Rural Fiction 乡村主题小说

1. 351 辞 After Quitting, I Crush Workplace PUA and Make a Million 辞职后，我踹烂职场PUA狂赚百万 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭9k WordsCompleted After Quitting, I Crushed Workplace PUA and Raked in Millions 61Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 352 前 My Ex's Stupidity Tax: His Wife Valued at 200,000 前夫哥的智商税：老婆估值二十万 Moonlit Night with the Wind月夜随风35k WordsCompleted The Ex-Husband's Stupidity Tax: His Wife Is Worth 200,000 439Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 353 我 My Overbearing Wife 我的老婆霸道大人 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭Marriage & Romance12k WordsCompleted My Wife, the Overbearing Lady 182Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 354 床 I Found 100,000 Yuan Under the Mattress and Finally Understood My Late Wife's Intentions 床垫下翻出十万块，我才懂亡妻的苦心 Moonlit Night with the Wind月夜随风Marriage & Romance12k WordsCompleted I found a hundred thousand yuan hidden under the mattress, and only then did I understand my late wife's painstaking intentions. 585Reads—Score103Shelves
5. 355 山 Classic of Mountains and Seas: Return to the Great Desolation 山海经·大荒归墟 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭Female-Channel Fanfiction16k WordsCompleted The Classic of Mountains and Seas: Return to the Great Desolation 118Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 356 误 After Wandering into the Changing Room, I Had a Cool Coach Chasing Me Down to Teach Me to Swim 误闯更衣室后，高冷教练追着教我游泳 Moonlit Night with the Wind月夜随风Marriage & Romance12k WordsCompleted After Wandering into the Locker Room, the Ice-Cold Coach Keeps Chasing Me to Teach Me How to Swim 569Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 357 天 Heavenly Profound Venerable Beyond the Heavens: Every Disciple I Take Is Supreme in the Three Realms 天外玄尊：我收的徒弟都是三界至尊 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭8k WordsCompleted Mystic Exalt from Beyond the Heavens: My Disciples Are All Supreme Beings of the Three Realms 98Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 358 合 Room 302: A Wage Earner Clears His Father's Name Against All Odds 合租302：打工仔逆风洗清家父冤案 Moonlit Night with the Wind月夜随风Marriage & Romance14k WordsCompleted Roommates in 302: A Wage Earner Clears His Father's Name Against All Odds 774Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 359 诡 Haunted by a Bewitching Dream: I Killed That Ghost King Nine Times 诡梦缠情：我杀了那尊鬼王九次 Moonlit Night with the Wind月夜随风7k WordsCompleted Haunted by a Bewitching Dream: I Killed the Ghost King Nine Times 106Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 360 别 Don't Mess with a 42-Year-Old Woman: She's Got All the Evidence 别惹42岁姐姐，她手里全是证据 Moonlit Night with the Wind月夜随风9k WordsCompleted Don't Mess with This 42-Year-Old Woman, She Has Evidence on Everyone 392Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 361 重 Reborn in 1976: The Village Belle Clings to Me from the Start 重生1976，开局村花赖上我 Dressed at Dawn晓妆初成Urban2.4M WordsCompleted [Educated-youth story + not a wish-fulfillment tale + everyday life + reborn + master of laying low + witty and irreverent] Read with caution. In his previous life, after returning to the city, he went to college, pursued scientific research, and won award after award. But an accident left him reborn as an educated youth in a small village. This time around, he only wants to put down roots in the village and live a quiet life. But you can’t hide a pearl in the mud. He ends up making an even bigg 3.5kReads8.7Score181Shelves

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    Educated youth, a term from that era

12. 362 婆 After My Mother-in-Law Had a Stroke, I Found 800,000 Under Her Bed 婆婆中风后，我在她床底翻出了八十万 Moonlit Night with the Wind月夜随风7k WordsCompleted After My Mother-in-Law Had a Stroke, I Found 800,000 Yuan Under Her Bed 205Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 363 趟 Wading Across the River of Life 趟过人生河 Mountain Dewdrop山野露珠Urban507k WordsCompleted Ren Tianxing was born into humble circumstances, yet he defied the odds. Hoping to change his lot in life, he endured hardship after hardship... only to be left with regrets... This novel pays tribute to all those who spend years away from home, working to support their families. You work so hard. Like all of you, the protagonist Ren Tianxing lives far from home, drifting and wandering through a life at the very bottom, yet he keeps striving... —Reads7.0Score—Shelves

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    In this ordinary world, there are ordinary rural children, simple and honest. The scent of the countryside is strong; come on, I can't wait to read and learn more.

14. 364 顾 President Gu, Please Cooperate with Your Treatment 顾总，请配合治疗 Moonlit Night with the Wind月夜随风Marriage & Romance10k WordsCompleted Mr. Gu, Please Cooperate with Your Treatment 642Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 365 校 A Date with the Campus Belle 校花有约 Moonlit Night with the Wind月夜随风9k WordsCompleted A Date with the Campus Belle 252Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 366 我 My Dongguan Dream: Sister Mei 我的东莞梦：媚姐 Zeng Yi曾呓Urban2.4M WordsOngoing Sister Mei's advice to me: The women at entertainment venues are just for looking. Don't get serious with them. Sister Mei also said: Don't get any ideas about me, either. [A story about working for a living, perhaps with a little of me, you, and him in it.] 179.3kReads8.9Score9.9kShelves

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17. 367 没 A Motherless Child, Cared for by His Sister-in-Law 没妈的孩子，嫂子疼 Ai Shihua爱施华Urban320k WordsCompleted [Period drama + No System or storage space] After my adoptive parents died in a car accident, my older brother Zhang Dakui and I depended on each other. Ever since Dakui brought my sister-in-law Liu Chunmei home, our lives changed. And so did my life... 107Reads6.2Score112Shelves
18. 368 1 116 Silent Women 116个沉默的女人 Show Your Style秀风采Mystery161k WordsCompleted Crime investigation suspense × based on real cases × female awakening (Based on a true story) The whole village knew him as a devoted son. He had cared for his paralyzed mother for over a decade. He was also the masked demon who terrorized the area for seventeen years: 116 crimes, and 116 times met with silence. The women left behind in the village kept their doors and windows shut, but they could not keep out the eyes that knew their way around in the dark. They did not dare cry out. If they di 164Reads—Score—Shelves

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    17 Years | 116 people | 0 reports – these three numbers represent the deepest secret of Yingshui Village. She wasn't the first victim, but she was the first to fight back.

19. 369 八 Warm Blossoms of the Eighties 八十年代的暖花 Mile Mama Yo米乐麻麻呦Modern Romance881k WordsCompleted Lin Wanxing was known throughout the surrounding villages as a delicate young woman, too frail to carry or lift anything. After she married, she wouldn't so much as touch a farm chore. But no one knew she'd transmigrated into an 1980s military-wife novel, becoming a supporting character with the same name who had jumped into a river to win the male lead's heart. The man who rescued her was Shen Yandong, the toughest man in the neighboring village, and the future golden finger of the book's heroi 20Reads—Score—Shelves

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    ⭐⭐⭐ (Highly recommended for those staying up late – a rural-themed novel!) You absolutely have to try this one! 🌈 The plot is truly amazing, from the writing style to the foreshadowing, it's a very enjoyable read and definitely a perfect bedtime story.

20. 370 黄 Human Life Lies Deep in the Loess 黄土深处是人间 Lei Yunao雷予闹Modern Romance256k WordsCompleted This is a collection of true stories from the countryside. One book captures a century of life in all its variety on the Loess Plateau. Brotherhood, the warmth and coldness of family, partings in life and death, and the changes of an era: one independent story after another weaves together the fates of several generations. There is hardship, pain, tears, and warmth, portraying the struggles of those at the bottom as well as the resilience of ordinary people. There are no chosen-one advantages an 122Reads—Score—Shelves

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    All are rural stories, and they get better as you read on. A treasure trove of books.

21. 371 神 Divine Oil 神油 Lying-Down Dog躺狗Urban5.7M WordsOngoing 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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    The story is set in the South, interspersed with descriptions of various folk customs, and is rich in themes of love, hatred, scheming, chaos, ignorance, and awakening.

22. 372 极 The Irresistible Young Teacher 极品小老师 Good Lantern1好灯笼1Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Ye Xiangxuan, an outstanding teacher, never expected to lose his job in a teacher competition. In middle age, faced with his wife’s betrayal and the mockery of friends and relatives, he had no choice but to seek a way forward in the countryside. In the vast rural landscape, relying on his abilities and keen insight, he steadily rose through the ranks in a complicated bureaucracy, forging a path to a remarkable comeback. (This book tells the story of how an ordinary person can turn his life aroun 115Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Rural life is a great book, and urban life is a thrilling novel. Ye Xiangxuan, an excellent teacher, goes to the countryside after being laid off and divorced. He then turns his life around and becomes a person of high status, with wealth, beautiful women, and power following one after another...

23. 373 重 Reborn as a Combo Mage 重生之连击法师 That Year, That Summer, Those Cicadas那年那夏那蝉Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted [Transmigration and rebirth + Traditional mage + Planar warfare + Decisive and ruthless + Spell combos + Building a faction + A benevolent master and filial disciple] Uriel transmigrated and was reborn in a mage plane. After a battle of wits with his ruthless mentor, he killed him in turn and escaped into the wider world. He took on students and built a faction, using mountains as the foundations for his towers and expanding step by step. From the distant seas to the near seas and then the conti 3.1kReads8.8Score223Shelves

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    This is a story about the protagonist gradually building his own power from a mage apprentice, conquering multiple planes, and his teaching assistant suffering from a fear of insufficient firepower, amidst countless mage towers and sky cities.

24. 374 那 The Happy Years I Spent in Dongguan 那些年我在东莞的幸福往事 Sparse Shadows in the Courtyard疏影庭前Urban299k WordsCompleted [Urban everyday life] + [multiple heroines] + [first person] My name is Hao Jian. I'm a college graduate who left a small inland county to make a living in Dongguan. A female classmate who'd been quite a flirt back in school introduced me to the city. I thought I'd find a factory job and earn some money, but things didn't go as planned. I ended up in a bar, and that's where my life took an unexpected turn. 5.6kReads6.0Score510Shelves

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    A super good book : D

25. 375 山 Chronicles of Mountains and Rivers 山河志 A Dao阿刀Urban1.9M WordsCompleted His beautiful mother was nearly assaulted by a village lout, but she tearfully begged the man who rescued her not to call the police. Young Gao Yuan couldn’t understand why at the time. Only when he reached his thirties and looked back on the past, with those scenes flashing through his mind, did he realize that the lives of countless rural people together form a chronicle of the mountains and rivers of China! 84.2kReads9.6Score9.2kShelves

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    (Come quick!!!! Young Gaoyuan vs. Complex Rural Past: In those long-forgotten years, a beautiful mother was nearly assaulted by a village thug, yet she cried and begged the man who came to her rescue not to call the police. Young Gaoyuan was filled with confusion. As time passed, Gaoyuan entered his thirties. Looking back, those scenes reappeared before his eyes. Only then did he realize that the ordinary yet extraordinary lives of countless rural people, like pieces of a puzzle, together constituted the vibrant and story-filled chronicle of China's land. The hidden aspects of rural life, the warmth and coldness of human relationships, seem to be waiting for people to explore. Recommendation rating: [heart][heart][heart][heart])

26. 376 来 Laibao 来宝 Yicang, Who Loves Microraptors喜欢小盗龙的矢仓Urban314k WordsCompleted Zhang Laibao is the only girl in the Zhang family of Wangshan Village. Her parents, grandparents, and four older brothers dote on and protect her as she grows up carefree, innocent, lively, adorable, and clever. Then, at the age of six, she meets a mute boy, the man who will make her heart skip, ache, and break for the rest of her life! He has crossed time and space from the previous century, following her for the sake of their love in a former life...! Together, they embark on a poignant, earth 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Both are good, rural-themed, slow-burn farming novels, worth reading 👍

27. 377 傻 Sha Gen Isn't Foolish at All 傻根一点也不傻 Yicang, Who Loves Microraptors喜欢小盗龙的矢仓Urban1.3M WordsCompleted After his father and eldest brother die, his mother goes mad and soon passes away as well. All that remains is Shagen, a mentally challenged young man. His beautiful sister-in-law, Pan Yuting, still takes on the responsibility of caring for him. To keep the Li family line from ending, Pan Yuting secretly makes up her mind... She won't leave. She'll work hard together with Shagen...! Part Two: Overseas Development. The Xingdao forces gradually rise... They discover an ancient race among the ruins 157Reads6.8Score102Shelves
28. 378 致 Her Secret Thoughts: A Young Man’s Hidden Diary in a Small Village 致她的心事：小村青年的隐秘日记 Black Sun Romance黑日浪漫Urban88k WordsOngoing No formulaic plot | Not a wish-fulfillment novel | Realistic fiction | Zhou Zhiqiang grows up amid poverty and chaos in her birth family, with her father instilling in her the survival rule that “you have to please people to survive.” She gets into college and lands a job at a bank. A well-off man, Ke Qingyan, pursues her, but as the truth about her family comes out, she gradually loses her self-respect and her relationship. Later, burdened with debt, she returns to her hometown and, under he 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's a really good rural novel; I resonated with many of the things the female protagonist went through.

29. 379 迷 Lost in the World of Mortals 迷乱红尘 Mu Qingchen沐青辰Urban203k WordsOngoing [Miracle Doctor + Urban Life + Twists and Turns + Suspense Unraveled Layer by Layer + Not for the Easily Offended] A young man from a small town who never finished college is mistakenly accused of murdering his girlfriend and sentenced to death. He is thrown into prison. One lovely, captivating beauty after another enters his life. He swears to uncover the real killer, both to do right by his girlfriend and to find peace of mind! But as the truth slowly comes to light, the facts grow ever more b 79Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's been shelved; you'll see when you see it.

30. 380 馋 The Childhood Bride Who Has Her Eye on Her Younger Brother 馋上弟弟的童养媳 March Knows Painting三月知画Modern Romance705k WordsCompleted “Zhou Zhengdong’s legs are ruined, and so is he. He’s not even a man anymore!” Xiao Qing swallowed a bitter laugh. Her big brother was ruined? She was the only one who knew he was nothing like a cripple! In a poor, isolated mountain village, swapping marriages was the only way poor families could bind themselves together through marriage. Xiao Qing was a gentle, pretty girl, but no matter how bright her eyes were, she couldn’t escape the shackles of a swapped marriage, much less the taboos of 47Reads5.2Score—Shelves

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    These are all rural novels, simple and realistic! They portray rural love in a very straightforward way! Worth reading!

31. 381 婚 Living Together in Marriage 婚姻里的共居 March Knows Painting三月知画Modern Romance530k WordsCompleted For women, marriage is like a high-stakes gamble with no certain outcome. They stake their youth and surrender their fate, hoping luck will be on their side. No one can say what they’ll end up with: a “war without gunfire” full of hidden hurts, a metamorphosis like a butterfly emerging from its cocoon, or the gentle, unremarkable flow of days worn smooth by time. From two people to a family of four, through the endless cycle of meals and changing seasons, life beneath one roof is wrapped in swee 536Reads—Score103Shelves
32. 382 落 The Fading Sunset, Continued 落日残霞续 heyKalinhey卡林Urban208k WordsOngoing [Period Novel] [Historical Novel] [Realist Fiction] [Tragedy] But he died. He died yesterday. What's that red rope in the tree for? That? Xu Jingui left it when he hanged himself. And the other one? That one belonged to a friend of mine. This book spans the years from 1938 to 1992. It tells the story of ordinary people's struggle to survive and a village's transformation amid the tides of history, from the old society to the new. I can't imagine that the once-bustling village is now deserted. Wh 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I recommend a rural period novel!!! The story tells of the changes in a remote village from 1938 to 1992 through the intersection of three generations. Synopsis: But he died, he died yesterday. The ground was covered in blood-red snow. Zhao Yuan's head rolled three times in the snow, then stared straight at Liu Kewei; Yamaguchi Kenjiro picked up the head and placed it on a plate, presenting it as a gift to Usui Ken—"This is my 'John the Baptist' for you, Mr. Usui, a perfect artistic gift!" ... "It's lost! Are we still going to hold a funeral for her?"—The madwoman kept shouting downstairs, first happily, then anxiously, then pleading, and finally, a gunshot rang out, and everything returned to calm... ... "I am a relative of Xu Jingui, my surname is Xu, I am a member of the Xu family!" Xu Sanwang shouted under the locust tree, seemingly having let go of all his obsessions. When I arrived at the village entrance at dusk, he was still under that locust tree, and he remained there until the sun went down...

33. 383 山 The Village Girl Who Went to College 山村女大学生 Little Ting Loves to Share小亭爱分享Modern Romance680k WordsCompleted [Workplace romance] [Modern romance] [Countryside] Li Wanqing and Zhao Qingshan were classmates at the provincial medical university and a couple. After graduation, Li Wanqing returned to her hometown to build a career, while Zhao Qingshan stayed in the big city to pursue greater opportunities. They began a long-distance relationship. After spending so much time apart, their relationship ran into trouble, and their years of love came to a complete end. Back home, Li Wanqing thought she had fo 238Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Rural farming romance

34. 384 我 My Novel Is Also My Third Book 我的小说也的第3本书 I Want My Novel to Become a Hit Too我的小说也想火Modern Romance368k WordsCompleted 2kReads7.4Score292Shelves
35. 385 乡 Zhao Ergou, a Left-Behind Youth in the Countryside 乡村留守青年赵二狗 I Want My Novel to Become a Hit Too我的小说也想火Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [Countryside + Farming + Miracle Doctor + Modern Romance] This is absolutely worth reading. If you read the first chapter and don’t like it, follow the internet cable and come hit me. Zhao Ergou and Qingshan Village share an unbreakable bond. After graduating from university, he returned to the village to become its village doctor. By a stroke of luck, he gained mysterious powers and led the entire village to start businesses and get rich... 3.3kReads7.0Score266Shelves
36. 386 战 The God of War's Fiercest Warrior 战神第一猛男 Earn a Billion a Day 99日赚一亿99Urban377k WordsOngoing The day Ye Jushuai was kicked out of his home, he obtained the “Emotion War God” System. As long as he stirs up a beautiful woman's emotions, he gets stronger. The more his enemies hate him, the more invincible he becomes. So he sets his sights on heiresses, icy CEOs, and pure-hearted campus beauties, relentlessly flirting with them until the young masters everywhere turn red-eyed with rage. When his war-god mother-in-law looks down on him, Ye Jushuai casually presents a betrothal gift worth ten 138Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's so beautiful it's insane!!

37. 387 妙 The Extraordinary Life of Wang Erzhu, the Miracle Doctor of the Village 妙手村医王二柱的妖孽人生 Fire Comes火来Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [A top-notch rural tale, complete and ready to binge. No need to wait!] Wang Erzhu was the village idiot, mocked by everyone. When he was young, someone set him up and tricked him into drinking a pesticide-laced beverage. From then on, he spent his days in a daze. His parents spent their entire fortune to get him a pretty young wife, but she could only sleep alone. 178Reads7.7Score101Shelves

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    First place for hunky guy Gaga

38. 388 我 I Have a System for Picking Up Beautiful Women in Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils 我有系统在天龙八部里泡靓女 Lone Star at Night 99夜孤星99Male-Channel Fanfiction924k WordsOngoing I woke up to find I’d become an insignificant servant in Murong Fu’s household, and I’d even been bound to a “Confidante System.” System prompt: Meet Wang Yuyan to receive “Lingbo Weibu”; win Mu Wanqing’s heart to obtain “Beiming Shengong.” I was quietly delighted, but then Murong Fu glanced at me coldly. “A servant like you dares to covet my cousin?” I only smiled and silently opened the System shop, exchanging points for the “Innate Daoist Body.” That very night, I mastered the essence of the 52Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 389 彪 The Fierce Village Chief and Her Miraculous Young Healer 彪悍女村长，妙手小神医 Gentle Breeze淡淡清风Urban301k WordsCompleted [Rural miracle doctor + comeback of a fool + help from beautiful women + high-octane wish fulfillment] The whole village thinks that the simple-minded Li Meng is easy to push around, while the tough female village chief secretly schemes against him. But she never expects Mengzi to fall into the water and awaken the legacy of the Golden Dragon Emperor. From then on, he uses his miraculous medical skills to heal and save lives, draws on his talents to increase incomes and build wealth, and lives f 1.4kReads—Score207Shelves
40. 390 卧 The Crouching Dragon's Little Immortal Doctor 卧龙小仙医 Gentle Breeze淡淡清风Urban214k WordsCompleted With his parents missing and his studies at a prestigious university cut short, Li Tie became the laughingstock of the village. His fiancée publicly broke off their engagement and crushed his dignity, until he ventured into a bottomless pool and discovered the Yin-Yang Tower of Heaven and Earth. The nine-story ancient tower seals a dragon spirit. His divine eyes can see through all things and distinguish yin from yang. Three needles can revive the dead, and his martial arts can quell mountains a 355Reads—Score101Shelves
41. 391 淡 Light Breeze's 24th Book 淡淡清风第24本书 Gentle Breeze淡淡清风Urban357k WordsCompleted College student Su Tie is crippled by someone and sent back to his village, where he unexpectedly inherits the legacy of a goddess. He gains heaven-defying cultivation arts, top-tier medical skills, yin-yang techniques, talismans and curses, and can do just about anything. The young man makes a comeback and climbs step by step to the peak of his life. 62Reads6.1Score109Shelves
42. 392 神 The Miracle Doctor Returns to the Village to Lie Flat, but His Sisters Force Him to Rise 神医回村想躺平，姐姐们逼我奋起 Gentle Breeze淡淡清风Urban143k WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 393 神 Miracle Doctor, the Women in This Upscale Community Won't Leave Me Alone 神医，高档小区女业主们缠上我 Gentle Breeze淡淡清风Urban239k WordsCompleted [Multiple Heroines, No System, No Suffering for the MC, Sudden Wealth] After misfortune struck his family, Lin Feng, a down-on-his-luck doctor at a community clinic, accidentally came across an ancient scroll. Suddenly, a book spirit appeared in his mind. With peerless medical skills and martial arts, he caused a sensation throughout the Jinyuan residential complex. Divine Doctor Lin: “I can improve my physique...” The women who owned homes in this upscale community all flocked to him... Lin Fen 140Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 394 修 The Cultivation Trickster Who Made It into 749 修仙小神棍，修进749 Stories for the Wine故事佐酒Urban301k WordsCompleted Liu Dabao was an orphan picked up by Liu Changgen of Wolong Village. Known as a “half-immortal,” Liu Changgen was famous for miles around and nicknamed “the old quack.” Besides treating headaches and fevers, he was especially skilled at gynecology and other difficult ailments. Liu Dabao graduated from a traditional Chinese medicine university, but not only could he not find a job, his girlfriend also left him for a rich heir with a Land Rover. After returning to the village to inherit his mentor 17Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 395 南 Tales of Nanyang’s Old Town 南阳老城往事 Feng Laojiu风老九Mystery137k WordsOngoing Memories of a bizarre and absurd era, somewhere in the 1980s and 1990s. A girl vanishes into thin air; two murders over a pair of corneas, with a condemned woman repaying her debt at the execution ground; a thousand-year-old pottery shard traps a rich heir for life; a murder in a narrow alley shrouded in mystery; a disfigured old man fishes for ghosts by the river; a family’s secret history spanning half a century... These stories offer more than an eerie atmosphere. They focus on the suffering, 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    No clichés, no system, no cheat codes, no time travel, no rebirth, no showing off or face-slapping—nothing at all… Zero AI, purely handwritten by a living person. I'm not doing a job to make money; I'm seriously writing a readable storybook. If you're destined to read it, take your time and savor it. If you're impatient, that's fine too. We'll meet again someday.

46. 396 因 Because of Love: Mu Yi San Pi 因为爱情：木易三皮 Mu Yi San Pi木易三皮Modern Romance101k WordsOngoing They say everyone meets two people in life: one who makes time stand still in wonder, and one who brings warmth to the years. The protagonist, Zhao Jun, seems to have had two women, yet somehow ends up with neither. Everything is like sand slipping through his fingers: the tighter he tries to hold on, the faster it escapes. —Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 397 鬼 The Divine-Handed Ghost Doctor and Little Farmer 鬼医圣手小神农 Gentle Breeze淡淡清风Urban2.2M WordsCompleted Xiao Yao was expelled from college after saving the campus belle and being framed. Back in his village, he saved the village beauty, only to be set up and killed by the local bully. He sank into an ancient Dragon Pool, where he unexpectedly received an ancient inheritance. Master of both medicine and martial arts, he blazed through life with one lucky break after another, leading the impoverished villagers onto the road to prosperity. Before long, the poor, backward mountain village became a lan 1.4kReads9.0Score217Shelves

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    Sister-in-law, I'll take you flying...~

48. 398 大 The Great Locust Tree 大槐树 Mu Yi San Pi木易三皮Urban205k WordsCompleted Childhood sweethearts who grew up together, Mu Yi and Fang Meng could have gone to college together, found jobs, started a family, and lived happily ever after. But after one crisis after another struck Fang Meng's family, her mother kept choosing to sacrifice her daughter for her son. With every crisis, Fang Meng's life veered further from the happy future she had once imagined. Mu Yi and Fang Meng each started new families, but their inability to forget or let go of each other made both marria 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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