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1. 101 浩 Venerable Lord of the Vastness Sword: Mencius Descends to Earth, His Aura Reaches the Ninth Heaven 浩然剑尊：孟子临凡，气贯九天 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今28k WordsCompleted Sage of the Righteous Sword: Mencius Descends to the Mortal Realm, His Spirit Piercing the Nine Heavens —Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 102 接 You Hit Me Just for a Kiss, So I’m Done with You. Why Are You Crying? 接个吻都揍我，不要你了你哭什么 Get-Rich Little Panda暴富小熊猫Two Male Leads1.1M WordsCompleted [Two male leads + equally strong leads + reborn + rekindled love + bittersweet + mutually devoted + happy ending] [Sharp-tongued, spoiled rich-boy bottom vs. restrained, stoic straight-man top] In college, Chu Feng used underhanded tactics to force the aloof campus heartthrob into a relationship. He thought they had both fallen in love over time, since the heartthrob indulged him in everything. After graduation, he boldly proposed, and the other man said yes. After they married, the heartthrob k 37.8kReads8.8Score4.6kShelves
3. 103 猎 Time to Hunt: The Tragic Novel's Heroine Awakens 猎杀时刻，虐文女主觉醒之后 Cat Eats Meat Buns猫吃肉包Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Green tea scheming + love-triangle chaos + punishing scumbags + genuine regret and redemption + strategy] There’s a pitiable creature in this world called the tragic-romance heroine. She’s abused in body and soul by scumbag men and wicked women, only to be forced into a happy ending in the end. Ever since Lin You took on commissions to help tragic-romance heroines escape their fates, she’d been running wild through one tragic romance after another. Some regretted everything: “I’m sorry. Please 887Reads9.0Score100Shelves
4. 104 纪 The Changing of Eras: Born of the Ashen Heavens 纪元更替·烬天生人 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今30k WordsCompleted The Changing of Eras: People Born Under the Ashen Sky 1Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 105 原 Turns Out I’m the Marquis’s Fake Young Master 原来我是侯府假少爷 Gazing at the Moon Through Bamboo竹中窥月Two Male Leads477k WordsCompleted [Two male leads, transmigrate into a book, little ones, love, friendship, and family affection, everyone’s favorite] Gu Zhiwang was born into a marquis’s household and grew up surrounded by flowers and affection, the family’s little darling. His father indulged him, his mother doted on him, and his older brother looked out for him. At seven, Gu Zhiwang only had to worry about what to eat and what to play. He knew nothing of sorrow. Until he discovered he was the fake young master and a sacrifici 21.7kReads9.4Score2.8kShelves
6. 106 太 The Marquis of Liu Through the Ages 太玄留侯 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今23k WordsCompleted The Great Mystery and the Marquis of Liu —Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 107 原 Genshin Impact: Yae, You Don't Want Yae Publishing House to Go Under, Do You? 原神：神子你也不想八重堂寄了吧 Ice Orange Cat冰橙猫Anime Fanfiction519k WordsOngoing Yae Miko: Ever since I read “The Slime King,” I’ve been looking forward to receiving another submission from Ice Orange-sensei every day. Editor Onodera: Lady Guuji, Ice Orange-sensei hasn’t submitted anything in two days. The readers are about to lose their minds. Raiden Ei: Miko, Ice Orange-sensei’s “Magical Girl” is very good. Don’t write anything like it in your next life. Ayato: Anyone who can write “Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai” must be a girl. Anyway, it’s really good. Ayaka 59Reads9.2Score—Shelves
8. 108 作 The Fussy Young Master Goes to the Countryside: Village Tyrant, Don’t Spoil Me Too Much 作精少爷下乡，村霸你别太宠了 Little Thirteen the Salted Fish咸鱼小十三Two Male Leads242k WordsCompleted [Two male leads, village bully and true heir # pampered fake heir] He had just made a grand declaration at an upscale club that the whole place was on him. He even claimed the entire Shen Group belonged to him, and that even if he lost it all, he could afford it. But when Shen Qingyu woke up, he was told his family was going bankrupt. His parents barely explained anything before packing his things and sending him to hide out in the countryside. What he didn’t know was that he was only the Shen f 869Reads8.6Score107Shelves
9. 109 寒 The Poor-Born Female Chancellor: Your Majesty, I Won’t Marry 寒门女相：陛下，臣不嫁人 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今29k WordsCompleted The Common-Born Female Chancellor: Your Majesty, I Will Not Marry —Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 110 魔 Demonic Path System: All of China Is Actually Cultivating the Demonic Path! 魔道系统：文明华夏竟全是魔修！ Strange Sheep奇怪的绵羊Urban1.6M WordsCompleted [Demonic cultivation System + invincible power fantasy + an entire nation cultivates demons + explosive action + no female lead] Bai Yang awakens a demonic cultivation System and learns that spiritual qi will fully revive in three years. In the meantime, ferocious beasts will appear all over Blue Star. To face the coming crisis, Bai Yang decides to become a demonic cultivator. But the damn System demands that he lead all 1.4 billion people of Huaxia in demonic cultivation! [Main Quest]: May ever 22.6kReads8.5Score2.2kShelves
11. 111 山 After a Rugged Country Boy Moves in with a College Student 山里来的糙汉住进男大学生家里后 Qian Zhizi千栀子Two Male Leads150k WordsCompleted When Lin Liusheng learned that a hulking, terrifying man from the mountains was going to move in with his family, he didn't even have time to protest before his parents and sister all ran off, leaving him alone at home with the man. Lin Liusheng thought, If I upset him, he'll slap me dead! To his surprise, the man was fearsome in front of everyone else, but around him he was like a well-behaved dog, doing whatever he was told. Later, the man, who couldn't even read, worked hard, took on construc 836Reads8.7Score125Shelves
12. 112 长 The Rhapsody of Changmen: Ashes of the Golden Moon 长门赋·金月烬 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今Ancient Romance18k WordsCompleted Ode to the Gate of Longmen: The Golden Moon Burns to Ashes —Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 113 只 He Kills, Never Saves: This Taoist Is Wickedly Righteous! 只杀不渡，这个道士正到发邪！ Midsummer Is Coming仲夏将至Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Supernatural + Mazu + folk customs + deity processions + Guanjian Shou + yin-yang taboos] People in Fujian often say, “If the powers above won't agree, just ask Mazu.” Born with an extremely weighty fate, Lin Haien was conceived on Qingming and born on the Winter Solstice. He has a yin-yang constitution and a spirit-sensitive body. Lost souls and wandering ghosts torment him, all hoping to take over his body and replace him. To give him even the slimmest chance of survival, his midwife grandmot 116.6kReads9.2Score9.7kShelves

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    The content is quite novel, the characters are well-developed and three-dimensional, the plot is interesting, and I really enjoy the feeling of being surrounded by danger yet managing to escape unscathed.

14. 114 庆 The Invisible Grain of Qingli 庆历无影粮 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今9k WordsCompleted The Shadowless Grain of Qingli —Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 115 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 1.7MReads9.9Score207.7kShelves

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    The first two are completed works by the same author. The author follows a logical plot, which I personally think is absolutely divine. The male lead is incredibly intelligent, the supporting characters are also quite clever, and most importantly, the ending is high-energy and doesn't have a bad ending 😉😉😉 The last one is one I'm shamelessly recommending—a more traditional cultivation novel, no reincarnation, no time travel, and no cheat codes 😃😃😃😃

16. 116 天 The Heavenly Secrets: The Life of Guan Lu 天机箓之管辂传 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今13k WordsCompleted The Records of Heaven’s Secrets: The Biography of Guan Lu 2Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 117 表 My Cousin Got into Harvard and Had Me Committed to a Mental Hospital 表姐考上哈佛大学，将我送进精神病院 Jing Jiuzhe荆九折12k WordsCompleted My Cousin Got into Harvard and Sent Me to a Mental Hospital 17.2kReads—Score108Shelves

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    These short stories are good.

18. 118 残 The Tang Dynasty in Turmoil: Reforged in the Year of the Fire Horse 残唐鼎沸：丙午再造 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今26k WordsCompleted The Tumultuous Late Tang: Rebuilding in the Year of the Fire Horse —Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 119 我 My Dad's Hilariously Ridiculous Love Story 我爸那笑死人的沙雕爱情 Jing Jiuzhe荆九折Marriage & Romance8k WordsCompleted My Dad’s Hilariously Ridiculous Love Story 55.7kReads—Score532Shelves
20. 120 剑 Zhuangzi, the Sword Immortal: Roaming the Ninth Heaven 剑仙庄子：逍遥九天 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今15k WordsCompleted Sword Immortal Zhuangzi: Carefree Across the Nine Heavens —Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 121 将 After I Married the Jerk into a Rich Family, His Whole Family Regretted It 将渣男送进豪门后，他全家后悔了 Jing Jiuzhe荆九折14k WordsCompleted After I married the scumbag off to a wealthy family, his whole family regretted it. 7.8kReads—Score146Shelves
22. 122 玄 The Heart of the Han: The Legend of Lu Jia 玄汉文心.陆贾传奇 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今26k WordsCompleted The Literary Soul of the Mystic Han: The Legend of Lu Jia —Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 123 大 The Benevolent Ancestor of the Tang Dynasty 【大唐仁祖】 Tang Renzu of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors三皇五帝唐仁祖Historical973k WordsCompleted [Golden Finger] [Transmigration] [Li Ke] [Political Intrigue] [History] From the start, he transmigrates into Li Ke. Facing certain death, he uses Li Shimin as a chess piece and goes head-to-head with the Changsun clan and the Guanlong aristocratic families, deftly resolving the struggle over the crown prince's succession. From the start, he is trapped in a dead end: Changsun Wuji has already begun plotting to frame him, and the deadly purge of Zhenguan Year 17 is less than six years away. He 5.5kReads—Score494Shelves

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    High quality is a must! My new book, *Emperor Renzu of Tang*, which will be completed in September, has reached the level of both historical fiction and serious drama, possessing the potential to become a classic. This novel is high-quality, intellectually stimulating, not mindless, logically sound, and features brilliantly portrayed characters! *Emperor Renzu of Tang* is a nearly million-word completed work, with all foreshadowing resolved, all plot holes filled, and no disappointing ending. The author's writing style, word choice, plot structure, imperial strategies, political maneuvering, emotional nuances, military warfare, court intrigue, and governance are all top-notch. His writing is astonishing, his scope grand, his themes lofty, his thoughts profound, his knowledge solid, his cultural background deep, and his political maneuvering top-notch. If you don't like it after reading it, you can slap me in the face!

24. 124 出 After Prison, I Picked Up a CEO 出狱后，捡漏一个总裁 Jing Jiuzhe荆九折Marriage & Romance11k WordsCompleted After Getting Out of Prison, I Stumbled Upon a CEO 5kReads—Score101Shelves
25. 125 大 Winter Solstice Sacrifice at the Suburban Altar, Year Eighteen of Jinghe, Great Yong 大雍景和十八年·冬至郊天 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今8k WordsCompleted Winter Solstice Sacrifice to Heaven in the Suburbs, Year Eighteen of Jinghe in the Great Yong Dynasty —Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 126 4 At 43, I Awakened After Being Fired! 43岁，被开除后觉醒了！ Jing Jiuzhe荆九折8k WordsCompleted At 43, I Awakened After Getting Fired! 4.7kReads—Score—Shelves
27. 127 玄 The Heart of the Han, Book Two: The Bronze Cauldron Emerges, War Engulfs the Three Kingdoms 玄汉文心·第二部 文鼎现世·三国烽烟 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今Male-Channel Fanfiction13k WordsCompleted The Literary Soul of the Mystic Han, Part Two: The Bronze Ding Emerges, Flames of War Engulf the Three Kingdoms —Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 128 老 Even the Honest Get Tired of Being Bullied and Fight Back 老实人欺负久了，也是要反抗的 Jing Jiuzhe荆九折Marriage & Romance7k WordsCompleted Even Honest People Will Fight Back If They're Bullied for Too Long —Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 129 九 The Power of the Chancellor: The Great Qin Dragon Cauldron 九天相权·大秦龙鼎 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今20k WordsCompleted The Nine Heavens' Chancellor's Power: The Dragon Ding of Great Qin —Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 130 我 My Little Sister Fubao, After Her Husband Died 我妹福宝，死了老公之后 Jing Jiuzhe荆九折9k WordsCompleted My Sister Fubao, After Her Husband Dies 3kReads—Score—Shelves
31. 131 班 Ban Chao: Star Lord of the Western Frontier 班超：镇西星主 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今21k WordsCompleted Ban Chao: Star Lord Who Pacified the West —Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 132 老 Is My Husband Dead Yet? 老公今天死了吗？ Jing Jiuzhe荆九折Marriage & Romance8k WordsCompleted Did my husband die today? 4kReads—Score110Shelves
33. 133 玄 Xuanshuo Guixu: The Han Dynasty's Fallen Immortal 玄朔归墟：大汉谪仙 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今30k WordsCompleted Xuanshuo Guixu: The Banished Immortal of the Han Dynasty —Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 134 超 A Collection of Super-Short, Sweet Romances 超短篇小甜文合集 Jing Jiuzhe荆九折Modern Romance124k WordsCompleted All are sweet little stories! Each one is a standalone, super-short tale. Straightforward romance, no misunderstandings, quick progress, and quick endings. Story One: A tree finds his companion vine [Zhu Yan x Yue Zhiteng] Story Two: The man fought over by a rich woman and a rich young man [Tao Zhuo x Chen Shu] Story Three: A mountain spirit obsessed with human phones and a human who fall for each other [Lin Fenfen x Lu Yuan] Story Four: A severely lopsided student reborn in her third year of mi 3.7kReads8.2Score248Shelves
35. 135 命 The One Whose Fate Record Was Left Blank 命籍留白者 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今23k WordsCompleted The One Whose Fate Record Is Blank 1Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 136 真 True Love Can’t Stand the Light, So She Married a Fool 真爱见光死，她嫁给傻子 Being Shallow Isn't Wrong肤浅不是错Modern Romance242k WordsCompleted At nineteen, He Yang met Chen Mo for the first time. Her card got swallowed, and she grabbed him by the sleeve. The restraint of a middle-aged man and the recklessness of a young woman threw everything into chaos from that day on. She married a fool as a cover, just so she could stay by his side. Years later, when she had everything, she finally realized that the person she loved had never been him. It was the respectable life that man represented, a life beyond her reach. Amusingly, the fool wh 76Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Let's see how good the newbie is; it's worth reading.

37. 137 当 When the Male God Is a Rabbit Spirit 当男神是兔子精 Black Feather Alley黑羽小路Modern Romance507k WordsCompleted [Mutually Devoted, Sweet Romance and Light Comedy, Male Lead Turns into a Rabbit, Self-Conquest, Mutual Salvation] [Warm on the Outside, Cool on the Inside, Theatrical Talented Girl × Sharp-Tongued but Soft-Hearted, Self-Conquest-Type Jealous School Hunk] Song Qirui had been secretly in love with Xie Yanqing for three years. She'd even gotten his WeChat only by collecting class forms. Then her younger brother gave her a short-eared cat-rabbit with an outrageous attitude, one that rolled its eye 23Reads—Score—Shelves

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    My crush unexpectedly transformed into a rabbit, and by some twist of fate, I adopted him. He pretended to be an obedient little rabbit while secretly trying to win me over, displaying the full extent of his cunning and arrogant nature.

38. 138 白 The Girl of My Dreams Is Just Old, Not Dead 白月光只是老了，不是死了 Jing Jiuzhe荆九折Marriage & Romance13k WordsCompleted The woman you can never forget has simply grown old. She hasn’t died. 7.6kReads—Score118Shelves
39. 139 司 Sima Jizhu: The Way of Yi Towers Over Heaven 司马季主：易道凌天 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今15k WordsCompleted Sima Jizhu: The Way of Change Soars Above the Heavens —Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 140 6 Sixty-Year-Old Lovers: The Past of Maitreya 60岁恋人：弥勒往事 Being Shallow Isn't Wrong肤浅不是错Urban147k WordsCompleted At the age of sixty, he jumped into a shallow pool where the water barely reached his thighs. The water was shallow, but he didn't know that. Just as he didn't know that this jump would bring him together with a thirty-seven-year-old divorced woman, that they would have a child, and that he would pursue her from Hefei to Nanjing, then on to Shenzhen. Later, someone asked him, "Why jump when the water was so shallow?" He said, "Because that person was about to fall in." What matters isn't how d 1.1kReads—Score103Shelves
41. 141 疯 He’s Gone Mad! The Film Emperor Pins Me to the Wall and Kisses Me, Live on the Internet 疯了，影帝把我按墙亲被全网直播 Yun Xi Wei Xi云溪未晞Modern Romance567k WordsCompleted A devoted, sweet romance | The sweet and seductive Qin Yaojing vs. the master of acting, Gu What is it like to join a dating show just to see handsome men, only to run into your ex? Qin Manzhi says: Her ex has become so considerate and gentle, and he's incredibly good at flirting. She's about to give in and get back together with him... But one day, after seeing her having an “intimate interaction” with another male guest, her ex reveals his true nature. Qin Manzhi: “That was a misunderstanding. 2.8kReads9.4Score311Shelves

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    She ran into her ex-boyfriend while participating in a dating reality show [facepalm]. During a live stream of them shopping at a supermarket, the actor gave his bank card to the female lead, who then naturally entered her PIN to pay! This scene was seen by netizens 🙀 The actor didn't tell her the PIN, how did she know? 🤔

42. 142 地 Five Corpses in the Cellar 地窖里的五具尸体 Jing Jiuzhe荆九折7k WordsCompleted Five Bodies in the Cellar 911Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 143 旧 The Echo Museum of Old Things 旧物回音馆 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今23k WordsCompleted Echoes of Old Things —Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 144 我 I Held It In for Thirty Years, Until My Daughter Said, 'Dad, You Should Leave' 我忍了三十年，直到女儿说：爸，你走吧 Being Shallow Isn't Wrong肤浅不是错Marriage & Romance9k WordsCompleted I Endured for Thirty Years, Until My Daughter Said, "Dad, You Should Go" 140Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 145 退 After Three Years in Retirement Back in the Village, I Lost but Was Not Defeated 退休回村三年，我输了但没有败 Being Shallow Isn't Wrong肤浅不是错Urban151k WordsCompleted After retiring, I was sent back to my hometown to serve as the village's First Secretary. I had barely reached the village entrance when someone smashed a jar at me: “Huai Shu Village doesn't welcome you!” An old flame brought me a bowl of fish soup, with a letter at the bottom that had never been sent, forty years ago. Someone sent an anonymous report to the disciplinary inspection committee, accusing me of misconduct. Three months on the clock. Nobody believes me. Three years later, the person 97Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 146 把 My Mom Regretted It After She Forced Me Into Prison 把我逼进监狱后我妈后悔了 Jing Jiuzhe荆九折8k WordsCompleted After Driving Me Into Prison, My Mother Regretted It 2.3kReads—Score—Shelves
47. 147 人 Chronicles of the Balance Between Humanity and Heaven 人天衡纪 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今Historical30k WordsCompleted The Chronicles of Human and Heaven —Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 148 双 A Blood-Soaked Reckoning: Twin Sisters Return for Vengeance 【血色满门】双生姐妹踏血归来 Xiao Xiao Ran Zi萧萧然子Ancient Romance606k WordsOngoing An entire family of loyal officials is framed, and a century-old marquis’s estate is turned into a living hell. Twin sisters plunge from a cliff into the water, surviving against all odds. Once cherished young ladies who lived behind closed doors, they now tread a thorny path through the world. One struggles to survive on a sheer cliff, honing her edge; the other wanders in a foreign land, maneuvering at every turn. The court is rife with deceit and schemes, while the martial world flashes with 1.8kReads6.6Score189Shelves

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    Newbie here! Looking for a good book like you're looking for quality stocks? This one is definitely for seasoned bookworms! ⚔️ "[Bloodstained Gate] Twin Sisters Return Amidst Bloodshed" features incredibly compelling characters; the sisters are both powerful and formidable, their battles against enemies are fast-paced and exciting. The historical romance with political intrigue is well-written and engaging, getting more and more addictive as it's ongoing—a true game-changer for those looking for something to read! 🎋

49. 149 藏 The Evening Breeze Hidden in My Heart 藏在心底的晚风 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今27k WordsCompleted The Evening Breeze Hidden in My Heart 2Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 150 顶 The Top Assassin Falls in Love at First Sight with the Target 顶级杀手对任务对象一见钟情了 Jing Jiuzhe荆九折Marriage & Romance8k WordsCompleted The top assassin fell in love at first sight with their target. 396Reads—Score—Shelves

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