Novels like Wild Bones, Springing to Life
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- 51 The Substitute Toppled the White Moonlight 替身掀了白月光 [Soul Painter × Heaven’s Favorite] [Two Powerhouses · Forbidden Redemption] A soul painter scarred by fate, with the twin personalities of a genius and a madman lurking beneath his refined exterior... Top galleries go wild bidding millions for his frenzied creations, while a spoiled heir from Beijing’s elite brands the label “ugly freak” onto his back. He Chen stands above the world with capital in hand. Everyone says an unforgettable first love still holds a place in his heart, yet no one kno 3.9kReads9.0Score35014d adds
- 52 He Chases, He Runs, He Can't Get Away, Interstellar 他追他逃他插翅难飞【星际】 [Two male leads / interstellar / equally matched / mortal enemies / secret identities] [Sweet on the outside, ruthless underneath colonel × troublemaking archaeologist] Taer × Les Les absconds with the money and switches careers from archaeologist to tomb raider. He thinks he has every channel covered, but then a new colonel named Taer appears out of nowhere. Prison is a deep abyss. From now on, it’s nothing but sewing machines. When his sentence is up, Les is penniless and begins a miserable li 38Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 My Father’s Inheritance Is My Archrival 父亲的遗产，是我的死对头 [Publication rights signed] The inheritance my father left me was a man - [Powerful-family romance + rekindled love + bittersweet happy ending + inheritance + high-stakes twists + younger man] [Loyal athlete top x cool-headed elite bottom, and the bottom is the inheritance] [Fox meets dog] A major scandal shakes the capital: the head of the Zhou family has died, leaving his inheritance to the illegitimate son of the rival family, Li Bo. Li Bo shows up uninvited at the Zhou family funeral. Zhou Y 16.8kReads9.3Score2.6k14d adds
- 54 The Discarded Stand-In Has Had Enough 废弃替身想开了 [No female lead, 1v1, seriously angsty drama + stand-in for the unattainable first love + winning him back at any cost + mutual healing + rekindled romance + 80% angst, 20% sweetness + happy ending] Cen Yu had known Gu Yanting for ten years. For the first five, he was Gu Yanting's sidekick, his underling. In the sixth year, Gu Yanting said, “Your profile looks like Qi Anyi's,” and Cen Yu became a stand-in for Gu Yanting's unattainable first love. In the tenth year, Qi Anyi came back. Gu Yanting 5.3kReads8.8Score30814d adds
- 55 The Dignified Stand-In Drops the Act! He’s the Real Mad Dog! 矜持替身不装啦！他才是真疯狗！ [Both leads are each other's first and only + sweet, indulgent romance + aloof, secretly passionate CEO seme x stand-in for the young heir uke] Tan Jin kept a well-behaved stand-in by his side, and all his friends knew about it. The stand-in was handsome, had a great figure, and was sweet-natured. He ticked all of Tan Jin's boxes, and Tan Jin would even take him to parties and such from time to time. Nothing ever went wrong. Then one day, Tan Jin spotted a familiar figure in a bar. The man's arr 2.1kReads9.2Score24014d adds
- 56 A Gambling Dad, a Sick Mom, and a Broken Him 赌博的爹，生病的妈，破碎的他 [Male-Male Romance]+ [The Pursuit After Losing Her]+ [Substitute Romance]+ [Substitute Marriage]+ [Love Triangle Showdown]+ [Age Gap]+ [Size Difference] A gambling father, a sick mother, a useless first love, a broken-hearted him, a husband who bullies him, and now he has to be the stepmother to a younger brat. Life for Li Yuanjin is a constant struggle: he can neither live nor die. Born after his father’s death, he moved with his mother into his stepfather’s home, where he endured years of beat 371Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 57 I Brought a Man Home: Like Stars Falling into My Eyes 捡个男人回家：恰似星子落进眼眸 [Two male leads + younger man + coming of age + mutual healing + contrast + doting on each other + happy ending] As a child, Cheng Cheng suffered trauma. Fortunately, while he was still in school, he met the person he cherished most, who stayed by his side through those bleak days. But their ten-year relationship eventually came to an end. Cheng Cheng moves far away on his own. On a freezing Spring Festival night, Zhang Tongfei, a migrant worker, finds him and takes him home. From an unexpect 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 Check Your Messages! Your Straight Husband Is on His Way 注意查收！直男老公在路上 [Both are romantically inexperienced, one-on-one, happy ending] [Unrequited love becomes mutual, they dote on each other, childhood friends] [Crybaby, devoted-dog top x pampering, tsundere bottom] On the day of their college graduation, Yan Cheng makes an important decision: he's going to give up on his five-year crush, Huo Jingze. There's only one reason: Huo Jingze is straight and could never love him. Yan Cheng gathers his courage and walks out of Huo Jingze's life. After losing Yan Cheng, Hu 3.2kReads9.3Score40314d adds
- 59 Secrets in the Folds of Time 时间褶皱里的秘密 At midnight, the hands of an old clock turned backward. The cold gleam of the badge worn by 30-year-old Shen Yanzhe caught the sight of 26-year-old Shi Mingyu murmuring to empty air. The streets folded in the torrential rain, and his partner, missing for three years, crawled out of a mirror, clutching a bloodstained list of artifacts. A silver glow seeped from the wound on Shi Mingyu’s arm, reflecting Shen Yanzhe’s final glimpse of him disappearing in a blaze of light. When the studio’s wind chi 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 The Boxer and the Golden Retriever 拳手与金毛 [Two Male Leads + Handsome and Strong + Forced Love + The Bottom Suffers Early, the Top Suffers Later + A Long Road to Winning Back His Wife] [Main Couple: Cool, Fierce Boxer Bottom + Flirtatious Mixed-Race Beauty Top] [Secondary Couple: Domineering, Gangster Boss Bottom + Innocent, Scheming Student Top] When Xiang Kai’s younger brother is kidnapped by a crime boss, Xiang Kai enters an underground boxing ring to raise the ransom, only for the butterfly-like owner of the place to take a liking to 1.8kReads8.7Score20314d adds
- 61 Guardian of the Lonely Isle 孤屿守护者 After running into danger during a mountain patrol and vanishing, Fang Yu miraculously returned on the seventh day. But was he truly himself, or an "avatar" assimilated by some ancient, frigid ecological consciousness deep in the Greater Khingan Mountains? Did he return to protect them, or did his return herald the beginning of a far greater and more merciless natural process? The many strange developments left his partner, Ye Zhihan, deeply suspicious. Caught between the scientific understandin 26Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 62 Madly Enchanted by Him 为他颠倒神魂 [Two Male Leads | Reborn in an Old-School, Angsty Romance | Mutual Devotion | Two Unhinged Powerhouses | Sweet Romance | 1v1] In his previous life, Song Linxi trusted the wrong person and was betrayed by his scumbag boyfriend. His legs were amputated, and he was imprisoned in a basement for eight whole years. He thought his life was over, but one day, his scumbag boyfriend's uncle, Gu Linchu, suddenly appeared at the door and said, “I'll take you away.” From then on, Gu Linchu cherished him abov 4.6kReads9.4Score72214d adds
- 63 Showbiz: I Heard I'm a Stand-In? 娱乐圈：听说我是替身？ [Sweet romance, 1v1] When Wen Yan met Yin Shiyi, everyone said he had only been chosen because he looked like Yin Shiyi’s first love. They all warned him not to get too attached, because the real deal would eventually come back. But Wen Yan boldly confessed his feelings, and the man pulled him into his arms, saying with tender affection, “I’ve never treated love as a game. I don’t do stand-ins or white moonlights. You’re my darling, my one and only.” In a nutshell: A stand-in? Not a chance. Don’ 543Reads9.4Score10114d adds
- 64 Forced Captivity 强制圈养 [Two male leads + younger love interest raised by the other + beautiful top, strong bottom + two strong leads + rugged, cool-guy bottom + refined but depraved top + rekindled romance] Jiang Lie beat up a homewrecker and was forced into prison. He never expected that as soon as he got inside, a mysterious man in a suit would force himself on him. Looking at the handsome man with his fair skin and beautiful face, Jiang Lie remembered the boy he had once taken in, who had been just as good-looking. 1.7kReads8.7Score14914d adds
- 65 My Deskmate Is Actually the Crown Prince of the Capital's Elite Circle! 我同桌，竟是京圈太子爷！ [Two male leads + school life + coming of age + secret crush + mutual devotion] [Shameless young master relentlessly pursues aloof academic ace] Ding is sent by his dad to an ordinary school to experience life. On the very first day, he falls out with Dai, but the teacher assigns the two of them to sit together 537Reads—Score10714d adds
- 66 The Down-and-Out Second Male Lead in a Redemption Romance 救赎言情文里的落魄反派男二 [Two male leads + healing + two strong leads + devoted to each other] [Easygoing, straight-laced bottom x gentle, dark, and calculating top] [The top is frail early on and mentally unstable] Xu Wen transmigrates into an early-era domineering CEO novel, as the assistant to the doomed second male lead. An unreliable System tells him he can only survive by redeeming the villainous second male lead. Unfortunately, the story is already near its end. The sweet, innocent heroine and the scandal-ridden 19.1kReads9.3Score2.3k14d adds
- 67 Reborn Movie Emperor: My Archenemy Has Loved Me for Ten Years 重生影帝：死对头竟爱我十年 The rating will rise once it’s released [Two male leads + reborn + entertainment industry + equally matched leads + devoted to each other + loyal dog + 1v1] [Cold and glamorous reborn award-winning actor, bottom × Obsessive, unhinged top-tier star, top] Three years after his death, he is reborn in the body of a minor actor. But he discovers that his nemesis of ten years has him pinned against a wall, eyes red: “The mole on your left shoulder... Why is it exactly the same as his?” Ke Yuanxu, a 272Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 68 Fallen into the Abyss, Unaware of the Pain of Parting 堕渊不谙离恨苦 [Two Male Leads] [Both Powerful] [Xianxia] [Some Angst] [Pursuing His Lover After Losing Him] [Reconciliation and a Happy Ending] An unpredictable, deranged Venerable Lord x a gentle, refined young master Mu Mianchen wanted to honor his engagement and help his junior sister, so he went to the Demon Realm, hoping to make his death seem justified. But Liu Cheny you did not kill him. Instead, he refined him into a puppet. Controlled in the Realm of Rebirth, Mu Mianchen was made to seize a sword. 706Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 Where Does Angelica Return? 当归知何处 [Transmigration | Push and Pull | Mutual Healing | False Replacement] [Transmigrated Impostor Physician vs. Cold-Faced General] A modern-day chef unexpectedly transmigrates and finds himself appointed by imperial decree as the physician to a great general in the northern frontier. With no System or golden finger to help him, he still manages to quietly win the cold-faced general's heart. But the court is in turmoil and danger lurks everywhere: spies sow discord, his achievements threaten the thr 42Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 The Attack's Substitute: An Illusion of the White Moonlight 攻替身：白月光幻象 The top dotes on the bottom, and he loves him to pieces both before and after the groveling begins [Two male leads + size difference + eight-year age gap + younger man + secret crush becomes mutual + powerful, wealthy families in the capital + angsty push and pull + contract relationship + groveling to win back a lover + jealous, possessive love + getting back together + raising a child + both inexperienced + happy ending] A sci-fi ABO story about having a baby in an artificial womb. Pheromones 361Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 Sleeping Peacefully Beneath the Sophora Tree 顾枕槐安 Younger man + substitute + love grows over time + regretful pursuit of the ex + putting scumbags in their place + angst, angst, and more angst!!! Before he turned eighteen, Du Huai’an had no father in his life. The year he turned eighteen, his mother, who had raised him alone, was diagnosed with stomach cancer. So she took him to meet the man who was supposedly his father. That was when he learned his father was the head of the prestigious Zhu family in Jingyuan. He entered the Zhu family as the 1.5kReads8.4Score14014d adds
- 72 A Top Student Is Just the Master of a Silly Dog in Love 所谓学霸，是傻狗爱的主人 [Coercive love + extreme control + a huge contrast] Jiang Lian is a top student and campus heartthrob, aloof and distant, the girls’ unattainable ideal. Lu Ye is the school bully, a rabid dog: unruly and defiant, the demon king all the boys steer clear of. But no one knows what their relationship is really like: lovers on the surface, master and servant in private. Especially in bed, the one who should be on his knees is the one calling the shots, while the one giving orders is the one being rav 294Reads8.4Score33814d adds
- 73 Choosing a Worthy Match 择膏粱 [Xianxia + Remarriage + Young Married Couple + Rekindled Love + Scumbag Chases His Wife to the Crematorium + Younger Pursuer] This is the story of a bad boy who tries every trick in the book to remarry his wife. Wei Zhi, the bad boy, looks down on the wife his parents “carefully chose” for him. Not only does she come from a poor family, she’s also delicate. The moment anyone picks on her, she bursts into tears. Just looking at her annoys him. Wei Zhi tries everything, from beating and berating h 603Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 74 EN After Marrying the Villain as a Substitute, the Cannon Fodder Can't Get a Divorce 替嫁给反派后，炮灰他离不掉了 [Two male leads + System + golden finger + cheat ability + comeback] 1. Luo Beishi has been despised by his adoptive parents ever since he was little. His biological parents are just as dismissive and impatient with him. In everyone else's eyes, Luo Beishi is a domineering, bullying impostor who stole the real young master's place. No matter how hard he tries, he's only ever a foil for the real young master. He gets no recognition, only ridicule. 2. Shortly after he turns twenty, his adoptive pa 6.7kReads9.4Score1k14d adds
- 75 Brother, If I Kiss You, Your Boyfriend Won't Get Jealous, Right? 哥哥，我亲你，你男友不会生气吧 [Failed pursuit of the wife + switching to a new gong + younger man + intense push and pull] [Green-tea, sweet-on-the-outside-and-dark-within puppy gong Baili Can X gentle, elegant recipient Ji Su'er] [Both pure] Ji Su'er pursued Qin Mo for seven years, only to get a single sentence from the scumbag: “You disgust me.” He’d loved him for so long, but it took only one night to walk away. His friend set up a night out drinking, but Ji Su'er went straight home with a college guy. After drinking, the 6.3kReads9.5Score1k14d adds
- 76 Don’t Cry. Come Here and Let Me Hold You 别哭了，过来抱抱 The rating just came in, don’t mind the low score~ Puppies and their big brothers are the best! [Rekindled Romance + Mutual Firsts + Age Gap + Younger Man + Sweet Romance] [Younger Crybaby Puppy Top x Guiding, Supportive Bottom] On the first day back in the country at age thirty-three, Wen Haoxing unexpectedly runs into the scruffy puppy he took in six years ago. The puppy has grown up. He’s a little troubled, a little crazy, and still cries easily! … At twenty-five, Jiang Yan gazes up at Wen H 10kReads9.2Score88814d adds
- 77 A Forced-Love Angsty Romance 一篇强制爱狗血虐文 Male-male romance + forced love + melodrama + groveling redemption + unhinged characters + physical and emotional torment + angst with a sweet payoff + confinement + happy ending The pursuer knows he’s a scumbag. He’s inhuman at first, then goes mad chasing his love, even stabbing himself. * To get revenge on Chen Jing, Duan Jinyan personally sent him to prison, leaving him disfigured, deaf, and covered in ugly scars. After his release, Chen Jing ran into Duan Jinyan again. He begged Duan to lea 2.9kReads6.3Score16714d adds
- 78 The Substitute’s Acting Is Explosive, and Mr. Song Stumbles into a Trap 替身演技炸裂，宋总阴沟里翻船 The person Mr. Song loved went abroad, so he kept a poor student, Chu Yanyi, by his side as a stand-in for two whole years. Mr. Song knew Chu Yanyi was hopelessly in love with him. Those eyes full of affection alone gave him away. When the real thing returned, Mr. Song prepared to send the stand-in away, but the stand-in killed himself. Just as Mr. Song thought Chu Yanyi was dead, he discovered that the man’s parents had been paid to pretend to be his parents, and the urn supposedly holding his 8.5kReads9.2Score98714d adds
- 79 The Rake Who Couldn’t Be Tamed 痞夫难驯 ★ A torture chamber in the name of love, a life-or-death game so cruel it makes your heart tremble ★ [Angst + melodrama + physical abuse + real and fake young masters + everyone gets a bad ending] Three years ago, Gong Mingyou was forced to marry Shen Zhiyu. Everyone said Shen Zhiyu had schemed to make that night happen. Once the rumor spread, Shen Zhiyu’s reputation was ruined. The Lin family’s stock, the company owned by Shen Zhiyu’s biological parents, plummeted. To save their company, Shen Z 1.5kReads7.1Score35914d adds
- 80 The Substitute Is So Sweet and Obedient! The Chaste White Moonlight Spoils Her Endlessly 替身茶又乖！禁欲白月光无限宠溺 What do you do when you discover your scumbag boyfriend has been using you as a substitute? The best revenge is to dump him and steal his white moonlight! [+ Two male leads + transmigrate into a book + punish the scumbag + sweet and satisfying romance + dating show + showbiz + older man/younger man] Jiang Qingzhou wakes up one day to find himself inside a substitute romance novel, as the tragic, same-name-and-surname love interest whom the scumbag drove to suicide. To stop his white moonlight fr 3.5kReads9.3Score46814d adds
- 81 The Male Heartthrob Tears Up the Tragic Romance Script 万人迷他手撕虐文剧本 [Quick Transmigration] [Two Male Leads] [Violent, Irresistible Bottom] [Fragmented Top] [Using Violence to Fight Violence] Tang Jiang didn't have to deal with his family going bankrupt or being saddled with enormous debts. Instead, he partnered with Conquest System 312. His goal is to reduce the Abuse-the-Protagonist value to zero. He travels through all kinds of dark, melodramatic novels about abuse, taking the place of characters who are bullied by everyone and changing their miserable fates. 4.6kReads9.2Score46114d adds
- 82 After Becoming a Substitute Bride, the Mute Is the Mogul's Cherished Treasure 替嫁后，小哑巴是大佬掌心宝 [A sharp-tongued, possessive powerhouse X a frail, beautiful mute] Two male leads + ABO + flirtation and pampering + a little angst Nan Yi is mute. He's also a low-quality Omega. That's why he's been invisible in his family since childhood. On the day he turns twenty, the same birthday as his high-quality Omega twin brother, he takes his brother's place. The man is called He Yushen. Nan Yi knows that He Yushen is in love with his younger brother, Nan Zhi. He Yushen: “He's just a low-grade Omega 7.8kReads9.1Score1.2k14d adds
- 83 You Scumbag Ex, Your White Moonlight Has Her Eye on Me 渣男前任，你的白月光对我虎视眈眈 [Showbiz + Stand-In + Everyone's Darling] ACK's heartthrob Tong Yang became an instant sensation when he debuted. He was adored by everyone in his group, but outside it, scandals followed him everywhere. Only after being kidnapped one day did he realize that all that tender, devoted affection actually belonged to someone else. Given another chance at life, he refuses to be anyone's stand-in. He just wants to live as himself. He thought he would have to walk the road ahead alone, but unexpectedly 2.3kReads9.4Score45614d adds
- 84 The Emperor Goes Too Far 皇上太过分 I... had actually transmigrated. How should I put it? I’d landed straight in a situation as... twisted as being imprisoned. The reason? The body’s original owner had offended the emperor... As the imperial preceptor, ending up in this state was infuriating. Let’s see how Gong Chenxiu turns things around. Cold-blooded, scheming emperor: Ye Yinhan Bewitchingly sinister imperial preceptor: Gong Chenxiu 1.3kReads9.2Score17914d adds
- 85 Longing Unanswered 念念不忘，再无回响 [Two Male Leads \ ABO \ Angst Novel \ Substitute \ Chasing His Wife to the Crematorium] Important warning ❤️ The main love interest gets a bad ending; the second male lead ends up with him~ Yu Moyi had a white moonlight in his heart, but they couldn’t be together because their pheromones were naturally incompatible. So he found an Omega who looked a lot like his white moonlight: Jiang Yan. Jiang Yan was obedient and devoted to him. No matter how badly Yu Moyi treated him, he never got angry. Yu 5.9kReads9.2Score50114d adds
- 86 Spoiled Beyond Measure: President Li's Cherished Darling 盛宠之下：厉总的掌心娇宠 [Two male leads + cold-faced financial tycoon seme x devoted affection magnet uke + both leads are each other's first and only + no substitute trope + rekindled love + happy ending + multiple couples] Any resemblance between the characters, locations, names, plot, and anything else in this story and real people or places is purely coincidental. This story is entirely fictional! Li Xiuchen, the richest man in S City, is cold, handsome, and wealthy, with power to turn the world upside down. But th 710Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 EN Crazy, Crazy, Crazy! The Fake Young Master Bullies All the Wealthy Families with Absurdity 癫癫癫！假少爷靠抽象霸凌全豪门 [Devoted to each other, 1v1, extremely absurd fake young master bottom x seemingly aloof but actually sinister top on the verge of a psychotic break] Xie Ji woke up to find himself the disposable fake young master in a novel about a universally adored protagonist. To serve as a foil to the beloved real young master, his parents packed him off to a farming reality show. The real young master was aloof and beautiful, but he would become a plaything in the hands of the young masters. Xie Ji’s m 4.1kReads9.3Score68914d adds
- 88 Live with Me, and You'll Never Go Hungry 跟我住，管饱 A super-sweet, slice-of-life food story. [Two men + both have no past relationships + cozy, sweet romance + mutual devotion + fast-paced + no angst + not a story about the rich] Qu Xiang is a private chef who cooks in people's homes. Before meeting his love, all he wanted was a simple life. As it turns out, fate takes pity on him and gives him a wonderfully dependable, caring partner who pulls him along as they build a better life together, one steady step at a time. Cheng Yijian is an ordinary 7.2kReads9.1Score1k14d adds
- 89 Saving the Villainous Tycoon Through Quick Transmigration 在快穿拯救反派大佬 [No female lead + devoted to each other + sweet romance + 1v1 + redemption + villains + obsessive and unhinged] How can a wild System land a permanent job? Find a Host. Do missions. A pure, innocent little sweetheart gets bound by a wild System and told to bring warmth to a big-shot villain. Like a little bee, they diligently get to work. They were supposed to help the villain turn over a new leaf. The Ghost King whispers dangerously in their ear: "Isn't it a little late to run now?" Their s 3kReads9.4Score22914d adds
- 90 After I Was Bullied, the Gang Boss Treated Me Like His Own Child 被霸凌后黑社会大哥待我视如己出 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 His Little Fool Doesn't Cry Anymore 他的小傻子不爱哭了 [BL + both pure + angst + just rated] In a corner of Shengying Noble High School, there was always a figure named Su Nian. As the illegitimate son the Su family kept hidden from the world, he had suffered a childhood accident that left him with a brain injury. He was always half a beat slower than everyone else, and his clear eyes were often filled with timid confusion. When classmates mocked and shoved him, all he could do was tear up, like a little beast nobody wanted. In the hallway, Su Nian 9.4kReads9.3Score70314d adds
- 92 Everyone's a Psycho! The Cannon Fodder Takes Charge, Bold and Arrogant 全员疯批！炮灰当老大嚣张又霸道 [Four-way romantic showdown + everyone is insane + yandere + sweet on the outside, ruthless underneath + placing your bets + an extreme choice of four] Ji Jiusheng transmigrates. The good news: he’s a rich young heir. The bad news: his parents are both dead, and he has grown into a villainous cannon-fodder playboy who loves drinking and women, squanders his fortune, and ends up without even a body to bury. The newly arrived Ji Jiusheng: “???” Emooo~ I don’t want to die. To avoid being killed by 1.6kReads9.4Score1.1k14d adds
- 93 I Saved My Master’s Honor, but Lost My Own 拯救师尊的清白后，我的清白没了 [Print edition publication deal signed; progress updates at Qinlingling] [Two male leads + cultivation + older top + master and disciple + both virgins + happy ending] [Cold, gentle, white-snake master top x sunny, affectionate puppy-like disciple bottom] Chu Xianlan discovered that he could have prophetic dreams. At first, he thought they were just coincidences, until every dream turned out to involve his most respected master, Yichen. [The arrogant and domineering Fourth Prince finds himself u 28.9kReads9.5Score5.2k14d adds
- 94 A Tough Man’s Weakness 硬汉的软肋 On the rainy night I was scammed while trying to rent a room, I had nowhere else to go. I was shoved into an old alley, an aging house, and the life of a strange man. Xiong Yue was thirty-eight, built like a mountain, quiet, and as punctual as a clock. I thought living under someone else’s roof would be hard to bear. But he left a light on when I came home late from overtime, came to pick me up with his umbrella tilted against the rain, and would sigh alone in the middle of the night, silentl 1.3kReads—Score11214d adds
- 95 A Bromance in the Great Tang 大唐基友记 In the Tianbao era, Chang’an was a city of dazzling splendor, with undercurrents churning beneath the surface. Forty-year-old Pei Yuanshao was a renowned spice merchant in the Eastern Market. He was tall and powerfully built, with a resolute face, silver at his temples, and a pair of broad, strong hands. His whole bearing spoke of a steady, bold man who had seen much of the world. Thirty-eight-year-old Qin Huaiyuan was a constable in Chang’an County. Broad-backed and burly, he had a square face, 48Reads—Score10014d adds
- 96 Forbidden Embrace 禁忌的拥抱 Forty-five-year-old Lu Zhenhai is the city’s quietest “giant”: weighing 320 jin, with a broad back and shoulders like a wall. Once a dockworker, he now runs an auto repair shop beside the secondhand market that nobody ever visits. His life is like a scrapped engine: heavy, greasy, and forgotten by everyone. Twenty-five-year-old Shen Du is the city’s brightest “lie.” A graduate of a prestigious university’s architecture program, he was disgraced by a plagiarism scandal and blacklisted by the enti 1.9kReads—Score10214d adds
- 97 Eye Sacrifice 眼祭 Eye Sacrifice 93Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 Reunited Three Years Later 重逢在三年之后 Reunited Three Years Later 3.3kReads—Score—14d adds
- 99 The Prince I Married in Someone Else’s Place Is a Little Crazy 代嫁王爷有点疯 The Prince Consort by Proxy Is a Little Crazy 2.3kReads—Score—14d adds
- 100 Return to the Harbor 归·港 Return to the Harbor 191Reads—Score—14d adds
