Books That Teach You to Find Enlightenment and Break Through Deadlocks in Real Life 教人在现实生活中开悟以及破局。
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The Spiritworld Chronicles: A Guide to Enlightenment in the Mortal Realm 灵天记之人间悟道指南
Ling Tian Ji, whose full title is "Peerless Secret Words: Ling Tian Ji", is also known by another name: A Guide to Understanding the Dao in the Human World. Its full title is "A Guide to Understanding the Dao and Becoming an Immortal in the Human World". Both names refer to the same book, a very special one.
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Making Money on the Side! 捞偏门！
[After graduating from college, I went from a shady fortune-teller to a political fixer] This book pulls back the curtain on political fixers, giving you an in-depth look at the scams hidden from view in both the underworld and the corridors of power. “Do you think officials are all fools? They know I’m a con artist. They just happen to need a con artist like me to do things for them.”
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A History of Prostitution in China (A Republic-Era Masters’ History Collection) 中国娼妓史(民国名家史学典藏文库)
This book is divided into six chapters: Introduction; The Era of Shaman Courtesans; The Emergence of Slave Prostitutes and Official Courtesans; The Parallel Rise of Household Courtesans and Slave Prostitutes; The Golden Age of Official Courtesans; and The Era of Privately Run Prostitution. Topics include names and definitions, distinctions between periods, when the history of Chinese prostitution began, and shaman courtesans in the Shang dynasty, among others.
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- 104 Zeng Guofan's Methods of Scholarship 曾国藩治学方法 This book explores three dimensions: self-cultivation, managing affairs, and reading. Its discussion of self-cultivation advocates integrating “resolve, insight, and perseverance,” building a foundation for body and mind through meditation and a regular routine. Its approach to managing affairs reveals, through practical examples such as running a household and leading an army, the unity of hands-on action and institutional innovation. Its discussion of reading emphasizes “mastering one field” a 356Reads9.0Score15614d adds
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Getting to the Bottom of Mind-Reading 起底观心术
When I was five, a fortune-teller said I’d be able to read people’s minds when I grew up. My parents thought I was a genius and spent the whole family’s savings to send me to school. But I failed the college entrance exam and became a fried-noodle vendor. That vendor later became a “Walking Encyclopedia,” all thanks to the saying, “In books, there are houses of gold.” You are not just who you are. You can become a different kind of dazzling light. Read a comment on the first page, and you’ll get
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Shouldering the Mountain 扛山
Suffering is suffering. First, it destroys people. Only then might it forge them. The tragedy is, so many people never get past the “destruction” part. I refine my broken life into a spark, carve my scars into monuments of war. Not to become a god, but to prove the Way: There is light at the end of hell, and lotuses can bloom from flesh and blood! What I write has never been a story. It is a declaration of war, written in the face of death, a blood pact to live, fight, and burn in this world.
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A Poor Man's Guide to Turning His Life Around 穷人翻身指南
A practical guide to ways of thinking I’ll teach you how the rich think And how the poor can turn their lives around Why am I teaching you these ways of thinking? Why write this book? Let me make one thing clear first: The main reason I’m writing this book is for myself. I’m always trying to improve, learning from experience and gaining new insights every day. And the fastest way to absorb, understand, and apply this knowledge is the Feynman Technique. If you don’t know what that is, look it up.
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- 108 I Solve Cases at the Special Investigations Bureau by Day and Serve in the Underworld by Night 我白天特案局办案，晚上地府当差 I was born with a pure Yang constitution and the fate of Zhong Kui. I can drive out demons, subdue ghosts, and repel evil spirits. The moment I was born, all kinds of factions fought to take me as their disciple. A bunch of monks and Taoist priests said I was destined to become a Celestial Master or a great monk. They even got into a brawl over me, and that’s not all: in the end, both the state and the underworld got involved! When I was one, the state even assigned me a corpse-born child who ha 21.3kReads8.7Score2.1k14d adds
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I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神
The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa
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- 110 I'm a Socially Anxious Guy, and My Goddess Wife Refuses to Divorce Me 我！社恐，女神老婆不肯跟我离婚 [Urban Slice of Life + No System + Entertainment Industry + Both Leads Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger] [Three completed novels of over a million characters each. Quality guaranteed!] Li Shuo, a man with severe social anxiety, has barely transmigrated to a parallel world when his stepmother drags him off to meet a potential bride at her home. On the very day of the meeting, a “female ghost” accidentally pulls him into the civil affairs bureau, and they get married in a flash… He thought all they h 114.6kReads8.4Score12.4k14d adds
- 111 EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 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
- 112 EN Learning to Slay Gods in the Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院学斩神 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 992.2kReads9.9Score158.5k14d adds
- 113 EN The Hidden Demon Lord: The Empress Demands Responsibility 隐世魔尊，女帝带娃上门求负责 [One Female Lead] [Devoted Husband] [Raising a Child] [Invincible] Ning Yechen was once an unparalleled Demon Venerable. He unified the Demon Realm by himself, beat the Immortal Realm to a pulp, and struck terror into the hearts of the Six Realms. Tired of all the fighting and killing, he eventually chose to live in seclusion among mortals, quietly enjoying life as a carefree hermit. Then one night, an Immortal Realm Empress, afflicted by a lust-inducing aphrodisiac, fell into the mortal world a 38.1kReads8.9Score4.6k14d adds
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Yesterday Flowed into the City 昨日流入城
[Officialdom] + [Workplace] + [Business World] + [Family] A scholar, two business magnates, three boxing champions, four great families, the Gao family's five tigers, the Twelve Beauties of Jiangling, and 108 concubines... A man who had lost all hope and decided to lie flat is thrust into officialdom overnight, only to become the talk of the whole city as he indulges in wine, women, wealth, and power... Where does his path ultimately lead? Will there be an ending?
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- 115 Pushing Open a Hundred Doors 推开一百扇大门 Fed up with the pressures of working life, he puts on a gaming helmet and enters a virtual game world to escape everything and forget it all. Before he knows it, the door back to reality has been firmly shut. Should he fight his way back to reality, or start his life over and stay here...? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 116 EN The Gods' Foolish Game 诸神愚戏 I have two principles in life: 1. I never lie. 2. I never believe anything anyone says, including myself. “Sir, I would like to point out that your second statement conflicts with the first.” “How so?” “If you never lie, why don’t you believe what you say?” “Oh, sorry. I forgot to mention that I don’t consider myself human.” “?” Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Cheng Shi, Cheng Shi who never lies. What, you’ve never heard of me? That’s all right. You simply haven’t been deceived by m 519.6kReads9.7Score67.5k14d adds
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I'm a Fortune-Teller (The Original Novel of I'm No Master, Starring Li Xian and Li Yitong) 我是个算命先生（李现、李一桐主演《我不是大师》原著）
The original novel behind the TV adaptation starring Li Xian and Li Yitong, I'm No Master The highest level of fortune-telling isn't predicting the heavens. It's reading people. During the Republican era, a secretive group called the Jiangxiang Sect operated in the underworld. They called themselves fortune-tellers, but made their living through fraud. From secret agents of the Military Statistics Bureau and bandit chiefs to scholarly households, sheltered women, and children, no one could escap
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- 118 I Traded the Sincere Heart I Once Gave to the Powerful for a Knife to Make Money 我把喂过权贵的真心换成搞钱的刀 From a naive sweetheart to a self-made tycoon! The powerful man who kept promising to support me and take care of everything made empty promises for two years, then casually brushed me off with, “I’m too busy.” The boy fourteen years younger than me, who claimed he’d lost sixty pounds for my sake, said he couldn’t live without me one moment, then turned around and buried me in sordid lies. I gave my heart to two wolves before I finally woke up: a man's promises aren't worth a penny. The only thi 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 Every Romance of Mine Is a Power Play 我的桃花皆是权谋局 Su Wan, thirty-six, is a key staff member at a provincial government agency. Divorced for ten years, she wields the sharp blade of auditing and has become impervious to attack in the struggle between government and business. Her suitors are all rich and powerful. Some promise to help her climb the ladder, while others offer to pave the way for her. But she has long seen through people’s schemes. Holding fast to her principles, she navigates the space between government offices and capital. Unt 5Reads—Score—14d adds
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The Bankruptcy Runaway’s Guide to Paying Off Debt 破产跑路还债记
His debts came crashing down, leaving him with just 20,000 yuan. He wanted to turn his life around, but his desperation only dragged him deeper into trouble. [Debt + Entrepreneurship] [Realistic style] A different story of debt, running away, and paying it all back for today's younger generation.
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I Really Do Have a Soft-Rice-Eating King System 我真有一个软饭王系统
“Over 99 percent of the Host’s cells are dormant. You meet the basic requirements for living off others. Bind the system?” “Yes, yes! Bind it, right away!” Warning: To successfully live off others, you must first learn self-discipline!!! Warning: It’s a soft life, but you’ll still have to work hard. If you don’t like workaholics, don’t open this. Warning: The protagonist will live off lots of people (and animals). If that bothers you, don’t click.
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The Survival Code of Ancient China: Decoding the Nine Classes of Society 古代生存密码：解密三教九流
Confucianism: The state religion through the ages, assisting the Son of Heaven in educating the people... Confucianism takes Confucian thought as its supreme belief and honors Confucius as its founding teacher. To distinguish it from Taoism, which venerates the thought of Laozi, Zhuangzi, and other Daoists, later generations began calling it Confucianism during the Northern and Southern Dynasties. Thus, Confucius is also revered as the holy founder of Confucianism. The Dao: The way of heaven and
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- 123 A Brief History of Christmas 圣诞简史 In December, the thing people look forward to most, besides snow, is of course the holidays. At this time of year, you can see the whole city come alive with festive cheer. Christmas trees and lights are everywhere, white-bearded old men appear on the streets, Christmas songs play in shopping malls, and all kinds of gift boxes announce that Christmas is on its way! Christmas comes around every year, but how much do you know about the holiday? Christmas, also known as the Feast of the Nativity, i 11Reads9.1Score914d adds
- 124 An Introduction to Ancient Chinese Culture 中国古代文化常识 This book is a systematic and comprehensive encyclopedia of essential knowledge about Chinese literature, intended to provide readers with thorough, well-organized cultural knowledge. Covering literature, art, religious beliefs, politics, economics, culture, entertainment, philosophy, science, and many other fields, it uses detailed discussions and a rigorous scholarly approach to help readers gain a deeper understanding of the breadth and depth of Chinese culture. The section on literature prov 154Reads8.6Score7214d adds
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Not One of You Gets to Be Reborn 你们一个都别想重生
[Everyday school life + sunny heroine + no reincarnation or transmigration + warm and healing] [Special notice: The heroine won't have a romance. Other characters may have romantic storylines.] After narrowly escaping death, Gu Qinghuan partnered with the System and enrolled in Class Three, Year One, at a private high school. [Someday in the future, your classmates may be reborn.] [Before then, they will be deceived, hated, attacked, and destroyed,] [Your mission is to stop them from being rebor
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Nothing Major in Life 人生无大事
I was born in the abyss and raised in the netherworld. Lost, struggling, helpless, despairing. The hardships along the way shaped my body and mind. When everything had finally calmed down, when spring had come and flowers were blooming, when everything was just right, I finally reached the most important moment of my life.
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The Game That Must Be Broken (Complete Edition) 必须犯规的游戏（全集）
The murder-mystery game based on the novel of the same name is now available for preorder! In a locked-room battle for survival, endless twists turn every detail into a contest for victory. This time, you get to decide your own fate! Fourteen novelists, fourteen days, fourteen terrifying stories: a deadly game has begun. Fourteen mystery writers are "invited" to a mysterious location. Each must improvise a mystery story to tell the others. When the story ends, everyone votes, and the highest-sco
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Negotiations Failed, Prepare for the Assault 谈判失败，准备攻坚
[No System, ensemble cast, ensemble cast, don’t get it wrong, this is an ensemble story, not wish fulfillment, supernatural abilities, lighthearted, no bitter grudges, a little relaxation, not a monster-grinding-and-leveling story, goofy] In a world where everyone awakens supernatural abilities, Jiang Tao awakens an F-rated ability called “Negotiations Failed, Prepare to Breach.” And so he sets out on a path unlike anyone else’s, living a life that’s uniquely his own.
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- 129 A Journey of Suffering 苦难的历程 I want to explain this book with an example. Suppose there is a woman named Xiaohong who grows up in a family like this: her father drinks, gambles, visits prostitutes, and has a violent temper, while her mother is unreasonable and nagging. Xiaohong surely dislikes this family and wants to escape it. When she grows up, she doesn’t want to marry a man like her father, either. One day, she meets a gentle, considerate young man who doesn’t have any of her father’s bad habits. Xiaohong likes him, an 13Reads—Score—14d adds
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- 131 A Difficult Life 困难人生 A new work is here! Welcome to read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy them. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—14d adds
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Surviving the Ordeal 熬过劫难
First, be certain that you can reach the summit. Then believe this book can rewrite your fate, and believe in the power of belief. By the time you read this book, the identity you have now will already have begun to loosen its grip. The moment you choose to begin, you have already left mediocrity behind. Can my story help you find your own path to salvation? May words reveal the power they truly hold.
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- 133 The Manga Prophecy Murder Case 漫画预言杀人事件 [Comic artist X avenger] A flop comic Chen He had abandoned three years ago suddenly went viral because it had predicted a murder. Netizens trembled in the comic's comments: [Have you seen the news? Why is this scene exactly like what they're showing on TV?!] [Am I seeing things? They only just found the body, but the comic was published three years ago!] [How did the artist come up with a burial site like that? What are the odds?] [I have a pretty wild theory...] [Could the author actually be t 56.8kReads9.5Score11.8k14d adds
- 134 The Apple of Her Ear 耳朵的心肝 The young heirs of the capital’s most elite circles all know that the Song family’s third young master was recently dumped. His ex-girlfriend wasn’t a world-famous supermodel, a top socialite, or a celebrity. Word is she was an utterly ordinary college student from Yuncheng, a remote city in the southwest of Z Country. Apart from being pretty and doing well in school, she had nothing remarkable about her family background. They first met on Maiden Island, where she stepped on his head. They met 4.2kReads7.1Score50714d adds
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My 26-Year-Old Female Tenant 我的26岁女房客
After a wild night at a bar, a beautiful woman pinned him with a paternity claim, and the down-and-out young man suddenly became a father. As if things weren't bad enough, the owner of his rented home changed, and he was about to be kicked out. But his new landlady was beautiful! Should he ask to share the place? She coolly gave him a single word: “Get out!” A romantic entanglement sparked by a housing problem.
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- 136 I Have Three Months Left to Live, So Let Me Die in Peace 还剩三个月命，请让我从容赴死 From childhood onward, Zhuang Zi'ang was the kind of kid everyone called “the child other parents wish they had”: a model student every year and always first in his class. But after his parents divorced and his father started a new family, he became a child neither parent loved. At just eighteen, Zhuang Zi'ang is diagnosed with a terminal illness and given only three months to live. With his final three months, he decides to let out his rebellious, wild side and be truly himself for once. While 168.8kReads9.8Score19.3k14d adds
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The Road to Officialdom: Starting from Scratch 官途之从零起步
Lu Feng, an avid reader of political novels, dies unexpectedly and is reborn. Starting out at a township industrial and commercial office, he faces workplace struggles, political suppression, and a forced breakup with his girlfriend, but uses his wits to overcome every setback and rise rapidly through the ranks. Yet a hidden secret about his background, tied to his rebirth, leaves him cornered with no way out.
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- 138 The Official and His Charms 官人官色 The road to becoming an official is narrow, so narrow that if you want to climb it, you can only step on other people's shoulders. Yet it is also broad enough to encompass everyday life and the people's hardships. Along this road lie intrigue and shifting fortunes, ruthless decisions, and love and hatred... 267.2kReads9.4Score18.8k14d adds
- 139 The Road to Power 官途 After graduating from university, Liu Fei, whose origins are shrouded in mystery, repeatedly finds himself facing one crisis after another because of his brash personality. He is attacked from every direction and suppressed by all sides. Watch as Liu Fei charges straight through, crushing every opponent in his path, uncovers the truth about his origins, sweeps aside the great factions, and rises to the pinnacle of life! 10.2kReads9.1Score99214d adds
- 140 The Official's Path: Turmoil at the Grassroots 官途之基层风云 With graduation just around the corner, he becomes a university-graduate village official. He stays true to his original aspirations, starts at the grassroots level, and steadily rises through the ranks at the county and city levels. Taking charge of a region, he works for the people’s well-being. 4.4kReads6.0Score43414d adds
- 141 At the Public Forum, I Speak the Truth. Who Can Handle It? 问政现场，我实话实说，谁能扛住 Tang Xiu, the youngest deputy county magistrate in Jinquan City, is thrust into the center of a storm after a live-streamed public Q&A. Faced with shirking officials and predatory corporations, he flips the table and takes aim at entrenched corruption! From “the magistrate who hits people” to “an economic hero,” how will he break the deadlock with an iron fist and create an industrial empire worth tens of billions? Meanwhile, his enemies in the shadows have already written his name on their “dea 8.7kReads7.9Score69414d adds
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After the Intern Was Thrust into the Role, the Boss Begged Me on His Knees to Take Over 实习生赶鸭子上架后，老板哭着跪求我上位
After the Intern Was Thrown in at the Deep End, the Boss Wept and Begged Me to Take Over
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- 143 Don't Want to Work Overtime? Then Get Out! I Did, So Why Is My Boss Begging Me to Come Back? 不加班就滚？真滚了，老板又跪下来求我干什么？ “If You Won't Work Overtime, Then Get Lost!” I Really Left, So Why Is the Boss Kneeling and Begging Me to Come Back? 129Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 EN Don't Worry, Senior—I'll Protect You 学姐别怕，我来保护你 [Heart-Pounding Engine 2: Pure White Love Letter has been published] [Lighthearted daily life] + [Single female lead] + [No System] + [Not reborn] + [Sweet romance] In high school, Luo Ye had a secret crush on a girl for three years. He even got into the same university as her, and they agreed to start dating if they both got in. But the girl unexpectedly went back on her word. Heartbroken, Luo Ye became a romance novelist. Unexpectedly, before university even began, the novel he wrote shot to t 312.7kReads9.8Score31.4k14d adds
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The Art of Spiritual Self-Interest 精神利己法
(Just started getting ratings, but the score has been suppressed.) Create a philosophy of your own! The easiest and fastest way to learn the history of philosophy. Think philosophy is all incomprehensible texts? Not at all! This is an “unorthodox” history of philosophy that can change your outlook on life. After introducing the major schools of philosophy, it teaches you how to use your own mind to create a philosophy that works for you. This is a modern philosophy of survival. It teaches you to
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The Gray Lotus 灰莲花
[A textbook case of realist business warfare + a deeply romantic, top-tier intellectual romance] The world has gone mad. A top-tier rich, handsome young heir is forced to compete with his wealthy wife for a lover... “If she likes me and I like her too, then we’ll each have to prove ourselves.” The male lead is loaded with resources and comes with every advantage, while the female lead has brains and beauty and rises from humble beginnings. A textbook case of realist business warfare, arranged fa
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The Ancient Prophecy: The Return of Saling 先古之谕萨灵归来
In ancient times, shaman mages used their mysterious powers to protect the balance of the land. They lived in harmony with nature, using spiritual energy to preserve the peace of the mountains and rivers and the well-being of their tribes. But their peaceful days were shattered overnight when a rift suddenly appeared in the sky, and monsters and demons from distant star systems surged toward their tranquil homeland like a tidal wave. The shaman mages rallied at once, knowing that the fate of the
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Chronicles of the Time Ruins 时墟记
The Records of the Time Ruins: After Journey to the West, Investiture of the Gods, and The Three-Body Problem, an imaginative travelogue about mythology, cosmic space and time, and human schemes. Journey to the West explores the heart, Investiture of the Gods explores the divine, The Three-Body Problem explores matter, and The Time Ruins explores time.
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The Past Is Like Snow 往事如雪
The story of a poor post-80s migrant worker, full of bitter tears. It’s been a hard road every step of the way. How many men born in the 1980s have been through what the protagonist has? Can you relate?
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The Soul’s Answer 灵魂的答案
In a world of chaos and division, we often ask: Why are some people exceptionally gifted while others lead ordinary lives? Why are some born into wealth while others seem destined for poverty? If reincarnation is real, who writes the script for this life? Did we truly choose all of this? This book is a soul-to-soul conversation that confronts the truth of the universe. It does not shy away from painful questions or gloss over the cost of love. From the choices souls make and the true meaning of
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