Looking for Urban Life Novels That Feel Close to Reality 求都市生活,接近现实的
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I Earn 2,500 a Day, So I Rented a Trillionaire CEO? 日薪两千五,我租了千亿女总裁?
[Lighthearted Wish-Fulfillment] + [Reborn Heroine Pursues Her Husband] + [Romance and Encouragement] + [One Heroine, Increasingly Sweet] + [Face-Slapping Relatives] + [Dotes on His Little Sister and Repays His Parents] “The bride price is 880,000, and you have to take my daughter’s surname.” Under pressure to get married, Chen Mo was forced to go on a blind date before the New Year. But he ran into an utterly unreasonable woman. He paid only for his own coffee and walked away, refusing to be mad
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- 302 A Benefactor on the Road to Power 权路贵人 After a junior employee named Ye Dong impresses his superiors with an outstanding performance, he earns their favor and begins climbing the ladder. The workplace is rife with undercurrents, and family feuds never cease. He proceeds cautiously, establishes himself amid complicated power games, and ultimately turns his life around! 6.3kReads8.6Score457Shelves
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How Deep Is Our Love? 情缘深深深几许
(This story is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental!) Who says you can’t focus on your studies if you’re in love? If that were true, it wouldn’t be real love! The love between childhood sweethearts who grew up together, innocent and carefree, can last even longer. Though the protagonists in this novel do fall into some cliches and have moments of confusion along the way, the love they shared as childhood sweethearts will always be precious and irrep
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My Sixteen-Year-Old White Moonlight 我的16岁白月光
Modern city romance, pure love, slice of life, feel-good male-oriented fiction, campus romance, campus belle, first love, mother-in-law, fiancée, heiresses from Beijing's elite families. Contemporary romance, the husband-chasing crematorium trope.
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Cao Yang's Journey South 曹阳南下记
Passionate and exhilarating. Now complete. Read with confidence. Cao Yang heads south to seek refuge with his older sister, setting off wave after wave of upheaval…
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The Sky Is Still Blue 天,依然蔚蓝
The sky is still blue
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My Wife's Secret: I Don't Want Her Repentant, Sincere Love 妻子的秘密:悔过的真情我嫌脏
After six years of marriage, he suddenly discovered that the wife he had thought perfect was hiding a deep, dark secret... Betrayal? An affair? Faced with his wife’s increasingly strange behavior, He Fan gradually fell into despair! Once every secret came to light, the betrayer would pay the price! PS: This book is rather intense. There’s no doormat hero and no reconciliation. The protagonist is ruthless and decisive!
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Middle Age: City of Desire 人到中年:欲望之都
[Urban] + [Everyday Life] + [Special Agent] + [Sound Values] The story begins when the male lead, Li Wujiao, retires from service and comes home late at night, hoping to surprise his wife. Instead, he discovers that his wife, Jiang Zhirou, hasn't come home, and someone is harassing her... What? You say your grandfather was once a big shot in the Magic City? And your father is a financial tycoon there, too? No need to panic... Watch a retired agent prove that retirement hasn't dulled his skills.
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Second Marriage: Marrying a Doting CEO 二婚:嫁给甜宠总裁
Anxin got divorced, and Chen Shaonian believed those words: if you can't forget someone, fate will bring you together again! He was determined to seize the favor fate had shown him. But Anxin announced, "You're my best friend!" What was that supposed to mean?! "I treat you like oxygen, but you treat me like air?!" "No, no, no! I've got more tricks up my sleeve than a dragon fruit has seeds, and I'm patient and resourceful. I have to win you over! I'll cherish you, love you, and be yours forever!
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Blueberry, the Leftover Woman 剩女蓝莓
Blueberry is an unmarried woman who’s still living at home. She has two unreliable best friends: Mihua is a bit of a flirt who teases men and ended up kicked out by her husband with nothing, while Feifei loves mahjong and dreams only of marrying into a wealthy family… Three women, and plenty of drama. Love, ethics, human nature… They say hotpot is all about the lively world around the table. Our story begins with a hotpot meal… The story is a slow burn. I hope you’ll enjoy it!
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- 311 My Desk Mate, Just Like the Old Days 念你如初的同桌 My Deskmate, Just Like the Old Days 262Reads—Score—Shelves
- 312 A Woman of Two Faces 女人双面 This is the story of Bai Yiyi, a middle school teacher whose husband is a construction contractor who repeatedly abuses her. Afraid the neighbors might hear her, she can't even cry out loud. She swallows her pain and endures. After suffering setback after setback in her work and marriage, her mental state becomes severely distorted… Black and white, right and wrong, good and evil… I hope you enjoy it! 399Reads—Score—Shelves
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Misplaced Starlight: The Heiress Is Gorgeous and Daring 错位星光:千金她又美又飒
Shen Xingyao, the adopted daughter of an ordinary working-class family in Jiangcheng, is still sketching designs in her rented room at five in the morning, her fingers covered in pinpricks. Bai Ruoqing, the heiress to one of Kyoto’s most powerful families, plays Chopin on a grand piano every day, with a whole wall of trophies behind her. The two girls’ lives were switched by a nurse on the day they were born. Twenty years later, a national design competition puts them on the same stage. The whol
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- 314 Have I Been Possessed? 被夺舍了? Have I been possessed? 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 315 Blind Dates Come with Compensation, So Hurry and Set Me Up with a Catch 相亲有补偿,请速速给我安排极品 My aunts kept pushing me to go on blind dates. I gave up trying, but unexpectedly awakened the [Blind Date Compensation System]. The more bizarre the man, the greater the compensation I get. I met a body-shaming jerk who said that at 120 pounds, I was “too fat to take anywhere,” and instantly unlocked the “Lightning Slimming Buff.” In one week, I was down to 90 pounds! I ran into a cheapskate who made me pay 50 cents for the ice in our bubble tea because we were splitting the bill. A million yua —Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Horse-Riding Hidden Scheme 走马藏局
Geomancy and the Yin-Yang arts rule the world, while the Jianghu is full of schemes! At twelve, Shen Qianfan became an orphan and was cast adrift in the Jianghu. He grew up teaching himself from books scavenged from trash heaps, cleared his father's name, and pressed on through one Jianghu con after another, setting schemes and breaking them, navigating schemes within schemes. He cut a path through every obstacle, built a business empire, and leveraged his influence to establish a regional milit
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- 317 Love Blooms Again, but I Fall into a Tender Trap 梅开二度,却陷入温柔陷阱 A second chance at love, only to fall into a tender trap 42Reads—Score—Shelves
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A Blind Date with a Judge: Reunited in 1997 与女法官相亲:重回1997相识
[Blind Dates for Older Singles] [Back to 1997: Childhood Sweethearts] [Sweet Romance + Devoted Couple] Lin Xiaofan had let several good women slip away. Now, at 38, he was still single! Lu Xiaoxia, 40, was a busy judge who had no time for blind dates or romance because of work. “Hey, are you still busy? Listening to the rain, Xiaofan’s talking himself to sleep again!” “I was just wondering when I’d get to meet Princess Xiaxia.” He sent the message on WeChat, then stared at the chat window for ag
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My Sister Is Boy-Crazy, So Why Is Everything My Fault? 妹妹恋爱脑,怎么都是我这个姐姐的错?
My sister is hopelessly lovesick. How is everything somehow my fault as her older sister?
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- 320 Three Million in Relocation Money, None for Me, and They Still Want Me Gone 拆迁款300万,没我事,还要让我滚。 There’s 3 million in demolition compensation, but I’m not getting any of it, and they still want me gone. 36Reads—Score—Shelves
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My Childhood Friend Is Back, but I Choose the Girl Next Door 青梅来了,可我选择隔壁女邻居
(Slice of life) + (One female lead) + (Mutual affection) + (Sweet and angsty) The year his parents died in an accident, his childhood sweetheart's family moved away too. A year later, a mother and daughter moved in next door. They didn't seem to get along very well either. Later, they often went out together and walked to school together. From elementary school to middle school and then on to high school, they were inseparable. She hardly ever talked, at least on the surface. He could be clumsy
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- 322 Dad, Have You Changed? 爸爸,变了吗? Dad, have you changed? 16Reads—Score—Shelves
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A Chance Encounter 撞出来缘分
Zhang Wenjun is an ordinary accountant. One morning, while riding his electric scooter to work, he collides with an older woman at the market intersection. To his surprise, she is his teacher’s mother. They reach an arrangement: while her foot heals, Zhang Wenjun will come to her home every weekend and care for her free of charge. At the time, his teacher is dating someone, who turns out to be Zhang’s best friend. All three keep the truth from one another. Only in the end do they learn that each
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The Rules of Love for Urban Men and Women 都市男女的恋爱法则
Gu Ziyi: An ENFP woman, sweet and innocent-looking on the outside, but sharp-tongued and fiery by nature. When she falls in love, she never thinks about the consequences and always ends up being taken advantage of. Though every relationship has ended in failure, she remains a romantic who believes in love. Will the man she meets this time turn out to be a good one…? Gao Yingzhen: A typical ISFJ man who finds it hard to open up, but once he lets someone into his heart, he holds nothing back. Bor
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Dongguan: A Dusty Romance 东莞尘缘
Dongguan is a city full of memories, holding the youth and stories of countless young men and women. You’re only young once, so do you still remember the women who appeared in your youth?
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Black Gauze and Rouge 乌纱与胭脂
Human nature is like the sun: impossible to look at directly. Many people appear charming and refined on the surface, but strip away the facade and you’ll see human nature laid bare. By portraying the real chaos of society, this work exposes the evil and filth within human nature and calls on people to choose kindness and uphold social decency.
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- 327 Han Caiyi’s Journey of Ten Thousand Miles 韩彩依万里路 Han Caiyi's Journey of Ten Thousand Miles 71Reads—Score—Shelves
- 328 The Strange Tales of Mortal Life: Li Longbiao 浮生乱象之李龙彪 I'm the scum at the bottom of society, the trash you all talk about. I don't have much education, money, status, a house, a car, or a wife. I'm a single man, just some hoodlum. It's not my fault I ended up this way. When I was a kid, I had big dreams and ambitions, too. I wanted to study hard, get into a good university, then find work in the city and become a respectable office worker. But the cruel realities of life shattered every one of those beautiful dreams. Through its portrayal of Li Lon 1.8kReads—Score144Shelves
- 329 The Rouge Spinster 胭脂剩女 Through the emotional journey of Yang Jingjing, a single woman past the age traditionally considered ideal for marriage, the story offers glimpses of every facet of society and the warmth and coldness of human life, exposing the ugliness and greed of human nature. Full of twists and turns, it paints a penetrating portrait of the realities faced by women like her. 2kReads—Score150Shelves
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Godfather of Lancheng: Starting Out Hauling Cargo at the Docks 岚城教父:从码头杠包开始
[Underworld power plays + passion + no System + battles of wits + multiple heroines + unconventional twists] P.S. This is neither a mindless power fantasy nor a story about an invincible protagonist!!! Jiang Liechen arrives in Lanzhou and becomes the new leader of a gang. On day one, he punishes the wicked and beats a traitor to death. On day two, he wins over the gang leader’s wife and takes control of the gang. On day three, he purges both the underworld and the authorities, leaving his enemie
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- 331 Seeing Through Half a Lifetime 看破浮生过半 Life is a journey of self-cultivation. As we keep moving forward, we correct our mistakes in time and gradually become better versions of ourselves. Life is full of suffering, and we can only save ourselves. If only we could live our lives over again. At the very least, we could avoid a lot of detours. 623Reads—Score—Shelves
- 332 I Become a Scoundrel in Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils 我在天龙当曹贼 The male lead, Yin Qiancheng, worked himself to death in Shenzhen, then transmigrated into the world of Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils. He obtained a brain-development and dream-insertion System AI. To return to the future, he brought all the female leads of Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, those beautiful older sisters, back to modern Shenzhen. 3.3kReads6.9Score133Shelves
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Songs of the Listening Wind Tower 听风楼歌
Why does Xiangju run a business that only loses money and never makes a profit? She treats relationships just as carelessly, elbowing her way to the top of the airport’s Twelve Most Beautiful Women. She has Hong Zhi and Brother Gen fighting over her in a jealous brawl, and instead of being ashamed, she’s proud of it. After her eldest daughter gets into a prestigious university, she works hard and becomes independent. She tutors and models cars in her spare time, and accompanies her professor to
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- 334 Ten Scumbags and a Woman Who Hates Cilantro 10个渣男不吃香菜的女人 The story of a young woman's growth and her ten men. At its heart is the story of how one woman navigates her way among men, exploring how women in modern society view marriage and love! 192Reads—Score—Shelves
- 335 I Am a Scout: Zhan De 我是侦察兵一一湛德 I’m a Scout: Zhan De —Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Meaning of Happiness 幸福的标准
Ye Han and He Junshan are, in everyone’s eyes, the perfect love story from campus to the altar. But how can a marriage keep feelings safe from the wear and tear of everyday life? Even their careers are gradually facing new crises…
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- 337 What Can I Do to Save You, Little Dragon Girl? 小龙女我拿什么救你 Ao Xi, an 1,800-year-old dragon girl, runs away from home to explore the world, but ends up trapped in an underground chamber for 2,000 years. By accident, she activates a teleportation array that transports Li An, the male lead from Earth, to the Silvermoon Continent in another world. The two are trapped in the underground chamber, and a few years later, the dragon clan comes knocking! 213Reads—Score—Shelves
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Through the Trials 走过劫难
Disaster strikes a once-happy family of five. After suffering a heartbreak so piercing it feels like ten thousand arrows, how will a mother who has only just reached middle age, and is already frail and sickly, lead her three underage children through hardship and toward the future...?
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- 339 Betrayal: This Is the Last Time I'll Love You 背叛:是我最后一次爱你 Betrayal: This Is the Last Time I'll Love You 288Reads—Score—Shelves
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Underworld Tyrant: Those Who Follow Me Prosper, Those Who Oppose Me Perish! 黑道暴君:顺我者昌,逆我者亡!
[Class Beauty, I’m out of prison. You’ll pay for what you did!] Framed by the class beauty he loved, Wang Erchui was wrongfully imprisoned for three years. The misery of prison transformed the once-ordinary boy into a hardened man. But it was only after getting out and seeking revenge that he gradually realized there was a terrifying story behind it all. The truth was, it wasn’t that love affair that had ruined his life. It was a vast, carefully woven web of darkness. His enemies had already ris
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- 341 The Peerless God of War 绝世战王 After ten years on the battlefield, the War King returns, rich enough to rival a nation! But his entire family has been slaughtered, and the culprit turns out to be his fiancée... 2.2kReads7.2Score165Shelves
- 342 Supreme Warlord 至尊战王 After ten years on the battlefield, the God of War returns. He wields power over all and is richer than a nation! But his entire family has been slaughtered, and the mastermind turns out to be his fiancée... 609Reads8.4Score103Shelves
- 343 I Saved a Stunning Beauty, and She Tried to Hack Me with a Knife by the Bed 救了绝色美女,她在床边拿刀砍我 Chu Lingtian is a legendary man known as the "Grim Reaper Wolf King." He returns to the city for a top-secret mission, never imagining that on his very first day back, he will spend the night with a beautiful woman named Liu Bingxue. Afterward, Liu Bingxue takes him home and passes him off as her boyfriend. But it turns out she has a twin sister, Liu Huohuo. The older sister is cold and aloof, while the younger is uninhibited. Sharing a room with these twin beauties is certainly thrilling. After 11.5kReads8.7Score1kShelves
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The Trials of Thirty 三十之惑
My good friend's wife sent me a video that made me give up on my wife for good...
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- 345 A Sleepless Night in Hangzhou 杭州夜未眠 After ten years of dating, seven years of marriage, and three years of failed IVF treatment, my wife, Lin Yue, took me to file for divorce on my thirtieth birthday. That day, I felt as though the whole world had abandoned me. But when I began to understand my ex-wife, Lin Yue, better, I realized things weren’t so simple. 1.7kReads8.9Score107Shelves
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The Official Road, Starting at Level Three 官道,从三段开始
My name is Bu Qingyun. (I hold a senior government post and have a fortune worth over a hundred million.) Let me tell you a secret. Ever since I was in elementary school, entering politics has been the light of my ideals and the flame of my ambition. It was buried in my heart like a seed, ready to take root and sprout as soon as the soil was right...
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The Dong Clan 董氏
[Hardcore business battles] [Strategic mind games] [Brilliant heroine and intellectual duels] [Financial espionage] [Strong opponents] [Professionally detailed] [Ensemble cast] [Revenge] [Underdog comeback] The queen of finance, winning by lying flat? No, she chooses to flip the table. Dong Qianhuan, the campus belle of KY University, appears to lie flat and coast through life, but in private she is the sole heir to a trillion-yuan empire. When international tycoons decimate her family, her bes
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Unorthodox Remedies of the Martial World 江湖偏方
My name is Zhang Chen. A fortune-teller said I was born with a knack for unexpected riches and would never stay on the straight and narrow. But I don’t care. In this world, people who follow the rules get leftovers, while the bold get to eat meat. I haven’t had much schooling, and I don’t understand lofty principles, but I do know this: you only win if you’re willing to fight.
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Reborn, I Won't Be a Blood Bank for My Ex-Wife's Family Anymore 重生后,我不再给前妻一家当血包
In his previous life, his ex-wife’s family treated him like an endless source of money, making him buy them a house, act as their guarantor, bail them out, and support them in old age. They drained him dry, one step at a time, until he died beneath a mountain of debt. Reborn, he no longer cared about sentiment. He cared only about rules. He stopped trying to be a hero and started protecting his boundaries. Divorce, cut off the money, settle the accounts, cut his losses. This time, he would take
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- 350 Gray Industries: On the Fringes of the City 灰色产业:游走于都市边缘 In 2005, the college entrance exam took me from the countryside to the city. I thought that if I worked hard enough, I could make a life for myself there. But reality taught me that in the face of power and money, hard work counted for nothing. For people like me, born with nothing, making something of ourselves means taking a road less traveled. First-person narration, no cheat powers, no over-the-top melodrama. My values are more respectable than my looks. Come give it a try. 102.2kReads9.1Score10.8kShelves
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