Notes on Stories I Like 心水观察笔记

1. 1 我 I Have a Safe City 我有一座安全城 Cat in the Sugar糖中猫Romance1.5M WordsOngoing Cheng Qisheng was an ordinary person with a terminal illness. She received a miniature planet. Apart from one ruined city, there was nothing on it. Time on the miniature planet flowed many times faster than in her world. Cheng Qisheng decided to cultivate human civilization there and have the new humans find a cure for her illness. The good news: The new humans had a loyalty imprint that made them worship Cheng Qisheng as their creator god. The bad news: The new humans still couldn't find a cu 116.6kFavorites125kClicks/ch1.8MGifts

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   I couldn't get into it at first, but after a few chapters I couldn't stop [shy]. It's a bit like playing a SimCity game with the female lead, constantly traveling between different planets and dimensions. It's really good! I'm following along with the updates.

2. 2 转 A Turn of Fortune [Mystery] 转运[悬疑] Rain Again Today今又雨Romance265k WordsCompleted [Full Subscription Costs Just One Cup of Mixue] [New Bonus Side Stories Only on Jinjiang] [Mystery and Revenge] [Snowbound Mountain Villa] In August, the media reported a wealthy family murder case that shocked the nation. Inside a luxuriously renovated villa, five people had died in five different ways. No one from the Kuang family survived except Kuang Minshi. The eldest daughter of the Kuang Group, Kuang Minshi, who had never appeared in public, showed up and answered reporters' questions w 17.6kFavorites15kClicks/ch15.3kGifts

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   It's a very good and exciting show. The suspense isn't too mind-bending, but the portrayal of human nature is very profound, and every character is three-dimensional and vivid. The romance between the male and female leads isn't very engaging; in fact, it could have been cut and made completely without a romantic pairing, which would have been even better. Fortunately, there isn't much of a romance.

3. 3 高 The Marquis’s Lowly Maid 高门小婢 Little Sweet Potato少地瓜Romance912k WordsCompleted The day-to-day struggles of a little girl. Blurb: On her deathbed, Jin Yu once made a wish: Please let me be born into a wealthy family in my next life! Heaven heard her. So when she opened her eyes again, Jin Yu had become a laundry maid in the household of a government official in ancient times! Jin Yu: “...Damn it!” Heaven: “You got a rich family, didn’t you?” The story features household intrigue, delicious food, farming, and steady progression. The heroine is ambitious. Passages marked w 61.4kFavorites63.5kClicks/ch301.2kGifts

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   It's so good, I can't stop reading! The writing is so realistic and detailed, I love this slow and steady progression path.

4. 4 成 I Stole the Godhood of a Steampunk NPC 成为蒸汽朋克NPC的我篡取了神位 Your Hands Are Tiny你手短短Romance658k WordsOngoing *Steampunk + Lovecraftian calamity + theological magic // small ensemble cast* *Comments on paragraphs are open. Hua Kou was paralyzed from the neck down after a car accident. Then she transmigrated into the steampunk game The Rodent Age, becoming a hidden NPC who had yet to be revealed. This NPC's character profile was downright horrifying [Scholars see her as a subversive who stole the spark of knowledge. The church sees her as 13.7kFavorites9.5kClicks/ch52.3kGifts

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   Steampunk is a relatively niche genre, but it's a good read with excellent writing. The female lead is an NPC (Bushi) who transmigrates into a holographic game. It includes elements of the Fourth Calamity and forum-style Coco. She's incredibly powerful and a complete succubus. The plot is complex and a bit convoluted in some parts. Besides the main characters, many other characters appear, and I can't remember their names. [Please!] This author likes to take breaks, so I suggest waiting until it's finished before reading.

5. 5 御 Beast Tamer's Throne 御兽王座 Yue Qianyue岳千月Romance1.7M WordsOngoing Graceful flower-vine demons sway through the forest; undying wolves howl at the moon; three-eyed divine tigers trample scorched earth; silver-bladed mantis kings lie in wait in the dark; and herds of thunder elephants stampede across the yellow wasteland. Hunters roam the mountains, then suddenly hear a celestial bird beating its wings and singing in the woods. Fishermen head out to sea, only to be astonished by mermaids whose tears turn into pearls... Nine thousand years have passed since the H 36.8kFavorites26.7kClicks/ch247kGifts

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   The author's writing is exceptional; the world-building and various creatures are described in great detail, demonstrating the author's extensive research. The numerous instances of unrequited love between the male supporting characters are also very satisfying.

6. 6 天 The Fundamental Principles of Genius 天才基本法 Chang Er长洱Romance760k WordsCompleted Everyone thought Lin Zhaoxi was a genius. Only she knew that she was using years of experience in math competitions to go back and “cheat.” Until one day, the boy she admired looked at her in silence. Times overlap, and the past is revisited three times. The past can change you. 1. A story about returning to three periods in the past to find yourself. Take it easy: it’s a journey where you go wherever the road takes you. 2. The schools and competition system are fictionalized. 3. Anti-pirac 522.2kFavorites731kClicks/ch778.2kGifts

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   Super inspiring! I was thrilled after reading it and learned a lot. The portrayal of family, friendship, and love was exceptionally well done. Pei Zhi is the most polite, tactful, and detail-oriented male lead I've ever seen—a perfect score! I was absolutely smitten. Good romance novels don't need kisses and hugs to truly express the feelings between the leads.

7. 7 星 Starlight and Flame 星河光焰 The City Mouse城里老鼠Romance692k WordsCompleted It all began when she encountered that dying queen insect. At last, she could cast a glance toward the vast, magnificent starry sky. This was certainly not the best of times, but it might be the worst of times. Please note: This story has a male lead. Cover by: Yi Kuang Tuzi · A Shuang Infinite flow, romance: The city’s rats: won’t you collect one? Click the image below to visit my author page. Theme: 10kFavorites34.7kClicks/ch4.1kGifts

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   The author's writing is absolutely superb! The female lead is amazing! The plot is also quite good, but I'm not entirely satisfied with the romance; I just can't get hooked on the leads. The male lead is too aloof.

8. 8 上 All Aboard 上船 A Pool of Green Mountains一池青山Romance332k WordsCompleted Chu Lai grew up in the Lower City, getting by on scams and cons. She did the dirty, exhausting work, lived in a cramped apartment, and ate cheap synthetic meals. By chance, she came across a ticket. It was for a luxury cruise ship developed by a major corporation. The ship didn’t check citizen ID cards and was bound for Libo Harbor, the famous City of Freedom. It was the perfect chance to sneak out, escape, and make a fortune. Only after boarding did Chu Lai realize the voyage was a party cru 39.6kFavorites36.4kClicks/ch22.7kGifts

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   I love it! The story has a super twist and a super female-centric ensemble cast, and I love the pairings in this book. I really enjoyed shipping them!

9. 9 囤 Stockpile Supplies, Then Survive 囤货，然后活下去 Lady Aragorn阿拉贡夫人No CP2.8M WordsOngoing Zhang Baibai, who was born with little emotional capacity, spent more than twenty years as an ordinary corporate drone, living by the rules and keeping her head down. Who could have guessed that one day, while she was working as usual in the office, she'd get up to pour herself some water and suddenly be pulled into a safe house? Zombies roared outside. The safe house was falling apart, and an electronic 278.2kFavorites273.3kClicks/ch2.6MGifts

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   I absolutely love the unique world-building and the distinct dimensions. The looting aspect is also very well done; for me, the plot is even more captivating than the looting itself. The female lead is rather selfish, and she can be a bit odd at times in the early stages, but she gets better later on.

10. 10 传 The Legend of the Legendary One 传说中那一位传说 Leave the Mountain, Take the Grass舍山取草Romance1.7M WordsCompleted My new xianxia novel, The Black-Hearted Saintess, is currently updating. Interested readers can check it out in my author profile. “Father, I tried to be a good person, but in the end, my hands are stained with blood. Can someone like me still be redeemed?” “My child, of course you can. You only need to do one thing.” “What?” “Put the gun down from my head.” From the start, a prison uniform. In the end, a crown. * Cyberpunk + mystery + alien-blood contamination * Entirely fictional, unrelated 147.4kFavorites202.1kClicks/ch271.2kGifts

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    Cyberfiction was really good at the beginning, and a few chapters were truly amazing. I hate the romance plot; it feels so out of place. Wouldn't it be better without a couple? I dropped it because of the romance.

11. 11 我 [Harry Potter] My Owl Got Lost [HP]我的猫头鹰迷路了 Green Radish Skirt青青绿萝裙Romance318k WordsCompleted In my previous life, my owl got lost over the Pacific Ocean. It never brought me my Hogwarts letter, not even by the time I graduated from college. In this life, the owl arrived right on time and a Transfiguration professor (?) came to the orphanage (?) to take me away. Something about this feels off?! Though I start out in an orphanage, I'm not the third-generation Dark Lord. The heroine is in Hufflepuff. It's an upward-progression, coming-of-age story, and her goal is to become the next he 179.8kFavorites324.5kClicks/ch398.2kGifts

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    I really like the little daily life stories; they're especially well-written.

12. 12 我 I Clean Up Garbage in a Wasteland World 我在废土世界扫垃圾 Flowers Bloom in the Wild有花在野Romance2.0M WordsCompleted Zhu Ning, who was leading the charge against zombies in the apocalypse, transmigrates, this time into a wasteland world. Eighty percent of this world’s land has been contaminated. Humanity is divided into five classes. She ends up in the lowest, a fifth-class citizen, which is just another way of saying she’s a defective good-for-nothing. Penniless and with nothing to her name, Zhu Ning has no choice but to become a cleaner and sweep up garbage. She’s heard that cleaning up trash in the wastelan 828.3kFavorites957.5kClicks/ch3.3MGifts

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    The world-building is amazing, the writing is exquisite, and you can empathize with every contaminated area. The imagination is incredible, and the sanity drops incredibly fast. The author always manages to connect the various contaminated areas and pollutants to real life, evoking empathy and bringing tears to my eyes. It has so many touching moments. There are no flaws. If I had to point one out, it would be that all my favorite characters died. [Please!]

13. 13 是 It's Him 是他 Delight in Rivers and Mountains喜河山No CP160k WordsCompleted (Complete. The author’s other book, No One Kills Me, is now underway.) Our homeroom teacher disappeared, and the police came to school several times to ask questions. I was worried because our homeroom teacher had always been kind to me. I went home and told my mother. She smiled and said that good people would be blessed. I thought that someone as good as our homeroom teacher would surely be all right. The next day, I found our homeroom teacher in the basement of my house, tied up from head t 102.3kFavorites108.7kClicks/ch69.4kGifts

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    The female-centric perspective in this suspense novel is quite novel; it reveals the culprit's identity right from the start.

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