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- 101 The Road Home from a Dream 离梦归途 No System, no harem. With pen and paper, savor the everyday warmth of the human world and write of life's splendor. Know dreams, stop dreams, make dreams. Comments are welcome. If there's anything that needs fixing, you can contact me. Everyone... Welcome to [Global Competition]. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 102 Mountains and Rivers Between Us 镜隔山河 Li Quanyi × Ji Ming'an × Song Wenzhou × Fang Rongci Female-audience story, two male leads, friendship-focused, not BL × revenge × powerful characters Number one on the Twin Arts Ranking: Li Quanyi. Number two: Ji Ming'an. Ji Ming'an grew up in the Duyang Sect, where he nurtured a dream of roaming the jianghu and making a name for himself. But after he let his guard down and was kidnapped, Zhou Huilin rescued him. The two became friends who would protect one another. They approach Li Quanyi and 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 Breaking Through a Troubled Marriage 婚姻突围 Written for men and women suffering in their marriages. Should a marriage without love or sex be maintained, or should they seek a way out, follow their hearts, and unleash their “true selves”? This novel will give you the answer! 82Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 Explosive! The Undercover Big Shot Has Fallen for Me 爆！卧底大佬他沦陷了 [BE] [BE] [BE] [Undercover police officer in Myanmar × genius doctor with a split personality] [No arguments, misunderstandings, or groveling] [Both leads are devoted only to each other] Myanmar, a rainy night, Guanyuan. A muffled thud came from the backyard. She saw him and glanced over without a trace of emotion. “Disgusting. Throw him out.” Lu Chen froze, then hurriedly spoke up. “I have money. Lots of money.” Su Qingyan stopped and glanced back at the man on the ground. “Take him inside.” .. 150Reads—Score10414d adds
- 105 I Trafficked Hell Bank Notes in 1934 我在1934年倒卖冥钞 I Sold Hell Money in 1934 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 106 The Light That Once Shone on Me: Regrets 《那道曾经照亮我的光》遗憾 The Light That Once Shone on Me: Regrets 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 The Road to Tibet 去往西藏的路 The Road to Tibet 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 Ashen Bones, Passionate Embrace 烬骨合欢 I still remember the years when we were children, laughing and talking without end, close as we played in the courtyard with its swings. We shared sour plums, and leaned together by the pine-framed window through many a spring. Now each of us has grown old in a different corner of the world, yet still searches for warmth on the page. Sometimes I turn to the verses on red leaves, and we look at each other, recalling old tearstains. The first ten years of Jiang Wanqing’s life were blissfully happy 197Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 Snow Falls, Soundlessly! 雪落，无声！ Snow falls, soundlessly! 98Reads—Score—14d adds
- 110 My Wife's Revenge Diary 妻子的复仇日记 She endured a man’s schemes to frame her, his transfer of their assets, his mistress’s demands, being treated like a free nanny by her mother-in-law, and even the man taking out an exorbitantly expensive insurance policy on her! She could take no more and decided to reclaim everything that belonged to her! Faced with the youth she had lost, she decided to take up arms, fight back, and find the happiness that was hers! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 The Lotus Fragrance Fades in Autumn 1 红藕香残玉簟秋1 [Addictive sweet-and-angsty historical romance + political intrigue + dramatic twists + an emperor’s love + past and present lives + mad, devoted hero] Yuan Jiu was born in the Heavenly Prison and has been plagued by nightmares since birth. In her dreams, there is always a dashing young man racing through a raging inferno. He gallops toward her, murderous intent surging from him, and a three-foot sword pierces her chest. She has died countless times in her dreams, yet she has never been able to 111Reads7.9Score—14d adds
- 112 An Emperor's Tormented Love: Your Consort Is Already in Her Coffin 帝王虐恋：臣妾已是棺中人【虐】 An Emperor’s Tormented Love: Your Majesty, I’m Already in My Coffin [Angst] 56Reads—Score—14d adds
- 113 Infinite Burning Madness 无限灼心疯 Infinite Burning Heart Madness 65Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 Love Is the Eighty-One Trials: Ten Stories of Love-Struck Souls 爱情就是「九九八十一难」：十个为爱痴狂的故事 [Anthology stories + women's psychology + women's growth] A woman's world isn't made up of love alone, but the ups and downs of love and relationships between men and women have never left women alone. It's like a nightmare, laying traps along every path that doesn't go smoothly, waiting for those consumed by love to step into thin air and fall. Every time a foolish woman wakes from a nightmare, she realizes that life is short, and loving too deeply hurts the most. When all is said and done, a w —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 The Tycoon's Heir and His Antique-Loving Girlfriend 财阀继承人的古董女友 A traditional, brilliant, icy beauty from Jiangnan x A possessive heir to a financial dynasty Shen Ci, the legitimate daughter of a prominent Jiangnan family, was frail and sickly from childhood and never once stepped outside the Shen residence. In her more than twenty years of life, she had seen more doctors than unrelated men. After her life ended, she woke up in the world of a story, as the vicious second female lead who takes credit for saving the heroine's life and uses that debt to force t 79.5kReads8.4Score9.4k14d adds
- 116 President Xiao, Your Wife Says You Have to Sleep in the Study Tonight 萧总，夫人让你今晚睡书房 “The Pursuit of a Wife After Losing Her” + “A Heartbreaking Romance” When Mu Zhixia was five, she was as spoiled as a little princess, the only light on the long road traveled by Mu Jingheng and Xiao Xulin. But later, in the name of protecting her, Mu Jingheng married her off to his subordinate. On their wedding night, the groom fled, making her a laughingstock throughout the Dongli Kingdom. Meanwhile, Mu Jingheng turned around and decided to marry the person she hated most. She struggled and fo 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 117 Reborn and Rising: I Refuse to Be a Doormat 重生逆袭：拒做受气包 Lin Wan is reborn and returns, casting off the patience she showed in her past life and vowing to escape her fate as a doormat. As she turns her career around and fights back against the Zhang family’s bullying, she awakens her husband Zhang Lei’s sense of responsibility. But the shadows of tragedy from her past life have yet to fade, and the Zhang family’s hidden schemes still lurk in the dark. Can the love Lin Wan and Zhang Lei share, each reaching for the other, withstand the unknown storms a 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 I Took Over My Nemesis's Body, Yet Fell in Love with Him! 魂穿宿敌却爱上他！ A decisive, cross-dressing female general ✖️ A scheming, obsessive, bloodthirsty powerbroker At the moment General Ling Zhao fell on the battlefield, she still clutched the bloodstained banner in her hand. Gazing toward the capital, she spat out a mouthful of blood and roared in fury: “Chu Yi! My greatest regret in this life is that I never took your head. If I get another life, I swear I'll grind your bones to dust!” To her dying day, she never knew that Chu Yi, the scheming powerbroker she hat 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 Planting a Life-Binding Foundation to Renew My Lifespan 种生基，换生机 Planting a Life-Root to Trade for a New Lease on Life 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 120 Flowers Before Dusk in Spring 花欲暮春 Ji Xiaoyue was born in a fishing village and endured a difficult life. On the eve of her divorce at thirty-five, she looks back on the stories of family, friendship, and love that shaped her, from the innocence of youth to her entry into the workplace. The novel depicts the many thought-provoking realities of modern society, exposing the selfish, dark, and ugly sides of human nature while also expressing a yearning for selflessness, positivity, and kindness. This is an original full-length novel 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 I Heard You're Getting Married [Two Male Leads] 听说你要结婚了【双男主】 I Heard You're Getting Married [Two Male Leads] 144Reads—Score—14d adds
- 122 When Spring Deepens After the Apricot Blossoms Set Fruit 杏花结子春深后 She is a lowly convict slave in the palace laundry, humble as dust. He is the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace, noble and radiant. Though their stations could hardly be further apart, they fall hopelessly in love. Only when their feelings are at their deepest does she unexpectedly learn that his father, the emperor, had her father framed so he could claim her mother for himself. Where can this ill-fated romance spanning two generations possibly lead? ----- A prince steals his minister’s wife + 997Reads—Score10714d adds
- 123 Moonlight on the Seventeenth Floor 《十七楼的月光》 Moonlight on the Seventeenth Floor 59Reads—Score114d adds
- 124 I've Come to Keep Our Appointment 我来赴约了 I’ve Come to Keep Our Appointment 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 125 In the Name of Love: I Erased His Memories 以爱之名：我删除了他的记忆 In the Name of Love: I Erased His Memories 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 The Firefly’s Rebirth 晚萤新生 A bittersweet romance. Lin Wanying’s life is running out. A sudden cancer diagnosis has trapped her in a prison called despair, and all she wants is to spend the time she has left quietly reaching the end of her journey. Chen Ye, a genius designer, has had the edges of his life worn away by the hardships of his childhood and the endless grind of each day. His heart is barren, and he can find no meaning in life, until he meets a girl whose eyes conceal both brokenness and extraordinary strength. 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 127 The Green Hills Won't Wait for the Young to Return 青山不等少年归 The Green Hills Won’t Wait for the Young to Return 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 128 Her Hu Brush Connects Past and Present 她的湖笔通古今 [Mutual secret crush + saving each other + tragic romance + duty to country + crossing through time] A gentle, clear-eyed inheritor of intangible cultural heritage x a restrained, mild-mannered “gentleman” A single Huzhou ink brush connected two people from different eras who would otherwise never have met, and brought them together in love. At ten at night, he came to her room. At seven in the morning, she stumbled into his life. In the modern day, she carried on her grandmother’s legacy as an 102Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 129 Maybe I'm Not a Good Person 可能，我不是一个好人 Maybe I'm Not a Good Person 71Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 A Kiss Beneath the Fireworks 烟花下的拥吻 My new work is out! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 Fox Whispers of Guyao 姑瑶狐语 Qing Yi, the most adorable little fox spirit on Mount Guy Yao, has one greatest wish in life: to cling to Brother Wei Yan forever. She always slacks off when cultivating. She can be happy for three days after growing a second tail, and doesn't mind much when it shrinks back to one. After all, her black fox big brother, with a beauty mark at the corner of his eye, is there to bail her out. When a peach tree spirit pesters her, her brother swishes his paw and cuts it into several pieces. When she 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 132 He's Gone! 他不在了！ When Gu Chang’an was three, his father remarried and his mother left. His family was shattered, and so was he. From then on, home was no longer Gu Chang’an’s harbor or his refuge from the storm. When he felt wronged, he had nowhere to hide. Until Ding Tingting appeared. She was like a beam of light shining down on Gu Chang’an… 716Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 133 Love That Cuts to the Bone: The CEO’s Wife Seeking Atonement 蚀骨虐情，总裁的赎罪妻 [Angst + Captivity + Never Forgiven + All the Pain] Five years ago, ballet princess Su Nian’s career was cut short onstage, and all the evidence pointed to her best friend, perfumer Shen Qingshi. Lu Chenzhou saw it with his own eyes and personally sent her to prison. Five years later, when Shen Qingshi was released, freedom was not waiting for her. Instead, Lu Chenzhou had built her another cage. With a contract, he bound her to his side as his personal “atonement wife.” He stripped her of her d 1.7kReads—Score10014d adds
- 134 Snow Buries Yong'an, and the Rest of My Life Is Filled with Regret 雪覆永安，余生皆悔 Snow Buries Yong’an, and the Rest of My Life Is Filled with Regret 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 135 A Dazzling Transformation 华丽蜕变 Kindness needs an edge, and tolerance needs limits! Liu Xia, who grew up in the countryside, was too kind and always gave in. She missed two chances at true love, then stumbled into the wrong marriage and was tormented in a miserable relationship. Fortunately, the college sweetheart who had always loved her reappears, helping her see the error of her ways, escape her unhappy marriage, and open up a whole new chapter in her life! 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 136 The System Forces Me to Save the Tyrant, but the History Books Say I'm Doomed to Die 系统逼我拯救暴君可史书说我必死 Hot-tempered, scheming, sharp-tongued crown prince × soft, adorable, money-loving, lecherous transmigrated princess Transmigrate into a book #System #Tragedy #Palace Intrigue and Nobility #Redemption #The Beauty of a Bad Ending #Obsessive Tyrant #Fated Love #White Moonlight #When the Wall Falls, Everyone Pushes I was bound to the “Wise Ruler Development System.” My mission was to change the tyrant Mo Chenyuan for the better, prevent him from turning evil, and help him make his mark in history. T 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 Uh-Oh, My AI Boyfriend Has Followed Me into the Real World 糟了，AI男友追到现实了 Oh No, My AI Boyfriend Has Followed Me into the Real World 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 I Was Diagnosed With Stomach Cancer, but My Husband Abandoned Me to Pick Up His First Love 我确诊胃癌，老公抛下我去接白月光 His first love kept texting him, telling him to hurry up and divorce me. At first, even though we were married by contract, we were deeply in love. But after his first love returned to the country, he abandoned me again and again. I was already in the final stages of cancer, and when I died, he still didn’t make it in time to see me. I never expected the System to give me another chance at life. Given another chance, I made a different choice. 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 139 Broken Pieces Mend Themselves: Finding Salvation in the Shadow of a Dysfunctional Family 碎者自拼：原生家庭阴影下的自渡 Being born is never a choice we get to make for ourselves. We cannot decide when or where we are born, or what kind of family we are born into. We cannot even decide whether to be born at all. The words Zheng Zaiqian heard most often from his mother were demands that he “go die”! Her most frequent judgment of him was that he “didn’t deserve to live in this world”! Her most frequent accusation was that “giving birth to you was the greatest sin of my life”! Why was he forced to face all this cruel 63Reads—Score—14d adds
- 140 Passion on the Pillow: A Trial of Love 枕上欢：情字劫 Do you believe the person you love most could personally send you plunging into hell? I was once the wildest girl in the mountain stronghold, until that scholar entered my life. He taught me passion and promised to marry me, but on our wedding night, he slaughtered my entire clan. “I can't bring myself to kill you,” he said, then imprisoned me deep in the palace and let his concubines torment me. That night, I faked my death and escaped, only to discover a blood-written letter in his secret pass 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 The Nine-Lived Cat Girl 九命猫女 I'm a nine-lived cat woman, and the people of my clan were slaughtered to the last by the Kingdom of Shuo. After being reborn several times, the King of Shuo came to cherish me above all else. But he doesn't know that our love across three lifetimes is all for the sake of settling one lifetime's score. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 142 Jade in Error 错玉 After transmigrating into a book for seven years, I married the second male lead, Pei Yue, and had his child. We lived in perfect harmony, and I thought my life was complete. Then I was kidnapped, and Prince Jun whispered mockingly in my ear, “Do you know it was your beloved husband who sent you to my bed?” I refused to believe him. But when I fought my way home, I found Pei Yue had married my divorced half-sister. His once-cold eyes now brimmed with tenderness, as if a dream he'd cherished for 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 143 Lotus Ashes: Blood on the Emperor's Pillow 芙蓉烬：帝王枕上血 That year, the flames of Longhu Stronghold lit up half the sky. He stood amid mountains of corpses and rivers of blood, clad in a dragon robe stained red. I wore my phoenix crown and bridal robes, only to become a caged bird in his palace. “Have you ever hated me?” he asked, stroking my face, his eyes filled with an obsession that would not fade. I laughed through my tears. I only hated myself. He killed my entire family, yet I couldn't bring myself to take revenge. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 The Ashes of Passion: A Calamity of Mortal Life 骄欢烬浮生劫 “You once picked a spring blossom for me, then pushed me into the flames with your own hands.” I was the most spoiled legitimate daughter of the Zhao family in the capital. The day we first met, he was dressed in white as pristine as snow, his sword flashing like moonlight as he rescued me from danger in the streets. At his words, “I love you,” I starved myself to resist an arranged marriage, insisting I would marry no one else. But on our wedding night, he coldly left me alone, then gripped my 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 145 I Gave the Demon Lord My Whole Heart, but One Tear from His White Moonlight Means More 我对魔尊掏心掏肺，不如白月光一滴眼泪 I stood by Xie Yan through the hardest time of his life. Yet he repeatedly disregarded my feelings for the sake of his first love. I endured it because I loved him. Until he cut the vine core from my little brother to save her life. Only when my little brother’s soul was utterly destroyed in my arms did I realize I had been wrong. But I couldn’t avenge him. Because I was dying. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 146 After Being Reborn, I Ditched My Love-Brained Self 重生后我丢掉了恋爱脑 While gathering herbs in the mountains, I saved a handsome young man who was on the brink of death. He said the only way to repay me for saving his life was to give himself to me, so he became my husband. But less than half a month after our wedding, he disappeared. Later, my village was destroyed, and I was imprisoned, tortured, and killed. When I opened my eyes again, I had returned to the moment just before I was about to leave to gather herbs. I promptly set down my basket, but I never expec 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 If We Meet Again as We Were, We Should Be Strangers 若如初见应不识 I am Zhu Qingzhao, the most honored empress of the Great Yin dynasty, and the most ridiculous laughingstock in all the land. My childhood sweetheart, the emperor, treated me like dirt. He personally banished me to the Cold Palace and allowed his new empress to carve out my heart and lungs. Yet the chief minister, the man I called “Elder Brother,” had hidden his feelings for me for twenty years. As I lay dying, he murmured, “Qingzhao, let me take you away.” The world calls me a wicked woman who m 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 He's Always So Good at Sweet-Talking Her 他惯会哄她 [Two Top Students x Childhood Friends x Mutual Devotion x Tragedy] Sunny ray of sunshine x Double-Standard Top Student Jiang Shiyuan was the brightest sun in Pei Zhiheng's world. They made many promises at seventeen, but the words "I'll be with you forever" were buried along with her in late autumn. The plane tree leaves had yet to fall from the branches in late autumn when Jiang Shiyuan's life came to an end. [My name is Jiang Shiyuan. Shi, as in time, and Yuan, as in wish. Pei Zhiheng.] [J 806Reads8.0Score10014d adds
- 149 Disciple, Your Master Cultivates the Path of Unfeeling 徒儿，为师修的是无情道 [Female teacher, male student + angsty romance + power struggles + corruption + devoted to each other] (The Demon Realm's princess who cultivates the heartless path & the Celestial prince who descends to the mortal realm to undergo tribulation) Shocking! The brooding male supporting characters want to steal the spotlight, but the male lead is a hopeless romantic! She is the Demon Realm's princess, a Western Regions dancer, and the much-revered Immortal of a Thousand Faces. Aloof and proud, she i 102Reads—Score—14d adds
- 150 Urban: After I Leave, You Have to Live Well! 都市：我走后，你一定要好好的！ [Male-oriented + urban romance + heartbreak + soul-crushing drama + short story] One month before the college entrance exams. Su Yang goes to the hospital for a checkup, only to be told by the doctor that he has just three months to live. He doesn’t want to worry anyone, and doesn’t even tell his childhood friend, Liu Xue. He just wants to leave this world quietly, all alone. But Su Yang has long been part of Liu Xue’s plans for the future. When she frantically finds him... Su Yang: “Liu Xue, I’ 54Reads8.0Score—14d adds
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