Looking for Urban Life Novels That Feel Close to Reality 求都市生活，接近现实的

1. 1 中 After Winning a Hundred Million, I Became My Company's Savior 中奖一个亿后，我成了公司救世主 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭Urban424k WordsCompleted [The rating just came out, but it'll slowly improve! No risk in getting on board!] Shen Yanshen casually bought two lottery tickets and won a hundred million. His miserable working life was over for good, and from then on he lived in a mansion and drove a Mercedes. His ex-girlfriend, who had once looked down on him for being poor, came back in tears, begging him to take her back. Shen Yanshen kicked her a hundred meters away. “Get as far away as you can. Can't you see I'm washing my wife's feet? 3kReads5.9Score113Shelves

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2. 2 老 After My Husband Returned from a Business Trip to Chengdu, a Casual Short Video Made Me Go Viral 老公从成都出差回来后，我随手发个短视频爆火了 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭Marriage & Romance14k WordsCompleted After My Husband Returned from a Business Trip to Chengdu, a Short Video I Posted on a Whim Went Viral 12.6kReads—Score101Shelves
3. 3 降 After Taking a Pay Cut and Quietly Giving Up, My Boss Begged Me for Forgiveness All Night 降薪摆烂后，老板连夜跪求我原谅 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭10k WordsCompleted After My Pay Was Cut, I Started Slacking Off. My Boss Begged Me on His Knees to Forgive Him That Very Night —Reads—Score1.1kShelves
4. 4 闪 After a Whirlwind Wedding, I Became a Rich Woman and Didn't Have to Work Night Shifts 闪婚后我成了富婆，还不用上夜班 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭13k WordsCompleted After a Whirlwind Marriage, I Became a Rich Woman and Didn't Have to Work the Night Shift 11.3kReads—Score100Shelves
5. 5 老 After My Husband Cheated, I Ran the Company into Bankruptcy 老公出轨后，我把公司搞破产了 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭9k WordsCompleted After My Husband Cheated, I Ran the Company into Bankruptcy 5.7kReads—Score—Shelves
6. 6 降 After Being Demoted and Quietly Giving Up, My Incompetent Boss Begged Me to Accept a Promotion 降职摆烂后，草包领导跪求我升职 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭8k WordsCompleted After I Was Demoted and Started Slacking Off, My Incompetent Boss Begged Me on His Knees to Promote Me 2.5kReads—Score—Shelves
7. 7 完 The Perfect 50-50 Split 完美AA制 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭13k WordsCompleted The Perfect 50-50 Split 1.2kReads—Score—Shelves
8. 8 植 My Comatose Husband Woke Up After I Married Him to Bring Him Good Luck 植物人老公被我冲喜冲醒了 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭Marriage & Romance10k WordsCompleted My Vegetative Husband Woke Up After I Married Him for Good Luck 2.3kReads—Score—Shelves
9. 9 不 My Stubborn Mother-in-Law Went to Her Grave 不听劝的婆婆归西了 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭13k WordsCompleted My Stubborn Mother-in-Law Went to Meet Her Maker 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves
10. 10 试 The Trial-Room Maid 试房丫鬟 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭Ancient Romance11k WordsCompleted The House-Testing Maid —Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 11 月 During My Confinement, I Kicked My Mother-in-Law Out 月子里，我赶跑了婆婆 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭8k WordsCompleted I Kicked My Mother-in-Law Out During My Postpartum Month 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves
12. 12 百 After the Million-Yuan Year-End Bonus Was Canceled, the Whole Company Regretted It 百万年终奖取消后，全公司都后悔了 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭8k WordsCompleted The Million-Yuan Year-End Bonus Was Canceled, and the Whole Company Regretted It 2kReads—Score—Shelves

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    Urban slice-of-life novel! [Sending Hearts]

13. 13 裁 They Laid Off the Group Chairman's Heir 裁员裁到集团太子爷 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭8k WordsCompleted They Laid Off the Group's Heir 885Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 14 闺 My Best Friend’s Private Kitchen 闺蜜私房菜 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭6k WordsCompleted My Best Friend’s Private Kitchen 1.3kReads—Score—Shelves
15. 15 回 Back to 2006: I Really Don't Know How to Trade Stocks 回档2006，我真不懂炒股啊 Zhou Zhou Zhou Yang周周周阳Urban1.1M WordsCompleted This is the story of an ordinary man's rise, also known as Zhou Yang's Speculation Journal. In his previous life, Zhou Yang had never set foot in the stock market, and he was a failure in every sense. He returned to 2006 with a notebook that recorded stock movements. Zhou Yang witnessed this tumultuous era. He entered the stock market and went up against the market manipulators, started businesses with friends, and began his career as a speculator. After countless setbacks, he finally gained eve 6.8kReads8.4Score557Shelves

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    Stock trading is a real and relatable activity.

16. 16 女 My Daughter Calls His Best Friend Dad, and My CEO Ex-Husband Regrets It Bitterly 女儿认他好兄弟当爸爸，总裁前夫肠子都悔青了 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭16k WordsCompleted His daughter calls his best friend Dad, and his CEO ex-husband is consumed with regret. 396Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 17 狠 A Cruel Mother, a Broken Home, and Me, Unbroken 狠心的妈，破碎的家，不屈的我 If You’re No Eagle, Don’t Be a Snail不是雄鹰做蜗牛Urban3.3M WordsOngoing [Male-Oriented, Rural, Family, Comeback, Power Fantasy, Inspirational] Abandoned by his own mother, abused by his stepmother, and struck by his father's sudden misfortune. Su Yang, a poor boy from the mountains, has been left battered by his family's cruelty. With no one to lean on and no support to count on, he can only fight his own way to survival. He studies hard, weathers turmoil on campus, and makes his way in the business world. His heartless relatives come crawling back to latch onto his 28.4kReads8.2Score2.3kShelves

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    Inspirational stories that are close to reality

18. 18 你 You Tore Up My Critical Condition Notice, So I'll Cut Off Your Group's Lifeline 你撕我病危通知，我断你集团命脉 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭15k WordsCompleted You tore up my critical condition notice. I’ll cut off the lifeline of your entire conglomerate. 207Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 19 逃 Breaking Free 逃离束缚 One Person, One Pen, One Book, One World一人一笔一书一世界Modern Romance245k WordsCompleted Su Yu and Tang Yilan met on a blind date arranged by their university professor. After spending some time together, they both decided they liked each other, so they went to meet each other’s parents. At first, everything seemed to go smoothly, but after they got married, they argued over whether to rent a place of their own. Su Yu also has an older brother, Su Lun, who has been married to Zhao Yanan for years, but still has no children of his own. After finally getting married, Tang Yilan reali 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Every child is born a blank slate, so mothers always go to great lengths to plan everything. However, children eventually grow up and have their own paths in life, and many things they must experience firsthand. Therefore, love that cannot be let go will ultimately lead to tragedy. This novel is surreal; you should definitely check it out!

20. 20 重 Reborn, I Let My Fiancée and Her Lover Stay Together for Good 重生后，放手让未婚妻和奸夫牢牢锁死 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭10k WordsCompleted Reborn, I let my fiancée and her lover bind themselves together for good. 168Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 21 失 After Losing My Job, I Bound Myself to a Freelance System 失业后，我绑定自由职业系统 Steamed Buns, Noodles, and Flatbread馒头面条饼Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Family life, a slow-paced story, not a traditional rich-heir novel] At 33, Chen Yuan was suddenly laid off, completely caught off guard. He wanted to find a new job, but was rejected again and again because he was already “old” at 33. He had elderly parents to support, children to raise, and a wife who stayed home as a homemaker. Raising the kids, paying rent and car installments, and covering everyday expenses... all of it took money. What was he supposed to do?! He'd worked more than ten hour 31.8kReads9.1Score2.6kShelves

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    [Top Post] The middle-aged male protagonist has a wife and daughter, and he's focused on supporting his family and developing his business. 🌘 He has a system, but it doesn't mindlessly provide him with large sums of money and assets. 🌑 The plot is heartwarming and relatable, with a focus on everyday life. 🌒 In the early stages, he's focused on making a living for his family, and later he starts developing his business.

22. 22 家 My Family Sent Me to Die in My Brother's Place. Now That I've Become a War God, They Beg Me to Acknowledge Them 家族让我替弟从军赴死，我成铁血战神后他们跪求相认 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭11k WordsCompleted My Family Sent Me to Die in My Brother’s Place. Now That I’ve Become a Battle-Hardened God of War, They’re Begging Me to Acknowledge Them 627Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 23 人 Life Support: Starting With One 648-Yuan Gift Every Day 人生辅助：从每天一个648开始 A Crab Who Can Barely Save Himself自身难保的螃蟹Urban974k WordsCompleted [One Female Lead] + [System] + [Daily Life] + [Enjoying Life] When ordinary office worker Shen Wang hit a low point in life, he got a life-assistance System that started by giving him 648 yuan a day. It’s an ordinary person’s everyday life with cheat-like advantages: no wild ups and downs, just the little things that make life sweet and happy. The most ordinary wishes in life come true here. [Not a story about a tycoon throwing money around] 20.9kReads8.8Score1.3kShelves
24. 24 我 After I Left the Family Chat, My Daughter-in-Law Fell Apart 我退出家庭群后，儿媳崩溃了 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭6k WordsCompleted After I left the family group chat, my daughter-in-law fell apart 1.7kReads—Score—Shelves
25. 25 都 My Work Diary in the City 都市之我的打工日记 October Memories十月拾忆Urban663k WordsCompleted System novel, one female lead, focused on family life He stumbled upon a die. He rolled it. Congratulations! You’ve earned an eightfold bonus on today’s income! He rolled again. Congratulations! You’ve received a worker’s skill set! Boosted by luck: Mine for top-grade jade, or fish for top-grade seafood! Ever heard of anyone escaping a midlife crisis by playing aeroplane chess? 1.9kReads8.1Score102Shelves
26. 26 同 My Desk Mate's Sugar Daddy Is My Dad 同桌的干爹是我爸 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭Marriage & Romance8k WordsCompleted My deskmate's godfather is my dad —Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 27 人 While I Was Away on a Business Trip, My Home Became Their Love Hotel 人在外地出差，我家成了他们的钟点房 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭Marriage & Romance9k WordsCompleted While I was away on a business trip, my home became their hourly hotel 3.3kReads—Score—Shelves
28. 28 三 Unemployed at Thirty, I Awaken the Family Support System 三十岁失业，我觉醒养家系统 Dragon Soars, Hidden in the Abyss龙腾潜渊Urban313k WordsCompleted [An ordinary person’s comeback + everyday life + unemployment + odd jobs + starting a business + System] Chen Peng has just turned thirty when he’s suddenly laid off, caught completely off guard and powerless to do anything about it. He sends out resumes everywhere, looking for work, but as an older college graduate, he can’t compete with the fresh-faced elite. For now, he has no choice but to make ends meet delivering food. But his parents, wife, and daughter all need money. Car payments, mortg 141Reads5.6Score—Shelves
29. 29 跟 I Followed My Wife to a Hotel, and I Regretted It 跟踪老婆到酒店后，我后悔了 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭Marriage & Romance7k WordsCompleted I followed my wife to a hotel, and regretted it 5.7kReads—Score—Shelves
30. 30 恶 I'm the One Who'll Deal with the Wicked Neighbor 恶邻自有我来磨 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭7k WordsCompleted Leave It to Me to Deal with the Wicked Neighbor 1Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 31 我 My Qingdao Girl 我的青岛姑娘 Super Big Tank Kobe超级大坦克科比Urban1.6M WordsCompleted [Celebrities] + [Female TV host] + [First love] + [Tenant] + [Older sister] + [Bad man] + [Super Big Tank Kobe] “I seriously can’t figure it out. With all these gorgeous women around, why do they have to like a guy like you?” My buddies are always asking me that. They all think I’m one of those men who believe women love a bad boy, but I’m really not a bad man! The truth is simple: we see women differently. They see a current starlet, the most beautiful woman in the entertainment industry. I see 33.2kReads9.4Score4.2kShelves

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    I think it looks pretty good.

32. 32 我 The Promise Between Me and the Goddess 我和女神有个约定 Heartless Big Milk Bottle无情大奶瓶Urban1.8M WordsCompleted Also known as: "My Number 14 Pet Shop" A stubborn woman barged into my life. She could have stayed a goddess, but instead she insisted on living under the same roof as me... I love listening to G.E.M.’s song “Bubble.” Whenever it comes on, I listen closely to every word she sings. Bubbles in the sunlight are colorful, just like how I was happy even as I was being deceived. Why dwell on right and wrong in your lies, when you still love me? Beautiful bubbles, though they flare up for only an insta 1.2kReads8.3Score108Shelves
33. 33 大 Fresh Out of College, I Married My Teacher and Started a Family 大学刚毕业，我把老师娶回家生娃 Wen Daoliu文刀流Urban2.1M WordsCompleted [One heroine] [Super sweet] Just after graduating from university, Li Dong had a chance encounter that left his teacher pregnant. As it happened, she was the goddess unanimously admired by the entire school. And so Li Dong and his goddess teacher began a happy life raising their child together. 31.2kReads8.8Score2.5kShelves

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    The first book features a male lead with exceptional romantic intelligence who is incredibly kind to the female lead. The second book also features a male lead who treats the female lead very well; the female lead is a bit scatterbrained, and the mother-in-law is incredibly wise. The family story is very interesting, ordinary yet happy. I wish everyone could find such a marriage and such love! [Sending heart] The third book shows the male and female leads still like they're dating after marriage. The child is really mischievous, haha, but very interesting. You can check out the drama queen female lead and the clingy male lead.

34. 34 续 A Book That Continues the Spring and Autumn Annals 续写春秋的一本书 Continue Writing Spring and Autumn续写春秋Urban462k WordsCompleted A new work is out! You can read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy them. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 10.7kReads9.2Score902Shelves
35. 35 我 My Mother-in-Law Is Far Too Steady 我婆婆实在太稳健了 Lang Lang朗朗Modern Romance294k WordsCompleted Xia Xiaoyu, an only daughter from Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai, married down to her “perfectly ordinary” husband, Jiang Kai. She thought that was just how her life would be, but who knew her ultimate cheat code would be her county-town mother-in-law? Why stir up trouble when making money is so much better? The “comedic queen” meets “prosperity and good fortune.” This career-minded mother-in-law and daughter-in-law team up to make money, build their careers, take on the other woman, and put re 12.6kReads8.8Score1.2kShelves
36. 36 昆 Kunming: Who Will You Forget Tonight? 昆明：今夜你将谁遗忘 Continue Writing Spring and Autumn续写春秋Urban1.0M WordsCompleted We shared so many beautiful firsts; But we couldn’t escape The last time, long foretold by fate... If I never get the chance to start over, I still wouldn’t want to miss you! 11kReads9.3Score1.3kShelves
37. 37 我 My Fatal Charmer 我的红颜祸水 Continue Writing Spring and Autumn续写春秋Urban1.0M WordsCompleted On the night the 2015 college entrance exam results became available, the whole family gathered around the computer to wait for the scores. We’d agreed that whoever scored higher, my younger sister or me, would go to college. The other would go with our father to find odd jobs at construction sites and earn money. My mother, stepfather, half-sister, and I all watched the screen. My sister scored 612, and I scored 540. But no one knew that I’d gotten zero on the Chinese exam. I’d turned in a blan 18.6kReads9.2Score1.8kShelves
38. 38 时 Let Time Be Our Matchmaker, and My Life Be My Vow 时间为媒，余生为聘 A Minister of the Common Folk市井之臣Modern Romance416k WordsOngoing Childhood Sweethearts + Bratty Kid + Married Life (This isn't a wish-fulfillment story or a sugary romance. The entire novel is about the petty details of everyday life, so please think twice before reading if that's not your thing.) Before Zheng Xiao was even born, her mother had arranged a betrothal for her with a close friend from her hometown. As a result, Zheng Xiao married Huang Zhengyi as soon as she graduated from college. They soon had a child, but because they never lived on their own 3.9kReads8.7Score364Shelves
39. 39 重 Chongqing, the Youth I Left Behind 重庆，我留下的青春 The Dusky Glow Beneath the Streetlight路灯下的昏黄Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Five years of love shattered like porcelain, and my career plummeted along with it. Just when my life was at its darkest, a ray of light shone in, dazzling beyond belief. In this harsh, realistic world, can I still stay true to myself?… 1.7kReads8.7Score125Shelves
40. 40 婚 Marriage Partners 婚姻合伙人 The Dusky Glow Beneath the Streetlight路灯下的昏黄Urban1.0M WordsCompleted I have a very beautiful wife. In the eyes of everyone around us, she’s the perfect wife, a dutiful daughter-in-law, and my ideal match. Her career is even going better than mine. By all conventional wisdom, anyone would be more than content with a wife like her, but I can’t stop thinking about divorcing her… 3kReads8.7Score244Shelves
41. 41 雾 Wudu, You Embraced My Youth 雾都，你拥抱过我的青春 Little Qi from South City南城小七Urban1.4M WordsCompleted After ten years of drifting through life, a young man with nothing to his name reunites with his first love and resolves to work hard and turn his life around. But with empty pockets, he can barely scrape by, until the day he meets her… 3.9kReads8.4Score411Shelves
42. 42 你 Hello, Mr. Doraemon 你好，哆啦A梦先生 Pork Head Is Delicious猪头肉很好吃Urban529k WordsCompleted I had only wanted to live an easy, carefree life as an ordinary person. But when my childhood sweetheart and first CEO girlfriend married someone else for the sake of profit, and my beautiful second girlfriend, a painter, sacrificed herself for power, I realized I couldn't keep being a pushover. I had to fight back! When I finally stood at the top of the pyramid, I gave life a resounding shout... 1.9kReads8.7Score199Shelves
43. 43 我 My Irresistible Girlfriend 我的极品女友 Super Big Tank Kobe超级大坦克科比Urban1.6M WordsCompleted After suffering through several heartbreaks, he lived a miserable, dejected life. By chance, he found a briefcase and discovered that its owner was a beautiful woman. The two met at a coffee shop, then grew close when the rain brought them together. After several chance encounters, perhaps fate really had brought them together, and love was about to bloom. A poor loser fights his way back in love, as a tangled romance is about to unfold. 37.8kReads9.5Score4.2kShelves
44. 44 丽 Tales of Lijiang 丽江往事 Continue Writing Spring and Autumn续写春秋Urban1.8M WordsCompleted The company went bankrupt, and at the same time we hit the seven-year itch. My wife tricked me into handing over all our assets by pretending we were getting a divorce. As soon as we left the civil affairs bureau, she got into the car of an old friend of mine. The two of them were planning a vacation in Thailand. When I got home, my former in-laws shut me out... 38.8kReads9.3Score4.2kShelves
45. 45 大 Love Affairs in the Big City 大城情事 As Honest as They Come, That's Me老实巴交如我Urban1.1M WordsCompleted After my girlfriend and my best friend gave me a spectacular set of horns, I gritted my teeth and left my small town to make it in the big city. But as soon as I arrived at my new company, my coworkers started ostracizing me and setting me up... The big city is no paradise! It's a world of its own, full of all kinds of people and endless deception! As a nobody, I had to start out as a lowly network administrator, stumbling along until I finally built a small business of my own! But she was an ex 1.5kReads8.3Score134Shelves
46. 46 苏 Suzhou, Who Did You Give Your Tenderness To? 苏州，你的温柔给了谁 Lao Hai Zai捞嗨仔Urban638k WordsCompleted If not for that company-mandated health checkup, perhaps I would have married her! But it was precisely because of that checkup arranged by the company that I chose to break up with her! 821Reads8.2Score109Shelves
47. 47 我 My Nanjing Years 我的南京往事 Chen Yiyuuzz陈呓语zzUrban1.2M WordsCompleted [Older Woman]+ [Rich Heiress]+ [Returnee CEO] What is love? Perhaps it is a past one cannot revisit, or perhaps it is the confusion of struggling and wavering only to end up with nothing. It is not here, and nowhere can it be found. 456Reads6.1Score—Shelves
48. 48 我 My 26-Year-Old Tenant: A Lonely Sail on an Island 我的26岁女房客之海岛孤帆 Super Big Tank Kobe超级大坦克科比Urban185k WordsOngoing What exactly is love, and where does it come from? I can’t quite figure it out. Perhaps love is just a colorful butterfly: beautiful to look at, but impossible to get close to. If you really try to hold it tight in your hands, it struggles, and in struggling, rubs away all its color, leaving it pale forevermore. I think I understand a little why I’m so careful: I’m afraid that I might fail to touch her soul, yet rub away that beautiful layer of color. 19.1kReads9.3Score2.2kShelves
49. 49 我 My Stunning Heiress 我的倾城大小姐 Square and Round方圆Urban1.2M WordsCompleted After beating up a perverted professor in a fit of anger, he is forced to drop out and sell barbecue. But then he keeps running into a cool, elegant CEO, a pure-hearted rich girl, and even his ex-girlfriend, who has been waiting for him all along... Caught in a whirlpool of romance, which way will he go? 6.9kReads9.1Score1.6kShelves
50. 50 那 The Women I Loved Back Then 那些年，我爱过的女人 Ma Xiaohu马小虎Urban1.2M WordsCompleted After five years together, my girlfriend gets pregnant by her married male boss. Heartbroken, I unexpectedly meet a beautiful CEO. Amid tangled relationships and clashes in the business world, can I learn to believe in love again and turn my life around? 2.7kReads9.1Score333Shelves

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