Novels like The Second Book of Saving the World
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- 151 The Warlord's Betrothed Princess 枭雄的赐婚小王妃 Born into an age of chaos, the great warlord Gao Cheng ends the era of rival states and unites the six kingdoms… Yan Yunhe, the apple of the Yan family’s eye, is suddenly betrothed to the ruthless Gao Cheng… 19Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 152 Suihua Pavilion 岁华轩 Hello, everyone. I'm a new author, Mingding He. I hope you'll give me some inspiration to help me improve this book. Suihua Pavilion: to know the past and understand the future is called Sui; to reveal the subtle and explain the obscure is called Hua. —Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 153 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
- 154 The Return Journey on the Silk Road 丝路返程 This story spans more than forty years, from the First Crusade to the early years of the Southern Song and the peace between the Song and Jin. The Kingdom of Jerusalem is newly founded, and the Knights Hospitaller are born in secret. Ancient Rus is engulfed in warfare, while Viking sails reach far across the sea to North America. The Seljuk realm fractures, and the Ghaznavid Empire declines. The Varanasi school shakes the world with its teachings. The Song and Jin join forces to destroy Liao; We 41Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 155 Lord of Righteousness and Evil 正邪神君 Traditional fantasy His family was wiped out when he was born. The infant they saved at the cost of their lives grew up in the Li family for fifteen years before setting out to uncover the truth behind their massacre. In the ancient war, nine divine beasts became the Nine Cauldrons. What was the real reason the demons started the war? What is good, and what is evil? If killing one innocent, good person could save ten million people, would you do it? If you pursue a righteous outcome by wrongful 3Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 156 Seven-Day Loop: The Male Lead Commits Suicide for Love Every Week 7天循环：男主每周都在殉情 [Limited-cycle loop + devoted couple seeking love + light System + reborn revenge] After a strange man saves her life at the cost of his own, Qiu Shui becomes trapped in a loop. Gradually, she discovers that the world has been turned upside down and everyone around her is evil. With the support of the Plane Loop System, Qiu Shui cleans up the workplace, tears into trashy men, says goodbye to fake friends, and cuts off every awful romantic prospect! What? Someone’s stealing her face and her man 9Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 157 The Heaven-Stealing Sword God 偷天剑神 My new work is here! You’re welcome to read it 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! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 158 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
- 159 Hong Kong Crossover: Crazier Than Portland Street! 港综：癫过砵兰街！ [Madman + Hong Kong Movie Mashup + Dark Humor + Fighting Violence with Violence] Li Hao transmigrates into a world where Hong Kong movies have merged, only to be thrown into Stanley Prison from the start. The dark-faced prison boss across from him leers at his fair, delicate skin. Suddenly, the Madman System booms in his mind: “Damn it! Grab some shit and smear it all over his face! Reward: Iron Shirt!” While the protagonists are still acting tough and recruiting followers, Li Hao is already cru 2.2kReads8.1Score—14d adds
- 160 A Poem Builds the Phoenix Terrace 诗筑凤台 [Strong female lead + a poetic beauty who's even more formidable + transmigration + concubine-born daughter makes a comeback + poetry full of hidden barbs + no romance + high intelligence and emotional intelligence + subverting tropes + satisfying wish fulfillment] Ran Zixi, a modern master's student in Chinese Language and Literature, is studying ancient texts in a library when she transmigrates into the body of a low-status concubine-born daughter of the Ran family in Yunhuang, a fictional dyn 34Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 161 Naruto: I'm from the Hyuga Branch Family, and I'm Falling Apart! 火影：开局日向分家，我裂开了！ [One heroine: Tsunade + System + Passionate action + Not a power fantasy] In Konoha Year 30, the wind cuts through the cold. Hyuga Enichi kneels on the Main Family's frigid flagstones, bearing the Caged Bird Seal and as lowly as dust. His parents died in battle, leaving him a servant to the Main Family. He thought he could only spend the rest of his life sinking into humiliation. Then, one day, the Crossover Character Template System awakened, bringing legendary powers such as Yoriichi Tsugikuni 45Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 162 Clay Masters Are Weak? What Does That Have to Do with Me, Deidara! 粘土师弱？关我迪达拉什么事！ [Everyone changes class + nuclear-explosion art] [Mostly everyday life] [Well, maybe it's a little funny, too] In this world, everyone changes class, and combat classes are held in high esteem! Chu Nan transmigrates here, only to become the most useless entertainment-class worker: a firecracker-maker (crossed out) clay sculptor. All he can do is set off a few firecrackers at other people's funerals to get by. Luckily, Chu Nan discovers a bug in this world: because of its emphasis on individua 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 163 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
- 164 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
- 165 Peerless Keeps Getting Reincarnated Again and Again 无双又双叒又穿了 Transmigrate? Transmigrate into a book? Transmigrate into a System? Contents: Main timeline: Fussy childhood sweetheart vs. doting childhood friend (1-5) First timeline: Fussy little princess vs. dim-witted prince Second timeline: ??? Third timeline: ??? Fourth timeline: ??? 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 166 Fatebreaker: Elemental Frenzy 逆命者：元素狂潮 How could he tell her? Tell her that he might not only die, but turn into a... fool before he did? Tell her that all his struggles and the faint hope that had just begun to kindle had been crushed to pieces by the damned “thorns” inside him? Suppressing his fear, he put on a nonchalant expression. “Hey... It’s all Paqi’s fault. He scared me again with the cancer-cell repair rate. It’s fine... I’m fine...” —Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 167 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
- 168 The CEO Doesn't Speak Human 总裁他不懂人话 [Aloof, Fastidious CEO × Sweet-Talking Employee] They say President Shen has three major deal-breakers: he stays away from women, his cleanliness obsession is off the charts, and his tongue is razor-sharp. Who could have guessed that one contract would make her his personal assistant? The whole internet predicted she wouldn’t survive three days of probation. But six months later, she was still alive. Everyone was stunned. Had the CEO fallen head over heels? Only then did she realize that this se —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 169 A New Rain on a Sunny Day: A Travelogue of Nanchang 晴天新雨，南昌游记 This story comes after The Flame-Tailed Fox Demon and the Ice-Cloud Chasing the Fire, but it's not a sequel. The sequel is still being written. This one is short, mainly to give everyone a change of pace. It's only a hundred thousand words. 1Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 170 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
- 171 The Road to Qian 芊途 A novel about competitive online gaming. The early stages focus on leveling up, fighting bosses, and running dungeons, while competitive tournaments begin in the middle and later stages. As the official game updates roll out, the gameplay will change too. Gaming is more than just a game: it is the beginning of a journey toward a dream. Qian Tu theme song: My skill is my sword, the arena my frontier, My fingers dance, the battle song rings clear. One second’s hesitation, and the outcome is seale —Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 172 After the Divorce, They All Want to Date Me 离婚后，她们都想跟我谈恋爱 Lu Fan loses his job, and his campus beauty wife looks down on him and divorces him. Only after the divorce does Lu Fan realize that his life is entering a second spring. He gets a secret manual for winning a woman's heart, and begins his comeback. The female CEO slides a bank card across the table: “Marry me, and both I and my company will be yours.” The sweet, innocent campus beauty tugs at his sleeve in the library: “I don't want a designer bag. I just want to eat street food with you.” The c 218Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 173 Light in the Abyss: Starlit Magic from Another World 绝境之光：来自异界的星尘魔法 [Cat-eared girl, apocalypse, fast-paced plot, the glory of humanity, Stardust technology, salvation] In 2079, beneath a gray sky, human civilization has spent ten years struggling under the iron hooves of the Star-Eater Swarm and is on the brink of extinction. Just as the last line of defense, the Taihang Wall, is about to collapse and all hope is about to be swallowed, a rift tears across the firmament and sends a cat-eared girl from another world, Liya, into this desolate wasteland. She is no —Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 174 The Immortal Army: An Endless Life of Fortune and Misfortune 长生军：福祸相依的无尽人生 The merits and faults of the ages may be debated, but who dares challenge the imperial throne and stand above all? Ten thousand years later, facing an army of thousands, the eternal emperor Wang Sheng will look back on the final moment when the people begged him to sweep away the enemy and turn the tide. Could the price of eternal life really be a fate worse than death? He can sweep away thousands of enemies and survive through sheer cunning. A protagonist who becomes invincible in stages, epic 1Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 175 Tu Shi and Lulu's Fantasy Adventure 兔十与露露的奇幻冒险 [Western fantasy + Light novel] A story born from several original characters of my own creation. Follow the little fairy Lulu and the slime Tu Tu on their travels and adventures through different countries! I won’t put my own OCs through the wringer! The whole novel is meant to be lighthearted and relaxing. Life is hard enough already, so switch off your brain and enjoy something sweet! PS: The OC illustrations and design sketches are just there to help you enjoy the story and are not directly 1Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 176 Species Evolution at the End of the World 末世之物种进化 [Slow-Burn Storytelling + Melee Weapons + No Invincibility + Not Reborn + No System] A mysterious blood mist blankets the globe, and every species unlocks its genetic restraints in an instant. As the natural order is reshuffled, will species go extinct like those of the old era, or become a new kind of humanity and continue to rule Blue Star? The blurb doesn’t do it justice. Please read the story. —Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 177 The Mystery of Longquan 龙泉迷踪 My grandfather was coerced by Sun Dianying into robbing the Eastern Mausoleum of Empress Dowager Cixi, and contracted a bloodline curse that eats away at the bones and soul. It has been passed down through the generations. To find a cure, I was forced onto the desperate path of raiding tombs in search of medicine, only to discover that I am a descendant of the ancient God of War, Chi You. The only hope of breaking the curse lies in five ancient imperial tombs where Chi You's backbone is buried. —Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 178 I Dumped My Biased Fiancé and Snagged a War Hero as My Live-in Husband 踹掉偏心未婚夫，拐来兵王做赘婿 156Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 179 Seeking Goodness 寻善 [Not a wish-fulfillment story + no cheats + no female lead + plot-driven + highly intelligent characters] You think you understand the truth? I'm merely scattering spiritual opium across the Golden Throne Hall, so the flock will still bleat its thanks when the whip falls. The way you struggle in the mud while reciting that hard work will be rewarded makes me laugh more than a circus act jumping through hoops of fire. The cake? Of course we have to make it bigger. Every generation uses its own m 5Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 180 I Open My Eyes on a Bus and Enter an Apocalypse Survival Instance 睁眼在公交，开启末日生存副本 (Post-apocalyptic setting + strong female lead + no male lead + power progression + coming-of-age heroine) Ming Chengxue jolted awake from a fit of terror and flung open her eyes. Noise buzzed in her ears. Only then did she realize she seemed to be on a bus. The driver suddenly honked repeatedly, making her ears ring and her head spin. Before she could react, a sharp pain struck, and a strange memory appeared in her mind. She quickly realized that she had transmigrated into the body of a pitiful 120Reads—Score—14d adds
- 181 A Guide to the Reborn Dark Moonlight 黑月光重生指南 “I love you. Everything I’ve done has been for you.” “Don’t reject me. I built this empire for you. It will forever stand beside you in my place.” “I am beyond forgiveness. You are both my sin and my redemption.” “Madman.” “I’ve let go of the past. I only want to find my own answers. Why do you insist on chasing a monster like me?” Desen touched Long Xiao’s unfamiliar face and wiped away her tears. Nothing could smother the love surging wildly within him. “In this mad world, we are all sinners.” —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 182 The Immortal Path of the Treasure Vase 宝瓶仙途 Everyone wants to cultivate immortality, but Ning Chen, also known as Er Dan, just wants a wife and kids, a warm bed, and five acres of good farmland where he can live in peace and freedom. By a twist of fate, he acquires a magical bottle. From then on, Ning Chen is forced into the treacherous world of immortal cultivation, but he remains hopelessly obsessed with farming. Even with the world on the brink of destruction and disaster looming, he stays calm and says, “What’s the rush? Your ancestor —Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 183 Twin Jade Pendants 双生珏 One is an ordinary youth of mysterious origins; the other, a peerless young noble who stands proudly above the world. With their arrival, the cataclysm that shook the world twenty years ago returns... 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 184 You Fool, Stop Blushing! 傻子，别脸红！ [Goddess + childhood sweetheart + inspirational + wish fulfillment] Society is a place that wears people down, where the poor struggle to get by. A job is just a means of making a living, but does being a courier mean I deserve to be bullied? After a beautiful customer humiliated me over and over, I finally couldn't take it anymore… —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 185 Devouring Demon Emperor 吞噬魔帝 His fiancée betrays him, and his Supreme Bone is stolen. Ning Que refuses to accept his fate, and what should have been a calamity turns into a blessing: he obtains the ancient weapon, the Pagoda of Subjugation, and awakens the ancient Devouring Demon Physique. With just one man and one sword, he wipes out the family that repaid his kindness with treachery, carves his way through the academy that framed him, strides beneath the sun and moon, and severs the ages with his sword… 2.2kReads7.4Score20014d adds
- 186 Genius Baby: The Celebrity Mom Everyone Adores 天才宝贝：明星妈咪太受宠 Five years ago, just as Rong Lan’s entertainment career was taking off, she suddenly transmigrated into an ancient imperial harem. After climbing the ranks through a series of harem power struggles, she became the emperor’s favored consort and gave birth to a genius prince. The two of them relied on each other to survive in that merciless harem. She thought they were finally on their way to the top, but then the country fell, and Rong Lan transmigrated back! When she returned, she discovered tha —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 187 Five Sisters Transmigrate to the 1980s and Become the Richest 五姐妹群穿80年代当首富 [Group transmigration + ensemble cast + no romance [meaning no love interest, not even a flirtation] + no angst throughout + airtight logic + satisfying face-slapping + explosive combat prowess + making money, making money, making money throughout + and some face-slapping on the side] Synopsis: “Transmigrated as a working-class woman in the 1980s? Don't panic. First, have your best friend punch straight through the feudal patriarchy!” 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 188 The All-Around Powerhouse’s Secret Identity Has Been Exposed 全能大佬她马甲爆了 In her previous life, she was the Mu family’s “fake heiress,” at everyone’s mercy. She gave her heart to the wrong people and ended up as a “living heart” to keep her fake younger sister alive! Reborn, she vows to make everyone who harmed her pay in blood! After binding herself to the All-Around Secret Identity Creation System, she becomes a medical genius, a celebrated composer, the King of Hackers, and the hidden controller of a mysterious conglomerate! Her scumbag father and stepmother beg he —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 189 Sister-in-Law, Don’t Panic. Watch Me Fight My Way Through This Chaotic Age! 嫂子别慌，看我杀穿这乱世！ (An alternate-history power fantasy. The flowers were simply at their most beautiful that year, and I just happened to know how to appreciate them!) The good news: a crime boss has transmigrated, and the first thing he sees is his charming, bashful sister-in-law. The bad news: he's landed in a chaotic age where human life is worth less than a blade of grass. The law is a joke, and might makes right. Well, then, I won't hold back. I'll brew liquor and make salt, drawing on memories of short video 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 190 Inheriting a Fortune of Tens of Millions: I'm Growing a Peach Blossom Paradise in the Desert! 继承千万遗产：我在沙漠种桃源！ [System + Infrastructure Building + Tourist Attractions + Cultivation + Spiritual Qi Revival + National Darling] By a stroke of luck, she arrives on a parallel Blue Star and begins a massive desert makeover. Before long, it becomes the most fun must-visit destination on the entire planet! What? The head of state was my grandpa's childhood friend? Then what are we waiting for? Let's get to work... Interdimensional workers: Lu Buwei, Ying Zheng, a magical girl, an interstellar guy, and a cooking c —Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 191 A Dreamlike Life: After Our Imperial Wedding, My Lord Went Mad 浮生若梦：奉旨成婚后，大人疯了 [Two male leads + historical romance] [All I want in this life is him. As it happens, he's a man.] * The military dynasty of the Zongzheng family produced its first civil official: Zongzheng Chuwen, a Vice Minister of the Court of Judicial Review. His dark crimson robes wrapped a lean, formidable frame, and his cinnabar brush passed judgment on cases of life and death. Yet a song, “Lament of the Hanging Moon,” played in a side courtyard of the Court of State Ceremonial, unsettled his heart. * 14Reads—Score314d adds
- 192 Top-Tier Divine Authority Is Powerful? I Have Ten! 顶级神权很强？可我拥有十个！ [One day, everyone who stood beside you will be gone. You alone will hold ten bloodstained keys, seated on the throne of divine authority and counted among the gods.] [Alternate world + divine authority hierarchy + Night Demons return + no System] When humans gain the powers of gods, will they become heroes who save the world, or demons in human skin? A thousand years ago, Xuanji severed the Night Emperor’s head and sealed the Night Demon clan in the Far North, in the land known as the Abyss, al 5Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 193 I Got in Good With the King of Hell, and Now I Rule the Underworld 傍上阎王爷，我在地府呼风又唤雨 Under renovation [Devoted couple, comedy, sweet-and-angsty fantasy historical romance] Though her allotted lifespan wasn’t over, Jiang Yi was in a car accident and, in a daze, was dragged to the underworld by the Black and White Impermanence. Faced with an exceptionally handsome, wealthy King of Hell, Jiang Yi wiped away her drool and shamelessly demanded, “You have to give me an explanation! Even if the Jade Emperor, Buddha, or the Virgin Mary showed up, they’d have to take my side!” (hands on —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 194 Reborn After My Scumbag Boyfriend Vanished: I Expose Him Online and Search for Him 重生渣男失联，我全网曝光找人 In her previous life, Jiang Yunxi was blinded by love and had terrible judgment. A man swindled all her money, and she was left wearing a huge green hat. When her father had no money for surgery, the scumbag was living it up with his mistress using Jiang Yunxi’s money! Jiang Yunxi died with regrets. Reborn, Jiang Yunxi swore she would never be blinded by love again! She tramples her scumbag ex, tears into the celebrity mistress, and enters the entertainment industry. Isn’t building a career so m —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 195 Beneath the Rubble 瓦砾之下 This is not fast food fiction, nor is it a mindless power fantasy about transmigrating. It is a realistic story about the everyday life of an ordinary family living in a teachers’ compound. The early chapters move more slowly because there are many characters, and I want to bring out the bonds between neighbors so readers can get to know them. This is my first novel, so please be kind if it’s not to your taste. I’ll carefully consider any valuable suggestions. This is the first book, set mainly 1Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 196 Cultivation: Top Up and Borrow, Then Rise to the Heavens 修仙：充值加借贷，修为通天代 Cheng Yunsheng transmigrates to a cultivation world and awakens both a top-up System and a loan System! No resources for cultivation? “Loan System, I want to borrow a trillion spirit stones!” Have to work hard to cultivate? “Top-Up System, boost me all the way to the Immortal Emperor realm!” (The blurb doesn’t do it justice. Read the story.) —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 197 My Brother Turned into a Little Cutie, and I Swear I'll Never Let Go 兄弟变成小萝莉，我发誓绝不放手 [Slice of life] + [Gender transformation] + [Sweet romance] + [Healing] When she was ten, Lin Chichi, clutching a glass marble, met Ye Zaozao, who was as white and soft as a snowball, beneath a cherry tree. The two children, both at the mercy of fate, made wishes on a four-leaf clover, only to face life-changing upheavals within days: one lost her mother to illness, and the other's parents abandoned her. Bound together for ten years, Lin Chichi, haunted by her mother's death, and Ye Zaozao, suff 36Reads—Score—14d adds
- 198 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
- 199 Seeking Peace at the End of the World 末处寻安良 With no memories from the start, she tries to survive in a brothel while searching for her memories...and ends up becoming its top courtesan. Then he appears like a beam of light, helping her escape her desperate circumstances. But is he fate or a calamity? With the fate of the nation at stake, how can this insignificant affection ever find a happy ending...? The ugliest thing in this world is human nature. No one is wrong when everyone stands on a different side, but after a lifetime of struggl —Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 200 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
