Years of Reading Recommendations: Mostly Top-Led, Few No-Romance Stories 多年看文推荐，多主攻，少无cp

1. 1 没21+ [Western Crossover] Surviving in Gotham Without a Superhero Filter [综英美]没有超英滤镜的我于哥谭艰难求生 Plague-Stricken Young Germ瘟疫青年小病菌Danmei (BL)835k WordsCompleted 20.7kFavorites23.6kClicks/ch46.1kGifts

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   I can really feel that sometimes when the author writes, it seems like the big head controls the small head, or vice versa. Sometimes when I'm reading the earlier parts of the story, I just switch apps. [Heart emojis]

2. 2 考 [Sherlock Holmes] The Exam System Taught Me How to Solve Cases [福尔摩斯]考试系统教我如何破案 Zhao Yun Jian兆云间Danmei (BL)628k WordsCompleted After a car accident, Qian Danqing transmigrates into Harry Chadwick, a detective at Scotland Yard in 19th-century Britain, and gets bound to an Exam System. The System administers exams. He earns points by collecting evidence at crime scenes, and the higher his score, the more pounds he receives. Timid, afraid of dying, yet especially greedy for money, Qian Danqing looks at his empty pockets and grits his teeth. Fine, he'll do it! But the ideal is beautiful, while reality is harsh. He never ex 6.7kFavorites8.3kClicks/ch8.1kGifts

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   I just finished reading this book. The synopsis initially put me off, but the writing got better and better as it went on. The beginning was a bit slow, and the undressing scenes weren't awkward at all. I highly recommend it.

3. 3 A AWM: PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds AWM[绝地求生] So Very Much, So Very Slowly漫漫何其多Danmei (BL)330k WordsCompleted New Esports novel [FOG [Esports]] is now being serialized. Thank you for your support. Official merchandise for [AWM: PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds] is now available. Thank you for your support. Shop: HOG Esports Club The official simplified Chinese edition of [AWM: PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds] is now available. Thank you for your support. Purchase from: Hanlian Tmall Store or Dangdang Modern Esports, sweetness level: ++++++ A laid-back, shameless veteran star player and team captain top x 1.7MFavorites2.8MClicks/ch939.3kGifts

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   It looks amazing, it's incredibly popular!

4. 4 嚣 Arrogance 嚣张 Wu Zhe巫哲Danmei (BL)552k WordsCompleted Campus romance. HE. Cover art thanks to @Lian Xiaozhu! Theme: 871.8kFavorites1.1MClicks/ch1MGifts

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   Perfect, so beautiful!

5. 5 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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   Good fortune, good fortune!

6. 6 拯 The Rescue Of The Tragic Villain Is In Progress 拯救悲情反派进行时！ Fortress Bao碉堡堡Danmei (BL)1.4M WordsCompleted [The main story is complete. Bonus chapters will drop from time to time.] In novels, apart from the protagonist blessed by all the world’s fortune, the tragic, powerful villain is a must. They may be dazzlingly talented or wield tremendous power, but their mad obsession with the protagonist makes them twisted and possessive. In the end, they become villains hated by everyone, tormented in body and soul by the author. They have nowhere to put down roots in life, and nowhere to be buried in dea 330.7kFavorites573.9kClicks/ch761.9kGifts

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   [Dog head carrying a rose]

7. 7 忧 Mr. Melancholy Wants a Peaceful Life 忧郁先生想过平静生活 Blue Wings青色羽翼Danmei (BL)527k WordsCompleted [Complete] Yu Hua lost his job, and the burden of supporting the family fell on his partner, You Zhengping. His beloved worked as a temporary employee at the neighborhood office, earning a mere 2,500 yuan a month. This made Yu Hua terribly worried. - You Zhengping secretly worked to protect the world from destroyers, and his allowances and benefits were quite generous. You Zhengping worried day in and day out about how to tell Yu Hua without giving himself away that he had several million yuan i 325.4kFavorites627.3kClicks/ch461kGifts

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   The feeling of a Möbius strip; you only realize at the end that everything is traceable.

8. 8 虫 The Zerg: I Come from Afar 虫族之我来自远方 Fortress Bao碉堡堡Danmei (BL)1.1M WordsCompleted [The main story is complete. The extras are slowly taking shape, with new chapters appearing from time to time~] It was the best of times, it was the worst of times; it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness; it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness; we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, A Tale of Two Cities I come from a distant place. Above me, the Stellar Transformation; below me, mountains, rivers, and plains. In the vast, boundless univ 249.6kFavorites490.2kClicks/ch840.5kGifts

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   [Dog head carrying a rose]

9. 9 当 When the Armored General Moved the Emperor [Rebirth] 当年铁甲动帝王[重生] Bu Lianyi步帘衣Danmei (BL)641k WordsCompleted [My next novel will be a historical danmei: The Fake-Death Cat Returns. Blurb: Gu Lie conquered the realm, founded the Chu Dynasty, and ruled for fifty years. A wise ruler all his life, as he lay dying, he couldn’t stop thinking about General Di, whose stubbornness and decisiveness had always exasperated him. When he opens his eyes again, he finds himself facing the young Di Qiye, who has just joined the Chu army. Di Qiye turns and walks away. Th 166.5kFavorites206kClicks/ch173.9kGifts

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   Another day of being moved by perfect love.

10. 10 史 Raising a Husband in Prehistoric Times 史前养夫记 Jue Jue决绝Danmei (BL)655k WordsCompleted What do you do when the man you like cheats on you? Find another one! To avoid trouble, Xiong Ye picked the weakest man in the tribe to be his mate this time. He could afford to support him, after all! With his strength, he could make sure his man ate meat at every meal instead of grass. The “weak” man Zhou Ji, who'd transmigrated from the apocalypse and was obsessed with eating “grass”: “...” It's not like that! He could take out the entire tribe all by himself! Reader's Guide: 1. A wish- 159.4kFavorites426.7kClicks/ch231.4kGifts

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    Although it's a dual-perspective game, you can view it as the main attack.

11. 11 穿 I Traveled Back Twenty Years to Adopt Myself 穿回二十年前领养我自己 Green Rhythm青律Danmei (BL)378k WordsCompleted [The finale will be released on May 4 at 7 p.m. The print edition is titled Summer Blaze, Autumn’s Arrival. Please check it out!] [Top-focused story. The love interest is the little boy’s English teacher.] [Roguish top x gentle, refined bottom. They’re each other’s first love, with a happy ending.] Jiang Wang crashed his car into a lake and unexpectedly found himself back twenty years in the past. It was 2006. Housing was cheap, e-commerce was just taking off, and business opportunit 133.8kFavorites273.3kClicks/ch210kGifts

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    This is the first book I've recently followed to the end. A lot happened along the way, such as the plagiarism scandal, the author's declining health, which caused the later plot to feel rushed and somewhat different. Even towards the end, everyone was arguing, but everyone was genuinely loving the book, which is why they argued. Keep going, author! Keep moving forward!

12. 12 宠 Pampering My Husband [Quick Transmigration] 宠夫（快穿） Jue Jue决绝Danmei (BL)1.0M WordsCompleted Yan Jingze and his lover run into an accident while fleeing for their lives. Yan Jingze is parasitized and pulled into the cycle of reincarnation. Lost in the cycle, he nearly fails to wake up. But if he doesn't wake up soon, his darling is going to be done for! And so, at certain crucial moments, the rich playboy who exploits his childhood friend, the underachiever who frames the top student, and the celebrity who dumps the best actor and then kicks him while he's down... they all come to the 133.6kFavorites433.8kClicks/ch322.3kGifts

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    Fragrant

13. 13 在 The Days I Was Forced to Become a Feng Shui Master 在被迫成为风水先生的日子里 Green Robe, Apricot Grove青衣杏林Danmei (BL)1.1M WordsCompleted [Correcting typos, no new content] * [Complete] [Please leave a five-star review, it means a lot to me QAQ] Protagonist-focused progression fantasy, slow-burn warning Yu Ning reached his twenties, went through unemployment and a car accident, and finally saw the light. He returned to his hometown and opened a general store. He thought life would stay peaceful and idyllic, until he opened the back door of the courtyard. Later, Yu Ning inherited the family business, and began to f 125.3kFavorites277.1kClicks/ch224.5kGifts

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    Fragrant

14. 14 隔 The Little King Next Door 隔壁小王（全息） Yi Ren Bei易人北Danmei (BL)2.2M WordsCompleted For Wang Ye and Lei Mu’s story after this, see The Great King Next Door ^^. Top-focused, younger man/older man. Couple: Wang Ye and Lei Mu. Everyone in District 13 knows that the kid next door, Wang, isn’t the son of the old Wang next door. But they don’t know that the kid next door, Wang, was reborn. At the moment Wang Ye perished alongside all his enemies, he thought with relief: “TMD, I’m finally dead. This life was worth it. Let it end here.” Who knew he’d be reborn, and in the most messed-u 92.9kFavorites138.3kClicks/ch982.4kGifts

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    It smells so good!

15. 15 向 The Guide Must Follow the Script 向导要听剧本的话 Neither Here Nor There不间不界Danmei (BL)479k WordsCompleted [If you enjoy this novel, please also support the follow-up in my author’s column, The Guide’s Indecent Deal. It will begin at the end of January 2024. Thank you~] The top transmigrates into a novel and becomes an influential Guide who is paralyzed from the waist down, dark and perverse, and beautiful as a fairy And, most importantly, impotent. The novel tells him that if he follows the plot and makes sure all the important events and the ending remain unchanged, he’ll be given a healthy body a 64.5kFavorites110.1kClicks/ch93.9kGifts

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    It's both delicious and hilarious, with both touching and funny moments. I've watched it repeatedly and rewatched it countless times. [Doge emoji with rose in hand]

16. 16 这 This Time, It's Your Turn to Love Me (Sports) 这次换你来爱我（竞技） Quiet Boat Sprite静舟小妖Danmei (BL)1.6M WordsCompleted Su Yu. He was hailed as the King of pairs figure skating, winning three consecutive Olympic gold medals and countless world championship medals. The year he retired, he died in a car accident. Reborn, Su Yu met once more the person he had treasured in his heart for years, his unattainable first love. That was, until he took off the thick rose-colored glasses he’d been wearing all those years. Ahem! He decided he’d better focus on his career this time around. Hmm... Maybe he could try singles f 58kFavorites125.1kClicks/ch343.7kGifts

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    It's good, but some people might not be able to handle it. This book isn't suitable for S-type readers. Also, on my first read, I didn't feel there was anything wrong with Bingbing's storyline, but on my second read, I didn't like the author's handling of Yan Bingbing's storyline, so I skipped it all.

17. 17 钟 Love at First Sight (Quick Transmigration) 钟情（快穿） Jue Jue决绝Danmei (BL)700k WordsCompleted A silly, goofy seme (Yan Jingze) and a uke who falls in love at first sight all the time (Su Moxiu). They transmigrate together and dote on each other. [The General Gets Himself Kidnapped] (Completed) The pretty boy you kidnapped home turns out to be your direct superior. What do you do? [The CEO Takes What He Wants] (Completed) The CEO has set his sights on his little assistant! [The Top Student Keeps Tattling] (Completed) You take your younger brother to school and fall in love at first sig 57.2kFavorites113.5kClicks/ch105.2kGifts

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    Fragrant

18. 18 蒸 A Vampire’s Daily Life in the Steam Age 蒸汽时代血族日常 thatyDanmei (BL)3.7M WordsCompleted I've changed my name!!! My old name was Orwitska!!!!! Uh, this novel also goes by titles like Transmigrating to Another World and Becoming a Detective [Steampunk], The Daily Cases of an Otherworldly Vampire, An Otherworldly Vampire's Road to Wealth, The Vampire Lord of the Steampunk Age, Solving Cases and Farming After Becoming an Otherworldly Vampire, Or's Road to Wealth in Another World, The Steampunk Sleuth: The Adventures of Vampire O'Conan, The O Case Files, I Transmigrated into an Otherwo 43.5kFavorites57.1kClicks/ch182.5kGifts

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    It smells so good!

19. 19 山 Shanhai Cat Cafe 山海猫咖 Mei玫Danmei (BL)438k WordsCompleted My new story, [Five Elements, No Cats], is now underway! A modern-day sweet treat. Xu Youchu, a seasoned corporate drone, accidentally sent his boss the cat cafe proposal he'd written as a teenager, mistaking it for his annual work summary. Xu Youchu: No, no, I can explain... A certain mighty Suanni: You've got some interesting ideas. Come open a cat cafe with me. Xu Youchu: Huh??? Years later, Xu Youchu, a winner in life, revealed the secret to his 42.9kFavorites83.6kClicks/ch76.4kGifts

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    Five-star review

20. 20 七 Seven Seas-Senpai’s House Dragon 七海前辈的家养恶龙 Books Simmered in Warm Water温水煮书Danmei (BL)519k WordsCompleted CP Nanami [Blurb] Not long after arriving in this world, Suda realized he had fallen in love with a senior colleague. “Senior, please let me be your maid!” His senior colleague was so shocked that he quit his job and left that very day. Heartbroken, Suda ran off into the mountains and shut himself away for a month. He never expected that a month later, his mature and dependable senior would descend from the sky. Looking at his enormous body, Kento Nanami calmly asked, “Are you the Grade 1 cursed 39.4kFavorites85.1kClicks/ch39.5kGifts

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    A perfect story, both heartwarming and hilarious, it's really fantastic!

21. 21 在 Playing an Extra in an Escape Game 在逃生游戏当群演 Gentlemen, Get Chubby诸君肥肥Danmei (BL)1.1M WordsCompleted Xu Beijin is an extra in the game Escape from the End. His everyday job is to lie on the ground pretending to be a corpse, then enjoy watching the players rack their brains to survive. While the other extras work hard, hoping to earn the title of “Best Actor” and escape this cruel, despairing world as soon as possible, Xu Beijin’s life is uneventful and utterly dull. Until one day, he picks up a livestreaming system... Xu Beijin’s life is changed completely. As he lies on the ground playing de 34.9kFavorites62.1kClicks/ch22.4kGifts

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    Five-star review

22. 22 排 Volleyball! Volleyball! 排球！排球！ Far Up the Tianshan Mountains远上天山Danmei (BL)398k WordsCompleted The story of a boy who can see demons and joins the volleyball team at Inarizaki High School. The story does not involve the manga's plot. New novel: I Won't Be the Real Young Master of This Rich Family Anymore. Completed novels: Back to the Year of the College Entrance Exams, Let's Get an Olympic Champion, My Idol Weighs 200 Jin, Omega 101 Theme: A young person striving to improve. 31.2kFavorites90.4kClicks/ch23.6kGifts

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    Perfect, impeccable

23. 23 琴21+ After Gin Abandoned His Husband and Child 琴酒抛夫弃子之后 My Life Is Longer Than My Readers'我和读者比命长Danmei (BL)480k WordsCompleted 24.2kFavorites28.7kClicks/ch59kGifts

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    This is the feeling of a silly goose, this is the awkwardness, this is Ueno Makoto, it's delicious.

24. 24 诅 Shirou the Curse User 诅咒师士郎 Glasses Flash眼镜闪光Danmei (BL)375k WordsCompleted Shirou: LMAO, I have absolutely no intention of being an ally of justice. Main pursuer, pairing with Jin'er. Capable, naturally dark pursuer × a deadbeat dad receiver who can fight. P.S. The Prelati's Spellbook will always be the GOAT! [Main pursuer] I Transmigrated into a Monster and Got a Happy Ending with the Villain After He Turned Dark , Who is Shen Huaimin? “My father, my closest family. He's the only person in this world I can rely on and look u 20.9kFavorites49.5kClicks/ch30.3kGifts

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    It's really good, especially the little bonus episodes. Daddy is so adorable!

25. 25 游 I Control the Game’s Protagonist in Everyday Life 游戏主角被我操作日常 Salt All Year盐常年Danmei (BL)552k WordsCompleted (→ Top. Younger top. Strong leads doting on each other. Whether you’ve played or even heard of the game won’t affect your enjoyment. App orders are automatically charged at three cents per thousand characters.) Gu Si was transported into the game he was playing, landing in the American West in 1899. But he didn’t become an NPC or some random passerby. Instead, he became the invisible perspective controlling the game’s protagonist, the outlaw Arthur. He couldn’t even slack off. Once a fight start 20kFavorites29kClicks/ch57.2kGifts

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    A rare find – a completed novel by the long-time author Salt (盐常年太太). It's so delicious and captivating! I haven't played the game and don't know the plot, but I was completely engrossed. It's driving me crazy! That perky butt is so alluring. It's definitely adult romance. [Dog head with rose in hand]

26. 26 巨 [Western Crossover] Song of the Dragon [综英美]巨龙之歌 Layers of Cloud Brocade九叠云锦张Danmei (BL)457k WordsCompleted My new novel, How to Tear Up the Script [Quick Transmigration], is nearly complete. Come check it out, lovelies! My upcoming novel, [Western Crossover] Winchester Wayne, is also open for follows! Sending you cat paw hearts. JP The last dragon in the world accidentally slept for thousands of years. When he once again heard the familiar, heart-wrenching Song of the Dragon, he instinctively flew toward the source of the singing… And brought back a bride. There was just one problem: the bride see 15.9kFavorites38kClicks/ch18kGifts

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    Beautiful! Beautiful!

27. 27 你 Guess Who I’ll Be in the Next World [Wuxia Crossover] 你猜我下个世界是谁[综武侠] Lin Yixuan林逸轩Danmei (BL)483k WordsCompleted [The second installment, Guess Who I’ll Be Next Time? [Western Crossover], is now underway~] Xiao Qingmo died and got bound to a System, which sends him through various wuxia worlds to complete missions. But why are the missions getting stranger and stranger? The Legend of Chu Liuxiang: A short-tempered Monkey King refuses to be anyone’s kept man and wants to smash Guanyin to pieces. A Master-Disciple Romance: A cross-dressing heartthrob champions freedom in love, helping lovers find their happy 15.9kFavorites57.3kClicks/ch10.7kGifts

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    Fragrant and handsome

28. 28 驭 The Art of Controlling Ghosts 驭鬼有术 The Wind Knows What the Clouds Enjoy风享云知道Danmei (BL)305k WordsCompleted After his master abandoned him, Lu Zhan was left covered in wounds. Branded as an abused new ghost, he re-entered the matching pool! He spent three years shedding his reputation as a good-for-nothing. Cold and heartless, he returned to the Ghost Clan’s matching platform and waited for someone to choose him... “I’ll take that one,” Shen Xiu, his former master, said calmly. ︿(￣︶￣)︿ This is a top-focused story, 1v1, happy ending. Updates may come every other day. ╰(￣▽￣)╭ It’ll be entering VIP o 15.1kFavorites49.9kClicks/ch3.3kGifts

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    Absolutely beautiful

29. 29 猎 Hunting Down Crime: Criminal Investigation 猎罪[刑侦] Jiazi Hai甲子亥Danmei (BL)480k WordsCompleted Lian Zhi had always thought that, as the impostor young master in a true-and-fake young master scandal, unless something unexpected happened, he would spend the rest of his life surviving in this world like a rat in the gutter. But then, one day, he unexpectedly gained the ability to transmigrate into the past. And so, one unsolved mystery after another was unraveled under his meticulous investigation, until the truth finally came to light... Meanwhile, he himself gradually stepped back into the 12.1kFavorites13.2kClicks/ch49.2kGifts

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    The romantic storyline is the most challenging part for this wife, but the plot is indeed very engaging.

30. 30 成 I Gained Fans by Being a Poor Fake Boyfriend to a Top-Tier Star 成为顶流假男友后因穷涨粉 Years of Peach and Plum桃李年Danmei (BL)222k WordsCompleted Top-tier star Tang Xi gets dumped, then goes out drinking late at night and runs into Yu Shuang, who's helping his younger sister catch her cheating boyfriend. One claims to be a gentleman, the other is dead drunk, and nothing happens between them. Still, the next day they end up trending online. The controversy gets worse and worse. Tang Xi's manager is beside himself with worry, while Tang Xi, nursing a hangover 11.9kFavorites27.4kClicks/ch4.2kGifts

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    Holy crap, this is incredibly good!

31. 31 你 Guess Who I'll Be Next Time [Western Crossover] 你猜我下次是谁[综英美] Lin Yixuan林逸轩Danmei (BL)284k WordsCompleted [Coming Soon: Secret Identities Save the World, spiritual qi revival + mastermind behind the scenes. Blurb: Xiao Qingmo and his boyfriend traveled through all kinds of worlds, only for him to look up one day and realize he'd lost his boyfriend along the way?! So he has no choice but to search for him with his unreliable System. _ Busty Sweetheart: A blind bird-man who only wants to find his boyfriend, while the Red Skull gets dr 7.8kFavorites20.1kClicks/ch4.3kGifts

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    The romantic storyline is the most challenging part for this character, but the plot is truly captivating.

32. 32 人 Living Off a Dog's Power 人仗犬势 Golden-Horned Xiao Yu金角小虞Danmei (BL)631k WordsCompleted == This Thursday, September 15, the first 27 chapters will go behind the paywall. See you there! == He Yizhi, a young playwright who dropped out of drama school, has no money, no job, no support, and nothing but a pretty face and talent, plus two cats that are good for nothing but eating and pooping. Just as He Yizhi is about to be kicked out by his roommate and left sleeping on the street, he meets the mysterious disabled man Yan Xing. The man in the wheelchair has catlike eyes and a strikin 4.8kFavorites4.4kClicks/ch7.4kGifts

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    I read about canine agility because of this story, and then I came back to finish reading it after watching the canine agility competition. Although the competition was no longer described towards the end of the story, and the romance was a bit melodramatic, it was still a great story.

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