Dropped Stories 弃文

1. 1 人 Playing a Popular Character 人气角色扮演中 White Day Porridge, White白昼粥白No CP564k WordsCompleted [Original work, not a derivative; female lead has no romance] [Cross-dressing as a man, comic forums, layers of secret identities, readers imagining things and treating the protagonist as a tragic, beautiful, powerful figure] [The comments contain lots of spoilers. On your first read, you can stick to the long reviews and topics, which have tons of great fanworks and memes~] [80% anti-piracy protection, 10% paragraph comments] [Illustrations are now available. Gacha can be addictive, so spend re 112.9kFavorites175.8kClicks/ch182.5kGifts

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2. 2 一 A Woman Disguised as a Man Takes the Imperial Exam 一篇女扮男装科举文 White Wood白色的木No CP694k WordsCompleted Don’t think that just because this is an alternate ancient world without the poets and lyricists of the Tang and Song dynasties, you can copy a couple of Li Bai and Du Fu’s poems, steal the show at poetry gatherings, crush the other candidates in the imperial examinations, and become the top scholar. Lu An listened carefully, nodded seriously, and asked earnestly: “What if I can identify the tonal patterns, allusions, and rhymes in a poem, then compose one on the spot that meets the requiremen 83.6kFavorites107.9kClicks/ch240.2kGifts

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3. 3 被 After the Emperor Read My Inner Thoughts Diary 被皇帝偷看心声日志后 Three Fools, Two Madmen三傻二疯No CP859k WordsCompleted 80% anti-piracy threshold After signing a shady contract with a dogshit System, Mu Qi was sent to ancient times. The good news was that the body the System had prepared for him belonged to the heir of a duke in the current dynasty. He was born into a life of wealth and privilege, at the very top of an alternate dynasty. The bad news was that the emperor was obsessed with alchemy, the upright officials and the corrupt faction were locked in fierce conflict, and the realm was in decline under a 73.4kFavorites135.8kClicks/ch195.6kGifts

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   The story is told from the male protagonist's perspective, and the synopsis and the beginning of the main text use derogatory terms to insult women.

4. 4 开 From the Start, I Spoiled the Xuanwu Gate Coup to Li Shimin [Historical Livestream] 开局为李世民剧透玄武门[历史直播] Three Fools, Two Madmen三傻二疯No CP664k WordsCompleted I originally planned to set it in the Ming dynasty, but that felt a little too satirical, so I decided to use a fictional dynasty instead. Here’s the blurb: After signing a shady contract with a damnable System, Mu Qi is sent back to ancient times. The good news is that the System has prepared him a body as the heir of a duke in the current dynasty 68.2kFavorites180.9kClicks/ch81.5kGifts

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   From the male protagonist's perspective.

5. 5 为 Spoiling History for Qin Shi Huang and Emperor Wu of Han [Livestream] 为秦皇汉武剧透历史[直播] Cake Tastes Good饼好吃No CP932k WordsCompleted My new novel in the same genre, My Heart Holds Regrets That Cannot Be Soothed [Historical Livestream], is now available. The main story begins below: P.S. Some chapters in the Three Kingdoms arc include romantic pairings. I meant them to be silly and funny, but since some readers aren’t into that, please check the table of contents and steer clear if it’s not for you. This novel also goes by the title Those Years Spent Cultivating Immortality with Qin 19.5kFavorites56.2kClicks/ch16.4kGifts

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   The narrative lacks objectivity, and the writing style is mediocre.

6. 6 全 All-Around Life Player [Holographic] 全能生活玩家[全息] Qing Zai清崽Romance900k WordsCompleted The author's other new novel, All-Around Farming Master [Infrastructure], is currently updating daily. The top guild has a very laid-back lifestyle player who neither adds friends nor joins parties. Rumor has it she got in through connections. On the day of the guild battle, their most important healer was poached by the rival guild, leaving her as their only available member. The squad leader said helplessly, "Bring her along. Maybe she can be useful." Half an hour later, both sides were nearl 61.3kFavorites140kClicks/ch48.7kGifts

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   Utterly bland, utterly uneventful.

7. 7 在 Writing Novels to Support My Family in the Northern Song Dynasty 在北宋写小说养家 Li Qilang李七郎Romance559k WordsCompleted After transmigrating into the household of a poor family in the Northern Song Dynasty, Yang Man Niang found herself in Bianjing, the Song Empire's capital, a city of splendor captured in Along the River During the Qingming Festival. But the original owner was just a young girl, renting a dilapidated, supposedly haunted house by Nanxun Gate with her younger brother and sister. They had nothing to their name. In winter, the wind cut like a knife, and charcoal was too expensive. The three sibling 45.4kFavorites57kClicks/ch48.6kGifts

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   Ancient daily life was mundane, so it was fattened up and died.

8. 8 1 The Nineteenth-Century Heiress 19世纪女继承人 Spring Scenery三春景Romance1.6M WordsCompleted After transmigrating into a book set in a world reminiscent of the Victorian era, Vivian had no interest in the complicated story of the heroine using a System cheat to take revenge and punish scumbags. She just wanted to live her own life... But... She might not be able to live her own life after all. This was supposed to be an era when science had arrived, the dawn of reason! Why, why... Why were people using mercury as face masks, ammonia as toner, arsenic tablets as whitening pills, arsenic 43kFavorites102.2kClicks/ch124.3kGifts

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   It started off well, but as the story progressed, I discovered that the middle part of the plot was severely padded and the romance was terrible.

9. 9 人 A Mortal Among the Stars, Calling on the Gods [Chinese Mythology] 人在星际，请神上身[华夏神话] Ye Chongguang夜重光Romance755k WordsOngoing [Coming Soon: My Superpower Summons Artifacts from Museums. Blurb at the bottom] Blurb One: Li Yao transmigrated into an interstellar world. In the future, everyone revered Star Lords, a profession that used language and writing to communicate with the stars and universe, receive a planet’s blessing, and gain supernatural abilities. But Li Yao, who had just transmigrated, was completely illiterate. She couldn’t understand her lessons or communicate with the stars, so she had no chance of becom 40.7kFavorites59.9kClicks/ch25.8kGifts

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   The premise is illogical, and the female lead's character deteriorates somewhat after she awakens her abilities.

10. 10 在 Telling Chinese Myths in Another World 在异世大陆讲华夏神话 No Pork, Just Fish不吃猪肉吃鱼肉Romance699k WordsCompleted Su Chen was an utterly ordinary female college student. After an inexplicable transmigration, she was saddled with the arduous task of spreading her faith in another world. Su Chen: This is a disaster! I don't know anything except myths and legends! But if she wanted to leave this awful place and go home soon, she had to grit her teeth and tell people some stories. Dear simple villagers, if you're possessed and can't afford to go to the Church of Light, why not worship the local earth god? If 35.8kFavorites42kClicks/ch37.6kGifts

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    There are few female characters, and their portrayals are often underdeveloped.

11. 11 学 The Academic Idol 学术型偶像 Tired Iron Horse铁马倦倦No CP820k WordsCompleted [Serializing The National Team Girl Group Debuted! After all-around scholar Chu Jie dies, he transmigrates into a flower-vase idol who is hated by the entire internet and known as a talentless dropout. According to the logic of feel-good fiction, he should use his academic skills after transmigrating to face-slap everyone and skyrocket to fame. However, Chu Jie tears up the script and posts a statement overnight, quitting the entertainment industry: "You're rig 25.4kFavorites45.6kClicks/ch23.7kGifts

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    The first few chapters were quite awkward.

12. 12 修 Why Is Everyone in the Cultivation World Being So Hesitant? 修真界为何支支吾吾 Jian Rong简容Romance636k WordsCompleted [Complete. If you've read the whole story, please leave it a five-star rating!] Working overtime is no way for a human to live! Yu Yu not only died from overwork, she also got transmigrated in a stroke of bad luck. Transmigration wasn't scary. What was worse was that she wasn't even a person anymore: she'd become the spirit of a mirror. Just as Yu Yu was about to refuse to become someone's portable old granny, the System told her it had given her a golden finger. It could accurately identify p 20.2kFavorites50.9kClicks/ch5kGifts

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    The writing is mediocre, and the female lead is purely a plot device.

13. 13 华 Summoning Chinese Legends to Godhood [Interstellar] 华夏名人召唤成神[星际] South Lake Koi南湖锦鲤Romance1.0M WordsOngoing (Already quite a long way along! Busy with real life, so updates are irregular. I can only promise that it will be completed and not abandoned. New readers, remember to check the reading guide below.) One-line introduction: My faith isn't in the gods, but in the entirety of Chinese civilization. Ji Qingyu transmigrates to the interstellar era of a parallel universe, where she discovers that the power of faith exists. It is said that faith can awaken legendary gods. The more believers they have a 18.7kFavorites40.7kClicks/ch21.5kGifts

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    The settings are unreasonable.

14. 14 天 [Journey to the West] A Heavenly Court Employee Just Wants to Farm [西游]天庭打工人只想种田 Mount Emei Monkey 03峨眉山猴子03Romance523k WordsCompleted Novel Blurb An overworked office drone, Fu Nanxing, suddenly drops dead after working overtime. When she opens her eyes again, she has somehow become the White Bone Spirit from Journey to the West. In the world of Journey to the West, great demons are everywhere, and gods and monsters roam in droves. To keep herself alive, Fu Nanxing immediately packs her bags and sets off to seek a master, learn the arts, and pursue immortality. She does not ask for eternal life, only to avoid dying. You ask 17.3kFavorites43.7kClicks/ch9.9kGifts

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    If you fatten someone up and they die, then you'll just live a mundane, ordinary life.

15. 15 在 Making Money in the Interstellar Era to Buy Back Earth [Livestream] 在星际赚钱赎地球[直播] Words of Time时光语No CP474k WordsCompleted After an xx civilization invaded Earth, it drove Earth's elite to a doomsday planet to livestream for their amusement, then set the exchange rate: 100 billion star coins = Earth. * As an "elite" who'd been sent there by mistake, Lu Liuyu was dumped on Ghost Planet, a place crawling with evil spirits. Using his exquisite paper effigy craft, he attracted the ghosts and held the "Build a Beautiful, Prosperous Ghost Planet" contest again and again, eventually becoming their leader. Later... "Boss, 13.6kFavorites19.6kClicks/ch5.7kGifts

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    I forgot.

16. 16 女 The Woman Writer 女文豪 Spring Scenery三春景Romance2.2M WordsCompleted The journey of a modern woman writer to becoming a literary giant in ancient times. The glory of Qin and Han, the splendor of Qin and Han. When she arrived in this era, at first, she never meant to change the world. At first, she simply refused to be ordinary! "You never trusted me!" "The Liu clan is cruel and ungrateful! How coul 11.7kFavorites54.8kClicks/ch35.6kGifts

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    A notorious writer of poorly written, unfinished works; his romantic storylines are disgusting.

17. 17 骄 The Decadent Literary Genius 骄奢文豪 Spring Scenery三春景Romance819k WordsCompleted This is the dazzling, beautiful life of April Haddock. P.S. Just like the title says, it's about a literary genius and a mega-rich heroine. You could call it a story about a wealthy female lead~~ P.P.S. It's a light novel in the urban fantasy genre. Theme: Everyone should have a life's work to strive for. 4.5kFavorites14.6kClicks/ch4kGifts

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    It's said the plot is padded and the romance is terrible.

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