A Protagonist Who Is Wildly Mad Yet Calm, Elegant and Extraordinary, Obsessive, and a Perfectionist 主角疯狂中带着冷静，优雅而非凡，偏执、追求完美

1. 151 京 The Tide Between Beijing and Hong Kong 京港澜渡 A Book Worth a Fortune一本千万利Modern Romance631k WordsOngoing [The rating just opened, slowly climbing] [Hong Kong old-money style vs. Beijing political circles] [Intrigue and covert battles among the wealthy] [High-IQ business and romance] [Slow burn, not a fast-paced power fantasy; feel free to skip chapters] Four pairs of hunters, four hunts. The rain pours over Hong Kong. Come enjoy a TVB-style romance, business-war, and suspense drama! Sweet nothings go beyond “Stay a little longer” and “I adore you” to include “I’m crazy about you.” Duplicity is the 8.1kReads8.9Score740Shelves

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   The stark contrast between the two cultures is captivating, and the male lead's Cantonese is incredibly pleasant to listen to.

2. 152 神 The Mighty Little Constable 神通小捕快 Seven Stars in Hand手握七星Martial Arts2.0M WordsOngoing “One leaf riding the wind, roaming ten thousand miles; a dashing constable, famous throughout the land.” The most righteous men are often those society looks down on, and heroes rise from the streets. The spring breeze and I are both passing travelers, but your name alone belongs to the martial world. Ye Fei, a lowly errand boy at an inn, is rejected by the Su family because he's nothing but a nobody who runs errands! Who could have guessed that after getting drunk, saving a beauty, and catching 15.1kReads8.8Score1.5kShelves

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   With a three-foot-long sword, he quelled the chaos of the world; with righteousness, he brought peace to the universe.

3. 153 举 Raise Your Head Three Feet, and There’s an Evil God 举头三尺有邪神 Firmament Giant Rock苍穹巨岩Mystery328k WordsOngoing [Eastern Fantasy + Lovecraftian Elements + Plot-Driven + Mystery + No Cliches + No System + No Brain-Dead Characters + Not a Power Fantasy] [Readers who may be bothered by this, proceed with caution] [The first five chapters are slow-burn setup. The story picks up afterward, and there's a detailed outline, so read with confidence!] After transmigrating, Zhou Mo finds himself in a small village that resembles one from ancient China. Gradually, strange and utterly inexplicable things begin happeni 922Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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   [Immortal Herb][Suspense][Cthulhu Cultivation] The protagonist transmigrates to a bizarre world, unexpectedly gains the power of an evil god, and slowly uncovers the truth behind the fog of mystery. The protagonist is calm and intelligent. The beginning is a bit slow-paced, but it gets better and better later on. It's very suspenseful, and one of the few stories by Tomato that maintains strong logic and doesn't feel intellectually deficient!

4. 154 我 I'm No Management Guru 我不是管理大师 Sixteen Dogs十六只狗Urban104k WordsCompleted Even with disaster before me, I will cut through a gap and seek the light of dawn. Ascension is no lie. Ascension is the beginning of humanity. Even if I end in utter defeat, even if everyone turns against me, I will kneel on the ground and let those watching from above know: as long as we are here, tomorrow will still come! “I” have never been alone. Behind me stand my family and friends, and the lights of countless homes. We will make next year's firecrackers ring out across the sky! “Sequence 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   I can pause time...

5. 155 序 Sequence: The Magician, I Have 54 Cards 序列：魔术师，我有54张卡牌 Midnight深夜十二点Urban34k WordsOngoing The pace picks up from Chapter 7! [Golden Finger: 54 Superpowers] [A Thousand Divine Sequence Arrangements] [Not a Mindless Power Fantasy] [Light Humor] [Fast-Paced] [An Elegant Madman] This is a world of all kinds, with advanced civilization, the 749 Bureau that captures monsters, Night Watchers who hunt ghosts, demon hunters who exterminate demons, and also... “Spades cut down all things, Clubs decree fate, Hearts conjure illusions without a trace, Diamonds command the world.” A haunting voice 76Reads—Score—Shelves

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   An elegant madman~~

6. 156 深 Deep-Laid Plans: The Reckoning 深度布局之清算 Mist-Shrouded Mystery雾锁谜局Mystery130k WordsCompleted The discovery of an unidentified body on a bus tears open a bloody wound. Following the trail of an ancient painting, Detective Lin Qiang uncovers elder abuse at the Sunset Years Retirement Center. Behind the farce of a fight over an inheritance lies an unsolved case from fifteen years ago, in which an entire family was murdered. The truth is buried beneath layers of fog. 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The verdict was handed down, the truth was revealed, but this revenge was far more thrilling than the trial itself. Ling Zhenbang used a painting to pry open the murderer's lifelong facade and wealth, forcing his children to turn against each other and bringing the old case back to light. From investment traps to psychological pressure, from public auctions to secretly using others as pawns, he used his intelligence to crush all evil, causing all the murderers to bring about their own destruction in their own desires.

7. 157 你 Do You Believe There Are Ghosts in This World? 你相信，这个世界上有鬼吗？ Building BB楼Mystery896k WordsOngoing [Mind-bending] + [Slow-paced] + [Not for the faint-hearted] Thirty-six years ago, deep in the Tibetan grasslands, a secret research base studying the paranormal was rocked by a massive explosion. Only one person managed to escape alive. The male survivor not only made it out, but also brought a pair of pitch-black eyes from the secret base. Even after being removed from their body, they seemed alive. After this devastating disaster, the man deliberately avoided a mysterious organization and went 61Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This is not a light novel, it doesn't follow clichés, it's a horror mystery, full of suspense and eeriness, and it's easy to miss if you skim through it!

8. 158 大 Great Qin 2025: My Asura Path of the Strange 大秦2025：吾的修罗诡道 Surveying Ten Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains观山河万里Mystery408k WordsOngoing On television, a glamorous female host held a microphone and said, “Good evening, viewers. Welcome to this edition of Great Qin News. Today’s featured figure is the Chancellor, who has governed our Great Qin for over a thousand years.” The camera cut to an elderly man, frail with age. Even through the television screen, his sharp gaze was like a knife, making it hard to look him in the eye. “Your Excellency, why did you go to the local police station to turn yourself in?” “Oh, I wanted somewhere 5Reads6.2Score—Shelves

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   🌍The Qin Empire, where the mystery of immortality shrouds the world! 🔍Yan Siyi, a mysterious figure burdened with a blood feud, embarks on a path to seize power, using unorthodox methods and supernatural arts to manipulate events! 🔥Modern power struggles + supernatural abilities and unorthodox arts, a thrilling spectacle not to be missed!

9. 159 难 Hard to Handle: He Lures Her Into His Arms 难缠：他诱她入怀 Mr. Qi, Who Loves the Moon爱吃月亮的七先生Modern Romance189k WordsOngoing [Two formidable, unhinged leads | She runs, he pursues | Dual secret identities | A battle of wits] [Unhinged perfumer X brooding medical prodigy | Trained in both Chinese and Western medicine | The aesthetics of fragrance] [Abused illegitimate daughter X despised only son | An intense battle of wills] “The Duan family paid 5 billion as a dowry to sell Gu Zhaoxue to the Huo family as a bride, with hereditary mental illness thrown in as a bonus.” “Huo Chengzhou was secretly thrilled. He loves a —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   [Two Powerful, Madly Criticizing Individuals | She Runs, He Chases | Double Identities | Top-Tier Mutual Tearing] [Madly Criticizing Perfumer X Rising Star in the Yin-Yang Medical World | Dual Cultivation of Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine | Fragrance Aesthetics] [Abused Illegitimate Daughter X Disliked Only Son | Top-Tier Pull-Up] "The Duan family sold Gu Zhaoxue to the Huo family as a daughter-in-law with a dowry of 5 billion, along with a 'gift package' of hereditary mental illness." "Huo Chengzhou is secretly pleased—he loves to force crazy people to do this." As an illegitimate daughter, Gu Zhaoxue was abused and trampled on—now that the head of the Duan family has died suddenly, those jackals have pushed her into an abyss of no return. Their wishful thinking is—Gu Zhaoxue will marry the eccentric and yin-yang Huo Chengzhou, sacrificing her lifelong happiness? However, on the night of her phantom pain attack, she was kissed by him until her legs went weak. This man, a rising star in the cutting-edge medical investment world by day, is actually a living devil who lures canaries by night. Time and again, she succumbed to his cedar-scented embrace, pulling out meticulous reports from his safe: "Severe PTSD with phantom pain, pathological dependence on a specific scent." "Madam, can you smell the truth? Do you remember me?" It turned out that every time she lunged at him during a phantom pain attack, it was a carefully crafted fragrant trap… —What they believed to be salvation was a morbid attachment—yet they willingly succumbed, finding endless pleasure in it.

10. 160 开 Going Big from the Start: I Confess to the Final Boss 开局就玩大的，表白关底boss A Book's Second Volume一本下册Mystery1.2M WordsOngoing Let me emphasize this again: this novel is really, really messed up. Even if you can’t handle it, please don’t leave a bad review just because it’s disturbing and dark. Thank you. Saintly heroines, run! This novel is dark and messed up, and it’s not for all you sweet little fairies. A horror game instance has arrived, and Ling Yi, an unlucky soul, becomes one of the first players. But he’s had something wrong with his head since childhood, and now that he’s free from the constraints of medicatio 49Reads8.5Score—Shelves

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    Seeing Ling Yi's empty eye socket, Jiang Li couldn't hold back any longer. She extended a tentacle, and an eye on it opened, the same eye Ling Yi had kissed when they first met. "Here, take it. What are you looking at?" Ling Yi: "I want you to put it on me yourself." "So much trouble... How does it feel?" The brand-new black-red eyeball rolled, and Ling Yi smiled broadly: "You look even more beautiful in my vision."

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