Dropped Books 弃坑书单

1. 1 全 The Entire Universe Knows His Majesty Has a Crush on Me 全宇宙都知道陛下暗恋我 Ye Yi叶猗Romance764k WordsCompleted Su Yao transmigrates into an interstellar revenge novel as a cannon-fodder female side character, the crown prince’s fiancée who dies young. The reborn heroine plans to get revenge on her enemies from her previous life. She intends to befriend the crown prince while waiting for the side character to die, then become the new princess consort thanks to her highly compatible genetic match. After transmigrating, Su Yao thinks she might die sooner or later anyway, so she decides to live however she 67.4kFavorites103.9kClicks/ch183.6kGifts

   Curator note

   The writing style is actually quite to my taste, but there's too much description of game scenes, which I found a little hard to understand and uninteresting.

2. 2 重 After Being Reborn, I Married My Archrival 重生后和宿敌结婚了 White Feather Drawing a Carved Bow白羽摘雕弓Romance862k WordsCompleted This story has been revised many times. The final version is the one on the official Jinjiang site. Blurb: Before Qun Qing died, she hated the powerful minister Lu Huating most of all. She hated his cunning and treachery as he helped the new emperor secure the throne. She thought about him day and night and tried everything she could, but she still couldn't beat him. In the end, she became a casualty at his hands. After Qun Qing died, she saw the fallen princess she'd given her life to protect 219kFavorites226.1kClicks/ch185.9kGifts

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   It's incredibly well-written and super captivating, but unfortunately, the author's writing is somewhat inconsistent before and after revisions, and updates are a bit unreliable. I'll wait until it's fully released before reading it.

3. 3 少 The Girl's Wild Dog 少女的野犬 Qu Xiaogu曲小蛐Romance384k WordsCompleted [The print edition is now available. [A modern romance about rekindled love, interspersed with school-day memories] 1. Everyone at Xuande Private High knew that Geng Ye had four major sins: Blond hair, a motorcycle, tattoos, and a revolving door of girlfriends. Everyone said that no matter how handsome a scumbag like him was, he was bound to become a delinquent sooner or later. Geng Ye thought so too. Even he never imagined that one day, for a girl named Biezhi, he'd dye 123.8kFavorites162.7kClicks/ch76.8kGifts

   Curator note

   I've seen too many similar structures. Although I really like the main characters, I just don't find the epilogue interesting.

4. 4 伪 The Fake Slackers 伪装学渣 Papaya Huang木瓜黄Danmei (BL)411k WordsCompleted After class assignments were announced, the two campus-famous “problem students” not only ended up in the same class, but became deskmates. One is clearly a top student but insists on pretending to be a slacker. He’s all theatrics and keeps going further down the road of acting. A thread about the two big shots in our class who compete for last place on every exam. A theatrical top who’s destined to die alone (He Chao) x a bottom who picks fights at the drop of a hat and has no regard for human 2.3MFavorites2.1MClicks/ch2.6MGifts

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   I've seen similar types

5. 5 坤 Kunning Palace 坤宁 Shi Jing时镜Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Chapter 254 was posted by mistake and contains no new material. I’ll come back to add a bonus chapter after I finish "The Sword Pavilion Hears the Bell" in 2024. Thanks for understanding, and I’m very sorry!] Jiang Xuening was not a good person. To become empress, she used every trick and scheme at her disposal, trampling countless sincere feelings along the way. But before she died, she was willing to risk her own life to plead for someone else. The Ministry of Justice’s Vice Minister, Zhang 664.9kFavorites1.1MClicks/ch518.4kGifts

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   Too long

6. 6 攻 Capture the Jade 攻玉 Ning Long凝陇Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Announcement: This novel was first published in 2020. It underwent its first full revision in April 2022 and its second in August 2026, mainly to correct typos and awkward phrasing. Returning readers don't need to reread it; you can ignore the update notices. New readers should read the official version. Pirated versions outside Jinjiang have nothing to do with this novel or its author.] A fantasy demon-hunting story set in an alternate Tang Dynasty. “Use the stones of other mountains to poli 644.4kFavorites864.2kClicks/ch988.3kGifts

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   Male lead

7. 7 女 Happy Ending with the Second Male Lead 女主都和男二HE Fu Hua扶华Romance678k WordsCompleted Female lead: I'm choosing the second male lead! [A collection of short stories where various second male leads get the girl.] [Don't associate any of these stories with other novels. They're for all the second male leads I've loved over the years.] Story One: Explosive-tempered Dog Emperor × Easygoing, Cautious Empress (Complete) Story Two: Loyal, Sweet, Deep-voiced Assassin × Soft Girl Who's Great at Raising Pigs and Has Every Life Skill (Complete) Story Three: Evolving Monster Man × Hot-Pot-Fl 535.4kFavorites1.4MClicks/ch402.9kGifts

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   The first few were good-looking

8. 8 女 The Villainess Doesn't Want the Leads to Break Up [Book Transmigration] 女配不想让主角分手[穿书] Qi Tong漆瞳Romance311k WordsCompleted Shen Wanqing transmigrates into a fantasy romance novel full of angst. Misunderstandings plague the leads’ relationship, they suffer both physically and emotionally, and in the end one dies while the other is left injured. Shen Wanqing looks at herself, now cast as the vicious supporting female character. “I see. My mission must be to break up the main couple and win over the male lead, right?” System: “No. Your mission is to turn this novel into a sweet romance.” Shen Wanqing: “...” And so She 529.8kFavorites758kClicks/ch151.6kGifts

   Curator note

   Attracted by the better-looking ones of the same type

9. 9 和 After Dying Together With the Male Protagonist 和男主同归于尽后 Hua Qi画七Romance647k WordsCompleted The first volume of the print edition, "Same Tide: Mortal World", goes up for preorder at 7 p.m. on December 21, 2024. For updates, follow @Jinjiang Hua Qi. This story is featured on the homepage and has drawn a lot of comments lately, including heated arguments that have turned into long threads. The author is unwell and has been going back and forth to the hospital, so they don’t have the energy to moderate the comments. The comment section is now closed. Thank you for understanding. Blurb: 453.6kFavorites688.9kClicks/ch443.7kGifts

   Curator note

   It looks good but is too long

10. 10 娱 The Entertainment Circle is Mine 娱乐圈是我的[重生] Spring Knife Cold春刀寒Romance634k WordsCompleted [The blurb dates from 2018; see Weibo for details] Xu Zhaixing's idol, Cen Feng, is a rising star in the entertainment industry. She firmly believed that one day, everyone would see the light her idol radiated. But she didn't live to see that day. Cen Feng died by suicide at home because of depression. It wasn't until after his death that the injustices he had suffered came to light. It turned out he was an adopted orphan. It turned out his biological father was a murderer. It turned out he had 427.2kFavorites887.5kClicks/ch660.4kGifts

    Curator note

    I started watching but then I didn't want to watch anymore.

11. 11 这 This Junior Sister Is Clearly Overpowered, So Why Is She Such a Goofball? [Book Transmigration] 这个师妹明明超强却过分沙雕[穿书] Looking North from the South Tower南楼北望Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Blurb] After transmigrating into a book, Xie Yun Zhao devotes herself to cultivating immortality. As a genius, her cultivation improves by leaps and bounds. Only one thing doesn’t go her way: her handsome, white-robed genius senior brother and fiancé will compete with the arrogant male lead for the senior sister in the original story, then fall into darkness and become a demon, only to end up with a swo 357.9kFavorites771.3kClicks/ch270.7kGifts

    Curator note

    A silly story, but it's too long.

12. 12 给 Bringing Good Fortune to My Ex's Uncle 给前任他叔冲喜 Green Medicine绿药Romance688k WordsCompleted *The second volume of the print edition goes on preorder on October 19 under the new title Beloved and Cherished. For details, see @Yi Zhi Lv Yao. She was the most celebrated beauty in the capital. Then, in a single day, her family fell from power, stripped of its title and property. Following instructions from the palace, her future in-laws handed her over to her dying fiancé's fifth uncle, the most infamous half-dead man in the Great Ji Dynasty. All they had to do was wait for the Fifth Maste 315.3kFavorites717.1kClicks/ch255.6kGifts

    Curator note

    Hmm, I lost interest after watching for a while.

13. 13 身 Delicate, Soft Male Omega [Female Alpha, Male Omega] 身娇体软男omega[女A男O] Red Thorn North红刺北Romance397k WordsCompleted [Preorders open at 8 p.m. on Saturday, October 15, 2022. Signed editions with special inscriptions will be available for the first minute, and personally signed editions for the next minute. If you're interested, check the link on @Tiantian Chijiao, or search for the book on major platforms. The published title has been changed to Premeditated Heartbeat~] The year Ji Yuezhi presented as an omega. Everyone had assumed that the Ji family's only son would present as an Alpha, just like his rival, 209kFavorites414.8kClicks/ch168.9kGifts

    Curator note

    Tea Tea

14. 14 星 The Galaxy’s Number One Funeral Home 星际第一火葬场 Ye Yi叶猗Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Su Xuan transmigrates into the heroine of an angsty interstellar romance. The heroine was born on a remote planet and has a kind heart. One day, she rescues a badly injured man whose spaceship has crashed. Years later, he becomes the mighty Marshal of the Empire, admired and revered by a trillion citizens. Everyone knows that His Excellency the Marshal has a beautiful, gentle fiancée who is said to have saved his life. He spoils her endlessly and showers her with money, making countless people 180.9kFavorites316.8kClicks/ch400.5kGifts

    Curator note

    Too long

15. 15 偏 Possessive Love 偏执宠爱 Sweet Vinegar Fish甜醋鱼Romance376k WordsCompleted [The print edition of this novel has been retitled "I Stumbled Upon Your Heart." It is available from Meili, Xiangxue, and Dangdang. For details, see Weibo @JinjiangTianCuyu.] Possessive, obsessive military officer vs. beautiful, seductive photographer who weaponizes her looks 1. Everyone in the military knew that Captain Lu had an extravagant, vivid tattoo on his back. It looked like a painting: a branch of cherry blossoms rendered in the boldest colors and brightest strokes. A female doctor 177.2kFavorites339.3kClicks/ch21kGifts

    Curator note

    I started watching but then I didn't want to watch anymore.

16. 16 代 After Marrying into a Wealthy Family in My Sister’s Place 代替姐姐嫁入豪门后 Spring Breeze, Pomegranate Fire春风榴火Romance385k WordsCompleted After Bai Yin's mother died, her father quickly brought his mistress and illegitimate daughter into the family. Little Bai Yin was sent away to live with her maternal grandmother in the countryside. Years later, her family brought Bai Yin back. Everyone assumed that a girl raised in the countryside would be hopelessly provincial and unfit for high society. No one expected the girl who stepped out of the car to be wearing a pale blue-green qipao, her long hair falling over her shoulders. Delic 143.4kFavorites253.9kClicks/ch39.6kGifts

    Curator note

    Ugh, mindless fun.

17. 17 凤 Phoenix Gu 凤凰蛊 Feng Jiu'an凤久安Romance350k WordsCompleted Tang Weimiao got married on a whim. Her husband is Xin Lian, captain of the Special Operations Team of the Twenty-Seventh Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security. His age on his ID card is twenty-seven. He has no bad habits and is in good physical and mental health. On the day they registered their marriage, his superior gave her a stack of precautions and an instruction manual for her new husband. Xin Lian is a phoenix-type demon, a male of the phoenix breed. He is 217 years old by demon sta 115.5kFavorites222.6kClicks/ch45.2kGifts

    Curator note

    The reason is the same as Mr. Lizard by the window.

18. 18 魔 Demon Lord’s Disciple: Buy One, Get One Free 魔尊徒弟，买一赠一 Qu Xiaogu曲小蛐Romance575k WordsCompleted [Irreverent but senior in rank, overwhelmingly powerful, and daring you to pick a fight: the master heroine] vs [The exemplary disciple, leader of the immortal sects, pure as the moon and righteous to an almost wicked degree: the disciple hero] & [Disciple villain who turns from innocent to dark to mad, slaughters his way through two realms, and resets time to find his master] 1. Mu Hanyuan was once hailed as the “bright moon in the heavens” of the cultivation world, the white moonlight in the 108.7kFavorites134.6kClicks/ch63kGifts

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    Literary

19. 19 窗 Mr. Lizard Outside the Window 窗外的蜥蜴先生 Gong Xinwen龚心文Romance268k WordsCompleted [Print edition] The print edition will be available for preorder on March 18. See Weibo for details. [Blurb] On a cold, stormy night, Banxia took in a little lizard, battered and bruised, that had crawled in through her window. She even spent all her savings on his medical treatment, nearly leaving herself unable to afford breakfast the next morning. Who would have thought that from then on, every morning she would wake up to find her home spotless, with a steaming, delicious breakfast waiting 104.9kFavorites161.5kClicks/ch95.6kGifts

    Curator note

    Attracted by the better-looking ones of the same type

20. 20 再 Winter Again 再冬 Jin Bing金丙Romance175k WordsCompleted The print edition of Again in Winter goes on presale August 19 at 7 p.m.! Blurb: The past and the future pull at opposite ends of a line, and we are forever caught at the point between them. Years later, when I looked back, I realized I had stayed there forever, in that place where you were, where the ice and snow never melted agai 74.5kFavorites125.8kClicks/ch30.3kGifts

    Curator note

    Hmm, it seems like a good story, but maybe we just don't click.

21. 21 豪 How Fun It Is to Ship This Fake-Married Rich Couple 豪门塑料夫妻真好嗑 Pomelo99西柚99Romance608k WordsCompleted Shi Xi awakens to the truth and discovers she's the foil female character in an entertainment-industry novel. She and her wealthy husband were forced into an arranged marriage. He's aloof and traditional, and before the wedding he made a bold declaration in their prenuptial agreement: They could get married, but they would never share a bed. But because she's jealous of the heroine, she insists on dragging her husband onto a show to flaunt their loving marriage. Their fake affection keeps gett 65.9kFavorites199.3kClicks/ch23.8kGifts

    Curator note

    Ugh, mindless fun.

22. 22 怪 The Monsters' Beloved 怪物们的爱人 Moonlight Filling The Branches明月满枝Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Complete, with eight stories] [A collection of stories where the male leads are nonhuman] [The male leads are extremely possessive, and very, very jealous and hostile toward the people around the female leads] 1. The Merman in the Cell Cheng Shuinan’s body was covered in glossy black scales, and he dragged a huge, scarred fish tail behind him. Damp and gloomy, bound inside an airtight cell, h 58kFavorites93.7kClicks/ch31.4kGifts

    Curator note

    Attracted by the better-looking ones of the same type

23. 23 卿 Love, Love, Love 卿卿我我 Chuan Lan川澜Romance421k WordsCompleted [The print edition has been retitled Qing Qing and is now available. For purchase information, follow @Chuanlanlanlan.] 1. Late at night, Yan Qing's car broke down as she drove across a river bridge. She spotted a handsome man standing not far away and went over to ask for help. She never imagined that... He was gripping the railing, one long leg raised, about to jump off the bridge. Yan Qing felt like she was dreaming. All she'd done was reach out and pull him back, yet she'd saved Huo Yunshen 118.5kFavorites365.3kClicks/ch30.8kGifts

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    I read it a long time ago, but the copywriting is still quite appealing now.

24. 24 岁 Peace Year After Year 岁岁平安 Laughing Beauty笑佳人Romance1.1M WordsCompleted During the spring plowing season, Tong Sui got married in a hurried, haphazard fashion. Her husband’s family lived twenty li away, and Tong Sui had never been there. She had never met the man who had been away performing military service for six years, either. She had only heard that he was so fierce that even local ruffians wouldn’t dare provoke him. On the eve of her wedding, a scholar from next door had tried to elope with her. Tong Sui refused. She liked the scholar’s gentle manners, but sh 359.4kFavorites660.8kClicks/ch747.3kGifts

    Curator note

    The story is logically consistent, and the characters are well-developed; however, it's too long, and I was drawn to other good stories.

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