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

1. 1001 如 A Beauty Like a Flower, Years Flowing Like Water 如花美眷似水流年 My Heart Is Yours, My Kindred Spirit Is Far Away悠悠我心渺渺知音Modern Romance125k WordsCompleted This is the story of Fang Fei’s growth as love and fate intertwine. From the innocence of her first love to complicated emotional entanglements, Fang Fei experiences betrayal, loss, and being reborn. Her relationships with three men reveal the tolerance and devotion love can inspire. In the end, Fang Fei finds herself through love and responsibility, showing that love means far more than romance. 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   "Like Flowers in Bloom, Like Flowing Water" tells the coming-of-age story of Fang Fei amidst the intertwining of love and fate. From her innocent first love to complex emotional entanglements, Fang Fei experiences betrayal, loss, and rebirth. Her intertwined relationships with three men showcase the tolerance and dedication of love. Ultimately, Fang Fei finds herself in love and responsibility, interpreting a deeper meaning of love than mere romance.

2. 1002 我 I Win at Life by Dreaming 我靠做梦赢人生 I Love Shrimp and Eggs我爱虾炒蛋Urban171k WordsOngoing [Science Fiction]+ [Mystery]+ [Espionage]+ [Wild Imagination]+ [Urban Daily Life]+ [Advanced Technology] This isn't a power fantasy. It's urban sci-fi, mystery, and wild imagination. Three years ago, I lost my memory. Three years later, I discovered that my dreams could predict the future. When the international criminal organization “Rattlesnake” came looking for me, I finally understood: it all stemmed from the experiment I'd forgotten. I was the ultimate experimental data they'd been dreaming 1Reads6.8Score—Shelves

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   The book is full of hooks; once you start reading, you can't put it down.

3. 1003 逆 Flowers in Adversity 逆境花 Qiaomai Yao荞麦瑶Modern Romance267k WordsCompleted For Zhou Yan, Ye Yunxi, and the others, work pressures and marital troubles at home had already left them physically and emotionally exhausted. Then the pandemic broke out, making their situation even worse. Facing adversity at work and in their personal lives, they were at times utterly drained, both physically and mentally. But they refused to give up. When faced with unemployment, pay cuts, marital problems, and more, they found positive ways to tackle each challenge. Through their own hard w 28Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 1004 网 Meeting Girls Online: I'm Going to Become a Player 网上约妹，我要变渣男 Crane Calls in the Wild鹤鸣在野6k WordsCompleted I’m Meeting Girls Online, So I’ll Become a Player 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Take it and have a look.

5. 1005 黑 The Black Diary 黑色的日记本 Seventy-Three Faces七十三面Mystery152k WordsCompleted I'm a reporter. By chance, I stumbled upon a death. The victim: Zhao Man, female, 22, a visual communication student at C University. Who killed her? The truth can never be buried by death. A black diary gradually reveals the answer... 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   City, Daily Life

6. 1006 恋 Love Is Hard, So Let’s Get Married 恋爱好难，不如结婚 Seventy-Three Faces七十三面Two Female Leads100k WordsCompleted This is a story about two girls. Defying her family’s objections, Yan Mo resolutely follows her boyfriend to Jincheng to make a life for themselves. But on Valentine’s Day, she discovers that her boyfriend of six years has been cheating on her. After the breakup, Yan Mo refocuses on her career and finds new love through her work. Ran Fei is Yan Mo’s best friend, and her life is an endless cycle of falling in love, getting her heart broken, and falling in love again. It isn’t until she meets Ding 2Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 1007 天 The Heavenly Lion 天狮 Flavor Within Flavor味中味Urban86k WordsOngoing A new work is here! You can read my novel on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Based on real events.

8. 1008 有 A Little Bit of a Crush 有一点心动 Mom of Two二胎妈妈Modern Romance196k WordsCompleted [Marriage Before Love + One-on-One Romance + Sweet Romance + Modern Romance] Overbearing CEO vs. sweet, innocent college student Also known as The Blush-Worthy Everyday Life of Marrying a Rich Husband Song Chiqian: “Some things in this world are hard to explain. Like meeting you. It wasn’t love at first sight, or falling for you the second time around. I just fell in love with you!” Xu Miao: “Little by little, I found myself falling for you. I don’t know whether to feel sad or happy.” Only later 350Reads6.5Score—Shelves

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   [Flying kiss][Flying kiss][Flying kiss]

9. 1009 慢 Slowly, Falling for You 慢慢，喜欢 Mom of Two二胎妈妈Modern Romance266k WordsCompleted One-on-one romance, mature adults. Neither lead is a virgin, so stay away if that's not your thing! Taking it slow is a beautiful thing: slowly meeting, slowly falling in love, slowly growing old together. Everything begins after I meet you! Bian Yue never expected to get divorced less than six months into her marriage! Wen Chaoshen never expected to be unable to forget a married woman! Bian Yue: “What do you want?” Wen Chaoshen: “We've hugged and kissed. Obviously, what's left is for me to slee 73Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 1010 靠 Mr. Reliable Opens Pandora's Box with His Own Hands 靠谱先生，亲手打开潘多拉魔盒 Liang Ziyuan梁子渊Sci-Fi & Apocalypse528k WordsCompleted [Poor or rich, we’ll plunder the West and make the Dragon Kingdom prosperous. Modern city + technology + strategic alliances = a powerful nation and military.] On April 1, 2024, a call came in to the Meritorious Honors Awards Committee. “Hello, this is the Meritorious Honors Awards Committee.” “Hello! If I can restore our national borders to their shape during the Republic of China era, like a begonia leaf in autumn, could I be nominated for the Republic Medal?” “Uh, sir... this... uh... hmm... 307Reads—Score—Shelves

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    If I could increase the land area by 194 square kilometers, restoring it to the shape of an autumn-leaf begonia from the Republic of China era, would I be nominated for the Medal of the Republic? This is the story of a Chinese entrepreneur and scientist who, by entering the fray himself, is trying to influence the world, all for the sake of achieving a "red miracle."

11. 1011 八 A Complete Guide to Bazi 八字通晓 Dinghai Hong Pinpin丁亥红品品131k WordsCompleted Eight Characters Made Clear is really just two names put together. Whose names are they? Tan Bazi, a man, and Jiang Tongxiao, a woman. At Tangfeng Cave, Guan Jixu and Fang Zhinan received the true teachings of Immortal Masters Xu and Guan, among others. They founded the Taihua East Peak School of Destiny Studies, enthroning as its patriarch and as deputy patriarch. From then on, Tangfeng Cave and Taihua East Peak became two important forums for destiny studies. The st 999Reads8.1Score220Shelves

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    This book is good, take a look.

12. 1012 拒 I Refuse to Marry into a Wealthy Family. I'll Take My Child and Marry a Country Man 拒入豪门，我带娃嫁给乡下人 I Alone Pity the Quiet Grass独怜幽幽草Modern Romance511k WordsCompleted An IT engineer from a small town studies hard, works diligently, turns down a wealthy family’s marriage proposal, and goes abroad to study. Even after unexpectedly becoming a single mother, she never stops growing. She makes a dazzling transformation into an investment banking star… The only thing that drives her crazy is the child’s father, a young man from a small town who’s two years younger than her. He pursues her relentlessly, but what can she do? Love isn’t something you can achieve just 896Reads8.9Score103Shelves

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    It's all about city life – studying, working, dating, having kids, raising kids…

13. 1013 程 Miss Cheng, Do You Plan to Stay Single Forever? 程小姐，你打算一直单身吗？ I Alone Pity the Quiet Grass独怜幽幽草Modern Romance387k WordsCompleted [Elite Family] [Cute Child] [Workplace] [My Life Is on the Line, and My Rich Boyfriend Has a Secret Identity] [Stay Single or Become a Rich Wife? That's the Question] [Clearheaded, well-behaved female engineer * sharp-tongued, flirtatious heir cast out by a wealthy family] [He nearly cost her life back then. For the rest of his life, all he wants is her.] Volume One, Seven Days of Grace: The leads reunite overseas because a piece of equipment needs servicing. Over the course of just seven days, 274Reads8.7Score—Shelves
14. 1014 婚 A Comeback After Divorce: Get Lost, You Scumbag Ex! 婚后逆袭：渣男前夫滚远点！ Yang Mao'er秧猫儿Modern Romance3.0M WordsOngoing After her wedding, Wang Miaomiao has to squeeze in with her husband’s entire family in a small three-bedroom apartment. His unmarried older sister has twins and keeps eating and living at her parents’ home, while Wang Miaomiao puts up with her time and again. Two years into the marriage, when Wang Miaomiao becomes pregnant, she unexpectedly discovers her sister-in-law’s true identity. Her marriage was built on a lie. How will she save herself? A story of love and marriage, everyday expenses, and 21.4kReads8.8Score635Shelves

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    All of these are realistic novels. They depict various scenes of urban life, including love, friendship, family relationships, neighborly interactions, and everyday life in the city.

15. 1015 茑 Cypress Vine 茑萝 Twilight Bird暮乐鸟Ancient Romance35k WordsCompleted A Luo was sold as a child bride when she was young, and her husband is a simpleton. Her in-laws beat and berate her, leaving her miserable and without hope for the future. She wants to escape that household every moment of every day, but the law forbids women from establishing their own households unless they give birth to a son and register the household in his name. But her husband doesn’t even know how to sleep with a woman, so how is she supposed to have a son? A kind person in the village i 178Reads9.6Score103Shelves
16. 1016 人 The World’s Wayward Son 人间浪子 Continue Writing Spring and Autumn续写春秋Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Old Wei's suicide changed the course of Lin Yifei's life. The Lin Yifei who used to watch everyone's mood and grovel just to make ends meet finally stood up for himself! It turned out that a life of having nothing left to lose could bring so many surprises and unexpected turns! 15.5kReads9.3Score1.7kShelves
17. 1017 还 I Have Three Months Left to Live, So Let Me Die in Peace 还剩三个月命，请让我从容赴死 Reclining in the North高卧北Urban169k WordsCompleted From childhood onward, Zhuang Zi'ang was the kind of kid everyone called “the child other parents wish they had”: a model student every year and always first in his class. But after his parents divorced and his father started a new family, he became a child neither parent loved. At just eighteen, Zhuang Zi'ang is diagnosed with a terminal illness and given only three months to live. With his final three months, he decides to let out his rebellious, wild side and be truly himself for once. While 168.8kReads9.8Score19.3kShelves
18. 1018 我 I Wish Us Joy Forever 我愿常欢喜 Wang Erqiao汪二峤Marriage & Romance1.7M WordsCompleted [Women’s Growth + Romance and Marriage + Workplace + Relationships] Girls from different family backgrounds will all find their own happiness! A rose raised in a greenhouse will weather life’s storms, while a girl who grows like a weed will find her own spring. She is a rich girl from a big city, yet she falls prey to a gold-digging boyfriend, sexual harassment at work, and exclusion by her colleagues... She is a small-town academic who gets extorted by a fellow villager and drained by parents w 46.7kReads9.7Score5.9kShelves
19. 1019 围 Scenery Behind the Siege 围城风景 Ink Wash Without Enchanting the City水墨不倾城Marriage & Romance231k WordsCompleted On the fifth anniversary of their wedding, Liusu gets dressed up and waits for her husband to come home so they can celebrate together. But that very day, he asks for a divorce, saying their relationship has fallen apart and they can no longer live together. What will Liusu do, and what does the future hold for her? 833Reads8.4Score100Shelves
20. 1020 余 May the Rest of My Life Be Filled with Joy 余生皆欢喜 Wang Erqiao汪二峤Modern Romance422k WordsCompleted [Women's Growth + Marriage and Relationships + Emotions] Marriage is for happiness, and so is divorce! A new novel from Wang Erqiao, author of the acclaimed ensemble novel I Wish You Everlasting Joy! Marriage is for happiness, and so is divorce! Open this book and discover the happy lives of two girls who make different choices! Originally titled The Woman Holding a Flower of Happiness. After graduating from college, Sichuan native Wang Yanzi moves to Beijing to join her boyfriend, Wen Bo. Just 4.9kReads9.5Score686Shelves
21. 1021 昨 Yesterday Flowed into the City 昨日流入城 Thorny Bougainvillea有刺三角梅Urban3.0M WordsCompleted [Officialdom] + [Workplace] + [Business World] + [Family] A scholar, two business magnates, three boxing champions, four great families, the Gao family's five tigers, the Twelve Beauties of Jiangling, and 108 concubines... A man who had lost all hope and decided to lie flat is thrust into officialdom overnight, only to become the talk of the whole city as he indulges in wine, women, wealth, and power... Where does his path ultimately lead? Will there be an ending? 293Reads9.2Score366Shelves

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    Urban Life

22. 1022 两 Two Generations of Mothers-in-Law and Daughters-in-Law: Love and Hate in a Chinese Family 两代婆媳：中式家庭的爱恨情长 Wan Xi婉兮Modern Romance549k WordsCompleted Three women, two generations of mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law. The post-1995 generation faces off against the post-1960 generation. Their conflict is both a clash of lifestyles and a collision of beliefs, bringing more than half a century of women’s awakening into sharp focus. Women born in the 1930s are stubbornly set in their ways; those born in the 1960s are half-awake and half-entrenched; while the post-1995 generation wholeheartedly embraces pleasure, putting themselves entirely above 1.2kReads9.6Score165Shelves
23. 1023 生 Born a Woman 生而为女 The Faint Road of Life淡淡人生路Modern Romance142k WordsCompleted Teacher Li, who has two lovely daughters, has always worried that his family line will end when he dies. First, he brought in a son-in-law, but even after that, he still wasn’t reassured. So he drove the son-in-law away and decided to adopt his nephew instead. With no brothers of their own, how will the Li sisters be oppressed by their parents’ fierce desire to carry on the family line? Will they be able to find happiness for themselves? 1kReads9.3Score108Shelves
24. 1024 心 The Scheming Young Lady’s Happy Life 心机小姐的幸福生活 Ta Xi Run塔西润Modern Romance127k WordsCompleted Zhou Yuan and Li Yang's relationship gradually develops, but their interactions are full of humor and uncertain tension. Zhou Yuan uses her "lucky aura" to breeze through the workplace, but what secrets and motives lie beneath her glamorous exterior? As their workplace rivalries unfold, the two gradually uncover each other's true selves. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's written very realistically; the story takes place in Beijing.

25. 1025 职 Office Romance 职场心动时光 Ta Xi Run塔西润Urban165k WordsCompleted In a fiercely competitive workplace, the growth and emotional entanglements of two men intertwine. Su Xiaomao starts out as an ordinary project manager. With exceptional intelligence and tireless effort, he strives in the turbulent world of business and gradually makes a name for himself. Meanwhile, a gentle and clever female colleague quietly watches over him, and their feelings for each other slowly warm through their day-to-day collaboration. The other male lead, Chen Zhi, faces repeated setb 1Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 1026 天 Autumn Comes Late on a Cool Day 天凉晚来秋 Hawthorn Meets Sugar山楂遇上糖Modern Romance306k WordsCompleted This book follows Leng Qiu, a young woman from a farming family seventy years later, and tells the stories of several ordinary women, including Leng Qiu, Su He, A Le, and Mao Mao. Against the backdrop of social change in China, they face a series of life challenges involving the college entrance exams, work, marriage, family, and entrepreneurship. Through their indomitable determination and commitment to truth, kindness, and beauty, they continually seek breakthroughs, heal themselves, and reali 9Reads8.5Score—Shelves

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    Workplace life is fun.

27. 1027 美 A Foodie's Home 美食人家 Xi Cheng夕诚Urban56k WordsCompleted The food street in Sunshine Town draws visitors from far and wide. Zhao You'an's roujiamo and Zhang Heming's lamb soup with noodles are the most popular. After a few minor disputes, the two start arguing. What amusing things will happen next...? —Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 1028 基 A Lost Path Through the Ranks 基层仕途迷茫路 Zuo Linfeng左林沣Urban255k WordsCompleted “Jiaming,” Third Grandpa said, “I just saw green smoke rising from your family grave. That's a good omen. I reckon Xinghe will grow up to become an official.” A fortune-teller told him, “You can become an official in the southeast.” Chen Xinghe was a grassroots official who spent more than twenty years struggling his way through the political world, constantly making waves on the grand stage of his own life. For a time, his efforts brought him fame and success, and he enjoyed a happy life. He wa 2kReads9.5Score168Shelves

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    Relatable and down-to-earth! Completed! Urban slice-of-life + inspirational career path + underdog story! The protagonist, Chen Xinghe, is a grassroots leader who consistently adheres to the mass line and wholeheartedly serves the people. Why does he end up in dire straits? But how does his perseverance lead to a successful comeback? This book is relatable and offers valuable life lessons! Please write a review after reading or listening to the audiobook, thank you!

29. 1029 打 Better Than Working: Winning Over the Crown Prince, the Client 打工不如打甲方太子的主意 You Caoquanyin佑草泉音Modern Romance287k WordsOngoing [Based on true events + urban life + workplace + strong female lead + smart characters + sweet romance] A wonderful workplace romance set in the urban financial world, inspired by real-life experiences in the modern workplace. It lays bare the dark side behind the financial sector’s glamorous facade. The writing is delicate, the scenes vivid, the emotions genuine, and the plot is full of unexpected twists. The heroine is a rookie auditor, but a strong woman at heart. She stays sharp and emotiona —Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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    Based on true experiences, this film depicts the daily romantic life of an auditor.

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