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1. 1 简 One Simple Fortune-Telling, and They Confessed and Faced Justice [Hong Kong, 1990s] 简单一卦，认罪又伏法[香江九零] Aged Milk Foam陈年奶泡Romance821k WordsCompleted [Completed] Chu Yuening is a top-tier mystic who transmigrates to 1990s Hong Kong by chance. She has no more than ten dollars to her name, a rent payment she can't afford, and a young sister to care for. Looking at the mess around her dessert stall, she immediately borrows some cardboard from the neighboring vendor and writes two big words to hang up beside it. Fortune-telling. Feng shui. "Miss, your husband has taken a woman and two girls to a hotel room. They're at the Peninsula Hotel." Thirt 66kFavorites155.4kClicks/ch87.4kGifts

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   A Hong Kong-style fortune-telling crime-solving story; the plot twists are a bit overpowered, but it's still pretty good. Currently being serialized.

2. 2 小 The Little Puppy Is Unstoppable 小狗狗所向披靡 Feng Xiqun风溪裙Romance818k WordsCompleted Luko is a little dog who was accidentally bound to a System. After being given a human body, she has to jump straight into the job of winning the SSS-level tragic-romance world's male lead and earning his complete love. Surrender to You is a classic tragic romance. The male lead, Feng Yiyan, is the only son of a top Hong Kong family, a god-tier top star in the music scene, and so beautiful in the face that he could kill. He's beloved by everyone around the world. The rich young male villains ar 43.4kFavorites81.5kClicks/ch61.2kGifts

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   I'm a country bumpkin and I love reading the novel "The Charmer".

3. 3 李 Li Shimin Is Headache-Ridden by Spoiling the Future for His Younger Brother 李世民为弟弟剧透头疼中 Mulan Bamboo木兰竹Romance1.7M WordsCompleted The Tang Duke's manor in Jinyang had a pair of twins. The elder brother, Li Shimin, was strong and skilled in martial arts. The younger brother, Li Xuanba, had been taking medicine since birth. People of the time said that twins shared a mysterious mental connection. The Tang Duke's second son, Li Shimin, confirmed the rumor was true. After being repeatedly stunned by the astonishing things Li Xuanba said in his mind, Li Shimin talked it over with his twin brother. "A-Xuan, did you know that if 186.8kFavorites391.9kClicks/ch1.9MGifts

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   A political intrigue-themed, level-up story where the protagonist assists Li Shimin. Currently being serialized; male protagonist is also involved in a romance novel.

4. 4 香 Hong Kong Detective [The Nineties] 香江神探[九零] Qing Hou轻侯Romance1.7M WordsCompleted Many years later, when speaking to a cover-story reporter from Time magazine, Yi Jiayi would look back on that distant afternoon when the head of the Major Crimes Unit took her to see a corpse... In that moment, she heard the victim's anguished cries, saw the killer's face, and gained the ability to mentally rewind a crime scene. From then on, Hong Kong had one fewer junior policewoman who drank tea and gossiped at work, then went on dates and went shopping after hours. In her place, it gained 174.9kFavorites302.8kClicks/ch2.2MGifts

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   Hong Kong crime-solving novels are super good!

5. 5 绝 The One and Only White Moonlight 绝版白月光 Leaving The Wilds去蓬蒿Danmei (BL)768k WordsCompleted [Slow transmigration] [World Five is open for reading] After Lin Xiaoque died of illness, he was bound to System 233 and sent into countless danmei novels to play cannon-fodder semes. 233: You know what a cannon-fodder seme is, right? Either he dies young or he has all kinds of personality flaws. You don't have that many scenes. Play these roles well, and you can extend your life. Lin Xiaoque said, "Okay." He diligently played his parts, but in the end, he became the one-of-a-kind moonlight in t 124.2kFavorites212.9kClicks/ch74.1kGifts

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   A novel about a heartthrob, currently in progress.

6. 6 我 I Can See Crime Scenes 我能看到凶案现场 Lanling Smiling Dream兰陵笑笑梦Danmei (BL)1.4M WordsCompleted With just over two hundred days left until the college entrance exams, Jiang Xuelü, the top student in his year, was under so much pressure that he started having hallucinations. In them, his hands were stained with blood, and the mirror reflected an exquisitely beautiful, deranged smile. Jiang Xuelü: ... This is terrifying. It wasn’t long before someone showed up at the A City Police Department to report a crime. The high school student looked sweet and innocent, his lowered lashes prettier 114.3kFavorites178kClicks/ch206.1kGifts

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   So far, it's been full of exciting moments and very engaging; the series is still ongoing.

7. 7 香 Fortune-Telling in Hong Kong: One Thousand Gold for a Reading 香江算命，一卦千金 Yi Nan Suyi易楠苏伊Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [This story differs from versions on piracy sites in several places. The official version on Jinjiang is the definitive one!] Blurb: Su Nianxing transmigrates to the 1990s and becomes an undocumented immigrant who has snuck into Hong Kong. At first, she only plans to earn enough capital to return to the mainland, start a business from scratch, and restore her family's former glory. Then she unexpectedly discovers that she can see other people's fates. From then on, Causeway Bay has a young for 79.5kFavorites202.7kClicks/ch175.8kGifts

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   Crime solving and fortune telling +1, now complete.

8. 8 我 I'm Not Born to Be a Champion [Sports] 我不是天生冠军[竞技] Undead Big Vegetable亡灵大菜菜Danmei (BL)2.3M WordsCompleted 68.4kFavorites110.2kClicks/ch568kGifts

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   It's exciting and action-packed, but we'll have to wait for it to get more content.

9. 9 九 Mind Reader of the 90s 九零之读心神探 Hu June胡六月Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Coming soon: the crime novel The Beast Whisperer of the Nineties and the farming novel Island Life on Stream. Please add them to your reading list!] In 1991, Zhao Xiangwan was admitted to Hunan Provincial Police University. A knock on the door in the dead of night pulled her into a family drama. Meimei, an eleven-year-old adopted girl, had lost her little sister. Her mother was on the verge of collapse. "Tell me! Where did you leave Baobao?" Meimei sobbed pitifully. "I didn't do it on purpose. 67.2kFavorites165kClicks/ch151.6kGifts

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   It's finished. The beginning was good, but the later parts were a bit bland.

10. 10 我 In the 1990s, I Solved Major Cases with Criminal Profiling 我在九零靠犯罪侧写高能破案 Little Tomato Loves Spicy Gluten Sticks小番茄爱辣条Romance843k WordsCompleted [My Whole Family Transmigrated and Made the Bianjing Headlines by Solving Cases (original title: The Female Detective's Bianjing Chronicles) is now available. Synopsis below.] [Upcoming novels: The Case-Solving Genius Is Not What She Seems [The 1980s], and A Half-Demon's Guide to Running a Shop. Their synopses are at the end.] Su Li, a modern criminal profiler, transmigrates to the 1990s and becomes a returned-from-overseas police detective who is driven out by her captain as soon as she starts 35.5kFavorites72.5kClicks/ch29.2kGifts

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    Serialized incomplete

11. 11 被 After Being Forced to Become a Metaphysics Master 被迫成为玄学大师后 Curtain and Lamplight帷幕灯火Danmei (BL)593k WordsCompleted [Bonus extra chapters are all posted] Shen Xin goes out to work in the rain, gets struck by lightning, and ends up in the hospital. When he wakes up, he’s shocked to discover he can suddenly see other people’s merit points and the course of their fate, and he can’t control the ability! Shen Xin believes in science and thinks it’s just an illusion. But by accidentally "healing the sick and saving lives," "recognizing talented people," and "defying fate," he becomes a master in everyone’s eyes. S 35.3kFavorites63.2kClicks/ch28.9kGifts

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    The beginning was good, but the end was a bit off.

12. 12 顶 Peerless Beauty 顶级美貌 Big Goose Treading Snow大鹅踏雪泥Romance1.3M WordsCompleted An entertainment-industry story, a play-within-a-play story, and a story about rising through the ranks. “I look ordinary, but I want to become a superstar, a superstar who shines brilliantly.” This was carved into a desk by fifteen-year-old Meng Kaiyan. At fifteen, Meng Kaiyan got a face-editing game. It was a special kind of face-editing game: the face she edited was her own. How long would it take to go from plain to pretty and fresh-faced? Three years. And from pretty and fresh-faced to 67kFavorites84kClicks/ch260.7kGifts

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    It was good! The ending was a bit rushed though.

13. 13 万 The Detective Everyone Hates (Who Happens to Be a Billionaire) 万人嫌神探凭亿近人 Wangwang Grilled Biscuits旺旺烤饼Danmei (BL)900k WordsCompleted Jian Ruoshen, a police academy student, transmigrates into a book set in 1990s Hong Kong and becomes the universally despised real young master, a cannon-fodder character there to make the universally adored fake young master shine. In the original story, the despised young master gives up a hundred-billion inheritance for the sake of family affection and love. In the end, his father loathes him, his lover abandons him and sends him to a rival’s bed, and he’s ultimately left to have his kidneys 192.2kFavorites280.8kClicks/ch316.4kGifts

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    Main character is the receiver; it's a detective-themed novel with a fast-paced, enjoyable pace; the serialization is

14. 14 极 Extreme Cold Disaster: Hot Spring Town Management Simulator 极寒天灾温泉街模拟经营 Leaning on the Rail, Listening to the Universe凭栏听宇Romance826k WordsCompleted [Next up: The Billionaire Investor Who Makes Ten Million a Day [Showbiz], a feel-good power fantasy. Blurb below] Shu Mo was transported to a frozen apocalypse and bound to a business simulation System. At the start, the System asked her to choose a type of shop to run. Shu Mo, who was freezing her tail off: ...Do I really have to choose? Shivering, she typed in “Hot Spring Town.” The entire world was dragged into a bizarre survival game. Temperatures plummeted, monsters invaded from all sides, 112.3kFavorites204.7kClicks/ch182.2kGifts

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    Post-apocalyptic disaster and infrastructure building? This is the first time I've seen this genre, and it's pretty good.

15. 15 国 The National Doctor 国医 Jiazi Hai甲子亥Danmei (BL)641k WordsCompleted Some people get fired for stepping into the office with their left foot first the next day. Others transmigrate because they step into the office with their left foot first the next day. Fang Zhou was one of them. He transmigrated to the cultivation world and spent five hundred years making the perfect transformation from a third-rate menial in the Medical Sect to an elder. Now he’s back! #The protagonist will work in a hospital# 66kFavorites122.6kClicks/ch131.5kGifts

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    This is a male-centric novel, currently being serialized, but it's a medical fantasy story that's worth following.

16. 16 算 How Did Getting My Fortune Told Land Me on the Trending Topics? 算个命，怎么就热搜了？ Moonlight over the Creek月照溪Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Completed! My new novel next door is called "Fortune-Telling with the Black Tortoise, A Life on Easy Mode." It's another fortune-telling story in the same series. Blurb: Chi Wan had just received the fresh results of her terminal illness diagnosis when she walked out of the hospital and everything went black. A "rock" had knocked her unconscious. From then on... a livestream called [Mountain God Fortune-Telling] appeared online. In the livestream: Chi Wan 65.3kFavorites142.8kClicks/ch77kGifts

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    Completed! A fortune-telling novel, good for a fast-paced read! The romance is so-so.

17. 17 七 The Unrivaled Traditional Chinese Medicine Doctor of the Seventies 七零国医无双 Old Hu Eighteen老胡十八Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Bonus chapters are updated and ready to binge] Qing Yin is driven by her career. With her superb medical skills and management talent, she achieves financial freedom at a young age. She opens hospitals, develops new medicines, and benefits her community. Then one night, before bed, she reads a period novel. In it, there's a passerby with the same name as her who appears in only one chapter and dies horribly. Why? Simply because she's the love-struck female lead's aunt. The niece is clearly old 61.3kFavorites153.7kClicks/ch86.8kGifts

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    It's a historical fiction, but the medical aspect seems alright? Not really enjoyable.

18. 18 把 Turning an Otome Game into a Detective RPG 把乙游玩成刑侦rpg Xin Jiutong辛九同Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Coming Soon: Holding a Tabletop RPG Dice Set, I Become a Rising Star in Law Enforcement [1990s]; [Western Fantasy] Reborn, They All Want to Redeem Me. Xia Yu is an utterly ordinary otome game player. To improve her social skills, she bought a highly customizable full-dive otome game. Whether it was lucky or not, when choosing her starting profession, she randomly rolled the one-in-a-billion chance of becoming a criminal police officer. And so... She came acr 53kFavorites74kClicks/ch97kGifts

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    This is really good, the design is nice.

19. 19 路 A Passerby Becomes the Savior After His Innermost Thoughts Are Revealed 路人甲心声泄露后成为了救世主 A Cat Napping狸奴小睡No CP939k WordsCompleted New book now out! Please add The Cultivation Big Shot Is Back to Your Reading List Synopsis at the bottom. Sheng Qingquan transmigrated. Good news: He transmigrated into a book and has a golden finger that lets him see the original plot. Bad news: The world he’s entered is about to face the apocalypse. [This is actually a post-apocalyptic novel about stockpiling supplies in a pocket dimension, and the apocalypse is coming today?] Sheng Qingquan panicked. [No, I need to see what happens in C 44.7kFavorites106.4kClicks/ch45.6kGifts

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    A collection of natural disasters plus personal reflections—it really hit my sweet spot! No romance, thumbs up!

20. 20 星 Interstellar Food Business: Starting in the Military Academy Cafeteria 星际美食经营：从军校食堂开始 Banana Bu Nana香蕉不呐呐Romance1.2M WordsOngoing After accidentally transmigrating to the interstellar era, Yan Su becomes a mutant and falls into poverty. To survive, she decides to apply for an in-house cook position at Kasidian Military Academy. But when she goes to register, she learns that the job isn't just about cooking. First, she has to purify food. The school's minimum requirement is to remove 95 percent of the dark matter from it. Huh? What's dark matter? Yan Su is completely baffled. Just when she thinks she has no chance, a Sy 12.7kFavorites22.1kClicks/ch14.1kGifts

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    A food-themed story about time travel to interstellar space; it's alright, but not too greasy.

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