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1. 1 守 Reborn After Being Widowed 守寡后我重生了 Laughing Beauty笑佳人Romance731k WordsCompleted Before she became a widow, Huayang found fault with her husband in just about every way. She hated how he was always so stern, how he'd collapse onto the bed drenched in sweat, and, above all, how he could be so insatiable at certain times. But when he actually died and she became a widow, Huayang began to miss his good qualities one by one: the way he carried her steadily through a downpour, and the warmth of his chest, blazing like a fire on cold winter days. Reborn, Huayang decided to treat 561.4kFavorites1.2MClicks/ch1MGifts

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   The male and female leads' characters really appealed to me, and the writing was quite engaging. The story's setting also seems to be inspired by the Ming Dynasty. Overall, it's pretty good.

2. 2 满 Echoes of My Heart Throughout the Court 满朝文武都能听到我的心声 White Wood白色的木No CP818k WordsCompleted I have a completed novel next door, The Empress Consort System Made Me the First Emperor's Imperial Tutor. Take a look if you're interested. *Light ancient fantasy novel Bad news: Xu Yanmao has transmigrated to ancient times, and he's completely useless at physical labor or farming. His specialty, cybersecurity, is no use to the ancients. Good news: He's bound to a System. Bad news: It's called the Gossip System. Not gossip in the sense of fortune-telling, but gossip involving people's priva 499kFavorites1.1MClicks/ch2.7MGifts

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   It sparked my interest in this type of story. Personally, I felt the ending was a little rushed, but overall it was great. The epilogue pulled me back in, and it was quite good too.

3. 3 重 Reborn as a Noblewoman 重生之贵妇 Laughing Beauty笑佳人Romance757k WordsCompleted [The print edition, The Luan and the Phoenix in Harmony, is available in three volumes.] Everyone said Yin Hui was destined for a life as a noblewoman, and she did indeed marry into the Prince of Yan’s household, becoming the wife of a royal grandson. But her husband came and went at all hours and rarely said anything affectionate to her. Yin Hui tried every way she could to warm his heart, only for him to bring home a widowed cousin he wanted to look after. Yin Hui: No way! Her husband: Go to s 384.3kFavorites791.9kClicks/ch563.5kGifts

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   I really love the character designs for the male and female leads. The story's setting seems to draw inspiration from the Ming Dynasty, but the plot unfolds smoothly.

4. 4 九 My Husband Is a Mining Tycoon: The 1990s 九零年代之我的老公是矿业大亨 Bone-Colored Curved Blade骨色弯刀Danmei (BL)430k WordsCompleted [A scheming, possessive top who plans every move + a spoiled, beautiful celebrity singer bottom] When Fang Li was nineteen, his father ran off with all the money from the mine and vanished. Workers demanding their back pay chased Fang Li down, and it was Qin Weidong, the boy he'd taken in, who risked his life to get him out of that gloomy mountain town. It was the 1990s, a time when the country was gradually opening up its mining industry. The two boys left their hometown with nothing. Thanks t 344.8kFavorites343.7kClicks/ch205.8kGifts

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   The first few chapters didn't really resonate with me, but after they escaped, it really got to my taste. The "dad-like" seme type is quite my type.

5. 5 卡 The Card Dungeon (Infinite) 卡牌密室（无限） Spirit of the Butterfly蝶之灵Danmei (BL)2.4M WordsCompleted [The print edition of Card Room has been published in two volumes: Part One (blue cover) and Part Two (orange cover). If you’d like to collect the physical books, search for them on Taobao, Pinduoduo, or JD.com~] Xiao Lou dies unexpectedly and is reborn in a world made up of cards. Here, every playing card represents an escape room: mystery and deduction, mechanical mazes, survival adventures, and head-to-head challenges. The rooms get harder with every level, and only those who clear an SS- 328.7kFavorites523.7kClicks/ch796.4kGifts

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   This is a book I've reread countless times; I truly love it. Each card's storyline is captivating, and there aren't any glaring logical flaws.

6. 6 九 The Nine-Thousand-Year-Old [Reborn] 九千岁[重生] Embroidered Life绣生Danmei (BL)558k WordsCompleted [Upcoming historical BL novel "The Hostage Prince" | A sickly, stunning beauty who tells lies with every breath and schemes at every turn, the bottom, versus a fierce, untamed lone wolf top who loves marking his territory. Visit my author page to bookmark =3=] [Signed for an unabridged Simplified Chinese edition with Lu Shang. Follow Weibo @XiuShengXS for publication updates.] In the twenty-third year of Longfeng, it had been five years since the Eastern Palace Crown Prince was deposed. Once a 319.5kFavorites419.7kClicks/ch248.6kGifts

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   I absolutely adore the protagonist-shou (top/bottom) dynamic; I love it so much when the two of them are reborn and finally get together.

7. 7 花 Figure Skating: I'm Better Suited for the Olympics 花滑 我还是更适合参加奥运 Jun Xing菌行Danmei (BL)937k WordsCompleted “When you test how hard a piece of glass is, it is destined to shatter. In other words, once suspicion begins, the verdict is already in.”, Cicada Woman This was written in 2020. I couldn't predict that someone would land a 4A in 2022, or that a Japanese skater would announce a relationship that year. If I really had the gift of prophecy, I'd rather predict lottery numbers than other people's love lives. Our country's top male figure skater is a steady competitor who delivers outstanding perfo 264.9kFavorites588.7kClicks/ch1.5MGifts

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   This is an article I picked up, put down, and picked up again; the logic seems quite coherent, and every match is very exciting.

8. 8 S SCI: The Case Files, Part One SCI谜案集（第一部） Er Ya耳雅Danmei (BL)495k WordsCompleted Synopsis: A modern Mouse and Cat mystery-solving story with psychology and investigations. Theme: Evil will never prevail. 262.3kFavorites595.5kClicks/ch16.1kGifts

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   I really love it! Besides the cat and mouse, the eldest brother and Gongsun are just my type. I highly recommend the whole series.

9. 9 重 Back To The 90s 重回九零 Huai Su怀愫Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Everyday life in a bygone era] Lin Wenjun lay on the operating table, looking back on a life that had, by all accounts, been pretty good. Her husband had made his fortune in the 1990s. He never kept a mistress or cheated on her. Her three children were reasonably filial. She had never endured great hardship or suffered terribly. So why had she never been satisfied? Was it because she and her husband had grown further and further apart? Because her three children resented her for not treating th 219.3kFavorites575.6kClicks/ch1.2MGifts

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   Reborn to focus on a career, without getting divorced, which I can accept; life is better now, but I haven't found anyone similar. There aren't any major logical flaws.

10. 10 穿 Transmigrating to Become a Literary Giant 穿越之文豪 Jue Jue决绝Danmei (BL)1.1M WordsCompleted Mu Qiong transmigrates and becomes a down-and-out young master who has been kicked out of his home. He's so broke he doesn't even have a single silver dollar to his name… How is he supposed to survive? Mu Qiong can only fall back on his old profession: writing novels. An alternate world, unrelated to real history, with no historical figures appearing~ Main plot. Mu Qiong is the seme, Fu Yun'an is the uke. Theme: Devoting oneself to the country 130.1kFavorites283.2kClicks/ch360.1kGifts

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    The best of the best stories are truly excellent, while the worst are truly terrible. I think this one is somewhere in between. I really like the characters, but some of the logic is a bit off.

11. 11 木 Kinoshita’s Guide to Raising a Childhood Friend 木之本君的竹马饲养手册 He Zi鹤梓Danmei (BL)564k WordsCompleted [Thank you, dearies, for supporting the official release. Muah!] Having inexplicably returned more than a decade into the past, Touya stood expressionlessly in his family’s library and reached out to grab the lion plushie poking out of the magic book, stuffing it back inside. “Wait, wait, wait, young man, don’t you want to become someone chosen by magic and gain great power?!” Touya (▼-▼): “No.” After tying up the glowing magic book that kept struggling and putting it away, Touya was about to l 109.3kFavorites164.7kClicks/ch208.6kGifts

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    I couldn't find this type anymore, the older brother and the snow rabbit, I really love them.

12. 12 当 When the Dynasties Tune In to My Chinese Class [History Livestream] 当诸朝开始围观我的语文课[历史直播] A Letter from Spring Mountain春山有信No CP709k WordsCompleted [Reading Guide: 1. This is a parallel world, not a historically accurate story, and includes some creative liberties of my own. Where there are discrepancies, please defer to official history. The author is not a history major, so just enjoy it for fun. 2. The heroine is not a teacher. She is only posting a few videos over summer vacation, partly to pass the time and partly to get closer to the textbooks, so there will be some internet culture mixed in. If that doesn't work for you, feel free to 102.5kFavorites228.2kClicks/ch264.9kGifts

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    It was so-so. I looked at it during the teacher qualification exam interview; it gave me a strange feeling of just going through the motions.

13. 13 天 The Calamity Road 天灾行 Nan Shu婻书Danmei (BL)1.2M WordsCompleted In a world devastated by natural disasters, only the fittest survive. Reborn and back in time, he seizes the advantage, hoping only to stay alive in a desperate world. Mu Nan returns to three months before the apocalypse. He sells everything he owns to stock up on supplies, hoarding whatever he can like a hamster. Then he stays quietly holed up at home, cautiously waiting for the apocalypse to unfold... Planned disasters: epidemic, scorching heat, earthquakes, extreme cold, insect infestations 80.5kFavorites182.8kClicks/ch91kGifts

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    This was the first book I read about stockpiling supplies during natural disasters. The natural disasters described in it felt very realistic, and my travel companions were great too. There weren't any major logical problems.

14. 14 重 Back to the Year of the College Entrance Exam 重回高考那一年 Far Up the Tianshan Mountains远上天山No CP700k WordsCompleted My new novel, "I Write Fiction Purely to Make Money", is currently updating. Thank you for your support! In his previous life, Ji Shi never studied hard. After graduating from high school, he got into a third-rate college and drifted aimlessly through life. In middle school, he had been his parents' pride and joy, and he got into the only key high school in the county. But the year he graduated, his parents were mocked and the neighbors gossiped. Even years later, those scenes remained etched in 64.4kFavorites155.8kClicks/ch97.6kGifts

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    I really loved it; it told the story so simply and directly, it warmed my heart, but I can't find anything like it.

15. 15 开 From the Start, Livestreaming to Zhu Yuanzhang That Zhu Di Would Rebel 开局向朱元璋直播朱棣会造反 Weaving the Years织岁No CP953k WordsOngoing [Getting back into it, updates when I can. Don’t wait for me after 10 p.m.] Sui Wan is a small-time creator. One day, she makes a history video. [Today, let’s talk about the Yongle Emperor, Ming Chengzu Zhu Di, who came after the Hongwu Emperor, Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang.] Then the video is broadcast into Zhu Biao’s mourning hall in 1392. Zhu Yuanzhang, thinking Zhu Biao has manifested, stumbles. His brothers all turn to look at him. Zhu Di is horrified. * Everyday scenes of the Zhu family bein 56.3kFavorites169.8kClicks/ch150.8kGifts

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    The plot and story are very unique, but the serialization has been stalled for a long time.

16. 16 被 After Being Forced to Become a Celebrity Fan Site Manager [Entertainment Industry] 被迫成为站姐后[娱乐圈] A Fairy's Garden Stroll游园戏仙No CP1.9M WordsCompleted I originally planned to send everyone New Year’s red envelopes right at midnight, but the System won’t let me run giveaways between midnight and 5 a.m. ( ˙-˙ ) So let’s do it at 12! P.S. Youyou wishes all my lovely readers a happy New Year in advance! Zhou Xiao was bound to a fan-site manager System. After getting checked out at the hospital and confirming she was fine, she accepted the situation. But what was this fan-site manager System, anyway? And it couldn’t be removed? Bad news: the next 47.5kFavorites102.9kClicks/ch112.3kGifts

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    It's not finished yet, but I really want to read fanfiction about fansite admins. However, I don't really want to see real celebrities; this kind of fictional story is quite nice.

17. 17 民 The Republic's Entertainment Mogul 民国之文娱大亨 Yun Yishi云依石Danmei (BL)576k WordsCompleted Attorney Xie dies unexpectedly, only to open his eyes and find himself a pitiful child in an opera troupe a century ago. He knows nothing of his parents, his background is a mystery, and the only person he can question, his beautiful master, speaks in riddles. Looking at the scarred landscape of China before him, Xie Yan pats his chin. He cannot find a single copper coin on himself, but he has a grand ambition. As everyone knows, a businessman who doesn't want to be a writer isn't a good lawyer 37.1kFavorites69.9kClicks/ch21kGifts

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    I was looking for similar stories, but couldn't find many. This one also has some logical inconsistencies, but the plot is quite good and has some clever touches.

18. 18 在 Days Running a Beast-Pet Shop in Another World 在异界开兽宠店的日子 Grain-Hoarding Hamster运粮仓鼠Danmei (BL)2.7M WordsCompleted The upcoming stories are at the end. Here’s the blurb, followed by content warnings. In the Knight City of Mopland, there’s an unusual shop. It sells unique magical pets found nowhere else in the world. Glazed Iceflame Hounds race through lava and snow. Windbreaker Horses snort curiously at the people coming and going from their stable. Candy Bunnies hop out of the grass, shaking candy sprinkles from their coats. The shop’s owner is a handsome, black-haired young man. Thou 24.1kFavorites43.2kClicks/ch70.5kGifts

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    I love it so much! I love how each of the pets was created. The emotional bond between them is quite good, and it filters out some logical inconsistencies. This story is pretty good, although the later chapters have fewer extras and feel a bit weaker, it's still quite enjoyable.

19. 19 总 [Hollywood] Presidential System, Not Satisfied? [美娱]总统系统，不满意？ Wool Pants羊毛裤Danmei (BL)1.2M WordsCompleted The System said, "You have to run for President of the United States." Osmonde looked listless. "I don't have any money. Do me a favor and manifest physically to campaign in my district." The System, now a dog, stared blankly as the film it had performed in at its Host's command, A Loyal Dog's Love, became both a box-office hit and a sensation. Osmonde patted its head with satisfaction. "See? So many people like me and want to support me. They're even willing to pay for my movie tickets, so of 15.9kFavorites21.7kClicks/ch26.4kGifts

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    The character development is excellent, the pacing is great, it's fantastic. I've been looking for similar American entertainment novels but haven't found any yet.

20. 20 用 Beat Natural Disasters with Farming 用种田打败天灾 Wan Yunbai挽云白Danmei (BL)561k WordsCompleted [Complete] ++++++ ++++++Daily farming life amid extreme weather in ancient times Ye Yu was reborn. Perhaps because he hadn't drunk Meng Po's soup, he retained vague memories of his previous life. In his fourth year, he awakened his golden finger: a space containing books. Making tofu, brewing wine, making sugar, producing paper... If not for the upheaval that followed, Ye Yu believed that, given enough time, he could even have figured out how to make bicycles and hybrid rice. But disaster st 14kFavorites33.3kClicks/ch6.3kGifts

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    I liked it. While the proportion of everyday family dramas and natural disasters wasn't excessive, it was still acceptable, without any major logical flaws.

21. 21 我 My Years as a Teacher at a Western School for Nonhumans 我在西方非人学院当老师的那些年 Captain of the Demolition Squad拆家大队长Danmei (BL)1.7M WordsCompleted Blurb: Thank you all for supporting the official release! The Spirit Medium story next door is now open, so come check it out if you're interested!~ Yang Zeling comes to the Boundless Academy, founded by Western gods, as an exchange teacher from the East. On his very first day, he is [forced to] discover that every student at the academy is a troublemaker. The kind even pricklier than a hedgehog. So: "This is a classic case of having too much to eat." "A student who hasn't learned the Eight 13.5kFavorites33.7kClicks/ch27.5kGifts

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    It connects to the author's previous book, but it doesn't affect the reading experience. There's a clash between Western and Eastern elements, and the story is quite novel.

22. 22 再 The Ice Age Returns (Apocalypse) 再遇冰河纪（末世） Guan Baifu关白附Danmei (BL)2.6M WordsCompleted ·This novel tells the story of the Viy atomic shockwave sweeping across the globe in the form of an icy blizzard at the end of 2017, bringing about the apocalypse. ·Zhao Qing is led out of the blizzard by Chen Yang and steps onto an unknown road. A group of flawed people become a family, stumble through hardship, and grow into survivors and the most important guardians of their world after obtaining artifacts from beyond their realm. ·One by one, the clues are pieced together. The “apocalypse” t 12.5kFavorites24.8kClicks/ch17.5kGifts

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    I loved it so much, but I haven't found anything like it since. It's a bit long, but the emotional interactions are great, and the team is fantastic.

23. 23 天 A Cat's Leisurely Life After the Natural Disaster 天灾猫猫的悠闲生活 Old Cat Picking Mushrooms采蘑菇的老猫Danmei (BL)521k WordsCompleted Mianbao is a beautiful long-haired orange cat. Apart from his white paws and belly, his orange fur has lovely layers, so beautiful it has stolen people's hearts more than once. Mianbao's owner has a scary boyfriend who keeps a huge black cat with clearly defined muscles. The black cat is called Ruige. He looks after Mianbao in every possible way, and Mianbao absolutely adores him. One day, the humans suddenly take them to an unfamiliar place. There are no tall buildings whose tops disappear fr 9.1kFavorites15kClicks/ch8kGifts

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    Fluffy and cute, Mianbao is really adorable. It's easier to feel relaxed from an animal's perspective.

24. 24 带 Cultivating Immortality with Cards 带着卡牌去修仙 Rambling Fables啰嗦寓言Danmei (BL)841k WordsCompleted Chi Qian had always been lucky since childhood. People in the martial world called him the European Emperor, the sort of guy who was guaranteed to pull an SSR in a gacha game. One day, as usual, he was pulling cards in a new game for his little sister and successfully summoned several max-star cards. It was as if his luck had run out on the spot: in a moment of carelessness, he transmigrated, and the world turned upside down. Chi Qian figured this was probably punishment for abusing his good for 4.5kFavorites11.9kClicks/ch2.8kGifts

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    The reading experience was smooth, the subject matter was novel, and the writing was excellent. However, it would have been better if there were more scenes where the protagonist created new cards. But that would have made it a longer novel. It was a very enjoyable read, and definitely worth reading.

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