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1. 1 江 The Eight Delicacies Restaurant of the Martial World 江湖八珍楼 Wishful Thinking求之不得Romance955k WordsCompleted [Complete] Please leave a five-star review! “Golden Hairpins” and “The Eight Delicacies Inn: The Nine Provinces Cauldron Arc” are coming soon. The Eight Delicacies Inn has plenty of food. All wandering martial arts foodies are welcome! An unconventional food story + martial-world ensemble cast + occasional silliness + occasional passion + a healing road-trip story featuring a private kitchen on wheels. The heroine is laid-back, but that doesn’t stop the private dishes she cooks from becoming a s 23.1kFavorites24.6kClicks/ch30.8kGifts

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   It's alright, actually quite interesting, but the author uses subtle insults towards women. In chapter 29, the character says to the male supporting character, "Why are you acting like a girl?", Which made me very uncomfortable. I put it aside for a day and still feel uneasy, so I dropped it.

2. 2 谁 Who Told You to Play Infinite Like That? 谁让你这么玩无限的 Qingyuan清远No CP1.6M WordsCompleted When Chu Zhao first entered the world, she joined a shabby little organization with oversized egos and tiny wallets. The group wasn’t famous, but it talked big, calling itself “the Gods.” All fourteen bosses claimed to be deities, yet they expected Chu Zhao to earn money to support them. The organization was so shabby and its name so embarrassingly stupid that Chu Zhao couldn’t bring herself to say it. Whenever people asked, she called it the “Psych Ward Association.” Then one day, the little 76.9kFavorites80.1kClicks/ch638.2kGifts

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   It's good, I couldn't stop watching, but some parts were too disjointed and I didn't understand them. Overall, it's pretty good.

3. 3 兵 Chaos and Upheaval 兵荒马乱 Nine-Level Magic Square九阶幻方Romance296k WordsCompleted [Pei Changlü, your fiancée is about to start dating someone] [Life abroad] [Other man] [Bittersweet, slightly angsty romantic comedy] [A story where bug x bug somehow makes love run smoothly] The entire novel has been revised, with some plot changes. It differs from pirated copies. Thank you, lovely readers, for supporting the official version~ The print edition is titled South Wind Before Nightfall. Find the link on Weibo: @Nine-Grid-Fantasy, the writer. Please add my new book, Mohorovicic Di 18.3kFavorites22kClicks/ch18.4kGifts

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   A sweet treat, perfect for when you're looking for something to read 😚

4. 4 守 A Tomb Keeper's Mountain Food Diary 守陵娘子山食纪 Red Bean Soup绿豆红汤Romance963k WordsCompleted After a stumble, Tao Chun finally regained consciousness amid the jolting. She was bound across an ox's back in a red wedding gown, while the man leading the wedding ox headed deep into the mountains. Tao Chun had been trapped in this body for over half a month. The body's original owner belonged to a family of imperial tomb keepers. She had left the mountains to attend school at ten, then lived with her aunt, a cook for a wealthy household, from the age of fifteen. At nineteen, she fell in lov 57.9kFavorites79.5kClicks/ch100.6kGifts

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   It's alright, but the sex scenes are too detailed, and the female lead becomes too ruthless later on.

5. 5 淘 Gold Rush in Russia [The Nineties] 淘金俄罗斯[九零] The Flute Player吹笛人Romance838k WordsCompleted Forced to play a poisonous adopted daughter in a period novel, He Changyi earns herself the title of “ungrateful little hooligan.” At the end, the puppet on a string jumps into a river and drowns herself. Luckily, the whole story ends before she actually drowns. She may be alive, but her money is dead (...) To save her wallet, He Changyi decides to become an idol. Scratch that: a black-market trader. The red giant in the north falls apart, the ruble turns into worthless paper, and order gives 48.4kFavorites60.8kClicks/ch103.8kGifts

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   It's alright, but the female lead relies on men too much; it's very Mary Sue-ish. Men always solve her problems. Although she's intelligent and capable, I still don't really like that.

6. 6 经 Running an Ancient Town with Employees from the Past 经营古镇，员工都是古穿今 Martian Girl火星少女Romance1.3M WordsCompleted In a nutshell: All the employees at my scenic attraction are from ancient times. Lu Xiaoqi inexplicably inherited a System and an ancient town scenic attraction supposedly worth billions. She thought it was a windfall, but when she arrived, all she wanted to do was turn around and run: The buildings were in disrepair, the river was mu 37.9kFavorites41kClicks/ch143kGifts

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   It's hard to accept such a powerful advantage and such close parents; the explanation given is so ridiculous it wouldn't fool even a fool. Are they treating the readers like idiots?

7. 7 饥 The Hunger Survival Game 饥饿求生游戏 Xiao Shi, You Little Scumbag小时你个渣渣Romance535k WordsCompleted [This novel will be VIP-exclusive starting December 2. After Shen Xiao dies, he enters a survival map. His goal is to earn enough points to come back to life. Deserted islands, deserts, rainforests, snow-capped mountains... Primitive societies, zombie apocalypses, futuristic sci-fi worlds... Wartime eras, raging plagues, haunted castles... While everyone else works miserably for the System to earn a meager amount of points, Shen Xiao disco 37.4kFavorites77.1kClicks/ch28.2kGifts

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   The setting is decent, but the numerical values have some issues and there are some gender stereotypes, which is forgivable given that it was written quite a while ago.

8. 8 春 Springtime Train 春野列车 Xia Xiaojiu夏小酒Romance340k WordsCompleted * My next book, "Forbidden Butterfly," will be released soon. * Road trip + urban setting / men and women drawn to pleasure / hidden identities / flirtatious tension * Astrophotographer x investor in an AI company developing tools to identify supernovae Blurb: On the train from Xining to Lhasa, Liang Xitong wheeled her suitcase into a soft-sleeper compartment, only to find someone had arrived before her. The man's profile was sharply defined. One cufflink on his wh 28.7kFavorites35.7kClicks/ch5.1kGifts

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   It's alright, a typical romance novel, but it feels a bit old-fashioned. Every couple in the book is so happy they could be the subject of another novel. It feels like stepping back into contemporary romance novels from ten years ago. The female lead's profession is quite novel, and the scenery described is beautiful.

9. 9 一 Waking Up to Find Shanks Getting Beaten Up Again 一觉醒来香克斯又在挨打 Flying Little Chick No. 1飞天小叽一号Romance685k WordsCompleted The Whitebeard Pirates alternate-universe story from the author’s column, “I Woke Up to Find Shanks Apologizing to Me Again.” A few warnings in advance: 1. Some parts are revised versions of the original text from the previous story’s extras, so the first few chapters will have me copying myself. 2. Shanks is in the title, but he shows up later on, and the focus is on the Whitebeard Pirates. The men of the Whitebeard Pirates never dreamed they would find a child at sea. She seemed to like prett 24.7kFavorites37.7kClicks/ch64.6kGifts

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   It's heartwarming, but a bit bland and boring; you can watch it when you have nothing else to do.

10. 10 第 Supreme Commander of the First Battlefront! 第一战场指挥官！ Retreating Halberd退戈Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Print edition on pre-sale March 26. New bonus chapter added, see the Short Stories section in my profile A victorious general who had never known defeat transmigrated into the military command department at Alliance University. In the full-immersion simulation System, she became a glorious... foot soldier. Commander: Foot soldier, go give them a kill! Vanguard: Foot soldier, hold them off! I’ll run ahead! General: Foot soldier, take them down with you! We can lose our he 311.8kFavorites674.5kClicks/ch621.2kGifts

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    It's well-written and has a great concept, but the later parts get a bit too complicated and I can't understand it.

11. 11 在 Opening a Snack Shop at the Imperial College 在国子监开小卖部 Pine Snow Pastry松雪酥Romance494k WordsCompleted [The print edition is now on sale and available on all platforms. Thank you for your support!] Yao Qizhao, Libationer of the Imperial College, was a man of impeccable character, upright and honest throughout his life, never making a single mistake. Then one day, he suddenly broke off his granddaughter's engagement in the street and beat up a court official. His reputation was ruined, and his health rapidly declined. He lived frugally all his life. His family assets amounted to just over twenty 155kFavorites187.4kClicks/ch167.4kGifts

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    The author's writing is excellent and steady, but the story is a bit superficial, and the author's portrayal of the female lead is a bit too doting; they seem to have an excessive fondness for writing about genius male protagonists.

12. 12 别 Others Sail the Seas, I Farm 别人航海，我种田 The Wind's Chime风的铃铛Romance906k WordsCompleted [Warning: Don't Starve + One Piece. Not faithful to canon, with lots of game-related headcanons. The protagonist is a player, and this is a Fourth Disaster story. You don't need to have played the game to enjoy it.] [A separate Whole Cake Island what-if story is now available] I’m Wendy, a Don’t Starve player, and I’ve arrived in this new world with the Don’t Starve game System. To make sure I stay alive, I’ve been working hard to clear land and grow crops. But I’m not very efficient on my own, 86.2kFavorites90.7kClicks/ch1.1MGifts

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    It's a great read; the author writes very interestingly. Even if you haven't read One Piece or Don't Starve, it's perfectly fine. However, the ending felt a bit rushed, and the female lead was a bit overpowered.

13. 13 中 Making a Profit as the Middleman in a Nationwide Survival Game 中间商赚差价，全民求生 lesliyaNo CP573k WordsCompleted Whenever she got stuck in traffic, Guan Ye would seethe with resentment, wishing she could head out to the wilderness and floor it to 280 kilometers per hour. Then a road-trip survival game where players stockpiled supplies descended, pulling everyone who met the requirements into the game. Looking at the empty, straight highway, Guan Ye was speechless. She hadn’t even gone to Yonghe Temple to pray. There was no need to mess with her wish, was there? [Road Survival Game Beginner’s Guide (Initia 50.9kFavorites56.8kClicks/ch150.9kGifts

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    It started strong but declined significantly in the middle, failing to develop many foreshadowing elements and feeling rushed at the end. It was originally a very interesting concept, and I feel it could have been developed even better.

14. 14 末 Doomsday Descends: I Reach the Top of the Rankings by Collecting Trash 末日降临：我靠收垃圾飞升榜一 Yu Weizhi余微之Romance965k WordsCompleted (Apocalypse + survival for all + stockpiling supplies + base-building and upgrades) Yun Luohe is putting a trash bag over the bin when, in the blink of an eye, she appears on a massive reef, with the waves crashing right at her feet. [Welcome to the deluxe package of surviving the ocean apocalypse] She opens the System starter pack: One tattered fishing net, so worn that a single tug might tear it apart, Two steamed buns that can be used to grow penicillin, And... five pieces of rotten wood, 28.9kFavorites46.5kClicks/ch37.3kGifts

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    It's alright, the plot device is a bit overpowered, but the idea is quite good. The characters are not well-developed, including the female lead. It's a bit like a classic romance novel with a different setting.

15. 15 第 The First Lord [Global Survival] 第一领主[全民求生] Gathering Starlight and Frost挽星霜Romance717k WordsCompleted Li Zhao transmigrates into the hottest survival game of the moment, a game played by everyone. Every player of Doomsday Descends knows that the number-one powerhouse on the leaderboard, Zhao, has the stamina of ten people. When she tops the Territory Points Leaderboard, the Survival Time Leaderboard, the Achievement Points Leaderboard, and countless others, players across the public chat copy and paste: You worked yourself to the bone just to claim the top spot! Are you trying to kill yoursel 35.9kFavorites47.4kClicks/ch57kGifts

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    It was a good watch, and I finished it smoothly. There were a few minor, harmless bugs, and later on, the female lead seemed a bit too strong, lacking the process of overcoming difficulties. But overall, it was still very good, and the premise was unconventional.

16. 16 路 The Passerby Only Wants a Peaceful Life 路人她只想过平静生活 YuxuanW羽轩WRomance605k WordsCompleted Blurb: After retiring early, Luo Qing moved to an old neighborhood full of warmth and friendliness. Every day, she went downstairs to sit around at Ping An Real Estate, and settled into a simple, peaceful life. Unable to rent out her properties, with her partner traveling for work every month, and business slow and boring, Luo Qing started taking odd jobs all over the place to attract tenants. She met all sorts of strange outsid 107.9kFavorites138kClicks/ch137.9kGifts

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    It feels like the dungeons weren't very interesting because the female lead was too powerful, and the later world-saving plot wasn't explained clearly enough.

17. 17 我 I Want to Eat My Fill 我要吃饱 Leave the Mountain别山去No CP363k WordsCompleted Ning Dali had been released from prison, turned over a new leaf, and made a living hauling cement when she transmigrated. She went from a cyber-federation to a barren wasteland. This world had almost no food, only supernatural abilities. Everyone woke up thinking about how not to starve to death. People fought tooth and nail over every bite, while the dazzling colors of supernatural abilities shone day after day across the barren land. When Ning Dali arrived, she di 64.8kFavorites56.4kClicks/ch180kGifts

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    The female lead is too strong, far too overpowered, which diminishes the enjoyment. The all-female cast is a plus.

18. 18 十 [Pride and Prejudice] The Life of a Nineteenth-Century Lady [傲慢与偏见]十九世纪贵妇生活 Tracing the River Back by Boat溯上归舟Romance375k WordsCompleted [1] A botany graduate who could never find a job wakes up as a nineteenth-century lady fleeing back to London: Heather Lawrence, the aunt of the five Bennet sisters from Pride and Prejudice. Unlike in the original story, she never married someone from Meryton, next door to Longbourn. The good news is that she married a much wealthier French count. The even better news is that her count husband has just died, leaving her a huge inheritance. So here's the question: in an era when inheritance law 33.1kFavorites40.1kClicks/ch38.5kGifts

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    This is a sweet story with a lovely romance, but the male lead always seems to have overwhelming power, while the female lead is just an ordinary person. Most of her actions are accomplished with the male lead's support. This isn't to deny the female lead's abilities and contributions, but it does highlight the severe class stratification and wealth disparity in Britain during the Industrial Revolution. The later parts were quite painful to watch. Without the male lead's power and help, countless workers would have died young due to the factory owners' neglect. The road to proletarian revolution is long and arduous.

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