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- 101 Spring Breeze and the Sea 春日微风与海 [Mutual devotion + years of secret love] [Reserved comic artist vs. straightforward male celebrity] [Main story complete] Jiang Nianke's comic was being adapted into a TV series, but she never expected the male lead to be Zhou Yuxi, her high school deskmate and the boy she'd had a crush on!!! All right, she still had a crush on him now... Her best friend An Chuxia told her that after Jiang Nianke left without a word back then, he went from a sunny, cheerful boy into a cool, aloof heartthrob. Jia 101Reads—Score—Shelves
- 102 The Ward Boss Only Wants to Serve the People 坊主大人只想为民服务 Other people cultivate immortality by meditating, refining qi, and slaying demons for their treasures. Ye Guanqing cultivates by fixing public toilets, handing out coupons, and teaching the Eight Brocades. After failing the civil service exam five years in a row in his previous life, he transmigrated and was promptly parachuted in as the head of the shabbiest market town on the Canglan Continent. Faced with a Grade D market town on the verge of closure, dozens of freeloading rogue cultivators, a 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 103 A Marriage at a Crossroads 婚途陌路 Strangers on the Road to Marriage 55Reads—Score—Shelves
- 104 Pearl of Hong Kong: The Fu Family's Cousin Is a Money-Making Machine 香江明珠：傅家的表小姐太能赚了 [Alternate-History Rebirth | Ambitious Heroine x Territorial-Minded Hero | Plot-Driven | No Saintly Characters | Flexible Morals | Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment | Realistic Leaning | Slow Burn] Synopsis: After waking up, Lin Jiao found herself holding the script of a disposable supporting character. From the start, she swiped a million in cash from her scumbag father and headed for Hong Kong. Hong Kong in 1960 was just lighting up with neon. Gold lay everywhere, but so did traps. Luckily, she r 39.4kReads8.9Score4.9kShelves
- 105 The Quick Transmigration Host Has Little Will to Survive and Always Wants to Be the Villain 快穿宿主求生欲低且总想当反派 [Quick Transmigration] [Dual Powerhouses] [Violent, Unhinged Beauty] [The Female Lead Is Possessive of the Male Lead] [Games] [Infinite Worlds] [Doomsday Management] [God-Tier Identity] Lin Zhijing was famous for being a violent, unhinged beauty in poor health. She detested yanderes. When one acted up, she would rather throw hands than waste words. Anyone who picked a fight got two slaps, and if they really angered her, she would carry her "Thunder Hammer" around and pound people with it. After 116Reads—Score—Shelves
- 106 How Many Autumns Have Passed Over These Rivers and Mountains 山河几度秋 In the first half of Zhao Lanxi's life, three men mattered most to her. One was her master, who had raised her; another was Yan Mo, the Vice Minister of Justice, who had recognized her talent; and the third was her full-blooded older brother, Zhao Jin, Duke of Zhenguo. Later, her master died, and Yan Mo died too. Zhao Jin, however, did not die. Not only was he alive, he also brought her a fourth man. One more thing: why does the heroine of a historical romance have to be a girl of fourteen or fi 55Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 107 Through Wind and Rain, the Wild Geese Return 风雨雁归来 Cao Jinghe was one of the best spies in Jianzhang Palace, code-named Snow Goose. She entered the palace at eight. At sixteen, her homeland fell and Chang’an was lost. She spent eight years undercover in enemy territory, until the bandits surrendered, the lost lands were recovered, and peace returned to the realm. But she waited where she was, and the order to end her mission never came. Even her handler, “Mountain Ghost,” who had sent her secret reports all along but whom she had never met, vani 423Reads8.5Score101Shelves
- 108 Xianxia: It Begins with My Corpse Being Abandoned After I Was Reborn 仙侠：从重生就被抛尸说起 New book: (Soul Transmigration · Eastern Cultivation · Plot-Focused · Not for Beginners · No Golden Finger) A dilapidated Taoist temple. A little beggar asked Chen Ran curiously, “Big Brother Chen... I want to know how that story ended. What happened to that young man who wrote web novels or whatever?” Chen Ran sighed. “To pick up where we left off: after his submission was rejected, the young man asked Miss Doubao, ‘Didn't you say I had the makings of a platinum author, and could beat 99 perce 96Reads—Score—Shelves
- 109 Invincible from the Start: What Do You Mean I'm in the Author's Realm? 开局无敌，什么叫我是作者境 [Ruthless] + [Never Takes a Loss] + [Invincible] Su Yan is eating instant noodles in his rented apartment when an out-of-control truck speeding down the road runs him over and kills him. He transmigrates to a world of immortal cultivation. At first, Su Yan is all set to endure thirty years of hardship and then turn the tables. But then he unexpectedly awakens a System! Overjoyed, Su Yan hurriedly asks what it can do. Can it reveal people’s fortunes? Give him an Ancient Desolate Sacred Physique f 203Reads—Score118Shelves
- 110 My Wife Is My Weakness, but She Has None 妻子是我的弱点，但妻子没有弱点 [A finance tycoon who isn’t a good person but is forced to be kind, and who’s hopelessly lovestruck, vs. his wife, an antisocial nuclear weapons researcher] [Both of them think they’re forcing the other into a relationship] Three years ago, Xie Cigu, head of the Xie family, stole Wen Shan away, forcing her to break up with the childhood sweetheart she’d been engaged to since they were young. After their wedding, she kept her whereabouts secret and stayed out all night. Xie Cigu endured it again 70.2kReads9.1Score13.3kShelves
- 111 I Was Watched While Sitting on the Toilet 我上马桶的时候被围观了 I Got Watched While I Was on the Toilet 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 112 Paradox Verification System: I'm the Bug in the World of Rules 悖论校验系统：我是规则世界的BUG Paradox Verification System: I’m a Bug in the World of Rules 127Reads—Score—Shelves
- 113 A Gentle Breeze Disperses the Thick Clouds 暄风散浓云 [Historical romance + devoted couple + sweet at first, then heartbreak + household intrigue + political machinations + infidelity + twists + reconciliation] [An adaptable, sweet-and-salty heroine + a pitiful, unfaithful man] Twist warning: read it a second time and you'll realize it's a different story. She is a pampered princess who cares for the people; he is a battle-hardened general, tough on the outside but earnest at heart. Time may pass them by, but fate will bring them together. She sear 31Reads—Score—Shelves
- 114 I Went Viral After Livestreaming in Women’s Clothes in an Eerie Instance 我在诡异副本女装直播后爆火了 [Transmigration + Supernatural Invasion + Horror Game Dungeons + Cross-Dressing Streamer + No Romance] After Xu Song transmigrates to a dangerous world plagued by supernatural horrors, his dress-up System insists that he put on women's clothes and livestream his attempts to survive horror-game dungeons. Xu Song: Wait, buddy, I'm a guy! Xu Song: And I'm socially anxious! I don't want to livestream! System: Livestream popularity earns you draws. Every skirt you draw grants a different powerful a 28.1kReads8.8Score5.2kShelves
- 115 The Demon Venerable of the Cultivation World Can't Use Magic! 修仙界的魔尊她不会用魔法啊！ [Powerful Female Lead] [All Male Leads Are Pure] [Everyone Is Smitten with Her] [Magic World] [Over-the-Top Drama] [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] Wen Guyun, the Demon Venerable whose name made the Six Realms tremble, was struck by demonic backlash during the war between immortals and demons, only to have her heart pierced by a single sword strike from the Sword Venerable. She thought her soul would be scattered forever. But when she opened her eyes, she had transmigrated into a world of magic, where 53Reads—Score—Shelves
- 116 Quick Transmigration: A Leisurely Life in Every World 快穿每个世界都有悠闲生活 This is the story of an escapee System running low on energy and a girl who became a ghost after death. They hit it off and travel together through the worlds of various novels, sometimes living quietly, sometimes enjoying the gossip, and replenishing the System’s energy along the way to keep it alive. Period drama world ✅ Historical world Modern world Interstellar world Each world can be read on its own and is mostly independent of the others. Pick whichever setting you like, but don’t go a 2.6kReads7.5Score178Shelves
- 117 All My Talent Comes from Trouble 我这一身才华，全是劫 [One heroine + wuxia + court politics + subversion of transmigration tropes + no characters acting stupid] He brings civilization to the world and uses learning and martial skill to help the people. Cheng Hai sweeps away cults, destroys ritual altars, and rescues people from peril. Everything he does seems like the work of a true hero. He believes that if he rises high enough, he can surely bring new life to the common people. But as he fights to purge foreign forces, he pushes the martial world 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 118 Everyone Else Hoards Supplies, but I Take Everything Apart 别人疯狂囤货，我却全拆成散装 Everyone else is frantically stockpiling supplies, but I take everything apart and turn it into loose pieces 262Reads—Score—Shelves
- 119 Empresses in the Palace: A Rules-Horror Tale 甄嬛传之规则怪谈 Empresses in the Palace: Rules of the Strange Tales 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 120 I Don’t Want to Hear It 哀家不想听 Young Empress Dowager x Powerful Eunuch A burned-out office worker transmigrates as the Empress Dowager, and Yu Qixiang wants to retire early. Anyone who tries to persuade her to rule from behind the curtain gets a tearful breakdown they'll never forget. But the chief eunuch, who looks adorable despite his cold expression, takes a dislike to her and insists on hauling her to her post to work like a pack mule. Fine. I worked myself to death in my last life. You think I can't work you to death to 23.5kReads9.3Score3.7kShelves
- 121 Matriarchy: The Villainous Wife and Lord Will Never Repent 女尊：反派妻主永不悔改 The comic adaptation of The Villainess: The Antagonist Wife Will Never Repent is now available (Virtue-centered society + all men are pure + beloved by all + villainess + a tiny bit of mooching) Jiang Nianzhi had always known that she was a bad person. Her child husband served her from childhood and sold the token proving his lineage so she could attend school, yet she refused to give him a title. To marry her principal husband, she even drove him out of the house. Her principal husband severed 42kReads8.8Score6.4kShelves
- 122 At Dusk, the Child Returns 暮时子归 [Print edition now available] “Did you know Lin Daiyu is supposed to be paired with Sun Wukong? Nuwa arranged this ‘wood-and-stone bond’ as the destined match of the Goddess of the Xiao River and the Great Sage Equal to Heaven.” Xiao Xiang has had enough of drifting around and wants to go back to her hometown and live off her family. But the place is a complete mess, and there's nowhere for her to stay. Then there's that crafty Great Sage with eight hundred tricks up his sleeve, constantly makin 145Reads—Score—Shelves
- 123 The Junior Sister Is Still So Delicate Today 小师妹今天也很娇气 Delicate, willful junior sister × Cunning, reserved, and emotionally intelligent senior brother The story of a handsome senior brother who refused to admit he cared in his past life, regretted it too late, and ended up giving his heart away after being reborn. Jiang Shibai, a junior sister from the immortal sect, is beautiful and refined, but notorious for being pampered and difficult. She hates getting tired while practicing swordsmanship, complains that medicine is bitter, and will cry for hal 154Reads—Score352Shelves
- 124 After Being Reborn, I Made the Signatory Take Back Their Words in Person 重生后，我让签字的人亲口撤回 After being reborn, I made the person who signed it withdraw it in person. 401Reads—Score—Shelves
- 125 Wait, Host, Which One of Us Is the System? 不是？宿主，到底谁才是系统？ Shen Zhidu was a deadbeat shut-in, but then good fortune came knocking when he went out, and he accidentally transmigrated to a cultivation world. Though he possesses endless treasures, he’s an ordinary mortal who can never cultivate. To his surprise, he even has a System? System: “Quest triggered: kill the first-rank demonic beast, the Bloodthirsty Snake, in front of you. Reward: 5 Grade One Marrow-Cleansing Pills.” Shen Zhidu: “You kill it, and I’ll give you ten Grade Two pills.” System: “?” “ 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 126 The System Wants Me to Keep a Low Profile? I Steal Away the Two Male Leads to Found a Sect 系统逼我苟命？我拐走两大男主开山建宗 The System Forces Me to Keep a Low Profile? I Run Off with the Two Male Leads to Build a Sect 62Reads—Score—Shelves
- 127 A Gentle Ripple in My Dreams 一枕微澜 [Dissociative Identity Disorder X Reunion After Years Apart X The Ex-Husband's Long Road to Winning Her Back] When they reunited after three years apart, Shen Weilan discovered that her ex-husband didn't recognize her. She thought he had amnesia and forgotten her, never realizing that someone else had long since taken over his body. He said, "Since he's lost his mind over a woman, he can give this body to me." She said, "You're just a fragment of his thoughts. You have no right to exist, and you 410Reads—Score—Shelves
- 128 The Baby's Father Isn't Dead! He's the Mastermind of a Wealthy Dynasty 崽他爹没死！竟是豪门掌权人 [One-on-one romance / reunion in another world / mutual first love / sweet romance / adorable child / cozy tone / not a strong female lead] Zhou Jingning was once the envy of everyone in Jing'an City, living a comfortable, luxurious life as the wife of a handsome military governor and enjoying everyone's respect. When A Yuan was three, Shen Zhaolan led his troops south, only to die unexpectedly on the battlefield. Then, after an accident of her own, Zhou Jingning arrived in the strange and dazzl 1.7kReads8.4Score102Shelves
- 129 Lida's Wish 丽达的心愿 [A serf girl accused of witchcraft after breaking up a couple from the start: how can she survive the medieval witch-hunting frenzy?] [Alternate history | Western Middle Ages | A turbulent era and its many characters | Vocational ideals | Love and friendship | Realism] [If this time we choose love, kindness, and courage, could things turn out differently?] Theme: A story about love, growth, understanding, and healing Events: The witch hunts, the Renaissance, the Reformation Elements: A serf r 152Reads—Score—Shelves
- 130 I'm the Only Sane Person on This Film Set 这剧组就我一个正常人 I'm the only sane person on this film set. 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 131 Chronicles of the Red Sash 绾红记 Chronicles of Crimson Silk 19Reads—Score—Shelves
- 132 We Shared a Dream, My Cold and Stiff Ex-Husband Turned Out to Be Dark and Twisted 与冷脸古板前夫共梦，他竟是阴湿 [Shared dreams + reborn + college campus + sweet romance + mutual firsts + a gentle, steady love] [Cold-faced man with questionable morals × soft, sweet girl who pretends to be well-behaved] Sui Mi wanted a divorce. Her husband, Xi Jianbai, was wonderful in every way. He’d built himself up from nothing, was steady and reserved, and treated her with respect. He was the perfect husband by any measure. But facing his stern, ascetic-looking face, Sui Mi simply couldn’t bring herself to say it. What 64.8kReads9.3Score10.9kShelves
- 133 Gray Sky 灰空 He was a passionate young man, a promising journalist with a bright future, and his life was going splendidly. His supervisor was just about to promote him when, in a moment of impulsiveness, he made a mistake, and his life took a different course. Misfortune and fortune go hand in hand, and this marked the beginning of an entirely different life. 4.7kReads8.9Score555Shelves
- 134 [Crossover] Even Cleaners Have to Work Hard 【综】清洁工也是要努力的 Some people's hatred is already written in their fate. But I have never believed in fate. If fate is unjust, then I'll clean it up. As for men? If they're useful, I'll keep them as NPCs. If they're useless, I'll clean them up. Don't ask who I am. I'm just a cleaner. 2.4kReads—Score117Shelves
- 135 The Tenth Day's End: A Troublemaker's Paradise 十日终焉乐子人 The End of Ten Days: Mischief Maker 27Reads—Score—Shelves
- 136 Her Bones Are Yet Cold, Her Vengeance Unfulfilled: The Wicked Woman Returns from Hell 骨未寒，仇未报，恶女她从地狱来 [Revenge after being reborn + the whole family gets what they deserve, no forgiveness + satisfying inner-courtyard drama] In her previous life, Gu Han Yin was framed by her fiancé and adopted daughter. On the eve of her wedding, everyone caught her in bed with another man. That same day, the adopted daughter stole her identity, became the most favored young lady in the marquis's residence, rose to prominence, and married into the heir's household. They ruined her reputation, trampled over her 49Reads—Score—Shelves
- 137 A Strange Immortal Fate: The Good-for-Nothing Without a Spiritual Root Turns His Life Around 奇仙缘：无灵根废柴的逆转之路 [New release] + [Fantasy with a System] + [Laugh-out-loud fun] + [One heroine] Su Qingxuan, a humble errand boy of the Qingfeng Sect, was born without a spiritual root. Amid the crowd’s scorn, he unexpectedly found an immortal gourd and became bound to a System! Later, a mysterious voice in a secret realm told him that he wasn’t actually without a spiritual root. He had the legendary… spiritual root. The little System is adorable and mischievous, and always good for a laugh. A fox demon at t 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 138 The Great Dao From the Start: I'm So Bored! 开局大道：我好无聊！ [The Myriad Worlds + scheming + lighthearted comedy + loves making mischief + no female lead] What’s it like to become the Great Dao from the start? Su Nan can tell you: it’s worse than working 996! o(╥﹏╥)o After becoming the Great Dao, Su Nan was terribly bored, so he created clone after clone to explore the Myriad Worlds... Su Nan: “Explore what? Nobody’s allowed to go!!” Su Nan: “Who’ll play with me if you all leave!!!” Su Da: “Boss, I want to go.” Su Nan: “Take this flying kick!” Su Da: “Aah 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 139 Zhizhi’s Road Home 知栀归途 Zhizhi’s Way Home 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 140 Reborn as a Useless Male, I Became a Hit Across the Stars by Writing 穿成废雄，我靠写文爆红星际 Second Young Master Shen transmigrates and becomes an F-rank, hopelessly devoted male insect with the same name in the insectoid race. From the start, he has a terrible reputation and huge debts, and can only survive because his military-insect nemesis “big brother” supports him. To stay alive, he picks up a keyboard. While the whole insectoid race is obsessed with “300 Chapters of Heartbreaking Romance in a Male Insect’s Harem,” I put on a secret identity and wrote a bittersweet, unrequited-lov 32.9kReads9.3Score5.4kShelves
- 141 Young Master’s Layers of Schemes: How Can a Lowly Shadow Guard Escape? 公子千层套路，小小暗卫哪里逃 [Two Male Leads] [Both Pure] [Sweet Romance] [Younger Pursuer] [Personal Guard] [Mutual Pining Comes True] [Happy Ending] [Secondary Couple] Scheming beauty of a young master gong x adorably gullible personal guard shou The first time Ji Jingyang saw Ji Yue'an remove his mask, he thought: You're going to be my wife! (Admit it, you're just lusting after his body.) Ji Jingyang's long-held crush finally comes true, and he brings home Ji Yue'an, his wife with astonishing martial prowess, all thanks 1.6kReads—Score202Shelves
- 142 A True Account of Romance in the Boys’ Dorm 男生宿舍恋爱实录 Warning: The author is a top enthusiast! Bottom enthusiasts, read at your own risk! Seriously!! [Ensemble Cast, 5v5 Romance, Lighthearted, Sweet] A college campus, melodrama, absurd comedy, and lighthearted sitcom vibes~ Sweet, sweet, sweet! Their arguments only bring them closer! Five scumbag upperclassmen from one dorm meet five cute, ditzy juniors from another, and each finds himself an adorable sweetheart. Dorm 419: five bold tops vs. Dorm 520: five sweet bottoms Titan & Xiao Ni: Gentle club 1.4kReads8.8Score146Shelves
- 143 After the Divorce, I Became a Culinary God My Ex-Husband Could Never Hope to Win Over 离婚后，我成了前夫哥高攀不起的厨神 After the Divorce, I Became the Chef My Ex-Husband Could Never Hope to Marry 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 144 Pause the Corruption, Junior Sister, I'm Coming to Catch You! 黑化暂停，小师姐我去逮！ [Mischievous little beagle + comedic ensemble cast + shameless redemption + reverse tactics] [Chosen One: Where did all my dark, villainous characters go? Why are they running around in chaos, practicing frisbee?] [Cannon-fodder villains: Failed to turn evil. If you ask why, we're completely exhausted!] [Beagle heroine: So fun, so fun.] Lu Ren transmigrates into a side character, a senior sister in a tragic master-disciple romance. The plot expects her to work like a beast of burden, so she tear 45.8kReads9.0Score8.7kShelves
- 145 The Eldest Daughter Doesn't Feel Like Being Sensible Today Either 嫡长女今天也不想懂事 The Legitimate Eldest Daughter Doesn't Want to Behave Today Either 124Reads—Score—Shelves
- 146 My Husband Said He Was Working Late, but I Saw Him Trying on Wedding Dresses with His White Moonlight 丈夫说加班，我看见他陪白月光试婚纱 My Husband Said He Was Working Late, but I Saw Him Trying on Wedding Dresses with His First Love 268Reads—Score—Shelves
- 147 The Abyss in Her Dimples 梨涡深渊 The Abyss in Her Dimples 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 148 Go to Sleep, I'm Here 睡吧，我在呢 Go to sleep. I'm right here. 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 149 You Lured Home a Little Wife with a Bottle of Soda? 你用一瓶汽水拐回一个小老婆？ (One heroine + mutual salvation + lighthearted comedy with no angst + gradual yandere development + sweet everyday romance + happy ending) Rest assured, this one's guaranteed to be sweet. (This is a brand-new book, so please, everyone, don't let it pile up in your reading list. It'll get buried to death (ToT)) The first twenty years of Gu Hui's life were shrouded in an endless rainy season, but he fought to become a ray of sunshine breaking through the clouds of Hangzhou's plum rains. Then, one 32Reads—Score103Shelves
- 150 Return to Pear Blossom Shore 彼岸归梨 The Pear Beyond the Other Shore 21Reads—Score—Shelves
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