Looking for Supernatural Novels with Brotherhood and No Female Lead 求灵异小说！只有兄弟情没有女主的

1. 1 我 Thirteen Years in the Shady Business 我捞偏门十三年 Shellfire Blade壳火刀Mystery305k WordsOngoing [The rating just came out, but it'll go up later] I entered the business in 2008 and retired in 2021. People usually call those of us in this line of work "readers of the unseen." In thirteen years on the job, only about eighty percent of the strange cases I handled ended well. All I can say is that ghosts aren't the most sinister things out there. Some things don't even have names you can call them by. 56.8kReads8.9Score10kShelves

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   The new book is set in 2008 and has a very interesting premise: fellow disciples who are bound by fate to each other from the start.

2. 2 清 Cheongdam Supernatural Affairs Office 清潭灵异事务所 Pomelo Peach柚子桃桃Two Male Leads425k WordsCompleted Legend has it that vengeful ghosts haunt Longhua Wetland Park. After sending one final photo, my cousin Chu Rui’an vanished without a trace here. … My name is Chu Yan’an. I used to be just an ordinary photographer. I ventured into Longhua Park at night to find Chu Rui’an and nearly lost my life. There, I met Qin Shu, the head of the Qingtan Paranormal Affairs Office, with phoenix-like eyes and an otherworldly beauty that defied gender. The female ghost on Red Bridge, the swarms of water ghosts 3.4kReads8.9Score754Shelves

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   Looking for novels with two male leads, a good plot, and some sweet moments between the two main characters 🍬🍬 [crying][crying][crying][crying][crying][crying]

3. 3 床 There’s a Ghost Under the Bed, and He’s My Husband Too 床下是鬼，也是老公 Willow Leaf Tea Mountain柳叶茶山Two Male Leads228k WordsCompleted [A real male ghost top + slightly unhinged + both are each other's first and only + older man] Xia Rong feels as if some filthy thing has latched onto him. It makes his whole body feel uncomfortable, and the feeling is even stronger when he's alone. A chill of horror runs through Xia Rong. Then, one early morning, a pale, sickly hand reaches out from under the bed in the dormitory. His bed. The staunch materialist's worldview is completely overturned. After the shock and terror, Xia Rong doesn't 2.5kReads8.2Score412Shelves
4. 4 活 Living Anchor 活体锚点 A Quartz Watch一只石英表Two Male Leads148k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads] [Happy Ending] [Salvation] [Mystery] The perfect housemate, bottom x the extreme mortician, top Have you ever wondered if an invisible shadow is sharing your home? He eats your food, uses your utensils, wears your clothes, and you don't notice a thing. You only occasionally find half a spoonful of jam missing from the fridge, two dinner rolls gone from the table, or a higher utility bill at the end of the month. I'm that shadow. After all, a life without excitement isn't worth l 11.5kReads8.9Score3.5kShelves
5. 5 我 I Sign Contracts with Demonic Beasts to Extend Their Lives in Strange Cases 我在诡案里签妖兽续命 Astonishing Swan Takes Flight惊鸿鹊起Urban495k WordsCompleted [Unsolved Mysteries + Demonic Beasts + Mild Horror + Episodic Stories + No Romance] When I was on the brink of death after a car accident, I unexpectedly activated the Demon Beast-Seeking System. To stay alive, I was forced to travel around making contracts with demonic beasts. From then on, I could see the lingering memories of the dead, as well as the [qi] surrounding the living. Police officers were wreathed in gray qi around the chest, while black qi churned above celebrities' brows... I kep 355Reads8.3Score100Shelves

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   The first book features Shanzi and Leizi living together like an old married couple; the writing is decent, and the content is quite interesting. The second book has a good plot and well-written story; Xiao Wang and Xiao Yang are also very engaging, their deep affection is evident. The third book features a serious couple, but not so explicitly, making it very enjoyable; the writing is excellent, and the stories are authentic and interesting. The fourth book also features a very engaging couple; I'm currently reading it. The fifth book features Lao Zhang and Lao He (99), two people who are very special to each other, but I felt a bit tired towards the end. The sixth book has an interesting premise, though it's not perfect yet, but it's already very good; Lin Xun and Zhan Lang are also very engaging and quite funny. The seventh book features Teddy (99), a relationship spanning several lifetimes, supposedly based on a true story; it has a more slice-of-life feel, without too many dramatic ups and downs, and their relationship is also very enjoyable—they're like family.

6. 6 小 Mr. Xiao Wang 小王先生 Young Master Wang小王鲜生Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted My mother held on for several extra hours while giving birth to me, just so I wouldn’t be born on the date the fortune-teller had predicted. Haunted by evil spirits! Delivering winter clothes to the dead! Wandering ghosts! Why does everyone come to me for everything? Incense roots? Fate? Five-colored cloth? These mysterious trades all depend on intuition! Granny Bai says I have a spiritual gift and a knack for opening the senses. Aunt Yang says I have all three kinds of affinity. But I never tho 13.5kReads9.4Score1.4kShelves
7. 7 东 Strange Tales of Northeast China 东北诡异实录 Asking the Cold Wind in a Light Rain微雨问冷风Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted The comic adaptation of the same name is now available, also known as Mountain Spirit Lost. The comic Northeast Strange Tales is currently being serialized. Across the vast, boundless black earth of Northeast China, one strange and little-known story after another has unfolded. Now, I’ll tell you these long-buried tales of the supernatural, one by one! 32kReads9.4Score3.3kShelves
8. 8 东 The Rise of Spirit Mediums in Northeast China 东北顶香风云 Lemon-Flavored Orange青柠味桔子Mystery512k WordsOngoing [No heroine + occasional humor + supernatural + xuanhuan + brotherhood + sisterhood] There sure are plenty of weird things in the Northeast! Let me tell you about it. I, Xue Lin, traveled far and wide with the spirit immortals. I helped a coal mine owner find missing miners and battled vengeful ghosts in a burial ground. I broke a formation for the richest man in Wende and stuffed a troublemaking fox spirit into a gourd. I've seen how hard it is to fathom people's hearts, faced ghosts claiming l 706Reads8.0Score106Shelves
9. 9 镇 Notes on Suppressing Evil 镇邪笔记 Zhang Wuren张无忍Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted The four infamous evil objects passed down in folk legend are the Red-Clothed Fiend, the Grinning Corpse, the Bronze Coffin, and the Upright-Burial Grave. I’d only just graduated, and I’d already run into two of them… 4.4kReads8.7Score442Shelves
10. 10 惊 Thriller Game: From the Start, I Urge the Ghost Courtesan to Reform! 惊悚游戏：开局劝鬼花魁从良！ Sweet Sweet Sweet Stories甜甜甜故事Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Horror game + comedic mild horror + infinite-flow + livestream + no heroine + the protagonist doesn’t act human + everyone is clever + everyone lies + original game scenarios] [The only novel online to tell the story of what happened before the horror game invaded!] [Horror scenario “Ghost Brothel” fully loaded. Players, please get ready!] Lin Xun, a hack screenwriter, is transported into a horror game. Unblockable horror livestreams spread across the internet, turning this into a terrifying sp 5.6kReads9.3Score619Shelves
11. 11 出 True Tales of the Spirit Mediums: My Ten Years Serving at a Ghost Hall 出马仙纪实：我供奉鬼堂的那十年 Four Happiness Pavilion四喜阁Mystery3.1M WordsOngoing My name is Zhou Tie. In this book, I'll tell the true story of my ten years running a spirit hall and serving ghosts. You've heard of spirit mediums... but have you heard of a ghost spirit hall? At eighteen, I established a ghost spirit hall and served ghost immortals! The presiding master was the sister my grandfather said had gone mad and died! This book has no female lead. It's not fantasy, and it's definitely not a cultivation novel! It's the true story of how I, born with an ominous yin con 86.4kReads9.6Score8.2kShelves
12. 12 鬼 Ghost Curse 鬼咒 Angry Old Smoker愤怒的老烟Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted Stars are people too. Let me tell you about the times I followed my master and helped some Chinese celebrities change their fate. Changing someone's fate, of course, starts with raising a little ghost. 3kReads—Score637Shelves

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    This is a suspenseful/supernatural novel with no romantic pairing. The main characters, Li Daxia and Wu Yingxiong (nicknamed "Stone" by the protagonist), have a brotherly relationship (their feelings are quite subtle), having slept and kissed. Even their friends ship them. There's no forced ambiguity or cloyingly sweet romance; it's a very comfortable and enjoyable brotherly bond. Stone appears in Chapter 7 of the first volume. Within the main group, Stone and the protagonist have known each other the longest and have always accompanied each other on their adventures. Just read it! ❤️❤️❤️ Male-oriented novel

13. 13 我EN With a Fox Immortal, I Subdue a Hundred Ghosts 我以狐仙镇百鬼 Purple Dream Wandering Dragon紫梦游龙Mystery10.3M WordsOngoing The day I was born, nineteen bolts of thunder struck around our family’s courtyard. A fortune-teller said I was born a demon child, fated to suffer eighteen calamities in my life. Either someone else would die, or I would. As it turned out, the fortune-teller met his own calamity on the very day I was born. He carried me out of the village, and suddenly dropped dead! 748.4kReads9.4Score43kShelves

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    The first book still hasn't introduced a female lead, mostly just the male lead and his brothers fighting in the martial arts world. The second book doesn't have a female lead yet. The third book is a bit absurd; I initially thought there was no female lead, but then I discovered at the end that the male lead's brother was actually a transgender woman who sacrificed herself for him. The fourth book's female lead—not hypocritical, arrogant, or pretentious—doesn't exist 😏; she's just something the male lead imagines.

14. 14 黄 Weasel Spirit! Do I Look Like a Human or a God to You? 黄皮子！你看我像人还是像神？ China's Famous Double Standard中国驰名双标Mystery2.7M WordsCompleted No specialist knowledge here, just a story. [A little horror + a whole lot of comedy + no female lead, no romance] When I was a kid, I took a nighttime shortcut and saw a weasel worshipping the moon. Remembering a story my grandma had told me, I worried it might ask me to grant it a title, so, on a whim, I shouted at it first: “Weasel! Do I look more like a person or a god to you?” The weasel froze for a moment, then said I looked like a dumbass! But from that day on, I really did become an idio 30.6kReads9.1Score2.6kShelves

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    No female lead, no romantic pairing, just read it and be done with it. It's even a bit funny, so it's not boring to read. 👍

15. 15 镇 Celestial Official of the Corpse-Subduing Sect 镇尸天官 Lianshan Yi连山易Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted The unfathomable mystery of immortality, horrifying strange happenings in a mountain village, a mysterious ancient tomb buried deep beneath the earth, and ancient legends from the barren wilderness... None of it should have had anything to do with me. But after my grandfather's bizarre death, I could no longer escape my fate and was dragged into this endless conspiracy... 461Reads7.3Score102Shelves

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    The first book still hasn't introduced a female lead, mostly just the male lead and his brothers fighting in the martial arts world. The second book doesn't have a female lead yet. The third book is a bit absurd; I initially thought there was no female lead, but then I discovered at the end that the male lead's brother was actually a transgender woman who sacrificed herself for him. The fourth book's female lead—not hypocritical, arrogant, or pretentious—doesn't exist [smirk]; she's just something the male lead imagines.

16. 16 十EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score206.4kShelves
17. 17 民 Strange Tales from the Min Tiao Bureau: Mian Zhuan 民调局异闻录之勉传 Er Dong Shuishou耳东水寿Mystery8.3M WordsCompleted This is the story of an immortal man spanning two thousand years. In every corner of history, he left his name behind. To some, he was a nightmare. To others, he awakened them from the nightmares that haunted them. At the beginning of the story, his name was Wu Mian. By the end, his name was Invincible. 22.5kReads9.4Score2.2kShelves

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    It has to be the Bureau of Investigation series! Definitely no female lead, and the plot is excellent. It's also quite long and very engaging, with the author doing a great job of developing the characters.

18. 18 民 Strange Tales from the Civil Affairs Bureau (Complete in 8 Volumes) 民调局异闻录（全8册） Er Dong Shuishou耳东水寿Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted The Strange Tales of the Bureau of Investigation series creates an entirely new world of suspense: a mysterious organization dedicated to uncovering the truth behind bizarre, uncanny, and supernatural events, and the world it faces. The stories are wildly strange and utterly captivating, with a witty, playful style and one suspenseful twist after another. Once you start reading, you won't be able to put them down. Throughout history, strange cases and evil monsters have always been dealt with by 37.4kReads9.6Score5.8kShelves
19. 19 民 Tomb Raiding Tales from Republican China 民国盗墓往事 Er Dong Shou Shui.耳东水寿.Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted A long-lost memory brings a gripping story from the past to light. What I’m about to tell you is a secret from the Republican era… 3.5kReads8.8Score604Shelves
20. 20 暗 The Dark Night Draws Near 暗夜将至 Er Dong Shuishou耳东水寿Sci-Fi & Apocalypse704k WordsCompleted When a person's soul grows powerful enough, it can give rise to an ability almost like that of a god. Hidden in our world is a group of people who possess this extraordinary power. The story I'm about to tell you is about one of them. This book updates three chapters on odd-numbered days and two on even-numbered days. I'll try my best not to take any days off... 3.8kReads9.1Score591Shelves
21. 21 民 Strange Tales from the Bureau: The Final Chapter 民调局异闻录之最终篇章 Er Dong Shuishou耳东水寿Mystery3.1M WordsCompleted A strange past, a mysterious department, an eccentric white-haired man, and a fat man who can see through everything: the final chapter in the history of the Folk Affairs Investigation and Research Bureau. 16.6kReads9.3Score1.8kShelves
22. 22 出 The Day I Left My Master, I Banged My Head and Killed My Entire Family 出师当天，我一头磕死满院亲人 Spicy Beef Offal Pot香辣牛杂煲Mystery507k WordsCompleted A yellow weasel weeps at a grave, a dead woman gives birth. A sinister, uncanny world of curse magic unfolds... 2.5kReads8.9Score329Shelves

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    This book is perfect! The male lead and the second male lead are master and disciple from past lives, and also have a brotherly relationship—it's just too sweet to watch!!! Plus, the plot is thrilling, the opening is explosive, the characters aren't saintly, and they're vengeful. I recommend reading it late at night, hehehe.

23. 23 豫 Strange Tales from Western Henan 豫西诡事 X Half-ImmortalX半仙Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted You may think I’m telling a story, but these are things I’ve experienced firsthand over the past ten-odd years. You don’t have to believe me, but are you sure everyone you’ve met was human? Science can’t explain everything… 28.7kReads8.4Score3.6kShelves

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    Brothers and sisters join hands to venture into the martial world

24. 24 少 Young Taoist Master 少年道师 Gold Is Money金子就是钞票Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted In southwestern China, funeral ritual officiants are also known as Daoist masters. When someone dies, rich or poor, their family will hire these masters to perform rites, choose a burial date, and select a gravesite with auspicious feng shui. Their daily work also involves many other things, including driving away evil spirits, conducting rituals, and even glimpsing the secrets of fate. Why does the boy leading the funeral procession set off firecrackers? What do the black and white strips 1.4kReads8.6Score245Shelves

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    These are a few books I've kept hidden away, and they're really super good. The main characters aren't alone, which is one of my little hobbies when reading. (Note: The third book was too unpopular and didn't have an ending [laughs], the fourth book has a low rating but is still very good, and the last one has two male leads.)

25. 25 民 The Folk Feng Shui Master 民间风水之王 Miao Qimiao苗棋淼Mystery3.0M WordsCompleted The Nine Cauldrons Dragon Palace, the Secret Files of the Yellow Springs, the Snow Mountain Corpse Demon, the Yin-Yang Inn... Ever since I borrowed a life from the underworld, I have known no peace. Every time I borrow a life, it becomes a deadly game. After each desperate struggle and narrow escape, I wait for the next secret order from the underworld so I can keep living. Just when I thought I'd escaped the clutches of fate, I discovered that Heaven had prepared a coffin for me too! 52.2kReads9.4Score6kShelves

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    I absolutely love both of these books!!! I'm still reading the first one, it's great. I finished the second one and have been looking for a meal replacement ever since; I really like the protagonist's personality.

26. 26 我 My Yin-Yang Eyes Only Work on Haunted Houses 我的阴阳眼只刷凶宅 Yumeng Won't Get Hurt妖梦不会受伤Mystery2.6M WordsOngoing [Ratings have just opened, so they're a little low. They'll rise soon] [A protagonist who grows over time] Lu Li has yin-yang eyes, and his gray pupils can see ghosts. His life motto is simple: staying alive comes first, making money second! Unfortunately, those cursed eyes always make him witness suffering that others can't see. A ghost woman with hair bristling with resentment, a ghost bride with blood dripping from her red veil, a ghost baby wailing at midnight, even a sinister-looking ghost 37.1kReads8.9Score4kShelves

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    I haven't read the brotherhood part of this novel yet; it's the slow-burn type, an episodic ghost story, and the male lead has a very lifelike presence.

27. 27 凶 Quelling Spirits in a Haunted House 凶宅镇灵 Chai Te'er柴特儿Mystery548k WordsCompleted I'm an ordinary real estate agent. One winter, I took on a house, and in less than a week, three people died inside its kitchen refrigerator. With no other option, I called Li Tiandi, a specialist in handling haunted houses, for help. While hunting ghosts with him, I unexpectedly learned that I had the constitution of someone who could travel to the underworld. And so I began a life of buying and selling haunted houses with him. 197Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 28 邪 Evil God Moran! 邪神墨然！ Three Winds 11三风11Mystery3.1M WordsCompleted Why does the headless ghost in the hospital keep praying at midnight? Why does the skin-stealing ghost in the desolate mountain village wail without stopping? And why does the long-haired female ghost in the studio apartment shriek in the middle of the night? None of this is a distortion of human nature, much less a collapse of morality. It’s just that… someone’s having an episode! In an age when horror has returned and vengeful ghosts run rampant, Bai Yuan, dressed in a hospital gown, smiled ca 155.2kReads9.3Score16.3kShelves

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    This is well-packaged. No female lead. (The title is "King of Night Running in Ping'an City").

29. 29 佛 The Amulet Shop 佛牌专事店 The Little Lamb Who Wants to Fly要飞的小羊Mystery390k WordsCompleted [No female lead + two male leads] My name is Zhou Yi. I’m a broke loser who just graduated from college and can’t even find a decent job. Then a shop owner called and asked me to interview for a sales clerk position. At last, I found a job that could keep food on the table. But the things sold in this shop were nothing like ordinary merchandise. They even seemed a little sinister. Still, I needed to make a living, so I gritted my teeth and stuck with it. I never imagined that this job would plun 11.3kReads9.0Score1.5kShelves

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    Supernatural novels have no female protagonists and are full of homoerotic undertones.

30. 30 恐 Horror's Edge: 100 Absolutely Terrifying Ghost Stories 恐怖边界：100个绝对惊悚的鬼谈 The Out-of-Control Editorial Department失控编辑部Mystery432k WordsCompleted [Standalone Stories + Supernatural Horror + Folk Customs + Feng Shui and Mysticism + Mild Frights + Shocking Twists] Horror tales beyond anything you could imagine. Each story is like a dark door swinging open, drawing you into moments that will make your skin crawl. Listen. A faint whisper, an indescribable shadow creeping closer. Danger by the river, terror in the cemetery, ghost babies in the maternity ward, evil headhunting magic, apparitions at the hot springs, a bloodstained umbrella... On 2.5kReads8.9Score192Shelves

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    These novels take horror to the extreme. When I read them, I felt short of breath and cold all over, as if I were being haunted by an evil spirit. It was so terrifying that I didn't even dare to go to the toilet. Anyone who reads them knows how terrifying they are.

31. 31 阴 The One Who Borrows Lives from the Underworld 阴间借命人 The Out-of-Control Editorial Department失控编辑部Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted [Standalone Stories + Supernatural Horror + Suspense + Folk Customs + Playful Tone + Ensemble Cast + Nonstop Ghost-Hunting Thrills!] Ever since I borrowed a life from the underworld, I’ve known no peace. My name is Quan Ning. I’m a lawyer, and one day I was in a car accident on a mountain road. As I lay dying, I saw a ghostly judge from the underworld come to claim my soul. I struck a deal with him and borrowed a sliver of hope for survival. The price of this life I borrowed was becoming 2.5kReads9.1Score236Shelves
32. 32 百 March of a Hundred Ghosts: I Take the Hungry Ghosts to War 百诡行军：我带饿鬼上战场 Bai Suzhen白素针儿Mystery308k WordsCompleted [Comedy] [Adventure] Bilige was a half-baked shaman who had somehow ended up in the army. His companions included a Shaanbei fat man who'd eaten himself up to two hundred jin during a famine, a long-legged Northeastern squad leader who would grab a cleaver at the slightest provocation, and a Sichuan opera actor who never told the truth. Together with Wang Laihe, a hotheaded young man who couldn't read a single character, and a little hungry ghost who did nothing but bare its teeth and shout “Hun 163Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I can't stop staying up all night! A hundred ghosts march, hungry ghosts face death, fighting against human and ghostly calamities amidst the flames of war. The story is full of tension, with almost no filler chapters.

33. 33 末 Apocalypse Descends: So I’m the Leader of the Mutants 末世降临：原来我是异种老大 Feng Benxi凤本兮Sci-Fi & Apocalypse472k WordsOngoing In 2056, a solar storm swept across the globe, plunging the world into darkness for seven days and seven nights. Earth's ozone layer was destroyed, and solar radiation reached the ground. After that, the whole world changed. Then the crisis arrived, officially ushering in the Age of Death. A hundred years later, Fang Duonan, a boy from an ordinary border city, was supposed to go out and complete a task as required. But someone tried to kill him. When he woke up, he had a strange ghost hand attac 145Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    1. Ye Cheng x Fang Duonan: Our protagonist, Fang Duonan, lives up to his name, having bad luck. He's initially saved by his idol, Ye Cheng, who is in disguise. Unaware that Ye Cheng is actually Fang Duonan, he keeps praising him. He's a character who grows and develops; he's cute and kind. Their later experiences are a mutual journey of redemption. The writer got stuck on the chapter where the protagonist and Ye Cheng planned to live in seclusion together, which can be considered the ending. 2. Boss x Xiao Tian: Xiao Tian, ​​due to his special fate, was abused by an old man from a young age. The boss is like a ray of light entering his life, taking him away to be his shop assistant (not the boss's wife, really). The two embark on a series of adventures. Many beautiful women ask Xiao Tian if he wants to come with them, to which Xiao Tian righteously replies: "I'm the boss's person." They are each other's most important person, and they dote on each other. 3. Wu He and the protagonist first meet when the protagonist is in trouble trying to save his childhood friend, and is then rescued by Wu He. Wu He has a similar personality to Wu Xie and Zhang Qiling. Initially, Wu He is indifferent to the protagonist, but later he subtly becomes jealous and cares about him. Their interactions are very sweet. 4. Ye Yang and Li Po: This book is highly recommended and is super good. The protagonist, Li Po, is intelligent, and the plot is mind-bending. His rigorous training from a young age has forged a resilient yet not heartless character; rather, he is quite affectionate, kind but not saintly. I absolutely love his character. Around chapter 70, Ye Yang appears, and the two team up for a mission. They bicker constantly but consider each other more important than their own lives. Everyone around them teases them about being a couple, and that's what the outside world says too. The ending is happy. 5. Mr. Chen x Han Shouyi: First, let me mention that the first volume of this book, which is only about 100 chapters, has a lot of psychological descriptions due to the author being a novice, but the plot is very solid. From the second volume onwards, when the protagonist first meets Mr. Chen, there are fewer psychological descriptions, and the writing style has improved a lot. It's the kind of book that gets better the more you read it. This is a tomb raiding novel, and it's exceptionally well-written with a captivating plot that's tightly woven together. The mutual attraction between the protagonist and Mr. Chen in the later stages is particularly sweet. I won't spoil some of the plot, but the other characters are also very well-developed. It's definitely worth reading. I flipped through it, and apart from the boss in the second book, most of the characters I've listed first are the quiet and aloof type. Of course, our boss is no less so. In short, it's all about bromance without any romantic pairing, and it's a great read. Sisters, go for it!

34. 34 寻 Searching for Dragon Pearls 寻龙藏珠 Go, Ducks, Go!冲鸭鸭鸭Mystery1.3M WordsOngoing [First person + Suspense and exploration + Supernatural arts + Ensemble adventure + Ancient civilizations + No romance] To find my missing childhood friend, I accidentally wander into an underground cave, where a thousand-year-old drought demon bites me and leaves me afflicted with an ancient curse. The only way to suppress the curse and stay alive is to cultivate using Dragon Pearls. Thus begins my perilous and unpredictable quest to find dra 234Reads8.9Score—Shelves
35. 35 藏 Secrets of the Hidden Labyrinth 藏迷探秘 Speaking of Snow with Dust与尘语雪Mystery972k WordsOngoing An accident ten years ago led me down the path of tomb raiding. On my first tomb expedition, I gained the ability to live forever, but it came at a terrible cost. Is immortality truly a blessing, or a curse? To uncover the secret of immortality, I traveled far and wide, exploring countless famous mountains and ancient tombs, and experiencing more bizarre events than I could count: the sinister Daji hidden in a tree in the Stone-Born Haunted Tomb, a blue elf that had survived for a thousand years 16.9kReads8.8Score1.7kShelves
36. 36 都 The Yin-Yang Master of the City 都市阴阳天师 The Big Cabbage in the Snow雪地里的大白菜Mystery3.4M WordsOngoing Traditional supernatural horror. The protagonist starts out as a Celestial Master, turns into a purple-eyed zombie midway through, and transforms whenever he can’t win. If that bothers you, please give this a pass. Zhou Yuanqing studied under a purple-robed Celestial Master and chose to join Bureau 749, handling supernatural cases across the country: evil spirits, zombies, mountain demons, Japan’s Kiku School, Nanyang curse practitioners… In places ordinary people cannot see, battles of magic ha 30.9kReads8.1Score2.4kShelves

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    I personally recommend traditional supernatural novels. The protagonist's master is a purple-robed celestial master who descends the mountain to join the 749 police force, handling supernatural cases in a city, including evil spirits, mountain spirits, monsters, and zombies. The zombies' strength is categorized by eye color: red, green, yellow, blue, white, and black. The protagonist also develops purple eyes later on. It really suits my taste.

37. 37 访 Spirit-Seeking Case Files 访灵笔录 Mr. Tipsy酩酊和先生Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Standalone stories + Supernatural horror + Thrills + Folk customs + Lighthearted fun + Ensemble cast + Nonstop ghost-hunting action!] Lawyer Quan is on the verge of death after a car accident. At his most desperate moment, he encounters Yin Cangyi, a netherworld judge tasked with collecting evil spirits. To stay alive, Quan Ning strikes a deal with the judge, paying with years of his life. But the price of this lifeline, borrowed on credit, is beyond anything he could have imagined! An evil spi 791Reads8.3Score174Shelves

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    These three books are one book, and it's incredibly good and the relationship between Quan Ning and Yin Cangyi is really worth exploring. The author's writing is also excellent. Although I didn't understand some parts, it's very well written, and most importantly, it's a great read.

38. 38 收 The Corpse Collection Files 收尸档案 Zhang Wuren张无忍Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted Since ancient times, the dead have been left with their bodies. But few people know that corpses hold many secrets that remain hidden from the world. Cursed corpses, living corpses, bodies left where they fell, vengeful corpses, bisected corpses... Every corpse has a story of its own! My name is He Yongheng, and I collect bodies for a funeral home. 3.8kReads9.0Score367Shelves

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    These two books are good.

39. 39 千 Corpse Town 千尸镇 Zhang Wuren张无忍Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted Today, we're not talking about anything else. We're just telling a story. They say that somewhere in Hebei, there's a very strange paper effigy shop called the Yin-Yang Shop... 524Reads7.3Score113Shelves

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    These are all of them. [Laughs][laughs][laughs]

40. 40 镇 The Soul-Suppressing Stele 镇魂碑 Zhang Wuren张无忍Mystery3.3M WordsCompleted Telling the eeriest stories and exposing the most unfathomable human hearts! The final installment in the Evil-Quelling Trilogy! (The first two, Evil-Quelling Notes and Thousand Corpse Town, are both complete.) After the first thirty thousand words, there will be three updates every day! No delays, guaranteed! Thank you all for continuing to support Lao Zhang! 687Reads7.8Score101Shelves
41. 41 谋 Scheming Corpse 谋尸 Old Zhang, Old Zhang老张老张1.7M WordsCompleted When I was seven, my second uncle told me, “Only those who deal with corpses can seek immortality.” I didn't want to live forever, but fate forced me into the underworld, gun in one hand and incense in the other. The gun is for helping the living cross over. The incense is for helping evil spirits move on. 1.5kReads8.2Score175Shelves
42. 42 深 The Midnight Spirit Shop 深夜灵店 Lone Lord孤爷Mystery1.9M WordsCompleted I'm neither a yin-yang master nor an exorcist, but I do have an unusual left eye. I run a shop that opens only at midnight, serving customers who have run into special troubles. A little shop, a cup of tea for a guest, and so my story begins... 1.8kReads8.6Score194Shelves
43. 43 邪 The Secret Records of Evil Spirits 邪灵秘录 Evil Spirit with a Knife邪灵一把刀Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted A healer saves lives, but medicine is divided into “living medicine” and “dead medicine.” A group of young people journey through remote mountain valleys, deserts, and snowy wilderness. They venture along the boundary between life and death, exploring lost techniques. This is a shocking mystery hidden among mountains, rivers, and vast wilderness... 695Reads8.6Score102Shelves

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    I've seen your recommendations for books like *The Haunted Book*, *Corpse Child*, *The Tomb Raider*, and *The Taoist Priest*, and I can tell you definitively that none of them can surpass these three books. The last one isn't as good as the first two, but it's still better than what you've recommended. The truly enjoyable books, besides *The Grave Robbers' Chronicles*, are all works from 2015 and 2014, pioneers of brotherhood themes.

44. 44 古 The Ancient Tomb Code 古墓密码 Wu Yishu伍一书Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted I was sentenced to life in prison for tomb raiding. I thought that was bad enough, but then The Dragon Head Maze, the Flying Ancient House, the ghost ship at sea... They all led me to a huge secret. “Open this door. Everything you want to know and everything you want is inside.” 4.9kReads8.1Score758Shelves
45. 45 雪 Life-and-Death Gambit in the Snowlands 雪域生死局 Trusted Washlet心腹大浣Mystery1.4M WordsOngoing [Chinese Folk Horror + Gods and Ghosts + Folk Legends + Secret-Realm Exploration + Mystery and Deduction + Strong Allies] At an antique fair in Lhasa, I stumbled upon an ancient Tibetan stone tablet. Curious about its contents, I accepted an invitation to join a merchant named Lao Gun and the team he had assembled to search for goods. Together, we ventured deep into the barren mountains of northern Tibet to investigate an ancient temple. I never expected the old temple to conceal such mysteries. 8kReads8.6Score1.2kShelves

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    👍👍Highly recommended! A hardcore adventure through the hidden wonders of Tibet with no romantic pairing. Terrifying and supernatural mysteries abound, and the two male leads are each other's "partners," sharing life-and-death experiences with unwavering teamwork! Brothers! The trust between us needs no further explanation!!

46. 46 诡 Strange Cases: Nowhere to Run 诡案：无处逢生 I Just Go All Out我咔咔就是干Mystery239k WordsCompleted [Mystery + Supernatural + Crime Solving + Wild Imagination + Rise from the Bottom] My name is Yu Yan. I'm a god-tier squatter, living under a bridge, with all the instant noodles I can eat and all the river water I can drink. I open loot boxes every day. Then one day, a murder takes place beside the bridge where I live, and a man's corpse turns up in the river. That very night, I encounter something terrifying... But who could have guessed that I would be dragged into one frightening, supernatur 186Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 47 哭 Weeping Evil 哭邪 Miao Qimiao苗棋淼Mystery821k WordsCompleted People watch over a temple for ten years; the temple watches over them for a lifetime. 114Reads6.9Score—Shelves
48. 48 黄 The Yellow Springs Waystation 黄泉中转站 The Mischievous Kid Who Reaches for the Moon飞天揽月小顽童Mystery546k WordsCompleted The Underworld Survival Guide: Yellow Springs Transit Station (Two male leads / Infinite Flow / Scheming, doting powerhouse x outwardly timid but inwardly tough college guy / Underworld escape + high-stakes twists) [System Warning: Your heartbeat has stopped. Will you accept the Underworld's offer?] Jiang Younian, a modern-day college student with a frail constitution, never dreamed he'd die suddenly during exam week, much less end up bound to Xie Nanzhou, a big shot in the Underworld. One ha 440Reads8.1Score128Shelves

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    [Dual Male Leads + Ensemble Cast + Escape + Mutual Redemption + Strong vs. Strong] [A Cunning, Level-Up Boss vs. A Socially Anxious, Inexperienced Newbie] Due to years of irregular sleep patterns, Jiang Younian finally collapsed a few days before his final exams. When he opened his eyes again, he was in the Underworld. But his lifespan hadn't ended, and to get out alive, he had to participate in the Underworld's plan to appease vengeful spirits. He needed to enter 10 different parallel universes to persuade vengeful spirits to be reborn. Jiang Younian resignedly clung to the leg of a man named Xie Nanzhou. He thought he would be treated like a beast of burden. On his first night in the realm of vengeful spirits, Jiang Younian was too scared to sleep. Xie Nanzhou: Believe it or not, I'll knock you out. Later... Jiang Younian: I'll sleep by myself, don't knock me out. Xie Nanzhou: Don't worry, I can't bear to knock you out. ... Excerpts from life in the Underworld: 1. Eating Jiang Younian: What are we eating today? Xie Nanzhou: We're eating the braised pork they offered last year. 2. Visiting the Underworld Market Jiang Younian: How much is a skewer of candied hawthorns? Merchant: 1000 ghost money per string, just offered it a few days ago! Jiang Younian: Too expensive, I can't afford it. Xie Nanzhou: Buy it! 3. Accommodation Jiang Younian: I'm tired of this house. Xie Nanzhou: Let me look for it, they burned down a castle before.

49. 49 恐 Terrifying Nightmare: Extreme Survival in a Bizarre World 恐怖噩梦：我在诡异世界极限逃生 Young Bear年轻熊Mystery1.2M WordsOngoing [Infinite-flow, mildly scary, no romance] Wang Yan wearily opened his front door. Inside, he saw the woman next door holding and soothing a baby, staring at him in terror. “Sorry, I’ve got the wrong apartment.” He quickly apologized and backed out, then slammed the door shut. Standing in the pitch-black hallway, he found himself unable to decide what was more terrifying: seeing his female neighbor in his home, or seeing the baby who had died long ago… 410.7kReads9.4Score78kShelves

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    I don't like novels with romantic pairings.

50. 50 惊 Thriller Game: I Can Eavesdrop on Ghosts 惊悚游戏：我能偷听鬼话 A-Tian, Have You Updated Yet?阿天你更新了吗Mystery793k WordsOngoing [Infinite Flow] [No Female Lead] [Light Horror] [Multiple Twists] Six months ago, a blood mist sealed off Nandu City, trapping its ten million residents inside. Strange beings invaded the fog, and one abnormal incident after another unfolded. Lin Xu has no idea why he appeared in this city. A strange game appeared at the same time, forcing him to enter a horror instance every seven days, where death was all but certain. But the items he obtained in the game could be used against the strange enti 21.4kReads7.0Score2.2kShelves

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