The Protagonist Owns a Shop Outside the Six Realms Where Anything Can Be Traded 主角有个店，这个店不在六道之中，什么都可以交易

1. 1 诡 The Demon Rental Contract 诡契约之恶魔出租 The Devil Who Got Rich Overnight一夜暴富的恶魔Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted Welcome to the Demon Rental Shop. What wish would you like to have granted? Revenge? Money? Power? Love? Or any other desire? If you want it, the demons will make it happen. Of course, everything comes at a price. 14.5kReads8.4Score1.1kShelves

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   The first book is set outside of this world, featuring a powerful male protagonist who fulfills everyone's desires by renting out demons. The second book features a male protagonist who inherits a pawnshop and collects many ferocious creatures. Both are very good!

2. 2 午 The Midnight Pawnshop: The Living Must Keep Away 午夜当铺，活人回避 Chong Xiayueban虫下月半Mystery4.0M WordsOngoing [Traditional Supernatural Horror] [Chinese Folk Customs] [Unorthodox Trade] [Tales of Evil Objects] [No Romance] This is a strange pawnshop that deals exclusively in sinister objects with special value! When something goes against the natural order, evil must be at work! Some things simply should not exist in this world! Coins stuffed into the mouths of the dead, an executioner's blade, grave mushrooms, flesh lingzhi, Kunlun fetuses... Evil objects can harm people, but they can also help them! T 277kReads9.4Score23.7kShelves
3. 3 让 You Were Told to Make Deals, but You Changed the Era 让你做交易，你引领了时代 Chang Yi常一Urban2.1M WordsCompleted [The only supernatural power on Blue Star. The main world has no ancient martial arts or cultivation world: I alone wield a unique power.] [Adapted into the short-form drama My Friends Are Everywhere Across the Heavens] He transmigrated to Blue Star and became a wealthy tycoon, only to be poisoned and given six months to live? Just as his hopes were fading, Jiang Da became a member of the Hypertemporal Club, gaining connections to countless worlds. Cultivation worlds. Interstellar worlds. Lord w 30.5kReads8.9Score2kShelves

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   You guys definitely haven't seen the book "The Flow of Multiverse Transactions." I only picked it up because I was out of other books, and... Well, I want to curse the author! The title is misleading! This book easily surpasses those books on the trending topics list.

4. 4 诡 The Eerie Spirit Medium: My Doll Can Really Manifest Spirits 诡异降神师：我的娃娃真能显灵 Clouds Can Smile云会笑Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted [Ghosts in the Book!] [Dark Tone!] [Villain Protagonist!] [Urban Supernatural!] [Horror Aesthetic!] [Invincible from the Start!] A sinister doll saws someone to pieces, a red-clad vengeful ghost claims lives at the airport, a hundred ghosts hunt people down along a ten-mile street, the dead rise again in a crematorium, and corpses dance wildly in an abandoned hospital... None of these things happened to me. They are all stories I wrote. My name is Yang Ning. I am an heir to the Ling Men, a profe 131.2kReads9.5Score11.5kShelves

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   Yang Ning, the small shop owner, sells things entirely according to fate; she's practically a living bodhisattva, and the gentlest person in the world! [Shy][shy][shy]

5. 5 在 A Shady Merchant in a Horror World 在惊悚世界当奸商 One Stroke of the Blade执笔一刀Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Horror world, transmigration, System, comedy, no female lead, survival, feel-good story, infinite worlds, horror, the uncanny] Lin Wu adjusted quickly to suddenly finding himself in an unfamiliar place. After all, those people in white coats often moved him around while he was asleep. The people here looked a lot like the ugly things he used to see. They were a little uglier, but a 19.9kReads9.1Score1.9kShelves

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   Both of these books are non-romantic. The first one is about the protagonist starting his own shop and making various trades with all players [frustrated][heart emoji]. The second one is also about trading; the protagonist is a witness to this world and also a point in its transition to a new era.

6. 6 我 I’m Running a Vacation Inn in the Apocalypse 我在末世里开度假宾馆 Raise a Little Blue Cat养只小蓝猫Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.2M WordsCompleted [No Romance + Business Building + Post-Apocalypse] New mission: Open a hotel in the post-apocalyptic world. Xia Yan: “I thought this was supposed to be a vacation. Where’s the scenery? Are the zombies the scenery? Thanks, but no thanks!” System: “No, no, hear me out. No missions, no punishments, and upgrades are entirely up to you. You can slack off as much as you like. This System will always be on your side!” Xia Yan: “Okay!” And so Xia Yan finds herself in a dilapidated hotel. The conditions 183.9kReads8.8Score24.2kShelves
7. 7 阴 The Yin-Yang Realm: The Wish-Granting General Store 阴阳界：圆梦杂货铺 A Happy Duck一颗开心鸭Mystery170k WordsOngoing If you had to pay the price yourself, would you come to this little shop on the boundary between yin and yang and trade for the fulfillment of a wish? There is a folk rhyme: "On the border between yin and yang, there's a shop that grants dreams. Whatever you ask for, you shall receive. When midnight comes, by the locust tree, burn incense, and the shop will appear." Shopkeeper Xiao Yan runs the Dream-Granter General Store alongside Huang, a "feifei," and Little Peach, helping customers make thei 595Reads—Score—Shelves

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   "The Realm of Yin and Yang: The Dream-Fulfilling General Store" is a realistic, slow-burn supernatural story with no jump scares. Health, love, conscience... Can all be exchanged for what you desire. It depicts the regrets of ordinary people. If you like stories with a lasting impact, come and check it out!

8. 8 三 Three Terrible Fortune Sticks? This Daoist Will Defy Heaven and Change Your Fate! 三次下下签？贫道替你逆天改命！ Water Is Blue水是蓝色的Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [Lighthearted comedy + Meme references + Satisfying power fantasy] Fang Yang transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes a Taoist priest, invited to take part in a livestreamed variety show. Visitor: “Reverend, I can’t get over her. What should I do?” Fang Yang: “She’s bad luck for you!” Visitor: “Reverend, I found a huge tomb. Want to come with me?” Fang Yang: “No. I can’t handle those mechanisms.” Visitor: “What mechanisms?” Fang Yang: “The public security authorities!” Visitor: “Reverend, a 43.9kReads8.9Score3.6kShelves

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   I couldn't stop watching, it's so good! Master Fang always gives me unexpected surprises, with all sorts of skills at their peak. The things he encounters are really novel, and I've learned a lot from watching. Plus, some of the stories are very closely related to reality.

9. 9 黄 Yellow Springs General Store 黄泉杂货铺 Ninth Elder of the Wu Clan巫门老九Mystery2.5M WordsCompleted At the end of a street on a quiet, late-night evening stands a grocery shop with old-fashioned decor. Getting something for nothing is simple: just agree to do a ghost a favor, and it'll make it happen. 14.5kReads8.8Score1.5kShelves

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   They sell everything, but the last one is even scarier!

10. 10 恐 The Haunted Teahouse: I Only Sell Objects of Ill Omen 恐怖茶馆：我只卖大凶之物 Lord Salted Fish咸鱼君Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted The world is divided between yin and yang. Some people do business with the living, while others trade with the dead. I deal in the business of the dead, but I don’t sell coffins, paper money, funeral clothes, or paper effigies. What I sell are things you’ve never seen before, things far stranger still… 31kReads9.2Score2.9kShelves
11. 11 我 My Days Running a Shop Across the Heavens 我在诸天开黑店的日子 Falling Leaves in Xiaoxiang叶落潇湘Eastern Fantasy407k WordsCompleted [Invincible Protagonist] [the Myriad Worlds] [Patchwork Novel] [Behind-the-Scenes] By a twist of fate, I transmigrated to a Cultivation world and got bound to a Main God Space. Should I summon reincarnators to invade the Myriad Worlds? Or summon reincarnators to destroy the world? Liu Shao says all that fighting is too dangerous. He’d rather do a little business across the Myriad Worlds and skim some profits from them. And so, the Cultivation world’s first online shopping platform is built. Then 2.2kReads8.7Score125Shelves

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    The protagonist is bound to the main god and makes trades with various worlds, but he doesn't sell anything; he simply provides a trading platform.

12. 12 一 Get Rich Overnight! My Factory Connects the Past and Present 一夜暴富！我的工厂通古今 Moon Sets Over the River of Stars月落星河Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted Other people graduate straight into unemployment. Chen Jinyue graduates straight into bankruptcy. She wakes up one morning to inherit tens of millions in debt. Her younger brother takes all the cash and flees abroad. To escape loan sharks, her grandfather gives her a batch of fake antiques and spreads the word about them everywhere… But not all the antiques are fake. By accident, she opens the door to a Time-Space Trading Post. A down-and-out prince, freezing and starving at the frontier, walks 1.7kReads9.0Score456Shelves

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    You should check this out! Currently, 351,000 people are reading it. The female protagonist's factory allows her to conduct transactions across various dimensions. The exchange helps those destined to find a way out of trouble, and all her clients are very kind. These dimensions include ancient times, primitive tribes, interstellar space, and the cultivation world, among others. The plot is exciting!

13. 13 天 The Owner of the Number One Inn in the World 天下第一客栈老板 Paramount Duke派拉蒙公Historical198k WordsOngoing The Tianshu Continent borders the Eastern Sea to the east, stretches to vast mountain ranges in the west, and meets the boundless northern grasslands of Shuobei. To the south, the forests are thick with miasma. At the continent's heart lies a fertile plain that stretches for thousands of miles: Zhongzhou, home to the Dayan Dynasty, which has ruled the land for more than three hundred years. But three hundred years is a curse. In the 327th year of the Yan calendar, the sun is setting on the Dayan 19Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Witness how an ordinary person rises from the bottom to build a force and conquer the world.

14. 14 洪 Honghuang: The Four Great Tyrants of Journey to the West! 洪荒：西游四大霸王！ Little Jiu小小九Eastern Fantasy613k WordsCompleted [Scheming in the early chapters + becoming bandits in the middle and later chapters + no harem + System-based story!] Shocking! Were all the travelers in the Journey to the West actually transmigrators? And were they all four guys who shared a dorm at the same university in the future? Looks like Mount Ling is in trouble this time! Tang Sanzang: “Amitabha! This monk’s Dharma name is Tang Sanzang! I bury the heavens, bury the earth, and bury the Tathagata!” Sun Xingzhe: “Thirty years east of the 4.6kReads8.2Score387Shelves

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    The Journey to the West quartet are all time travelers?! Even more outrageous, they're from the same dormitory at a university in the future! This is going to be a huge problem for Mount Ling. Tang Sanzang: "Amitabha! My Buddhist name is Tang Sanzang, meaning 'burying heaven, burying earth, burying Buddha.'" Sun Xingzhe: "Five hundred years east of the river, five hundred years west of the river [kissing emoji], the Buddha's seat should be occupied by the capable, shouldn't I take a seat too?" Zhu Bajie: "Kill! Kill! Kill! On to Mount Ling, kill Buddha, steal Guanyin!" Sha Wujin: "Amitabha, you three big shots, you're too impulsive, this isn't good, not good!" Tang Sanzang, Sun Xingzhe, Zhu Bajie: "You beast, why don't you release Sister Guanyin right now?"

15. 15 我 I'm the Boss of a Haunted Shop 我在鬼怪店里当老板 Hatake Tutu Cun旗木土土寸Two Male Leads306k WordsCompleted When Xue Ming was eight, he became the owner of the Wanwusheng shop. From then on, a little lamb appeared by his side. And this little lamb turned out to be Taotie, one of the four ancient ferocious beasts?! Taotie’s three daily routines: sleep, have Xue Ming hold me while I sleep, and hold Xue Ming while I sleep. Shopkeeper Xue Ming’s three daily routines: sell goods, hold Taotie, and sell goods while holding Taotie. Then one day, the little lamb transformed into a handsome, six-foot-three hunk 3.3kReads9.4Score499Shelves

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    Both of these books are truly excellent. I love them, I can't put them down! Book 1: Shop Owner vs. Glutton. Book 2: Fuzhu vs. Half-Human, Half-Demon. Both are pure love stories with virgins.

16. 16 归 Guiyun Studio: The Shopkeeper with a Devoted-Dog Streak and a Madman's Heart 归云斋：忠犬的疯批店长 Old Friend from the West Alley西巷故人Two Male Leads304k WordsCompleted This is a sweet romance in supernatural-fiction clothing~ "Two male leads: a beautiful, dangerously unhinged, bewitching and seductive shou × a taciturn, jealous, rugged, devoted-dog gong" Fusheng governs the spirit world. He has the final say, is beautiful but ruthless, and loves drinking as much as he loves deep-frying divine beasts. He went out to buy some wine and came home with a boyfriend. Tall, muscular, rugged, and handsome. He may not say much, but he’s great in bed, and great in ev 442Reads9.1Score101Shelves
17. 17 异 A Long Journey in Another World 异界旅途漫漫 The Mountain Moon Knows Not of You山月不知君Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsOngoing [No System + Original Story + Ensemble Cast + No Brain-Dead Characters + Fast-Paced + Pure Romance] I’m dedicated to creating a different kind of world and bringing everyone a fresh new thrill, along with a more realistic experience! The rain fell without letup, day after gloomy day. Beneath the curtain of rain... Travelers from another world, I’d like you to finish this terrible game of chess for me. Anyone can be a chess piece, anyone can be sacrificed. All living beings are players in this ga 5.8kReads—Score334Shelves

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    How about this one? Absolutely divine! It gets more and more exciting as you read on! Every beginning and character introduction is intricately connected by a powerful causal system. I highly recommend this isekai novel to everyone—it's incredibly good, with a thrilling plot, logically sound plot twists, and exquisite aesthetics. It's definitely the most worthwhile novel to read this year.

18. 18 彼 The Otherworldly Hotel 彼岸酒店 Zi Qian子茜Modern Romance201k WordsCompleted (Transmigration + ghosts and monsters + scheming and possessive romance + sweet pampering + fantasy and the supernatural) Su Xingluo, the greatest cultivation genius in the immortal realm, spends ten thousand years in arduous training, only to be blasted to pieces by heavenly tribulation just as she is about to ascend. A remnant of her soul travels through time and space to a parallel world beyond the Three Realms: a beautiful blue planet called Earth. Here, humans, ghosts, demons, and monsters 60Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The synopsis alone shows it perfectly fits the requirements: the female lead has a noble status and runs a shop that deals with all sorts of supernatural and ghostly things. This is a new book, so there aren't many readers yet and it doesn't have a rating, but it's truly amazing!

19. 19 妖 A Record of Eating Demons 妖食记 Cai Wangwang菜汪汪Ancient Romance632k WordsCompleted The Wuwei Inn flourishes because people in this world always have so many wishes. Birth, aging, sickness, death; resentment, hatred, love, and feuds; love and separation; life and death. The demons at the Wuwei Inn love to feast on these human joys and sorrows. Long Sanniang is stunningly beautiful. She's a shop owner, a fine cook, and a guide. Her life is long and dull, so she opens a restaurant to hear people's stories and, along the way, take in a handsome young general. Open the most distinc 3.8kReads9.4Score698Shelves
20. 20 我EN The Monsters I Created! 我创造的怪物！ No One in the World Will Ever Meet Me Again世人千万再难遇我Urban1.6M WordsCompleted [Behind the Scenes + Ensemble Cast + Cosmic Horror + No System + No Romance] Also known as: Dark Revelation Gods and demons, dragons, and the apocalypse were once fairy tales. The mysteries of this world have faded from sight, yet someone has brought those long-lost things back into the public eye. And every clue, every lead, points to a man named Chen Ye. “Friends, would you cast off this flesh and join us in embracing evolution?” Extended blurb: Sequence 001: The Mimic Sequence 002: The Deep O 65.6kReads9.2Score6.1kShelves
21. 21 玉 Farewell at the Jade Palace 玉阙辞 Yun Jia云葭Ancient Romance273k WordsCompleted [Xianxia supernatural tales, episodic stories with an overarching plot.] [One-on-one romance, powerful male and female leads, powerhouse vs. powerhouse, told from the heroine’s perspective.] Lingsu had lived in the human realm for several thousand years. She loved a lively atmosphere, so she had her maid, Tao Niangzi, open a restaurant by the river called Penglai. Whenever she had nothing to do, she could go there to eat and listen to gossip. Tao Niangzi was a consummate people person and ran th 1.5kReads9.3Score242Shelves
22. 22 楼 The One by the Tower Is Like Jade 楼边人似玉 White Egret, Never Paired白鹭未双Ancient Romance488k WordsCompleted The proprietress of the Zhangdeng Inn is truly insufferable: sharp-tongued, money-grubbing, flirtatious, and shameless. He cultivates the Way of Shangqing and slays the myriad demons of the mortal world. He absolutely must not let her bewitch him! (Demon-hunting, scheming magistrate Song Liyan x money-loving, self-obsessed innkeeper Lou Siyu. The story involves only the human and demon realms. They fall in love in a different setting, with no cultivation. Happy ending, with both sweet and angsty 1.1kReads9.3Score177Shelves
23. 23 末 Apocalypse! The Invincible System Sends a Nine-Story Supermarket 末世！无敌系统送九层楼超市 Yi Qianqiu亿千秋Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.2M WordsCompleted Zombies, extreme cold, extreme heat, earthquakes, acid rain... Inside the supermarket, he was completely invincible. Across countless worlds in the universe. The System granted him every type of superpower right from the start, but that was only the beginning. He leveled up at a breakneck pace and crushed his opponents with ease. Even advanced alien civilizations were nothing to him. While other people fought to the death for food, spilling rivers of blood, the male lead owned an entire supermar 8.5kReads7.8Score925Shelves

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    The protagonist owns a trading shop. He arrives in a post-apocalyptic world from different worlds, where a large supermarket suddenly appears, attracting many powerful figures. Within this supermarket, the protagonist is invincible; no one can harm him. Ultimately, the protagonist leads his gang to different interstellar realms.

24. 24 神 The God-Tier System's Shop Across All Worlds 神级系统万界大店长 Shao Shu Jiuhui少书九回Eastern Fantasy5.1M WordsCompleted [An original story, not a world-hopping tale] Legend has it that in a corner of the continent, there is a little shop. It sells chewing gum that gives you an endless supply of strength, and soda that can have you leaping around in an instant, even if you were on your last breath. The place is packed with divine beasts and overflowing with magical treasures. There is no product you can’t find there, only things you haven’t thought of yet. Countless powerful figures flock to the shop, and influent 2kReads8.3Score216Shelves

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    "💐💐💐Listen to me, buddy! This book is absolutely one of the best I've read recently. It's the kind of book that will make you completely lose track of time. I highly recommend it; you'll definitely find yourself reading it non-stop, just like I did."

25. 25 我 Even Ghost Messengers Say the Hotpot at My Restaurant Is Delicious 我开的火锅店，鬼差吃了都说好 Lone Lord孤爷Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted Low-key version She dropped out of school at thirteen and worked as a chef until she was nineteen. With the savings Lin Ye had scraped together over those six years, he opened a hot pot restaurant. Who could have guessed his venture would get off to such a poor start, with business so slow the place was about to close? Just as he was wondering what to do next, two customers showed up on the restaurant's final night and changed his life... Grim Reaper: “Boss Lin, your hot pot is so spicy. It 31.8kReads9.1Score2.8kShelves

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    Of course, it's Lin Ye's hot pot restaurant!

26. 26 这 You Seriously Think This Shop Is Haunted? 这店有鬼才怪你信吗 Zuo Fei左绯Two Male Leads1.4M WordsCompleted After a string of unlucky events, he somehow gets bound to an utterly unreliable System and wins himself a shop in a remote location. The problem is, the shop’s opening hours are a little strange. And why are the customers so odd, too? Hey, customer, please don’t look at me like that! You there, let go of my employee! Ahem, no flirting with the shopkeeper. First of all, the shopkeeper is a man. And secondly, it doesn’t matter how good-looking you are, you still can’t. Ever heard of reproductive 107Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's very beautiful...

27. 27 异 Otherworldly Shop System 异界商店系统 341 People341人Eastern Fantasy5.2M WordsCompleted The animated comic I Have an Invincible Shop is now available on Hongguo. The plane where the Tianchen Continent is located was originally a world of martial artists. After a shop suddenly arrived, the world began to change little by little. The shop contained items that people in this world yearned for, as well as facilities that could help martial artists advance to higher realms. Gradually, the spiritual energy of this world transformed into energy suitable for cultivating immortality. Spirit 9.9kReads8.3Score781Shelves

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    Restaurants, shops, inns, and guesthouses—which of these five-star recommendations do you prefer? [Note][Note]

28. 28 开 From the Start, I Had an Inn That Astonished Cultivators Across the Myriad Worlds 开局一间客栈，震惊万界修士 Do You Like Scallions?爱吃大葱吗Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted Xiao Yu transmigrated to another world! He opened an inn, upgraded it into a hotel, then developed an entire commercial district! Everything here came with all kinds of special effects! Did cultivating in the rooms double your speed? Could the delicious food heal your injuries? Could that black stuff called coffee improve your aptitude? Powerful figures from all over flocked to the place! But whatever you do, don't cause trouble here! Because the owner is powerful! 5.3kReads7.7Score368Shelves
29. 29 异 Opening a Shop in Another World, and You Call This Household Goods? 异界开店，你管这叫日用杂货 Riding the Wind and Calling the Rain携风系雨Eastern Fantasy913k WordsCompleted [Shop + Lighthearted + Slice of Life] Yi Fan inherited a general store, only to be transported to another world by it. How can he cultivate into a master in this strange world? It all starts with opening a shop. The strange and quirky goods in the store are defined by Yi Fan. Chopsticks aren't for eating, but for catching flies and training your speed... 2.3kReads8.5Score155Shelves
30. 30 御 Beast Taming: I Really Just Want to Run a Peaceful Restaurant 御兽：我真的只想安稳的开饭店 The Fish Who Loves Writing Books爱写书的鱼Urban2.1M WordsCompleted [Food + opening a shop + everyday life + lighthearted fun + beast taming + System] Also known as: “The Stories I Couldn't Tell About Me and the System,” “A Leisurely Life with Three Little Ones,” “I'm Unbeatable in My Restaurant, So Do Whatever You Like,” and “Shocking! My Three Pet Beasts Are All Big Shots” Foodie Jiang Ming drinks a century-old, top-quality Daughter Red and unexpectedly transmigrates to a parallel world called Blue Star, where he gains a Spirit Chef System. At first, Jiang Min 16.1kReads8.8Score2.5kShelves
31. 31 开 I Opened an Inn and It Became a Safe Haven for All Worlds 开个民宿，成了万界安全屋 Just Love Lolis就爱萝莉Urban259k WordsCompleted [Business Management] [No CP] [Feel-Good Story] [Lighthearted] [Everyday Life] Burned out from working himself to the bone, Lin Yi decides to lie flat and return to his hometown to open a homestay. His neighbors shake their heads and sigh: “The kid worked so hard to get out of here, only to come right back. What a waste!” “Open a homestay? Who’s going to visit a remote mountain village like this?” But Lin Yi’s homestay starts attracting guests from all kinds of different worlds. There are litera 2.7kReads8.8Score223Shelves
32. 32 有 An Antique Shop That Welcomes Demons, Spirits, and Immortals at Midnight! 有间古董店，夜半接待妖灵仙！ The Flower Clouds Finally Meet the Moon花云终入月Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Healing + Growth + Gourmet + Wishes + Spirit Companions] [Warning: This isn’t like the power fantasies you usually read. It focuses on helping others and healing. If you like it, stay. I’ll tell you the story of Lu Chengying’s growth.] [Resolve a bad cause, reap a good outcome! Make a pact, and your wish will come true!] University student Lu Chengying returned to his hometown to inherit the antique shop his grandfather left behind. He thought it was a run-down little shop, but he never imagine 1.1kReads9.1Score150Shelves

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    A very heartwarming novel, I highly recommend reading it, and I really hope it becomes popular.

33. 33 奇 The Curio Shop 奇物斋 Green Pea Who Loves Barbecue吃烧烤的青豆Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted One strange incident after another intertwines... One mysterious artifact after another is traded... A dismembered woman... an obsession unaware that its owner is dead... an inn that eats people... a rich girl who raises ghosts... a man with a manic disorder... people raised in pigsties... a game under attack from the apocalypse... a vanished mountain god... a land of nothingness... They say there is a wondrous place in this world called the Curio Shop. Its location is unk 204Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The female protagonist owns a shop ✓ The shop is not located in the Six Realms ✓ Everything can be traded ✓

34. 34 万 Landlady of a Thousand Worlds: My Hotel Connects to Three Thousand Planes 万界包租婆：我的酒店通三千位面 Yu Zhiqing于之青Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [The audiobook is now available! If you're interested, go check it out~] [Planes of existence + running a shop + leveling up + System + ensemble cast + gradual world-hopping + romance] [1. The female lead isn't a powerhouse or a self-sacrificing saint; she grows over time. 2. This is entirely fictional, so please don't compare it to reality.] Eighteen-year-old Zhao Suisui dies suddenly from overwork, but unexpectedly gets bound to a mysterious mobile hotel! This hotel can travel through three th 5.7kReads8.7Score715Shelves

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    The female protagonist owns a hotel, which she hands over to the state at the beginning of the story. She then leads a special forces team arranged by the state to various worlds.

35. 35 斩 Slay the Gods: The Jar Merchant, General Zhao Gets a Forbidden Domain 斩神：罐子商人，赵将军开出禁墟 Landlord Kang Who Loves Scallion-Fried Fish Fillets爱吃葱爆鱼片的康楼主Male-Channel Fanfiction1.1M WordsCompleted Li Shaoming transmigrated into the world of Slay the Gods, where gods fill the skies, and came to own an unremarkable jar shop tucked away in a corner of Cangnan’s old residential district. For more than ten days, nobody showed any interest. Just as he was about to lose hope... Zhao Kongcheng made a dazzling entrance. He opened ten jars and won his innate Forbidden Ruin, Moonflash of Vanishing Life. In this life, he wouldn’t die again. With Zhao Kongcheng as the spark, the jar shop gradually 7.6kReads8.8Score800Shelves

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    God-Slaying Jar Shop

36. 36 我 I'm Invincible Anyway, Do Whatever You Want 我反正无敌，你们随意 Brahma God梵神Eastern Fantasy3.2M WordsCompleted Ye Changsheng transmigrates into a fantasy world, awakening the Chaotic Sword Physique from the start and acquiring a sign-in System. He signs in at the Sword Grave and obtains the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation. He signs in at Heaven Mountain and gains the Divine Art, Heaven's Funeral. He signs in at the Divine Kingdom and obtains the greatest divine meridian of all time. He 12.4kReads8.9Score1.1kShelves

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    These are all good, but I think The Fifth Floor is the best.

37. 37 泡 Instant Noodles for the Prince: A Sweet Romance Across Time 泡面诱皇子：通古今互宠日常 Xi Qinghua Yi熙晴画易Two Male Leads1.0M WordsCompleted Main couple: Jiang Su and Xia Jingqi Secondary couple: Lin Ye and Xie Shousi Now available as an audio drama with a full cast. Two male leads, dual perspectives, a system, food, infrastructure building, everyday family life, both transmigrated, mutual devotion, and both are each other’s one and only. Right after graduating, Jiang Su loses his father and has no choice but to return to his hometown and take over the barely surviving convenience store. Who would have guessed that a System would bin 1.2kReads9.1Score182Shelves
38. 38 厨 The God of Cooking and the Demon Beasts: Oh No, We're the Ingredients! 厨神，妖兽：不好，我们成食材了 Jiu Yu九语Eastern Fantasy6.8M WordsOngoing A chef transmigrates to a fantasy world and awakens the strongest Chef God System. Whenever someone praises a dish he makes, his talent, physique, and insight improve. Well, this is an instant takeoff. What's more, his dishes have special effects: they can strengthen the body, nourish one's health, and clear away hidden injuries… The entire sect goes wild. From the Ancestor, Supreme Elders, and Sect Master to the servant disciples, everyone goes crazy for a taste. The Sect Master say 66.6kReads9.1Score4.7kShelves
39. 39 我 My Backyard Connects to Another World 我家后院通异世 Villager of Green Lantern Village青灯村村民Two Male Leads414k WordsCompleted Farming, with two male leads Song Lin, a white-collar executive, worked diligently and led his team to deliver impressive results for the company. But while the group was considering promotions, he was unfairly sidelined. When a host of occupational ailments flared up, he decided he'd had enough of taking abuse, went home, and leased some woodland to start a farm. While renovating his old home, he accidentally discovered that the backyard could be used to transmigrate both ways to another world. 673Reads8.7Score107Shelves
40. 40 我 I Own a Pawnshop That Spans Ten Thousand Worlds 我有一座万界当铺 Jun Fengxue君风雪Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted Across the Myriad Worlds stands a mysterious pawnshop where anything can be pawned to complete a deal. The Sword Emperor Ling Tian owes the shop an imperial sword, and repays his debt with a swordsmanship legacy. The Chaos Ancient Sage owes a thousand years of life, and repays it with the Chaos Scripture. The Ten Thousand Poisons Daoist owes a poison manual, and repays his debt by working for the pawnshop for a thousand years. An ordinary cripple becomes the tenth owner of the Myriad Worlds Pawn 588Reads6.3Score104Shelves

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    [Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up]

41. 41 诸 The Myriad Worlds Exchange 诸天万界交易所 Empty Cicada空蝉Male-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted After graduating from college, Lin Fan returns to his hometown and unexpectedly activates the Myriad Worlds Trading Post System. Every day, he transmigrates to a different world to conduct trades. Before long, rumors of a mysterious trading post spread across countless worlds. They say that anyone who enters the trading post can gain an extraordinary opportunity... 5.7kReads7.8Score309Shelves
42. 42 网 Online Game: A General Store from the Start 网游：开局一间杂货铺 Yelü Hongtu耶律宏图Sports998k WordsCompleted Wuyou transmigrates into the game Divine Realm and becomes an NPC shopkeeper. He sells equipment, helps players fight monsters, and occasionally one-shots a boss! But he never expected to stir up a storm across the entire server. Chinese server players: “A level 100 boss just got one-shotted. Wait, is he the real boss?” Overseas players: “What’s going on with the Chinese players? Everyone’s got a full set of legendary gear. Did they tamper with the drop rates?” Players using cheats: “What the he 500Reads7.2Score101Shelves
43. 43 这 There’s a General Store Here 这有一家杂货店 Mi Zhiyin靡芷茵Modern Romance55k WordsOngoing There’s a general store here. Welcome! The world is unfair, and the idea that evil will be punished is nothing more than a comforting slogan. If you’ve been wronged and can’t let it go, step inside this general store. The goods are neatly arranged, just like in any other shop, and delicate wind chimes hang beneath the eaves. The only difference is that when you’ve made your selection and it’s time to pay, the shopkeeper behind the counter will smile brightly and say: “Now, you’ll need to trade t 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    In the novel "There's a General Store," the female protagonist is chosen as the store manager, tasked with resolving intractable hatreds and fighting evil with evil. Every bad person deserves punishment! Of course, the customers will also pay the price.

44. 44 黑 The Supplier of Cutting-Edge Technology 黑科技供应商 Seeking High and Low上下求索Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Black technology + System + shop + lighthearted + absurd comedy] In the Dragon Kingdom, there's a miraculous little shop specializing in black technology. It sells nothing but black technology products. A black-tech phone with holographic projection. The highest-spec black-tech laptop ever made. Anti-gravity flying vehicles that everyone loves. A miracle cancer drug that can save countless lives. Mind-controlled prosthetic limbs that let people with disabilities live like anyone else. Those are 5.2kReads8.2Score472Shelves
45. 45 误 I Wandered into an Old Street and Somehow Became the Owner of a Wish Pawnshop 误入古街，我竟成了愿望当铺掌柜 Big Ball Ball Ball Ball大球球球球Two Male Leads360k WordsOngoing Invincible + heartless + treating the world as a game + no romance + fatalism + ensemble cast + collection of stories They say there is a mysterious place somewhere in the world where any wish can come true, as long as you can afford the price. One person stakes their family ties to reclaim ten years of youth. Another stakes their love, all to avenge a blood feud. Someone pays with their fortune to become breathtakingly beautiful. Someone leaps into the underworld and sinks into eternal dam 17Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 46 杀 On the Run for Murder, I Go on a Killing Spree After Reuniting with My Wealthy Family! 杀人逃亡，被豪门认回后杀疯了！ Kiss My Eyes吻我之眸Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [The heroine is a man-eating flower! + Three thousand family rules! + Unhinged! + Strong female lead! + Character growth!] The Jian family has three thousand rules. On the day Jian Jinge was brought home by her biological third brother, she was told to memorize all three thousand rules. At the time, Jian Jinge had just escaped a pirate pursuit and gone hungry for three whole days!!! Jian Jinge: ... The Jian family’s twentieth rule says that when the elders leave the table, the meal is over. 13kReads9.0Score1.5kShelves

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    The female protagonist of this book owns a multiverse bookstore. 🌸 Jian Jingge has a cheat code—the multiverse bookstore. 🌸 The first customer excitedly exchanged the "Book of Fate" for a "Nine-Year Compulsory Education, Three-Year Simulation" textbook! 🥁 The second customer exchanged the "Phantom Dance Steps" for a first-grade elementary school Chinese textbook! Jian Jingge: ? The customers' inner thoughts: Shopkeeper, you're so naive! "The Book of Fate creates a dreamlike illusion, letting Jian Jingge know her tragic fate of freezing to death, being dismembered, and eaten in the future."

47. 47 流 The Roaming Auction Ship: I’ve Achieved Immortality and Invincibility 流动拍卖船：我已长生无敌 The Fish That Eats Squirrels吃松鼠的鱼Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [Immortality + auctions + farming + merchant ship management + enhancement and creation + keeping out of worldly affairs + no female lead] Zhou Yun transmigrates to a cultivation world and obtains a god-tier auction System. Feature One: Random Enhancement [Sevenfold random enhancement: obtains a Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment Pill] [Fourfold random enhancement: obtains a Tier-Earth secret art, the Ninefold Spirit-Burning Art] [Tenfold random enhancement: obtains a mid-grade Tier Six item, 12.4kReads6.5Score1.1kShelves

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    The protagonist's shop is a spaceship auction house. He can fly wherever he wants, doesn't meddle in other people's business, and has a system with an enhancement function. He gets points from other people's items, uses those points to enhance his own items, and then sells them to others.

48. 48 成 The Complicated Shopkeeper Begins in Genshin Impact 成分复杂的店长从原神开始 The Otaku Needs Medicine二刺猿要吃药Anime Fanfiction488k WordsOngoing [Pseudo-invincible] [The Genshin Impact and Honkai storylines will wrap up before a million words] [Fantasy time] [A complicated mix] [This book requires extensive anime and manga knowledge to understand. Those unfamiliar with the genre should approach with caution.] [The shopkeeper’s journey to recruit staff] Endless cycles of reincarnation, death without end. He struggled through world after world, yet could never stay alive. He no longer remembered why he had entered this endless cycle in the 46Reads7.5Score—Shelves

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    How about some perverted novels?

49. 49 让 You Were Supposed to Open a Hardware Store, So Why Are You Building Fighter Jet Engines? 让你开店买五金，战机引擎什么鬼 Can't Be Bothered to Name It不想起名了Urban396k WordsOngoing PS: (Parallel Blue Star, fictional setting for safety!) Qin Ming transmigrates to a parallel world and is selected to take part in CCTV’s Ordinary Professionals, where the contestant who attracts the most attention will win a prize of 100 million. But Qin Ming’s profession is running a hardware store, and he unlocks the Universal Hardware Store System. Every time he sells a piece of hardware, he earns points. As long as he has enough points, the System has anything he could want. Before long, th 906Reads7.2Score144Shelves

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    Qin Ming, a protagonist in a fast-paced urban fantasy novel, transmigrates to a parallel world and is selected to participate in CCTV's "Ordinary Professionals," a competition where the most popular contestant wins a 100 million yuan prize. However, Qin Ming's profession is that of a hardware store owner, and he has unlocked an all-powerful hardware store system. He earns points for every hardware item he sells, and with enough points, the system can grant him anything. However, the atmosphere in the live stream quickly takes a turn for the worse. "Boss, do you have any ultra-high strength rope?" Qin Ming: "Yes!" Da Xia Military Industry Department: "Isn't that an aircraft carrier arresting cable?" "Boss, do you have any car paint?" Qin Ming: "Yes!" Da Xia Military Industry Department: "You've even made stealth fighter coating? Boss, do you have any high-precision bearings?" Qin Ming: "Yes!" Da Xia Military Industry Department: "Nanometer-level precision bearings with speeds exceeding tens of millions of RPMs... Isn't that the precision of rocket bearings?" ... Da Xia Military Industry Department weakly asked: "Brother, do you have any fighter jet engines?" Qin Ming: "Is it a hardware store?" "Yes." "Then we have them!" The Military Industry Department was dumbfounded. "Don't you sell hardware? How did you become an arms dealer?"

50. 50 我 My Suppliers Span Three Thousand Small Worlds 我的供货商遍布三千小世界 Ran Xi Xi染习习Modern Romance3.3M WordsCompleted Sang Yi’an worked so much overtime that she nearly dropped dead. After being brought back from the brink, she immediately quit her job and opened a small supermarket. Her relatives and friends didn’t think much of it, convinced it would go out of business. Sang Yi’an didn’t care. She wasn’t trying to make a fortune, just enough to cover her daily expenses, as long as she didn’t have to work overtime and stay up all night. Little did she know, her supermarket started acting up every night at midn 22.5kReads8.9Score2.2kShelves

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    Sangsang and Laomen are a couple; it's a transactional novel.

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