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Rebuilding the Shattered Empire with the Sword in HandSTORY PREVIEW

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Rebuilding the Shattered Empire with the Sword in Hand

Transported to a fantasy world, Marcus originally intended to live quietly on his modest estate and trading income, but shifting circumstances compel him to step beyond his borders. He gradually organizes production acro

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Evening in the Park · Choice 118STORY PREVIEW

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Evening in the Park · Choice 118

At evening in the park, Wen Qing faces a choice: participate in a competition prepared for months, or stay behind to finish trail signage she is responsible for, as weather changes bring both commitments to the same day.

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Station Before Parting · Choice 119STORY PREVIEW

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Station Before Parting · Choice 119

Before leaving, Gu Yi meets Zhou Xu at the station, where he brings a request to get back together along with a local job recommendation; she must distinguish whether what she truly wants to return to is the person or a

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Morning at the Bakery · Choice 120STORY PREVIEW

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Morning at the Bakery · Choice 120

Ye He arrives at the bakery in the early morning ready to sign an expansion contract, but Xu Chuan brings out the actual working hours of recent months, pointing out that the existing team has long been overburdened and

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The Last Bus · Goodnight 122STORY PREVIEW

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The Last Bus · Goodnight 122

Xu Ning and Gu Zhou are used to saying goodnight when getting off the last bus; one evening, downcast, she does not respond, but he does not pry, simply returning the borrowed umbrella as agreed. The next day, she explai

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Quiet Café · Goodnight 123STORY PREVIEW

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Quiet Café · Goodnight 123

Wen Qing always leaves a light on at closing time for Song Yan, who lingers late, until consecutive early mornings leave her utterly exhausted, prompting her to finally decide to close on time and clearly state the busin

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Xilin ContinentSTORY PREVIEW

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Xilin Continent

Jiang Lin loses consciousness after gaming all night, and when he wakes up again, he is surrounded by a vast grassland and distant mountains. Still wearing his original clothes, he can find no trace of his familiar world

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The Corner Flower Shop: Goodnight 125STORY PREVIEW

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The Corner Flower Shop: Goodnight 125

After closing up shop, Su He is still waiting for Lu Yuan to deliver a supplementary batch of floral materials. Upon receiving news of a delay, her first reaction is to stay up all night, until she realizes the next morn

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The Living Room Under the Lamp: Goodnight 126STORY PREVIEW

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The Living Room Under the Lamp: Goodnight 126

Ye Ning and Lin Xu argue over a drawing in the living room under the lamp. As the night deepens, it becomes harder to tell whether they are discussing the artwork or blaming each other, and only exhaustion remains in the

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Cultivation in the Immortal Realm (Reboot Version)STORY PREVIEW

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Cultivation in the Immortal Realm (Reboot Version)

The welcoming banquet in Rainbow City disperses, leaving City Lord Gu Linglong and Lay Practitioner Chen Lin behind at the scene. In their post-drinking conversation, she brings up Li Chengzhu, revealing dissatisfaction

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The Old District Cinema: Goodnight 128STORY PREVIEW

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The Old District Cinema: Goodnight 128

As the final movie at the old cinema lets out, He Rui insists on fixing a broken display lamp in the lobby that night. After inspecting it, Gu Chuan points out that it does not affect closing safety and can be scheduled

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Rebuilding a Brothel into the Hehuan Sect in Another WorldSTORY PREVIEW

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Rebuilding a Brothel into the Hehuan Sect in Another World

Lu Wei originally worked in construction technology on Blue Star, but after waking up, takes over the identity of a handyman in another world. Memories tell him that he was just purchased by the Chunfeng Brothel, with hi

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The Trapped Office Clerk (Rewritten and Expanded)STORY PREVIEW

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The Trapped Office Clerk (Rewritten and Expanded)

While Feng Rui is organizing financial statements, Zhao Tian from Meihua Company arrives at the office on business. Colleague Xuan Qian notices that Zhao Tian keeps looking at her and speaks up to warn her. The work begi

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Summer Flowers, Green ShadowsSTORY PREVIEW

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Summer Flowers, Green Shadows

"Summer Flowers, Green Shadows" begins with Luo Bin and his wife Xia Hua returning to the country, set in a small northern town with a slower pace of life. After the two settle down anew, everyday interactions gradually

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Bookstore After the Rain · Reunion 133STORY PREVIEW

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Bookstore After the Rain · Reunion 133

While taking inventory of damp old books after a rainstorm, Tang Fei spots her own annotations in a city atlas, and the person arriving to claim it is Shen Yue, with whom she has long been out of touch. The atlas records

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The Last Bus · Reunion 134STORY PREVIEW

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The Last Bus · Reunion 134

Hearing a familiar whistle on the last bus, Lin Rui realizes that the person in the next seat is Zhou Che, a former photography partner who once shared a studio with her before abruptly moving away. She is preparing to s

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The Quiet Café · Reunion 135STORY PREVIEW

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The Quiet Café · Reunion 135

Qiao An hosts an old-cup swap at her café, and the chipped blue cup brought in by guest Yu Sen reminds her of a relationship cut short by long distance. She had once assumed that cup was a casually discarded gift, yet he

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The Weekend Exhibition · Reunion 136STORY PREVIEW

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The Weekend Exhibition · Reunion 136

At a weekend exhibition, Wen Xi discovers a wood carving resembling an old sketch, and the credited artist, Gao Yu, happens to be the friend who dropped out of their collaborative show years ago. She suspects the work by

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Wife-ObsessedSTORY PREVIEW

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Wife-Obsessed

The narrator's wife, Shen Ruochu, is a flight attendant. He frequently senses the attention she receives from others and gradually transforms those gazes into his own insecurity. Closeness and distance coexist in the mar

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Living Room Under the Light · Reunion 138STORY PREVIEW

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Living Room Under the Light · Reunion 138

While clearing out a living room before surrendering the lease, Xu Qing invites former roommate Qin Zhou back to collect his remaining vinyl records and discovers a travel itinerary they once planned tucked inside. She h

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The Old-Town Cinema · Reunion 140STORY PREVIEW

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The Old-Town Cinema · Reunion 140

An old cinema re-screens an obscure film, and Luo Yao runs into Cheng Bei at the ticket barrier, finding the hand-painted poster they designed together years ago already faded. The cinema wishes to simply replace the old

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The Park at Dusk · Reunion 142STORY PREVIEW

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The Park at Dusk · Reunion 142

While adopting a wind-broken sapling in the park, Ning Yue meets Bai Yan once again; they had previously parted ways over disagreements on a plan for the same community green space. The new restoration plan must preserve

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Mystery of the New Girlfriend's Disappearance 2: Dual TracksSTORY PREVIEW

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Mystery of the New Girlfriend's Disappearance 2: Dual Tracks

"Mystery of the New Girlfriend's Disappearance 2: Dual Tracks" continues the relationship between Zhou Chao and Xiaoying. Inside the police station, Zhou Chao realizes that Xu Ming already possesses enough information to

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Quiet Cafe · Letter 147STORY PREVIEW

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Quiet Cafe · Letter 147

At a cafe, Ji Yao receives a misdelivered resignation letter, whose description of a specific regular seat reminds the shop owner, Shen Du, of a regular customer who suddenly vanished. Rather than prying into the person'

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Tianyun NiehaiSTORY PREVIEW

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Tianyun Niehai

The existing archive of "Tianyun Niehai" is labeled as a continuation version. Yuan Hong pays a visit to Ling Chufei, hoping to exchange insights on the sword formation with someone who also possesses an innate sword-emb

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Supernatural Metropolis 2035STORY PREVIEW

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Supernatural Metropolis 2035

Tang Ningyi possesses a space fragment that is not located anywhere on Earth, originally believing that no one could enter aside from herself and the former master. However, Luo Shaowen's sudden appearance forces her to

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Park at Dusk · Letter 154STORY PREVIEW

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Park at Dusk · Letter 154

Yu Qing receives a letter requesting the preservation of an old park bench, but the person who signed it, Mo Chuan, arrives at dusk with measurement logs supporting the renovation. Puzzled by the discrepancy between the

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Station Before Departure · Letter 155STORY PREVIEW

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Station Before Departure · Letter 155

At the station before departure, Song Rui is entrusted with delivering an old letter, but the recipient, Qi Heng, states that he had long known of the farewell inside—only never understanding why it arrived so late. Trac

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Red DeliciousSTORY PREVIEW

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Red Delicious

The current version of "Red Delicious" is credited to Hihifriend. In the existing chapters, Shi Ning suggests that Lao Wang pick her up at the residential compound gate in the afternoon so they can go shopping together.

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Bookstore After the Rain · Appointment 157STORY PREVIEW

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Bookstore After the Rain · Appointment 157

Xu Zhen visits the bookstore after the rain to pick up a repaired old book, but He Zhi asks her to help decide whether the creases on the pages should be kept, prolonging the brief handover. The creases came from a page

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The Last Bus · Keeping the Date 158STORY PREVIEW

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The Last Bus · Keeping the Date 158

Wen Yao promised to take the last bus with Lu Ting after a performance to view the city at night, but an unexpected encore cut their time short; by the time they finally caught the bus, neither had the energy to speak. S

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A Quiet Café · Keeping the Date 159STORY PREVIEW

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A Quiet Café · Keeping the Date 159

Jian He went to a quiet café to meet an online pen pal, only to discover that the other person was Meng Qing, the editor who had long and strictly rejected their manuscripts, rendering all prepared topics instantly usele

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Weekend Exhibition · Keeping the Date 160STORY PREVIEW

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Weekend Exhibition · Keeping the Date 160

Cheng Yue invited Ye Chuan to her debut weekend exhibition, but he failed to appear for a long time, only arriving near closing time with a restored rejected piece in hand. She had previously treated the rejection as a f

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The Living Room Under the Lamp · Keeping the Date 162STORY PREVIEW

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The Living Room Under the Lamp · Keeping the Date 162

Lin Cheng waited in the lamp-lit living room for Wu Yao to arrive for their date, intending to discuss plans to move in together, but he brought a job contract for an out-of-town position, bringing their futures into dir

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The Seaside Bench · Keeping the Date 163STORY PREVIEW

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The Seaside Bench · Keeping the Date 163

Gu Qing went to the seaside bench as planned to watch the sunset, but Song Yuan wanted to change locations on the fly due to shifting cloud cover; for the first time, she refused to keep rushing around with him just for

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The Cinema in the Old Quarter · Keeping the Date 164STORY PREVIEW

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The Cinema in the Old Quarter · Keeping the Date 164

Wen Ning was invited by Zhao Heng to an old cinema to watch a restoration test screening, only to find that a critical sound issue she had raised was still unresolved, nearly turning a private date into a technical dispu

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