Bring on the Angst! Recommend a Couple of Books Full of Heartbreak to Crack Open My Welded-Shut Heart 刀子刀子,快来两本满是刀子的书,撬开被焊死的心
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Sunlight Through the Cracks 裂缝里的阳光
From childhood onward, Zhuang Zi'ang was the kind of kid everyone called “the child other parents wish they had”: a model student every year and always first in his class. But after his parents divorced and his father started a new family, he became a child neither parent loved. At just eighteen, Zhuang Zi'ang is diagnosed with a terminal illness and given only three months to live. With his final three months, he decides to let out his rebellious, wild side and be truly himself for once. While
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Genshin Impact: I'll Fall into the Abyss to Keep My Old Friends Safe 原神:我会堕入深渊,换故人安好
After transmigrating to Teyvat, Xiuyuan learns that the System requires him to experience nine lifetimes of reincarnation. In his first life, he becomes Hu Tao's grandfather. He teaches her manners, responsibility, and how to write limericks. “Once Grandpa is gone... remember to eat well... and sleep in your coffin less... Coffins are cold, and you'll catch a chill...” “Be good... Xiao Tao, smile more. When you smile... you really are beautiful...” In his second life, he awakens the se
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Once Upon a Time, There Was a Demon-Suppressing Pass 从前有座镇妖关
Once, there was a pass like this. Once, there was a group of people like this. Every inch of this pass was stained with blood. These people would not return until they were dead. All so that, amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood, in their final moments, they could turn around and see the lights of countless homes shining behind them, with peace and safety year after year.
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My Girlfriend Has a Cheat, and Seven Divine Songs Take the Music World by Storm 我有外挂女友,七首神曲横扫乐坛
Tang Yiao is a minor celebrity in the entertainment industry, stuck in a career rut and going nowhere. His company sends him to compete on a talent show for newcomers. After his former rumored girlfriend publicly announces her relationship with a popular young star, he becomes a laughingstock, enduring ridicule and mockery. Setbacks in both his career and love life send him to the lowest point of his life. By chance, while watching a livestream on his phone, Tang Yiao reunites with Jiang Xinyue,
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Life with the Goddess: I Feel Like I've Seen You Somewhere Before 女神同居往事,我好像在哪见过你
Li Huangxuan was a recent college graduate, stuck in a miserable nine-to-five job and always broke. Like every young person just starting out, he felt lost and uncertain about the future. He longed for a love that would leave a lasting mark. He had a crush on his coworker, Xu Wanqing, but was too timid to approach her. Then one day, his roommate moved out, and a goddess named Lin Ximeng moved in next door, turning his life upside down. A month of living together gradually drew the two of them cl
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Living with Cancer, I Kiss the World with Song 身患癌症,以歌痛吻世界
[Entertainment + Singing + Sickly Hero + Healing + Tearjerker + Positive Energy + Redemption] Bai Chen transmigrates to a parallel world, only to discover that he has cancer and needs a huge sum of money for treatment. A singing contest hosted by pdd is underway, drawing a massive audience and offering a huge cash prize! So Bai Chen joins to earn money for his medical bills. In the preliminaries, Bai Chen sings “Under the Sea,” and the entire livestream falls silent, lost in thought. In the knoc
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A Human Cage 人间囚笼
[Not a wish-fulfillment story + extremely dark + oppressive and suffocating. Don’t read if you’re faint of heart.] When you’re nearing the end of your life, you can actually feel it coming. Just like right now. The closer that moment gets, the more you want to leave something behind in this world. But what should I leave? Assets lose value, and houses change hands. Nothing material can last forever. So perhaps I should tell everyone my story instead. I’m no good person. I just occasionally feel
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The Characters I Wrote Have Come to Life!? 我笔下的角色活了!?
Two strong female leads! Girls help girls! Chen Mengxin is a newcomer to the writing world, but she's unexpectedly cracked the code for going viral. Then one day, the heroine she's been writing suddenly appears right in her home!? Li Weiyu is the heroine in Chen Mengxin's story. Once she gains self-awareness, she wants to live her own life. But her life is controlled by Chen Mengxin. What will she do?! Gu Sheng is a big name in the writing world, yet he's been caught up in plagiarism scandals. H
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I’ve Been to This World Before, and I’m Starting Over 这个世界我来过,从新来过
My new work is here! 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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My 26-Year-Old Female Tenant 我的26岁女房客
After a wild night at a bar, a beautiful woman pinned him with a paternity claim, and the down-and-out young man suddenly became a father. As if things weren't bad enough, the owner of his rented home changed, and he was about to be kicked out. But his new landlady was beautiful! Should he ask to share the place? She coolly gave him a single word: “Get out!” A romantic entanglement sparked by a housing problem.
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He's Gone! 他不在了!
When Gu Chang’an was three, his father remarried and his mother left. His family was shattered, and so was he. From then on, home was no longer Gu Chang’an’s harbor or his refuge from the storm. When he felt wronged, he had nowhere to hide. Until Ding Tingting appeared. She was like a beam of light shining down on Gu Chang’an…
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Everyone Looks Down on the Heroine for Being in a Vegetative State? Fine, I’ll Marry Her 都嫌弃女主是植物人?那我娶走了
Lin Xuan transmigrates into an urban novel as a short-tempered villain. From the start, his scumbag father, who favors his illegitimate son, forces him to take the place of a comatose supporting character with a fear of men in a marriage meant to bring her good luck. Fortunately, the [Crazy Cuddling] System comes online. As long as he makes physical contact with someone who has high fortune points, he can earn points to buy all kinds of products and skills. So Lin Xuan acts decisively and choose
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Back to Field: Ten Suicide Notes Revealed, Leaving the Entire Internet in Tears 蘑菇屋:十封遗书曝光,泪崩全网
Season 6 of Yearning for Life premiered. As soon as everyone arrived, they were stunned by the beautiful scenery. Before long, they discovered a strange little cabin. Inside, they found ten letters. The first read: “Nuan Nuan, the flowers on the island have bloomed. That means I’ve come to see you…” Lin Feng The whole internet buzzed: Had Lin Feng come to the island to pursue Nuan Nuan? Who was this Lin Feng? They read the second letter, then the third… all the way to the tenth. Only then did th
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Riddled with Illness, I Refuse Treatment. Why Are You Crying? 诸病缠身,我不治,你们哭什么
[Also known as: "Your Son Has Been Gone for a Long Time" and "My Depression Was Getting Better, but I Still Had Stomach Cancer"] Guo Lu was just passing through, a person suffering from depression, schizophrenia, and stomach cancer. After learning that he had only a few years left if he did not seek treatment, Guo Lu wanted nothing more than to end it all on his own terms. After the conflicts with his family accumulated and finally exploded time and again, the people close to him at last learned
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After Depression Left Me Heartbroken, Everyone Began to Love Me 抑郁心死后,所有人开始爱我
[Tearjerker]+ [Heartbreaking]+ [Bad Ending]+ [No Clichés, Realistic Story] The world beneath the neon lights is dazzling, but it has never shone for just one person. Lonely souls are always searching for comfort, but the medicine that could heal their wounds died long ago in childhood. When the stories they left behind finally become known, all that awaits them is a corpse that has long since grown cold. His parents spend their entire lives mired in a failed marriage, treating Bai Mo like a garb
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Born to Follow the Sun 向阳而生
[A new book from a veteran author] [Daily life] [Romance] [A little heartbreak, then overwhelmingly sweet] He Zhicheng gave his son He Shu a perfect demonstration of what a scumbag looked like, leaving He Shu terrified of marriage before he was even an adult. The little tree, withered before it had even grown, was chased by another stubborn little sprout who kept urging him to stand tall. Well, maybe it takes going through all that pain to appreciate the happiness of an ordinary life. Life comes
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Keep Moving Forward, Young Man 少年且前行
Bearing the hopes of his disabled parents and supported by every uncle and elder in Kaoshan Village, Wang Yan arrived in Binhai carrying a fertilizer sack full of the future. He stepped onto campus and began his journey toward changing his life…
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The Seventh Chime! 第七次钟声!
There's a legend about the old bell tower at Nancheng No. 1 High School: if you stand in its shadow and make a wish when the class bell rings for the seventh time, your wish will come true. No one knows the legend is real, though. The truth is, the way wishes come true is often nothing like you'd expect. Lin Yu'an has a "time obsession." She has to be punctual, stick to her schedule, and write everything on sticky notes sorted by color. As the top student and class monitor, her life runs like a
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Master of All Skills 全技大师
What? A Supreme Immortal Aperture Physique? I only get one chance, and they made me this useless body? Damn it! No! I'm different from them. I have a hidden quest built in!
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