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  1. In the Second Half of My Life, I Relied on My Intangible Cultural Heritage Skills to Become Famous An Uneasy MayumiModern Romance63k Wordsongoing Su Wanqing, 38, is a middle-level manager of a foreign company in a first-tier city. She suffered the double blow of "optimized" unemployment and her husband's infidelity, so she returned to her hometown in the ancient town of Jiangnan with her daughter who had just entered junior high school. By chance, she regained the Suzhou embroidery skills passed down by her grandmother. From setting up a stall to make a living to building an intangible cultural heritage brand, she gained self-worth and cr —Reads—Score—Shelves
  2. Me, Wearing My Sister's Parasol Lottery Draw on May 28Ancient Romance66k Wordsongoing Female disguised as male 1v1 double cleaning Disguising herself as a man and living in seclusion in the village, Qi Xiaochun has been waiting for an opportunity that may never come to her in her lifetime. Unexpectedly, he bumped into a strange girl who came through the book. She opened her mouth to tell secrets but kept silent about her funeral. He always puts himself on the edge of a dead end without even realizing it. In desperation, I had to turn into her parasol, covering her flaws and prote —Reads—Score—Shelves
  3. Dressed as a Prince, He Is so Popular That Men and Women Kill Each Other May SunshineAncient Romance70k Wordsongoing Ye Wan thought about it: A dandy is a dandy, admiring flowers, walking birds, and visiting brothels. As long as a woman disguises herself as a man and doesn't expose her secrets, this son of a prince can live as a man for a day. After all, being rich and charming is a life she never dared to imagine in her previous life. Who would have thought that the dandy would be too successful—— The prince fell in love with her, the third prince also gave up on her, and the cold-faced general's ears turned —Reads—Score—Shelves
  4. Blazing Sword Song Beginning of MayEastern Fantasy156k Wordsongoing When he was fifteen years old, Lu You lost his last relative in an ordinary escort trip. It was only when he was fifteen that he realized that he was living in a murder that had been buried for thirteen years. The former loving father turned out to be a master of swordsmanship incognito; the mother's relics actually involve shocking secrets that transcend the world. Avenge your father, find your mother's roots. Lu You clenched the blood-stained sword and stepped out of Qinghe Town. This time, he —Reads—Score—Shelves
  5. Turns Out He's My Ex's Younger Uncle. My Pleasure in MayModern Romance119k Wordscompleted Five years age difference+secret love+chasing wife+double cleansing+both sadistic and sweet A cool and hard-working employee & a sinister, cold-hearted and arrogant CEO The day Chu tide and Lin Xuan broke up Almost hit by a sports car Fortunately, I was saved by a man who suddenly appeared out of nowhere. Not long after, Chu tide accidentally discovered that this man was actually the company's new president Jiang Yi Chu tide tried his best to keep a low profile and not attract the attention of t —Reads—Score—Shelves
  6. Myths Are False Reports of Previous Civilizations Maybe I Am AjiuMystery138k Wordscompleted Gu Jiucheng, an ordinary office worker, was drawn into a hidden world that subverted his cognition overnight. The golden mark that appeared inexplicably on his wrist made him the target of various forces. Watcher Yan Ruyan and technical logistics keyboard embarked on a dangerous journey to protect him. Leyline nodes, ancient ruins, crystal keys, extraterrestrial reapers... All clues point to the same ultimate place - Kunlun Mountain. He was scared, confused, and just wanted to escape, But in d —Reads—Score—Shelves
  7. Refusing to Be a Blood Bag, My Contract Husband Seduced Me Again! May YanxueModern Romance227k Wordscompleted [Reunion after a long absence + love at first sight + healing each other + escaping from the original family] Past: Sunny and Cheerful Sunflower VS Silent Puppy Reunion: Lonely and Perseverant Cactus Flower VS Loyal, Gentle and Wild Wolf Dog Four years ago, she was slandered by rumors and he ignored her pleas for help. So she decisively took the money and disappeared. When they met again, he proposed a contract marriage, and she, who wanted to escape from the family, chose to agree. This seems t —Reads—Score—Shelves
  8. Heart-Wrenching Love: the Ceo's Contracted Pampering May DragonModern Romance130k Wordscompleted Art student Su Wanyi raised money for her father to sign a contract and marry the cold-faced CEO Fu Chengyu. In a marriage where everyone gets what he wants, she counterattacks with her paintbrush, and he goes from robbing her to chasing his wife in the crematorium, eventually going in both directions. —Reads—Score—Shelves
  9. The Contracted Wife Wants to Run Away, but the Boss Is Jealous May FlowersModern Romance170k Wordscompleted In order to get the sky-high divorce compensation, Su Nanxing worked hard to play Huo Hanchuan's perfect contract wife. He is dignified and gentle during the day, and well-behaved and sensible at night. Until Huo Hanchuan unexpectedly awakened to the ability to read minds - On the surface, Su Nanxing was gently holding the water: "Husband, you have worked hard, have some soup." But in his heart, a woodchuck was shouting like crazy: [Drink, drink, drink! Hurry up and finish your drink and go to t —Reads—Score—Shelves
  10. Is the Cold General Looking Really Good Today? May FallsAncient Romance139k Wordscompleted As Jiang Du was a general, the emperor was afraid of his great achievements and ordered him to marry the legitimate daughter of the Xue family. On the wedding night, he revealed the identity of his adopted daughter who was married off and made her stay alone in the empty room. The next day at the murder scene, Jiang Du saw his wife who had just passed by holding a needle and thread sewing on the body. With just one glance, Jiang Du fell in. * Xue Jin is the adopted daughter of the Xue family. He —Reads—Score—Shelves
  11. Awesomeness Happy May DayEastern Fantasy132k Wordsongoing New works are released. Welcome to Tomato Novel to read my works. I hope you all like them. Your attention is the motivation for my writing. I will try my best to tell every story! —Reads—Score—Shelves
  12. Emberfire Astray May 0V0Urban64k Wordsongoing Old people often say that there are three gates at the end of the sea. Behind the first door, the sand is broken and the clouds are painted. After walking for thousands of years, there is no trace of the truth - at the end of the road, there is a man in gold sitting, holding a thread in his hand. At the end of the thread are the ups and downs of millions of people's breaths. Someone went there with a broken sword, a burned luggage, and worn-out boot soles. But the mountains are still growing a —Reads—Score—Shelves
  13. Ask God to Step Down May You Come to Your DreamsEastern Fantasy22k Wordsongoing In human cognition God is the unbridgeable gap untouchable taboo So there will always be people looking up at them from low places, but there are also people who will go to high places, look directly into the eyes of those gods, and try to kill the gods. —Reads—Score—Shelves
  14. I Work for the People in Xuanlan Continent MayEastern Fantasy46k Wordsongoing [Two female protagonists] [A male protagonist who is both good and evil, pursuing his dreams] Su Heng is an aborigine of Xuanlan Continent who loves peace and pursues his dreams. The dark reality hit him head-on. On the day of Zhao Tianyuan's death, his teammates left a fierce message, "If I'm to blame, I blame you for being too kind." They divided up Zhao Tianyuan's possessions. Tian Yuan's relics turned around and left. Su Heng has been confused since then and looks down on the future. Su Hen —Reads—Score—Shelves
  15. Good Family Niu MayeUrban122k Wordscompleted In the first year of Guaiyuan, little Guaiguai was born, and the life of the post-90s couple has never been the same... What kind of changes has Little Guaiguai brought to this family? Let's take a look! —Reads—Score—Shelves
  16. Dreams on the Sea 1937 Little Goldfish May DayModern Romance263k Wordsongoing In the Jiangnan water town with murmuring waves and lush green willows, a handsome and humorous returnee from overseas met the inexperienced girl Biyu from a feudal family because of a wedding. The uninvited Japanese broke the peace, the wedding was interrupted, and the groom fled overnight. Sheng Mingxu returned to his life with regrets, only to find that he was a piranha growing in the swamp of sin, and was born with original sin. His father and brother passed away one after another. He resist —Reads—Score—Shelves
  17. Dream Back to Two Thousand Mayan CultureModern Romance23k Wordscompleted [Refreshing article + Alternative farming + dull system + lighthearted and funny] When he woke up, Jiang Yunxi returned to the sprint month in his senior year of high school. He brought his own farming system, broadcasted live in the universe, and was favored by the boss of the high-latitude planet. Should he continue his elite life on earth, or start exploring the universe to find a new starting point? Read the article quickly! (This is my first book for a novice. I hope you can give me more op —Reads—Score—Shelves
  18. Traveling Through History: My Check-In System Is Always Malfunctioning Late May or Early JuneHistorical163k Wordsongoing "I, an ordinary scumbag from the history department, traveled through time and became a royal guard. [Ding! Main mission: protect the prince and find out the mole! [Side mission 1: Gain the trust of the commander of "Cold Faced Yama". [Side mission 2: Deal with the "most beautiful woman in the world" lurking in the enemy country. [System Failure Task: Please sing "Little Apple" to the commander in front of him. In order to survive, I can only investigate the case conscientiously while franti —Reads—Score—Shelves
  19. [Memory Entropy Increase] Maya of Xuantian CitySci-Fi & Apocalypse260k Wordscompleted New works are released. Welcome to Tomato Novel to read my works. I hope you all like them. Your attention is the motivation for my writing. I will try my best to tell every story! —Reads—Score—Shelves
  20. My Double Love May YuanyuanModern Romance29k Wordsongoing The heroine finally fell in love with the man who had only known her for three days after being together for more than a month. When the male protagonist found out, he found out that they had been together for three years. Then he collected evidence and disclosed all the dark history of the heroine. But the heroine is just a behind-the-scenes producer among public figures and will not be affected in any way. The heroine's fans and partners persuaded her to break up and beat the hero. —Reads—Score—Shelves
  21. Living on the Immortal Road Is Also Called Zun Sumino MayaEastern Fantasy188k Wordsongoing Wang Gou, who was born as a mining slave, awakened his pure and turbid twins in a desperate situation, broke the shackles of the immortal sect that only cultivated pure qi, and cultivated the only double golden elixir in ancient and modern times. He uses turbid energy to refine the body, clean qi to cultivate the spirit, and also inherits the passage of the Taoist Master. He can not only resolve the backlash of turbid cultivation, but also purify evil spirits. The immortal sect despises him, the —Reads—Score—Shelves
  22. After Defeating the Cannon Fodder Villain May Everything Be Worry-FreeAncient Romance22k Wordsongoing [Handsome man and beautiful woman, double cleansing, wearing a book, system, 1v1, sweet article] [The male protagonist is dark, cold and selfish, with two faces in front of him and behind him] Xu Chunxi, a sophomore student, was reading a story about her mother-in-law in the dormitory one day, and was pulled into a mission to save the world and maintain peace. In order to complete this task (for money and a life with an annual salary of one million) Xu Chunxi decided to fight to the end. But, wh —Reads—Score—Shelves
  23. After Marrying by Mistake, Master Jue Has Been Planning for a Long Time Water-Like Traceless MaybachModern Romance197k Wordscompleted My sister should have married the Living King of Hell, and I should have married the Sunshine Movie King. But there was a heavy rain on the wedding night, and I was sent to the room of Ouyang Jue, the Living King of Hell. The next day I caught him in bed and the whole town laughed at me. He guarded his shortcomings with a cold face: "I admit it, she will be mine from now on." With an agreement, I became his contract wife. He set the rules forcefully, but always refrained from asking me late at n —Reads—Score—Shelves
  24. One Thought Can Become a Devil, and Thousands of Calamities Can Lead to a Saint. Mayan CivilizationEastern Fantasy112k Wordsongoing When his remnant soul was wandering, he was pulled back from the edge of life and death by the great master of the spiritual world, but he didn't know that this rebirth was just the beginning of another chess game. In the following years, he circled around the various forces like a puppet on strings. Every step he took was on the trajectory preset by others. His dignity was crushed and his destiny was at the mercy of others. Until that day, he met the light in his life - the woman who he was w —Reads—Score—Shelves
  25. My Wife Is the Boss of the Dungeon May Fish72k Wordscompleted They said my wife was a heinous and evil person. Fu Fengyao x Hang Xiuzhi (double male) There is a so-called epic hell difficulty dungeon in the metaworld. No one has cleared it yet, but its generous rewards still attract a lot of players. It is not a magma fire, but just a wealthy family's compound. —Reads—Score—Shelves
  26. When I Am Reborn, I Rely on the King to Become a God May the Snow FallSports28k Wordsongoing Lu Yan, the wild king of KPL in his previous life, died in a car accident and returned to the time when he was a scumbag in the second year of high school. Lu Yan sneered, took out his phone and opened the Honor of Kings—— Li Bai killed five people indiscriminately, reaching the top spot in a single day, dominating the national server list with 200 stars, and the whole network was shocked! In the campus e-sports competition, Lu Shaobei was slapped in the face and became a god in one battle; Nati —Reads—Score—Shelves
  27. Urban God Hidden Master Zhang MaybeUrban251k Wordsongoing According to legend, in distant times, there were dragons and horses riding on the waves, with pictures of the river carved on their backs; there were divine turtles emerging from the water, with their armor playing the role of Luo Shu. As time goes by, these cultural heritages gradually disappear into the long river of history and become dusty secrets. But there are always some people, hidden in the world, who seem to be hiding among us. Is it beauty or conspiracy? How should we face the myster —Reads—Score—Shelves
  28. Purely Decorated In MayModern Romance179k Wordsongoing [Double cleansing + double strong + double belly black + sweet torture + slow heat] In the eyes of outsiders Liu Nian is a pure-minded, smart and cute little angel. However, her identity as Doctors Without Borders is only superficial. She used this identity to deceive everyone, including Gu Zhiqin Five years ago, they met on the battlefield Five years later, they met in Beijing Gu Zhiqin grabbed Liu Nian and said, "Let's see where you can run this time!" Liu Nian smiled evilly and tugged on his —Reads—Score—Shelves
  29. She Is Like Honey May FeatherModern Romance121k Wordscompleted Qiao Zhenzhen met Huo Qi, her father's attending doctor, because of her father's car accident. Huo Qi not only has superb medical skills, but he is also very good-looking and has particularly attractive eyes. Others say that he looks affectionately at dogs. Qiao Zhenzhen had no idea at first, but she could always see Huo Qi when her father was undergoing treatment. Huo Qi has a nice voice and is very good-looking. Everyone who looks at him finds it eye-catching, and Qiao Zhenzhen is no exception —Reads—Score—Shelves
  30. Who Wants to Be a Good Girl? Buddha Crossing MaybeModern Romance58k Wordsongoing She was born with a baby face, and she looked like what people call a good girl. But when she started doing tasks, why did her appearance change? But when she is not doing tasks, she seems to be alive... And shines on many people. —Reads—Score—Shelves
  31. Star Burning Yingshu Yao: Glimmer in Troubled Times May You Be Happy Every YearModern Romance85k Wordsongoing The old dream of Haicheng, the long-lasting love of war In Haicheng in 1934, neon lights surged under the undercurrent. Wen Shuyao, a daughter of the Chamber of Commerce, came to Haicheng with her father, where she reunited with her childhood sweetheart Lu Zhiyu, whom she had not seen for five years. She was also befriended by Jiang Yanci, the son of the commander, and frequently interacted with Shen Qinghe, an intellectual teacher who had returned from studying abroad. The bookstore owner's —Reads—Score—Shelves
  32. Mr. Han, Your Little Beggar Is Here! Chase! May YueshengModern Romance240k Wordsongoing During the day, I am a genius nerd who can be bullied by everyone. My appearance is obscured by my thick bangs, and my protective color is my silence. At night, I am either a night stalker who roams the city to eliminate evil, or a top hacker who roams the Internet. President Han has been thinking about me like this for more than ten years, and he is willing to wash his hands and make soup for me. This kind of me is the little benefactor of Jiang Xiao, the King of Dark Night, and he is willing t —Reads—Score—Shelves
  33. Xingchen's Abandoned Son-In-Law: I've Been Able to Kill People Like Crazy by Cultivating a Hundredfold Mayuan of the EmpireModern Romance107k Wordsongoing (255 Words) In the age of the end of Dharma, spiritual energy is exhausted and martial arts decline. Lin Ye appears to be the good-for-nothing third son of the Lin family in Jiangnan. He was forced into marriage by his family and was looked down upon by his family. No one knows that he was once the dark night agent king of the National Security Bureau, let alone that the blood of the ancient Star Clan flows in his body. During the day, he pretends to be a waste to deal with the forced marriage, —Reads—Score—Shelves
  34. Double Witness May River RiverModern Romance29k Wordscompleted Rich woman Shen Jingqiu was killed, and her adopted son and lover Chen Yu became the biggest suspect. Just when everyone thought that Chen Yu's wife Lin Wei would try her best to defend him, she unexpectedly appeared in court as a "prosecution witness" to testify against her husband's guilt. However, behind this seemingly righteous act of annihilating relatives, there is a shocking gamble designed by a wife for love. In the court, it is difficult to distinguish the authenticity of the testimonie —Reads—Score—Shelves
  35. The Secret Hidden Under the Delicious Food Encountering Mayflies in the CloudsModern Romance87k Wordscompleted Su Wan was a former wealthy housewife who was called a "crazy woman" by the entire internet. Because her husband Gu Mingyuan had been having an affair with his best friend Zhou Zhilan for many years, he eventually planned a car accident during her pregnancy in an attempt to cause her to have an abortion. However, she counterattacked - not killing, but using the law and public opinion to nail the two of them to the pillar of shame. Five years later, she regained her life in a border town in Yunna —Reads—Score—Shelves
  36. Youdu Prison Mai Mayi Heavenly BookUrban132k Wordsongoing Under the bustling surface of modern cities, there are many unknown dark corners and mysterious forces hidden. Business competition in the city is fierce, undercurrents are surging in the underground world, gangs, transnational criminal organizations and other forces are intertwined with each other, and there are also righteous forces such as the army to confront them. The prison that Mai is guarding is a special existence, imprisoning heroes from all sides. The experience and wisdom of these pe —Reads—Score—Shelves
  37. The Stuttering Emperor's Counterattack Mayu Misono of DazuHistorical201k Wordscompleted The young emperor was put on the throne by his powerful ministers and served as a puppet for ten years. Everyone thought he was a cowardly loser, and even the powerful officials regarded him as a harmless seal. Little did they know that the emperor had been secretly using the method of "pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger" to replace the powerful ministers' party members with his own people one by one - he was not using a knife, but the three slow moves of imperial examination, tax refor —Reads—Score—Shelves
  38. At the Beginning, Order Tiandi's Takeaway as Snail Noodles Wuxu May MonthEastern Fantasy88k Wordsongoing Wang Tiedan, a rough guy from the village who is addicted to picking his feet, accidentally connected to the "Ergouzi Universe Takeaway System", and with his first order, he replaced the Emperor's jade liquid with double the amount of sour bamboo shoots and snail noodles! The smell of sour bamboo shoots and stinky tofu explodes through the Nantianmen, and athlete's foot turns out to be a magical skill for defeating enemies; the delivery of orders from the underworld reveals the foodie nature of —Reads—Score—Shelves
  39. I Deliver Food in Hongchen May DayUrban112k Wordsongoing It's my first time to write a long story, so I'm still a little bit jerky, but I'll keep working hard, and I hope everyone understands and likes it. Li Changqing is the last lone member of the reclusive family of "Taibai Li" and the only monk in the world besides his master. He is quite talented in spiritual practice. In just over 20 years, his cultivation level has been improved to a level that is not much worse than that of his master. His master found a reason to drive Li Changqing down the m —Reads—Score—Shelves
  40. The Delivery Boy at the Beginning Went Crazy in Go! Big Cats and Kittens on the Sixth Day of MayUrban97k Wordscompleted The delivery boy Lu Chen never talks and only plays chess. In a battle at South China Street Park, he forced the Internet celebrity chess player with an AI winning rate of 99.9% To stop in 37 moves, and the white piece fell to the ground like a slap in the face, awakening the glitzy era. Since then, the "takeaway chess demon" has swept the street arena, but has been blocked by the Yishen Group and stigmatized by the Star Game Alliance. Only Lin Yan, the librarian of ancient books, recognized the —Reads—Score—Shelves
  41. Live a Lifetime with You May Morning LightAncient Romance139k Wordscompleted The origin and end are all due to dreams. Your figure always appears in my dreams and leads me, letting me follow you all the way... Wolf smoke was everywhere, and yellow sand was hitting the sky. A graceful girl with a beautiful face, skin as white as snow, stood on this bloody battlefield. This was not the place where she should have appeared, but because of one person, it was the person standing in front of her at this moment. She looked at the general in front of her who was wearing a purple —Reads—Score—Shelves
  42. Notes from Bianjing Medical Woman Taming Her Husband Miss MaybeAncient Romance275k Wordscompleted When Bianjing's number one childhood sweetheart becomes a missing person on the battlefield, and comes back to break off the engagement as an enemy adviser? Lin Wan raised the silver needle and sneered: I have 99 ways to cure amnesia, including but not limited to stabbing you to tears, scaring you to cry, and... Falling in love with you again. —Reads—Score—Shelves
  43. Equal the Sky and Rebel Against the Sky May You Be Happy and HappyEastern Fantasy21k Wordscompleted People will have many choices in this life. Maybe it's an opportunity, maybe it's a trap, but no matter how we choose this path, we have to go on. Let's see how our Monkey King walks out on his own path. New works are released. Welcome everyone to go to Tomato Novel to read my works. I will try my best to tell every story! —Reads—Score—Shelves
  44. Journey to the West, a Vicious-Tongued Programmer Bravely Learns Lessons Qianbiluo in QingmayiEastern Fantasy175k Wordsongoing A programmer who died suddenly while working overtime traveled to the world of Journey to the West, and the funny plot happened. See how the vicious-tongued programmer led the team astray, and the monsters on the journey to the West suffered from old sins. —Reads—Score—Shelves
  45. I Traveled Through Time and Became King Chuang. in This Life, I Want to Be Named a Marquis and Become a Prime Minister. Mayfly Is Just a Dream Every DayHistorical110k Wordsongoing Dress up as Li Zicheng, not as a short-lived emperor, but as Optimus Prime of the Ming Dynasty - the wildest time-travel operation in history, the most outrageous path to power! Set things right and reverse chaos, and build slaves with horses' stampeding —Reads—Score—Shelves
  46. Retrospective MaybelleEastern Fantasy688k Wordsongoing Liu Qing, the young master of Tianyu, was forced to take the golden dragon to escape through the low-dimensional earth because his father was betrayed by the lords. However, due to the undercurrent of time, he fell into the First Emperor Dynasty, lost all his memory power, and became a mortal. Two thousand years after reincarnation, he reunited with the awakened golden dragon and learned the truth. In order to find the lost memory and divine power, they used the bronze sacred tree to connect the —Reads—Score—Shelves
  47. At the Beginning, I Picked up a Broken Sword That Talked a Lot. Maya's MoEastern Fantasy349k Wordsongoing [Fantasy + Rebirth + Invincibility + Funny + No Heroine] In the world of immortal cultivation, there are many sects, and the strong are respected. Before Lin Xuan was reborn, he was a sword master of the generation. He fell due to fighting for the ancient divine weapon and was reborn as a handyman disciple of a small sect. He accidentally picked up a mysterious broken sword and started a strange path to immortality. Realm - Condensing Qi, Building Foundation, Golden Pill, Nascent Soul, Transfo —Reads—Score—Shelves
  48. The Journey of the Lost May There Be No More Strife Among the StarsEastern Fantasy478k Wordsongoing A mage from a legendary world, in the face of despair, connected himself to the eternal path, and traveled among many fragmented worlds over hundreds of millions of years. As time goes by, some dirty and weird secrets about thousands of worlds gradually surface, the collision of magic and technology, the compromise between light and darkness, the memory of the living for the dead... All of this is seen by the Titan gods... The Eastern Divine Realm does not care about worldly affairs, and the We —Reads—Score—Shelves
  49. After Dressing up as an Abandoned Daughter of the Wolf Tribe Plum Rain in MayEastern Fantasy69k Wordsongoing In the laboratory of the Department of Biology of Huaqing University, Su Tan felt miserable and felt that she was extremely unlucky. She is a serious female college student in the new era of the 21st century. I stayed up late working on that genetic project, and the results were about to come out. Hey, I didn't expect it to explode! At this moment, Su Tan felt like the world was spinning, and all five senses were gone. His eyes were swallowed by the dazzling white light, his ears were filled wit —Reads—Score—Shelves
  50. Immortal Cultivators Travel Across Other Worlds Maybe a TigerEastern Fantasy86k Wordsongoing Suddenly, something happened to his teacher, and the young Gu Pan was involved in the rift of time and space. Ten years had passed when he opened his eyes again, and he came to an unknown world. He could not stop and could only move forward step by step with difficulty. —Reads—Score—Shelves