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1. 101 别 Stop Competing! The Immortal Sect Next Door Already Works Four Days On, Three Days Off 别卷啦！隔壁仙门都上四休三啦 Twelve Clouds十二云Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Get up at six in the morning to cultivate, practicing horse stance and martial arts. Keep at it until noon, take a fasting pill, and rest for half an hour. Cultivation doesn’t end until eleven at night. That’s just the basic routine. The truly driven cultivate nonstop for all twenty-four hours of the day. Even blinking one extra time counts as slacking off. What’s the college entrance exam compared with this? What’s a 996 or a 007 work schedule? Cultivation is the real living hell. No benefits, 1.5kReads9.1Score23014d adds
2. 102 回 Back in the Capital, the Brilliant Miss Is Famous Across the Land 回京后，神算大小姐名满天下 Bright Blue灿蓝Ancient Romance741k WordsCompleted [No romance + metaphysics + fortune-telling + satisfying read + secret identity + ghost-catching + lighthearted, no angst~] Yun Zhuo of the Xiao family was abandoned as a child. When her relatives come looking for her, she decisively returns to the capital to become a thorn in their side. Her birth mother says she’s uncouth and illiterate? But in the blink of an eye, she’s welcomed into the capital’s circle of master scholars, discussing poetry and prose and interpreting the fate of the world. T 151.8kReads9.6Score19.7k14d adds
3. 103 追 Pursuing You Is Like Taming a Hawk 追你跟熬鹰似的 I Took Great Pains我煞费苦心Modern Romance523k WordsCompleted [Sweet and Satisfying] [Brooding Boy x Martial Arts Girl] [Happy Ending] [Male Lead Is Crazy and Possessive] [Original title: Chasing You Is Like Taming a Wild Falcon] Quan Zhishui couldn’t understand why people from other schools beat up Wei Shixu every day, forcing her to rush in and save him from danger time and again. Later, she discovered that those people were being paid to do it. By Wei Shixu. “I’m done with you!” she said sternly, drawing a clear line between them. Wei Shixu grinned, utt 49.4kReads9.5Score7.5k14d adds
4. 104 就 So What If I’m a Treacherous Minister? 就当佞臣又如何 Cai Wangwang菜汪汪Two Male Leads474k WordsOngoing [Dual Male Leads, Switch] After living two lifetimes, even without his memories, Bai Yu’s first thought upon meeting Xie Xi was always the same: lock him up and let him look only at Bai Yu, love only Bai Yu. Luckily, before he had the chance to do anything, Xie Xi was already looking at him with those beautiful eyes, with no one else in them. For you, in my last life, I didn’t care if I became a treacherous minister. For you, in this life, I’d gladly give up my life. You ask what I want? All I w 1.2kReads9.3Score13514d adds
5. 105 借 Surrogate Motherhood? The Second-Time Bride and Beloved Consort Insists on Rising to the Top 借腹生子？二嫁宠妃偏要步步高升 Silver Terrace and Golden Palace银台金阙Ancient Romance626k WordsCompleted [A gentle, kind widow and an arrogant, biased emperor. Sweet, doting everyday romance, with little palace intrigue (the emphasis is on little).] The Yu family had three daughters, all beautiful. The eldest became a countess, the youngest became a consort in the palace, and only the second daughter returned home a widow less than five years after her marriage, with a little girl in tow. One day, the palace consort suffered a miscarriage and was told she would have difficulty bearing children in t 21.5kReads9.3Score3.2k14d adds
6. 106 多 Surely You Laugh at My Passion 多情应笑我 Jiu Xiaoqi酒小七Ancient Romance216k WordsCompleted Lin Fang has been disguised as a boy since childhood, and she can't help feeling helpless about it. Her household registration says she's male, so what can she do? But the secret she has sworn to protect is discovered by a young boy she accidentally rescues! Lin Fang thought she'd picked up a deadweight, but once the boy, Yun Weiming, regains his identity, she feels as if she's sitting on a mountain of gold. “Who would've thought! I've picked up all kinds of things before, but you're the most va 70.3kReads9.7Score9.3k14d adds
7. 107 玄EN Fantasy: Starting Blind, I Cultivate with an Erhu 玄幻：开局瞎子，从拉二胡开始 Howling Gale哀嚎的狂风Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted (The short drama is now streaming: Fantasy: Beginning with Two Springs Reflect the Moon) [Spending Life + Grinding and Lying Low] "Once a song breaks the heart, where in all the world can one find a kindred soul?" From the start, he transmigrated as a blind man and became a street musician. [Two Springs Reflect the Moon: LV2 (1/10000) Effect: Unblocks qi and blood, opens the meridians, dispels dampness, and warms the body] He is a blind street musician who wipes out an entire gang for 141.6kReads9.6Score14.7k14d adds
8. 108 穿 Reborn as the Crown Prince of a Fallen Kingdom, I Throw Myself into the Enemy’s Arms 穿成亡国太子我直接投入敌军怀抱 Hu Yan.胡言.Two Male Leads1.2M WordsCompleted Completed. Search “Fanqie Listen” for the full-cast audiobook. [Manic, unhinged, vicious beauty vs. proper, restrained, aloof Buddha-like lord] [Two male leads + equally matched + mutual secret crush + both virgins] From the start, he was on an ancient battlefield, surrounded by soldiers and generals splattered with blood. He was the crown prince of a fallen kingdom. With a sworn enemy ahead, pursuers behind, and the burden of restoring his country on his shoulders, who could stay sane? While he 14kReads9.6Score2.2k14d adds
9. 109 本 This King's Sleeve Is Thoroughly Severed 本王这袖，断的彻底 Born Under a Lucky Star八字过硬Two Male Leads562k WordsCompleted [Preorders for The World Cannot Keep What It Loves Most open at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 15. For the first 15 minutes, signed copies are available with no quantity limit; from 16 to 30 minutes, copies personally signed by the author are available with no quantity limit!] [Two male leads + The prince has a bit of a sense of humor] Everyone knew Prince Pu was gay. Even the man on the imperial throne turned a blind eye. Prince Pu had loved many people in his life. A horseman from the frontier 34.7kReads9.6Score5k14d adds
10. 110 乞 A Beggar Fleeing Famine: Just Stay Alive 乞丐逃荒，不死就行 Fish Who Talks Too Much鱼多嘴Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted A little beggar on the streets of Sanxi Town, known by the nickname Bamboo Viper. For the first ten years or so, he barely managed to scrape by. When floods struck the Two Huai regions, he somehow survived and, for reasons he couldn't explain, fled the disaster with a string of little ones in tow. He took in children, learned to fish, and cleared land to farm. A beggar makes mistakes, is fiercely protective of his own, and tries his best to become a good older brother. The siblings go from havin 5.4kReads9.3Score67414d adds
11. 111 盗 Tomb Raiding: How to Use the Ten Shadows Technique in a Tomb 盗墓：十影术式的墓里使用法 A Great Big Off-White Shark一只乳白色的大鲨鱼Mystery263k WordsOngoing The original plot may not feature much, and the protagonist won't be overly self-sacrificing. An original protagonist pairing, featuring two male leads, with changes to the plot. After leaving the world of jujutsu sorcerers, Shen Yanbai discovers that the Ten Shadows Technique has become a bug, and that he has no legal identity. “Wherever there's a shadow, I can protect you, Master Fo.” Later, watching the figure recede into the distance, Shen Yanbai understands that people cannot be judged by 4Reads—Score—14d adds

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12. 112 轻 A Fleeting Glimpse, Then Never to Meet Again 轻鸿一瞥，两不相见 Eating Some Yangcai, Meow吃个阳菜喵Modern Romance117k WordsCompleted (Things get a little angsty later on, but the ending is happy. The writing and plot move a bit fast at first, so it might be a little boring, but I think it gets better later, meow.) Happy ending + one heroine + a losing heroine I had a strange dream. I dreamed of all the things I had lost, and all the regrets I had left unresolved. In the dream, I was happy and free, no longer someone who had to toil just to get by. The dream felt so real that it seemed like reality. But was it really just a dr —Reads—Score—14d adds

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