A Must-Read After Losing Your Memory 失忆后必读

1. 1 月 Beyond the Reach of Moonlight 月光照不到 Winter Night Star冬夜星Baihe (GL)206k WordsCompleted *Cover art by Guoren, with thanks. Synopsis: A story about two girls raised together who have no blood ties. Six-year age gap. They reunite right from the start. Bold / sincere / loves but can't have her X gentle / obsessive / afraid of losing her Chen Jinyue (24): Chen Jinyue has always been the sort of person who would do whatever it took to get what she wanted. She has her mother and Lin Yunsheng to thank 152.7kFavorites153.7kClicks/ch194.1kGifts

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   This is an exceptionally good piece of writing… It's particularly worth reading because of its style. The story is told clearly and cleanly, and the blend of literary (?) And everyday life is excellent. The interspersed confessional passages are also wonderful, both beautiful and relatable. It's bittersweet, poignant, and yet healing. The ending truly transforms from bittersweet to heartwarming—amazing! You can feel the author's reading experience reflected in the words. It's an absolutely fantastic piece of writing.

2. 2 魔 The Witch Nishang (GL) 魔女霓裳（gl） Eight Thousand Years八千岁Baihe (GL)1.2M WordsOngoing . What is fate? . Destiny? The will of heaven? Something irreversible? . I don't know. . I only know I can't bear to see a beautiful woman grow old, or to see love end in tragedy at the point of a sword. . My favorite peerless beauty, and my most hated love story. No great author seemed interested in writing it, so I had to do it myself to ease my frustration. . Updates may be irregular. The writing is rough, rambling, and slow-paced. 90.2kFavorites87.6kClicks/ch89.1kGifts

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   It's too classic to need further explanation.

3. 3 E21+ E408 Maple River, Sorrowful Sleeper江枫愁眠Baihe (GL)3.2M WordsCompleted 76kFavorites109.3kClicks/ch459.5kGifts

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   The visuals, reminiscent of a shonen manga, came crashing in like a bolt of lightning.

4. 4 隐 Concealed Affection 隐藏爱意 As Flowers Leave the Trees若花辞树Baihe (GL)322k WordsCompleted I Six years ago, Ning Zhi was caught kissing Shen Yizhi. Shen Yizhi rejected her without hesitation. Six years later, after a long separation and a series of twists of fate, the two register their marriage on the very first day same-sex marriage becomes legal. They agree to get what they each want and keep feelings out of it. To make the marriage last a little longer, Ning Zhi decides to hide her feelings. II Ning Zhi downloads a dating app. By day, she films scenes with Shen Yizhi and pretend 66.2kFavorites78.4kClicks/ch92.3kGifts

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   [Doge] This really hits my sweet spot, I've read it many times.

5. 5 续 Prolonging Life 续命 Eight Cups of Water a Day一天八杯水Baihe (GL)677k WordsCompleted There was a wealthy family in the north of the city. A dying person lived in their house, and a coffin was often left out in the courtyard to air, lest it get moldy. The young lady of the Rong family was frail and sickly, and rarely set foot outside the house all year. Everyone who had seen her said what a pity it was, that she was a beauty with a short life and wouldn't live much longer. One day, the Lord of Ten Thousan 44.9kFavorites52.8kClicks/ch54.9kGifts

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   I read this a few years ago; the characters were very interesting.

6. 6 祖 Inherited 100 Million 祖传一个亿 Baichuan Jiezi白川芥子Baihe (GL)1.1M WordsCompleted Xu Yizhuo was inspecting one of her game companies and decided to try out the smash-hit game it had recently released in open beta. She was playing an unreleased version, using an internal testing account. Every stat was set to the game’s maximum. One hundred million combat power. One hundred million spirit stones. One hundred million of everything, from divine artifacts to useless quest items. What Xu Yizhuo didn’t expect was to transmigrate into the game world before she’d even managed to le 40.8kFavorites61.4kClicks/ch56.5kGifts

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   The beginning felt a bit immature and awkward, but it became more and more fluent as it went on, and the story became more complete and clear.

7. 7 焚 To Embers We Return 焚情 Ning Yuan宁远Baihe (GL)839k WordsCompleted Shen Ni returned home in glory, holding a top-rank official post. Just as she was given an easy assignment, the emperor arranged her marriage to Bian Jin, the woman she'd always adored from afar. Bian Jin had once been the Empire's Blade, a human weapon feared by all. After she was gravely wounded, she could only stand thanks to the mechanical spine installed by Shen Ni, the mechanic. Even after their wedding, they still called each other Senior Sister and Junior Sister. Yet Shen Ni had to kee 33.9kFavorites32kClicks/ch102.4kGifts

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   It's incredibly good! The romance and plot work together perfectly, and the author's imagination is amazing!

8. 8 我 My Love Rival And I Are 100% Compatible 我和情敌O匹配100% Tart Shark蛋挞鲨Baihe (GL)1.0M WordsCompleted A transmigrated Mary Sue heiress top x a native little-sunshine bottom Chi Yueshan, born in the lower world, has three dreams. 1. Get into Guyun Academy and scrape together the tuition. 2. Win the love of Wen Xinghuo, who once saved her life. 3. Become the number one mecha designer in the universe. But her savior has a rumored girlfriend: the dream omega of the campus, a top noble heiress, who is as beautiful as a celestial maiden and loves to put on airs. To win Wen Xinghuo, Chi Yueshan will 32.7kFavorites41.5kClicks/ch82.9kGifts

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   I absolutely love it! It's an incredibly sexy story, and the plot is exceptionally well-written. I love it so much that I keep rereading it. Egg Tart Shark Rolls really knows how to create a very unique and personal atmosphere.

9. 9 爱 Love Crossing the Rapids 爱渡迷津 Da Ying妲婴Baihe (GL)242k WordsCompleted Miao Zhu's parents were skilled social climbers, and from childhood, she was a tool they used to climb the social ladder. The Mu family was powerful, and Mu Shanyi was utterly out of reach. Miao Zhu's parents didn't dare entertain any wild hopes. Instead, they devoted themselves to currying favor with Mu Shanyi's stepmother, hoping to arrange a marriage between Miao Zhu and Sheng Xingran, Mu Shanyi's half-sister. That day, the Sheng and Miao families got together. The elders clinked glasses ove 28.1kFavorites27.5kClicks/ch48.5kGifts

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   It's a very old-fashioned writing style. From the title and the beginning, you can tell that Miao Zhu is the absolute protagonist. The ending is left blank and abruptly ends, giving it a crisp feel reminiscent of reading novels ten years ago. Unfortunately, the current trend is to explain everything in great detail, so it will probably be quite controversial. As can be seen from the title, Miao Zhu is the absolute female lead. Overall, it is a story about Miao Zhu's predicament, rebellion, and growth. However, it just so happens to be intertwined with her love life. The presence of her lover makes the plot seem weak as it progresses. It is not a traditional romance novel of recent years.

10. 10 贵21+ Noble Academy Dating Simulator 贵族学院恋爱模拟器 Dawn Dream's Hallucinogenic Birth晓梦致幻生Baihe (GL)1.3M WordsCompleted 27.6kFavorites27.3kClicks/ch112.2kGifts

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    This is a very, very unexpected seduction novel featuring a dominant male character (who isn't greasy at all). It's quite unethical, but I really like it. The male lead is extremely delicate and beautiful, completely lacking any seductive or masculine charm.

11. 11 大 Snow Blankets Liangzhou 大雪满凉州 Frosty Green Persimmon霜青柿Baihe (GL)988k WordsCompleted ※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ [A woman of countless charms, yet no one's beloved] Scheming young pavilion master x righteous female imperial inspector Twenty years ago, A great snowstorm and sudden upheaval struck the Moonlit Pavilion. Pavilion Master Di Wanfeng vanished, and his wife, Jing Ru, was brutally killed. Their daughter, Di Xueqing, was abducted by a mysterious figure. Twenty years later, Many renowned martial artists receive mysterious death warrants. [Silver-Cold Flying White] In no time, wheth 27.6kFavorites19.1kClicks/ch63.1kGifts

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    It's good, I like it. It has some ensemble scenes, but the Pavilion Master and Ti Si feel like the absolute main characters. The author seems very cultured (?). The martial arts style is immediately apparent from the start, and the transition between the early martial arts elements and the later plot is excellent. The foreshadowing is also very well done. The plot is engaging, the couple is great, and the characters are charismatic. [Hugging thigh]

12. 12 修 Do Cultivators Fall in Love Online Too? 修仙也会网恋吗 Ask What Brings You West问西来意Baihe (GL)672k WordsCompleted [The protagonist is vindictive and no saint. Not suitable for morally righteous readers who value benevolence and justice, or readers with inexplicable dealbreakers.] Li Ruoshui transmigrated into an unfinished cultivation novel, becoming a nameless passerby. When the heroine was giving away treasures, she foolishly accepted and took a spirit pill. Her body couldn't handle it, and she died on the spot, getting the heroine punished by the sect leader. Li Ruoshui: "..." She returned the pill and 26.1kFavorites25kClicks/ch50.6kGifts

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    The characters are very interesting and humorous; it feels like one of the more lighthearted cultivation novels written by a teacher.

13. 13 不 Let’s Not Be Friends 不做朋友 Mo Bailang墨白琅Baihe (GL)545k WordsCompleted Bai Muxi had been in love with Shen Tong, who was three years older than her, since she was a teenager. They were very close back then, close enough to make it easy to mistake their relationship for mutual love. It was hard to hide a young person's feelings, and Bai Muxi struggled to keep hers under wraps, until almost everyone knew. At last, on the night before Shen Tong graduated from college, she summoned all her courage and confessed to the woman she loved: "I really like you." Then the be 25.1kFavorites30.2kClicks/ch18.7kGifts

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    This setting really appeals to me; I feel the author's writing style occasionally has a touch of Japanese light novel style in Chinese.

14. 14 镇 Guardian of the Mountains and Seas 镇山海 Xuan Guan玄官Baihe (GL)584k WordsCompleted Blurb Deep in Damao Mountain lie nineteen towns, cut off from the world. In one of them lives an ordinary little girl. A Pu has an ordinary name, an unremarkable appearance, and mediocre talent and aptitude. But the divine priest of Damao Mountain chose her. Ten thousand years of planning, a thousand years of hope, and a hundred years of hard work were all poured into this girl, helping her cast off her mortal body and gain a flawless jade-like constitution. The girl took on the burden of the 20.7kFavorites18.8kClicks/ch22kGifts

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    This is fantastic! It's an atypical cultivation novel with its own independent worldview and setting. The character development is superb; it feels like a small ensemble piece. The characters are exceptionally well-developed, and the protagonist's presence is very strong. The plot and emotions run parallel, truly capturing the pioneering spirit of cultivators.

15. 15 中 A Midlife Star's Guide to Making a Comeback 中女翻红指南 A Pile of Silver Mountains银山堆Baihe (GL)567k WordsCompleted [My new xianxia novel, "Immortal Maiden, Please Restrain Yourself," is now available. Welcome!] [Full-series subscribers, please enjoy the bonus chapters!] [See the reader's guide for warnings] After twelve years of ups and downs in show business, Jiang Xuehe finally decided to swallow her pride and take a risk, begging Bai Jiqing, the actress who co-starred in a film with her (and didn't like her), to fake a romance with her. Her manager said variety shows were the first step in faking a roman 16.7kFavorites17.6kClicks/ch25.2kGifts

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    It's a very good read. The writing is smooth and concise, neither flashy nor verbose. The author has a subtle sense of humor. Some entertainment industry scenes are handled in a more narrative way to advance the plot. I don't follow celebrities and don't know much about these things, but the author's descriptions of fans' comments are full of witty remarks, with a slightly unethical humor. The story is well-told, with both detailed descriptions and open-ended moments. It's clear the author deeply admires Jiang Jie, devoting considerable and nuanced attention to this honest woman. The author must have meticulously analyzed and considered the past that shaped Jiang Jie into the person she is. Bai Jie's transformation is also well-developed; the crematorium scene is light and concise. The writing style is narrative, yet the conflicts and transformations feel realistic. Bai Jie's transformation and decisiveness perfectly align with her character. These two mature women are very grounded, making this a well-received story.

16. 16 请21+ Please Keep a Safe Distance 请保持不安全距离 Nan Hu Tang南胡唐Baihe (GL)524k WordsCompleted 15kFavorites9.6kClicks/ch18.8kGifts

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    It's incredibly good, so well-written. Every character is so three-dimensional and vivid, the imagery is so strong, it feels like I've traveled with them all the way.

17. 17 有 With a Wife Like This, What Time Do You Come Home? 有这样的老婆你几点回家 Tart Shark蛋挞鲨Baihe (GL)605k WordsCompleted In her friends’ eyes, You He’s wife is a terrible woman. When You He is sick, her wife is nowhere to be seen. When something goes wrong at home, her wife isn’t there for her either. Friend 1: “What do you even see in her?” You He: “She’s beautiful.” Friend 1: “Then just look at my heavily edited photos. I’m a stunning beauty too.” You He: “There’s no point trying to explain it to you.” Friend 2: “What does she even do for work? How is she always working overtime?” You He: “Saving the world.” 9.2kFavorites8.7kClicks/ch14.8kGifts

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    It's incredibly cute and humorous, and every character is adorable. The side couples are also fun, and the plot is very interesting. I will always support Egg Tart Shark!

18. 18 离 After the Divorce, I Discovered My Wife Was a Jellyfish 离婚后发现妻子是水母 Tart Shark蛋挞鲨Baihe (GL)526k WordsCompleted Jin Fuxiao has a wife she has loved for many years, and they built a business together. Their relationship went from passionate to placid. One day, her wife left a divorce agreement behind and disappeared. Everyone said Peng Hu was either dead or cheating, but Jin Fuxiao refused to believe it. On a business trip, someone attacked Jin Fuxiao in her sleep. It seemed to be her ex-wife, who had vanished without a trace years ago. Peng Hu: "Who are you?" Jin Fuxiao: "You're in my bed, and you're a 7.8kFavorites7.5kClicks/ch16.2kGifts

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    It's exceptionally good. The characters are all fresh and lively, and Egg Tart Shark Rolls' writing style is also very unique, like a blackboard wiped with a damp cloth in childhood, covered with a layer of wet, misty frosted glass—very witty and humorous. The couple is also very sweet and a perfect match.

19. 19 欲 Playing Hard to Get [Entertainment Industry] 欲情故纵[娱乐圈] A Pile of Silver Mountains银山堆Baihe (GL)519k WordsCompleted [New story: Fairy, Please Restrain Yourself, a xianxia tale, now open!][Comments on individual chapters are enabled. Just bookmark to join in!] Li Yupo later thought that Qin Baoling wasn't the love fate had destined for her. She was the calamity fate had destined for her. Until the age of twenty-nine, Li Yupo lived like a pampered heiress. Qin Baoling, a beautiful and greedy lover, could never get enough. She wanted money, resources, every good thing, and all of Li Yupo's attention. She wanted 7.4kFavorites8.6kClicks/ch21.6kGifts

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    Yinshandui is a genius [crying emoji]. These past few days, clicking into the column has been like a mouse falling into a rice jar—it's so enjoyable to read! The writing is amazing; even seemingly cliché and melodramatic themes are written so well. I felt like doing reading comprehension exercises while reading.

20. 20 仙 Immortal Maiden, Please Behave! 仙子请自重！ A Pile of Silver Mountains银山堆Baihe (GL)845k WordsOngoing [Paragraph comments are open. “Miss, please show some restraint.” When Zhao Hong said those words, she never imagined she'd have to say them to three more people. One day, she slipped and fell into a lake. A white sable not only saved her life, but insisted on giving her a supreme treasure of heaven and earth called Heart's Inquiry. It could help cultivators question their own hearts, see through illusions, and climb to the pinnacle of the immortal p 7kFavorites4.7kClicks/ch36.9kGifts

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    I'm happily feasting on Teacher Yinshan's column like a mouse in a rice granary! It's amazing! Teacher Yinshan, you're a genius! You're a shoo-in for the 2026 Jinbai competition! The writing style is so humorous and witty, yet incredibly mature, concise and to the point, flowing like water. The teacher's reading volume must be astonishing. Even more wonderful is the skillful writing combined with so many witty remarks, striking the right balance between emphasis and subtlety. The internal monologues of the four female guests are particularly hilarious (just kidding!), And the scene of Xiao Hong accidentally entering the Spider Cave is also very engaging. Each of the four female guests has her own unique charm; I'd switch sides with each one. After reading just two chapters, I feel it's likely to be a medium-length or longer novel. It's so delicious, I've already added it to my reading list! [Heart]

21. 21 爱 Cupid Is Waiting at the Traffic Light 爱神在等红绿灯 A Pile of Silver Mountains银山堆Baihe (GL)122k WordsOngoing [Currently updating: Immortal Maiden, Please Restrain Yourself!, a xianxia novel] [Important content warnings below the blurb. Controversial elements will not be part of the paid chapters or the rankings.] [Current progress: The first story arc is complete] Before leaving, He Youran's ex-girlfriend cleaned the entire apartment until it was spotless. The only trace she left behind was a browsing history on the computer: saved posts from an old forum that had become a wasteland, where no one had 2.8kFavorites3.5kClicks/ch2.8kGifts

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    Silver Mountain Pile, you're a genius! [Heart emoji]

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