I Want the Ultimate Mind Games and Battles of Wits. Give Me a High-IQ Story That Keeps Me Thinking 想看最顶级的博弈，智斗。求高智商全程烧脑。
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After Entering Sherlock Holmes, I Became a Literary Master 穿进福尔摩斯后，我成了文学巨匠
[No CP, no romance] [No System] [Identities stay hidden throughout the main story] [Career] [Book Transmigration] [Literary rewriter] [Classics] [Original Sherlock Holmes] [Victorian Era] [Slow burn] [Everyday life] [Sickly protagonist] [Not a wish-fulfillment story] London, 1880. A horse-drawn omnibus stops in front of 221B Baker Street. A pale, sickly young man steps down. No one knows that in the future, he will become the uncrowned Poet Laureate, a master of science fiction and fairy tale
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Through Your Eyes 以你之眼
Xu Wangsu is repeatedly targeted by mysterious schemes and watches helplessly as his mother dies before his eyes. With danger lurking everywhere, from school to home, and all the evidence pointing to him, Xu Wangsu resolves to unmask the mastermind, only to find himself stepping into a dangerous web of intrigue...
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The Amulet Shop 佛牌专事店
[No female lead + two male leads] My name is Zhou Yi. I’m a broke loser who just graduated from college and can’t even find a decent job. Then a shop owner called and asked me to interview for a sales clerk position. At last, I found a job that could keep food on the table. But the things sold in this shop were nothing like ordinary merchandise. They even seemed a little sinister. Still, I needed to make a living, so I gritted my teeth and stuck with it. I never imagined that this job would plun
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The Golden Pearl’s Caged Bird: A Guide to Redeeming the Villain, My White Moonlight 金珠笼雀：白月光反派救赎指南
Powerful heiress and villainous heroine (beautiful, strong, and ambitious) x transmigrated hero with an exceptional sense of order (a secretly passionate financial strategist) A lord and his strategist, two powerful people drawn to each other Focused on political maneuvering and business warfare, with a slow-burn romance. Not a wish-fulfillment power fantasy or a sugary romance. The hero falls first, talks himself into it, and knowingly spirals into obsession. He is wholly devoted to Qin Ouzh
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Claiming to Heal 谎称疗愈
[Genius Psychologist × Master of Locked-Room Mysteries × Perfect Crime] Bizarre cases keep happening in Qin Hai City: Zhang Mang, the main culprit in the old “Six Gates” case, is released from prison and promptly dies in an “accidental” fall; a wealthy heir who once got away with his crimes “commits suicide” to atone; an investigative journalist “goes missing” in the wilderness... Each case perfectly recreates the pattern of a notorious mystery that made national headlines in recent years, lea
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A Guide to the Puppet Emperor's Counterattack 傀儡皇帝反杀指南
A Guide to the Puppet Emperor’s Counterattack
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You Want to Make Me Laugh? I’ll Just Go Cluck-Cluck! 逼我笑？我直接咯咯哒！
[No CP + ensemble cast + mind games + infinite worlds] Shen Ci opened his eyes to find himself sitting on a bizarre roller coaster. His mouth had been sewn into a perfect smile, while the air was thick with the sweet, greasy smell of caramel. Welcome to Grinland Amusement Park! The rules here are simple: Whatever you do, don't break them. Smiles are hard currency, KPIs are life, and smiles... heh heh heh... are fuel! Slacking off? The “staff” who lick the floor tiles will drag you away for a “gr
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Reverse Transmigration: The Old Demon Farms Infinite Flow Backward 反向穿越：老魔倒刷无限流
[This is a cultivation-and-dungeon novel, with no heroine, a purely profit-driven protagonist, and no invincibility trope!] [All dungeon plots are original] “You have entered a dungeon: Azure Sea.” “You have entered a dungeon: The Haunted Building.” While those around him looked confused or afraid, Qin Chuan was laughing wildly to himself. When a demonic cultivator transmigrates to a modern city, loses all his cultivation, and then gets dragged into an infinite-flow dungeon... The way hom
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Humanity Performs a Scripted Murder Mystery for Higher-Dimensional Life in the Apocalypse 末世人类为高维生命表演剧本杀
What's it like to perform a murder-mystery game for higher life forms during the apocalypse? Mess up, and you die… Decisive killing + No Female Lead + Apocalypse + Instances + Multiple Worlds Warning: The male lead is greasy. Extremely greasy. This story is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual events is purely coincidental. No false claims of plagiarism.
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Crouching Tiger 卧虎
A hidden dragon rises from the depths and devours all things; a crouching tiger commands the mountains and guards a thousand frontiers! When I was little, the strange older girl next door always asked me to help wash her. When I got a little older, she taught me how to be a real man! Twenty years of flashing blades, eighteen years of changing seasons. The black throne may change hands, but true kingship belongs only to madmen who dare to dance with the devil!
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A Journey Through the Martial World in Golden Winds and Jade Dew 金风玉露江湖行
Chen Hao comes from a world utterly different from this one. There, cultivators soar through the skies and burrow through the earth, spells can destroy heaven and earth, and sects have endured for millennia. As the son of the Hehuan Sect’s leader, he was meant to inherit the sect and roam the world in freedom. Until that blood-red night. His sect was destroyed, his father blew himself up, and every fellow disciple was killed. He fought desperately to protect his senior sister, only to end up wit
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Great Song Lotus Guard: A Transmigration That Begins with an Assassin 大宋芙蓉卫：穿越从刺客开始
[Mystery Case Investigation] [Historical Romance] [Transmigration] [Strong Female Lead] [Wuxia] [Medicine] In 2046, Jiang Man, a top agent of the GA Bureau, leapt into the flames of war in the second year of Jianyan under the Southern Song, searching for the lover she had lost long ago. This was her second transmigration. Who could have guessed that an unexpected mishap would strike on the very first day? The Furong Guard assassin Zilian, whose body she had entered, was unconscious and on the br
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No Spiritual Roots? I’ll Hunt Down the Heavenly Dao with My Mortal Body 无灵根？我以凡躯猎杀天道
On the day of the tournament, my cousin sighs that I have no spirit root. My fiancée demands to break off our engagement. My whole clan sees me as a burden, and the Heavenly Dao declares me a cripple. But no one knows that the [Myriad Daos Return to the Void System] I awakened tells me: Spirit roots are shackles imposed by the Heavenly Dao. Having no spirit root is what makes a person whole! From then on, I forge an original Great Dao that requires no spirit root. My cousin is a genius? I'll gra
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Endlessly Reborn to Kill the Male Lead 无限重生只为杀男主
Duan Wuer is trapped in an endless cycle of rebirth. Her greatest goal in life this time around: kill Qi Yi and clock out for good! Who could have guessed her assassination attempts would be so absurd, each one turning into a spectacular fiasco? She once became a buzzing mosquito, only for him to slap her dead. She once became a stray black dog, and he took her to be neutered. The most ridiculous time, she choked to death on a steamed bun while watching a play! Every assassination attempt fail
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I Kissed the Demon Dog’s Toes and Became a Cultivation World Troublemaker 亲吻魔犬脚趾，我成了修仙乐子人
[System shenanigans + absurd comedy + light power fantasy + no farming] Other cultivators slay demons and vanquish monsters, reaching for the heavens, but my very first cultivation quest is to kiss a demonic hound’s toe?! After awakening the Taiji Fun-Seeker System, the more ridiculous the quest, the more outrageous the reward! Fairy dresses, lace gloves, bizarre abilities... As long as I keep the antics coming, my cultivation skyrockets! No protagonist torture, no frustration, no melodrama, jus
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Back to the Beginner’s Village? No! I’m Here to Retire! 重回新手村？不！我是来养老的！
After completing 9,999 repair missions in minor worlds, Hua Yi decisively retires and chooses a world to spend her remaining years in. She seems like a fresh-faced newcomer who has just entered the world of cultivation, but behind the scenes, she’s a powerhouse who dares to go head-to-head with the Heavenly Dao! Along the way, she plays the pig to eat the tiger, picks up strays, and enjoys the gossip and drama. There’s the Child of Misfortune, sealed away by a powerful cultivator. There’s also t
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My Grandmaster Is Zhuge Liang 我的祖师爷是诸葛亮
[Fantasy premise] [Urban supernatural powers] [Two Worlds] [Wits and strategy] [Three Kingdoms mysteries] Life is a play, and everything depends on your acting. Surrounded by enemies, fish in troubled waters. Make enemies believe they’re your friends, and make yourself seem like their enemy. Zeng Ming is plagued by a hidden ailment and has little time left to live. By sheer luck, he meets a benefactor and learns a life-saving spell passed down from Zhuge Liang. The trouble is, this spell comes w
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The City Lost in the Eerie Fog: Divine Punishment Game 诡雾迷城：神罚游戏
Tags: Survival Game + Mind-Bending Mystery + Challenge Dungeons + Wits and Deduction + Alternate Dimension + Monster Invasion When Ling Wen thought this was just an ordinary exam, he was forcibly dragged into the "Death Game." When he thought that clearing the "Death Game" would let him leave and return to the real world, he discovered that he had been in the real world all along. But now, gods from an alternate dimension are invading the real world. The fog descends without warning, and a dimen
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Compendium of Materia Medica 本草纲录
Wang Yue, the third prince of An, receives instruction from a master in a dream and becomes a peerless strategist and warrior. He keeps a low profile and loves traveling among the people. Every journey brings him great rewards: talented followers, a beautiful wife, and the destruction of a million enemies with a laugh.
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I Went Looking for a Job and Landed in a Real-Life Game of Werewolf?! 求职求进了真人狼人杀？！
[Live-action Werewolf + infinite flow + livestream + male lead with no romance] They say it's hard for college students to find jobs, but Bai Yue never imagined it would be this hard. A master's degree from a top university, specializing in criminal psychology, and the job he gets is livestreaming live-action Werewolf? I don't even dare kill a fish. You want me to kill people? But he has no choice. A line of bloody text appears on the electric collar: “Life remaining: 1 day. Win the game as so
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Reborn in 1993: I'm a Criminal Profiling Specialist 重生1993：我是刑侦侧写师
[Crime Investigation] [Case-Solving Focus] Lin Zhimo, a leading expert in criminal psychology, is reborn as a frail records clerk at a police station in 1993. While violent criminals run rampant and veteran detectives rely on legwork, he opens his notebook and says, “The killer is 28, left-handed, has a stutter, rides a green bicycle, and lives within three blocks.” The captain tears up his report. “Get back to the records room!” A week later, when a suspect matching every detail is arrested, th
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The Great Wei Inkblade 大魏墨锋
Lin Chen inherited the legacy of the Broken Stele of Mingyue Mountain and opened the door to a whole new world: It turned out calligraphy could be used in martial arts. It turned out every copybook he had ever practiced was a peerless martial art. The bold, powerful Yan style was a fierce, unstoppable palm technique; The strength of the Liu style’s strokes was the force of an iron-fisted punch; The graceful beauty of the Zhao style was a sword intent that soared beyond the mundane. The Great Wei
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The Great Wei Dust-Shocking Stratagem 大魏惊尘策
“The world pursues the white, but I alone hold fast to the black.” Shen Jingchen raised his eyes, his gaze clear and cool as a winter spring, and slowly introduced himself by name and courtesy name: “I am Shen Jingchen, courtesy name Zhibai.” A He looked up at him, only half understanding, yet feeling that the young master’s bearing at that moment was more upright and noble than the pines and bamboo on the mountain. He continued in a calm voice, his words light but weighty: “The Dao De Jing says
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Tales of the Strange in Qin and Han 秦汉志异
I never imagined that Ying Zhu, King Xiaowen of Qin, who “died after reigning for three days” according to the history books, was trapped in an endless hell of reincarnation. That each time the cycle restarted, he would fall into a completely unfamiliar parallel Qin Empire, a world on the brink of ruin. Nor did I ever imagine that changing the Qin Empire’s fate of perishing in its second generation would depend on the Nuwa stones scattered across twelve different timelines. The court of Xianyan
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Schemes at the Brocade Banquet 锦筵谋
From the pinnacle of Michelin cuisine to the hell of household intrigue, all it took was one explosion. Lin Wanyi, an internationally renowned top chef, opens her eyes to find she's become the most wicked third young madam of the Su family in the Qing Dynasty. From the start, she's in a hopeless situation: Her husband despises her, her mother-in-law wants to divorce her, and the servants look down on her. On top of that, her sister-in-law is a “born heroine,” doted on by the entire household, s
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Lord Bao, Is That Crescent Moon Painted On? 包大人，你的月牙是贴的吗？
I'm a modern high school student who fancies himself Bao Qingtian, and I've transmigrated into the Northern Song as the celebrated official Bao Zheng. From the start, I'm faced with three questions: I can't write, I can't judge cases, and my face isn't even dark! To keep my identity from being exposed, I smear ink on my face and draw a crescent moon with lime. I planned to lie low and muddle through, but I end up becoming a master detective. As my reputation keeps growing, Gongsun Ce can't stop
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This Detective Is No Ordinary Man: Falling in Love Makes Him Stronger 这个侦探不一般，恋爱就能变强
Zhang Xici had endured a lonely, miserable life, and just as he was about to retire, he got caught up in something huge. An enormous scapegoat's burden was dumped on him. With his frail build, how could he possibly bear such a huge burden? He was crushed to death beneath it. But who would have thought that a disaster would turn into a blessing: he was reborn. After being reborn, Zhang gained the support of a System and finally became a force to be reckoned with. Unfortunately, his System wasn't
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The Girl I Control Is Becoming an Old One 我操作的少女正在成为旧日之主
[This novel has been contracted for print publication: cosmic horror + amber-style cultivation + villain protagonist + no System + decisive killing + black humor + deranged + single female lead + sequence containment] Xu Fei: “In the twenty-second century, all you need is a helmet with a brain-computer interface to experience a fully immersive game with realistic physical sensations.” “You ask why I chose this starting character? Naturally, because she’s a beautiful girl... Oh, no, naturally, be
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My Stand Ability Is Staircase Manipulation 我的替身能力是操控楼梯
[Complete] [No Permission Requested from Marujie] [The first few chapters explain the setting for readers who have never read JoJo. Once the fighting starts, the story picks up the pace, with every event tightly connected.] [This work may contain disturbing content] [If you cannot handle dark and cruel stories, proceed with extreme caution!] While reading the comments, I came across someone saying, "I get it. Dio's Stand ability is controlling stairs!" It cracked me up, and gave me an idea. A Ch
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I'm Really, Really Terrifying After I Die 我死后真的真的巨凶
[The protagonist is a ghost] [Slightly dark] Chen Xi confessed his feelings to the class beauty and was rejected. Then someone murdered him, but she assumed he had killed himself over her. Fortunately, the supernatural revival had just begun, and Chen Xi transformed straight into a vengeful ghost. Who could have guessed that the class beauty would come to his home, take his things without permission, and even damage his mother's keepsake? At last, Chen Xi couldn't hold back any longer and struck
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I Have a Wine Gourd, and I’ll Search a Thousand Miles for Her So We Can Live Forever 吾有一个酒葫芦，千里寻她共长生
[Pure Love]+ [Longevity]+ [Ensemble Cast]+ [Everyone Is Clever] My name is Chao Tianye. I came to the Immortal Fishing Village in search of the secret of Longevity. I save a breathtakingly beautiful girl in the village. Just as I’m at a loss for what to do, my card mission changes. [Earn Tu Xi’s favor] What should I do next... My name is Tu Xi. I came to the Immortal Fishing Village in search of the secret of Longevity. [Card: Si Yanshu] [Legacy: 1. Survey All Mortal Records 2. Revise
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Chronicles of Sealing Heaven and Hunting the Uncanny 封天缉异录
[No female lead + natives strike back against transmigrators + episodic supernatural crime cases + rules-based power fantasy] The Great Jing Bureau of Supernatural Investigations hunts visitors from beyond the heavens. These visitors arrive with Systems. They monopolize commerce through modern business strategies, dominate the streets with elite-soldier combat skills, and alter fate with their prophetic knowledge. They think their superior perspective will let them rule the ancient world with ea
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The Dao-Cutting Art 诀天道
(No mindless protagonist, no clichéd plot, a cunning lead, fully realized characters, no System, twin swords) The twin swords ring out, cleaving the heavens. Let souls be severed and bones torn out as you will. The world shall know no more bloody storms. I am both demon and god! With everything shattered, can it be made whole again? Faced with the shackles of fate, he will cut them apart with his twin swords! The gods and demons wage war for a hundred years. The Heavenly Dao is merciless, treati
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How Many Years Has This Dream Been a Play? 戏语梦何年
Dreams of Playful Words, What Year Was It?
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12:17 A.M., Please Confirm Your Name 零点十七分，请确认你的姓名
In Qiheng City, people don’t simply disappear. First, the city erases their names, then convinces everyone they never existed. At 12:17 a.m., a fire alarm suddenly went off in a residential building in Qiheng City that had only sixteen floors: “Someone is trapped on the seventeenth floor.” Zhou Jiming, an engineer who inspected fire safety systems, checked the building plans, stairwell height, elevator programming, and exterior facade. Every piece of evidence proved that the seventeenth floor di
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All Beings Beneath the Light 光遇众生
Adventure + high-IQ showdowns + suspicious, scheming characters + no female lead + ensemble cast + slow pace + revelations about the world’s truth, layer by layer (A Sky: Children of the Light fanfiction) After transmigrating into the world of Sky: Children of the Light, the Duke becomes a Light Child manipulated by the ancestors. “Go make an offering,” they say. “It is your supreme glory.” He believes them and fights his way forward with his companions, only to discover the horrifying truth aft
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The Murder Effect: The Innocent Sinner 谋杀效应：无罪的罪人
[Two male leads+Crime investigation+Case-of-the-week format+Parallel storylines+Mystery+Deduction+Slow burn] Isaiah Byrne is a detective in the gang investigations unit. His best friend in the city, who is also something of an informant, has made a new friend. Meanwhile, someone has made himself the judge of sinners, using blood as ink. Isaiah finally realizes that the killer who claims to deliver justice in Heaven's name has been close to him all along. Multiple POVs and characters, with a c
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Reborn at the Top: Starting with a Temporary Transfer to the Municipal Organization Department 魂穿巅峰：从市组借调开始
In his previous life, people used him as a pawn. This time, he'll turn the tables and put the knife right back! After Jiang Feng is reborn in a car accident, he becomes a nobody on temporary assignment in the archives room, facing a disastrous start: colleagues ostracize him, his girlfriend cheats on him, and his boss sets traps for him... But he takes it all in stride. He's been through all of this before, and this time he can use it as a stepping stone. It isn't until a higher-up gets personal
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The Sky Is Falling! A Village Cadre Transmigrates into a Poor Scholar 天塌了！挂村干部穿越成穷秀才
He transmigrates into the body of a poor scholar, gets his engagement broken off, and is buried in debt. No problem: a modern civil servant will teach you how to farm, take on local bullies, and even become prime minister along the way. He is just a little lazy, though. He can win without even getting out of bed.
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Tycoon Security Guard: Every Dollar a Beauty Spends Comes Back a Hundredfold 神豪保安：美女花钱百倍返
Lin Bei is a loser whose mother is hospitalized with a serious illness. On top of that, his ex-girlfriend humiliates him! Then he unexpectedly binds himself to the Goddess Cashback System: when beautiful women spend money, he gets a hundredfold return! He thinks that now that he's unlocked the System, he's a chosen one who'll never run out of money, and beautiful women will be everywhere, too?! But things turn out to be nowhere near as easy as he imagined...
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The Pinnacle of Power: Cast Aside from the Start 权力巅峰：被甩开局
In his previous life, Zhang Zheyuan was a failed civil servant. Then he was reborn, returning to the day he got dumped! He didn't smile, because people who want to win don't smile! Hey, why can't I stop the corners of my mouth from turning up?! This time around, he's determined to climb to the pinnacle of power!
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Zhang Yiliang's Notes on Officialdom 张一亮官场笔记
A civil servant from a poor rural town gets dumped and framed by his superior from the start! But danger and opportunity always go hand in hand. From then on, he navigates the political arena, rises through the ranks, and makes his way to the top!
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Reborn in Politics: What's Wrong with Rising Through the Ranks? 官场重生：青云直上怎么了
[Reborn] + [Officialdom] + [Scheming] + [Revenge] + [play the pig to eat the tiger] + [Multiple Heroines] + [Urban] + [Political Intrigue] Every success is different, but every failure is much the same! In his previous life, Liang Fusheng was a complete failure. He was reborn on the very day he started his civil service job. He really… wants to get ahead! (Laughter, anger, and banter, all just to make you smile!)
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The Golden Phoenix Isn't a Chicken 金凤不是鸡
An age when lovers were everywhere, an era dominated by online loans, and the emotional high of a night at a karaoke club… Wealth became the sole measure of success, affection turned into a bargaining chip, and labels of status rose above personal character. Amid the drunken, glittering world, he and she were drawn into a chain of scams woven from money, power, and desire. Each tried to stake a lifetime of innocence on finding an answer to the question, “I’m not a prostitute.” They were willing
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You Asked Me to Write a Battle of Wits, and I Give You Usogui? 让你创作智斗，你拿出噬谎者？
(Though Liar Game is a battle of wits, it also features plenty of physical combat. I wrote this story to introduce Liar Game to more people.) Bai Yi transmigrates and wakes up at the scene of a creative competition. The theme she draws is mind games. As she wonders what to do, her memories from her previous life are dramatically enhanced, and she recalls every detail of every work she has ever read. So she decides to bring out the pinnacle of mind games: Liar Game! “It's time to show this world
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Lying Low on a Lonely Island 潜伏孤岛
Shanghai in 1941 is a battlefield without gunfire. Lin Mo, the youngest chief of the secretariat in the Wang Jingwei regime, conceals a Browning pistol beneath his immaculate suit and deadly sharpness behind his gold-rimmed glasses. When he finds a classified message encrypted with the “Plum Blossom Cipher” in a safe, cold sweat soaks through his shirt. There is a traitor within the organization, and this person knows that he is the Chinese Communist Party’s ace agent, code-named “Winter Plum.”
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The Silent Century 默声世纪
My new book is out! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your follows are what keep me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well!
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