No Masterpieces Among Alternate-History Political Novels 架空官场文没有神作
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A Book by Tiandi Xiongdi 天帝兄弟的一本书
Zhao Dagang is a top graduate of a prestigious university, but discovers that his wife is cheating on him and is framed by a coworker. Heartbroken and desperate, he chooses to give in to his female boss, setting himself on the path to a stunning comeback!
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Wang Pu, a Young Man Past His Prime 大龄青年王普
[Multiple heroines, romance, countryside, entrepreneurship, lesbian romance, and an older bachelor] Wang Pu returns to his village, where the neighborhood gossips surround him and laugh mockingly. Wang Pu develops the pond south of the village into an eco-farm. As the village committee brings in young officials and the local economy grows, Wang Pu makes a comeback and is elected, leading his fellow villagers down the road to prosperity. His love life, career, and political prospects all flourish
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After Breaking Up with My Girlfriend, My Life Soared to New Heights 和女友分手后，我的人生平步青云
After Zhong Guoren is unexpectedly reborn, his life is completely rewritten. Using the memories of his past life, he gets everything he wants, rising from an ordinary civil servant to a higher-level position where he can serve the people.
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The Road to Officialdom: Starting at the Grassroots 官道：从基层做起
[Officialdom + Power + Romance + Workplace] Once you figure out how the system works, it’s like activating a cheat code. It’s an exciting ride from the start. This realistic novel about officialdom follows Lin Yaodong’s step-by-step rise from the grassroots to the heights of power.
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The Boy from Mang Village 蟒村少年
[Eastern Fantasy + Alternate Setting + Inspirational + Princess + Romance + Revenge] Luo Yun, a young hunter from a mountain village, lives beside Mangling Ridge. When he accidentally wanders into a forbidden area, he rescues Xiao Jian and the young Crown Prince Huang Tianhua from a giant python, only to tumble into a cliffside cave. Inside, a dying python entrusts him with a silver-patterned egg. It hatches into a silver-scaled little snake with humanlike intelligence. Luo Yun survives on snak
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Guo Jingyuan's Notes on Officialdom 郭敬远官场笔记
Set firmly against the backdrop of its era, this novel brings political realism and commercial idealism together seamlessly. The protagonist, Guo Jingyuan, has an exceptionally accurate grasp of economic trends and a remarkably keen business instinct. While still at university, he earns his first fortune at colleges across the capital. But determined to fulfill his ambitions, he resolutely enters politics, starting at the grassroots level while building his business career in parallel. In busine
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Scheming in the Three Kingdoms 谋算三国
[Political Intrigue] + [Passionate Action] + [No System] In a chaotic age, the world is a game of chess, and every move hides a blade! The battlefield runs red with blood while schemes churn behind the scenes. From within the command tent, strategies unfold, and with a laugh, enemy ships are reduced to ashes. The highest form of warfare is to defeat an enemy through strategy, without spilling blood. But if anyone dares defy me, I’ll leave them strewn across the land, with rivers of blood flowing
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Southbound and Northbound: A Prison Guard from the Start 南来北往：开局一狱警
During a hostage rescue, a bomb exploded, and a modern police captain transmigrated overnight to a parallel world in 1975. He became a prison guard at Hacheng Prison, where one of his subordinates happened to be a convict named Ma Kui. Then one familiar face after another appeared: Gao Yuliang, the Universe District Chief, Li Dakang...
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I Told You to Confess, So Why Did You Hit on the Underworld Boss's Daughter? 让你表白，你找上黑道千金？
[System + family + one heroine + sweet everyday romance + lighthearted comedy] Su Jiang is a first-year university student who unexpectedly awakens a System. [Host, confess your feelings to someone of the opposite sex within thirty seconds. Fail, and you die immediately!] With no other choice, Su Jiang confesses to An Rou, the class beauty, in front of the whole class. Su Jiang: “An Rou, I like you. Would you go out with me?” An Rou: “What do you like about me?” Su Jiang: “Uh… your legs are real
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Yang Yiming’s Village Official Diary 杨一鸣村官记
This book tells the story of young people full of energy and promise, striving and working hard to make their mark. After graduating from Longhai University, Yang Yiming resolutely chose to work at the grassroots level in the countryside, becoming a village official with lofty ambitions who was ready to roll up his sleeves and get things done. He cherished love, valued friendship, and treasured family, bringing his passion to a remote village far from the bustle of the city. There, he devoted hi
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The Pinnacle of Power: A General's Journey 权力巅峰之将星之历
The protagonist starts out as a staff member and deputy section chief at the municipal procuratorate, then is transferred to a town Party committee. He faces pressure from clans, officials, and others, and Xue Jianhao sets a trap and successfully resolves one crisis after another. A story of steadily rising to greater heights.
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Civil Servant: Fighting Unspoken Rules with the Rules 公务员：用规则硬刚潜规则
Chen Gui, a deputy department head who died in misery after being forced into sexual favors, is reborn in 2008, back during his internship! Carrying a deep-seated grudge from his past life, when he was ostracized and oppressed, he unexpectedly awakens the [Code of Absolute Order], which can identify every violation of regulations and strike back by citing the exact rules! A cynical old-timer tries to order him to buy cigarettes and pick up deliveries? He fires back with the Code of Conduct for C
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The Pinnacle of Power: Mingyu’s Name 权力巅峰之明宇的名义
I was born to be a mountain, not a stream, and I long to look down on life from the peaks! I was born to shine like the blazing sun, and I insist on soaring against the wind, radiant beyond measure! Mingyu's Principles: 1. Join me, and you'll have a bright future! 2. If I make you angry, I'm sorry. Please change! 3. I never speak with barbs. If I embarrass you, I did it on purpose! 4. Don't make me angry. The consequences are serious. I might accidentally take everyone out, and if things get wor
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I'm the Living Civil Servant Law, and My Colleagues Are All in Tears 我，行走的公务员法，同事全哭了
Good news: I’ve been reborn, and I brought a System with me. Bad news: This System is called “Absolute Rules,” and it has a mind of its own! I only wanted to get along with my old colleague, but the System flagged the gift he gave me as a violation. I lectured him until he shut down on the spot. Old Zhang: “I... I just wanted you to make a good impression on the boss...” I only wanted to keep a low profile in front of the boss, but the System detected that unpaid overtime was illegal, so I was f
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Civil Servant: You Talk Connections? I Follow the Rules! 公务员：你讲关系？我讲条例！
My name is Xu Nuo. My colleagues all call me a bookworm. They don't know that behind my glasses lies the Regulations on the Appointment of Cadres, a book that determines everyone's fate. He talks connections. I talk rules. He works the personal angle. I follow procedure.
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Reborn in 2006: Taking on the World with the Law 重生06，我靠法律硬刚全世界
Before he was reborn, he was a legal elite who died suddenly. Afterward, he became Su Zheng, the bookworm mocked by everyone at a township judicial office in 2006. His mind contains a [Rule of Law Code] that lets him instantly look up every legal provision. However... In a grassroots workplace where personal favors matter more than the law, this golden finger has become a source of “trouble”!
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I Drove the Whole Office Mad, Then a Big Shot Handpicked Me for Promotion 气疯全单位，我被大佬点名提拔
Let me start with the conclusion: I'm Lin Zheng. After being reborn, all I wanted was to be a decent person who follows the rules. Instead, I became the office's living King of Hell. I really didn't mean to. Scene One: An old colleague asks me to run out and buy popsicles. Me: “According to the regulations, personal errands aren't allowed during work hours.” (smiles) Result: The old colleague freezes on the spot, so furious his CPU practically starts smoking. The whole office: “Yikes... Is this
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Who Dares Break the Rules? 谁敢不合规
From the start, Xiao Su has nothing but a red pen and a notebook, yet he embarks on an unstoppable rise through the ranks of the bureaucracy. This isn’t an ordinary workplace. It’s a cultivation path built around “rules”! The average rookie: pour tea and run errands → swallow insults → become the scapegoat Xiao Su: memorize the statutes → correct the boss’s typos → send the section chief to jail Equipment upgrades: [Red Pen] → [Recording Pen] → [Measuring Tape] (Each upgrade deals increasingly a
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You Were Told to Take the Fall, So Why Did You Take Down the Entire Leadership Team? 让你顶罪，你把领导班子一锅端？
From the start, my superiors conspired to frame me, leaving me to take the fall for a billion-yuan scandal. The good news: I have a work habit of documenting everything, and my USB drive holds eight terabytes of evidence. The bad news: My superiors don’t seem to like my USB drive very much.
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Poor Social Skills? I Take Everything Literally and Drive Everyone Crazy 低情商？我只讲字面意思逼疯全场
In my colleagues' eyes, I'm a hopeless bookworm who's bound to get fired sooner or later. In my superiors' eyes, I'm a lethal weapon capable of cutting through every unspoken rule. In my opponents' eyes, I'm a living King of Hell armed with regulations, leaving misery in my wake wherever I go. As for me, Jiang Che, I'm really just an ordinary civil servant who wants to clock out on time. It all started with the words, “Make the report look good.” I turned it into a work of art, and the deputy di
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Reborn: I Chose the Water Conservancy Bureau 重生之我选了水利局
[Everyday life + rich in detail] [Grounded and realistic] [The mindset of an ordinary person] In the world of officialdom, You can’t rely on your superiors; they’ll leave you holding the bag. You can’t trust your peers; they’re waiting to set you up. You can’t feel at ease with your subordinates; they’re waiting to slack off and shirk their duties. See how an ordinary person, reborn, learns to navigate officialdom, adapt to the changing times, stay true to himself instead of going with the flow,
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The Pinnacle of Power: After Breaking Up with My Girlfriend, I Soared to Success 权势巅峰：和女朋友分手后扶摇直上
Betrayed by his girlfriend, with his patron's career hanging by a thread, Lu Xiaoyang, a secretary in the municipal government, suffered a double blow to his love life and political career. Disillusioned, he planned to leave politics for good. But the arrival of one woman completely changed his fate, helping him soar up the political ladder and reach the top of the provincial government compound.
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Back in the Game: Cleaning Up Officialdom 重出江湖之整治官场
A mob boss shakes up and cleans house in the political arena! [No idiotic characters, no System, light mystery] Black is black, and white is white, but the two can also change places! Even the righteous may do shameful things, while the wicked may do good for the country and its people. What matters is how you see things and what you believe, and whether you can answer to your conscience!
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Path to the Clouds: Governing a Region 青云志，主政一方
When Guan Ming was parachuted into Qingzhou, he was greeted not with flowers, but with a mass incident carefully orchestrated against him. Everyone waited to see how this “scholar” would be devoured by the local powers. He only smiled, turned their own strength against them, and transformed the crisis into a sharp blade, cutting through a corrupt fortress that had dominated the region for decades. But the real game had only just begun.
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The System's Starting Reward: My Uncle Is Qi Tongwei 系统开局奖励我的舅舅是祁同伟
Wu Ze is rewatching In the Name of the People for the third time. [Ding!] [Congratulations, Host! You've received a random character reward: Qi Tongwei (your maternal uncle).] "System, that's a bit much, isn't it? There are so many characters in the show!" "Please turn on your TV and tune in to Lu Dong Provincial TV." Wu Ze: "My uncle?" System: "That's right, your uncle." Well, that settles the rest of his life. P.S. This story takes place in a parallel world and is entirely fictional. Any rese
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The Road to Power: Starting as the Municipal Government Secretary 权路问鼎从市府大秘开始
(A rebirth-in-government novel, no cheating, one female lead. The early pacing is slower because it lays the groundwork for what comes later.) He woke from a nap, opened his eyes, and discovered he had been reborn. Once again, he stood at the same crossroads as in his previous life. What should he choose? Naturally, he would use his foresight to take things one step at a time and do every task well! Faced with the office director who had made his previous life so frustrating, he didn’t lose hi
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Zhao Ruilong of Handong Joins Forces with Meng Chuan of Jinchuan to Rule Unchallenged 汉东赵瑞龙带金川孟川生只手遮天
The bright side of Handong Province is under Secretary Zhao’s control, while the dark side belongs to Young Master Zhao. Across the ocean, Wall Street’s wealth is worth ten bushels: Young Master Zhao claims eight, Buffett one, and everyone else in the world shares the last one. Young and hot-blooded Liu Huaqiang, mad and arrogant Miao Qingshan, lawless Xie Wendong, Qi Tongwei who snatched victory from the jaws of defeat, Zhang Shihao who swept through Hong Kong, and Huang Zongwei who rose from h
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The Underworld Taxi 阴界出租车
The rundown rental car he bought for 8,888 yuan turns out to be a ride that travels between the worlds of the living and the dead! Chen Jiuyang, a young man down on his luck after losing his job, floors it and charges into the underworld. He meets little ghosts who guide the way and wronged spirits seeking help, takes on vicious ghosts, and talks back to underworld officials. A failure in the mortal world starts the wildest ferry business in the netherworld, where demons and monsters run rampant
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Film and TV Crossover: My Father Is Gao Yuliang, and I Sweep Zhong Xiaai Off Her Feet 综视：家父高育良，狂飙钟小艾
Nirvana in Fire + In the Name of the People + Who Is He He transmigrates into a world where several TV dramas overlap and becomes Gao Shengtian, son of Gao Yuliang. To help his father rise through the ranks, he sets his sights on his dad’s student Zhong Xia’ai from the start, planning to win her over so his father can climb the career ladder without a hitch. Zhong Xia’ai: “Teacher Gao, I like Xiaotian so much. I want to be your daughter-in-law.” Gao Shengtian: “A woman three years older brings a
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The Obsession with Having a Son 生男孩的执念
An obsession with having a son
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The Political Ladder: My White Moonlight Chases Power, So I Turn Away and Shine 仕途：白月光攀权我转身万丈光芒
New book, and the rating has only just come in. It’s sure to rise! The story definitely won’t disappoint, so please stick around, add it to your bookshelf, and leave your valuable feedback. I write patriotic stories. My completed novel, Helping Mom Deal with Scumbags and the Third Party, is that kind of story, and so is this new one. [Positive energy + down-to-earth characters + realistic urban fiction + love of country and family] Jian Yifan was raised in the countryside by his grandfather and
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In the Name of Ruilong 瑞龙的名义
No System + Reborn + Ancient Martial Arts + Finance. The protagonist is Zhao Ruilong, and the heroine is the eldest princess of a chaebol in Korea. This novel follows Zhao Ruilong after he is reborn, as he strives to build a world-class financial empire.
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Turning the Heavens Upside Down: What's Wrong with Me Winning Half a Move Against Heaven and Reaching the Top? 倒反天罡：我胜天半子登顶怎么了
[The Tables Turned + Peak-Rank Showdown + High-Stakes Action] After being reborn, Qi Tongwei looks at the familiar faces around him and realizes, to his shock, that the whole world has changed. Sha Ruijin: “Uncle Qi is the person I trust most. Stop trying to drive a wedge between us!” Tian Guofu: “If I'd known Qi Tongwei was Little Jin's uncle, I never would have talked badly about him behind his back. Now I've ended up on the wrong side of both camps.” Gao Yuliang: “When necessary, we can aband
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My Wife Deng Xiaoyang, I'm Li Chaoyang 媳妇邓晓阳我叫李朝阳
[Realism, political ups and downs, contests of human nature, and the turbulent 1990s] Political connections are the greatest resource. In 1985, I was discharged from the army and returned to my hometown. Though I had fought on the front lines and earned a third-class merit, I was still prepared to spend the rest of my life tending crops. While handling my paperwork at the township armed forces office, I met Li Shangwu, the head of the office. He was a transferred officer from another division in
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The Official and His Charms 官人官色
The road to becoming an official is narrow, so narrow that if you want to climb it, you can only step on other people's shoulders. Yet it is also broad enough to encompass everyday life and the people's hardships. Along this road lie intrigue and shifting fortunes, ruthless decisions, and love and hatred...
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Reborn, I Rise to the Clouds as a Selected Cadre 重生后我以选调生身份平步青云
Liu Huaimin, a fifty-eight-year-old grassroots public servant, spent twenty-seven years in his post before reaching the end of his life with a heart full of regret. In his previous life, an unjust case tied to an engineering project brought tremendous hardship upon his family. His loved ones suffered one misfortune after another, leaving him with a lifelong burden he could never put aside. As he lay dying, he opened his eyes once more, only to find himself back in the dormitory at Beichen Univer
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A Lost Path Through the Ranks 基层仕途迷茫路
“Jiaming,” Third Grandpa said, “I just saw green smoke rising from your family grave. That's a good omen. I reckon Xinghe will grow up to become an official.” A fortune-teller told him, “You can become an official in the southeast.” Chen Xinghe was a grassroots official who spent more than twenty years struggling his way through the political world, constantly making waves on the grand stage of his own life. For a time, his efforts brought him fame and success, and he enjoyed a happy life. He wa
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A Little Immortal in the Officialdom 小神仙混官场
No particular reason + multiple heroines + scheming protagonist + poverty alleviation. The Great Golden Immortal Zhang Ran resolutely enters the civil service exam to accumulate resources for cultivation, putting down roots at the grassroots level and making his way through the mortal world! He had only wanted to steadily gather resources, but by chance he took charge of the poorest village, a mess no one else wanted to touch. It became the first trial in his mortal cultivation. With his immorta
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The Wind Sweeps Through Xizhou City 风过西周城
The long-running anti-corruption novel The Wind Sweeps Through Xizhou City has thirty-one chapters and a total of 260,000 words. It tells the story of the offices in Xizhou County, a county town on the western plains. Career and romance, social relationships and the ways of the world, survival and workplace advancement: a series of collisions between people and events, feelings and rules, conscience and human nature paints a vivid, tangled portrait of ordinary people at the grassroots level. It
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The Wind Blows Through Xizhou City: Part Two 风过西周城第二部
The second volume of the long anti-corruption novel Wind Over Xizhou City continues the story begun in the first. Planned to span thirty-three chapters and 390,000 characters, it once again unfolds among the offices of Xizhou County, in the western plains. Career and love, human relationships and social customs, the rules of survival, and advancement at work: a series of collisions between people and events, emotion and rules, conscience and human nature. It paints a vivid, tangled portrait of e
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The Dragon's Successor 大龙接班人
Campus romance + political intrigue + military affairs + powerful connections The protagonist, Zhou Ziqing, was taken away by an old Taoist priest when he was just a month old and taught various skills. At eighteen, he came down from the mountain and became “invincible,” possessing martial arts, medical expertise, and exceptional intelligence. He also navigates the political arena, takes part in extensive military operations, and lays out comprehensive business strategies, all on an epic scale.
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The Marquis's Mansion Son-in-Law: Using Modern Knowledge to Crush the Competition 侯府赘婿：我靠现代知识降维打击
Transmigration + son-in-law + no System + business warfare + war Modern man Lin Fan transmigrates into the past as the lowest-ranking son-in-law in a marquis's household. All he wants is to lie flat. But when he sees his stunningly beautiful wife getting riled up every day by all sorts of unscrupulous merchants, he reluctantly brings out his modern marketing genius. “Ladies, how about signing up for a supermarket membership card to earn points?” “Young master, you can save five hundred coins wit
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The Pinnacle of Power: Rising to the Heavens Through Medicine 权力巅峰：医步登天
Government, power struggles, political thriller, and a cast of villains Just because I’m a miracle doctor, you think you can kidnap me? Ji Ming never imagined that this kidnapping would completely change the course of his life. Entering the game of power as a doctor, he would turn the tide of every transfer and reordering of power. In this federal nation, flaws in the system have split the country into numerous factions. Hidden undercurrents have given rise to countless challenges and opportunit
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I Have a Date with the Emperor of the Ages 我与千古一帝有约
I Made a Pact with an Emperor for the Ages is a thrilling, imaginative transmigration novel. The protagonist, Qian Wanneng, accidentally travels through a tunnel in time and arrives in the mysterious, ancient era of the Qin dynasty. Faced with an unfamiliar world and unknown challenges, he isn't consumed by fear. Instead, he quickly adapts and finds his place in this new world through extraordinary intelligence and courage. Across the vast lands of the Qin dynasty, Qian Wanneng displays an aston
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My Story with a Beautiful Woman 我与美女的故事
My Story with a Beautiful Woman
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The Rich Beauty Falls for a Poor Loser 白富美爱上穷屌丝
A rich, beautiful heiress falls in love with a poor loser.
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In the Political Arena, Fighting Corruption Is for the People 官场之反腐是为了人民
From the officials’ roster corruption case in Xiling Province to the corn and vegetable project in Qiangui Province, a series of corruption cases harmed the interests of the people. As a discipline inspection official, Zhong Xiaohua handles each case meticulously and calmly, steadily increasing his authority while always protecting the people’s interests from harm. He makes serving the people his foremost duty.
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I Dreamed I Became the Leader of the Martial World 我做了一个当上武林盟主的梦
I dreamed I became the leader of the martial world.
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My Future Is No Dream! 我的未来不是梦！
My Future Isn’t a Dream!
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A Legendary Life: The Road of Officialdom and Business 传奇人生之官商之路
A star of destiny descends upon a humble family and shines on Yu Yuan, who is about to graduate from high school. He awakens a super brain and turns his life around! Follow his journey as he becomes a top student, a rising star in science and technology, a business prodigy, and a rising star in officialdom.
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