A Brilliant Girl With Depression: Great School or Showbiz Stories 天才抑郁症少女，精彩的校园或娱乐圈文
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Won’t You Smile? 你笑一下呗
[The print edition is now available under the title You Should Smile Once] (Pure romance, one-on-one, two wealthy families, sweet romance, satisfying revenge, childhood friends, mutual pining) Xu Jingmo had been a notorious troublemaker since childhood. He had a great family, good looks, a knack for having fun, and excelled at school. With every advantage in his favor, he was surrounded by admirers, yet seemed determined to enjoy the company of countless women without ever giving his heart away.
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Someone Worries I’ll Kill Myself Every Day 每天都有人担心我会自杀
Lin Qingran died in the cold seawater, her life ending forever at the age of twenty-four. Afterward, the family members closest to her were consumed with regret and got the chance to start over. Can they change her fate this time? And what about the person she couldn’t stop thinking of, even as she died? Will they find their happy ending? Lin Qingran noticed that her family had started acting a little differently. Their annual family meeting had become a quarterly one. Her usually stern grandfa
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A Sweet Tooth's Patient 嗜甜患者
At the first exam after National Day, a prodigy suddenly appeared at No. 3 High School. She was unnaturally pale and drifted along when she walked, so the second-year science students privately called her “the female ghost.” At first, Pei Ji thought it was terribly rude to call a girl that. Then one night, after partying late, he ran into her on his way home. She was wearing a long Republican-era dress, her hair loose over her shoulders, holding a burner full of incense ash. She turned her eyes
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After Rebirth, the Possessive Mr. Nan Dotes on His Wife Like Crazy 偏执南总重生后，宠妻宠上瘾
(Content warnings: The male lead is reborn, but the female lead is not + doting husband, fiercely protective of his wife, old-school domineering CEO melodrama + not a strong female lead + a touch of showbiz.) Desperate to pay for her medical bills, she sells her blood. Then the man who had once been her childhood sweetheart takes her in. She thinks all she has to do is play the role of his mistress, but she never expects him to force her to stay by his side. Nan Zhe never thought that after gett
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My Darling! The Dominant Gu Dotes on His Sweetheart Day and Night 心肝宠！霸道顾少日撩夜哄小乖宝
[Both leads are devoted to each other + married first, in love later + sweet romance + mutual devotion] Everyone in their circle knows that the woman Gu Shao cherished most jumped into the sea and died. From then on, the name Shen Wei became forbidden to Gu Zhouhuai. One day, the man brought home a woman with a slender waist and long legs, her delicate, gentle demeanor as clean and soft as jasmine. Unfortunately She was also mute. The rich young ladies waited with snacks, eager to see the mute g
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After Their Parenting Variety Show Goes Viral, Everyone Online Wants to Call Me Mom 亲子综艺爆火后，全网都认我当妈
[Xuanxuan is an orphan, not her biological daughter] Jiang Sui transmigrates again, this time into the body of a C-list star with a terrible reputation. On a parent-child livestreaming variety show, she and her daughter become the foil to a mother-daughter duo whose motto is to do absolutely nothing. The laid-back duo wins countless fans by slacking off, while Jiang Sui's group attracts nothing but haters. In a triathlon challenge: The laid-back mom makes her son drag her along. Comments: “What
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I Offer My Devotion to the Passing Years 以我深情祭岁月
[The physical book with the same title is now available] “I hesitated once. I turned back to face the slightest glimmer of hope, yet no one cared.” “Later, a thick fog rolled in. You said you loved me so much, but why was your love thinner than the fog, so faint I could barely see it?” Shen Nian
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Light Shattered in Glass Candy Wrappers 碎在玻璃糖纸里的光
[Campus × Mutual Pining × Sweet Romance • Flirting × Older Male Lead] At twenty, Lin Yinuann tucked all her feelings into transparent candy wrappers, living quietly, with thorns beneath the surface. That was until Wen Muyang collided with her world. Only then did she realize that even barren places could be touched by the warmth of sunlight. At first, Wen Muyang was simply curious. Why had a girl who once been so lively and dazzling grown so quiet and cautious? Once her disguise was seen through
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I Pretended to Be Blind for Three Years, but My White Moonlight Said She Knew All Along 装瞎三年，白月光却说她早就知道了
I Pretended to Be Blind for Three Years, but My Dream Girl Said She Knew All Along
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A Deliberate Seduction: A Scientific Genius Accidentally Flirts with an Abstinent Army Officer 蓄意引诱：科研天才误撩禁欲军哥
[Period setting / military romance / college entrance exams / urban development and research / alternate history / slow burn / the research plot starts very slowly, so this may not be for you if you only want research and infrastructure development] Among the autism spectrum disorders, Asperger’s syndrome was once called “the genius disorder.” Jiang Yan was diagnosed with Asperger’s as a young child, but she was also an undisputed child prodigy and rising star of the interstellar age. After dyin
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The Lazybones Became a Top-Tier Star in Showbiz by Eating 咸鱼她靠吃成了娱乐圈顶流
[Sweet Romance + Entertainment Industry + Everyone's Favorite + One-on-One Romance + Lucky Mascot System] A sweet little girl from the apocalypse accidentally transmigrated into the body of a poor child whose parents had died in an accident. With stunning looks and a killer figure, she signed with an agency while grabbing a bowl of noodles at the mall. Then she was sent onto a variety show and won countless fans! Haters said she was an orphan with no one to rely on, but... Famous directors, awa
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The Yunshan Care Guide 芸杉养护指南
[Fragile, cool, self-destructive genius girl × steadfast, rational, obsessive madman who guides her] [Set in a fictional world] [A lover who guides her]+ [The heroine is slow to perceive emotions]+ [A beautiful yet tragic heroine’s growth]+ [An unconventional path to salvation] The male lead hides his madness at first, but later becomes openly obsessive and unhinged. The leads are fiercely, mutually in love. A tree needs sunlight, water, and fertilizer to grow. Caring for Meng Yunshan takes ti
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Tokyo Exorcist Diary 东京除灵日记
Japanese-style light novel + not overpowered + slice of life + healing + a touch of the supernatural + Taoist arts + alchemy Hoshino Gen transmigrates, with a younger sister and a house, while both parents are always busy. His busy parents are loaded, and his younger sister is even a hugely popular idol. Without a doubt, Hoshino Gen has won at life. But then... A swordsman stands watch, sword in hand, for hundreds of years in a dilapidated dojo beneath the evening sun... In a warm and healing ga
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I Only Make Money, Never Romance: I'm the Best Professional Simp! 只赚钱不谈情，职业舔狗我最行！
(Succubus + winning back the husband + lighthearted comedy + everyday campus life + no System + not reborn + sweet and angsty) A gambling-addicted dad, an alcoholic mom, a sick little sister, and a broken-hearted him. To make money, Lu Xing chose to provide emotional support instead of doing either brainwork or manual labor. Everyone knows Lu Xing is the humble pursuer of the aloof campus beauty Wei Qingyu. He loves her to his very core and takes care of her in every possible way! Wei Q
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I’m Here, Waiting for the Snow 我在，等一场雪
A cool, melancholy top student and school beauty & a warm, thoughtful genius scholar [A love that guides you] When I was young, I once encountered a ray of light that illuminated my whole life. Shen Yuyao grew up living with her mother in Su City. At sixteen, she fell ill and had no one to care for her, so she transferred to a school in Ning City. They first met on a snowy day. At the time, it never occurred to her that Qi Feng would be the one to disrupt her entire youth. Qi Feng: “I’ve seen yo
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Their Delayed Confession TA的延迟告白
[Clear-headed, driven, and resolute heroine x cool, rational, and devoted hero] [Transmigrate into a book + campus setting + breaking prejudice + slow-burn romance + reunion after years apart + happy ending] * Yu Ran transmigrated into an old-school campus Mary Sue novel and became the vicious female character's lackey. She went along with things on the surface but slacked off completely. Desperate to return to reality, she treated the characters as tools, and finally succeeded in offending ever
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Stars Were Always Romantic 星星本就浪漫
A beautiful, soft-spoken girl transferred to Kunbei No. 2 High School. Within just a few weeks, a classmate had already confessed to her. But then a medical record posted on the school forum suddenly became public, making everyone curious about why its owner was ill. As her classmates gradually began to distance themselves, Lin Yuxuan still had a group of friends who never abandoned her. Lu Ye, a boy with a cold face and a colder heart, would sternly defend her against the rumors. He would also
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A Long, Passionate Romance 长期热恋
[A self-loathing, fierce, stray-dog sort of female lead x a gentle, patient, healing male lead] [Campus story first, then urban life.][Sweet and angsty][Healing][Reunion after a long separation] “If something's wrong, you can come to me.” “Does it hurt?” “I won't be scared of that silly little monster. It just wants a hug.” “Tell me, why are you so unlucky that you keep picking up a stray dog like me? Could you... maybe not blame me for following you?” Sometimes Mu Yi blames Tang Jing. How did h
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She's Different 她不一样
People with Asperger syndrome have significant difficulty communicating. When Ren Jiayi first met Cen Xin, he never imagined that this “aloof and indifferent” girl would become an indispensable part of his life. Before meeting Ren Jiayi, Cen Xin had never thought about the future.
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Spend the Summer with You 与你共赴夏
[Both leads are romantically inexperienced + school life + sweet romance] [Adorable sweet girl + pretends to be aloof, but secretly cares] Lin Chuyi and Jiang Zhan have known each other since birth. They have never been mortal enemies, but they have certainly argued plenty over the years. In other people’s eyes, Jiang Zhan is unruly and wildly popular. But to Lin Chuyi, he’s suddenly nothing special at all. One day, a friend challenged Lin Chuyi: With a childhood friend like him always hanging a
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A Drunken Kiss Beneath the Begonias 醉吻海棠
[Model gentlemanly bad-boy school bully × aloof, straightforward little fairy] Both leads are each other’s first and only, one-on-one romance, sweet campus story, growth and healing, mutual devotion, heroine is no pushover Shen Yanchuan, the school bully at No. 5 High, had a short temper and was not someone to mess with. He hated girls getting close to him more than anything. In his second year of high school, a little fairy transferred into his class and was seated right next to him on her ve
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Falling for You, Again and Again 声声陷入
[Love at first sight / straightforward pursuit / heartwarming / sweet romance / happy ending] A bold, direct, irresistibly flirtatious flower shop owner X an insecure, gentle, disabled voice-acting star Wen Shuangshuang fell for Ran Jiayun at first sight. His looks, voice, personality, and upbringing were all exactly to her taste. As someone who dares to love and hate more than anyone, Wen Shuangshuang firmly believes that happiness is something you have to fight for yourself. She doesn't hide
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I Only Have You Now 我只有你了啊
(Healing and heartwarming) The day Gan Tang was kicked out of her uncle's home, the rain was pouring. She dragged her suitcase beneath the eaves of Xu Ying's house to shelter from the rain, and happened to run into Xu Ying as he came home from school. Afraid he'd heartlessly drive her away like her uncle's family had, she lifted her head, did her best to look sweet, and called him, “Big brother.” Xu Ying must have been won over by that one “big brother,” because he opened the door and let her in
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He Says It's Not Too Late 他说不晚
[Mutual devotion | Healing | A playboy turns over a new leaf | School days to city life | Reunited after years apart | Wealthy families] When they were young, Li Zhiwan stumbled out of a secluded alley, covered in blood, and collapsed to the ground. Gu Yuqian stood at the far end of the long alley, holding a black umbrella as he looked at the girl’s desperate, pleading eyes. In the end, the boy ran toward her, radiating cold, and saved her from the brink of despair. After that, whenever heavy
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Commander, Your Kid’s Charged to the Front Lines Again! 首长，你家崽崽又冲上前线了！
After blowing herself up, 5188 landed in the 1970s. She carefully hid the System still running in her mind and pretended to be a human toddler. To get Grandma to take her home, 5188 volunteered that her parents were dead. Once she learned that changing the fate of a member of the old Jiang family would let her retrieve things from her apocalyptic storage space, 5188 became all the more eager to help. Big Brother wants to improve his physical fitness? Easy! “Granny Jiang, something terrible has h
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Imperial Examinations: Reborn, She Took Her Ex-Husband's Steady Job 科举：重生后她抢了前夫的铁饭碗
[Heroine Does Not Disguise Herself as a Man | Civil Service Exams and Government Career | A Name in the History Books | A Strong Heroine Who Grows] In her previous life, Jiang Ruchu was a fallen noblewoman. Her father was faithless, her mother weak. Carrying a keepsake, she married into the prominent local Huo family to repay a debt of gratitude. When her husband entered school, Jiang Ruchu quietly supported him through his studies... She kept a low profile and fulfilled her duties, hoping only
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I Become the Galaxy’s Best Healing Guide with Ancient Chinese Medicine 我靠古中医成为星际第一治愈向导
Print editions of The Interstellar Ancient Healer are available on various platforms. Su Yang was a first-year graduate student in the School of Traditional Chinese Medicine at the Third Military Medical University of Huaguo. After an accident, she transmigrated to the interstellar era and became a rare guide with spiritual healing abilities. The legacy of traditional Chinese medicine had been lost in the interstellar era. Sentinels suffered from mental breakdowns and needed a guide's mental pow
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Chasing Summer 追夏
[A youthful, healing story by popular author Aspirin, featuring two gentle, top-performing students in a school romance.] [Serene beauty x cool, handsome boy. Dust and mountains, sunset and sunrise: together, they become winners in life in a future that goes on without end.] Two people who barely know each other and feel a little awkward about it become roommates. As long as they respect each other’s boundaries, they should be able to get along just fine. But whenever they’re together, unexpecte
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Locust Tree Breeze 槐风
(Print edition published) [Both leads are each other's first love + happy ending + roguishly handsome boy vs. unruly girl + blunt and direct, with both leads speaking their minds] He first met Tang Yi in Tongcheng. That summer, he had won first place in the physics Olympiad. He was strolling through the streets, idly exploring the unfamiliar city, the medal still warm in his pocket and everything around him feeling fresh and new. His gaze came to rest on a young girl not far ahead. In a pale yel
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The Sang Method of Secretly Loving You 桑式暗恋法则
[Physical edition now available] Sang You transmigrated, landing back on the first day of her freshman year of high school. The three years of high school she'd finally made it through had suddenly been reset to square one. Thinking about going back to a high school life where she had nothing, not even a full head of hair, made her want to die. Later, she stopped wanting to die, but everyone else said she was crazy. She was a freshman, yet not long after the term began, she skipped ahead to seni
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Hidden in Midsummer 藏于盛夏
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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Surrender to the Rose 臣服于玫瑰
[Gentle, Cool-Headed Girl vs. Free-Spirited, Edgy Rapper] The young master of the Chen family had been rapping and forming bands overseas, making a name for himself, when his father suddenly dragged him back to China to attend school. Then he was sent off to live in a teahouse against his will. His father wanted him to settle down and study in that quiet, old-fashioned place, and hoped it would smooth out his unruly streak. But Chen Mu was the kind of person who drew attention wherever he went.
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She's So Sweet. She's Faking It 她好甜，她装的
Synopsis: [Male lead is a fake playboy + Female lead has sunny-type depression] [Reborn + School life + Saving each other] Xu Li was reborn. In this life, she was still a fun-loving party girl who liked pretty young women and had a smile sweet enough to make your teeth ache. Liang Ji had never met anyone who smiled so sweetly and seemed so carefree. Before he knew it, he was drawn to her sunny aura. The more he got to know her, the more deeply he fell, until he was hopelessly in love with her. L
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When a Person with Depression Meets a Hopeless Romantic 当抑郁症患者遇上恋爱脑
[Love-struck computer science heartthrob VS depressed literature student] Jiang Li, whose family life was deeply unhappy, thought her bleak existence would remain stagnant. But someone’s arrival upended her plans and sent her life in an entirely new direction. Tips: “ I… I wasn’t abandoning you. I was wrong. It was my fault… I shouldn’t have gotten mad at you.” Pei Yanci’s expression darkened. His eyes reddened as he rested his chin on Jiang Li’s soft, fluffy head and struggled to speak. “It w
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When the Wind Rises, I’ll Come to You 风起向你
[Reunion after years apart + second chance at love + mutual healing + childhood sweethearts] Xie Zhixun was every bit the golden boy. His looks, grades, and family background all made him stand out. Proud and dazzling, he was hard to approach. He had every reason to look down on the world, and his youthful confidence seemed boundless. Yet one evening, after the final study session, this very boy stopped the girl with the worst reputation at school. “Wen Nanwan.” “I can keep letting you have your
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Keeping a Dog 饲犬
[A sensitive girl with depression vs. the finance department’s campus heartthrob + mutual devotion + healing + both leads’ first love] Her father died young, her mother had ignored her for years, and her stepfather harbored ill intentions. Jiang Yao’s life was unbearable. She could never escape the shadow of her family, and her pain grew so great that she could no longer go on living. Her life was so awful that she wanted to end it early. She climbed out of the abyss, only to be forced back into
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What?! I Reincarnated as My Nemesis Top-Tier Star’s Biological Daughter 惊！我穿成了死对头顶流的亲闺女
After movie queen Tan Ruo died, she discovered she had become Ji Ruochu, the daughter of her mortal enemy, top-tier star Ji Mochen. And her enemy’s wife was one of her biggest fans? This was ridiculous! Luckily, once she got through the awkward phase of learning to act cute, the little movie queen took naturally to calling her mother, who had been a fan since her debut, “Mommy” in her soft, sweet voice. But when it came to Heavenly King Ji, who used to be her mortal enemy... Sorry, not intereste
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When a Depressed Girl Meets a Yandere Boy 当抑郁少女遇上病娇少年
Depressed teenager Lin Yuening was hospitalized after a suicide attempt, and fell for the boy in the next bed at first sight. But the feelings she’d suppressed under the weight of her own insecurities finally surged out the day he transferred to her school.
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The Frail Beauty Takes the Entertainment Industry by Storm 病弱美人杀穿娱乐圈
[Reborn and rising to fame + face-slapping in showbiz + plot-driven] Sharp-tongued, volatile, unhinged director × frail, aloof, reborn movie queen When Shen Ci'an, a top-tier movie queen famed for her immersive acting, transmigrates into the brainless supporting actress she once played The original character was branded “beautiful but useless” and forced herself into a sexy image, only to crash and burn after showing up in the same outfit as someone else. Despite her frail health, she took on
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The God of Odd Jobs in Tianfu 天府打工神
[Sweet romance + urban crime-solving + reincarnated deity + genius girl + cool, swaggering God of Death + two couples] Who could have guessed that the so-called insane genius girl was actually a deity who had fallen into the mortal world? With a clear goal in mind, she sets her sights on the stern captain of the criminal police and launches her pursuit. The haughty God of Death descends to the mortal realm and lands in a spectacularly embarrassing situation. When an earnest human policewoman te
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The Genius Girl with Depression Becomes the Real Darling of a Wealthy Family 天才抑郁症少女成了豪门真团宠
Reborn / sound values / patriotic / genius academic Growing heroine / face-slapping / secret identities / one-on-one romance * In her previous life, she was a genius girl with depression who never got the chance to fulfill her ambitions. In this life, she becomes the only daughter of the top-tier Su family, a wealthy elite. Facing a fake heiress with a comeback System, brothers who dote on her to no end, and a mysterious, powerful, scheming big shot… Su Jinyi declares: It seems my depression has
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Winter Fishing 冬渔
[The currents of youth × one devoted love|He loves the moon’s sacred brilliance, but he loves her imperfections even more] Jiang Yu and Pei Yanhui have known each other since childhood, though they spent years apart in different countries. In those years, she struggled through the darkness, sinking deep into a swamp of malice; he grew up beneath clear skies, openhearted and bright. She locked her past away in ice, believing distance could hide her wounds forever. Until he returned home and disc
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A Heartthrob Takes Over His Body, and the Timid Doormat Takes the Whole School by Storm 被男神魂穿，软糯受气包飒翻全校
The refined, scheming crown prince VS the soft, timid little bunny with an inferiority complex Healing | Unrequited Love Comes True | Soul Transmigration | Reborn and Pursuing His Wife Xie Yanci opens his eyes and finds that he has transmigrated into someone else’s body! He has ended up in the body of Song Qiwan, a girl who lets everyone walk all over her. The girl clutches a diary filled with his name as her bullies pin her down in the restroom and pour dirty water over her head. The school’s
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