Childhood Sweethearts: A Group of Boys Grow Up Together, with Plenty of Scenes from Their Youth 青梅竹马文，几个少年一起长大，有年少时光描写
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My Dearest 心肝
Both are each other’s first and only. Childhood sweethearts. They both have partners at first, but break up not long after returning home. The male lead realizes his feelings late; the female lead loves only him from the start. If you’re possessive about the leads’ romantic history, don’t read!!!
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One Bite from My Childhood Sweetheart 青梅咬一口
[Print edition signed] Jiang Yunxin had a close friend she'd grown up with. When they were eleven, an unexpected visitor came to her friend's house: her cousin, Leng Yizhi. Her friend said that even at such a young age, her cousin seemed detached from everything. He never showed happiness or sadness and hardly spoke at all. So her aunt announced that she'd pay him one yuan for every word he said. And so... “Cousin, what's your name?” “Cousin, what grade are you in?” “Cou...” After being bombarde
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My Childhood Sweetheart's Husband 我青梅竹马的丈夫
[Multiple love interests + childhood friends + groveling chase + growing together] The rating has only just come in, so it'll be low at first. It'll rise later! Gao Yun's mother had two best friends who were incredibly close to her, giving Gao Yun two extra homes to call her own as she grew up. The two aunties had four sons between them, and Gao Yun spent her childhood squabbling and playing with the boys. Little did Gao Yun, still happily oblivious back then, know that her “childhood engagement
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From the 38th Parallel to Forever 从三八线到永远
[Top Student Childhood Friend x Energetic Childhood Sweetheart | From Drawing Boundaries to Secretly Filling Out a Marriage Certificate] In third grade, Jiang Lezhi drew a line down the middle of her desk and warned the new transfer student, "Don't cross the line!" Ji Lin gave her a cool glance. "How childish." Later, that line blurred beneath the umbrella they shared in the rain, then disappeared on the mornings he bought her breakfast. Then, in their second year of high school, she found a
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The Time That Years Stole Away 岁月偷走的时光
My new work is out! You're welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well!
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Sweet as Candy, Tough to Handle 可爱多和不好惹
Everyone in Ningzhong knows Jiang Zhiyan, the cocky and headstrong top student, is someone you don’t want to cross. But no one expected Chu Zhi, the bold girl from Class Three, to go out of her way to oppose him at every turn. One day, rumors spread that the big shot had been tamed by the girl: he walked her home every day and even carried her schoolbag himself! Jiang Zhiyan, the person in question, scoffed. “I’m not walking her home. I’m going home myself.” Everyone said, “Oh, so Chu Zhi is sta
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The Top Student’s Childhood Sweetheart Is So Daring 学神的小青梅她太拽
[Sweet Campus Romance] [Childhood Friends + Bickering Couple + Cold, Ascetic Top Student vs. Beloved Little Princess] Everyone at Shenglan Academy knew that Ye Sihan, the finance department’s top student and campus heartthrob, was cold, abstinent, and uninterested in women. He was someone to admire from afar, never to approach. Just as everyone was lamenting that their beloved heartthrob was destined to be alone forever, shocking gossip broke at the start of the new semester: the self-discipli
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My Childhood Friend's Little Nemesis Is So Sweet 竹马的小冤家她超甜
From school uniforms to wedding gowns, you're the only one I'll ever love. When she was little, Lu Yanxi wanted to strangle Ye Weiran, that annoying pest, countless times a day. But when she grew up, she came around. With him by her side, she'll never be lonely. With him by her side, she'll never be afraid. His eyes are full of affection, and she's the most special person in his heart. He's the peak of good looks, and she's a mischievous little sprite. He takes first place in the math competitio
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Two Eccentrics Fall in Love 两个怪才谈恋爱
[A domineering heroine] [A "If you don't like it, fight me" theme] [Romance is just a side dish.] (A coming-of-age story: kindergarten, elementary, and middle school focus on studies and friendship; romance comes in during high school and adulthood.) Two oddballs live on the same floor. Qing Ge, in the apartment on the west side, has a rebellious streak and bristles at everything. When it comes to people she can't stand, her attitude is basically: A slap for the guys, A slap for the girls, and i
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Walking in the Rain Isn't Romantic 雨中漫步不浪漫
[Complete] [Childhood Sweethearts] [From high school through undergraduate, master's, and doctoral studies, a slow-blooming romance] On the first day of his second year of high school, Gao Yexi sees his childhood sweetheart, Su Xuemo, again after six years apart. She is the “fiancée” he has never stopped thinking about. She left without a word when they were young, and now they sit one behind the other in class. In class, he gets up to walk her home so she can rest when she has a fever. Though
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A Dramatic Love Story with My Childhood Friend 与竹马的抓马爱情
[School life] [Childhood sweethearts] [Secret love] [Growing up] In a Chinese class during their school days, there was a question neither of them could answer. Years later, each of them has found their own answer in their heart. Time is like the wind: it carries away their youth and leaves behind countless regrets they cannot put into words. If she could, Chen Nian would return to her school days and change the course of their lives, falling in love with him sooner. If he could, Lu Wei would re
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Childhood Friend, Are You in Love with Me? 竹马校草，你是不是喜欢我
On the very first day Xie Xiaoyu transferred to No. 1 High School, she shocked the entire school. She had the nerve to challenge the campus heartthrob, Lu Fang, right off the bat! And not only did Lu Fang not get angry, he did everything she said! Lu Fang was a clean freak, but he let Xie Xiaoyu use his cup. Lu Fang was a man of few words, but he was always following Xie Xiaoyu around, chatting nonstop. It turned out Xie Xiaoyu was Lu Fang’s childhood sweetheart, the girl he’d insisted he would
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After Returning Home, My Childhood Friend, the School Hunk, Spoils Me Rotten 回国后，我被竹马校霸宠爆了
[Sweet School Romance] [Bad-boy school boss VS Soft, sweet girl] [Both Pure] Mo Hanjing, the school’s most feared troublemaker, was cold toward people and disdainful of everything else. No one knew that deep in his heart, he cherished the little dumpling who used to give him candy, the little girl who followed him around as a child and called him “big chubby brother” in her babyish voice... When he met Bai Xinran again in his senior year, she was still as soft and sweet as ever, but she didn’t r
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Years Like a Song, Sharing Beautiful Moments 如歌岁月，共言美好时
[Modern Romance + Childhood Sweethearts + Sweet Romance + Both Leads Are Devoted] A textbook case of childhood sweethearts who made it work They were born in the same year, lived in the same crowded courtyard, and went to the same kindergarten. From elementary through middle and high school, they were constantly mocking and insulting each other. She was teased by him for having a body with no curves. Then, on the day of the college entrance exam, the young man stood backlit, raising his brows wi
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My Childhood Sweetheart Is So Sweet 竹马是甜的
As a child, Ji Chennian loved sticking close to Fu Xingnian, even though he thought this big brother was cold and distant. He didn’t feel that way once they were grown up. As a child, Fu Xingnian was a disciplined little boy. Then, when he was three, the arrival of a little dumpling gradually upended his life. The first word the little dumpling learned to say was “big brother.” Fu Xingnian never showed it, but he loved having Ji Chennian trailing after him like a little sidekick. When they grew
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You Shine So Brightly 如此闪耀的你
[Two prodigies, childhood sweethearts, a little angst, told from the heroine’s perspective] A story about a girl who has never been loved and a boy who was kidnapped, saving each other. Zhou Shuti’s ordinary life is turned upside down when Jiang Boyan appears. At kindergarten, Zhou Shuti has won the title of “Little Genius” three years in a row. One sunny afternoon, she meets Jiang Boyan, a pitiful child whose identity is a mystery to the adults. After helping the gentle, handsome boy deal with
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You’re My Childhood Sweetheart 你是我的竹马青梅
Childhood sweethearts, but never carefree and innocent together. He had someone else in his heart. He married her unwillingly, only to comply with his family’s arrangements. He kept his distance and wouldn’t even touch her hand. She asked, “Will you be home for dinner tonight?” He replied, “We’re only pretending for show. Don’t get too caught up in it.” Until one day, he came home dead drunk. That night, their whole story changed. Only later did she learn that his one true love had gone abro
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A Handbook for Raising Your Boyfriend 养成系男友饲养手册
📚 Gaokao-exclusive youth fiction | This childhood-friends couple is just too adorable! You guys, who else gets it? Watching these four lovable goofballs get through the Gaokao had me laughing till I cried, then secretly wiping away tears 😭 Jiang Mo, the walking answer to every class’s top-student quota. His answer sheet is filled out more neatly than the official key. His only “bug” is that he can’t stop sneaking secret glances at Cheng Xing, seated diagonally behind him. Cheng Xing, a clingy
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Brewing Green Plums 酿青梅
At Mu Wanning’s first birthday banquet, two-year-old Ji Jingyu met her for the first time. He snatched the toy from her hands, making the little girl burst into tears. They met again seventeen years later. The seemingly cold and arrogant Ji Jingyu turned out to be a childish, sharp-tongued tsundere. Mu Wanning, who seemed like a timid, antisocial little bunny to strangers, was a clever, mischievous little fox around him. And then... Fate was unkind. The girl became seriously ill and felt she was
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Please Don’t Love Me in Silence 请不要默默爱我
[Childhood Sweethearts] [A Little Angst, Then Sweetness] [Brothers Compete for Love] [Coming of Age] [Workplace] If Xia Qiqi were asked when her relationship with Chi Mo began to change, what would she say? Hmm... Maybe it began when she saw him kiss another girl; Maybe it began when he stopped being the clingy boy who always followed her around; Maybe it began the moment he could lift her with ease; Or maybe it began when the cafeteria lady's hand shook as she served the food? [Not a Pure Coupl
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The Ninth Thousand-Year Lord’s Adopted Daughter Lives on Cute Antics 九千岁养女靠卖萌续命
A bolt of heavenly lightning turned Yuan Yao into a tiny little girl, and her father was a notorious treacherous minister known as the Nine-Thousand-Year-Old! The Nine-Thousand-Year-Old had a face that could bring ruin to a nation, but he was ruthless, controlled the court and the imperial harem, and wielded power over all under heaven. Since ancient times, eunuchs had never come to a good end... To stay alive a little longer, Yuan Yao stretched out her tiny arms and latched on to powerful allie
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Only You, No One Else 只你一个，没有TA人
[Sweet romance × Childhood sweethearts × Cool young master × Gentle girl] Five young heirs and heiresses from wealthy families grew up together. Su Yunyun was the youngest among them, and the one most doted on. Gu Li had protected her ever since they were children, always standing behind the girl he cherished. For Yunyun's eighteenth birthday, Gu Li secretly prepared a confession. That day, he made her a promise: “There will only ever be you, no one else.”
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The Long Years I Share with You 与你有关得漫长时光
This is a story about "careful planning" and "fated love." The immensely popular campus heartthrob from the architecture department has been waiting all this time for the girl he caught a fleeting glimpse of in an art studio years ago. Quietly, he paves the way for her, guiding her to enroll at his university, then slowly and resolutely finds his way into her world. Meanwhile, the seemingly ordinary law student is healing the loneliness hidden deep in the heartthrob's heart, in her own way.
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The Length of a Lime 青柠的时长
A tender look back at the past, and a lover they lost along the way. Their two sincere hearts never betrayed each other. There's sweetness, and regret~! A little bittersweet, with simple values and a mostly hopeful feel~! A light, fresh read.
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Transmigrate Back in Time! Steal My Childhood Friend's Love! 穿越回去！夺取青梅竹马的爱情！
My new work is here! You're welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well!
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I Don't Want My Childhood Friend's Love 我才不稀罕竹马的喜欢
A heroine with a hint of an old soul x a devoted hero with a surprising side Youth isn't just about romance. It is also about friendships that can never be replaced. For Su Keyi, having a secret crush has never been painful. Just seeing Fang Liyu fills his world with light. Fang Liyu is rather detached when it comes to feelings. Her world was blank and incomplete. Only after meeting them did she begin writing her own story.
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The CEO's Exclusive Darling 总裁的专属宠溺
[Domineering CEO] + [Soulful Painter]. One encounter planted the seeds of their story: from working together and testing each other to falling in love, being forced apart, pregnancy, and marriage. The male lead, Jiang Chen, quietly protects her as their romance begins. They weather misunderstandings, clear them up, and he dotes on her every step of the way.
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Whose Childhood Friend Is He? 谁是谁的竹马
“You’re so silly. What if nobody wants you when you grow up?” “Huh? What should I do, then?” She was still little, but she knew girls got married when they grew up. If nobody wanted to marry her, people would laugh at her. And maybe, after a while, even her family would stop wanting her. The thought was too much, and she burst into tears. “Waaah! Boo-hoo!” “Don’t cry.” Seeing her cry sent him into a panic. “Fine, I’ll marry you when I grow up.” He’d made her cry, so he had to be the one to comfo
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The Cute Boy at the Next Desk 隔壁桌的小竹马
The everyday school life of childhood friends who prank and dote on each other. A top delinquent who only cares about fixing appliances versus a model student who’s sweet in public and rebellious in private, with a flair for the dramatic. On the first day of the new term at Moli No. 1 High School, Jiang Zhouyi, a bad student whose family runs an appliance repair shop, became “the first student publicly reprimanded this semester” because of a hair-dyeing incident. His childhood friend Yin Zhaozha
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Years of Bliss: From Childhood Sweethearts to True Love 锦欢岁月：从青梅到挚爱
Childhood sweethearts, sweet romance, fast-paced. Yu Shijin and Yu Huan grew up together, sharing every chaotic moment of childhood. As they entered their first flush of love, they secretly fell for each other. Outspoken Yu Shijin was unexpectedly shy when it came to love. For twelve whole years, he loved Yu Huan, whose warmth and adventurous spirit made her completely different in her approach to life, school, and work. On the night of their high school graduation party, Yu Shijin planned to co
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When the Clouds Are Deep and the Waters Clear 云深清浅时
Xiao Yunxing is the dashing, top-of-the-class heartthrob admired by every girl at school: someone to admire from afar, but never touch. Yet he smiles only for Chen Qinghuan, the “childhood sweetheart” who transfers to his school, and spoils her in every way. Chen Qinghuan is a proud, domineering, yet adorably naive math genius. Math is her talent, and loving him is her dream. She stays by his side, always. One waits, the other pursues, and together they earn places at their dream university. Aft
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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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He's Sweet and Wild 他很乖很野
The companion novel, Amber Heartbeat, also known as I’ve Only Ever Kissed You, is complete. [Sweet, gentle girl x roguish bad boy] [Swoony romance, campus sweetness and angst, mutual devotion and healing, a slow start that gets better and better, not a rebirth story, happy ending] [Bodhisattva x wild ghost] Main couple focused There’s no one in all of L City who hasn’t heard of Jiang Ye from No. 4 High School. He’s wild, fiercely volatile, and intimidating. Years ago, he crawled out of an underg
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Livestream on Our Wedding Night! The Obsessive Movie Emperor Kisses Her to Tears 新婚夜直播！她被偏执影帝亲哭了
[Marriage First, Love Later + Sweet Romance + Silly, Spoiling Love + Adorable Baby + Irresistibly Charming] After three years of marriage, she thought they were just a couple in name. She never imagined that he had been plotting this for years and had secretly loved her for ages. The abstinent, restrained, impeccably dressed Best Actor Chi was actually a refined scoundrel, all sultry charm and sweet talk? Ever since her actor husband stopped pretending, Ji Nanyou has been blushing and swooning e
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A Blessing from the Gods 神明的赐福
[The print edition is now available under the title "Where Light Falls"] Huo Songjin is the biggest villainous male supporting character in "Beloved in the Palm", a hit on the women's fiction charts. Just how bad is he? He wipes out the male lead's entire family, then forces him to choose between the female lead and his own mother aboard a cruise ship. This dangerous, obsessive man has such striking looks and such a tragic past that his fans can't help worrying over him, and end up loving him th
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Sweet Ripples 甜漾
[Sweet campus short story + one-shot] [Both are each other's first] The first time they met, Pei Yu dragged Li Luo over beneath a big tree. When the discipline director came after him, lecturing him in a spray of spittle, Pei Yu didn't hesitate to step aside and expose Li Luo. She silently made a note to get back at him! Later on, Pei Yu tried again and again to hold back, but he couldn't resist teasing the soft and sweet Li Luo. The more he teased her, the more hooked he seemed to become. Then
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Too Flirtatious 过分撩
[The physical edition, titled A Private Taste, is now available!] [Originally titled Flirtation and Desire] ✖️marriage first, love later ✖️sweet romance in Beijing's elite circles. Bar owner and firecracker ✖️ refined, depraved translator! Brilliant, unhinged genius! Obsessive, scheming, lovesick hero + reunion planned from the start + both leads have only ever loved each other When they first met, Shu Yang was pinned against a wall by a man who demanded in a low voice, “How many men have you ho
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Under Her Control 于她掌控
[The Capital's Living Yama: A Sick, Mad Hound! Skin-Hunger Disorder + Extreme 1v1 Control! Sweet! Devoted! A Madman × A Qipao Beauty Who Can't Stop Crying] “Xu Ting, I'll try to pretend to be normal for you.” After a long-awaited reunion, Xu Ting accidentally flirts with her ex-boyfriend Fu Yu while abroad. She thought she had escaped her cage, only to turn around and fall into another pit of fire. “Fu Yu, you can't just mess around and then walk away!” “I offer after-sales service. Satisfied?”
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Wildly Flirtatious! My Brother Makes Me Blush, My Heart Race, and My Knees Go Weak 疯撩！哥哥撩的我脸红心跳腿发软
[Obsessive, devoted, scheming bad boy VS stunning, enchanting rose] One drunken night, rising beauty streamer Li Qing was slammed onto the trending charts and cursed across the internet for kissing top-tier star Pei Yuncheng against his will. “Have some shame and stay away from our brother!” But shortly after hurling abuse at her, fans saw their idol on a variety show abusing his authority to pull Li Qing into his arms and kiss her, then happily praise her. “Qingqing, you're so sweet.” Li Qing:
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Master Xiao, Your Little Temptress Is Flirting with You Again 萧爷，你的小妖精又撩火了
[Glamorous beauty Shen Li vs. dignified business tycoon Xiao Sui. Mutual flirting, sweet romance, and a devoted one-on-one couple] Once the king of the military district, he took off his uniform after a mission. He put on a suit, entered the business world, and became Master Xiao, a man feared by everyone in the capital. Noble and composed. Decisive and ruthless. Those were all words that described him. Shen Li, a gorgeous beauty struggling at the bottom of the entertainment industry, found the
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Sweetly Obedient 乖吝
Originally titled Well-Behaved and Willful [Sweet romance & mutual secret crushes & from campus to the altar & both leads are each other's first & healing] (Reserved, cool-headed rich heiress & unruly, roguish, devoted guy) In her senior year of high school, Wen Suwan transferred to Shanghai and fell for her deskmate, the school bully Shen Chi. Everyone said Shen Chi was a hooligan who got into fights and ran with street gangs. Only Wen Suwan knew how gentle the prickly boy really was. They prom
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She Stopped Comforting Him 她不哄他了
A heads-up before you start ❗️: One of the side couples is a gay couple, so please skip this if that bothers you. [The print edition under the same title is now available] [Healing × Love that grows over time × Angsty school romance] Sweet, gentle, well-behaved student × rebellious, handsome bad boy That midsummer seemed hotter than any before. The girl in the graduation photo smiled sweetly, with a boy in a white shirt grinning boldly behind her. They met in midsummer, and parted in midsummer t
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Meeting My Childhood Friend 青梅见
Childhood sweethearts who grew up together slowly fall in love as they spend time with each other. "Tang Zhenqi, you're so annoying!" "How have I annoyed you this time?" "You're just annoying!" Their fingerprints overlap, just like the ten years they spent growing up together. They take every step into the future side by side, and through countless crossroads, they never lose their way from each other.
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Childhood Friends of Dou Ling 斗灵之青梅竹马
Jiang Ling'er unexpectedly transmigrated into the Douling world. Thanks to her illustrious family and formidable strength, she became the family's little princess. She never expected to be betrothed at birth, but Jiang Ling'er didn't feel she was getting the short end of the stick. She grew up playing with Ling Feiyu. Later, she met Si Ye Han, who had transmigrated from the Douluo world. As the three of them spent their days and nights together, their relationship grew increasingly complicated..
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Nameless Night Shadow: A Young Man True to His Land 夜影无名：少年不负山河
[Ensemble Cast + Childhood Friends + Everyone’s Favorite + Passionate Youth + Feel-Good Fun + Tons of Couples (Every Pairing You Want Is Here) + Repeated Face-Slapping] The cool, sharp-tongued boy + the cheerful, rugged man + the deceptively sweet, mischievous poison prodigy + the lovesick sister-obsessed boy + the radiant young general + the cross-dressing beauty + the wooden scholar + the person who’s always missing The seven men of Night Shadow Division’s Third Pavilion: “We’re seriously doin
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