Novels About a Female Shop Owner Who Specializes in Solving Supernatural Cases 女主是店铺的老板，专门解决灵异事件的小说

1. 101 确 Diagnosed With Terminal Cancer, I Became a Guardian of Civilization 确诊癌症晚期，我成了文明守夜人 I Really Don't Want to Be a Workhorse真的不想做牛马Urban349k WordsCompleted The doctors said I had only three months to live, but I became the last guardian of civilization. Late-stage cancer? No, it was turbid breath entering my body! Chemotherapy was useless? Only ancient artifacts infused with spiritual energy could keep me alive! From ghostly shadows in the Forbidden City to Pangu creating the heavens, I coughed up blood as I traced back five thousand years, laying my hands on the dragon veins of the Xia and Shang dynasties and the heroic spirits of the Han and Tang 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Late-stage lung cancer patient coughs up blood and attains enlightenment! Tea cultivation in the Song Dynasty even slays a demon.

2. 102 你 There’s Something Strange in Your Heart 你的心里有鬼 Xu Bai叙白Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted [A print edition under the same title is available from Dimension Core] [Chinese-style horror + folk legends and strange tales + over 70 standalone cases + suspense + romance between two powerful leads + hugely popular series!] “Yin-Yang Studio bridges the worlds of yin and yang. The living come to ask the dead about their affairs, and the dead speak to the living about theirs.” Ye Miao was an orphan born with a special constitution and a pair of “yin-yang eyes.” She grew up with her grandfather 579Reads8.3Score109Shelves

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   I thought of these two books; they're both very good, especially the second one, which specifically tells short stories about monsters.

3. 103 归 The Guixu Teahouse 归墟茶馆 Ming Jun by My Side明珺在侧Urban337k WordsCompleted The Guixu Teahouse: Make peace with yourself at the end of a dream At the end of a narrow alley, open only in moments of despair, stands the Guixu Teahouse. Its proprietress, Huang Qingyan, offers you a cup of tea in exchange for a story you dare not face. Here, a man tormented by regret drinks the “Wangchuan Draught” and returns to the scene of a car accident, only to hear his wife’s final words: “It wasn’t your fault.” An influencer drinks from the “Mirror of Suchness,” sheds layer after layer 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   At 11:45 PM, a teahouse appears, where a cup of tea is exchanged for a story too unspoken to be told. The tea is not forgotten, but rather the root of the pain is revealed. The overlooked truths and unspoken forgiveness will slowly emerge from the abyss of the soul.

4. 104 缘 Fate's General Store 缘来杂货铺 Joy on the Open Road坦途喜乐Mystery815k WordsOngoing Paranormal + strong female lead + no romance + adorable kids A quaint little general store sits in an alley, open until the early hours of the morning. At night, its doors and windows are tightly shut. From outside, it seems quiet, but inside, things are bustling. There’s also an apartment building above the store. Rent is free, meals are included, and it has all kinds of entertainment facilities. The apartments are lively every day, but no one has ever seen the tenants leave. 39Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A unique ghost-catching shop, accepting ghost requests, punishing evildoers, and eliminating the resentment of vengeful spirits.

5. 105 玄 Metaphysics Livestream: I Accidentally Went Viral in the Human and Underworld 玄学直播：一不小心爆红人间地府 Rong Shi容时Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Metaphysics + livestreaming + fortune-telling + ghost hunting + episodic stories + absurd comedy] After graduating from college, Xu Qingyin inherits her grandmother’s incense shop. By day, hardly any living customers come in. By night, ghosts arrive one after another. To make the shop better known, Xu Qingyin starts livestreaming fortune-telling sessions. She never expects every client to be a total mess. · An old ghost has nothing decent to wear because his grandson burned fake, shoddy offeri 816Reads8.5Score130Shelves
6. 106 深 The Midnight Tavern 深夜酒肆 Quan Baichuan泉百川Urban158k WordsOngoing [Short supernatural tales + humans, ghosts, spirits, and monsters + no romance + episodic stories based on real-life cases] Bai Yan runs a supernatural tavern in the city. It opens every night at midnight. The tavern specializes in custom-brewed drinks, and every one comes with a story. Knock on the door ring, and you are a customer. Each person may order only three special drinks per night. A knock-knock at the door means a ghost is calling; a jingle from the door ring means a spirit or monster —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Each story in the series is based on a real person, and there are no romantic pairings or melodramatic plot twists.

7. 107 阴 The Underworld Cafeteria: I Became Invincible After Feeding the Vengeful Ghosts 阴间食堂：喂饱厉鬼后我无敌了 Guest of the Sui Garden随园客Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [No romance | Not a wish-fulfillment story | Dark healing | Food | Revenge and justice] The heroine is both good and evil, not to be trifled with, and fiercely protective of her own! Deep in the alley, beneath the parasol trees. The shop opens at midnight and closes at three in the morning. The owner, Su Bihai, seems like an ordinary woman who has withdrawn from the world, but she is actually a Kunlun Divine Lord who defies heaven. A humble bowl of home-style noodles can comfort lonely souls, wh 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The owner of a late-night snack shop is also a boss! [Cool][Cool] No romance, episodic stories, no live streaming, no entertainment industry. A marginalized deity runs a late-night diner deep in a hutong.

8. 108 锁 Locked in the Spring Night 锁春宵 Banana Pizza香蕉披萨Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Traditional historical romance + reborn + revenge on scum + sweet romance + mutually faithful] In her previous life, Su Qingyu had been married for three years without ever consummating the marriage. Then her cousin suddenly appeared before her with a child, and Su Qingyu finally learned that the man wasn't impotent. He just couldn't perform with her. Her cousin stripped off Su Qingyu's face, took her place as the legitimate daughter of the marquis's household, and became the matriarch of the S 33.3kReads9.3Score5.6kShelves

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   Rebirth #The female lead becomes stronger step by step, and the male lead dotes on her sweetly.

9. 109 傅 Mr. Fu, Your Wife Has Gone Fortune-Telling on the Street Again and Again 傅总，您夫人又又又去摆摊算命了 Mu Fufeng木抚风Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Mysticism + ghost hunting + fortune-telling + comedy + wish fulfillment] After her master passes away, mystic prodigy Lin Xi comes down from the mountains to set up a fortune-telling stall, earning money while searching for her fiancé. “Master, when will my son meet his destined woman?” Lin Xi: “There’s no destined woman, but there is a destined man.” “Master, I keep dreaming about a ghost. Please get rid of it for me.” Lin Xi: “The ghost is your father. You’ve been visiting the wrong grave. He 64.9kReads9.3Score7.9kShelves

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   Look here! [Laughing][Eating popcorn][I highly recommend it][Already interested][Learned it]

10. 110 她 She’s Short on Money in the Five Elements 她五行缺钱【玄学】 Spicy Porridge麻辣粥Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Jiang Yi was kidnapped at the age of five and unexpectedly became the 108th successor of an obscure Daoist temple. The one who raised her and taught her everything was a wisp of the temple’s founding matriarch’s soul, which had remained inside her memorial tablet. Her temple was nothing more than a ramshackle shack made from discarded boards that mountain hunters didn’t want. It had no running water or electricity. Even dog-litter mushrooms grew between the floorboards. After they came down the 931Reads9.4Score198Shelves
11. 111 我 I'm a Frail, True Heiress, So What's Wrong With Knowing a Little Mysticism? 我病弱真千金，会亿点玄学怎么了 Luo Shengsheng洛笙笙Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Metaphysics + fortune-telling + satisfying revenge + absurd comedy + no romance] Chi Le had lived for sixteen years before finding out his younger sister had been switched at birth! His parents said, “Your sister is frail and sickly, and can't take care of herself. You have to look after her.” One sleepless night, Chi Le went outside for a walk and saw his frail, sickly sister jump straight down from the third floor without a scratch. Chi Le: ? Then his supposedly helpless sister punched a thou 198.6kReads9.5Score35.2kShelves
12. 112 鬼 High Alert in the Ghost Realm! The Little Mystic Prodigy Is Coming Down the Mountain 鬼界高能！前方玄学小祖宗下山了 Grinning Rabbit龇牙笑的兔子Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted The eldest son of the richest family in the capital, who suffered from gynophobia, had somehow acquired a fiancée. Supposedly, she was a country bumpkin who claimed she could exorcise ghosts and tell fortunes, deciding life and death with a single word. She had offended quite a few big shots. Everyone waited for those big shots to drive the country girl out of the capital. But they waited and waited, only to hear that the eldest son of the Ning family was engaged to her. At the wedding, everyone 6.9kReads9.4Score1kShelves
13. 113 一 I Transmigrated Into Cannon Fodder, Then Used Metaphysics to Conquer the 1980s 一朝穿越变炮灰，靠玄学勇闯八零 The Rabbit Loves Buns兔子很爱吃包子Modern Romance847k WordsCompleted [Metaphysics Master + True and Fake Heiresses + Crime Solving + Past and Present Lives + Clear-Headed, Independent Heroine] The metaphysics master Jiang Shi transmigrates into the body of an idiot, only to appear at a murder scene and be arrested on the spot as the prime suspect. Worse still, she turns out to be the real heiress in a true-and-fake heiress story: the daughter of a textile mill director who has been abused for years. Her father doesn’t care for her, and her mother doesn’t love her 1.4kReads8.9Score162Shelves
14. 114 风 King of Feng Shui: I Roam the World with a Sealed Divine Dragon 风水之王之我与封印神龙闯天下 Liu Liu Liu6溜溜溜6Mystery224k WordsCompleted The day I was born, my father died. A fortune-teller said I was born under an unlucky star and would bring death to my parents! No! I decide my own fate, not Heaven! Watch me defy fate alongside the dragon spirit living inside me! See how Lin Qingfeng rises from an orphan girl to become a renowned feng shui master! 465Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Horror and the supernatural

15. 115 北 Tales of the Netherworld in the Northern Song Dynasty [Book 3] 北宋幽冥录【第3部】 The Little Taoist Nun of the Great Song大宋小道姑Fantastical Romance190k WordsCompleted One scroll of Along the River During the Qingming Festival, filled with the dreams of Bianjing in the Eastern Capital. In Bianjing, the Eastern Capital of the Great Song, at the Li trigram of the Qian Kun Bagua in Jieshen Lane, stands the Qiyun Tower. Within it are a gentle, warm-hearted proprietor, a charming and dainty maid, and a handsome, steady bookkeeper, along with three visitors from the mortal realm who came from the ancient Kunlun Mountains. Why did they come? The seven emotions and si 90Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I highly recommend *The Records of the Northern Song Dynasty's Ghostly Realms*. Based on meticulous historical research and delicate descriptions of local customs and traditions, it constructs a narrative world that connects the mortal and the underworld, blending historical fact with philosophical reflection, through a series of independent yet interconnected tales of the supernatural. It weaves a magnificent panorama of Northern Song life. Opening the book is like unfolding a three-dimensional *Along the River During the Qingming Festival* scroll, with the splendor and mystery of Bianjing (Kaifeng) flowing between the lines…

16. 116 北 Chronicles of the Northern Song’s Underworld, Part 2 北宋幽冥录【第2部】 The Little Taoist Nun of the Great Song大宋小道姑Ancient Romance173k WordsCompleted A scroll of Along the River During the Qingming Festival, every page filled with the splendor of Tokyo in its golden age. In Great Song’s Tokyo, at the Bagua trigram of Li in Jieshen Alley, stands the Qiyun Tower. Inside are a warm and gentle proprietress, a charming and delicate maid, and a handsome, composed bookkeeper. The three are visitors to the mortal world, come from the ancient Kunlun Mountains. Why have they come? The seven emotions and six desires, the affairs of heart and body, the t 485Reads—Score148Shelves
17. 117 特 Special Operations Bureau 特事行动科 Eighteen Angry Men十八怒汉Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted One thousand three hundred and ninety years ago, under the emperor’s direction, human adepts gained control of the “Void” and used it to create the “Wall,” which separated the real world from the anomalous one. After more than six centuries of effort by adepts from various schools, the anomalous remnants in the real world were finally purged, leaving humanity with a world of its own. Anomalous creatures became demons, ghosts, gods, and monsters in tales of the strange. As time passed, the adepts 1.8kReads7.0Score225Shelves

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    Special Affairs Department, responsible for handling unusual events.

18. 118 直 Livestream Fortune-Telling: From the Start, I Sponsored Grandpa's Underworld Startup 直播算命：开局赞助爷爷地府创业 Osmanthus of August, Gui'an八月桂安Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [No Romance + Livestreaming + Fortune-Telling + Metaphysics + Showbiz] A metaphysical master fails her tribulation and wakes up in the body of a universally hated, C-list villainess. To pay off her breach-of-contract fees, Ji He starts livestreaming fortune-telling. A viewer with dark circles under his eyes calls in: “Streamer, why do I dream every night that my grandpa is telling me to burn joss paper?” Ji He: “Your grandpa's starting a business down below. He's short on cash.” Viewer: “...” On 44.2kReads9.3Score7.9kShelves

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    These two books are good.

19. 119 总 The CEO Won't Let His Wife Practice the Supernatural Arts 总裁不准夫人搞玄学 Xing Hui星茴Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Metaphysics + powerhouse + adored by the whole family + hilarious chaos + ridiculous antics + unleashing ultimate moves nonstop!] Word has it that the Nan family had a mix-up involving a real and a fake heiress. The real heiress was a metaphysics powerhouse who opened the door to a whole new world for the Nan family. One day, the powerhouse was heading out to “take care of business.” Twin Fifth Brother: Little sis, take me with you! Movie Star Fourth Brother: I wanna go, I wanna go! Doctor Thir 24.9kReads9.4Score3.2kShelves

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    Sparrows look delicious.

20. 120 心 The Psychological Anatomist 心理解剖者 Bug Baby虫宝宝Mystery549k WordsCompleted [Signed for publication] Genius Forensic Doctor VS Tough-as-Nails Police Captain [Mystery + deduction + sweet romance + high-IQ crimes + serial murders + criminal profiling + suitable for the timid] Original title: The Psychological Anatomist Schizophrenia, antisocial personality disorder, high-IQ crimes... This is a world overrun by psychopaths. The Cat-Fetus Man case, the Couple Butchers, the Angel of Death... Twisted fantasies of evil always burst into reality alongside violence. A corpse is 95.5kReads9.5Score13.3kShelves
21. 121 直 Livestream Fortune-Telling: President Shi, Your Wife Is Urging You to Get a Divorce 直播算命：时总，夫人催您去离婚 Nine-Nine One Grain of Millet九九一粒粟Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Metaphysics + livestream fortune-telling + wealthy CEO + devoted couple] Love story: A powerful mystic's soul drifted into another world. To stay alive, she had to bind her marriage fate to a man with purple qi. So the first time they met was at the civil affairs bureau. He said, “Marrying you was my grandmother's decision. We have no feelings for each other, so there won't be a wedding, and we won't live together after we marry.” She said, “No problem.” He said, “As agreed, we'll divorce in a 22.6kReads9.1Score3.8kShelves
22. 122 交 Communicating with Beasts? The Auxiliary Police Officer Is Transferred Back to the Major Crimes Unit! 交流禽兽？辅警调回重案组！ Clear Skies After Fresh Snow快雪初晴Urban1.3M WordsCompleted (Qingwei Taoist arts + supernatural space + conducting rituals to solve cases + communicating with animals...) Zhao Wuji, a police academy student, dies in an accident at the shooting range and transmigrates into the body of Taoist Ma's eldest disciple. At the same time, he awakens a lucky ring that lets him communicate with animals and grants him a pocket dimension! To support his master and earn money to rebuild the Taoist temple, Zhao Wuji successfully applies for a job as a proud people's po 6.8kReads9.0Score947Shelves

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    The first book is a male-oriented novel, but the later ones all feature strong female protagonists. 2️⃣ To survive, the female protagonist must perform fortune telling every day to accumulate merit, but she can't do too much or she'll be struck by lightning. 3️⃣ The story is about a transmigrated metaphysical master who works for the police to raise her children, with a humorous twist. 4️⃣ The story is about the female protagonist going up mountains and down to the sea to gather disciples (she has her own shop). 5️⃣ The female protagonist is like a ferryman; to find out her own background, she teams up with the male protagonist.

23. 123 离 Unbelievable! The Soul Reaper Calls Her Granny?! 离谱！勾魂使者见了她叫祖宗？！ Lantern in the Snowy Night雪夜提灯Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (Also known as “Ridiculous! The Soul-Guide Calls Her Ancestor?!” and “A Plain White Lantern in Hand, Guiding the Ten Thousand Ghosts of the World”) [The heroine is no helpless flower + the hero isn't really a playboy] Twelve years ago, at the words of the Great Qing nation's Imperial Preceptor, the imperial army marched south and wiped out the “remnants of the foreign enemy” hiding deep in the mountains. Twelve years later, a woman carrying a plain white lantern strolled out of the forest and m 5.1kReads9.1Score759Shelves
24. 124 人 Living in America, I Start with a Chinese-Style Haunted House 人在老美，开局中式鬼屋 Gongzi Qi公子奇Mystery1.8M WordsCompleted American Horror: Five people recklessly enter a haunted house, and none make it out alive; Chinese Horror: Five people recklessly enter a haunted house, and six people make it out; I’ll prove that all Americans are cowards! 616Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The plot is exciting and engaging.

25. 125 玄 The Mystic Girl Is Busy Catching and Redeeming Ghosts Every Day 玄学少女天天忙着捉鬼渡鬼 May Fireflies五月萤火Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Metaphysics + No Romance + Fortune-Telling + Ghost-Hunting + Case Investigation] Yuan Ruoling, apprentice to the Great Emperor of Fengdu, was reincarnated into the human world. Abandoned as a child, she was lucky enough to be taken in by Granny Yuan, a spirit medium, who saved her life. After Granny Yuan died of illness, Yuan Ruoling somehow ended up raising a whole bunch of ghosts and fell into poverty. With no choice, she inherited her grandmother’s Soul Ferry Hall and opened for business, ca 286Reads8.6Score—Shelves
26. 126 玄 The Metaphysics Master Returns to the Capital, and One Prediction Leaves Every Official Shaking 玄学大佬回京，掐指一算百官肝颤 Rice-Eating Plate干饭的盘子Ancient Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [Mystical arts + fortune-telling + ghost hunting + triumphant female lead + lighthearted, no angst] Xiao Anle crawls out of a mass grave with only a month left to live. To extend her life, she needs to earn merit points, and that's right up her alley. She has no memories of the body she's taken over, but it turns out she's the daughter of an official. When a scheming white lotus falls ill and claims Anle caused it, Anle gives her mother the ability to see the supernatural. “Mother, look. Those t 10.4kReads8.0Score1.2kShelves
27. 127 玄 The Metaphysics Master Makes a Fortune After Inheriting a Taoist Temple 玄学大佬从继承道观开始发家 Gardenia in a Painting画中栀Modern Romance994k WordsCompleted After graduating from college, Ning Yuxin inherited her master’s Taoist temple. The temple was in a remote village, so poor that they couldn’t even afford to repair the statues of the gods. Then a livestreaming variety show crew arrived. Suddenly, the temple became famous! Powerful bigwigs from the capital traveled thousands of miles to this backwater and spent lavishly. Ning Yuxin: There are too many people. Raise the prices! We have to raise them! The bigwigs from the capital did the math and 208Reads5.4Score—Shelves
28. 128 小 Put Out a Piece of Paper, Set Up a Fortune-Telling Stall, and Nail Every Reading 小纸一放，摆摊算命准到爆 Saucy Chestnuts酱香板栗Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Metaphysical fortune-telling + feng shui and face-reading + character growth + episodic stories + no romance, heroine stands alone + no livestreaming] The score is low because the book was just rated. It'll gradually go up, so give it a chance~ Everything in this story is made up by the author. Don't imitate it. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. All the men who appear are just plot devices. No romance, no flirting, no ambiguous relationships. The heroine stands alone! After an accident l 1.1kReads7.9Score147Shelves
29. 129 万 Reported by Ten Thousand Ghosts! This Big Shot Hunts Ghosts Every Day 万鬼举报！这个大佬天天在抓鬼 The Cabbage Bun Isn't Cabbage菜包子不菜Modern Romance624k WordsCompleted [No Romance + Metaphysics + Strong Female Lead + Heartwarming + Comedy + Supernatural + Face Reading + Feng Shui] My name is Zhao Yan. I ate so much that my master packed me off to a psychiatric hospital to “hone my skills” for two years. I thought I’d at least be less hungry after I got out, but my master had already gotten himself arrested. To keep from starving, I gritted my teeth and rented a haunted house famous across the internet. Then I went back to my old trade: catching ghosts, fort 537Reads8.9Score101Shelves
30. 130 让 You Told Me to Open a Restaurant, Not Cook for Ghosts! 让我开饭馆，也没说要给鬼做饭啊 A Glimmer in Midsummer微光半夏Modern Romance282k WordsCompleted (Gourmet + Supernatural + Redemption + Healing + No Romance) Selling things from the world of the living, and resolving the lingering obsessions of the dead. Zhu Fu, a girl from the mountains, took over a strange little restaurant. Business was slow during the day, but whenever the dead of night came, the old wooden door would creak open... A child killed in a car accident who couldn't find the way home, a university student soaked to the skin and still thinking of the unfinished music she left 991Reads8.7Score158Shelves

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    This is absolutely amazing!

31. 131 我 I Rule the Underworld! I Command the Ten Kings of Hell to Guard the Nation's Gates 我执掌幽冥！敕令十殿阎罗镇国门 Just Want a Meal想吃一顿饭Urban411k WordsCompleted [National Fate] [Global Livestream] [Shenzhou] [Underworld] [Ghosts and Gods] [China Has No Gods] The land of Jiuzhou lies withered of myth. The order of reincarnation has collapsed, and the underworld is no more. Countless wronged souls remain among the living, their resentment reaching the heavens and attracting the covetous gaze of evil gods from beyond. They mean to turn Shenzhou into a realm of ghosts. Qin Ye, an apprentice at a funeral home, accidentally awakens the [Netherworld Underworld 683Reads7.2Score—Shelves
32. 132 我 I Opened a Strange Little Shop 我开了家诡异小卖铺 Eastern Depot Eunuch东厂小太监Mystery279k WordsCompleted Welcome to the Supernatural Curio Shop. I sell all kinds of things related to the supernatural: talismans, ghostly artifacts, Buddha statues, peachwood swords. If you can think of it, I have it. If you've got the money, I can even sell you a supernatural entity. My name is Chen Xia, and I'm the owner of this Supernatural Curio Shop. 197Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 133 请 Summon the Nuo God: I Slay Evil Spirits Among the Living 请傩神：我在人间斩邪祟 Add Chili to This Bowl这碗加辣Mystery271k WordsOngoing The moment the mask snapped over my face, a chill wind sprang up... The live chat exploded. Streamer, why do you look so much less than human... When my second pupil awakened, I realized that this world and the world I saw were two different worlds. Nuo masks pierce the spirit realm. The supernatural is returning. Use martial Nuo arts to slay evil spirits. Seal forbidden objects with masks. Contractors, forbidden-object sequences... One eye sees yin and yang; two pupils decide life and death 92Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 134 暗 Dark Night Oddities 暗夜诡当 Eyes in the Dark暗夜中的眸子Mystery218k WordsCompleted An ancient pawnshop, and a man who has lived for an unknown span of time. Clad in black, he walks along the edge of human nature. Through endless years, the world changes and ages, fortunes rise and fall, and people part and reunite. Beneath the highest heavens and above the Yellow Springs, he buys and redeems. The spirit is priceless. 10Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 135 永 The Eternal Night Pawnshop: The Mystery of the 101st Broken Ring 永夜当铺：第101号断戒之谜 Night Shadow, Lightning Without a Trace夜影闪电无踪Urban796k WordsOngoing I. Worldbuilding In a hidden corner of a bustling city stands the mysterious Eternal Night Pawnshop. It exists between reality and illusion, and only those with intense desires deep in their hearts, who also happen to be in the right place at the right time, can find it. Pawning Rules 1. Anything can be pawned: Both tangible objects and abstract concepts can be pawned. Memories, emotions such as love and fear, senses such as taste and pain, physical traits such as the sight in one’s left eye or 3Reads7.5Score—Shelves
36. 136 云 Yun Che: The Midnight Rules of the Funeral Garment Shop 云澈：寿衣店夜半守则 Run Yu888润玉88813k WordsCompleted Yun Che: The Midnight Rules of the Funeral Wear Shop 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Runyu888 recommends "Yun Che: The Nighttime Rules of the Funeral Clothing Shop," a thrilling and eerie story set in a funeral clothing shop late at night. Come and explore!

37. 137 冥 The Underworld Boss’s Overworked Agent 冥界BOSS的社畜代理人 Lin Buling林布凌Modern Romance386k WordsCompleted This is the story of an overworked office drone who saves the world with “project management thinking” (and takes the gods for all they’re worth along the way). Urban workplace drama + supernatural suspense + divine boss. It’s action-packed from start to finish, so you won’t regret giving it a try! Su Xiaoxiao is an office drone crushed by performance targets and rent. The only birthday gift she receives is a ring sent by someone she doesn’t know. Then a silver-haired man who calls himself the —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    In a rented room late at night in Shanghai, 25-year-old office worker Su Xiaoxiao blows out the birthday candles on a small cake, wishing only that the project be completed on the first try and she won't have to work overtime anymore. Unexpectedly, an anonymous package delivers a black jade ring. The moment she puts it on, the voice of the Prince of the Underworld explodes in the depths of her soul. Her peaceful office worker life is pulled into the vortex of Yin and Yang in the Three Realms.

38. 138 恐 A Horrifying Apocalypse: The Cannon Fodder Villainess Starts with God-Tier Tools 恐怖末世，炮灰女配神级道具开局 Silent Worry不语忧Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.6M WordsCompleted Reborn, Wu Yue finally learns that she's nothing more than a vicious cannon-fodder supporting character in a book. She has no mental power or awakened abilities, gets crushed by the heroine, a delicate, qipao-wearing charmer adored by everyone, and is eventually torn to pieces by evil spirits after being used as bait. She immediately decides to stay far away from the leads, find a hidden instance that nobody knows about, and lie flat like a lazy salted fish for the rest of her life. But a change 39.8kReads9.2Score6.3kShelves

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    1. There are romantic pairings (but these aren't the main focus; you can skip those scenes without affecting your reading experience). Lu Ling is the shop owner who handles these matters, and each story is very engaging. 2. It's a sequel to their previous works, but it doesn't quite fit this genre. Those interested can take a look.

39. 139 绑 After Binding the Underworld System, I Had a Blast Taking Down Scumbags 绑了冥府系统后虐渣爽爆了 Calamity of the Galaxy星河祸Modern Romance3.4M WordsCompleted [Metaphysics, supernatural, mutual healing, strong heroine, sweet romance, satisfying and smart] After Chi Zao is reborn and bound to a System, her daily tasks are to catch ghosts, guide souls, and stop powerful figures from turning evil. Mocked as a scarred beauty with a ruined face? She’ll grab a bottle of scar-removing elixir from the System shop. Born poor, with no power or influence? President Chi, your company has gone public. Feng shui masters chase after her, begging to take her as their 2.5kReads9.2Score523Shelves

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    It's good; you can watch it all at once.

40. 140 我 I Rule the World by Selling Desire 我靠贩卖欲望横行人间 Passing By~飘过ing～Mystery151k WordsOngoing [Desire-Selling Demoness × Loyal, Gentle Little Divine Official] [Supernatural Mystery + Strong Female Lead + Redemption + Past and Present Lives + Revenge + Love-Hate Relationship + Happy Ending] Warning: The female lead is not a good person!!! Qin Zhaodi’s little sister died. Their father drowned her with his own hands. That very night, Father came home excitedly, carrying a wooden puppet and a bucket of “pig’s blood.” “Paint the puppet with pig’s blood every day. In ten months, it’ll become y —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    "Unlimited power, boundless desire." "I am Tang Wan, the Desire Merchant." "I can fulfill any wish of yours, but the price is..." "Your soul." "As long as desire is extinguished, my body will never die." "This is the sunset of humanity, and also the setting sun of the sea."

41. 141 浮 Pages from a Fleeting World 浮世散录页 Love Life, Love Su Xiaoxi爱生活爱苏小汐Mystery106k WordsOngoing [Classic of Mountains and Seas monsters] [Supernatural horror] [Tragic virtual spirits] [Unofficial history] She traded her soul for a single line in the history books and ascended to the throne. The verdict whispered by ghosts and gods: Let those who never see the light of day record her merits and failings. The mortal world turns like pages in a book. Are right and wrong, merit and blame, really determined by fate? —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I'm following this every day.

42. 142 快 Come On In! This Bookshop Owner Can Make Wishes Come True 快来！这个书店老板能实现愿望 Call Me Susu叫我苏苏Female-Channel Fanfiction250k WordsCompleted No CP + powerful heroine + light comedy + everyday life No one knew when it happened, but a bookstore appeared on a street corner. It stood there all by itself, with no name or sign. The storefront looked old, as if it had been there for ages. Yet whenever anyone asked the people nearby, not one of them knew when it had opened. It was as though it had appeared out of nowhere. Although the street was in the heart of the city’s busiest district, not a single passerby ever stopped to linger outside 2Reads6.6Score—Shelves

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    This book is also of this type.

43. 143 恐 Folk Horror [The Fake Master Who Shocks a Hundred Demons] 恐怖民俗【冒牌大师震百妖】 Lantern-Bearing Wuchang提灯无常Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted The thing Liu Buyi, a fake master, regrets most in his life is learning how to “draw talismans with soy sauce” from a short video. Because the corpse that should be lying quietly in front of him is now using a soy-sauce-dipped finger to write his name on the coffin lid. Meanwhile, his half-baked beauty of a partner, An Xun, is munching on sunflower seeds and enjoying the show. “Didn't you say you had Yin-Yang Eyes?!” Liu Buyi's voice trembles. Seeing how unconcerned she looks, he almost passes o 821Reads—Score109Shelves

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    "Horror Folklore [The Imposter Master Shakes the Hundred Demons]" is a novel combining elements of infinite flow, horror folklore, suspense and supernatural, light comedy, single female lead, survival, episodic format, and a high density of exciting moments! No writer's block!!! Definitely worth reading!!! 🦇

44. 144 在 Transmigrating into the World of Ne Zha with Desserts 在哪吒世界带着甜品穿越 Peach of the Queen Mother of the West at the Jokhang Temple大昭寺的西王母桃Anime Fanfiction157k WordsOngoing [Fanfiction] [Farming] [Adventure] [Super Sweet + HE] [Intangible Cultural Heritage] [Collecting] [System] [The Nezha Chronicles + Real History Combined] [Observer POV] From Nezha’s birth as the Demon Child to the release of Nezha 2, history from the Shang and Zhou dynasties through the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties, the Republic of China, and the modern era comes together in a story told across multiple timelines. The transmigrator and the long-lived beings witness history unfold t 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Similar to time travel, opening a shop, and suspense.

45. 145 孤 A Lonely Ghost Goes on a Blind Date 孤魂野鬼来相亲 Only Envy the Immortal Lord只羡仙君Mystery276k WordsCompleted A former top student returns to her hometown in disgrace and takes over her grandmother’s shabby, run-down matchmaking house. With a huge debt to pay off, she has no choice but to roll up her sleeves and get to work. Good grief! What kind of ghosts are showing up for these blind dates? The head of a ghostly date rolls right off. Terrifying-looking men and women ghosts want her to edit them into handsome men and beautiful women. Her best friend has been dismembered, yet still asks Su Yinran to fi 36Reads8.3Score—Shelves

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    The female lead runs a matchmaking agency, specializing in arranging marriages for ghosts.

46. 146 我 My Funeral Parlor Connects to a Livestream in the Haunted Realm 我的殡葬铺，连着诡界直播间 Time and Ink Shift时与墨迁Mystery194k WordsCompleted My name is Lin Jin, and I run a family funeral shop. Our ancestral craft deals exclusively with the dead. Then one night, a woman in a blood-red wedding dress burst into the shop, dropped some spirit money, and asked me to arrange a ghost wedding for her and "them." My soul-soothing incense somehow drifted into the screen of a supernatural livestream. From then on, my customers were those indescribable beings in the livestream. They showered me with gifts, demanded my life, and forced me to stre 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The male protagonist is either vomiting blood or on his way to vomiting blood.

47. 147 约 The Monster of York City 约克城的妖 Chu Xie楚邪Urban4.9M WordsOngoing When eternal night descends, darkness will rule the human world alone. There will be no peaceful haven left anywhere. Fear and monstrosity will run rampant, and primal battles will begin. Ancient war songs will be bathed in the blood of every race. They will roam freely amid the neon lights of the cities as the world slides into madness, until it plunges into the abyss and can never climb back out. Whatever is not human is a demon! In an age of peace, monsters run rampant behind the splendor! 212Reads—Score100Shelves
48. 148 阴 Yin-Yang Express Delivery: Dear, Please Leave a Five-Star Review 阴阳快递：亲，要五星好评哟 Late Boat Travels Alone晚舟独行Modern Romance312k WordsOngoing Yun Shu was once the future leader of the Three Purities Palace. She opened her eyes and found herself transmigrated five hundred years into the future, into the body of an overworked office drone with nothing but bad luck. From the start, it was hell: her cheating ex and his mistress publicly accused her of being the other woman, she was buried in debt, and her landlord was pounding on the door demanding rent! Yun Shu: The city is full of traps. I want to go back to the countryside! When she he —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Aside from being a bit short, this is really good. It's a pity I wanted to find a similar alternative: a female protagonist who transmigrates from the cultivation world and returns to her hometown to inherit her uncle's business, happily believing herself to be a rich second-generation. However, upon returning to the village, she discovers that her uncle's orchard's fruit isn't selling, and that the family owns a post station where fruit transforms into spiritual fruit, turning the Bluebird Post Station into a Yin-Yang Post Station.

49. 149 女 The Female Rakshasa Returns from the Underworld: Love Is Dead, Let the Killing Begin 女罗刹地府归来，断情绝爱嘎嘎杀 Fearless Thoughts思无惧Mystery180k WordsCompleted [Rebirth, metaphysics, paranormal, mystery] Reborn at the Burial Mounds, she is worshipped by every ghost and saves the people of the world, only for the truth to slap her hard across the face! “What? I’m the evil ghost?” “Heavens! Give me back my body!” “Little brother, don’t fall for me. I only love myself.” “You schemed against me! Don’t blame me for fighting back!” 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Highly recommended! The female lead runs a shop specializing in exorcising ghosts and evil spirits, and she has an alias. Reborn thirteen years later, she seeks revenge and the truth! The female lead is powerful!

50. 150 五 Wuniang's Cookbook 五娘食谱 Orange Half-Moon橘月半Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted Deep in the neighborhoods of Chang'an, a light from a cooking fire always glows quietly at night. It belongs to Wu Niang's food stall. Sometimes it sits on a street corner; other times, it becomes an unremarkable little shop, as if carried along by the wind. She makes food so delicious that people can't stop thinking about it. She knows her true customers are not just people, but the desires and resentments churning within their hearts. Wherever greed burns brightest, wherever old grudges run de 131Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    In the Five Flavors Restaurant in Chang'an's West Market lived a remarkable woman. She tended a flatbread oven, kneading dough and baking flatbreads, yet she could discern strange phenomena reflected in the mirror. The phantoms of Tibetan soldiers moved within the bronze vessels, and teeth marks appeared out of thin air on the shoulders of passersby, but she merely remarked that the flatbreads were about to burn, her eyes holding a clarity unfathomable to others.

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