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The Shoe Factory Worker Holds Forth, and She Knows So Much! 鞋厂女工论道，她知道那么多！
[Urban slice of life + romance] The heroine is beautiful and works at a factory. She takes care of looking lovely while the hero works hard to get ahead. He climbs the factory's management ranks and even puts in time on the production line, all so the two of them can tie the knot and enjoy a long, happy life together. But things aren't that simple...
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Wang Pu, a Young Man Past His Prime 大龄青年王普
[Multiple heroines, romance, countryside, entrepreneurship, lesbian romance, and an older bachelor] Wang Pu returns to his village, where the neighborhood gossips surround him and laugh mockingly. Wang Pu develops the pond south of the village into an eco-farm. As the village committee brings in young officials and the local economy grows, Wang Pu makes a comeback and is elected, leading his fellow villagers down the road to prosperity. His love life, career, and political prospects all flourish
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Years of Quiet Reflection 沉淀的岁月
The story follows the lives of three high school girls from rural backgrounds. In the fall of 1964, the confident, ambitious “top student” Yu Hongying, the warmhearted and forthright “knight-errant” Li Chunfen, and the reserved, introspective lady Yue Shuqian unexpectedly meet in their first-year dormitory, along with the “campus belle” Yang Yuhuan and the “fake Marxist-Leninist” Wu Lihong. This sets off a series of stories, some serious, some amusing, some bizarre, and some full of joy and sorr
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Ten Socializing Techniques 十神社交术
This is an unconventional guide to the art of social interaction, inspired by the author’s insights into “Daoist Eight Characters fortune-telling” and “Western pickup artistry.” It is completely different from the books on relationships you see in everyday life: not only is it easy to understand, it is also highly practical. Let’s look at the true nature of human beings in social interactions from a different perspective…
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- 1205 The Principles of Ternary Consciousness and Memory Mapping 三元意识与记忆映射原理 This book deciphers the secrets of human longevity through philosophical reasoning. Tomato's number one original philosophical masterpiece, The Threefold Consciousness and Memory Mapping Principle, explores ideology, human nature, the secrets of human longevity, the truth behind ancient history, the origin of the moon, the mystery of the Great Flood, reasoning about past-life memories, an analysis of homosexuality, depression, multidimensional worlds, the differences in how men and women are att 1.5kReads9.2Score487Shelves
- 1206 A Family by the Yishui River 沂水河畔一家人 This book tells the story of a large family over nearly a century, from the late Qing dynasty to the end of the twentieth century, through turbulent changes, banditry and warfare, twists and turns, and eventual reversals of fortune. Led and subtly influenced by the protagonist, several generations endure decades of hardship yet remain upright, united, and determined to improve. In different eras and historical circumstances, they do everything they can, persevering in their efforts to contribute 6.8kReads8.8Score611Shelves
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Sora’s House 索拉的房子
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Within and Beyond the Red Walls, Spring Breeze Enters the Game 红墙内外，春风入局
[Older, Powerful Man] [Age Gap] [Junior Clerk] [Career Growth] [Guiding Lover] [Sweet Romance] One chance encounter, one moment of curiosity, and one... At some point, everything began to change.
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After Becoming Paralyzed, I Played Soccer with Her 瘫痪后，陪她踢足球
"Disabled genius boy × persistent delinquent girl" HE, an older woman-younger man romance. The male lead is paralyzed in both legs. This is a story about how we saved each other… Blurb: Ruo Zhu, what can you do? A lot. Ruo Zhu, what can’t you do? Even more. Ruo Zhu, what do you want most? To stand by your side and lend you my shoulder to lean on, even if it’s only once. Ruo Zhu, what do you want least? …The thing I want least… is to be with you. Why, Ruo Zhu? Because… I… Qing Feng would never fo
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Those Who Left the Village 从村里走出去的人们
Meng Ziqiang started out on the village construction crew and became the richest man in Linqu County. After six divorces and seven marriages, he was killed in an explosion on New Year's Eve. Qiao Yu'er entered a business school and escaped her peasant upbringing. Through diligent writing, she began to make a name for herself, then threw herself into politics and set out on a career in government. Wu Yuexia built up a fish farm and fought her way forward, eventually becoming the deputy county mag
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The Devious Underworld: My Extraordinary Life 诡诈江湖：我的妖孽人生
[Historical Era, Urban Underworld, Eight Open and Hidden Sects, Strange Tales, Suspenseful Schemes, Northeast China Paranormal Events, Feuds Among the Wealthy] (Not mindless, no System, no golden finger, suspenseful counterattacks, cunning schemes, no romance, and heartbreak ahead!) Abducted at eight, he was rescued by bandits. After a chance escape, he wandered in the wilderness until he was taken in by a master of the Bee Sect, a swindler. That was how he stumbled into the jianghu. Nine years
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The Victor Becomes King, the Loser a Bandit: The Story of Today 成王败寇话今朝
This book tells the story of three generations from the Chen and Liu families of Chenjiashan, Liuyang County, in northern Sichuan, from 1958 to 2007, tracing how their fortunes rose and fell amid the country’s development and changing times. Through the eyes of two ordinary families, it records the migration of people brought about by rural urbanization, beginning with the First Five-Year Plan. It recounts the course of reform, from the rural household responsibility system and the contracting o
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- 1213 The Second Marriage 第二婚 Kang Shuting was raised by others from childhood. There are three sisters with three different surnames, and she is the least favored, the middle child. People starved of love are either fantasizing about finding someone to love, or fantasizing about being loved. At 35, after being passed over by one match after another, she dreams of spending a passionate night with a man she's meeting for only the second time. Could this new flutter in her heart be another false alarm? What should she do? He's 4Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Official’s Path: Why Is It So Hard to Be a Good Official? 官道：当个好官为什么这么难
A contemporary political novel rooted in real life, by a veteran author with years of experience writing political fiction. It’s wonderfully down-to-earth, and its schemes and power struggles will leave you on edge and emotionally reeling. Drawing on personal experiences, the author has created a modern-day exposé of officialdom, rich with life experience and thought-provoking political wisdom. It’s absolutely worth reading. Life is a journey of self-cultivation. You have to find your own path.
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Ten Thousand Letters to My Late Wife 写给亡妻的一万封信
Like everyone else, I have my own story. I had someone I loved deeply, but she has passed away. I hope she can see this when I write it down. Nothing remarkable, nothing dramatic: this is my life. I'm not much of a writer. I'm simply writing about her, just as I can't write poetry, but wrote her name in a poem.
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I Really Didn't See That Coming 真的是始料不及
Truly Unexpected
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An Ordinary Doctor Who Heals the World 济世凡医
Seeing color, hearing sound, and taking a pulse with three fingers: a traditional worldview gives rise to traditional medical principles. This story has no supernatural powers or tycoons throwing money around. It is simply a day-by-day account of an ordinary practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine on his path as a doctor, guided by the heartfelt wish to carry on the teachings of the sages. Throughout the long river of history, traditional medicine has protected generations of Chinese people
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- 1218 The Time Difference No One Entered 无人入局的时差 The Time Difference No One Entered 129Reads—Score—Shelves
- 1219 Meeting Again 再次遇见 Meeting Again 38Reads—Score—Shelves
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Paranormal Streamer: The Sledgehammer Notes 灵异主播：铁锤笔记
A paranormal livestreamer and a female yin-yang practitioner team up to deal with supernatural incidents. After being ambushed by an evil sorcerer, they fall victim to a curse involving poisonous magic. To break the curse, they descend into the Yuanchen Palace, face off against ghosts in a battle of song, storm a reclusive sect’s warded realm, help underworld officials subdue demons, escort an earth immortal to take up a post, and venture into the underworld to steal a prophecy from a forbidden
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A Novelist Becomes a Housekeeper 女作家去做保姆
This is a story about a housekeeper in Northeast China. A female writer can’t write anything new, and her pension is meager, so she applies for a part-time housekeeping job at an employer’s home. She works there nervously and carefully, afraid of making a mistake and getting scolded by her employer. At the employer’s home, she meets all kinds of people, different housekeepers and all sorts of employers. Her employer is chivalrous and generous, but also gets caught up in petty everyday matter
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- 1222 The Escorting Scandal 护航的风波 The Escort Mission Controversy 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 1223 After Getting Out of Prison, I Married the Underworld Princess 出狱后，我娶了黑道公主 [Multiple heroines + first-person slice of life + retro jianghu customs and human relationships + not for everyone] After the 1999 college entrance exams, I accidentally killed someone while trying to save Xiang Xiaoya and was sentenced to five years in prison. After my release, I followed Brother Wai and became a manager at the most upscale nightclub in Tianlin City. I lived with Xia Shu, the club's star hostess, and enjoyed a life of wine and excess, until I offended Shangguan Yu, the underwor 4.5kReads8.8Score348Shelves
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The Phoenix Woman Marries a Phoenix Man 凤凰女嫁给凤凰男
This is an inspirational story about Yan Yan and Liang Liang, two top students who make their way from the countryside to Beijing. Through their own hard work, they put down roots there, buy a home and a car, and raise a family. Their journey is filled with hardships and laughter, as they keep facing new challenges and growing along the way.
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- 1225 Forced to Be Single 被迫单身 Forced to Stay Single 17Reads—Score—Shelves
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A Female Feng Shui Master's Work Diary 一个女风水师的工作日志
The author met a feng shui master and exchanged contact information with her. After seeing her work journal, the author found some of its contents worth reading. They also carry on traditional culture, so the author is sharing them here with her permission.
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A Lifetime of Humiliation, All for the Day of Reckoning 半生忍辱只等清算时刻
As a child, he lost his mother, who called him a good-for-nothing, and his father, who was useless alive. He barely survived the beatings and abuse from his stepfather and the others. Later, he discovered that his father hadn't actually died by suicide. He endured countless humiliations, and over 37 years, through patience and cunning, rose from an insignificant nobody to a wealthy power broker. He pulled off a breathtaking comeback! He spent half his life enduring humiliation, not just to survi
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- 1228 The Girl Next Door 女邻居 The Female Neighbor 9Reads—Score—Shelves
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My Mom Ruined My Dream of Art School, So I Sold Houses and Went on a Rampage 亲妈毁我美院梦，我靠卖房杀疯了
[Dysfunctional Family] [Urban] [Workplace Comeback] [Romance Later On] [Face-Slapping the Entire Family] Yin Xiaoye was put down, ignored, and neglected by her parents from a young age. With her teacher's help, she worked desperately to get into an art academy. But her mother abruptly cut her off, leaving her utterly heartbroken. She severed ties with her parents. With nowhere else to turn, she stumbled into a real estate agency and began leveling up and hitting her sales targets! Who could have
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Surrender to Hormones 荷尔蒙沦陷
(New novel: My Boyfriend Treated Me Like a Stand-In, So I Turned Around and Slept with His Boss) Blurb: {This novel is based on a true story. All the characters are inspired by real people, and it has a happy ending.} Sun Qiao, a woman from Nanjing nicknamed “Chubby Qiao,” owns five apartments her family received in a demolition compensation deal. She's from a solidly middle-class family. Yet at 28 and weighing 140 jin, she still can't escape her mother's relentless pressure to get married. To
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The Real Stories of My Virtual Boyfriend Days 关于我做虚拟男友的那些真实往事
In 2020, during the pandemic, I happened to become a virtual boyfriend online. Six years later, so many stories are still vivid in my memory, so I picked up my pen and wrote this novel. Every story in this book is true.
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- 1232 The Bachelor and the Outsider 光棍汉与外来妹 A Bachelor and a Girl from Out of Town 5Reads—Score—Shelves
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Plenty of Stories at the Funeral Home 殡仪馆里故事多
Ever since Lin Yu took a job driving a hearse at a funeral home, his life became anything but ordinary. He and his friends went through all kinds of bizarre, inexplicable events together. Vengeful spirits possessing people, a dead infant in a pot, opera singing in a graveyard... No one knew what would happen next.
13.2kReads8.7Score985Shelves
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The Records of Qingxu’s Exorcisms 清虚伏魔录
A traditional Taoist novel based on real events. This is not a power fantasy. The first forty-seven chapters lay the groundwork for the grand story to come, so please read them patiently. Nine to five, I’m an office worker tapping away at a keyboard in a high-end office tower, walking through the city’s central business district in a shirt and leather shoes, using office software to bustle between reports and proposals. At dusk, I’m a Qingwei Taoist of the San Tian Gate, carrying ritual implem
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The Many Flavors of Life, Part One: A Snowy Night of Lost Souls 百味人生第一部：失魂风雪夜
Family, love, and adultery. This small mountain village seems peaceful, but undercurrents run deep, and human dramas of sorrow and joy unfold every day. On a bitterly cold, snowy night, a young and beautiful mother is assaulted and becomes pregnant. Afterward, she lives every day in fear and pain, desperately trying to keep the secret. When the truth comes to light, the demon who has appeared in her dreams countless times has never really gone away. What will the mother do? This book offers a
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Taking the Stage After the Curtain Falls 落幕登场
Liu Mingming heads to Beijing alone, carrying his dream of making music, only to be swindled out of every penny. Doused in the cold reality of life, he grits his teeth, sets aside his passion, and bows his head to make a living. In the end, he finds success in both love and career.
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- 1237 Leaving Beijing to Settle in Shijiazhuang 离开北京定居石家庄 (Everyday urban life, an inspiring journey of growth, and a look at all kinds of people and the harsh realities of life) Created over five years, Liu Haifeng’s first collection of essays. Life has no meaning, swaying between pain and boredom. Redefining life and shaping a new ideal way of living: that process is full of meaning. 8Reads—Score—Shelves
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Divine Oil 神油
The waters of the Gui River cannot wash away old blood debts. A jar of miraculous oil can keep the secrets of a powerful family locked away. The Republic of China is in chaos, the country teetering on the brink of collapse. At the command of his ancestors, the sole surviving heir of the Shi family enters the fray, disguising himself as an anonymous laborer at the Wen family’s oil mill. He appears plain and timid, but in his heart he is plotting a sweeping revenge. The miraculous oil the Wen fami
67.6kReads9.2Score3.4kShelves
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My Twenty Years as a Spirit Medium 我出马的二十年
After cultivating his character deep in the mountains, he emerged from an ancient cave to make a name for himself across the land. In twenty years as a spirit medium, he has overcome countless obstacles and witnessed countless events. This true account of those twenty years offers insight to readers unfamiliar with the profession and shares experience with fellow practitioners.
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- 1240 Love Among the Mountains and Rivers 山水情 (Urban slice of life, inspirational growth, a nostalgic era, rich in detail) The beauty of mountains and rivers, the many faces of humanity, the fickleness of the world. The protagonist, Jiang Nan, knows right from wrong and values loyalty and affection. He grows from a poor boy who suffers humiliation into a fine young man admired by everyone. This story is grounded in real life, with family bonds, friendship, romance, and a deep love for his hometown. He leads the villagers to prosperity, ris 12.8kReads9.1Score1.4kShelves
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The Youth of Two Generations 两代人的青春
My name is Li Sunan, and I'm a complete... bastard. Please take a moment, settle in, and let me tell you the whole story. From my godfather, Li Zhen, to my second uncle, Cui Lijun, and then to my own dark life. From 1990 to 2020. Thirty tumultuous years in a small city in Northeast China. One act ends, and another begins. Two generations rise and fall, knowing both glory and disgrace. There are no all-powerful crime bosses here. Just a bunch of little people struggling at the bottom... The road
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The One Who Blows Away the Ashes 吹灰的人
“I slept with twenty-one men before I had enough money to spend without worrying.” At two in the morning, Lin Xiao, a girl who had just lost her job, came across this post. The poster’s profile picture was exactly the same as that of the person she was dating online. She thought it was a coincidence. Then she discovered that a woman named Yu Fei seemed to know all her secrets, including ones she didn’t even know herself. Yu Fei said, “You’ll walk the same road I did. But I came back so you wo
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- 1243 Those Confused Days of Youth 那些年迷茫的日子 One thought can lead to heaven, another to hell. Half a life wasted, with the past too painful to look back on. I once ruled my corner of the world, and I once ended up in prison. From being adored by everyone to the desolation of today, I dedicate this book to the friends I once had. 673Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 1244 We Who Don't Know How to Love 不会爱的我们 [A brave heroine who grows on her own] [A realistic story, not a wish-fulfillment fantasy] [First-person perspective] [A broken family of origin] [The heroine has sound values (she is 16 when the story begins, and still immature enough to have the occasional bad thought)] [Clear-eyed about life] If your very birth was a mistake, how would you make the most of the life ahead of you? Shui Qingqing: Live for yourself and on your own terms. Wield a gentle blade and carve out a kingdom of happiness 2.3kReads9.3Score275Shelves
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A Mother and Daughter’s Crossing 母女渡
She is a daughter of Tibet, stolen away by fate. He is a swindler from another land, cloaked in kindness. One lie, half a lifetime in captivity. Amid yellow earth and snowstorms, she becomes a shore her daughter can call home. From Lhasa to Linxia, from despair to being reborn, they make their way through the darkest night, all to return to that first ray of light.
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A Dreamlike Journey in Northern Myanmar 缅北梦幻之旅
Anti-fraud reminder: Northern Myanmar is no paradise! You arrive without knowing what Northern Myanmar is really like, then meet again as a wandering ghost! People are easily ruined by greed and by their own overconfidence. Stop thinking that jobs overseas pay well and that making money abroad is easy! If you think you can get rich without lifting a finger, remember: pies don't fall from the sky, only traps do! This is important, so I'll say it three times: Don't go to Northern Myanmar! Don't go
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The Days I Spent Filling in Story Plot Holes 给故事填坑的那些日子
[Quick transmigration + no romance + not a power fantasy + ordinary female protagonist’s perspective] (See the comments for content warnings.) Half-conscious, Qin Changwu wakes up in an unfamiliar place. Her memories are fragmented, leaving her unable to piece together her past. The System tells her that if she wants to go “home,” she must travel through books and rewrite the fated deaths of her mission targets. The stories in each small world are shrouded in mystery: What is the truth behind th
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The First Wife Tears Into Her Husband's Tomboy Best Friend 原配手撕老公的汉子茶女兄弟
The legitimate wife takes on her husband's macho, bro-like female friend
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The Guanshan Saber 关山刀
On the twenty-third day of the twelfth lunar month, the Kitchen God ascended to Heaven. Yan Feilong's father did not come home. Three days later, his mother was found dead in the village temple, a wound in her stomach. The twelve-year-old boy slipped a chipped knife into his clothes and walked into the salt flats, looking for a man: tall and thin, with a mole on his chin. He found him. Three strikes. One for his father, one for his mother, and the last so he could go on living. His revenge was d
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The Nine-Fingered Divine Healer 九指神医
This is a historical epic blending wuxia and traditional Chinese medicine. Spanning the late Qing dynasty through the Republic of China, and covering the period up to the founding of the People's Republic of China, it tells the legendary story of a master of traditional Chinese medicine. Across half a century of turbulent Chinese history, it paints a sweeping portrait of society and life, and, through rivalries in officialdom and the ups and downs of the business world, sings of the fickle fortu
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