A Book That Makes You Examine Human Nature and Desire 人性和欲望你不得不研究的一本书

1. 501 从 From the Ballet Company to Waterloo Bridge: Sex and Survival 从芭蕾舞团到滑铁卢桥：性与生存 Taro Fried Rice芋头炒饭7k WordsCompleted From the Ballet Company to Waterloo Bridge: Sex and Survival 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Short stories about the darkness of human nature and desire

2. 502 笔 The Pen Pusher 笔杆子 She and the Mountains and Seas她与山海Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Yu Bei, a young official selected for government service, runs into the county's most powerful woman on his very first day at work. She singles me out, and the whole county is stunned. Everyone is waiting to see me make a fool of myself. But I refuse to let her lose. A data discrepancy she couldn't resolve in three days, I found in a single night. I saw through her opponent's schemes before they could unfold. When she was surrounded, I stepped in front of her. “If you want to touch her, you'll 2.3kReads6.8Score137Shelves

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   After watching it, I feel like my outlook on life has changed!

3. 503 我 Learning to Read People in the Mortal World 我在红尘学心眼 Qian Xiaqi钱夏七171k WordsOngoing [This book is not a novel, but its value far surpasses that of feel-good fiction!] The highest wisdom is hidden within these pages, and every page is like seeing with an enlightened eye! We recommend saving it and reading it again and again. Don't miss your chance to upgrade your understanding. This book covers love, marriage, the body, psychology, politics, economics, human nature, the workplace, social relationships, and much more. The younger you are, the more you should read this book! The s 28Reads6.6Score—Shelves

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   Read this book! It's not a novel, but it's enlightening! It teaches you the wisdom of the mind!

4. 504 西 Slaughter, Despair, and Redemption on the Spanish Battlefield 西班牙战场的杀戮、无奈和救赎 Taro Fried Rice芋头炒饭6k WordsCompleted The slaughter, helplessness, and redemption of the Spanish battlefield 8Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 505 身 The Body Is More Honest Than the Mind 身体比大脑诚实 She and the Mountains and Seas她与山海50k WordsCompleted The Body Is More Honest Than the Brain —Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 506 帝 The Imperial Blade: The Eunuch God of War 帝刀：太监战神 She and the Mountains and Seas她与山海Historical371k WordsCompleted On the day Li Longji ascended the throne, he patted him on the shoulder. “You are not my servant. You are the blade I keep hidden in the dark.” A blade drawn must taste blood. A blade sheathed goes unseen. From a wretched slave in Compound C to a Great General of Cavalry in the Tang Dynasty. Four campaigns in Lingnan. Three thousand against thirty thousand. He made the barbarians kneel and call him grandfather. The history books described him in just five words: “Fierce, ruthless, and bloodthi 8Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 507 身 After We Swapped Bodies, My Arch-Nemesis Became My Adorable Husband 身体互换后死对头成了我的小娇夫 She and the Mountains and Seas她与山海8k WordsCompleted After We Swapped Bodies, My Archrival Became My Sweet Little Husband —Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 508 2 Building 21 Doesn't Exist 21号楼不存在 She and the Mountains and Seas她与山海Mystery204k WordsCompleted The property management company changed, and the new copy of the Residents' Rules had eighteen clauses. Rule One: Don't greet your neighbors at night unless you can confirm they have a shadow. Rule Two: When the square-dancing music stops, go straight home. Don't look at the dance leader's face. Rule Eighteen: There is no Building 21 in this complex. And I had just sold my apartment in Building 18 and moved into Room 1804, Building 21. On my first night after moving in, I heard a child bounc 1.2kReads—Score189Shelves
9. 509 穿 Through the Black Hole: Searching for a Partner, I Stumble Upon a Second Earth 穿越黑洞：寻伴偶遇第二地球 Xia Pinghu峡平湖Sci-Fi & Apocalypse326k WordsCompleted ✨ Core Tags: Sci-Fi Apocalypse + Interstellar Transmigration + Ancient-Era Court Intrigue + Two Souls in One Body + Quantum Symbiosis + Everyone’s Favorite + Prince + Romance + Strong Female Lead + Strong Male Lead + Aristocratic Feuds + Vast Cosmic Setting 🔥 [Book Description] [Fresh Premise · Modern-to-Ancient Transmigration + Sci-Fi Apocalypse] She returns from a black hole, only to fall into a hopeful world that resembles the Song dynasty, but isn’t quite the same. With her home planet 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Sci-Fi Apocalypse ✨ Core Tags: Sci-Fi Apocalypse + Interstellar Travel + Historical Romance + Dual Souls in One Body + Quantum Symbiosis + Pampered Darling + Prince + Romance + Strong Female Lead + Family Feuds + Grand Cosmic View "The setting is novel and engaging, the characters are intelligent throughout, and the reading experience is incredibly satisfying!" "The male protagonists with dual souls in one body are vividly portrayed, and the emotional storylines are very compelling." "The parallel storylines of political intrigue, science fiction, and romance offer both the thrill of a comeback and profound reflections on human nature, making for a thoroughly enjoyable and memorable read."

10. 510 名 The Famous Courtesan Took Over My Body 名妓上我身 She and the Mountains and Seas她与山海72k WordsCompleted A Famous Courtesan Possesses Me 3Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 511 打 I Lost a Fight, So I Deserved to Become a Peerless Fairy Monster 打架输了活该穿成绝世大妖精 Big Dragon Fruit大那火龙果Ancient Romance566k WordsCompleted [Male-to-female transformation, gender-bender, exclusive romance, brainless fun, thrilling throughout with a touch of angst.] [Fantasy immortal-demon world meets ancient reality] [forced love + sweet romance + no saintly heroine] [Insight + bewitching charm + dazzling beauty + demonic physician + lightning-fast makeovers] Before transmigrating, he was a ruthless demon lord. Afterward, she became an ordinary young woman. The original owner was the legitimate daughter of the Prime Minister's house 459Reads—Score—Shelves

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    He invited his classmates to go eat spicy hot pot, but instead of going, he hid in his dorm writing a novel—yes, this one.

12. 512 扫 One Look at You, and I Can Even See Through Your Mistress's Secrets 扫你一眼，连你小三都藏不住 She and the Mountains and Seas她与山海Urban357k WordsCompleted Lu Zhi's app can see four things: Time of death, good and evil, marriage, and affairs. He saved a scumbag who was about to be hit by a truck. Above the man's head, it said: 3 affairs, morality score 12. After saving him, Lu Zhi gained seven days of life, then promptly sent the man's infidelity records to his wife. Someone with a morality score of 12 doesn't deserve to live. Until Lu Zhi glanced at himself Lifespan: Locked | Morality: Unknown | Identity: The 18th outsider. Lu Zhi: "...Who mark —Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 513 我 My Best Friend Is Such a Stud, and She Hits So Hard 我闺蜜超man，她打人老疼了 Big Dragon Fruit大那火龙果Urban619k WordsOngoing [Man transmigrates into a woman] [Strong heroine] [Decisive and ruthless] [Gender-bending romance] An ace agent's soul transmigrates into a young girl. She doesn't shrink back or lose heart, but calmly accepts reality. Let's stick to one principle: The strong never complain about their circumstances. Even if I've become a woman, I'm going to be the female lead of a male-oriented power fantasy! When it's time to be decisive, she's decisive. When it's time to take down scum, she does so without me 245Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 514 灰 The Gray Lotus 灰莲花 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 36.3kReads9.4Score4.3kShelves

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    The most captivating contemporary romance novel I've seen this year! An addictive, high-IQ, and exhilarating love story, with realistic and thrilling financial and business battles – a true game-changer. The male and female leads possess exceptionally high emotional and intellectual intelligence, complete trust, and a soulmate connection. The sweet and heart-wrenching moments are all exquisitely crafted, and the supporting characters are equally brilliant. It's simply outstanding!

15. 515 我 I'm Xiao Cui, but Cui Isn't My Surname 我是小崔，但不姓崔 Young Uncle年轻的叔叔Urban229k WordsCompleted Just look at the debt-collection business these days. It’s become a whole new breed. Splashing paint and scrawling slogans on walls is old news. Now it’s all about technology and ruthless tactics: AI robots make eight hundred calls a day, checking up on you more than your own mother. They open with “the legal department” and “credit blacklist,” making themselves sound like government agencies. In reality, the guy on the other end of the desk might just be sitting there in slippers, chomping on a 45Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This couldn't be more perfect.

16. 516 九 The 1998 Mystery 九八迷局 Cloud Chess Across the World云弈天下Modern Romance213k WordsCompleted Ma Yueyue's nightmare began when she acted as a lookout during a kidnapping. From then on, every step she took led her straight into a carefully laid trap. How can she save herself? What will become of her? 15Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a novel that combines humanity, desire, and suffering, and it leaves a lasting impression after reading!

17. 517 守 A Comeback After Twenty Years of Widowhood 守寡二十年逆袭 Little Pear Blossom O小梨花OModern Romance466k WordsCompleted The Red Fruit animated series adaptation of "After Twenty Years of Devotion, She Finally Found a New Life" is now streaming. [Historical setting + strong female lead + farming + family drama + widow's comeback + single mother] On her wedding night, Liu Chunhong's husband is crushed to death by a roof beam, and she becomes known as the “husband-killing jinx.” Her mother-in-law forces her to give birth to her posthumous child, then turns on her and throws mother and daughter out while Liu is still 7.3kReads6.8Score366Shelves

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    All kinds of human nature, all kinds of desires

18. 518 半 Half-Mountain Ferry: No Shore Beyond, So I Make a Way 半山渡：彼岸无岸，我开路 Get Me得我Modern Romance700k WordsCompleted A boy’s pursuit of pleasure turns into a youth filled with the bittersweet aches of growing up. [Depressed, frail, adored-by-all campus beauty × a battlefield of love rivals | 1990s school days | bittersweet youth, tragic ending | push and pull | dissociative identity | based on a true story] Who can save her shattered soul? ① The domineering class monitor: “Even if I can’t win your heart, I’ll have you.” Du Qinghuan bit her lower lip. “You wouldn’t dare!” His desire got the better of him. “Gues 88Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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    If you want to read about human nature and desire, this book is a must-read; it reveals the complexities of human nature in its entirety.

19. 519 心 After His Inner Thoughts Were Exposed, the Cold-Hearted CEO Tore Up the Script Overnight 心声暴露后，冷情总裁他连夜拆剧本 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊7k WordsCompleted After His Inner Thoughts Were Exposed, the Cold-Hearted CEO Tore Up the Script Overnight 21Reads—Score—Shelves

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    There are two great tragedies in life: one is losing the desire in your heart, 😕 and the other is gaining the desire.

20. 520 亿 A Hundred-Million-Level Financial IQ: The Snowball System from 0 to 1 亿级财商：从0到1的滚雪球系统 Shenyu Sect神宇宗1.4M WordsCompleted Do you ever feel that “financial freedom” is a story meant for other people? Your salary is fixed, your savings are meager, and you can never seem to find the path to making money. What you lack isn't capital, but the “billion-level financial intelligence” that can turn small sums into big money. This book is made for ordinary people. It skips empty theory and offers a practical system for building wealth: from breaking free of the misconception that “saving money equals financial intelligence” 27Reads6.7Score—Shelves
21. 521 舔 The Simp Strikes Back 舔狗的反击战 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊10k WordsCompleted The Simp Strikes Back 11Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 522 错 A Twisted Love: The CEO Has Been Plotting This for a Long Time 错位孽缘：霸总他蓄谋已久 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊Marriage & Romance9k WordsCompleted A Twisted, Ill-Fated Romance: The CEO Has Been Plotting This for a Long Time 3Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 523 合 Contract Moonlight 合约月光 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊12k WordsCompleted Contract Moonlight 433Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 524 海 Heart of the Sea 海心 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊8k WordsCompleted Heart of the Sea 1Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 525 夜 Silent Night 夜无声 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊Marriage & Romance13k WordsCompleted The Silent Night 3Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 526 他 He Forgot Our Agreement, but He Still Remembers Loving Me 他忘了协议，只记得爱我 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊13k WordsCompleted He Forgot Our Agreement and Remembered Only That He Loved Me 11Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 527 我 My Husband Cheated on Me With My Coworker, His Classmate's Mom 我老公出轨了我同事——他同学的妈 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊Marriage & Romance6k WordsCompleted My Husband Cheated on Me with My Coworker, His Classmate's Mom 2Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 528 新 On Our Wedding Night, My Husband Held Me and Cried All Night 新婚夜，丈夫抱着我哭了一整夜 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊Marriage & Romance9k WordsCompleted On our wedding night, my husband held me and cried all night 29Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 529 相 My Childhood Sweetheart of Seven Years Is Marrying My Best Friend 相恋七年的青梅，她要嫁给我的好兄弟 Quan Xin荃昕9k WordsCompleted My childhood sweetheart of seven years is going to marry my good friend. 204Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The depiction of human nature and desire is vivid and thorough.

30. 530 我 I Turned the Tables and PUA’d the CEO 我反向PUA了霸总 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊12k WordsCompleted I turned the tables and PUAed the domineering CEO 15Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 531 最 The Last Red Apple 最后的红苹果 Quan Xin荃昕9k WordsCompleted The Last Red Apple 270Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 532 饿 After Fainting from Hunger for Three Days, I Stole the CEO's Lafite 饿晕三天后，我抢了霸总的拉菲 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊11k WordsCompleted After Starving for Three Days, I Stole the CEO's Lafite —Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 533 姐 The 26 Years My Brother-in-Law Was Away: My Sister Fell for a Bad Man 姐夫缺席的26年，姐姐爱上了“坏男人” Ten Thousand Gu万蛊Marriage & Romance9k WordsCompleted The 26 Years Her Brother-in-Law Was Away, Her Sister Fell for a “Bad Man” 73Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 534 我 I Hot-Potted His Heart 我把他的心，涮了火锅 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊9k WordsCompleted I Hot-Potted His Heart 5Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 535 八 Eight Meters Apart: Imperfect Us 八米的距离：不完美的我们 Chicken Roll Expert鸡肉卷达人Modern Romance577k WordsCompleted I wrote a love letter for my roommate to give to the classmate I had a crush on. Every “I love you” was something I was desperately writing to myself. Ten years later, I got married. My bride wasn’t her. On our wedding night, my wife said calmly, “I know there’s a room in your heart I can’t enter.” I said I was sorry. She said, “What matters is that you come home every day.” Ten years later, I nearly cheated on her. When the young woman took off her coat, she revealed the scars on her wrist: “We 2Reads7.4Score—Shelves

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    Excellent! A masterpiece! A period drama set in the 1980s, featuring campus romance, urban life, two female leads, a bittersweet story, similar to a light novel—easy to read, with a fast-paced plot. It's a 20-year saga of emotional growth, exploring the innocence and regret of unrequited love, the bittersweetness of romance, and the ordinariness and true meaning of marriage. Hope you enjoy it.

36. 536 返 The Man Who Grew Young Again 返老还童的男人 Yin Qianchen银千臣Urban1.1M WordsOngoing A baby adopted by a widow was born looking seventy years old. Then he began to age backward, slowly growing younger. At eighteen, he looked like he was in his fifties. In the end, he became a baby and died in the arms of the person he loved most. 1.7kReads7.9Score107Shelves

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    It's exceptionally good; my top recommendation for a thrilling read of the year.

37. 537 你 Who's the Most Pathetic Person You've Ever Met? 你见过最窝囊的人是谁? Ten Thousand Gu万蛊Marriage & Romance6k WordsCompleted Who's the most pathetic person you've ever known? 2Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 538 我 I Came to Work, Not to Run Errands 我是来上班的，不是来打杂的 Gentle Words, Shallow Speech暖文浅语Marriage & Romance12k WordsCompleted I'm Here to Work, Not Run Errands 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Attention office workers! Have you ever experienced workplace bullying? See how this young man defended himself.

39. 539 寒 A Poor Scholar's Tribulation of Great Tang's Beauties 寒门状元大唐红颜劫 Yin Qianchen银千臣Historical356k WordsCompleted Li Guo’er, the Tang Dynasty’s most beautiful woman, is Princess Anning and the youngest, most beloved daughter of Emperor Zhongzong, Li Xian. The most seductive princess in the Tang Dynasty, she is strikingly similar to the protagonist’s wife. After the male lead transmigrates to the Tang Dynasty, he discovers that Li Guo’er looks exactly like his wife. Determined to save the only person in this world who reminds him of family, he works tirelessly and vows to save Li Guo’er, who was killed at ju 384Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 540 星 Starfall Dreamtalk 星落梦语 Fish Beneath the Stars星星下的鱼Ancient Romance723k WordsOngoing [Pretend GL] + [BG] + [Domineering, coercive romance, a groveling pursuit after betrayal, and winning hearts with tricks] + [One-on-one romance] + [Happy ending] Readers who prefer chaste stories, beware!!! (Also known as: The Heroine Is Always Thinking About How to Survive) Overworked office worker Meng Jian transmigrates into a fantasy world. She thinks she can coast to an easy, sweet romance by binding herself to a romance System, but it turns out the System is a scammer too! It gives her not 67Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    With growth and self-discovery at its core, the story combines the thrills of a fantasy world with delicate and heartwarming emotional interactions. The characters are well-developed, and the plot is thought-provoking and meaningful.

41. 541 你 What’s the Craziest Thing You’ve Ever Done? 你做出最疯狂的事情是什么? Ten Thousand Gu万蛊Marriage & Romance8k WordsCompleted What’s the Craziest Thing You’ve Ever Done? —Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 542 重 Lao Wang from Chongqing 重庆老王 The Later Generation Clan后人一族Urban1.6M WordsOngoing My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 1.5kReads8.3Score116Shelves
43. 543 极 The Irresistible Playboy 极品桃花男 The Later Generation Clan后人一族Urban611k WordsCompleted [Urban feel-good story] [Slice of life] [Set in the 2020s] [Realistic everyday life] [Multiple female leads] [Dongguan Prince Hotel] [Transmigration to the apocalypse] [Genetically enhanced super soldiers] 419Reads8.5Score105Shelves
44. 544 沪 Shanghai Auntie’s AI Male Model 沪上阿姨AI男模 The Later Generation Clan后人一族Urban857k WordsCompleted The protagonist, Wang Chen, struggles to survive in an apocalyptic world during the Great Depression, then unexpectedly transmigrates to an alternate-world Shanghai in the 1990s. And so Wang Chen’s happy life begins! 4.2kReads7.1Score277Shelves
45. 545 十 Ten Days, Eighteen-Year-Old Great-Grandma, I'm Not a Scumbag 十日十八岁太奶我不是渣男 The Later Generation Clan后人一族Urban767k WordsCompleted [Urban Imagination] [Surreal] [Multiple Female Leads] [Beijing-Circle Heiresses] [Beautiful Women Around the World] [Entertainment Industry Stars] [Web-Novel Heroines] [Most Beautiful Heroines on Screen] 322Reads6.9Score145Shelves
46. 546 汽 Soda, a Cat, and a Ten-Million-Euro White Whale 汽水，猫与一千万欧元的白鲸 Jichao Mao机超猫Sci-Fi & Apocalypse740k WordsCompleted He takes pleasure in torturing goldfish, then searches for the ultimate answer by trying to control everything. The AI beluga whale he built for ten million euros is his “perfect creation” for the world, and a mirror reflecting the darkness of human nature. While countless elites go wild over his tech empire, only I know that the “soda experiment” that began in childhood has never ended... This is a psychological thriller that delves deep into the soul, making you confront an all-pervasive desir 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    "Soda, Cat and the Ten Million Euro White Whale" is a dystopian novel about future technology, alienation, and social structures and the psychology of the masses. Some people say I write philosophy. Do you think so?

47. 547 我 I Become a Scoundrel in Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils 我在天龙当曹贼 The Later Generation Clan后人一族Male-Channel Fanfiction264k WordsCompleted The male lead, Yin Qiancheng, worked himself to death in Shenzhen, then transmigrated into the world of Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils. He obtained a brain-development and dream-insertion System AI. To return to the future, he brought all the female leads of Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, those beautiful older sisters, back to modern Shenzhen. 3.6kReads6.9Score150Shelves
48. 548 美 American Hustler: The Truth Is, My Sister Is a Big Shot 美利坚倒爷，摊牌了我姐姐是大佬 Infinite Demon Rock无极魔岩Urban506k WordsCompleted After losing his job and wandering the streets of New York, Chen Chang'an awakens a System on the brink of death and finally rises to become the king of traders across the Three Realms. Ancient gold, modern weapons, and future technology: anything he handles can be sold for ten times its value. But one mystery has always nagged at him. System Xiao Ze says he has three older sisters, yet he's never met them. Then, during a Wall Street takeover battle, someone sabotages him, leaving his life hangi 99Reads—Score104Shelves

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    Can you recommend a good book?

49. 549 认 Face Reality: Change Yourself 认清社会现实：改变自己 Zhu Enxing朱恩行Modern Romance121k WordsCompleted This book looks beneath the surface from multiple angles, exploring psychology, relationships, family of origin, and the state of society. How do you hold on to yourself in a complicated world and live with dignity under rotten rules? Recognizing reality doesn't mean going along with the crowd. It means finding a genuine path to change yourself. 3kReads6.7Score336Shelves
50. 550 风 The Feng Family’s Treasured Mother and Daughter 风家的宝贝母女 The Later Generation Clan后人一族Two Male Leads232k WordsCompleted A novel about love, marriage, and redemption. If I don’t wear the golden headband, how can I save you? If I put on the golden headband, how can I still love you? A love story about the mother and daughter of the Feng family! 1.2kReads6.5Score—Shelves

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