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- 151 Rotten Potatoes, Stale Cornbread, and a Brat in Tow: Get Lost! 糟土豆，烂窝头，带着拖油瓶滚球 In 1975, Zhao Jianguo is reborn on a heated brick bed. Before him are four frail daughters and a dilapidated thatched hut. In his previous life, his adopted son buried him alive. Only as he lay dying did he learn that none of the boy's blood was his, and that his daughters were the ones who truly cared. In this life, he sees through his wife's affair and the boy born from it. He resolves to divorce her, kick the boy out, and make his own way. By chance, he gains memories of the future and gets a 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 152 The Ghostly Shadow in the Deep Alley 深巷里面的诡影 Zealous reporter Zhou Chengyan is investigating the mysterious disappearance of his younger sister seven years ago when he ventures deep into the old city’s narrow lanes. There, he is unexpectedly drawn into a string of supernatural incidents, including “paper bride deliveries” and “the blood-written haunted house.” Su Jiuniang, the mysterious proprietress of an antique shop, appears at critical moments time and again, yet remains tight-lipped about her own origins. As the investigation deepens, —Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 153 The Wail of a Midsummer Night 仲夏夜的哀号 Awoooo... Awoooo... Two plaintive, drawn-out cries pierced the noisy chorus of insects on a midsummer night in 1993, drifting intermittently from the mountains to the north. Their sorrow cut through flesh and struck the soul, like the cries of the eighty-year-old deaf-mute widow who had been shunned in the village, lamenting her tragic life and her children’s cruelty beneath the bright moon... —Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 154 Only Today Did I Learn That I Am Myself 今日方知，我是我 [Notice] This is my first attempt at writing, and it isn’t very good. I recommend not reading it. I plan to quit my job and rewrite the whole thing from scratch, at least to fix the pacing (My salary is stable for now, so I’m not quitting just yet. I’ll wait a while longer.) If you still read it, you can yell at me in the comments, but please don’t take it outside the site. I think I can handle criticism, but that wouldn’t be very nice, would it~ Spoiler: The female lead is Yan Yanshuoer, and th 17Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 155 Three Kingdoms: The Unhinged Princess Topples Dong Zhuo's Stronghold 三国：疯批公主她掀了董卓老巢 Liu Ying, a military academy student from the twenty-first century, opened her eyes in the body of a princess who had hanged herself and died. The marks on her neck had barely faded when the door burst open under the kick of a rebel soldier, sword in hand. She grabbed a gold hairpin, knocked over a folding screen, and stabbed the soldier in the thigh, leaving a bloody hole. Then she casually swiped some saltpeter and sulfur from an alchemist and gave Dong Zhuo a “welcome gift.” The three-hundred 1.7kReads6.8Score20814d adds
- 156 Immortal Physician of the Palace: Master of the Karma of All Living Beings 宫阙医仙：执天下众生因果 [Medicine] + [No romance] + [Transmigration] + [Golden Finger Synthesis System] + [Spatial ring] + [Strong female lead] + [Feel-good power fantasy] In the Han family ancestral hall, Han Suxin, the “crippled-meridian legitimate daughter,” is publicly stripped of her place of honor. She lowers her eyes and smiles faintly as the ring etched with mystic fire on her left hand glows purple and gold. She combines wild bees with Gu poison to create a mutated mount, and melts an ordinary iron medicine pe 1Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 157 The Most Evil King 极恶君王 [Power struggles + ensemble cast + slaughter + chaotic times + war + not a power fantasy] When that ineffable being disappeared, the world was plunged into turmoil. Gods faced off, and strange entities ran rampant. In these chaotic times, the weak were like curled-up ants, caged within the order established by the strong. A mysterious young man emerged from a remote little city and pointed his blade at the various factions. "Those who submit will prosper; those who resist will perish!" He would 2Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 158 Survival Engineering in Another World: How to Raise a False God 异世界生存工程：伪神养成法 Wang Jianguo, an ordinary corporate wage slave, is trapped in the world of the obscure game Huanerheim, where swords and sorcery flourish side by side, and the martial world is awash with fighting arts. Now, all he has going for him is a silver tongue, and he’s been forced to take on a hot potato. Survival tips: 1. Don’t talk. 2. Don’t act. 3. Don’t die. 9Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 159 The World Kneels at My Feet: My Simp System Is Beyond Heaven 全球跪舔：我的舔狗系统太逆天 On Valentine's Day, Ye Tingfeng was cruelly rejected by the girl of his dreams, and unexpectedly awakened an outrageously powerful simp System. As long as people fawn over him, he can grow infinitely stronger. When simps everywhere go crazy over him, Ye Tingfeng can only howl at the sky: "Please, stop fawning over me! I'm going to become so invincible that I'll be lonely forever!!!" 219Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 160 Awakening from a Great Dream 大夢初醒 Blurb One You can fall in love with someone in no time at all. Getting over them might take a long time, or it might happen in an instant. The moment Ye Lan Yi left with another woman, leaving her alone to give birth in the icy river, fifteen years of knowing each other and eight years of love became nothing but a grand dream. Ye Lan Yi, I don’t love you anymore. The night fades, and the dream ends. As the curtains rise and fall, an unfinished galaxy is reflected in her eyes, and a new dawn rise 90Reads—Score—14d adds
- 161 Civilization Game: Song of the Empire 文明游戏：帝国之歌 [Farming]+ [Ensemble cast]+ [Epic]+ [War]+ [Empire] Over the course of civilization, stories become epics, epics become myths, and eventually even myths are buried in history. 10.8kReads8.4Score87514d adds
- 162 Power and Ambition in the Underworld: The Road to a Comeback 权欲江湖：逆袭之路 He Yu Hui started out as nothing more than a humble doctor. What opportunities did he encounter? What did he do? How much did he accomplish for the people? How high did he rise in government? What kind of story did he live as a man? This heartfelt work will show you one man’s path to growth and the rise of an honest official! [Grounded + Beauty + Political Career + Smart Protagonist] The early chapters are a bit cautious, but the later ones are incredibly satisfying. A must-read gem from Tomato 30Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 163 I Can Become a God on the Brink of Death 我能濒死成神 A new story is here! You can read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 2Reads7.7Score—14d adds
- 164 Carving a Path Through Blood, from the Kaihuang Era to Zhenguan 杀出血路，从开皇到贞观 No transmigration. No alternate history. No fictionalized retelling. No golden finger. In the eighth year of the Kaihuang era, 510,000 Sui troops launched a massive invasion of Chen from eight different routes, advancing south from Bashu in the west to the Canghai in the east. At the Battle of Baitugang, the Sui cavalry trampled the Chen army. Five hundred elite horsemen stormed Jiankang and captured Chen Shubao alive. Thus Jiangnan was pacified, and the realm was unified. Yang Guang vied for th 170Reads—Score—14d adds
- 165 My Princess Consort Has Gone to Lecture the Ancestors Again 我家王妃，又去给祖宗们训话了 The senior and junior disciples crowded into their master’s room, staring at the floorboards that had been pried up and the walls scraped bare… “I prepared such expensive pastries for her!” “I was even worried she’d get bullied out there!” “I couldn’t bear to see her go!” “And I… I even wanted to stop her from leaving!” The four master and disciples exchanged glances and gritted their teeth. “Well… good riddance.” … The woman walked over and kicked Bu Ruo in the stomach, sending her flying again 13.5kReads8.6Score1.5k14d adds
- 166 Wan Ning Reborn: When Will Spring Return? 婉宁重生：何时春再来 If you had the chance to start over, would you choose to return to Great Yan alive? Wanning had asked herself that question countless times. Like a flower that had yet to bloom, she withered under the exploitation of her family and the betrayal of her lover. Was her whole life nothing more than a chess piece in other people's hands? No one truly loved or cared about her. In the end, she had nothing. If she'd known things would turn out this way, she might as well have died in Dai. But when she t 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 167 The Second Book of Saving the World 拯救世界1的第2本书 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 7Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 168 Primordial Vital Energy 太初元气 [Traditional Fantasy + Immortal Cultivation + Humor + No System] Background: A corner of the Human Realm was forcibly torn away by an accident. The human race’s great powers transformed it into the Zhenwu Continent with countless stars. After drifting through the cosmic sea for ages, it finally merged with a new realm. But this attracted the covetous attention of the major powers in the Xianwu Spirit Realm and sparked a war. They declared that they would turn the Zhenwu Continent into a breeding 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 169 From the Start, I Get Ten Thousandfold Returns, and Beautiful Women Come Begging for Shelter 开局万倍返还，美女上门求收留 [Doomsday] [Multiple Heroines] [Comedy] Li Taibai transmigrates to a parallel world, only to learn that the world will end the very next day. Luckily, he awakens a ten-thousandfold-return System, complete with unlimited storage space. Wait... Doesn't that make me invincible from the start? Since the System only grants ten-thousandfold returns when he gives items to beautiful women, Li Taibai starts recruiting them in droves. Before long, he's formed a massive team. There's the pure young girl, t 77Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 170 I Made You Powerful Enough to Rule the Court, Not Marry the Empress and the Queen 让你权倾朝野，谁让你娶女帝和皇后了 [Historical fiction + alternate universe + romantic tension + multiple heroines + power fantasy] Beat up the prime minister, tease a female general, dig up an enemy nation’s ancestral graves, and kick down the door of a widowed princess’s home! After transmigrating, Su Mo did all four despicable deeds just to play the pig to eat the tiger! But someone said beating up the prime minister didn’t count, and that the other despicable deed should be spending the night in the empress’s bed… Su Mo wasn’ 26Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 171 The Mad Daoist Xiaofan’s Journey to Enlightenment in the Mortal World 癫道小凡的人尘悟道之行 Author He Gui Gu Shan Xi poured their heart and soul into this work, blending historical sources and imagination. They build bridges between fact and fiction, and paint in the space between what is and what is not. They strive to restore historical figures to their true character while drawing on personal experience to reimagine fictional characters in depth. The novel embraces the earnest pursuit of knowledge and the Dao, the benevolence of healing through medicine, the wisdom of feng shui, the 1Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 172 The Dragon and Phoenix of Destiny 天命龙凤 [Serious drama + ensemble cast + court and martial world + love of country and family + female lead with a golden finger] The author is terrible at writing blurbs, sorry! If you enjoy this kind of story, feel free to give it a try. To save her life, Lu Wan does everything she can to send Yao Qian to the northern frontier. Sixteen years later, Emperor Li Yunshan summons the Third Prince, Li Tian, who has lived in the northern frontier, back to the capital. Rumors spread throughout the city that H 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 173 A Small Matter of My Soul Transmigrating to the Late Han to Compete for Hegemony 关于我魂穿汉末玩争霸这小事 [Soul transmigration to the Three Kingdoms + no cheats + no brainless decisions + no gunpowder or cannons + an ordinary man rises to prominence + historical figures’ intelligence and martial prowess respected + protagonist grows gradually + realistic casualty rates (even the protagonist’s generals can fall in battle)] The protagonist’s knowledge is simply that of an ordinary person from a later age, and he also holds the most down-to-earth values of an ordinary commoner. Cao Cao is formidable, b 423Reads6.8Score11414d adds
- 174 I Found an Amnesiac Empress, and She Spoils Me Like a God! 捡到失忆女帝，她竟把我宠成神！ Gu Changsheng transmigrates into the role of a doomed villain and is fretting over how to survive past chapter three when a stunning woman, covered in blood, suddenly falls from the sky! Should he save her or not? [Choice One: Save her! Reward: A Glazed Body Immune to All Illnesses!] Gu Changsheng: Obviously I'm saving my wife! But when this "pitiful amnesiac" wakes up, she looks at him with a gaze that's both sweet and fierce, constantly saying, "You're mine," and clinging to him all day long. 6Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 175 A Harem Showdown: I Trend at the Same Time as Eight Men 雄竞修罗场我同时和八男上热搜 [Messy woman + men competing for her + love-triangle showdowns / all male leads are devoted + hilarious + celebrity gossip + the men are all pretty bizarre] If a woman doesn’t like handsome men, what does she like, “How are you?” The day news broke about Jiang Kangzong’s tangled relationships with eight men, everyone envied her luck: her childhood sweetheart had become a fashion darling, her ex had become a three-time Best Actor, and even her high school deskmate, whose fifty confessions she’d r 793Reads8.8Score17514d adds
- 176 The Stunning Fox Immortal: My Male God's Nourishment Is Everywhere 绝色狐仙：我的男神养料遍布万界 Female-led cultivation fantasy + Nine-Tailed Fox + no romance + ruthless and decisive Qingqiu was slaughtered, and Su Da was left with barely half her life! Luckily, she obtained the Nine Tribulations Essence-Devouring Art. Absorb essence to level up, and even steal her opponents’ talents! The icy Sword Sovereign’s sword intent and the domineering Demon Lord’s demonic energy all become nourishment for her. Crush scumbags, slay enemies, storm the Immortal Realm. Whoever gets in her way gets devo —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 177 Immortals, Please Take a Number: The Everything Goes Right Agency 神仙请接单万事灵事务所 [Urban Imagination, Modern Mythology, Light Comedy, Urban Fantasy, Mystery and Twists] Sun Wukong, Nezha, Yang Jian, and Xiao Tian, all “downsized” by the Heavenly Court, open an agency in the mortal world that takes on every kind of bizarre case. They hope to earn back merit and dignity by solving ordinary people's problems, only to discover that every outrageous request is gathering samples of human nature for a wish-granting algorithm called “Lingying One.” Its ultimate plan is to ensure that 41Reads6.5Score10014d adds
- 178 Beheaded from the Start? I Turn Around and Slaughter the Entire Continent 开局被砍头？我反手屠戮整个大陆 If you could choose how to live your life, would you rather spend it in this world in quiet, unremarkable peace, or get hit by a truck and sent to another world to begin an adventure where who knows what might happen? If I don't like the look of someone, I kill them all! You ask whether I have a heart? Why, yes, I love you too! Hahaha! Kill, kill, kill! Time's almost up. Next, I'll be hanging you all from trees. —Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 179 Little One Hunts in the Mountains, Serving Fierce Beasts for Dinner 小不点进山打猎，山野猛兽端上桌 During the Tianqi era of the Great Zhou dynasty, Ye Xiaohua, the youngest daughter of the Ye family in Qingshan Village, transmigrated into this world. Her father was gravely injured and unconscious, her mother was frail and often ill, and the greedy, biased elders of the family made life hard for the Ye family. By chance, Ye Xiaohua obtained a god-tier survival System. Completing tasks like surviving in the wilderness, hunting, and cooking earned her supplies and skill boosts. With the System's 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 180 A Madwoman Transmigrates Into a Powerful Figure, and the Empire Goes Off the Rails 疯批穿成大佬后，江山开始癫了 Su Tang transmigrated into a book, becoming a minor female character who dies in chapter three of a rebirth novel. But she soon discovered that the original owner had powerful connections and was a remarkably skilled fighter. This start actually seemed pretty good. Her awful relatives like making trouble? No problem. A few beatings will teach them to behave. The female lead wants to foist her gay fiancé on her? Sounds good. She has to get married anyway, and at least the guy’s good-looking. The 3.7kReads9.0Score36914d adds
- 181 Disliked by Everyone Outside the Game, a Celebrity Inside It 游戏外是万人嫌，游戏内是女明星 [Hate magnet + ultimate succubus + sweet-tongued but cold-hearted + loves money more than life] The streamer Zhen Wuyu has been vilified across the internet for three years under the label “gold digger.” Now she’s determined to keep playing the villainous gold digger in the hit game Second Life. If people are going to hate on her no matter what she does, then she might as well do anything she wants! She gets the dual SSR characters [Succubus] and [Lucky Star] from the start, and sets herself one 3.2kReads8.4Score50114d adds
- 182 Seeking Immortality Through a Multiverse Crossover 在综穿中寻觅长生 Xi Qiao died... but not completely. When she comes to, the wonderful woman from her previous life has already sent her to the little world of Empresses in the Palace. The wonderful woman even tossed her a golden finger: a captive System. Xi Qiao has no interest in binding herself to a System or becoming a concubine, but the System offers achievement rewards. The ranks of Noble Consort, Imperial Noble Consort, and Empress all come with a prize draw, and the prizes sound amazing. Well, then... She 4.1kReads8.4Score20314d adds
- 183 A Guide to Staying Alive by Eating in Great Ming 大明干饭续命指北 I transmigrated into a dying wastrel, but the System says I have to eat to stay alive! Zhuang Yu transmigrated and became a wastrel with just half a day left to live. A line of text floated before his eyes: “People die if they don’t eat.” That’s going too far! I have to keep an eye on the countdown to my next meal at all times. It’s like wearing a wristband that monitors your blood pressure, blood sugar, and blood lipids. What a nuisance... The Imperial Guards kick down my door to investigate, a 5Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 184 The Barren Heavens and Defiled Earth 荒天垢土 My name is Mu Yang. They call me the shepherd of humanity. It seems humanity has gone extinct once before. I have seen many stories that do not belong to this world: [Black and White Impermanence] [Heavenly Wolf] [Celestial Palace] [Underworld] [Human Emperor] [Ancient Ruins] These came from my father, but now I can’t find any trace of him. He merely tossed a few riddles into my world. The great power of Earth swept this now-filthy land clean. Under Earth’s law of survival of the fittest, humani 19Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 185 What's There to Fear About Divorce at 40? My First Love Has My Back 40岁离婚怕什么，还有初恋兜底 [A levelheaded housewife who knows when to retreat and when to advance + an icy doctor who advances by retreating] [Midlife struggles + parent-child relationships + redemption + mutual healing] Her husband is having an affair with his boss. Her son is a high school senior and has started dating. Zhu Yi, who quit her job three years ago, feels as if her world is collapsing. Then she unexpectedly runs into Yang Yiqing, her first love, whom she had lost touch with years ago. Suddenly, time speeds 111Reads—Score—14d adds
- 186 Don't Take in Men Out of Pity, or They'll Use You Up! 不要心软捡男人，会被吃干抹净！ [Sci-fi apocalypse + a touch of Lovecraftian horror + a hint of wasteland + ensemble cast] [Cool, dignified team strategist + straightforward, devoted loyalist + top-tier doctor + young woman prodigy] Shen Yu suffers from Alpha mutation. By all rights, he shouldn’t have lived past twenty, but he’s still alive and well. The powers that be on Imperial Star hate uncertainty most of all. They treat him as a precious test subject and study him. - During the experiments, Shen Yu overhears a closely gu —Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 187 I Hastily Married a Poor Guy, but He Turned Out to Be a Tycoon Who Dotes on Me 闪婚穷小子，他竟是豪门大佬宠我入骨 I married a poor guy on a whim, but he's actually a wealthy tycoon who dotes on me 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 188 Assistant Cheng, Are You Going to Marry Me or Not? 程助，你到底嫁不嫁 The heroine is the hero’s secretary. She’s a strong, independent woman. The hero is a looks-and-voice enthusiast, a faux playboy, a rich second-generation heir, and a cunning schemer. The heroine comes from an ordinary family and has an ordinary appearance, but her voice is exceptionally beautiful. It’s the kind of voice that makes both men and women look up in surprise when she speaks. The heroine used to be hopelessly love-struck, but eventually she came to her senses. Through her own hard wor 148Reads—Score—14d adds
- 189 My Name Is Lu Qingyan 我叫陆青岩 [Orthodox cultivation + sword cultivators + alchemy cultivators + dual cultivation of magic and body + immortal scions + ensemble cast] You can defy fate and change your destiny even without a System! Your abilities must measure up to your ambitions! 7Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 190 My Greatest Love, My Deepest Pain 挚爱，至痛 Lin Nan was born into a highly educated family. Beautiful from birth, she was her parents’ cherished darling. Why, then, did she eventually lose her father’s affection? Sent away to board at school in another city, she was lucky enough to meet a kindred spirit. The two soon became inseparable, with nothing they couldn’t talk about. But then, without warning, her good friend suddenly vanished without a trace. Lin Nan grew into an accomplished young woman, graceful and admired by all. Then she was 7Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 191 Who Has Ever Awakened a Succubus as Their Spirit? 谁家好人觉醒的精神体是魅魔啊 Ji Jinhe is an ordinary wage slave. Her daily routine is going to work, sleeping, and getting so mad at her idiot coworkers that her soul leaves her body. One day, she was catching up on sleep at home when she woke up to find herself kidnapped by the Heavenly Dao of a strange world. “Please save the world.” Ji Jinhe stared blankly for ten seconds, then confirmed she wasn’t seeing things in her sleep. “...Are you serious? I’m a slacker who can’t even handle a work presentation, and you want me 2.4kReads8.1Score21414d adds
- 192 The Reborn Female General Opens Her Eyes, and the Enemy Nation Trembles in Fear 女将重生一睁眼，敌国闻风又丧胆 [Reborn + punishing scumbags + strong female lead + nation and family + longing to the depths of the heart + unwavering devotion + mutual salvation] Everyone knew that King Qi was a brave and brilliant commander. With just five thousand light cavalry, he could defeat an enemy force of thirty thousand, and a single demon mask was enough to strike terror into the enemy! But no one knew that the person beneath the mask wasn't King Qi at all. It was the eldest daughter of the Anyuan Marquis's househ 221Reads9.1Score—14d adds
- 193 You Little Junior Sister, You Sneaky Old Fox 小师妹你个老六 A Liu was born on a stormy night. From the early hours of the sixth day of the sixth lunar month until nightfall, the midwife delivered six babies without stopping. A Liu was the last one that day. The midwife laughed and said, “This little one was born under the auspicious sign of six sixes. Why not give her the milk name A Liu?” The midwife was renowned far and wide in Red Maple Hollow for her skill at fortune-telling. She was a familiar face at every wedding and funeral, and she also gladly g 739Reads9.2Score10214d adds
- 194 My Years in Dongguan 我在东莞的岁月往事 It was the year 2000, in a luxury KTV room in Guancheng. Looking out at Guancheng's bustling nighttime streets and prosperous cityscape, Wang Lei raised a glass of XO, then set it down again. He was already used to the fine liquor in his glass. The Cuban cigar between his lips had burned down until it was almost too hot to hold. Thinking back on the hardships and setbacks of his entrepreneurial journey, Wang Lei was overcome with emotion. 62Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 195 Twin Spirit Talismans: The Elder Sister Tames the Immortal Venerable, the Younger Sister Imprisons the Demon Venerable 双生符心：姐驯仙尊！妹锁魔尊！ [Two Heroines + Talisman Magic + Mind Reading + A Battle of Wits in a Shura Field + Golden Finger Comeback + Reverse-Trope Face-Slapping] Two heiresses from wealthy families fall off a cliff and transmigrate into useless cultivators? Jun Qianxue can write talismans to reverse the Five Elements, hiding her gentle nature behind careful plans. Jun Qianyue pretends to be mute, reading minds and controlling the situation, all while acting sickly and secretly scheming. Cang Xuan, the cold-faced comman 25Reads9.3Score—14d adds
- 196 Before the Proposal, the Doomed Heroine Tore Up the Script 求婚前，炮灰女主撕了剧本 Lu Qi'an notices that his girlfriend has been acting strangely lately, seeming to avoid him at every turn. Alarmed, he decides to move up his proposal plans. Zhao Ruxi has always had everything go her way. She thought she was the chosen heroine, until, on the eve of her proposal, she discovers by chance that she's living inside a book, and someone else is the main character. To avoid the tragic fate awaiting her in the book, she decisively chooses a completely different path, only to find the 759Reads9.1Score10314d adds
- 197 Demon Hunter I: Dawn Breaks After Nightfall 猎魔人I：夜尽曦临 (This story gets going later. No System, one female lead, not invincible, plot-driven, focused on human nature, not a power fantasy. The protagonist grows and changes as the story unfolds. There are many foreshadowed twists, so readers who lack patience should beware.) “A drop of blood awakens not the location of treasure, but the key to a new world.” At the end of summer, the blood Lin Shen drips onto a sheepskin scroll is swallowed by it. The scroll is no map to buried treasure, but a choice 34Reads9.3Score—14d adds
- 198 Everyone’s a Villain, and I Chose the Craziest One 全员恶人，我选了最疯那一个 [Ensemble cast, oppressive and dark, intense angst ahead] [Not both leads’ first time, no saintly heroine, smart characters, vicious male rivalry and a chaotic love triangle, pregnancy escape, brothers poaching each other’s partners] “The child is innocent, but his father absolutely cannot be someone like Jiang Wang.” Her pregnancy was the beginning of everything. Lin Que took her childhood friend’s advice, got married to him to hide from Jiang Wang, and entered a marriage in name only while car 8Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 199 Nine Shots to Claim the Realm: After Getting Blown Away, I Went on a Rampage in Ancient Times 九枪定江山，被炸飞后我杀疯古代 During an anti-drug operation, special police officer Wu Xiaoyun is blown away by a drug trafficker's bomb. When she opens her eyes, she's become the scapegoat at a murder scene in the Great Sheng Dynasty! Bound to the “Wronged Soul Resurrection System,” she clutches a pistol with only nine bullets left and trembles with fear. Relying on her police skills, she charges into the resurrection game! On the run, she saves the timid magistrate Xu Chang'an, only to discover that he has a profound sense 11Reads—Score114d adds
- 200 The First-Rank Female Detective 一品女神捕 Ye Zhiqiu was the sole survivor of the great fire at Forbidden Mountain, an orphan who lost everything in the disaster. The friends and fellow villagers who perished in the flames became an obsession that would never leave her. She swore to find the real culprit and avenge the dead. Eight years later, the chance for revenge finally came. She resolutely entered the fray, only to be saddled with a useless, makeshift team. From then on, she never once looked favorably at Xiao Jingzhen. Xiao Jingzh 21Reads6.7Score—14d adds
