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The Northeast Gang 东北黑帮
(Not a mindless power fantasy. Underworld, urban setting, no invincible hero, first person, tight logic, humorous writing. Read with caution if that’s not your thing!) A cursed, tragic fate. A life in the underworld that cannot be escaped. A band of brothers who stand together through life and death, and a dark life longing for redemption. You’ve never endured years of hardship, so of course you can’t understand the underworld in my heart. My story begins after I get out of prison in Ice Cit
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Alpha Wolf II: One Hand Shrouds the Sky 头狼Ⅱ只手遮天
For the sake of the goddess, I crossed the big shot in the county. To stay alive, I fought my way up, one step at a time, until I became the boss... One day, the hidden dragon will find the rain it needs. With a single roar, it will shift the mountains and rivers and move the Big Dipper. Stories of the underdog rising to the top will always set the blood racing.
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Brilliant Darkness 璀璨的灰暗
Life stretches on, one wrong turn after another. But with the future still unwritten, how can you know the road beneath your feet is the wrong one? A nobody from the bottom of society carves out a brilliant and extraordinary life with his own flesh and blood!
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We’ve Been Around the Block Too 哥几个也混过
We navigate society with feeling, And live our lives by loyalty. When feeling and loyalty conflict, We choose loyalty first. We walked side by side, reveling in the wild abandon of youth through those passionate years. You’re my brother, so we’ll face life and death together.
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The Youth of Two Generations 两代人的青春
My name is Li Sunan, and I'm a complete... bastard. Please take a moment, settle in, and let me tell you the whole story. From my godfather, Li Zhen, to my second uncle, Cui Lijun, and then to my own dark life. From 1990 to 2020. Thirty tumultuous years in a small city in Northeast China. One act ends, and another begins. Two generations rise and fall, knowing both glory and disgrace. There are no all-powerful crime bosses here. Just a bunch of little people struggling at the bottom... The road
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The Underworld: Ruling the World 黑社会：雄霸天下
The campus beauty he'd loved for three years was brutalized and killed! Chen Xuewen, who had done nothing, was framed and sent to prison! His honest, hardworking parents both died horribly while seeking justice for him! After nineteen years of living by the rules and obeying the law, Chen Xuewen finally saw the true face of the world. “Those who kill and burn their way to riches wear golden belts, while those who build bridges and roads leave no bones behind!” “If others can kill and burn, why
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United on the Road of Blood 血路同归
(Not a wish-fulfillment story, and the hero isn't invincible. Enter at your own risk.) A youth stained with blood, vows made without regret, inexperienced love, sincere friendship, the cruelty of society, and the complexity of human nature. An unforgettable, turbulent era! A piece of underworld lore passed down to this day! A band of brothers who shared honor and disgrace, life and death! An unmatched era, with a flag-bearer standing at its peak! Laughing as we watch the tides of fortune, marchi
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Tales of the Northeast Underworld 东北黑道往事
Formerly titled The Northern City's Underworld Boss, also known as Tales of the Northeastern Underworld. They say the underworld is all about human relationships and worldly ways, but have you ever seen the real underworld? The underworld is dangerous, but the human heart is even more dangerous. Spring ice is thin, and human nature is thinner still. The underworld is nothing more than a game of chess. Once you enter the game, you can no longer control your own fate. I will use my own experie
290.4kReads9.5Score17kShelves
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The Thousand-Faced Thief King 千面贼王
My name is Xiao Wu. I was a wild child no orphanage could keep in check. At nine years old, I charged into this dog-eat-dog world. I saw through it then: living was like clinging to a moving train. You either held on or fell and were crushed to pieces. The first steamed bun I stole wasn’t because I was hungry. I wanted to see whether these hands that picked pockets could grab fate by the throat. The juvenile detention center, the shelter, and the detention center were my schools. The thieves wer
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Other Undercover Agents Get Nervous, but You Go Undercover with Kidney Deficiency? 别人卧底心虚，你去卧底肾虚？
[Decisive and ruthless + never a saintly heroine + multiple heroines + wildly satisfying] Lei Zhen transmigrates to a parallel world in 1995. Starting out as a low-level underling, he rises through the ranks with ruthless force, amassing wealth and beautiful women until he rules everything with an iron fist!
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Reborn, I Was Forced to Become the Underworld’s Young Mistress! 重生后，我被迫成了黑道大小姐！
[Reborn at school, strong female lead, no romance, all business, countless black-clad underlings, comedy, and pure wish fulfillment!] (Original title: After Being Reborn, I Was Forced to Become the Underworld's Young Mistress!) In her previous life, Liu Yutong was a lawyer. By a twist of fate, she is reborn on the eve of the 2007 college entrance exams, only to be mistaken by a gang of street thugs for the daughter of an underworld kingpin. The fearsome daughter of an underworld boss? Fighting,
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Be the Fiercest One 做最凶的那个
Lin Yu had always been troubled by a question: Why must good people endure eighty-one trials to become Buddhas, while bad people only need to lay down their butcher's knives? Fairness has never been something the poor get to talk about. If you want fairness, there's only one way: make yourself strong enough to create it. This world has both light and darkness. It won't treat you well just because you're kind. His father was unable to repay his debts and eventually took his own life. The creditor
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After Ten Years in Prison, Who'd Still Risk Their Neck to Help a Stranger? 入狱十年，谁还见义勇为啊
He’d done the right thing by standing up for someone, yet the school beauty’s family framed him for murder. After ten years in prison, Cao Kun returned to the night that had changed his fate, carrying with him countless secrets about their crimes. When he saw the school beauty’s mother being dragged into an alley again by three thugs, Cao Kun didn’t pick up a brick this time. He quietly pulled out his phone and started recording. “Madam, I wanted to be a good person too. You forced me into this…
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Now That I’m Reborn, Who’d Still Run with the Gangsters? 都重生了谁还混社会
Short drama: "Loyal to the Skies: Starting Over" is now streaming The novel was originally titled "Now That I've Been Reborn, Who Would Still Run With Gangs?" [Reborn + business + lots of underlings + no groveling + no cowardice + taking the righteous path + law-abiding] A big shot from the underworld returns to 2010. Should he repeat his old mistakes and keep running with gangs, or abandon his underlings and take the road to a brighter future? No! I won't choose! In this life, I, Qin Jiang, wil
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You Went Undercover and Made a Criminal Gang Rich: How Is That Reasonable? 你一卧底，带黑道社团致富合理吗
Short drama: You were sent undercover, but you married the family heiress In his previous life, undercover cop Zheng Chuan personally sent his crime-boss father-in-law to the execution grounds. He never knew that his pregnant wife miscarried because of her grief. The moment she jumped from the building in despair, Zheng Chuan rushed forward, and the two of them fell together from the seventeenth floor. When he opened his eyes again, he was back ten years in the past. On one side was the chance t
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Lone Wolf of the Underworld: I Came from Hell 黑道孤枭：我从地狱来
Orphaned at eight, I spent eight years keeping my head down. I came from hell, and I came for revenge. When the lone wolf strikes, the underworld runs red with blood. Those who owe me will repay me tenfold. Those who wrong me will be ground to dust!
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A Gentle Breeze Rises by the River 江边柔风起
[System + family + one heroine + sweet everyday romance + lighthearted comedy] Su Jiang is a first-year university student who unexpectedly awakens a System. [Host, confess your feelings to someone of the opposite sex within thirty seconds. Fail, and you die immediately!] With no other choice, Su Jiang confesses to An Rou, the class beauty, in front of the whole class. Su Jiang: “An Rou, I like you. Would you go out with me?” An Rou: “What do you like about me?” Su Jiang: “Uh… your legs are real
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Black Owl 枭黔
(Original title: Black Road, Final Echo) What is the underworld? Is it really not about fighting and killing, but about the ways of human relationships? Wrong. Only those who can still stand after all the fighting and killing have the right to talk about human relationships. My name is Luo Ping. I witnessed the so-called underworld in a corner of the southwest go from its golden age to its decline, until at last its echoes faded away. This is my story, and a glimpse into one corner of the underw
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Underworld Turmoil After Prison 出狱后的江湖风云
(Original title: The Tiger Emerges from the Mountain) The short drama based on The Tiger Emerges from the Mountain is now streaming on Hongguo. After accidentally killing a sleazy old thug, Li Hu spends three years in prison. When he gets out, underworld boss Hong Weijun seeks him out and immediately gives him a bar. At the same time, the police approach him, hoping he’ll help send Hong Weijun to prison.
68.4kReads9.5Score7.6kShelves
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The Allure of the Underworld 黑道诱人
[The short drama adapted from this book, From Here on, Rivers Flow into the World, is now available. Come watch!] [Urban + underworld + big shots + all-powerful + feel-good story + period setting + invincible protagonist + multiple heroines + ruthless and decisive] When I was little, my dad often told me that the path of the underworld was a road of no return. It was hard to walk, and few people ever came to a good end. I never understood what he meant. Instead, I thought the underworld was all
68.4kReads8.6Score2.7kShelves
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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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Underworld Tyrant: Those Who Follow Me Prosper, Those Who Oppose Me Perish! 黑道暴君：顺我者昌，逆我者亡！
[Class Flower, I'm Out of Prison. You'll Pay for Your Blood Debt!] Falsely accused by the class flower he loved, Wang Erchui spent three years in prison with his name unjustly tarnished. The miserable prison life transformed the once-ordinary boy into a hardened man. Only after getting out and setting out for revenge did he gradually realize there was a terrifying truth behind it all. It turned out that what had destroyed his life was never the romance. It was a vast, carefully laid web of darkn
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Wang Hao, the Inverse Scale King 逆鳞王皓
A comeback, a defiance of fate. Bullied for years because of his weight, he finally reaches his breaking point and vows never to be weak again. He fights back, step by step descending into hell, and soon dominates the campus...
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The Ninth Special Zone 第九特区
After the catastrophe, the land was scarred beyond recognition. Food was scarce, resources were in short supply, and the situation was chaotic... A young man who had fought his way out of an undeveloped zone, with endless yellow sand at his back, came alone to District Nine to make a living. Yet he never expected to meet a few good friends by chance, rise to prominence in the chaotic era over a single thought, and embark on a legendary journey...
237.1kReads9.6Score27.4kShelves
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How Did Your Gang Become a Permanent Member State? 你一帮会，咋就成了常任理事国？
[Urban rebirth + System + underworld boss + ruthless + scheming] A down-and-out middle-aged man unexpectedly reborn 28 years into the past. Caught in a shocking bank heist, he activates the “Black Gold System.” “Go ahead and make more money. It'll all become my fortune sooner or later anyway. Hahaha!” … Notorious bandit Ye Zhihuan: “Who's tougher than me in the underworld? Lin Dong? Never mind, then.” King of Thieves Zhang Ziqiang: “I once stole 1.2 billion from Li, the richest man in the coun
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Storms Over Sanjin 三晋风云
[Underworld + First Person + Period Setting] What is the underworld? It’s a place where even if you win in the end, you still feel like you’ve lost. No matter how much you gain, it can never make up for what you’ve lost. My name is Jiang Qiyao. I witnessed thirty years of the underworld’s rise and fall across North China, watching one boss after another rise to power, then fall. After thirty years in that world, I can’t call myself a good person, but at least I haven’t become completely rotten.
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The Underworld Boss Who Came Out of a Martial Arts Academy 从武校走出来的黑道大佬
[Youthful passion + Ruthless + Absolutely no saintly do-gooder] What kind of legendary life will Gu Feng write for himself after returning from martial arts school? A young man in fine clothes, riding a spirited horse: may he make the most of his youth and live without regrets! May you wander far and wide, yet return still young at heart!
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Dongguan, I Am King! 莞市，我为王！
What kind of legendary path will Li Feng carve out after leaving martial arts school and arriving in Dongguan? In the bright days of youth, ride proud and true. Make the most of your time, and know where you’re headed. May you roam the world for half your life, then return still young at heart... (The original cast of strongmen who rose from vocational school reunites. A new story, a fresh start!)
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I’m No Punk: Three of Us Together 我不是小混混之三人行
Determined not to become a thug, he knows that those who walk different paths cannot work together. Brotherhood, and the revival of the Eight Gates of the underworld. Is a sinister force behind it all, or is something far worse on the horizon...?
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I'm No Little Punk: The Shorties' Hero Squad 我不是小混混之矮子英雄队
I'm determined not to become a hoodlum. Even a short person can stand tall. Not every hero is tall, but every passionate heart deserves to be seen. I won't go along with the ways of the world. I'll walk my own path through the jianghu. The road is long, so may we meet again at the summit...
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The Mafia Boss Turns into a Beautiful Girl! 黑帮老大变身美少女！
[Gender Swap, Male-to-Female Romance, Emotions, City Life, Personal Growth] Chen Molin, the leader of Lingze City’s biggest gang, wakes up one day to find that he has inexplicably become a woman! Guided by fate, he meets Liu Peihao, who has also been reborn. Only by completing the System’s final task can he return to his original body! Under the System’s relentless pressure, he has no choice but to do all kinds of things that go against everything he believes in as a real man. Together with his
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King of the Underworld 江湖枭雄
An ordinary-looking confrontation pushes a callow young man to a crossroads in life. Faced with fate’s mockery and the crushing weight of life, he chooses to stand tall and fight back.
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Wolves and Brothers 狼与兄弟
The wolf may look cold and ruthless, but beneath that exterior lies boundless tenderness. He is willing to sacrifice himself for his family and brothers! Just like Wang Ying, the protagonist, his heart isn't cold. It's the way he looks down on worldly conventions that makes him seem that way! Like a wolf king, he can become the heart of any team, leading his brothers through life-or-death trials, never abandoning them! From the awkwardness of college days to the hardships of entering the working
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A Gang Shootout Breaks Out at the School Gate, and I Scare Everyone Off 校门口黑帮火拼，我出现吓退全场
At noon, outside the gates of Harbor University. Two local gangs, nearly a hundred men in all and armed with knives, guns, and clubs, are about to fight it out here. At the sight, all the students are terrified and hurry to a safe distance. Only one young man in a white shirt strolls forward with his hands in his pockets, as calm as can be, as if he can’t even see the crowd. The moment he appears, every gang member tenses up. The two leaders nervously walk up to him and bow their heads. “Today’s
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Hacker: The Whole Internet Hates Me? Then I’ll Mute the Whole Internet 黑客：被全网黑？我反手禁言全网
Chen Xuan is a god-tier hacker who can program any electrical appliance. Short on cash? He modifies his credit card balance and pays himself a salary. Bored? He programs a building's lighting system and plays Snake. Cars keep him awake? He turns every traffic light in the city red. You dare pick a fight with me? I'll slap a nationwide wanted notice on you! One day, Chen Xuan happens to see Wang Bing being interviewed and ripping into a pretty-boy idol backed by rabid fans. Unexpectedly, the next
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An Influencer? Sorry, I'm a Crime Boss! 网红？对不起，我是黑道大佬！
The sudden rise of Baoyin changed the fate of many people. But the progress of the internet brought not only convenience, it also gave rise to plenty of darkness. As the times changed, underworld bosses and street thugs began using Baoyin to reinvent themselves. Some opened media companies, while others sold shoddy products to their followers on the platform... Xiao Qun was forced to live abroad for three years. When he returned home, he caught the wave of Baoyin's popularity and opened a media
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I Told You to Build a Gang, So Why Did They All Become Civil Servants? 让你发展黑帮，怎么全成公务员了
[Short drama in production] [Comedy]+ [Laid-back]+ [Positive energy] Lu Chen transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes the only son of the Lu family, the biggest underworld clan in the country! Going back to his great-grandfather’s generation, his great-grandfather was an arms dealer. His grandfather was a mafia boss, and his father was the godfather of the entire country. But in Lu Chen’s generation, he declares that he’s going to study hard, become a beacon of righteousness, and give back
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Tales from the Borderlands: We’re a Gang, Not Bandits 边水往事：我们是黑帮真不是土匪
A new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to keep writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well!
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Day One of College: I Start Running with the Underworld! 大学第一天，从混黑道开始！
A powerful underworld boss is reborn as a college student. With the System’s help, he rises once more to the pinnacle of the underworld. [Feel-Good Revenge + Urban + Underworld + Boss + School] Starting out as a college student, the male lead Lin Ao works his way to the top of the underworld, dominating both the criminal and legitimate worlds. He has powerful backing and influence that reaches everywhere. Dear readers, please be patient as you read. The story starts off ordinary, but the excitin
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A Guide to Raising All Twelve Zodiac Signs as Villains 十二生肖全员恶人养成指南
[Other people bring top students to academic competitions. I bring a monk and a boxing king to blow up the whole school. Principal: This year’s discipline committee has a very complicated makeup!] The homeroom teacher asked everyone to fill out a “Special Talents Registration Form.” Ni Xiu promptly produced files on three “dangerous offenders”: “Tong Tian: beat a martial arts instructor to tears at eight, kicked a heavy bag apart with Muay Thai at twelve, and is now the student our school most
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I’m a Gangster, and You Want Me to Fight Evil? 我是黑社会，你叫我除恶扬善？
The only supernatural element. A little martial arts is fine. This is a story about seeking justice for the people, with some political intrigue. It is not a mindless killing spree. The protagonist isn't a pushover: he punishes evil and rewards good, and the supporting characters aren't made unnaturally stupid. Fang Zheng transmigrates into the body of a small-time gang boss in a parallel world. He also awakens a "Killing Makes You Stronger" System. As long as he kills someone with a crime score
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Peaky Blinders: If Only I Had a Razor 浴血黑帮之假如给我一把剃刀
[No System + Transmigration + History + Gangs + Not a Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Villain] Lin Dongfang arrives in Birmingham in 1919. Will he witness the rise of the Shelby family, or find a way to take its place? How can a soul caught between two eras find a place to belong at the start of the twentieth century? Can the black smoke drifting above Birmingham help him adapt to the blood spilled in the dark? With future wars, predatory capitalism, and political struggles everywhere, what will becom
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Reborn as a Mafia Boss, Yet I Have a Good Person System? 重生黑道大佬，却有个好人系统？
[Women + Money + Business + Power Struggles + Half Behind-the-Scenes + Half Unhinged] Chen Ken is a third-generation underworld boss, born into a thoroughly respectable criminal family. After he is killed by a joint operation between the underworlds of Pretty Country and Sakura Country, he is reborn ten years in the past. Taking the lessons of his previous life to heart, he decides to clean up his family's image first, then build the business into an empire. Unfortunately, the daughter of the an
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I'm a Social Butterfly, and I've Shocked the Whole Nation! 社交牛逼症的我，震惊全国！
Chu Sheng transmigrates to a parallel world. At seventeen, just as he starts his final year of high school, he is selected by the production team of the show “Rising Star.” A policewoman drives him to school. Chu Sheng: “Wait, doesn't that look like our teacher...?” Policewoman: “Then say hi and ask if she wants a ride since we're going the same way.” Chu Sheng rolls down the window and yells, “Teacher! Help me!” Policewoman: “???” Audience: “…” …
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You Were Supposed to Join a Gang, Not Win Over the Mafia Heiress 让你混社会，你把黑道千金拿下了
The underworld is a road of no return. It's a last chance for those with nowhere else to turn to make a comeback. Win, and you reach the height of power and become fabulously wealthy. Lose, and at best you die; at worst, you become a cripple. This road takes three parts vision, six parts luck, and one part relying on yourself. By some stroke of luck, I won. When I got out of prison, I didn't have a penny to my name. Now I'm surrounded by beautiful women and rule this whole territory. This road w
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You Say I'm a Nine-Lifetime Villain Just Because I Run with Gangsters? 混迹混黑道，你说我是九世恶人？
From the start, Xiao Yifan binds himself to the Merit System and blacks out: he turns out to be a “nine-life evildoer” whose name is on file with the Ten Halls of Hell. [Ding! Please make a charitable donation.] “Give me a break. I collect debts. It's a miracle if I don't rob people.” [Ding! Please help the old man who fell by the roadside to his feet.] “Here, sir, use my... thing as a cane first. No, wait, let me help you up.” Grumbling as he racks up merit, he grows increasingly alarmed by wha
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In This Life, I’ll Become the Crime Lord 这一世我要成为黑老大
[Two Updates Every Two Days + Ruthless + No System + No Saintly Protagonist + Reborn + Power Fantasy] In his previous life, Lei Kang devoted himself to revenge after his wife, Tong An, died. But he ended up becoming an underworld boss who ruled a region with an iron fist. In this life, Lei Kang will remain an underworld boss, and bring Tong An along to become even more powerful than they were in their previous life. “Why did you choose this path?” “Because this is what I did in my previous life.
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You Were Told to Join the Underworld, Not Hit on a Mob Boss’s Daughter! 让你混黑道，但没让你找上黑道千金啊！
After getting out of prison, Lu Feng becomes a manager at an upscale club in Linhai City, enjoying a carefree, happy life. Then one day he meets a mob princess, and his life changes completely. He rises to become a formidable underworld boss! I'm not good at writing blurbs, but the story is absolutely thrilling.
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The Dragon Rises in the Martial World: A Father's Promise 龙起江湖·父诺
The Dragon Rises in the Martial World: A Father's Promise
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The Underworld 黑道
What is the Dao? It does not arise because of one person's goodness, nor perish because of one person's evil. Good and evil are determined by people; rise and fall are determined by fate. The people of the world think they are fighting for money, power, or pride. Only in the end do they understand that they were fighting for nothing but illusion. The Dao knows no black or white. All living beings are within the game. (Note: This book is extremely realistic and even somewhat oppressive. Re
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