High-Quality Novels Recommended by a Reader of Over a Decade 书龄十几年推荐的高质量小说
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I Refuse to Be a Concubine 我不做妾
This book has been published under the title "The Golden Record". Available on Taobao, JD.com, Pinduoduo, Dangdang, and other platforms. Shen Lan transmigrated into the body of a Yangzhou beauty, raised to be sold into a rich man’s household. With her cloudlike hair and peerless beauty, she deserved to be called the loveliest woman in Jiangnan. Because of her looks, she was to be sent to Pei Shen, the Imperial Salt Commissioner, as a concubine. Shen Lan refused to become a concubine and went t
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Great Tang Pearl-Warding Chronicle 大唐辟珠记
The print edition has been published and will be available for preorder on June 20. Stay tuned! The Princess Wanshou of the Tang dynasty, blessed and favored by Heaven, died of illness at just seventeen. A petty thief secretly opened the eerie underground tomb, only to discover that the princess had been buried alive, a hideous mask covering her face. The imperial palace concealed deadly schemes, the court was rife with intrigue, and the martial world was in turmoil... None of that had much to
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Rules for Observing Carrier Pigeons 信鸽观察守则
[Signed for publication; updates are posted on Weibo @Q Qiao Jia Xiaoqiao] [The text has undergone extensive revisions; only the Jinjiang version is authoritative] Xia Songluo discovered that she was being watched by a flock of pigeons. Should she call the police, or see a psychiatrist? Reader's Guide (Potential Spoilers): 1. A lovable airhead versus a lunatic. The heroine is a wealthy beauty, a poor student, and gloriously oblivious. The main storyline is romance and travel abroad. This is no
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Yanyan of the Republic of China 民国之燕燕
Yang Yuyan has a brilliant, formidable mother, a high-achieving older sister, a father who’s the model of a Republican-era intellectual, and a house in the city center where every inch of land is worth a fortune. Their household even has a maid and a handsome, refined, high-achieving older boy as her tutor. At a young age, she’s already living the dream: clothes brought to her and meals served at the table. But her father cheated on her mother with a student, divorced, left home, and went chasi
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[The Legend of Qin / Song of the Sky] May We Live Long and Stay Together [秦时明月/天行九歌]但愿人长久
Coming soon: One Step Away. [Story blurb] Gai Nie: “If you don't want to, I can take you away, even now.” Chang Jiu froze for a moment, then felt briefly dazed. She looked back at the tall buildings. As far as the eye could see, the world stretched endlessly wide. Yesterday's mountains and rivers came to me in a dream; I would not stop, even if I had to stake my life. * In fact, it's a story about the heroine wanderi
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Falling 坠落
[The complete edition of Falling will be available for preorder on March 30 at 7:00 p.m.] Zhou Wan × Lu Xixiao Everyone at Yangming High knew that Zhou Wan was quiet and reserved, while Lu Xixiao was flamboyant and hard to tame. They were worlds apart, with nothing in common. No one imagined they would ever end up together. Then the rumors changed Someone like Lu Xixiao went through girlfriends one after another. Zhou Wan had nothing but a face that looked like everyone's first love. She was
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Clear Skies in Early Spring 早春晴朗
Next book: Starlit Shore. A lonely soul wants to reach her own starlit shore, even if people label her a gold digger. Special note: This story does not discriminate against women. The heroine's workload is exceptionally heavy when she first starts her business. Staying at the venue late into the night and going home puts her personal safety at risk; business entertaining exposes her to workplace sexual harassment; and frequent all-nighters take a serious toll on her health. Later, the nature of
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The Butterfly and the Whale 蝴蝶与鲸鱼
[Complete. Thank you for reading.] “A butterfly’s lifespan is between three days and a month. Most butterflies live for only a week.” “Like them, I only have a few months to live, perhaps even less.” - The first time Hu Die met Jing Yu, he thought she was a world-weary girl trying to end her life. The second time they met, he told Hu Die indifferently, “If you jump again today, I won’t save you this time.” Later, she told him, “Jing Yu, don’t be sad for me.” Much later, Jing Yu returned to t
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Bright Years (Double Rebirth) 岁时有昭（双重生）
[The complete novel is finished. The main story of "I Haven’t Been a God for Ages" is also complete. Come check it out!!!] Novel blurb: [Blurb One] When Rong Shu married Gu Changjin, she didn’t know his heart belonged to someone else. She also had no idea that her mother had forced the woman he loved to marry far away in Suzhou, so that Rong Shu could get what she wanted. Three years after their wedding, the empress found Gu Changjin and brought him back. He b
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A Pragmatist’s Love 实用主义者的爱情
The final installment of the print edition of "A Pragmatist’s Love" is now available for preorder, with an additional 8,000-word bonus story. A preview of the bonus story appears at the end. If you’re interested, you can purchase the book from online retailers. To Fei Ni, a house was far more dependable than love. If marriage hadn’t been the only way to get assigned an apartment, Fei Ni would never have married Fang Muyang. Those who didn’t know the full story assumed Fei Ni had chosen Fang M
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Courting Three Gods at Once 同时攻略三个神明
[Revised several times during serialization. The fully polished version is only on Jinjiang~] Print edition now available on major platforms. For details, see Weibo @Jinjiang Author Qiu Shui Milu. The next story will be My Father, Jules System: “Bring the God of Light down from his throne, reform the God of Darkness, and make the Sea God faithful.” Nancy: “Oh, quick transmigration? I can do that.” The System was silent for a moment. “No. You have to wi
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Night Voyage on the Dream River 梦河夜航
The print edition is now available. For details, follow @Yan Xuejie. - Once we’ve reached the finish line, the two kings never meet. Theme: People have to learn to look ahead
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Broken Branch 别枝
[Follow the print publication updates on Weibo: Nicholas Lizhi] Everyone knew the current emperor was moody and unpredictable. No one at court dared contradict him, and no one in the palace dared serve at his side. Still, there was one rare and fascinating tale people loved to discuss: Master Heguang gave the emperor a portrait of a beautiful woman. The emperor adored it and kept it in Jingyang Palace. After that, anyone with even one feature resembling the woman in the portrait was brought i
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The Boss Is Crazy About Her [Period] 大佬他超爱她[年代]
[There are more completed Period novels in my collection!] Cheng Ning grew up in the Han household, living with her aunt, who was also the Han family's stepmother. Han Dongyuan had a fierce temper and a rough nature, and he had never liked Cheng Ning, with her fair skin, soft features, slim waist, and long legs. Later, he was sent to the countryside. In those endless mountains and forests, he thought he would never have to see her again. With heavy snow blocking the mountain roads, he finished h
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Jiang Fuyi 姜拂衣
[Already published and available on major platforms.] Jiang Fuyi transmigrated into this world before birth. After hatching from her shell, she and her mother were imprisoned beneath the sea. Her mother had been locked away for who knew how many years, and had gone mad. One day, she suddenly came to her senses for a while and told Jiang Fuyi, “Our race can use our hearts to forge treasured swords, and they grow back afterward. Back then, your father passed through these waters. I took one look
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Gathering Fragrance 揽芳华
[Now published and available on all major platforms.] Feng Jiayou, a fallen noblewoman from the capital, dreams of the future top official of the court. When she wakes, she discovers that he really exists, and is currently no more than a low-ranking clerk at the Court of Judicial Review. She decides to strike first and “kidnap” him to be her husband. Xie Lan, the young chief of one of the eighteen northern desert strongholds, assumes another identity and comes to the capital, where he goes und
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Our Kitties Can’t Hear This 我们猫猫不能听这些
Sangshen was a little stray kitten. Before she even opened her eyes, someone put her in a plastic bag and tossed her in a trash can. She used all her strength to climb out, then rummaged through the trash for food. In the rain, she got soaked and shrank into a tiny ball, shivering with cold. She was so chilled that she wanted to hide inside a licked-clean can. A human man happened to pass by and took her home. Sangshen got a food bowl that was always filled, a cozy bed, and a gigantic litter b
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The Nobleman's Beloved Daughter 高门娇女
Gu Jia was the real heiress, but after being switched at birth, she grew up away from home and didn't return to her parents until more than a decade later. Raised in the countryside, she was simple-minded and couldn't compete with the fake heiress, who had been brought up by their parents all along. Life in the grand household was difficult at every turn, and she suffered terribly. In the end, even her marriage match was one the other woman had rejected. Reborn and back in the marquis's househo
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Making No Effort in a Period Novel 在年代文中不思进取
Ye Shuhua, a rich second-generation heir who was content to coast through life, transmigrated to the 1970s. She could have had a cheat-enabled life, but she had no interest in getting rich. The villagers said that Song Qinghui, a male educated youth, came from a wealthy family and got money from home every month. He was also quite handsome, making him the perfect candidate to fund Ye Shuhua's food ration coupons... After relentless pursuit, she was just about to win over the aloof heartthrob and
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A Rainy Day 一个雨天
[My next story will be Butterfly.] Three in the morning. Xu Muzi wheeled her suitcase into the guesthouse. Someone was still awake, sitting by the window and watching the rain. He had a handsome profile. When she got a clear look at him, Xu Muzi took a deep breath. Of all people she could’ve run into, it had to be Deng Yun. One in the afternoon. Xu Muzi chatted and laughed with a newly arrived guy. He asked if she knew Deng Yun. She answered, “Not well, but he’s a good kisser.” Ten at night.
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The Female Bodyguard 女护卫
[The Scumbag Version] They were both demons struggling in the abyss. Why should he be the one to climb out and bask in the blessings of sunshine and rain? [Note: One couple, one pairing] [Check the author’s profile for the reading guide] Theme: Even when mired in the mud, keep your heart turned toward the sun
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Glass Candy 玻璃糖
Jiang Linqing pursued Chi He for twenty-two days and became his girlfriend. She said, "Don't fall in love with me." He said, "Likewise." They met on the road to their deaths. HE Theme: Cherish life
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Making a Grand Entrance 招摇过境
[Complete] A thief who steals from the rich makes an easy living. Most people in the trade make a quick score and move on. Ye Fuliu, however, believes in playing the long game. She seeks out abandoned old mansions, scouts them again and again, then moves in openly, posing as the owner. One fine antique after another is carried out in plain sight. In the house next door to the old mansion lives a sickly young gentleman of few words. With a melancholy, brooding look, he spends his days sitting hi
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Bending at the Waist for My Lady 为夫人折腰
[May I follow the bright moon into your embrace; I resent you, hate you, and rely on your love] [The full story is complete. The main text has been revised; the version on Jinjiang is authoritative. I recommend reading the previous life first.] [All poems and classical Chinese passages in this story are quotations] The Prince Regent of Northern Qi, Tuoba Xiao, led a great army south to attack Shouchun, a key stronghold of Southern Liang. He warned the defending general that if he did not hand o
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A Collection of Short Stories 小故事·集
Here is a collection: - The Little Garden | Extra “The story of her and him is not over yet” - Dear Child | Short Play “A play written just to pad out the word count. You can skip it.” Theme: Stories and sweetness
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Miss Yu Won’t Marry 于小姐不嫁人
"This novel has been contracted for publication. Visit the author’s profile: Another novel in the same series: Has the Wind Stopped in Melbourne? Completed" [Progressive Young Man × Little Traditionalist] Free to read, not VIP. A short modern-day happy-ending bonus story is on the author’s profile. 01. At sixteen, the youngest daughter of the Yu family in Shaoxing sneaks out of the house for the first time. In a pile of wheat from the family’s rented fields, she finds a badly injured young man
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You Stole My Best Years 误我嘉时
A mistaken match with Jia, a lifetime of regret. *Happy ending. The heroine has an idealized first love. A true substitute romance. *The print edition is now available, with a new afterword and bonus chapters. Theme: Love and hate know no bounds.
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Putting on a Show 拿乔
[Physical book preorders open May 31 at 8:00 p.m. For details, see Weibo @Xiao Shi Le] All their friends think Qiao Letan and Ji Xingqu aren’t close, and that there’s a bit of tension between them. That’s understandable, since they’ve heard that Qiao Letan was a jerk to Ji Xingqu’s buddy back in the day. But Qiao Letan doesn’t think so. She feels like she and Ji Xingqu are really close. The others don’t know, but she’s even felt his abs with her own hands. - Ji Xingqu figures he and Qiao Letan
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Butterfly Honey Jar 蝴蝶蜜罐
She is a butterfly flitting among the flowers. He tries to bring her and her beloved together, never expecting that the red thread of fate will end up tangling around him instead. "Miss Lu, I've always been on your side." A deadly scorpion and a cobra, locked in a love-hate relationship. An alternate Republican-era setting. Clean-romance fans, proceed with caution. Theme: Good always triumphs over evil.
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Bewitching Soul 艳魄
New novel: Divorced, Then Married My Ex-Husband's Older Brother is now underway [Complete] Empress x powerful court official Five years ago, Qi Zhaonan was ordered to escort a surrendered captive to the capital. The defeated ruler offered up a woman, claiming she was peerlessly beautiful, with the grace of ice and the radiance of a spirit. At nineteen, Qi Zhaonan was a noble-born top scholar, aloof and refined. He detested such bewitching temptresses, but as an envoy, he had no choice but to es
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Echoes Across the Empty Mountain 响空山
Newly completed novel: Twilight Over the Pass, available on Douban Read. You can read an excerpt in my column. It's about an adorable, cocky heroine and a socially inept, aloof genius. Liu Shaosheng, the second daughter of the Attendant Minister of Rites, is disliked by others and considers herself malicious and mean. But she's timid and cowardly, so although she has plenty of bad ideas, she's never managed to carry any of them out. This unlikeable failure once managed to do something big. She
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Spring Runs Deep in the Old Days 旧故春深
In the late spring of that year, the Dan Gui Society staged a new opera in Tianjin. The Jiang family's fourth young lady met the celebrated actor, Boss Meng, and from then on, she often went to cheer him on. It was the golden age of Peking opera, but not the golden age for the two of them. When the curtain finally fell for good, she said, "If there is another life, we'll meet again." A hundred years later, she had forgotten everything, but he still remembered. In their past life, they shared a
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The Late Emperor’s Special Favor 先帝殊遇
[Male Stand-In Romance, Also Known as "When the Male Lead Finds Out the Female Lead Once Dated His Father." A short story. Thanks for supporting the official release.] Everyone in the imperial harem knew that Lady Zhang of Chaoyun Hall was someone you didn't want to cross. It was strange, really. Lady Zhang was only a low-ranking concubine, came from an ordinary family, was never summoned to the emperor's bed, and kept to herself. Yet both the empress dowager and the emperor treated her with re
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A Little Spark 一点烟火
[The main story is complete; bonus chapters are ongoing] Blurb: At first: Zhou Yunjin sought out Chen Mulei, the notorious bad boy of Ruancheng, and timidly asked, "Can I stick with you from now on?" Chen Mulei figured there had to be something seriously wrong with this girl's head. He couldn't even be bothered to answer, and turned to leave without a word. Before long, his underlings discovered a woman had moved into Chen Mulei's home, and their jaws dropped. This didn't fit their bro's no-inte
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![[The Legend of Qin / Song of the Sky] May We Live Long and Stay Together](/img/cover/ef3ab2a3b13afb1ca0cf/120/aHR0cHM6Ly9pOS1zdGF0aWMuamp3eGMubmV0L25vdmVsaW1hZ2UucGhwP25vdmVsaWQ9Mzg3MjQwMiZjb3ZlcmlkPTIwNCZ2ZXI9Y2FjODEwMjU4ZjZlYWMzYzdiNGVkMmQxMGJmYjY1YzQ.jpg)
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