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1. 601 赶 Beachcombing: From the Start, One Sand Shovel Wins Me the Whole Beach 赶海：开局一把沙铲承包整个沙滩 Mountain Peak山峰Urban4.6M WordsCompleted (Daily life + lighthearted + beachcombing + tycoon) I dropped out of a top university and spent two years back in my hometown fishing village. Once the village's golden boy, I became a good-for-nothing everyone despised. Then one day, I discovered I could see my own luck stat and exchange points for beachcombing tools through a virtual screen. From then on, my life was like I had cheats enabled. With a sand shovel, I could easily earn thousands in a day. With a spade, I even dug up a whole bucke 130.1kReads9.4Score12.3kShelves

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   A top-rated book! [System] + [Fishing] + [Campus] + [Career] + [Technology] + [Multiple Female Leads] + [Rebirth] + [Satisfying Read]

2. 602 给 Just Leave Bad Reviews. Why Bother Playing Games? 给给差评就行了，还玩啥游戏啊！ Four Jin of Ribs四斤排骨Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Game development + original games + lighthearted comedy + subverting expectations] [Short drama now available] Lu Ming transmigrated to a parallel world and took over a bankrupt game studio. By chance, he bound himself to the [Moral Debt System]. Every time he did something “immoral but legal,” he earned rewards based on its impact. So, to get players cursing and turn that into profit, Lu Ming launched a series of outrageous schemes. With his left hand, he rolled out “Pay to breathe after loggi 12.2kReads8.8Score895Shelves

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   [Heart][Heart] Lu Ming transmigrates to Earth and takes over a near-bankrupt game company, planning the game "Life-Saving Cultivation". Lu Ming: "There are three thousand great paths, but there's a quick way to achieve them! There's no such thing as free air in the cultivation world. Cultivation should only be successful for a select few! If everyone becomes an immortal, what's the point of immortality?"

3. 603 每 A Hundred Million a Day: I Sign a Contract with the Campus Belle from the Start 每天一个亿，开局和校花签订契约 Beep Beep Beep Bop No. 3滴滴滴哒三号Urban1.5M WordsOngoing [Peak readership: over 600,000] [No. 1 on the Rich List] [Dominated the urban fiction charts for over a month] [Adapted into an animated series seven times] [Now streaming on Hongguo] [The boldest tycoon novel on the whole internet] [It’s about more than just spending money] During freshman military training, an ordinary college student passes out from heatstroke under the blazing 40-degree sun and unexpectedly awakens a System. The System is simple and straightforward: one hundred million yuan 131kReads7.5Score15.6kShelves
4. 604 万 Ten Thousand Lifetimes of Reincarnation: I Made My Ex-Girlfriend, Who'd Regained Her Memories, Cry 万世轮回：气哭恢复记忆的前女友 Riding the Wind and Clouds挽风云Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Shen Yun binds himself to the Myriad Lifetimes Reincarnation System. If he enters his past lives with special talents and changes his tragic fate, he can earn rewards from the System! Spiritual qi revival begins, the supernatural descends, and the world falls into ruin! In an instance, he discovers that the villainess killed by the male lead in the fantasy world of his first life is actually the campus belle from the real world! In his second life, the apocalypse arrives, and the fitness instruc 12.2kReads9.1Score1.4kShelves

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   The first book, a prequel to "Godslayer," is very interesting; the fourth book is currently super popular.

5. 605 每 Sixty Million a Day, and I Can Only Spend It in a County Town? 每天六千万，只能在县城花？ Phoenix Loses the Phoenix凤失凰Urban1.7M WordsOngoing [Not socially Darwinist] + [A people-centered view of history] + [No gender conflict] + [Infrastructure] + [Career] + [Slow burn] + [Play the pig to eat the tiger] Working in Shanghai, he was ground down by relentless competition until he developed high blood pressure, yet he still could not save any money. In a fit of anger, Lu Ming quit his job and returned to his hometown, only to unexpectedly bind with the "County Spending Money System": every person in the county gives him one hundred yuan, 245.8kReads8.4Score23.8kShelves
6. 606 时EN Time Stop from the Start, Even Evil Gods Have to Kneel Before Me! 时停起手，邪神也得给我跪下！ Six Gourds六个葫芦Urban2.7M WordsOngoing [Time Stop + Apocalypse + Superpowers + Arrogance + Forgetting Your Roots + Rejecting Inner Turmoil] Bai Ye transmigrated to the age of the Great Cataclysm, two hundred years in the future. This world was full of danger, its people were honest and simple, and mutated beasts ran rampant. But he wasn't worried. Because he could stop time for one minute every day. If he didn't use it today, he could save it up for tomorrow. When time across the world hit zero, he would be the only one who could mov 707kReads9.4Score51.8kShelves

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   I highly recommend these top-rated, high-quality masterpieces! [Add to bookshelf] They're definitely worth reading.

7. 607 全EN Global Death Exam: Straight from the Execution Grounds to the Test Room 全球死考：刚下刑场你让我去考试 I Love Eating Cat Chips我爱吃猫片哇Mystery1.0M WordsOngoing [Tactical battles + mild horror + infinite-world adventure] The Deadly College Entrance Exam has arrived, dragging thirty million candidates into hell. The exam questions have been replaced with scenes from horror movies and disasters. Even staying alive is a pipe dream. Pass and earn rewards. Fail and be erased! Ten points earn ten million. One hundred points earn Tyrant genes. One thousand points earn the Apocalypse. Only ??? can make it out of this exam. To investigate, the military “ 1.6MReads9.3Score295.4kShelves
8. 608 跟 Learning Feng Shui from Third Grandpa 跟着三爷爷学风水 Ding Xingxing521丁星星521Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted Born into a family of Feng Shui practitioners, I became someone who defies fate the moment I entered the world of Yin-Yang Feng Shui. As one strange event after another unfolded, I learned to recognize fortune and misfortune, ward off disaster, and handle everything with ease. To all the brothers, sisters, uncles, and aunties passing by, please leave a book review here! Remember to comment, too! Thank you! If you like learning, remember to bring your brain along. There’s plenty of useful informa 36.2kReads8.8Score3.2kShelves

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9. 609 这EN Something's Wrong with This Game: I Became a God by Mining! 这个游戏不对劲，我挖矿成神！ Dao Buyi道不易Eastern Fantasy2.3M WordsOngoing [The Divine Realm descends upon the entire world] Yang Ling, a professional gold farmer, only wanted to relax in the game Divine Realm, but discovered that the environment was harsh and logging off was impossible. With no other choice, for the sake of his own safety, he could only start mining constantly, grinding levels, assigning stat points, and fighting to stay alive! 2.4MReads9.2Score310.6kShelves
10. 610 开 From the Start, One Pot Is All It Takes to Make Everyone Crash and Burn 开局一口锅，谁上谁翻车 The Third Granduncle of the Northern School北派三大爷Urban290k WordsOngoing Do talents determine your fate? Does bloodline mean everything? Lu Ze, the worst good-for-nothing in the history of Star Martial Academy, is crushed from the start: a rich kid smashes his life-saving medicine and has him expelled. At the critical moment, the [Ultimate Nerve-Racking System] awakens! As long as he can make his opponents lose control of their emotions, he can draw all sorts of bizarre items that interfere with the rules of the world: Take a sip of "Berserk Cola" and, sporting a 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The plot is a bit slow-paced, but it gets more and more addictive as you watch, and the protagonist's cultivation journey is exhilarating and thrilling.

11. 611 诡EN The House of Dread 诡舍 The Sound of Wind and Rain at Night,夜来风雨声丶Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Infinite-flow + Mild Horror + Survival + One Female Lead] A driverless bus carried a group of cursed people to a strange black lodge… Inside the lodge stood a door stained red with blood. At regular intervals, the cursed were forcibly dragged through the blood-red door and into terrifying worlds, where they had to complete horrifying events… After Ning Qiushui survived one bizarre and terrifying story after another inside the lodge, narrowly escaping death each time, he discovered that none of 711.1kReads9.6Score100.9kShelves
12. 612 高 I Flunked the College Entrance Exam, So I Became King of the Castle at a Second-Tier College 高考失利，我在二本当土皇帝 Worry-Free, Worry-Free, Worry-Free Girl无忧无忧无忧丫Urban95k WordsOngoing |Whacky System|Not Overpowered|School Life|Lighthearted|Ensemble Cast|Slow Burn|Coming of Age| My name is Duan Dongsheng. I was an ordinary student with pretty good grades, but love has a way of clouding your judgment. Before the college entrance exams, I thought I'd found my one true love. Little did I know I'd committed one of the biggest taboos of all... She liked me. The result was obvious. I... failed the exams! Then a System came out of nowhere and made me the undisputed emperor of the sch 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A campus-themed, imaginative farming story—don't miss it! [Sending heart]

13. 613 我 My 26-Year-Old Female Tenant 我的26岁女房客 Super Big Tank Kobe超级大坦克科比Urban2.1M WordsCompleted After a wild night at a bar, a beautiful woman pinned him with a paternity claim, and the down-and-out young man suddenly became a father. As if things weren't bad enough, the owner of his rented home changed, and he was about to be kicked out. But his new landlady was beautiful! Should he ask to share the place? She coolly gave him a single word: “Get out!” A romantic entanglement sparked by a housing problem. 120kReads9.7Score13.9kShelves
14. 614 直 Live-Streaming the Handcrafting of a Resurrection Potion, Experts Rush to Seal Off the Village Overnight 直播手搓复活药，专家连夜来封村 Moon of the Old Dynasty旧朝月Urban215k WordsOngoing Lu Dapao cobbled together a resurrection potion out of scrap metal and raised a dead three-eyed crab until it had two-meter-long claws, which crushed an empty liquefied gas cylinder on the spot. A vocational school dropout, he returned to his village to run an agricultural machinery repair shed and make ends meet by livestreaming his scrap-metal inventions. After binding himself to the Unconventional Engineering Livestream System, he could cobble together high-tech gadgets from old pumps, discar 14Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Highly recommend this book

15. 615 学EN Don't Worry, Senior—I'll Protect You 学姐别怕，我来保护你 Gege Wuwu隔胳呜呜Urban3.0M WordsCompleted [Heart-Pounding Engine 2: Pure White Love Letter has been published] [Lighthearted daily life] + [Single female lead] + [No System] + [Not reborn] + [Sweet romance] In high school, Luo Ye had a secret crush on a girl for three years. He even got into the same university as her, and they agreed to start dating if they both got in. But the girl unexpectedly went back on her word. Heartbroken, Luo Ye became a romance novelist. Unexpectedly, before university even began, the novel he wrote shot to t 311.8kReads9.8Score31.2kShelves
16. 616 慈EN Cihang City 慈航市 Mountain-Patrolling Lord God巡山主神Mystery1.3M WordsOngoing At Cihang's grand arena, don't show up without a cheat. Chen Feng transmigrated to another world and discovered that the bosses here were unbelievably sneaky. “Let's go level up in the newbie village first.” “Ha! Got you, transmigrator.” “I'll be reborn and buy a lottery ticket.” “Ha! Got you, regressor.” “Fine, if you're going to play dirty, I don't need to pretend to be a gentleman either.” Chen Feng discovered that every time he died, he could refresh and get a new System. A System's power ha 1.1MReads9.2Score130.5kShelves
17. 617 都 Urban Shorts: A Master’s Leisurely Daily Life 都市短剧，高手的悠闲日常 Rainfall Frog雨落蛙Urban259k WordsOngoing In his previous life, Lu Yuan was a miserable programmer who stayed up all night using ChatGPT to rush out code, then died suddenly at his computer. In this life, he was born into a wealthy family and had a sign-in System. But there was no ChatGPT or Claude Code here. Then, on the eve of the Shen family's succession, a tense power struggle led Lu Yuan and Shen Zhixia to stumble upon an arms deal. The person paying for it wanted the master mold. The envoy sent to mediate arrived at the scene, and 16Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A lighthearted and humorous romance novel; author self-recommendation.

18. 618 十EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score209.2kShelves
19. 619 这 This Spirit Medium Is Pretty Powerful! 这个出马仙有点强！ Wu the Half-Immortal吴半仙Mystery3.8M WordsOngoing A piece of red cloth, three feet and three inches long. The old hall's people, the old hall's immortals. One day, when they emerge from the depths of the mountains, their names will spread far and wide! I was born in a rural village in Northeast China in the 1980s. When I was seven, a spirit medium said I was fated to suffer three calamities and eight misfortunes, and would one day become a horse-riding shaman. I didn't believe it, but hardship kept finding me. To make a living, I worked as a wa 146.7kReads9.7Score13.5kShelves
20. 620 天EN The Heavenly Eye Feng Shui Master 天眼风水师 Light of the Dao道之光Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [A feng shui novel] [Featuring feng shui, Daoist medicine, psychology, and economics; read faces and phone numbers] [Practical insights] [Explaining the esoteric with science] My master hastily taught me the art of divination and passed down a few books. Before I even had the chance to formally begin my training in the mountains, he sent me down into the world to help people... Where can I even go to complain about that? Amid the mortal world, I help others and cultivate myself. 703.3kReads9.6Score149.7kShelves
21. 621 向 Born to Follow the Sun 向阳而生 Li Xiangxiang李想想Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [A new book from a veteran author] [Daily life] [Romance] [A little heartbreak, then overwhelmingly sweet] He Zhicheng gave his son He Shu a perfect demonstration of what a scumbag looked like, leaving He Shu terrified of marriage before he was even an adult. The little tree, withered before it had even grown, was chased by another stubborn little sprout who kept urging him to stand tall. Well, maybe it takes going through all that pain to appreciate the happiness of an ordinary life. Life comes 127.8kReads9.6Score14.2kShelves
22. 622 我EN With a Fox Immortal, I Subdue a Hundred Ghosts 我以狐仙镇百鬼 Purple Dream Wandering Dragon紫梦游龙Mystery10.3M WordsOngoing The day I was born, nineteen bolts of thunder struck around our family’s courtyard. A fortune-teller said I was born a demon child, fated to suffer eighteen calamities in my life. Either someone else would die, or I would. As it turned out, the fortune-teller met his own calamity on the very day I was born. He carried me out of the village, and suddenly dropped dead! 754.6kReads9.4Score44.4kShelves
23. 623 囧 The Awkward King’s Superdimensional Comeback as a Soccer King 囧王超维逆袭球王 I'm Wo Shen我是沃神Urban138k WordsCompleted When An Dai wakes up, he has become Zhao Yinan, the city’s best young basketball player. Everyone gets his name wrong and thinks he’s the basketball star. Only Su Xiao can hear what he’s thinking. Then a coach who knows Zhao Yinan well stares at his right hand and says: “You haven’t gotten better. You’ve become someone else.” For the sake of two girls, he must prove himself and expose the truth. 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The basketball prodigy has been reborn, all to protect two girls. He vows to dispel illusions and prove himself on the court.

24. 624 当 When the Uncanny Descends on the World, Death Is the End 当诡异降临世界，死亡即是终点 Qingyuan Vocational High School Prodigy庆元职高小天才Mystery2.5M WordsOngoing [Supernatural horrors descend + no System + fresh worldbuilding + survival + semi-infinite-flow + no do-gooder protagonist + not dark + supernatural abilities] In the best years of his life, amid the exuberance of youth, Su Yuan thought his days would remain peaceful and beautiful forever. Then a line of bloody text appeared on the blackboard during evening study. [In the silent night, a terrifying ghost appears outside your dorm room... How long will it take to kill you?] Everyone thought it wa 386.7kReads9.3Score42.7kShelves
25. 625 上 Isn't the Whole Point of College to Cultivate Immortality? 上大学不就是为了修仙吗？ Guan Mo官谟Urban10k WordsCompleted Isn’t going to college all about cultivating immortality? —Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 626 全EN High Seas Survival: I Start with a Ghost Ship 全民大航海，我开局一条幽灵船 Newly Bought Peaches新买的桃子Sports2.6M WordsCompleted The print edition has been signed with a publisher. [Seafaring] [Survival] [Disasters] [Shipbuilding] [Talents] [Cthulhu] [One Female Lead] Everyone transmigrates, and Yang Yi, as a player, is forced to join a game where everyone must survive at sea. Some lucky players get special ships. Like the Iron Will, armed to the teeth. Like the Gale, which rides the wind and waves so fast it's never in sight. Like the Head-On, with its massive ram, charging fearlessly ahead. But Yang Yi's ship is called 272.9kReads9.4Score27.9kShelves
27. 627 万 The Carefree Immortal Across All Worlds 万界逍遥仙 Han Ming憨明Urban262k WordsCompleted Lin Feng awakens the Carefree Immortal Venerable System, only to be stunned by its mission: the ten ancient divine artifacts scattered across the mortal world have all transformed into peerlessly beautiful goddesses. The icy female CEO is the Kunlun Mirror, missing a fragment. The bewitching queen of the music world is the Nuwa Stone, harboring a hidden danger. The cold, stunning policewoman is the Zhu Xian Sword, whose baleful aura pierces the heavens... Want to restore the artifacts and reclai 21Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 628 失 After a Breakup, I Found Out My Best Friend Was the Cool School Beauty 失恋后，发现好兄弟是清冷校花 Shui Sheng Xi Gua水生西瓜Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Not reborn] + [No System] + [Youthful campus life] + [Romantic comedy] + [One heroine] + [Everyday life] After chasing his unrequited love for two and a half years, Lu Yibei was still secretly mocked by her for being a simp. Once he finally let go, Lu Yibei received a call from his gaming carry, who had never once used voice chat. The cool, clear, lovely female voice on the phone left Lu Yibei silent for a long time. Lu Yibei: “Bro, don’t we have a younger sister at home?” The reply: “I don’t h 86.3kReads9.6Score9.3kShelves
29. 629 开 I Won One Million from the Start, So I Lay Flat 开局就中了1个小目标，我躺平了 I Like to Keep Things Simple爱好简简单单Urban447k WordsOngoing At long last, this heaven-sent fortune has finally come my way! Ahhh! As a model young man of the new century and a veteran professional experience tester (which really just means I’ve quit after barely a year seven times), Liu Ziyu plans to lie flat after striking it rich, but then he encounters a series of extraordinary... 368Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Urban comedy novel (´｡･v･｡`) Highly recommend the first and second books. The first book features Liu Ziyu, a loser who achieves a remarkable turnaround in life, his ex-girlfriend's envy after their breakup, and a satisfying story with multiple female leads. The second book starts off hilarious, gradually using a fake identity and eventually revealing his true identity, which no one believes.

30. 630 憨 Goofball’s Hilarious Diary 憨仔的搞笑日记 Han Ming憨明Modern Romance343k WordsCompleted A new story is here! You’re welcome to read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 22Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 631 人 The Life Choice System: From the Start, I’m Bound to My Ex-Wife’s Best Friend 人生选择系统，开局绑定前妻闺蜜 Kitten and Bamboo Shoots猫咪竹笋Urban647k WordsCompleted This novel has been adapted into a short drama of the same name, Life Choice System: Bound to My Ex-Wife’s Best Friend from the Start. It is now available on Hongguo. [Tycoon + System + Comeback + Business Wars + Multiple Heroines] With the Life Choice System, Zhu Bin leads his ex-wife’s best friend, a beautiful CEO; a beautiful lawyer who seems aloof but can be warm one moment and cold the next; a flight attendant who loves acting like a rebellious little sister; and a beautiful professor who d 1.1kReads8.3Score100Shelves

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    I love reading these kinds of thrilling stories about defying fate and turning your life around! Being murdered and reborn, bound to a life-choice system, dumping your scumbag wife, and then making a fortune and building a career—from a loser to a super-rich tycoon, this is just too satisfying!!!

32. 632 我 I'm Just a Fake Rich Heir, So Why Are You Throwing Yourself at Me? 我一假富二代，姑娘你干嘛倒贴？ I Forget the Chapter When I Pick Up My Pen提笔忘章节Urban376k WordsCompleted Lin Zhe came to the imperial capital to find work. He only pretended to be a rich second-generation heir, but never expected things to get completely out of hand. With his rich-heir persona, beautiful women were more than willing to throw themselves at him. Some even offered to pay for everything. And Lin Zhe seemed to have found a path to the pinnacle of life. Lin Zhe: I’m not some damn rich heir. I’m just a poor kid. Even though Lin Zhe explained who he was time and again, the beautiful women 1.8kReads8.9Score101Shelves
33. 633 三 The Demon Venerable of Three Thousand Years Is Writing a Thesis at the Academy? 三千载魔尊竟在学府写论文？ Mysteries of the Stars星辰玄妙Urban2.9M WordsCompleted Urban cultivation + subverting tropes + invincible protagonist + hilarious comedy + the Myriad Worlds The Eternal Night Demon Venerable wakes from a three-thousand-year slumber during an archaeological livestream. His first words: "What's the Wi-Fi password?" He's shoved into a university for "reeducation." The professor's laws of the universe are just his old drafts. He gets reported for cheating after taking on five players in an esports match, and draws a circle on a soda can to seal a camp 87Reads—Score—Shelves

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    With its wildly imaginative plot and hilariously contrasting elements, the ancient demon lord Chonglou awakens after a three-thousand-year slumber, only to be reduced to an "ancient artifact." Forced to attend school and write papers, he effortlessly solves scientific puzzles and seals rifts in other worlds—a truly exhilarating story. The invincible protagonist setting subtly masks a core of loneliness and responsibility. The clash between cultivation and technology, along with the conspiracies and plot twists spanning millennia, makes this story utterly captivating and addictive!

34. 634 浪 The Prodigal Returns: I Can See the Future 浪子回头：我能预见未来 Bai Ling白灵Urban4.1M WordsOngoing The short drama of the same name, I Can See the Future: The Prodigal's Return, premieres on Hongguo on December 6. On his way to get a divorce, Lin Ming finally realized what a bastard he'd been his whole life! He couldn't change the fact that he was getting divorced, but he unexpectedly gained the ability to foresee the future! Rising prices, volatile real estate, stock market fluctuations, global trends... he can handle them all with ease! Years later, a reporter interviews Lin Ming: “You're n 19.9kReads9.1Score1.3kShelves

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    [Anti-moral kidnapping + outlaw + not a saint + cunning + exhilarating] Transmigrating to a parallel world, Lin Bei's first encounter with moral kidnapping is on a high-speed train. Pregnant woman: "I'm pregnant, you have to give me your seat!" Lin Bei: "Every wrong has its perpetrator, and your child isn't mine, why should I give you my seat?" Saintly woman: "Young man, just give her your seat, it's not easy for a pregnant woman with such a big belly."

35. 635 重 Back at Nineteen: Goddess, Why Aren't You Proud Anymore? 重返十九岁，女神你怎么不骄傲了 Mumu Loves Fish木木爱吃鱼Urban4.3M WordsOngoing [A down-to-earth rebirth story with solid logic and clear-eyed characters, a textbook for young people striving and falling in love.] Xu Jianghe, a major player in Shanghai’s venture capital scene with a ten-digit fortune, unexpectedly found himself reborn at the age of nineteen. In his previous life, he’d been an elite at the top of his game. Now he was starting over as a young man who had achieved nothing and was plagued by insecurity. From then on, every step brought a shock, and flowers bloo 143kReads8.6Score12.6kShelves
36. 636 曾 Zeng Guofan: A Distinguished Statesman Who Revived the Late Qing 曾国藩：晚清中兴名臣 Good Fortune and Happiness Beijing吉祥如意北京Historical377k WordsCompleted Written in an accessible style, this book recounts the remarkable life of Zeng Guofan, the foremost statesman of the late Qing revival. It begins with a baby's cries in a farming household in Xiangxiang in 1811, then follows his grueling path through the imperial examinations. He fails four times but keeps studying until, at twenty-seven, he finally enters the Hanlin Academy. As a capital official, he adheres to the principles of self-cultivation and holds fast to his convictions amid court intr 7.9kReads7.9Score355Shelves

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    Engaging biographies of historical figures: Zeng Guofan, Zuo Zongtang, and Li Hongzhang. [May you be blessed immediately][Heart]

37. 637 左 Zuo Zongtang: The Late Qing Dynasty's Last Hawk 左宗棠：晚清最后的鹰派 Good Fortune and Happiness Beijing吉祥如意北京Historical271k WordsCompleted At its heart, this book is about a practical-minded reformer amid the upheavals of the late Qing dynasty. Spanning the years from 1812 to 1885, it vividly portrays the extraordinary life of Zuo Zongtang, from a poor scholar in Xiangyin to a high-ranking provincial official. The book recounts his early studies of statecraft and his years of obscurity after failing the metropolitan examination three times. It also details his military career: raising the Chu Army to suppress the Taiping Rebellion 13.3kReads8.6Score780Shelves
38. 638 开 From the Start, I Read Kun Kun's Fortune and Took the Internet by Storm 开局给坤坤算命，我火爆全网 Xing Wu行五Urban1.0M WordsOngoing [Parallel world + pure wish fulfillment + fortune-telling + entertainment industry] While filming a show, the Keep Running cast happens to meet Lu Yun, a street fortune-teller, and asks him to read their fortunes. Lu Yun bluntly declares that Kunkun has a child. The internet erupts, and he is widely mocked. But just days later, the truth comes out: Kunkun's career is in ruins, and Lu Yun becomes an internet sensation! Soon, celebrities, business tycoons, and Middle Eastern princes all flock to L 104Reads8.0Score—Shelves
39. 639 李 Li Hongzhang: The Plasterer of the Qing Empire 李鸿章：大清帝国的裱糊匠 Good Fortune and Happiness Beijing吉祥如意北京Historical626k WordsCompleted This is a sweeping historical portrait of Li Hongzhang's life, built around the metaphor of “learning to steer on a broken ship.” Beginning with a newborn's cries in the Li family home in Luzhou in 1823 and ending with his lonely final days at Xianliang Temple in 1901, the book follows the course of time to recreate the turbulent life of this high-ranking official of the late Qing. He was an ambitious scholar pursuing success in the imperial examinations, who honed his character under Zeng Guofa 3.3kReads7.9Score216Shelves
40. 640 刷 Watching Livestreams Gets Me Cashback, and Goddesses Keep Showing Up 刷直播就返现，女神天天降 Lamplight Beyond Dreams梦外灯火Urban402k WordsCompleted Urban life... a wealthy tycoon... Campus... the campus belle... Douyin... livestreamers... The male lead acts fast and gets straight to the point! He believes money comes first, and that money can solve any problem. If it can't, spend more! 4.5kReads—Score283Shelves

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    Just go straight in... Ahhh

41. 641 质 Equal Masses: I Can Exchange Anything 质量相等，我能交换一切 Cha Qin茶秦Urban2.3M WordsCompleted Livestreaming + Humor + Everyday Life + Lighthearted + Prize Wheel Gacha + No Main Heroine + Meme Mashups + Myriad Worlds + Catgirls Plenty of boss fights and hilarious scams, all kicked off by one word: “Exchange.” From the start, Su Yu awakens the conceptual skill Equivalent Exchange. After losing a figurine, he exchanges it for a virtual interface that lets him use emotion points to draw cards on a prize wheel. “My turn. Draw!” [Obtained a bag of trash] [Obtained a bag of insanely cool golden 14.3kReads8.5Score1.4kShelves

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    The protagonist possesses a system-based superpower in the city, thus beginning his game-like life.

42. 642 异 Superpowers: I Can Log In to My Friends' WeChat Accounts 异能：我能登录好友微信账号 Not Actually a Cat其实不是猫Urban1.7M WordsCompleted Lin Jiang, a college student, unexpectedly awakens a special ability: he can log into his WeChat friends' accounts directly in his mind and view their chat histories and Moments. From then on, familiar people begin revealing the sides of themselves they have kept hidden, and the world changes too… 2.8kReads7.6Score237Shelves

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    🔥🔥Book Summary: A weak system provides support, yet even without being a super-rich tycoon, one can still shine; No boasting or face-slapping, just a slow-paced campus romance; 🌿🌿The teacher offers tea, and Lin Jiang dreams back to his youth; A captivating story awaits you!🔥🔥

43. 643 天 Heaven-Cursed Cultivator: I Copy Divine Powers by Giving Gifts to Fairies 天残修仙：我靠送礼仙子复制神通 Silent Jian无声健Eastern Fantasy217k WordsOngoing [System] [Multiple Heroines] [Transmigration] [the Myriad Worlds] [Otherworld] [Ordinary Protagonist] [Sect] [play the pig to eat the tiger] [Uncanny Cultivation] [Lighthearted Power Fantasy] [Copy Divine Powers] After transmigrating to a cultivation world warped by the uncanny, I find myself from the start reduced to the decrepit Silkworm Elder, forced to swallow mutated waste pills every day with little time left to live. Just as despair takes hold, the [Divine Gift System] awakens! It can ref 13Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Fairy, please wait a moment. I'll give you some elixir, and we can be friends.

44. 644 忘 Twin Lotuses on the Wangchuan River (Part One) 忘川河上并蒂莲（上） World of Blossoms繁花世界Marriage & Romance25k WordsCompleted Twin Lotuses on the River of Forgetfulness (Part 1) 101Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Urban novels I can't bear to delete

45. 645 重 Reborn in 1987: From the Start, I Stole Hong Kong’s Goddess 重生87：开局截胡港岛女神 Arctic Gray Wolf极地苍狼Urban4.8M WordsOngoing [Urban farming + reborn + historical era + entrepreneurship] Chen Hao wakes up to find that the woman beside him is none other than Li Zhi, Miss Asia and the dream girl of countless men! Chen Hao also discovers that he has been reborn on Hong Kong Island in 1987. That year, a global stock market crash hits, costing stock-market legend Warren Buffett billions of dollars and becoming his lifelong nightmare! Chen Hao seizes this golden opportunity to buy the dip in stock markets around the world, m 18.3kReads7.4Score1.1kShelves
46. 646 神 Tycoon: Starting by Rejecting the Richest Man 神豪：从拒绝首富开始 oOPhantom of the GodsOooO神之魅影OoUrban1.2M WordsOngoing Su Changyuan gets into Magic City University. His aunt and uncle want him to stay in Yangcheng for school and take over the family business after graduation. Su Changyuan insists on going to Magic City. After turning them down, he awakens the “Tycoon Independence System.” From then on, he begins his climb to the pinnacle of life. But gradually, he discovers that his parents aren't ordinary people, and embarks on a journey to restore the family to glory. 7.3kReads—Score405Shelves

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    ① The protagonist is admitted to a university in Shanghai. His aunt and uncle want him to stay in Guangzhou to study and inherit the family business after graduation. Su Changyuan insists on going to Shanghai and refuses their request, after which he awakens the "Godly Rich Independent System." From then on, he embarks on his journey to the pinnacle of life...

47. 647 忘 Twin Lotuses on the Wangchuan River (Part Two) 忘川河上并蒂莲（下） World of Blossoms繁花世界Marriage & Romance27k WordsCompleted Twin Lotuses on the River of Forgetfulness (Part 2) 30Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 648 婚 You Cyberbullied Me Over My Wedding Dress and Idol? The Great Families of the Capital Strike Back 婚纱追星网暴我？京城世家齐出手 Flicking Ice with a Finger指上弹冰Urban3.5M WordsCompleted [Official-family heir + tycoon + face-slapping + campus beauty + villain + satisfying read + more...] Jiang Lin transmigrates to a parallel world and, from the start, lands himself a rabid celebrity-fan girlfriend. Before he can marvel at his good fortune, she puts on the wedding dress he spent a fortune buying and runs off to attend a concert by some popular young star??! “I finally married my youth! Wang Yifan, I love you!!!” “Quick, take my picture! Let’s commemorate my love story with Fanfan 46kReads8.9Score3kShelves
49. 649 爱 Ai Chi Aixinchao's Third Book 爱吃爱心炒的第3本书 Mumu Loves Heart-Shaped Fried Noodles爱吃爱心炒面的木木Urban1.4M WordsCompleted 302Reads8.4Score100Shelves
50. 650 两 I Love You in Both Worlds 两个世界的我都爱你 World of Blossoms繁花世界Marriage & Romance15k WordsCompleted I Love You in Both Worlds 270Reads—Score—Shelves

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