Realistic, Truly Urban Fiction 写实，真正的都市文小说

1. 1001 跟 Live with Me, and You'll Never Go Hungry 跟我住，管饱 Baby Wants Wealth宝宝求财Two Male Leads192k WordsCompleted A super-sweet, slice-of-life food story. [Two men + both have no past relationships + cozy, sweet romance + mutual devotion + fast-paced + no angst + not a story about the rich] Qu Xiang is a private chef who cooks in people's homes. Before meeting his love, all he wanted was a simple life. As it turns out, fate takes pity on him and gives him a wonderfully dependable, caring partner who pulls him along as they build a better life together, one steady step at a time. Cheng Yijian is an ordinary 10.9kReads9.1Score1.8kShelves

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   If you are poor in the early stage, you can survive in the later stage. After reading the real story about unblocked breast glands, delicacies and sweet pets, ordinary people without golden fingers are seriously in love. The upward growth diary of a little chef and a mover. Three meals, four seasons, long flowing water

2. 1002 贼 The Thief's Way 贼道 Heading North向北Urban2.1M WordsCompleted My name is Xiao Wu. I was a wild child no orphanage could keep in check. At nine years old, I charged into this dog-eat-dog world. I saw through it then: living was like clinging to a moving train. You either held on or fell and were crushed to pieces. The first steamed bun I stole wasn’t because I was hungry. I wanted to see whether these hands that picked pockets could grab fate by the throat. The juvenile detention center, the shelter, and the detention center were my schools. The thieves wer 90.2kReads9.6Score11.7kShelves

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   📖📖📖Friends from Shuhuang, please come over! "The King of Thieves with Thousand Faces" depicts the turmoil in the world, the entanglement between black and white thieves, and the protagonist's struggles in the world. It is thrilling and interesting, and the writing is straightforward. It is a rare urban novel.

3. 1003 重 Reborn: A Ruthless Rise from Poverty 重生寒门逆袭全靠狠 May for the Rest of My Life余生五月Male-Channel Fanfiction2.9M WordsCompleted Xu Dazhi was a humble man from a poor family, and he spent most of his life getting nowhere. He never expected to be reborn by chance. With a new life ahead of him, shouldn’t he make the most of it? Making money and turning his life around should be a piece of cake! He never wants to go back to the cowardly life he led before. In this world, starting with nothing and trying to make a good life for yourself means you have to be ruthless! 277Reads6.6Score—Shelves

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   A work by a great master, I am currently reading more.

4. 1004 寸 A Fleeting Moment 寸阴 Three Pigs Stand Like Tripods三猪鼎立Urban760k WordsOngoing [Infinite-loop adventure in the early stages + an intelligent villain + detailed supporting characters + haven't figured out the later stages yet ^_^] Urging someone to study medicine is a recipe for disaster! Even with a golden finger, you still can't overcome human nature! So let it go. Take off that white coat, as if shedding the shackles weighing you down, only to fall into a cycle, an apparently endless loop. Within the cycle of 2015, you uncover a shocking secret from hundreds of years ago 5.5kReads—Score418Shelves

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   Taking off his white clothes, abandoning medicine and joining the military [shocked][shocked]

5. 1005 重 Reshaping the Old Days 重塑旧时光 Rehmannia Pill地黄丸Urban1.6M WordsCompleted Back in 1998, the girl he once had a crush on was in the prime of her youth, his brother-in-arms hadn't yet turned into a jerk, and his happy family hadn't yet been tossed into turmoil like it would be later. It was just the right age, in just the right era. The tumultuous 1990s were about to fade away, and the magnificent new century was about to begin. Lin Baiyao followed an unorthodox path and wielded ruthless power, quietly rising to prominence... 4Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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   Story introduction: Story introduction: reality, actual recommendation

6. 1006 彪 A Big Goofball 彪乎乎 7-Degree Wind7度风Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted The male lead, Liu Dabao, is an ordinary working-class man and a bit of a street punk: carefree, unruly, and doing whatever he pleases! Ye Xiaoni is naturally competitive and a little brash, but because of Liu Dabao, she's forced to venture out into the world on her own. Through all the twists and turns, the coming together and drifting apart, their lives rise from utter poverty to great wealth and back again. In the end, they both learn that a quiet, ordinary life is what really matters, and th 2.4kReads8.3Score242Shelves
7. 1007 冰 Ice Blue 冰蓝 momo Smoke Like Woven Silkmomo烟如织Modern Romance301k WordsCompleted (Completed) An urban tale of men and women, with two shameless, strong female leads. Na Qiao and Qian Lichuan, the “Deadly Beauties” who made a splash in the investment world. They are powerhouses at work, but their personal lives are full of setbacks. After losing her marriage and her job, Na Qiao went on a trip to clear her head and, in a fit of spite, gave herself to a man. By a twist of fate, she healed his loneliness... A wealthy young woman from a small town insists on heading north to sta 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Urban themes, eating and drinking, men and women, moaning for no reason.

8. 1008 蜉 A Mayfly's Day 蜉蝣壹日 Li Erbao李贰宝Modern Romance160k WordsCompleted If you had 24 hours to make up for a lifetime of regrets, but were shackled by the strictest rules imaginable... would you dare to take the gamble? The Underworld has launched the “Mayfly’s Day” experiment: ten souls burdened with grave sins are granted a day of rebirth in the mortal world to fulfill the hardest wish they had in life. Those who succeed will overturn the cycle of reincarnation and be reborn as humans. Those who fail will be cast into the Avici Hell forever, where they will endure —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Urban Realism School [Blowing Kiss]

9. 1009 城 Diary of Survival in the City 城市生存日记 Rouge Moon胭脂月Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [No Golden Finger + A Terrible Start from the Start + Self-Redemption + A Realistic Guide to Urban Homelessness] Watch a little waif scavenge and save money, making life a little better, one step at a time. He Qinghuan barely escaped her home deep in the mountains with her life, and now wanders the city. She must avoid being discovered as homeless and sent back, while making full use of the city's resources to feed herself and survive until she's old enough to work and support herself. Looking u 398Reads8.3Score198Shelves

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   The first urban wandering novel, purely realistic and with righteous views. People nowadays no longer know what kind of disaster a family that values ​​boys over girls will bring to girls. The heroine found out that she had been sold and ran away from her family bravely. She struggled to survive by scavenging in the city and sleeping in public toilets in underground garages. She met all kinds of people from the lower class, and they were warm and helpful to each other. The kindness of strangers has given the heroine great help, and the strong and growing heroine is also using her own efforts to give back to those who helped her. The character's growth line is clear, and the character has an arc. The heroine has low self-esteem, cowardice, and a serious sense of unworthiness in the early stage. In the later stage, she is capable and bright and sunny, and she gains friendship, love, and family along the way. Reading this book is like participating in a girl's entire inspiring youth. It is worth reading.

10. 1010 我 My Wife Is the Chairman's Secretary 我老婆是董事长秘书 Twin Eagles of the Firmament苍穹双鹰Urban267k WordsCompleted To stop my beautiful wife from becoming the chairman's secretary, I even threatened to divorce her. I never expected her to agree! And now, on the road to revenge, there's no stopping me! 2.3kReads6.3Score160Shelves
11. 1011 男 A Man at Forty 男人四十 Twin Eagles of the Firmament苍穹双鹰Urban4.5M WordsCompleted Betrayed by his sworn brother, saddled with a mountain of debt, and stripped of his high-paying job; betrayed by his wife, left with nothing, and discovering that their fake divorce has become real! See how a forty-year-old man takes revenge and gives those two scoundrels a resounding slap in the face! 1.4kReads8.3Score111Shelves
12. 1012 四 A Forty-Year-Old Woman Falls for Me and Makes the Factory Director Call Me Dad! 四十阿姨恋上我，让厂长喊叫爹！ Liu Zixian刘子羡Urban637k WordsOngoing Original Title: A Forty-Year-Old Aunt Falls for Me, and Makes the Factory Director Call Me Dad! After graduating from college, Chen Yu went out to gain work experience and found a job as a management trainee at a small factory. He finally made it through the hard years and was preparing for a promotion into management, only to unexpectedly end up living off a woman. Though, on second thought, that made sense. After all, Chen Yu had seen a doctor who told him he could only live off a woman. At th 2.4kReads—Score118Shelves
13. 1013 合 Hehuan Sect: Deep Blue Lets Me Add Points Until I Become the Demonic Path's Leader 合欢宗：深蓝加点被逼成魔道魁首 Liu Zixian刘子羡Eastern Fantasy158k WordsOngoing Everyone condemns those who practice the Yin-Yang Dual Cultivation Art as depraved and lecherous. But no one knows that I was born less gifted than others, and can only sustain my life through the union of yin and yang. As a disciple of the Hehuan Hall of the Hehuan Sect, I awakened a Deep Blue enhancement panel. The righteous sects close in, my fellow disciples turn on one another, and the ambitious Gu Yue Fang Yuan waits for his chance to strike. To find a chance at survival, I travel far to Q 550Reads—Score211Shelves

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    Auntie, the invincible god of war

14. 1014 合 The Hehuan Sect's Number One Cauldron? More Children, More Blessings, Until I Become a Demonic Elder 合欢宗第一鼎炉？多子多福成老魔 Liu Zixian刘子羡Eastern Fantasy195k WordsOngoing Does having a pure Yang body automatically make you a cultivation furnace? Why can't you just be good at alchemy? His master taught Chen Changsheng the Everlasting Spring Technique, helping him cross the divide between mortal and cultivator. Chen Changsheng began his pursuit of immortality. Along the way, he met many charming women, but his resolve to attain immortality never wavered. Gradually, he became known as a member of the demonic path. What exactly happened to the former Sword God of Bal 3.1kReads—Score237Shelves
15. 1015 我 I Have a Wuling RV for Transporting Supplies in the Apocalypse 我在末日有一辆五菱房车运送物资 Liu Zixian刘子羡Sci-Fi & Apocalypse185k WordsOngoing After graduating from college, Chen Shu couldn't find a suitable job, so he started delivering food. He began making deliveries in a Wuling Hongguang, and one day, without realizing it, he found himself in a parallel apocalyptic world. Chen Shu was just about to go to the bathroom when a woman began frantically pounding on his window. When he rolled it down, the woman, dressed head to toe in designer labels, climbed straight into the car and urged him to drive. In his panic, Chen Shu floored i 912Reads—Score100Shelves
16. 1016 校 The Campus Belle Graduated Without a Single Rumor, Until I Went to Prison 校花零绯闻毕业，直到我锒铛入狱 Liu Zixian刘子羡Urban153k WordsOngoing In 2025, the Shanghai Stock Exchange, where I worked, became the largest exchange in the country. I made an indelible contribution to that achievement. I ended up in prison after making the same mistake as my senior schoolmate. Before that happened, I also met the woman who changed my life... Also known as: "Don't Be Afraid, Senior Sister. I'll Protect You." "Don't Fear the Campus Belle's Flirting, Just Beware the Forty-Year-Old Sister" "Campus Belle, Please Guide Me Through the Rest of My Life" 621Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 1017 寒 A Humble Family’s Path to Officialdom, Part One 寒门仕途【一】 Yan Yunfei闫云飞Urban1.4M WordsCompleted New Book: The Humble Official’s Path [Realistic Period Drama] [Rise from Poverty] [Political Intrigue] [Ambitious Struggle] [Rural Cadres] [Urban Life] In the 1970s, in Xiaochenzhuang, southern Henan, a family of three siblings lives in poverty. They are supported by the state, their father died young, and their mute mother is forced to remarry, leaving them to fend for themselves. The sisters choose Chen Shouzheng to continue his studies, and he devotes himself to his books, eventually becoming 8.2kReads8.8Score720Shelves

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    In the 1970s, he was an orphan with five guarantees in southern Henan. He studied hard in a wheat straw adobe house and became the top scholar in the county. In 1997, he entered the system through double selection. He was promoted to seven levels in a row through hard work without a backer. His officialdom was realistic throughout, and he devoted himself to serving the people. He did not lose money by investing in the official career of a poor family! Fixed tags: #ERA REALITY #counterattack against poverty #rural struggle #grassroots cadres

18. 1018 被 After My Freeloader Boyfriend Called Me Filthy 被软饭男嫌脏后续 Fu Family Seventeen1傅家十七16k WordsCompleted What Happened After My Sugar Baby Called Me Filthy 168Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 1019 转 I Sent Her Money for Twelve Years. After I Took Her to Court, She Finally Dropped the Act 转账十二年，被我告上法庭后，她彻底不装了 Fu Family Seventeen1傅家十七16k WordsCompleted After supporting her for twelve years, I took her to court. That's when she finally dropped the act. 185Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 1020 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... 1.3kReads6.2Score112Shelves
21. 1021 点 Hooked on Acupressure 点穴成瘾 Xu Huaqing许华庆Urban1.7M WordsCompleted A contemporary urban political novel. It may suddenly bring tears to your eyes, then make you burst out laughing. You’ll feel indignant on behalf of the characters and so frustrated your chest aches, only for a sudden twist to lift your spirits. The plot is a thrilling roller-coaster ride. Everything in this story comes from what we see, hear, experience, and realize in real life. You’ll love it! 202Reads6.3Score—Shelves

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    "Contemporary Genius Departs from Shenzhen" is a realistic urban new martial arts novel... Just like you and me back then, starting from Shenzhen, a city full of innovation and development, non-rebirth + reconnaissance + love + adventure + all kinds of sourness after punishing evildoers, it is worth reading and collecting, no pressure and super decompression.

22. 1022 我 My Utopian Girl 我的乌托邦女孩 Little Monk Zeze泽泽小和尚Urban1.2M WordsCompleted Original title: My Utopian Girl [Workplace business rivalry + tearjerker + close to everyday life + everyday comedy] A love story between a penniless male protagonist and a stunning female CEO. What is love? It's the answer we've always been searching for. From fearing that his poverty would keep him from reaching her heart to transforming himself and holding her tight, what exactly did Xinyi go through... 222Reads6.7Score—Shelves

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    They are all good, sweet love stories, full of hope for life. There is also a book called "My Miss Tulip" that cannot be found on Tomato.

23. 1023 雾 Wudu, You Embraced My Youth 雾都，你拥抱过我的青春 Little Qi from South City南城小七Urban1.4M WordsCompleted After ten years of drifting through life, a young man with nothing to his name reunites with his first love and resolves to work hard and turn his life around. But with empty pockets, he can barely scrape by, until the day he meets her… 5.3kReads8.4Score479Shelves
24. 1024 转 Life Takes a Turn 转弯的人生 Love You All My Life一生爱卿Urban221k WordsCompleted I wrote this novel in memory of the first love I will regret losing for the rest of my life. That year, I was eighteen, a country boy who had made it into college. Short and poor, I worked my way through school by cleaning the toilets in the teaching building. I sat quietly in the corner of the classroom, unnoticed. One day, I ran into a pretty girl from another university. My heart raced. I worked up the courage to strike up a conversation, and it went well. One night, when all my roommates wer —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The protagonist was born in a poor ravine. He completed college by cleaning toilets and working as a student. He lost his job after graduation and started running a street vendor. He wrote his first novel four years later, opened a store six years later, a company 12 years later, and a factory 14 years later. This year he wrote his second novel, "A Turning Life," and he is currently opening a new factory and writing his third novel.

25. 1025 1 Ten Scumbags and a Woman Who Hates Cilantro 10个渣男不吃香菜的女人 The Later Generation Clan后人一族Modern Romance187k WordsCompleted 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! 207Reads—Score—Shelves

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    They are all daily novels written by Shuang Wenduo with female protagonists.

26. 1026 深 Shenzhen Stories: Sister Ji 深圳往事霁姐 Luckily Met a Bad Boy幸识印象痞子Modern Romance257k WordsCompleted You resent that I was born too soon; I resent that you were born too late. Though we could not live at the same time, we can still share a grave. Mo Chou happens to meet Wu Zhiji, a beautiful, kind-hearted young widow ten years her senior. Was it that love came too early, before she knew how to cherish it, or that by the time she learned to love, they had become strangers? Disclaimer: The locations, people, companies, and events in this book are unrelated to real life! 96Reads6.3Score—Shelves

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    Here we go, worth a look

27. 1027 背 Betrayal: This Is the Last Time I'll Love You 背叛：是我最后一次爱你 The Later Generation Clan后人一族Modern Romance8k WordsCompleted Betrayal: This Is the Last Time I'll Love You 191Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 1028 小 What Can I Do to Save You, Little Dragon Girl? 小龙女我拿什么救你 The Later Generation Clan后人一族Sci-Fi & Apocalypse162k WordsCompleted 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! 212Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 1029 我 My Phone Connects to Tomorrow 我的手机连明天 No Wood or Stone无木石Urban232k WordsOngoing After his divorce, Xu Yan unexpectedly gets a phone that can connect to the internet of tomorrow, and begins a new life. From then on, wealth and women come pouring in. Love, family bonds... He discovers that having money can be a real headache too... 910Reads5.5Score1.1kShelves
30. 1030 离 After My Divorce, I Embarked on the Path to Immortality 离婚后我开启了仙途 No Wood or Stone无木石Urban608k WordsCompleted A real man can't go a single day without power, and a true man can't go a single day without money. When you have neither power nor money, people will nitpick you no matter how good you are, and look down on you no matter how well you treat them... 2.5kReads8.2Score123Shelves
31. 1031 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 52.7kReads9.7Score7kShelves

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    After graduating from college, three best friends Lian Lian, Ding Xiang and Shu Wan were all faced with the important task of starting a family and starting a business. Ding Xiang's father died young, and her mother worked as a nanny to raise her up. Perhaps because of her Electra complex, she chose a successful middle-aged man as her husband, and became a stepmother when she got married. Lianlian's parents were patriarchal and selfish, and she was bullied by the scumbag neighbor, so she always had a psychological shadow when looking for a partner. Shu Wan's family is well off, but life also hits this girl who is superior in every aspect. It's easier said than done to survive in a big city. It's a great urban novel, realistic👍

32. 1032 逃 Breaking Free 逃离束缚 One Person, One Pen, One Book, One World一人一笔一书一世界Modern Romance245k WordsCompleted Su Yu and Tang Yilan met on a blind date arranged by their university professor. After spending some time together, they both decided they liked each other, so they went to meet each other’s parents. At first, everything seemed to go smoothly, but after they got married, they argued over whether to rent a place of their own. Su Yu also has an older brother, Su Lun, who has been married to Zhao Yanan for years, but still has no children of his own. After finally getting married, Tang Yilan reali 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    When Su Lun woke up, he found that he had slept in the hotel last night and was completely naked. At this time, Xu Meng walked out of the bathroom. Su Lun was even more confused. He completely forgot what he had done last night.

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