Looking for Stories About Ordinary People Living in Ancient Times or a Bygone Era, With No Golden Finger 求古代或者年代百姓无金手指生活
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I Moved to the City to Marry, Breaking the Nine-Generation Curse of the Heirless Capital Tycoon 进城结婚，破了绝嗣京爷九代单传
The ratings will be low right after launch, so don't worry about them [Period Drama Paper-Doll Awakening + Marriage Before Love + Master Miao Healer + Clear-Headed Career-Driven Beauty vs. Sharp-Tongued, Love-Struck Factory Young Master] 1980. Something amusing happened in the South City courtyard compound. Ye Mingzhu, the only daughter in nine generations of the Ye family, was going to marry the spoiled son of the factory director's family, their only son in nine generations. Both were the
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The 1970s: Why Go to the Countryside When Watching the Drama Is Better? 七零，下什么乡？能有吃瓜香？
[No relocation to the countryside + a supermarket pocket dimension + no black-market profiteering + both leads are each other's firsts, and the child isn't the male lead's + a laid-back spectator enjoying the gossip in a crowded courtyard] Every night before going to sleep, Xiang Tian thought she completely fit the criteria for transmigrating: no parents, no ties, and a huge pocket dimension at her disposal! Then Xiang Tian looked at the swaying light cord. So, had she been too sincere? Had she
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The Village Tyrant’s Foolish Wife: Spoiled at Any Cost 村霸家的笨蛋娘子，拿命宠！
The ratings have only just come in, so they’ll rise later. Old Yu is at home stewing chicken soup for his daughter when she comes back with a man. Then he sees the young scamp holding his daughter’s hand. He charges over with his soup ladle, ready to teach him a lesson. One thing his daughter says nearly makes Old Yu fall over. He almost takes a nasty tumble. “Daddy, this is the husband I bought for ten coins.” She had saved up for ages to get those ten coins! When Old Yu sees the village bully
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After the Crown Prince Ascends the Throne, He Seizes His Cannon-Fodder Cousin 太子登基后，炮灰表妹被强夺了
Signed for publication [Forced marriage + cold, aloof crown prince with a dark heart and ruthless methods + clear-headed, laid-back, beautiful cousin + a touch of reverse-harem appeal + tangled love triangle + doting romance] Gu Sui'an, an agricultural research scientist, was reborn in the womb and turned into the male lead's cannon-fodder cousin in the political intrigue novel Marrying the Emperor. In this dangerous ancient world where she had no rights, all she wanted was to coast through li
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Born Fertile! The Celibate Tycoon’s Wife Is Pregnant Again 易孕体质！禁欲大佬你媳妇又怀了
[Devoted to each other + family squabbles + sweet romance + raising a child + military life on a seaside island + troublemakers + good-pregnancy System + stunning, delicate beauty vs. abstinent pilot] Only after Ji Yanshu dies does she learn that she had been living in a novel set in a bygone era. She was the male lead’s first wife, who died young. The heroine is a capitalist’s daughter sent down to the countryside. Not wanting to suffer, she chooses to become someone’s stepmother. The capitalis
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My Daughter Is a Dragon 我的闺女是条龙
The young master of the Ao family is pressured to marry, so he brings home a little toddler he picked up, hoping to fool the old man. But the toddler has two little horns growing out of her head and a tail behind her. Old Master Ao falls silent... He wanted a precious grandson, not a little dragon princess from the Dragon Palace. But why does the dragon princess look a bit like his son? Could his son be dating a dragon? Is this dragon baby a half-dragon child born to his son and a dragon? Ao Tin
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The He Family's Little Princess: Her Daddy Spoils Her Rotten 贺家小千金，她爹地超宠
The day Sui Sui's mother died, she called her father and uncle. Her father didn't want her, and her uncle told her to go die. Just then, the richest man in town happened to pass by, took her home, and made her his daughter. She thought she'd be a pitiful little stray, but on the day she arrived at the He family home, Grandma waved her hand, and luxury goods from all over the city filled the place. She could pick whatever she wanted. Her billionaire dad: Now that you're my daughter, whoever bulli
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There's No Escape! The Unhinged Tycoon Keeps His Sweetheart Locked Up 逃不掉！疯批大佬强制囚养小乖宝
[A soft, sweet crybaby ✘ a crazed, possessive business tycoon] [One-on-one romance + both untouched + possessive love + height difference + top power player] After the Jiang family goes bankrupt, Jiang Wanyin is taken in by the Li family, one of Haicheng’s most powerful families. Everyone in Haicheng knows that Li Yanhan, heir to the Li family, is ruthless and vicious, yet treats the fallen young heiress with great tenderness. But no one knows that behind closed doors, the man can barely cont
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The Grand Tutor Has Fallen for Someone, and the Entire Capital Knows 太傅老房着火烧的全京城都知道了
Old flames rekindled + marriage first, love later + faithful couple + the everyday dramas of a great ancient family The moment Qin Ruoyin opens her eyes, she realizes she has become the legitimate daughter of an official family in the Great Ying Dynasty. Before she can enjoy her privileged life, her cousin Qin Ruyue schemes to switch their marriage prospects. Qin Ruyue has been reborn. In her previous life, she married Lord Jiang, a widower who had risen to the highest ranks of government. She t
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Break Up? Only If I'm Dead 分手？除非我死了
A timid, sweet-tempered girl ✖️ a nasty, possessive, scheming guy [One-on-one, both are devoted to each other ➕ forced love ➕ sweet fluff] Because Yu Shubao's grades are poor, her homeroom teacher seats her next to Chen Jinnan, the top student in the year. But he's nasty and loves to tease her. Chen Jinnan is always ordering Yu Shubao around, whether it's to do his homework, fetch water, or buy food. Yu Shubao has always been obedient and never gets into arguments with anyone, so she just silent
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Her Husband Takes a Second Wife, While Her Cunning Cousin Coaxes Her into an Affair 夫君娶平妻，心机表弟诱她出墙
[Male lead secretly loves her and rises to the top, easy to seduce + Female lead climbs the wall and succumbs to his beauty + Cousins eight years apart] The handsome husband Gu Wanying chose for herself marries a princess as his secondary wife. In a fit of anger, she goes to the capital alone to attend her maternal grandmother's birthday banquet. As she nears the capital, her cousin, a young heir to a noble title, breaks in at night and drags her off to cure his love poison. From then on, she ch
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Clothing, Food, Housing, and Transportation in Ancient Times 古代人的衣食住行
How did people in ancient times spend summer, use the toilet, and fall in love? This book satisfies all your curiosity about their everyday lives! With no air conditioning or refrigerators, how did people in ancient times beat the summer heat? They used hand-powered fans to cool themselves. To make them more effective, they would place the fans behind a pool of water or blocks of ice, so they could blow out a cool breeze. Some even put fresh flowers in front of the fans, making the breeze fragra
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The 1970s Educated Youth: The Villain Always Acts Pitiful Around Her 七零知青：反派总在她面前装可怜
[No golden finger + period setting + sweet romance + almost childhood sweethearts + one-on-one romance] Bai Qingci's parents arranged for her to go to the countryside to avoid danger. Before leaving, she had already prepared herself for the possibility that she would never return or see anyone she knew again. A month later, the Chen family arrived in the village after being sent down for reform. They had grown up in the same compound but barely spoken. She only wanted to treat him like a strange
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The World-Cracking Crisis: Building a Peach Blossom Haven in Ancient Times 天崩地裂局：我在古代建桃源
[Farming + System + Daily Life + Food + Soul Transmigration + Alternate World] At twenty-six, she is transported into the body of a sixteen-year-old girl after a car accident: Her father is sixty and lame; Her mother is over fifty and blind; The most devastating part is that these two treasures had a child in their old age! On the very day she arrives, her mother gives birth to a baby boy! She’s become an upgraded version of Dehua… Her home is in the middle of nowhere, with no village in front o
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Hold Them Off, Darling, I’m Getting Out of Here! 夫君你断后，我先跑！
[Brothel Owner]× [Boy Emperor] Shen Qingwan was accidentally swept by the Weakwater River to the bottom of the abyss. When she opened her eyes again, she had been reborn as a brothel madam. The first time they met, Shen Qingwan was soaking in a medicinal bath when the young emperor, Jiang Wuhuai, fell into the tub while fleeing assassins, badly wounded. His blood ruined an entire tub of extremely expensive medicinal water. The medicine’s conflicting effects left him burning with heat, and then J
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From the Start, I Was the Villain. How Did I Become a National Treasure? 开局当反派，我竟然成国宝了？
When Qin Feng opened his eyes, he had become the male lead's stepbrother in a Period novel. A biased father, a vicious stepmother, a reborn male lead, and Qin Feng, destined to be cannon fodder... Faced with a disastrous start, Qin Feng smiled when a construction and engineering study System suddenly appeared. His stepbrother stayed in the city while he went to the countryside. The original owner was furious, but Qin Feng was thrilled. Reclaiming wasteland and farming? Not a chance. He used a se
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I Went to the City with My Lame Dad to Live Off a Rich Woman, and I’m Loving It 随跛子爸进城吃软饭，我真香了
[Ensemble cast + family life + blended family + stepmother reborn + cozy everyday life] In her previous life, Xiang Nuan was terribly unlucky. Born with a congenital illness, she was abandoned by her parents and relatives. Unloved and uncared for, she struggled through twenty-four lonely years. Her next life began just as miserably. While still very young, she was abandoned by her mother. Her father was a cripple, and the two of them were driven out by their own clan... The one thing she could l
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Reborn in 1975: Starting Out in the Steel Mill Compound 重生1975：从钢厂大院开始
A worker for a father, a mother who died young, an indulgent older sister, and him, as foolish as they come. Reborn in 1975, Li Xiao discovered that his former self had threatened suicide to force his parents’ hand, given his job to a gold-digging woman, become an unemployed good-for-nothing who loitered in the streets, and made his sister and brother-in-law cry. Since that was how things stood, he’d set himself a small goal: first, spoil his whole family rotten!
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Transmigrating to Ancient Times to Survive 穿越古代苟生存
[No CP, no golden finger, transmigration, everyday family life] Liu Xiaoman, a modern office worker born in the 1990s, accidentally transmigrates into the body of Liu Xiaoman, a farm girl in an alternate dynasty. With no golden finger or System space to help her, she works with her family to sell food, open a shop, and raise livestock, growing wealthy together and helping their village prosper. "Hey, hey, hey, System, System, this is One-One, this is One-One, over." …No response. She clenches
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I Became a Wicked Farm Girl, Won a Man, Raised Kids, and Brought Prosperity to the Whole Family 穿成农门恶女，撩汉养崽旺全家
[Paralyzed husband + farming + food + raising children + pocket dimension] Shen Zhi transmigrated unexpectedly and became a vicious woman who abused her son and wanted to kill her paralyzed husband. Looking at her little boy, skinny and grimy, her older son, a born troublemaker, and her sickly, beautiful husband lying in bed, Shen Zhi sighed. With so many mouths to feed, she had no choice but to roll up her sleeves and get to work! Luckily, she had cooking skills and a pocket dimension, so she w
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A Military Marriage in the 1970s: The Chubby Army Wife Is Sweet and Soft 七零年代军婚，胖军嫂又娇又软
[Seeking adaptation for a short drama] [Period setting + military marriage + face-slapping + sweet romance + marriage first, love later + the husband’s long road to winning his wife back] After transmigrating, Su Mei goes from a senior doctor to a lazy, nasty military wife in a 1970s military compound. In her previous life, she had worked hard her whole life, only to die suddenly. Su Mei is determined to lie flat and be lazy this time around. But when she sees the original owner’s situation, she
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He Kills, Never Saves: This Taoist Is Wickedly Righteous! 只杀不渡，这个道士正到发邪！
[Supernatural + Mazu + folk customs + deity processions + Guanjian Shou + yin-yang taboos] People in Fujian often say, “If the powers above won't agree, just ask Mazu.” Born with an extremely weighty fate, Lin Haien was conceived on Qingming and born on the Winter Solstice. He has a yin-yang constitution and a spirit-sensitive body. Lost souls and wandering ghosts torment him, all hoping to take over his body and replace him. To give him even the slimmest chance of survival, his midwife grandmot
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After a Down-and-Out Writer Was Hit by a Car, He Somehow Returned To 落魄作家被车撞后，竟然回到了
"When the wounds of childhood are reopened, will we still have the courage to face the truths buried beneath them?" Down-on-his-luck writer Liu Shisan scrapes by on the edge of the city, pushed to the brink by debt, loneliness, and writer's block. A sudden car accident sends his consciousness plunging deep into his memories, back to Canglang Village in late autumn, back to the turning point when his grandmother coughed up blood, his close friend Yan Yang left, and his mother suddenly returned.
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It's Hard to Stay Alive in Ancient Times 古代活着好难
The rating is a little low right now, but it should gradually rise. What can an ordinary person do after transmigrating to ancient times? Just try to survive! But living well is really hard. Still, you can't die a second time just because things are difficult. So let's see how our heroine, Zhang Wenwen, faces every hardship and makes a good life for herself in this ancient world, while planting the seeds of equality for women. Many readers have said the pacing is a little slow at the start, so i
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A 1980s Military Marriage: After I Transmigrate into a Book, I Become the Courtyard’s Dream Girl 八零军婚，穿书后成了大院白月光
A genius girl from a family of doctors transmigrates into a period novel by accident, becoming the vicious female supporting character. Ye Xiaoxiao is the Hao family's fake heiress. Raised in a military compound in the capital, she is the apple of every young man's eye. But when she turns seventeen, the real heiress returns, and the wheels of fate begin to turn. The apple of everyone's eye becomes yesterday's leftovers. Her admirers switch their allegiance, and compared with the inspiring heroin
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Divorced and Remarried, I Became the Rough-Hewn Man’s Darling 离婚再嫁，我成了糙汉老公心尖宠
When Ban Xia woke from a dream, a flood of information suddenly filled her mind. She discovered that she was living in a book, and that she was the mother of the story’s great villain, a man who had secretly loved the heroine but could never have her. In the book, she was merely a passing character, mentioned in a single line when her grown son learned the truth. Yet that brief mention summed up her entire life of suffering. Her son was taken away, she miscarried and became infertile, her husban
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The Little Beauty Came Knocking, and Marshal Nie Keeps Her in His Arms and Spoils Her Every Day 小美人送上门，聂帅护怀里日日宠
[Fictional Republic of China setting, reborn, extremely powerful male lead, heroine who dares to kill] [Thank you for coming, for staying, for your recognition and appreciation, and for your kind reviews and support.] Yu Yin wrongly hated a powerful man she couldn't afford to offend, and held a grudge against him for the rest of her life. She spent her life feeling guilty, doing everything she could to make amends to the devoted husband who had treated her with unwavering love. Only when she'd e
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Pregnant and Heading to the Countryside: The Big Shots Are Fighting to Be the Baby's Dad! 挺孕肚下乡，大佬们争当娃他爹！
On her way to meet someone for a new relationship after her divorce, Wei Yuxuan suddenly fainted and had a dream. In the dream, she was the original heroine of a novel whose fate had been changed against all odds by a woman who had transmigrated into the book. The hero was her ex-husband, Xie Yanzhi, and the transmigrated woman was her stepsister, Wei Yuan. Three generations of the Xie family had served in the military. They were a prominent family, and Xie Yanzhi himself was a gifted young man
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The Sweet and Sassy Eighth Princess: Kangxi and His Nine Sons Spoil Her Rotten 甜飒皇八女，康熙和九龙玩命宠她
Ruyi is a university student in the 21st century and an avid bookworm, especially fond of Qing-dynasty transmigration novels. She never expected it to happen to her, and she transmigrates into the body of the Kangxi Emperor’s Eighth Princess, just moments after her birth. The Eighth Princess? She’s the daughter of Noble Consort Tongjia, who died just days after birth, before she could even be given a name! Seriously, how can a transmigrator end up with such a miserable fate? Luckily, she has a S
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She Exudes Tea, and He Spoils His Wife Without Limits 茶香四溢，爷他宠妻无度
[Qing Dynasty transmigration + Fourth Prince faction + Household and Palace Intrigue + Empress + Yinzhen + Sole Favorite + Multiple Births + Childbirth] Ultimate goal: Work to ensure English classes are never introduced in future generations. Lin Mingyan: “Wow, my lord, you’re amazing. I could never hit something that hard~~~” Inwardly: Amazing, my ass! This is the only decent outfit I own, and now you’ve splattered it with something unmentionable! Lin Mingyan: “As long as you visit me from tim
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The Matriarch Worked Herself to Death, Then Was Reborn to Raise the Kids and Take It Easy 主母操劳而死，重生后养崽摆烂了
[Both reborn + swapped lives + household matriarch + stepmother raising children + physician consort + powerful heroine and satisfying revenge + inner-family strife + adorable children] Shen Qinglan discovered that she and Shen Qingli had both been reborn! In her previous life, Shen Qinglan married into the Li family of Longxi and helped the second branch's eldest son rise to success, until he became a high-ranking official and she lived in splendor! Shen Qingli had only recently married into th
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Qing Transmigration: My Son Is So Outstanding, I Become Empress After Being Made a Side Consort 清穿：儿子太争气，侧福晋封后了
[Alternate-history Qing Dynasty transmigration + spiritual spring space + sweet romance, no angst + doted on exclusively in the later chapters] Transmigrating as Geng Shi, Yongzheng's Consort Yu, Geng Jinghan puts winning his heart first and seducing him second. Fourth Master: “Bear me a son and I'll promote you to Side Consort.” Geng Jinghan: “What if I give you two sons?” Fourth Master: “What do you want, Han'er?” Geng Jinghan: “Be crazy about me, mad for me, and bang your head against the
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I’m Just a Concubine, So Why Is Everyone Clinging to Me? 我是小妾哎，怎么都来抱我大腿？
[Main Story Complete] Ye Qingzhi, an overworked office drone, transmigrates into the body of a concubine in the Jiangyang Marquis’s household. Since she’s here, she might as well go crazy. Being a concubine is just changing workplaces. She doesn’t need to get emotionally involved. She can simply treat herself like a tool. Ye Qingzhi’s career goal: convince both the marquis and the principal wife to take responsibility for her and protect her. Ye Qingzhi’s workplace motto: Life is short. We’re al
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My Husband Doesn’t Like Me? Does That Stop Me from Becoming the Mistress of the House? 夫君不喜我？耽误我做主母吗
[An Aristocratic Lady Tears Apart a Transmigrator + Reborn + An Idyllic, Leisurely Life as the Mistress of an Ancient Estate] Lu Lingjun and her legitimate younger sister, Lu Hanyi, were both reborn. In their previous lives, Lu Lingjun married the second son of a sixth-rank civil official, while her younger sister married the heir to a marquis’s estate. Everyone said her sister had made the better match. But who could have guessed that Lu Lingjun’s husband would become the prime minister and sec
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The Second Spring of an Older Concubine 大龄侍妾的复宠日常
[Palace and household intrigue + raising children + food + everyday life + not chaste, but doted on] Su Tang transmigrated into the body of a concubine of Xiao Jingrong, Heir of the Prince of Zhaonan, with a two-year-old toddler in tow. The original owner had let herself go, behaved crudely, and was even older than the heir. He had long since forgotten her, leaving her to languish in a corner. Su Tang figured that was just fine. She wouldn’t compete for his favor or make the first move. But then
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A Novel-Trapped Side Character Who Only Wants to Farm 书穿女配她只想种田
When Gu Miaomiao wakes up, she has transmigrated into a book and become a tragic cannon-fodder supporting character. A substitute bride? Not happening! She just wants to stay away from the heroine and tend her fields in peace. What's not to love about fertile land and delicious food? Wouldn't it be wonderful to find a good husband and enjoy a wealthy life in the countryside? Her fiancé is sickly? No problem. He's a future golden ticket, so holding on tight is the way to go!
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I Transmigrated to an Era of Famine and War with a Few Acres of Land 带着几亩地，穿越到饥荒战乱年代
(Alternate history + spatial powers + fleeing famine and war + fighting for the throne + decisive and ruthless + a little palace intrigue) Ye Yutong has transmigrated! She's landed in a novel once written by her college roommate, set in an unknown dynasty during a time of famine and war. In the original story, the heroine is her cousin, while Ye Yutong is the wicked supporting character who competes with her for the male lead. Not only does she get thoroughly humiliated, her family is dragged do
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After I Transmigrated, I Focused on Helping Dad Build His Career 穿越后一心帮爹爹搞事业
[Completed + Making Money and Building a Career + Family United + Beloved by Everyone] In her fourth year since being born into this world, Xiao Mingjia finally realizes that she's transmigrated into an old-fashioned tragic romance novel. But she's too late: the original plot is already over, and the heroine is dead. What's more, her father is actually an NPC in the original novel??? What can she do? Stay far away from the plot, of course! A simple-minded father, a frail mother, an innocent olde
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Transmigrating Through Space with a Supermarket to Become a Mom 空间穿越：带着超市喜当娘
This is a story about a woman who transmigrates with a supermarket and unexpectedly becomes a mother. When Gu Qingling transmigrates and sees her enormous belly, she has no idea who the father is. No matter. She raises the child on her own, makes money, sells supplies, and builds a fortune. Just as she is enjoying her happy little life, a devilishly handsome man suddenly appears, claiming to be the child's father. Gu Qingling says, “You say the child is yours, so that makes it yours? I’m the chi
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