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Reborn in Xiangya Mountain: This College Student Is a Bit Wild 重生象牙山：这个大学生有点野
In his previous life, Liu Fei worked himself to death. Reborn, he gets into college and returns to Xiangyashan with a “Return Home System”! On his first day back in the village, Xie Guangkun mocks him for “never amounting to anything,” while Xie Yongqiang sneers that he should “go to the city and do odd jobs” instead. But Liu Fei leases a barren mountain and starts growing crops, invests in a livestock farm and becomes its owner, and helps Wang Xiaomeng turn her tofu workshop into a household na
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- 2 Reborn in Xiangya Mountain: Xie Guangkun Begs Me to Be a Decent Person 重生象牙山：谢广坤求我做个人 Reborn in the world of Country Love after a car accident, Chen Yi finds himself a penniless village loafer. The moment he opens his eyes, Xie Guangkun accuses him of stealing a chicken! At the critical moment, he activates the Heed Advice to Become a Sage System. Follow someone's advice, and he gets a reward. Xie Guangkun tells him to look for the chicken? He does as he says! He heads up the mountain with him and ends up finding a top-grade wild ginseng instead. He follows Zhao Yutian's advice a 874Reads5.0Score—Shelves
- 3 Country Love: Liu Neng’s Son, Liu Yu 乡村爱情刘能儿子刘宇 Liu Yu woke up to find himself not at home, but in a dormitory. Memories flooded his mind, and he realized that he was now a university student about to graduate. Just as he was getting ready to make his mark, he discovered that he had transmigrated into the world of Country Love as Liu Neng’s son, a character who didn’t exist in the original story. He had also awakened a System. Now he could only build his career in this world. 1.3kReads—Score—Shelves
- 4 The Prodigal's Redemption Begins in Ivory Mountain Village 浪子回头从象牙山村开始 "Rural Love: The Prodigal Returns", beginning in Ivory Mountain Village No System, just hard work! No machine-made filler, all handmade! A little comedy, with plenty of flavor! The plot is good, the plot is great. You’ll never forget it after reading! At the start of the new millennium, a rebellious, immature young man left a small village in Northeast China. After struggling his way through life, he finally made it big and reached the pinnacle of success. Overcome with emotion, he burst into te 1kReads5.6Score—Shelves
- 5 A Country Love Story: The Rake 乡村爱情之狂徒 My new work is here! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 2.9kReads6.7Score118Shelves
- 6 Rural Comeback: The King of Sign-In 乡村逆袭之签到为王 In 2024, 28-year-old security guard Zhao Yutian unexpectedly transmigrates into the role of Zhao Yutian in "Country Love" and acquires a dog-level sign-in System. Determined to change his fate, he launches new business ventures in Ivory Mountain. But jealous villains keep obstructing his expansion and damaging his relationships with the villagers. If he fails his mission, he will not only lose the System but also return to his former, uneventful life. Meanwhile, the System sets a tough objective 89Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Romance of the Countryside: I’m the Village Director of Xiangya Mountain 乡村爱情，我在象牙山当村主任 [Transmigration and rebirth, TV drama fanfiction, Country Love, lighthearted] Qi Dongqiang unexpectedly transmigrates into the TV drama Country Love, becoming Qi Santai's nephew, a character who never appeared in the original series. He heads to Xiangya Mountain Village to serve as deputy village chief. As it happens, the day Qi Dongqiang takes up his post in Xiangya Mountain Village is also the day his cousin Xie Yongqiang graduates from college... This blurb can't do the story justice. Please 1.4kReads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Rural Love: I Never Meant to Be a Casanova 乡村爱情：我真没想当海王啊 305Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Rural Love: Marrying Xiao Meng 乡村爱情娶小蒙 He enters the world of Country Love as Liu Neng’s son. What will happen when he arrives in Ivory Mountain Village? How will the plot unfold, and what changes will he bring to the village? 4.2kReads6.8Score113Shelves
- 10 My Name Is Liu Dapeng, and My Dad Is Liu Neng 我叫刘大鹏，我爹是刘能 [Feel-good wish fulfillment, Country Love, Country Love series, period setting, tycoon, urban daily life, urban farming, TV adaptations, light comedy, easygoing, a fusion with Northeastern rural TV dramas, village celebrities, transmigrate and reborn, alternate setting, Liu Neng, no System, entrepreneurship, romance, one female lead, stealing someone else's love interest, Wang Xiao Meng, Ivory Mountain, hot springs, vacation resort, m 3.9kReads5.8Score129Shelves
- 11 Rural Romance: Raising the Richest Man in Xiangya Mountain 乡村爱情，象牙山首富养成记 My new 2025 book, “Country Love: My Dad Is Liu Neng,” is out now! [Feel-good wish fulfillment, Country Love, Country Love series, period setting, tycoon, urban daily life, urban farming, TV series, light comedy, easygoing, Northeastern rural TV drama crossover, village celebrities, transmigration and rebirth, alternate universe, Liu Neng, no System, entrepreneurship, romance, stealing someone's love interest, Wang Xiaomeng, Ivory Mountain, hot springs, resort, Xie Guangkun, Zhao Si, Wang Laoqi, 8.2kReads8.2Score351Shelves
- 12 Country Love: More Children, More Blessings 乡村爱情之多子多福 Li Tian is a soul reborn into the world of Country Love after fate plays a trick on him. He loses his parents at a young age and becomes an orphan. But fate opens a window for him: his uncle Li Fu and auntie Xie Dajiao take him in. Li Fu may be a scoundrel in everyone’s eyes, but he cares for his nephew Li Tian in a very different way. He treats everyone badly except Li Tian, whom he loves with all his heart and regards as his own son. Kind and warmhearted, Xie Dajiao makes up for the motherly l 2.4kReads5.5Score100Shelves
- 13 Country Love: From the Start, Wang Xiaomeng’s Dad Is Hunting Me Down 乡爱：开局就被王小蒙她爹追杀 Reborn in the world of Country Love, Lin Muyuan is determined to break the curse of Ivory Mountain: “You can come, but you can never leave.” With a spiritual spring and extraordinary learning ability, he gets into Peking University and becomes a master physician. However, an unexpected turn of events makes him give up his life in Beijing and return to Ivory Mountain Village. How will he face the girls he let down six years ago? Wang Xiaomeng, who could barely eat or sleep for thinking about him 4.5kReads5.5Score160Shelves
- 14 Country Love: I’m Liu Neng’s Younger Brother, Liu Erneng 乡村爱情之我是刘能亲弟弟刘二能 He transmigrates into the world of Country Love and becomes Liu Erneng, the youngest son of Liu Neng's parents and a peer of Xie Guangkun. He spends his free time messing with the village's resident troublemaking patriarch, Xie Guangkun, then leads the residents of Xiangya Mountain Village to prosperity. After returning from university, suave and dashing, he marries Xiaomeng and uses his System to make his mark in Xiangya Mountain Village. 2.5kReads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Rural Love: The Marriage Swap 乡村爱情之换亲 The village looks peaceful, but undercurrents churn beneath the surface. Love, family affection, and illicit affairs intertwine to create a sweeping portrait of life. The beautiful village flower is forced to marry the poorest man in the village, and their story begins... 5.7kReads8.8Score475Shelves
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Country Love: Raising the Richest Man in Xiangya Mountain 3 乡村爱情，象牙山首富养成记3
[Easy, brainless power fantasy, fanfiction, Country Love, Xiang Ai, period setting, tycoon, urban slice of life, urban farming, TV series, light comedy, laid-back, country celebrity, transmigration and rebirth, fictional setting, Liu Neng, no System, entrepreneurship, swooping in to steal someone's opportunity, Wang Xiaomeng, Xiangya Mountain, hot spring, resort, mineral water factory, Xiaomeng Tofu Products Factory,
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Marching Out of the Ten Thousand Mountains to Reclaim Our Homeland and Expand Our Borders 兵出十万大山，复故土拓新疆
Liu Yongfu went up the mountain to gather firewood. In a dream, an old man told him that he was a mighty general who should defend his home and protect his people. When he woke, he also had a new set of memories from the future. Liu Yongfu decided that, besides defending his homeland, he should find the Han people a place to settle, help them survive more than a decade of war and natural disasters, and fight against imperialism... [Some parts of this story take liberties with history, or happen
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- 18 After the College Entrance Exam, I Used My Foresight to Become a Tycoon 回到高考后，利用先知成富豪 By a twist of fate, Chen Feiyu returns to the day after his class reunion, held after the college entrance exam. Using his information advantage, he makes up for past regrets. From the start, he sets his sights on the Brazil World Cup to earn his first fortune, then uses his expertise and memories to grow his money in the stock market. He also keeps in touch with his high school crush and his senior from university, wins the hearts of both beauties, and becomes a winner in life! 2.7kReads—Score104Shelves
- 19 That Foolish Girl Isn’t Foolish Anymore 那个傻子她不傻了 Lin Yao, a survivor who made it through the apocalypse, transmigrates one day into the body of a fool in an ancient village. Starving until her vision blurs, she can only drink some water to ease the hunger in her stomach... 14Reads—Score—Shelves
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Country Love: From the Start, I Catch Xie Dajia Cheating 乡村爱情：开局捉奸谢大脚
[Original Storyline] + [Country Love] + [Ma Dashuai] + [Liu Laogen]: a chaotic mashup. Gao Shun, also known as Shunzi from Country Love, is reborn. He returns to 2004, to the sound of cicadas that summer. In this life, he won't marry Wang Jinfeng or be a pushover. He'll take both money and power! Xiang Xiu, Xie Xiaomei, Yang Xiaoyan... all within his grasp.
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- 21 Country Love Story: The Godfather of the Countryside 乡村爱情故事：乡村教父 Protagonist: Lin Yi (the name he takes after transmigrating), 23. Formerly a planning director at an advertising agency in a major city, he transmigrates after a car accident into the body of Xie Guangkun's nephew. Orphaned, he goes to live with his uncle, Xie Guangkun, in Xiangya Mountain. Golden finger: the “Rural Godfather System.” By completing branding and planning missions, he earns skills and resources. His ultimate goal is to turn Xiangya Mountain into a nationally renowned rural brand. 574Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 The Springtime of the Village School Director 乡村爱情之教导主任的春天 When Chen Xu opened his eyes, the first thing he noticed was the distinctive damp smell of an earthen wall. Sunlight slanted through the wooden lattice window, and dust danced in the beam. He sat up and stared at the faded Zhongshan suit he was wearing, stunned for a full three minutes. Memories came rushing back: Chen Xu, a young city dweller from the twenty-first century, had worked all night on a project, fallen asleep, and woken up as Chen Xu, director of studies at an elementary school in X 778Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Country Love 19 乡村爱情19 A bizarre sequel to Country Love. A truly bizarre sequel, an exceptionally bizarre sequel, one that turns the traditions of Country Love upside down. It is full of laughs, and the characters are all wonderfully eccentric. 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Rural Romance: Working Together to Get Rich 乡村爱情之共同致富奔小康 Welcome to a very different Ivory Mountain Village! Transmigrated into the body of a nobody in Ivory Mountain Village, with memories of the future in hand, he makes a fortune of 100 million from the start! See how Huang Jiafu builds up industry, creates a beautiful countryside, and leads the villagers to prosperity! This novel draws on some plots and characters from Country Love, but its story differs from the TV series. Through villager Huang Jiafu’s entrepreneurial journey, it explores the lov 1.9kReads5.7Score103Shelves
- 25 Building Dreams in Ivory Mountain 筑梦象牙山 Transmigrating to Xiangya Mountain, I start by helping Xiao Meng sell tofu. I build wealth through fish farming, establish a cooperative, and lead the whole village to prosperity! Xie Guangkun praises me as a true dragon, Liu Neng says I really have what it takes, And the whole village follows me to a life of food and drink aplenty! 5.6kReads6.1Score233Shelves
- 26 Country Love: Returning Home in Glory 乡爱：衣锦还乡 After transmigrating into the world of Country Love, he becomes Xu Zhengchao's son. After graduating from high school, he leaves his hometown for the Magic City to find work. Four years pass before he returns. During those four years, Xu Jie uses the experience he gained in his previous life to save up enough money. Once he's made enough, he grows tired of city life and returns to Xiangyaoshan Village. 1.7kReads—Score—Shelves
- 27 Village Romance's Love Guru: Song Xiaofeng's Rise to the Top 乡村情圣：宋晓峰的逆袭人生 Thirty-eight-year-old Song Zhe woke up one day to find he had transmigrated into the world of Country Love, becoming the honest, slightly dim-witted Song Xiaofeng. Just as he lamented his cruel fate, a mechanical voice suddenly rang out in his mind: “Romance Master System bound!” —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 The Young Uncle Comes to Xiangya Mountain with a System 象牙山之小叔带着系统走来了 When he wakes up, Xie Tianyang finds himself lying on a kang bed in 2002. Before him is the big-backed TV from his grandparents' generation, and the calendar in his hand clearly reads June 16, 2002. He's actually transmigrated into the world of Country Love! To make matters even more absurd, he's become Xie Guangkun's younger uncle, with a seniority in Ivory Mountain high enough to crush anyone. Before he can process this surreal situation, a flower-patterned pig System munching on a cucumber po 515Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 A Happy Life in the Countryside 乡村之幸福生活 He transmigrates into the world of Rural Love. He marries Wang Xiaomeng. He develops Ivory Mountain Village. As for the village’s four notorious characters... He makes up for some of the people and events that he believes he can change. But sometimes, he has no choice but to use... 5.1kReads8.2Score201Shelves
- 30 Country Love: I Raise Pigs in Xiangya Mountain and Make a Fortune 乡爱：我在象牙山养猪致富 Transmigrate into the world of Country Love. Chen Feng is a man who was strutting around Xiangya Mountain before he had even been walking for very long. From the start, he returns after completing his studies. Faced with the different opinions of everyone in the village, Chen Feng decides to put his knowledge to use and get rich through farming and breeding livestock. Xie Dajiao: Auntie supports you! Wang Xiaomeng: I... like you! Zhao Yutian: Brother Feng, let's get started! Xie Yongqiang: Can y 3.6kReads5.7Score101Shelves
- 31 Village Romance: The Overbearing King Kun 乡村爱情之霸道坤王 Perhaps Xiangyao Mountain wasn't a village before... Maybe something happened... With no fathers or mothers, were they proof of humanity's moral decay, or of the Way's...? How did Xie Guangkun's love story unfold? Could it have been because...? Come see how the people of Xiangyao Mountain transform themselves! The end is where Country Love begins. Stay tuned! 204Reads—Score—Shelves
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Reborn in Xiangya Mountain, I Became Li Fu's Biological Son 重生象牙山，我成了李福的亲儿子
Also known as: “Reborn in Xiangyao Mountain: I'm Xie Dajia's Biological Son.” Reborn, I became the biological son of Li Fu and Xie Dajia from Xiangyao Mountain Village. After leaving to attend university and graduate, I returned to the village with the millions of yuan I had earned in college. I helped my parents reconcile, developed the barren hills of Xiangyao Mountain, built factories, and earned the villagers' affection. I even became an entrepreneur, and lots of girls fell for me. This is a
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- 33 The Whole Family's Darling: The Lucky Carp Is Here 团宠，锦鲤来了 [Everyone’s darling]+ [Adorable child]+ [Lucky charm]+ [Alternate setting]+ [Personal space] What? A white wolf delivered a baby girl? The Zheng family just had twins, a boy and a girl? Eggs are being laid in piles, and fish are leaping right onto people? The Zheng family’s luck has finally turned! She was once a little lucky carp in the lotus pond of Guanyin Bodhisattva. After biting through a lotus stem, she was punished with reincarnation. As soon as she was born, thieves stole her and abando 1.6kReads9.0Score229Shelves
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A Peaceful Farm Life: Farming Together Is Sweet, Too 悠然农家：男耕女织也很甜
[Ancient farming + slow burn + hunting + growing crops + food + a tiny bit of coastal foraging + a low-key pocket dimension + the whole family working together toward a better future + no awful characters (I don't think they're awful, though some readers do)] Modern Chinese medicine practitioner Jiang Yuanman transmigrates to a small village at the foot of Cloudmist Mountain in the Great Xia Dynasty. The village is blessed with beautiful scenery and clear waters, friendly neighbors, and a close-
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The Marquis's Wet Nurse Returns to the Countryside 侯府奶娘归田记
Zhao Nuan died unexpectedly while helping with flood relief. When she opened her eyes again, her soul had transmigrated into the body of another Zhao Nuan in an imaginary ancient dynasty. The ancient Zhao Nuan had also just survived a flood, and everyone in her family was dead except for her and her daughter. After escaping with her life, Zhao Nuan joined the refugees heading to the capital, carrying the original owner’s not-yet-one-month-old daughter. Along the way, she saw corpses strewn every
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A Mad Couple in the 1970s 七零年代疯批夫妇
Historical era + green tea schemer + obsessive love + unhinged + powerful lead + everyday family life + pocket dimension + food + healing + transmigrate into a book This is the story of two unfortunate souls saving each other. After transmigrating into the countryside as a little orphan, Ming Dai meets Zhou Sinian, a mad powerful man who loves wearing red headscarves. Under the protection of his reputation, she manages to establish herself in the village. Zhou Sinian was a cannon-fodder characte
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- 37 Before I Left My Husband and Child in the 70s, I Was Spoiled Rotten 回到七零抛夫弃子前，我被宠爆了 [Reborn + pocket dimension + rugged man + raising kids + sweet romance] Shen Yiyi was a professional villainess in the Quick Transmigration Bureau. On her final mission, she transmigrated into a period novel and became a vicious educated youth who was infatuated with the male lead, married the story's great villain, gave birth to three cannon-fodder sons, was lazy and difficult, and then abandoned her husband and children to return to the city. In the end, the male lead “carried out justice on H 29.5kReads9.3Score3.2kShelves
- 38 Back to 1990, Starting From My Youth 重回1990，从年少开始 When the male lead wakes up, he’s back in an era before his father died and his mother remarried. He’s determined to protect his family, expose the fake sweethearts, and kick the heartless old scumbags to the curb. He’ll also get rich and build a fortune, while turning his wife from his previous life into his childhood sweetheart. I’ll earn the money and support the family, while you stay beautiful as a flower. Wait, someone wrote a love letter to my little wife? Let me show you how I deal w 512Reads8.8Score101Shelves
- 39 Back to 1982: I Give an Aircraft Carrier to My Country 回到82：我为祖国献航母 [Alternate-Era Setting + Big Bro Who Cooks + Farming + Making Money + Heartwarming] Just after graduating from college, Jiang Feng is starting a business in a mountain village when he suddenly discovers that he can see a “countdown.” When the countdown reaches zero, he enters a world eerily similar to the historical year 1982. There, he becomes the ultimate big brother, doting on his younger sisters. With his knowledge of the future, he also sets out to build a business and make his fortune. Jus 2.2kReads8.7Score166Shelves
- 40 Reborn: Building a Business Empire 重生：缔造商业帝国 Ye Chen, who once possessed a personal fortune of 400 billion, is reborn sixty years into the past. That year, he was a penniless, worthless gambling addict. His wife, begging him to sign the divorce papers; his father- and mother-in-law, wishing he would vanish from the face of the earth; loan sharks threatening him with debt collection notices... Watch him use his knowledge of the next sixty years to turn the tide, lead the next great wave, and build an unrivaled global business empire! 51.5kReads9.1Score5.4kShelves
- 41 Reborn as a Dad, I Got Rich Selling Tea Eggs 重生奶爸，我暴富从卖茶叶蛋开始 (Rebirth + devoted husband and father + magical space + gourmet food + farming and business) After Lin Jue dies of a serious illness, he opens his eyes and finds himself back in 1999. In his previous life, his wife died a tragic accidental death, and his child succumbed to illness. Now his wife is still alive, and their two-year-old boy-and-girl twins are right there with them. There is still time to make things right! He vows to work hard and provide for his family, so they can all live a good 415Reads8.0Score100Shelves
- 42 Little Cripple, Open the Door. Your Husband Has Arrived 小瘸子开门，你的老公已送达 The rating just came out, so it’s rather low, but it’ll go up later, I promise! [Reborn seme + two male leads + mutual healing + heartwarming sweet romance + doting love] [Sunny, mischievous crybaby uke × dutiful, dependable fatherly seme] In his previous life, Ji Lingtai leapt to his death. In a world without Ji Lingtai, Zhuo Zhichuan saw no point in living. After being reborn, Ji Lingtai is still a little cripple. The little cripple is great in every way, just a bit of a nuisance. A timid litt 6.1kReads9.4Score905Shelves
- 43 Reborn as Dorgon: I Want Dorgon, Da Yuer, and Hailanzhu 重生多尔衮大玉儿海兰珠我都要 A modern soul transmigrates into the young Dorgon just as Nurhaci dies. He faces the desperate prospect of his mother, Abahai, being forced to die with her husband, while behind the scenes, Huangtaiji, Daišan, and other factions plot and scheme. Caught at the heart of this struggle for power, Dorgon draws on his knowledge of the future and modern way of thinking to try to change his mother's fate, seize the khan's throne, and unite the Great Qing. However, Huangtaiji and the other antagonists th 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 Bearing All Things: Feng Dajiao 生万物之封大脚 A modern agricultural science student transmigrates into Feng Dajiao, a barefoot village man in southern Shandong in 1926. Bound to a farm space with a spirit spring, he joins forces with women such as Ning Xiuxiu (played by Yang Mi), Ning Susu (played by Xing Fei), and Yin Zi (played by Lan Yingying) to defy fate and build an ideal home amid the chaos of war. Fan fiction. 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 Reborn in the Siheyuan: He Yuzhu's Road to a Comeback 重生四合院何雨柱逆袭路 He Yuzhu is unexpectedly reborn in 1955. At just sixteen, he faces his father, He Daqing, who is about to run off with the White Widow. Drawing on memories of his previous life, he exposes his father's plans on the spot and successfully forces him to leave behind the house deed and his job. He joins forces with his younger sister, He Yushui, and sets out to change the fate of being exploited by everyone around him. In the courtyard, Xu Damao, Qin Huairu, and other beastly characters try to keep 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 The Domineering CEO's Starry Love 霸道总裁之星河爱恋 In a near-future AI industrial park in Shanghai, Lin Wan is an AI engineer devoted to leading the development of an AI emotional interaction system, guided by the belief that technology should serve humanity. Shen Yan is a tech CEO who seems cold on the outside but is warm beneath the surface. However, Lin Wan mistakes his business tactics for proof that he puts profit above all else. When Shen Yan's company rejects her project over ethical concerns, Lin Wan angrily strikes out on her own. Shen —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 In All Things, I Am Fei Wengdian 生万物之我是费文典 The protagonist watches the TV series Sheng Wanwu and is so infuriated by Fei Wendian's cowardice that he curses at him. The curse triggers his transmigration into Fei Wendian. He makes plans in advance and rescues his childhood sweetheart, Ning Xiuxiu, leading Ning Susu to fall in love with this brave and extraordinary brother-in-law. A series of events follows. 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 Grandpa Reborn in 1925 爷爷重生1925年 My new work is now available! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 Reborn as Sixth Brother in Kite 重生风筝六哥 A stabbing pain shot through his skull, and Zheng Yaoxian suddenly opened his eyes. A familiar carved ceiling came into view, silk curtains hanging low as the faint scent of sandalwood filled the room. He sat up and looked around. This was his bedroom from his days with the Juntong, and on the wall still hung the words he had written himself: “Loyal and Brave in Service to the Nation.” “I'm... not dead?” He touched his chest. The bullet hole he had expected was gone, replaced by a strong, health 157Reads—Score—Shelves
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A Love Letter in the Loess 黄土情书
In 1982, a severe drought grips northern Shaanxi. Thirty-year-old village teacher Wang Pu squats on a cracked field ridge, clutching the betrothal money his mother has wrapped in red cloth. The last unmarried man of his age in the village has no idea his life is about to change that very night. When he rescues a young woman in a Lenin suit from a collapsed grain depot, the English copy of Jane Eyre in her suitcase tears open his stunted emotional world. When a village teacher’s love for a “troub
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