A Book You'd Regret Not Reading, Worth Its Weight in Gold

401 三 The Three-And-A-Half-Year-Old Villain Arrives to Take His Father to Rebuild the Glory of the Palace The Moon Falls into a DreamAncient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted 36.5kReads8.8Score4.1kShelves

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If you don't watch it, you will regret it, because it can make people feel happy and drive away their worries. It's so funny.

403 蝶 Butterfly Spy Network The Net Is Like ThisUrban465k WordsCompleted 16kReads9.3Score1.8kShelves

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Check out this novel, it's very good

405 我 My Elders Lion PierModern Romance335k WordsCompleted 268Reads5.8Score—Shelves

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The most traditional book in literature in 2026

407 千 Hundreds of Billions of Cages Shangguan Xuan'er28k WordsCompleted —Reads8.6Score—Shelves

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"Have you read today's report?" Gu Jingchuan's voice was lazy and smiling, "The reporter did a good job, right? I gave them a lot of exclusive information, enough for them to write for a month." Shen Xingyao gritted her teeth: "What do you want?" "What don't you want?" Gu Jingchuan said lightly, "Don't you want a divorce? Don't you want to divide the property? Okay, then I will show everyone what kind of thing you, Shen Xingyao, are. Do you think you are still the beautiful idol of the past? Let me tell you, from today on, you are nothing." A new book is online

408 天 Tianbeng: Escape from the Earthen Fort and Live in Xu! BookwormHistorical450k WordsOngoing 165Reads5.8Score—Shelves

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On the eve of Tumu Fort, Wang Zhen was killed. He traveled through time, became emperor for only one day, and fled north in embarrassment. There are no golden fingers, only desperate situations. The half-million-strong army was about to be destroyed, but there was nothing he could do. At the same time, in the city of Beijing, Zhu Qiyu faced an empty treasury, demolished the east wall to repair the west wall, and struggled to maintain the crumbling Ming Dynasty. This is not a cool story about a time traveler crushing history. This is the story of two brothers who protect the Ming Dynasty in different ways.

409 官 Guan Dao: Why Is It so Difficult to Be a Good Official? A Lonely KnifeUrban1.6M WordsOngoing 49.1kReads8.9Score3.4kShelves

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This book is well worth reading!

410 隔 Next Door Drama User 26182811Historical2.8M WordsCompleted 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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Push open the creaking door - Recommended "The Play Next Door" Have you ever heard such a sound? It was the crisp snapping sound of the beads when they collided, which resounded in the silent accounting room. The rolling trajectory of each bead contained the livelihood of a family, the price of goods of an era, and the struggle of a scholar between money and morality - that was Chapter 138, "The Mathematical Beads of Mr. Arithmetic." It was when the Jiaowei Qin was rescued from the embers of the fire, the slight sound of the paulownia wood cracking, and the seven strings vibrating a violinist's shattered pride and rebuilt dignity - that was Chapter 139, "The Jiaowei Qin" by the Musician. It is the rustle of the brush falling on the rice paper. I started painting from the clumsiest stone, painted it for three years, and burned it for three years, until the landscape under my brush gained great weight - that is the 140th chapter of "The Painter's Apprentice Manuscript" that you just read. It is the soft sound of chess pieces falling on the chessboard. Between the pieces, there is hidden the painstaking efforts of waiting for the imperial edict, the shadow of imperial power and the intellectual game of an era - that is Chapter 141 "The Handicap of the Chess Waiting for the Imperial Order". When the exegesis doctor unfolds the lecture notes, the pages turn like a tide, and the tampered truth and tamed thoughts are squeezed in the gaps of the scripture annotations - that is Chapter 142, "The Execution Doctor's Lecture Notes". These voices all come from the same place: "The Play Next Door". --- This is not a play, it is a mirror. "The Play Next Door" has no grand war scenes, no adventures in time travel, and no secrets about the palace. It only does one thing: push open the creaking wooden doors in ordinary alleys, letting you see the "little people" buried in the dust of history behind the doors, and the "little objects" in their hands. An abacus, a piano, a scroll of drawings, a chessboard, a book of lecture notes - these objects are so ordinary that they are almost boring. But in this ordinary, there is a thrilling truth hidden: when the arithmetic teacher dials the last bead, what is calculated may be the focus of inflation in a dynasty; when the luthier repairs the last crack of the Jiaowei Qin, what is repaired may be the fear of "flaws" of the entire era; when the painter leaves the last blank on the apprentice's manuscript, what is left may be a silent resistance against "cramming". The best thing about this book is: it doesn't preach, it just shows. It does not tell you that "the ancient imperial examination system suppressed human nature", it only lets you see the Meng boy who trembled at the Thousand-Character Classic late at night; it does not criticize "feudal ethics and cannibalism", it only lets you listen to the entire family's expectations and imprisonment for their daughter when a silver needle passes through the brocade on the female red embroidery chart. ---Each chapter is a window into the present. You may ask: What do these old things have to do with me? Please read: When you are anxious about what talent your child should learn, you might as well read "The Luthier's Burnt-End Qin" - the luthier finally understood that the best qin skill is not the flawless "Guangling San", but the ability to play out the resilience of life on a burnt qin. When you are overwhelmed by the "involution" in the workplace, you might as well read "Qi Daizhao's Handicap" - How can Qi Taizhao preserve the emperor's face and maintain the dignity of chess under the rules of handicap? It is a long-lost "art of proportion." When you lament the explosion of information and the difficulty in distinguishing authenticity, you might as well read "Lecture Notes of Doctors of Scripture" - see how intellectuals from a thousand years ago quietly planted the seeds of independent thinking in the gaps between collations and annotations. When you are anxious about your child's basic education, you might as well review "The Painter's Apprenticeship" - the genius apprentice painted rocks for three years before being allowed to paint mountains. Does our education today lack the patience to "paint a stone for three years"? Every dilemma in "The Show Next Door" can find echoes today. It is like a clean bronze mirror. Although it reflects the faces of ancient people, it reflects the reflection of you and me. --- The words are picturesque and the artistic conception is profound. The beauty of this book lies not only in the ideas, but also in the words themselves. The author's writings have the smell of the plum rains in the south of the Yangtze River - you can smell the old Hui ink mixed with rice paper in Shouzhuozhai; you can touch the texture of the paulownia wood on the Jiaowei Qin, which is the memory of the fire; you can see the warm and jade-like luster of the abacus beads, which is the patina left by countless late-night accounts. These words are neither impetuous nor noisy, just like a pot of aged Pu'er that needs to be savored slowly. The initial entrance may be dull, but the aftertaste is long and the aftertaste can linger in your heart for three days. For example, the paragraph before the painter's sickbed: "With these manuscripts, do you think I'm teaching you to paint? I'm teaching you to see. Look at the memory of the stone, the dignity of the withered lotus, the light in the darkness, the truth in the mirror, the integrity in the cracks..." Where is this talking about painting? It is clearly talking about a way of viewing the world. --- The structure is like a garden, one scene at a time. From Chapter 136 "The Chapter of the Family School" to Chapter 148 "The Broken Umbrella of the Traveling Lecturer", there are thirteen chapters, thirteen professions, and thirteen lives. But they are not isolated showcases, but a carefully designed garden: You start from the sound of loud reading in the home school, pass through the enlightenment of the teacher's thousand-character essay, pass through the practical considerations of the arithmetic accounting room, feel the dimension of art in the piano, painting and chess, and touch the boundaries of thought in the exposition and translation of scriptures. Finally, you come to the female world of Nuhong embroidery stand, the economic basis of the family's farmland, the warmth of the world in the free school, the coldness of the world in the winter school, until the broken umbrella of the wandering scholar - knowledge walks out of the temple and wanders in the world. There is a hidden mechanism in every step, and there is a deep meaning in every turn. What you read is not thirteen stories, but a complete ecology, a spiritual profile of an era. --- Why should you open this book? Because in this era of pursuing "three minutes to read" and "five minutes to finish", you need a book that slows you down. Because in this trend of advocating "dry information", "cheats" and "shortcuts", you need a book that tells you that "painting rocks for three years is the real skill". Because in this black-and-white public opinion field where standpoints come first, you need a book that shows complexity and grayscale and finds wisdom in the cracks. "The Show Next Door" won't give you answers, but it will give you better questions. It will make you think of the arithmetic teacher's beads when you close the book and look at the calculator in your hand; when you look at the works of your child's art class, you will think of the painter's apprenticeship drafts; and even in the intrigue in the conference room, you will think of the exquisite handicap of the chess player Daizhao. --- The last bit of personal recommendation is that I especially recommend you start reading from Chapter 140 "The Painter's Lesson Draft". This chapter is a miniature landscape of the entire book - it contains the dialectics between foundation and quick success, the balance between talent and hard work, the conflict between inheritance and innovation, and the philosophy of perfection and imperfection. After reading this chapter, you will have the key to enter the world of "The Show Next Door". Then, you can go back and see how the beads work out your life; you can also explore backwards and see how the chessboard shapes your destiny. This book is there, like the blank lesson manuscript in Shouzhuozhai. It doesn't promise to give you pleasure, but it promises to give you thickness. It doesn't promise to give you answers, but it does promise to give you a response. Open that door. The play next door is about to begin. And all the plays tell the story of the theatergoers.

411 末 Doomsday Cold Disaster, Longyuan Fire Rekindles Qinling Mountains North Mountain MoonEastern Fantasy749k WordsOngoing 32Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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Take a look, you won't regret it.

412 变 The Story of a Tiger Machine Super CatUrban196k WordsCompleted 15Reads—Score—Shelves

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Turn the first page and you step into the cracks. As for the one who came out, a human or a tiger? ——You won't be sure after reading it.

414 富 As a Second-Generation Rich Person, I Ended up in Debt and Turned Myself Around by Writing Online Articles. Gu Chen Writes Articles to Support His FamilyUrban421k WordsOngoing 135Reads7.5Score—Shelves

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Many years later, those who really calm down and read this book will feel that they made many right decisions back then~

416 三 Romance of the Three Kingdoms Wang JuerenHistorical215k WordsCompleted 4.7kReads9.6Score653Shelves

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Worth a thousand dollars, don't regret it

417 黑 Underworld Tyrant: Those Who Obey Me Will Prosper, and Those Who Go Against Me Will Perish! Please Make Me Hot OnceUrban946k WordsOngoing 11.1kReads8.9Score866Shelves

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The beautiful class beauty accused him of rape, and his beautiful sister-in-law was brutally bullied by gangsters. Wang Erchui really can't bear this fucked up society. Let's see how he fights hard and rises from the bottom to the throne of the underworld tyrant... (This is a wonderful story full of blood, beauties, drunkenness and passion)

418 昨 Flow into the City Yesterday Spiny BougainvilleaUrban3.0M WordsCompleted 4.5kReads5.8Score366Shelves

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Ding Youcai's urban officialdom romance novel, if you don't read it, you will miss your life...

419 儿 The Rules of the Children's House Uncle Wang Tells StoriesModern Romance178k WordsCompleted 20.8kReads8.4Score799Shelves

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Beautiful, heart-wrenching, disgusting

420 本 A Foreign Country LiuliujiangUrban364k WordsCompleted 25Reads—Score—Shelves

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If you don't watch it, you will regret it. If you watch it, you will die laughing.

422 七 70 Space: Time Travel Daughter and Reborn Mother Time Travel and RebirthModern Romance375k WordsOngoing 57kReads8.9Score4.5kShelves

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I recommend these books in the book shortage. I have read them several times. They are super amazing, the language is humorous, the plot is explosive, and it is full of bullshit. The start was explosive, Qiao Wanrong's 500! Laughing loudly! The further back you go, the better it looks.

423 超 Super Home-Based Abandoned Husband and His Beautiful Woman Uninvited Guest from the End of the WorldUrban1.1M WordsCompleted 48Reads—Score—Shelves

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This one, this one is pretty good

425 六 Famine in the 1960S and Going to the Countryside in the 1970S Time Travel and RebirthModern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted 14.7kReads8.9Score1.2kShelves

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These two period novels, the story was a bit explosive and made me laugh so hard, the rhythm was completely off track, and my eyes dropped all over the place! Hahaha... Definitely worth reading several times.

426 墓 Rebirth in the Cemetery, Am I Dead? the System Is Killing Me Crazy WanhuaMystery843k WordsOngoing 885Reads9.2Score100Shelves

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Lying in a mass grave coffin at the beginning, reborn to unlock the death determination system! While avoiding the punishment of obliteration, while digging into the murderous plot of a wealthy family, this is a suspenseful and exciting story about a strong woman, with a tight pace and no watering down [laughs][shy]

428 魂 Soul Travels Through Qi Er, Cultivating Beauties to Sweep the Tide of the Times Stars Can Start a Prairie FireHistorical1.7M WordsOngoing 11.2kReads7.4Score934Shelves

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Super cool period story, decisive killing, come on!

429 科 Science Fiction: I Am Exploring Territory at the Edge of the Universe Blue MemoriesSci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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Recommended [bookshelf plus one][bookshelf plus one][bookshelf plus one][bookshelf plus one][bookshelf plus one]

431 1 1938, Purification The Chicken Is ComingUrban1.5M WordsOngoing 2kReads5.8Score156Shelves

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Nice looking, novel, super good quality

434 清 Clear Lemon Era Mei ShuModern Romance225k WordsCompleted 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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No regrets, really.

440 易 Yilu Plum Blossom Plug Opens in the North Yuan YiEastern Fantasy393k WordsCompleted 5Reads5.8Score—Shelves

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This book is a masterpiece by a new author. It is of high quality and is suitable for use as an introductory textbook for easy learning. The content of the book involves the basic knowledge of Yi Xue, and is explained with examples, so that readers can grasp the essence of Yi Xue. The writing style is smooth and the logic is clear, helping readers easily grasp the core essence of Yi Xue. This book is especially suitable for beginners to read and learn easily.

442 一 A Promise Across Mountains and Rivers Solitary Sail in the Setting SunModern Romance431k WordsCompleted 109Reads—Score—Shelves

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A hard-core anti-drug BE story, the whole process is so tense that you can hold your hands tight! The female anti-narcotics brigade × the forbearing special forces soldier, there is no bloody boss, only life and death on the border and the faith of family and country. Intelligence is leaked, confidants betray, and the heroine accidentally falls into the death trap of a drug dealer and is trapped in purgatory in northern Myanmar; one person has a promise, and the whole body is lonely and courageous, and the hero alone rescues people across the country amid gunfire and bullets. There is no happy ending. The hero is buried in the mountains and rivers, but the promise remains in the snowy mountains. Military romance lovers, jump right in!

445 探 Explore the Mysteries of Matter Ouyang MiguoSci-Fi & Apocalypse41k WordsCompleted 12Reads5.8Score—Shelves

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After watching it, you will feel like there is a new village in the dark.

446 我 I Have a Fairy Mountain in the Countryside Bubble Cup DahongpaoUrban2.0M WordsCompleted 16kReads8.7Score1.6kShelves

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If there are books that you will regret not reading, they are definitely these two! Highly recommended! [Like][Like][Like] Especially the second book, I can see my hand slipping in and not getting out. [Laughs][laughs]

450 绿 Pothos Jiesi PavilionModern Romance201k WordsCompleted 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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The ship of life does not have to be brand new, it does not have to have favorable winds, and it does not even have to know which sea it will end in. As long as you are willing to shake the oar, the water under your feet will tell you - the meaning is never on the other side, but has already begun the moment you move forward.