Mysteries or Crime Stories with Wildly Imaginative Plots, Driven by Plot with Romance in the Background 脑洞特别大的破案或者说是悬疑，剧情为主感情为辅
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You Think You Can Get Away with the Perfect Crime? No! You Can't Hide Anywhere 你想完美脱罪？不！你无所遁形
[Two male leads, episodic investigations + overarching case, 1v1.] [The story focuses on solving cases, with romance as a secondary element. The romance develops very slowly and subtly. Early on, it's roughly a 9:1 split, with 9 parts investigation and 1 part romance. The romance gets more focus later.] [The male lead, Song Kui, isn't entirely a righteous person.] [Volume One: Song Kui, Tang Yu, Tao Li] [Volume Two: Song Kui, Tang Yu, Li Zeru] [Volume Three bonus stories: Chen Yunning, Rong Chen
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- 2 Crime Scene Investigation: The Clues 犯罪现场调查：蛛丝马迹 (Not a wish-fulfillment story, no System, no romance, traditional criminal investigation) While the officers of the Changlin Criminal Investigation Division were still grieving the death of former Deputy Division Chief Xu Wei, who had died in the line of duty, their new deputy chief, Shen Yanning, arrived out of nowhere, stirring up resentment and rejection among them. But as time went on, they discovered that their young, handsome new superior could unravel cases thread by thread, finding the t 988Reads8.7Score129Shelves
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Kill a Skylark 杀一只云雀
Everyone wants to kill that lark. The lark, wings spread and ready to fly, has long been trapped beneath the blades of thousands. A secret capable of bringing down a dynasty has become the noose around his neck. Ten travelers, each bound by the chains of their own fate, come together. They join forces to unravel one bizarre murder after another, relying on each other to survive amid flashing blades and torrents of blood, and growing to cherish one another. As the vast net cast over the land clos
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- 4 The Pheromone-Free Zone 信息素无效区 He Siyan is one of a kind. A natural-born emotionless person, he follows only his own conscience and pursues the truth to the very end in a secret case, untouched by outside influence. Yu An lurks deep in the mist, a formidable top-tier S-class powerhouse with a chilling presence. His overwhelming abilities put him above everyone else, and no one can preserve their own will under his influence and control. Yet, for some reason, this invincible ability has absolutely no effect on He Siyan. With 25Reads—Score—Shelves
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Killer Profile: Detective Captain, Don't Fall for Me 致命侧写：刑侦队长别心动
Hardcore criminal investigation techniques + in-depth criminal profiling Standalone cases + two equally formidable leads testing each other + undercurrents of affection There is no such thing as an unsolved case in the dictionary of Lin Zheng, captain of Yun Gang City’s criminal investigation unit, until he encounters a ritualistic serial killer. When the orchestra’s first-chair violinist is arranged like a musical rest, all the strings snapped; when a gallery owner’s corpse is found kneeling be
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Paranormal Investigation Bureau: Blackthorn Security Company 诡异调查局：黑荆棘安保公司
[Bizarre plot] + [mild horror] + [749] + [coherent story, no convoluted loops] + [high-stakes mind games] + [no female lead] When I was very young, I witnessed those things. They took away the happy childhood I should have had. As time passed, I gradually began to realize that my past might have come from some kind of [recovered object]. [It] fabricated the false past I remembered. Years later, I finally became a Level One investigator at the Bureau of Paranormal Investigations. I recovered one
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The Fearless Know No Boundaries 无畏者行无疆界
This book is a companion to "The Officialdom and Human Nature". It begins with the romance between college students Qiao Songyang and Su Nian, blending the schemes and cunning of the political and business worlds: anything goes, profit comes first, and the ruthless and calculating stop at nothing. It completes the story left unfinished in the first book.
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The Ten Great Mysteries of the Song Dynasty 大宋十大奇案
No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincible protagonist, no System, no golden finger, and no transmigration. This is not a power fantasy, so read at your own discretion! A pure historical mystery set in the jianghu, offering an immersive experience of everyday life in an ancient town and the suspenseful twists and turns as officials use their wits to solve cases…
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After Prison, I Draw Ghosts at the Police Station 刑满释放后，我在警局给鬼画像
[No CP] [Real Ghosts] [Criminal Investigation] [Personal Growth] [Daily Life] [Family Bonds] [Friendship] [Romance] [Human Nature] [Society] At nineteen, Lin Yaoyao killed her grandfather. At twenty-eight, her grandfather appeared before her again. [Yaoyao, what you see is what other people want you to see.] … [Jiang Ge: Yaoyao, when are you going to be my wife?] [Lin Yaoyao: Maybe in a couple of days.] … [Zhao Hao: Sis, where are my buns?] [Lin Yaoyao: In your back pocket.] … [Wang Yanjie: Yaoz
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The Yuan'an Chronicles 元安录
[Tang-era mystery cases + episodic stories + formidable hero and heroine + one-on-one romance + ensemble cast] [The Night Owl Cries] In the twenty-third year of Yongwei, a woman’s corpse is discovered in a house beneath a locust tree on Sanshui Alley in Chang’an. Rumors spread that a ghostly song is killing people... [The Thousand-Faced Buddha] Nine lifelike clay statues made from living people are discovered at Huazhen Temple. What do they have to do with the children who vanished three years a
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Ghostly Tales: The Guide Between Life and Death 诡谈：生死引路人
(Horror + suspense + supernatural + mind-bending + live-action game) This is an urban horror novel with no transmigration and no System. After Jia Wen uncovers his wife's long-hidden secret and the mystery buried deep within his own heart, his life is turned upside down, and he becomes a ghost hunter. While investigating a case involving missing ghosts, he and his senior, Zhong Chuqing, use her powerful spiritual detection abilities to identify the mastermind: Young Master Jie. After careful pla
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Monstrous National Fate: I Shock the World with Daoist Arts 诡异国运：我以道法震慑全球
New book! The rating just came in, and it'll slowly climb from here. [National Destiny Game] [Global Livestream] [Eastern Mysticism] [No Romance] A bizarre national-destiny game has descended upon Blue Star, throwing contestants from every country into terrifying dungeons. She wields orthodox Taoist magic. When other people enter a supernatural dungeon, they hide from ghosts, run for their lives, and sob as they search for a way out. When Shen Qinghe enters one, she brings talismans and Taoist a
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Fragrant Dust on Purple Paths 紫陌香尘
Drawing on more than a decade of experience as a police officer and my broader understanding of society, I wrote this original social realist mystery novel. This is not a wish-fulfillment story. It spans 20 years from beginning to end, with dozens of clues and echoes woven throughout. I hope to share it with readers who are patient and enjoy thinking things through. There are two cases, but what truth will you see in them? The Fragrance of Purple Dust is divided into four volumes, each named wit
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The Unbalanced Abyss 失衡归墟
[Original | Not a power fantasy | Not mindless | Golden finger | Suspense and horror game | Self-redemption] “Let’s play hide-and-seek. You be It, and I’ll hide. Can you find me?” A text from an unknown number dragged Liu Xu into a deadly game set in the world of a novel. When he woke, he was inside an ancient theater governed by bizarre rules. Its master delighted in watching people die, and anyone who lost the game would vanish into a wisp of green smoke beneath the stage. As the other players
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Reborn in the Graveyard, I Go on a Rampage with the “Am I Dead?” System 墓地重生，我靠死了吗系统杀疯了
[Reborn in a graveyard + Death System + mystery and crime-solving + powerful heroine seeking revenge] [Nonstop thrills + a badass heroine + lots of twists + crushing scumbags every step of the way] ⊗ Orphan Qin Mo is kidnapped and thrown into a mass grave. After crawling out of a coffin, she unexpectedly binds herself to the [Are You Dead Yet] System. ⊗ Fail six missions in a row, and the System will erase you! ⊗ Watch Qin Mo plan each move carefully, turn the tables against all odds, and make h
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My Emotions Can Confer Godhood 我的情绪能封神
[Strong female lead + growth-focused + Cthulhu horror + ship any couple you like] I’m Xu Quan, the only BUG left after reality’s folds invaded. My System sounds the alarm every day, either because an S-rank obsession has formed or because the real world is collapsing. I’m so sick of it. All I want is to quietly collect my obsession encyclopedia. The head of the Stability Bureau can’t stand me? [Ding! Their permissions have been changed to “backyard husky.”] A green-tea rival shows up to stir up
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Infinite Loop: A Knitting Needle’s Counterattack Against the Data Cage 无限循环：毛线针反杀数据牢笼
[Infinite Flow + NPC + Mystery and Mind-Bending Puzzles + Wild Imagination + Virtual Game + Cyberpunk + Yarn-Needle Powers + Yarnpunk + Female Awakening + Ensemble Cast + Architectural Conspiracy + Workplace Conspiracy + Time Loop] Also titled: "Infinite Loop: Yarn Needles Strike Back Against the Data Cage" [Complete] After losing her job, Lin Xiao receives a mysterious text and is sent back to 2010, where she crashes headfirst into the abyss of Xingyao Group’s “Mirror Life” full-dive experime
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Zero-Degree Showdown: Operation Blue Arrow 零度交锋：蓝捷行动
[Mystery and Suspense] [Espionage] [Crime Investigation] [Modern Urban] [Genius] [Strong Female Lead] [National Security] Twenty-three years ago, a separation tore the lives of twin sisters apart. The younger sister was trained by an overseas spy organization to become an elite agent. Sent back to China, she is ordered to assassinate her own sister, take her place, infiltrate Lanjie Communications, and steal the core secret, “Lanjie 9.” Caught between her mission and her organization's orders on
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Ashen Panic 烬慌
As my father lay dying, he pressed a bloodstained chip into my hand. Six months later, the person I loved became a vegetable while protecting me. On his cold personal server, I found the only folder named after me. Inside were records of his awkward affection and a final message: “Xinxin, keep moving forward. Don’t look back.” I thought I would spend the rest of my life caught between revenge and protecting what I loved, until the “Observers,” beings from a higher civilization, arrived and col
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After Transmigrating into a Book, I Sent My Scumbag Husband to Get Rich in a Rules-Horror Game 穿书后，我把渣夫送规则怪谈致富
[Journey to the West-inspired + revenge on scumbags + rule-based horror + suspenseful romance + fantasy and the supernatural] Me, the heroine Jiang Li: My parents, who favored sons over daughters, sold me to the Lu family for 80,000 yuan. After six years of working like an ox and horse, I died suddenly from staying up all night, only to discover that I was the Lu family’s carefully prepared living sacrifice! When I opened my eyes, I had transmigrated into the novel I hadn’t earned a single cen
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The Bureau's Twin Years: A Record of Strange Herb Mysteries in the Martial World 局编双年：奇草谜案江湖录
(Not a power fantasy + no System + plot-driven + crime-solving and deduction + mind-bending twists) (The author spent a full year crafting all the murder cases. They’re sure to be gripping and mind-bending, so enjoy!) One year ago, on a dark night, I was a lowly cleaner working in the City Lord’s Hall when I was dragged into a murder targeting the three great families. Everyone said I was the killer! One year later, by day, I’d turned my fortunes around and become deputy director of the Security
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A Hellish Start: Higher-Dimensional Bigwigs Watch Me Wipe Out the Competition 地狱开局高维大佬围观我反杀全场
Wealthy families, revenge on villains, transmigrate into a book, power couples From the start, Jiang Mian appears in handcuffs on a livestream after transmigrating into the body of a castoff from a wealthy family. She lowers her eyes and smiles coldly, using forensic logic to tear everything apart. A crystal chandelier murder, antique poison bait, a tea party trap: all become evidence she can use to turn the tables. Pei Yuyan, a higher-dimensional observer, shuts off billions of screens for her
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After Losing My Memory, I Found Out in My Diary That I'm the Killer 失忆后，在日记本里看到我是凶手
Tang Li lost her memory after surgery for a brain tumor. Every day, she relies on her diary just to remember what she did before. But one morning, she gets up, opens the diary, and finds an account of how she killed someone... To keep anyone from finding out, she checks the hidden body over and over every day. But the diary keeps listing more and more dead people...
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Twin Rivers: Bloodbath in Republican-Era Shanghai 双川民国之沪上血战
Su Tianci has spent 25 years as a working stiff. After leaving the military, he has the job he earned stolen by someone with power and influence. His attempts to seek justice come to nothing, and with the other side's overwhelming influence, he has no choice but to become a delivery driver. Who could have guessed that while performing a good deed, he'd be struck by a heavy truck and sent straight to the Republican era? Then his transmigration golden finger turns out to let him travel between the
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- 25 Traveling Between Two Worlds: The 1970s 两界穿梭之七零年代 Wu Xiaoyao is a working-class nobody, a corporate drudge who likes to unwind by grilling skewers and letting loose whenever he has a bit of free time. But an out-of-control dump truck sends him hurtling back to the fiery age of the 1970s. What surprises him is that he can travel back and forth between the seventies and 2025. Two completely different eras now lie before him. 131Reads7.6Score—Shelves
- 26 Traveling Between Two Worlds: The Red-Hot Years 两界穿梭之火红年代 Li Xiaren is an ordinary office worker, trudging through grueling days that start at eight in the morning and end at midnight. One day, after finally getting several months of back pay, he plans to give himself a well-deserved break. Who could have guessed that eating a grilled kidney for no apparent reason would send him back to the 1970s when he woke up? Luckily, he discovers he can return to 2025, and so two completely different eras open up before him!!! 254Reads7.6Score101Shelves
- 27 A Double Crossing to Make a Fortune in Republican-Era China 双穿之民国淘金 Li Xiaren had spent 25 years as a wage slave, living at the bottom of society and crushed by the pressure of making ends meet. No matter how hard he worked to earn money, he still couldn't afford a home of his own. Even his longtime girlfriend left him. Downhearted, he finally managed to collect the wages he'd been owed and planned to head to Tian Shang Ren Jian for a stuffed flatbread. But who could have guessed? A ball of lightning struck him and sent him straight back to a turbulent era. More 532Reads7.7Score135Shelves
- 28 Dual Travels in Republican-Era China: Slaughtering the Japanese Invaders 双穿民国之屠戮倭寇 Li Xiaren was an outstanding young man who had been 25 for years. After finally finding a girlfriend, he was just about to duo queue with her when a ball lightning bolt whisked him away to Shanghai during the Republican era. To his surprise, the mark left by the ball lightning lets him travel back and forth between the two worlds. In an instant, two monumental eras open up before him... 1.7kReads6.7Score—Shelves
- 29 Transmigrate to the Water Margin: Dominate the World 穿越水浒之雄霸天下 Wu Zhantian was one of China’s top special forces soldiers. While carrying out a top-secret mission, he was betrayed by a traitor. To ensure his teammates could withdraw safely, Wu Zhantian stayed behind alone. Seriously wounded in a sneak attack by the Japanese invaders, he chose to detonate the button bomb he carried rather than be taken prisoner. He and dozens of members of the Japanese Kamikaze Special Forces perished together. Wu Zhantian thought he was as good as dead, but the flourishing 1kReads5.9Score—Shelves
- 30 Traveling Between Two Worlds: 1970 两界穿梭之1970 After getting drunk in an accident, Wu Xiaoyao somehow transmigrated to the fiery era of the past. With a System that lets him travel between two worlds, he now has two great eras before him... 309Reads5.8Score—Shelves
- 31 Between Two Worlds: 1973 两界穿梭之1973 An unexpected transmigration brought Wu Xiaoyao, an outstanding young man from the 21st century, to the 1970s. The golden finger that comes with transmigrating gave him hope of surviving. As the System leveled up, Wu Xiaoyao discovered that he could travel back and forth between the modern era and the 1970s. Two completely different worlds opened up before him! 494Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 32 Rising to Power Between Two Worlds 两界穿梭之崛起 After getting drunk and tumbling down a flight of stairs, the protagonist Wu Xiaoyao accidentally transmigrates to the 1970s. Luckily, he has the essential transmigration golden finger: releasing animals. See how Wu Xiaoyao carves out a place of his own in this fiery era. 577Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 33 The Controller of Ten Thousand Worlds, Roaming the City 万界掌控者都市逍遥 Wu Zhantian, a young man from Huaxia, accidentally fell from the summit of Mount Hua. He was rescued by the Venerable Myriad Swords, who happened to be passing by Earth. Wu Zhantian was then taken to the top-tier world of the Hongmeng Realm, where he became the Venerable Myriad Swords' disciple and began cultivating. By chance, his master found the Origin of the World in the Myriad Venerables' Secret Realm. But Dragon Rock Emperor, an ancient skeleton, and the Venerable Myriad Swords' eldest dis 1.4kReads6.4Score117Shelves
- 34 The Iron-Blooded Tigers Battle the Ming 铁血虎贲战大明 Chinese special forces king Wu Zhantian was betrayed by a traitor during a mission. To avoid being captured by the enemy, Wu Zhantian set off the miniature bomb strapped to his body, dying alongside dozens of enemy special forces soldiers. By chance, he touched the laws of the game. He rebuilt his body, copied abilities, and saved the Ming Dynasty from ruin. To stop the Yangzhou Massacre and the Jiading Massacres, Wu Zhantian, China's special forces king, refused to stand by. He tore Aobai apart 1.2kReads7.2Score103Shelves
- 35 Transmigrate to the Song Dynasty: The Empire's Mighty Rise 穿越之大宋雄风 A wondrous transmigration, invincible from the start. See how our protagonist, Wu Yue, recruits the heroes of Liangshan, gets up close and personal with Li Shishi, defeats mighty bandits and sweeps away powerful invaders. See how we Han people conquer the world. 872Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 36 Transmigrate to the Late Han and Fight for the World 穿越汉末争天下 Wu Xiaoyao, a Chinese special forces soldier, is betrayed by a traitor while carrying out a mission in an island nation. To cover his teammates' retreat, he detonates the bomb strapped to him, taking the enemy down with him. Unexpectedly, he awakens the destiny of China. His body is remade, and he transmigrates to the Three Kingdoms era. By a twist of fate, he meets the peerless master Li Yan, who takes him on as a disciple! With his extraordinary combat skills, assassination techniques, and aut 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 Transmigrating to the Late Han Dynasty to Rule the World 穿越汉末霸天下 Wu Xiaoyao is an active-duty special forces king. While on a mission in the Sakura Islands, he is betrayed by a spy who had been hiding in China for more than thirty years. To protect his teammates as they retreat, he single-handedly takes on the entire Japanese Kamikaze Special Forces unit, more than 180 men, and kills over a hundred Japanese devils. Exhausted, he raises his head to the sky and roars, "I have the will to kill the enemy, but not the strength to turn the tide!" Then he detonates 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 The Urban Cultivator’s Carefree Life 修真者都市逍遥 Wu Xiaoyao was a young man from China. While climbing Mount Laojun, he was accidentally sucked into a black hole and transported to a world filled with powerful cultivators. As an ordinary mortal, he thought he was as good as dead, but unexpectedly, he gained the cultivation legacy of the Venerable of Ten Thousand Swords. Relying on his Chinese bloodline, he fought his way through every obstacle. After countless trials and hardships, he rose to the realm of Supreme Sovereign of the Myriad Worlds 93Reads—Score—Shelves
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Mask of Murder 杀戮面具
This book is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental! Lin Yi is a wage earner from a humble background, and today he's been laid off again. Mocked by his ex-girlfriend and sneered at by his former supervisor, this little nobody can only choose the cheapest way to vent his anger. He heads under the overpass to beat a straw effigy. Fifty yuan a pop, and this is his ninety-ninth visit. Even the owner can't bear to look at how miserable he is, so he hands
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- 40 God Said! 神说！ God said, “Let there be light!” And so Lin Yi came into the world, determined to prove that God exists, though by another path. If humanity created artificial intelligence, then who created us? The other night, I was watching the movie Prometheus at home when a line made me stop and think. A robot son asks the human father who created him, “Father! If you created me, then who created you?” That got me wondering: if God created us, then who created God? So I decided to sit down and try writing a 5Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Sun Gives Me a Cheat 太阳为我开外挂
[Underworld power struggles + rigorous logic + survival on an alien planet + offbeat paranormal horror + intelligent protagonist + slow-burn thrills] Have you ever gazed up at the stars and wondered why the real world has nothing supernatural in it? When the real universe is invaded by a sinister universe, the result isn't a reshaping of reality's rules, but endless despair and terror. Monstrous beings that fuse supernatural powers with the laws of physics are coming. Survival is at stake. A
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The Fate-Stealer's Journal: Stripping the Rules Bare at Their Edges 篡命者手札：在规则边缘把它薅秃
[Infinite-flow + civilization-building + unconventional conceptual tricks + one heroine + mastermind behind the scenes + an unconventional savior + slow burn + expansive world] Gu Huai thought he had signed a 3-billion-yuan contract to work in a “virtual world.” When he woke up, he found the whole world had changed beyond recognition. Stranded on a deserted island, fresh off the plane, owing the organizers two kidneys from the start, and being hunted by the entire island? Fortunately, he has a b
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The March Murder Hunt 三月追凶
I’m working hard to create the most boring, lowest-rated, most lackluster mystery novel on the entire internet. Sometimes even the author can’t understand it, but apparently lots of people enjoy novels they can’t understand.
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