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. 1951 榕 Four Essays Beneath the Banyan Tree 榕树下随笔四篇 Pale Clouds, White Snow苍云白雪8k WordsCompleted Four Essays Beneath the Banyan Tree 67Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 1952 入 Married Into the Family for Good Luck, Now the Policewoman Cuffs Me Every Day to Solve Cases 入赘冲喜，警花天天铐我破案 Ai Xi Ya哎嘻呀23k WordsCompleted Married Into the Family to Bring Good Fortune, Now the Policewoman Handcuffs Me Every Day to Solve Cases 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Urban suspense, non-time travel, no system, short and long stories

3. 1953 逼 Driving Mom Crazy to Steal the Inheritance 逼疯老妈抢遗产 Ai Xi Ya哎嘻呀Mystery303k WordsCompleted [Economic Crime Investigation + Mystery + Deduction + High Intelligence + Psychologist] Gu Xiaoqiang is a top overseas behavioral psychologist. His hidden identity is an investigator in the Financial Crime Analysis Division of the International Criminal Police Organization’s “W.P.A.” After his father dies suddenly without leaving a will, his older sister Gu Xiaolin, her husband Zhao Yunpeng, a judge, and their lawyer son Zhao Junhao begin a campaign of psychological manipulation against their mo —Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 1954 入 The Mortician Married an Officer, and I Became the Scumbag’s Aunt by Marriage 入殓师嫁军官，我成了渣男的小婶 Xu Yunjin许云瑾Modern Romance386k WordsOngoing As her shift is about to end, overworked Su Nianchu receives one last body to be cremated. To her surprise, the deceased has the exact same name as her. She has a bad feeling about this. Halfway through the cremation, something goes wrong. When she wakes up, she's transmigrated into the 1980s as a village girl, lying on a heated brick bed in labor. A treacherous husband is eyeing her from above, eager to drug her, while her sister-in-law, his mistress, is waiting next door to switch the babies. 17Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The heroine has a good character and is worth watching

5. 1955 四 Siheyuan: Turning a Run-Down Courtyard into a Peach Blossom Paradise 四合院：把破院建成桃花源 Ximen Roast Duck西门烤鸭Male-Channel Fanfiction794k WordsOngoing Lin Chen performs a heroic rescue, but while saving a child from drowning, he accidentally transmigrates to 1958 and the courtyard house at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang. As a well-rounded young man from the twenty-first century, and a master sweeper from Lanxiang Technical School, he has arrived at the universe’s central hub, a place visited by countless transmigrators. Surrounded by all manner of characters in this courtyard, what kind of life will he make for himself? This is a lighthearted comedy, wi 8.3kReads5.4Score255Shelves

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   I strongly recommend you to read this new book on Siheyuan, it is definitely a breath of fresh air in Siheyuan! Absolutely not brainless! The foreshadowing and face-slapping settings are very advanced! No anger, no cowardice, no virginity, no extreme pulling, and a lot of fun. The inventions, creations and historical backgrounds in it can definitely stand the test and are very real. The characters are portrayed very realistically and there is no deliberate slander or distortion! Very down to earth! A rare good book! The face is a little timid, but the slap in the face is actually very harsh! It incorporates a lot of memes, a lot of self-created scenes, and poems and songs written by the author, which is great!

6. 1956 对 Sorry, Your Cheat Belongs to Me Now 对不起，你的外挂归我了 Just a Passerby in This World人间过客吖Eastern Fantasy179k WordsOngoing The entire cultivation world is asking: Who exactly is Lin Bei, that rogue cultivator? No one has ever seen the cultivation techniques he practices, yet he crushes opponents at his own level. His divine abilities have names full of jokes no one understands, but each one is more absurdly powerful than the last. He knows transmigrators’ weaknesses inside out, and every move he makes is so precise, it’s as if he read the script in advance. What they don’t know is that he really did read the scrip 14Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Highly recommend it! So good looking!

7. 1957 明 A Low-Ranking Official in a Late Ming County Town 明末县城小吏 I Won't Change My Pen Name Until I Lose Thirty Jin不瘦三十斤不改笔名Historical1.3M WordsOngoing [In the Seventh Year of Tianqi, I Rewrite My Fate by Becoming a Low-Ranking Clerk] In the seventh year of Tianqi, I transmigrated into the body of cannon fodder drafted in Liaodong. Refuse to go to Liaodong, and I die. Go to Liaodong, and death is almost certain. To stay alive, I took a desperate gamble and infiltrated the county yamen, starting out as the lowest-ranking clerk. No System, no golden finger, no memories from a past life to help me. I had only my own courage and an instinct for su 13.5kReads7.6Score1.4kShelves

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   After rebirth, Chongzhen was reduced to a poor military household waiting for a man to be young, and he was lucky enough to escape and join a low-level official. Relying on the prophet to accumulate resources and recruit people, quell the chaos and fight against the enemy, and step into high positions to protect the Ming Dynasty against the odds.

8. 1958 局 A Trap Within a Trap, a Lie Within a Lie 局中局，骗中骗 Wang Zenshuang王怎爽Urban628k WordsOngoing Greed grows in people’s hearts, and scams can find their way through any opening. No one is born lucky or immune to being deceived. The only reason you haven’t fallen into a trap is that you haven’t yet encountered one designed specifically for you. Desire is the bait, weakness is the opening. As long as greed remains, there will always be a scam waiting to draw you in. 4kReads8.3Score487Shelves

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   It's really good, the further back it gets, the better it looks, pure and fine chaff

9. 1959 重 Back to 2010: Starting as a Township Clerk 重回一零，从乡镇科员开始 Red Lantern Festival元宵红Urban973k WordsOngoing This book is grounded in reality and rooted in everyday life. The world of officialdom is no ivory tower; it is where the bustle of ordinary life is most intense. The story begins at the grassroots and draws on real life, with the daily grind of food and bills alongside the twists and turns of power struggles, and the struggles and steadfastness of ordinary people set against the upheavals and transformations of a changing age. The world today is undergoing changes unseen in a century. Official 790Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Good books, reality, IQ online.

10. 1960 道 The Way That Can Be Spoken Is Not the Way: An Unusual Dao Companion 道可道之非常道侣 Yizhou Scholar沂州书生Eastern Fantasy303k WordsCompleted Zhou Nuo is widely considered the useless one of the Wudao Sect. He has been stuck at the first level of Qi Refining for seven years, and his greatest achievement in life is stealing sweet potatoes from the back mountain without ever getting caught in the act. Then one day, Yun Qingyao, the young mistress of the Heavenly Demon Abyss, smashed through the sect gates and named him as the one she wanted for her Dao companion. “Marry me, or die.” Zhou Nuo looked at the contract held out to him. Befor 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Absolutely beautiful, funny, and fun

11. 1961 与 I Started Dual Cultivating with a Fox Woman in College 与狐女双修从大学开始 Yizhou Scholar沂州书生Urban537k WordsOngoing Gu Qiao was only going deep into Meng Mountain to deliver a box of blood pressure medication, but a torrential downpour trapped him at the recipient’s home. The thatched cottage was occupied by a mysterious couple and their daughter, Shen Xiaoyue, who had just finished her college entrance exams. That night, his dantian inexplicably grew hot, and a hushed conversation drifted from next door: “A pure yang constitution like this comes along once in a thousand years. A Yu, you have to seize your ch 5Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 1962 这 This Kid Can Turn Invisible 这小子会隐身 Yang Chai Zhu洋柴主Urban866k WordsOngoing [Rural Folk Abilities + Culinary Arts + Global Wonders + The Unorthodox Path to Wealth + Passionate Heroism] Ever felt a sense of closeness to someone you have never met? Do you find yourself staring at the stars whenever you feel hurt or wronged? Yang Dashi, a country boy from the mountains, retired from the army with a heavy heart to raise money for his terminally ill mother’s medical bills and step into the real world. Instead, his brothers betrayed him and his lover humiliated him. Heartbrok 110Reads8.6Score113Shelves

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    What is the most important thing (location) when choosing a store? What is the greatest meaning of life (making good food)? Are Xiangxi's spiritualism and reborn people real? Listen to the master talk about folk superpowers and brand management with the protagonist Yang Dashi. This novel takes the creation and development, operation expansion, food production, and marketing icebreaking of well-known catering chain brands in my country as the main content. It also adds some interesting and reasonable superpowers of the wage earner. The protagonist Yang Dashi and his insights on cutting-edge technology, survival rules, and love protection help promote the development of national brands.

13. 1963 开 From the Start, My Organs Were Pre-Ordered, and the Campus Belle Desk Mate Feeds on My Blood 开局被预定器官，校花同桌食我血 If a King若王侯Urban258k WordsOngoing This is an urban fantasy with supernatural powers and no female lead. You’ve read plenty of good books, but have you ever read one this bad? Li Yangui thought dreaming about a tomb passage was bad enough. He never imagined he’d dream about a hotel, too. Even less did he expect someone to be eyeing his organs. Now he’s like a piece of Tang Monk’s flesh: his blood, organs, and meat are all top-grade tonics. People are everywhere, waiting to eat him. At school, at home… They’re everywhere. Li Yan 181Reads—Score—Shelves

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    IQ is online, not a virgin, decisive in killing

14. 1964 茄 Ashes of Eggplant 茄烬 AnyaAnya安雅Anya20k WordsCompleted Eggplant Ashes —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Cigarette Lock Mystery, Various Lifestyles | Readers' Comments, Anya, the author of Amway Treasures, came across this cigar-themed suspense case by chance, and read it in one breath until early in the morning. The first thing I did when I closed the book was to read through all the works of the author Anya. I was completely fascinated by her varied writing style and explosive imagination. I sincerely recommend it to all middle-aged book lovers. Many online novel writers will only cling to one subject until the end, but Anya is completely the opposite. She has strong control and is good at reality, country, family warmth, and hard-core suspense. Each book directly touches the innermost thoughts of adults. There are no suspended routines, and they are all real pulls that can poke the middle-aged people. Let's talk about the current book "Cigar Murder" first, which is her new breakthrough work. The story uses cigars as the core clue. It not only integrates the origin, tasting, and industry knowledge of cigars into the plot, but you can also learn a lot of professional knowledge while reading it, without any sense of stiff science. The layout of the case is meticulous to the extreme, with twists and turns one after another. There are serial murders and human scheming hidden under the smoke. All the foreshadowings laid in the previous part are recycled in the second half, and they become more and more complicated as you go back. There are no redundant paragraphs in the whole process. The hooks are connected one by one, the suspense is hooked from the beginning to the end, the reasoning logic is online, and the portrayal of human nature is sharp and restrained. It is suitable for readers who prefer brain-burning stories and read with concentration. Looking back at her past works, I was surprised to see how wide her scope is. Each book has its own memory points: there are stories that are in line with the current college entrance examination and directly address the pain points of Chinese parents and children. They are about paranoid mothers forcing their sons to live up to the perfect template. After the college entrance examination, the conflicts that have been accumulated for many years completely exploded. The suffocation of Chinese family education and the irreconcilable gap between two generations are vividly written. It is difficult for middle-aged parents with children at home not to empathize with each other after reading this; The rural reality is even more impactful in this book. There are rumors in the village, clan prejudices, and ridiculous secrets. "The Whole Village Rumored My Uncle Slept with My Sister for Three Years" takes root in the bottom of the countryside, tearing apart the nastiness and helplessness under the local people. The text is rough and realistic, and it is full of stamina after reading it. It took a long time to stop reading; There is also a long and tender and tear-jerking poem "I Found 99 Suicide Notes from My Daughter After the Funeral". It is soft and heavy, and it revolves around family affection, girls' worries, and original trauma. The lines are full of delicacy and tenderness. It is not deliberately sensational, but it can easily penetrate the softness under the hard shell of adults. It is suitable for readers who like slow-paced emotional stories. The most rare quality of Anya is that she has a big imagination but is not divorced from reality. Whether it is a thrilling local secret, a suffocating family narrative, a tear-jerking family novel, or this professional cigar suspense, she can always accurately capture the contradictions and secrets in ordinary people's lives. If you feel you are still interested after reading this cigar suspense book, you can follow the author's homepage one by one. It covers all styles of family, country, warmth, and reasoning. Middle-aged readers can see the epitome of their own lives in different stories, which can empathize, shock, and think.

15. 1965 全 The Whole Village Says My Uncle Slept with My Sister, but Only I Know Who the Killer Is 全村都传我叔睡了我妹，只有我知道凶手是谁 AnyaAnya安雅Anya28k WordsCompleted The Whole Village Says My Uncle Slept with My Sister, but I’m the Only One Who Knows Who the Killer Is —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Cigarette Lock Mystery, Various Lifestyles | Readers' comments, Anya, the author of Amway Treasures, came across this cigar-themed suspense case by chance. I read it in one breath until early in the morning. The first thing I did when I closed the book was to read through all the works of the author Anya. I was completely fascinated by her varied writing style and explosive imagination. I sincerely recommend it to all middle-aged book lovers. Many online novel writers will only cling to one subject until the end, but Anya is completely the opposite. She has strong control and is good at reality, country, family warmth, and hard-core suspense. Each book directly touches the innermost thoughts of adults. There are no suspended routines, and they are all real pulls that can poke the middle-aged people. Let's talk about the current Cigar Murder Case first, which is her new breakthrough work. The story uses cigars as the core clue. It not only integrates the origin, tasting, and industry knowledge of cigars into the plot, but you can also learn a lot of professional knowledge while reading it, without any sense of stiff science. The layout of the case is meticulous to the extreme, with twists and turns one after another. There are serial murders and human scheming hidden under the smoke. All the foreshadowings laid in the previous part are recycled in the second half, and they become more and more complicated as you go back. There are no redundant paragraphs in the whole process. The hooks are connected one by one, the suspense is hooked from the beginning to the end, the reasoning logic is online, and the portrayal of human nature is sharp and restrained. It is suitable for readers who prefer brain-burning stories and read with concentration. Looking back at her past works, I was surprised to see how wide her scope is. Each book has its own memory points: there are stories that are in line with the current college entrance examination and directly address the pain points of Chinese parents and children. They are about paranoid mothers forcing their sons to live up to the perfect template. After the college entrance examination, the conflicts that have been accumulated for many years completely exploded. The suffocation of Chinese family education and the irreconcilable gap between two generations are vividly written. It is difficult for middle-aged parents with children at home not to empathize with each other after reading this; The rural reality is even more impactful in this book. There are rumors in the village, clan prejudices, and ridiculous secrets. "The Whole Village Rumored My Uncle Slept with My Sister for Three Years" takes root in the bottom of the countryside, tearing apart the nastiness and helplessness under the local people. The text is rough and realistic, and it is full of stamina after reading it. It took a long time to stop reading; There is also a long and tender and tear-jerking poem "I Found 99 Suicide Notes from My Daughter After the Funeral". It is soft and heavy, and it revolves around family affection, girls' worries, and original trauma. The lines are full of delicacy and tenderness. It is not deliberately sensational, but it can easily penetrate the softness under the hard shell of adults. It is suitable for readers who like slow-paced emotional stories. The most rare quality of Anya is that she has a big imagination but is not divorced from reality. Whether it is a thrilling local secret, a suffocating family narrative, a tear-jerking family novel, or this professional cigar suspense, she can always accurately capture the contradictions and secrets in ordinary people's lives. If you feel you are still interested after reading this cigar suspense book, you can follow the author's homepage one by one. It covers all styles of family, country, warmth, and reasoning. Middle-aged readers can see the epitome of their own lives in different stories, which can empathize, shock, and think.

16. 1966 无 An Immaculate Suicide Note: The Perfect Mother's Killing Spree 无瑕的遗书：完美母亲的杀人狂欢 AnyaAnya安雅Anya21k WordsCompleted A Flawless Suicide Note: A Perfect Mother's Murderous Rampage —Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 1967 香 The Incense That Steals Your Fate 香火剔命 AnyaAnya安雅Anya21k WordsCompleted Incense That Steals Your Life —Reads—Score—Shelves

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