I've Read Too Many Brain-Bending Stories. Got Anything That Won't Make Me Think So Hard? 烧脑看多了,想救救脑子?有不烧脑的书吗?
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The Urban Appraisal Queen: The Secret Treasure of West Lake 都市鉴宝女王:西湖秘藏
Su Qingyuan is a young antiques appraiser who inherited the family secret art known as the “Spirit Eye,” which lets her sense the authenticity and history of artifacts through touch. She first made a name for herself by publicly exposing a high-quality fake at a museum, but then her grandfather died under mysterious circumstances, leaving behind only a cryptic final message and an ancient musical key. To uncover the truth, Su Qingyuan enters the perilous world of antiques appraisal. Drawing on h
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Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼
[The print edition is now available nationwide at all major retailers] "Traditional xuanhuan" "No harem" In the land of Jiuzhou stands a tower called the Misty Rain Tower. Its master, Li Qingzhi, is hailed as a peerless prodigy, holding life and death in his hands beneath the cover of night. Yet what the world doesn’t know is that someone else stands behind the Misty Rain Tower, its true founder. Using the guise of a spoiled young master as cover, he manipulates the winds and clouds and plots ac
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Eternal Immortality: A Jailor Hiding Out in the Heavenly Prison 长生万古:苟在天牢做狱卒
[Smart characters, no brainless plotlines]+ [No System]+ [Cautious survival]+ [Immortality]+ [No heroine]+ [A sly schemer]+ [Political intrigue]+ [Prudent and cautious] Zhang Wu transmigrates to a cultivation world and becomes a jailer in the Imperial Prison from the start. For officials, the end of the road is the Imperial Prison. For soldiers, it is dying on the battlefield. For those in the martial world, it is getting killed in a vendetta. None of them meet a good end. If he wants to survive
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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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One Lucky Draw a Day Turned Me into a Witch 一天一抽奖,把自己抽成魔女
[Gender-Bender Romance + Witch + Immortality + Loli] After transmigrating to a Western fantasy continent, Hecate became a noble with terrible aptitude. Although she awakened a talent that let her draw a lottery every day, most of the prizes were junk. She had already prepared to lie flat and live off her family, but who could have guessed that her lottery talent would draw a Witch Seed? Every gift fate bestows comes with a price already attached. The moment she chose the Witch Seed, her affinity
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The Dragon Clan’s Little Princess Only Eats Tigers, Never Hardships 龙族萝莉小公主,只吃老虎不吃苦
[Absolutely invincible] + [playing the pig to eat the tiger] + [transformation (gender swap)] + [never gets married] + [adorable heroine] + [sleepyhead] My name is Aierlinni. I'm the only child of the strongest Black Dragon King in the world and the Holy Dragon. A very, very long time ago, I was an utterly ordinary human on Earth. I had no parents and grew up in an orphanage. After graduating from college, I tried all kinds of jobs: waitress, barbecue apprentice, food delivery rider. In the end,
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Apocalypse: I Was a Top Assassin, but Now I’m a Little Girl 末世:顶级杀手的我变成了萝莉
[Apocalypse + System + transformed into a little girl + no marriage, no love] Top assassin Ning Yu was preparing to retire when the organization turned on him. He transmigrated into a zombie apocalypse. But then a tiny little accident happened: He had turned into an adorable little girl?!
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Stockpiling a Hundred Billion in Supplies: An Assassin Squad Clears the Apocalypse 囤百亿物资,杀手小队通关末世
(Female-led story, zombies, team-based, decisive and ruthless, not a bleeding heart) Bai Yaoyao, ranked number one on the assassin leaderboard, awakened a spatial ability after the apocalypse began. She led her brothers from the organization to carve out a path through the carnage and reach the top of the apocalypse's Ten Strongest list. Yet, in the end, she still died in the apocalypse's tenth year, cut to pieces by an Emperor-rank spatial zombie. She thought her life was over. But when she ope
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My Fiancée Looks Down on Me, but I Rise to the Top with the System 未婚妻看不起,我靠系统逆袭变强
Nothing is more painful than being betrayed by the people you love and trust. Chu Fan is gravely injured by demons while saving his fiancée. His dantian is damaged, leaving him a cripple! In the blink of an eye, he faces betrayal, disdain, ridicule, and people kicking him while he is down. I was kind by nature, but the world is full of ungrateful, spiteful wretches. If the world is unjust, I will use the sword in my hand to cut through its injustice! If Heaven is unfair, I will use the sword in
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Your Outlook on Love Determines How Your Relationship Ends 你的情感观,决定了感情的结局
This isn't a rulebook. It's a stack of letters steeped in everyday life, filled with the stumbles and growth that come with love. You'll see how recklessness softens into tenderness across an age gap; how goodnights weave a rustproof net across the miles; how the sound of a silver spoon meeting canvas sneakers rings truest across the divide between rich and poor. There are no standard answers, only the sudden realization that “it can be this way, too”: the small kindness of remembering that sh
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Above the Ruins, the Stars Still Shine 废墟之上,自有星空
Above the Ruins, a Starry Sky Awaits A kiss makes Shen Qingyue's stomach convulse involuntarily. One sentence, "What you want costs too much," pins her to the scales of emotion to be appraised. This is an emotional trap that begins with the body's betrayal and ends in a rational strangulation. When the romantic narrative collapses, what emerges is not warmth, but the ruins called "self." Amid the rubble, Shen Qingyue does not search for a savior. She launches a quiet revolution against hersel
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Second First Love: A Romance Novelist Meets a Straight-Laced Coach 第二次初恋:女作家遇上直男教练
Jing, a divorced writer, writes on a dating site: "I long for regular companionship, someone I can sit around doing nothing with." She meets Sheng, an entrepreneurship coach and single father who believes "solving problems is more useful than talking about feelings." At their first meeting, he tries to impress her by treating her to two meals, while she designs a logo for his club. He asks her age, and she counters, "If all you want is a marriage certificate, I'll tell you." Artistic sensibil
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The Only Love Story 唯存的爱情故事
📖 A note before you begin: Please have a pack of tissues ready (not for heartbreak, but for those real-life details that suddenly hit home) and a heart that believes "if you loved, it was worth it." This book is for: · Those born in the 1970s and 1980s: You'll see your own youth again: handwritten letters, the back seat of a bicycle, an era without phones when hearts still understood one another · Those born in the 1990s and 2000s: You'll see another possibility for love: not a domineering CEO
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Wild Lilies: Finding Myself Amid the Everyday 野百合,在烟火气里找回自我
After her divorce, single mother Xiao Jing struggles on alone with her son amid the bustle of everyday life. A ragdoll cat named Baihe and a blue badminton racket become lights in their lives. From the little warmth of practicing on the balcony to the growth and transformation forged on the court, her son grows strong wings and flies off into the distance, while Xiao Jing gradually lays down her armor. When Sheng, a gentle badminton coach, quietly enters her life, feelings hidden among the kitch
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From the Start, I Tore an Evil Cultivator Apart with My Bare Hands and Terrified Everyone! 开局活撕邪修,我将全场吓哭了!
[Decisive and ruthless] [Overwhelmingly invincible] [Pure power fantasy] [No hiding] [No frustrating setbacks] [No female lead] [Unbeatable action from start to finish] A terrifying rumor has been spreading among the demons lately: Whatever you do, don't mess with Chen Nian, the new guy at the Psychic Bureau. That guy isn't even human! The Heart-Eater Demon was smashed to bits with one punch! The thousand-year-old Corpse King couldn't withstand a single finger! The headquarters of the Evil God C
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Enlisting as a Military Policeman: Do I Need to Retire Early? 入伍当纠察,需要提前退伍?
[Modern Military + No System] Jiang Xiaolong had just transmigrated when he found himself in a recruit camp. He had planned to lie flat for two years, then inherit the family business, but unexpectedly, he was assigned to the military police... “Brother Long, where’s a good place for new recruits to be assigned after training?” “Logistics, the motor company, or the maintenance unit would all be fine. Just don’t get assigned to the military police.” “Why not?” “Never heard that the military polic
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He Gave Up a Trillion-Dollar Fortune to Enlist, and Now the Goddess Is in Tears 放弃万亿家产,入伍后女神急哭了
[Explosive, Satisfying Read + The Army's Ultimate Trickster + Passionate Military Life + Lighthearted Comedy + High-Energy Twists] Qin Luo transmigrated into the body of a super-rich heir who rinsed his mouth with bird's nest every day and ate lobster as an appetizer. His billionaire father had only one requirement of him: spend a hundred million every month. But the life of throwing money around every day had gradually grown boring. By chance, Qin Luo ran into the woman of his dreams. He decide
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We Agreed to Debut as a Group, So How Did You Join the Army and Become a General? 说好成团出道,你当兵混成将军?
[Enlisting] + [Special Forces] + [Military Life] + [Son of a Military Family] + [No Female Lead] After accidentally transmigrating to a parallel world, Zhang Yang never expected that a little effort would make him an overnight star! But just as he was getting ready to launch his acting career, a call came straight through to his forward command post! “Get your things together. You’re enlisting!” ??? Hearing the unyielding tone in his grandfather’s voice, Zhang Yang was dumbfounded. “I just made
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You Were Hired as an Extra, Not to Steal the Best Actor’s Scene 让你当群演,没让你抢了影帝的戏
The rating has just been posted and will keep rising! Thanks for reading. [God-Tier Acting + System + Feel-Good Showbiz Novel + play the pig to eat the tiger] After transmigrating to a parallel world, Xia Tian became an extra no one had ever heard of. At the crucial moment, the [God-Tier Acting System] awakened! Director: “Cut! You there, playing the corpse, make it look more realistic!” With a single “dying” look from Xia Tian, even the movie emperor's tearful performance became a joke! The mov
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Military Life: My First Year in the Army, and the Ancestral Hall Is Covered in My Medals 军旅:参军第一年,战功挂满祠堂
Transmigrate as a top student at a prestigious university? No, you’re the whole unit’s officially recognized good-for-nothing pig-raising soldier! From the start, your terrible physical fitness and fiery temper get you sent to the rear farm to feed pigs. Zhou Fan thinks his military career is over before it even begins. But on the day the commanding officer comes to inspect, the Strongest Soldier Sign-In System suddenly awakens! Faced with the arrogant taunts of the special forces unit Dragon Fa
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My First Year in the Army: The Nation Borrowed Me Because I Was Too Strong 入伍第一年,因太强被国家借走了
Su Han, once a top soldier in his previous life, transmigrates into the body of a raw recruit in a parallel world. Right from the start, the company commander’s wife calls him Great-Grandpa! And this recruit’s identity turns out to make him the highest-ranking elder in the Su clan by generation! But he’s only eighteen! The company commander is actually his granddaughter’s husband?! When his identity is revealed, the whole company is stunned! Su Han grins. “From now on, we’ll each go by our own r
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I Earned Merit on My First Day in the Military, Making the Entire Military District Work Harder! 入伍第一天立功,卷哭整个军区!
Military + Passionate + Lighthearted + Wacky + Humorous + No Romance The protagonist is formidable, and he has several close comrades, each with their own specialty, background, and personality. They complement one another and grow together. In his previous life, Su Yan was a new recruit. After being seriously injured during disaster relief, he was forced to retire early. He got drunk at a farewell ceremony with his fellow soldiers, then woke up having transmigrated into the body of a rich heir.
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Back to the Year the Gaokao Was Reinstated, I Took First Place Nationwide at an Advanced Age 重回恢复高考年,我大龄拿下全国第一
Back to the Year the College Entrance Exam Was Reinstated, I Took First Place Nationwide at an Older Age
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Espionage: Three Years, Then Three More, and Now I'm a Japanese Colonel 谍战:三年又三年,我成鬼子大佐
Su Mu wakes up one morning and finds he has transmigrated to the Republic of China, becoming a low-ranking agent for the Military Statistics Bureau! Just as he’s losing hope, he gains the ability to read people’s thoughts! Agent at No. 76: Damn it, how did our secret plan to arrest the deputy chief of the Military Statistics Bureau get leaked? Chief of the Special Services Section: Damn it, who exposed the top-secret agent infiltrating Mountain City? I’ll kill him! Headquarters of the Plum Bloss
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I'm Already Immortal, So Who Cares About the Throne? 都长生无限了,谁还抢皇位啊!
[Immortality + laid-back daily life + no female lead + low-profile cultivation + not an invincible power fantasy] Read for fun, but enter at your own risk. Keeps a low profile early on... Great Qian Dynasty, Yong'an Year Three. The deposed Crown Prince Li Changsheng is banished by imperial decree to the imperial mausoleum, forbidden from stepping outside for the rest of his life. He expects a miserable existence, but awakens the [Longevity Attribute-Boosting System]. As long as he stays alive
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In the Name of the People: Rising from Handong University 名义:从汉大开始崛起
Like Qi Tongwei, Ning Fangyuan was a college student from the countryside and a promising young man from a poor family. But perhaps he had a little more foreknowledge as someone who had transmigrated, and managed to escape Liang Lu’s clutches...
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Three Kingdoms: The First Revolutionary Army Group 三国:第一革命集团军
[The rating was just posted and is rather low. Enjoy with confidence.] (Red Revolution, Red Literature, no System, liberation, reform, Red ideology, late Han and Three Kingdoms) True strength has never lain in individual valor or empty slogans. It lies in advanced organization, scientific theory, and the blazing fire of “hope” kindled in the hearts of billions of the oppressed! From an unknown refugee to a Red leader who commands the attention of the realm’s warlords, Li Zheng shows all of the H
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Infinite Fusion: My Bonded Gu Have All Become Immortals 无限融合,我的本命蛊都成仙了
A bloody catastrophe shattered a dynasty that had ruled for a thousand years. Li Yuan, its sole surviving prince, concealed his identity and fled to the southern frontier, where he joined the Gu Master lineage and unexpectedly awakened a Gu-Insect Synthesis System. Lords from every corner of the land, demons and monsters, and the various martial-world factions were all looking for him. They wanted to use his bloodline as the key to unlock the Martial God treasure left behind by the founding empe
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The Iron-Blooded System: My Invincible Army 铁血系统,我的无敌军团
[Transmigration + System + Military] From the start, he became the head of a security regiment, with three hundred ragtag soldiers whose rifle barrels were worn smooth. At the critical moment, the Iron-Blooded Salvation System bound itself to him. Earn points, redeem equipment, swap out troop types! Kill rogue soldiers, storm enemy strongholds, blow up enemy warships! From company to division, captured codebooks and looted enemy treasuries all earn points. He had all the men and artillery he
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Online Game: Oh My God, How Did I Become a Support? 网游:天老爷啊,我怎么成了辅助
Juejing is a game automatically developed by a joint AI project involving the whole world. After losing his job, Li Fan enters the game at the recommendation of his friend Wang Tao, and unexpectedly gains the ability to absorb talents. [Congratulations! You absorbed Tank-Support Attribute Points * Purple] [Tank-Support Attribute Points * Purple]: Each time you put a point into Constitution, you will also gain the effect of putting five points into Intelligence. [Congratulations! You absorbed Exc
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They Reported Me for Child Abuse. After Three Days of Investigation, the Police Found I Hadn't Even Managed to Get a Blind Date 举报我虐待孩子,警察查了3天发现我连相亲都没成功过
Someone reported me for abusing children. After three days of investigation, the police discovered I hadn’t even managed to get a date.
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I Became an Instructor at a Divine University, and Reformed Sun Wukong from the Start 在神仙大学当导员开局整顿孙悟空
[Comedy] + [Mythology Fan Fiction] + [Role-Playing] + [Campus] + [Endless Shenanigans] + [Everyone’s Favorite] + [Lighthearted] On my first day at work, the Great Sage Equal to Heaven rested his golden cudgel against my neck. “Mortal, you’re fit to be a counselor only if you can take three blows from me and survive!” I whipped out the Student Management Regulations of the Immortal University. “Attack a counselor and you lose all your merit points. And by the way, your master, Tang Sanzang, just
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The Commoner's Heavenly Master: The Heiress Won't Leave Me Alone 布衣天师:千金小姐赖上我
I, Shen Lang, roam the mortal world as a humble man. My Celestial Master arts reach the heavens, eating comes first, and exorcising demons can wait. I kindly warned the richest family in town to ward off evil, only for their heiress to mistake me for a fraud and lock me in the woodshed, where I suffered endless humiliation. A demonic Taoist wreaked havoc across the city, and the Shen family teetered on the brink of annihilation. The once-spoiled young lady came crying and knelt before me, beggin
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The Immortal's Bowl of Mortal Bones 凡骨仙碗
The brother and sister had neither money nor power, and their parents were brutally murdered. They too were on the brink of death, nearly following them to the underworld so the family could be reunited. Then, by chance, they came upon a mysterious jade bowl. From then on, with mortal bodies, they defied fate and fought their way back from death! With this bowl, they devour creation and cultivate the supreme Way. With a three-foot sword in hand, they slay every enemy and strike down every injust
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My Wife Chose the Green Tea Bitch, and I Awakened the Divine Doctor System 老婆选择绿茶,我觉醒了神医系统
My wife dumped me for a gold-digging tea girl? I awakened the Divine Doctor System on the spot! Silver needles cure incurable diseases, pills decide the fate of the world, and I crush scumbags with face-slapping victories! My ex-wife regrets it to the point of despair and begs to get back together? Sorry, you’re not worthy! My wife and her gold-digging friend stabbed me in the back, but I awakened the Divine Doctor System in my darkest hour! My cheat-level medical skills sweep the city, the weal
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My Freshman Internship: You Went to Site 749 to Contain Monsters 大一实习,你跑去749收容怪物
[Decisive killing] [How could any monster be good?] [All monsters deserve to die] [Ruthless] During his sophomore summer vacation, Lu Ding had planned to use the time to take an internship and earn some living expenses. Who could have expected that the construction site where he interned would excavate a bleeding stone? The workers fled one after another, but Lu Ding charged in with a rotary hammer. After transmigrating to this world nearly twenty years ago, Lu Ding’s golden finger, the Monster
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A Butterfly's Dream in the Dark River 蝶梦暗河
After the legendary opera singer Cheng Dieyi slit her throat onstage, she opened her eyes again to find that she had transmigrated into Mu Feiyan, master of the underworld’s foremost assassin organization, Dark River. She now had to hide not only that she was a woman, but also the fact that she commanded a vast shadow empire drenched in blood and beset by turmoil. More surprising still, her cold-faced deputy, Su Muyu, had long been determined to reform the organization and lead it toward the lig
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Fortune-Telling Is Like Acting: It All Comes Down to Skill 算命如戏,全靠演技
Meng Duoduo sets off into the martial world with her family's ancestral compass, hoping to make a living with a few feng shui tricks. She never expected the wealthy CEO to mistake her for a con artist and throw her out on her very first day. The next day, she decides to rebrand herself: she'll specialize in fixing "office romance curses." The result? She replaces every plant in the company with a cactus. Then one day, she accidentally discovers that an expert has sabotaged the feng shui of the C
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South Wind, Early Summer 南风浅夏
South Wind, Shallow Summer is a youthful romance novel, and in a way, one of my dreams. It tells the story of the male and female leads from their high school years through college graduation and into the working world. Since none of it has happened in real life, it's a beautiful story tinged with a little pain.
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He Used My Money to Support His Junior 他拿我的钱养学妹
On my birthday, my boyfriend said he had to work overtime and couldn't spend the day with me. Then I walked into a restaurant and caught him on one knee, putting a diamond necklace around his junior colleague's neck. “Enjoy spending my money on gifts?” I said with a smile as I called the bank. Watching his face turn deathly pale, I slowly poured red wine over his head. “If you want to live off someone else, you’d better be able to afford the price.”
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I Was Reborn, So Why Would I Join a Pyramid Scheme? 都重生了,我还进传销干嘛
My new work is here! You're welcome to read it 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!
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Someone Beneath the Grave Told Me Not to Look Back 坟下有人叫我别回头
Someone Beneath the Grave Told Me Not to Look Back
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I Really Want to See You 好想见一面
I Really Want to See You
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Since Ancient Times, Love Has Brought Only Heartache 自古#多情空余恨
Since ancient times, too much love has brought only sorrow.
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Before They Parted Forever, He Mistook Her for His White Moonlight 死别前,他认错了白月光
Before They Parted Forever, He Mistook Her for His White Moonlight
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The Moment That Has Yet to Burn Out 未燃尽的刹那
A Moment Not Yet Burned Away
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We'll Never See Each Other Again 我们再也不会见面了
We’ll Never See Each Other Again
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A Republic-Era Tale: Between Clouds and Dreams 民国故事:云梦之间
A Republic-Era Tale: Between the Clouds and Dreams
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First of All, You Have to Be Happy 首先,你要快乐
First, You Have to Be Happy
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Transmigrated into the Investiture of the Gods: Starting with the Jie Sect, I Defy Heaven and Slay Immortals 穿越封神:从截教开始逆天诛仙
His family was destroyed, and a blood feud was branded into his very bones. Zhou soldiers slaughtered his village and seized his kin. He swore to bathe the hypocritical immortals and Buddhas in blood! Why should mortals have to live beneath the feet of immortals and Buddhas? You Chan Sect lot are only coasting on your ancestors' legacy. Without power or influence, you're nothing. I'm Lin Ye, an ordinary mortal, and I can beat you with my own strength. Defying heaven, he beats up Yang Jian, Jiang
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