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  1. 51 The Linhai Family 林海人家 Urban540k WordsCompleted This is a novel about the work and lives of people in the forest region of the Greater Khingan Mountains. Through the experiences of two ordinary families over several decades, it depicts the sweeping changes in the region across more than seventy years, from the start of its development in 1952 to the end of large-scale commercial logging in 2014. Set against the backdrop of its times, the novel recounts how the people of the forest region struggled to build a livelihood and devoted themselves 128Reads—Score—14d adds
  2. 52 I Transmigrated to Republican-Era China and Changed the Fate of the Untouchable Beauty 穿越民国,我为高岭之花逆天改命 Modern Romance202k WordsCompleted When the Seven Stars aligned, Liang Jinxia clutched her compass and plunged into the flames of war in Licheng in 1944. In her moment of despair, geologist Gu Qingwu held out a hand. “Come with me, or stay here and wait to die.” To survive, she became his assistant. Her uncanny “predictions” repeatedly saved him from danger, but also made him increasingly suspicious of her. “Who are you, really?” As artillery fire tore through the night, should she follow the course of history and save hersel 30Reads—Score—14d adds
  3. 53 As If There Were a Glimmer of Light 仿佛,若有光 Modern Romance132k WordsOngoing Gao Yu, a young curator and painter, accidentally transmigrates to a women's university in 1947. He becomes its youngest male teacher and a clandestine Party member with a special identity. Amid the shifting interplay of light and shadow, he meets Shen Weiying, a beautiful, aloof university student. One love across a lifetime, two meetings: it turns out that love is the light that never fades. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
  4. 54 From the Start, All I Had Was a Cage: A Lone Star Shining Over the Wildfire 开局一口笼孤星照野火 Modern Romance120k WordsOngoing [Hardcore survival in Republican-era China: From the start, she’s in a bamboo cage, a white lotus on the surface and a bulldozer at heart!] Top materials scientist Shen Xinglan opens her eyes to find herself trapped in a bamboo cage, about to be drowned in a pond! Her crimes: being an ill-fated star and committing adultery. On the surface, she’s a weak, helpless, teary-eyed drama queen. Inside, she’s a cool-headed, ruthless modern mind with overwhelming intelligence. After escaping the beginner 1Reads—Score—14d adds
  5. 55 Near You: The Bamboo Python Pact 近君:竹蚺契约 Modern Romance641k WordsCompleted Chu Renzhou, a bamboo anaconda divine beast who has taken human form, makes a ten-year pact to protect Chu Nanshu, who can see supernatural entities. As strange incidents plague their town, they meet Fang Huaiyan, a young detective. While investigating cases together, they accidentally uncover a long-buried secret: remnants of the Fannan lineage, sealed away for a century, have been lying low and stirring up chaos between the realms amid the turmoil, hoping to help the Helashi clan make a comeba 4Reads—Score—14d adds
  6. 56 Transmigrated into a Republic-Era Novel as the Female Supporting Character Who Dies Young 穿成民国文里早死的女配 Modern Romance301k WordsCompleted Yan Ran is a surgeon, but after an accident, she transmigrates into a book and becomes the second male lead's ill-fated first wife. In this unfamiliar world, she feels like a mere passerby, until she falls in love with Huo Huaiyuan. She watches him put justice before family and clear the people's names; She watches him defy his grandmother's orders for her sake; She watches him open a path to education for students from poor families. Little by little, Yan Ran falls in love with him and lets Hu 421Reads6.6Score—14d adds
  7. 57 The Alleyway: The Best of Us 小巷人家:最好的我们 Urban294k WordsOngoing [The Four Seasons in the Countryside · Everyday Life · Campus Bonds · Farming to Support the Family · Fighting to Change One’s Fate] When a father is useless, his son suffers; when a son is useless, his father has to bow his head. If no one in three generations can build the family up, it will fall apart! Nan Shanglong’s ancestors for three generations were all people dealt a hard lot in life. His father was honest and hardworking, making a living by farming, while his mother got cancer, and the —Reads—Score—14d adds
  8. 58 Farewell, Immortal Sword: May We Meet Again as We Did at First 再见仙剑,此生只如初见 Modern Romance703k WordsCompleted Synopsis: [Republican-era setting + Sword and Fairy fanfiction + Three-thousand-year vigil + Reincarnated, but strangers + A nation engulfed in war + Heart-wrenching romance] Li Xiaoyao waited for Zhao Ling'er for three thousand years. She was reincarnated in one life after another. Each time, he found her, only to watch her die just beyond his reach. The laws of Heaven allowed him to seek her out and protect her, but forbade him from telling her who she was, or who he was. In the second yea —Reads—Score—14d adds
  9. 59 Snow Falls in the Republican Era, but No One Returns 民国落雪,不见归人 Marriage & Romance16k WordsCompleted Snow Falls in the Republic of China Era, but No One Returns 16Reads—Score—14d adds
  10. 60 Love in the Turmoil of the Republic, a Red-Haired Beauty's Tribulation in the Thousand Gates 民国乱世情,千门红颜劫 Modern Romance769k WordsOngoing (The rating has only just opened and will rise. If you like it, leave a review; if you don't, please don't flame me.) [New-style Republican-era setting + Tortured Romance + Revenge + Suspense + Qianmen's Eight Roles + Schemes + Gangs + Espionage + War of Resistance] (Not a power fantasy, not mindless, no rebirth, no transmigration, no formulaic tropes, no invincible protagonist, no System. Read with caution if any of that bothers you.) Volume One: Heroines (1929–1932), tortured romance/revenge/b 22Reads6.8Score—14d adds
  11. 61 Jointly Written by Vengeful Ghosts: Young Marshal, Please Keep Your Wife in Line! 厉鬼联名:少帅!管管你太太吧! Modern Romance203k WordsCompleted [A wildly obsessive, money-loving female Taoist master × a charming, clingy, iron-blooded young marshal|Two powerful leads|Supernatural romance|Marriage first, love later|Pure wish fulfillment, no angst] In her previous life, she was China's greatest Taoist master, who fought demons and vanquished ghosts with ruthless decisiveness. In this life, she opens her eyes only to find her second uncle drugging her and stuffing her into a coffin to be wed to a ghost. Normally, a wealthy young woman shove —Reads—Score—14d adds
  12. 62 Knowing You in the North 北地知意 Modern Romance320k WordsCompleted [Alternate-history Republic of China setting + marriage first, love later] [Local warlord × heiress returned from overseas + renowned anti-Japanese general × agent for the cause] Lin Zhiyi, newly returned from studying abroad, marries Gu Shijun, a warlord of the northern lands, at her father’s behest, all to find conclusive proof that he is a traitor to his country. After several brushes with death, she sees not a man selling out his country for wealth and glory, but one secretly working behind 293Reads—Score—14d adds
  13. 63 Find Me a College Girl to Be My Wife 抢个大学生做老婆 Urban240k WordsCompleted When the Japanese invaded Nanjing, Chen Sihai escaped and fled to Hunan, where he was taken up into the mountains and became a bandit. He brainwashed himself with the idea that he was a bandit, hoping to forget that horrifying day in Nanjing. Having died once already, he no longer fears death. His mind even grows muddled, and he becomes recklessly bold, yet extraordinarily careful. He is a man with a deep sense of chivalry. When he goes down the mountain to abduct a wife, he meets She Han. He al 169Reads—Score—14d adds
  14. 64 Phantom Moth 幻蛾 32k WordsCompleted Phantom Moth —Reads—Score—14d adds
  15. 65 I Embrace the Moon Reflected in the Clear Huai 挽月映清淮 Modern Romance97k WordsOngoing In the twenty-sixth year of the Republic, foreign invaders’ iron hooves shattered the land. Beiping fell, Nanjing was under threat, and flames of war spread across the nation. He told her, “I want to be someone who lives to see tomorrow with you.” 26Reads—Score—14d adds
  16. 66 Reborn as a Warlord's Fifth Concubine, I Conquered Republican-Era China with My Writing 穿成军阀五姨太,靠写文杀穿民国 Modern Romance237k WordsCompleted When Shen Yanqing wakes up, she’s become the least remarkable of the governor’s five concubines in the Republic of China era. The original owner was timid and bullied, her family was destitute, and the governor’s residence was rife with hidden schemes. Everyone expected her to meet an untimely end. From the start, she’s bound to a cross-time love System and given permission to copy any text on the internet. With words flowing from her pen, she bursts onto the scene under the pen name Qing Yan! 116Reads—Score—14d adds
  17. 67 Reborn in 1928 Shanghai 重生民国1928大上海 Urban376k WordsOngoing Zhuang Zichen was carrying out a mission without a care in the world when he woke up and found himself transmigrated to a bandit stronghold in 1928, during the Republican era. A bandit stronghold was one thing, but who could have guessed that the head bandit would die right away, leaving the second-in-command to take over and try to kill Zhuang Zichen? After the infighting, the gang was in no shape to carry on, so Zhuang Zichen took two bandits with him and made a name for himself in Shanghai: f 1Reads—Score—14d adds
  18. 68 Spring Flames: A Heartbreaking Republican-Era Romance 春焰(民国虐恋情深) Modern Romance233k WordsCompleted [Republican-era romance + thrilling spy intrigue + tragic, all-consuming love + mutual salvation] A notorious socialite VS a two-faced warlord Bai Chunyan is a flower, blooming from the battlefield of a cruel world. Fu Qingxiang is a general, a cold-blooded young major who can seem human one moment and demonic the next. One stormy night in a small Jiangnan town, he saved her from danger, and from then on, a tangled vine took root in her heart. For him, she was willing to be a pawn, moving betwee 1.2kReads9.3Score12114d adds
  19. 69 War of Resistance: Two Long-Term Laborers 抗战之两个长工 Urban244k WordsOngoing In the war-torn years in Sui County, Shangqiu, Henan, this story does not dwell on the worst of human nature. Instead, it focuses on the lives of ordinary people in an extraordinary period of history. Every ordinary person’s life is a book in its own right. 73Reads6.7Score—14d adds
  20. 70 A Grand Feast in Shanghai 沪江盛宴 Modern Romance324k WordsOngoing Shanghai is a city where fortunes can change in the blink of an eye. Who will rule the roost today? A slow-burn gang story, not a wish-fulfillment power fantasy! A Green Gang boss × a cool, aloof doctor. Love and hate, passion and heartbreak, twists and turns. He is a notorious Green Gang boss, unruly and impossible to tame. He says, “I’m a devil who crawled out of hell. I’ve never cared whether anyone lives or dies. Crushing you would be as easy as crushing an ant!” To him, human life is the c 42Reads—Score—14d adds
  21. 71 A Warlord Reborn Sixty Years in the Past: This Life Is for My Wife and Daughter 军阀重生六十年前这一世为妻女 Historical216k WordsOngoing Before Liu Di, the former governor-general of the three provinces, stepped down, he knelt before his wife and daughter's graves for three days and nights, until he died and was reborn sixty years in the past. That year, he was merely a down-and-out, dispirited scholar in a chaotic age, a wretched cur who had failed his wife and daughter. His beautiful wife begged him to divorce her on the very day he was reborn; His in-laws wished they could tear him limb from limb and feed him to the wild dogs; —Reads—Score—14d adds
  22. 72 Dragon Soul: Spy Shadows Over Shanghai 龙魂抗战上海滩谍影 Modern Romance1.0M WordsOngoing In the French Concession, Mu Xiaoxia hid beneath a plane tree on the street corner, the Browning pistol in her hand pressed against her palm, slick with sweat. She watched the man in the dark green overcoat at the entrance to the Western restaurant across the street. A bandage peeking from his sleeve was stained dark red. He was Ye Haichen, the "double agent" the Juntong had ordered her to eliminate tonight. 10Reads—Score—14d adds
  23. 73 Tales of Wind and Snow in the Northern City 北城风雪录 Modern Romance288k WordsCompleted [The Husband Chases His Wife to the Crematorium] [Marriage Before Love] [A Power Couple] Lu Zhenghong, Beiping’s most ruthless warlord, married the most unruly woman around. She burned his military orders, seized his troops, and pointed a gun at his temple on their wedding day. The whole city said the young marshal had married a madwoman. But only Shen Fuqing knew Every knife she drove into him struck his heart. Every time he refused to fight back was because she owed him far, far too much. Late 119Reads—Score—14d adds
  24. 74 A Romance in the Northwest 西北恋 Historical181k WordsCompleted In the twenty-sixth year of the Republic of China (1937), Japanese invaders trampled China beneath their boots, leaving the land shattered. Tianshui, a strategic city in the northwest, was also overshadowed by both the threat of war and a severe drought. Newlywed peasant girl Qiuping tearfully bids farewell to her husband Mang'er, whose full name is Chen Tiemang, as he is drafted into the army. On a hill above the dry Wei River and parched land stretching for miles, her “brown tears” become the 10Reads—Score—14d adds
  25. 75 The Republic and the Qing: Thirty Years in the Brotherhood Underworld 民清:袍哥江湖三十载 Historical109k WordsOngoing The Book of Songs says: “How could I say I have no clothes? I’ll share my robe with you.” It speaks of loving one another and sharing a robe with one’s brothers in arms. From this grew a term, or perhaps an organization: the Paoge Society, a sworn brotherhood active during the Qing and Republican eras. The Paoge stand for loyalty, brotherhood, the world of martial heroes, and revolution. Revolution against corrupt politics, a declining society, failing education, and crooked thinking... They cal 27Reads—Score—14d adds
  26. 76 Tales of Jincheng 晋城往事 76k WordsCompleted Tales of Jincheng 25Reads—Score—14d adds
  27. 77 Shadow Spy Network 暗影谍云 Urban656k WordsCompleted Born into a time of chaos, no one can choose their circumstances. When an event becomes a matter of national importance, no one in the realm can stand apart, whether they want to or not. Among the countless people of the world, some may be willing to sink into oblivion, while others will stand up and fight for their country, casting life and death aside as they give their all with the fiery courage of heroes. Yet they also know there are two things in the world one must never look at directly: t 65Reads—Score—14d adds
  28. 78 The Club 棍儿 Urban528k WordsCompleted In the chaos of the Republican era, Gun'er, a poor young man with thick brows and bright eyes, was the secret longing of every woman in the little village beneath the Taihang Mountains. The landlord's daughter, the glamorous concubine, the fiery and devoted village beauty... Their gazes wove a gentle net, but it could not hold back the sudden arrival of national enmity and personal hatred. The Japanese invaders' iron hooves crushed the mountain village. Amid blood and fire, almost all the men we 171Reads—Score—14d adds
  29. 79 Night Snow in Beiping 北平夜雪 Modern Romance300k WordsCompleted A soft-spoken yet resilient southern orphan × the cold, rebellious only son of an army commander Five-year age gap | Both virgins | Tension and longing | Reunited after a breakup | Love seized by force “Five years later, when they met again, he personally arrested the man she loved.” That year, amid wind and snow at a small station, he took off his coat and wrapped it around her frozen body, his voice cool and indifferent: “Put it on. Don’t cause me trouble.” He was the only son of an army comma 7.5kReads8.9Score85014d adds
  30. 80 Tales of the Republic 民国往事 Historical124k WordsCompleted How did Zhang Zuolin rise from an obscure bandit to a powerful warlord in the Northeast, and what kind of vile conspiracy lay behind the explosion at Huanggutun? What was the life story of Wu Peifu, who rose from a village-school scholar to a leading Zhili general, won fame on the battlefield, and established himself in Luoyang, and why did he end up abandoned by his allies during the Zhili-Fengtian Wars? Just how dashing was Cai E, the great general who defended the republic? Was his story with 128Reads8.6Score1814d adds
  31. 81 The Cool Fourth Young Lady: Beautiful Days, Yet What Can I Do? 清冷四小姐:良辰美景奈何天 Modern Romance321k WordsCompleted In the Shanghai of the Republic of China, the storm clouds gathered. A family bargain and a fateful marriage contract forcibly bound Song Shujin, the aloof and quiet young lady of the Song family, to Xie Liangchen, a ruthless and cold-blooded warlord. After their marriage, he made one thing clear to Song Shujin: “You don’t need to worry. I, Xie Liangchen, kneel to only one ancestor, and I’ll take only one wife: you.” She was the only one he had ever loved, the only one he would protect. She fel 14Reads—Score—14d adds
  32. 82 Bullet Comments Live: Did the Ninth Concubine Run Away Today? 弹幕直播:九姨太今天跑路了吗 Modern Romance170k WordsOngoing [Comment System + Sweet Romance + Warlord + Alternate Republic of China + Lottery Comeback] (Aloof Marshal VS Sweet Beauty) After being reborn, Ninth Concubine Ruan Xingyao gains a Comment System, and countless viewers tune in to watch her daily rise from captive songbird to independent woman. The comments become her think tank, not only helping her devise plans but also revealing lottery numbers that make her rich overnight! With money to burn, Yaoyao kicks open her cage! On one side, she spend 8Reads—Score—14d adds
  33. 83 Married to the Disabled Young Marshal 嫁给残疾少帅 Modern Romance375k WordsCompleted After her mother dies for no apparent reason, her father brings home a stepmother, along with two little step-siblings in tow. The house becomes a mess, and he dumps her overseas for three years. When she returns home, she's forced to take her sister's place and marry the notorious young marshal of the Yi family, a cold-blooded brute. They say he lost both legs in the war three years ago and became a cripple. She marries him in a state of dread, only to discover that he isn't a cripple at all! I 116Reads9.1Score—14d adds
  34. 84 Shanghai Legend: Rising from the Concessions 沪上传奇:从租界崛起 Urban118k WordsCompleted [A Passionate, Growth-Oriented Hero]+ [The Marshal's Young Lady]+ [Tomato's Best-Ever Fight Scenes]+ [Republican-Era Martial Arts]+ [Warlord Rivalries] The foreign concessions are a paradise built atop hell! The Gambler, the Judge, the Golden Lion Dog, the Advisor, the Pockmarked Man, Little Yujiao, the Actor, the Coachman, the Male and Female Bandits, the Snake, Rat, and Cat, the Thirteen Guardians of Shanghai. The emergence of the Supreme Peace Treasure Record and seven strange powers held wit 23Reads—Score—14d adds
  35. 85 A Happy Life in the 1970s 七零年代幸福生活 Modern Romance260k WordsCompleted For the first eighteen years of her life, Lin Xi followed the usual path of going to school. Her only real setback came after the college entrance exams, when she couldn't find a job and faced the prospect of being sent to the countryside. But she found work through a recommendation from one of her brother's friends. She never expected that a hungry wolf would carry her off home just like that... Heads-up: 1. The female lead is not a strong, career-driven heroine! 2. The male lead has a secret 214Reads—Score—14d adds
  36. 86 The Girl Abandoned at the Bus Stop 公交站遗弃的女孩 Modern Romance291k WordsCompleted (A story about people native to the period, with no golden finger, no transmigration, and no rebirth) This is a story adapted from real events. The story takes place in the mid-1970s, in Xiangyang Village, a poor, remote mountain village in the northwest. A girl is abandoned beside the bus stop on the road to the county seat. Guo Laoda, an honest, simple man from an extremely poor, childless family, takes her home and raises her. A fortune-teller says the girl's birth chart clashes with that of 5Reads—Score214d adds
  37. 87 Night Lotus 夜芙蓉 Modern Romance202k WordsCompleted Like a fragment from a past life, all the splendor had faded away. They met in a breathtaking encounter and lingered amid fragrant breezes and shifting shadows. They forgot the passage of time, forgot to leave, forgot their painful dreams. What came sharply into view was the endless future they would share. Those few short steps were a river neither wanted to cross: she stood on this bank, he on the other. He saw her tears; she saw his smile. In that fleeting moment, this was a lifetime. Ye Furo 133Reads9.1Score1214d adds
  38. 88 Marriage in Troubled Times: The Madam Is a Spy 乱世婚宠之夫人是间谍 Modern Romance338k WordsOngoing [Republican-Era Tycoon + Scheming Young Marshal + Aristocratic Heiresses + Psychological Games + Devoted Romance] This work is under contract. Hope you enjoy it Tang Muqing had no parents and suffered abuse throughout her childhood. Even the elderly couple who had given her the only warmth she had ever known met a tragic end. Tang Muxin came from a distinguished family, doted on by her parents like a flower carefully tended. A carefully plotted scheme turned two little girls who had never cr —Reads—Score—14d adds
  39. 89 Shenghehao Bank 声合号钱庄 Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted In the late Qing and early Republican era, Shantou’s red-headed ships crossed the seas to Southeast Asia, carrying remittance letters and fortunes in silver. The Lin family founded the Shenghehao Bank, establishing itself in the world of commerce through the trustworthiness of the Teochew people. A single deed of division lays bare the ambitions hidden in the blood of five brothers; a grand old mansion confines the helpless half-life of the Fourth Concubine. The eldest young master of the Lin fa 9Reads—Score—14d adds
  40. 90 A Designer Transmigrates to the Republican Era: The Wise Don’t Fall in Love 设计师穿越民国:智者不入爱河 Modern Romance301k WordsCompleted [Dual transmigration and rebirth + two strong leads flirting + married first, love later + entrepreneurship in Republican-era China] She opens her eyes to find herself a bride in Republican-era China, bullied and pushed around. Her husband has a beloved woman he can never have, and his whole family is waiting to see her make a fool of herself? Lin Lan smiles coldly and pulls out a pair of silver scissors. “Sorry, I’m a lingerie designer who transmigrated here!” Cheongsams too old-fashioned? She 63Reads—Score—14d adds
  41. 91 I'll Play Along [Republican Era] 奉陪【民国】 Modern Romance311k WordsCompleted When Song Linxia first meets Pei Dinglan, she is an orphan traveling north to find her relatives, while he is the notorious black sheep of a prominent family in the capital, an unfilial descendant. She nearly dies, and he saves her. The second time she meets Pei Dinglan, she is the third daughter of the Song family, determined to die rather than marry, while he is Ninth Master Pei, there to watch the fun. With no one to help her, she watches him stride over and place the gun at his waist in h 1.4kReads8.3Score18614d adds
  42. 92 Bamboo Congratulations 竹贺 Modern Romance101k WordsCompleted Mutual devotion + slow burn + secret crush + strong heroine + strong hero + one-on-one romance They first meet one morning, when Song Wanzhu saves He Jingzhi. After that, their fates become intertwined. Each of them has their own ideals and ambitions. But they do not belong to the same side. Song Wanzhu saves He Jingzhi's life, but she also kills him with her own hands. He Jingzhi returned from studying abroad. He is also a patriot who wants to save his broken, battered country, the land that ra 7Reads—Score—14d adds
  43. 93 A Heroic War of Resistance: From Useless Young Marshal to East Asia's Overlord 铁血抗战:从废物少帅到东亚霸主 Urban434k WordsOngoing What kind of terrifying soul lives inside this body that was once called trash? They don't know that it is Ying Zheng, the First Emperor of Qin, who swept across the Six Kingdoms and united the land! He once unified the world. Now, with the soul of the Great Qin Emperor, he will set this realm right again. The stronger the enemy, the more the imperial soul blazes. The humiliation of being cast into the dirt will be repaid a hundredfold. 518Reads—Score10914d adds
  44. 94 Daring to Borrow the Bright Moon from the Green Mountains 敢向青山借明月 Modern Romance114k WordsOngoing [Alternate Republican-era setting + marriage first, love later + two formidable leads] A money-loving little blind woman who plays dumb × a cold-faced warlord who is calculating but deeply devoted After her family is destroyed, Lin Jingshu pretends to be blind to survive, playing music on the street with her eyes fixed only on the coins she needs to get by. Shen Yanqing, a cold, calculating warlord with a powerful army at his command, takes in a little blind woman for a monthly allowance of tw 29Reads—Score—14d adds
  45. 95 The Story of Haitang, the Beautiful Widow 俏寡妇海棠的故事 Urban410k WordsCompleted The novel The Great Family: Spirit and Flesh, also known as The Story of Haitang the Pretty Widow, is a sweeping epic with a female protagonist and a rural setting, set against the backdrop of historical change. Volume One, Storms over Dianbei, follows three storylines: Haitang’s growth as she struggles against fate forms the main plot, supported by two secondary threads that deepen the narrative. One traces the trials and tribulations of the Fate-Changers, led by Wenzhiwu, while the other follo 158Reads—Score—14d adds
  46. 96 Spring Runs Deep in the Old Days 旧故春深 Modern Romance401k WordsCompleted [Love grows over time + mutual devotion + premium novel + period setting + 1v1 + equally matched leads] [Cool and aloof Peking opera star Meng Fengchuan vs. forthright and passionate heiress Jiang Qing] Meng Fengchuan, a rising star of the opera world, and Jiang Qing, the fourth daughter of the Jiang family, met through the theater. As they spent time together, they fell for each other, but the difference in their social standing meant the Jiang family never approved of their relationship. Jiang 185Reads9.4Score—14d adds
  47. 97 Transmigrating to 1930: I Work for a Landlord 穿越1930:我给地主扛活 Urban477k WordsCompleted One-sentence summary: A modern office worker dies suddenly and transmigrates into the body of a simple-minded farmhand in 1930. Forced to endure the landlord's so-called “blessings,” he uses his modern mindset to turn his life around, eventually joining the revolutionary tide with the landlord's daughter. My name is Zhang Wei. I was a modern programmer who died suddenly after working 996 hours at a major internet company. I closed my eyes and opened them again to find myself in a village in Nort 145Reads—Score—14d adds
  48. 98 The Golden Pavilion of Weak Waters 弱水金阁 Modern Romance234k WordsCompleted They grew up at the same time, but were never childhood sweethearts. Their families lived next door, yet they barely knew each other. Chen Jiayang and Sheng Shi'an were the closest strangers in the world. Then, eight years ago, an accident befell Chen Jiayang's family, severing even the tenuous bond of living next door. Their only connection was the engagement their elders had jokingly arranged for the two children. Eight years later, Sheng Shi'an followed in Chen Jiayang's footsteps. At such a 660Reads9.1Score6614d adds
  49. 99 The Rouge Calamity of War: Cao Feiyan, the Warlord 烽火胭脂劫:枭帅曹飞燕 Martial Arts242k WordsCompleted She was born and her mother died because of it. At seven, her father sold her into a brothel. On the night she was forced to entertain her first customer at fourteen, Cao Feiyan drove a red-hot candlestick through the madam's throat. She fled into a ravine of the dead. When she was down to her last breath, the bandit chief lifted her chin. “Girl, can you handle a gun?” Five years later, the old chieftain died suddenly, and the three leaders were drenched in blood in the Hall of Brotherhood. No o 57Reads—Score—14d adds
  50. 100 A Phantom Night in the Republic 民国妖幻夜 Modern Romance402k WordsOngoing In the turbulent years of the Republic of China, demons lurk among ordinary folk, and human hearts hide beneath their skin. In places beyond mortal sight, all manner of demons and strange beings with supernatural powers lie concealed. Zhuo Yi, a demon hunter of the Whitefeather Clan with the appearance of a boy, wields his brush like a blade and writes talismans to suppress evil. He runs the Cloudside Bookshop, which appears to sell tales of the supernatural but in truth records the demonic di 34Reads—Score—14d adds

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