Rural Youth Sent to the Countryside and Returning to the City: Stories Set in That Era 上山下乡,知青返城城年代小说
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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
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The Little Darling Comes to Find Her Family and Mistakes Her Brother, Then the Cold-Faced Commander Kisses Her to Tears 妹宝投亲认错哥,被冷面首长亲哭
The animated series My Little Sister Slept in the Wrong Room and Ran into the Demon King from the Start is now available. Search for it on Tomato Redfruit to watch. Qiao Xinxin was the real daughter the Qiao family had only just brought home. To avoid marrying her fiancé, who had been disabled during a mission, the fake heiress Qiao Mingzhu got her drunk at the family reunion banquet and sent her to her own fiancé's bed. But she went to the wrong room and spent a wild night with the outstanding
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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.
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Reborn in 1999: The Pinnacle of Life 重生1999,人生巅峰
Su Tianci was a senior engineer in 2025. While coding, he suddenly died at his keyboard. When he opened his eyes again, he found that he had been reborn in 1999, just after taking the college entrance exams. Su Tianci looked at his youthful reflection in the mirror. A bright smile gradually spread across his face. He never expected to be reborn in an era where gold was everywhere. Watch as Su Tianci uses the knowledge he gained decades ahead of his time to stand atop the world.
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The Hot-Blooded Hunter: God’s Assault 热血猎人神之袭击
[Survival] [Hunting] [Fighting the Japanese invaders and looting their gear] [Cultivation] Wang Fei has just entered the world of cultivation when he's forced into becoming a live-in son-in-law. One blow shatters his dantian, setting him on a long road from staying alive to rising to greatness. Though he has lost his cultivation, he takes countless disciples. This novel was not written by AI. Every word was painstakingly typed out by the author, who only hopes readers will enjoy the story in its
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Green Vine 绿萝
This book is for everyone who has ever waited. This is a novel about all the things left unsaid: not saying you like someone, not saying you are waiting, not saying whether it was worth it. But all those unspoken words are tucked inside candy wrappers, hidden in a tin box, and buried in the beeping sounds of a phone booth. The bravest thing Lin Dong ever did was not repairing that imported machine or saving enough for a down payment on a house with a courtyard. It was telling Su Xiyue, “It's t
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Heading to the Northeast: Lin Erni's Bumpy Road to Happiness 闯关东:林二妮的颠簸幸福路
[No contrived twists] [No cheat powers] [Traditional] [Realistic] [Period] [Rural] [Hardship] [Inspirational] Lin Erni was born in Heze, Shandong, and married into Harbin in the Northeast. She struggled to get by amid the freezing snow in the mountains, then later had no one to rely on and went alone beyond the mountains to make a living. The first time, she was tossed from one place to another like a bag of steamed buns, made a child bride, and beaten and cursed. The second time, her father sol
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Zhang Shan's Journey to Immortality 张山的修仙之旅
The physician Zhang Shan is reborn in a farmhouse in the spring of 1962. He hunts, supports his family, practices medicine, and goes into business. By chance, he enters a lost prehistoric world and encounters the mysterious Smurfs, sea demons, dragons, elf folk, high-level cultivators, and more. I already have over 300 chapters written ahead. It's a long, heartwarming, and wonderful story. What could be better than sitting down with a cup of tea and taking your time to enjoy a good book? My new
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My Elders 我的长辈
In the 1980s, as people flock to the cities, all kinds of stories unfold! Mu Fang suffers from asthma, so many people keep their distance. After several unsuccessful matchmaking attempts, she meets someone on a day when sleet begins to fall. It feels like fate has brought them together, and they fall in love at first sight. Defying her family’s objections, Mu Fang marries her second uncle, who is more than ten years her senior. She never looks down on him for being poor and from the countryside,
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1970s Space: A Transmigrated Daughter and Her Reborn Mother 七零空间:穿越闺女重生妈
[Period] [The 1970s] [Transmigration] [Space] [Reborn] [Mutual devotion] [A touch of ensemble cast] [Educated youth] [Two worlds connected] She opens her eyes and has transmigrated into a book set in the 1970s. Even the paper character's slap across her face hurts like hell. She has become a short-lived cannon-fodder character. Damn it! This woman is going to defy fate and change her destiny!
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Liu Zhihao's Years of Youth 刘志豪的芳华岁月
[Period novel + workplace + family + society] The story takes its time to unfold, growing richer the further you read. It is grounded in reality, depicting social life, education, love, careers, officialdom, and rural life in the 1990s, offering a sweeping portrait of everyday life in that era. After graduating from university, the protagonist, Liu Zhihao, is assigned to teach at a middle school in his hometown. From then on, his life enters a new phase as he witnesses the development of educati
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Four Best Buddies Never Split Up, Transmigrating Back to Age Fifteen 四老铁不走散,穿越到15岁
At a dinner gathering for their forty-eighth birthdays, four old friends transmigrate back to 1992. Xiao Fang gains superlative culinary skills, Li Jian forms a seven-colored inner core, Feng Feng’s bracelet becomes a miniature universe, and Dong Dong can see halos of good fortune. They carefully preserve the circumstances of their meeting, afraid that one flap of a butterfly’s wings might scatter the bond they’ve shared for forty-eight years. Xiao Fang comforts souls with food, Li Jian’s inner
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- 263 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
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My Soul Travels Back to 1972, Where I Raise Beauties and Ride the Tide of the Times 魂穿七二,培养美人横扫时代浪潮
[Period] [Sign-In] [Divine Doctor] [Space] [Farming] [Sweet Romance] A real estate tycoon transmigrates into 1972 and binds to the Red Dust Karma System from the start! Ling Feng uses supplies and skills to establish absolute authority, winning hearts through “feeding” and “protection.” Ling Feng has a portable space, peerless medical skills, and deadly combat abilities. He knows that in these unusual times, supplies give you face, personal connections are the substance, and your fists are your
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Reborn in 1980: I Somehow Have Four Ex-Wives Now 重生80:我竟然多了四个前妻
[Borderland customs of Cainan Province, rural life, dialects, regional culture, ethnic minority culture, small county towns, the era, hunting, fishing, frontier regions, northern Myanmar, Wuliang Mountain, Ailao Mountain] Xia Delang was reborn, returning to 1982. But something seemed wrong. Had time and space gotten mixed up when he was reborn? In his previous life, he had been a successful man with a happy family and two children. But after returning to the past, he had become what people in la
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- 266 Officialdom: My Female Boss and the Ultimate Deputy 官场:女上司和最强副手 [Grassroots government + rural life + ethnic customs + special forces + spirited young woman of the era + martial arts secrets + minor political parties] To put an end to his long-distance relationship, Nan Ximen Xiao quit his job in the magic city and returned to his girlfriend’s hometown to take the civil service exam. But because of her unusual circumstances, he was assigned to Manglu Township, the toughest place in the entire county. He had assumed it would be hard to make a difference there 135Reads7.3Score11314d adds
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Shanghai People Eat Rice Porridge 上海人吃泡饭
In the middle of the night, Wang’s Granny was being beaten so badly she could barely move, and could only call for help. Uncle Huang was still fuming over how she had humiliated him during the day, so angry he couldn’t sleep. He heard what sounded faintly like a cat meowing, but when he listened more closely, he realized it was a cry for help coming from Wang’s Granny’s house. He was about to go save her when his wife grabbed hold of him...
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The Retainers of the Last Tusi of Tu'e 兔峨末代土司的眷属们
About the Book: The Tusi chieftaincy of the Luo family of Tu’e, Lanping, Nujiang Prefecture, Yunnan, lasted nearly six hundred years, from the Yuan dynasty through the Ming and Qing dynasties and the Republic of China. It passed through twenty-three generations before the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949 brought the Tusi system to an end. This book was written by the granddaughter of Luo Xing, the last Tusi chieftain. It recounts the remarkable life of Yang Huizhen, wife of
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- 269 Neighbors in the Ancient City 古城邻里 A new work is here! Come read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Set in Yuhè Courtyard, the central compound of Qinghuai Lane in an ancient riverside city in southern China, this novel traces a century of ups and downs among several longtime residents and their neighbors. Through their stories, it captures the changes in the city from the early years after liberation to the present day, the younger generation’s outlook on life amid a market economy, the bustle of its streets and lanes 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 270 The Educated Youth of Wenhai Village 文海村知青 A new work is here! Set in the 1960s and 1970s, this novel follows educated youth Ye Sijia and her companion Lin Can as they leave the cities for the countryside. It tells how they face all kinds of challenges in life and work, and eventually find hope. Come read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it! Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 40Reads—Score—14d adds
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Transmigrating to the 1970s: The One-Shot System Takes Me to New Heights 穿越七零:秒杀系统带我飞
The rating just came out, so it’ll go up later! 1970: I Have a Golden Finger and a Maxed-Out Family Ding! Your limited-time flash-sale System has been bound! Wen Jingshu, an English major in graduate school in 2024, was halfway through studying for the civil service exam when she transmigrated. When she woke up, she’d become a graduate student in trade and economics in 1970. Her father was a police bureau chief, her mother a section chief at the agricultural bureau, her eldest brother a battalio
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- 272 A 1970s Book's Cannon-Fodder Background Character's Everyday Life 七零穿书炮灰路人甲的日常 Period setting + transmigrate into a book + transmigrate + pocket dimension + everyday family life + making a fortune + watching the drama unfold As a modern-day corporate drone who’d given up on life, Xu Jianian woke from her lunch break and found herself completely dumbfounded. Looking at the old-fashioned green train before her, she wondered, Where on earth have I ended up? After figuring things out, she learned she’d transmigrated into a period novel, and she was a cannon-fodder character wh 21.5kReads7.9Score1.8k14d adds
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Reborn in the 1980s! No Regrets!!! 重生八零!不留遗憾!!!
Reborn in 1980! No regrets!!!
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Transmigrated to 1970, Suddenly a Mom of Nine 穿越1970,喜当9个孩子的妈
Main characters: Zhao Wenting and Li Sixi [Period Setting + Information System + Transmigrate + Everyday Family Life] Zhao Wenting has transmigrated. There’s one piece of good news and one piece of bad news. The good news: she has a golden finger, an Information System. The bad news: she has nine kids from the start, more than the Calabash Brothers. Looking at the three children who are about to be sent to the countryside, Zhao Wenting rolls up her sleeves and starts toughening them up. As a res
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The Educated Youth's Sweetheart: Spoiling the Landlord's Young Master 知青小娇妻,宠翻地主少爷
A pampered young wife from the educated youth corps wins the heart of a landlord's young master.
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- 276 Reborn to Marry a Rugged Army Officer 重生嫁糙汉军官 Reborn to Marry a Rugged Army Officer —Reads—Score—14d adds
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A Gold-Digging Marriage Scammer? The 90s Tycoon Dotes Exclusively on His Curvy Chef 骗婚捞女?九零大佬独宠丰腴厨娘
Ning Xiaoruan wakes up to discover that she's transmigrated. Last night's steamy dream wasn't a dream at all: she'd forced herself on the powerful villain from a novel set in the past! In the original story, the woman used her cousin's photo to trick the villain into marrying her. Last night, she tried to take advantage of the darkness and consummate the marriage, forcing him to wed her. In the end, the villain would kill her and keep their child. Ning Xiaoruan decides to run away at once. She r
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A Family by the Yishui River 沂水河畔一家人
This book tells the story of a large family over nearly a century, from the late Qing dynasty to the end of the twentieth century, through turbulent changes, banditry and warfare, twists and turns, and eventual reversals of fortune. Led and subtly influenced by the protagonist, several generations endure decades of hardship yet remain upright, united, and determined to improve. In different eras and historical circumstances, they do everything they can, persevering in their efforts to contribute
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In Another World, I Use Taoist Arts to Empty My Enemy's Warehouse 到了异世,我用道术搬空仇人仓库
An alternate history setting. Please do not compare this story with real history! Gou Yunshu, a modern Daoist exorcist, was betrayed by her best friend during an exorcism. She was struck down by heavenly retribution, killed by a bolt of lightning. She transmigrated into the body of a young girl in the Great Xia Kingdom of the Republican era and discovered that her grandfather had been captured by the Japanese army. To rescue him, she took her younger siblings, bought a house, and left Laolongtan
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That Red Land 那片红色的土地
[Period setting] [Slice of life] [Entrepreneurship] [Family] [Rural life] [No clichés] [Not a power fantasy] [No transmigration] [Slow-paced] [Realistic] [Urban] [Hardships] Trust me, it gets better and better as the story goes on, and it absolutely won't end badly! Writing an original work is no easy task. Every word comes from the heart. Please don't leave a low rating or bad review. A casual three or four stars from you could deal a fatal blow to this niche novel. This novel is neither a cr
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I Have a System for Picking Up Beautiful Women in Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils 我有系统在天龙八部里泡靓女
I woke up to find I’d become an insignificant servant in Murong Fu’s household, and I’d even been bound to a “Confidante System.” System prompt: Meet Wang Yuyan to receive “Lingbo Weibu”; win Mu Wanqing’s heart to obtain “Beiming Shengong.” I was quietly delighted, but then Murong Fu glanced at me coldly. “A servant like you dares to covet my cousin?” I only smiled and silently opened the System shop, exchanging points for the “Innate Daoist Body.” That very night, I mastered the essence of the
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- 282 The God of War's Fiercest Warrior 战神第一猛男 The day Ye Jushuai was kicked out of his home, he obtained the “Emotion War God” System. As long as he stirs up a beautiful woman's emotions, he gets stronger. The more his enemies hate him, the more invincible he becomes. So he sets his sights on heiresses, icy CEOs, and pure-hearted campus beauties, relentlessly flirting with them until the young masters everywhere turn red-eyed with rage. When his war-god mother-in-law looks down on him, Ye Jushuai casually presents a betrothal gift worth ten 157Reads—Score—14d adds
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The Beautiful Girl Next Door Wakes Up and Joins the Army. Officers Fight Over Her 漂亮白月光觉醒随军,首长争又抢
“Second Chance at Love, Spatial Ability, Everyone’s Favorite, Chasing His Wife to the Crematorium, Adorable Baby, Military Marriage” In the third year of living apart from He Shaoyan and fighting over a divorce, Ye Qingzhi began having prophetic dreams. At first, they were just trivial things, until one day she dreamed that her brother-in-law imprisoned her, while her sister became his accomplice and drove her insane before she died a gruesome death. After she died, the man who had repeatedly cl
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Waiting for the College Entrance Exam in 1977 我在一九七七等高考
Every transmigrator can make a good life for themselves in the era they transmigrate to. But Li Chen couldn't. After transmigrating from the future to 1977, he couldn't adapt to the living conditions of the time. By passing the college entrance exam, he secured the means to keep living in that era. Drawing on his knowledge of how history would unfold, he made his life better and better. Yet from beginning to end, he could never fully fit into that era. When time finally brought him to the era he
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The Educated Youth Era: From Village Literary Star to World's Richest Man 知青年代:从乡村文豪到世界首富
[Period] [Countryside] [Literary Prodigy] [Getting Rich] Chen Jinsheng was watching the commotion when someone pushed him into a river. His soul transmigrated into the body of a young villager. In this alternate world, much like the 1960s and 1970s, he swears he won't be a simp! The trilogies Red Crag, Red Sun, and Red Flag Spectrum make him a nationally renowned young writer. The trilogies The Legend of the Condor Heroes, The Return of the Condor Heroes, and The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber ma
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- 286 Mom! Your Dead Husband Is Back! 妈妈!你死去的老公回来了! The rating is low because the book just started, so feel free to ignore it~ [Period novel, military marriage, local protagonist, raising a child, joining the army, everyday family life] “Mom! Your dead husband is back!” The chubby three-year-old looked up at the man in front of him who claimed to be his father, then introduced him to Wen Yu. Xu Shaoyuan had been covered in blood on the battlefield without even blinking, but the distance in his wife and child’s eyes brought tears to his own. Her 9.6kReads8.6Score91914d adds
- 287 1970s: A Strong, Sweet Girl Wins the Affection of a Cold, Aloof Educated Youth 七零,大力娇娇遇高冷知青被娇宠 [Period setting + System + feel-good power fantasy + raising kids + sent down to the countryside + family life + compound kids + devoted couple] Shen Yuning woke up with the memories of two lifetimes in her mind. After learning that she had been reborn in the womb, she discovered she had been reborn once more... And back to the very day her parents were taken away! In her first life, she died suddenly in the twenty-second century, then was born into an era of hunger and hardship. After dying in 19.1kReads7.9Score3k14d adds
- 288 Transmigrate into a Period Novel as a Passerby 穿越年代文之我是路人甲 In her previous life, she was an undercover cop, careful in every move she made. In this life, she was just an ordinary passerby, free to do whatever she pleased. Transmigrators and reborn women, stay away from me. 24.1kReads8.1Score2k14d adds
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Alchemy's Comeback: I Push Through the Cultivation World With Wishes 丹道逆袭:我靠祈愿横推修仙界
Fifteen-year-old Huang Erxiao is an orphan and a novice alchemist in Qingshi Town. He began studying alchemy at five and spent ten years in arduous cultivation. He has barely reached the threshold of a second-tier orange alchemist, with a cultivation level of Qi Refining's third layer. The local Li family's alchemy shop tramples him underfoot and humiliates him in every way. Just as a young bully kicks him off a cliff, his heaven-defying golden finger fully awakens! The Stone Brings Fortune W
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After Becoming a Doomed Little Darling, She Turned the Tables 穿成早死小可怜后,大佬她掀桌了
[Transmigration + Satisfying Revenge + Sweet Romance + Love Grows Over Time + Transmigrate Into a Book vs. Reborn] After transmigrating to 1975, Lin Wan finds herself with a script that goes like this: her stepsister steals her job, her stepmother forces her to go to the countryside, and her biological father turns a blind eye. She doesn't cry or make a scene. Instead, she sells the job she has lined up as a backup, grabs a hoe, and digs one hole after another. In the end, she dusts off her hand
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Back to 1975, and Everything Is Just Right 重回1975,一切刚刚好
"I transmigrated!" The good news: I got a second chance and returned to the day I would regret for the rest of my life. The bad news: I came back to avoid misfortune and lie flat for the rest of my life. You only get one life, and a beautiful life is hard-won. The only way to do myself justice is to enjoy it. But with all those money-making ideas in my head, I just can't sit still. My poor wallet, I've won the people's hearts, so I have to do right by them and help them all get rich and prosper.
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- 292 After I Handed My Golden Finger Over to the State, I Got a Government Job 金手指上交国家之后我有编制了 The rating just came in, but it'll go up later. A story about strengthening the nation, with a heroine who's basically a tool. After a car accident, Luo Ying was not only unharmed, but suddenly gained a golden finger that let her travel between different planes. Only after actually traveling to another plane did she confirm it was real. The first thing she did was contact her country. The things she brought back from different planes helped her country soar to new heights. 833Reads6.4Score10214d adds
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After Becoming the Villainess in a Tragic Romance, I Dumped the Hero 穿成虐文女配后,我把男主甩了
After Reincarnating as the Villainess in a Tragic Romance, I Dumped the Male Lead
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- 294 The Poisonous Heart of the Legitimate Daughter: Reborn, I Tore the White Lotus to Shreds 嫡女毒心:重生后我撕碎了白莲花 The Poisonous Heart of the Legitimate Daughter: Reborn, I Tear the White Lotus to Shreds —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 295 After Becoming the Vicious Supporting Lady, I Made the System Rebel 穿成恶毒女配后我把系统搞叛逆了 After Becoming the Evil Supporting Female Character, I Made the System Rebel —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 296 The Marquis's Legitimate Daughter Plays Frail, and Her War God Husband Falls Into Her Hands 侯府嫡女装柔弱,战神夫君被拿捏 The Marquis’s Legitimate Daughter Pretends to Be Frail, and Her War God Husband Falls Right into Her Hands 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 297 A Contract Marriage: The Billionaire's Darling 闪婚契约:千亿老公的掌心娇 Flash Marriage Contract: The Billionaire’s Darling —Reads—Score—14d adds
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- 299 A Substitute Bride's Sweet Surrender: The Cold Marquis's Darling 替嫁承欢:冷戾侯爷掌心娇 A Substitute Bride’s Tenderness: The Cold, Cruel Marquis’s Darling —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 300 Forced Sign-In: I Coast to Godhood as the Villain 强制签到:我靠反派躺赢成神 Forced Sign-In: I Rise to Godhood by Riding the Villain’s Coattails —Reads—Score—14d adds












































