Highly Rated Romance Novels, Both Modern and Historical, With Intelligent Leads 求高评分的言情，要现代文和古风，主角不能弱智

1. 1 心 Cherished Darling 心肝宠 Jiu Ling九棂Modern Romance2.0M WordsCompleted (Top-tier wealthy family, a modern Jiangnan beauty as the heroine, an obsessive male lead, the heroine pursues him at first, then he spoils her relentlessly, devoted to each other, happy ending) For the sake of the child in her belly, Lu Zhiling was forced to marry an obsessive tycoon. Everyone thought she wouldn’t live long enough to give birth. To stay alive, she began winning him over. Before she knew it, she had become the apple of his eye. Later, she prepared to run away. His car was perche 101.2kReads9.5Score10.1kShelves

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   Hearing this, Bo Wang, who had been silent all this time, chuckled lowly, swallowed the blood in his throat, and slowly turned his head to look at Zhou Jin. His bloodshot eyes were full of evil and arrogance, which completely covered up the weakness. "It's worth it. I'm doing things for my woman. What's not worth it?" A heroine with a high level of commerce and a loyal hero, it's worth a look. I read it repeatedly during the book shortage.

2. 2 何 Why Not Sail Together 何不同舟渡 Xian Yuke羡鱼珂Ancient Romance483k WordsCompleted "The print edition under the same title is available to buy online" [No golden finger, no transmigration, no rebirth. A pure historical romance about family and country, with high-IQ espionage and political intrigue] [A double agent undercover + a petty thief who grows: a lone wolf plays a game of raising a rabbit, gives her fangs, then insists they run away together] In a chaotic age, she is a thief worth less than a blade of grass, willing to do whatever it takes to stay alive. She steals ten 152kReads9.7Score60.6kShelves

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   As the old saying goes, 1V1 HE tends to be a group portrait and has a powerful strategy. The male protagonist drives the female protagonist's growth path to a steady improvement. Each character is vividly created, and the supporting role has its own complete story line instead of being a single tool. There are equally matched opponents. Each character is vividly created, with flesh and blood and emotions.

3. 3 穿 Book Transmigration: I’m Really Not Here to Save the Villain 穿书：我真不是来救赎反派的啊 Sweet Melon甜甜的瓜Modern Romance530k WordsCompleted [Under Contract for Publication + Sweet Transmigration into a Book + Mutual Redemption + Both Pure, Happy Ending] [Goofy, Lovable Beauty x Gloomy Mute Boy] Shen Xi transmigrated into the body of a vicious supporting actress. System: “Make sure Lu Jingming, the future villain, turns evil, and you can go home.” Shen Xi, sprawled out like a lazy fish: “Sorry, this broke girl doesn’t want to go back. I’m perfectly happy being a rich young lady.” System: “I’ll kill you in three days.” Shen Xi, spring 13.3kReads9.4Score1.9kShelves

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   I watched it a long time ago. It's really good. Especially the heroine's brother. The two of them get along very well. The hero is pretty, strong and miserable. The heroine feels like she's time-traveled, but it's not an ordinary time-travel. You can go and see it. The protagonists are all brainless and quite normal. I really want to see it.

4. 4 什 So What If I Lack Morals? I’m Already Number One in All of Jiuzhou 什么仙道天道？呵！我修的是杀道 Jiang Xiaoyan姜小言Ancient Romance3.3M WordsOngoing [Print edition out September 12 + refuses to look back + satisfying growth story + ensemble cast] In her past life, Wanwan died at the hands of her master and six senior brothers, pierced through the heart by seven swords and left without a whole body. Her master only loved her little junior sister, and her senior brothers only doted on her. When the little junior sister lost her Golden Core, they dug out Wanwan's to replace it. When the little junior sister was wronged, Ye Wanwan was made to su 162.8kReads9.4Score13.7kShelves

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   [Title: Being dug for the golden elixir and pierced by seven swords? She was reborn and tore up the fake white lotus, and her heavenly five spiritual roots blew up the entire world of immortality!] In her previous life, she was the number one genius of the Supreme Sect, but her master and fellow apprentices poached her golden elixir. She was stabbed through the heart with seven swords and fed to dogs - just because her junior sister Ye Qian wanted her golden elixir to be repaired! After being reborn and returning to the third day after the pill was mined, Ye Wanwan smiled. "Everything you gave me will be returned to you!" She deposed her cultivation in public and broke her Dantian. Looking at the stunned faces of her master and brothers, she turned around and untied the sealed five spiritual roots of Tianpin - three days of refining Qi and three months of foundation building. Others had trouble cultivating one spiritual root, but her Five Elements fellow cultivators crushed powerful enemies! "Seventh Senior Sister, just admit your mistake, and Junior Sister will forgive you~" White Lotus Ye Qian cried and pretended to be innocent. Ye Wanwan slapped her back: "Do you admit? Do you admit that your elixir formation is unstable and framed me? Do you admit that you hypocrites cut out my golden elixir?" Master is putting pressure on me? "You are not worthy of being a teacher!" Senior brother is showing favoritism? "Two slaps, I'll pay back your interest back then!" Is the sect going to lock her into Black Water Prison? She smashed the jade plaque passed down from her own family and said, "I won't wait in this dirty place any longer!" On the top of the Xuanbing cliff, the wind was as sharp as a knife. She looked at the people chasing after her and smiled wildly: "I, Ye Wanwan, will never acknowledge this dirty pot!" The moment she jumped down, the five heavenly spirit roots shone brightly - no one knew that this jump was not the end, but the beginning of the killing path! Click to see how she counterattacked with her five spiritual roots, trampling all her enemies under her feet and making the entire world of immortality tremble!

5. 5 重 Reborn, I Become My Arch-Enemy's Living Widow Sister-in-Law 重生后，我成了死敌的活寡嫂子 Two Times Four Means Prosperity二四得发Ancient Romance517k WordsCompleted [Both leads are reborn + sister-in-law and brother-in-law + an aloof beauty brought down from her pedestal + emotional push and pull + winning her heart and her body + devoted couple] The Eastern Palace has no crown prince, and the princes are locked in a fierce struggle for the throne. Ning Miao and Yan Mobai are the top strategists of their generation, each serving a different master. They cross paths over a map of iron mines and kill each other. Only after her death does Ning Miao learn tha 40.4kReads9.4Score6kShelves

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   One of my favorite books😭😭😭 The male and female protagonists are equally matched. There is no saying that one is stronger or weaker than the other.

6. 6 癫 Crazy, All Crazy, A Little Madness Is Good 癫，都癫，癫点好啊 Little Salt小盐子Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Super-Sweet 1v1]+ [Silly Humor and Memes]+ [Showbiz]+ [Dating Variety Show]+ [Face-Slapping] [Unhinged Actress vs. CEO with a Mind of His Own] Betrayed by her scumbag boyfriend, she transmigrated into a book and was immediately stabbed and sent to the hospital by an extremist shipper. Xie Mi went berserk on the spot, spouting wild claims in the livestream. “Come on! Stab me! All of you, stab me! I'll blow up the Earth!” A passerby who had wandered into the livestream nearly fainted. Okay, okay. 369.6kReads9.8Score54.8kShelves
7. 7 成 What on Earth Is This? Complete in Two Volumes (The Original Novel Behind the Hit Drama Starring Wang Churan and Cheng Lei) 成何体统：全二册（王楚然、丞磊主演热播影视剧原著） Qi Yingjun七英俊Anime Fanfiction314k WordsCompleted What is it like to transmigrate into a web novel and become the tyrant's bedmate? After a few simple calculations, Yu Wanyin reached a conclusion: she would have to find another way. In this story full of villains, if she wanted to carve out a path to survival, she had to become the biggest villain of all. First, help the tyrant take down Prince Duan, then take down the tyrant and become empress herself. But when she met the tyrant and carefully considered the strange sense of familiarity in his 38.9kReads9.7Score6.1kShelves
8. 8 瞒 Behind My Ex-Husband's Back, I Marry the Crown Prince of Beijing's Elite Circle! 瞒着前夫，我二嫁京圈太子爷！ Sanyingli三樱里Modern Romance489k WordsCompleted Three months after Ruan Wan got married, a crowd of suitors suddenly appeared out of nowhere. A rich young heir confessed his love to her. A scheming pretty-boy was willing to be the other man for love. A top-tier star declared his love for her in public. But when she actually got divorced, all those men vanished. * At her ex-husband's wedding, Ruan Wan saw those “suitors” again. They discussed her casually: “Ruan Wan? We were just having a little fun with her.” “If it weren't for making things 21.5kReads8.9Score3.3kShelves
9. 9 女 I Fled in Disguise as a Man, and Now Master Bo Is Hunting Me 女扮男装出逃后，我被薄爷通缉了 Ye Jingyi夜京亿Modern Romance2.0M WordsCompleted You Li is the useless little pet Lord Bo keeps at home. He can’t fight or talk back, and he’s soft, timid, and great at acting cute. Lord Bo has just two rules for Young Master You: be home by eight, and dating is fine, but don’t cross the line. Lord Bo is too busy guarding against girls to realize the person he should really be watching out for is a man. You Li is pregnant! Lord Bo admits he was blind. All these years, he never realized You Li was a woman pretending to be a man. That day, with 11.9kReads9.4Score1.6kShelves
10. 10 地 Two Menaces from the Underworld Have the Whole City Eavesdropping on Their Gossip 地府两祸害，惹得全城偷听八卦 The Fishpond Owner Likes Fishing鱼塘主要钓鱼Ancient Romance662k WordsCompleted [Eavesdropping on Inner Thoughts + Golden Finger + Everyone’s Favorite] Note: There is a male lead! The Underworld has two great nuisances: one is a flower, and the other is a book. After the Book of Life and Death, which governs all things in the world, gained sentience, it took advantage of its innate gifts to gossip all day and do no work. After a thousand years, a Manjusaka flower took human form. The King of Hell saw that she had potential and made an exception, appointing her as Granny Men 37.2kReads9.0Score3.9kShelves

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11. 11 当 Becoming the Internet Emperor and Living a Shameless Life 当网络皇帝，享缺德人生 Evil Mother Orangutan恶毒母猩猩Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [An electronic sycophant’s fan + a heroine who rules the internet like an emperor + a top-tier star who’s lightning-fast at picking up jokes] [Dating show + memes + face-slapping + super sweet] Ji Huanshu transmigrates into a tragic romance novel as its heroine. Her Actor boyfriend wants her to give up her heart and corneas for his gravely ill first love, yet refuses to make their relationship public. His fans assume she’s a desperate doormat, and she’s relentlessly attacked until she becomes th 38kReads8.9Score6.3kShelves
12. 12 三 Three Feet of Spring 三尺春【王嘉懋、李十七主演 短剧同名原著小说热播中！！！】 Evergreen and Everwhite长青长白Ancient Romance371k WordsCompleted The captivating beauty Li Shuwan, whose background is shrouded in mystery × the aloof, proud General Li Fengyuan, hard-mouthed but soft-hearted Ancient romance + premium novel + one-on-one romance + both leads' first love + sweet romance + mutual devotion + palace intrigue + simmering tension + secret crush + age gap + reunion after years apart When she was seven, Li Shuwan was brought back from the countryside to the General's Mansion, becoming Li Fengyuan's relative in name only. Knowing her 21.4kReads9.4Score2.9kShelves

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    This novel is beautiful!!! Ancient romance + fake brother and sister + two-way running + secret love + age difference + reunion after separation. - A novel setting of mistaken identity - The delicate transition from mutual dislike to acquaintance - The independent and wise heroine's breakthrough - Two-way growth over five years - The perfect balance between the righteousness of family and country and the personal relationship between children

13. 13 二 The Husky and His White Cat Shizun 二哈和他的白猫师尊 Meat Bun Won't Eat Meat肉包不吃肉Two Male Leads1.4M WordsCompleted [The audiobook adaptation of the same name, starring Gu Jiangshan and Sanshi, is complete. Tune in and give it a listen!] Mo Ran thought becoming Chu Wanning's disciple had been a mistake. His master was far too much like a cat, while he was like a silly dog wagging its tail and fawning over him. Dogs and cats can't reproduce together, and the silly dog hadn't wanted to reach out his fluffy paws toward that cat in the first place. He'd always thought dogs should be with dogs, like his senior bro 100.8kReads9.7Score19.9kShelves

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14. 14 意 I Called My Target’s Name While We Were Getting Carried Away 意乱情迷时叫错了攻略对象的名字 Ze Yin zern泽殷zernModern Romance21k WordsCompleted In the heat of the moment, I called my target by the wrong name: “Mr. Qiao, I really, really love you~!” The person holding me suddenly stiffened. “Who is Mr. Qiao?” I froze for a moment, then remembered that Mr. Qiao was my partner from the previous world. “Oh, silly me, it was just a slip of the tongue, Mr. Mo.” The man smiled at that, then his expression turned dangerous. “But my surname isn't Mo either.” 266Reads8.9Score—Shelves
15. 15 清 A Farewell to Quiet Joy 清欢辞 Wu Tong梧桐Ancient Romance96k WordsCompleted Xiao Qinghuan, daughter of the Marquis of Wuyang, was praised by everyone in Bianjing as a fine young lady from a distinguished scholarly family. She was beautiful, gentle, and charming. Before she had even come of age, countless young men from prominent families had come to ask for her hand, but she had not taken a liking to a single one. The man she loved was a peerless hero. “The young ladies in the capital are all pretty much the same, dull as dishwater. Especially the ones from scholarly fa 22.7kReads9.2Score2.4kShelves
16. 16 病 Spring Returns to the Branches of a Sick Tree 病树枝头又逢春 Sweet Melon甜甜的瓜Ancient Romance476k WordsCompleted [Print edition now available] Sang Nian accidentally climbs into the world of cultivation and becomes the vicious supporting female character who meets a tragic end in the book. System: Your mission is to marry the male supporting character, Xie Chenzhou, abuse him, humiliate him, and then get killed by him. Sang Nian: OK (brandishes little whip) (hits herself) (collapses with a thud) System: (silence) (stares at the sky) System: Mission changed. Win him over, or go mine coal. Sang Nian: (smiles 235.8kReads9.5Score34.4kShelves
17. 17 衔 Jade Between the Lips 衔玉 Evergreen and Everwhite长青长白Ancient Romance179k WordsCompleted [Delicate, Sickly Aristocratic Lady Lin Yu VS Cold, Tsundere Embroidered Uniform Guard Li Heming] [Historical Romance + One-on-One Romance + Household Intrigue + Secret Crush + Sweet Romance + Marriage Before Love + Devoted Hero + Happy Ending] The year Lin Yu broke off her engagement to Li Heming, rumors spread that she had done so because Li Heming had risen to become the Northern Commandant of the Embroidered Uniform Guard by stepping over the corpses of court officials. Lin Yu was frail, and 32.9kReads9.4Score4.4kShelves
18. 18 万 The Beloved Female Side Character Frowns, and the Villains of the Cultivation World Rush to Comfort Her 万人迷女配皱眉，修仙界反派追哄 Yan Qijiu颜七九Ancient Romance501k WordsCompleted [Sweet, charming heartthrob + romantic rivalry + transmigration-into-a-book System + absurd comedy + spectacular public embarrassment + one-on-one, multiple versions of the male lead] Yu Chu transmigrates into a cultivation novel as the vicious female supporting character, the most hated person in the story. To stay alive, she has to keep completing missions and use her acting skills to raise the villainous male leads' corruption levels. But as she plays her part, all nine villainous male leads 1.6kReads9.0Score217Shelves
19. 19 不 No Eavesdropping on the Emperor 不许偷听朕说话 Yin Zaishui尹在水Ancient Romance925k WordsCompleted An Jiu transmigrated into the body of a young palace maid who wanted to climb into the emperor’s bed. The moment she opened her eyes, the tyrant ran his sword straight through the maid who had tried to seduce him. The next day, the tyrant killed a senior maid who served one of the consorts. On the third day, a maid who tasted the emperor’s food died from poison. Being a palace maid was a high-risk job. An Jiu decided to work hard, save up, cherish her life, and stay away from the tyrant. But the 81.3kReads9.4Score14.5kShelves

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20. 20 觅 In Search of Beauty (Two-Volume Set) 觅娇（全2册） First Sight Brings Joy一见喜Ancient Romance294k WordsCompleted Song Mijiao, the most beautiful woman in Jinling, has an impressive family background, talent, and looks. Suitors flock to her in droves. But her father is thrown into prison, and her family falls from grace overnight. Song Mijiao goes from a noblewoman of high status to a nobody, while the fiancé once praised as her perfect match shoves a letter of annulment in her face. Worse, people who had always envied her beauty and family connections come up with a scheme to send her to a sickly man as a 14kReads9.2Score1.5kShelves
21. 21 宠 He Spoiled His Concubine and Neglected His Wife. Reborn, I Broke Off My Engagement to the Scumbag and Married the Prince 宠妾灭妻，重生我退婚渣男嫁王爷 Zhi Zhi之知Ancient Romance640k WordsCompleted The physical book is available on all major platforms. Formerly titled Riding the Phoenix. [Reborn + Powerful Female Lead and Male Lead + Nation and World + Political Schemes] Before the age of seventeen, Shen Yu was the legitimate daughter of a military family who could wield a blade and charge into battle. After seventeen, she became the frail wife of Jiang Manor's Vice Minister Jiang. Her father and brothers died in battle, and the entire Shen family was honored for their loyalty. Bearing 108.4kReads9.5Score15.5kShelves
22. 22 炙 Burning Hot! 炙热沦陷！ Jun Buqi君不弃Modern Romance329k WordsCompleted (The print edition, titled Song of Sheng, is now available, and the online comic of the same name is complete.) [Flirty Romance]+ [Reborn School Life]+ [Mutual Healing]+ [Obsessive Sweet Romance] A striking, warm, and gentle girl with vivid features × a brooding, handsome, and rebellious young man Only when Shengge was dying did she learn that a boy had loved her with all his heart. The first time they met in her previous life, the carefree boy asked her, “Hey, new student, what's your name?” Sh 41.7kReads9.6Score5.2kShelves

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    All romances have a score of 9.4 Or above. Life is hard enough. Let's try something sweet. Basically, all of them are second-guessing. The plots are not brainless plots. They are a little bit sadistic in the process, but the endings are all HE

23. 23 交 A Game of Deals: He Falls First 交易游戏，他先沉沦 A Piece of Young Ginger一颗仔姜Modern Romance532k WordsCompleted [Brothers competing for her + possessive pursuit + layered secret identities + love and hate + revenge] [Seemingly sweet but secretly ruthless × playboy Crown Prince who only pretends not to care] 1. What does it feel like to watch the person you have a crush on fall for someone else? Years ago, Meng Jiuyi confessed her feelings to Xu Yanzhi. He politely turned her down, and later word got out that he had a girlfriend. Meng Jiuyi quietly wished him well and made up her mind to move on. Years 11.1kReads9.3Score1.4kShelves
24. 24 与 Joy with You 与君欢 Moonset月落Ancient Romance657k WordsCompleted [Palace Intrigue and Political Scheming + Marriage Before Love + Mutual Devotion] A young king and queen join hands to bring peace to the realm, brimming with ambition! A sinister, calculating ruler versus a clever, decisive queen: evenly matched, they win the world together! Jiang He, daughter of an envoy from Qi, was forced to enter the palace as a servant after her mother died and her father disappeared. Then, just before the marriage alliance, the princess of Qi died a tragic death, leaving 28kReads9.5Score3.7kShelves
25. 25 沉 Sinking 沉坠 Ms. Gold金子女士Modern Romance405k WordsCompleted [Black-hearted poor girl from the slums vs. wild, world-weary boy] [Healing + Campus Life + Breaking Up and Getting Back Together + Reunion After Years Apart] [Each other’s first love, happy ending] When Lin Qiye was young, the words she heard most often were, “Stay away from that Lu boy.” She refused to listen. She secretly kept an eye on him behind everyone’s back, and when she was bullied at school, she openly asked him for help. Lu Chen did everything a person should do when they love someon 4.5kReads9.3Score626Shelves
26. 26 心 My Heart Flutters! There's a Beam of Moonlight in His Eyes 心动！他眼里有一束月光 Three Lives, Three Three叁生三三Modern Romance599k WordsCompleted [Signed for print publication] [Rebirth + School Life + Healing + Inspirational] Gu Hanzhang is reborn, returning to the beginning of her dark life. In her previous life, a devil set his sights on her and imprisoned her in a gilded cage where sunlight never reached, making her his plaything. Back then, she thought it would be worth it if sacrificing herself meant the people around her could live well. But in the end, she could never see her family again while they were alive; her mentor died in 35.8kReads9.5Score4.7kShelves
27. 27 迟 Mr. Zhou, Too Late 迟来的周先生 You Zhiyu, Author尤知遇 著Modern Romance561k WordsCompleted [Bold and passionate heiress vs. taciturn, devoted, domineering CEO] Jian Cheng had spent all twenty-four years of her life entangled with Zhou Yufeng. But with only three months to go before their wedding, Jian Cheng suddenly called it off. The reason? Zhou Yufeng thought she was vicious and couldn’t tolerate his mistress. Everyone thought she was just making a scene and would come crawling back to beg for a reconciliation in a couple of days. Zhou Yufeng thought so too. Until, at the Zhou fami 72.2kReads9.3Score7.9kShelves
28. 28 山 Beauty and Strategy in a Land of Rivers and Mountains 山河美人谋 Moonset月落Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Proud young lady who always gets even vs. frail, scheming Ninth Prince] Her fiancé was a total jerk, and he was planning to kill her to keep her quiet. Ye Jiao decided to strike first and find a scapegoat while she was at it. She thought the scapegoat would be a transparent, sickly “living corpse,” but rumors were misleading. He was clearly a two-faced, deeply cunning Ninth Prince. After Ye Jiao used the Ninth Prince’s name to punish her scumbag fiancé, Li Ce, the real Ninth Prince: “Miss, I be 21.5kReads9.5Score3kShelves
29. 29 燃 Burning 燃烧 Ms. Gold金子女士Modern Romance286k WordsCompleted [Signed for publication] [Healing / youth and school life / rekindled love / devoted to each other / happy ending] [Clear-eyed temptress / wayward man who comes back] [Song Huan / Wen Keyi (Wen Zhi)] When Song Huan was sixteen, she met a young man at Pudu Temple. His features were cool and aloof, and he carried himself with an air of superiority. Song Huan asked what he was praying for. The boy answered with just two short words: "Save myself." Those two words were the only thing that kept Song 28.5kReads9.5Score4.1kShelves
30. 30 沉 Sinking into Rouge 沉沦胭脂色 Yue Manman月蔓漫Modern Romance705k WordsCompleted [Ruthless courtship + marriage first, love later + the regretful chase] That stormy night, kidnappers were right behind Gu Ci. She clutched the crisp suit trousers of the man in front of her. “Please, save me...” Jiang Qiyun stood beneath his bodyguard's umbrella and kicked her fingers away with the tip of his shoe. “Why should I save you?” She gritted her teeth. “Save me, and I'll do anything you want.” Jiang Qiyun crouched down with an air of refined aloofness, pinched her chin between his fin 19.6kReads9.4Score2kShelves
31. 31 误 Lost in the Exquisite Bedchamber 误入玲珑帐 A Cat, A Dog, and a Glass of Wine一猫一狗一杯酒Ancient Romance678k WordsCompleted The print edition is available on major platforms. [Pure historical romance + devoted couple + strong female lead + marriage before love + political intrigue + household rivalry] [Long-suffering princess of a fallen kingdom] X [scheming, rough-hewn prince] [Original title: The Enigma of Linglong] “A historical-romance version of Mr. and Mrs. Smith: outwardly united, secretly plotting against each other.” To seize power, Linglong spent sixteen years disguised as a young master named Ling, studyin 8kReads9.3Score1.1kShelves

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