Northeastern China’s Past: Another Classic Novel of Absolute Power 东北往事，一手遮天，又一部经典小说
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The Northern City Kingpin 北城枭雄
Formerly titled The Northern City's Underworld Boss, also known as Tales of the Northeastern Underworld. They say the underworld is all about human relationships and worldly ways, but have you ever seen the real underworld? The underworld is dangerous, but the human heart is even more dangerous. Spring ice is thin, and human nature is thinner still. The underworld is nothing more than a game of chess. Once you enter the game, you can no longer control your own fate. I will use my own experie
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Tales of the Northeast: Women Who Climbed Over the High Walls of Grand Estates 东北往事之翻过深宅高墙的女人们
In 1946, on the black soil of Northeast China, Chunxiang, daughter of tenant farmer Wang Mazi, marries Liu Laogen, the landlord's son. Her father receives several acres of good farmland and dozens of silver dollars as a handsome betrothal gift. She thinks she has married into wealth and will live a secure life as a young madam, but Liu Laogen has a hidden ailment, and their marriage proves to be one in name only. Chunxiang is determined to escape the prison that has trapped her, but her greedy f
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Northeast Underworld: Jiao Yuannan of Ice City 东北江湖之冰城焦元南
Northeast China in the 1980s, especially the Ice City, was a legendary jianghu. In those days, as the saying went, “Where the waters are shallow, there are plenty of turtles, and big shots are everywhere.” People often said that if you had to go out, you'd sooner run into a ghost than one of these men. Here, blood was shed in heroic struggles, honor was upheld with passion, power was pursued through treachery and intrigue, and blades and guns clashed without mercy. Everything in the world is com
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Back to 1985: Tales of the Northeast 重回1985：东北往事
These are fiery years spent feeling one’s way across a river by touching the stones, a time of thriving vitality where the bold could eat their fill, and of wild growth where big shots were everywhere. The rules of this society have never changed: the meek fear the tough, the tough fear the ruthless, the ruthless fear the reckless, and the reckless fear those who don’t care if they live or die. But even those who don’t care if they live or die fear madmen. And so, Zhou Dongbei went mad. (TV adap
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- 5 The Golden Age of the Gangland: A Blood-Red Underworld 黑帮盛世：血色江湖 (Not a mindless power fantasy. Underworld, urban setting, no invincible hero, first person, tight logic, humorous writing. Read with caution if that’s not your thing!) A cursed, tragic fate. A life in the underworld that cannot be escaped. A band of brothers who stand together through life and death, and a dark life longing for redemption. You’ve never endured years of hardship, so of course you can’t understand the underworld in my heart. My story begins after I get out of prison in Ice Cit 112.1kReads9.3Score8.3k14d adds
- 6 Reborn in 1983: My Carefree Hunting Life in Northeast China 重生83：我在东北打猎的悠闲人生 [Authentic period drama + no pocket dimension, no System + one heroine + devoted husband + hunting with guns + digging for ginseng + business + adorable pets + food + farming] Tang He had spent most of his life rushing from place to place. Just before he died suddenly, he saw once more the vast mountains, forests, and sea of trees in the Greater Khingan Range, along with the girl in the little floral jacket. Life was so exhausting and bitter. If he got another life, he thought, he would like t 9.5kReads8.8Score91314d adds
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The Jianghu: What Is It, Really? 江湖，到底是什么？
[Pure Underworld] [The Jianghu of the 1980s] Where there are people, there are grudges; where there are grudges, there is a jianghu; people are the jianghu! It used to be called the jianghu, but now it's called society! When the storms had passed, Lang Aowen knelt once more before the sacred image of Guan Yu, holding three sticks of incense high above his head. Only one question remained in his heart: The jianghu, what exactly is it? [Serious Warning: The characters and plot in this book are
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My Dad's on the Straight and Narrow, I'm in the Underworld 白道爹，黑道我
[Not invincible! Not invincible! Not invincible!] The martial world is a road of no return, and its people are pawns that have crossed the river! Where will the drifting ship in this forbidden zone finally end up? Watch as this wandering youth stirs up a storm! Black side: I've got countless brothers! White side: My backing is powerful beyond belief! Money is just something you can't bring with you when you die! [Entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental!]
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True Tales of the Spirit Mediums: My Ten Years Serving at a Ghost Hall 出马仙纪实：我供奉鬼堂的那十年
My name is Zhou Tie. In this book, I'll tell the true story of my ten years running a spirit hall and serving ghosts. You've heard of spirit mediums... but have you heard of a ghost spirit hall? At eighteen, I established a ghost spirit hall and served ghost immortals! The presiding master was the sister my grandfather said had gone mad and died! This book has no female lead. It's not fantasy, and it's definitely not a cultivation novel! It's the true story of how I, born with an ominous yin con
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Crouching Tiger 卧虎
A hidden dragon rises from the depths and devours all things; a crouching tiger commands the mountains and guards a thousand frontiers! When I was little, the strange older girl next door always asked me to help wash her. When I got a little older, she taught me how to be a real man! Twenty years of flashing blades, eighteen years of changing seasons. The black throne may change hands, but true kingship belongs only to madmen who dare to dance with the devil!
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Temptations of the Jianghu 江湖诱惑
[Underworld + Mature Beauties + Conquest + Feel-Good Action + Multiple Heroines] [The first five chapters take their time, but the story gets thrilling later. Read ten chapters, and if you’re not hooked, come chop me up!] Wang Xiaohu leaves the countryside for Jiangcheng, hoping to live a quiet life, but a clash draws him into the whirlpool of the underworld. He meets Qian Jiajia, gets close to Cui Meng, and is even forcibly h
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- 12 The Village: Carefree Divine Healer 村野，逍遥神医 [Feel-Good Rural Fiction + Farming Your Way to Success] The meek old farmer Niu Dagen unexpectedly awakens the cultivation techniques from his past life! From then on, Niu Dagen coasts to success in the countryside, growing crops, building wealth, curing the sick, and face-slapping bullies. He lives a carefree life and turns a poor mountain village into a paradise on earth! See how Niu Dagen uses his heaven-defying cultivation techniques to enjoy a happy rural life that even the immortals envy! 488Reads7.7Score10614d adds
- 13 Urban: A Beautiful Mature Woman Sets Her Sights on Me from the Start 都市：开局美妇赖上我 [Urban dual cultivation + all the beauties + exhilarating plot + decisive and merciless + multiple heroines] Xu Xiaofan is devoted to his girlfriend, but one day, an alluring married woman unexpectedly invites him into her car. Inside, she tells him that his girlfriend has been sleeping with her husband. After learning that his girlfriend has betrayed him, Xu Xiaofan breaks up with her for good. No one knows that he is actually a hidden cultivator. After suffering heartbreak and humiliation, he 45kReads7.8Score4k14d adds
- 14 The Super Son-in-Law 超级姑爷 Lin Mo, the live-in son-in-law everyone looks down on, is actually the king of the world and the heir to a top-tier family. 2.7kReads8.1Score23114d adds
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Who Rules the Changing Tides of the Martial World? 江湖之谁主浮沉
“Northeastern Gangland,” “No Mindless Shenanigans,” “Based on Real Cases” A group of young people, driven by a moment of recklessness, set out on a path unlike any they had taken before... From Xiao Yao's days of loafing around to gradually growing up and setting off down the point of no return, making a living in the underworld... Family, friendship, and love all become entangled... Some die... some go to prison... and others... A new story, a new beginning. Come witness the rise of a true crim
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Underworld Tyrant: Those Who Follow Me Prosper, Those Who Oppose Me Perish! 黑道暴君：顺我者昌，逆我者亡！
[Class Beauty, I’m out of prison. You’ll pay for what you did!] Framed by the class beauty he loved, Wang Erchui was wrongfully imprisoned for three years. The misery of prison transformed the once-ordinary boy into a hardened man. But it was only after getting out and seeking revenge that he gradually realized there was a terrifying story behind it all. The truth was, it wasn’t that love affair that had ruined his life. It was a vast, carefully woven web of darkness. His enemies had already ris
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- 17 I Saved a Stunning Beauty, and She Tried to Hack Me with a Knife by the Bed 救了绝色美女，她在床边拿刀砍我 Chu Lingtian is a legendary man known as the "Grim Reaper Wolf King." He returns to the city for a top-secret mission, never imagining that on his very first day back, he will spend the night with a beautiful woman named Liu Bingxue. Afterward, Liu Bingxue takes him home and passes him off as her boyfriend. But it turns out she has a twin sister, Liu Huohuo. The older sister is cold and aloof, while the younger is uninhibited. Sharing a room with these twin beauties is certainly thrilling. After 11.5kReads8.7Score1k14d adds
- 18 The Peerless God of War 绝世战王 After ten years on the battlefield, the War King returns, rich enough to rival a nation! But his entire family has been slaughtered, and the culprit turns out to be his fiancée... 2.2kReads7.2Score16514d adds
- 19 Supreme Warlord 至尊战王 After ten years on the battlefield, the God of War returns. He wields power over all and is richer than a nation! But his entire family has been slaughtered, and the mastermind turns out to be his fiancée... 594Reads8.4Score8714d adds
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The Ultimate Tough Guy 第一猛男
Full of twists and turns, gripping and vivid, with distinctive, lifelike characters and lively, concise prose. The nouveau riche Ye Shuang travels everywhere and lives a carefree life. What a dream!
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- 21 Talk Trash and Win Prizes 对骂就有奖 Hao Tie was treated like a pack mule and was about to hit rock bottom because he refused to keep living like one. Then he suddenly got a System that rewarded him for trading insults! From then on, he used verbal sparring to reach the pinnacle of success! 24.9kReads7.1Score1.2k14d adds
- 22 The Number One Hunk 第1猛男 Style: urban survival, easy to understand, humorous and witty, lighthearted and fun, with plenty of romantic tension. System: Get rewarded whenever an exciting conflict breaks out. Language: concise and clear. 143Reads6.8Score2414d adds
- 23 Flirting Makes Me Stronger 暧昧就变强 The male lead, He Jumeng, has an incredible superpower: he grows stronger whenever he flirts with beautiful women. Then he suddenly gains the “Business Prodigy” superpower and starts with just 1,000 yuan in savings, gradually building his fortune! Style: A business prodigy superpower, the business world, commercial rivalry, emotional sparring with villains, gripping conflicts, face-slapping, a rise after an initial setback, and one satisfying moment after another. 4kReads—Score23314d adds
- 24 The Workplace Tough Guy 职场猛男 The male lead, He Jumeng, has a superpower: a very special energy inside his body lets him sense what other people are thinking to a certain extent. It also gives him immense strength, fast strikes, and lightning-quick reflexes. Style: Workplace drama, clear and accessible writing, witty and humorous, lighthearted and fun, with plenty of romantic tension. Emotional push and pull with antagonists, compelling conflicts, a twisting plot, setbacks followed by comebacks, and lively, engaging storytel 9.5kReads—Score35814d adds
- 25 Wilderness and Deserted Island 荒野荒岛 Distinctive and original, exciting and vivid, with sharply drawn, lifelike characters and lively, clear, concise prose. A story of survival and life on a deserted island, with an exciting plot and vivid characters. 13.5kReads6.1Score51214d adds
- 26 The Tough Guy of the Deserted Island! 荒岛的猛男！ The male lead is handsome, incredibly powerful, and has superpowers: there's a special energy inside his body that can create one uncomplicated object each day. It also gives him great strength, incredible speed, and lightning-fast reflexes. Style: deserted-island survival, full of twists and turns, thrilling and suspenseful, easy to understand, humorous and witty, lighthearted and fun, with constant romantic tension. 18.5kReads—Score77514d adds
- 27 The Beauties in the Safehouse 安全屋美女 Style: Global furnace apocalypse, safe-house survival. Easy to understand, humorous and witty, lighthearted and fun, with constant flirtation. System: Global Furnace Apocalypse Safe-House Survival System. Male lead: Hao Jumeng Language: Clear and concise. 10kReads—Score40214d adds
- 28 War of Resistance: A God-Tier Sharpshooting Manual from the Start! 抗日：开局赠送神级枪法！ As Marshal Ye lay gravely wounded on the battlefield, at death's door, he unexpectedly bound himself to the “Strongest War of Resistance System.” The System grants him divine-level marksmanship from the start, but assigns bizarre missions. [Ding! The Host's powerful indomitable will and potential to resist the Japanese have been detected. Binding requirements met. The “Strongest War of Resistance System” is beginning the binding process... 1%... 50%... 100%! Binding successful!] 9.8kReads—Score50114d adds
- 29 The City's Number One Tough Guy 都市第一猛男 Wu Nitian didn't want to be a corporate drone, but he couldn't see any light in his future. Just as anxiety and misery overwhelmed him, he suddenly obtained the High-Mindedness System. It told him that no matter what he faced, as long as he tried to maintain a high-minded state, he would receive System rewards from time to time! 2.4kReads5.7Score21114d adds
- 30 Nine Beauties of the Tang Dynasty 唐朝九个美女 Style: Clear and easy to understand, witty and humorous, lighthearted, with plenty of romantic tension. System: Tang Dynasty Get-Rich-Quick System. Male lead: Wang Jumeng Female supporting characters: Nangong Qian, Murong Ying, Li Jiaojiao, and others Language: Concise and straightforward. 16Reads—Score514d adds
- 31 The Song Dynasty’s Number One Tough Guy 宋朝第一猛男 Wu Jushuai opens his eyes to find himself in the Song Dynasty, transformed into an ugly man with the same name. The System, however, requires him to collect “admiration points from peerless beauties” to become handsome. The top courtesans of Bianjing, noble ladies from wealthy families, and chivalrous women of the martial world are all left blushing by his poetry and modern-day flirting techniques. The villains grit their teeth and grumble, “That guy's ugly and lecherous. What makes him so speci 1.2kReads—Score10214d adds
- 32 A Stingy Tough Guy with 500 Million, on a Trip with a Beauty 猛男有五亿还抠门，旅行遇美女 Style: After striking it rich, the macho Cao Jumeng has 500 million yuan but still sticks to his top-notch frugal habit of treating every yuan saved as a yuan earned. He meets beautiful women while traveling. The story is easy to follow, funny, lighthearted, and full of flirtation. There is emotional sparring with villains, gripping conflicts, a rise after an initial setback, and one satisfying moment after another. Problems crop up one after another during his travels, and he finds ways to solv 1.7kReads—Score11214d adds
- 33 I Make 100 Million a Day, So I Do Whatever I Want 一天进账一亿，我放荡不羁 A detailed look at urban survival and the complexity of human nature. Emotional sparring, gripping conflicts, a roller-coaster plot, and one satisfying moment after another. System: Earn 100 million a day. Every 10 million can be spent to buy or upgrade a superpower. 3.4kReads—Score22414d adds
- 34 One Hundred Beauties of the Ming Dynasty 明朝一百个美女 I woke up to find that I’d transmigrated into the male lead of One Hundred Beauties of the Ming Dynasty, and gotten bound to a rather improper “Humorous Get-Rich System.” As long as I make the villains laugh, silver automatically lands in my account. So I let loose, pushing my luck at the edge of death every day. Then one day, I cornered the peerlessly beautiful villainess Su Meier against a wall. “Miss, have you heard that a smile takes ten years off your age? If you smile a few more times, may 2kReads—Score12414d adds
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Cao Yang's Journey South 曹阳南下记
Passionate and exhilarating. Now complete. Read with confidence. Cao Yang heads south to seek refuge with his older sister, setting off wave after wave of upheaval…
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Northeast Tales: The Women of Guandong and the Bandits 东北往事•关东娘们儿与土匪
Original title: “Tales of the Northeast: The Mother of the Bastard” [Republican Era + Japanese Puppet State of Manchukuo + Notorious Bandits] [Period Setting + Underworld + Northeast Villages] [Ensemble Cast + Jianghu Feuds] [War of Resistance + Father and Son + Tough Guys] A 19-year-old bandit's young leader takes a bullet and tumbles into a willow grove. Feng Qiuyue, a 29-year-old prostitute, grabs him and says, “Big brother, why don't you come home with me for a while?” That one visit sets of
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- 37 I'm No Little Punk: The Shorties' Hero Squad 我不是小混混之矮子英雄队 I'm determined not to become a hoodlum. Even a short person can stand tall. Not every hero is tall, but every passionate heart deserves to be seen. I won't go along with the ways of the world. I'll walk my own path through the jianghu. The road is long, so may we meet again at the summit... 77Reads—Score—14d adds
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Tales of Shanghai’s Underworld 沪上黑道往事
My new novel is here! You’re welcome to read my work 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! The male lead of this book loses his father at a young age and depends on his mother. To avenge his father, he goes up a mountain to study martial arts under a master. After completing his training, he comes down and succeeds in taking revenge. To escape the authorities’ pursuit, he brings his mother to Shanghai. By chance
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- 39 Within Canglan 苍兰之中 After the planet Qingmu Huanhai was unified by Huangfu Shou, the Canglan Kingdom was founded. The former kingdoms of Bailong, Hei, Lushu, and Xingji rose in rebellion, hoping to restore their old regimes. The protagonist, Liu Yicheng, was orphaned at a young age and taken in by the abbot of Shaolin Temple. He trained at the Bodhidharma Hall from childhood, mastered all of Shaolin’s martial arts, and breezed through the Eighteen Bronze Men formation. After completing his training, he descended th 27Reads—Score—14d adds
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Passing Myself Off as a Rich Returnee in the 1980s 在八零伪装回国土豪
Su Tianci, an ordinary working stiff for 25 years, spends his free time exploring the wilderness. By chance, he discovers a box full of U.S. dollars. Overjoyed, Su Tianci starts dreaming about where to go for a meat-stuffed flatbread. But before he can even celebrate, he slips and inexplicably tumbles off a cliff. When he comes to again, he has somehow arrived in an era full of opportunity…
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Twin Rivers: Bloodbath in Republican-Era Shanghai 双川民国之沪上血战
Su Tianci has spent 25 years as a working stiff. After leaving the military, he has the job he earned stolen by someone with power and influence. His attempts to seek justice come to nothing, and with the other side's overwhelming influence, he has no choice but to become a delivery driver. Who could have guessed that while performing a good deed, he'd be struck by a heavy truck and sent straight to the Republican era? Then his transmigration golden finger turns out to let him travel between the
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- 42 Traveling Between Two Worlds: The 1970s 两界穿梭之七零年代 Wu Xiaoyao is a working-class nobody, a corporate drudge who likes to unwind by grilling skewers and letting loose whenever he has a bit of free time. But an out-of-control dump truck sends him hurtling back to the fiery age of the 1970s. What surprises him is that he can travel back and forth between the seventies and 2025. Two completely different eras now lie before him. 131Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 43 A Double Crossing to Make a Fortune in Republican-Era China 双穿之民国淘金 Li Xiaren had spent 25 years as a wage slave, living at the bottom of society and crushed by the pressure of making ends meet. No matter how hard he worked to earn money, he still couldn't afford a home of his own. Even his longtime girlfriend left him. Downhearted, he finally managed to collect the wages he'd been owed and planned to head to Tian Shang Ren Jian for a stuffed flatbread. But who could have guessed? A ball of lightning struck him and sent him straight back to a turbulent era. More 532Reads7.7Score13514d adds
- 44 A Trader Between Two Worlds: From 1988 to 2025 两界倒爷从1988到2025 Su Tianci was an unemployed street loafer in 1988. He was planning to head into the mountains to hunt for some meat, but accidentally fell off a cliff. When he opened his eyes, he had transmigrated to 2025, an age of booming economic growth. Even more astonishingly, two vastly different eras now lay before him, and he could travel back and forth between them. 1.1kReads—Score—14d adds
- 45 Two Transmigrators’ Road Through the Great Ming 双穿大明之路见不平 Su Tianci, a modern-day wage slave in 2026, was getting a foot massage at Red Romance when, for no apparent reason, he transmigrated to the war-torn Ming dynasty. Things were hellish from the start, but luckily, he could actually return to 2026! Two vastly different eras now lay before him. 507Reads—Score—14d adds
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The Tiger Roars Across the Central Plains 虎啸中州
Three cups of wine for the mortal world, one pot of tea for a legacy that lasts a thousand years. What does it mean to truly live? Let me tell you what it means to unleash a ferocious tiger. Some ride horses, some sit in sedan chairs, while others push carts and shoulder their loads. I’ve never admitted defeat. You can beat me a thousand times, but I still won’t cry!!!
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- 47 On My First Day as an Auxiliary Police Officer, I Won Over a Big Shot’s Daughter 辅警入职当天，拿下大佬千金 Back in 2003, Wang Chuyi opens his eyes at the scene of the 4/23 case, face-to-face with the rival who framed him and sent him to prison, where he died! Once you’re reborn, even a pig can take off if it catches the right wind, let alone Wang Chuyi! He’ll turn his fate around by reclaiming his permanent position and cracking the 4/23 case! What Wang Chuyi never expected, though, was that An Xuefu, the beauty he rescues while solving the 4/23 kidnapping case, would have such an extraordinary ident 7kReads8.6Score74214d adds
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The Female Medium of Guandong 关东女先生
[The animated drama based on the novel is now a huge hit] A suspenseful supernatural tale rooted in Northeast Chinese folklore! The first season of the animated drama adapted from the original novel is now available on Hongguo, Tomato, and Douyin! When the rules of the Northeast are broken, a hundred ghosts roam the night, and the yin energy can no longer be contained. My name is Ren Xue. I'm a director who makes supernatural dramas. Fate brought me back to Changbai Mountain, where I became a G
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- 49 The Invincible Little Farmer of the Countryside 乡村无敌小农民 Cao Xiaofeng, an orphan from Niuhuang Village, endured endless bullying before going to his grandfather's grave to pour out his heart. His tears fell on a miraculous spirit stone, which granted him extraordinary powers. From then on, his life became a spectacular success! 75Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 50 In the ’80s, Pretending to Be a Returnee Tycoon 在八零，伪装归国神豪 Su Tianci, an overworked office drone in 2026, accidentally transmigrates to the resource-scarce 1980s. Fortunately, he can still return to 2026. Two vastly different eras now lie before him. 22Reads—Score12714d adds
