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- 1 Plunge! 坠！ I was born in a small city blanketed in coal dust. By chance, I reunited with the girl who had once lived next door, whom I hadn't seen in many years. There were many versions of the rumors about her past, and it was hard to tell truth from fiction. This time, she slowly told her own story. I had just finished reading Fallen. Her life had some similarities to Mo Huai's in the book, but the differences between them were fundamental. I wrote down this memory not to compare whose fate was more trag 103Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 The Heart House: Chen Ping’s Journey to Change His Fate Through Numerology 心宅：陈平的象数改命记 My new work is now available! Please head to Tomato Novel to read it. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 A Scheme Set Seven Hundred Years Ago: I Guard the Nation's Fate with Fragments 七百年前谋局，我以碎片守国运 A staggering hundred million! A fragment of an ancestral carpet struck Lei Zeyang, and six fragments drew him into a seven-hundred-year-old secret about the nation’s fate. A direct descendant of a mysterious organization’s founder, he awakens to his bloodline and loses control of his urban supernatural powers. As the fragments are pieced together, the coordinates hidden within grow ever more bizarre… Will unlocking the mystery reveal that the secret organization has planned a shocking plot, seve —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Chen Yu’s Taming and Counterattack Plan 陈屿的驯养反杀计划 Shen Sisi only wanted to keep her relationship with Chen Yu strictly master and servant. She thought Chen Yu would always be obedient and gentle, and know his place. But one late night, Chen Yu barged into her room and slowly closed in. Shen Sisi panicked. “Chen Yu, what are you doing? I’m your master.” Chen Yu’s gaze was obsessive as he spoke in a low voice. “Sorry, Master. I want to move up in the world.” 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Divorced at 35, I Return to the Throne as Beijing’s Elite Beg Me to Come Back 35岁离婚，京圈跪迎我归位 Tags: Female-oriented | Mature urban action hero | Business and espionage | Sweet and satisfying | Both leads are devoted only to each other At thirty-five, I caught my husband cheating in the apartment I bought. He was on his knees on the sofa, his mistress wrapped in my silk dressing gown, while my stepdaughter filmed them on her phone. I smashed the glass of the liquor cabinet and flung blood in his face. “I’ll see you at the Military Procuratorate.” Within twenty-four hours, I delivered him 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Chen the Blind Man's Notes on Blind-School Divination 陈瞎子的盲派笔记 As a boy, Zeng Xiaoxian met Chen the Blind, a blind fortune-teller, and witnessed the uncanny art of "living your life like a divination." He didn't calculate birth charts. Just from the wear on a sleeve or the mud on a shoe sole, he could tell a person's fortune. After becoming Chen the Blind's successor, Zeng Xiaoxian watched his master mysteriously disappear in a heavy snowstorm, leaving behind only three bamboo divination slips. Years later, at a bizarre logistics company, Zeng Xiaoxian dis 398Reads8.0Score104Shelves
- 7 A Middle-Aged Man's Redemption: The Phoenix Turns Toward the Sun 中年男人的自我救赎：凤自向阳 A man born in the 1980s, now middle-aged, who spent more than twenty years working as a clothing pattern maker. For the first half of his life, he lived trapped in self-doubt and inner turmoil, held back by all kinds of hang-ups about his name, appearance, education, marriage, and children. At middle age, he finally learned to make peace with his past self, slowly tear down the high walls around his heart, and let himself off the hook. This book records the pitfalls I've fallen into, the grie 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 An Agent of Yin and Yang: It All Began the Day I Saw a Ghost 阴阳代言人，从我见鬼这天开始 The night he worked overtime, Feng Lang saw a ghost. Born with a pure Yin constitution, he awakens Yin-Yang Eyes and becomes the prey of a hundred ghosts. At death’s door, a spiritual talisman appears. He enters Sanqing Temple to cultivate and becomes the representative of Yin and Yang. Guide departed souls | Subdue evil spirits | Break curses | Slay demons The protagonist is no saint. He shows no mercy when dealing with evil forces. Once, he was hunted by countless ghosts and fled in a pitiful 71Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 9 The Village Elders Taught Me Cultivation, but All I Learned Was How to Cook Snails 全村大佬教我修仙，我学会了煮螺 My name is Yu Xiaoyao, a healer led astray by ten powerful masters. The Sword Maniac taught me swordsmanship, so I trained a flying sword the size of a fingernail that’s only good for slicing fruit. The Bruiser taught me boxing, and I invented my own “Trash-Talk Fist,” cursing until my opponents lose their nerve. The Wine Immortal taught me spells, but all I know is “Blind You Silly,” which makes enemies cover their eyes and roll around. No healing required. As for the ancient divine weapon, t 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Fortune-Telling 算卦 Fortune-Telling 68Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 No Talent? I Summon a Squad of Elemental Battle Maidens 无天赋废柴？我召唤一群元素战姬 [Urban high martial arts + urban supernatural powers + chemical-element battle girls + summoning + imaginative anthropomorphized chemical elements + fantasy + play the pig to eat the tiger + multiple heroines + sister obsessed with her brother + lighthearted comedy + light-novel style + entirely hand-crafted] Carbon, oxygen, copper, iron, silicon, hydrogen, nitrogen, gold, aluminum, lithium... These are all chemical elements commonly found in everyday life. What kind of story would unfold if t 4Reads—Score118Shelves
- 12 Ten Yuan? I'll Protect the Village Belle for Life 10块？我守护村花一生 Ten yuan? I'll protect the village beauty for a lifetime. 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 I Refuse to Save the World Unless the Goddess Gives Me a Robot Wife. Huh? She Actually Did? 我拒绝拯救世界，除非女神给机器人老婆？啊？真给啊？ I Refuse to Save the World Unless the Goddess Gives Me a Robot Wife? Huh? She's Really Giving Me One? —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 I Hit a Female CEO While Delivering Food, and My Wonderful Life Began 送外卖撞了女总裁，我的美好人生开启了 I crashed into a female CEO while delivering takeout, and my wonderful life began. 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 The Moon of Illusion 虚饰之月 [No System] [Epic Worldbuilding] [Classic Heroic Adventure] [Ensemble Cast] Pink moonlight washes over the campus, while a black barrier seals off the sky. A thousand students are locked in a cage, and ten heroes are pushed onto the stage. Weapons in hand, abilities granted, at the cost of having their souls rewritten. When memories are altered, identities stripped away, and “I” is no longer “me” what can you still believe in? Only lies. This story was written for fun with my group of friend 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Vine Demon: Taoist, Don't You Dare Die 藤妖：道士，你别死 Vine Demon: Taoist, Don't Die 138Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Becoming a Top-Tier Talent While Studying in the Land of the Free 留学霉国成为高端人才 Studying in the United States and becoming a high-end talent 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 The Fortune-Teller's Stall on Old Street: One Look Reveals Your Fortune and Misfortune 老街摆摊相师，一眼断祸福 Protagonist: Chen Qingxuan, a fortune-teller who lives in seclusion and sets up a stall on the old street of a small town. Calm and steady, he has an uncanny eye for people and understands feng shui, physiognomy, and karmic cause and effect. He is kindhearted and never charges the poor. 420Reads—Score105Shelves
- 19 Bang Bang, If This Place Won't Have Me, There's Always Somewhere That Will 乓乓，此处不留爷自有留爷处 Clang, clang! If this place won't have me, there's always somewhere else that will. 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 A Traitor Who Defies His Master? I’m Just Showing My Master Some Care! 冲师逆徒？我这是关爱师尊！ 988Reads7.2Score107Shelves
- 21 The Great Yong's First Empress and Medicine Merchant 大庸第一女皇药商 [Fictional ancient setting] [Strong female lead] [Soul transmigration] Tang Yiru, daughter of the Great Yong's famed physician and top scholar Tang Wenxu, transmigrates into a farming family. The original owner had a brown birthmark and was forced by her stepmother to marry a lame hunter. After enduring terrible abuse, she died beneath a fire poker. Now inhabiting her body, Tang Yiru awakens the Cloudmist Mountain realm her father left behind, accompanied by a thousand-year-old lotus spirit. She 179Reads8.8Score104Shelves
- 22 A Catastrophic Start: After I Transmigrate, I Make a Comeback by Selling Body Wash 天崩开局：穿越后靠卖沐浴露逆袭 [Cultivation] [System] [Smart Protagonist] [Building a Faction] [Power Fantasy] Lu Yunchuan pulled an all-nighter and died suddenly, then transmigrated to a world of cultivation, only to find himself in a truly disastrous situation from the start: both his parents were dead, he had to sleep in a livestock shed every night, and the only person who had ever treated him decently, his second uncle, suddenly fell ill and died. After that, he was kicked out of the house and left homeless. Other people 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Learn Bazi Astrology from Scratch 零基础学习八字命理 Getting started with Four Pillars destiny analysis isn't difficult. It's like learning math: first, you get to know the numbers and formulas. Begin by memorizing the basic symbols, such as the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches and the generating and overcoming cycles of the Five Elements. They are like addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division in math. Next, understand how to construct a Four Pillars chart, converting a birth date into the four pillars. This is like carefully reading 4.5kReads8.6Score988Shelves
- 24 Cast-Off Daughter, Substitute Bride: The Women of My In-Laws Join Forces to Win Big 弃女替嫁：婆家女眷抱团赢麻了 In her past life, four of the five members of the Tang family died, leaving only her. Reborn in 1990, the first thing she did was report someone on the train. Her mother-in-law died horribly in a car accident, her sister-in-law was imprisoned, her younger sister-in-law died in despair, and her husband gave his life for his country. Left alone, she lived until her hair turned white, never discovering whether her family's deaths had been a natural disaster or a human crime. [Ding! Check-in Syste 1kReads—Score147Shelves
- 25 Woman at Twenty-Eight 女人二十八 After I Suspected My Husband of Betraying Me, I Set Out to Get Revenge, and I Actually… 60Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 26 Train Your Street Smarts in 100 Days 心眼子训练100天 This isn't a book about teaching people to “turn bad.” It's a self-defense guide for kind people, showing them how to protect their own territory. After 100 days, you may not become a master of reading people, but at least you'll learn to dodge underhanded attacks with grace, then offer your opponent a cup of “tea.” 28.4kReads8.6Score2.4kShelves
- 27 A Poor Man's Guide to Turning His Life Around 穷人翻身指南 A practical guide to ways of thinking I’ll teach you how the rich think And how the poor can turn their lives around Why am I teaching you these ways of thinking? Why write this book? Let me make one thing clear first: The main reason I’m writing this book is for myself. I’m always trying to improve, learning from experience and gaining new insights every day. And the fastest way to absorb, understand, and apply this knowledge is the Feynman Technique. If you don’t know what that is, look it up. 259Reads7.3Score860Shelves
- 28 Period: I Bound Myself to a System That Meddles in Everyone's Business 年代：我绑定了多管闲事系统 People transmigrate every year. This year, it happened to be my turn. Li Xiang never dreamed he’d hit the jackpot and transmigrate to the 1960s, becoming Li Xiangbei, the village’s notorious little troublemaker. A shabby house, ragged clothes, and food that scraped his throat: he begged every god in the heavens to let him go home. If he couldn’t go home, couldn’t they at least give him a golden finger? And so he really did get one. He ought to have been thrilled, but what was this “Mind Your 276Reads7.1Score108Shelves
- 29 The Princess’s Beloved Consort, Steadfast as an Inkstone 砚定安宁驸马的掌心宠 Ancient historical romance + bickering couple + sweet romance + clever leads + mutual devotion The heroine, Princess Anle Yang Ninger, is arrogant and domineering. She prefers a whip to makeup and is bold, spirited, and unafraid to love or hate. She's dumped from the start, only to become the most sought-after woman in the blink of an eye. The top scholar treats her like the apple of his eye... The two go from bickering rivals to protecting each other through danger, and gradually fall in lov 914Reads8.6Score105Shelves
- 30 A Record of Heart-Piercing Crimes 诛心记 Autumn of the first year of Baozheng, the night before Frost’s Descent. Silver King Ye Wuqing launched the “Black Armor Coup” in the imperial capital. Iron cavalry trampled the moonlit streets, and smoke from the fires advanced toward the ninefold palace walls. Emperor Ye Wushuang wept as he stood before the palace hall. Unwilling to treat the people as mere straw dogs, he removed his crown and issued an edict of abdication. That night, the emperor climbed the Star-Gazing Tower alone, gazed no 116Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 31 Stop Dying for Love! I’ll Shatter the Gods with One Sword 别殉情了！我一剑斩碎神明 [Slay the Gods + Two Male Leads + Multiple Women’s Redemption + Unhinged Villain + Apocalypse Power-Up + Dual-Timeline Perspectives + Cthulhu Mythos] When everyone believes in the gods, offering up their love and sacrificing their lives to them, I alone see through the gods’ false masks. He demands that I burn myself as a sacrifice, only to realize he’s been betrayed. I draw my sword in return and cut down those who would die for love! The old humans at the bottom believe that their “masters” ar 34Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 For Whom Does the Beauty of the Ages Bloom? 千古红颜为谁红 [Multiple themed dungeons] + [Ensemble cast] + [Loyalty and vendettas] + [Romance and affection] + [Anchors in official history] + [Wild-history twists] + [Satisfying hooks] + [Emotional core] + [Mysticism and religion] Following the shifting fortunes of nearly a hundred celebrated women from ancient times, including renowned courtesans, beauties, formidable women, and empresses, this story challenges the stereotype that beautiful women bring ruin. Against the grand sweep of official history, it 177Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 33 Chasing Stars! My Support Helps Me Win the Championship Again! 追星！辅助我沾再夺冠！ Stanning! Help me get crowned champion again! 40Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 I Crashed into a Female CEO While Delivering Food, and My Wonderful Life Began 2 送外卖撞了女总裁，我的美好人生开启了2 I Hit a Female CEO While Delivering Food, and My Wonderful Life Began 2 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 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. 36Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 36 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 275Reads9.1Score148Shelves
- 37 The Seventh Choice Beyond the Six Paths of Reincarnation 六道轮回外的第七种选择 Disclaimer: I wrote this book on a whim during the Qingming Festival. If you scare easily, don’t read it. The story follows Lao Li through his final days in the hospital. His condition is critical, and his children fight to save him as doctors insert tubes all over his body. Meanwhile, his comrade Lao Zhou chooses to forgo treatment, leaving Lao Li deeply envious. After his death, Lao Li faces judgment in the underworld and ultimately chooses to be reborn as an albatross carrying the cancer viru 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 The Evening Breeze Buries the Embers; I Think of You for the Rest of My Life 晚风葬烬，余生念你 The Evening Breeze Buries the Embers; For the Rest of My Life, I Miss You 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 In the Wasteland Era, I Heard I Awakened the Worst Talent 废土时代，听说我觉醒了最差天赋 [Apocalypse] [Urban superpowers] [Single female lead] [Comedy] A century after nuclear disaster, the survivors cling to life in a wasteland. The high-walled fortresses were never a paradise for the weak. Gu Yuan escaped a sea of corpses in the wilderness with his younger sister, Gu Ningshuang, and made it into Fortress 21, hoping only for steady meals and a safe, peaceful life for his sister. Who could have guessed that the Superpower he awakened would be “Luck,” ranked 108th in the sequence, a 1.4kReads8.3Score—Shelves
- 40 A Great Dream, A Return, and a Marriage Renewed 大梦穿回续姻果 Three lifetimes of tragic love, one dream that carried her to the ancient past. Su Ningbing transmigrates by accident and becomes a sacrificial bride sent away in a political marriage. On one side is Wang Qiuhao, the emperor of Ling who would risk his life to protect her and gives her his exclusive favor among the six palaces. On the other is General Xie Shangyun, who made her a promise when they were young, then abandoned her in her darkest hour. After two lifetimes, she finally understands whe 78Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 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 79Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 The Young General’s One True Love 少年将军独倾心 Su Yao gazes at her increasingly pale reflection in the bronze mirror, her heart bitter. Her husband’s death has left her fate hanging by a thread. Her greedy father and the complicated household are all driving her toward a dead end, until a tall figure clad in silver armor enters her sight. He is Zhao Haotian, a young general and the household’s second son, as well as her only chance at survival. A struggle for survival and love quietly unfolds within the sprawling estate. Su Yao plans her eve 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 A Tranquil Heart 此心湛然 At seven, he heard the words “The mind itself is principle” and was deeply moved. At forty, he met Wang Yangming and became his sworn friend at first sight. He resigned from the post of Minister three times in his life, was still lecturing at ninety-five, and founded dozens of academies. Together with Wang Yangming, he was known as one half of the pair “Wang and Zhan.” This novella tells the story of Zhan Ruoshui, a great Confucian scholar from Lingnan, and his lifelong journey of learning and c 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 The Soul of Lyrics, the Spirit of Poetry 词之魂诗之灵 This is a song of the soul, written for myself. If you like it, feel free to listen too. I posted it here first as a keepsake, and second so I can listen to it every day, as often as I like. It rolls off the tongue when read and sounds very pleasant when heard. Of course, it sounds even better when sung. I am grateful to the Tomato platform for giving me this corner of the soul. 3Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 45 No Mercy for the World 不赦人间 For the first twenty years of her life, Chen Qingxing lived by one rule: never count on a miracle. When someone else took the spot she had earned as a student in need, and her part-time wages were withheld, she signed a harsh sponsorship agreement. Her benefactor would pay for her to finish college, and after graduation, she would repay the debt with a marriage of convenience. There was no romance involved. It was a deal with a clearly marked price. She relied on careful calculations to plan eve 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 I Fainted After Storming Out, Then Took My Family to Ancient Times 吵架出门晕倒，我带全家穿越古代 One moment, my wife and I had a huge fight at home, and I stormed out. The next, I collapsed by the roadside and woke up to my wife twisting my ear! I opened my eyes: a crumbling mud-brick shack, coarse clothes, and a desolate village from ancient times! I was stunned! And even more unbelievably: My wife was there, our child was there, and my parents were there too! All five of us had transmigrated together to the Great Wei Dynasty! We were all modern people, starting out dirt-poor and drowning 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 An Affair in Dangerous Waters 出轨危情 Everyone, please give this book a five-star review so it can get a rating. I love you all! The second book is now underway! Twelve real-life marital dead ends. No golden finger, just a bloody struggle to survive. This isn’t fiction. It’s a 1.5-million-word record of real people being hunted within their marriages. There are no feel-good comeback stories here, only cold traps, bitten-off fingers, and betrayals captured on dashcams. ▶ Volume One: Property Trap (Complete) After seeing the betrayal 3.8kReads8.1Score217Shelves
- 48 Notes on Dragon Hunting with Strange Stones 奇石寻龙笔记 A seal breaks on a strange stone from the Yellow River flats. Ancient forces surge, and dark matter quietly emerges. Wealth is thrown at the door, beauties are used as bait, and factions fight tooth and nail over the Dragon Stone. Is it an omen of good fortune or the root of disaster? With seven coins to determine my path and eight guardians to escort me, I, an ordinary stone enthusiast, am forced to embark on a perilous journey to return the stone to the sky screen. Does the source of these 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 The Celestial Pivot Guards of the Great Ming 大明天枢卫 In the early twentieth century, the body of an extraterrestrial higher-dimensional life-form spontaneously disintegrated in the skies over Siberia. Countless meteorite fragments scattered across the globe, some landing in a village in the Qilian Mountains of the northwest. As children, Zhu Mingyu and Zhu Mingchao, brothers from the Zhu family, were playing when fragments cut them. Their fates were sealed. Ten years later, the brothers were forced into a chain of mysteries spanning a century and 53Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 My Husband's Friend Moved In 老公的朋友住进我家 My Husband's Friend Moved Into Our Home 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves
