that only contains (repeated chapter title)
$('p:has(strong)').first().remove();
// Merge broken paragraphs (translated from the site's own JS fix)
const paragraphs = $('p').toArray();
for (let i = 0; i < paragraphs.length - 1; i++) {
const current = paragraphs[i];
const next = paragraphs[i + 1];
if ($(current).next()[0] !== next) continue;
const text = $(current).text().trim();
if (!text) continue;
// If it ends like a complete sentence, keep separate
if (/[.!?…]["'”’»]?$/.test(text)) continue;
$(current).append(' ');
$(current).append($(next).contents());
$(next).remove();
paragraphs.splice(i + 1, 1);
i--;
}
return $.html();
}
// ── searchNovels ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
async searchNovels(
searchTerm: string,
pageNo: number,
): Promise