A Novel That Doesn't Start With a Beginner Protagonist 一本不是从小白开始的小说
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The Cast-Off Concubine Takes Her Spatial Farmland and Flees the Famine 被休小姨娘，带着空间灵田去逃荒
[Spatial farmland + fleeing famine + war + drought + plague + floods…] Jiang Wanyue was stabbed in the back by her teammates and died amid a horde of zombies. When she opened her eyes, she had become a concubine who had slept her way into the Marquis’s household. A letter of repudiation was slapped in her face. The man stood silhouetted against the light, his hands behind his back. “Jiang, you committed adultery with another man. You should be beaten to death, but since you served the Old Madam
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Pregnant Zombie Mom Stockpiles Supplies: Get Lost, Ex-Husband! 丧尸孕妈囤物资：前夫哥滚远点
Is the Zombie Baby's Dad a Scumbag? The night before our divorce, Gu Yan and I got drunk and ended up in bed together. The next day, he showed up with the divorce papers, put his arm around his new sweetheart, and said, “I’ve wanted to split up for ages.” Then the apocalypse hit and turned the whole world upside down! A month into the apocalypse, I’d had enough. I made a finger heart at the zombie peeking through the crack in my door. “Hey, handsome, bite gently. My meat’s tough!” Three months l
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Make the Saintess Cry and Grow Stronger: Master, Please Stop Asking Me to Hold Back 惹哭圣女就变强，师尊求我别浪
After transmigrating, Ye Chen became the immortal sect's law enforcement hall's perennial scapegoat, taking on all the dirty, backbreaking work. His senior brother wouldn't dare break off an engagement? Ye Chen would do it! His fellow disciples wouldn't dare kill a demon? He would! No one else dared provoke a sacred ground? He would storm it! Everyone thought he was a reckless fool with no brains, destined to die out there sooner or later. But they didn't know that Ye Chen had bound himself to t
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Blood Wolf of the Golden Triangle 金三角血狼传
The Legend of the Golden Triangle Blood Wolf has no System, no cheats, and no golden finger! When the bullets run out, the knives come out. My name is Jiang Shijun, codename “Death.” I’m a legend in the mercenary world. But now, my Death Squad and I are trapped in the man-eating jungles of the Golden Triangle, surrounded by more than a hundred guns. This isn’t a game, and no one comes back reborn. One wrong step, and you’re torn to pieces. The ground beneath us is a poisonous swamp, and sniper
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Becoming a Tycoon by Collecting Antiques 收古董成为大佬
After being reborn, he builds a business from scratch: collecting antiques, opening an antique shop, getting into real estate, buying courtyard houses, and surrounding himself with beautiful women. He quietly makes a fortune and ultimately becomes a winner in life, with everything under his control.
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- 106 Reborn: There’s No Escape, I’m a Bandit 重生插翅难逃我为悍匪 My new work is out! You're welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 2.6kReads—Score112Shelves
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Republican Era: The Rise of a Tyrant System 民国：恶霸崛起系统
During the Republic of China era, warlords clash while foreign powers circle, and the land of China is battered by turmoil. The political situation is complex and ever-changing. All sides scheme and struggle openly and behind the scenes to seize territory and profit. In this turbulent age, ordinary people live in hardship, social order is in disarray, and the restraints of morality and law have all but failed, creating fertile ground for bullies to rise.
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- 108 The Road to Success in Politics 政途青云路 A realist political drama about the struggle between justice and evil, and the clash between ideals and reality. It portrays an upright official's determination to hold fast and break through in a complicated arena of power. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 109 The Guardian of the Nation: From Good-for-Nothing Prince to Ruler of the World 镇国玄王：从废柴皇子到寰宇共主 Zhao Yan transmigrated as the sixth prince of Great Yao. Born with blocked meridians, he was despised by his father, who bestowed on him the title of Leisurely Prince and confined him to a remote prince's residence in the capital. The third and seventh princes repeatedly came to humiliate him, resources for his household were withheld, and his servants grew disloyal. The sixth prince of Great Yao appeared to be a good-for-nothing, born with blocked meridians and granted the title of Idle Prince. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 110 Blacklisted Across the Internet Upon Arrival, I Become a Legend in the Entertainment Industry as a Nobody from Earth 落地全网黑，地球龙套娱乐圈封神 The animated comic is now online. Content warnings for the story are in the reviews due to the character limit (I’m taking a break to build up a backlog, so I won’t be checking comments! Thank you, my dears~) [Entertainment industry + variety shows early on + filming later + original scripts + a little drama-within-a-drama and forum posts] A mighty princess who could mount a horse to pacify the realm and wield a brush to shape the world transmigrates. She goes from a princess of a fallen kingdo 22.4kReads9.2Score3.8kShelves
- 111 The Emperor and Empress Fight Every Day to See Who Dies First 帝后每天互殴，看谁先死 Feng Xing is the daughter of Chu Xi’s Grand Marshal, who commands an army of four hundred thousand. Shen Feng has been emperor for just two years. Shen Feng is utterly depraved, ruthless, and cruel. To secure his throne, he decides to marry Feng Xing and make her empress. First, he will fake her death to lure her father to the capital for the funeral. Then he will wipe out her entire family and take control of the Chu Xi army. Feng Xing is a fierce, accomplished warrior who takes whatever she wa 35.3kReads9.2Score2.5kShelves
- 112 Mad Empress: I’ll Be the Harem’s Number One White Lotus 疯批皇后，争做后宫第一白莲花 [Transmigration into a fictional setting + highly intelligent heroine in palace intrigue + face-slapping + a volatile, multifaceted personality + not a clean romance] Lin Junxue transmigrated to the Xie Dynasty, an era that had never existed in history, and ended up as an unloved empress who had no idea how she died. She’d thought she was a powerless, unloved empress, but it turned out the original owner’s father was a first-rank military marquis, a loyal servant of the court for three generatio 24kReads9.1Score2.7kShelves
- 113 From Ancient Times to the Present, a Max-Level Green Tea Queen Takes the Entertainment World by Storm 古穿今，满级绿茶卷爆娱乐圈 [Ancient-to-Modern Rebirth + Showbiz + Mind Reading + Everyone’s Favorite + Love Triangle Showdown] On the night of her wedding, Qiu Changge, the Fifth Princess of the Great Sheng Dynasty, died unexpectedly. When she woke up, she found herself inside a showbiz novel about a real and fake heiress, as the real heiress who was hated by the entire internet and destined to be cannon fodder. The handsome, possessive villain wanted her dead. The refined, abstinent male lead wanted her dead. The fake 4.5kReads8.8Score699Shelves
- 114 EN 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 1.7MReads9.9Score207.7kShelves
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City of Beasts 异兽迷城
Gao Yang was an orphan. At the age of six, he transmigrated to a parallel world and began living in a warm family of five. When he turned eighteen, Gao Yang accidentally discovered the truth about the world: this was not a parallel world at all, but a mysterious realm, and all the relatives and friends around him were terrifying Beasts! Gao Yang nearly lost his life
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- 116 The Marquis's Estate Forgot Its Gratitude? The Regent Backs Me, and I Won't Forgive Them 侯府忘恩义？摄政王撑腰，不原谅 Luo Ning took a blade meant for the Empress Dowager and suffered severe injuries, trading her life for her family's noble title. She went south to recuperate for three years, but when she returned, she discovered that her maternal cousin had taken over her courtyard. Her cousin had even replaced her in every aspect. Luo Ning's parents and elder brother adored her, her grandmother favored her, and even Luo Ning's childhood sweetheart secretly admired her, saying that she surpassed Luo Ning in eve 180.6kReads9.4Score27kShelves
- 117 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Northern School 北派盗墓笔记 [Published in print and available online] [The Beipai Notes horizontal-screen drama is now streaming] [Tomb Raiding + Mystery + Antiques] I'm a poor kid from a mountain village in Northeast China. In the early twenty-first century, hoping to make something of myself, I joined a northern tomb-raiding crew. From south to north, I've seen every side of the underworld and crossed paths with people from all walks of life. Over the years, I went from a young man to a middle-aged one. My drinking got b 957.1kReads9.6Score121.4kShelves
- 118 EN Game Invasion: Addicted to Snatching the Male and Female Leads' Destinies 游戏入侵：抢男女主机缘会上瘾诶 [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 988.6kReads9.5Score85.7kShelves
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Apocalypse Rebirth: I Lead My Family to Amass Billions in Supplies 末世重生：我带全家狂卷亿万物资
(Apocalypse + zombies + rebirth + personal space + stockpiling supplies + farming + infrastructure building + powerful heroine + adored by the whole family + teamwork. There is a couple, but the romance comes later.) Wen Qian opens her eyes and finds herself back one month before the apocalypse. Her home has not yet been seized, and her parents and older brother are still alive. She has even gained an invincible preparation space where she can farm and stockpile supplies, and best of all, bind h
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- 120 The Whole Dorm Was Reborn: The Apocalypse's First Girl Group Goes on a Rampage 全寝重生，末世第一女团杀疯了 Reborn in the apocalypse + quick transmigration with the whole group + a truly powerful heroine and a thrilling read + no romance, everyone is ruthless + overwhelming combat power + conquering the globe multiple times + stockpiling supplies amid the zombies + passionate action with no rivalry between women + reigning as two emperors at the height of her power Luo Jiu and her roommates fought desperately to survive the apocalypse for half a month, only to die together in an utterly unbelievable 22.8kReads9.3Score3.1kShelves
- 121 After Dying Horribly in Childbirth, I Remarried the Powerful Regent 剖腹惨死后，改嫁权倾朝野摄政王 The short drama “The Moon Comes Chasing” is complete. In her past life, she helped him ascend the throne, but after becoming emperor, he married her half-sister and made her Imperial Noble Consort. When her half-sister’s child needed a newborn’s heart blood as a medicinal ingredient, he ordered someone to cut the baby from her womb and take the blood from her newborn child! Only as she lay dying did she learn that the child’s father 7.7kReads9.3Score916Shelves
- 122 Reborn into a Prosperous Age as the Legitimate Daughter 重生之盛世嫡嫁 In her previous life, Yin Shu endured endless torment and married the Ninth Prince. She gave birth to a son after their wedding, but never found happiness. Later, her half-sister framed her and caused her death. Reborn seven years earlier, she swears to stay away from the man who ruined her previous life, put marriage out of her mind, and do everything she can to protect her family. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 123 The Black Lotus Returns Reborn, and Her In-Laws Tremble in Fear 黑莲花重生归来，婆家瑟瑟发抖 Original title: The Black Lotus Is Reborn, and Her In-Laws Tremble in Fear Short dramas: The Crazy Stepmother and New Life from Old Snow In her past life, Su An was abused by her husband. After she called the police, the officer told her it was a family matter and not their concern. She fled to her parents' home for help, but her grandmother said, “Take care of the kids, cook the meals, look after the elders, and hand over your wages every month. Then he won't hit you, will he? That's how it is 57.7kReads9.5Score6.9kShelves
- 124 The Reborn Matriarch Goes on a Rampage, Filling Her In-Laws' Ancestral Graves 重生主母杀疯了，婆家祖坟埋满了 Also known as The Ex-Husband Is Obsessed with His Widowed Sister-in-Law? Divorce Him and Marry a Powerful Official [Reborn to Take Down Every Backstabbing Wolf] [Love-Chasing Redemption + Never Looking Back] In her previous life, Mu Yunshu poured every ounce of herself into the Lou family. But as she lay dying, she saw her aloof, taciturn husband making solemn vows to her elder sister-in-law in his arms. Their adopted daughter, whom she had cherished for years, was there too, clinging to the old 28.4kReads9.0Score4.1kShelves
- 125 The Fake Heiress Stole My Fate, So After I Was Reborn, I Took Her Out 假千金夺我命格，重生后我嘎了她 [Rebirth + punishing scumbags + satisfying wish fulfillment] Ren Ran had an easy life for her first eighteen years, then spent the next eight plagued by bad luck. Her maternal grandparents, mother, and younger brother died one after another. Her scumbag father took over the company, and she was thrown out of the house to live on the streets. She’d be robbed just walking down the road, and flowerpots would fall from the sky when she approached a building. Whenever she got a job at a company, it w 49kReads9.5Score6.5kShelves
- 126 The Reborn Legitimate Daughter: The Poisonous Consort's Daring Comeback 嫡女重生，毒妃飒爆了 [Reborn + Poison healer + Cathartic revenge] She schemed and plotted with meticulous care, personally placing the man she loved on the throne. In return, her family was destroyed, her entire household was executed, and even her child was cut from her womb! Heaven had eyes: she was reborn and returned to take revenge, tormenting her half-sister and taking on the scumbag! She had stopped believing in love, but the man who had died for her in her previous life kept appearing before her. By day, she 1.8kReads5.2Score1.1kShelves
- 127 Revenge and Rebirth: The Legitimate Daughter Scores a Triple Kill from the Start 复仇重生：嫡女开局拿三杀 [Clever, ruthless heroine + gentle, devoted-to-his-wife hero who grows over time] [Both reborn | One-on-one romance | Sweet indulgence | Revenge and rebirth | Satisfying face-slapping] [There are no love rivals between the leads, so read without worry.] A trap disguised as love led her to devote herself in her previous life to helping a scumbag rise to the throne. In the end, once she was no longer useful, he had her brutally disemboweled for her unborn child. Both the baby and she died a horrif 4.9kReads9.3Score744Shelves
- 128 Reborn for a Comeback: The Young Lady’s Style Is All Wrong 重生逆袭：大小姐画风不对 [Sweet romance + putting scumbags in their place + an exceptionally bold heroine + feel-good power fantasy] In her previous life, she died with deep resentment. In this one, she rises from the ashes and tears the scumbags to shreds. Who could have guessed that Feng Xing, the formidable financial tycoon; Feng Bai, the world-renowned genius doctor; and Feng Jing, the top-tier star who captivates countless women, would turn out to be her own biological brothers? In her previous life, no one cared f 33.5kReads9.3Score6.1kShelves
- 129 Reborn as the General's Daughter: The Crown Princess Commands All 权宠嫡女：将后重生 She was the daughter of a distinguished military family, married into the imperial household, and gave everything she had to help him win his empire. What awaited her was betrayal and slaughter. Reborn in a single day after the betrayal that cost her life, she takes up her sword and strikes without hesitation, determined to make her treacherous stepmother, her poisonous elder stepsister, and the scoundrel who betrayed her pay, one by one. Her heart is hard as iron, yet she meets the one man she 435Reads8.4Score106Shelves
- 130 Reborn: The Ruthless Poison Consort 重生毒妃狠绝色 She helped her husband become emperor, but on the day he took the throne, he had her entire family executed. Reborn five years earlier, with her parents still alive and her wedding yet to come, Ye Muxi swears to avenge herself and make up for the regrets of her past life. Once a timid young lady bullied by everyone, she transforms brilliantly with five years of memories, protecting her younger brother, crushing scoundrels, and planning every step to seize the advantage. But how did she accidenta 5.4kReads9.0Score992Shelves
- 131 Reborn: The Superpowered Wife Goes Wild 重生之异能狂妻 After being reborn, she went from the top commander of the Eastern Military District in the apocalypse to a timid, useless heiress. The first time they met, she was covered in blood. Calmly striking a deal, she helped him win a street-racing championship with god-tier skills, then walked away without a backward glance. The second time, at a lavish family banquet, she kicked the younger sister who tried to humiliate her straight into the pool, shocking Kyoto's entire elite circle. The third time 16.5kReads9.3Score1.8kShelves
- 132 The Beloved and Fearless Wife 权宠悍妻 The AI live-action comic drama The General’s Brother, Whom I Married After Being Reborn, is now streaming on the Hongguo App. The short drama based on the novel of the same name, Beloved Fierce Wife, is also streaming on Hongguo! The legitimate daughter of a duke’s mansion marries a general and helps him become a celebrated commander, only to be despised by her husband and mother-in-law. While she is pregnant, he dotes on his concubine, claims she is a bringer of bad luck, cuts open her belly to 7kReads9.0Score1.6kShelves
- 133 The Reborn Legitimate Daughter Returns 重生嫡女归来 Banxia, the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Medicine, was murdered by her sister and the Crown Prince she loved. When she awakens, she has been reborn a few days before returning to the capital. With the memories of her past life, she tears away her sister’s beautiful facade and exposes her stepmother’s false piety. The capital says she’s a country bumpkin, but she’s more fashionable than anyone. They call her a village girl, but she’s more graceful than them all. They say she’s illiterate 5.6kReads9.0Score1.7kShelves
- 134 She Was Cruelly Crushed and Dismembered in Her Past Life, Now She’s Back for Vengeance 前世惨被镇压分尸，她重生杀疯了 Also known as: The Young Marshal Is Hard to Woo, Where Has His Wife Run Off To? After Ruan Xishi died, she became a ghost and watched with her own eyes as the ruthless warlord knelt before her tombstone, his hands stained red. Reborn, she gained the power to destroy heaven and earth. With her all-seeing eyes, she can see through the evils of the world. Ruan Xishi reclaims her family’s fortune, takes on her wicked stepmother, makes a fortune, and vows to protect her man! Who would have thought th 1.6kReads9.0Score249Shelves
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The School Ace 学校高手
One punch takes down a gang of thugs, catches the school beauty’s attention, and draws the hidden mastermind out of the shadows. When the people he cares about are threatened, the silent expert finally speaks up. Beneath his fists, everyone follows the rules.
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- 136 Reborn: The Special Forces Soldier Returns 重生之特种兵归来 A mercenary ace is reborn with bitter resentment and memories of his past life. He tears traitors apart and tramples his enemies underfoot! The thugs who bullied him beg for mercy, the first love who deceived him is disgraced, and the people who laughed at his poverty can only watch as he amasses a fortune and lives in luxury. Their former scorn turns to flattery in an instant! Beautiful women fall for him, allies lend him a hand, and his road to revenge is a smooth ride. The face-slapping is im —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 137 The Forget-Me-Not Cafeteria 忘忧食堂 Down on my luck and unemployed, I stumbled into a strangely decorated restaurant called Forget Your Worries. Its stunning owner offered me an astronomical salary, but with an utterly bizarre condition: I had to spend the night with her. I thought my luck had finally turned, but from then on, strange things began haunting me. Unexplained noises in the middle of the night, mysterious shadows appearing one after another, and terror closing in with every step. It turns out the words “Forget Your Wor 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 138 Running a Street Stall in the Underworld from the Start 开局地府摆地摊 Jiang Yan died suddenly from working overtime, only to wake up in the business hall at the Bridge of Helplessness. The Judge slammed the table and roared, “If you don’t meet your KPI, you’ll be a crispy roast chicken in your next life!” The Meng Po Soup in Jiang Yan’s hands tasted like dishwater that had sat around for three days. His soul nearly scattered on the spot. [Ding! The Everything Can Be Sold System has been bound!] The next second, he grabbed a lovesick ghost. “Buddy, want to check ou 4Reads—Score—Shelves
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City Doctor: My Inheritance Comes from the Underworld 都市神医：我的传承来自地府
Chen Jiu'an is an ordinary medical intern who unexpectedly awakens the legacy of a divine physician from the underworld. From then on, with a mortal body, he commands yin and yang and decides life and death, unleashing a storm in the city over the art of medicine, human nature, and fate.
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- 140 The Last Feng Shui Master 末代风水大师 Jiang Lan, a PhD in physics, is caught between modern reality and an inherited legacy. Forced to take up his family’s compass and a fragmentary manuscript, he becomes the last feng shui master. He tries to use scientific instruments to explain away every occult phenomenon, but in a century-old haunted mansion called Zhenlong Residence, he stumbles upon a truth that upends everything he knows. When an ancient star chart awakens beneath the earth, and the end of science proves to be the beginning 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 141 The Three Realms Pawnshop 三界开当铺 I inherited a strange pawnshop. My grandfather said anything could be pawned here, from a single tear to the fate of an entire nation. At first, I thought he was joking, until a fox spirit pawned her love in exchange for a century of peace for her people; a sword immortal pawned his memories for an ultimate blade capable of slaying a god; and a crown prince pawned his conscience for the throne and its nine imperial dragons. I thought these were nothing more than willing exchanges, until deep in 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 142 Turning the Tide for Cangxuan 覆手为苍玄 After waking up, Xiao Che, chief scientist of the Dragon Group, found himself transformed into the most useless prince of the Great Xia Dynasty. At court, the empress dowager held power. Beyond the borders, barbarian tribes circled. Every minister saw him as a disgrace to the royal family. They wanted him dead, but he was determined to survive, and to make his life spectacular! From then on, his barren fief became the cradle of a technological revolution, and its ignorant refugees became pioneer 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 143 Heavenly Stratagem, Blood Crown 天策血冕 This is an epic reimagined through blood and glory. The dazzling life of Li Shimin, the Celestial Khan we know, began with a terrible secret buried in his boyhood. When he was just ten years old, he rescued Emperor Yang of Sui from a mountain of corpses at Yanmen Pass. What he brought back was no glory, but an ancient parasitic insect called “Tiance,” embedded in his spine and sustained by “imperial ambition.” It granted Li Shimin the genius to govern the world and unparalleled charisma, but whe —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 144 A Ray of Light Within 心中的那一曙光 At fifteen, Chen Mo was forced to drop out of middle school after his family fell apart, and he fell in with the dregs of society. To survive, he repeatedly skirted the law’s gray areas, becoming a “regular” at the local police station. During what seemed like an ordinary job, he accidentally injured Lin Xiao’s guide dog. The blind girl’s pure tears and unconditional forgiveness were like a beam of light splitting his hardened shell. Determined to become “worthy” of her smile, Chen Mo began the 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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Transmigrated as the Real Daughter in the 1970s, I Went to the Countryside to Reclaim Wasteland and Dazzled Everyone 穿成七零真千金下乡开荒惊艳众人
After waking from a deep sleep, Tian Yin, a female soldier from the apocalypse, transmigrated into a period novel as the unloved biological daughter. The moment she opened her eyes, she saw herself pushing the fake heiress down the stairs. Her heartbroken parents decided to send her to the countryside. She promptly scavenged supplies, swindled them out of a settlement allowance, and headed straight for the countryside with the pocket dimension she had brought along when she transmigrated. Her fi
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