynasty, where martial strength reigns supreme, and somehow became the “Chosen One.” Then I was forced to marry the empress of the Mystic Goddess Sect, Gu Ruoxue, who was in a vegetative state, and was chosen to bring her good fortune and be buried alongside her. If the empress lived, I would care for her. If she died, I’d be sealed in her coffin and buried with her. Everyone pitied my miserable fate, but I was over the moon! Because
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Longevity System: The Old Ancestor Has Nearly Died of Old Age Again! 长生系统，老祖又双叒叕夭寿了！
In the Great Dou Dynasty, where martial prowess reigns supreme, Zu Linfeng unexpectedly obtains the “I Am Your Dad” System. As long as he has enough descendants, his cultivation can increase without limit. [Ding! System notification: For each child the Host has, receive one year of lifespan and cultivation. For each grandchild, the reward is halved...] Huh? I can get stronger just by having more kids? Zu Linfeng is overjoyed. With his cheat-like advantage, he steps onto the path of cultivation a
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The Alluring Wife 媚妻
Zhou Xiongwei, a young delivery rider who runs errands and brings people their takeout, unexpectedly acquires the mysterious inheritance of the True Dragon Sacred Body. His once dull, uneventful life is never the same again. He meets and falls in love with Long Meitong, a beautiful CEO whose background is shrouded in mystery, and joins forces with his fellow delivery riders to make their mark in the city, embarking on an extraordinary life.
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The Extraordinary Village Doctor 乡村超凡神医
[Countryside] [Divine Doctor] [Getting Rich] [Farming] [Perseverance] [Urban Life] The “fool” Zhou Ming was kidnapped at the age of three and, years later, killed the human trafficker with his own hands, earning a ten-year prison sentence. Now released after serving his time, he has finally returned to Xinghua Village, the hometown he has long dreamed of. Gifted with mysterious ancient shamanic medical arts, he sets out to rediscover his family ties and begin an extraordinary life amid the vast,
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