A Supernatural Novel Where the Protagonist Runs a Shop 主角开店的灵异文

1. 1 午 The Midnight Pawnshop: The Living Must Keep Away 午夜当铺，活人回避 Chong Xiayueban虫下月半Mystery4.0M WordsOngoing [Traditional Supernatural Horror] [Chinese Folk Customs] [Unorthodox Trade] [Tales of Evil Objects] [No Romance] This is a strange pawnshop that deals exclusively in sinister objects with special value! When something goes against the natural order, evil must be at work! Some things simply should not exist in this world! Coins stuffed into the mouths of the dead, an executioner's blade, grave mushrooms, flesh lingzhi, Kunlun fetuses... Evil objects can harm people, but they can also help them! T 277kReads9.4Score23.7kShelves

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   These two are amazing! The first one is so good it's a little scary, probably because I read it at night! The second one is really great, so enjoyable to read. Currently, there's no female lead because it's still ongoing, and I doubt there will be one even after it's finished. So read it without worry! 👀

2. 2 我 Even Ghost Messengers Say the Hotpot at My Restaurant Is Delicious 我开的火锅店，鬼差吃了都说好 Lone Lord孤爷Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted Low-key version She dropped out of school at thirteen and worked as a chef until she was nineteen. With the savings Lin Ye had scraped together over those six years, he opened a hot pot restaurant. Who could have guessed his venture would get off to such a poor start, with business so slow the place was about to close? Just as he was wondering what to do next, two customers showed up on the restaurant's final night and changed his life... Grim Reaper: “Boss Lin, your hot pot is so spicy. It 31.8kReads9.1Score2.8kShelves
3. 3 诡 The Demon Rental Contract 诡契约之恶魔出租 The Devil Who Got Rich Overnight一夜暴富的恶魔Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted Welcome to the Demon Rental Shop. What wish would you like to have granted? Revenge? Money? Power? Love? Or any other desire? If you want it, the demons will make it happen. Of course, everything comes at a price. 14.5kReads8.4Score1.1kShelves

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   Rent out demons, harvest souls

4. 4 烟EN Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼 A Night of Misty Rain一夕烟雨Eastern Fantasy9.5M WordsOngoing [The print edition is now available nationwide at all major retailers] "Traditional xuanhuan" "No harem" In the land of Jiuzhou stands a tower called the Misty Rain Tower. Its master, Li Qingzhi, is hailed as a peerless prodigy, holding life and death in his hands beneath the cover of night. Yet what the world doesn’t know is that someone else stands behind the Misty Rain Tower, its true founder. Using the guise of a spoiled young master as cover, he manipulates the winds and clouds and plots ac 868.2kReads9.6Score68.1kShelves

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   Personally, I think YYDS is great, I highly recommend it.

5. 5 午 Midnight Fortune-Teller: Humans Keep Away, Ghosts Come Forward 午夜算命师：人回避，鬼上前 West of the Clouds云间之右Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted Everyone knows about fortune-telling, but have you ever heard of telling fortunes for ghosts? Just because you've never heard of something doesn't mean it doesn't exist. If you ever come across a fortune-telling shop with its doors still open in the middle of the night, don't go looking for excitement. Because the people waiting in line might not be people… 35.4kReads9.0Score2.6kShelves
6. 6 超 Super Scary Livestream 超级惊悚直播 Yuwen Chang Gong宇文长弓Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted "Welcome, everyone, to the Supernatural Scary Live Stream. Before we start today's broadcast, I have to tell you that only three kinds of people can watch this stream: those with a heavy aura of yin energy, those who will die within seven days, and the third kind, which I can't discuss in detail. I can only give you one warning: watch your back!" 25.3kReads9.2Score3.3kShelves
7. 7 三 The Language of the Three Corpses 三尸语 Luo Xiaoyang洛小阳Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing You’ve heard of people who died with their eyes open, but have you ever heard of a dead person whose mouth wouldn’t close? His grandfather’s death turns the life of a broke college student upside down. A corpse glares, a soul is hooked; a corpse opens its mouth, and disaster strikes twice. As one bizarre incident after another unfolds, he accidentally discovers that there’s far more to it than ghosts… 69.1kReads9.3Score10.7kShelves
8. 8 我 I Have a Little Shop Called Yellow Springs Road 我有个小店叫做黄泉路 San Yue俕月Modern Romance359k WordsCompleted [Ding!] Congratulations, you have awakened the [Yellow Springs Road] System. As long as you collect enough Sin Points, Host, you can have a healthy body. “Have you heard? A shop called [Yellow Springs Road] opened in the west of the city. If you bring the owner what she wants, she can grant any wish!” “Really? It’s not a scam, is it?” “I don’t think so. I heard Wu Xiaoqian from the class next door only managed to escape their harassment after getting in touch with the mysterious owner of [Yellow 103Reads6.5Score—Shelves

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   [Let's watch and see]

9. 9 诡 The Eerie Spirit Medium: My Doll Can Really Manifest Spirits 诡异降神师：我的娃娃真能显灵 Clouds Can Smile云会笑Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted [Ghosts in the Book!] [Dark Tone!] [Villain Protagonist!] [Urban Supernatural!] [Horror Aesthetic!] [Invincible from the Start!] A sinister doll saws someone to pieces, a red-clad vengeful ghost claims lives at the airport, a hundred ghosts hunt people down along a ten-mile street, the dead rise again in a crematorium, and corpses dance wildly in an abandoned hospital... None of these things happened to me. They are all stories I wrote. My name is Yang Ning. I am an heir to the Ling Men, a profe 131.2kReads9.5Score11.5kShelves

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   ✨✨This is the only book I've read that I felt compelled to write a review for. The protagonist is so incredibly kind! 💛💛 Remembering how every little kid said, "Chengcheng, you're the gentlest person in the world," I was increasingly moved as the story progressed. The only ray of light in this corrupt world, even with peak power 💕💕, willing to give the world chance after chance, yet ultimately enduring such a long period of solitude—wasn't that just the utmost despair? A child who emerged from darkness, still possessing kindness and light, while those who have experienced the light openly harbor evil intentions. The most profound takeaway is: there are no truly kind people in this world; even if there are, they simply lack the means to commit evil. ‍🔥‍🔥

10. 10 我 I'm a Bar Owner, Forced to Catch Ghosts 我，酒吧老板，被迫营业捉鬼 Beiluo Today北落今天Mystery1.9M WordsOngoing [Horror + supernatural + semi-invincible + no System + not brainless + ruthless decisiveness] I’m Heibai, an utterly ordinary bar owner. I only wanted to live a quiet life, but one commission and one problem after another keep landing on my doorstep. Curse magic, a drug-induced dreamless sleep, a yin-yang wedding, a deadly text message... As the Underworld descends, little Jiangcheng becomes a den of danger, and one strange incident after another unfolds. Well, looks like I can’t hide my abiliti 1.2kReads8.8Score110Shelves

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    Thriller/Supernatural x Modern Horror x Urban Suspense x Pretending to be weak while actually being strong – the protagonist is very strong, never truly suffers setbacks, never feels humiliated, is decisive in killing, and is absolutely fearless!

11. 11 捉 The Ghost-Hunting Qingfeng Lodge 捉鬼清风居 Potatoes Roasted with Chili Peppers土豆烧辣椒Mystery599k WordsCompleted “Clear Breeze Hall” is a shop specializing in exorcising demons and driving away ghosts. A strange couplet hangs by the door: First line: If you’re free of disaster and trouble, don’t come in. Second line: If you’ve got ghosts or demons, come on in. The shop’s owner is a 21-year-old young man named Zhang Qingfeng, the thirty-ninth-generation heir of the Zixiao Sect. Some say the owner is obsessed with money and cares about nothing else. Others say he’s a living bodhisattva who came into the worl 6.2kReads8.8Score519Shelves

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    It's good; the first one has a female lead.

12. 12 民 A Record of Folk Curses and Diseases 民间诡病实录 Jin Butong金不同Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted “Don't treat ordinary illnesses. Treat only those illnesses no one else can cure.” “If you cure them, take the patient's most precious possession. If you fail, close the clinic and get as far away as possible.” One day, a beautiful, icy woman came to the clinic with an extraordinarily bizarre illness. The thing she treasured most was her young and beautiful younger sister... 619Reads7.4Score104Shelves

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    The male protagonist takes on jobs and runs his own shop, mainly because he's not brainless and doesn't act like a riddle-like person.

13. 13 往 The Rebirth Shop: I Handle Paranormal Cases at the Funeral Home 往生铺：我在殡仪馆处理灵异事件 I'll Light a Candle Tomorrow Night明晚点蜡烛Mystery301k WordsCompleted My name is Chen Yang, and I run a funeral shop called Passing On in the outskirts of the city. By day, I sell wreaths and make paper effigies. My business is with the dead. At midnight, I burn incense and light candles, dealing with the “unclean things” that the living would rather avoid. 350Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I recently stumbled upon an absolutely amazing supernatural novel, and I have to recommend it to all you brave readers!

14. 14 纸 The Paper Effigy Shop Owner Is a Powerful Occultist 纸扎店老板娘她是玄门大佬 A Xia, Beautiful and Talented阿夏貌美且有才Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted The second installment, Gods Cannot Save Themselves 2, is now available! Strong female lead, no CP (a monk with unrequited feelings approaches the heroine with an ulterior motive) + wish fulfillment + plot-driven. The heroine isn't a self-sacrificing saint, so if you like that type of heroine, please look elsewhere. The heroine, Chen Zhaoyuan, owns a paper offerings shop. She's a “person” who has lived for a very, very long time. Some of her memories are missing. She's no good at music, chess, c 31.5kReads9.0Score3.7kShelves

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    I recommend it to everyone I meet; you won't regret it once you're hooked!

15. 15 恐 The Horror Mission Palace 恐怖任务宫 Guest by the Cold River寒江客Mystery660k WordsCompleted After accidentally obtaining a keepsake left behind by his parents, he became a Host of terror. As long as he kept completing the tasks assigned by the System, luxury cars, beautiful women, and wealth would all be within easy reach. But it was only after accepting the rewards offered by the System that he discovered this was all part of a huge conspiracy... —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Completely fitting. Supernatural horror, the protagonist focuses on subjugation, and a shop opening is imminent.

16. 16 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
17. 17 了 The Affairs Hall 了事堂 Da Youqi大有七Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted The Hall of Resolution’s motto: Settle the three thousand troubles of the mortal world, and let all people enjoy peace. If you have a problem, go to Tian Qi. As long as you have enough money, he can handle it. Not enough? Then, sorry. I'm a little tired. 5.2kReads8.5Score379Shelves

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    Slightly poisonous, edible [smirk]

18. 18 最 The Ultimate Middleman: The Supernatural Come to Me for Supplies 最强中间商：诡异来找我进货 King of Gold and Silver Picking Flower Dew金银大王摘花露Mystery653k WordsCompleted [Creepy + Infinite Flow + Livestreaming + Face-Slapping Power Fantasy + No CP] Horror games invade Earth. Countless people die in the games, while others gain supernatural abilities and become beings comparable to gods. Jiang Ye awakens the [SSS-Rank Talent: Supermarket Owner!] From then on, whenever he enters a game instance Jiang Ye: “Dying of thirst? One cup of mineral water costs 100 ghost coins!” The creature: “That’s highway robbery! Doesn’t it only cost 2 ghost coins wholesale?” Unfortuna 2.8kReads8.8Score336Shelves
19. 19 惊 What?! The Paper Effigy Shop Owner Is a Feng Shui Master! 惊！纸扎店老板，竟是玄学大佬！ Bring Me a Yakult来瓶养乐多Modern Romance677k WordsCompleted [Strongest female lead + occult expert + satisfying power fantasy + no romance] Xia Bai's master left her a house. She uses it to get a secure civil-service job in the Underworld. From then on, she spends her days taking on every job she can find, all to help build a new Underworld. Substitute ghosts? Off to reincarnation with you! Borrowed lifespans? That's against Underworld regulations. Go downstairs and face your punishment. Anglers? You want to chum the waters on the Bridge of Helplessness? 8.2kReads8.8Score973Shelves
20. 20 傅 Mr. Fu, Your Wife Has Gone Fortune-Telling on the Street Again and Again 傅总，您夫人又又又去摆摊算命了 Mu Fufeng木抚风Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Mysticism + ghost hunting + fortune-telling + comedy + wish fulfillment] After her master passes away, mystic prodigy Lin Xi comes down from the mountains to set up a fortune-telling stall, earning money while searching for her fiancé. “Master, when will my son meet his destined woman?” Lin Xi: “There’s no destined woman, but there is a destined man.” “Master, I keep dreaming about a ghost. Please get rid of it for me.” Lin Xi: “The ghost is your father. You’ve been visiting the wrong grave. He 64.9kReads9.3Score7.9kShelves
21. 21 直 Livestream Fortune-Telling: President Shi, Your Wife Is Urging You to Get a Divorce 直播算命：时总，夫人催您去离婚 Nine-Nine One Grain of Millet九九一粒粟Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Metaphysics + livestream fortune-telling + wealthy CEO + devoted couple] Love story: A powerful mystic's soul drifted into another world. To stay alive, she had to bind her marriage fate to a man with purple qi. So the first time they met was at the civil affairs bureau. He said, “Marrying you was my grandmother's decision. We have no feelings for each other, so there won't be a wedding, and we won't live together after we marry.” She said, “No problem.” He said, “As agreed, we'll divorce in a 22.6kReads9.1Score3.8kShelves
22. 22 玄 The Metaphysics Masteress Got the Wrong Script 玄学大佬她拿错了剧本 Little Peach Blossom小桃夭夭Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Light horror + doting romance (she pampers him at first, then they spoil each other) + several paranormal tales woven throughout] Rumor has it that the refined, shrewd, and highly intelligent president of the Su Group, the pride of the capital, was sold off by his mother. His price: three Soul-Anchoring Talismans. The buyer's demand: get married within three days. The buyer: Mu Yaoguang. A metaphysical expert born with Yin-Yang Eyes, exceptionally gifted in ghost-hunting, feng shui, physiognomy 10.4kReads9.4Score1.6kShelves
23. 23 玄 The Metaphysics Master Shakes the World After Coming Down from the Mountain 玄学大佬下山后轰动全世界 Gathering the Galaxy一揽星河Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Mysticism + satisfying read + sweet romance] Everyone in the industry says the newly reunited eldest daughter of the Su family is a menace. One sentence from her can break up a marriage, shatter a family, drive someone into bankruptcy, or land them in jail, so people steer clear of her. What’s more, she has opened a Taoist temple and does fortune-telling, face-reading, feng shui, sells talismans, and catches ghosts. She’s done every sort of scam imaginable! Later, word gets around that the elde 82.7kReads9.5Score12.9kShelves
24. 24 道 The Taoist Temple Goes Bankrupt! The Little Taoist Heads Down the Mountain to Seek His Childhood Friend 道观破产！小道士下山投奔竹马 Yueyue Loves to Take a Look悦悦爱瞅瞅Modern Romance372k WordsCompleted [This story is entirely fictional. The setting is imaginary, so please don’t take it seriously!] Master said Jian Xi was born to make a living from the occult! Of the Five Afflictions and Three Deprivations, Jian Xi had two! Of widowhood, spinsterhood, orphanhood, and disability, she had orphanhood! That’s right, she was an orphan, taken in as a child! Of the Three Deprivations, she had poverty! That’s right, she could never save money, and she wasn’t allowed to have any! Sure enough, Master tra 22.6kReads9.3Score2.7kShelves
25. 25 我 I'm the Boss of a Haunted Shop 我在鬼怪店里当老板 Hatake Tutu Cun旗木土土寸Two Male Leads306k WordsCompleted When Xue Ming was eight, he became the owner of the Wanwusheng shop. From then on, a little lamb appeared by his side. And this little lamb turned out to be Taotie, one of the four ancient ferocious beasts?! Taotie’s three daily routines: sleep, have Xue Ming hold me while I sleep, and hold Xue Ming while I sleep. Shopkeeper Xue Ming’s three daily routines: sell goods, hold Taotie, and sell goods while holding Taotie. Then one day, the little lamb transformed into a handsome, six-foot-three hunk 3.3kReads9.4Score499Shelves

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    The book's plot is full of twists and turns, sometimes tense and exciting, as the protagonist fights against the monsters to protect humanity when their power spirals out of control; at other times, it's heartwarming, with the emotional bond between monsters and humans transcending boundaries being deeply moving. Reading this book is like stepping into a fantastical world full of unknowns and surprises, where every page is full of novelty, taking you to explore the hidden corners of the monster world and experience a unique blend of warmth and suspense.

26. 26 东 Tokyo Exorcist Diary 东京除灵日记 Luo Ran 123洛然123Urban1.9M WordsOngoing Japanese-style light novel + not overpowered + slice of life + healing + a touch of the supernatural + Taoist arts + alchemy Hoshino Gen transmigrates, with a younger sister and a house, while both parents are always busy. His busy parents are loaded, and his younger sister is even a hugely popular idol. Without a doubt, Hoshino Gen has won at life. But then... A swordsman stands watch, sword in hand, for hundreds of years in a dilapidated dojo beneath the evening sun... In a warm and healing ga 45.1kReads9.4Score3.5kShelves

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    Antique shop, paranormal

27. 27 惊 The Deadly Taboos of Horror 惊悚死人禁忌 Jian Kaitong简凯彤Mystery172k WordsCompleted [Definitely not ordinary paranormal fiction. Focused on horror and suspense, not mindless wish fulfillment. Folk tales of the supernatural, ghost babies. If you don’t like it after reading, feel free to criticize it.] A mountain village shrouded in mystery is beset by one strange incident after another. A coffin that cannot be lifted at a funeral, children mysteriously drowning, and the question of why a water ghost has appeared. What truth lies behind the deaths? A baby’s anguished cries ring o 154Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The second book features the protagonist opening the court.

28. 28 阴 Strange Yin-Yang Tales: A Half-Immortal’s Records 阴阳诡事：半仙诡录 Jian Kaitong简凯彤Mystery443k WordsCompleted [This is no ordinary supernatural story. It’s all about horror and suspense: no mindless power fantasy, just yin-yang taboos, the Grinning Fiend, the Ghost Bride’s Gown, eerie shadows in an ancient mansion, and the Mandarin Duck Pendant. If it’s not good, you can break my legs!!] There’s no shortage of bizarre happenings between the worlds of yin and yang. The Grinning Fiend: what unknowable resentment lies behind that sinister face? The thousand-year-old fox: what cunning schemes hide beneath h 1.2kReads—Score—Shelves
29. 29 诡 The Haunted Tomb 诡坟 Sugar Quixote糖吉柯德Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted [This is no ordinary paranormal story. It's all about horror and suspense: no mindless wish fulfillment, forbidden yin-yang lore, no cultivation, and a ghost wife. If it's not good, you can break my legs.] People laugh at my family's poverty and say that all my blood relatives have died, so there must be a ghost in our house. I don't dare argue... because there really is a ghost buried in our ancestral grave! ...My name is Zhang Asi... I was born at four in the morning on the fourteenth day of t 40.2kReads8.8Score3.7kShelves
30. 30 走 The Yin-Walking General Store 走阴杂货铺 Long-Eared Rabbit长耳朵的兔子Mystery2.5M WordsCompleted Everything has a spirit. The world is full of spiritual objects, from yang spirits that bring people good fortune to yin spirits that can take lives. There are corpse-pressing jade pendants that suck out people's vital essence, embroidered shoes that walk at midnight, coffin wood that brings wealth and promotion, and ginseng babies with the power to bring the dead back to life... My name is Wan Xiaoqi. I travel between the worlds of yin and yang, making a living collecting spiritual objects! 999Reads6.4Score104Shelves
31. 31 到 In Another World, I Use Taoist Arts to Empty My Enemy's Warehouse 到了异世，我用道术搬空仇人仓库 Ling Ling Qi Xuan泠泠七炫Modern Romance913k WordsCompleted An alternate history setting. Please do not compare this story with real history! Gou Yunshu, a modern Daoist exorcist, was betrayed by her best friend during an exorcism. She was struck down by heavenly retribution, killed by a bolt of lightning. She transmigrated into the body of a young girl in the Great Xia Kingdom of the Republican era and discovered that her grandfather had been captured by the Japanese army. To rescue him, she took her younger siblings, bought a house, and left Laolongtan 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves

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    Supernatural fiction, suitable for reading while staying up all night.

32. 32 镇 The Dragon-Suppressing Coffin and the King of Hell's Fate 镇龙棺，阎王命 Feiyi匪夷Mystery4.9M WordsOngoing They severed my tendons and buried me alive in a sealed coffin, but they didn’t know I was born with the fate of the King of Hell! [Folk horror, feng shui and talismans, incense offerings] Feng shui and fortune-telling, painted-skin demons and spirit summoning, walking in the shadows and corpse driving, corpse-raising spells and curses, yin tattoos and talismanic needles, puppets controlled by strings, red doors sealed with wax, Dogs digging graves on Burial Mound Ridge, ghosts feasting in the R 310.8kReads9.4Score27.9kShelves

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    I recommend this book; it's rich in content and satisfies your curiosity.

33. 33 恐 The Haunted Teahouse: I Only Sell Objects of Ill Omen 恐怖茶馆：我只卖大凶之物 Lord Salted Fish咸鱼君Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted The world is divided between yin and yang. Some people do business with the living, while others trade with the dead. I deal in the business of the dead, but I don’t sell coffins, paper money, funeral clothes, or paper effigies. What I sell are things you’ve never seen before, things far stranger still… 31kReads9.2Score2.9kShelves

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    They're all shop owners; some were powerful from the start, while others grew stronger step by step. Strange occurrences and supernatural phenomena are ever-present.

34. 34 诡 I Opened a Hotel in the Eerie World: Meals, Lodging, and Heart-to-Heart Talks 诡异世界开酒店，包吃管住还谈心 Meng Chenzero梦辰zeroMystery214k WordsCompleted [Hotel Management System + Incident Requests + Supernatural Horror + All-Female Team + No Romance] Qi Mo transmigrated to a world of supernatural horrors and became the owner of a shabby little inn. Her guests were all sorts of strange beings: ghosts, mummies, vampires... Luckily, she unlocked a management System. By collecting supernatural points, she could enter prize draws and win all kinds of rewards. Qi Mo was determined to treat her guests warmly. The hotel provided meals and lodging, and 47Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 35 诡 Eerie Descent: The Only Thing I Have from the Start Is a Rental House? 诡异降临：开局只有一栋出租屋？ That Star Who Loves Cola爱喝可乐的星啊Urban95k WordsOngoing [Infinite Flow] + [The Protagonist Isn't a Goody-Two-Shoes] + [One Female Lead] + [System Novel] + [Comedy] + [A Little Angst] + [Eerie Descent] I am Lin, and I am also “Zero.” —Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 36 无EN Infinite Nightmares: Welcome to the Mist Shop 无限：欢迎来到迷雾商店 Cat Raccoon猫狸Two Male Leads1.4M WordsCompleted [Infinite-Flow Horror | Two Male Leads | Max-Level Rebirth | A Max-Level Infinite-Flow Player Who Signed a Marriage Contract with the Supernatural | Opens a Shop in an Infinite-Flow World] The supernatural see humans as food. He sees the supernatural as stock for his shelves. Su Bai, known as a “monster,” fell at the final stage of the Infinite Nightmare Game. When he opened his eyes again, he had returned to ten years earlier. He had nothing but a frail body… Or so he thought. At the very l 4.6kReads8.9Score710Shelves

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    [Flying kiss][Flying kiss][Flying kiss] ① The eldest son of the Ye family was abused by his stepmother and locked up in a mental hospital. Unexpectedly, he became the disciple of the Emperor of Fengdu, opened a Yellow Springs Inn, and easily took revenge. However, he didn't expect that on his first day out, he would force himself on a big shot in the Beijing circle [laughing and crying]. ② Infinite flow, the Infinite flow master returns with his contracted ghost husband and opens a mist shop specializing in strange props.

37. 37 业 Max Out My Performance and Rise to King of Hell: I Open My Eyes and Get to Work 业绩拉满升阎王，两眼一睁就是干 Twenty-Four Blades二十四刀Mystery369k WordsCompleted The moment Yan Shu opened her eyes, someone grabbed her hand and pressed her fingerprint onto a labor contract. The blood-red ink still hadn't dried on her fingertip. “From now on, you're an employee of Happiness Convenience Store,” the manager said with a beaming smile, handing Yan Shu the store keys. “Work hard.” Perhaps to keep Yan Shu from running off, the manager pointed to the page in the employee handbook showing the management structure and dangled a freshly baked carrot in front of her. 1.5kReads8.6Score302Shelves

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    In this book, Yan Shu enters the underworld and becomes a convenience store worker. After passing the assessment, he is promoted to store owner and competes with nine other store owners for the position of Rotating King. (The convenience store's main business is helping wronged souls eliminate their resentment. The female lead is powerful, a soul from another world, and an illegal immigrant.)

38. 38 惊EN Horror: I Created the Anomaly Containment Association 惊悚：我打造了异轨收容会 Chi Yisheng赤亦生Mystery2.7M WordsOngoing [Horror + Satisfying Power Fantasy + Director’s Tall-Tale Style] Horror games descended upon Blue Star, turning into one eerie dungeon after another. The monsters inside stepped into the real world, and from then on, the world was overrun with the uncanny. Only by conquering every dungeon could humanity stop the supernatural from consuming the world. Otherwise, the eerie realms would merge with reality and turn the human world into a living hell! Shen Yu bound himself to an Anomaly Containmen 48.6kReads9.1Score4.2kShelves
39. 39 我 I Really Run an Orphanage, Not an Assassin's Den 我开的真是孤儿院，不是杀手堂 I Am the Ox Warrior我是牛战士Eastern Fantasy3.1M WordsCompleted [Print edition now available] [The only imaginative ensemble martial arts novel on the entire site!] [At its peak, 1.5 million readers were following it, ranking seventh across all of Tomato Novel. Come on in and see for yourselves, dear readers!] [Ensemble cast + System + Traits + Martial Arts] Chen Ye transmigrated to the Great Wu Dynasty and became bound to the Orphan-Raising System. By raising orphans, he could earn points, which he could use to draw traits and bestow them upon the children. 116.4kReads8.9Score12.3kShelves
40. 40 午 The Midnight General Store 午夜杂货铺 Sunflower in the Garden园中葵Mystery2.5M WordsCompleted “Welcome to the Underworld General Store. Here, you’ll find merchandise unlike anything else, along with extraordinary service…” I run a midnight general store and work as a professional spirit walker, moving between the worlds of yin and yang. In the pitch-black night, I deal in things that must never be spoken of. Then one day, a strange customer dressed head to toe in red came in, and that was when the real horror began… 7.2kReads8.4Score571Shelves
41. 41 万 Myriad Worlds Mall: Trading Across the Heavens 万界商城：商通万界 The World Beneath the Stars星空下的世界Male-Channel Fanfiction1.4M WordsCompleted [No female lead + fanfiction spanning the Myriad Worlds + farming + war + construction + management] Zhang Tianyu transmigrates to Blue Star and unexpectedly obtains the Myriad Worlds Mall System. From the start, the System gives him a sub-System and a continent-sized Myriad Worlds Mall floating in space. With the Myriad Worlds Mall System, Zhang Tianyu distributes City Lord Tokens throughout the Myriad Worlds and opens trade across them all. He uses resources from various worlds to develop the 3.1kReads7.4Score152Shelves
42. 42 万 The Strongest Merchant Across the Myriad Worlds 万界之最强商人 A Living Braised Fish活的红烧鱼Urban3.1M WordsCompleted Blurb: Connecting the Myriad Worlds and establishing the Myriad Worlds Exchange, Chu Yi accidentally obtains the Myriad Worlds Trading System. From then on, he sets out on the path to becoming the greatest merchant in the Myriad Worlds. “City Lord, I want to defy fate and change my destiny. What should I do?” Chen Changsheng asks. “City Lord, do you sell fine zithers here?” Ye Yinzhu asks. “City Lord, do you have the greatest martial arts techniques under heaven?” Dugu Baitian asks. “City Lo 137Reads7.1Score—Shelves
43. 43 神 The God-Tier System's Shop Across All Worlds 神级系统万界大店长 Shao Shu Jiuhui少书九回Eastern Fantasy5.1M WordsCompleted [An original story, not a world-hopping tale] Legend has it that in a corner of the continent, there is a little shop. It sells chewing gum that gives you an endless supply of strength, and soda that can have you leaping around in an instant, even if you were on your last breath. The place is packed with divine beasts and overflowing with magical treasures. There is no product you can’t find there, only things you haven’t thought of yet. Countless powerful figures flock to the shop, and influent 2kReads8.3Score216Shelves
44. 44 异 Otherworldly Shop System 异界商店系统 341 People341人Eastern Fantasy5.2M WordsCompleted The animated comic I Have an Invincible Shop is now available on Hongguo. The plane where the Tianchen Continent is located was originally a world of martial artists. After a shop suddenly arrived, the world began to change little by little. The shop contained items that people in this world yearned for, as well as facilities that could help martial artists advance to higher realms. Gradually, the spiritual energy of this world transformed into energy suitable for cultivating immortality. Spirit 9.9kReads8.3Score781Shelves
45. 45 我 I Own a Pawnshop That Holds Heaven and Earth 我有一座天地当铺 Tycoon大亨Urban4.6M WordsCompleted Chang'e, you owe the Heaven and Earth Pawnshop a peerless beauty. Repay the principal and interest within five thousand years, or become our servant and accept whatever fate awaits you! Lord Laozi, you owe the Heaven and Earth Pawnshop a top-grade immortal artifact. Return two artifacts within three thousand years, or we’ll seize Doushuai Palace and the artifact you pledged! And you, Monkey, the Golden Cudgel in your hands belongs to the pawnshop too. Hurry up and send over your fruits from 3.9kReads7.4Score481Shelves
46. 46 我 I'm a Rune Engraver. Isn't It Reasonable to Carry a Blade? 我是刻纹师，随身带把刀很合理吧 Wu Yue乌月Urban5.3M WordsCompleted [Ruthless male lead + one female lead + myths and legends + not a lighthearted leveling story + not an invincible System; new author, enter at your own risk] Years sank into the dark waters; the Great Dao was buried beneath the dust. The vast world changed, and all living things became corpses. The myths of old lay buried in the passage of time. The Great Dao of this world imposed its limits, leaving humanity's path of cultivation arduous and without a way forward. First, the sages gave their li 121.7kReads9.2Score17.1kShelves

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    After Xu Shen found a small black knife in the sewers, his life trajectory quietly veered off course... [Engraving Points +100...] "I don't see any other engravers with this engraving tool." "You'll get tetanus from that stab, won't you?" "Aren't you an engraver? How come you killed a ghoul with one punch?" My name is Xu Shen. My principle is to eliminate threats first, right? Besides, the world is so chaotic, what's wrong with a rune engraver carrying a knife? [Traditional Supernatural, Unorthodox Trade, Tales of Evil Objects] This is a strange pawnshop that specializes in collecting eerie items of unique value! Dead men's mouth money, executioner's knives, grave mound mushrooms, fleshy Ganoderma lucidum, Kunlun fetuses... These evil objects can harm or help! Through the pawnshop's hands, they can be transformed from evil into treasure! Promotions, wealth, disaster relief, even defying fate! Things are neither good nor bad; only the human heart is never satisfied... Some nights, this pawnshop is frequented by many strange customers...

47. 47 开 I Run a Woodcarving Shop from the Start, and the Young Master Has the Art of Creating Gods 开局经营木雕铺，少爷他有造神术 Forest Moon Deer森月鹿Mystery313k WordsOngoing (No female lead + male protagonist creates gods) Lu Sanchuan transmigrates. He becomes the villainous cannon-fodder fake young master, a foil to the real young master. After being kicked out of the family, he clings to the Lu family and refuses to leave. When evil entities invade at night, he nearly gets the real young master killed. His limbs are broken, he is reduced to begging for a living, and he dies a miserable death. This is a world without gods, where humanity struggles to survive sur 184Reads7.2Score—Shelves
48. 48 当 When the Uncanny Descends on the World, Death Is the End 当诡异降临世界，死亡即是终点 Qingyuan Vocational High School Prodigy庆元职高小天才Mystery2.5M WordsOngoing [Supernatural horrors descend + no System + fresh worldbuilding + survival + semi-infinite-flow + no do-gooder protagonist + not dark + supernatural abilities] In the best years of his life, amid the exuberance of youth, Su Yuan thought his days would remain peaceful and beautiful forever. Then a line of bloody text appeared on the blackboard during evening study. [In the silent night, a terrifying ghost appears outside your dorm room... How long will it take to kill you?] Everyone thought it wa 390.6kReads9.3Score43.5kShelves

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    Yes, even though it's not open for business, this is really beautiful. Take a look.

49. 49 三 The Three Watches Incense Shop 三更堂香火店 Wawa Biscuits Are Delicious蛙蛙饼干好吃Mystery144k WordsOngoing [Modern Supernatural]+ [Underworld Employee]+ [No Female Lead]+ [Incense Shop] Shen Sanxian was born with the “Threefold Doom,” a fate that brings misfortune to both his family and himself. He was destined not to live past twenty-one. At eighteen, he inherited an incense shop, along with... A life-extending lamp that burns blood for fuel A bronze bell that keeps wriggling into his pocket A haunted house with a sign that reads, “When the third watch’s lamp is lit, do not answer the door” And a co —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is alright; the plot doesn't drag. It's a newly published book, so I can put it on my bookshelf and let it sit for a while.

50. 50 全 A World of the Eerie, Where Every Guest Is a Big Shot 全球诡异，我的客人全是大佬 Goodnight Choc Ice晚安巧乐兹Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted This is an age of supernatural resurgence, when ghosts roam the night. The Special Affairs Department is overwhelmed, and ghost tamers are run off their feet. Yet in a corner of the old district, a little restaurant called Gu's has become the most unbelievable haven between the living and the dead. Its rules are strange: 1. The food is outrageously expensive, but only the living have to pay. 2. When ghost customers come calling, they pay with their deepest obsessions. 3. No matter who you are, y 5kReads8.6Score550Shelves

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    This is super good! The main character runs a restaurant, there's no female lead. Go check it out! The only downside is the slow update schedule, but it's definitely not going to stop. The author usually updates around 11 PM, really trust me, it's incredibly good!

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