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Any Clever Novels That Are Satisfying to Read and Have Clear-Headed Characters? 有没有有脑看起来很爽，脑子通透的文

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1 The Commandery Princess Returns to the Capital, So Why Is the Entire Marquis’s Household Dead? 郡主一回京，侯府怎么死光了？ Dancing Sunflower跳舞的向日葵Ancient Romance607k WordsCompleted [Satisfying family-intrigue story + ruthless heroine + face-slapping the villains] Qu Ling was framed by her stepmother and left the Marquis's residence for six years. When she returned to the capital, happiness wasn't waiting for her. Instead, she was driven step by step to the brink of madness. In the end, she went mad and killed everyone in the marquis's household, paying for it with her own life. After coming back to life, Qu Ling took up her knife. She no longer needed to go mad to slaughte 44kReads9.2Score6kShelves
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Before her rebirth, even though she was trapped in a quagmire and struggling to move forward, she did not bow to fate. She single-handedly laid out the plan and trampled those who had hurt her. Her tenacity made people's blood boil. After her rebirth, she even opened up a "God's perspective", paving the way in advance step by step, killing directly, not only protecting herself, but also protecting important people under her wings, without any surprises in the whole process!
2 The Ultimate Sacrifice 终极献祭 Clouds of Rough Noodles Again又见糙面云Modern Romance819k WordsCompleted [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 38.4kReads9.4Score4.9kShelves
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The only book that kept me up late this year. I never thought that a book like this would appear in Tomato. Nowadays, there is a ceiling for sweet and sadistic sapiosexuality. I can't even watch anything else. The author has a profound literary background, which is not comparable to that of novice authors. The writing is divine and super delicate. The male protagonist is crazy in love, but not mindlessly crazy. The female protagonist is very attractive. After watching the movie, she not only fell in love with the male protagonist, but also fell in love with the female protagonist. Suitable for bookworms with good taste, unique and extreme pull, not cliché. The rhythm is very steady, it starts low and goes high, and it gets sweeter the further it goes. The plot takes off after ten chapters. Trust me, you will come back and thank me after reading it.
3 A Human Cage 人间囚笼 Yan Yizhi言一知Urban538k WordsCompleted [Not a wish-fulfillment story + extremely dark + oppressive and suffocating. Don’t read if you’re faint of heart.] When you’re nearing the end of your life, you can actually feel it coming. Just like right now. The closer that moment gets, the more you want to leave something behind in this world. But what should I leave? Assets lose value, and houses change hands. Nothing material can last forever. So perhaps I should tell everyone my story instead. I’m no good person. I just occasionally feel 124.9kReads9.5Score17.6kShelves
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This, babies, do you think you can understand it?
4 A Female Doctor's Country Romance 女博士的乡村爱情 Mu Ziyuanlin木子缘林Modern Romance180k WordsOngoing The heroine, Su Youyou, lost her family in a natural disaster when she was a child. A widowed woman from her village took her in. She worked hard, and after earning her doctorate, returned to the village to help its residents prosper. Along the way, she also found love. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
5 A Forty-Year-Old Single Mother's Journey to Love 四十岁单亲女人的爱情之路 Mu Ziyuanlin木子缘林Modern Romance102k WordsCompleted The female lead is abandoned by her husband and raises her twelve-year-old daughter alone. The male lead is a business tycoon who was betrayed by his wife and now lives with his thirteen-year-old daughter. The two form an unbreakable bond while out running one morning! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
6 A Forty-Year-Old Woman's Terrible Day 四十岁女人，糟糕的一天 Mu Ziyuanlin木子缘林10k WordsCompleted A Forty-Year-Old Woman's Terrible Day 4Reads—Score—Shelves
7 A Post-80s Delivery Guy's Extraordinary Love Story 八零后外卖大叔的奇缘爱情故事 Mu Ziyuanlin木子缘林Modern Romance147k WordsCompleted A business tycoon has just turned forty. With the intense workload, constant social engagements, and early mornings and late nights, a medical checkup reveals that his health is failing. He needs to exercise more and adjust his schedule, so he decides to set aside time each day to deliver takeout. This will help him get in shape while also allowing him to investigate market demand firsthand and guide his company's investments. While making deliveries, he meets the female lead. After several enco —Reads—Score—Shelves
8 I Loved You to the Bone 爱你爱到了骨子里 Mu Ziyuanlin木子缘林Modern Romance14k WordsCompleted I Loved You to the Bone —Reads—Score—Shelves
9 The Great Dao Crucible: From the Start, a Prince's Heir Plots to Seize the Throne 大道熔炉，开局王府世子谋夺帝位 Deadly Key绝命密钥Eastern Fantasy2.4M WordsOngoing The spiritual energy of the Desolate Domain has dwindled to its lowest point. The four great dynasties stand opposed, while sects and demonic cults stir restlessly. The great martial clans await the arrival of a golden age, while ambitious schemers have already begun plotting in secret. The old emperor is considering passing down the throne. He plans to hold a bloody trial to choose the strongest royal heir, recalling his princes from the battlefield and giving his grandsons hope as well. Just a 4.8kReads8.2Score334Shelves
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The protagonist goes from the crown prince to the emperor and then to the ruler of the world. It is worth watching.
10 The Crown of the Dark Moon 黑月光冠冕 Three Lives, Three Three叁生三三Modern Romance2.5M WordsCompleted [The first print volume is now available] [Sweet Romance in a Wealthy Family] + [A Forbidden Love Falls from Its Pedestal] + [Characters Awaken] + [A Chaotic Love Rival Showdown] “You are a cannon-fodder character in this world. Your character tags are: beautiful, vicious, and stupid. When you were eight, you were adopted by the Shen family, the most powerful family in Whale Harbor. The head of the family treasured you like a gem, but you joined forces with your villainous mother to scheme agai 191.2kReads9.5Score23.9kShelves
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🌈Perfect fit! I just started reading this book with the intention of giving it a try. To be honest, I thought it was a romance novel after reading the first few chapters. It wasn't until the drama world appeared later that the highlight moment of the whole book started. And I had to read it chapter by chapter, otherwise I really wouldn't be able to follow the chapter~
11 Transmigrated to Rome, Bound to a Consul's Powerful Patron from the Start 穿越罗马，开局绑定执政官金大腿 Speechless语噎Historical1.0M WordsCompleted [No System + Transmigrates in person + Character development + Hero in the early stages + Farming in the later stages + Tyrant who builds towers of skulls + Hunts down the first three major powers] This is the story of a modern college student who transmigrates to the final years of the Roman Republic, works hard, and ultimately establishes the Roman Empire and becomes its “emperor.” As the story unfolds, the protagonist grows from immature to mature, then becomes a warrior, a hero, and finally 2kReads8.8Score169Shelves
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It's slow but refreshing. The protagonist is smart and decisive. It's more interesting and less intellectual than the straightforward and reckless novels nowadays.
12 This Great Wei Could Just as Well Be Ruled by the Xiahou Clan 这大魏，亦可姓夏侯 Han Xiaochun Steals Ribbonfish韩小春偷带鱼Historical1.8M WordsCompleted In the late Three Kingdoms period, the realm is divided among three powers. The Wei imperial clan is dwindling, while the great families watch hungrily from the sidelines. Xiahou Xian is reborn as Cao Cao's grandson. As a third-generation official of Wei, he will never let the Sima clan seize the imperial throne in this life. Sima Yi: Even if I wanted to seize power, where are my trusted followers? And where are my sons? Sima Shi: Father, when will I be able to enter government service? Sima 12.2kReads8.9Score847Shelves
13 The Jin Army Besieges the City: Reborn as Emperor Qinzong of Song 金军围城，重生宋钦宗 Painting Lingyan画凌烟Historical3.2M WordsCompleted In the halls of government, rotten wood holds office. Between the palace steps, beasts feast on their salaries. Men with hearts like wolves and the ways of dogs crowd the halls of power. Toadies and bootlickers fill the ranks of government, bringing the state to ruin and the people to misery! You dare demand to know whether the sword in my hand is sharp? 162.7kReads9.4Score18.9kShelves
14 The White Bone Daoist Court 白骨道庭 Not a Minute to Spare兜里没有一分钟Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted Cultivate true energy, build the foundation of the Dao, and manifest the Yin Spirit. The unorthodox path makes seeking the Dao difficult: refine baleful energy, taint the soul, and seek freedom for a fleeting moment. The heterodox path is arduous too: evade earthfire, dodge astral winds, and give birth to the Yang Spirit. A master of the unorthodox path is reborn. In this life, I will establish a Dao lineage, nurture Dao artifacts, and suppress an entire age. 26.4kReads8.9Score2.2kShelves
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It's slow, but it's really a cool novel. The protagonist is smart and decisive. It's more interesting and less intellectual than the straightforward and reckless novels nowadays.
15 I’m the Only Living Person on This Forum 这论坛就我一个活人 Young and Unaccomplished, Yet Never Insecure年少无为不自卑Mystery735k WordsCompleted [New book, Make a Wish to a Ghost, is now available] [The printed edition of Strange Tales Forum is in production] [The short drama adaptation of Strange Tales Forum is in production] Gao Shen joined a strange tales forum by chance. The forum often posts eerie stories, describing every detail so vividly that they seem to have really happened. Users who reply seriously analyze the source of each incident and discuss how to deal with it. They even address each other as Heavenly Masters, Soul Tamer 65.4kReads8.7Score8.1kShelves
16 I, the Steadfast Golden Crow, Just Want a Wife and a Quiet Life! 我，稳健金乌，只想娶妻过日子！ The Empress Above女帝在上Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [Steady Everyday Life + Striving for Immortality + The Red Flag Stays, the Colorful Flags Flutter] In the primordial world, another era-ending calamity is upon them. The Wu Clan has grown too powerful, and no one can stand against them. If things continue this way, all living beings will be doomed. A gathering of ancient powerhouses and leaders of the myriad races assembles at the Sun Star. They plead with the Sun God, Fuguang, the only Golden Crow beneath the heavens and the foremost being belo 75.2kReads9.0Score5.8kShelves
17 Reborn to Rise Above the Crowd 重生之出人头地 Naonao Doesn't Like to Make a Fuss闹闹不爱闹Urban1.6M WordsCompleted This is a story set in Hong Kong in the 1950s. It was a passionate, turbulent era. In those fiery years, there were countless big bosses and their underlings, and no end to tales of lives tossed about by hardship. There were also countless beauties and talented people, and no end to tales of romance and passion. You could call it a dark age, a chaotic world where good and bad were all mixed together, but it was often an age in which heroes rose to prominence. 34kReads9.3Score3.5kShelves
18 The Daoist Black Code: I’ll Command the Six Caves’ Armies! 道门黑律，我要节制六洞兵马！ Aged Little Cabbage陈年小白菜Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsOngoing “The Great Emperor of the North Pole, Ziwei Yuxu, commands the stars above, governs the myriad laws in the middle, and rules Fengdu below. He is the lord of all the stars in the heavens, and the Northern Pole Exorcism Office is his duly appointed authority.” “Isn’t the Exorcism Office an internal Celestial Court department that judges matters involving ghosts and gods? Why call it a military bureau?” “Do you know what a ghost is?” “Isn’t a ghost just a ghost?” “The Taishang Tiantan Yuge says: ‘A 72.5kReads9.1Score7kShelves
19 Hou Liangping Investigates Me? He Loses His Wife and Gets Demoted! 侯亮平查我？折了夫人又被贬！ Potato Chips Lover of Lay's薯片爱吃乐事Male-Channel Fanfiction592k WordsCompleted [In the Name of the People + Han University Faction + One Heroine!] Reborn as Gao Yuliang's favored student and secretary, Cao Feng has no way back from the very start. With the Han University faction label hanging over him and a group of useless teammates at his side, he sets out on a desperate counterattack! Qi Tongwei, who dares to defy fate: “Old Cao, you're my best buddy. What are those monkeys and Chen Hai to me? Nothing!” Li Dakang: “I never imagined that a junior who started out as a sec 14.4kReads8.2Score351Shelves
20 After the System Bound the Wrong Person, My Cultivation Path Went Awry 系统绑错人后，我的修仙路走歪了 The Boss of East Street东大街一霸Eastern Fantasy2.3M WordsCompleted (Cultivation prodigy, decisive and ruthless, lighthearted, System, play the pig to eat the tiger, master of bullying the weak, fishing expert, multiple women) After transmigrating to a xianxia world, Qi Yuan never awakened a golden finger, but everything still went smoothly for him. He established his foundation in one year and formed his core in three. His peerless talent caused a sensation at the Taixuan Sacred Land, and he became its Daoist Heir at a young age, enjoying lofty status and unpar 114.2kReads8.6Score13kShelves
21 Passing Myself Off as a Langya Native 冒姓琅琊 Eastern Zhou Young Master Nan东周公子南Historical1.5M WordsOngoing (Also known as “The Matter of Me Pretending to Be a Nobleman of the Southern Dynasties”) To transmigrate isn’t a dinner party. It’s a deadly game at every turn. The south is beautiful, yet lofty ambitions often fade away. Since ancient times, the Southern Dynasties have been weak, their heroes short-lived. No golden finger, no System, and no second chance at life. Everything starts from zero! Original owner’s memories: none! Identity: none! Supplies: none! When transmigration becomes reality, ho 567.3kReads9.7Score65.4kShelves
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Some people are confused about this, because they can't even understand it.
22 One-Chapter Quick Transmigration: The Hapless Fool Flips the Table and Quits 一章快穿：大冤种掀桌子不干了 Cheese Doesn't Fall in Love芝士不入爱河Modern Romance668k WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration + putting scumbags in their place + a comeback + satisfying wish fulfillment + punishing ungrateful ingrates + no reconciliation after the fact] Ding Xuan is a beautiful, ruthless black-hearted lotus who loves only herself. She lives by the motto: If you don't cross me, I won't cross you. If you do, I'll wipe out your entire root. Even the System is afraid of her. Now that she's been handed the cannon-fodder script, naturally she'll repay every blow with a blow, and blood w 26.2kReads9.2Score2.2kShelves
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The style of painting is unique, and a revenge can be quickly concluded in one chapter, which gives a different kind of refreshing feeling [laughing and crying]
23 Selling Out Song Jiang from the Start: Outsmarting Ximen Qing's Family Fortune 水浒开局卖宋江，智谋西门庆家产 Huqitu呼其图Historical165k WordsCompleted 🔥 Black-on-black? No! It’s the Blackwind Emperor’s double conquest! Athlete Li Xiao transmigrates into Li Kui and, from the start, sells Song Jiang into a death-row cell. Then he grabs Ximen Qing by his most vulnerable spot: “Give me seventy percent of your wealth, and I’ll restore your virility. Deal?” A secret formula for kidney tonic drains the Ximen empire dry, while he turns Pan Jinlian into a deadly weapon at his side. As the fake-death drug is brought to Ximen Qing’s lips, he grips the b 45Reads—Score—Shelves
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These three fanfics are all pretty good, and I like the first one the best.
24 Water Margin: Emperor of the Realm, Lin Chong’s Path to Tyranny 水浒帝尊：林冲的暴君之路 Huqitu呼其图Historical49k WordsCompleted Transmigrate into Lin Chong? Kill Gao Qiu first, then marry Cai Jing’s daughter, and finally seize the Song Dynasty! From the start, it’s hell on earth... I, Lin Chong, an instructor of the Imperial Guard’s 800,000 troops? No, I’m a modern-day punk with dyed yellow hair and a souped-up bike who transmigrated here! Gao Yanei dares to harass my wife? I’ll smash his stupid head with one punch! Gao Qiu sets a trap for me in the White Tiger Hall? I’ll expose his scheme, kill Lu Qian on the spot, and 5Reads—Score—Shelves
25 Mount & Blade: Water Margin: From Twin-Tailed Scorpion to Peerless War God 骑砍水浒：从双尾蝎到无双战神 Huqitu呼其图Historical365k WordsCompleted Transmigrate as a Death Row Inmate? A Bloodbath in Dengzhou from the Start! The System Forces Me to Borrow Against My Life to Recruit Underlings! Xie Bao, a community doctor, is zapped into the hell of Water Margin by a shoddy computer. He wakes up as a death row inmate in Dengzhou, shackled and with his brother Xie Zhen lying nearby, on the brink of death! In this desperate situation, the [Mount & Blade Overlord System] activates by force, only to pull a ridiculous stunt right out of the gate 8Reads—Score—Shelves
26 My Homeroom Teacher Is a Jianghu Big Shot 班主任是江湖大佬 Lover of Ink and Rhyme墨韵爱人Urban394k WordsCompleted Tired of a life in the underworld with death at every turn, Chen Yan longs for peace and purpose. Though well-read and exceptionally skilled, he happens upon a notice saying that Dawn High School urgently needs a homeroom teacher for Class 10, Grade 10. He resolutely leaves his past behind and, armed with a forged résumé, knocks on the principal’s door. Faced with a class full of the school’s worst troublemakers, one that has terrified countless renowned teachers, the exhausted principal clings —Reads—Score—Shelves
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Yes, yes, it definitely looks cool
27 The Modern-Day Wild Wife of a Scheming Divine Lord 腹黑神尊的现代狂妻 Lover of Ink and Rhyme墨韵爱人Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Su Li, a modern-day girl, opens her eyes to find herself a lamb led to slaughter on a wasteland in another world. Penniless and utterly powerless, she faces the fangs of the lawless Xuantian Continent, where the strong prey on the weak. At death's door, she encounters Ye Jin, the Dark God Venerable, a peerless harbinger of doom who is just as battered and powerless as she is. He thinks she's as weak as an ant; she can't stand his cold, domineering nature. Yet fate binds these two together. Su Li —Reads—Score—Shelves
28 Wei: A Legend from Miaojiang 伟：一个苗疆的传奇 Qianlong Sheng黔龙生Modern Romance395k WordsOngoing After the feast, we went our separate ways, lost to one another. I have long lamented that this life has left me drifting like a tumbleweed. On his way home, Weige is in a car accident and unexpectedly enters another world, arriving in the unfamiliar ancient region of Miaojiang. There, the people of Miaojiang engage in a massive battle with Zhang Kaiguo, the prefect of Jingzhou. The Miao people are defeated and take refuge in a cave, but the tangled history of love and hatred between them and Zh —Reads—Score—Shelves
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Just listen to it and you will know, NetEase Cloud Music Qian Longsheng [smirking] Dear "secret" explorers, my new album "Secret" is finally released! From the written world of my novel "Wei - A Legend of the Miao Territory" to the flowing notes of "Secret" today, I feel as if I have personally carved out the blood-talisman stone wall deep in the Miao Territory, tearing apart the gaps in time and space with my music. This album is the coolness of Bing Xin Yuzhu, the weirdness of the whispers of the demon monk, and an epic of the changes in the world of martial arts. When the jade chime rings the thirteenth time, you will hear the awakening breath of the Miao Demon God. Get ready and dive into this secret realm where the netherworld and the human world are intertwined with me!
29 A Western-Obsessed Me Meets a You Born and Raised Here 崇洋媚外的我遇上土生土长的你 You Are Not My Everything你不是我的全部Urban174k WordsCompleted From worshipping all things foreign to protecting our culture, from conflict and division to integration and coexistence, this story seeks to explore how we can rediscover the roots of our cultural confidence in an era of globalization. Just as tea and coffee can share the same morning, tradition and modernity will eventually find a balance. 17Reads—Score—Shelves
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A good, high-quality novel that is as refreshing as the gentle breeze.
30 I Have a Lover in My Hometown 我在故乡有情人 You Are Not My Everything你不是我的全部Modern Romance289k WordsCompleted They are all ordinary people. Their language is the sort that accompanies everyday actions in real life: unconsciously, naturally, and simply, they speak of the things they intend to do and set about doing on the surface. They cannot reveal their inner essence or prove they have the right to act. Nor can they claim that the tragedy they belong to is free from the constraints of chance and the peculiarities of individual personalities. And they are even less able to reflect deeply and express the 1Reads—Score—Shelves
31 I Write Bestsellers in the Underworld 我在地府写爆款 Huqitu呼其图Mystery137k WordsCompleted Washed-up writer Zhang Yuan’an is crushed to death by a falling refrigerator at a post station, only for his soul to be hauled off by Ox-Head and Horse-Face to the Underworld’s novel-writing assembly line. If he can’t write a thousand hit novels, he’ll be fed to the “Inspiration-Hungry Beast”! Forced to start a new book, I Was Eaten by a Refrigerator at a Post Station, he is horrified to discover that its plot is playing out in the Underworld. A screen on the refrigerator displays completion rat 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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Take a look at these books. Especially Li Kui is very funny. Cool and clever.
32 Raptor's Devour 枭噬 Pure Lotus 57清净莲57Mystery221k WordsCompleted This is a crime novel about cracking down on organized crime and dismantling the protectors shielding the various factions. Detective Captain Zhang Xu takes on a murder case, and the suspect turns out to be his childhood friend, Long Jian. Long Jian is a crime boss in Binzhou City, with immense wealth and influence... 94Reads—Score105Shelves
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You will like this book after reading it!
33 Master of All Skills 全技大师 Crocodile Wontons鳄鱼馄饨Sports2.2M WordsCompleted What? A Supreme Immortal Aperture Physique? I only get one chance, and they made me this useless body? Damn it! No! I'm different from them. I have a hidden quest built in! 487Reads—Score—Shelves
34 The Cowherd Boy’s Encounter with an Immortal 牧童遇仙记 Young Master in Green青衫西少Eastern Fantasy212k WordsCompleted Qingshan Village is A Mu’s hometown. Outside the village lies a forbidden place, Misty Mountain, which is actually an entrance to the Immortal Realm. Qing Li, a disciple of the Nine-Turn Profound Sect, fell into demonic ways after peering into the forbidden art of immortality and was hunted by his fellow disciples into the mortal world. The Nine-Turn Resurrection Herb grows in the lowest level of hell, the Infinite Purgatory. It must be picked with a pure heart, or the herb will wither and the p —Reads—Score—Shelves
35 Sloppy Hormones 潦草的荷尔蒙 Young Master in Green青衫西少Modern Romance259k WordsCompleted A contemporary slice-of-life novel: urban romance, campus life, the workplace, and marriage. How fleeting life is! I just want to savor every moment to the fullest., Male lead: Qin Fang 2Reads—Score—Shelves
36 Bad Smoke 不良烟火 Young Master in Green青衫西少Modern Romance11k WordsCompleted Wayward Smoke —Reads—Score—Shelves
37 In the Name of Football 足球的名义 Young Master in Green青衫西少41k WordsCompleted In the Name of Football —Reads—Score—Shelves
38 The Death of Wu Da: A Record of Blood-Cherry Blossoms at Luojia 武大之死：珞珈血樱录 Young Master in Green青衫西少10k WordsCompleted The Death of Wu Da: The Blood-Cherry Chronicles of Luojia —Reads—Score—Shelves