It's the Middle of the Night, Perfect for Horror and Mystery 深更半夜，不看惊悚悬疑可惜了

1. 1 恐 Horror's Edge: 100 Absolutely Terrifying Ghost Stories 恐怖边界：100个绝对惊悚的鬼谈 The Out-of-Control Editorial Department失控编辑部Mystery432k WordsCompleted [Standalone Stories + Supernatural Horror + Folk Customs + Feng Shui and Mysticism + Mild Frights + Shocking Twists] Horror tales beyond anything you could imagine. Each story is like a dark door swinging open, drawing you into moments that will make your skin crawl. Listen. A faint whisper, an indescribable shadow creeping closer. Danger by the river, terror in the cemetery, ghost babies in the maternity ward, evil headhunting magic, apparitions at the hot springs, a bloodstained umbrella... On 2.7kReads8.7Score232Shelves

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   After reading this book, I never dare to stay at home alone again. It is simply the pinnacle of horror novels! [Think]

2. 2 午 The Midnight Gravekeeper 午夜守墓人 Rose蔷薇Mystery802k WordsCompleted A desolate mountain. An ancient tomb. A woman in white. A blood-red moon at midnight. A corpse monk on the move. I’m a high school senior. With the college entrance exam just around the corner, I suddenly came down with a fever that wouldn’t break and missed the test. After recovering at home for more than half a year, I found a job guarding the gate at a cemetery. Seeing how frail I was and how weak my yang energy was, Old Zhang, the gravedigger, found me a protector. But she wasn’t human. She 3.7kReads8.4Score218Shelves

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   🔥It's not ordinary scary😭I saw that I didn't dare to go to the toilet in the middle of the night. Who knows!! If I had known earlier, I would have watched it during the day😭😭

3. 3 阴 The One Who Borrows Lives from the Underworld 阴间借命人 The Out-of-Control Editorial Department失控编辑部Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted [Standalone Stories + Supernatural Horror + Suspense + Folk Customs + Playful Tone + Ensemble Cast + Nonstop Ghost-Hunting Thrills!] Ever since I borrowed a life from the underworld, I’ve known no peace. My name is Quan Ning. I’m a lawyer, and one day I was in a car accident on a mountain road. As I lay dying, I saw a ghostly judge from the underworld come to claim my soul. I struck a deal with him and borrowed a sliver of hope for survival. The price of this life I borrowed was becoming 2.9kReads9.1Score294Shelves
4. 4 关 The Mountain Ranger of Guandong 关东巡山人 Tianshan Shield天山盾Mystery3.8M WordsCompleted Black-handled blades, jade-faced foxes, the Thirteen Guardians who shook eastern Manchuria. Princes and generals, spirit mediums and magistrates. Limping beggars with long-stemmed pipes, monks and Taoist priests. Dragons, serpents, tigers, and leopards: none can escape the flying knives. A mountain range in a parallel world's eastern Manchuria, a feud sealed away for thirty years, a black blade that fills everyone with dread, a world of outlaws teeming with heroes, and a mountain patrolman who w 23.3kReads9.2Score2.9kShelves
5. 5 午 Midnight Oracle 午夜神谕 Stars in Last Night's Dream昨梦星辰Mystery250k WordsCompleted Shh… It’s late. Turn out the lights. Once you step through this door, the world of lies behind you. Whatever you see there, don’t tell anyone. Don’t scream… Stay alive, and you’ll understand everything. As an “ordinary” residential community security guard, Chen You has endured one midnight after another: the church bells ring out twelve long echoes in succession; in an empty post office, the PA system switches on by itself and mutters ancient prophecies; an estate that sho 29Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Unlimited streaming + thriller + single female protagonist, best for watching at night [laughing]

6. 6 诡 The House of Dread 诡舍 The Sound of Wind and Rain at Night,夜来风雨声丶Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Infinite-flow + Mild Horror + Survival + One Female Lead] A driverless bus carried a group of cursed people to a strange black lodge… Inside the lodge stood a door stained red with blood. At regular intervals, the cursed were forcibly dragged through the blood-red door and into terrifying worlds, where they had to complete horrifying events… After Ning Qiushui survived one bizarre and terrifying story after another inside the lodge, narrowly escaping death each time, he discovered that none of 758.7kReads9.6Score131.3kShelves
7. 7 执 A New Life for an Obsession 执念新生 Elva Purple CatElva紫猫Mystery566k WordsCompleted By day, he is a math teacher who keeps everyone at arm’s length; by night, he becomes an exorcist who punishes vengeful spirits. Gifted yet constantly in danger, he carries on until he meets her. She is clever and sweet, thoughtful and understanding, and willing to accompany him on the path to redemption. Along the way, she also fulfills the wish she has always held dear. Their love is a mutual choice, and neither of them ever backs down. With so many dear friends by their side, the senior and j 251Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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   I recommend this book. It's a suspenseful and thrilling story about a male protagonist and a female protagonist recovering a resentful spirit, and it also involves solving a case. The plot doesn't drag on, and the story is well connected. The male protagonist is dedicated and domineering, and the female protagonist is not pretentious or holy. There are no misunderstandings, there are no messy green teas, and there are many supporting characters who are also perfect!

8. 8 恐 Terrifying Nightmare: Extreme Survival in a Bizarre World 恐怖噩梦：我在诡异世界极限逃生 Young Bear年轻熊Mystery1.2M WordsOngoing [Infinite-flow, mildly scary, no romance] Wang Yan wearily opened his front door. Inside, he saw the woman next door holding and soothing a baby, staring at him in terror. “Sorry, I’ve got the wrong apartment.” He quickly apologized and backed out, then slammed the door shut. Standing in the pitch-black hallway, he found himself unable to decide what was more terrifying: seeing his female neighbor in his home, or seeing the baby who had died long ago… 346.8kReads9.4Score64.5kShelves

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   I can't find the same type of meal replacement. It's really scary and exciting every time I read it. It makes my scalp numb. There are many other unlimited books that are not written as well as the author!!!! 🪸🪸🪸

9. 9 午 The Midnight Pawnshop: The Living Must Keep Away 午夜当铺，活人回避 Chong Xiayueban虫下月半Mystery4.0M WordsOngoing [Traditional Supernatural + Chinese Folklore + Unorthodox Trading + Tales of Evil Objects] No romantic pairing This is a strange pawnshop that only accepts sinister objects with special value! Coins placed in the mouths of the dead, executioners' swords, grave-top mushrooms, flesh lingzhi, Kunlun fetuses... Evil objects can harm people, but they can also help them! Once they pass through the pawnshop's hands, being pawned and sold, evil can be transformed into treasure! They can bring promotions 256.5kReads9.4Score21.9kShelves
10. 10 聊 A Ghost-Hunting Record from Strange Tales 聊斋猎鬼录 Out-of-Control Theater Editorial Department失控剧场编辑部Mystery650k WordsCompleted I transmigrated into a world of ghosts and monsters, and became Pu Songling. Good and evil lie in the human heart; deep love never regrets. I traveled the world and wrote down these strange tales. My name is Xiao Pu. That's the Pu in Pu Songling. I transmigrated into a world overrun by ghosts and monsters. To stay alive, I befriended a powerful female ghost. To record this extraordinary world, I traveled far and wide in search of its ghosts and monsters. A manor where a snake demon keeps people 228Reads8.3Score—Shelves

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    I have never seen an author who is so good at psychological warfare. Writing suspense like this is simply the limit of human beings! [Make faces]

11. 11 序 Sequence: God Eater 序列：吃神者 No Brain, Just Cerebellum不要大脑要小脑Urban4.2M WordsOngoing [Tomato 2026 Male-Focused Fiction Most Popular Author, Ranked Number One] Published in print, quality guaranteed. An alternate high-martial world, ensemble cast and political intrigue, no nested plot twists, a slow-paced story with a grand setting. Readers all say it gets better the further you read. Giant birds swallow the sun, and all things undergo dramatic change. Strange, immortal gods, and humanity's superpowered sequences. Everyone wants to become a god in this world, but they have no ide 912.1kReads9.3Score114.6kShelves

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    It's so beautiful. I wish I could update it soon.

12. 12 噩 The Sound of Nightmares: 60 Horror Stories That Wake You from Your Dreams 噩梦之声：60个做梦吓醒的恐怖故事 Xiao Youqian萧有钱Mystery174k WordsCompleted [Standalone Ghost Stories + Supernatural Horror + Not for the Faint of Heart + Rural Tales] When night falls, terrifying ghostly figures emerge. Step into all kinds of bizarre and unbelievable tales, and spend your nights screaming! Haunted houses, ghostly shadows outside the window, a deadly lipstick, someone beneath the mattress, an umbrella that hunts people... Every corner conceals inexplicable phenomena and secrets that will fill you with dread! Every page will make your hair stand on end, 1.9kReads8.9Score211Shelves

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    These are all good-looking, simple, straightforward and violent horror novels and supernatural events. 🩸🩸🩸

13. 13 乡 Tales of Strange Happenings in the Countryside 乡村诡事录 Zhang Xiaohe张小河Mystery156k WordsCompleted The strange happenings in a mountain village. I was born and raised in the countryside. Deep in the mountains, there are always ghosts and spirits, and my village was no exception. Heaven, earth, black, yellow, the cosmos vast: demons and ghosts send shivers down your spine. One year, the start of spring fell on the fifteenth day of the eighth month. That year, so many strange things happened. Just bringing them up is enough to scare people. Meeting the Black and White Impermanence on a night wa 2.3kReads9.0Score163Shelves

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    These books are still very scary. If you are timid, read them. The plot is very attractive. They are not scary for the sake of being scary. I recommend them! [Top post][top post][top post]

14. 14 致 Deadly Delivery 致命快递 Grilled Gluten Skewers烤面筋10k WordsCompleted I received a package from an unfamiliar sender. A note inside said I could scan a code to claim a huge cash bonus. But when I scanned it, my phone opened a livestream instead. Even stranger, my face appeared right in the middle of the screen. The comments were flying by: "This girl looks pretty good. What a shame to kill her." "Tsk, tsk, what a beauty. I recommend having some fun with her before killing her." Just then, I suddenly heard someone knocking behind me. "Hello, delivery!" 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The first choice for those who are timid when dreaming in the middle of the night is [Petrochemical][Petrochemical][Petrochemical][Petrochemical]

15. 15 缝 The Corpse Stitcher 缝尸匠 Ice Cream Pie冰沙馅饼Mystery9k WordsCompleted My family makes its living dealing with the dead, and my father is a renowned corpse seamster in the surrounding area. His skills are superb. No matter how mangled a corpse is, he can restore it to look as good as new. Whenever someone died in an accident and their body was disfigured, wealthy families from hundreds of miles around would ask my father to stitch it back together. But as far as I knew, my father used to be a butcher. He was skilled at dressing pigs, but I had never heard that he w 4Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 16 惊 A Terrifying New Year’s Eve 惊悚除夕夜 On Plain Paper素笺上Mystery11k WordsCompleted A Chilling New Year's Eve —Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 17 坠 A Woman Fell from the Building at My Feet, Then Begged Me in the Middle of the Night to Avenge Her 坠楼女子落我脚边，半夜她哭着求我替她报仇 Peach and Plum Blossoms in Profusion桃李熳熳Mystery10k WordsCompleted The Evil Spirit in the Talisman On a rainy night, I watched a girl jump from a tall building and die on the spot. Her soul latched onto me and demanded that I avenge her. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 18 我 I Decided to Kill My Lover, Then Got on a Haunted Bus with Her 我决定谋杀情人，和她上了一辆闹鬼的巴士 Two Yuan两元Mystery10k WordsCompleted I think I got on a haunted bus. My girlfriend was sitting beside me, her pretty little face deathly pale with fear. "Th-those two people just carried a corpse onto the bus." 1Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 19 恶 After the Wicked Mother-in-Law Drove Her Son’s Family to Their Deaths, They All Became Ghosts 恶婆婆逼死儿媳妇一家后，全变鬼了 Jun Lan君阑Mystery9k WordsCompleted Back in our village, it was perfectly normal for a mother-in-law to bully her daughter-in-law. Even when the entire husband's family bullied the daughter-in-law, nobody thought there was anything wrong with it. But driving the daughter-in-law's entire family to their deaths? I doubt many people could do something like that. —Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 20 别 Terror at the Villa: Everyone Who Heard the Weeping Died 别墅惊魂：听见哭声的人都死了 Jiang Xiaoyu江晓屿Mystery10k WordsCompleted I'm a feng shui master. One day, I was hired by the tycoon Jia Qing, who said something strange was happening at his villa on Lingzhou Island. Every night, the sounds of a woman and a baby crying could be heard inside the villa. The reward he offered was so generous that I couldn't refuse. Who knew that a string of terrifying events would unfold on the very night I moved in? 2Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 21 学 My Senior Disappeared from a Nursing Home, So I Went Undercover as a Nurse and Uncovered a Shocking Secret 学长在养老院失踪，我去当护士卧底发现惊天秘密 Rabbit兔子Mystery10k WordsCompleted My senior disappeared three months ago. He was working at Paradise Nursing Home at the time. To find him, I applied for a job at the nursing home. I never expected to see an elderly resident jump to his death on my very first day. Then more residents started disappearing, one after another. Until one day, inside the refrigerator, I found the finger of a missing resident... —Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 22 囚 The Spirit-Suppressing Coffin 囚灵棺 Mu Shang沐觞Mystery9k WordsCompleted I was curious about the coffin necklace around my boyfriend's neck. Before I could even touch it, he broke up with me on the spot. I complained about it to the viewers in my livestream, but then a fortune-telling streamer suddenly joined the call and warned me: “Break up with him right now. Your boyfriend is wearing a Spirit-Binding Coffin!” From that day on, eerie nightmares, a mysterious female ghost, and my boyfriend's secrets... One strange event after another began to unfold. Just when I th —Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 23 不 The Child Who Never Existed 不存在的孩子 When the Wind Dies Down风尽起Mystery10k WordsCompleted My son suddenly disappeared. Everyone told me that I had never had a child. The daycare teacher didn't know me. My husband said we'd never wanted a child, and even my best friend urged me to calm down, saying it was all just an hallucination. But I clearly remembered the child I'd risked my life to give birth to. His name was Liu Chaoyang, he was one year and eight months old, and he was a chubby little dumpling! Then I found baby supplies under the bed, along with photographs and traces that ha —Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 24 杀 Killing My Second Personality 杀死第二人格 Transmigrate Across the Galaxy in My Underpants穿越银河的裤衩侠Mystery8k WordsCompleted I killed my second personality. But before he died, he left me a “grand gift”... A list of people to harass at the asylum, with 16 names on it, even though the asylum has only 15 patients in total. “Did you think you were the only one with a second personality?” What is the truth? Who is the real madman? 1Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 25 惊 The Haunted Inn 惊魂旅馆 Ye Ling Tianyu夜凌天羽Mystery9k WordsCompleted An unexpected downpour drowned out the sounds of murder. Late at night, in a remote inn, a corpse lay sprawled across a bed, blood pouring from all seven orifices. The killer seemed to be hiding among the guests, none of whom trusted one another: a police officer, a writer, a psychiatrist, a celebrity, a fan, a college student... Every one of them had something to hide. After a second murder, the line between the dead and the living grew increasingly blurred. Everyone was a suspect, and everyone 1Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 26 血 Blood Ties 血缘关系 Yan Nanfei南飞燕Mystery8k WordsCompleted I rushed a thousand miles to mourn my mother, only to discover that she had died under suspicious circumstances. I wanted to uncover the truth and avenge her, but my whole family opposed me! It turned out everything was because there was a “vampire” in the family! 2Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 27 未 My Fiancée Disappeared, and I Became the Killer 未婚妻失踪，我成了凶手 Walking Beef Brisket行走的牛五花Mystery8k WordsCompleted My name is Cheng Yuan. My fiancée has disappeared. The last message I saw before I passed out was from her. “Cheng Yuan, run!” When I woke up, I found myself trapped in a perfect replica of my home, with something sinister lurking everywhere. And it seemed someone was watching me! A madman claimed to be deeply in love with my fiancée. But later, I discovered that the real madman was someone else. —Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 28 宿 There’s a Ghost in the Dorm 宿舍有鬼 Weichao未朝Mystery8k WordsCompleted My roommate is a cosplayer. A month into our sophomore year, she ordered a complete Chinese ghost-bride outfit online to wear to a horror party. She even hung the entire outfit beside her bed the night before. But that night, I woke with a start in the middle of the night and saw with my own eyes a female ghost in a bright red wedding dress pacing back and forth at the foot of her bed. 14Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 29 闺 My Best Friend Disappeared While Picking Up Takeout, and Everyone Says She Never Existed 闺蜜取个外卖就失踪，所有人都说她并不存在 Miao Miao苗淼Mystery8k WordsCompleted My best friend went out to pick up a delivery and never came back. She vanished from my life completely. Nobody remembered her. They all thought I was mentally ill. The truth was, we had been split across two different timelines. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 30 女 Daughter Village 女儿村 Weichao未朝Mystery9k WordsCompleted I was born in Daughter Village. For twenty years in a row, every child born in our village was a girl. Every nightfall, the cries of baby girls echoed through the valley. Once, a Taoist priest came to our village and said the entire village was cursed. During the summer of my first year of graduate school, my advisor ignored my protests and brought me and several other students to the village to conduct research. 20Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 31 丢 The Missing Body 丢失的身体 Fan Xiu梵修12k WordsCompleted Two empty bottles of sleeping pills lay before the grave, and two kidneys lay before his son's grave. With a smile on his face, he leaned against his son's gravestone and slowly closed his eyes. —Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 32 断 Midnight Strangulation Marks on a Severed Hand 断手的午夜掐痕 Chen Taiyao陈太瑶Mystery9k WordsCompleted That night on duty, my junior grabbed my sleeve, his voice trembling. “Senior, the patient who lost a hand in a drunk-driving accident half a year ago… he's dead.” A chill ran down the back of my neck as the memories came flooding back. Two accident victims had been brought to the hospital that day, and both had lost their right hands. Yet only one of them survived. Later, the survivor woke in the middle of the night with red marks where his own hand had choked him. His family sought help from e 1Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 33 职 Workplace Rule Horror: A Desperate Fight to Survive the Grind 职场规则怪谈：玩命打工求生 Transmigrate Across the Galaxy in My Underpants穿越银河的裤衩侠Mystery8k WordsCompleted A job interview turns into a deadly game The printer devours people, the elevator plummets, the boss eats human flesh… Every workplace rule is a lethal trap! Double-sided printing can save your life; pressing the wrong elevator button can cost it. Remember the rules of the workplace, or you'll be the next zombie! Is this workplace bullying, or a death game? Welcome to workplace hell Please do your best to survive. 4Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 34 午 The Midnight Ghost Market: Living People Keep Out 午夜鬼市，活人回避 The Drinking Monk吃酒和尚Mystery592k WordsCompleted [Mystery + supernatural + ghost market + narrow escape from death] My name is Tang Chao. I’m a broke young man scraping by in the antiques business, with hundreds of thousands in debt hanging over me. An ordinary porcelain-buying deal led me to pick up a strange Jun ware bowl at an unexpectedly low price. I thought I’d found a bargain. Little did I know, it was the beginning of my nightmare... On a bus, I met a burly man calling himself Jue Mingzi, who warned me that “a calamity is sure to befal 3.9kReads9.1Score230Shelves

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    It's so scary. A gentle reminder that you have to turn on the lights when you are alone in the room at night. Don't blame me for not reminding you.

35. 35 东 Northeastern China's Forbidden Secrets 东北禁忌手札 Jun Lan君阑Mystery122k WordsCompleted [Extreme horror + a folk-horror story set in the countryside] In a remote mountain village, deep within the forest, countless taboos remain unknown to outsiders. The people here follow ancient rules of life and death: pregnant women must never encounter a coffin, and anyone who dies of old age at a hundred years old is destined to become an evil spirit. But in a single day, the old Yu family breaks both taboos, drawing every kind of demon and ghost to their door! At midnight, someone hears the s 939Reads8.8Score108Shelves
36. 36 夜 Ghostly Whispers at Midnight 夜半鬼语 Millennium-Old Monster千年老妖Mystery87k WordsCompleted [Rural + Supernatural + Ghost Stories] Back when my grandfather was young, he learned carpentry. As Old Zhao put it, a sixth-grade carpenter these days was worth half a scholar. But things were different back then. Carpenters belonged to one of the lowest trades. They had to carry their tools around every day, get up before dawn and stay out until the middle of the night, traveling from village to village to find work. And because they went so many places, and made coffins and dealt with the dea 6.5kReads9.0Score259Shelves
37. 37 糜 A Corrupted Heart 糜烂之心 Wenzhong Is Happy as Long as He's Happy高兴就好的闻仲Mystery287k WordsOngoing Deep inside the Luocheng Police Department, a metal filing cabinet labeled “Bloodstained Files” holds dozens of long-unsolved, grisly cases. Each one once shocked the nation with its bizarre deaths, but limited forensic technology at the time meant they were ultimately filed away as “unsolved.” In 2025, advances in forensic science prompted the department to launch the “Bloodstained Files Resolution Project.” The first case to be reopened was the most controversial of them all: the “Terrifying P 61Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Just don't be afraid

38. 38 十 Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score231.9kShelves
39. 39 恐 The Horror Night-Duty Booth 恐怖值班亭 Fish Feast鱼鱼宴Mystery8k WordsCompleted Back around the 2000s, I worked as a security guard at an apartment complex. The complex had a strange rule: [After midnight, do not leave the security booth.] It made no sense, but I always kept it in mind, until the day one of my coworkers died! That night, a woman in a skirt knocked on the security booth window… 16Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Exciting!! Adrenaline is soaring [Petrochemical][Petrochemical][Petrochemical]

40. 40 人 The Doll Grows Cold 人偶失温 Tong Xuan瞳暄Mystery9k WordsCompleted Everyone says I must have done something virtuous in a past life for Qin Chuan to choose me. Only I know that's not the case. He married me because he wanted me dead. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 41 不 An Unremarkable Jumping Death Case 不起眼的跳楼案 Miao Miao苗淼Mystery8k WordsCompleted My fiancé, who had been overseas for three years, called to tell me he was coming back the day after tomorrow. I went to meet him at the airport. On the way home, he proposed, and I said yes. But this morning, he disappeared again, because I had once more returned to the day he called me. I've already relived these three days seven times. —Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 42 我 The People Around Me and I Had the Same Dream 我和周围人做了一样的梦 A Qiao the Woman女阿乔Mystery13k WordsCompleted I knew I was dreaming, but everything in the dream was strange. When I woke up, I discovered that my coworkers and I had all shared the same dream. It turned out to be a monster's trap. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 43 一 The One-Yuan Villa 一元别墅 Dusk Snow Beyond the Realm域外暮雪Mystery9k WordsCompleted Never believe that a windfall will fall from the sky. At 28, I was “hit” by a villa, but I don't have much time left. Now I have to find my next heir. —Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 44 鱼 Fish Woman 鱼女 Weichao未朝Mystery8k WordsCompleted My father was a famous fisherman in the villages around us. Whenever he went out to sea, he always caught more fish than anyone else. He gutted countless live fish, scraped off their scales, and chopped off their heads. Then one day, he brought home a sea fish as tall as a person, and the entire village came to gawk. He turned down a merchant's offer to buy it, killed the fish himself, and put on a feast for the villagers, serving every part of it. The banquet lasted all night. The next day, the 62Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 45 爸 The Secret of Dad's Death 爸爸死亡的秘密 September九月Mystery9k WordsCompleted When I was seven, my dad died. An accident sent me back to the 24 hours before his death. I did everything I could to save him. But I never could have imagined it. This time, the one who killed my dad was... 1Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 46 失 After I Lost My Memory, a Woman Just Like Me Appeared at Home 失忆后，家里出现和我一模一样的女人 Gomoku五子棋11k WordsCompleted I've lost my memory. Since then, people have kept showing me all kinds of evidence and implanting all sorts of memories in my mind. But I feel like an outsider looking in on my own past, unable to relate to any of it. One day, I came home and found a woman fast asleep on the sofa. What terrified me was that she looked exactly like me! 13Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 47 真 The Real Lunatic and the Fake Patient 真疯子假病人 Frog Lord蛙太公Mystery9k WordsCompleted In my dream, I thought it was nothing more than a dream. But when I woke up, someone beside me was lying on the ground, clutching their arm and crying out in pain. Now, I've dreamed of the crime scene once again. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 48 借 The Life-Extending Money 借寿钱 Two Yuan两元Mystery11k WordsCompleted After a friend dies in a bizarre car accident, could a hundred-yuan bill inscribed with “Borrow your years to buy my life” really be a deadly curse? At the funeral home, he uses “life-borrowing money” to buy an urn, only to be haunted by the dead man's mother in a strange way. A talisman hides a sinister plot, and three life-borrowing bills appear out of nowhere at midnight! A locked kitchen, boiling water, knives falling for no reason... Who is controlling this deadly game? 235Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 49 纸 Paper Bride 纸新娘 Jun Lan君阑Mystery10k WordsCompleted Rumor has it that I tried to seduce the Lin family's young master, failed, and then killed him in the village's paper-offering shop. To save my life, I agreed to marry Master Lin, who had raised me for ten years. On our wedding day, Master Lin laid his hands on me. "Darling, did you know I've wanted you for many years?" Of course I knew. I'd been looking forward to this day even longer than he had. 22Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 50 虚 Lover in a False World 虚假世界的爱人 Zi Shan Nai子山奈Mystery9k WordsCompleted My wife has been acting strangely lately. She keeps pestering me, saying she wants me to stay by her side forever. I can't help finding it a little funny. "Of course I'll stay by your side forever and ever, honey." But whenever she hears me say that, her body stiffens noticeably. Then she goes back to her room alone and locks the door. No matter how I try to coax her from outside, she refuses to open it. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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