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  1. Stirring Up Trouble 将作妖 Cambrian Era寒武记Ancient Romance1.3M WordsOngoing Beautiful, strong, and tragic is old news. Now it’s all about being beautiful, strong, and ruthless! *, *, *, *, *, * To find the real culprit behind her family’s murder, Jiang Xianbao transmigrated into the demon-ridden Great Jing dynasty. Who would have thought that here, people relied on diviners to solve cases and on mysticism to get through daily life... What a coincidence! There’s no grudge from a past life I can’t clear, and no tangle of karma I can’t unravel! As for those men, do you wan 888Votes85.2kRecs22.7kFans
  2. The Little Dining Hall of the Dali Temple 大理寺小饭堂 Wandering Back Slowly漫漫步归Ancient Romance4.0M WordsOngoing In the dead of night, Wen Mingtang dreamed of the fate of the pampered golden songbird kept in a gilded cage. When she awoke, with a new soul inside her, Wen Mingtang decided to take a more down-to-earth path... At the end of last year, news broke of personnel changes in every government office in the capital, excluding officials. The Dali Temple public kitchen topped the list with the remarkable record of going through twelve cooks in six months. From then on, the Dali Temple public kitche 504Votes289.8kRecs154.4kFans
  3. A Letter from the Future 来日有信 Thousand Mountain Tea Guest千山茶客Ancient Romance149k WordsOngoing Qian Xiaoyu was carefree, uninhibited, and worry-free. Her days passed smoothly and comfortably. Until one rainy autumn night, she suddenly noticed a new line of ink on her notebook. It said that a huge fire would break out at the foot of the mountain that night. She would lose her closest family in the blaze, and from then on her life would be one of hardship and wandering, until she crumbled into dust. * The cruel official Huo Xun was passing through a market on his way back to the capital whe 262Votes7.3kRecs17.3kFans
  4. Zhu Xiaoyao 祝逍遥 The Ugly Little One in a Cloak披萝的丑丑Xianxia Romance503k WordsOngoing Ruyi, a village woman, dug up a centuries-old female corpse in an ancient tomb. Its features were lifelike, and it had not decayed at all. Ruyi thought she'd stumbled upon some perverted old monster, but it turned out to be nothing more than a living corpse with feeble spiritual power. The living corpse called herself Baigu. Grateful for the half a steamed bun Ruyi had given her, she crawled out of the tomb on her own. Baigu is lazy, Baigu is greedy, and Baigu is a pushover. Baigu loves money, B 174Votes16.5kRecs4.2kFans
  5. Stirring the Heartstrings 惹惊鸿 Searching for Lost Love寻找失落的爱情Ancient Romance757k WordsOngoing In the sixth year of Tiansheng, her father died unexpectedly. Li Yun Zhao took over his work and became the Great Song’s first female constable. She wanted to uncover the truth behind her father’s death and avenge him, but one sinister plot after another came her way. Fine, then. Roll up her sleeves and deal with the scum. 174Votes32.3kRecs15.2kFans
  6. Seeking Spring Together 共寻春 Clear Liquor of Green Mountains碧山清酒Ancient Romance679k WordsOngoing Yun Ying had been dead for ten years. Then, one day, she opened her eyes and found herself accused of murder, about to be arrested and thrown into prison. Facing a mountain of irrefutable evidence with no idea what was going on, Yun Ying said, “Excuse me, but let me have a dream first.” … The eldest daughter of Yun Zhongyuan, the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, had been raised in her late mother’s family since birth. Now, she had returned to claim her place in the Yun family. The capit 164Votes8.3kRecs9kFans
  7. Doomsday Wonderland 末日乐园 Complete from Head to Tail须尾俱全Space Sci-Fi7.2M WordsCompleted [The author’s 2024 new novel, False Image Report, is being serialized.] [The author’s 2023 new novel, Wild Deer Convenience Store, a horror novella, is complete and ready to read.] “I think... my boyfriend might be trying to kill me.” Lin Sanjiu murmured. Thinking of her wealthy, handsome, and gentle boyfriend, she couldn’t help shivering all over. The apocalypse, a living hell ushered in by the people around her, was hurtling toward her. **This is not a wish-fulfillment novel.** 142Votes9.4MRecs3.2MFans
  8. Twelve Cities of the Imperial Capital: No One Survives 帝都十二城，无人生还 Tina Nana NaTina娜娜娜Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted A classical fantasy in a world where civilization has regressed, featuring a heroine with multiple layers of memories × a loyal, devoted hero with a mysterious past 1 What? Human civilization has regressed to ancient times?! In some future year, they fled Earth and arrived on Hanxing. Thankfully, Hanxing’s environment was identical to Earth’s, but they soon realized things had gone terribly wrong from the start: Hanxing rotates upside down, leaving half the planet in perpetual daylight and the o 108Votes2.1kRecs29Fans
  9. The Seeker of Lost Kin 寻亲者 Ghostly Slave Lord鬼隶主Real Life607k WordsOngoing She was a DNA analyst. One day, on a whim, she ran a paternity test on herself and discovered that the people she thought were her parents were not her biological parents. Thus began her long search for her birth family. Along the way, she met all kinds of people searching for their relatives and helped them reunite with their loved ones... “Every person searching for family carries a wound in their heart. Only reunion can mend it.” 108Votes83.7kRecs14.5kFans
  10. Return from the Abyss 深渊归途 Not a Glimmer in Sight未见寸芒Suspense Mystery6.4M WordsOngoing Lu Ning opened her eyes and saw a strange manor. With her were other people who were equally baffled. This was where the story began. Resurrection is not an easily granted miracle. When the eighth morning arrived at the manor, Lu Ning knew she had to continue, and that she inevitably would continue... This is a record of a group of the dead attempting to return from the abyss. Mild horror elements, infinite-flow, no power-ups. The protagonist is Lu Ning. The viewpoint will sometimes switch to ot 80Votes331.9kRecs115.3kFans
  11. Qingyu Goes to the Capital 青玉上京 Ice Age冰河时代Ancient Romance216k WordsOngoing She only wanted to avenge her grandmother. How did she end up solving so many cases? Song Qingyu never expected to stumble into another world and go from a bookish woman who couldn’t hurt a fly to a heroine of the martial world. She exclaimed “Wow!” over and over. Righting wrongs, upholding justice, and roaming the world with a sword. What a wonderful life! Wait… Sleeping rough, going hungry, and hiding like a rat? What’s that all about? What? Her predecessor had come here to avenge an elder? If 66Votes455Recs209Fans
  12. Painting Bones Behind Vermilion Gates 朱门画骨 Si Jin姒锦Ancient Romance837k WordsOngoing Wei Yinzhao has a secret she must never reveal, even if it costs her life. Her golden blood can prolong life and unlock prophetic visions. Every powerful courtier has their eyes on her living body. Her whole family was slaughtered, and she was imprisoned for five years. With a new face, she returns to the side of her enemies, father and son, under the name Shen Ci'er, becoming the most alluring maid in the Nine Bestowals Prince's residence. The eldest, Xie Da, is cold and abstinent, as restraine 60Votes6.3kRecs5.9kFans
  13. A Nobleman's Discarded Wife Solves Cases and Becomes the Pride of the Capital 高门弃妇凭破案冠绝京城 Fine Rain Brings Out the Fish细雨鱼儿出Ancient Romance780k WordsOngoing [Love after marriage, solving cases, face-slapping, and showering everyone with romance] After Shen Qingwei died in the line of duty, she became a cannon-fodder supporting female character in an old-fashioned, melodramatic romance novel. The original owner was the wife of the heir to the Duke of Anguo's estate, yet she was hopelessly infatuated with her husband's younger brother. She repaid the Duke of Anguo's estate's kindness in adopting her with betrayal, did one absurd thing after another, a 50Votes4.9kRecs4.9kFans
  14. I Became a God in Another World 我在异世封神 Wan'erwr莞尔wrAncient Romance3.3M WordsCompleted She transmigrates to the Han Dynasty. Reborn in a mourning hall, Zhao Fusheng wakes to find herself haunted by a vengeful ghost, with little time left to live. Facing certain death from the start, she finds a way to survive against all odds and reopens the Investiture of the Gods. She deifies the evil spirits and rebuilds the Netherworld. 48Votes602.7kRecs246kFans
  15. The Swallow Before the Hall 堂前燕 Mo Yi Lai莫伊莱Ancient Romance207k WordsOngoing Everyone says Xie Yan, daughter of Prince Zhaode, is a harbinger of disaster, the reincarnation of the Year Star, born with an ill-fated destiny, bringing ruin to her parents above and her siblings below. Faced with her wicked reputation, Xie Yan smiles faintly: “People in this world slander me, bully me, insult me, mock me, slight me, scorn me, hate me, and deceive me... Then I’ll mock them, beat them, scare them, and curse them. Just wait a few years and see what happens to them!” Originally, 46Votes1.4kRecs36Fans
  16. You Said the Paranormal Invasion Was Coming! Why Is Everyone Afraid of Me? 说好的诡异入侵！怎么都在怕我？ Sparse Shadows of Slender Bamboo.纤竹疏影.Space Sci-Fi228k WordsOngoing [Rule One of Surviving in the Weird World: Never make a wish.] By the time Gu Yuanye learned this rule, it was already too late. Her dismembered friend had been knocking at the door for three days. At last, Gu Yuanye called the police. “I killed someone, but she's still knocking.” As she lay dying, she whispered, “Can someone save me...” A gentle voice sounded in her ear. “Wish granted.” But the next second, something clamped tightly around her neck. This was a world invaded by the supernatural, 44Votes321Recs6Fans
  17. Me, a Crime Expert, at Three and a Half! 我，罪案专家，但三岁半！ Ji Shuo姬朔Suspense Mystery274k WordsOngoing [Everyone’s Favorite / Three and a Half Years Old / Mystery Crime-Solving / System Golden Finger / No Romance] Ming Ying transmigrated and was bound to a neural System. The System wanted to train her to become a criminal mastermind, and from the start it gifted her the art of disposing of corpses. But Ming Ying lowered her head and looked at her own short little hands: She was only three and a half! - As a law-abiding citizen, committing crimes was obviously out of the question. Ming Ying found 44Votes555Recs739Fans
  18. BOSS Has Joined the Team and Won the MVP BOSS已入队且拿下MVP Junk Recycling Center破烂回收中心Suspense Mystery76k WordsOngoing [Big heroine + no CP + female channel suspense] Liang Xiaolu has been dead for a long time, and even the appearance of her hometown in her memory has long been blurred. I thought it was over, but I knew she would wake up one day. Psychiatric hospital clinic The first sentence Liang Xiaolu heard was—— "You said, you feel like you have an extra personality?" 38Votes5Recs2Fans
  19. Unlimited Copies: Your Bet Is Mine 无限副本：你的赌注归我了 Chanting Rain诵雨Suspense Mystery114k WordsOngoing No CP|Strong Female|Group Portrait|Unlimited Streaming Others enter the dungeon and hope to come out alive. And Ling Xiao and her companions are here to prevent the things hidden inside from surviving. Dark creatures invade the world, betting their own power into the dungeon. If challengers pass the level, they will be able to share their chips; if they fail to pass the level, they will become food for the monsters. They treat the world as a hunting ground, and Ling Xiao, armed with a fly sw 38Votes113Recs7Fans
  20. While Others Fight Political Battles, I Hire Workers, and Accidentally Become Empress 别人政斗我招工，不小心成女帝了 The Jianbing Is Super Delicious煎饼果子嘎嘎香Ancient Romance457k WordsOngoing [No Romance + Absurd Comedy + Political Intrigue + Strong Female Lead + Feel-Good Story] After the Qin Prince’s intellectually disabled commandery princess, Yun Xiao, fell into the water and woke up, she was treated to a mysterious organization’s deadly assassination combo, and began dancing on the edge of death every day. Other people’s Systems carried them to victory. Hers tried to kill her: her rescue points were tied to her lifespan, and if she failed to save someone, a countdown to her deat 38Votes771Recs13Fans
  21. Crime-Solving by Mind Reading: The Villainous Girlfriend Becomes the Police Department's Beloved 读心罪犯：恶毒女友成警局团宠 Qiao Dingding乔叮叮Modern Romance678k WordsOngoing [Lighthearted comedy + episodic mysteries + crime-solving] Pei Sihe transmigrated into a book. Her role: the vicious girlfriend of the down-and-out male lead. Her ending: the male lead, a crown prince who rises to power, takes brutal revenge on her. She suffers terribly and meets a tragic end. Just as Pei Sihe was wondering how to save her own skin, all sorts of inexplicable voices suddenly erupted in her mind Desperate gambler: “I was just fooling around with my wife.” [I only want to sell her 38Votes322Recs3.1kFans
  22. The World’s Debts 天下债 The Lady Doesn't Cry女郎不哭Ancient Romance421k WordsOngoing If you want to read about a highly intelligent woman who uses nothing but a ledger and a pen to force the powerful men of the entire court to sit down and acknowledge their debts, this book is for you. Cheng Jianwei is twenty-seven and has spent nine years auditing the accounts in the outer treasury of the Ministry of Revenue. She has no official post, no powerful backer, and isn’t even authorized to stamp a document on her own. But she can make sense of accounts the powerful thought no one woul 36Votes269Recs30Fans
  23. The Poor Little One Keeps Finding Bodies, and the Whole Police Station Dotes on Her 小可怜到处捡尸体，全警局追着宠 How About a Salted Fish来条咸鱼吗Suspense Mystery525k WordsOngoing Three-year-old Niannian is an orphan who survives by rummaging through trash cans. Ever since she awakened the ability to see bullet comments, she’s either picking up corpses or on her way to pick up another one. [A missing college student is buried in the bushes ahead. The killer hasn’t gone far!] Niannian digs up a bloodstained piece of cloth and gives it to the police, helping them crack a serial burial case. She gets the reward money and enjoys a hearty meal. The next day, the bullet comment 36Votes114Recs31Fans
  24. I See Ghosts! My Crime-Solving Partner Isn’t Human 见诡！我的破案搭档非人类 Qing He Gan青禾甘Suspense Mystery559k WordsOngoing Cheng Xiguang, a yin-yang-eyed detective, has been a little busy lately~ Busy solving cold cases and comforting victims (the ghost kind), and dealing with a handsome, thousand-year-old relic who crawled out of the wall? He is Shen Yanzhi, the traitorous general condemned by the history books, and also the renowned “Ghost God” of the supernatural world! With his memories in tatters, he appears by her side on instinct alone, clutching his chest as he asks: “Miss, why does it hurt so unbearably her 36Votes881Recs53Fans
  25. I Read Your Fortune, So How Did I Become an Internet Sensation? 算个命，怎么就火爆全网了？ White Tea Has a Cat Biscuit白茶有猫饼Modern Romance683k WordsOngoing As a child, Wen Zhiyao was abandoned because she was frail and constantly ill. She traveled far and wide with her charlatan master. Her master said she was the Heaven-appointed one destined to lead the Daoist tradition back to glory. So he passed on all the metaphysical knowledge he had spent years gathering, telling it to Wen Zhiyao as though it were a storybook. Sadly, her master lived to a ripe old age, but she still never managed to cross the threshold into Daoism. Then one day, while carryi 34Votes228Recs810Fans
  26. Calculating All of Chang'an 算尽长安 Man You蔓游Ancient Romance519k WordsOngoing Shen Zhiwei, a modern finance professional, transmigrates to the Great Sheng dynasty. While others transmigrate to farm, fight domestic battles, and fall in love, she takes an abacus and a ledger to Jiangnan, auditing the books and saving businesses on the brink of bankruptcy. A pharmacy, a dye house, a rice shop… At first, she thinks she's only saving one business after another. Then a string of business scandals unfolds: shopkeepers disappear, firms go bankrupt, and owners flee with their enti 34Votes1.2kRecs3.9kFans
  27. Stop Pretending to Be a Fake Daughter, the Real Daughter Is a Cultivator 假千金别装了，真千金她是修仙的 Mo Hanxi墨晗希Ancient Romance123k WordsOngoing She is a beautiful, powerful and ruthless fairy in the cultivating world, with a reputation for evil. The world is about to be broken, and the world of mortals has a weak heart. He comes to the human world, walks in the world of mortals, and meets Xiao Wenshui, whose soul is about to collapse. Xiao Wenshui, the eldest daughter of the Xiao family who was living abroad, fell into the water the day before she was found and recognized as a relative. She said, Miss, I can lend you your identity. Ther 32Votes79Recs32Fans
  28. Secret Records of Yaoking 瑶京秘录 See Flowers This Time此度见花Suspense Mystery292k WordsOngoing After losing both her parents, Ning Zhen took her vast fortune to the capital to seek refuge with her maternal family. She thought she would live carefree as a young lady of the household. Instead, the maids around her began dying one after another, her money was embezzled and squandered, and her health steadily deteriorated until she was frail and constantly ill. At a spring banquet, a lecherous man even shoved her into the water, hoping to ruin her reputation and force her into marriage. In de 32Votes692Recs55Fans
  29. Reborn in the 1990S, I Can Replay the Murder Scene 重生90年代，我能回放凶案现场 Bai Zhan Tang百斩堂Suspense Mystery92k WordsOngoing Shen Zhaozhao, a modern SWAT forensic assistant, traveled through time and became a squeamish policewoman in a machinery factory's courtyard in 1994. In the 1990s, when there were no surveillance or DNA databases, she was bound to a "criminal evidence echo system" that could read the 30-second echo of the murderer's five senses at the moment of committing the crime by touching the victim's relics. No one knows that she is bound to the heaven-defying "evidence echo system". As long as she touc 30Votes92Recs0Fans
  30. How Could Dark Blade Be Willing to Be a Delicate Flower? 暗刃怎愿做娇花 Insomnia时金不寐Ancient Romance96k WordsOngoing [Amnesiac Female Dark Blade × Dark-bellied Pretty Man] Joint Investigation Qingyu lost her memory, and there were only three things left in her mind: she had killed people with extremely neat techniques, and she wanted to kill the man in front of her who was passionately devoted to her. Gu Yu, the grandson of the British Duke, served in the Ministry of Punishments. He was handsome and gentle. He took her amnesia back to the Duke's Mansion and took good care of her. Qingyu believed that she was 30Votes6Recs0Fans
  31. My Nightmare Came True 我做的噩梦成真了 A Cat's Life Is a Play猫生如戏Ancient Romance85k WordsOngoing A murder case and a nightmare brought two unrelated people together, laughing and cursing just for the same goal—— The peasant girl stood up and shouted: "Give me my innocence!" The county magistrate gritted his teeth and pressed her down: "Yes, find out the truth, save people's lives, work hard to get promoted, and be famous in history. Can you make a difference? Open up your game!" The peasant girl doubted: "If you open it, there will be officials to do it?" The county magistrate said tiredly: 30Votes95Recs0Fans
  32. Extreme Cold to Open up Wasteland: My Crops Can Speak Northeastern Dialect 极寒开荒：我家庄稼会说东北话 Xiaoyaotongming逍遥瞳冥Ancient Romance206k WordsOngoing The day after the wedding, the Xiao family was ransacked! The first assistant, Xiao Yanci, was unjustly imprisoned. Shen Nanqiao lost her red makeup and was once exiled to a criminal family in an extremely cold and desolate state. Frozen soil covers the fields, blizzards seal the country's throat, and pursuits and assassinations are endless. The hypocritical cousin stole her dowry, planted stolen money, and waited for her to freeze to death, while she clung to prosperity instead. Everyone knew t 30Votes1Recs0Fans
  33. Entering the Nethersea 入溟 Yan Xiyu颜夕予Suspense Mystery140k WordsOngoing Anyone chosen by a demon is destined to go to a place where darkness reigns and no light shines, where silence is absolute, and where you are left alone with yourself. It is called the Nether. This road winds through a gray, mist-shrouded land where demons and monsters run rampant. Every drop of blood, sweat, and tears is shed along the way, all to win a bright spring and smiles for every household behind you. You've come this far, so… see it through to the bitter end. 30Votes23Recs3Fans
  34. My Superpowers Refresh Every Day, and the Police Keep Asking Me to Solve Cases 每天刷新超能力，警局追着我破案 Jin Xiaotong锦小桐Modern Romance194k WordsOngoing [Mystery and crime-solving + random golden fingers + episodic cases] Xu Yan was an intern who worked overtime organizing case files until she dropped dead. When she opened her eyes, she'd transmigrated to S City, the crime capital of a parallel world, and become a rookie police officer. The golden finger that came with her transmigration was unlike anyone else's Every morning when she woke up, she gained a superpower. The only catch was that she had no control over what the power was, and it was 30Votes10Recs3Fans
  35. The Little Dragon Pup Understands Beast Speech and Becomes the Police's Nemesis for Criminals 小龙崽听懂兽语，成警局罪犯克星 Meng Ka La Ka萌咖啦卡Modern Romance286k WordsOngoing Tongtong is the most precious little dragon cub in the Demon Realm. Her father is the Demon Lord, whom all monsters bow to. When the Demon Lord falls and is reincarnated, she crosses the barriers between realms to find him in the human world. Her soul is shattered, her magic gone, and she shrinks into a three-year-old toddler. Following his scent, she finds her father: Qin Ye, captain of the Yuncheng Criminal Police Detachment. The cold-faced demon points his gun at her. Tongtong throws herself 30Votes17Recs11Fans
  36. The Magistrate's Guide to Investigating the Strange 提司鉴诡录 Who Knows Misfortune May Be a Blessing Z焉知非福ZSuspense Mystery258k WordsOngoing Ye Ling, a mystery enthusiast and “human-body printer,” transmigrates into the body of the “legitimate son” of the Minister of War, and from the start finds himself causing a scene at his own grave. He examines the faceless female corpse lying beside him and casually deals with two grave robbers. The good news: he survived, and even got a body full of martial arts skills for free. The bad news: the original owner’s memories are completely gone, he’s been poisoned with a deadly toxin, and, just l 30Votes452Recs7Fans
  37. Calling the Enemy Dad, Mom, and Big Brother 认贼作父作母作哥哥 The Vegetables Aren't Spicy菜不辣Suspense Mystery320k WordsOngoing Meng Huaizhang, an aging veteran of the imperial exams who has failed time and again, was a victim of cheating in the examination halls. In the first half of his life, he spent his entire fortune trying to secure an official post. In the second half, he spent everything he had hiring an assassin. His target is Zhou Deming, who is about to take up the post of magistrate in Qingxi County. But Zhou ends up dead, and Meng didn’t kill him. Worse, Jin Sanniang, a wanted martial-world fugitive searchin 30Votes144Recs6Fans
  38. I Solved Crimes and Became Famous as a Stray Cat 我靠变流浪猫破案爆红 It’s Sui Sui An是岁岁安呀Modern Romance411k WordsOngoing [Urban Fantasy] + [Solving Crimes on Livestream] + [Transformed Into a Stray Cat] + [Mystery and Deduction] + [Rival Suitors] The night her account was banned, Xie Tingli turned into an abused tabby cat. By day, she's a washed-up streamer whose traffic is stolen by her rivals and whose voice is silenced by a single word from the platform's management. By night, she sees the phone of a missing girl pleading for help. She also sees a white rescue van taking away someone it shouldn't. She can't tel 30Votes1Recs1Fans
  39. Out of Stock 断码 Jin Xiao金笑Suspense Mystery335k WordsOngoing [Mystery + crime + ensemble cast] A series of murders involving bodies hidden in refrigerators, carried out with brutal cruelty by a taunting killer. Amid the many clues lies a trap leading straight into the abyss. What intricate connections lie behind cases that seem completely unrelated, pointing toward the least likely truth of all? Fear itself comes from the unspeakable secrets in your heart. Beneath the skin, angel or devil, you can never see a person’s true nature. Just as you cannot quest 30Votes28Recs7Fans
  40. One Hundred Days of Survival in the Women's Dorm? I See Through Everyone's Golden Finger 女寝百日求生？我看穿全员金手指 Crossing the Fog with a Lamp渡雾执灯Space Sci-Fi959k WordsOngoing [No Romance + Strong Female Lead + Blood-Cross-Style Apocalypse + Everyone Outwits Everyone + Strategic Scheming + Ensemble Cast] Zhang Tingyu, a top-tier star streamer in the gaming world, gets permanently banned. Five seconds later, she and her three roommates are dumped into a hundred-day survival game. The rules aren’t made public, scores aren’t displayed, and your ranking determines whether you live or die. Everyone summoned to the game is bound to a game they’ve played before. Their specia 30Votes366Recs4Fans
  41. Tales of a Hundred Demons at Night 百妖夜言录 Dong Er'er冬耳耳Ancient Romance404k WordsOngoing [Mischievous human woman x patient, scheming crane-clan demon man | episodic mystery cases] Heng Zhi woke up in an unfamiliar village filled with eerie energy, with no memory of who she was. The villagers said she had just killed someone. The victim had already died once, three days ago. The good news: a handsome man named Zhao Ye, who claimed to be her fiancé, had protected her. The bad news within the good news: this fiancé was her sworn enemy. The village, along with the hidden realm behind i 30Votes53Recs1Fans
  42. Knowing Warmth, Heading for the Cold 知温赴寒 Winding On and On逶迤万万Modern Romance566k WordsOngoing Lin Zhiwen is a brilliant psychological profiler, yet she spent a full decade being hopelessly devoted to her husband. It wasn't until her husband's mistress's child was brought before her that she realized she was a joke. Lin Zhiwen wanted to escape her marriage, but there was nowhere to run. He Shixu kissed her ear affectionately, sending a chill down her spine. “Darling, what exactly is wrong with me?” Lin Zhiwen gave everything she had and finally grasped the lifeline she had missed for year 30Votes5Recs5Fans
  43. The Bones That Sound the Rules 殓骨鸣规 Flowers Bloom from Rock Bones岩骨生花Suspense Mystery556k WordsOngoing [Mystery and Deduction] [Female-Centered] Shu Yanqi is a bone mortician whom everyone at the funeral home avoids. She is also the only one who can understand what the bones are saying. She unearths graves sealed away for ages and touches the cold, dry bones. From a tiny fracture, she reconstructs a carefully planned murder. From a chipped tooth, she identifies a killer who vanished ten years ago. From a scattered pile of bones, she pieces together a past that was buried. She travels to desolate 30Votes1.4kRecs46Fans
  44. The Strange Case Files of Xijing 西京诡案录 Zhuo Yan酌颜Ancient Romance467k WordsOngoing Beneath an age of prosperity, demons and ghosts roam, and strange cases arise one after another. Half demon by blood and half shaped by the human world, she is trapped in a tiny corner by a curse of fate. With the bones of a Daoist and a defiant spirit, he strides freely between the worlds of the living and the dead. Together, they journey onward, guiding lonely souls, solving baffling cases, witnessing every facet of human life, and experiencing all its joys and sorrows. Each case holds a life; 30Votes587Recs28Fans
  45. The Unofficial Supernatural Investigator of the Dali Temple 大理寺编外灵异人员 Yu Weizhi郁为枝Suspense Mystery358k WordsOngoing [Hunting Criminals and Solving Cases + Judge of the Underworld + Two Geniuses in a Battle of Wits] Pei Yanchu, the Vice Minister of the Dali Temple, has solved countless bizarre cases in his life and has never failed. Until one day, a case involving a prince consort turning himself in for murder lands in his hands. The case file clearly states: poisoning his birth mother, murdering his father-in-law, and assassinating his wife. But what he discovers is this: The so-called “birth mother” is alive 30Votes386Recs27Fans
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