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I Just Want to Redeem Myself, but I Keep Gaining More Lackeys 只想洗白，奈何小弟越洗越多
The short dramas [Boss, Your Brothers Are All Outside] and [Righteous to the End: Hongxing] are now available to watch. [Reborn + Underworld Boss + Ensemble Cast + Making Money Legally + Passion and Loyalty + Comedy] In his previous life, underworld boss Xiang Yue was sentenced to ten years in prison. His men were either arrested or killed. In this life, Xiang Yue leads his men down the straight and narrow, rising to the top. “Xiang Yue's here! Run!” “Stop crying, or I'll have Xiang Yue come tak
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After Getting Out of Prison, the Underworld Princess Pursued Me 出狱后的我被黑道公主倒追
[Passionate youth] [Ruthless and decisive] [Tattoos covering his back] [A crowd of loyal brothers] On the eve of the college entrance exams, Li Shu lands in prison for using excessive force in self-defense. Three years later, having “successfully completed his studies,” he returns like a king. After surviving one bloody battle after another, he finally stands at the top of the city. Only then does he suddenly realize that his seemingly sweet and clueless girlfriend is the biggest boss in the ent
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- 3 Tales of the Northeast: The Turbulent Nineties 东北往事之九零风云 (Hot-blooded) (Brotherhood) (Youth) (Fast-paced, no dragging things out) The law-abiding worry all day, while the mighty sing all night. Those who harm others for their own gain ride in comfort, while the honest and fair go hungry. Those who build bridges and mend roads go blind, while those who kill and set fires have plenty of sons. I went to the Western Heaven to ask Buddha. Buddha said, “There's nothing I can do either.” This novel tells the blood-and-tears story of Shen Congwen, a great und 6.7kReads8.9Score428Shelves
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Hong Kong Crossover: I’m the Big Winner 港综：我是大赢家
Ding! You have a new mission. Become famous throughout the city? Too easy. You know Wu Song, right? Watch me spill blood at Mandarin Duck Tower. Ding! You have a new mission. Become a billionaire, a legend of the underworld, and a powerbroker who rules over all? Yikes... Should I study the life of Lai Hao or Al Capone? Never mind. New place, new game plan. I’d better get some startup capital first...
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- 5 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 32.2kReads9.1Score3kShelves
- 6 Hong Kong Action Films: I Asked You to Go Undercover, Not Become the Boss! 港片，让你卧底，没让你当老大！ Hong Kong Island in the 1980s: the era of the Four Great Detectives has just ended! Mo Ran transmigrates into this world where Hong Kong movies have merged, becoming a two-timing rat working under Big B of the Hung Hing gang while serving as an undercover agent for Wong Chi-shing! There’s no chance Wong Chi-shing will restore his identity. If he has to be a lowlife, then he’ll be the biggest and toughest one around! First, he takes the position of Causeway Bay’s top boss from Chan Ho-nam. Th 17.6kReads8.9Score778Shelves
- 7 I Told You to Go Undercover, Not Hit on the Boss's Wife! 让你卧底，没让你勾搭大嫂！ [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! 105.7kReads9.3Score11.6kShelves
- 8 Hong Kong Films: The New World 港片：新世界 He transmigrates into the world of Hong Kong movies! He’s just seen the Four Great Detectives off, only to find himself in the explosive boom years of the triads. Gao Bin becomes a rank-and-file member of Wo Shing Wo. From then on, Gao Bin sells counterfeit goods, gets into real estate, and makes movies. If it can make money, Gao Bin wants a piece of it. Then he goes international, takes on the world, unites the Hongmen, and builds his empire bigger and stronger! Years later, patriotic entrepren 26.9kReads9.1Score1.3kShelves
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My Dad's on the Straight and Narrow, I'm in the Underworld 白道爹，黑道我
[Not invincible! Not invincible! Not invincible!] The martial world is a road of no return, and its people are pawns that have crossed the river! Where will the drifting ship in this forbidden zone finally end up? Watch as this wandering youth stirs up a storm! Black side: I've got countless brothers! White side: My backing is powerful beyond belief! Money is just something you can't bring with you when you die! [Entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental!]
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An Undercover Agent? Impossible! Lao Liu Has Nothing Wrong with Him 卧底？不可能！老六他没毛病
Hong Kong cinema, nostalgia, classic movies, comics, and the underworld. I welcome any pointers from the experts. The undercover cop became a Red Pole with three flower insignias. The undercover cop became the leader of a triad faction. The undercover cop became the founding master of the Hongmen. The undercover cop became one of the founders of the Chinese Brotherhood. The undercover cop became one of the seven leaders of the underworld: the chairman of the Underworld Security Council. Undercov
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Bad Boys: The Reckless Years of Yu Chengfei 不良之年少轻狂宇城飞篇
[Underworld] [Hot-Blooded] [First-Person] [Youth] [Reckless Youth] My name is Yu Chengfei. To avenge my father, I ventured into Beiyuan alone. I fought my way forward and made countless brothers who would share life and death with me. In the end, my neighbor's younger brother, Wang Hao, and I rose to the top of Beiyuan's underworld! But I know our story isn't over yet... Our youth was wild and arrogant, and we lived recklessly in our glory days!
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- 12 The Bad Years of Youth 2: Wang Hao Returns to China 不良之年少轻狂2：王浩回国篇 [First-Person] + [Urban Underworld] + [Fan-Fiction Sequel] + [Humorous Style] + [Not Mindless] The two heroes of Beiyuan are both indispensable. During my year and a half in Arabia, I made a name for myself all over again, but a phone call from Sister Nannan left me no choice but to return to that familiar place... One day, Yuan Shao’s Forest Bar was suddenly trashed by a gang of mysterious masked men. And it wasn’t the only place. Yu Chengfei also disappeared while investigating, so I boarded a 4.2kReads—Score186Shelves
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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
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Crossover of Film and TV: I Can Summon the Strongest from Every World 影综：我能召唤万界强者
Why did Old Qian from Ma Dashuai end up with a broken leg? Why has Uncle Li from A World Without Thieves never taken the Beijing-Guangzhou line? Who killed Senior Brother Duan Shui Liu from King of Comedy? Why did Gao Jin from God of Gamblers go from having a thin face to a round one? Who made the City of Gold from National Treasure disappear? Zhang Bei wakes up in 1982 in a world where film and television dramas coexist, and awakens a card-drawing System. As long as he guesses which character i
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- 15 The Rise of an Industrial Tycoon in the Hong Kong Crimeverse 港综之实业大亨崛起 Hong Kong crime drama, political maneuvering, no female lead, business Lin Zuhui transmigrates, only to discover that he has landed in a world where Hong Kong crime dramas and reality intertwine. He is even a low-level thug in the Wo Shing Wo triad. Determined to live a different kind of life, his first priority is to deal with the ticking time bomb right by his side. 2.9kReads7.5Score121Shelves
- 16 I Joined Wo Hop To, and Became the World’s Richest Man in Five Years 扎职和联胜，五年成为世界首富 Some call him the Godfather of Hong Kong. Some call him the greatest philanthropist. Some call him the King of Asia, a financial titan. Others say he's the true richest man in the world. Still others call him the strict father of Southeast Asia. In this era, powerful men bow before him, and beautiful women dance by his side. Without a doubt, this is the era that belongs to Shen Xin!!! 43.8kReads7.6Score2.4kShelves
- 17 Hong Kong Crossover: Starting Out as a White Fan 港综：从白纸扇开始 Li Xin: Nicknames: Blade King Xin, Terror of Ghosts, Immortal Xin He is Immortal Xin of Hong Kong Island, the ultimate godfather of the criminal underworld, the uncrowned king of the underground worlds of Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand, and Southeast Asia's underworld philanthropist. At the European and American roundtable, everyone shouts, “Father!” Li Xin smiles faintly. “Rise, my sons.” 51.1kReads9.4Score2.6kShelves
- 18 I Was Forced by My Underlings to Become the Boss in Hong Kong Crime Fiction 港综被手下逼着当了老大 Lu Yongqiang has spent over a decade toiling away at his company, and finally manages to get a promotion and a raise. But after drinking too much at the celebration, he wakes up in the Hong Kong crime world. His transmigration point turns out to be inside a wardrobe at the scene of an affair. That's right, the moment Lu Yongqiang wakes up, he realizes he's in deep trouble. Being a gangster in the Hong Kong crime world would be bad enough, but he's also had the nerve to sleep with his boss's woma 10.8kReads7.2Score325Shelves
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The Tiger Emerges from the Mountain 虎出山
(Original Title: The Tiger Emerges from the Mountain) After accidentally killing an old hoodlum, 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 will help them send Hong Weijun to prison...
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- 20 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... 210.7kReads9.6Score22.6kShelves
- 21 EN Dragon City: Winds of Change 风起龙城 Sixty years after global disaster, the Little Freeze has ended. Governments across the living zones begin reclaiming large stretches of unadministered land awaiting development, reorganizing resources and ushering in a full-scale recovery. These twenty years are also known as the “Golden Twenty Years.” It's a dazzling new age: new zones rise one after another, politics sets the stage while capital puts on a show, and ambitious schemers are everywhere. Heroes and strongmen, treacherous warlords a 33.4kReads9.5Score3.9kShelves
- 22 Oh No, This Mob Boss Can Tank a Nuclear Bomb 坏了，这黑老大能硬抗核弹 [Gangsters + No Goody-Two-Shoes + No Mindless Protagonist + Invincible in the Later Stages] Qin Dong transmigrates to the year 2004 in a parallel world, taking over the body of a small-time gangster who has done every evil imaginable and is hated by everyone. He also awakens a System that makes him stronger every time he kills someone. He can increase his strength just by devouring evil people! Infinite toughness! Infinite heat resistance! Infinite bone strength! ... Gangsters hunting him down: 3Reads—Score—Shelves
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Underground Emperor: Starting with Helping My Sister-in-Law Escape 地下皇帝：从带着大嫂跑路开始
[Korean Variety Show World + Transmigration + Ruthless Protagonist + System + Power Players + Bodies Before Hearts] Gangsters, chaebols, politicians... When countless charismatic characters converge in the same era, what kind of sparks will fly? One act ends and another begins. Watch as the protagonist stirs up the winds of change, commands the world with one hand, and climbs step by step to the summit... My name is Ding Xin. I keep my word!
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- 24 Back to 1985: Tales of the Northeast 重回1985：东北往事 These are fiery years spent feeling one’s way across a river by touching the stones, a time of thriving vitality where the bold could eat their fill, and of wild growth where big shots were everywhere. The rules of this society have never changed: the meek fear the tough, the tough fear the ruthless, the ruthless fear the reckless, and the reckless fear those who don’t care if they live or die. But even those who don’t care if they live or die fear madmen. And so, Zhou Dongbei went mad. (TV adap 86.2kReads9.6Score8.8kShelves
- 25 Tales from the Borderlands: All My Relatives Are Ruthless Bandits 边水往事，我家亲戚都是悍匪 Jiang Wang opened his eyes and found himself in the story of The Longest Day in Chang'an? No, a closer look told him this was the original setting! And not just any setting, but the borderlands, at the most lawless time in the Golden Triangle: the early 2000s. There was no order in this era, only bloody cruelty in the forests and stacks of cash. It was a wild gold-rush age, full of outlaws. River-crossing dragons, mountain-tunneling tigers, gunshots ringing without end. When I have a gun, you c 19.1kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves
- 26 When an Honest Man Picks Up a Knife 当老实人拿起刀 This is a straight-up crime-world novel! It does start with the protagonist being reborn, but after that, the story has nothing to do with being reborn! In short, the plot is ruthless, satisfying, and wild... The underworld here is all about fighting and killing, but also about human relationships and social rules! 22.1kReads9.1Score1.8kShelves
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Tales of the Southern Underworld 南方黑道往事
A highly realistic and utterly authentic autobiographical story about the underworld. Many readers who have started reading have already been drawn deep into it. Open this book, and you'll see a real underworld: helplessness and betrayal, a deeply immersive world of bloodshed and brotherhood.
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- 28 Big Brother 大哥 At the end of the last century, before the rules were fully established, all sorts of people emerged in great numbers. They exploited loopholes, ran gray-market businesses, and moved between the worlds of crime and respectability. A young man returned from military service, only to be dragged into the underworld. More than a decade of life on the fringes followed: wine and laughter with friends in spring, late-night talks beneath the lamplight; hardship at first, then glory at last. He had walke 4.1kReads9.0Score302Shelves
- 29 The Boss 老大 After I accidentally saw my stepmother, Zhang Xiaohong, looking alluring in the nude, my father sent me back to the countryside. I spent ten years studying hard, hoping to make something of myself, only to be framed and thrown in the police station on the day of the college entrance exam. With fate against me, I kicked open the door to the underworld and left behind a miraculous legend in the city of Zhongjiang. [Not a mindless power fantasy + romance and career advance side by side + gripping p 155Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 30 Selfish Desires: Tales of the Underworld 私欲：江湖往事 [This book is based on a true story] Three years ago, I was convicted of intentional assault and sent to prison. After getting out, I wanted to live an ordinary life. But then my younger sister went down a path of no return. For her sake, I had no choice but to return to the underworld! This book is packed with thrilling action and satisfying moments! 1.1kReads7.5Score111Shelves
- 31 The Number One Brother 一哥 The short drama A Brother is now streaming on Hongguo, with a surprise in store! I used to be a gang boss. Now I’m just a food delivery rider. Ever since I could remember, my father, a former soldier, had been a drunk with a nasty temper. Whenever he got drunk, he liked to beat my mother, often leaving her black and blue. Later, my parents divorced, and while trying to earn money for tuition, I went astray! I had no choice back then. Now, I just want to be a good person! 31.8kReads9.3Score1.7kShelves
- 32 I Am the King 我为王 Betrayed by everyone, I was wounded by those closest to me! I cut off a finger to survive, then lay low for six years before emerging again. Through the grudges and warmth of the martial world, I’ve seen it all. I am the king! 1.7kReads8.4Score122Shelves
- 33 The Underworld as Seen Through a Madman's Eyes 疯子眼中所谓的江湖 His father goes bankrupt overnight. His mother receives a notice that she is critically ill. A carefree young wastrel stumbles into the world of the martial underworld! Confronted with all the different lives in the martial world, and one situation after another where he has no choice, the young man, already mired in the quagmire, gazes around in confusion. The martial world is a road of no return. You have to go mad to become a demon. An unseen hand pushes him ever onward... Can this dashing yo 749Reads7.0Score103Shelves
- 34 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. 30.7kReads9.1Score2.6kShelves
- 35 The Storms of Beicheng 北城风云 Synopsis: (This story is entirely fictional. Its original title was Northern City’s Turmoil.) What is the jianghu? Wherever there are people, there is a jianghu, and wherever there is a jianghu, there is conflict! The jianghu is about fighting, killing, and the law of the jungle, but it’s also about human relationships and social conventions. This book will take you back to the jianghu of the 1980s and 1990s, where you’ll witness the extraordinary path of Chen Yanan, a generation’s ruthless hero 12.7kReads9.4Score1.1kShelves
- 36 Storms Over the Northern Frontier 塞北风云 [Underworld Kingpin]+ [Rise to Power]+ [Take Down the Boss and Claim His Wife]+ [Multiple Female Leads]+ [Ensemble Cast]+ [Passionate Underworld Adventures]+ [Scheming and Hilarious] Be an ordinary man: greedy for money and fond of beautiful women. That was one thing I realized after getting out of prison. I used to be an underworld boss who could turn the tide with a flick of my hand. But my brothers were either locked up or gone. I used to be a pushover too, until I met that woman. She changed 42.2kReads9.1Score3.1kShelves
- 37 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 7.4kReads9.3Score490Shelves
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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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I'm a Goodfella, but a Gangster in the Underworld 白道哥，黑道我
My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well!
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My Name Is Jing Yunhui 《我叫景云辉》
In his previous life, Jing Yunhui stood up for a friend and smashed his own future with a beer bottle. After ten years in prison, he learned that his girlfriend had married the friend he trusted most. By the time he was free again, his life was already in ruins. When he opened his eyes again, he had returned to 1998, the night that changed his fate. This time, he seizes the initiative and claws his way back from having nothing. Facing those who betrayed and deceived him, and are waiting to watch
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- 41 The Urban Underworld: Power and Influence 都市江湖：权势滔天 The short drama of the same name premieres on January 4, 2026, at 10 a.m. on Hongguo Short Drama: Urban Underworld: Power Overwhelming Chen Yi had never met his biological father. Then one day, his parents were summoned to school, and he watched helplessly as his teacher was beaten badly enough to end up in the hospital... 14kReads9.0Score443Shelves
- 42 Leaping Through the Dragon Gate 跳龙门 Original Title: Leaping Through the Dragon Gate Song Yu, a fourth-year student at the Foreign Trade Institute, hits rock bottom after his girlfriend betrays him and a rich second-generation bully targets him. Then his mysterious older brother, Song Chen, returns and arranges for the powerful boss of Yuncheng, "Old Wolf," to protect him from the shadows. Refusing to rely on connections, Song Yu uses grit and brains to land an internship at Dragon Gate Group. Using "Mighty Dragon Cleaner" as his b 83.6kReads9.5Score6.8kShelves
- 43 Dragon Head Supreme 龙头至尊 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 197.9kReads9.1Score11.8kShelves
- 44 My Years in the Gang 我混社团那些年 The internet’s most authentic account of Hong Kong’s criminal gangs in the 1960s: Kowloon Walled City, the Four Great Detectives, the four major gang families, the Eighteen Tigers of Kowloon, the Twelve Beauties of Mong Kok, and the rise of influential bosses such as Crippled Ho and Fatty Kun, all revealed one by one! This story is adapted from the oral account of a senior member of a Hong Kong and Macau gang. As he is now over eighty, I recorded and adapted his story myself! For special reasons 20.6kReads9.1Score2.1kShelves
- 45 The Days We Spent Together 在一起的日子 Young and reckless, we chase our dreams. Full of passion, we strive to make our mark. Come on, let's all shout it out: “Guys, let's hit the road!” 56Reads7.7Score—Shelves
- 46 The Peerless Young Master 公子无双 Lin Qi seems like an ordinary delivery driver, but in this city, whether they are business tycoons, renowned doctors, or underworld bosses, everyone treats him with the utmost respect and calls him, "Young Master!" 334Reads9.1Score—Shelves
- 47 A Song for the Underworld 混子的挽歌 [Raise our cups and toast the rugged road through the underworld.] [Through blood and fury, a brotherhood that lasts a lifetime.] A naive, timid young man, to keep from losing the brothers at his side again, chooses to take up a three-foot steel blade and step into a world stained red with blood. Behind the brotherly bravado and drunken revelry of the underworld, the only things that never change are ruthless exploitation and cold reality. The people he meets make him sick. And little by little, 2.4kReads7.3Score237Shelves
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The Hidden Dragon of the Righteous Path 正道潜龙
One of Wei Jie’s four-part series A shooting case. An undercover agent lies dead in the street. An investigator once swore an oath beneath the solemn national emblem. At a crossroads of fate, a twin brother makes a dramatic entrance, leading to a lonely yet passionate story... Back to 1998! Our brotherhood is still here, our youth is still here. From this point, we set sail once more and forge the next great triumph!
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The Dragon Lifts Its Head 龙抬头
The goddess who used to look down on me is now applying for a job at my company… When the tiger returns to the mountain, the land will run red with blood; When the dragon rises, even the Yellow River will flow backward!
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- 50 Those Wild and Rebellious Years of Youth 那些年逆乱的青春 I’m not a good kid, but I’m not all that bad either. I thought my life would just keep going along in an ordinary way, but I never expected to take a path that would surprise even me. For the brothers, friends, and girlfriend I once had, I used my own hands to carve out a world of my own... Those years, those wild and rebellious days of youth. 627Reads—Score—Shelves
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