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- 51 Clear Notes in the Cold Night 冷夜清音 Three years as a live-in son-in-law, as if plunged into an icy abyss; one cry of “God of War,” and his name echoes through the skies. She is the only clear note in his bitter nights; he is her final refuge in a troubled world. Character Profiles: · Gu Ye Han: A live-in son-in-law who seems timid, but is actually the illustrious Northern Frontier God of War, the “Night Emperor.” Cold and restrained, he lives only to protect his wife, Su Qingyin. · Su Qingyin: CEO of the Su Group. Strong on the o 7Reads—Score214d adds
- 52 Don't Be Too Honest 做人不要太老实 In real life, don't be too honest and accommodating. Honesty is a virtue, but taken too far, it can leave you in a difficult position. People who are too accommodating often don't know how to say no. When faced with unreasonable demands, they force themselves to agree, leaving themselves exhausted and risking that others will take them for granted. At work, they quietly take on a heavy workload but don't know how to showcase their achievements, so promotion opportunities often go to people who k 127Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 In Search of Her Trail 寻觅芳踪 A nostalgic romance about migrant workers in the 1990s! Packed with details from the decade: pagers, IC-card payphones, green passenger trains, letters from factory girls, radios, cassette tapes, VCDs, stickers of Hong Kong and Taiwanese stars, polyester shirts, woven-plastic sacks, assembly lines, overtime pay, temporary residence permits, and running faster than a rabbit when the police came to check them... 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 Feng Shui for Beginners 零基础学习风水 My name is Chen Ping'an... Understand this novel, and your destiny will change forever... Even complete beginners can learn simple, practical feng shui secrets... If you want to change something in your life, you really should give it a read! 217Reads7.0Score3414d adds
- 55 The Day We Broke Up, One Needle Made Me a Master Healer 分手当天，我一针封神成国医 On graduation day, his girlfriend says, “I don’t want to hold you back,” then turns and walks into the Lin Medical Group. Shen Mobai clutches the old acupuncture kit his father left behind, remembering the phone call from his previous life, the black SUV, and how nothing came after that. This time, he won’t chase her. He walks into No. 17 Wenchang Alley and becomes the student of an old man who drinks tea from a chipped enamel mug. In three days, he cures thirty years of neck and shoulder pain; 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 Outsiders Join Forces with My Wife to Set a Trap, but I'm the One Who Breaks It 外人联手妻子做局，我才是破局人 A 35-year-old algorithm genius at a major tech company is framed by his boss and laid off. His cheating wife conspires with outsiders to seize his assets and custody of their child. His father dies in grief after being scammed with an AI face-swap. Just as he hits rock bottom, an accidental electric shock links him to the bioenergy of the future, the year 2080, awakening cutting-edge electromagnetic wave tracing technology! He tears his treacherous wife and her lover apart, takes down his unscru 70Reads—Score714d adds
- 57 The Lingnan Swordsman 岭南剑客 The miasma of Lingnan hung over Mount Cangwu like ink that would never dissolve, sealing it off completely. Liu Nanren gripped his rusted iron sword. Its tip sliced through the dense fog, revealing an old crescent-shaped scar on his wrist: the mark left fifteen years ago, when he crawled out of a mountain of corpses after Tianyu City fell. “Your Highness, it's time to leave.” A hoarse voice came from behind him. The old minister Yuchi Chun leaned on his bamboo staff, the hair at his temples whit 51Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 A Practical Guide to Traditional Chinese Medicine, Wellness, and Feng Shui Luck 中医养生与风水转运实操教学 [Practical wellness advice] [Traditional Chinese medicine tips + feng shui for changing your fortune] [The first novel anywhere to teach you how to “nurture your body like feng shui”] [Read the face, understand the heart] [Turn your luck around with food therapy] My master left me a copy of The Yellow Emperor’s Inner Canon and these words: “The greatest feng shui in the world isn’t your ancestors’ graves. It’s the hundred-odd pounds of flesh that make up your body.” And so I became an unconventi 5.1kReads8.9Score75014d adds
- 59 Notes of a Northern School Feng Shui Master 北派风水师笔记 I'm a poor kid from a mountain village in Northeast China. To get enough to eat, I teamed up with Third Uncle to help people bury their dead and find burial sites as a yin-yang master. Some people call us feng shui masters. From south to north, I've met all kinds of people: scheming, treacherous, and ready to risk everything for money! I've also been dragged into one predicament after another... Looking back on everything I've been through over the years, one question has begun to haunt me day a 4kReads6.9Score30114d adds
- 60 A Love That Burns Beneath Restraint 隐忍的炽爱 Shen Qingdai, the cherished daughter of a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, has been doted on by her parents since childhood and never suffered the slightest grievance. Even her tears were carefully treasured. Her world should have been filled with the scent of herbs, ancient medical texts, and her parents' boundless affection, until Han Luosheng, a cheeky, swaggering boy, burst unexpectedly into this warm and gentle world like a blazing sun. Han Luosheng is the son of an ol 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 A Heart Like Bamboo, A World as Vast as Mountains and Rivers 竹心自修，山河自阔 A Bamboo Heart Cultivates Itself; the Mountains and Rivers Stretch Far and Wide 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 He Said We Were Just Childhood Friends. I Believed Him for Twelve Years 他说只是发小，我信了十二年 Shi Yan had always thought she and Zhan Zhou were a textbook example of childhood friendship. They’d known each other since they wore split-crotch pants. He gave her his chicken drumstick in kindergarten, fought for her in primary school, made her brown sugar water in middle school, and helped her with physics in high school. Twelve years. A full twelve years. She’d taken his “childhood friend treatment” for granted. Whenever he stood behind her for graduation photos, she even praised him in he 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 The Paranormal Arrives, and Psychology Makes Me a Global Legend 诡异降临，我靠心理学成全球神话 [National Fate Horror Games + Livestream + Subverting Expectations + Mastermind] Rule-based horror descends upon the world. Each country selects a “Chosen One” to enter a bizarre world and face its challenges. If they fail, the horrors invade reality. I, Shen Qingci, am a psychologist who specializes in studying “abnormal human behavior.” I became the Chosen One for the Dragon Nation. While the Chosen Ones from other countries trembled before the horrors, I faced the camera and pulled out an Int 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 The Germaphobe Miss and the Tsundere Mr. 洁癖小姐与傲娇先生 [Devoted to Each Other + Sweet Romance + Severe Germaphobe + Tsundere Young Master + Happy Ending] When a sterile world collides with a life of danger, two souls who have nothing in common are forced to live together. Lin Xingchen, a germaphobe above all else, even disinfects the air; Lu Yan, who says one thing and means another, hides his tenderness behind a cold exterior. Diapers and surveillance cameras fly side by side, while disinfectant and danger share the same scene. Amid infant cries 1Reads—Score114d adds
- 65 Kindness in Peach Blossom Valley, Blessings for Generations 桃源善念，福泽千秋 A benevolent heart brings blessings for generations to come 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 I’m Not a Monkey: A Prisoner’s Confession 我不是猴子变的：一个囚徒的自白 They say humans evolved from monkeys. Then answer me this: monkeys have fur, so why are humans hairless and forced to wear clothes to keep warm? Monkeys are great at climbing trees, so why are human hands so smooth that one fall can break a bone? Monkeys walk on all fours, so why do humans stand upright and walk, putting constant strain on their spines? It wasn’t evolution. It was deliberate. I was never human to begin with. I was a ball of light from the spirit world. After I asked, “Who am I?” 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 Lin Yu's Chivalrous Journey Through the Martial World 林羽的江湖侠义路 Lin Yu's Chivalrous Journey Through the Martial World —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 The Aspirations of a Youth from Qingyan, Pursuing the Sword and Finding His True Heart 青岩少年志，逐剑悟真心 A Young Man of Qingyan, Pursuing the Sword and Discovering His True Heart —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 The I Ching in Everyday Life: My Journey to Enlightenment 生活中的易经：我的悟道实录 Which path should I take in life? Why am I still unhappy despite all my hard work? Will that person come back? Will next year be any better? We have all paused at a crossroads in life, wondering what fate has in store for us. While I was writing this series, someone asked me, “Do people actually read what you write? These days, everyone likes feel-good stories.” I smiled and said nothing. Feel-good stories can make you happy for a while, but once you finish them, you're still left feeling lost. 32Reads6.8Score1014d adds
- 70 The Young Swordsman's Shadow: Lin Feng's Chivalrous Quest 少年剑影：林风的侠义征程 A Young Swordsman’s Shadow: Lin Feng’s Chivalrous Journey 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 The Upper Class's Closely Guarded Secret: The Ugly Truth About Rich-People Thinking 上层阶级绝密：难听的富人思维 [Not a Power Fantasy] This book is an unpleasant course in revealing advanced ways of thinking. If that bothers you, don't read it. This book offers a detailed account of the unspeakable secrets of the upper-class wealthy circles. The hidden information gaps and dark truths of the upper class are exposed... A certain cryptocurrency circle? A certain stock? A certain family? A certain industry? Beyond the village? ... A whole series of topics will be discussed in detail later. Do you know why you 975Reads7.4Score19714d adds
- 72 Dusty Tales from the 318 Sichuan-Tibet Highway 318川藏线上的风尘往事 Broke female travelers + Highway 318 + Sichuan-Tibet route + hitchhiking + road trip + finding a wife My company was laying people off, and I was one of them. As if things weren't bad enough, my wife ran off with someone else. Down in the dumps, I headed west toward Tibet. This is the story of a beat-up camper van, the Sichuan-Tibet stretch of Highway 318, and more than thirty women with nowhere else to turn. Every one of their stories is more exciting than my miserable life. 33.6kReads8.2Score2.2k14d adds
- 73 The Traveler in the Faint Light: Turning Ordinary Days into a Blazing River of Stars 微光赶路人：把普通日子，活成滚烫星河 A Wayfarer in the Faint Light: Turning Ordinary Days into a Blaze of Stars 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 An Unparalleled Bond 绝世联情 Set against the various historical periods from the 1920s to the 1980s, this novel follows the tumultuous lives, joys and sorrows, and tragic romances of Long Xingqiu, a principal at a middle school from a family of couplet writers, and his children. It tells a modern tale of swordsmen and scholars, blending tragedy and comedy in a story that will sometimes bring readers to tears and sometimes make them laugh out loud. Full of suspense, twists and turns, and interlocking plotlines, the story is 94Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 75 The Tangyin Cases 棠阴比事 [Ancient Crime Investigation | Ancient Forensic Science | Solving Bizarre Cases | Unraveling Mysteries with Reason] Without surveillance cameras or DNA, how did people in ancient times solve unusual cases? A collection of case judgments handed down from the Song dynasty records more than 70 real major cases found in official histories. A stepmother's murder of her husband sparks a bloody family tragedy; a wife conspires with her lover to kill her husband and disguises his death as an accident; f 46Reads7.9Score3014d adds
- 76 The Women of the Yang Family 老杨家那些女人们 The Yang family has six daughters, each with a trail of romantic entanglements behind her. Together, they've turned the whole village upside down. The net of justice may be vast, but no one escapes it. In the end, all six miscreants suffer the consequences of their own actions... 259Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 He Watches You from the Shadows 他在背后凝视你 Chi Wan, a female detective, had seen more than enough corpses, but never one with roses offered after death. A famous woman painter was brutally murdered in her studio. There was a small wound between her brows and a thornless rose by her side. Every piece of evidence pointed to her abusive husband, and Chi Wan was ready to close the case, until a man appeared. “My name is Wenren Jing. I’m the victim’s defense attorney.” Gentle and refined, he nevertheless brought the case crashing down with a 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 On Our Wedding Night, He Accused Me of Killing His Brother 替嫁当晚，他说我是杀弟仇人 “On our wedding night, my husband pressed a gun to my forehead. ‘You killed my younger brother.’ But what he doesn't know is that the ‘enemy’ he wants to kill and the woman he has yearned for over fifteen years are one and the same.” What you think is hell is only the entrance to the abyss. The demon you imagine has merely changed faces. The ending you expect is only the beginning of something else. 40Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 Reborn in a Desperate World, I Save Lives with Medicine! 胎穿绝境求生，我靠医术济苍生！ [Reborn in the womb] [Master physician] [Ancient setting] [Slow burn] In his previous life, Tang Wenxu was an unfulfilled veteran of traditional Chinese medicine. Handsome and talented, with superb medical skills, he refused to curry favor with the powerful and was always generous to others, yet lived in poverty all his life. His mother and younger brother died of tuberculosis. Though he had the medical skills to help them, he was powerless to save them. At the age of eighty-six, he closed his e 275Reads9.1Score14814d adds
- 80 On Our Wedding Night, I Called Gao Shi Li Bai 洞房夜，我对着高适喊李白 [Transmigrate to the Tang Dynasty + System + Marry Gao Shi × Win Over Li Bai] [Calling the Wrong Name on Their Wedding Night + Romantic Rivals in a Love Triangle + The Husband’s Long Road to Redemption] [Sweet Romance + Everyday Life in an Ancient Setting + Married Life] A System malfunction sent me to the Tang Dynasty, where I married Gao Shi. But my mission is to win over Li Bai. On our wedding night, three times As Gao Shi kissed my earlobe, I asked, “Do you know Li Bai?” As Gao Shi kissed my 679Reads—Score10814d adds
- 81 Reborn, I Remarry, and My In-Laws Buy Me an Eldest Brother 重生改嫁婆家买来长兄 Being reborn didn't help her escape disaster. Just as she had finally decided to love someone wholeheartedly, he was framed and thrown into prison. Du Anhui was forced to bow her head to a scumbag and sign a humiliating five-year agreement. She thought they would never cross paths again, but she met Kang Rubai once more. He had lost his memory and forgotten everything about his past, yet his instinctive attraction to her couldn't lie. Kang Siqi schemed at every turn. One conspiracy left her preg 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 82 Mountains and Rivers in Ink: She Raises a Monument to the Nine Provinces 山河入墨：她为九州立碑 Mountains and rivers are her canvas, blood her ink. She painted every corner of the land, just to meet him in the final stroke. She raised monuments to the land; he guarded her mountain for a thousand years. The mortal girl Hua Wei carries nine lost immortal scrolls sealed within her. The disgraced disciple Qi Yuan wears the brush she used in her past life at his waist. After twelve hundred years of reincarnation, they are finally reunited. The price: she must become the mountains and rivers, fo 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 Cat Hunter 猎猫 This story is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual events or people is purely coincidental. There are two kinds of people in this world. Some live in the sunlight, believing in law, order, and justice. Others live in the shadows, following their own rules and killing with their own hands. Zhao Xiaomeng belongs to the first kind. Or at least, that's how she seems. She's seventeen, top of her class, a gifted student in her teachers' eyes and a straight-A student to her classmates. No one 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 Moonlight on Glazed Glass: A Record of Enlightenment Through the Six Roots 月映琉璃：六根证道录 Moonlight on Glazed Glass: A Record of Enlightenment Through the Six Roots 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 Tales from the Corner: A Dream of the Immortal Palace 角落往事之梦落仙宫 People often say that a scary story is one thing, but the words "based on a true story" are what really frighten you. But what if most of the story is raw truth, untouched by embellishment? What is the truth about demons and monsters? Have the legends passed down by word of mouth really left traces in this world? And the dragon: was it merely an ancient totem imagined by people, or did it truly exist? If it did exist, what might it have been like? And where in the world is the mist-shrouded Kunl 3.2kReads9.5Score38214d adds
- 86 The Eye of Kunlun: Shadows of Memory 昆仑之眼：记忆的影子 When the copper lock on the camphorwood chest snapped open with a click, Lin Shen caught a familiar scent. It was a blend of pine-soot ink, old paper, and the cedar fragrance Zhou Shen always wore. Like a letter from another time, it instantly drew him back to an afternoon three years ago, when his mentor had been bent over his desk. Sunlight streamed through the carved wooden window and danced in the old man's graying hair. On the desk lay an open copy of The Tale of King Mu, whose annotations 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 Seeing Through Illusions to Find Truth, Wisdom Opens a New Path 破妄寻真之智启新途 Wisdom That Dispels Illusions and Seeks Truth, Opening a New Path —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 In the Demonic Path, I Become a God Through Pure Guesswork 人在魔道，全靠脑补成神 A socially anxious Demon Lord who wins by being misunderstood, and a ridiculous cultivation saga where everyone jumps to conclusions. #SocialAnxiety #Villain #System #EveryoneJumpsToConclusions #RidiculousPowerFantasy #SubvertingExpectations #Xianxia #FeigningWeaknessToCatchTheStrong #EveryoneMisunderstands #BecomingADeityWithoutLiftingAFinger When Cang Hanyi woke up, a voice had appeared in his mind: “Host, please slaughter a village to establish your authority.” In his previous life, he’d b 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 City of Hidden Shadows: A Mysterious Disappearance 都市谜影之神秘失踪 Twenty-three-year-old detective Xu Nian's first major case is the mysterious disappearance of a young girl. The client sobs, “My daughter answered a phone call and never came home!” The only clues are a diary and an ex-boyfriend whose body is covered in strange symbols. The symbols are the lost “Night Watcher cipher,” pointing to an abandoned chemical plant on the outskirts of the city. When Xu Nian sneaks into the plant's underground level, she sees something she will never forget Twenty t 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 Street Food Recipes 地摊小吃配方 Snacks are a must-have treat found on streets and in alleys everywhere. Whether you're eating at home or setting up a stall after losing your job, snacks are an option worth considering for ordinary folks like us! So today, let's go over some snack recipes! 2.4kReads—Score87114d adds
- 91 Quick Transmigration: I Am Your Comeuppance 快穿你的报应就是我 A long-form quick transmigration story, not a mindless slaughterfest. The heroine lives out a whole lifetime in each world. In every life, she first builds herself a good life, then takes revenge bit by bit. No fixed CP. Romance doesn't take up the main plot; it's only there to support it. A refined egoist. Hu Moli was a nine-tailed mystic fox. While weakened during her transformation, she was stabbed to death. She binds herself to a System and transmigrates across worlds, fulfilling the wishes 10.1kReads8.3Score1.4k14d adds
- 92 Your Majesty the Empress, This Eunuch Wants to Marry You 女皇陛下，奴才要娶你 Zhao Zilong transmigrates to the Great Yan Empire and, by a twist of fate, becomes a fake eunuch. Murong Wushuang of Great Yan follows the late emperor's decree and disguises herself as a man to become emperor. What will happen when a fake emperor meets a fake eunuch? See how Zhao Zilong rises above all others in ancient society and lives as a carefree hero. In the end, he not only unifies the realm, but also wins the beauty's heart, reaching the pinnacle of life! 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 Reborn as the Deposed Empress: The Dowager Empress’s Blade Draws Blood to Avenge Her Family 废后重生：太后掌心刃血偿满门仇 [Reborn as the Empress Dowager + Ruthless and Decisive + Empress’s Political Schemes] In her previous life, she was the empress, but the treacherous emperor and her half-sister betrayed her! Her entire family was executed, and she died consumed by hatred. When she opens her eyes again, she has become the Empress Dowager, ruling from behind the curtain! In this life, she casts aside love and wields the imperial seal. Her half-sister foolishly dreams of taking her place in the inner palace, so she 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 Tianji Pavilion: A Beginner’s Guide to Feng Shui 天机阁风水入门基础教材 The Heavenly Secrets Pavilion's Introductory Feng Shui Textbook draws on the essence of traditional Chinese divination, breaking down the core principles of feng shui in simple terms. From the basics of qi theory and landforms to the layout of homes and how to assess auspicious and inauspicious directions, every section includes practical methods. Concise and useful, it helps beginners get started quickly and build a solid foundation in feng shui. 619Reads—Score22314d adds
- 95 He Wants a Child, Yet He Forced Me to Abort Ten Times 他想要孩子，却逼我流产十次 He wanted a child, yet forced me to have ten abortions 96Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 The Art of the God of War: The Schemes of Huaiyin 兵仙箓：淮阴玄谋 The Art of War: Huaiyin’s Hidden Stratagems 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 The Invisible Grain of Qingli 庆历无影粮 The Shadowless Grain of Qingli —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 At 28, My Lucky Client Finally Came On Board 28岁，我的锦鲤乙方上岗了 While other people get promoted and a raise at twenty-eight, Gu Xiuyuan finally met the ultimate client from hell at the same age: someone who could counter his bad luck. As the poker-faced vice president of Ruike Medical, he believed in science, yet fate kept beating him down. Birds managed to bomb him with pinpoint accuracy as he walked, projectors always crashed during presentations, and even a sip of water could go down the wrong way. Then the new accountant, Ning Jinyue, filled out an expen 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 Cognitive Shock: 50 Masterpieces That Turn Fate Around 认知暴击50本神作的逆天改命书 As the author of Cognitive Shock: Books That Change Your Fate, Inspired by 50 Masterpieces, I’d like to share some thoughts with you. Have you ever felt that you’ve read countless books, yet your life stays exactly the same? It’s not that knowledge is useless. Most of us simply read at a basic level, passively taking in information. This book is a record of my journey out of that rut. I used to believe that any reading was beneficial, until reality gave me a harsh lesson. I’d read shelf after s 91Reads6.6Score1414d adds
- 100 The Insurance Saleswoman 保险公司的女业务员 Her name is Chen Xi. She dropped out of high school early and entered the workforce at a young age. She wanted to find a factory job and live a steady life, but she couldn't escape the factory supervisor's unwelcome advances. Unwilling to put up with it, she quit without hesitation and ventured into the insurance industry. With no connections and no tricks, she relies only on hard work and determination. An ordinary girl's life: she has to carve out her own path. The names in this story are use 2.1kReads7.2Score10014d adds
