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- 101 Narrow Escape 狭路 Late in her master's program, Lin Wanxing had an accident and was forced to return to her hometown to work at her former high school. She had studied psychology, a flagship program at Yongchuan University, but ended up in charge of the school's quietest department: the sports equipment room. After starting work, Lin Wanxing encountered one strange thing after another. "Free ball rental, 100 uses" cards, "riddle cigarette boxes," "treasure maps"... The school used to have a soccer team, and some 98.2kFavorites125.4kClicks/ch212.8kGifts
- 102 Yuanyuan's Diary 圆圆记事 The main story is complete. I'll revise it gradually. Coming soon: Notes on Qing Dynasty Gossip and The Tale of Rongrong in Chang'an Duan Yuanyuan transmigrated into the distant cousin of Ning Xuan. Betrothed from childhood, she followed the usual path and married into the Ning family, whose wealth was said to make pearls as common as dirt and gold as common as iron. She found herself in the Ning household, where the rules seemed strict, but a fresh scandal broke every day. Duan Yuanyuan wond 39.3kFavorites99.8kClicks/ch20.6kGifts
- 103 My Husband Is the Sweetest Man Under Heaven 我夫君天下第一甜 [Signed for publication. Follow the author's Weibo, @JinjiangShanzhizi, for the release date.] Qi Cunxin is a kitchen maid in the household of the magistrate of Dongling Prefecture. Every day, she squats in front of the stove and gets herself covered in soot. Her days are dull, and money is tight. She has no choice but to find another job. Whenever she leaves the residence, she goes to wash clothes for the girls at the pleasure house to earn extra money. One day, in the back courtyard of the ple 190.8kFavorites304.1kClicks/ch73.4kGifts
- 104 The Lonely Whale 寂寞的鲸鱼 The print edition of Lonely Whale is now available. -- Blurb: Zhan Xi's requirements for a partner had always been simple: he didn't need to be tall or handsome, just healthy and steadily employed. Most importantly, he had to be interesting enough to make her laugh with his wit and eloquence. After all, she was a pretty dull person. But after looking and looking, she found someone who didn't meet a single one of her requirements. He was tall and handsome, made a living crafting handmade accessor 131.6kFavorites170.8kClicks/ch123.6kGifts
- 105 The Gods Want You Tonight 神明今夜想你 [Published edition titled Tonight, the Moonlight Thinks of You for Me, available on Taobao and Dangdang.] [The audio drama of the same name, The Gods Think of You Tonight, is available on the Manbo app.] [This story is complete. The Abyssal Goddess has started, see my profile.] Chi Yan was cold and arrogant toward Jiang Sui. His younger brother said, “Don’t take it personally. My brother suffered a lot when he was young.” Time suddenly rewound to 1997. At this point in time... Jiang Sui was nine 376.8kFavorites570.8kClicks/ch93.9kGifts
- 106 Marrying the Villain 嫁反派 (Some scenes have been revised. The official Jinjiang version is complete and error-free. The simplified Chinese edition was published under the title With the Years, Peace.) In her previous life, Yu Lingshu went from being the darling of everyone around her to falling into the dust, forced to marry the regent, Ning Yin. The regent was peerlessly handsome, but he had a lame leg and was a twisted, cruel madman who murdered his brother and father. What Yu Lingshu feared most was when he would wi 521.7kFavorites654.5kClicks/ch200kGifts
- 107 The Black Lotus Manual [Book Transmigration] 黑莲花攻略手册[穿书] The Black Lotus has been published in print. The author's latest work, Reborn and Married to My Nemesis, is currently serializing in the author's profile. This world is overrun by monsters, and it's the perfect place for heroes and heroines to make their legends. Too bad you're not the pure, noble heroine or the pampered, highborn villainess. You're the universally hated third female extra. In the original story, she has a crush on the male lead, plots against the heroine, and spends her whole 1.3MFavorites1.4MClicks/ch650.9kGifts
- 108 Bright Years (Double Rebirth) 岁时有昭（双重生） [The complete novel is finished. The main story of "I Haven’t Been a God for Ages" is also complete. Come check it out!!!] Novel blurb: [Blurb One] When Rong Shu married Gu Changjin, she didn’t know his heart belonged to someone else. She also had no idea that her mother had forced the woman he loved to marry far away in Suzhou, so that Rong Shu could get what she wanted. Three years after their wedding, the empress found Gu Changjin and brought him back. He b 355.2kFavorites519.6kClicks/ch144.7kGifts
- 109 Chasing Jade 逐玉 [Originally titled The Marquis's Wife and the Pig-Killing Knife] After her parents pass away, her childhood sweetheart breaks off their engagement, and her relatives plot to devour her inheritance. For the sake of her five-year-old sister, Fan Changyu decides to take in a live-in husband. She sets her sights on the man she rescued. He is covered in wounds and owns nothing, but at least he has a handsome face. The two quickly strike a deal: she will take him in while he recuperates, and he will 599.8kFavorites573.5kClicks/ch408.5kGifts
- 110 The Most Beautiful Woman in Chang’an 长安第一美人 [Next book: From Richest Man to Chief Minister] The Yunyang Marquis's Residence incurred the emperor's wrath, and overnight the family was stripped of its title and property. With no other choice, the pampered Third Miss Shen opened a cosmetics shop in Chang'an. Once Chang'an's most beautiful woman, she became a delicate flower anyone could pluck at will. One day, Lu Yanshi, heir to the Duke of Zhenguo, happened to pass by her Hundred Fragrances Pavilion 345.8kFavorites659.7kClicks/ch228.1kGifts
- 111 Endless Confessions 无尽告白 The online version was originally titled Forced Surrender. The print edition was renamed Endless Confession and went on pre-sale in 2022. - It takes only a second to decide to sacrifice yourself. The price you pay often lasts a lifetime. When the selfless girl became a glorious symbol in the story, she never imagined the life of regret she would have to face. “You’ll never understand. The universe is vast and boundless, and I fell in love with a stubborn stone like her. She was so innocent and 140.1kFavorites281.3kClicks/ch61.4kGifts
- 112 Madam Mei's Everyday Devotion to Her Husband 梅夫人宠夫日常 A spoiled cat-demon big sister x an upright young Taoist The cat demon gets married The Taoist takes a wife Everyday cat-petting Very sweet, trust me [An alternate world, fantasy, with demons and monsters] Theme: 149.8kFavorites277.3kClicks/ch55.6kGifts
- 113 After My Country Fell, I Married a Peasant 亡国后我嫁给了泥腿子 Poetry-obsessed peasant x tearful, fussy kitten * In a single night, the world turned upside down, and the pampered princess became a remnant of the fallen dynasty. When Shen Zhuxi escaped the imperial palace, she never imagined that the one who would someday help her hold her head high and return was not her learned, brilliant fiance, but a crude, hot-tempered, uneducated peasant who loved calling himself everyone's daddy. At their first meeting, she looked down on his meager means, his limited 152.2kFavorites263.9kClicks/ch205kGifts
- 114 21+ Breaking the Pear 折梨 165.5kFavorites212.1kClicks/ch91.5kGifts
- 115 21+ My Villainous Classmate Is Born Under a Lucky Star 反派同窗他命带锦鲤 169.1kFavorites211.9kClicks/ch55.5kGifts
- 116 Reborn to Save the Big Shot 重生之拯救大佬计划 Published under the title To See You in Our Youth, available everywhere! My next novel is Wet Fireworks. [Blurb] 1. More shocking than Li Wei winning the world’s highest award in theoretical physics at a young age was the fact that he was found dead at home the day before the award ceremony. He was 35. In a letter to his student, Jackie, he wrote: “For all these years, I’ve been doing one thing obsessively. Physics is everything to me. The day 359.2kFavorites686.7kClicks/ch131.6kGifts
- 117 The Mountain Lord's Daughter 山主之女 In the winter of Shengping Year Fourteen, Yue Zhiheng, a condemned official of the dynasty, was sentenced to the gruesome punishment of having his flesh carved away and his bones scraped clean. Beyond the black-iron prison cart, countless commoners came to watch the young minister, burdened with countless sins, go to his death. Zhan Yunwei was among them. She had traveled a great distance to see him off for the last time, but only to save someone else. She never imagined then that watching he 151kFavorites191.2kClicks/ch92.3kGifts
- 118 There's No Way I Could Pity a Demon 我不可能会怜惜一个妖鬼 [Complete] The day I died, spring rain fell over the mortal world. At an inopportune moment, I thought of Yan Chaoshen. For the past hundred years, he had always stood proudly in front of me, even taking lightning tribulations for me. I was so naive back then that I thought he loved me. Until one day, he brought home the woman he truly loved: an immortal maiden who looked eighty percent like me. I sighed. How tragic. I died too soon, so I never saw the figure stumbling toward me through th 216.6kFavorites371.1kClicks/ch104.5kGifts
- 119 Twelve Years, an Old Friend's Play 十二年，故人戏 After all these years, we still perform the same old play, and we are all actors in it. When she first met Third Master Fu, he was a young nobleman who had rented out half the venue to show off for someone. He liked to sit with one leg crossed over the other, turning aside to whisper to the person next to him. In the lamplight, his profile carried a languid, worldly charm. Only later did she see clearly that in that half-lit, half-shadowed world, he sat amid heaps of bones and guarded the vast 255.6kFavorites643.6kClicks/ch107kGifts
- 120 Unawakened 不醒 [You are both the armor that makes me invulnerable and the heart that falls apart at a single touch.] A xianxia infinite-flow story. The heroine returns to the past four times, changing the fates of herself and everyone around her. A scheming heroine x a sharp-tongued, pure-hearted master artisan. Updated daily at 9:00 a.m. Xianxia, happy ending. The heroine has an ex-husband. The story will be published on December 5. Theme: Admit when you’ve failed, turn back in time, and make peace with your 223.6kFavorites286.8kClicks/ch309.7kGifts
- 121 My Husband and I Are Perfectly in Tune 我同夫君琴瑟和鸣 [Publication rights secured. Follow the author on Weibo for the latest updates.] [If you see an update notification, the author is probably revising the text. Don't make a wasted trip. Sorry for any inconvenience.] Li Linglang and Jiang Cong were a perfectly harmonious couple, or at least that's what she thought. They had been married for several months. They weren't inseparable, but their life together was peaceful and warm. She was attentive and considerate in every way, treating him with al 152kFavorites153.4kClicks/ch76.4kGifts
- 122 The Black Moonlight Holds the BE Script Steady (TV Series: Till the End of the Moon) 黑月光拿稳BE剧本（剧集：长月烬明） [Publication title: Long Moon, No Ashes] [Complete. The next book, I Won’t Be Happy Without You, is listed in the author’s profile.] On the city wall, with nowhere left to run, the rebels hold a sword to my neck. Laughing, the man asks Tantai Jin, “Your wife or Miss Ye? Only one can live. Who do you choose?” The System glances at the tearful Ye Bingshang and says anxiously, “Host, he’ll definitely choose you.” Tantai Jin answers without hesitation. “Let Bingshang go.” System: Well, there goes 994kFavorites1.3MClicks/ch675.5kGifts
- 123 Little Cardamom 小豆蔻 [The new historical romance, A Phoenix in Another’s Nest, has begun.] At the Lantern Festival, the emperor and empress hosted a banquet in the imperial garden. Ostensibly, it was a celebration for the court and its sovereigns to enjoy together. In truth, Prince Dingbei was choosing his future princess consort. At the banquet, Yingying, daughter of the Marquis of Cheng’en, bowed and offered to perform A Misty River. When she finished, she added coyly, “This humble woman is unworthy of the honor. 575.8kFavorites791.9kClicks/ch199.8kGifts
- 124 The Banished Immortal 谪仙 [@Jinjiang: September Flowing Fire] In her previous life, Li Chaoge killed many people. The noble clans looked down on her, so she wiped them out. The man she loved preferred her imperial younger sister, so she killed her sister. Her mother wanted to pass the throne to her younger brother, so she killed her mother. She got her wish and became empress, but she was also utterly alone. She had wronged many people, but she had always indulged Pei Ji'an in whatever he wanted. In the end, however, Pe 205.3kFavorites310.5kClicks/ch210.4kGifts
- 125 Snow Over the Northern City 北城有雪 The third young master of the Tan family had a falling-out with his family, nearly severing ties with his father. The story spread like wildfire, and apparently the reason was utterly absurd: it was all over a “bird”? People speculated, “What kind of priceless bird could it be?” Tan Yanxi laughed. “You could say that. It won’t stay in its cage, and nothing I do can soothe it.” Zhou Mi silently rolled her eyes at him. · Snow fell beneath a gray sky. Tan Yanxi stood by the window, motionless for a 268.8kFavorites440.9kClicks/ch80.2kGifts
- 126 The Imperial Examination: A Man Disguised as a Woman 科举之男装大佬 "Completed January 2019" One-line summary: A woman disguises herself as a man, takes the imperial exams, makes her way through court, and becomes a powerful figure. Synopsis: Cheng Ping was raised as a boy from early childhood. Now she faces two choices: Reveal her true identity and be married off to any man they choose; Or go all in, take the imperial exams, and claim control over her own life. Which will she choose? Obviously, the latter! But Cheng Ping's road through the exams and the imperi 62kFavorites144.8kClicks/ch54.5kGifts
- 127 21+ I'll See You at Dusk 黄昏时见你 41.4kFavorites63.4kClicks/ch33.4kGifts
- 128 One Lifetime, One World: A Beauty’s Bones 一生一世，美人骨 A beauty's bones are a rare sight in this world. Those with bones lack the skin, and those with skin lack the bones. Most people have shallow eyes. They see only the skin, never the bones. How lucky would you be if, in today's world, someone who remembered two lifetimes loved you deeply? That was how Shi Yi felt about Zhou Sheng Chen. But he had long since forgotten her. "Life is but a dream. How much joy can it hold? Of all things, only Shi Yi is what I seek..." Theme: Long live China 239.9kFavorites389.5kClicks/ch28kGifts
- 129 Winter Honeysuckle 忍冬 Theme: A story about redemption. 163.3kFavorites346.9kClicks/ch49kGifts
- 130 21+ The Hunt for Romance 风月狩 252.3kFavorites633.2kClicks/ch189.6kGifts
- 131 Follow Behind Silk Curtains 送君入罗帷 [Print edition] The print edition of Lu Shang is available for preorder on major platforms. See Weibo for details. [Blurb] Mu Xue, a powerful figure in the demonic path, dies after failing her tribulation and being struck down by heavenly lightning. When she wakes up, she has been reborn as a disciple of the righteous path. The senior brothers of the righteous path don’t beat children, the senior sisters don’t poison the food, and the master really does teach his disciples. With tears streaming 201.4kFavorites386.8kClicks/ch249.6kGifts
- 132 The Sword Is Drawn 剑出鞘 [Later in the story, if there's no update by 10 p.m., there won't be one. Don't wait.] A Zhi had a senior fellow disciple in her sect. They said that after only one year of sword training, he could single-handedly wipe out the demon lair at the foot of the mountain. In winter, snow fell on Qingxing Mountain. His sword aura kept the chill at bay within three feet, and not a single flake touched his white robes. The day Master brought A Zhi into the sect, he pointed at the man and said, “I've c 182kFavorites203.7kClicks/ch213.7kGifts
- 133 The Max-Level Green Tea Becomes a Pitiful Little One 满级绿茶穿成小可怜 Lin Feilu was nicknamed the Green Tea Princess. The scheming queen of green tea, an Oscar-winning actress in the eyes of the public. She could act cute, throw punches, feign innocence, and play the pure, white lotus. In short, she was not a good person. Eventually, she paid for her actions: she died on her twenty-seventh birthday. As she lay dying, Lin Feilu reflected on her two decades of playing the green tea, and felt deep remorse and regret. She swore that if she got another life, she would 802kFavorites1.4MClicks/ch861.6kGifts
- 134 A Stirring of Spring 春心动 · Every chapter has been carefully revised and includes added details. Pirated copies are crude and incomplete; please read the official version on Jinjiang. · One day, a young traitor bent on overthrowing the dynasty falls in love. · The heroine's story In a turbulent time, Princess Yongying is attacked by bandits and suffers a blow to the head, scrambling her memories. She mistakes herself for the heroine of a romance novel. That would be fine, except she also mistakes her sworn enemy, with 272.7kFavorites317.8kClicks/ch124.1kGifts
- 135 An Old-School, Over-the-Top Angsty Romance 一篇古早狗血虐文 [The print edition has been published under the title "To My Peach Branch, Spring Arrives with a Start". Available from Taobao, JD.com, and Pinduoduo.] Warning: This has the flavor of an old-school, melodramatic angst novel! Expect a scummy man and a shameless woman! The heroine throws herself at the hero, who loves someone else, before he suddenly realizes his mist 200.2kFavorites228.3kClicks/ch121.8kGifts
- 136 The General Is Always Bullied to Tears 将军总被欺负哭 [Currently serializing] "The Lizard Man Outside the Window": Unable to bear seeing him covered in scars, she fled far from the mortal world. [Blurb] Male lead: “My lord has been kind to me beyond measure. Whether she wants my heart, my life, or any part of me, I’ll give it without hesitation. But deep down, I still like women.” My lord: “What a coincidence. I’m a woman.” Enemy troops: “Mo Qiaosheng is here again! He’s a ruthless god of death. Run!” Officials: “The great general is truly a wea 193.2kFavorites436.1kClicks/ch164.4kGifts
- 137 21+ If You Were a Parasitic Vine 如果你是菟丝花 106.1kFavorites379.4kClicks/ch71.8kGifts
- 138 The Favored Consort's Acting Showcase 宠妃的演技大赏 Announcement: The print edition, retitled With You, With Me, went on sale on December 2, 2023. Thank you all for your support. *The full text has been revised twice. Tens of thousands of words have been changed. The only official edition is on Jinjiang. In her past life, everyone said Su Ling was blessed. She was peerlessly beautiful and born into a powerful family: her father was the Great General Who Guards the Nation, and her elder brother was a junior official at the Dali Temple. At sevente 258.8kFavorites468kClicks/ch144.4kGifts
- 139 The Milky Way Shines Bright, How Lucky Am I 星汉灿烂，幸甚至哉 The bonus chapters are in the neighboring story, "Bonus Chapters Are Here". Many years later, looking back on her life, she felt that the body she’d been born into this time around was a much better deal than the one from her previous life. So what on earth had made a hardworking, conscientious woman like her end up on such a ridiculous path? A serious but still utterly unhelpful blurb: Another young woman’s goss 623.4kFavorites619.6kClicks/ch861.1kGifts
- 140 Jade Falling in the Endless Night 不夜坠玉 [Complete] Shi Luoyi and her junior sister, the lucky koi girl, were rivals. She couldn't accept that she had spent her whole life competing with her and losing. Childhood sweethearts could never beat the girl who appeared out of nowhere, and in the end, even her childhood sweetheart and fiancé fell hopelessly in love with her junior sister. She lay dying in a ruined temple, with no one to bury her bones. It was infuriating! Then she suddenly remembered that, a long time ago, she had won onc 304.3kFavorites454kClicks/ch316kGifts
- 141 The Prime Minister’s Wife Is the Richest Woman in the Land 丞相夫人是首富 Ji Yunxi transmigrates into a book and accidentally becomes the richest person around. To protect her family, she decides to pick a powerful man to marry. Her taste in husbands is different from everyone else's. She likes men who are cunning, ruthless, and cold-hearted. Looks don't matter. She spots an unloved young master from the Wu family who seems like a good choice. He's rather ordinary-looking, but Ji Yunxi likes him very much. When you like a powerful man, you naturally find a way to get 225.5kFavorites458.3kClicks/ch156.2kGifts
- 142 The Female Supporting Character Has No Will to Survive 女配没有求生欲 [Completed. Published under the title Rather, in two volumes, now available for purchase.] [A very unlucky, spoiled, troublesome villainess lets loose and ends up becoming the apple of several male leads’ eyes in a male-oriented novel, going from a mere mosquito bite to the moon they cherish] Everyone knows that the male leads in male-oriented novels usually follow a leveling-up path. No matter how powerful they become, they start out at the bottom. All it takes is one lucky break for them to s 341.5kFavorites601kClicks/ch160.3kGifts
- 143 When One Flower Blooms, a Hundred Flowers Fall 一朵花开百花杀 [The print edition goes on preorder August 25, 2023. Hua Yan is a holy maiden of a religious sect, commonly known as a wicked witch of the demonic cult. Thanks to the many shameful deeds of her predecessors, her reputation was already in tatters before she had even left home. Heaven knows, she’s a good person! At the moment, she is staying by the side of Lu 148.1kFavorites229.2kClicks/ch67.6kGifts
- 144 Who’s Talking Trash About Me? 谁在说小爷的坏话？ [This novel has been published in simplified Chinese.] Orphaned young, Lu Shujin is raised in her aunt's home. When she turns sixteen, her aunt finds her a husband and bargains for a good price. The night before her wedding, Lu Shujin packs her things and runs away. After arriving in the bustling city of Yuncheng, she hears that Haizhou Academy is offering free admission, with meals and lodging included. To avoid her aunt's search, Lu Shujin disguises herself as a boy, takes the entrance exam, 189.1kFavorites214.6kClicks/ch99.7kGifts
- 145 The Correct Strategy to Approach the Yandere Supporting Male Lead 攻略男配的正确方法 Originally titled The Right Way to Woo a Sickly Obsessive Male Supporting Character This novel has been contracted for publication as a physical book under the title When the Lanterns Meet, available at all bookstores [The new novel Brother is currently being serialized. Click the column to read it.] Blurb Li Ruoshui transmigrated into a book, and the System tasked her with wooing the gentle, considerate male supporting character Lu Zhiyao, whose smile was like a spring breeze. She had prepared 565.9kFavorites701.5kClicks/ch328.3kGifts
- 146 The Sword of the Realm 社稷山河剑 “For all under heaven, I seek a sliver of hope. For the realm and its rivers and mountains, I seek a fraction of its fortune.” “I am the sword-bearer.” - They say the winds of the Southlands echo with the Chen family’s sword songs. After the Chen clan was wiped out, Chen Ji set off alone for the borderlands, carrying a sword. For fifteen years he stood guard, and not a single demon or evil spirit invaded. So Chen Ji is the Chen family’s last banner, and the human race’s final stronghold. When Q 143.6kFavorites148.8kClicks/ch296.5kGifts
- 147 21+ Shattered Gold 碎金 82.6kFavorites180.2kClicks/ch302.9kGifts
- 148 Delicate Phoenix 娇鸾 [The author's other book, The New Empress, is complete and available in the author's column. Read the official Jinjiang edition for complete chapters and plot.] On her wedding day, the emperor's youngest daughter, Princess Rouzhen, the obedient child he loved most, refused to marry her intended, fled in front of everyone, and vanished within the palace. The commotion reached the Eastern Palace. The Crown Prince, Jiang Yao, who had been absent from public life while recovering from illness, sat 236.9kFavorites267.1kClicks/ch59.9kGifts
- 149 The Demon King's Repayment 妖王的报恩 [Print Edition] The print edition, retitled "Wolf Encounter", is now available on major platforms. See Weibo for details. [Blurb] The demon king, abandoned by everyone, was brought to a human’s lair, his heart full of humiliation and resentment. “Wretched humans! I am a great demon. How could I ever serve a human?” “Shameless human! How dare you touch my tail? Once I regain my demon powers, I’ll tear you to shreds.” But the woman took him in for several days, fed him delicious food, smoothed 290.2kFavorites574kClicks/ch276.8kGifts
- 150 [Greek Mythology] The Spring God's Love [希腊神话]春神之恋 A rumbling carriage bursts out of the cracked earth, and the dark-faced Demon King abducts the flower-crowned little bride Hades, struck by Cupid’s arrow, opened his eyes to see Persephone’s face. His stony heart began to pound like thunder, and the flames of love for her filled his entire body. From then on, he was forced to live for her, die for her, and smash his head against a wall for her. He was so busy being forced to fall in love that he had no time to work. He swore he would pull out t 54.7kFavorites95.2kClicks/ch62.3kGifts
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