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- 1 Southern Archives: The Hidden Thread-and-Pearl Scheme Is Complete, Xia Zai Returns to a House Full of Fireworks 南部档案：暗线穿珠局完成·虾仔回归.满堂烟火 Southern Archives: The Hidden Pearl-Stringing Operation Is Complete, Xia Zai Returns to a House Full of Celebration 48Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Southern Archives: The Hands-in-Pockets Silhouette in the Archives Fooled Everyone 南部档案：档案馆那个插兜的背影，骗了所有人 Southern Archives: The Figure with Hands in His Pockets at the Archives Fooled Everyone 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Archive 444 444号档案馆 “I listened to spring rain all night in a little tower. So many young swordsmen roam Xianyang...” Eighty years after Zhang Haixia’s death, Zhang Hailou accidentally wandered into a place called Convenience Store No. 444. There was a clerk whose eyes could see ghosts, and a mysterious, muttering underworld messenger. Ghosts? Could they see Xiazai, too? ... 161Reads—Score10614d adds
- 4 Southern Archives: The Return of the Dark and Fair Moonlights 南部档案：黑白月光归来 Lou-Xia Couple + Sweet Romance + Childhood Sweethearts + Mystery Solving If a room erupts in a deafening racket, Zhang Hailou is grappling with Black Shrimp at close quarters... The outcome is anyone’s guess... If it’s quiet, White Shrimp has the upper hand, and Zhang Hailou has gotten his way again. Zhang Haixia is resurrected but loses his memory. Zhang Hailou grins wickedly: “You’re my wife. Call me hubby.” Zhang Haixia: “I lost my memory, not my intelligence.” Zhang Hailou: “I’m doomed. I ha 364Reads—Score10014d adds
- 5 Southern Archives: Reborn at Xiamen Harbor, I Must Protect My Xia Zai (Part 1) 南部档案：重生回厦城码头，我要护住我的虾仔（上） Southern Archives: Reborn at the Xiamen City Wharf, I’ll Protect My Xia Zai (Part 1) 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Southern Archives: Reborn at Xiamen Harbor, I Must Protect My Xia Zai (Part 2) 南部档案：重生回厦城码头，我要护住我的虾仔（下） Southern Archives: Reborn at the Xiamen City Wharf, I’ll Protect My Xia Zai (Part 2) 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Southern Archives: Trusting You as I Always Have 南部档案之信你如初 After returning from Panhua Reef, Zhang Haixia is left paralyzed from the waist down. Zhang Hailou stays by his side without sleep or rest, learning massage, secretly preparing medicine, and making him a wheelchair with his own hands. He gives him everything he can. He wants Zhang Haixia to understand that being paralyzed doesn't make him a burden; owing one another is proof that they're alive. When someone is accepted without conditions, Black Shrimp has nowhere to take root. The darkness that 472Reads—Score10414d adds
- 8 Southern Archives: The Ancestral Dragon's Blood Carries Salt-Baked Shrimp from the Start 南部档案：开局祖龙血带飞盐焗虾 [Southern Files + Fixing Regrets + Humor + Sweet, No Angst + Powerful Leads + Satisfying Case-Solving] Reborn as a cannon-fodder outer disciple of the Southern Archives, he faces the threat of Twilight Grass ravaging Nanyang and the Wang family’s schemes. Zhang Haiyuan says: “This one’s in the bag.” The bloodline of the Ancestral Dragon makes him immune to all poisons, and his max-level Bajiquan lets him win with overwhelming force! Watching Zhang Haiyan and Zhang Haixia bicker while still looki 108Reads—Score23814d adds
- 9 Southern Archives: The Shrimp-Salt Fog 南部档案：虾盐迷雾 [The Southern Archives fanfic + Xia and Yan pairing + two male leads + adventure] (I’d rather see them embrace than kiss.) There is a romance! After all these years apart, you’re still you, and I’m still me. Yan: Taking three steps back is the way out I’m leaving you. I’ll leave you the same way out by taking three steps back, too. Xia: What if I don’t want to step back? Yan: Then I’ll step forward and go with you. What’s the big deal? [I’ll stick with the original synopsis after all] The author 191Reads—Score11014d adds
- 10 Southern Archives: Salt-Baked Shrimp, Immortality, Sweet Romance, and Suspense 南部档案：盐焗虾长生甜宠悬疑录 The Mo Yun Gao faction's army, which had dominated the Nanyang region for a century, was finally wiped out for good. But the price was that Mo Yun Gao would spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair, while Zhang Haiqi was left gravely wounded and on the brink of death. At the critical moment, Zhang Qiling, the current head of the Zhang family, came riding the waves. Using the blood of the Qilin to defy fate, he forcibly pulled them both back from the gates of death. After the group helped their 295Reads—Score10814d adds
- 11 The Southern Archives: Moonlight on a Thorny Road 南部档案：月光走过荆棘路 [A Southern Archives fanfic + fixed main pairing: Lou Xia + striving to keep characters in character + original female lead + some original plotlines + some headcanons] A transfer order sends Zhang Hailou and Zhang Haixia to Balai for thirty years. Half a year later, their senior sister Zhang Jingyu follows them to Nanyang. Life in Nanyang is peaceful and uneventful, until the Panhuahai Reef case suddenly comes to light. “Who exactly are you?” “Misery is not fate; disaster is brought about by 156Reads—Score10614d adds
- 12 South Archives: The Return of the Blue Sea Shrimp 南部档案馆：澜海归虾 A derivative of Southern Archives, mutual salvation, breaking free of fate, mystery and investigation, a male lead with a dual personality, a gentle and resilient heroine, a slow-burn mix of sweetness and angst, rewriting a bad ending for a happy ending, OOC. The long-awaited tomb-raiding series has finally gotten a new drama, and I couldn't resist writing about it. But poor Xia Zai made my heart ache so much; I cried my eyes out! So I'm going to write a story about redemption. It may be a littl 289Reads—Score10414d adds
- 13 Southern Archives: The East Wind Blows Through the Tower Again Tonight 南部档案：小楼今夜又东风 The entire novel is complete! You're warmly invited to read! A Zhang Haiyan fanfic set in The Southern Archives. Zhang Hailou / Yan X Nan Xi [Original female lead + bickering enemies + love grows over time + equally matched + healing + one-on-one romance] Nan Xi's first impression of Zhang Hailou: a cross-dressing, sharp-tongued jerk who never stopped running his mouth. Nan Xi's final introduction of Zhang Hailou: my sharp-tongued husband. 1.7kReads8.2Score21914d adds
- 14 Southern Archives: The Blind Tomb’s Returning Guest 南部档案：盲冢归客 I’ll rewrite your ending. Pairing: Salt-Baked Shrimp. Zhang Hailou × Zhang Haixia During the Republic of China era, Zhang Haixia was poisoned with a strange toxin and teetered on the brink of losing control. Zhang Hailou risked everything to seal him in a tomb in the southwestern wilderness, where he would sleep. From then on, Zhang Hailou became “Little Zhang,” wandering Nanyang and waiting alone for a century. A hundred years later, he walks through the rain into Yucun and asks the Iron Triang 180Reads7.3Score11514d adds
- 15 What Do You Mean My Brother Is My Only Guide? 什么叫我哥是我唯一向导？ A Zhang Haiyan x Zhang Haixia fanfic. Their ending left me so unsatisfied that I decided to give them another one! They open their eyes to find themselves in a strange place, with unfamiliar bodies and unfamiliar memories. No matter how many times things change, though, they can always recognize each other at a glance. Absolute Severance: After killing the brother he loved most with his own hands, Haiyan is consumed by grief. But! Could someone as clever as Haixia really have made no backup plan 45Reads—Score1214d adds
- 16 Southern Archives: Salt Is Hard to Come By, Crossing the Shrimp at Dusk 南部档案：一盐难尽，渡虾过黄昏 [Haiyan Reborn // Mystery and Case-Solving / Powerful Leads / Partners Growing Together / Low-Spice] After faking his death, Zhang Haiyan is reborn, and the plot changes a little. This is a story about someone reborn and making up for past regrets. 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Southern Files: Couple Status 南部档案：情侣关系 [Southern Archives fanfiction + salt-baked shrimp + transmigrate and reborn + split personality + two powerful leads + sweet pampering + happy ending] Zhang Hailou never imagined that one day he and Zhang Haixia would become lovers. You can’t really blame him for lacking willpower. Shrimp was simply too delicious! He just couldn’t bring himself to refuse. 516Reads—Score10114d adds
- 18 Southern Archives: Journey Through Mountains and Seas to Find Peace 南部档案，山海赴安宁 A wanderer rises from the vast sea, while by the stream one gathers cloud mushrooms. There’s no romance, okay? But feel free to ship the Salt-Baked Shrimp duo! The heroine is Zhang Hailing, Zhang Haixia’s younger sister. All night, the little tower listens to spring rain; how many years has the wanderer roamed Xianyang? I haven’t figured out the rest yet. Anyway, the main goal is to make up for regrets. Some things may differ from the show or the book. I can only do my best to stay true to the p 44Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Southern Archives: Homecoming 南部档案:归巢 South Archives: Return to the Nest 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Southern Archives: Dreaming of Butterflies 南部档案:梦蝶 South Archives: Dreaming of Butterflies 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Southern Archives: After Ju Xia Dies, She Enters the Original Story and Meets Shu Yan a Century Later 南部档案:剧虾身死后穿进原著，跨越百年与书盐相逢 Southern Archives: After Ju Xia Died, He Transmigrated into the Original Story and Met Shu Yan a Century Later 99Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 The Whole World Knows What Zhang Haixia Is Plotting 全世界都知道张海侠在打什么算盘 The Zhang family’s foremost strategist returns with a limp. Though physically impaired, he’s iron-willed, and there’s only one thing on his mind: tying Zhang Hailou to his belt. Every day, Zhang Hailou thinks: Why is he always sniffing me? Something’s off. Seriously, something’s really off. 547Reads—Score10114d adds
- 23 Southern Archives: Xia Zai, I’m Here to Repay What I Owe You 南部档案：虾仔，欠你的我来还了 [Southern Archives + two powerful leads + apologies for OOC + original elements + mystery-solving + fanfiction] For many years after Xia Zai left, Zhang Haiyan regretted it more than once. He regretted his reckless youth and his failure to watch his words, which led to the destruction of the Southern Archives and cost Xia Zai his life. But what he regretted most was sending Xia Zai to Nanyang. If Xia Zai had never gone, he would have become the successor to the Southern Archives and lived a life 22Reads—Score10114d adds
- 24 Tomb Raiding: Nonsense, I'm a Proper Gentleman! 盗墓：胡说，我正经人！ One-line premise: Give me a chance, friend. I really am a respectable person (smiling face). OOC warning!!! [Original female protagonist + maxed-out combat ability + The Grave Robbers' Chronicles fanfiction + Southern Archives + lots of headcanon + no System] Pairing undecided, with a slight harem vibe In the middle of nowhere, you meet a kindred spirit. How about we be friends? Wu Xie: She's crazy. Completely crazy. Xiao Ge: Tough. Pangzi: Who said this Ji girl was bad? She's just the best! 599Reads—Score10314d adds
- 25 Tomb Raiding: Southern Archives, Little Brother, Hide Yourself! 盗墓：南部档案之小哥你藏好咯！ I transmigrated! Into the currently popular TV series Southern Archives! This is great! As a fan of tomb-raiding novels, Zhang Haiyu knows exactly how the story is supposed to unfold! Wait... what?! Why is Zhang Haixian the first to die?! We’re doomed! Zhang Haixia has gone berserk!! What do I do?! Wu Xie can turn into the Evil Emperor, so I don’t even want to imagine what Zhang Haixia might become! Watching Zhang Haixia grab him by the collar and say, “Haixian’s gone. What gives you the ri 36Reads—Score11014d adds
- 26 Tomb Raiding: I Picked Up a Little Brother? No, an Older Brother 盗墓，捡了一个弟弟？不，是哥哥 [Tomb Raiding], [Fanfiction], [Female-oriented] [An ultra-protective heroine] [Multiple male leads] (The synopsis is updated from time to time.) The story begins in Zhang Qiling's childhood. Zhang Shuyin transmigrates. She wakes up in the body of a five-year-old child. There, she meets someone she will never be able to let go of for the rest of her life. At first, she thinks the people in this family are strange. Later, many things prove her right. And every new event keeps changing what she 325Reads—Score11214d adds
- 27 Southern Archives: Symbiosis 南部档案：共生 [Salt-baked shrimp + Salted Shrimp + staying as true as possible to the characters in the show, no OOC + the TV adaptation’s Salted Shrimp (will refer to the original work by Sanshu)] They’ve known each other since childhood and grew up side by side. Zhang Hailou couldn’t face going on living alone in the world after Xia Zai died. This had long since stopped being mere brotherly affection. He couldn’t imagine losing him, even if it meant no longer being the person he used to be. Zhang Hailou did 77Reads—Score10714d adds
- 28 Old Files from the South 南部旧档 Zhang Hailou × Zhang Haixia (salt-baked shrimp) “The soul of another is growing inside the person he loves, so he guards the final doorway with his blade, waiting for him to return.” 5Reads—Score214d adds
- 29 Southern Archives (After Zhang Haixia Was Reborn) 《南部档案》（张海虾重生后） Southern Archives (After Zhang Haixia Is Reborn) 104Reads—Score1014d adds
- 30 Zhang Haixia, If You Could Come to My World, Would You? 张海侠，如果能来到我的世界，你愿意吗 Zhang Haixia, if you could come to my world, would you want to? 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Zhang Haixia and Zhang Hailou: Southern Files: Moonlight Shining on the Little Tower 张海虾张海楼：南部档案·明月光光照小楼 Zhang Haixia and Zhang Hailou: Southern Archives: Moonlight Shining on the Little Tower 44Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Southern Files: Black Shrimp or White Shrimp, I Want Live Shrimp 南部档案：管他黑虾白虾我要活虾 [Southern Archives fanfiction + salt-baked shrimp (no fixed pairing) + sweet] I didn’t like the ending of the TV adaptation, so I wrote my own continuation. I’m a beginner, so apologies for my poor writing. Apologies for out-of-character moments. “Do you want to go back to Xiamen?” “I’m a little tired.” Zhang Haixia collapsed into Zhang Hailou’s arms. As he closed his eyes, Zhang Hailou had already prepared himself to leave, too. If... if he could choose, whether it was black shrimp or white shr 637Reads—Score10914d adds
- 33 Southern Archives: Salt Shrimp Gets Spoiled by the Livestream Comments 南部档案：盐虾直播被弹幕剧透了 [Livestream + System + Two Male Leads + Equally Matched Powerhouses + Happy Ending + Creative Adaptation + Horror + Paranormal Investigations] Zhang Haiyan is waiting at the ferry crossing for Zhang Haixia. Together, they plan to go to Yazhou to investigate a case involving an evil Nanyang deity. A system called the [Livestream Mission System] binds to them. It claims to be receiving comments from viewers in 2026, who spoil the story for him, telling him that he cripples Haixia and gets his coll 202Reads—Score10114d adds
- 34 Southern Archives: My Name Is Zhang Haiyu! 南部档案：我叫张海渝！ [Nanhai Files Fan Fiction] + [The Grave Robbers' Chronicles] This book doesn't follow a normal timeline. The blurb can't do it justice, just read the story!!! In the twenty-fourth year since Zhang Haiyu transmigrated to the Nanhai world, his master, Zhang Haiqi, sends Zhang Hailou to Nanyang to investigate a case because of an issue concerning Zhang Hailou's true form. Unable to stop worrying about her two younger brothers, Zhang Haiyu decides to go along as well. All kinds of bizarre events unf 2.2kReads—Score19314d adds
- 35 Southern Archives: Black Shrimp, My Reborn Personal Antidote 南部档案：黑虾重生我的专属解药 After being reborn, Zhang Haixia already has the antidote in his body. The Black Shrimp's obsessive personality lurks deep within him, held in check by the effects of the drugs he took in the past. His fractured personalities are difficult to control. In his previous life, illness and circumstances beyond his control kept him trapped as he watched the antidote meant for him gradually slip away. Given another chance at life, he decides to cast aside all restraint and become completely wicked. Zha 663Reads—Score10314d adds
- 36 Southern Archives: Zhang Haiyan Begs Me to Come Out of Hiding from the Start 南部档案：开局张海盐跪求我出山 [Southern Archives] [Republican Era] [Old Nine Gates] [Supernatural] [Ultimate Powerhouse] In the chaotic Republican Era, evil spirits run rampant across Nanyang, and the Zhang family’s overseas branch is battered by storms. Zhang Xuance transmigrates to the Southern Archives. On the surface, he is a marginal “gatekeeper,” but in secret, he binds himself to the [God-Tier Sign-In System]. For three quiet years, he signs in daily, merging the supreme [Azure Dragon Bloodline] with the [Eight Suprem 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Tomb Raiding: Softhearted? I'll Teach Zhang Clan to Leave No Survivors 盗墓：心软？我教张家斩草除根 Jiang Qing stayed up all night binge-reading The Southern Archives, then died on the spot from anger at Zhang Haixia's indecisiveness and his habit of leaving future troubles unresolved. When he opens his eyes, he's actually transmigrated into the grand world of tomb raiding, dropped straight into the Zhang family, and activated the [Plot Correction System]. As long as he changes the original story's infuriating “soft-heartedness and holding back,” he can get Zhang family secret arts, top-tier t 3.1kReads—Score35014d adds
- 38 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Transmigrating from the Southern Archives 盗笔：从南部档案馆的穿越开始 [Transmigration + “System” + No Romance + Slight OOC + A Protagonist Who Grows Over Time + The Zhang Family Appears Later + Emotional Elements (The emotional elements are included because the author believes emotions are part of a person's inner world)] Warning! Warning! The female lead grows over time. She is not someone who can destroy heaven and earth from the very beginning. My name is Zhao Ya. My family are carpenters. I trained in martial arts at a sports school from childhood, and I had n 653Reads—Score10714d adds
- 39 Is Nan Yang's Xiao Moli Really That Hard to Win Over? 南洋小墨莉很难追吗？ [Salt-and-pepper shrimp, no one is reborn + childhood friends + healing old regrets + the big brother is even easier to pursue after his leg is injured + an overpowered Pingxie] The Southern Archives was established in 1906, with Zhang Haiqi as its director. To preserve the Zhang family's influence overseas, it continually took in orphans during years of famine. One year, it adopted two exceptionally gifted children. Both children were quick learners. Zhang Haixia had a photographic memory and 41Reads—Score10914d adds
- 40 [Southern Archives] From the Start, I Run Into a Zongzi? 【南部档案】开局就遇上粽子？ (I’m terrible at writing blurbs, my prose is amateurish, my imagination runs wild, and I’ve made up a mountain of details. I just write whatever comes to mind.) Leng Youling transmigrated. Well, all right. Since I’m here, I’ll make the best of it. Nothing is impossible to get through. And if it is, just sleep on it. It’ll pass eventually. Yanzai: Youling, you haven’t finished today’s tasks. No lying down. A Ling: I don’t care. Auntie isn’t here, so I’m lying down. Xiazai: Youling, your godmother 412Reads—Score11914d adds
- 41 Old Dreams of the South Seas: Salt and Shrimp, Together in Death 南洋旧梦之盐虾同归 In a little house, I listen to the spring rain through the night. How many young swordsmen wander in Xianyang? Alone in the cold night, I drift through the world. I gaze to the ends of the earth, longing for the swordsman’s return. When will the east wind return to the little house? When will it bring the wandering swordsman home? Listening to the wind and watching the rain, I find comfort in life. The swordsman’s home is where his heart belongs. This is a modern AU fanfic of The Southern Archiv 16Reads—Score10014d adds
- 42 Southern Archives: My Road to Redemption 南部档案之我的救赎之路 Zhang Huaiyu looked at Zhang Haixia and Zhang Haiyan standing before him. They didn’t know him. But he knew them. He had known them for many years. Zhang Haixia, his chest pierced through, blood staining the stone steps of the Southern Archives. Zhang Haiyan, his spine broken, his eyes as hollow as a dried-up well. He had transmigrated into a book and returned for one reason: to change this ending. The System had given him pain suppression. He took blows meant for them, endured the traps, and bo 573Reads—Score12214d adds
- 43 Southern Archives: Death Is Only the Beginning of Love 南部档案：死亡只是相爱的开始 [A Southern Archives fanfic + Two powerful leads + Reborn + Short arcs + Happy ending] Zhang Haixia & Zhang Hailou Apologies for the out-of-character writing! Apologies for the out-of-character writing!! Apologies for the out-of-character writing!!! Zhang Hailou: “Xiazi, it’s not worth it…” Zhang Haixia: “Even as a ghost, you’re not getting away from me.” 116Reads—Score11714d adds
- 44 Haiyan Is Reborn and Gets Together with Xiazi 海盐重生，和虾仔在一起了。 Salt was reborn and got together with Shrimp. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 Shrimp Sent with Sea Salt, Returning Home Year After Year (Southern Files Fanfiction) 海盐寄虾，岁岁归栖（南部档案同人） Sea Salt for the Shrimp, Home to Roost Year After Year (A Southern Archives Fanfic) 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Southern Files: Zhang Hailou and Zhang Haixia Fight Side by Side 南部档案:张海楼和张海虾并肩作战 Southern Archives: Zhang Hailou and Zhang Haixia Fight Side by Side 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Southern Files: Embers of the Withered Sea 南部档案枯海余烬 Southern Archives: Embers of the Withered Sea 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Southern Files: Find the Little Brother and Save Zhang Haiqi 南部档案:找到小哥，张海琪得救 Southern Archives: Finding Xiao Ge Saves Zhang Haiqi 52Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 Southern Files: The Heartbound Pact 南部档案：同心契 Updated daily at midnight. A tragic romance with a happy ending. My next novel will be either a campus story or an infinite-flow adventure. I enjoy terrible puns and love reading your comments. Wishing all my readers happiness every day. Killing the one you love with your own hands is a calamity the Zhang twins cannot escape. Zhang Hailou drove a short blade into Zhang Haixia’s heart with his own hands, after ancient Qiang sorcery had completely corrupted him and turned him evil. From then on, 125Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 Southern Archives: Hailou and Haixia After Being Reborn 南部档案馆之重生后海楼与海侠 [Archive of the Strange fanfic + Salt-Baked Shrimp + Two Male Leads + HE] Zhang Hailou × Zhang Haixia pairing, with their character backgrounds reimagined. I cried so hard that I had to write something sweet to comfort myself. Obsession and redemption. I stole you from the hands of Death. No one gets to take you away again, not even you yourself., Zhang Hailou Given another chance at life, I'll love you under a different identity. No one can keep us apart, not even you., Zhang Haixia 13Reads—Score—14d adds
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