For Middle-Aged Readers: Smart Characters, No Goody-Two-Shoes, Decisive and Ruthless, Highly Rated 适合中年人看，智商在线，不圣母，杀伐果断，高分

1. 601 夫 I Am My Husband's Comeuppance 夫君的报应就是我 Why Not1有何不可1Marriage & Romance9k WordsCompleted I Am My Husband's Comeuppance 878Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 602 爆 A Fifty-Million Margin Call? I Short Wall Street Instead 爆仓五千万？我反手做空华尔街 Pipa Folding Knife琵琶折刀Urban1.6M WordsOngoing [Financial Crisis] [Wits and Strategy] [Big Short] [Wall Street] Many years later, when sitting before the interview cameras for Time magazine’s Person of the Year feature, Lu Ze would always remember that rainy Manhattan night on February 28, 2008. “So, Mr. Lu.” The renowned journalist looked at the man before him, the one who had made the entire global financial system tremble, and posed the question that had come up time and again at congressional hearings, behind closed doors at the Federal 266.5kReads9.1Score32.6kShelves
3. 603 新 After Our Wedding-Night Divorce, the God of War Prince Goes Mad Chasing Me 新婚夜和离后，战神王爷追疯了 Listening To Rain At Star Pond星池听雨Ancient Romance361k WordsCompleted [Hilarious power fantasy + ancient setting + transmigration + romance + sweet doting love + pocket dimension + both reborn + cultivation] Special agent Chu Zhaoning transmigrates, and things get downright absurd! Before she can even open her eyes, a masked bastard ambushes her from behind. She flies into a rage, and the consequences are serious. Without another word, she unleashes the secret move she has treasured for years: tickling his armpits. But the bastard is no pushover! Chu Zhaoning give 9.2kReads8.4Score1kShelves

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   This is supposed to be a funny and stress-relieving story; feel free to check it out if you like.

4. 604 真 A Real Killer Plays the Villain: The Zhens on the Mystery Show, Run! 真杀手演反派，明侦里姓甄的快跑 Tomato and the Slight Chill of Passing Years流年微凉于番茄Urban717k WordsCompleted Lu Yuan’s greatest wish in life is to cuddle his orange cat and be a sunny, wholesome young man. But here’s the worst part: he brought all the murderous instincts from his previous life with him! His first gig is playing a kidnapper NPC. He finds the blind spots, brandishes a fake gun, and fixes everyone with the cold stare of a butcher. The result: The variety show guests break out in a cold sweat, and viewers flood the comments with calls to the police! His second gig is playing a financial ty 17.3kReads7.9Score2.1kShelves
5. 605 8 An $88 Budget Tour for Seniors Hooks a Wealthy Son-in-Law. Bestie, Are You Serious? 88元老年穷游团钓出贵婿，闺蜜你认真的？ Zhu Qidong祝其冬8k WordsCompleted A budget senior tour for 88 yuan reels in a rich son-in-law. Bestie, are you serious? —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Take a look at this book.

6. 606 贫 Just a Poor Rogue Cultivator. Why Are You Kneeling, Fellow Daoist? 贫穷散修一枚，道友何故下跪？ Knife, Medicine, Pen刀药笔Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [No romance, ensemble cast] [A goofy trio of wandering cultivators] [Female-led cultivation progression, few scenes involving children, skip if that bothers you] Song Li transmigrates into a cultivation novel as the evil female supporting character. After bullying the heroine, she is thrown by her own brother into the Abandoned Infant Pagoda, where she dies at the hands of countless vengeful infant spirits. Waking inside the pagoda, she looks at the crying spirits and says, “I can be your mother 32.3kReads9.4Score4.4kShelves

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   The female lead is incredibly awesome! 🔥🍅 This is a no-romance, ensemble piece featuring a silly, independent trio of cultivators: one is highly intelligent, ruthless, and highly productive; another is simple, funny, and rich; and the third is powerful yet poor. But it doesn't just focus on these three; there's a lot of description of other characters too. ✨ And!!! The author's imagination is truly boundless, and the writing is superb. Some parts feel like you're clearing a dungeon! 🔥 The female lead is incredibly strong; her intelligence completely crushes everyone else. ✨ The plot doesn't drag; the progression is super fast.

7. 607 没 I Can’t Afford to Cultivate, So I’ll Rob People. I’ll Take Any Dirty Job in This World 没钱修仙去打劫，此界黑活我来接 Liu Huaqiang1刘华强1Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsOngoing [Spirit Lands are Limited, but Cultivators are Infinite. So Prices Have Always Been Set by Other People.] Thirty-five years after transmigrating to the cultivation world, Niu Er is still an odd-job disciple at the fifth level of Qi Refining. With four spirit roots, the worst possible aptitude, and only a few low-grade spirit stones each month, he has to ration even his fasting pills. At thirty-five, he leaves the mountain penniless. Blackwater City. Rogue cultivators. Dirty jobs. As long as yo 1.4kReads6.4Score106Shelves

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   The ambition and compromises of middle-aged people are portrayed vividly and exquisitely. The writing is rich and engaging, unfolding in a gentle and flowing style. Very good.

8. 608 日 Drunk on the Road Home at Dusk 日暮醉归途 Mu Qiqi暮萋萋Ancient Romance2.2M WordsCompleted The cool, intelligent beauty Shui Qiaoyou, a general of the former dynasty, and the pure-hearted, reserved prince Chu Moli, a prince of the current dynasty Historical romance, no transmigration, no palace intrigue, no household drama, one-on-one romance, strong female lead. Shui Qiaoyou felt as though she’d merely fallen asleep. When she opened her eyes again, a hundred years had passed. Her homeland, family, and friends were like smoke, long since vanished into the river of time. Fate had left 13.8kReads9.1Score1.6kShelves

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   You should check this out. She's completely silent once you start reading! This is the most amazing, incredible, and charming female lead I've ever read! This rating is definitely too low; she deserves a 9.8. I followed the story for a long time after it just finished airing!

9. 609 重 Reborn and Ruthless: Building a Business and Taking Revenge 重生不手软，创业复仇两不误 Koutian Yifan口天一凡Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Reborn + redemption + revenge + true love + a love that goes both ways. Everyone envies those with secure government jobs, but after being reborn, Chen Yanqing is determined to leave that world behind! In her previous life, Chen Yanqing worked incredibly hard to pass the civil service exam and get a permanent position, only to be falsely accused and imprisoned for five years. When she was in her forties and finally eligible for release, she slipped and fell while taking a shower. When she woke u 3.5kReads9.5Score438Shelves

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   After being wrongfully imprisoned for five years, the middle-aged female protagonist is reborn just before the end of her college entrance examination. Watch how she takes revenge and makes up for the regrets of her previous life.

10. 610 大 The Great Yu Female Tutor 大禹女师 Guanglin Tricycle广林三蹦子Ancient Romance289k WordsCompleted (Also known as: After Becoming the Matriarch, I Became the Whole Dynasty's Mentor) Qian Yixiang, a female professor of Chinese literature, worked through the night on her dissertation and died suddenly. When she opened her eyes, she had become the matriarch of an ancient marquis's household. The good news: she was alive. The bad news: she was on her third burial shroud. No golden finger, no System, and a whole family of wolves circling her. After working herself to death through cutthroat compet 13Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Suitable for all readers. Read it first and then decide whether to delete it or not.

11. 611 宫 The Willow by the Palace Wall 宫墙柳 Dream Doll梦娃Ancient Romance166k WordsCompleted Why must the imperial consorts compete for the emperor’s favor? A smash-hit, heart-wrenching historical romance that burst onto the scene in 2019! Recommended by countless tearful readers, this unconventional palace-intrigue novel will stay with you long after you finish. In the lightest of styles, it captures everyone’s deepest regrets. In May of the year I turned fourteen, with the pagoda trees in fragrant bloom, I sat in Yong’an Palace, propping up my head as I dozed. The man’s laughter held 50.6kReads9.7Score7.4kShelves

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    These four books are absolutely amazing! [Bookmarked][Bookmarked][Bookmarked] The author's writing is masterful, the plots are deeply moving, simply super amazing! [Masterpiece][Masterpiece][Masterpiece]

12. 612 糟 Oh No! After He Was Reborn in a Strange World, It Came After Him 糟了！重生诡异世界后他追过来了 Greedy Dreamer入梦贪心Modern Romance2.3M WordsCompleted What? The creepy System won't let the female lead leave the male lead. Is this some kind of disaster?! As soon as he's reborn, the male lead does the things the female lead was planning to do, and does them to the people she had in mind? Female lead Lin Yaoyao: You jerk. You don't know it, but you've always been my goal. Sweet romance + everyone's favorite + doting on her husband + ensemble cast + chaotic love triangle Lin Yaoyao looked at this so-called infinite rebirth System. What a great che 56Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Everyone in this world is half human and half ghost; you can't even see them up close.

13. 613 我 After I Died, I Became a Stray Dog and Helped My Parents Escape Despair 我死后，化作流浪狗陪父母走出绝境 Heartbroken and All Alone心碎我独伤12k WordsCompleted After I died, I became a stray dog and helped my parents escape their desperate situation 12Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 614 被 Driven to Death by a Cultivator’s Mistress? I’ll Raise My Sword to the Nine Heavens 被修仙外室逼死？我提剑杀上九霄 Bian Lu边鹿Ancient Romance710k WordsCompleted [Power fantasy, a female lead who begins as a villain and turns righteous, no transmigration, no rebirth] Only when she was dying did Li Fu learn why she could never defeat her husband's mistress, Huayue. It turned out that beyond this world lay a realm of cultivation. Huayue had come from that realm. With Taoist magic at her command, there was no way Li Fu could ever beat her. Tortured, skinned, and dismembered, Li Fu was abandoned by everyone and died after enduring every kind of suffering. Ho 79.4kReads9.6Score10.3kShelves
15. 615 闪 My Flash-Marriage Husband Is Actually a Trillionaire CEO 闪婚老公，竟是千亿总裁 Loves Bauhinia Flowers爱紫荆花Modern Romance161k WordsCompleted 4.6kReads—Score166Shelves

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    A book suitable for middle-aged readers, featuring intelligent male and female leads, with the female lead not being overly sentimental, and the male lead being decisive and ruthless.

16. 616 女 The Goddess Took Her Backup on a Blind Date, and Things Took an Unexpected Turn 女神带我这备胎去相亲，结果意外 The Strategist策略派10k WordsCompleted My crush took me, her backup option, along on a blind date, and then something unexpected happened. 6.2kReads—Score—Shelves

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    These short stories are intellectually stimulating and suitable for middle-aged readers.

17. 617 月 An 8,000-Yuan Monthly Salary and 10 Million in Debt: After Winning 30 Million, I Let My Bullying Boss Have It 月薪八千背千万负债，中三千万后我怒怼霸凌领导 Heartbroken and All Alone心碎我独伤11k WordsCompleted I earned 8,000 yuan a month while carrying tens of millions in debt. After winning 30 million, I finally stood up to my bullying boss 3Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 618 夫 My Husband Gives Me Two Hundred Thousand Taels a Month 夫君每月给我二十万两 Having Met the Young Master既见公子Ancient Romance768k WordsCompleted [Sweet Romance + Transmigrate Into a Book + Goofy Comedy + Redemption + Marriage Before Love] Gan Qiongying transmigrated into the body of a princess! Before she could even celebrate, she realized this world was the setting of a book she had read. And she was the wicked supporting character who committed countless evils and met a tragic end... The plot had reached the point where a princess of her stature was being forced to marry a merchant. Merchants ranked below scholars, farmers, and arti 30.1kReads9.4Score3.9kShelves
19. 619 新 On Our Wedding Night, My Comatose Husband Put His Arm Around My Waist 新婚夜，植物人老公搂住我的腰 Loves Bauhinia Flowers爱紫荆花Modern Romance238k WordsCompleted [Marriage First, Love Later + Sweet Romance + Age Gap + Husband Chasing His Wife + Both Chaste] Tong Yao is forced to take her twin sister’s place and marry Gu Jingchen, a former business tycoon who is now in a vegetative state. The whole city pities her, believing she will spend her life as a wife in name only. But on their wedding night, the sleeping man suddenly wraps an arm around her waist. The once decisive king of the business world wakes up and takes back his immense power. Everyone wait 3.6kReads6.6Score283Shelves
20. 620 分 After We Broke Up, I Married My Ex's Best Friend 分手后，我娶了前任的闺蜜 The Strategist策略派Marriage & Romance18k WordsCompleted After the breakup, I married my ex's best friend. 4.2kReads—Score—Shelves
21. 621 我 My Mom Gave All the Demolition Compensation to My Brother, So I Cut Off the Family's Living Expenses 我妈把拆迁款全给了弟弟，我停掉全家生活费 Heartbroken and All Alone心碎我独伤14k WordsCompleted My Mom Gave All the Demolition Compensation to My Younger Brother, So I Cut Off the Whole Family's Living Expenses 3Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 622 古 From Ancient Times to the Present: The Young Master’s Cool-Hearted Palace Maid 古穿今：楼少的白切黑宫婢 It's All an Illusion虚幻而已Modern Romance104k WordsCompleted [An imaginary dynasty: a heroine determined to escape versus a cold, ruthless hero at first, who later clings to her and pursues her relentlessly] Duan Yan was once a senior palace maid serving the emperor of the Great Qi dynasty. After being betrayed by the young apprentice she had raised for years, she died quietly in a side room of the Palace of Nurturing the Heart... When she opened her eyes again, she had become the third wife of the Lou family, a sweet, naive woman with stunning looks and —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A personal favorite of a bookworm who's been reading for over a decade; once you start, you can't stop.

23. 623 新 On My Wedding Night, I Revived a Comatose Tycoon 新婚夜，我救活了植物人大佬 Loves Bauhinia Flowers爱紫荆花Modern Romance515k WordsCompleted [Marriage First, Love Later] [Sweet Romance] [Age Gap] [Scheming Male Lead] Jiang Yan grew up in a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners. From childhood, she studied medicine under her grandparents, both seasoned physicians, and mastered the art of acupuncture. However, fate had other plans. Her father's company was on the brink of collapse, and to save it, she was forced to marry Lu Jingming, a business genius who had been left in a vegetative state by a car accident. Known for h 2.4kReads6.8Score149Shelves
24. 624 同 My Girlfriend Vanished at Our Class Reunion, Driving Me Insane 同学会女友失踪，搞得我神经错乱 The Strategist策略派Marriage & Romance9k WordsCompleted My girlfriend vanished at our class reunion, and it drove me out of my mind. 2.5kReads—Score—Shelves
25. 625 离 A Divorced Woman Unexpectedly Falls for Her Ex-Husband's Father 离婚女子，意外爱上前夫的父亲 Heartbroken and All Alone心碎我独伤Modern Romance10k WordsCompleted A Divorced Woman Unexpectedly Falls for Her Ex-Husband's Father 1Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 626 癫EN Unhinged? We're All Unhinged—and That's a Good Thing! 癫，都癫，癫点好啊 Little Salt小盐子Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Super-Sweet 1v1]+ [Silly Humor and Memes]+ [Showbiz]+ [Dating Variety Show]+ [Face-Slapping] [Unhinged Actress vs. CEO with a Mind of His Own] Betrayed by her scumbag boyfriend, she transmigrated into a book and was immediately stabbed and sent to the hospital by an extremist shipper. Xie Mi went berserk on the spot, spouting wild claims in the livestream. “Come on! Stab me! All of you, stab me! I'll blow up the Earth!” A passerby who had wandered into the livestream nearly fainted. Okay, okay. 337.3kReads9.8Score47.3kShelves

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    This 9.8-Rated masterpiece on Tomato platform is absolutely amazing! It's hilarious from beginning to end. I was writhing in bed tonight, watching the male and female leads' mouths—they're just too good at generating laughs. The author is truly brilliant; this book is a joy-generating machine.

27. 627 黄 The Yellow Emperor’s Inner Canon, Explained with Laughs 黄帝内经爆笑讲解版 Eight Hundred Miles of Wind and Clouds风云八百里3.8M WordsOngoing Still missing out on China’s millennia-old treasures of health and wellness because classical texts are so hard to understand? This book breaks free from the dry style of traditional texts and uses laugh-out-loud language to unpack the foundational classics of Chinese medicine! It is divided into three volumes. The first offers clear, accessible explanations of the chapters of the Suwen, breaking down the underlying medical principles of yin and yang, the five elements, the organs, and qi and bl 13.1kReads8.7Score1.7kShelves

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    For those of you who understand this, I bought a copy of the original Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic, but I couldn't understand it. However, this book makes it much easier to understand, and it's also very good. I really admire the author; their writing is amazing. It's incredible that they can thoroughly understand a book and then write it in such simple and easy-to-understand language. Anyone who likes Traditional Chinese Medicine and wants to improve their health should definitely buy this!

28. 628 退 Retired Agent: Trouble Comes Knocking 退役特工：麻烦找上门 Sword of the Vast Sky长空利剑Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Trouble comes knocking. What should I do? You want me to put up with it? I don’t want to! You can’t know who I am, but you can find out what I’m capable of! I’m a retired agent. I don’t go looking for trouble, but I’m not afraid of it either! 21.7kReads9.2Score2.4kShelves

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    Written by a middle-aged person, intended for middle-aged readers! New book, please show your support!

29. 629 我 I Restored the Capital’s Tycoon’s Sight, and He Spoils Me Rotten 我让京圈大佬复明，他把我狠狠宠 Loves Bauhinia Flowers爱紫荆花Modern Romance204k WordsCompleted [Substitute marriage, love after marriage, ex-husband’s redemption, sweet romance, both leads are virgins] Huo Jingchen had a fiery temper, devastating looks, and a decisive, domineering way of doing things. He was arrogant and unruly, with a strong streak of tsundere pride. He was recognized throughout the business world as a genius, famous for his ruthlessness and cunning. His decisive, ruthless methods earned him the nickname “Living Yama,” and made his business rivals tremble at the mere men 1.1kReads—Score100Shelves
30. 630 美 A Beauty Says She's Pregnant, but I Only Brushed Against Her Skirt 美女说怀孕了，可我只碰了下她裙子 The Strategist策略派Marriage & Romance10k WordsCompleted A beautiful woman says she’s pregnant, but all I did was touch her skirt. 720Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 631 我 I Woke Up My Husband from His Vegetative State 我让植物人老公苏醒 Loves Bauhinia Flowers爱紫荆花Modern Romance286k WordsCompleted [Love after marriage + age gap + groveling pursuit + sweet romance + powerful man lowering his head] Su Tong is the Su family’s adopted daughter. Clever from a young age, she excelled in school and graduated from Harvard, becoming an outstanding neurosurgeon. The Su family’s biological daughter, Su Shishi, refuses to honor the betrothal arranged for her when she was young and marry Huo Yunzhou, a business magnate from Haicheng who has been in a vegetative state since a car accident. So her adop 2kReads8.0Score143Shelves
32. 632 让 You Asked Me to Livestream Legal Education, but I Became the Godfather of Crime? 让你直播普法，你成犯罪教父？ Hulalala Ya呼啦啦啦呀Urban319k WordsOngoing Ye Ran transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes a public legal education presenter. While livestreaming a legal education session, he is suddenly bound to the Legal Education Prize Draw System. As long as he uses the skills he draws to teach people about the law, he can earn rewards! He thinks the System will help him rise to the top of the police force in no time, but its skills leave him utterly at a loss. Day one: [Skill drawn: “Killer’s Aura.” When killing, others use their hands; you u 105Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    This is a story about a police detective who dies saving someone and is transmigrated to a parallel world as a legal education propaganda poster. He uses seemingly useful illegal skills given to him by a system to conduct hardcore legal education. The author's writing is good, but even I, with my simplistic thinking, can't stand it. This is a new book being serialized; those who mind should proceed with caution.

33. 633 同 My Live-In Girlfriend Gets Intimate with Her Male Best Friend, and I Smile and Go Over to Say Hello 同居女友与男闺蜜亲热，我笑着上前问好 The Strategist策略派Marriage & Romance11k WordsCompleted My live-in girlfriend got cozy with her guy best friend. I walked over with a smile to say hello. 3kReads—Score—Shelves
34. 634 一 The One-Hour Bride 一小时新娘 Unfazed Scallion-Braised Crucian Carp淡定的葱烤鲫鱼Marriage & Romance17k WordsCompleted The One-Hour Bride 31Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Suitable for middle-aged people to reminisce about the feeling of their first love. That sweetness and bittersweetness. Hold back your tears.

35. 635 重 Reborn Before My Wife Cheated 重生亡妻出轨前 Uncle Shou手叔Urban2.2M WordsCompleted [Decisive and ruthless]+ [swift revenge]+ [carefully laid schemes] Wan Shan reads in his late wife's diary about the life of lies and manipulation he had endured. Even six heart stents can't contain his hatred. If he could live his life over, he swears he would ruin the wife who deceived him, make her old flame suffer terribly, and make his ungrateful relatives infamous... Little bits and pieces, a reborn couple at odds in a bygone era, adding fuel to the fire and fanning the flames of revenge. 41.7kReads8.5Score3.6kShelves

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    These are all top-notch works, selected from the best of the best. I'm certain that anyone who reads the completed ones won't want to give up. If you happen to read one of my recommendations, consider yourself lucky.

36. 636 新 On Our Wedding Night, I Woke My Husband from His Coma 新婚夜，我让植物人老公苏醒了 Loves Bauhinia Flowers爱紫荆花Modern Romance169k WordsCompleted [Marriage before love + winning her back after breaking her heart + age gap + sweet romance + scheming male lead] Her older sister was suffering from kidney failure and urgently needed money for a transplant. Jiang Yawei swallowed her pride and went home to beg her scumbag father to pay for the surgery, only to catch her boyfriend of three years kissing Jiang Feifei, her half-sister. Her father and stepmother seized the chance to hold her sister’s life-saving money over her head, forcing her to 1.9kReads—Score146Shelves
37. 637 美 The Beautiful Manager Marries the Second Brother, Then Picks the Third at the Wedding? 美女经理嫁二弟，婚礼当场选三弟？ The Strategist策略派Marriage & Romance9k WordsCompleted A beautiful manager marries the second brother, then picks the third brother at the wedding? 126Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 638 我 I'm a Deliveryman, and You Want Me to Deliver to the Ming Dynasty? 我是快递员，你让我往明朝送货？ Drunkard of Yanjing燕市酒徒Historical1.5M WordsOngoing Two worlds, trading goods, and a struggle for supremacy. Yang Ling opens a door to the Ming Dynasty. From then on, he shamelessly melts modern scrap metal into copper coins and ships them to the Ming, becoming its God of Wealth. He builds a new army, defeats the Mongol Yuan, destroys the Later Jin, fights for Australia, and conquers North America. A new Age of Exploration has begun! 4.8kReads7.9Score352Shelves
39. 639 植 The Comatose Tycoon Falls in Love with Me 植物人大佬，爱上我 Loves Bauhinia Flowers爱紫荆花Modern Romance378k WordsCompleted [Marriage first, love later + devoted to one another + sweet romance] An Ran is a highly skilled neurosurgeon who should have been making a name for herself saving lives. Instead, her greedy stepmother and father force her into the dark depths of fate. Tempted by money, they push her into what seems like an endless, loveless marriage, marrying her off to Mu Tingchen, a legendary business tycoon left in a vegetative state after a car accident. Once, Mu Tingchen ruled the business world with an ir 1.1kReads6.4Score—Shelves
40. 640 美 A Beauty Shouts from a Cave on a Deserted Island: I'm Your Rib! 美女在荒岛洞内喊：我是你的肋骨！ The Strategist策略派Marriage & Romance11k WordsCompleted A beauty cries out from inside a cave on a deserted island: “I’m your rib!” 272Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 641 星 Lord of the Starsea 星海的领主 Clumsy Brush Post拙笔帖Eastern Fantasy657k WordsOngoing [Cosmic lords + ensemble cast + geniuses + invincible protagonist + light sci-fi + Pantheon] Godfather, please give this book a look! Li He is a cosmic lord who, for reasons unknown, obtained the coordinates of Planet Earth. After signing a contract, he discovered that its inhabitants were unbelievably talented. But Li He gets caught up in a plan for an evil god’s invasion. The Cosmic Federation even wants to sacrifice Li He and his fellow minor lords to gain greater power. Caught in the struggl —Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    I highly recommend chapters 46 and 47; they're ruthless and brutal, revealing the depths of humanity.

42. 642 民 Republican Era: The Last of the Jianghu 民国：最后的江湖 Heading North向北Urban1.9M WordsCompleted From an outlaw to a high-ranking general in the Republic of China, then into the War of Resistance against Japan, he walks the loneliest path of all. He seeks no place in the history books, only for the land and rivers to bear witness: on this black soil, there will always be those who refuse to kneel! (Xiang Bei, formerly known by the pen name Lao Zei) 32.9kReads9.3Score2.7kShelves
43. 643 空 Plane Crash: Life on a Deserted Island with Beautiful Girls 空难：和美少女们的荒岛生活 Endless Good Luck欧气漫漫Urban842k WordsOngoing After a breakup, Lin Bei survives a plane crash and ends up stranded on a deserted island with twelve haughty girl group members. He goes from going hungry and begging for food, to trading his talents for grilled fish, to having them crawl into his cabin night after night. After discovering treasure hidden on the island, he becomes a tycoon worth hundreds of billions two years later and buys their company. 528Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Verified and worth recommending

44. 644 京 The Capital’s Power Player, His Wife’s One and Only 京圈大佬，独宠娇妻 Loves Bauhinia Flowers爱紫荆花Modern Romance206k WordsCompleted [Marriage first, deep love later + sweet romance + scheming male lead + regretful groveling + age gap] Su Tong never imagined her own father could be so blinded by greed that he’d use her as a bargaining chip and heartlessly send her to the bed of Gu Tingshen, a powerful figure in the capital’s elite circles. Gu Tingshen was notorious among the capital’s elite for being abstinent and calculating, intensely controlling, cold, domineering, and sharp-tongued. Everyone treated him with awe and fear. 1.7kReads—Score—Shelves
45. 645 七 Reborn in 1970: A Military Couple Laughing and Living Well Together 七零重生军婚俩人吃吃喝喝笑哈哈 Elecampane土木香Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period setting + military marriage + sweet romance + reborn + cozy daily life + face-slapping] In her previous life, Zhu Zhu married Jiang Shan and began a life of backbreaking hardship. She worked like a beast for her in-laws, and after following her husband to his military post, she had to work just as hard. Her husband had to send his pay to his family, while she worked herself to the bone to earn money for her own family. When their son was eight, she finally worked herself to death from il 299Reads7.4Score101Shelves

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    Every family has instances of parental favoritism, but what happens when you encounter parents with no bottom line? Are you just supposed to passively accept it? The male and female protagonists in the story handled things very wisely after their rebirth. They didn't resort to violence; they could say nice things, but they wouldn't give them money.

46. 646 让 Have Her Pretend to Be a Rich Heiress's Girlfriend? Winning Five Million Is Nothing 让她假扮千金女友，中奖五百万不值一提 The Strategist策略派Marriage & Romance10k WordsCompleted She pretended to be a rich heiress’s boyfriend, and winning five million was no big deal. 68Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 647 繁 Beneath the Splendor 繁华之下 Heading North向北Urban388k WordsCompleted In the winter of 1994, the third sister, Hao Xiaocao, drifted like a withered leaf into a snowy hollow on North Mountain. The police's conclusion: suicide. The truth was a fish in an ice hole, its scales glinting beneath the dark water. Three brothers' different memories of the same death formed a puzzle, all pointing to the same death before the body had even gone cold. In Northeast China, every person who freezes to death forms a unique pattern of ice crystals. Those "suicide" ice flowers in p 6.8kReads9.1Score841Shelves
48. 648 缅 Back from Northern Myanmar, I Marry a Beijing Tycoon 缅北归来，我嫁给京圈大佬 Loves Bauhinia Flowers爱紫荆花Modern Romance123k WordsCompleted [Forced Marriage + Powerful Tycoon’s Relentless Pursuit + Sweet Age-Gap Romance] After her boyfriend betrays her, Li Shiqi is sold to northern Myanmar. In her darkest hour, she happens upon Mu Tingye, the capital’s most powerful business tycoon, and only then manages to escape. Having fled a living hell, she is instead forced into marriage by the aloof, celibate business magnate. At first, Mu Tingye only wants to keep her under his thumb. But before long, he falls head over heels and spoils her 207Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 649 她 After Her Eighth Proposal, I Left to the Sound of Her Singing 她求婚八次后，我在她的歌声中离开 The Strategist策略派10k WordsCompleted After she proposed eight times, I left to the sound of her singing. 110Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 650 我 I’m Just a Servant, and You Want Me to Dual Cultivate? 我都杂役了，你让我双修？ Endless Good Luck欧气漫漫Eastern Fantasy234k WordsCompleted Young Gu Changqing sells everything he owns to join an immortal sect for the sake of his childhood sweetheart, only to be humiliated and pushed off a cliff by the woman he loves and a peerless prodigy working together. At the brink of death, he obtains an ancient legacy and begins defying fate. Rising to power through dual cultivation with a bevy of beauties, he eventually becomes a co-ruler who saves the world, then retires with his beloved women. 241Reads—Score—Shelves

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