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- 1 Love in the Mountains and Seas 山海情天 A young man ventures into the wilds of the Great Wilderness, taking you along on an adventure across the world to discover all kinds of secrets from the Classic of Mountains and Seas: Guixu, the Dragon clan… A love for one’s country and a bond between brothers: that’s all you need. “Three-hundred-year-old monkey brew! Try it, you won’t regret it!” “Fox-tail charms! Infused with the divine aura of Tushan!” A gray fox’s shrill voice rose above the market din. The charm it held aloft was unmistakab —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 A-Wan, Please Write Back 阿晚请来信 [Coming of Age] [Mutual Redemption] [Both Pure, One-on-One Romance] [No Angst] [Sweet Romance] Comic-book wheelchair user, a sweet and well-behaved girl, vs. a hot-tempered biker boy (Note: The heroine will be able to stand later in the story. The reason will be explained in the novel.) The first time Chen Wan met Jing Siye, she thought he was a cat dealer and whacked him with a stick. She was afraid of him and thought he had a bad temper. She never expected that this would be the start of their —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Sweet White Moonlight 甜甜白月光 [Redemption × Love at First Sight × Forced Possessive Love] Pale, depressed beauty vs. sunny, straightforward heartthrob male lead vs. obsessive hypnotist second male lead Four years ago, after the Shi family fell, musical prodigy Shi Mu was cast down from the heights of fame. After barely scraping by, Shi Mu was taken in by the Pei family and became dependent on them. But then the Pei family’s second son drowned, and the eldest son went abroad. Shi Mu was left without a home once more. She left 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 An Adventure Gets Me in Trouble with the School Bully, So I Use a System to Make Him Call Me Master 探险误惹校霸，我靠系统让他喊主人 I Accidentally Provoked the School Bully on an Exploration Trip, So I Used the System to Make Him Call Me Master 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 I Want to Stay in That Summer Forever 我想永远留在那个夏天 I Want to Stay in That Summer Forever —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Back to Eighteen: This Life, I'll Love Only You 重返十八岁：此生只为爱你 She accidentally discovers an unsent love letter, written in her youth to Jiang Yuchen, the boy whose warmth shone like sunlight. Time passes. He has long since become someone else’s rock, and she has a family of her own. But in that moment, she realizes that he is the love of her life, and her deepest regret. After an accident brings Su Muqing into contact with a mysterious time machine, she finds herself back at eighteen. Jiang Yuchen is still the bright-eyed boy he once was, and she has retur —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Seventeen, Untitled 十七岁未命名 At the opening ceremony, everyone watched as Su Chen, the school's most talked-about student, walked toward me. “Didn't you notice you'd scraped your ankle?” He knelt and peeled open a bandage. In a scene that sent the whole school into a frenzy, I was the only one who noticed his fingers trembling. “Was that boy standing in the rain three years ago you?” He lowered his eyes as he pressed the bandage on. “Yeah. The umbrella was too small, so half my shoulder got soaked.” The dean's furious —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Rainfall Fracture 断雨纹 [Pure love + bittersweet romance + mild angst + healing] Blunt, flirtatious Jiang Cheng and aloof on the outside, warm on the inside Lin Huai Fate decides, destiny decrees. Those eight words were like an ancient prophecy, quietly tying an invisible thread between them. From then on, it could never be cut, and the knot only grew more tangled. But just as their true feelings came to light, the countdown to their separation began. Rumors spread across campus, and relentless pressure forced Lin Huai 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 After Being Thrown into the Dragon’s Lair, I Became Entangled with an Ugly Dragon 被投龙窟后，我与丑龙纠缠不清 When a shaft of moonlight is swallowed by the Dragon Cave, Yan Chen’s fate is no longer her own. She is an abandoned girl suffering alone in the human world, and a stubborn blood lotus blooming inside Qing Mo’s prison. He is an ugly dragon cursed by fate, as violent as fire, yet in her eyes he glimpses a tenderness long forgotten. On the night they first meet, a low growl echoes from deep within the Dragon Cave, as if even the stars tremble. Qing Mo pins her against the rock wall with the majes —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 What?! Reborn as the Hopelessly Love-Struck Villain in The Butterfly Lovers 惊！穿成梁祝极品恋爱脑炮灰 When a modern soul falls into the old pages of The Butterfly Lovers, the moment Huang Liangyu opens her eyes before a bronze mirror, she knows she has become the book’s most foolish lovestruck woman: the young lady who forsakes her family and breaks off her engagement for a scoundrel, only to end up in the life of a courtesan. Yu Yan opens her eyes and finds herself in The Butterfly Lovers as Huang Liangyu, the “foolish woman” condemned by history for eloping with a man, only to be cruelly aband —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 As If I Were Seeing You Again 仿佛再见你 [Youth Angst] [Modern Romance] [Love Grows Over Time] [Campus] The death of a childhood friend left behind a shadow that lasted six years. When she met someone new, Gao Yuxin felt he clung to her like chewing gum. The man who stuck to her like chewing gum was there when she was at her lowest, most afraid, and most desperate to atone. He looked at her with bright, captivating eyes and said, word by word, "You haven't done anything wrong. If you keep living in the shadow of the past, he'll be sad —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 The Error Beneath the Wisteria Arbor 紫藤花架下的误差 I return in my dreams to high school, writing down the memories of my youth, stroke by stroke. Perhaps one day, we will gradually forget, and our memories will grow blurry and fragmented. Perhaps I was never a particularly gifted writer, lacking both delicate emotions and detailed descriptions. Perhaps many people will disagree with the idea that love can grow over time, or with the choice not to confess one's feelings first. Perhaps few people know that the environment within a school can chang —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 The Knot Begins to Unravel 难平将解 [Reunion after years apart + high school romance + contemporary romance] “How long have you been here?” Song Qingxu looked straight at Cheng Yan without the slightest hesitation, his eyes seemingly filled with a sorrowful river. “Huh?” “How long have you been in Huainan?” he asked again, patiently, his voice as gentle as could be. Cheng Yan pressed her dry lips together and instinctively turned her head toward the menu on the wall. Those eyes made her heart ache. “Not long. A month or two, I gue 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Someone Will Always Cross Mountains and Seas Just to Come to You 总会有人穿山越海，只为你而来 She was a left-behind child. Her parents didn't bring her to live with them until she was twelve, leaving her introverted and sensitive, with only an ordinary relationship with them. She had never known that being loved could mean being cherished in the palm of someone's hand. Then she met him, and learned that love meant being someone's special one, having them by your side, and being chosen without hesitation. He was like the warm winter sun and a lamp in the darkness. He pulled her out of the —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 The First Book by Qijun An 奇俊安的第1本书 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Dreamscape: Mysterious and Uncanny 梦界，诡秘 A wild imagination, adventures, and an infinite-flow setup. Somehow, the story kept straying further and further from the original premise. I wanted to abandon it, but I couldn’t cancel the contract on my own, so I eventually kept writing and finished it. If you happen to come across some of the bad plot points, please be patient with me ☺️ Sigh, I really don’t know what to say. My inspiration ended up eight thousand miles off course. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Beyond-Dimensional Comeback 超维逆袭 After Zhu Murong, an ordinary office worker, unexpectedly comes into possession of a mysterious phone, its entire body black and its edges gleaming with a cold light, his life veers completely off course. The phone has no brand name. Its screen resembles a piece of liquid black jade and can float in midair above his palm. More bizarrely, it comes with a “Hyperdimensional System.” —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Perhaps This Is How We Make Peace with Our Memories 不如就这样，与记忆和解 Lin Xi and Ji Yunpeng met during a blazing summer. Back then, Ji Yunpeng gave Lin Xi a blue workbook. Later, he gave her a blue diamond ring. Once, after they climbed to the top of a mountain together, they said that love could overcome anything. “Ji Yunpeng, I saw you that day.” “Lin Xi, I know you saw me that day. From now on, I won’t let you leave me again.” Extra: “Let me introduce you all to my little brother, Yu Hao.” This was them when they first met. “Let me introduce you all to my fianc —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 We’ve Fallen Madly in Love 我们陷入热恋 [Gentle, sweet, and energetic good girl X carefree, unruly young heir (drill instructor early on)] [College campus romance, sweet and doting, no breakup, both top students] Ji Huaiche is A University's famous campus heartthrob. He is handsome and comes from a wealthy family, a favorite of the heavens, always surrounded by admirers and never short of girls vying for his attention. Yet he never pays them any mind, as if he has closed off his heart and feels not the slightest stir. That fleeting f 11Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 20 Falling into Light and Shadow 光影陷落 [School Life | Two Top Students | Healing | Mutual Pining] [One-on-One Romance | Both Pure | Sweet Romance] [Chuunibyou Girl & Sharp-Tongued Top Student] During military training, Yuan Ziyu, known as a “crack shot,” became the dream guy of countless girls thanks to his striking looks and top grades. That is, until he pulled a cheeky stunt by stuffing love letters into the teacher’s desk, then pulling another by taking anyone who confessed to him straight outside the director’s office. But there 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 The Stream Stirs My Heart 溪水涌心头 That summer was hot and long. From their first meeting to the day they came to understand each other, misunderstandings arose between them, and one by one, they worked them out. If you’re also feeling lost in life, why not read the story of how they save each other? 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Jiang Xuejin 江雪烬 Jiang Xuejin —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 This Rebirth Was Way Too Hasty! 这重生也太草率了吧！ Rags-to-riches + no System or golden finger + one heroine + slice of life Wen Yi, 36, is divorced, a rising star in the internet industry, worth tens of millions, and at the peak of his life. One late night, exhausted after drinking, he receives a bizarre pop-up: “Press the button for a 50% chance to win 10 million, or a 50% chance of triggering an unknown event.” “Ha, clickbait.” Wen Yi scoffs and presses it without a second thought. He doesn't need the money in his account anyway. He might as —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 The Poison Doctor's Path to Immortality: The Evil Emperor's Beast-Taming Queen 毒医仙途：邪帝的驭兽狂妃 [Strong female lead + strong male lead + devoted to each other + pocket dimension + beast taming + satisfying story] She is the Asura Saintess, peerless in both poison and medicine. Reborn, she vows to make her enemies pay in blood! He is the ruthless, merciless Evil Emperor of the Demon Sect, yet willingly bows before her! Gu Ruoli, the Medicine King's Valley's genius Saintess, was betrayed by her own family, who tore out her bones and marrow and left her to die at the bottom of a cliff. When s 76Reads—Score1014d adds
- 25 Only After Being Reborn Did I Realize My First Love Senior Was My Childhood Friend 重生后才发现白月光学姐是青梅 Only after being reborn did I realize that my first-love senior was my childhood friend 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Quick Transmigration: Eradicate the Pig-Butchering Scam 快穿之消灭杀猪盘 The pig-butchering scam is a terrifying fraud that leaves people shaken. Many don’t understand just how devastating and dangerous it can be. Its grasping claws always reach quietly for the naive and unsuspecting. No matter who you are, a male celebrity with years of experience in the entertainment industry, or a young woman fresh out of high school and studying at university, no one can escape its clutches, or its hypnotic spell... 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Who Made Me Fall in Love with You? 谁让我爱你 Qu Wenzhu: In my heart, you are Dongfang Bubai. Shen Xingzhi: If the bamboo raft is going to sink, I'd rather sink to the bottom with you and sleep there together than leave you alone in this world to suffer the ache of longing. I'm afraid you'll forget me, but I don't want you to remember me either. When you fall for someone at first sight, how can you stop yourself from turning around and walking away? Qu Wenzhu lived happily with the Qu family for sixteen years, only to discover that the pare —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 Across the Summer 越夏 [Clear-headed, independent, strong heroine × proud, unruly, sharp-tongued hero] [Redemption × clear-headedness × from school to city life] Li Shu is a cool-hearted person. She doesn’t know how to love, and she’s never felt loved! With less than three months until the college entrance exams, all Li Shu has to do is make it through that summer. Then she can leave Nancheng and see the sun break through the rain and fog. One fine afternoon, Li Shu gave false testimony. She only meant to keep herself 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 The Third Miss Is Always Fighting for What She Wants 三小姐她又争又抢 [A scheming heroine who plays the pig to eat the tiger + a celibate, secretly powerful male lead] Both are each other's first and only Only when the Wen family goes bankrupt do they learn that their mild-mannered third daughter was the real mastermind all along. When Wen Yining is 22, her engagement is called off, and her intended marries her eldest sister instead. The man asks her, “Your stepmother says your father made a will, and you won't get a share of the inheritance. Why would I marry 98Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 30 Just Because I Like You 就因为我喜欢你 “You’re so handsome. Do you really not have a girlfriend?” Gu Zhi smiled like the blazing sun. Youth is a romance that never ends. At the school broadcast station, someone with the username July16 is always requesting song after song for Su Yujing, each one filled with longing. “Yeah, July16 is me. Do you like the songs I request for you?” “They’re okay,” Su Yujing replied coolly. He liked the way Gu Zhi looked at him. He liked how she loved him without holding anything back as she pursued him. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 My Unrequited Love, Page 102 我的暗恋102页 At sixteen, what do you imagine your life will be like in the future? Chu Yunxi thought she'd get into a dance academy and give her hard-working self the perfect send-off with excellent grades. She thought she'd finally shout out the secret love she'd never confessed at the graduation party... But regret is the very color of youth. After a car accident while saving someone, she lost her chance to dance. Then she missed her college entrance exams while trying to save Duan Yuze's mother from domes 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 A Pear Tree Sheds Blossoms in the Evening Breeze 一树梨花落晚风 After her college entrance exams, Ye Shiwan let loose and stayed up all night reading a novel. She got up to use the bathroom, fainted, and woke to find a little boy in her room. Thinking her father had brought home an illegitimate child, she only realized something was wrong when she noticed her hands had gotten smaller! She had transmigrated into a book! She had landed in the novel she’d stayed up all night reading, and, even better, in the role of the childhood friend of her favorite second m 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 The Shooting Star Never Returns, but the Stars Are Never Forgotten 流星不往，星辰不忘 The most beautiful thing in the world is meeting someone who makes your heart flutter. The eight-character fortune at Qingcheng Tower sways in the wind. A life shared together, a family tragedy, and a dazzling journey they experienced side by side, bright as a meteor. An ordinary trip between brothers brings an unexpected meeting with you, someone extraordinary! Their journey to Mingyue Sea in July 2017 brought them together. Their vows at Qingcheng Tower in September 2017 marked the beginning —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Reborn as an Even More Scheming Green Tea 重生成为比绿茶更绿茶的绿茶 Reborn as a Green Tea Worse Than the Greenest Green Tea 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 A Rebellious Teen's Fierce Showdown with His Rich Rival 中二少年恶斗情敌膏粱二代 A Chuunibyou Teenager's Fierce Battle with His Wealthy Rival 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 After Dumping the School Heartthrob, I Made My Best Friend's Ashes Famous 甩了校草后，我捧红了死党的骨灰盒。 After Dumping the Campus Heartthrob, I Made My Best Friend's Urn Famous. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 The Playboy 花花公子 Playboy —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 In the Time That Has Passed 在已逝去的时光里 [School life + family + BE (read with caution)] Everyone loves reminiscing. Maybe one evening, or beneath the setting sun, you see a child chasing after something, and suddenly your heart gives a painful jolt. There's a pang of emotion. I think that's what it feels like to have lost something. The first time I met Xia Xiaonuan, I felt she and I belonged to different worlds, or at least that we were completely different kinds of people. Girls like her are gentle, with something they want to chase 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 The Rhythm of Midsummer 盛夏的节奏 Shen Yuxi & Lu Xu [Gentle, Sweet Little Fairy & Rebellious School Heartthrob] Shen Yuxi is a kind, brave, upright, and moral little angel who brings warmth to everyone around her. Influenced by her family, she transfers to Gangcheng No. 1 High School. On her very first day, she meets Lu Xu, and from then on, the school's universally acknowledged heartthrob won't leave her alone in Class 1 of the Advanced Track. "Hey, classmate, are you good at English? Give me a hand, will you?" "Come on, help —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 No Dating in High School, Starting with Me 杜绝早恋，从我做起 “Don’t get too close to boys.” My mother’s words were chains, turning Ren Qing into a sensitive little snail. Until Mu Yu came along. A young person’s love makes no sense: The brown sugar and eggs he brought when she had cramps, the way he waited for her after school, the light in his eyes when he smiled and said, “See you tomorrow”... For the first time, Ren Qing tentatively reached out her feelers. “If you take one step back...” “I’ll disappear for good.” Ren Qing looked at the gray, offline —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Memories of the Wutong Tree 梧桐追忆 [Youthful Campus Romance | Reunion After Years Apart | Healing Old Regrets | Growing Together] Huo Lin × Chen Xi On a summer night in their second year of high school, he played marksman and she played support, while the earphones carried all the secrets of their youth. She smiled and said, “Huo Lin, you’re sure to succeed someday.” His ears turned red as he hid the draft paper covered in her name in his schoolbag. Back then, the moonlight was gentle and the evening breeze was soft. They thoug 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Harbor at the End of the Alley 巷尾港 At dusk, in a rainy alley beneath a gray sky, a boy hurried past a girl who was just about to stuff a cat into her hoodie pocket. He glanced sideways and called to the girl on the other side of the alley, “What are you doing? Are you a cat smuggler?” The girl walked straight on, leaving not a cloud behind. “There can’t be anyone more unlucky than me, getting carsick on the way to a competition,” Song Jin groaned, crouched by the roadside. Xing Tian clapped a hand over his mouth as he dashed off —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 Forbidden Love: A Painful Romance and Redemption Between Teacher and Student 禁忌之恋：校园师生的苦恋与救赎 Forbidden Love: A Tormented Romance and Redemption Between Teacher and Student —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Two Negatives Make a Positive 负负可得正 [Downcast top student × disillusioned sprinter] Qin Zhiwan and Jiang Yicheng did not get off to a friendly start. The first time they met, Jiang Yicheng mistook Qin Zhiwan for a stalker fan and tore into her without warning. Qin Zhiwan was no less “friendly” in the way she greeted Jiang Yicheng in her thoughts. _ Their first impressions of each other: Qin Zhiwan: “Delusional, narcissistic, and arrogant.” Jiang Yicheng: “My friend’s stepmother’s daughter.” _ But after getting to know each other b 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 QingWei 轻味QingWei [He falls for her first | Sweet romance | Bittersweet | School and city life | Both leads are inexperienced | One-on-one romance | Happy ending] [Sweet top student girl vs. average student, top-of-the-class turned transfer-student troublemaker] On a weekend hike with her mother, He Ke stops to cool off in the shade of a tree when she hears someone shout. She walks around the thick trunk and runs into Lu Qing. She hears him say, “You know I’ve got a bad temper. Don’t make me hit someone again.” T 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 The Top Student and Campus Heartthrob Is Her Sidekick 学神校草是她的小跟班 “A cool, aloof top student and campus heartthrob with a warm side, paired with a painting prodigy who can be sweet or sassy.” Lu Zheng has always been a godlike figure at Wuzhou No. 1 High School: a genius boy, taciturn, cool, and noble, admired by everyone. They all assumed that the top student would remain forever out of reach. When the genius smiled dotingly at Yu Huan, everyone could hardly believe their eyes. Yu Huan, meanwhile, gave him a perfunctory smile. When he brought Yu Huan food and 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Goodbye, Gaokao 再见，高考 An ordinary girl is reborn and takes another shot at the college entrance exams. She has no golden finger, no superpowers, only the experience of having lived several decades longer than everyone else. Can she make up for her regrets through sheer hard work, get into Peking University, and find the one she loves? 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Fallen Leaves Turn to Dust 落叶成尘 A story of growing up, of summers gone by, of youthful days, of time stretching endlessly onward. The past everyone has known. [School life + childhood friends + passing years + genius boy + gentle yet determined heroine + growing up] —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 The July Branch 七月枝 [Childhood sweethearts × light comedy × devoted to each other] [Funny by nature, lively childhood sweetheart × sharp-tongued childhood friend who secretly cares and always takes her side] [Everyday bickering between childhood sweethearts × the ultimate case of saying one thing and meaning another] An Ruotong has a childhood friend, and he’s a strange one: sometimes aloof, sometimes sharp-tongued, sometimes gentle... When she was five, An Ruotong stuffed a frog into Ji Yanqin’s schoolbag. He cool —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 Wait Until You Catch Up to Me 等你追上我 ☆ Fiery little sweetheart & crunchy cone with a chocolate center ☆ Lin the Tyrant & the beautiful courtyard maiden “When I catch up to you, I’m going to kiss you senseless.”, From "Chestnuts Are Ready" 1. “Being Nibbled by a Squirrel” and “Safe Travels” have been online friends and confidants for three years. One day. “Safe Travels”: I’m going to Daocheng in a few days. Want to meet up? “Being Nibbled by a Squirrel”: I’ll have to pass. “Safe Travels”: Why? “Being Nibbled by a Squirrel”: I’m as b 48Reads—Score714d adds
