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- 1 Ruins and Love: A Tragic Ballad of Love and Class 废墟与爱：爱与阶层的悲歌 Ruins and Love: A Tragic Song of Love and Class —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 The Shadow Coffin Demands Your Life: All My Guests Died Unjustly 阴棺索命：我的客人全是枉死鬼 The Yin Coffin Claims Lives: All My Guests Died Unjustly —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Su Tang’s Memories: My Gentleman Conductor 苏棠的回忆：我的乘务员先生 Su Tang’s Memories: My Gentleman Train Attendant —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Borrowing Fire from the Yin Soldiers 阴兵借火 Borrowing Fire from the Yin Soldiers —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Stitches of Rebirth: The Evisceration Murders of the Jingtai Era 往生绣：景泰年间开膛案 The Rebirth Embroidery: A Gutting Case in the Jingtai Era —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Sacrifice: My Youth 献祭：我的青春 Sacrifice: My Youth 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Tangli, the Mute Girl: This Time, I’ll Wait for You 哑女棠梨：这次换我等你 The Mute Girl Tangli: This Time, I’ll Wait for You —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 After Reuniting with Him, I Recovered the Memories I’d Lost Six Years Ago 重逢他后，我找回消失六年的记忆 After Reuniting with Him, I Recovered the Memories I’d Lost Six Years Ago —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Can You Believe It? The CEO Only Chases Me Because of a Caramel Pudding 谁懂！霸总追我全靠一杯焦糖布丁 Who Gets It? The CEO Wins Me Over with Caramel Pudding —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 The Masked Bride: I Sew Up Corpses at the Funeral Home 诡面新娘：我在殡仪馆缝尸 The Eerie-Faced Bride: I Sew Up Corpses at the Funeral Home —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 I'm Imprisoned by a Madman. Is the Gentle Doctor My Savior? 我被疯批囚禁，温柔医生是救星吗 I'm Imprisoned by a Madman. Is the Kind Doctor My Savior? 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 The Yin Debt Pawnshop: My Customers Aren't Human 阴债当铺：我的客人不是人 The Yin-Debt Pawnshop: My Customers Aren't Human 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 The Tyrannical Minister's Captive 疯批权臣的囚宠 The Mad Minister's Captive 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Don't Be Scared, Crybaby. The School Bully Is Actually a Loyal Puppy 小哭包别怕，校霸他其实是忠犬 Don't Be Afraid, Little Crybaby. The School Bully Is Actually a Devoted Puppy —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Come on, Go Out with the School Heartthrob 乖，和校草谈个恋爱 Be Good and Date the Campus Heartthrob —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Redemption and True Love: From Donating a Kidney to Dying Together 赎罪与挚爱：从捐肾到共赴黄泉 Atonement and True Love: From Donating a Kidney to Dying Together —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 The Yandere CEO Begs Me Not to Die Every Day 病娇霸总每天求我别死 My Yandere CEO Begs Me Not to Die Every Day 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 The Curse of the Last Bus I Experienced: Tales of the Haunted Locust Tree 我亲历的末班车诅咒：槐阴诡事录 The Curse of the Last Bus I Experienced: Strange Tales from the Shade of the Locust Tree 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 The Death Certificate of an Alzheimer’s Patient 阿尔茨海默者的死亡鉴定书 Death Certificate of an Alzheimer’s Patient —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 The Haunted House in Qi City 祁市诡宅 The Haunted House in Qi City —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Love Letter Stained by Rain: The Last “I Love You” in the Tenement Block 雨渍情书：筒子楼最后一声我爱你 A Love Letter Stained by Rain: The Last “I Love You” in the Workers’ Compound 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 72-Hour Countdown: My Food Deliveries Can Predict Death 倒计时72小时我的外卖能预知死亡 72-Hour Countdown: My Food Deliveries Can Predict Death —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Strange Tales of Qi City: It Began When I Caught the Last Bus 祁市诡事：从搭上末班车开始 Strange Tales of Qi City: It All Begins with Catching the Last Bus 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 The Assassin He Spoils 溺宠暗杀者 The Assassin He Spoils —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 Cloud Nine: My Forbidden Love with Him 云端九号：我和他的禁忌之恋 Cloud Nine: My Forbidden Love with Him —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 The Obsessive Mr. Gu Has Put His Wife on the Most-Wanted List 偏执顾总全网通缉他的顾太太 Obsessive CEO Gu Has His Wife Hunted Across the Internet —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Wild Sunflowers, Still Awake: A Love Letter from Shenzhen, 2008–2025 野葵未眠：2008-2025深圳情书 Wild Sunflowers Stay Awake: A Love Letter to Shenzhen, 2008–2025 —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 Gazing Up at the Sky of My Heart, Gazing Up at You 仰望心空仰望你 Gazing Up at the Sky of My Heart, Gazing Up at You —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Old Wei’s Supernatural Stories 老魏讲灵异故事 [Traditional Supernatural Tales] [Chinese-Style Horror] [Based on True Stories] [Reader Submissions] [Chilling on Second Thought] [Bizarre Tales] [Beyond the Realm of Science] [Plain, Simple Writing] [Just Stories] These stories were collected from various places by the author, then adapted and fictionalized, so no sources are listed. They’re all kinds of little ghost stories to listen to before bed: straightforward and easy to follow, perfect for unwinding and relieving stress. To keep reader 1.4kReads9.4Score21014d adds
- 30 The Lamp-Lighting Woman 掌灯女 The Lantern-Lighting Woman 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 After Saving the Day, I Refuse to Be Queen 拯救危机后，姐拒当女王 After Saving the Crisis, This Big Sister Refuses to Be Queen 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 The Agarwood Rose Is a Little Wild 沉香玫瑰有点野 The Wild Side of Agarwood Roses 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 The Medicine King Brother Who Fell to Earth 落入凡间的药王哥哥 The Medicine King Brother Who Fell into the Mortal World 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 The Mysteriously Disappearing Pen 神秘消失的书写笔 The Mysteriously Vanished Writing Brush 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Paper Blossoms: The Clever Craftswoman 纸韵花开巧娘子 To build his mausoleum, the emperor used the souls of the Imperial Guards to make terracotta warriors, sealing their spirits away so they could never enter the cycle of reincarnation. Chu Xiuming, commander of the Imperial Guards; Meng Zhiyun, shunned by her family because of her extremely yin birth chart. Their families opposed their love from beginning to end! Meng Qingyan, Zhiyun's older sister, had been betrothed to Chu Xiuming since childhood. Jealous of their relationship, she used every m 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 The Lonely Boy of That Winter 那年的冬孤少年 Su Kexia and Xu Zhonglin went from school uniforms to wedding clothes. In the ten years they were together, she watched him grow from an awkward youth into a mature man. But the moment she was wheeled into the delivery room, she discovered his betrayal. Dealt a double blow by love and friendship, she decided to run away. Years later, Su Kexia was running a training center and had made a name for herself in the city. Among the new students, one caught her eye: a pretty young girl with a faint sad 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Paranormal Livestream: Please, Stop Telling Stories 灵异直播：求求你别讲了 Lin Xiao, a horror-story streamer, accidentally transmigrates to a world with no supernatural stories. His story about a haunted taxi is met with protests from countless taxi drivers. His story about a human-meat barbecue shop leaves countless barbecue lovers too terrified to go near one. His school ghost story unexpectedly helps the police solve a cold case that has remained unsolved for years. What's more, he discovers that he can inherit a vast collection of Daoist magical artifacts and skill 483Reads7.3Score8514d adds
- 38 The Deadly Game 致命游戏 A rich guy in the WeChat group is sending out red envelopes, and he wants the luckiest person to play a game with him. It turns out he wants the class beauty to... 2.2kReads9.0Score23014d adds
- 39 Hiring a Handsome Guy to Guard the House 雇个帅哥来镇宅 [Horror, one heroine] What do you do when you’re nearly broke? With no other options, Shang Yi reluctantly took a night-shift job, and it completely upended his worldview! The elevator, hallways, underground parking garage, bathrooms… Those places were already enough to give him a headache. But what troubled him even more was the attention he got from beautiful women… Strange incidents kept happening in the residential complex, yet the residents went on living there as if nothing were wrong. The 54Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Strange Tales of Northeast China 东北诡异实录 The comic adaptation of the same name is now available, also known as Mountain Spirit Lost. The comic Northeast Strange Tales is currently being serialized. Across the vast, boundless black earth of Northeast China, one strange and little-known story after another has unfolded. Now, I’ll tell you these long-buried tales of the supernatural, one by one! 31.9kReads9.4Score3.2k14d adds
- 41 Wait for Me, Lady Lingbai 灵柏娘子等等我 That winter night, we sat around the charcoal brazier, the coals crackling as I huddled in a corner and listened to the adults tell a story about the sacred cypress at the village entrance. They said... The person who told me that story has passed away, but the chilling feeling it gave me is still etched in my memory. Now, I’ve adapted the story into a novel. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Seeking the Way in the Legal World 律界问道 [Comeback and growth + charming lawyer + mysteries surrounding cold cases + officialdom and workplace + wits and will] He turns his life around, with Death brushing past him several times. A string of cold cases remain shrouded in mystery... 918Reads—Score15214d adds
- 43 Destined Across Three Lifetimes: A Romantic Legacy of Young Love and Marriage 缘定三生，青春婚约的浪漫传承 A sweet promise spanning their youth, sealed by an engagement. Surrounded by the warmth of family and the passion of youth, they keep their vows and write a romantic story together, full of amusing moments from school and everyday life. From Lin Shimin's admiration for Luo Yimo, to their wondrous chance encounters at all kinds of events, and the hilarious, heartwarming episodes that follow, their story is sure to make you smile. The novel has playful banter between best friends, the warm support 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 I'm Crazy, Don't Mess with Me. I Love Putting on an Act, Remember That 我神经，别惹我，就爱死装你记住 [One-on-one + Happy Ending + Goofy + Completely Unhinged + Bonkers + Insane + Meme-filled] [Unhinged celebrity x domineering CEO who's not cold and aloof] Si Qian transmigrated into a book, becoming an unknown supporting actress in an old-fashioned novel. The System ordered her to redeem the second male lead, or it would wipe out all her assets. Si Qian looked at her remaining balance of two yuan and fifty cents, then gave the System a huge slap. Quit yelling! You're scaring away all my money! A 12.7kReads9.2Score1.7k14d adds
- 45 The Little Princess Who Plays the Pig to Eat the Tiger 扮猪吃虎小王妃 After the shock of that intense visual impact wore off, Ye Yiyi finally came to her senses and immediately turned around. “Beiming Yu! Are you crazy? Why did you let me in while you were changing?” “I didn't let you in! I only told you I was in the bedroom.” Beiming Yu stifled a laugh inside, but put on an utterly innocent face as he spoke. “Ye Yiyi, you've seen my body twice. You have to take responsibility for me!” “Hmph, I've seen plenty of people. Do I have to take responsibility for all of 2.6kReads6.7Score26014d adds
- 46 I Kissed the Demon Dog’s Toes and Became a Cultivation World Troublemaker 亲吻魔犬脚趾，我成了修仙乐子人 [System shenanigans + absurd comedy + light power fantasy + no farming] Other cultivators slay demons and vanquish monsters, reaching for the heavens, but my very first cultivation quest is to kiss a demonic hound’s toe?! After awakening the Taiji Fun-Seeker System, the more ridiculous the quest, the more outrageous the reward! Fairy dresses, lace gloves, bizarre abilities... As long as I keep the antics coming, my cultivation skyrockets! No protagonist torture, no frustration, no melodrama, jus 1.2kReads9.4Score11014d adds
- 47 Tomb Raiding: I Rewrite the Plot and Laugh Myself Silly 盗墓：改写剧情的我，笑疯了 [System + Some Plot Rewrites + Goofy Comedy + Cross-Dressing as a Man + Redemption: The heroine saves the supporting characters, while the main cast and the System save her. All directions. Plot changes early on, then the plot goes completely off the rails later.] Original title: I Laughed Myself Silly While Rewriting the Plot Don't be scared. I'm just a plain old psychopath. Qi Yi binds herself to a System and becomes the Qi family's “adopted son.” Her mission is to save the book's tragic suppo 16.5kReads9.3Score2.1k14d adds
- 48 After I Transmigrated Into a Beautiful Teacher, I Went Rebellious 穿越成美女老师后我叛逆了 Top student + transmigrate + sweet romance + literature + personal growth A genius science-and-engineering student who ruled the school and laughed her way through life failed her entrance exam for the University of Science and Technology of China’s gifted youth program during her first year of high school. Heartbroken, she stepped into the “Madam Yi No. 1” time-traveling machine built by her quirky best friend, Shen Han, and emerged as a demure Chinese teacher. But she ran into one obstacle aft 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 The Female Bank President's Last Resort 女行长的穷途末路 A teller's act of withholding checks toppled the first domino in the bank run at Yunhai City Commercial Bank. Though bank president Ma Yuquan fought desperately to contain the crisis, she ultimately could not counter the enormous fallout from the sudden disappearance of the bank's major shareholder and the head of its controlling rural bank. Ma Yuquan sensed the situation was full of hidden twists and turns, yet never revealed the secret of who she had been with during her brief disappearance, w 947Reads9.3Score12214d adds
- 50 Online Game: Rebuilding My Life 网游之重塑人生 Qin Feng used to be a hopeless romantic. He gave his girlfriend his whole heart and treated her like a queen. And what did he get in return? She casually tossed out, "You can't give me the life I want," then turned around and walked away. Qin Feng was completely crushed. He holed up in his rented apartment every day, questioning his whole existence and wondering what the point of living was. Eventually, with nothing else to do and no other options, he plunged into an online game to kill time. 484Reads9.5Score3614d adds
