I’m Out of Books to Read. Looking for Something Logical with Smart Characters 书荒了，想看点有逻辑有脑子的
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Offending the Imperial Daughter 惹金枝
(Film and television rights have been sold. The physical book will be available for preorder on July 10 at 19:00.) Shi Buyu was born smiling. At that moment, lightning flashed and thunder roared, collapsing a row of outbuildings in the Shi family compound. Days of torrential rain brought devastating floods and countless victims. Rumors soon spread through the capital that she was a disaster star sent into the world. But she was as precocious as a demon, with a photographic memory, and learned bo
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The Mighty Empress: The World Bows to Her 超强女帝，天下臣服
Xiao Chan, who possesses qi cultivation skills, transmigrates into the body of a baby girl. Because her father, the emperor, favors her, he raises her from childhood as his successor. One after another, her half-brothers appear in the harem, all vying for the one throne, but each is crushed by her, the legitimate eldest princess. Her talent and reputation become the greatest in the land. As schemes gather around her, men even volunteer to become her secret lovers. Commanding power and rising to
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Ten Days to the End 十日终焉
2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat
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The Dead Bride 死去的新娘
At the lavish wedding between my boyfriend and me, a strange man pushes open the doors and walks elegantly into the hall. Who is he? What does he want? Is he here to wish me well, or destroy me? When the man smiles and casually pushes me off the rooftop, I finally remember who he is. After destroying my life, fate grants me the chance to be reborn. If that's the case, I've decided never to bow my head and never to give up. Even if I have to fall into the deepest pits of hell, I won't hesitate.
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Marrying a Disabled Soldier: The Gorgeous Beauty Charms and Coaxes Him 嫁军婚残夫，娇艳美人撩他诱哄他
[Military marriage + marriage first, love later + doted on by everyone + no golden finger, your mindset determines your fate] [A cast story starring a great beauty who gets a villainess role without realizing it] In 1974, Yu Wan transmigrates into the body of an undocumented drifter, then uses her beauty to become the Qiao family’s stepdaughter. With a new identity, Yu Wan is overjoyed. The Qiao family members each have their own agendas, but they know the truth and keep quiet. Not long after Yu
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The 1970s: The Tough Truck Driver’s Shy Little Wife Steals His Heart 七零，货车硬汉的骗心小怂妻
The main story is complete. You can read the bonus chapters first and then the main story, or read them in order. [Marriage first, love later + fussy heroine + devoted relationship + both leads are each other's only ones + previous marriage and hidden hang-ups, don't read if that bothers you. An extremely imperfect cast! Definitely not a romance-obsessed heroine!] Clearheaded, beautiful, delicate woman + rugged, scheming man with off-the-charts EQ and IQ She loves putting on a show, he loves mak
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Urban Legends Invade: She Goes on a Rampage by Exploiting Hidden Rules 怪谈入侵：她靠隐藏规则杀疯了
[Dad is Dad. He’s holding a knife. Mom is Mom. She takes the knife from Dad. Grandma has just reached the doorway, her eyes filled with confusion and worry. The younger sister has only her older sister by her side, the older sister she loves most… And then? What happened? You’ve forgotten…] [Chosen One of the Dragon Kingdom: Welcome to the first rules-based horror scenario.] [Stage cleared! The Chosen One receives a supernatural value reward, while their bound nation receives national fortune an
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Even an Ordinary Person Can Succeed After Transmigrating 普通人穿越也能成功
From the start, two strangers who accidentally ended up together transmigrate with their bare bottoms exposed, covering themselves with leaves before getting stung in their most sensitive spots by hairy caterpillars. No System, no golden finger. They mainly rely on what they've learned online to make their way in the world, and the story wins on plot alone. Humorous and funny, with an emphasis on realism.
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A Song Dynasty Poetry Metaverse Epic: A Tribute to Three Lifetimes of Splendor 宋词元宇宙对抗史诗：三世风华祭
My new work is here! You're welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell the story well. Synopsis: Song Lyrics Metaverse: A Tribute to Three Lifetimes of Splendor The soul of poetry spans a thousand years, while fate winds through three lifetimes. This epic tale of the soul blends the spirit of classical poetry, the intrigues of business warfare, and virtual dreams to question where fate leads. On the Qixi F
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The Soul-Syllable Star Chain: Li Qingzhao's Battle Song 词魄星链之李清照的战歌
Jin Xuerou, a researcher of ancient texts in Hangzhou, accidentally triggers the "ci-poetry realm key" hidden in Li Qingzhao's manuscripts, awakening "Yian Star" in the metaverse. Tech giant Chibi Huai plans to use Li Qingzhao's poetic soul to crack civilization's firewall, and the consciousnesses of hundreds of tourists have been dragged into a digital prison. The crisis is imminent. Jin Xuerou joins forces with Hu Yanyu, a programmer of the "Fengpeng Engine" brain implant, to fight the many t
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This Scholar Comes from the Underworld 这个书生来自幽冥
“Where is this?” “Perhaps... the River of Forgetfulness...” “Who are you?” “Wuchang...” “I've never heard of anyone called Wuchang in this world.” “From now on... that's who I'll be!” The soul crosses the River of Forgetfulness, while its thoughts remain on the other shore. What is gained from all beings must be returned to all beings. When Su Mo woke up, he was no longer in his former life. He went to the capital to sit the imperial examinations, but accidentally stumbled into an immortal schem
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I'm Here to Turn Up the Heat in the Cultivation World 我来给修仙界上点强度
[Comedy][Sneaky Schemer][Lighthearted][Absurd][Gets Better the Further You Read] [This book focuses on comedy and fun. The pace is somewhat slow, so please do not read it if that bothers you.] Year 17,863 of the Cultivation Calendar When Emperor Qin Yu became an immortal and ascended, powerful figures from every realm came to see him off. Firecrackers exploded, and everyone had tears in their eyes as they murmured their farewells. Sect Elder: “He's leaving. This scourge is finally leaving. We ca
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Reborn as a Demon God, but My True Form Is a Mushroom? 转生为魔神，本体却是个蘑菇？
[Another world - No heroine - Not a wish-fulfillment story - Goofy daily life - Superpower battles] In this strange otherworld, Lin Ming is reincarnated as a fungal demon god. Each demon god has unique abilities based on its true form. And Lin Ming’s true form is a mushroom. So what if I’m a mushroom? Call me the Lord of Fungi! Call me the Mushroom God! Fungi are invincible! Lin Ming’s life as a demon god is full of frustration. A vampire once took a bite out of him, then complained that he was
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My Name Is Jing Yunhui 《我叫景云辉》
In his previous life, Jing Yunhui stood up for a friend and smashed his own future with a beer bottle. After ten years in prison, he learned that his girlfriend had married the friend he trusted most. By the time he was free again, his life was already in ruins. When he opened his eyes again, he had returned to 1998, the night that changed his fate. This time, he seizes the initiative and claws his way back from having nothing. Facing those who betrayed and deceived him, and are waiting to watch
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A Pearl Reborn: The Tang Princess Chronicles 大唐辟珠记
All-New Bonus Story Edition [A pampered princess, reborn with a seemingly delicate, teary-eyed exterior but the abilities of a six-sided warrior]✖ [A defiant, pure-hearted, devoted top underworld boss with little time left to live] [Their CP is so sweet it makes you cry] The Ten Thousand Longevity Princess, who had been blessed and adored by the Tang court, died of illness at just seventeen. A petty thief secretly opens a gloomy underground tomb, only to discover that the princess was buried ali
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Then I'll Go Back to the Village and Farm 那就回村种地
After the workplace devoured her, she used a hoe to make her whole village famous. She entered the workforce full of hope, only to run headlong into a cold reality. A well-connected colleague easily snatched away the position she had fought so hard to earn. Her sleazy boss’s harassment clung to her like a curse, and she nearly ended up being offered to a client as a “gift.” Just as she was giving in to despair, news that her beloved uncle back home, who had cared for her like a father, had sudde
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Her Ex-Husband's Childhood Sweetheart Is His True Love, So the Old Madam Divorces Him to Make Them a Match 前夫挚爱青梅，老太太离婚成全他
[Eighties Era] [Rebirth Wish-Fulfillment] [Family Life] [Husband Chases Wife / Mother’s Regret] [Never Forgive] [Second Marriage to a Soldier] When Yu Peilan was young, she put her husband through college, raised four children on her own, and cared for her mother-in-law. She never imagined that her husband and children would all turn out to be ungrateful. They ate her food and used her money, then looked down on her as an uncultured country bumpkin, saying she was no match for her husband’s firs
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After Vanishing for Ten Years, I Transmigrated into a Book and Woke Up in the CEO’s Bed 消失十年，我穿书回到霸总床上
A tsundere, cocky, fiercely loyal CEO who occasionally throws unreasonable tantrums + an unlucky, reluctant comedian of a gorgeous girl who isn’t the brightest. Su Wanli transmigrates into a book and becomes the villainous unrequited-love rival in the old-school romance novel The Domineering CEO’s Substitute Darling. Following the System’s instructions, she begins a first-love romance with the male lead. Fu Yi cuddles up to her and asks, “Want to go see the cat at my apartment tomorrow night?” S
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I Am Not the God of Drama 我不是戏神
The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa
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Solving Crimes: My Intuition Is Terrifyingly Good 破案，我的直觉强得可怕
After an accident, deliveryman Zhang Heng transmigrates into the body of a police officer. Although he has no System, he soon discovers that his crime-solving instincts are terrifyingly sharp. With that kind of talent, he finally has something to get fired up about. Starting as a trainee officer, he rises through the ranks to become a legend in the police force.
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Game Invasion: Stealing the Male and Female Leads’ Opportunities Is Addictive 游戏入侵
[Game Invasion + No Romance + Leveling + Lone Wolf + Gaming] (Also known as: Game Invasion) After being reborn, the first thing Yu Xunge did was go home and make her younger brother down a bottle of liquor, causing him to miss the first game beta test. In her previous life, she didn't learn until she was dying that he had been scheming against her from the shadows all along. She was merely the villainess in a wish-fulfillment novel about a live-in son-in-law... Every bit of malice she suffered w
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Rule Horror: From the Start, My Talent Is the Power to Forbid Lies 规则怪谈：开局天赋是禁止撒谎
[No Romance + No Livestream + No National Destiny + Strong Heroine + Horror + Rule-Based Hauntings] Trickster Shi Si had only just walked out of prison after serving seven years when a wave of dizziness sent her tumbling into a world of rule-based horror. She also drew the D-rank talent [Mirror, Tell the Truth]. [Description of the Mirror, Tell the Truth Talent] [1. Whenever someone asks you a question, you must tell the truth.] [2. You will always know who the most beautiful woman in the world
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Psychic Detective: She Can Share a Killer's Point of View 通灵神探：她能共享凶犯视角
[Mystery + crime-solving + criminal investigation + no romance + Is the female streamer who tells ghost stories actually a brilliant detective?] “I saw a murder scene again!” Shen Yuan had been able to dream of murder scenes since she was a child. Because of her supposed supernatural abilities, she lost her job as a police officer. After seeing countless psychologists, all of whom said she was perfectly normal, she decided to go online and tell people about her dreams. The next time she describe
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Deicide Learning In A Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院学斩神
A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled
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The General's Wife Is Dashing and Heroic 将军夫人她英姿飒爽
Amid the misty rain of Jiangnan in an ancient dynasty, Yun Qing, the prefect’s daughter, appears gentle and delicate. In truth, she is a formidable martial artist, skilled at mathematics, and committed to supporting orphans through business. Jing Yan, a young general, is decisive and ruthless, and keeps women at a distance. Yet to maintain the balance of imperial power, he is betrothed to Yun Qing by imperial decree. At first, their different backgrounds and temperaments make them suspicious of
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Survival for All: The Top-Ranked Girl Never Watches Where She’s Going 全民求生，榜一她总是不看路
Humanity on Blue Star was dragged into a survival game, and everyone collectively lost their minds. Who can relate? It’s just some lousy game, but it expects us to figure out skills on our own. It gives us a blueprint and expects us to gather materials and make things ourselves. If I could do that, would I be earning just 3,500 a month?! It was supposed to be a road survival game, but now it’s forcing us to learn stuff! Where’s the one-click learning button? Where’s the one-click crafting button
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The Plot Behind Grandma's Three Dream Visits 奶奶三次托梦的阴谋
[The hit screen adaptation, The Conspiracy Behind Grandma's Three Eerie Dreams, is now streaming!] Before the wheat had ripened, Grandma appeared in my dreams and told me: [There'll be a locust plague in autumn. Sell the fields and raise fish instead if you want to keep earning money!] I persuaded my parents to cut the wheat and sell it as animal feed, then flood the fields to raise fish. Who could have known a severe drought would kill every fish, leaving my family deep in debt? Just when we we
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After Picking Up a Death Note, the God of Death Urged Me to Be Kind 捡到死亡笔记后，死神劝我善良。
After finding a Death Note, I was urged by the Shinigami to be kind.
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My Daughter Fears Growing Old, So She Used a Youth-Transferring System on Me 女儿怕老，对我使用了青春转移系统
My daughter is afraid of getting old, so she used the Youth Transfer System on me.
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Horror Livestream: She’s Both Badass and Beautiful 惊悚直播：大佬她既飒又美
[Mystery + horror + livestreaming + short stories + infinite worlds + team + System punishes scum] A paranormal 1v1 quick-transmigration story. The female lead focuses on the plot-driven dungeons, while the male lead is an evil god who serves as a tool. A crazy, possessive, dramatic, ever-changing man versus a strategic, steel-willed, top-tier star of a woman. After her computer malfunctions, Chu Sangqing wakes up to find she has been chosen as a streamer in a quick-transmigration livestream. Sh
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Infinite: Becoming the Most Beloved Star on a Horror Variety Show 无限：在恐怖综艺登顶万人迷
[Infinite Flow + Horror + Survival + Puzzle-Solving + No Fixed Male Lead, Multiple Male Love Interests, All Chaste + Love Rival Showdowns + Livestreaming + Wits and Guts, No Golden Finger] Forced by circumstances, Ye Jinran signed a life-or-death contract for a horror variety show. 1: Contestants are eliminated from the bottom up. Elimination means death. 2: You are responsible for your own safety during the games. 3: Follow all the rules of every game. She thought it was just a variety show. In
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The Ming Dynasty's Legacy 大明传承
I have the most illustrious name: Zhu Yuntong. I am the legitimate grandson of the founding emperor of Great Ming, and the legitimate son of Crown Prince Zhu Biao. My mother is the daughter of Chang Yuchun, and my maternal granduncle is Lan Yu. I am the most illustrious imperial grandson in Great Ming, and the most influential and legitimate heir to the throne. I will usher in a different Great Ming, magnificent beyond compare, its sun and moon shining bright. It will embrace all rivers and welc
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Transmigrating to the Tang Dynasty: Why Is Being an Idle Prince So Hard? 穿越大唐：当个闲王这么难
[No System]+ [Lighthearted]+ [Farming] Have you ever wondered what you’d do if you transmigrated to ancient times with no System and no golden finger? You’re not a physicist, chemist, or historian, just an ordinary person from the future. Everything you know comes from movies, TV, short-video platforms, and the media. How would you survive? Follow an ordinary person who transmigrates into Li Shen, Li Shimin’s tenth son at the beginning of the Tang dynasty. With nothing but his limited knowledge
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A Poor Scholar and His Convenient Little Bride 寒门书生，开局捡个便宜小娇妻
Zhao Ce transmigrates to the Ming Dynasty, becoming an impoverished scholar with a terrible reputation. He also discovers that he borrowed money to get married, then squandered it all, and ended up buying a pitiful little cripple on the way back to make up the numbers. The little cripple has mismatched eyes and is treated like a monster. Zhao Ce: What kind of miserable life is this? A disastrous start? But when he takes another look at the little cripple, so tiny and thin, blinking those big eye
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The Poor Scholar Who Became County Magistrate 寒门县令
After transmigrating, Wang You found himself married on the spot. Not only did he become a county magistrate, he also got to marry a beautiful bride... But on their wedding night, he was poisoned and carried away. His wife's family are a band of local tyrants, every one of them a peerless martial artist. In a tiny county yamen, there are more than ten people scheming against one another. The maid who is always smiling can take down more than a dozen burly men. His wife practices martial arts eve
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My Junior Sister Slacks Off Like a Pro and Becomes the Nation's Ultimate Layabout 小师妹实力划水，成国家顶级咸鱼
Shen Yuwei was the junior sister of the Xianling Sect. Above her were eight senior disciples with superb spiritual roots, all of them crazy and unreliable. In the end, the burden of managing the sect fell to her. She worked tirelessly, earning a reputation as the cultivation world’s model worker, and eventually gave her life saving the three realms. Exhausted to death, Shen Yuwei said, “Great! I can finally rest!” But after dying, she transmigrated into the body of a newcomer in the entertainmen
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The Young Lady's Fortune-Telling Is So Accurate, the Government Recruits Her 大小姐算命太准，被国家特邀入编
[Fortune-telling and mysticism + livestreaming + wealthy CEO] Fu Yang, a powerful celestial master, transmigrates into a much-maligned guest on a livestreamed dating show. The other guests include celebrities, CEOs, and influencers. She’s the only complete unknown. Someone maliciously speculates: “She has no connections or fame. She must have gotten on this dating show by sleeping her way in!” Fu Yang curls her lip in a smile and kicks over a foreigner who stole a CEO’s wallet. The man falls
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I Became a Wealthy Family’s Daughter-in-Law, and My Bestie and I Went on a Rampage! 穿成豪门妯娌，我和闺蜜杀疯了！
[Short drama now available] [Two couples + best friends transmigrate into a book and both marry into wealthy families + lighthearted daily life + sweet romance + old-school domineering CEOs + supporting female character System] Lin Nanqiao and Xia Linshi transmigrate into a book together and are married off to twin brothers through a family alliance. They go from best friends to best friends and sisters-in-law, stacking their buffs to the max. In the original story, they are both cannon-fodder s
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The General's Daughter's Tale of Revenge 将门嫡女复仇传
In her previous life, Ye Qingge was the legitimate daughter of a general’s family, but her fiancé, Liu Yilang, and her younger half-sister, Ye Feiyu, betrayed her. She died in a cold courtyard, consumed by hatred. Reborn on her wedding day, she chooses Chen Xuanyu as her husband without hesitation, despite the humiliation, and sets out on the road to revenge. Yet her antagonists, driven by jealousy and self-interest, constantly obstruct her and even try to ruin her relationship with Chen Xuanyu.
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The House of Deadly Peril 死亡凶间
I work as a specialist crime-scene cleaner, tasked with cleaning up after murders, suicides, and accidental deaths. I’ve seen more than my share of partings and grief, as well as the other side of death. Then, on the Ghost Festival, I encountered something terrifying...
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Terror: I Only Sell Haunted Houses 惊悚：我只卖凶宅
Rooms where unnatural deaths have occurred are collectively known as haunted houses. There are two kinds: “blue houses” and “red houses.” Living people can stay in blue houses without harm, but anyone who lives in a red house is doomed to die. I work as a real estate agent. One day, I accidentally sold a red house, and afterward, I began encountering terrifying things…
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I Transmigrated into a Farmer's Wicked Daughter, and the System Made Me a Tycoon 穿成农家小恶女，我靠系统成首富
[Farming + Feel-Good Read + System] She transmigrates into the body of a nasty girl everyone hates, and wakes up just in time to be dumped by her fiancé. Shen Yue shouts, “I'm the one calling off the engagement! Brothers, sisters-in-law, get to work! Grab anything you like. Our family paid for all of it, so we're not letting the Lin family get a free ride. Big brother, take the roof apart too!” … When she gets home, her seven older brothers all keep their distance. Shen Yue doesn't mind. With Z
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The Six-Fingered Exorcist 六指诡医
Born with six fingers on his left hand, he was called a jinx by his family. His father died the day he was born, and misfortune followed him everywhere as he grew up. He endured discrimination and contempt. When he turned eighteen and suffered his third half-cycle tribulation, even his beloved grandparents died. From then on, the protagonist was forced to wander. While struggling to stay alive, he investigated the truth behind the mysteries. Caught in an endless struggle between life and death,
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The Underworld Calls Me Little Master 地府叫我小先生
In ancient, remote places, all kinds of strange and terrifying things are bound to happen. And these things happen around Hua Jiunan. In fact, Hua Jiunan is part of them. For instance, he was born from a corpse!
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The Divine Fortune-Teller in the Linen Robe 麻衣神算子
My grandfather taught me everything he knew about fortune-telling, but after I read three people’s fortunes, he left me. From then on, I didn’t just tell the fortunes of the living...
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The Heavenly Coffin 天棺
Because of a joke, my grandmother’s spirit refused to leave after her death and insisted on taking me with her to the grave. Otherwise, my whole family would die. To save my family, I went into the grave with my grandmother...
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Unsolved Mysteries in Chinese History 中国历史未解迷案
Chinese history stretches back a long way and is full of fascinating things. Some aspects, however, remain baffling. Scholars have offered their own theories about a few of these mysteries, but most remain mere speculation. This book takes a look at history's great unsolved mysteries.
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A Crooked History of the Dragon Throne: The Emperors Who Went Off Course 龙椅歪史：那些跑偏的九五之尊
Across the brilliant five-thousand-year history of China, more than four hundred emperors appeared between Qin Shi Huang, Ying Zheng, who first took the title of emperor, and Puyi, who abdicated at the end of the Qing dynasty. Some were brilliant rulers who expanded their territories, while others were mediocre caretakers who merely maintained the status quo. And then there were the eccentric sovereigns, whose behavior was bizarre and whose actions were absurd. These unconventional rulers added
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Stories of Famous Generals in Ancient China 中国古代名将故事集
The celebrated generals of ancient China shine like a galaxy of stars. Sun Wu wrote The Art of War, laying the foundations of military science, and led thirty thousand troops into Ying in a feat that seemed miraculous. Bai Qi fought more than seventy battles without a single defeat and buried 450,000 Zhao soldiers alive at the Battle of Changping. Han Xin famously said, “The more troops, the better,” and helped Liu Bang lay the foundation for the Western Han dynasty. Wei Qing won seven battles i
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The Great Ming Emperor Yingzong, Zhu Qizhen 大明英宗朱祁镇
Some call him an incompetent ruler, while others regard him as a wise emperor of his age. Some say he surrounded himself with treacherous officials, while others say he had the mettle of a true emperor. He was also one of the few emperors in history to ascend the throne twice.
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