Looking for Realistic Love Stories Set in the City 求贴近现实的，都市生活里的爱情故事。
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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...
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What's Got You So Proud? 你牛什么牛
Also known as The Yueyue’s Terrible Mother-in-Law. Through the story of an unusually strong-willed woman’s life, this novel offers a profound look at the dialectical relationship between personality and fate. From many angles, it examines the rise of extreme feminism in contemporary society. It also gives serious thought to marriage and romance, raising children, and human relationships in the modern world. It offers important guidance for a new generation in the twenty-first century on developi
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First Love? Who Cares! The Chinese Teacher Has Big Plans 初恋算个屁，语文老师要干大事
(No System, no golden finger, no being reborn, just slow growth) After getting back together with her first love, being smacked by a parent, and getting stabbed by her own boyfriend, she lost the ability to have children. Then, after finishing her graduate school entrance exams, her mother died unexpectedly. Xia Shinan decided, “First love can go to hell. Building a career and making big money are what matter most!” Xia Shinan (a pun on “born female”), a 26-year-old woman, comes from a family t
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Adopted Son, Part Two 过继二
[Wealth + power plays] [Reality + perseverance] [Life + passion] [Love + living] A man must be as tough as iron, but also as resilient as steel. Only then can he face the harshness of reality and the twists of fate, and rise to meet new challenges. I'm Zhao Erhai, and here's my story...
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After Setting Myself Ablaze, I Was Reborn as a Human Succubus 纵火自焚后竟重生为人形魅魔
(Rebirth + entrepreneurship + no System + multiple heroines + sweet romance + love-triangle drama) Alone and on the run overseas, Yang Shiguang was betrayed and hunted down. In a fit of fury, he set the gasoline ablaze, consigning himself and his memories to the flames. But though he had grown prematurely worldly, he was reborn in 2007, during the summer before college. This time, he was determined to make the most of his youth and stop being a doormat. Starting in the food business, he would bu
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Those Who Came and Went Through My Life 生命里来回过的人
There’s always a book whose every word strikes a chord. The moment you open it, people from the past and long-buried events slowly surface through its pages, like a long-overdue reunion. The joys and regrets, heartaches and lingering goodbyes hidden away in the years gently unfold between the lines. Before long, your eyes are brimming with tears. It turns out some memories have never really gone away. For: Everyone who has passed through my life
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When Cookie Meets Mousse 曲奇遇上慕斯
[The Redemption Equation of Dark Chocolate and Honey] "Cookies are bitter, mousse is sweet." - "Summer's secret is hidden inside the Black Forest cake." Chen Rongrong's world was bitter like a cookie she'd never tasted, like the faint, salty tang lurking in Black Forest cake. She curled up in the shadows of midsummer, where even the sunlight seemed too glaring. - Liu Jingyi, on the other hand, lived as if he were an endless summer that would never fade. He said, “Girls look prettier when the
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My Wife Comes First 老婆最最大
Fang Jianqiao never imagined that his first time would change his life so dramatically, all because of a married woman. What shattered him even more was that after just one brief lapse, the woman became pregnant with his child! From then on, the wheels of fate spun wildly. Su Jiaoru entwined herself around his life like a vine, pressuring her husband to divorce her at any cost and stubbornly demanding that Fang Jianqiao marry her, dragging him into a storm of emotions and moral conflict. This s
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The Husband Rules 老公最大
The campus belle, the top student, and the domineering CEO. This is the love story of Li Luoluo and He Kuang. Li Luoluo runs into He Kuang at her best friend's home, where a drunk He Kuang forcibly steals her first kiss. That unexpected encounter brings them together, taking them from bickering enemies to lovers. Their relationship begins by chance, caught between society's prejudice and the relentless advances of rivals, while danger and intrigue swirl through the business world. Li Luoluo does
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Love Amid the Fireworks of Life 烟火今生情
The story of a young woman studying biopharmaceuticals as she grows from an inexperienced college student into an adult making her way in the world, encounters a terrible man, and struggles through a thorny path. Along the way, she finds a close male friend and a soulmate, and grows through her independent efforts...
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It's Only a Trial Marriage, Don't Get Carried Away! 试婚而已，别太野！
[Marriage first, love later + romance between adults + both leads are virgins + happy ending] "Glamorous superstar vs. clear-eyed lyricist" Lu Heng’s reasons for choosing Zhao Yusheng were clear: She was emotionally steady, independent, grounded, and suited to be a wife. Zhao Yusheng’s reasons for accepting him were just as clear: This man could broaden her horizons and help her grow. They began with a contract, its terms clear and boundaries firm: Clause One: No intimate contact. But one late
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Apricots Beneath the Flames of War 烽火栓杏
The 1930s: a turbulent and unsettled era. The extraordinary story of a remarkable woman, who weaves her own spectacular life. Join the author as we open the door to that tumultuous age through a unique perspective.
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So This Is What You're Like, Top-Tier Star (Stardust in the Galaxy) 原来你是这样的顶流（星河尘埃）
So This Is What You're Really Like, Top-Tier Star (Xing He Chen Ai)
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Yang and Caimei's Married Life 阳哥彩妹婚后日常
Stay true to your original intentions, and you’ll see things through. Ten years later, I’m bringing everyone back to see these people again and hear what happened to them. To make up for all the regrets in this book, the married life of Yang Ge and Cai Mei is finally here.
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I Went Home to Meet a Match, But My Match Asked Me to Fake-Date Her to Handle Her Family's Marriage Pressure 回老家相亲，相亲对象拉我搭伙演戏应付全家催婚
I went back to my hometown for a blind date, and my date asked me to pretend we were dating to fend off our families’ matchmaking pressure.
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The Best Le Yao 最好的乐瑶
“Zhaoyang~ I can't walk anymore. Carry me~” “Zhaoyang, promise me that Zhaoyang and Le Yao will be together forever.” “Husband~ I'm sorry, okay?” The lonely railway tracks stretch toward the island. This time, I don't want to let down the girl I once wronged. “Zhaoyang, I'm pregnant.” As history repeats itself, Zhaoyang, now aware of his own feelings, will no longer hide them.
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The Scumbag of Hua'er Street 华尔渣男
He arrived in the big city covered in the dust of the road, where he met her, the woman who made him want to settle down. Debt was an invisible net, reality a cold wall. Two people struggling to survive once believed that holding hands would help them weather any storm. He gave up his wandering ways for her, and she kept her edge hidden for his sake. But the folds of everyday life held too much unspoken exhaustion and uncertainty. From a rented apartment in Beijing to a workshop in Wenzhou, fr
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You Were Hurt That Day, and I Happened to Be the One Who Healed You 那天你被人伤害了，恰巧由我治愈
This is a romantic comedy set in the days of the people's communes, an era of material scarcity. It portrays love in its simplest and most sincere form. In a time when men and women were expected to keep their distance, the male lead is a typical conservative who takes love seriously and treats it with solemnity. The female lead is icy toward those who betray her, but bold and proactive with the people she knows are right for her. She pursues love with all her heart, holding nothing back. Gradua
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Dust and Workwear 尘与工装
Dust and Coveralls
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Clearing Away the Clutter of Life 人间除杂
[Adapted from the real-life experiences of a rural woman college graduate] + [Drifting in Beijing] + [Two years alone in a rented room after losing her job] + [Cheated while looking for a rental] + [Parents seriously ill]. If these topics bother you, don't open this book. The reality is heavy. This is seven years of youth in the life of an ordinary country girl with no connections. At 28, I could have been an excellent hydrometallurgical engineer, skilled at removing all kinds of impurities from
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Go Bass Fishing, Bro. I’ll Handle the Fussy Female Lead 哥们放心野钓吧，作精女主我来劝
[Fearless Flirt · Guiding Older Second Male Lead · True Playboy Hero Chases His Wife · Stealing Someone Else’s Partner] When Shu Yan unexpectedly found out that her husband, Yan Xu, had been putting off registering their marriage because he was cheating, she didn’t shed a single tear. Playing with her husband’s best friend Tang Yanzhou’s belt, she draped a green scarf over their wedding portrait. Then she threw herself into a passionate affair with him. Before Tang Yanzhou could leave, she lifte
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The Corpse Carrier 背尸匠
My name is Fang Youde, and I was born in 1990. I enlisted in 2009. After two years of mandatory service, I volunteered to stay in the army for another three years. During that time, I received two third-class merits and one second-class merit, so I had quite a record of service. In 2014, for some reason, I left the military. Under the regulations on resettling discharged soldiers, the local government assigned me a job at a funeral home. That was where my career as a corpse carrier began. Corpse
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A Motherless Child, Cared for by His Sister-in-Law 没妈的孩子，嫂子疼
[Period drama + No System or storage space] After my adoptive parents died in a car accident, my older brother Zhang Dakui and I depended on each other. Ever since Dakui brought my sister-in-law Liu Chunmei home, our lives changed. And so did my life...
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Teyvat Academy 【提瓦特学院】
After starting at Teyvat Academy, Kong leads a quiet life with a sister and a home of his own. But as his two childhood friends grow increasingly yandere, he can't help worrying that he might meet a tragic end at their hands. Just then, the mysterious creature Paimon suddenly appears and bluntly declares that the world is about to be destroyed, and Kong is its chosen savior. Saving the world? Kong isn't that noble. But to stay alive, he accepts the quest, and from then on his daily routine begin
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I'll Wait for You in Gusu City 我在姑苏城里等你
After failing the college entrance exams, I left home alone and came to Suzhou, where I met two girls who would shape my whole life... One was as passionate as fire, the other as gentle as jade... At eighteen, I didn't understand what love was... A cigarette, a glass of wine, and so much sorrow in the city of Gusu... Note: This isn't a wish-fulfillment novel, and it takes its time getting going. If you enjoy plot-driven stories, you can start at Chapter 39. Thank you!
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Tokyo: I Take Revenge on Bad Women 东京：我向坏女人发起复仇
Transmigrating to Tokyo, Japan, he finds himself from the start living under someone else’s roof. Fujii Itsuki only wants to work diligently, save money, and become a fully evolved Tokyo office drone after graduation. Unfortunately, things never go according to plan, and trouble keeps coming one thing after another.
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Folk Tales of the Supernatural II: Journey to the Underworld 民间异闻录二：下阴
Have you ever wondered how the dead make their way to the underworld? How do you know there aren't ghosts right beside you? I'm a fortune-teller, and also a guide. By day, I move through the city like everyone else. But at night, I light a lamp and send ghosts on their way... If you happen to see me, don't come near. The place around me is where ghosts dwell...
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Dr. Fang’s Heart-Pounding Trap 方医生的心动陷阱
Xu Ruxin, a radiant and sharp-witted heiress, falls in love at first sight with Fang Yifan, a composed doctor with a brilliant mind, but a misunderstanding makes her hesitate. Through a twist of fate, the two gradually grow closer and eventually realize that each is the other's one true soulmate.
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You Hired Me to Collect Bodies, So I Dissected My Ex-Girlfriend 让你当收尸人，你直接解刨了前女友
In anatomy class, the corpse turns out to be my ex-girlfriend... After that, I went through all sorts of unbelievable things. A bus that only goes up, never down, and runs straight to a reservoir. An old scholar tree in the hospital, lush with branches and leaves, that swallows people whole. A giant catfish by the Qingshui River, begging people for help every night. And a deadly brothel hung with human skin, open for business without end. It went on and on, as if it would never come to an end...
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The Office Is Full of My Ex-Girlfriends. How Am I Supposed to Work Here? 公司里全是前女友，这班能上？
[Everyday Office Life + Slow-Burn Love Triangle + No System] Question: “What would happen if a company were staffed entirely by women?” Answer: “They’d fight among themselves, then the company would go under and everyone would lose their jobs.” Question: “What if they were all your ex-girlfriends?” Answer: “That’s a little terrifying. Let’s change the subject.” Li Xinghai had never given this question much thought before he started at the company. But when it suddenly became a reality right befo
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After Letting Go of My Childhood Friend, I Meet a Stunning Campus Beauty Girlfriend 放下青梅后，我遇见绝美校花女友
[The regretful ex tries to win him back + the one true love + no turning back + childhood sweethearts] I wait for you to return, I hope you’re safe, and I dream of holding your hand as we gaze across these lands. Changsun Wangqing and Anqing grew up together as childhood sweethearts. Everyone thought they would make it all the way to the altar. But things didn’t go as planned. The sudden appearance of someone else changed everything. Changsun Wangqing. Forget love. Forget Anqing. Heartbroken and
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One Bow from My Senior, and My Entire Youth Was Over 学姐两鞠躬，结束了我的整个青春
Two bows from my senior schoolmate brought my entire youth to an end
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Elm Immortal 榆仙
The new book, “The Age of Demons: Cultivating the Unorthodox Path to Immortality, Starting with the Livestock-Creation Method,” is now available. [No System, no harem, traditional xianxia, decisive and ruthless, mortal cultivation.] Cultivation is about questioning your own heart. Yu Xian, an orphan from Dayushu Village, formed a bond with a great elm tree. Before dying, the Elm Tree Matriarch opened his spiritual root, and from then on he embarked on the path of cultivation. Using the elm’s spi
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The Boy I Thought Was My Little Brother 那个我以为是弟弟的男孩子
I met him through his older sister, who was my deskmate. He was a year below me. Since he and three of his classmates rented rooms in my house, we were always hanging out together. I thought we were just friends, or maybe even like siblings. After all, I thought of him as my deskmate’s little brother, and as my own little brother too. The truth was, we had fallen for each other while spending all that time together. Sadly, I only dared to flirt and never dared to say it out loud. He was a year a
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I Am Intersex 我是阴阳人
My mother said that when I was born, her first reaction was to strangle me, because it was impossible to tell whether I was male or female. My grandmother called me a freak and a jinx, saying I would only bring shame on the family. It was then that my maternal grandmother, who had traveled all the way from the countryside to visit my mother, adopted me. So, by chance, I got to enjoy a pure childhood, free from scornful looks. Following my half-immortal grandmother, I unexpectedly discovered how
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Silent Confession: The Cornea Is Lying 无声告白：眼角膜在说谎
[Everyday Life] + [One Female Lead] + [Romance] + [Healing] + [Mutual Salvation] + [Twins] + [Mistaken Identity] + [A Touch of Angst] Liang Ke was a laid-back guy with no great ambitions, until a deaf-mute girl walked into his life and made him feel that life was worth living. But fate loves to play tricks. One accident shattered all that tenderness. Staring at the familiar yet strange face before him, Liang Ke felt as if he’d plunged into an icy abyss. His eyes had deceived him. The girl who ha
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A Weasel Demands a Title, So I Reveal My Purple-Robed Celestial Master's True Form 黄皮子讨封，我亮出紫袍天师法身
Humorous and hilarious + traditional supernatural folklore + spirit medium rituals + no System Zhang Tiezhu staggers home drunk one night. He runs into a tailless weasel that asks him for a blessing. The weasel asks, “Do I look more like a human or a god to you?” “Heh... You look like your grandma’s leg!” The weasel says, “...Brother Zhang, cut it out. Give me a proper answer!” Zhang Tiezhu says, “Weasel, let me tell you: these days, you have to believe in science!” The weasel says, “I’m a Yello
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My Proposal Failed, but I Became a Dad 求婚失败喜当爹
(Urban slice of life / one heroine / winning back his wife / adorable child / a touch of angst / rekindled love) Xiao Ran suffered two blows at once: his marriage proposal was rejected, and he caught his girlfriend flirting with her boss. On the night he got drunk in despair, he accidentally hurt the girl who had secretly loved him for years. The girl whose heart he had broken then vanished from his world completely. Xiao Ran thought time would heal everything, until they met again four years la
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Dust in the Wind: The Days of Sharing a Job 生如尘埃：打工搭伙的日子
In a bustling city, how many people shine brightly, and how many struggle just to survive? The two protagonists in this book represent two very different kinds of lives. Only after going from innocence to worldly wisdom and enduring life's hardships can they slowly come to their senses amid the mundane world.
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The Crooked Path 走偏门
[Adapted into the short dramas Fishing in the Shadows, Taking the Crooked Path, and The Mastermind; and the animated dramas Fishing in the Shadows: Drifting North, A Crooked Road to Comeback, A Thousand Faces in the Underworld, and Tales of a Shady Deal. Check them out if you’re interested.] What is the crooked path? Those who walk it seek a way to survive for themselves and plot certain doom for others. Once you step onto this path, it stretches as deep as the sea. You’ll roam far and wide, mix
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I Wish Us Joy Forever 我愿常欢喜
[Women’s Growth + Romance and Marriage + Workplace + Relationships] Girls from different family backgrounds will all find their own happiness! A rose raised in a greenhouse will weather life’s storms, while a girl who grows like a weed will find her own spring. She is a rich girl from a big city, yet she falls prey to a gold-digging boyfriend, sexual harassment at work, and exclusion by her colleagues... She is a small-town academic who gets extorted by a fellow villager and drained by parents w
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Reunion: A Dream Ten Years in the Making 相见欢之十年一梦
In this life, we will all face heartbreak, regret, and waiting. But there will always be someone who crosses a sea of people, carrying a heart full of tenderness, to love you. I want to write about all the deep love and redemption in this world, hoping that within these stories, you will find your own light. The book Meet Again tells the story of Zhang Yifan as he enters the working world, starting with a street stall, moving on to a fast-food restaurant, and eventually joining a real estate co
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Iron Fist 铁腕
No one is reborn, and no one transmigrates. This is a realistic novel about life in government circles. A country boy without connections loses his chance at promotion and his girlfriend. He even stands to lose his life as others try to take everything from him... By a twist of fate, he wins the favor of various powerful factions one after another and becomes a rising star in government, writing a sweeping, legendary tale of a political career...
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Oh No! The Pretty Boy I Kept Is the Young Master of Beijing's Elite 完蛋！我养的小白脸是京圈太子爷
Tomato Short Drama: My Toyboy Is the Powerful Young Master of the Capital On her wedding night, her husband eloped abroad with his mistress. Did Jiang Ciyou cry? No! She turned around and kept an impossibly handsome toyboy. Why not? They could all have a good time together! The toyboy had broad shoulders, a slim waist, and was clingy. He could be both wolfish and sweet, and loved to act cute. After three carefree years, Jiang Ciyou handed him an enormous check. “Darling, my husband is back. Let’
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Dongguan: The CEO's Little Sister Is Super Cute and Sweet 东莞：总裁妹妹超萌甜
[Working in Dongguan + power fantasy + everyday urban life + jianghu feuds + down-to-earth] Simple and honest Zhao Zhendong has just gotten out of prison when his sneaky, underhanded neighbor tricks him into going to Dongguan for work. If it weren’t for his beautiful, generous sister-in-law, He Mengting, taking such good care of him, he probably would have given up long ago. His prospects had seemed bleak, but one small good deed turns his life around completely, and from then on everything goes
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A Life Full of Vigor 昂扬的生命
I dedicate this book to the first generation of only children, and to the teachers’ college graduates who devoted themselves to education in this land. Each person has only one life. How should we live this one and only life? Looking across history and around the world, many inspiring books have explored this theme. I, an unknown nobody, hope to join their ranks and have chosen the same theme. I hope my work won’t be lost among the masterpieces of celebrated writers. This work will focus on Ji
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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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Beware the Mediocre 庸人小心
Realistic fiction · Unrequited love with a bad ending · Small-town life · Ordinary people · Coming-of-age · No golden finger Based on the true experiences of friends, this story is told from a male first-person perspective and follows Jiang Xin through the ups and downs of his youth in a small southern county town from 2005 to 2014. He was once an elementary-school prodigy admired by everyone. But from the moment he started middle school, his life quietly began to veer off course. As a boy, he
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Winning 50 Million from the Start, I Crush Gold Diggers 开局中奖五千万，虐翻捞女
That day, he bought the sugar-roasted chestnuts and baked sweet potatoes his girlfriend loved. The moment he opened the door, two naked bodies were rolling around in the bedroom: her top donor. Chen Mo quietly closed the door and tossed the food into the trash. Late that night, he stood on Phoenix Bridge, ready to jump. A bankrupt tycoon stopped him. “Kid, is a lousy woman really worth killing yourself over?” That very night, the lottery ticket he'd bought faithfully for seven years won him fift
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Urban: My Sweet Everyday Life with the Hidden Campus Belle 都市：我和隐藏校花的甜蜜日常
The friendship of roommates, the care of elders, and the warmth of a lover. This is a story about a rich young man falling in love with a campus beauty who keeps a low profile. They meet, get to know each other, and fall in love. All you'll find here is a relaxed, heartwarming everyday life.
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