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The Scholar in the Siheyuan 四合院里的读书人
Yang Xiaotao transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard. But, knowing the plot inside out, he prefers to call it the Courtyard of Vermin. On his very first day, he runs into Jia Dongxu’s wedding, while his predecessor has died in bed, covered in injuries. The reason? He was beaten up by the vermin in the courtyard, and that is what brought about Yang Xiaotao’s transmigration. They share a name, but have completely different personalities. In this turbulent era, in a courtyard crawling
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- 2 A Stranger Staying in the Siheyuan 四合院之客居的外乡人 The story of a post-90s archival administrator who transmigrates into the body of a farmer born in the 1940s, newly arrived in the city. (Note: A nostalgic period piece, with a modest golden finger and carefully researched details. Give it a try, and know that I read every reply.) 0Votes12kRecs132.2kFans
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My Secret Crush on My White Moonlight Became My Blind Date 暗恋白月光竟然成了我的相亲对象
Ten years ago, when faced with the girl he secretly loved, Su Ye chose to give up because he lacked confidence. But who could have imagined that one day she would become his blind date! Love is a game for the brave. This time, Su Ye doesn't want to be a coward! P.S. This is a sweet romance about a philosophy professor and a superstar, with plenty of philosophical debate. The title leaves a lot to be desired, so feel free to skip straight to the story.
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Men and Women, Food and Drink 饮食男女
Eldest Uncle: The funeral arrangements are hard to settle Second Uncle: Holding office and enjoying good food Third Uncle: Careful budgeting Qin Huairu: A pretty face He Yuzhu: Fighting and cooking Lou Xiaoe: Unable to escape the courtyard Once Li Xuewu shows up, the uncles' years of effort go down the drain, and even Silly Zhu wishes he could trade places with him.
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Across the Heavens Through Film and Television, Starting from the Siheyuan 诸天影视从四合院开始
Ye Chen is misunderstood by his client's older brother, who cracks him on the back of the head with a stick. His consciousness sinks into chaos. When he opens his eyes, he finds himself in a world he has seen on television and bound to a Myriad Worlds System. He can extend his real-world lifespan by completing missions: success adds years to his life and can also earn him skills, while failure means instant death. To stay alive, Ye Chen has no choice but to fight tooth and nail to complete missi
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- 6 Starting from Lake Changjin 从长津湖开始 The Battle of Lake Changjin, Water Gate Bridge, Snipers, The Sacrifice, Black Coal, Thin Ice, Unknown Pleasures, Let the Bullets Fly, The Grandmaster, Farewell My Concubine, The Swordsman in Double Flag Town, First Blood, Léon: The Professional, Crazy Stone, Dying to Survive, The Immortal, Predator, Moon Man, Interstellar, Game of Thrones, Jurassic World, Love, Death & Robots… If miracles had a color, it would surely be China red! 0Votes184.8kRecs362.8kFans
- 7 From the Start, I Took It Seriously and Scared the Other Side into Calling the Police! 开局就较真,对面被我吓到报警! This book is also known as: “I’m Determined to Argue This to the Bitter End,” “As Long as I Have No Morals, No Damn Person Can Morally Blackmail Me,” “Stay Away from Him When It’s Thunderstorming,” “On the Importance of Occupying the Moral Low Ground First” Reborn for a new life. When he sees people and situations lacking basic decency, Qin Mu no longer plans to tolerate them. “You’re almost thirty. Why are you quibbling with a child?” “It’s the New Year. Can’t you be a little more broad-minded? 0Votes111.3kRecs321.6kFans
- 8 Dragon Rider Fighter Jet 龙骑战机 China’s best-looking, most hot-blooded, most thrilling, and most passionate modern aerial-combat novel, the supreme chapter of the aerial-combat genre, with no equal! A Dragon Knight from another world points his longsword straight at the skies ruled by fighter jets. Dragons transformed into constructed aerial combat weapons spread their wings and soar, while aerial knights from two worlds pursue their own glory and jointly depict the romance of thirty thousand feet in the sky! Beneath the firma 5Votes780.7kRecs380.5kFans
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Universe’s Professional Player 宇宙职业选手
Following Desolate Era, Swallowed Star, Panlong, Lord Snow Eagle, Stellar Transformation, and others, this is Tomato's eleventh novel. After becoming part of a galactic civilization, the home planet struggles forward along the path of civilization, fighting to survive. And the countless humans living on it have also begun their journey of evolution...
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The Qin Empire's Bailiff 秦吏
At the end of the Warring States period, China faced an upheaval unlike any in a thousand years. Some were born into hereditary nobility. Some were princes of noble rank. But he was reborn as Heifu, a lowly Qin soldier and an obscure figure in the Qin bamboo slips from Yunmeng. To avoid dying in a ditch and take control of his own fate, he fought his way up. Fortunately
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- 11 If I Can't Become a Live-In Son-in-Law, I'll Just Have to Become a Saint Through My Fate 当不成赘婿就只好命格成圣 Lu Jing transmigrates into Dafu and becomes a young scion of a prominent family, soon to be married into another clan. This world is strange and fantastical. From the start, Lu Jing is saddled with the lowly status of a live-in son-in-law, yet he cannot even go to his wife's family. His future looks bleak. But after reading the Book of Changes from cover to cover, he awakens the Fate of Seeking Good Fortune and Avoiding Misfortune! Everyone has a fate! So Lu Jing begins accumulating fates, findi 0Votes283.4kRecs2MFans
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As a Reborn Man, I Just Want to Focus on Studying 重生的我只想专心学习
“I like you…” “I'm sorry. We're still young, and our job right now is to study.” [Everyday Life] [Heartwarming] [Positive] [Upright Values] [Calm but Never Dull] [Intelligent Characters]
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- 13 Manually Triggering a Spiritual Qi Revival, Drawing Cultivators Out from the Start 手动灵气复苏,开局引出修炼者 Zhou Xianfu transmigrated here ten years ago and bonded with a System. In the decade since, he has become a world-class financial tycoon. He also knew from the very beginning that the apocalypse was coming, and that humanity could only save itself by triggering a spiritual qi revival! System: “Mission one: Make at least five billion people around the world aware of the existence of immortals and martial artists.” “Mission two: Spread a simplified version of the Supreme Qi-Absorbing Art worldwide 0Votes54.2kRecs421.8kFans
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House Dad’s Literary Life 奶爸的文艺人生
“Daddy!” He had just transmigrated to a parallel world when a sweet little girl called him Dad. Yang Yi was completely dumbfounded. Well, it turned out that Xixi really was his daughter, and her mother was a gorgeous, aloof former pop diva. This was getting out of hand! And one problem after another soon followed. How was he supposed to take care of a kid? Yang Yi, a lone-wolf assassin in his previous life, was at his wit’s end. Maybe he could tell her some stories? Yang Yi never expected the st
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- 15 The Daily Life of the Immortal King 仙王的日常生活 [The original novel of the popular domestic 2D animated IP of the same name] This book is promoted under the title “The Daily Life of Wang Ling.” Its side story is “The Only Koi in the Cultivation World.” At the age of ten, or six in the animated version, Wang Ling casually defeated the Demon King Swallowing Heaven Toad. As an omnipotent cultivation prodigy, he had to conceal his overwhelming power and survive among a group of ordinary cultivation students. Money, immortal arts, magical treasur 21Votes2.8MRecs1.1MFans
- 16 The Future King 未来天王 An old legion commander who died in battle during the apocalypse is reborn as a fresh-faced young celebrity in the new century, five hundred years after the apocalypse ended (?)… “Whenever a BGM starts playing in my head, I feel like there's nothing I can't face.”, Fang Zhao. Author of three novels: Star Rank Hunter, Return to the Past and Become a Cat, and Primitive Wars. 4Votes6.6MRecs905.3kFans
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The Sword Saint of the Flourishing Tang 盛唐剑圣
The Three Wonders of the High Tang: Li Bai’s poetry, Zhang Xu’s cursive calligraphy, and Pei Min’s swordsmanship. A Chinese literature student transmigrates into the one and only Pei Min, the sword saint officially recognized by the state. With a three-foot green blade, he is invincible beneath heaven. He reaches up to the highest heavens and the vast universe, and forges the poetry of the High Tang anew.
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- 18 The Prodigy Scholar 妖孽学霸 Synopsis: There are three kinds of top students. The first are elite scholars, the very best in their respective fields. The second are legendary scholars, whose influence extends far beyond their own disciplines and shapes an entire era. The third are god-tier scholars, who influence the development of all human civilization, like Einstein and Newton. Beyond these is another kind of extraordinary genius: people who excel not only in scientific research but also accomplish things in other fields 0Votes198kRecs192.4kFans
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Applied Immortality 走进修仙
Standard Version: When a researcher transmigrates to a world that uses scientific methods to explore the heavens and the earth... Wang Qi: Our motto is: Master math, physics, and chemistry, and you'll have nothing to fear on the path to immortality! CCTV-10 Version: Why is the “Illustrated Record of Heavenly Evolution” related to the theory of evolution? What do the ethereal, shifting Cloud Swords have to do with probability clouds? How can cultivators build an atomic bomb? How is quantum mechan
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- 20 Su Can's Journey Through Time 苏灿的时光羁旅 Su Can returns to a summer from years ago. The key question isn’t how he will adapt to this fresh start. It’s that, come tomorrow, the entrance exams will arrive whether he’s ready or not, leaving him no choice! Having crossed the boundaries of time and space, he stands on this side of time, facing a past that once brought him to tears. How will Su Can reclaim his lost chances, one step at a time, and soar like an eagle through this era, carving a brilliant arc across the sky? 1Votes843.5kRecs572.5kFans
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A Top-Rank Scholar of Humble Birth 上品寒士
A seasoned modern-day backpacker transmigrates to the Eastern Jin dynasty, inhabiting the body of Chen Caozhi, a poor young man. His family’s farmland is about to be seized, and his virtuous widowed sister-in-law is being forced to remarry. How can Chen Caozhi overcome prejudice against his low-born status and change his fate, while protecting the interests of himself and his clan? Watch as this young man rises step by step through the rigid hierarchy of the Nine-Rank Official System, befriends
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Cultivation Chat Group (The Daily Life of a Chat Group) 修真聊天群(聊天群的日常生活)
One day, Song Shuhang accidentally joined a chat group for veteran sufferers of immortal-cultivation chuunibyou. Everyone in the group addressed one another as fellow Daoists, and their profile names were all things like Palace Master, Cave Master, Perfected One, and Celestial Master. Even the group owner's lost pet dog was described as a great demon hound that had run away from home. All day long, they chatted about alchemy, exploring secret realms, cultivation experiences, and such. Then one
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