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1. 1 白 The White Lotus Has Heaven-Defying Luck, and the Junior Sister Was Born Unhinged 白莲气运逆天，小师妹生来疯癫 Falling Leaves, Lucky Fish落落有鱼Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [No romance + invincible heroine + beloved by all + ensemble cast] She transmigrates into a book and immediately lands in hell mode, nearly getting killed by someone’s sword. Hua Lingyue flashes a classic overpowered-hero grin. So what if the reborn, universally adored heroine thinks she’s all that? You set me up today, and I’ll pay you back tomorrow. If a major sect can’t accept her, she can just switch to a smaller one. She needs to broaden her horizons. As it turns out, her new sect has a cur 3.3kReads8.6Score43714d adds
2. 2 我EN Learning to Slay Gods in the Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院学斩神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.3M WordsCompleted A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled 984.6kReads9.9Score161.8k14d adds
3. 3 穿 Transmigrate into a Book: No One Understands Arrogance Better Than I Do 穿书之没人能比我更懂嚣张 Chenchen Little Darling晨晨小宝贝Ancient Romance984k WordsCompleted [Signed for print publication] –– Fu Zhu died suddenly after staying up all night watching shows and reading novels. She still remembers that just before she died, she was reading a novel called The Useless Girl Warrior Who Defies Heaven. –– Then she became Bai Li Fu Zhu, the female villain who opposes the novel's hero and heroine. –– This villain is different: she isn't jealous of the heroine or interested in the hero. She simply can't stand the two of them acting more arrogant than her and ste 46.7kReads9.3Score6.4k14d adds
4. 4 说 I Was Supposed to Be the Top Sword Cultivator, So Why Is It the Sword of Being a Jerk? 说好第一剑修，怎么是犯贱的贱 Qi Yi Zi七一子Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Physical edition preorder opens at 7:00 p.m. on the 22nd] [Hilarious, absurd, no-romance power fantasy + meme references + the female lead is the root of all evil] [One female lead corrupts every prodigy] At the sect entrance examination, everyone else was busy testing their spiritual roots. I was busy scamming people. Chi Miao transmigrated into the cultivation world ten years ago and got bound to a System that could only be unlocked after she committed a hundred scams. It promised she could b 105.3kReads9.5Score15.3k14d adds
5. 5 满 The Whole Sect Is Full of Crazy Villains, Only the Junior Sister Is a Goofball 满门反派疯批，唯有师妹逗比 Wei Xiaoxi未小兮Ancient Romance3.5M WordsCompleted After transmigrating into a book, Ye Linglong becomes the vicious cannon-fodder villainess in a cultivation novel. With terrible aptitude, she even coerces the heroine into taking her into the top sect during the Cultivation Tournament. After joining, she opposes the heroine at every turn and eventually dies a miserable death. To enjoy a long, happy life, Ye Linglong immediately gives up on coercing the heroine and turns around to join the worst sect in the cultivation world. She’s done being th 252.6kReads9.6Score25.1k14d adds
6. 6 发 After Going Crazy, I Became the Beloved of the Female Lead's Geniuses 发疯后，被女主的天骄们团宠了 I Am the Phoenix吾为凰Ancient Romance580k WordsCompleted [Female-led power fantasy + lighthearted comedy + no fixed couple + an absurdly powerful golden finger] Xia Ye transmigrated into a cultivation novel full of admirers, as a disposable cannon-fodder character. The genius junior sister was innocent and adorable, doted on by the young talents of every sect and loved by everyone. The useless original owner worked tirelessly and endured every beating and scolding. She nearly died protecting the heroine, only for the holy medicine she earned to be for 282Reads8.7Score10314d adds
7. 7 急 Help! Help! I Picked Up a Junior Sister for Our Sect! 急急急！捡个师妹回宗门！ Tao Tao's Dream桃桃的梦Ancient Romance590k WordsCompleted Ensemble cast + plot twists + fantasy + seizing fortune The heroine is not a saint! The heroine is not a saint! The heroine is not a saint! Important things must be said three times. Showing mercy is a principle. Every wrong has its author, every debt its debtor. Whoever’s mother made the mess can clean it up. The unlucky villain transmigrates at the same time as her, but only after the other person has already done their dirty work. Whatever you do, don’t blame her for it. One more thing!!! Gru 56Reads—Score10414d adds
8. 8 龙 No One Loves the Dragon Hatchling? The Cannon-Fodder Sect Will Spoil It! 龙崽没人爱？炮灰宗门来宠！ A Xiao Wants to Sleep阿笑想睡觉Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Bonus chapters released from time to time. An unequivocally happy ending: don’t imagine a tragic ending that isn’t there. No trolls, and no BL or underage content. [The depressed dragon girl and the cannon-fodder sect save each other; no romance, light ensemble cast, cherished by all, coming-of-age] After dying unexpectedly, Jiang Le, who suffered from depression, transmigrates into a cultivation novel she had read, becoming a half-demon white dragon. A sect takes her in, and she begins a new li 3.8kReads9.1Score72614d adds
9. 9 天 The Genius Junior Sister Is Both Crazy and a Trouble-Maker 天才小师妹她又疯又狗 The Cute Ancestor Rides a Big Fish萌祖骑大鱼Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Li Yue was blown up and woke up inside a cultivation novel, as the wicked, disposable female character! In the story, she was jealous of the heroine and caused trouble at every turn. In the end, her master took her spiritual bones and banished her to the mortal realm, where she was made into a cultivation furnace and died. Li Yue had had enough. Who would want a plot like that? She hefted a heavy machine gun and let loose a burst of rat-a-tat-tat... Li Yue found a new sect where she could c 1.4kReads8.8Score18214d adds
10. 10 你 You Go Crazy, I’m the Jerk. Let Me Cling to You and Take It Easy 你发疯，我混蛋，抱个大腿好摆烂 Meditating at the Hour of the Pig亥时入定Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Funny everyday life in the cultivation world] [Lighthearted gossip] [No CP] Word has it that the North Court of the Ethereal Sect is a little weird. After a certain someone joined, the whole group went from wicked to downright ridiculous. A senior sister who pretends to be an expert, a second senior brother who's broke but loves looking good, a beautiful and stupid third senior brother, and a little junior sister with no spiritual power at all. What kind of team is this? Are you here to make pe 590Reads8.8Score10314d adds
11. 11 神 Incredible! The Little Junior Sister Keeps Escaping Death by a Hair's Breadth 神了！小师妹竟然次次死里逃生 EaminAncient Romance659k WordsCompleted Yu Yuan is a young heiress with a ten-digit bank balance. One day, she has a strange dream in which an unfamiliar old man tells her, “Long time no see!” In the blink of an eye, she becomes a pitiful character in a cultivation novel who’s about to die. She’s freaking out. Never mind, first things first: survive… Step one: find a master and learn some skills to stay safe. Somehow she becomes a direct disciple, and every one of her senior brothers is stranger than the last. The eldest senior bro 472Reads6.9Score10614d adds
12. 12 反 The Rebellious Junior Sister and Her Maniac Disciple Turn the Cultivation World Upside Down 反骨师妹带着疯批亲传掀翻修真界 Not Yao不是夭Ancient Romance260k WordsCompleted [Just started getting ratings, and the score is low. Don’t let that fool you \(`Δ’)/] [A little ensemble cast + a little everyone’s favorite + cultivation + some silliness + a bit mindless = this book = Yu Jiu ≠ the author] What do you do when you quick-transmigrate to the cultivation world without getting a script? Yu Jiu’s answer: Go crazy, of course! As one of the sect’s chosen disciples, what do you think? Yu Jiu thought for a moment. “There don’t seem to be many normal people among the chos 800Reads8.2Score16514d adds
13. 13 别 Don’t Mess With Her! The Talented Little Junior Sister Is the Ultimate Troublemaker 别惹！天赋超强的小师妹是笋王 Hemp Seeds火麻仁Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [No Romance] Ji Jinshu was just watching the fun when she had the bad luck to transmigrate to the cultivation world and become a weakling. She was hunted down from the start, with barely any spirit stones in her pocket. After barely surviving, she was chased by monsters again. Help!!! She desperately needed a safe house!!! Dear Master, please protect me! She successfully got a master during the sect selection and became the junior sister of the Zhaoyao Peak at Yunshang Sect. But the momen 4.3kReads8.8Score50314d adds
14. 14 我 I Saved the Entire Sect by Giving Up 我靠摆烂拯救了全宗门 The Princess Isn't Going Home公主不回家Ancient Romance1.9M WordsCompleted (The second physical volume is out) Ye Qiao woke up one day to find she had become the second senior sister, a tool character in a novel about a girl adored by everyone. In the novel, whenever the junior sister was in trouble, the second senior sister stepped in. If the junior sister wanted a divine artifact, the second senior sister fetched it. If the junior sister lacked a spiritual root, hers had to be dug out. Ye Qiao was at her breaking point. She fled the mountain in the middle of the nigh 216.4kReads9.6Score24.3k14d adds
15. 15 全 The Whole Sect Are Simps, but the Junior Sister Is a Real Menace 全宗都是舔狗，小师妹是真狗 Holding Hands by the Fire执手烟火Ancient Romance4.2M WordsCompleted [The physical edition of One Thought, Phoenix Rising is available on all platforms] Feng Xi transmigrates into a cultivation novel as a cannon-fodder female side character, and the day she enters the book is the day she is doomed to die. To stay alive, she does everything she can to leave the heroine's sect, the Hunyuan Sect, and join the Xuantian Sect instead. Oh! All five of her senior brothers are the heroine's devoted admirers in the book, and each one dies more miserably than the last. Feng 181.3kReads9.5Score23.4k14d adds
16. 16 满 The Court Hears My Thoughts: I Slack Off and Enjoy the Gossip! 满朝文武听我心声，我摆烂吃瓜！ Drinking Wine and Listening to the Rain饮酒听雨Ancient Romance738k WordsCompleted [Everyone Can Hear Her Thoughts + Goofy Comedy + Gossip + Doing the Bare Minimum] This is not a no-romance story! There isn’t much focus on romance, though, and the male lead isn’t human! If you’re okay with that, come on in! After finally becoming the daughter of a respectable family in ancient times, she’s determined to treasure this wonderful life! After transmigrating, Lin Mo spends over a decade living like a lazy fish, planning to keep it that way. But her father worries she’ll starve, so 59.8kReads9.5Score55.3k14d adds
17. 17 这 The Personal Disciples of This Generation Are All Rather Unreliable 这届亲传们都不太靠谱 Leisurely Writing in Ink提笔墨下闲Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Completed] Xie Hexing had only just learned that her biological father was a domineering protagonist, while she herself was destined to be cannon fodder, when her unreliable martial uncle whisked her off to a sect. When she discovered she could defy fate and change her destiny, Xie Hexing was delighted for all of two seconds. Then she took a closer look and nearly passed out. The reason? Every single one of the Six Sects was full of cannon fodder?! Third Senior Brother was born with a sword spi 2.3kReads8.3Score45714d adds
18. 18 小 My Junior Sister’s Wild Antics Are Taking Over the Sky, and She’s Running the Cultivation World 小师妹骚操作满天飞，玩转修仙界 White Lotus Loves Being the Bottom, Mu Fuhua白莲受吃沐浮花Ancient Romance1.0M WordsOngoing [No romance + long plot + ensemble cast + lots of memes] Ling Mo accidentally transmigrates into the cultivation novel she read the day before, as the cannon-fodder junior sister. In the original story, the monsters she defeats are credited to the heroine, the pills she fights tooth and nail to obtain go to the heroine, and in the end her own brother stabs her. The heroine then takes the junior sister's place and rises to the top. But now Ling Mo has been pulled into the Tianyan Sect, which has 567Reads7.1Score10514d adds
19. 19 穿 After Transmigrating, I Ascended to Immortality with My Cursed Tongue 穿越后，我靠乌鸦嘴飞升成仙 One Peach at a Time一口一个桃儿Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [No Romance + Lighthearted + Absurd] Other people when they transmigrate: Invincible luck + handsome men everywhere Liu Yipan when she transmigrates: A brutal beating from the start + a jinx’s mouth Luckily, an immortal master fell from the sky. But when she arrived at his sect, she saw: Endless volumes of Buddhist scriptures in Sanskrit, leaving Liu Yipan completely dumbfounded. “You went to all that trouble to bring me here just to make me a nun?!” She wanted to throw her head back and shout 1.1kReads9.2Score15414d adds
20. 20 放 Everyone in My Sect Is Crazy, but the Junior Sister Is the Most Laid-Back 放眼师门皆疯批，小师妹她最咸鱼 First Snow in Nansheng南晟初雪Ancient Romance482k WordsCompleted Huangfu Jiao is an office drone. If she had to sum herself up, she’d say she’s a rich second-generation heiress, an orphan, and a landlady. With money and free time, she’s turned herself into the legendary couch potato. If she can lie down, she won’t sit. If she can sit, she won’t stand. One day, she transmigrates to the cultivation world and becomes the sect’s most useless little nobody, with a worthless spirit root. Her master relentlessly whips her into shape, day and night. Her quiet, chubby 3.7kReads8.6Score50914d adds
21. 21 一 One Man Destroyed My Spiritual Root, So I Summoned the Four Seas and Eight Wastelands to Beat Him Up 一人毁我灵根，我摇四海八荒群殴 Fruit Tea with Pearls果茶加珍珠Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Goofy strong female lead + hilarious feel-good power fantasy] Qin Qian Ning transmigrates into a book! She becomes the miserable female supporting character in a story where everyone dotes on the heroine. The heroine is the chosen one, who finds rare spirit herbs just by walking around and wins without lifting a finger. Meanwhile, Qin Qian Ning studies and trains hard, only to get struck by lightning on her way to the bathroom, and eventually beaten to death by her senior brothers. What a sucke 5.8kReads9.3Score95314d adds
22. 22 十EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score206.4k14d adds

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    The first book is tagged with: 2. A group of tomb raiders; 3. The protagonist leads a group of people to eliminate all harmful elements according to national orders; 4. A strange tale of rules.

23. 23 北 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Northern School 北派盗墓笔记 Yun Feng云峰Mystery4.5M WordsOngoing [Published in print and available online] [The Beipai Notes horizontal-screen drama is now streaming] [Tomb Raiding + Mystery + Antiques] I'm a poor kid from a mountain village in Northeast China. In the early twenty-first century, hoping to make something of myself, I joined a northern tomb-raiding crew. From south to north, I've seen every side of the underworld and crossed paths with people from all walks of life. Over the years, I went from a young man to a middle-aged one. My drinking got b 938.4kReads9.6Score113.5k14d adds
24. 24 重EN Too Many Reborn Heroes? Time to Bring in the Government 重生者太密集？我带国家队下场 Bian Lu边鹿Sci-Fi & Apocalypse758k WordsCompleted (A feel-good power fantasy, with a beautiful, badass heroine who confiscates golden fingers) “Sheng is the boss around here. She's ruthless and doesn't waste words. Cross her, and she'll take you down!” In the year 2323 of the Star Era, the apocalypse is about to begin. Some people awaken their powers early, while reborn people are already making their moves… As the head of a new department, Sheng An is responsible for recruiting and leading all the powered and reborn individuals, preparing for 123.3kReads9.7Score17.5k14d adds
25. 25 诡EN The House of Dread 诡舍 The Sound of Wind and Rain at Night,夜来风雨声丶Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Infinite-flow + Mild Horror + Survival + One Female Lead] A driverless bus carried a group of cursed people to a strange black lodge… Inside the lodge stood a door stained red with blood. At regular intervals, the cursed were forcibly dragged through the blood-red door and into terrifying worlds, where they had to complete horrifying events… After Ning Qiushui survived one bizarre and terrifying story after another inside the lodge, narrowly escaping death each time, he discovered that none of 702.1kReads9.6Score103.9k14d adds
26. 26 寻 The Search for a Wife: From the Start, I Am Reborn as Wu Dalang 寻妻记开局重生武大郎 Actually, I'm Quite Mischievous其实我很淘气Historical279k WordsCompleted [Northern Song] [History] [Alternate Universe] [Novel-Like] [Ranked No. 1] I'm doomed! I've become Wu Dalang. Jinlian is so adorable... I absolutely can't let her get together with Ximen the Great Gentleman. What do I do? Strike first, of course: assassinate Ximen Qing! 4Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Pan Jinlian harbored secret feelings for Wu Song. One day, while Wu Dalang was out selling pancakes, Pan Jinlian coquettishly said to Wu Song, "Uncle, look how stuffy it is in this room! It feels like there's a fire burning in my heart. Can't you help me cool down?" Wu Song, with a serious expression, picked up a palm-leaf fan from the table and began fanning himself vigorously, saying, "Sister-in-law, isn't this wind strong enough? Don't talk nonsense anymore. I, Wu Song, am an upright man." Pan Jinlian, seeing this, stomped her foot angrily, "You blockhead! I wasn't talking about the wind! Don't you understand romance?" Wu Song scratched his head and replied earnestly, "Sister-in-law, I only understand the power of fighting tigers, I don't understand what you're talking about."

27. 27 你 You Call That a Healer? She Bludgeons Everyone to Death 你管这叫奶妈？她把人头都锤爆了 Mu Huichun暮回春Ancient Romance3.6M WordsOngoing The print edition of I Can Pluck the Stars is available on all platforms. Genius + rich woman from the start. The day Ning Ruan left her village, a menace appeared on the Nine Provinces Continent. A mage? A sword cultivator? No, she just wanted to be a healer! All the continent’s geniuses: Shut up, you poisonous healer! Later: “Help! I never knew healers could heal people to death until I met Ning Ruan!” “But isn’t she a metal-element spiritual adept?” “Isn’t she wood-element?” “She’s clearl 209.3kReads9.5Score17.3k14d adds

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28. 28 奉 Crossing the Heartbreak with Three Lifetimes of Fireworks 奉三生烟火渡情殇 Xiong Muyan, Who Loves Chinese Yew Berries爱吃红豆杉的熊慕言Ancient Romance122k WordsCompleted [A touch of fantasy after she transmigrates] Historical romance The night she transmigrated, strange omens appeared in the sky, and You Tan flowers bloomed everywhere. Beneath a bodhi tree stood a tall, graceful young man, softly murmuring, “You Tan flowers bloom once every three thousand years; a passing dust stirs, and the one who left returns…” 4Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Don't let it go to waste, come on!

29. 29 在 One Heart for Cultivation Amid the Frantic Flirting of Seven Villains 在七个反派的狂撩下一心修仙 Mountain Demon山魅Ancient Romance511k WordsCompleted She transmigrated into a book as cannon fodder, and all the male leads want to win her over and get 100% of her favorability! Luo Qingyan was inexplicably hit on by all kinds of powerful men: a twisted senior brother from the immortal sect, a licentious young master of the demon clan, a gorgeous Peacock King, and the mysterious ruler of the Ghost Realm. They pulled out every trick in the book, leaving her utterly baffled. Luo Qingyan: ??? After thinking it over, she suddenly understood. “Good th 20.4kReads9.4Score3k14d adds

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    They are all group portraits.

30. 30 闺 Three Best Friends Transmigrate and Conquer the Ancient World 闺蜜三人齐穿越玩转古代 The Ugliness of Human Nature人心丑陋Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (Devoted husbands + both leads are each other’s only partner + emperor vs. daughter of the richest man + general vs. weapons expert + prince vs. divine doctor) Liu Ru Mei: As her name suggests, she is alluring from head to toe, and her acupuncture skills are nothing short of miraculous. Liao Yun Fang: A weapons technician with a fiery temper who starts a fight at the slightest provocation. Xu Ya Han: A shrewd businesswoman with a knack for making money. The three are best friends, traveling toge 33.4kReads8.8Score3k14d adds
31. 31 小 My Junior Sister Says Even a Madman Is a God 小师妹说神经也是神 Lop-Eared Rabbit Who Loves Cilantro爱吃香菜的垂耳兔Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Jiang Zhu transmigrates into a novel about a girl adored by everyone, as a disposable female side character. The junior apprentice sister is gifted and loved by all, while the side character has cultivated for years and is still useless. In the end, she's pushed out to take a blade for the junior sister and dies miserably in the street. She opens her eyes to the sight of a whole sect full of hopeless sycophants, and Jiang Zhu wants to die. The heroine's suitors are everywhere. How about I bec 38kReads9.3Score4.6k14d adds
32. 32 满 Everyone in the Sect Is Crazy, So I Max Out My Luck Instead 满门皆疯批，小师妹反手气运拉满 A Pound of White Tea一斤白茶Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Everyone's Darling + Ensemble Cast + Lighthearted + No Love Rivals + System] After Yun Yici transmigrates into a book, she's bound to a damnable fortune System. By earning the favor of those destined for great things, she can exchange their affection for fortune points and unlock draws. But after finally joining the sect at the heart of the story, she discovers that she's arrived two hundred years before the plot begins. Fortunately, her ethereal yet unreliable master has impossibly high standa 15.6kReads9.1Score2.1k14d adds
33. 33 百 A Hundred-Meter Greatsword on Her Shoulder, Her Junior Sister Is the Queen of Giving Up 百米大刀肩上扛，师妹她是摆烂王 Sui Yuan岁圆Ancient Romance394k WordsCompleted [Can't get ahead by lying flat + can't win by working myself to the bone + devoted couple + absurd comedy + everyone gets corrupted + ensemble cast] [Money-obsessed heroine VS refined, sickly-sweet male lead] After transmigrating to the cultivation world, Nie Baili was reborn all over again! Before transmigrating, she worked herself to the bone, pulling all-nighters every day for a heartless boss. After transmigrating, she pushed the entire cultivation world into a vicious cycle of competition t 8.4kReads9.1Score1.2k14d adds
34. 34 做 My Cooking Is So Good, the Entire Cultivation World Treats Me Like a Treasure 做饭太好吃，被整个修仙界团宠了 Little Dog, Don't Always Get Caught in the Rain小狗别总淋雨Two Male Leads1.0M WordsCompleted [Two male leads + cultivation + farming + food + street vending + devoted to each other] In his previous life, Yun Ci was a poor student. His parents signed him up for the New Chinese Culinary School early on, and he studied there for three years. Once he graduated, he was ready to show off his skills, but a car accident put a stop to that. When he woke up again, Yun Ci found himself in a world of cultivation. He had no golden finger, no System, and was just an insignificant cannon-fodder charac 10.7kReads9.0Score1.6k14d adds
35. 35 老 The Laid-Back Sect Life of the Sixth Junior Sister 老六师妹的宗门闲鱼生活 Xiao Guo筱果Ancient Romance310k WordsCompleted [Absurd comedy + adored by all + punishing scumbags and face-slapping + feel-good wish fulfillment + no romance + slacking off] A ridiculous, lustful junior sister rescues the young men of her sect from misery, while striving every day to slack off! ...Jia Qiao was a legendary top student at Hengzhong. After a mock final exam during her senior year, she transmigrated into a Mary Sue novel, becoming a lovesick, brainless cannon-fodder villainess who meets the most miserable end. The heroine is a 64Reads8.0Score—14d adds

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