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The Scholarly Prodigy's Sea of Stars 学霸的星辰大海
“You should put the same effort you spend gaming into your studies.” When this famous line parents everywhere have used to lecture their children becomes reality, a super-achiever with an intense hunger for knowledge and power is born. He loves studying, not women. No games, just practice problems!
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Empire Superstar 帝国巨星
Liao Yuan arrives in a new world. From his initial bewilderment to his eventual resolve, his deep-rooted love of music sets him on the path to becoming a great pianist. His music rings out along the Danube. The grand theaters are filled with phantom shadows and endless applause. Queen Elizabeth herself crowns him. His life reaches its peak once more, but a new film brings everything back to the beginning. “In the end, Zhuang Zhou dreamed he was a butterfly. You are both a blessing and a trial.”
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The Nation’s Father-in-Law 国民的岳父
Wang Xiaoying sobbed, “Pretty big sisters keep hanging around my dad. I was so nice to her and treated her like a big sister, but she wants to be my mom instead. Waaaaah, everyone's mean.”
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The Superstar's Ex-Husband 大明星的极品前夫
A divorce certificate shattered Han Shenyan’s illusions about love. After leaving the marriage with nothing, he decides to pick up his dreams again and return to the dazzling stage. Singer, actor, screenwriter: which one is the real him? Of course, there will also be her, and the women who accompany him. This book contains mild angst, no cheating by the male lead, and no emotional infidelity. The divorce is proposed at the first meeting after the problem is discovered. Read with caution. Group n
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City Wine Immortal System 都市酒仙系统
Good wine doesn't need a famous address. On the grocery street in Zhongzhou, in the East, there's a tavern with the most audacious sign, the coolest owner, and the most expensive wine. Yet it's packed every day. What's most curious is that there are almost as many women as men among its customers. To wine lovers around the world, the place is like a sacred shrine to wine! They say every kind of wine served there has a miraculous
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The Sacred Ruins 圣墟
Rising from ruin, returning from extinction. The seas turn to dust, lightning and thunder fade away, and that wisp of dark mist draws near the earth once more. The shackles of the world are broken, and a brand-new world reveals a mysterious corner of itself...
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Football Card System 足球卡牌系统
The new book, Just Became the Richest Man in Nanyang, and Britain Is Forcing Me to Oppose the Qing Dynasty? has been uploaded. Gao Bo transmigrates back to 2008 and becomes the manager of Luton Town, a team docked thirty points at the very start of the season. Docked thirty points at the beginning of the season, the team is considered all but certain to be relegated. Drawing on ten more years of football knowledge than anyone else and a football card System, Gao Bo miraculously leads the
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Reborn: The Strongest Tycoon 重生之最强大亨
In 1978, Li Ka-shing was not yet the richest Chinese man. In 1978, Hollywood still had its eight major studios. In 1978, Apple had yet to take a bite from the apple. It was the best of times: technology was poised to take off, and gold was everywhere. It was the worst of times: profit came first, and capital ruled all. It was an age of chaos, when dragons and snakes danced and warlords rose everywhere. The story begins in a small fishing village in Hong Kong in 1978... Born on a rainy day, the f
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The God of Wine's Manor 酒神庄园
After an unexpected incident, Luo Wei obtained the God of Wine System and inherited the God of Wine Manor. From then on, he was on top of the world. The fine wines he brewed became famous across the globe, and celebrity beauties, political power brokers, and business tycoons all lined up to buy them. Time in the God of Wine Manor moved at a rat
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The Superstar Couple 巨星夫妻
Zhang Le, a nobody of a director who had only made a few small commercials, suddenly becomes an overnight sensation and the focus of every major media outlet. But what frustrates him is that he isn't famous for his astonishing talent or the golden finger he got after transmigrating and being reborn. He's famous because his wife is a popular star. Become as famous as his wife! More famous than his wife! Make his wife as famous as he is… He vows to outshine every star in the world with the brilli
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The Godfather of Showbiz 文娱教父
The greatest web novelist, the godfather of pure romance, a master of mystery, the king of fairy tales, a sci-fi legend, even the emperor of wuxia. Others use literature to convey the Way, but he proves the Way through literature!
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The Ultimate Online Tycoon 最强网络神豪
In real life, Lin Qing is just an ordinary person working himself ragged to make ends meet. One day, a mysterious System appears and grants him endless wealth, but it can only be used to purchase virtual currency on various websites. And so... A Qidian author weeps: "Tycoon, even if one alliance-leader donation only gets you one extra chapter, I'll still update a thousand chapters! I really could die!" A famous streamer receives 9,999 rockets in a row, gets so excited she faints, and is rushed t
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Online Goods Supplier 网货供应商
After accidentally having a System enter my body, I started an online shop in a small village. One ordinary-looking piece of women's clothing in the shop was priced at nearly ten thousand yuan, yet many buyers had no choice but to stay up late fighting to purchase it. No beautiful buyer or tycoon buyer was exempt. Even for the most urgent orders, I can only send them by postal packet. If you can't wait, then don't buy.
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