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- 151 749 Bureau: The Forbidden Return 749局之禁忌归来 [Mystery, imaginative twists, traditional supernatural horror, traditional fantasy, and modern technological civilization] From the day he was born, his fate was destined to be extraordinary. To protect the lasting prosperity of China's dragon veins, he led members of Bureau 749 across the world, eliminating evil entities from beyond the borders and vowing to keep the land secure forever. He is both an honored guest in the ghostly domain of Fengdu and the elusive "Mr. Nine" within Bureau 749. Ye 744Reads—Score—14d adds
- 152 Railway Archives: The Hour of Jingzhe 铁路档案之惊蜇时分 This book is set in a different period from the earlier novel Railway Archives. On August 15, 1945, the thirty-fourth year of the Republic, Japan surrendered. The espionage game had already been set in motion. Before the Liaoshen Campaign, Ye Tian was recruited by the Military Statistics Bureau under the codename Qingci. He became a double agent, using both his railway dispatcher’s job and his Qingci identity to wage a covert battle as a Communist underground operative. He supplied the Communist 6Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 153 The Spy Game: Gaze into the Abyss 谍海无涯之深渊凝视 When you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes back at you. When you gaze into the abyss again, the abyss gets impatient: “What are you looking at?” Feng Gang, a modern historian, transmigrates to the Republic of China era. Born into a time of chaos, in the darkest hours before dawn, he discovers that he has no System or superpowers of any kind. All he has is a deep gaze that spans a century and sees through every illusion... 18.4kReads8.7Score2k14d adds
- 154 Fallen Leaves Return to Their Roots: Code Name Lone Boat 落叶归根：代号孤舟 In 1949, forestry expert Shen Feng could have evacuated, but instead he took on the identity of low-level clerk Lin Qisheng and infiltrated the Taitung Forestry Farm to rebuild the “Tree-Ring” intelligence network. He wasn't the only one operating undercover. The mole codenamed “Night Owl” and the shrewd opponent Chen Huaiyuan drove him and his comrades into a desperate situation. Three years later, a new recruit's betrayal destroyed the group. With the help of A Hui, a local young woman who gav 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 155 Submarine Chef: I See Through the Deep Sea, I Am the All-Seeing Eye 潜艇厨子：透视深海，我即是天眼 [Global Missions]+ [War-Fueled Passion]+ [Military Comeback]+ [360-Degree X-Ray Vision]+ [Fight a Mysterious Organization] [A Chef Awakens a Superpower, and the Whole Submarine Depends on Him to Survive!] While everyone else dives into battle, he dives to cook. While the others use sonar to search for enemies, his newly awakened power gives him 360-degree VR vision. He can close his eyes and still “see” the entire battlefield! Li Zhou is an ordinary cook aboard the Black Shark, a nuclear subm 5Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 156 Useless? I’m the Number One! 废物？我才是第一人！ [Male Protagonist] [Face-Slapping] [Another World] [Slaying the Heavens and Gods] [Powerful Technology] [Clever Plot] After losing his job and his girlfriend, Meng Chengyuan awakens the lowest-ranked X-level ability, “Detection,” and is mocked as a good-for-nothing. But in the early days of the Turbulence Era, he becomes the first person to enter another world, turning his fortunes around with his ability to locate portals. When technology becomes widespread, “Detection” is rendered completely u 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 157 Republican China: From Fake Young Master to Warlord 民国，从冒牌少爷到一方军阀 [No System + Republican Era + Multiple Heroines + Espionage in the Later Story] After the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, landlord's son Li Mingyuan, who had paid for a trainee patrol officer's post, set sail for his new assignment with his newlywed wife Shen Shutong, his attendant Fugui, and the old family servant Wang Guilan. They were attacked by river bandits along the way. The original Li Mingyuan was killed, while Fugui, the protagonist and a modern-day special forces soldier, was knocked unco 12.1kReads7.7Score1.1k14d adds
- 158 Transformers: Prime: Autobots and the Mysterious Powers of the East 领袖之证：汽车人与东方神秘力量 “We are the Autobots, autonomous mechanical lifeforms from the distant planet Cybertron.” Visitors from a distant alien world arrive on the soil of an ancient eastern nation on a peaceful night. From that moment on, a new intergalactic partnership begins, with both sides working together. Megatron: “Why are the Autobots so much stronger now? They’re far stronger than they were on Cybertron!” Optimus Prime: “As the people of Earth would say, this is the vast ocean of people’s war!” China: “When f 4.5kReads9.1Score21214d adds
- 159 War God of Two Worlds 双界战神 One day, a white lotus flower suddenly descended upon the Sacred Ancestor Mountain of Gangwu Star. A baby boy was wrapped inside it. A year later, demonic cultivators from beyond the stars invaded Gangwu Star and their armies advanced, destroying Sacred Ancestor Mountain. The five elders fought to the death to protect the baby, but they were outnumbered and perished. Before dying, they sent him away. But the boy was frail, and the astral winds of the teleportation crushed his body, leaving behin 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 160 Espionage: I Sign In at the Military Police Headquarters from the Start 谍战：开局我在宪兵队签到 Note: The early part of this book focuses on espionage among the nobility. After the protagonist takes control of Sakura, the story enters a worldline similar to The Man in the High Castle! [Sign-In] + [A Plausible Noble Identity] + [Moles Within the Enemy's Ranks] + [Doesn't Return Home After the War] + [A Different Kind of Resistance Against Japan] (This story won't leave you feeling frustrated. The protagonist has powerful connections in the navy, army, and Foreign Ministry, so feel free to g 2kReads8.9Score13914d adds
- 161 Dark Flame: A Lone Star Shines Over the East 暗火：孤星照东方 After the Pacific War broke out, Japan’s wartime economy was strained, yet its naval factories continued running at full capacity. The war in China entered its most grueling phase of strategic stalemate, and the Japanese army carried out brutal “mopping-up” campaigns across the country. They thought the night was their cover, never realizing that I was the night itself. He was known by the codenames Qiming and Qingluan. He was also Stone, and the mysterious codename Ghost. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 162 Imprisoned at Six! Forced to Join Bureau 749 at Eight 六岁入狱！八岁被迫加入749局 The mysterious Bureau 749 + Spirit Binding and Commanding + a ghostly companion + the voice of authority in Hell! There is a young man in this world... who eats human hearts... and raises ghosts and monsters. Lin San was born with a spirit-path body, and a ghostly companion appeared alongside him at birth. When he was six, his parents were murdered. To avenge them, he slaughtered all 673 members of the Zhang family. The Bureau 749 forcibly imprisoned him in the mysterious Ninth Prison. Be as str 6.3kReads6.9Score38214d adds
- 163 Blood and Fire at Taierzhuang: My 1938 血火台儿庄：我的1938 While organizing records of the Battle of Taierzhuang, military researcher Chen Mo is transported by a bullet-riddled battlefield photograph to Xuzhou in 1938, engulfed in flames of war. After becoming a confidential staff officer to the commander of the Fifth War Zone, he discovers that his notebook records every battle and every sacrifice that will occur over the next thirty days. What kind of thrilling story unfolds when modern military knowledge collides with the brutal reality of war?… 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 164 Espionage: Red Agent, Codename Phoenix 谍战：红色特工之代号不死鸟 “Chu Yazi! You have to become a top agent, just like your master.” “Master! You can escape with ease even after being arrested. I can’t do that.” “Get lost! I arranged such a good identity for you, and gave you the top code name ‘Phoenix.’ How can you still say you can’t do it? Oh, right! Mr. Wu has something to tell you, too.” Mr. Wu said earnestly: “Chu Yazi! The ‘Phoenix’ is reborn from the flames. You must infiltrate the very heart of the enemy at any cost. Do not return until the revolution 21.7kReads8.8Score1.8k14d adds
- 165 Cliffhanger: The Butterfly at Dawn 【悬崖】续集破晓之蝶 The sequel to the spy classic The Brink! Hard-hitting espionage · historical mystery · a new chapter in the Ice City spy war In 1946, Harbin was liberated. Gu Qiuyan came back, carrying the echo of the gunshot that condemned her six years ago, and an obsession she could tell no one about. A rusted button was waiting for her in a crack in the wall of her old home. It was a deadly signal only she could understand. Was he still alive? Gao Bin, who once controlled everything, now wore a badge bear 3.4kReads8.8Score43014d adds
- 166 My Wife Came to Catch Me Cheating, Only to See Me Kill Someone! 老婆来捉奸，意外看到我杀人！ Why won't you just listen and stay home? My wife suspected I was cheating, then accidentally saw me kill someone. I honestly don't know what to do with you! I work for a secret department, discreetly taking down criminals. But my wife found out who I really am. That tigress of a woman turned into a timid little lamb. My brother-in-law picks on me. I put up with it. Wife: We can't keep this brother around! My father-in-law looks down on me. I put up with it. Wife: Dad, I'm afraid I'll have to cut 2.4kReads7.2Score12814d adds
- 167 The Poor Become Rich Through Their Own Reversal 穷人逆转才是富 After retiring from the special forces, Ye Tianxuan takes on espionage networks and creates the Veterans Group. Working with his partner Xiao Yue, he turns it into a world-class corporation. Together, they tackle social tensions and cutthroat business competition while resisting interference from foreign forces. He also fights criminal organizations through corporate espionage in the modern business world. This story is entirely fictional, yet reality lies hidden within its fiction. 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 168 Crazy System: You Deadbeat, Stop Right There! 疯批系统：死鬼，你给我站住！ [System] [Power Fantasy] [Eerie Revival] [Comedy] [Ruthless Combat] I’m a mental patient who was wrongly diagnosed. My daily routine is watering the head doctor’s flowers and looking after his fish. I stuck a rapid-heating rod into the fish tank as an oxygen pump, and when I saw the whole tank filled with fish soup, the head doctor was over the moon. But good times never last. An ordinary life just doesn’t suit extraordinary people like us. Then my fiancée outside got kidnapped, and they sent me 68Reads—Score—14d adds
- 169 Railway Archives 铁路档案 A tale of wartime espionage and undercover work. Ye Tian’s soul transmigrates to the twenty-sixth year of the Republic, 1937, where he unravels a series of mysterious railway cases from the Republican era. Every inch of rail holds a code for life, and the names of espionage agents are revealed from sealed files. At Yixian Station, he meets Ma Yunfei, who introduces him to the Communist Party. Ye Tian recruits Zhang Laoliu, Liang Jincheng, and Jin Guozhong as grassroots Party members, providing i 1Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 170 Dissociator: The Glittering Decadence of Los Angeles Eats to the Bone 解离者：洛城的浮华噬骨 Behind the glittering facade of Los Angeles, a foster care agency hides behind a veneer of compassion while repeatedly preying on wealthy, vulnerable foster children. It forges guardianship papers, drains their assets, then gets rid of the victims with staged deaths from illness. 131Reads—Score—14d adds
- 171 It’s Just a Game, So Why Do You Keep Saying I’m Containing Anomalies? 玩个游戏，你们非说我在收容异常 [Game Control] [Containment Management] A game mysteriously appeared on Lu Chuan’s computer. In the game, he controlled an advance operative called “006” as he ventured through a world filled with “Anomalies.” Apples that could be duplicated infinitely. Dinosaurs that could never die. Clock hands turned to flesh and blood, while a shattered sky split open to reveal enormous pupils. As the game’s story progressed, “006” became a legend throughout the Management Bureau. “When I see 006, I know thi 67.1kReads8.5Score10k14d adds
- 172 The Police Chief’s Shocking Crackdown on Organized Crime 公安局长惊天扫黑大案 Han Shuang arrives in Changhu City and takes up her new post. On her very first day, the heiress of Changhu Group dies under mysterious circumstances, and a forensic examiner carrying evidence climbs into a restricted area, their fate unknown. Wu Gang hides a blade behind his smile. Deputy Director Gou Jianxiao sets traps at every turn, while the three great families are entangled in a web of influence. With two capable women at her side, Han Shuang steps into this isolated city woven from power 6.4kReads7.5Score32414d adds
- 173 Espionage in the Besieged City: Codename Gardener 谍影围城：代号园丁 (Traditional spy thriller, no transmigration or golden finger. If that’s not your thing, please don’t flame the author.) In the autumn of 1941, at Rong Manor, an isolated compound in Shanghai’s occupied zone, five “guests” from very different walks of life are trapped by a feast worthy of a trap. They are a glamorous nightclub singer, a timid official, a cold-faced police officer, a shrewd editor-in-chief, and a mysterious Japanese section chief. The manor is under constant surveillance. They ar 869Reads6.7Score10414d adds
- 174 Undercover in the Shadows 潜伏暗渡 Yu Zecheng is coerced by Wu and trapped in an isolated stronghold under the shadow of the White Terror. Wan∽ sheds her timid facade and legally enters the island as a manager for Hong Kong’s Mu family, making a perilous contact with Yu Zecheng. Acting on orders, they pose as husband and wife to carry out their undercover mission. In Taipei, surrounded by secret agents and caught in factional strife, the pair use the bustle of everyday life as cover to pass on intelligence in secret. From awkward 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 175 Have You Ever Seen a Monster? 你，见过妖怪吗？ (The rating just came out, so I don’t know if it’ll go up, but I’m already glad to have a rating. It’s taken a lot to reach over 400,000 characters...) On the surface, this world seems ordinary, but monsters and demons roam in the shadows. You never know whether the security guard you see every day, the convenience store clerk working late at night, or even the courier who’s always smiling at you... is really a demon beneath the skin. Some people try to trade their fellow countrymen’s lives for 325Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 176 When His Mask Was Knocked Off, She Learned Her Husband Was the King of Spies 面具被击落，夫君你竟是谍战之王 In 1940, Lin Xia transmigrates into the body of a dog of a secret-police chief in Binjiang City, Northeast China. In reality, he is one of the Party's ace agents, codenamed Shadow! His wife, Han Congxue, is a beautiful secret agent for the Nationalist military intelligence service. With his wife looking at him as if he were her sworn enemy, Lin Xia hides his identity and operates behind enemy lines. Wearing a Phantom Shadow mask and wielding dual Desert Eagles, he strikes terror into the enemy a 9.9kReads7.4Score70014d adds
- 177 The Corpse Seeds Are Here? I Have a Sword, and I'll Cleave the Heavens Again! 尸种临世？吾有一剑，再开天！ [Corpse species invasion] + [Official Investigation Bureau] + [High Martial] + [Swordsmanship] + [Humanity above all] + [Takes off after twenty chapters] After a stroke of incredible luck, Wu You awakens in the mist and discovers that he has transmigrated into the body of a high school student with the same name. In this world, monsters known as corpse species have invaded reality. The Official Investigation Bureau, the only and strongest force, can barely maintain a fragile balance. As a newcom 101.4kReads8.4Score11k14d adds
- 178 Silent 1937 无声1937 In his previous life, he met with an accident while carrying out a mission. When he opened his eyes, he had become Chen Shusheng, captain of a Juntong action squad, locked in an interrogation room and framed as a scapegoat. The Japanese spy wants him dead. His own men have set him up. His superior is happy to go along with it. On this path, one wrong word means death, and trusting the wrong person means ruin beyond redemption. He comes from the future and knows how much more suffering this natio 105.1kReads8.8Score9.6k14d adds
- 179 Shadow Agent 影子特工 Born into an age of chaos, with the nation in peril, a man must serve his country! A young man burdened by vengeance for his family and hatred for his country assumes a false identity as he flees and joins the Special Services, beginning a dangerous and thrilling career as a spy. He crosses paths with forces from every side, matching wits and battling for survival. In this game within a game, who will be the last one standing? 14.4kReads9.0Score1.3k14d adds
- 180 Global Class Change: The Wonderful Life of Another World 全民转职：异世界的奇妙生活 [Class-based professions + a world of myriad races + cultivation to godhood + beast tamers + practitioners of every path + the Abyss + secret realms + dungeons + exotic beasts] This is an exciting tale of someone reborn in another world, a magical realm that blends games and reality. Humanity has long fought fierce battles against savage beasts to protect its last remaining territory. Within the human race, meanwhile, nations scheme against one another over resources, eyeing each other warily a 4.3kReads6.7Score29514d adds
- 181 Starting from Scratch: Building a Dark Empire 从零开始，打造一座黑暗帝国 [War god + multiple heroines + face-slapping + political intrigue + no System + characters who all use their brains] [The story may have many long-range plot threads and foreshadowing. As I say in my introduction, political intrigue will feature heavily. If you prefer mindless wish fulfillment, you might want to try another great author's work.] Five years ago, Qin Yuan was exiled from Xia after his comrade committed a heinous massacre. Five years later, the Lord of the Abyss returned, intent on 152Reads—Score—14d adds
- 182 I Suspect My Wife Is Cheating on Me 3 《怀疑妻子对我不忠3》 My Wife Might Be Cheating on Me 3 32Reads—Score214d adds
- 183 Making Gods Behind the Scenes: I Invented the Ten Hall Guardians 幕后造神：我编造了十殿镇守使 [Ensemble Cast] [No Female Lead] [Partly Behind the Scenes] [Slow Burn] [Early Episodic Stories] With the spiritual qi revival, evil beings invade, and the entire world enters an age of supernatural powers. Lin Fan awakens an Emotion System. As long as he harvests people’s emotions, he can draw character cards of peerless powerhouses! So he creates a guardian organization! When the S-class evil being Qiongqi drives the entire city into madness, the Thundercloud Hall’s guardian, the Thunder Empe 9.2kReads7.2Score65714d adds
- 184 The God of War Returns: The CEO’s Superpowered Stay-at-Home Dad 战神归来：总裁家的异能奶爸 She makes the Japanese devils beg for mercy, and beats the English into returning the national treasures. Without his aura as a God of War, he’s just a stay-at-home dad in an apron, using the hands that once shook the stars to cook a warm dinner for his family… 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 185 Horror Game: From the Start, the Skin Bride's Bones Terrified the World! 恐怖游戏：开局皮嫁骨吓哭全球！ [Handcrafted with Traditional Techniques, No AI] [No Female Lead] [Mild Horror] The horror game has arrived! Lin Ye transmigrated here and was selected to take part in designing a global horror game. He had planned to bring out the "Ghost Bride" to save Daxia, only to discover that its culture hadn't been lost at all! Traditional Daxia ghost stories had been used to death, and the whole nation was in despair! Daxia had suffered ten straight losses. The supernatural was invading, and the land was 1MReads8.7Score216.8k14d adds
- 186 Tales from the Haunted Inn 黑店诡谈 4.8kReads7.0Score39914d adds
- 187 A Bell Rings from the Start, and the Whole World Falls Asleep 开局一声钟鸣，全球陷入沉睡 Reborn at the end of the world, with supernatural abilities, transmigration, and no System A 19-year-old consciousness in a 900-year-old body. When I opened my eyes again, a man who called himself the strongest fighter told me it was the first day of Year 900 of the New Era. Somehow transported to this new world, I enrolled in the best high school and joined the Alliance. The apocalypse, supernatural abilities, and zombies were all waiting for me to explore. Only later did I learn that the tolli 98Reads—Score—14d adds
- 188 Espionage: You Were Told to Go Undercover, but You're Thriving 谍战：让你潜伏，你混得风生水起 [Spy thriller + no female lead] Lin Jiang transmigrates into the body of a peripheral operative at the Shanghai station of the Military Statistics Bureau, code-named Catfish. His handler is killed, the Shanghai station is wiped out, and the new station chief is another notorious traitor to the Bureau, at least according to Lin Jiang's memories! [Ding! Congratulations, Host, on awakening the Big Data Deduction System!] Special Higher Police School: “Who exactly is Catfish?” Military Statistics Bu 18.6kReads7.9Score1.3k14d adds
- 189 Digital Consciousness 数字意识体 In 2055, Earth's resources are nearly exhausted. Humanity has established a permanent base on the Moon, and its Mars colonization program has just begun. Then, the discovery of a “super-Earth” 3,000 light-years away ignites humanity's last hope. Lin Mo is a man who died thirty years ago. His consciousness was uploaded to a quantum server, making him one of the first “digital dead.” Thirty years later, he is awakened, only to find himself trapped in a cold metal box: no body, no sense of touch, o 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 190 Ten Realms of the Mortal World 凡尘十阶 At sixteen, Lin Jiu was a boy minding a stall on Old Goods Street, officially ranked at the lowest level, Tier 1: Dust. No one knew he could “devour”: swallow iron and his bones would harden, swallow fire and flames would spring forth, swallow an anomalous person's powers and they became his own. His father vanished ten years ago, leaving behind only a pocket watch and the words, “As long as you have the watch, you can trust I'll be there.” On a rainy night, he swallowed the watch and awakened t 320Reads—Score1714d adds
- 191 I Just Want to Lie Flat, So How Did I Become a Miracle Doctor? 我想躺平啊，怎么成神医了 I Just Want to Lie Flat: Don’t trust the title, there’s no lying flat here! The male lead says he’s just slacking off, but secretly awakens superpowers and accidentally becomes the nation’s trump card. The pacing is lightning-fast, and you won’t regret giving it a try! 234Reads—Score—14d adds
- 192 The Phoenix-Eyed Agent: I Tear My Rotten Enemies Apart in Republican-Era China 凤眼女特工：我在民国手撕渣敌 I, Su Wanqing, am a small-time female thug at the bottom of the heap at Jiangcheng Wharf. My only talent is hearing other people’s thoughts. For three years, I used that ability to dodge countless assassination attempts, until I met a coachman who was nearly beaten to death. My heart skipped a beat: this man’s thoughts were actually pure. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 193 Senior-Year Internship: How Did You Join the Dragon-Slaying Squad? 大四实习：你怎么加入了斩龙队 [No Female Lead]+ [Monster Codex Unlocks]+ [Kill, Never Save]+ [Overwhelming Domination]+ [Pure Satisfaction]+ [Evil Spirits]… Su Ming transmigrates and inherits a paper effigy shop, binding himself to the [Monster Codex]. Every kill unlocks an entry and grants him an incredible skill on the spot. His innate Yin-Yang Eyes see through illusions, his Yin-Yang Treasure Vase devours all things, and his Seven-Orifices Exquisite Heart is immune to every evil. Sealing? Not a chance. My, Su Ming's, 9.8kReads8.0Score93814d adds
- 194 Espionage: Harbin, 1941 谍战：哈尔滨1941 In 1939, Harbin was a vast maze of spies. Zhou Jinyu, a cool-headed ace agent, and Gu Wanru, a rookie, were ordered to pose as husband and wife and infiltrate the heart of the Japanese puppet regime. From an identity crisis that began in hell to an unshakable trust forged through life and death, they treaded carefully under the ever-watchful suspicion of Ichiro Shimizu. As the mystery of the “Shadow Protocol” closed in and their own names appeared on the “elimination list,” Zhou Jinyu realized t 5.5kReads7.5Score43714d adds
- 195 A Terrifying Night at the Abandoned Hospital 《废旧医院的惊魂夜》 A Terrifying Night at the Abandoned Hospital 8Reads—Score114d adds
- 196 Suspicious Homicide Cases: A Police Chief's Major Crimes Notebook 悬疑凶案：公安局长重案手记 An assassination attempt targeting the county magistrate ends with the accidental killing of the only daughter of Qingjiang's richest man. After five years as strangers, the husband and wife join forces again following their daughter's tragic death. The mother launches a forceful counterattack in politics, while the father brings the full weight of his business empire to bear. They swear to make the killers pay in blood. To crack the case, the female God of War Lu Qingshuang is parachuted into t 44.8kReads8.2Score2.9k14d adds
- 197 I Got an Alien Base From a Sign-In, So I Handed It Over to the Nation 签到获得外星基地，我上交国家 He awakens the sign-in System, and his very first reward is an alien super-base! Without hesitation or selfish motives, I offer it up with both hands to help my motherland soar to greatness! Watch China use alien technology to stand at the pinnacle of the world! —Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 198 Espionage: Rewinding for Intelligence Made Me the Military Statistics Bureau's Faith 谍战：回档情报，我成了军统信仰 After waking up, Lin Chen, a death-row prisoner, was forcibly recruited by Dai Chunfeng, head of the Military Statistics Bureau, to impersonate a Japanese spy. He was assigned the “Parcel” plan, a mission with almost no chance of survival, and became a doomed agent tasked with feeding false intelligence to the Japanese. Just when he was on the verge of despair, he discovered that he could receive intelligence about deaths. And so… Director Dai: He’s my death-row prisoner, the one I both love and 9.5kReads8.2Score70714d adds
- 199 The Female Police Chief's Major Cases Series: Undercurrents 女公安局长大案系列之暗流 On a stormy night, two murder cases erupt at once in Handong Province. Criminal investigation captains Lu Chen and Chen Feng follow separate leads: one investigates a red ribbon on a wedding bed, the other a carcinogen in a teacup. The two trails converge on the same name. Gu Qingling. Thirty-one years old, a first-class merit recipient, and former commander of a special operations unit. Meanwhile, the real killer watches it all from the shadows. As the undercurrents of power swallow up every pi 3.5kReads—Score19514d adds
- 200 A Love Letter in the Loess 黄土情书 In 1982, a severe drought grips northern Shaanxi. Thirty-year-old village teacher Wang Pu squats on a cracked field ridge, clutching the betrothal money his mother has wrapped in red cloth. The last unmarried man of his age in the village has no idea his life is about to change that very night. When he rescues a young woman in a Lenin suit from a collapsed grain depot, the English copy of Jane Eyre in her suitcase tears open his stunted emotional world. When a village teacher’s love for a “troub 36Reads—Score514d adds
