Salt-Baked Shrimp Fanfiction for Southern Archives 南部档案盐焗虾同人文

1. 1 南 Southern Archives: A Love Story with Salt-Baked Shrimp 南部档案：盐焗虾之恋 Dance Three-Nine-Nine Into Dreaming Music舞三九九入梦音Two Male Leads653k WordsOngoing A fanfic set in The Southern Archives, featuring Zhang Haixia (brilliant to the point of seeming supernatural, with an acute sense of smell) × Zhang Haiyan (bold and unrestrained, with maxed-out combat skills). The story has been reset. Salt-Baked Shrimp is switch, with Shrimp topping Salt early on and Salt topping Shrimp later. Xia-Lou / Lou-Xia After Zhang Haiyan is given the identity of a Zhang family member, his yin-yang blood may lead to some out-of-character characterization. High emotiona 1.3kReads8.4Score144Shelves

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   It's really great!! Once you start reading the first chapter, you can't stop. I suggest waiting until more chapters are released before reading, so you can binge-read and enjoy it all at once.

2. 2 南 Southern Archives: After the Nanyang Moonlight Came Back from the Dead 南部档案：南洋白月光死而复生后 Doom Is Inevitable终将走向毁灭Two Male Leads125k WordsOngoing [Salt-Baked Shrimp + Rebirth + White Moonlight + Revenge + Feel-Good Read] [All regrets have been resolved, so read with peace of mind] What does it feel like to get back what you lost? No one knows better than he does. The person who meant more to him than family was ensnared in layer upon layer of traps, and he took everyone aboard the ship down with him in a sacrifice for that person. He didn’t care whether the moonlight shone on him. The moon belonged high in the sky. Whoever destroyed his m 627Reads7.7Score100Shelves
3. 3 南 Southern Archives: Shrimp Boy, Sit on My Lap and Cry 南部档案：虾仔，坐我腿上哭 The Lone Wanderer独游者Two Male Leads224k WordsCompleted [Complete + Zhang Haiyan reborn + sweet romance + making up for regrets + equally matched leads + apologies for OOC + some original elements + mystery solving (strange tales, not scary) + Salt-Baked Shrimp] (A crazy, flamboyant Zhang Yang/reborn schemer VS an unnaturally clever Shrimp) (Shrimp has a dual personality: White Shrimp and Black Shrimp) 1.4kReads8.9Score193Shelves
4. 4 南 Southern Archives: Salt Returns to the Shrimp Shore 南部档案：盐归虾岸 Chang'an Returns to the Old Home长安归估故里Two Male Leads323k WordsCompleted Inspired by Southern Archives, set in Republican-era Nanyang: a long, rebirth-themed mystery starring two male leads. Hundred-year-old Zhang Hailou has guarded the archives alone for a century, trapped every day in nightmares of Zhang Haixia being poisoned and paralyzed, developing a split personality, and dying aboard the Nan'an. The instant he touches a fragment of a meteorite from beyond the heavens, he returns to Xiamen in 1916, before any of the tragedies have happened. Only he carries the 309Reads—Score102Shelves

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   Not bad, keep it up!

5. 5 南 Southern Files: The Sickly Black Shrimp’s Relentless Love 南部档案，病娇黑虾的强制宠爱 Evening Dreams, Still Serene晚梦亦清欢Two Male Leads567k WordsOngoing Zhang Hailou was the Southern Archives’ wildest blade, sharp-tongued and ruthless, and answerable to no one. Until one night, Zhang Haixia pinned him down on the archive table. “Zhang Haixia, have you gone mad?” “Yeah. I’ve been mad for years.” He was the White Shrimp, gentle as jade, tending to his wounds and coaxing him to eat. He was the Black Shrimp, violent and unhinged, pushing him to the brink. They were one and the same person: Zhang Haixia. “Shrimp Boy, whichever one of you you a 3.2kReads6.9Score484Shelves

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   This book is really good! It has a yandere/madwoman vibe, and I personally think it's especially great. [Admiring]

6. 6 南 Southern Archives: The Heroic Spirit of Luohai Tower 南部档案：侠风落海楼 Yayoi Marufuji, Old and Faded年老色衰的圆藤弥生Two Male Leads583k WordsCompleted Zhang Hailou finds Zhang Haixia asleep and wakes him. He had intended to return to the archives and live a quiet life, but discovers that a hidden hand has been manipulating events all along, and even wants to target Zhang Haixia now that he has returned. Zhang Hailou won't let them get their way. Zhang Haixia, Zhang Hailou, their master Zhang Haiqi, and even the clan leader are all drawn into the affair. The two team up again to investigate and expose the conspiracy behind it all. Along the way 2.9kReads8.4Score530Shelves

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   This is a book you absolutely won't regret buying; it's incredibly detailed and emotionally resonant!

7. 7 南 Southern Archives: The Yellow Springs Tavern 南部档案：黄泉酒馆 A Mi阿覔Two Male Leads165k WordsCompleted A continuation of Southern Archives with a happy ending! Xiazai enters the Yellow Springs illusion and becomes a tavern owner. A centenarian Hailou joins forces with the Iron Triangle, Black Glasses, and Zhang Qianjun to bring his wife home! The world of The Grave Robbers' Chronicles! A humorous ensemble cast! The adventure begins! Partly set against the backdrop of The Grave Robbers' Chronicles. Includes Bottle-Evil, a fan-made Three Great Triangles bonus story, and some characters from The Gr 873Reads7.4Score150Shelves

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   This book is really good, I highly recommend it. The salt character is hilariously crazy, the shrimp is adorable, and the plot is very well written.

8. 8 南 Southern Archives: Shrimp Is So Tough, He Won't Die 南部档案：虾仔那么厉害才不会死 Whale Little Fisher鲸小鱼erTwo Male Leads267k WordsOngoing (The rating came out on July 31, 2026. It'll go up later, so enjoy it without worry~) [Salt-baked shrimp + reunion after three years + sweet romance + mutual doting + equally matched leads + lost and found again + possessive obsession + apologies for the author's headcanons] [Zhang Hailou × Zhang Haixia] It's Salted Shrimp~ [Devoted puppy Salt × flirtatious queen Shrimp] Sweet romance and a new detective plot, too. You won't regret getting invested~ Headcanon: Haixia still has a dual personality 1.2kReads8.8Score112Shelves

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   This is absolutely amazing! The writing is incredibly delicate and beautiful!

9. 9 南 Southern Archives: Sea Salt Reborn 南部档案之海盐重生 Seeing the Morning Star见星晨Two Male Leads168k WordsCompleted [Healing regrets + two equally powerful leads + Sentinel and Guide + mainly Xia Yan, with some Yan Xia too] The rating was just added, so it’ll gradually go up~ “Shrimp, I really can’t go on without a future that has you in it. This time, I still want to take three steps back…” If the most shattered sea salt could return to the happiest starting point, then perhaps they could have a different ending. 1.8kReads8.8Score297Shelves

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   This is quite good, it's already finished, and you won't regret watching it. The romance is very obvious, but they won't get together until quite late in the story. 🧂 He realizes it relatively late, but once he does, he immediately confesses and they get together.

10. 10 南 Southern Archives: Every Night, He Coos the Little One to Sleep! 南部档案：小楼夜夜哄！ Jade Shadow Purple Bamboo碧影紫竹Two Male Leads357k WordsCompleted “The Little House Gets Cuddles Every Night, and Xia Zai Gets Spoiled Every Night” [Zhang Hailou VS Zhang Haixia] [Blunt, clingy, and loves to act cute + Mutual sweet affection + Mending every regret + Two powerful leads in an intense push and pull + Lots of original headcanons + No horror] (A wild, outgoing, clingy, scheming Hailou × Zhang Haixia, a brilliant strategist with two distinct personalities) (The gentle, softhearted White Shrimp is affectionate and indulgent; the cold, prickly Black S 1.3kReads8.8Score177Shelves

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    It's already finished, super sweet, you can watch it without worry.

11. 11 南 Southern Archives: The Plague God’s Husband Returns After a Hundred Years 南部档案：百岁瘟神的亡夫回归了 Listening to the Stars in the Inky Night墨夜聆星Two Male Leads292k WordsCompleted Two male leads + salted-baked shrimp + Xia Lou/Lou Xia + two equally powerful leads Zhang Hailou has been a widower for a hundred years, and he has one unbreakable quirk: before midnight every day, he must clear out his room and refuse all visitors. One night at midnight, Zhang Haixia, the love of his life who died in his arms, stands before him again. But the ghost can only stay for four hours each day, vanishing at dawn, unable to touch anything in the real world. A drop of Zhang Haiyan’s bloo 2.1kReads8.3Score292Shelves

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    It's him again!!!

12. 12 南 Southern Archives: Strike First with a Gu 南部档案：先下蛊为强 Loves SuiLoves穗Two Male Leads100k WordsCompleted [TV Adaptation, Happy Ending] Shrimp and Salt A sharp-witted Nanyang weapon, Shrimp, versus a reborn, unhinged, ghostly Salt Zhang Hailou spent a century searching for the resurrection medicine, only to die because of it. When he opened his eyes again, he had returned to the first day of the Panhuahai Reef case, before anything had happened. Zhang Hailou could barely keep from laughing. If he'd known it was this easy, he would have gone earlier. “Xia Zai, this time we absolutely have to live and 2.4kReads8.5Score465Shelves

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    This book is truly a masterpiece, unlike ordinary rebirth stories, and it even includes a scene where Zhang Hailou loses his speech.

13. 13 盐 Salt-Baked Shrimp: Abandoning Your Puppy Is Against the Law 盐焗虾：弃养小狗是犯法嘟 Wen Qi Jingyu闻其惊玉Two Male Leads145k WordsOngoing The couples in this story are Yan Xia and Lou Xia. A teary-eyed, unhinged puppy Yan × a gorgeous, mentally unstable Xia. Dissatisfied with the ending, I decided to change it. In my personal version, the original ending was just a dream Zhang Hailou had. This story includes an original mystery case created by the author, as well as tomb-raiding plot elements. Readers who would rather avoid this kind of content can feel free to steer clear. Thank you for your understanding and support. 64Reads—Score151Shelves

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    Wonderful wonderful😄🤭🤭

14. 14 南 Southern Archives: Xia Zai, This Time I'll Protect You 南部档案：虾仔，这次我来守护你 Thunderbolt Fruit Alliance霹雳果联盟Two Male Leads275k WordsCompleted Completed · [Two Male Leads, A Mix of Sweetness and Angst, HE, 1v1, A flirtatious, seductive, possessive shrimp who loves to bait others × a salty, self-proclaimed straight man who gets hooked without realizing it] At the very end, a bolt of heavenly lightning sent Zhang Hailou and Zhang Haixia back to the eve of the Nan'an voyage, reborn. Zhang Haixia returned with all his memories from his previous life. As he watched Yan bouncing around every day, his eyes grew even more tender and affectiona 1.6kReads7.3Score235Shelves

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    I personally think these are good-looking.

15. 15 南 Southern Archives: Reborn, I Made Xia Zai Feel So Good 南部档案：重生后虾仔被我亲爽了 Plum Tree by the Gate门前李子树Two Male Leads192k WordsCompleted [Salt-Baked Shrimp + reborn + pursuing his love + two equally strong leads + healing regrets + Shrimp's split personality (restrained and sharp-tongued by day, crazed and twisted by night)] [Some creative liberties + apologies for out-of-character moments + two couples in total] [Salt Shrimp gets plenty of romance; the plot moves slowly] Only after Shrimp died did Zhang Hailou realize how he felt. Reborn, with everything yet to happen, he swore to protect everyone at the Archives and make the wi 998Reads6.8Score152Shelves

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    These books are all excellent!!!

16. 16 南 Southern Archives: Little Shrimp, Come Straight Into Your Master's Arms 南部档案：虾仔乖乖到小爷怀里来 Only Love Little A Zhi唯爱小阿志Urban98k WordsOngoing Reborn (Zhang Hailou / Zhang Haiyan + Zhang Haixia / Zhang Haixia / Xia Zai), Salt-and-Shrimp pairing + apologies for OOC “The road to the afterlife is long. I’ve come to find you.” After Xia Zai died, Zhang Hailou felt as if his life had lost a splash of color, so he decided to follow him in death. When he opened his eyes again, everything had returned to the beginning. This time, he would turn the tide and set everything right. “Xia Zai, this time, let me protect you!” But along the way, he ma 218Reads—Score101Shelves
17. 17 南 Southern Archives: After Being Reborn, I Played Along with Everything 南部档案：重生后全演上了 Red-Headed Crane with Ice鹤顶红加冰Female-Channel Fanfiction397k WordsCompleted (Ship whoever you want, however you like.) Zhang Hailou lived for more than a hundred years. For over a hundred years, he never once said Xia Zai's name. Later, after taking a knife for Wu Xie, his rotten luck finally caught up with him and he was done for. As he closed his eyes, he wondered if he could really be said to have died young. When he opened them again, he was in a ruined temple in Xiamen. Xia Zai was nowhere beside him, he hadn't been taken in by his master, and none of the things fr 10kReads8.9Score930Shelves

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    All four are great. I personally think the first one has a pretty good system and is a bit funny 🤪. I highly recommend the second one (I won't spoil it). The third and fourth are also good 🎉

18. 18 盐 Salt-Baked Shrimp: A Mini-Drama 盐焗虾小剧场 Is a Sundae Really Sweet?甜筒真的甜吗Two Male Leads307k WordsCompleted [Southern Archives][Fanfic][BL, both leads are virgins][New author] I’m writing this out of love. I haven’t read the original, but I watched the TV series Southern Archives and felt that their story shouldn’t have ended so tragically. There are so few stories about them on Tomato, so I’ve decided to cook up my own. There may be a little skit every few chapters. Updates are irregular. Come read along if you like! There’ll be wholesome stuff and, ahem, other stuff too, so beware if that’s not your 261Reads—Score109Shelves
19. 19 南 Southern Archives: The Salt Went Mad After Losing Its Shrimp Guide 南部档案：失去虾向导后的盐疯了 Fan Luoluo范罗罗Two Male Leads167k WordsCompleted [Yan-Xia CP | Sentinel/Guide AU | Powerful leads find redemption together | Mystery-solving main plot | Rewriting the Nan’an’s ending | Happy ending] A raging fire aboard the Nan’an wiped out the strongest Sentinel-Guide pair in the south. Everyone said that Zhang Haixia, an S-rank Guide, had drowned, and that his Sentinel, Zhang Haiyan, had gone completely mad. His mental landscape was shattered, his senses overloaded. He snapped at everyone and became the mad Sentinel no one at the archives da 428Reads—Score108Shelves
20. 20 南 Chronicles of Old Nanyang 南洋旧志 A Mandarin Orange一栀柑橘Urban138k WordsCompleted [Southern Archives, happy-ending version] Salt-Baked Shrimp. The story of Zhang Hailou returning to the beginning to save Zhang Haixia. Bodhisattvas fear causes; ordinary people fear consequences. I am no Bodhisattva who can stop everything from happening. I am only an ordinary man who refuses to let go and watch the person he loves leave. Defying fate comes at a price. Destiny cannot be changed, only transferred. The Evil God's ancestral court, the Panhua Sea Reef, the Nanan... Zhang Hailou us 2.2kReads8.9Score421Shelves
21. 21 南 Southern Archives: The Snake Nests in the Painted Brow, Sentinel and Guide 南部档案：蛇栖画眉，哨向 Little Cat of Mao Tofu毛豆腐小猫Two Male Leads122k WordsOngoing [Zhang Haiyan reborn + Mutual Sweet Romance + Righting Past Wrongs + Two Powerful Leads + Original Sentinel-Guide Setting + Supernatural Mystery Cases without Horror + Salt-Baked Shrimp Main Couple] [Bold, obsessive reborn Sentinel x Guide with dual nature, good and evil | Black snake x black-and-white bulbul] In his previous life, one knife blow separated Zhang Haiyan and his love forever. Against all odds, he is reborn. A hidden game of connecting the dots? This time, he'll break the chain of 120Reads—Score103Shelves
22. 22 南 Southern Archives: Salt and Tide 南部档案之盐与潮 Evening Dreams, Still Serene晚梦亦清欢Two Male Leads204k WordsCompleted "Xia Zai, if you dare leave me behind, I'll haunt you even as a ghost." "I won't run. Just stay alive. You can haunt me all you want after that." "Xiao Lou, listen to the tides of the Southern Seas for me a few more times." "I don't want to listen to the tides! I want you to live!" Two fragile lives picked up in a year of famine were bound together amid the bloody storms of the Southern Seas for twenty years. Zhang Hailou was a fierce blade drawn from its sheath, roaming the world with unchecked 395Reads—Score101Shelves
23. 23 南 The South: Zhang Haiyan’s Reborn Daily Life 南部：张海盐重生日常 Four Liang Moon四两月Two Male Leads418k WordsOngoing [A fanfic based on the Southern Archives TV series + mainly Zhang Hailou and Xie Yuchen + reborn + a touch of horror] Driven by fate toward an ending he could not bear to see, Zhang Hailou feels that life is one wrong turn after another. If he could start over, would making a different choice lead to a different outcome? For Xia Zai, he is willing to give it a try, no matter the cost. “It is said that on Juqu Isle in the Western Sea stands a towering tree. Cut out its heartwood and place it insi 950Reads8.4Score108Shelves
24. 24 南 Southern Archives: What If Zhang Haixia Hadn't Died? 南部档案：假如张海侠没死 Little Grain Just Sprouted, Pointy Dumpling小禾才露尖尖饺Two Male Leads483k WordsOngoing [Two male leads] [Sweet on the outside, dark on the inside] [Happy ending] [Both powerful] [Zhang Haixia is still alive] Zhang Hailou fell to his knees and began to weep over Zhang Haixia, who had already stopped breathing. Later, after learning from their master that he had only been pretending to be dead, Zhang Hailou did everything he could to find an antidote for him. But he had no idea that the one who returned was no longer the beloved White Shrimp he had been longing for, but a Black Shri 1.3kReads—Score131Shelves

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    Southern Archives!!! Salted Shrimp!!! So delicious!!!

25. 25 南 Southern Files: Reborn, Why Would Anyone Want This Psycho Junior Brother? 南部档案：重生谁还要这疯批师弟 Snow Lodging by the River of Forgetfulness忘川宿雪Two Male Leads126k WordsOngoing [Reborn] [Two Male Leads] [Sweet Romance] [Twin Qilins] [Southern Archives] "Don't be afraid, Zhang Haixia. Let's go home." He sobbed as he drove the knife into Zhang Haiyan's heart. Zhang Haixia was reborn in the year of the Great Famine, when he was ten years old. In his previous life, he had a junior brother named Zhang Haiyan, and in the end, the two became enemies and turned on each other. In this life, he found Zhang Haiyan before their master could. He gave him money and a boat ticket, th 36Reads—Score142Shelves

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    As someone who loves watching romance dramas, after reading this, my immediate reaction was that younger men and older women are really appealing! [Learned something new][Learned something new][Learned something new]

26. 26 南 Southern Archives: Shrimp and Salt 南部档案之虾与盐 Wuye He无野禾Two Male Leads120k WordsCompleted Zhang Haixia (older brother) × Zhang Haiyan (younger brother). Set during their time at the Nanyang Archives, with missions on the outlying islands as the main storyline, this is what brings the two of them together as partners. Their bond is woven through the little moments: the elder brother’s quiet care and the younger brother’s unquestioning trust. When life and death hang in the balance, they become each other’s only escape and greatest weakness, forging a bond that transcends blood ties an 127Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Both are extremely beautiful!! I personally like the second and first ones the most.

27. 27 南 Southern Archives: Salt-Baked Shrimp Is Different This Time! 南部档案：盐焗虾这次不一样！ Tea Gathering in the Clouds云上茶叙Two Male Leads191k WordsOngoing [Rebirth and Transmigration × Nanyang Adventure × Sweet Romance Fueled by an Information Gap × Deep Teacher-Disciple Bond] Zhang Haixia opens his eyes again with the memories of his past life. The incident at Panhua Sea Reef is still three days away, and Zhang Haiyan has yet to be poisoned with that deadly toxin. This time, he remembers everything and is determined to face every calamity alone. But halfway through the journey, Zhang Haiyan stubbornly follows him aboard the ship. A note for reade 13Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 28 南 Southern Archives Rebooted: Salt-Baked Shrimp, Master, Save Me! 南部档案重启，盐焗虾：师父救我 Orange Cat Sunbathing橘猫在嗮太阳Two Male Leads118k WordsOngoing [Southern Archives Fanfiction + Zhang Haixia Reborn + Sweet Romance + Expanding the Southern Archives Universe] Zhang Haixia is reborn with memories of his past life, returning to the day he graduated from the training camp. In his previous life, nearly all the Hai generation perished in the catastrophe surrounding the archives in Nanyang. This time, he makes his move first, determined to keep the disaster from happening again. Content warning: This is a derivative work in the Southern Archives 6Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 29 南 Southern Archives: When Zhang Ge Returns to the Past 南部档案：当小张哥回到过去 Like a Green Mist青烟一样Two Male Leads169k WordsCompleted Xiao Zhang Ge transmigrated, and at last, after washing up, he saw Xia Zai. Xia Zai, this time I’ll protect you no matter what. But why is this Zhang Hailou so annoying? Xiao Zhang Ge suddenly realized why his master used to beat him so often. He really was asking for it. 814Reads—Score100Shelves
30. 30 南 Southern Archives: The Long-Awaited White Magnolia 南部档案：久违的白玉兰 Li Anyuan漓安源Two Male Leads240k WordsOngoing What would happen if Zhang Hailou had been injected with twilight grass as a baby, and the herb lay dormant for years until he smelled it again and awakened the twilight grass inside him? [Dual-personality Xia Yan] Both of them have dual personalities, and Zhang Hailou has had one from the start. [Gentle reminder: The author has only watched two episodes of the show. The rest is based on fanfiction and clips from the show, so there will be severe OOC. Xia Yan, no salted shrimp (maybe?). Zhang Ha 1.4kReads—Score174Shelves
31. 31 盐 Salt Shrimp: Twin Bonds 盐虾：双生结 Wu Xinre無忻惹Two Male Leads109k WordsCompleted "Meeting you was both a knot and a calamity. Across two lives and two worlds, we have been entangled with each other without end." The basic idea is that there are two parallel worlds. In one, Yan is the version from the drama. He lived for a hundred years, alone in a world without Xia. In the other, Yan died for love aboard the Nan'an and was reborn ten years earlier, before anything had happened. If the Yan who died for love received all the memories of the Yan who lived for a hundred years, 442Reads—Score104Shelves

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    They all look great! 😄😄

32. 32 南 Southern Archives: When Hai Lou Got a System 南部档案，当海楼有了系统后 Ling Miaomiao Miao凌妙妙秒Two Male Leads368k WordsOngoing After reading South Archives, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts! I wrote this to feed my own cravings. I hope both Xia Zai and Yan Zai get a happy ending. OOC warning. The characters belong to Uncle San. I'm just a little fan of his Tomb Raider's Notes. (づ￣3￣)づ╭❤~ When Yan Zai is about to have his leg broken for him by Xia Zai, and a System and on-screen comments appear, what will he choose? What will Yan Zai do when the plot continues and Xia Zai turns dark? Come on, ship them! Fans of the Xia Lou p 1.7kReads8.2Score170Shelves
33. 33 南 Southern Archives: The Gloomy Big Shrimp and His Sweet Little Wife 南部档案：阴郁大虾和他的小娇妻 Tiaodian条点Two Male Leads283k WordsCompleted Please note, this is a Xiake Tower story. [Brooding male ghost top × crazy, pampered wife bottom] [Xiake Tower × derivative fanfiction × seemingly innocent but secretly calculating × happy ending] Republican-era Nanyang, the southern branch of the archives. Zhang Haixia and Zhang Hailou were both orphans of the Hai generation, adopted as children by the curator, Zhang Haiqi. One was steady, refined, and exceptionally shrewd. The other was flamboyant, unhinged, and terrifyingly strong. Everyone c 2.3kReads8.4Score333Shelves
34. 34 盗 Tomb Raiding: Good News, I've Become a Zhang Family Member 盗墓：好消息穿成张家人了 Yao Yao 42412831姚瑶42412831Mystery256k WordsOngoing Guys, I was cosplaying Zhang Qiling, but my black ancient gold knife meant I couldn't take the subway, so I called a ride and took the highway instead. Bad news: I died! Good news: I transmigrated!!! I opened my eyes as seven-year-old Zhang Rishan, with someone trying to kill me. Ding! The life-saving System activated... Earn survival points to refresh all kinds of amazing items and help the Host clear everything with one click. System, hold on, stop explaining! I'm about to die! Holy crap, he's 3.1kReads6.6Score215Shelves

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    This novel features a male protagonist who cosplays as Zhang Rishan, a character with the same name. It's incredibly exciting! From the moment he opens his eyes, he's on the run, and his interactions with the Zhang family are endlessly enjoyable. The system, called "Lezi Ren," starts off very serious but gets increasingly hilarious later on. The jokes are great, and the descriptions are very realistic. It seems to be a story from childhood to adulthood. You should definitely check it out; it's guaranteed to be good. (Family members, please criticize me if you find it good.) This is the best "raising a Zhang family" novel I found on Tomato Bookstore, and it's a first-person perspective new book—a must-read!

35. 35 盐 Salt Shrimp: Two Ends of Fate 盐虾：命运两端 Xi Zhao桸炤Two Male Leads314k WordsCompleted A fanfic set in the Southern Archives. The characters may be somewhat out of character, so please don't read if that bothers you. Both Xia Yan and Yan Xia are included, so please don't read if that bothers you. I've changed the timing of some events because I want to give them a happy ending. Black Xia appears earlier, and it isn't caused by drugs. 374Reads—Score104Shelves
36. 36 南 Southern Archives: Memories in the Mist 南部档案：烟云记忆 Watching the Scales观鳞Two Male Leads125k WordsCompleted [Fanfiction based on the Southern Archives TV series] [Zhang Hailou × Zhang Haixia + Republican-era male leads + Powerful bond + Mutual protection + Power struggles among the Nine Gates + Revenge and redemption] ※Dear readers, this story is a personal imagining inspired by the TV adaptation. Please be understanding if the characters differ from their original portrayals. You can also read it as a completely new, standalone story!※ ※ Cover art by @Hua Ning, used with permission.※ In a turbulen 296Reads—Score109Shelves
37. 37 南 Southern Files: Shrimp Boy Is Mine 南部档案之虾仔是我的 Red Furnace Stars红炉星辰Two Male Leads518k WordsOngoing So the clan leader is my brother! After Zhang Haixia fakes his death, Zhang Qiling arrives and is reunited with his aunt and nephew, Zhang Haiqi. Later on, Xia Zai won't turn evil, and he and Hailou will retrace their steps through Bailuo Jing, finding love and staying together! The family of three will head to Changbai Mountain and take Xiaoge back to Xiamen! (Zhang Hailou, may you get the family, lover, and clan you long for this time. I hope you have a happy, long life, you calamity-bringer! 1.3kReads—Score113Shelves
38. 38 南 Southern Archives: Revived a Century Later, I Was Thrown into Captivity 南部档案：百年后复活惨遭囚禁 Loves SuiLoves穗Two Male Leads106k WordsCompleted [Drama Sequel] Salt-Baked Shrimp (Xia Lou/Lou Xia) HE Ever since Zhang Hailou dug open that man's grave and found no body, he knew the man might still be alive. Zhang Hailou told no one. He lived for a hundred years pretending not to know anything, and waited a hundred years for news of the man. A century later, Blind Tomb stirred. Zhang Hailou ventured inside and successfully found the man he'd been separated from for a hundred years. He said nothing, simply bringing him home in silence. Until 3.5kReads6.7Score625Shelves
39. 39 南 Southern Archives: Qilin Returns to the Soul, and Xia Zai Loves Hailou Most 南部档案：麒麟归魂虾仔独爱海楼 Wu Mingkong, Who Likes Ghost Whales喜欢鬼鲸的武明空Two Male Leads138k WordsCompleted ⌠Bottom protagonist + all pairings + The Grave Robbers' Chronicles fanwork + Southern Archives + reborn and redemption + absurd comedy + main pairings: Black Shrimp/White Shrimp/Hailou + secondary pairing: Wu Xie and Zhang Qiling⌡ (A Sea Salt pairing might be added, too.) Middle-aged Zhang Hailou was reborn. When he opened his eyes, he discovered: One: Zhang Haixia was still alive. Wonderful. Two: His younger self hadn't disappeared. Not good. Three: The soul of Zhang Haixia, who had been with h 494Reads—Score103Shelves
40. 40 南 Southern Archives: Forced into Love by Black Shrimp and White Shrimp 南部档案：被黑虾白虾强制爱了 Too Sleepy to Wake Up瞌睡磕不醒Two Male Leads360k WordsCompleted Dual male leads + mind-reading + split personality + Xia-Yan HE. In the miasma-ridden Nanyang of the Republican era, Zhang Hailou of the Zhang family's Southern Archives accidentally inhales a mutagenic toxin while breaking into the Evil God's ancestral temple. When he wakes, he discovers that whenever he makes physical contact with Zhang Haixia, he can hear his thoughts. He means to pry into the secrets of Zhang Haixia, the “greatest mind in Nanyang,” but one touch exposes a shocking secret: [H 1.6kReads8.2Score253Shelves
41. 41 南 Southern Archives: Side by Side Again 南部档案：再次并肩同行 Autumn Cicada Knows Snow秋蝉知雪Two Male Leads116k WordsCompleted The ending for Yanxia is a regret in the author's heart. They shouldn't have had that kind of ending. Here, they'll get a new ending and begin a happy new life, continuing to fight side by side to protect the Zhang family. 587Reads—Score104Shelves
42. 42 南 Southern Archives: Raising a Family in the Entertainment Industry After the Blind Tomb of Houhailou 南部档案：盲塚后海楼娱乐圈养家 A Feast of Gold and Jade Cake金玉满堂糕Two Male Leads546k WordsOngoing A Southern Archives and The Lost Tomb crossover, combining the original novels and TV adaptation. Angst before sweetness, with mutual devotion. CP: Zhang Haixia x Zhang Hailou (Xia Lou, Shrimp and Salt) The author has read all the original works, including the short stories. This is a parallel universe of The Lost Tomb. The entertainment-industry content is unrelated to reality. There are two things Zhang Hailou regrets most in his life: First, that the shrimp boy in Nanyang took the blast for 2.9kReads8.7Score386Shelves
43. 43 南 Southern Archives: Tracing Shadows Through the Screen 南部档案观影体溯影 Jade of the Xia Dynasty夏代的玉Two Male Leads266k WordsOngoing Zhang Hailou knelt by the sea, a blade pressed to his neck. Zhang Haixia was gone. He should go with him. Then he was pulled into a mysterious space, where he saw Zhang Haixia in a wheelchair, alive and unharmed. But there were two other people there as well: Zhang Haiyan and Zhang Haixia, from the future. One was restrained and obsessive, the other utterly insane. The way they looked at each other seemed to hold both hatred and a love that had lasted for thousands of years. Two timelines, four 212Reads—Score112Shelves

    Reader note

    This! The Southern Archives viewing experience, along with the characters from The Mystic Nine, not only watched the film but also modified the subsequent plot development. It includes Salt, who wanted to commit suicide by the sea, and the wheelchair-bound shrimp from the Nan'an ship, as well as Black Shrimp and the later broken Salt. What kind of reaction will the two couples have when they watch the Southern Archives plot in the same time and space?

44. 44 盐 Salt-Baked Shrimp 盐焗虾 Yu Zai Wants to Get Out of School予仔要放学95k WordsOngoing The protagonist, Qi Yan, transmigrates into The Southern Archives and rewrites Zhang Haiyan and Zhang Haixia’s story. In this fic, Zhang Haiyan and Zhang Haixia are a couple. The protagonist is a male Taoist priest with no love interest, maybe? He raises a little snake and has a System, though as far as he’s concerned, it’s just a storage bag. You might be wondering why I’m writing fanfiction for The Southern Archives. The first reason is that I heard it’s getting a TV adaptation. I’ve followed 174Reads—Score101Shelves
45. 45 重 Reborn Zhang Haiyan Has a Floating Comment Feed by His Side 重生的张海盐身边有弹幕 Winter Ling, Spring Order冬泠春序Two Male Leads228k WordsCompleted [Southern Archives fanfiction] Xia Lou!!! [Complete] [Danmaku + reborn] The thing Zhang Haiyan regretted most in his life was driving a knife into Zhang Haixia's heart with his own hands. After that, he lived for another 147 years. On the same day each year, he went to the seaside and spoke to the empty ocean: “Shrimp, today marks the ____ year since you left.” He thought he'd keep counting like that forever, until the seas ran dry and the rocks crumbled. Until he touched a stone. When he opened 704Reads—Score132Shelves
46. 46 南 Southern Files: The Wicked Mother-in-Law 南部档案：恶婆婆 Qiqi, Who Loves Reading Novels爱看小说的七七Two Male Leads124k WordsCompleted After enduring countless trials, Zhang Haiyan discovers that an old friend might return. He would even make a deal with the devil, as long as Xia Zai could come back. I’m not good at writing summaries. Nanbu + The Lost Tomb + Zang Hai There will be an original female lead. The Iron Triangle will appear only briefly; the main story focuses on Xia and Yan. Xia and Yan are a couple. The original female lead will not have a romantic pairing. The story takes place after Sand Sea and before Reboot: So 184Reads—Score102Shelves

    Reader note

    The original character's insertion point is quite clever and doesn't damage the relationship between the two characters. Although the name is so-so, it's really interesting. It's a short novella that you can read in one go.

47. 47 南 The Southern Archives: Time Can Turn Back 南部档案，岁月可回头 Job-Seeking Jianbing找工作的烤冷面Two Male Leads51k WordsOngoing [Fan fiction + dual male leads] If you could turn back time, what would you choose? Make the same mistakes again... or... forge a new path… 30Reads—Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    New story, currently being serialized.

48. 48 张 Zhang Haixia's Secret Crush Diary: The Final Chapter 张海侠的暗恋日记，最终章 Really Can't Think of a Name真的不会起名7k WordsCompleted Zhang Haixia’s Secret Love Diary: The Final Chapter 11Reads—Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    Southern Archives follows the plot of the drama, with added romantic subplots. It's finished, so watch it without hesitation! One has yin blood, the other yang blood—what will happen when yin and yang combine? So hard to guess!

49. 49 张 Zhang Haixia’s Secret Love Diary 张海侠的暗恋日记 Really Can't Think of a Name真的不会起名Male-Channel Fanfiction6k WordsCompleted Zhang Haixia's Secret Crush Diary 28Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 50 张 Zhang Haixia’s Secret Crush Diary 3 张海侠的暗恋日记3 Really Can't Think of a Name真的不会起名6k WordsCompleted Zhang Haixia's Secret Crush Diary 3 15Reads—Score—Shelves

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