Looking for Books: No System, No Harem, No Mindless Power Fantasy. The Protagonist Needs to Have a Brain 求书 不要系统 不要种马 不要无脑爽 主角要有脑子
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From Ancient Times to the Present: The Reborn Lady Takes the Entertainment World by Storm 古穿今：闺秀重生娱乐圈后爆红了
Gu Chaoxi, the legitimate daughter of the Duke Who Guards the Nation, was raised from childhood to become the Crown Princess. She mastered every art, from music and chess to calligraphy and painting. But when the battle for the throne ended in her family being wiped out, she opened her eyes again in the body of a streamer everyone loved to hate. Her new self's parents are both dead, and she has a little brother to raise. Gu Chaoxi can only pull herself together. Making money comes first. One by
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- 2 The Spoiled Heir’s Devoted Pushover 纨绔世子的舔狗日常 Qin Qing falls into the water and loses consciousness. Xie Ce, the capital's number-one wastrel and heir to Prince Kang, rescues her. All the noble young ladies of the capital sit back, waiting for the drama to begin, only to get a reformed playboy who turns into a devoted husband, the best in the capital. Qin Qing has been frail since childhood, and the imperial physician predicts she'll live only until the age of twenty. All the noble young ladies of the capital wait for her to die young, only 17.2kReads8.3Score1.4kShelves
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No More Slacking: The Prince’s Favorite Concubine’s Daily Grind 不当咸鱼，王府宠妾的内卷日常
[Transmigration + cutthroat household competition + no slacking off + ambitious heroine] Shen Wei, a die-hard rat-race fanatic, transmigrated into the lowest-ranking maid in a prince’s manor. Prince Yan held a position of great prestige, but all his wives and concubines had given up trying. The princess consort, born to a prestigious family, was as aloof as a chrysanthemum. The secondary consort wanted lifelong monogamy. The reborn woman had lost all hope in Prince Yan and was content to lie fla
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The Dustbound Sword Dao 尘剑道
Xuanhuan, swordsmanship, and peerless talent! He is the young heir of the Jiang family, one of Qingyun City’s four great clans. Born with a chronic illness, he has always been frail. But my fate is mine to command, not Heaven’s! With perseverance, courage, and quick wits, he fights his way upstream, step by step. He seeks opportunities, takes on the four clans, and endures battles to the death, singing a saga of blood and tears. He enters treasure lands and hidden realms. Watch him soar straight
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My Glory Days in Dongguan 我在东莞的高光岁月
My name is Chang Da Qiang. I was born in a small, underdeveloped county town in the late 1980s. My parents were farmers, and in those days, when everything was desperately poor, I graduated from a junior college and looked for work in my hometown. After hitting one dead end after another, I made a bold decision: I headed south to Guangdong to try my luck. Through hard work, I finally had the experiences that inspired this novel.
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- 6 The Happy Years I Spent in Dongguan 那些年我在东莞的幸福往事 [Urban everyday life] + [multiple heroines] + [first person] My name is Hao Jian. I'm a college graduate who left a small inland county to make a living in Dongguan. A female classmate who'd been quite a flirt back in school introduced me to the city. I thought I'd find a factory job and earn some money, but things didn't go as planned. I ended up in a bar, and that's where my life took an unexpected turn. 5.4kReads6.0Score485Shelves
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The Gods' Foolish Game 诸神愚戏
I have two principles in life: 1. I never lie. 2. I never believe anything anyone says, including myself. “Sir, I would like to point out that your second statement conflicts with the first.” “How so?” “If you never lie, why don’t you believe what you say?” “Oh, sorry. I forgot to mention that I don’t consider myself human.” “?” Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Cheng Shi, Cheng Shi who never lies. What, you’ve never heard of me? That’s all right. You simply haven’t been deceived by m
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- 8 EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score181.2kShelves
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With My Hands Behind My Back, I Transmigrated to the 1970s, Where I Can Make Trouble and Money with Ease 小手一背穿七零，搞事赚钱样样行
Also known as "Transmigrating into a Book Set in the Seventies: I Collect Eighty-Eight Paychecks Every Month" Su He woke up one day and transmigrated into a period novel, becoming a fake heiress who had been sent back to her village. In the book, the ungrateful real heiress was practically blessed by cheat codes, with schemes and tricks appearing one after another. The Su family ended up destroyed, while the original owner wished she were dead. Looking at her impoverished home and family members
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Fantasy: Starting Blind, I Cultivate with an Erhu 玄幻：开局瞎子，从拉二胡开始
(The short drama is now streaming: Fantasy: Beginning with Two Springs Reflect the Moon) [Spending Life + Grinding and Lying Low] "Once a song breaks the heart, where in all the world can one find a kindred soul?" From the start, he transmigrated as a blind man and became a street musician. [Two Springs Reflect the Moon: LV2 (1/10000) Effect: Unblocks qi and blood, opens the meridians, dispels dampness, and warms the body] He is a blind street musician who wipes out an entire gang for
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The Little Boss Is a Menace to Cats and Dogs, and Hides from Mom and Dad That She's a Millionaire 小老板猫嫌狗厌，瞒爸妈当万元户
[1980s setting + lighthearted comedy + everyday life + building wealth] Little Rice Cake is a sieve spirit with off-the-charts brains and emotional intelligence, and she never waits until tomorrow to get revenge. After being forced to split from her family, Little Rice Cake single-handedly lifts her family and friends, infiltrates the enemy's ranks, and takes down every gossiping shrew in the village. The good life begins with living in a pigsty and raising piglets. She starts making money by do
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The Temptress 尤物
The print edition of The Enchantress will be released on March 25 at 8 p.m. (A devoted one-on-one romance, with both leads each other’s first and only.) Zhou Yi is notorious in their circle for being a shameless playboy. Everyone thinks he cares about pleasure, not feelings. That is, until a video leaks one day. In it, Zhou Yi looks like a devout believer, clasping a woman’s slender wrist in his hand. His eyes are filled with fervor and tenderness as he murmurs in a low, hoarse voice, “Jiang Yin
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- 13 Into the Wild 见野 [The print edition is now available] Xia Wanwan died suddenly after spending twenty years tightening screws at a factory. To her surprise, she was reborn. But why had the factory director's son from her previous life shown up in this one? Jiang Ye, the big shot at No. 1 High School, had somehow taken an interest in Xia Wanwan. Everyone thought Xia Wanwan had offended Jiang Ye and that her days were about to get rough. At last, one day, Jiang Ye and Xia Wanwan got into a huge argument, and he 6.3kReads9.5Score1kShelves
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The Whole Family Transmigrates: 18 Ways to Survive in Ancient Times 全家穿越：古代生存十八法
The whole family transmigrates to ancient times after an accident. Whether that counts as good luck or bad luck is anyone’s guess. They’ve barely woken up when they find out the family has no money, no land, and a mountain of debt to repay. Not one of them has a golden finger, either. But the dog that came along with them is rather interesting. Could it be some kind of divine hound? This big family has to put food on the table, keep the household harmonious, and make progress in their studies. W
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After Stealing the Emperor’s Affection, I Became the Empress’s Darling Wife 撬帝王墙角后我成了帝后的小娇妻
Jiang Qian’er, a lowlife from the Kopal star system, went hunting exotic beasts for a bite to eat, only to make a fatal mistake and become an exotic beast’s meal. Her soul traveled to the Northern Dynasty, where she married a stunningly handsome man who was bedridden and paralyzed! All right, they had nothing but four bare walls, barely enough to eat, and a disabled husband. What was she supposed to do? Roll up her sleeves and make the best of it. What else, divorce him?
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I Transmigrated into My Master's Body and Doted on My Yandere Disciple 穿成师尊后，我娇养了病娇徒弟
Lanyue transmigrates into a book and becomes a cruel master who treats her disciple as a cultivation furnace, exploiting him without restraint. Fortunately, none of it has happened yet. Lanyue looks at the well-behaved disciple before her, the future Ghost King who will rule the Nine Provinces, and trembles in fear. To avoid the miserable fate of having her soul torn out and her skin flayed, Lanyue does everything she can to please her disciple. As long as she doesn’t spoil him to death, she’ll
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Every Step a Shocker 步步惊天
[Traditional fantasy] + [Genius] + [No harem] + [Various cultivation physiques] + [No System] This is the world of Xuanling, where monsters run rampant and immortals and demons coexist. Strength reigns supreme here. All beings must pass through Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Deification, Reality and Illusion, Great Ascension, Tribulation Transcendence, and Heavenly Immortal before they can attain the Dao and ascend. This is a golden age that comes once every te
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The Sweetest Little Darling from a Farming Family 农家崽崽是个小甜宝
[Historical Fantasy Writing Contest] One moment, Zhao Xiangyou was fighting zombies in the apocalypse. The next, she had become a baby girl in an ancient farming family, with dozens of embroidery needles hidden inside her body. She spent three years exhausting her powers to remove the needles, only to be pushed down a hillside and nearly die! In her despair, a little wolf cub carried Zhao Xiangyou home. The cub, Qin Shaoan, was considered a jinx by the villagers. Anyone who got too close to him
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A Son-in-Law Is Hard to Tame: Buy a Husband, Get to Farming 养婿难训：买个相公好种田
Lin Man transmigrates. When other women who transmigrate into farming families gather herbs and sell recipes to earn their first fortune, she does things differently: she makes money by writing erotic fiction. A sharp-tongued, mean grandmother? A petty-minded uncle? A whole family of awful relatives? No problem. She'll take down one, then two at a time. It's time to make a fortune.
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Reborn as a Racehorse, but Still a Local Stud? 转生赛马，还是地方哥？
If you were given a chance to start over, but the price was becoming a horse, would you still be willing to run? Beichuan, a racehorse jockey who dies in an accident, is reborn as a racehorse in the place where he was born. This is a story about “him” becoming “it.” A short novel, with no System or supernatural powers, and fewer than 400,000 characters. Complete. A personal project written for fun.
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The Best Lyricist 最佳词作
[Film and TV rights sold] One is a heroine, the other a pampered youngest son who’s always smiling. They work together seamlessly to resolve an unexpected crisis the first time they meet. The second time, she warns her younger cousin not to fall for someone like him. Then comes the Nth meeting, and with it, a lifetime together.
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The Wealthy Little Maid 富贵小丫鬟
She wakes up to find she has transmigrated into a little maid at the Duke of Tang's mansion. In the wealthy and comfortable manor, Yun Shu begins a leisurely life, growing up sheltered by riches and splendor. She sets out to earn more money and buy lots of farmland, all so she can become a little landowner someday and enjoy a happy, comfortable life. But that dull-witted general just doesn't know when to give up. Once he gets his hands on something he wants, he refuses to let go, and now he won'
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The Substitute Bride: The Mad Demon Emperor Is Provoked 替嫁狂妃：误惹病娇魔帝
[The short drama adaptation, Farewell to the Immortal Bone, is now streaming] She was poisoned by villains, left mentally impaired, and had her dantian shattered and her contract beast stolen. Then she was forced to take another woman's place in marriage to an old demon. When her memories return, she transforms into a little grandmaster who can conquer the heavens and earth in a flash. The Spirit Palaces of the Heavenly Realm revere her, the rulers of the Underworld fear her as a demon, and the
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- 24 Defying Heaven's Cute Beast: The Peerless Demoness Rules the World 逆天萌兽：绝世妖女倾天下 [Print Edition of One Thought, Ashes Return to the Mountain: Preorders Open September 27 at 7 p.m.] Her own sister ripped out her phoenix bone, stole her talent, and tossed her into the Demon Rift like a dog! But against all odds, she survived and became the little demon girl cherished in the palms of the monsters living in the Demon Rift! The monsters of the Demon Rift: “Anyone who lays a hand on Niannian declares war on our entire demon clan!” She returns to the Five Continents, cuts down her 147.3kReads9.6Score19.1kShelves
- 25 Three Years Undercover in the Demon Realm, and Now I'm the Demon Lord's Beloved Concubine 魔界卧底三年，我已成魔尊的宠妃 [Feel-good fun, absurd comedy, salted-fish System, career first and romance second. If it’s not for you, please don’t bash it.] I was supposed to go undercover in the demon realm for three months, but ended up staying for three years. Year One “Senior Brother, it’s been a year. When can I come back?” “Just wait a little longer.” Year Two “Senior Brother, they’re forcing me to kill people! I can’t keep hiding my identity much longer. When can I come back?” “Just wait a little longer.” Year Three 2.2kReads8.7Score365Shelves
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Garbled Thoughts 思维乱码
Mu Bai is swept by a mysterious force into a hyper-advanced game, where he faces countless tests of intelligence and humanity, as well as the game administrators’ schemes. How long can he hold out? And what is the truth in the end? Where does thought ultimately lead: to an answer, or to a cycle? The purpose of this mental space is impossible to determine. Could it be meant to preserve Earth’s intelligent life and prevent its extinction? Or is it simply an invasion?
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- 27 Code of the Crime Scene 凶案密码 [Mystery + criminal investigation + dark themes + horror + human nature + crime + serial murders + social issues] This collection brings together five books in the Case Code series: Case Code, Echoes of Death, Vested Interests, The Black Corpse Mystery, and Sleepless Murder Island. Mutilated bodies in the city center, prisoners in a cellar, and urban mysteries return as a veteran cop unravels the truth behind the crimes. A classic crime procedural! The city is shrouded in criminal conspiracies, 40.6kReads9.5Score5kShelves
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Tears Are Useless 泪无用
(No female lead, no System, not a power fantasy, slow-paced, stream of consciousness) Comments are welcome. I'll reply to every message. The early chapters devote a lot of space to developing the characters' inner worlds, all for the twists to come later, so I hope you'll be patient and read to the end. After a car accident, he somehow gains the ability to briefly slow down time. He often dreams of a man with a burned face, and it seems that everything about him is connected to this man. His fam
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The Pickpocket 三只手
A woman accidentally wanders into a forbidden zone in time and begins a thousand-year wait for her beloved. A man creates three hands to steal time, all so he can meet the woman of his dreams sooner. Across several lifetimes, he keeps passing the woman he loves by. But Heaven does not forsake those whose love is true. In the end, they will meet at the place fate has destined for them…
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After Binding the Underworld System, I Had a Blast Taking Down Scumbags 绑了冥府系统后虐渣爽爆了
[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
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Reborn as the Wicked Stepmother of Four Burdens 穿成四个拖油瓶的恶毒后娘
The drama adaptation of this book, The Bossy Little Bride, is now streaming on Youku! This is a pure farming-and-child-rearing story set in the countryside. If that’s not your thing, please move along. This book is entirely fictional, so don’t compare it to real life. Chi Yue, a young assassin who was killed off just as she was starting her career, wakes up one day to find herself the stepmother of four children! Faced with these grubby, clingy little nuisances, all she wants is to keep her dist
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The Devil Reversed 恶魔逆位
“If I wanted to kill him, I wouldn’t use a method this laughably clumsy.” After the black-haired girl in black finished speaking in the interrogation room, she didn’t say another word. The way she calmly studied the photograph made it seem more like she was admiring the victim’s gruesome death. In the photo was a cold, white bathtub filled with shocking amounts of blood. A man lay slumped inside, his deathly pale body visible only from the shoulders up. The deceased was Zhou Haixiong. He had
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- 33 A Female Doctor’s Murder Diary 女医生谋杀日记 The print edition has been published. Search for A Female Doctor's Diary. I'm a doctor, an obstetrician and gynecologist. I have only two goals: Make someone disappear, And have a child. But he reeks of medicine And stands in my way! 13.5kReads9.5Score2.1kShelves
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I Stocked My Fridge and Transmigrated into a Book, Then Married the Fiercest Chief Minister 囤满冰箱穿书，我嫁了最猛首辅
[Marriage Before Love] [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] [Both Leads Are Each Other's Only One, and the Heroine Is the Original Owner of Her Body, While the Hero Has Not Been Reborn] Wen Nuannuan recently discovered that her refrigerator was malfunctioning: any food she ate would automatically replenish itself! Thinking she was about to strike it rich, Wen Nuannuan did everything she could to stuff the refrigerator full. But the very next day, she transmigrated into a book in spectacularly disastrous fa
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Three Terrible Sons Kneel Before Me and Call Me Mom 三个极品儿子跪在我面前叫妈
[Transmigration + farming + old woman + power fantasy] Lin Tao transmigrates into the body of an old woman worked like an ox and forced to drink muddy water! She has four elders above her, three little ones below, and nine grandchildren, every last one of them! Being an old widow with yellowing eyes and wrinkled skin would be bad enough, but she’s also stuck with a family full of troublemakers! The eldest son abuses his wife and sells his daughter. He even kills his own mother for her coffin mon
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Reborn as a Mad Princess: The Moon Shines Over the Western Tower 重生狂妃之明月罩西楼
In her previous life, Jiang Mingyue, daughter of a great general, took blows and shed blood for the Great Yin dynasty. She lived a passionate life and died a passionate death. So when she got another chance at life, she decided to stop making waves. She chose the rich, titled Zhao Xilou, a veteran slacker, as her husband, intending to while away her days with Lord Zhao, eating and waiting to die. But after becoming a Zhao, Jiang Mingyue discovered that her slacker husband might have no ambition
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- 37 Cherishing Flowers 惜花芷 [The original novel behind the TV adaptation starring Hu Yitian and Zhang Jingyi] After keeping her talents hidden for fifteen years, Hua Zhi thought she could spend her life as a proper aristocratic young lady, living in peace. But when the Hua family’s fortunes collapse, she has no choice but to reveal her sharp edge and hold the storm-tossed household together. Being out in public becomes the norm, and so does galloping through the streets. When all else fails, she even carries a coffin on he 18.6kReads9.6Score4.2kShelves
- 38 The Youngest Daughter, Changle 幺女长乐 Miss Zhu Si’s rough fighting skills have always made her the laughingstock of the capital’s noble families. In everyone else’s eyes, that’s the sort of work meant for household guards. Zhu Changle, who considers herself invincible, isn’t ashamed of it. She’s proud. Not everyone can protect their own home, but she can! And then some! She’d even turn the whole capital upside down to protect it! Don’t believe her? Try her! 18.7kReads9.5Score3.1kShelves
- 39 The Black Heiress 黑千金 Zhou Zhizhi was born a wealthy heiress, but she was abandoned in a remote county and taken in by a man who had just been released from prison after serving time for a serious crime. At just five years old, she was already able to save her father. Later, she also brought home an old scholar and former examination candidate, and the three of them began building a life together. The hardened criminal turned into a coal magnate, while the abandoned girl became a true heiress of the underworld. How w 32.8kReads9.3Score4.4kShelves
