The Top 10 Must-Read Novels from Tomato's Annual Rankings 历年番茄排行榜前10神书
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The Tang Dynasty’s Lady of the House 大唐女当家
In the sixth year of the Kaiyuan era, the Jiangnan silk dynasty collapsed overnight. Her father was dead, her uncle wanted to divide the estate, and business rivals were secretly forcing prices down. At just twenty-three, eldest daughter Lin Lanxi was thrust into control, with the vast family fortune built over three generations resting on her shoulders. Her younger brother drew his blade to stand guard over their father's coffin, while her younger sister kept watch through the embroidery worksh
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- 802 I Asked You to Run the Special Talents Class, So How Did They All Become Top Students? 让你代管特长班，怎么全成学霸了？ Three homeroom teachers have been driven away in just two months. When it comes to Class Seven, the special-track class for underachievers known as a teacher’s battlefield and a playground for poor students, even with the director of studies offering sky-high pay, the veteran teachers sit as still as mountains. Not one is willing to take the job. Just then, Chen Chu, a trainee teacher, activates the Strongest Teaching System. He volunteers to become Class Seven’s new homeroom teacher, starting f 12kReads9.6Score1.5kShelves
- 803 The Assassin Lu Yutang 杀手陆鱼塘 (No transmigration, no System.) Lu Yutang, a professional killer, never imagined that his wealthy landlady would turn out to be a police detective, living right across the hall from him. What a predicament. (Other works in this series are now available. Visit the author’s page.) 39.8kReads9.1Score3.8kShelves
- 804 I Became the Wanli Emperor's Crown Prince, So Whoever Wants the Red Pill Can Eat It 穿成万历太子，这红丸谁爱吃谁吃 Reborn as an emperor who has only been on the throne for a month, he faces the Palace Coup and the Red Pill Incident, with treacherous officials within and bandits without. From crown prince to emperor, he plans every step. Great Ming, are you ready to welcome your Emperor Taichang? Nurhaci, are you ready to be put through the wringer? 7.9kReads7.2Score583Shelves
- 805 Heavenly Abyss 天渊 (The print edition has been published and is available to buy online) A hundred years ago, Chen Qingyuan entered a forbidden zone called the Heavenly Abyss. His soul lamp went out, and everyone believed he was dead. Today, Chen Qingyuan has emerged from the forbidden zone alive, but his cultivation has been destroyed and his spiritual roots severed. With his beloved breaking off their engagement and the various sects bullying him, what is Chen Qingyuan supposed to do? “Chen Qingyuan, you have tw 981.4kReads9.4Score102.3kShelves
- 806 Zhu Yunwen: This Time, I Cannot Lose 朱允炆：这一次我不能输 In the thirty-first year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang died. When he opened his eyes again, he had become the Jianwen Emperor, Zhu Yunwen, doomed to lose his empire, with his fate shrouded in mystery. He knew that suppressing the vassal princes would drive Zhu Di to rebel, that Li Jinglong would be defeated, and that one day Nanjing would fall. So this time, he wanted to take a different path. He would not rush to suppress the vassals or blindly trust the civil officials, and he would not turn a feud 9Reads—Score—Shelves
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A Fearsome Man in Commoner's Clothes 布衣凶猛
[War + Passion + History] “Mu, do you want a wife? Just say the word and I’ll bring one to you in a bit.” A streetwise young rascal crosses paths with a rich girl fleeing disaster. I transmigrated into a chaotic age. Armed with blades, bows, and horses, I’ll protect my family and keep us alive.
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Reborn, the Yandere Empresses All Want Me for Themselves 重生后，病娇女帝们都想独占我
[PS: Fantasy + rebellious disciple who seduces her master + multiple heroines + love rivals + chase-and-escape + pure wish fulfillment + forced love + possessiveness + Oscar-worthy acting... Whatever you're looking for, you'll find it in this book, bit by bit.] [PS: Don't judge it after reading only the first few chapters. There are surprises later on.] Lin Feng, a peerless Sword Venerable, is betrayed by his seven personal disciples and loses his soul in the Seven Emotions Refining God Formatio
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- 809 Great Ming: Tyrant Chongzhen Executes the Vassal Kings from the Start 大明之暴君崇祯开局先诛藩王 [No System!] [Ruthless!] [Shadow Warfare!] [Unification!] The Later Han had a succession of child emperors, while the Ming emperors suffered one unexpected death after another! This emperor is no longer rash and suspicious, nor stubbornly overconfident. He stabilizes the court and slowly consolidates power! First, control of the military. Then, new faces in the court! He gives Sun Chengzong important posts to lull the Donglin officials and balance the court. When someone wants to levy commercial 46.8kReads8.3Score4.4kShelves
- 810 That Year, That Cicada, That Sword 那年那蝉那把剑 Holding a cicada from summer doesn’t necessarily mean holding the whole summer in your hand. But grasp that sword, and you hold an entire world of martial arts. Wield a three-foot blade of gleaming steel. Dream of becoming a revered Sword God, if only for a day. Be an invincible Sword Immortal, if only for a moment. Sever the headmaster’s treasured pagoda and knock the emperor’s crown from his head. He laughs aloud: “Eight kings with zithers, lutes, harps, and pipes; four imps with grotesque fac 82.6kReads9.3Score8.2kShelves
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A Guide to Cultivation Civilization 修真文明指南
The laws of physics in the world of cultivation, the periodic table of chemical elements along the path of cultivation, the theory of biological evolution among fantasy races... See how the protagonist uses his golden finger, a kaleidoscope of lives, to keep acquiring other people's cultivation realms and venture ever farther into an unknown world of cultivation. The book features a huge cast of supporting characters, including Lord Niu (Newton), Xiao Ai (Einstein), Lord La (Lavoisier), and Lord
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The Officialdom Game 官奕
My name is Wei Zilong, and I’ve spent my career in government. Through my story, I want to show everyone what the political arena is really like... When you’re in public service, you can’t always control your own fate. If you never weather a storm, how can you ever mature?
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- 813 A Guide to Cultivation Civilization: Prologue 1, The Prelude to the Mystic Thunder 修真文明指南——序章1，玄雷前传 A Guide to Cultivation Civilization: Prologue 1, The Prelude to Xuan Lei 2.2kReads—Score130Shelves
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The Village Divine Farmer 乡村神农
Also known as: After Returning to the Village, I Have the Time of My Life Every Night Chen Ping, a medical student, is terminally ill. With his illness reaching its final stage, he returns to his village to recuperate. But on his very first night back, a shadow sneaks into his home...
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The Underworld Detective 阴间神探
My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well!
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Mount & Blade: Kingdom of Heaven 骑砍：天国王朝
When he opens his eyes, he has become a two-year-old boy: Elias of Anjou, the youngest son of Fulk V, Count of Anjou. In this era, French castles are built of stone, winters are cold enough to leave your fingers stiff, and noble lords fight in the mud wearing chain mail. His elder brother Geoffrey, the historical Duke of Normandy and father of the founder of the Plantagenet dynasty, is the heir to Anjou. The good news is that he has a golden finger: the Mount & Blade: Bannerlord System. Troops,
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- 817 A Guide to Cultivation Civilization: Prologue 2, A Lonely Road to Immortality 修真文明指南——序章2，仙途陌路 A Guide to Cultivation Civilization: Prologue 2, The Immortal Path Diverges 768Reads—Score105Shelves
- 818 After I Learned Her Secret, She Took Me to the Civil Affairs Bureau 我知道她的秘密后，她却带我去了民政局 After I Learned Her Secret, She Took Me to the Civil Affairs Bureau 1.2kReads—Score—Shelves
- 819 Sin Hunter Detective 猎罪神探 What's the most terrifying case you've ever heard of? The Corpse Immortal Madam, the Medical University's Sex Fiend, the Human-Head Planters, the Zombie Baby in Building Seven... There are no ghosts in this world, only wrongs waiting to be righted by a master hand. The legendary coroner Song Yang returns to the scene with his disciples, piercing through layer upon layer of mystery to hunt down the killers lurking in this world. Come face-to-face with the bloodiest, most baffling, and most hair-r 5.9kReads9.4Score819Shelves
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Southern Song, Northern Center 南宋北中
From the start, two strangers who accidentally ended up together transmigrate with their bare bottoms exposed, covering themselves with leaves before getting stung in their most sensitive spots by hairy caterpillars. No System, no golden finger. They mainly rely on what they've learned online to make their way in the world, and the story wins on plot alone. Humorous and funny, with an emphasis on realism.
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- 821 The Soul of Tang Returns to the Righteous Cause 归义唐魂 To the west, he allied with his uncle’s Yutian Kingdom; to the east, he reclaimed eleven prefectures of Helong. He drove the Uyghurs north and secured the Tianshan Mountains; looking south toward Chang’an, he reclaimed the old frontiers. Gunpowder shattered the Tibetan ranks; iron cavalry trampled the Khitan camps. The Three Stars Banner swept across Youzhou and Yunzhou, and the Han realm’s sky was opened anew beneath the sun and moon. 1.6kReads—Score144Shelves
- 822 Adoption into the Family 过继 This is a novel about a man growing up through blood and tears. Along with the cruelty of reality comes the trickery of fate. But if you’re a man, wipe away your tears and face every hardship. Make yourself tough as steel, unbreakable... 29.9kReads9.3Score3.2kShelves
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A Thousand Faces in One Performance 一戏千面
Stabbed through the heart by the master he revered most from the start, I somehow survived! Instead, I transmigrated to another world and awakened the [Thousand-Faced Divine Core]! [Divine Core awakened. Illusory Disguise activated!] [Warning: This Divine Core is widely recognized as the most useless. It can only change your appearance and has no offensive power!] Good-for-nothing? With a B-rank ferocious beast chasing me, I panicked on the spot. [Activating: Illusory Disguise!] [60% of spiritua
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- 824 A Tender Rose Becomes His Cherished Favorite in the Apocalypse 温软玫瑰沦为他心尖偏宠【末世】 [A post-apocalyptic setting + a trash man’s regret + the arch-enemy villain takes the lead + love triangle drama + mutual salvation + swoony romance + romantic aesthetics + both leads are devoted to each other] [Gentle, steadfast beacon of righteousness x refined, unhinged smiling schemer (irresistibly wicked)] Even as she lay dying, Wen Yao couldn’t understand what she had ever liked about Shen Yichuan. Was it his coldheartedness, or his selfishness? As his partner, she had risked her life for 44.4kReads9.5Score5.1kShelves
- 825 Dragon Spirit of Heaven and Earth 乾坤龙灵 [Abandoned child + master thief + cultivation + fortune + golden dragon + high-octane battles + secret-realm adventures + ruthless decisiveness + ancient divine beasts] She was the Dragon Realm's most gifted young woman, but was betrayed by her own family and self-destructed, only to be reborn! His birth was shrouded in mystery. By a twist of fate, he obtained a heaven-defying divine pearl, and from then on embarked on the path of cultivation! From an unknown pickpocket in Cangwu City to an unpa 10.3kReads9.2Score897Shelves
- 826 Peninsula: My Girl Group Exorcism Diary 半岛：我的女团驱魔日记 In a modern world where spiritual energy has run dry, Chen Ming, who has cultivated to the peak, goes on a trip to the peninsula, only to stumble into a story about a peninsula teeming with ghosts and monsters! Obsessions and starlight intertwine as he gently protects those around him! (This is a story about helping girl idols drive out evil spirits while falling in love with them! Multiple heroines! A harem novel!) 1.1kReads—Score131Shelves
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Reborn, I Deliberately Emptied My Storage Space 重生回来，我故意清空了空间
When I Was Reborn, I Deliberately Emptied My Storage Space
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Infinite Rewinds: Everyone Thinks I'm a Big Shot 无限回档：所有人都以为我是大佬
[Adapted into a comic drama] [Audiobook narrated by a real person available] [Infinite Flow + Livestream Survival + Death Rewind + Half-Dihua] [No CP] [The story contains a lot of on-screen comment barrages] After Xu Xi died from overwork, he transmigrated to another world invaded by a survival game. He even discovered that he could rewind time after dying. By using this ability to escape danger time and again and successfully clear each instance, he unexpectedly became a top expert in the eyes
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- 829 My Little Madman 我的小疯子啊 [Scheming seduction, face-slapping revenge, bloody madness, and the aesthetics of violence] Everyone is crazy, and everyone has a mental illness. If that bothers you, don’t read. Care for your mental health by reading novels. * Reborn after death, Su Jinyi has too many scores to settle. She refuses to sell herself for beauty or take the path of degradation. Instead, she chooses a more direct, more unhinged way to get even. But first, she needs powerful allies. So Su Jinyi checks herself into a p 2.1kReads9.2Score257Shelves
- 830 The True Heiress Returns with Her Metaphysical Powers, and Her Wealthy Family Begs Her to Stop Setting Up a Stall 玄学真千金归来，豪门全家跪求别摆摊 The Metaphysical True Heiress Returns, and Her Entire Wealthy Family Begs Her to Stop Setting Up a Fortune-Telling Stall 644Reads—Score—Shelves
- 831 I Really Do Have a Soft-Rice-Eating King System 我真有一个软饭王系统 “Over 99 percent of the Host’s cells are dormant. You meet the basic requirements for living off others. Bind the system?” “Yes, yes! Bind it, right away!” Warning: To successfully live off others, you must first learn self-discipline!!! Warning: It’s a soft life, but you’ll still have to work hard. If you don’t like workaholics, don’t open this. Warning: The protagonist will live off lots of people (and animals). If that bothers you, don’t click. 110.3kReads9.3Score10kShelves
- 832 You Said You Wanted a Substitute, So Why Are You Crying Now That I'm Done? 说好的替身，真不玩了你又哭 [A crazy, lovesick villainess VS a cold, refined man in power] [Villainess revenge power fantasy (not mindless wish fulfillment, with many hidden clues) + female-led relationship + male stand-ins treated as playthings + training him like a dog + the husband’s long road to winning her back + a battle royale of rival men + all male characters are romantically inexperienced] [A personal male-torture fantasy. Read the first chapter’s content warnings!] Jiang Nanxi spent two years as a stand-in by Hu 2.7kReads7.8Score268Shelves
- 833 The First Day After I Was Reborn, My Whole Family Wanted Me Dead 重生后第一天，全家想让我死 On the First Day After I Was Reborn, My Family Wanted Me Dead 125Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Overlord Refuses to Surrender 霸王不认输
[Face-recognition slaughter, the target isn't the soldiers, it's their courage!] By the Guangling River, the sunset was red as blood. Guan Yu sat astride his horse with his blade in hand, five hundred blue-robed cavalrymen arrayed along the riverbank. What he held aloft was not a battle flag, but a portrait. The man in it was Fan Kuai, vanguard commander of the Han army. "Once you recognize a face, you can't take its life." One slash split Fan Kuai's long blade and shattered the courage of t
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- 835 After Breaking Up with a Creep, I Forgot to Turn Off the Shared Payment App 和变态分手后，忘记关亲密付了 (Short drama now available) (Signed for publication, awaiting release) [Sensitive catlike, sweet-faced but secretly ruthless girl × gloomy, obsessive, pathological male lead] [Mutual identity reveals | Sweet romance, both devoted to each other | Pathological love | Flirtatious push and pull] After hearing the transmigrator and the System’s inner thoughts, Yang Ci Ci learns that she is living in a novel and that her boyfriend, Pei Yanchuan, is the male lead. As for her, she’s just cannon fodder. 133.8kReads8.8Score20.4kShelves
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Emperor Wu of Han: This Transmigrator Has Some Nerve 汉武帝：这个穿越者太敢说
The good news: He transmigrated to the Han Dynasty with a head full of knowledge and met Huo Qubing, the Marquis of Champion. The bad news: He landed on a battlefield, where a Han army was about to be ambushed and wiped out by the Xiongnu, while its commanding general was preparing to flee. After struggling with the decision, Lu Ming chose to reveal that he was a transmigrator and help General Wei Qing turn the ambush around and wipe out the Xiongnu. Emperor Wu of Han: How can you prove you’re a
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My Landlady 我的房客大小姐
After getting dumped, a young man with nothing to his name left the city and opened an inn in Dali. His life took an unexpected turn, and amid romance and scenic beauty, a tangled love story unfolded.
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- 838 After I Was Reborn, I Gave Up My Guaranteed Admission, and He Panicked 重生后我放弃保送，他慌了 After I Was Reborn, I Gave Up My Guaranteed Admission, and He Panicked 406Reads—Score—Shelves
- 839 The Moonlight Kissed the Wildly Growing Vines 月光吻过疯长的藤 The short drama is out: [Wolfish Younger Brother] vs. [Sweet, Gentle Older Sister] [Mad, Black-Bellied Crown Prince] [Older Sister-Younger Brother Romance, Obsessive Coercion, Long-Standing Scheme, Childhood Sweethearts] Sheng Shuran had always thought she was Chi Heng’s older sister. Until he said, “Sis, I feel awful. Help me.” That was when she realized she had raised a wolf. A cuddly little puppy? Not a chance! He never acts cute or begs for attention! He’s a madman with no humanity! [My brot 23.1kReads8.8Score2kShelves
- 840 My Irresistible Girlfriend 我的极品女友 After suffering through several heartbreaks, he lived a miserable, dejected life. By chance, he found a briefcase and discovered that its owner was a beautiful woman. The two met at a coffee shop, then grew close when the rain brought them together. After several chance encounters, perhaps fate really had brought them together, and love was about to bloom. A poor loser fights his way back in love, as a tangled romance is about to unfold. 38kReads9.5Score4.2kShelves
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Back in My Wife’s High School Days, I Cut Our Ties with My Own Hands 重回妻子高中，我亲手斩断我们的姻缘
Back in My Wife's High School Years, I Cut Our Fated Ties with My Own Hands
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- 842 Who Wants to Steal Men? I'm Always the One Getting Stolen From 谁要抢男人？我都是被抢 [Quick Transmigration + Mutual Exclusivity + 1v1 + Yandere + Intense] Shu Yao is unexpectedly bound to a System and sent through small worlds to complete missions. But in every world, a mad dog lurking in the shadows sets its sights on her! [World One] Unhinged yandere hostage prince x spoiled, beloved princess After enduring endless torment, how will the hostage prince from an enemy kingdom take revenge once he gains power over the delicate princess? Of course, he’ll lock her up and lavish her 32kReads8.6Score2.6kShelves
- 843 Dragon Talisman 龙符 Across this vast land, the future is changing. In the chaos, heroes and villains rise together. Who is the true dragon, and who is merely a serpent? Or can every living being beneath heaven become a dragon? The imperial court, martial sects, reclusive immortal orders, thousand-year-old clans, barbarian tribes, demons, yaoguai, ancient shamanic traditions: countless powers intertwine, bound together by fate and circumstance. 499Reads8.5Score—Shelves
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The Zombie Sect 僵门
Jiang Ye, son of a drought demon, founds the Corpse Sect to clear the name of the zombie kind. He risks everything to save his mother, sealed away in the Celestial Realm. At the same time, he announces to the world that the life of a zombie is about more than drinking blood and eating corpses...
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- 845 Locked-Room Warning! I'm Being Hounded by Another Love-Crazed Psycho 小黑屋警告！又被恋爱脑疯批缠上 "Just got a rating, it'll go up later~" [Quick transmigration + male lead in terminal stages of lovesickness + love at first sight, madly in love with the heroine + dark, unhinged, yandere + if she doesn't love me, I'll go crazy; give me a little love and I'll act sweet + somewhat skewed values + heroine doesn't suffer] Shu Mian dies unexpectedly, and the System assigns her to play a wicked supporting female character in various mission worlds. In those worlds, she is malicious and selfish, sp 70.9kReads9.0Score7kShelves
- 846 My Qingdao Girl 我的青岛姑娘 [Celebrities] + [Female TV host] + [First love] + [Tenant] + [Older sister] + [Bad man] + [Super Big Tank Kobe] “I seriously can’t figure it out. With all these gorgeous women around, why do they have to like a guy like you?” My buddies are always asking me that. They all think I’m one of those men who believe women love a bad boy, but I’m really not a bad man! The truth is simple: we see women differently. They see a current starlet, the most beautiful woman in the entertainment industry. I see 33.2kReads9.4Score4.2kShelves
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Cultivation: Starting Out as a Cook at a Refining Shop 修仙：从在炼器铺当厨子开始
New Title: The Timid Servant Is Actually a Master Synopsis: An outer-sect servant who’s always rushing around doing odd jobs to earn spirit stones is assigned a mission alongside a beautiful immortal maiden. He’s timid, afraid of dying, unambitious, and cares only about spirit stones, earning him the maiden’s complaints and disdain. But when the situation gets serious, he leaves her utterly stunned: who would have thought this kid was actually a master? [Rise from the Bottom + Humble and Unassum
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Entertainment Spring and Autumn 娱乐春秋
In a fictional world of martial arts and a hundred schools, a modern person tells the locals that cultivation isn’t the only way to get what you want. Want to be the young hero everyone in the martial world adores? Easy, as long as you’re sincere... For example, why not invite your junior sister for a drink? Confucius said: “When you transmigrate, don’t just toil away at cultivation. The locals aren’t as capable as you!” The heavens make a board, the stars make its pieces, and knowledge is the g
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Journey to the West: After the Gods Returned from Studying in the Modern World 西游：众神圣自现代留学回来后
After graduation season, Jiang Liu transmigrated. The strongest Tang Monk System: ready to slaughter his way through Journey to the West? Then let’s do it! And then... General Yin: Lao Jiang, I’ve missed you so much! Yang Jian: Lao Jiang, you’re Tang Monk, for crying out loud! Sun Wukong: Let me out first! The Jade Emperor: Hey, Old Zhao, how about we kill Mahavairocana for fun? Zhao Gongming: Why don’t you go do it yourself? At Mount Lingshan... The Buddha: Oh my goodness... Stop, classmate
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- 850 The Person Who Loves Me Most in the World 世界上最爱我的人 The purest kind of love is this: you rejected me, and I’ll never resent you for it, but I won’t come near you again. If you ever need my help, I’ll still give everything I have to help you... 61.8kReads9.3Score7.5kShelves
