Looking for an Urban Story About Achieving Financial Freedom, With an Ordinary Lead Who Isn't Showy, Foolish, or Surrounded by a Harem 求都市财富自由，不装逼不无脑不后宫平凡一点

1. 151 儿 My Son and Daughter-in-Law Schemed for My Retirement Savings. After I Cut Ties with Them, They Regretted It 儿子儿媳算计我的养老钱，我断绝关系后，他们悔疯了 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭8k WordsCompleted My Son and Daughter-in-Law Schemed to Take My Retirement Savings. After I Cut Ties with Them, They Regretted It Too Late 480Reads—Score—14d adds
2. 152 肥 The Chubby Police Doctor 肥警神医 A Bucket of Paste一桶浆糊Urban2.1M WordsCompleted After transmigrating to a parallel world, Sun Ping'an becomes a police officer under threat from the System. He wants to get fired so he can happily become a miracle doctor. Instead, Sun Ping'an embarks on an extraordinary career in law enforcement. 2.6kReads9.4Score54514d adds

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   🔥Holy crap, these are some super long, high-scoring novels, perfectly fitting the characters' lives, and the protagonists are all incredibly wealthy. ✨① "Wasn't that the kid who said his family was poor? I think he's so poor he only has money left!" "Damn! He keeps saying his family is broke, but he drives a Rolls-Royce. Is this a hidden tycoon?" "I almost believed him! Look at what that guy said about repaying his family, it even made me shed a few tears! This... Wasted tears!" "The clown is actually me!" "Who is this guy? Is his family really that rich?" "Rich and good at studying, wow, if God gave me half of that, I'd be happy to be a slacker!"

3. 153 媚 Aunt Mei 媚姨 Manhe曼荷Urban1.4M WordsCompleted Male Lead: Ding Yuan Female Lead: Liu Meiyi No one is reborn, and there is no System. This is an era of struggle belonging to the older generation! That year, Ding Yuan earned top marks in the imperial examinations, only to have his life stolen from him when his stepmother conspired with her family to switch his results. His father, unaware of the truth, set out on a rainy night to sell goods in the mountains and raise money for Ding Yuan to retake the exams. But the tractor overturned in a ravi 5.8kReads8.8Score47714d adds
4. 154 1 My 1-Million-Year-End Bonus Became a 'Certificate of Encouragement,' So I Made Dozens of Times That Amount Back from the Company 100万年终奖变“鼓励奖状”，我反手从公司赚回几十倍 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭8k WordsCompleted My 1-Million Year-End Bonus Became a "Certificate of Encouragement," So I Turned Around and Made Dozens of Times That Amount from the Company 199Reads—Score—14d adds
5. 155 囧 The Awkward King’s Superdimensional Comeback as a Soccer King 囧王超维逆袭球王 I'm Wo Shen我是沃神Urban138k WordsCompleted When An Dai wakes up, he has become Zhao Yinan, the city’s best young basketball player. Everyone gets his name wrong and thinks he’s the basketball star. Only Su Xiao can hear what he’s thinking. Then a coach who knows Zhao Yinan well stares at his right hand and says: “You haven’t gotten better. You’ve become someone else.” For the sake of two girls, he must prove himself and expose the truth. 3Reads—Score—14d adds

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   Recommended book. Only she can hear his heart's voice. When the masked god sheds his disguise, the real passion for basketball is about to ignite.

6. 156 傻 Foolish Mother 傻娘 Manhe曼荷Urban3.1M WordsCompleted My father was dead, my mother had gone mad. The day I came home, I saw someone destroying it... 43.1kReads9.0Score1.3k14d adds
7. 157 闪 After Our Flash Marriage, I Could No Longer Hide My Billionaire Identity 闪婚后，我的首富身份藏不住了 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭8k WordsCompleted After a Flash Marriage, I Could No Longer Hide My Billionaire Identity 760Reads—Score—14d adds
8. 158 都 Now That I'm Reborn, Why Be a Sucker? 都重生了还当个毛韭菜！ Count of Tiger Head Mountain虎头山伯爵Urban127k WordsCompleted Reborn in the city, farming + realistic stock market storyline + sweet romance with one heroine + carefully plotted, not brainless + not a mindless power fantasy Lu Ming was left utterly disheartened after his stock investments collapsed and his fiancée betrayed him. By a twist of fate, he was reborn ten years earlier, in 2014. The experience of being fleeced in the stock market in his previous life became Lu Ming's greatest asset and source of confidence in this one. Given a second chance at 7Reads—Score—14d adds

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   Rebirth + Stock Market + Single Female Lead Sweet Romance, Urban Farming, Realistic Stock Market Theme, No Padding, Rigorous and Thoughtless Plot [Salute]

9. 159 被 After Being Struck by Lightning, I Could Understand My In-Laws’ Dialect 被雷劈后，我听懂了婆家方言 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭Marriage & Romance7k WordsCompleted After Being Struck by Lightning, I Could Understand My In-Laws' Dialect 287Reads—Score—14d adds
10. 160 神 A Tycoon's Lavish Travels: Touring the World with My Daughter 神豪的奢华旅行，带女儿环游世界 Cola-Braised Chicken Wings可乐煮鸡翅Urban563k WordsCompleted [Wealthy Playboy, Travel, Everyday Life, Lighthearted, No Showing Off and Face-Slapping, Little Business, Enjoying Life, Not for You If You Dislike It, Thanks, Yan Zu] Xue Baiyun was a middle manager at a state-owned enterprise until he unexpectedly activated the Wealthy Traveler System. After getting the System, Xue Baiyun quit his job and set off to travel around the world. His footsteps took him across all four oceans and seven continents. He went skiing in the valleys of the Alps and admired 4.4kReads8.6Score25314d adds

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    [A Rich Man's Daily Life: Relaxed, No Pretense, No Business, Just Enjoying Life - If You Don't Like It, Please Don't Enter, Thank You, Yanzu] [Thinking][Thinking][Thinking] Xue Baiyun was originally a mid-level manager in a state-owned enterprise when he accidentally activated the Rich Man's Travel System. Having obtained the system, Xue Baiyun chose to resign and embark on a round-the-world trip. Four oceans, seven continents, all traversed by Xue Baiyun's footsteps. Skiing in the valleys of the Alps, admiring strange rocks in magnificent mountains. Experiencing a Royal Caribbean cruise, watching an NBA game in a stadium with tens of thousands of attendees. "Let's go, daughter, let's travel the world together!"

11. 161 神 Tycoon Game Invasion: Confess to the Campus Belle and Get a Billion 神豪游戏入侵：告白校花奖励十亿 Little Rascal小杂皮吖Urban1.5M WordsCompleted A tycoon game invades reality. Complete missions and receive massive rewards?! Chen Mu, who was just dumped by his girlfriend of three years, never imagined he would be bound to a tycoon game. As long as he completes missions, he can earn all kinds of incredible rewards! [Mission 1: Confess your love to the campus belle. Whether you succeed or fail, the reward is one billion yuan!] [Mission 2: Invite a beauty with a looks score above 90 out to dinner. Reward: a top-tier supercar!] [Mission 3: Sh 4.3kReads7.4Score41614d adds

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    This one is actually quite good, it's just mindlessly entertaining.

12. 162 傲 My Proud Little Childhood Friend Is Sweet and Clingy, and She’s Sneaking Glances at Me Again 傲娇小青梅甜又黏，又在偷看我了 Spicy Rabbit Head with a Little Sugar麻辣兔头加点糖Urban1.7M WordsCompleted "Childhood Sweethearts + One Heroine + Mutual Pining + Everyday Life + No System or Golden Finger + Healing and Redemption" "A new book from a veteran author, quality guaranteed!" Yan Shu had a childhood sweetheart, the kind who'd been at odds with him ever since they were little. In kindergarten, he gave the girls in class strawberry milk. She went home and cried to his parents that he'd stolen hers. In elementary school, he traded Christmas cards with his deskmate. She turned around and angril 59.8kReads9.5Score6.2k14d adds

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    The male protagonist has long been financially independent due to his family background. Now he just wants to win over his childhood sweetheart and live happily ever after with her as soon as possible. After all, he was already with his childhood sweetheart before his rebirth, but unfortunately, she passed away due to illness.

13. 163 神 The Low-Key Daily Life of a Tycoon 神豪的低调日常 Old Jar Daydreams老坛畅想Urban707k WordsOngoing Chen Lan is an ordinary wage slave among the countless overworked employees of Modu. He enjoys the supposed blessings of the 996 work schedule, but feels no happiness at all. Then one night, a faint, firefly-like light falls from the sky and vanishes into his head, and he is bound to something called the System. However, this System is running out of energy and is about to shut down. It needs its Host to walk in order to generate enough energy to keep running. Chen Lan: "System, what happens if 6.9kReads8.2Score20414d adds

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    📚 Urban Daily Life Novel List|A Comeback from the Ordinary, a Blend of Warmth and Satisfaction! 🔥The plot is lighthearted, healing, and high-energy.

14. 164 我 I Have a Daily Sign-In System That Makes Me Rich 我有一个每日签到的消费财富系统 Whale Flicking Its Tail鲸鱼摆尾Modern Romance201k WordsCompleted System, shut-in heroine, lighthearted, everyday life, romance. Cai Yujie is a shut-in who works an ordinary clerical job, doing odd tasks, in the big city of Jincheng. Her life is uneventful. She tries to save money and occasionally visits the orphanage. Her two roommates go back to their hometowns for the Spring Festival, leaving Cai Yujie to stay behind. Then a global pandemic breaks out, and with nowhere else to go for the time being, she stocks up on supplies, spends New Year’s Eve alone in 694Reads—Score10914d adds

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    Look at me, an ordinary person, financially independent, I don't know how to spend my money, I'm not in a hurry to make a lot of money, I already have enough, I spend it slowly, I do whatever comes to mind.

15. 165 失 After Losing My Job, I Bound Myself to a Freelance System 失业后，我绑定自由职业系统 Steamed Buns, Noodles, and Flatbread馒头面条饼Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Family life, a slow-paced story, not a traditional rich-heir novel] At 33, Chen Yuan was suddenly laid off, completely caught off guard. He wanted to find a new job, but was rejected again and again because he was already “old” at 33. He had elderly parents to support, children to raise, and a wife who stayed home as a homemaker. Raising the kids, paying rent and car installments, and covering everyday expenses... all of it took money. What was he supposed to do?! He'd worked more than ten hour 32.4kReads9.1Score2.7k14d adds

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    The first book is about accumulating wealth step by step from manual labor, with a single female lead. The second book features a rich second-generation landlord as the protagonist, and the stories revolve around his female tenants; it has multiple female leads and more detailed plots.

16. 166 重 Reborn to Inherit a Thousand Homes, Still Single and Unmarried 重生继承千套房，单身未婚 Titan Cat泰坦巨猫Urban2.6M WordsCompleted Reborn in 2012, Lin Feng has extraordinary senses and a photographic memory. After inheriting more than a thousand properties from his family, he starts collecting rent from five in the morning until nine at night. Not only does he have to deal with all kinds of eccentric tenants, he also has to match wits with highly educated, brilliant female tenants and endure trials that ordinary men could never withstand. 26.5kReads9.0Score1.7k14d adds
17. 167 入 After Ten Years in Prison, Who'd Still Risk Their Neck to Help a Stranger? 入狱十年，谁还见义勇为啊 Nine-Flower Evaporated Milk九花淡奶Urban3.1M WordsCompleted He’d done the right thing by standing up for someone, yet the school beauty’s family framed him for murder. After ten years in prison, Cao Kun returned to the night that had changed his fate, carrying with him countless secrets about their crimes. When he saw the school beauty’s mother being dragged into an alley again by three thugs, Cao Kun didn’t pick up a brick this time. He quietly pulled out his phone and started recording. “Madam, I wanted to be a good person too. You forced me into this… 113.5kReads8.9Score11.8k14d adds
18. 168 无 The Peerless National Healer 无双国医 A Gentleman Like Jade君子如珩Urban3.1M WordsCompleted Why do expert department heads from the country's top hospitals keep showing up at a neighborhood clinic? Why do renowned experts and professors from across the country so often visit a township health center? Yun Heng, a master's graduate in traditional Chinese medicine, had just started his new job when he offended the hospital's department head and was driven out. With no choice but to make a living at a neighborhood clinic, he somehow turned a township community health center into a national 61.3kReads9.5Score7.4k14d adds

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    Several types of "feel-good" novels, each a rare classic!

19. 169 返 Cashback System, Instead of Spending Money, You're Pursuing True Love? 返利系统你不去消费，去搞纯爱？ Xiaoxin Can't Write Books不会写书的小馨Urban1.4M WordsCompleted Romance + Lighthearted + Rich Protagonist + Everyday Life + One Female Lead + Cool and Aloof + Pure Love Xu Yi has been poor for nineteen years. On an utterly ordinary afternoon, he obtains a triple cashback System. The more he spends, the more he earns. He was planning to follow the rich-protagonist route, but in the course of his ordinary daily life, he met a woman who changed the script of his life. She grabbed the reins of his life and pulled him back from his wild, out-of-control existence. 15.8kReads8.2Score1.1k14d adds

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    It's very plain, I hope you all like it.

20. 170 重 Reborn and Taking It Easy at School, I Really Don't Want to Compete Anymore! 重生留校躺平，我真不想再卷啊！ This Meat Is Poisonous这肉有毒Urban2.1M WordsCompleted [Slice of life + entrepreneurship + university] Reborn at the moment of his university graduation in 2011, Jiang Hao faces another chance to stay on at the university. He gives up the grueling 996 work schedule he endured in his previous life and chooses to stay on as a librarian. Drawing on the memories from before he was reborn, he originally only wants financial freedom. But as his fortune grows, he ultimately becomes someone others admire as a success! 55.1kReads8.9Score16k14d adds

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    No harem, gradual financial freedom, no pretentiousness, no forced pretentiousness.

21. 171 重 Reborn After Divorce, I Raise My Child and Quietly Get Rich 重生离婚后我带娃芶着致富了 I Was Once the Village Belle我也曾是村花Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Chen Hong opened her eyes and found herself reborn. She was back in the days before she was about to take her child to her parents' home. Unwilling to spend another life constantly walking on eggshells around others, Chen Hong decided to take a difficult but independent path this time. She headed up the mountains to farm and out to sea to fish, but unexpectedly ended up with a whole harem of men. 6.4kReads9.3Score75114d adds
22. 172 致 The Depressing Literary Master: One Copy of To Live Brought the World to Tears 致郁系文豪，一本活着全球泪崩 A Cat That Can Do Side Flips会侧空翻的猫Urban1.0M WordsCompleted (Parallel World + Rebirth + System + Literary Prodigy + Career + No Over-the-Top Drama + Not a Harem Novel) After leaving the military, Li Liwen, an office worker in a parallel world, had finally gotten his life back on track. But an unexpected industry downturn left him unemployed. The sudden blow triggered a heart attack in a fit of anger. When he woke up, he discovered he had returned to the age of seventeen. That year, he hadn’t even started his second year of high school. Then he stopped ho 26kReads9.2Score1.9k14d adds

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    Of these three, I like the third one the most. The relationship between the male and female leads is really good and sweet.

23. 173 官 Officialdom: I Rewrote the Script of My Life 官场：我重写了人生剧本 Green Little Apple青涩小苹果Urban3.2M WordsCompleted [Traditional Political Intrigue] [One Female Lead] [Begins at a University] Zhou Yang is reborn! This time, he begins his career in government by staying on at the university, rewriting his life and painting a sweeping portrait of an era. (The first novel in the Zhou Yang series) 11.7kReads9.2Score95814d adds
24. 174 从 I’ve Loved You Since I Was Three 从三岁起，我就喜欢你 Not a Gentle Breeze不做清风Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [One female lead] [Slice of life] [Romance-focused] People on the internet are always reminiscing about their childhood. Chen Bing, a young man from a small town and one of them, discovered after his death that he had returned to the same town, twenty-four years earlier, to the day he was born. In 2000, at the start of the twenty-first century, Jay Chou released his debut album. By 2002, his career was taking off. After the dot-com bubble burst in 2001, home computers began appearing in cities l 10.5kReads9.2Score91014d adds
25. 175 不 Those of Us Who Don’t Want to Go to Work 不想上班的我们 Wei Wei Lan薇薇蓝Urban1.8M WordsCompleted There are three protagonists in this story: a young man who only wants to open a bar, a young woman who drops out of school to become a livestreamer, and me, someone who always played by the rules but eventually became thoroughly disillusioned with office life. This is a story about a group of young people, just like you and me in our youth. We don't want to go to work, but society beats us down and grinds us into the floor. After enduring hardship, a band of little good-for-nothings rises up to 608Reads—Score10014d adds

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    Real books about entrepreneurship

26. 176 首 The Richest Man Started by Buying a Building 首富从买栋楼开始 Dragon Emperor Venerable龙皇尊者Urban7.3M WordsOngoing Adapted into the short drama The Deliveryman’s Comeback Begins with an Instant-Purchase System!!! Adapted into the motion comic The Comeback Begins with Buying a Building!!! Adapted into the motion comic The Tycoon’s Fortune Begins with Buying a Building!!! At first, when Lin Chu discovered that his phone didn’t match the pictures on the online store, he refused to accept it. But after finding a special app on the phone, Lin Chu could no longer refuse. New users’ 9.9 deals: an entire building in 16.6kReads8.3Score1.1k14d adds

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    These are all pretty good, go check them out.

27. 177 天 The Way of Heaven's Evolution: Bureau 503 天衍圣道之503局 This Daoist Wants to Quit Smoking道爷要戒烟Urban2.1M WordsCompleted A high-speed express train hurtles along its route. An ordinary train conductor gets drunk in a sleeper compartment, breaking the rules, and becomes embroiled in a bizarre tomb-robbing case. When he sobers up, he unexpectedly joins Huaxia’s most mysterious organization, Bureau 503... By chance, he crosses paths with the mysterious Tongji Alliance, setting him on a completely different path in life. 29.1kReads8.9Score2.9k14d adds
28. 178 山 Chronicles of Mountains and Rivers 山河志 A Dao阿刀Urban1.9M WordsCompleted His beautiful mother was nearly assaulted by a village lout, but she tearfully begged the man who rescued her not to call the police. Young Gao Yuan couldn’t understand why at the time. Only when he reached his thirties and looked back on the past, with those scenes flashing through his mind, did he realize that the lives of countless rural people together form a chronicle of the mountains and rivers of China! 84.3kReads9.6Score9.1k14d adds

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    Come on, it's absolutely gorgeous.

29. 179 海 Ocean Hunter 海洋猎人 The Donkey Who Doesn't Eat Watermelon不吃西瓜的驴Urban1.7M WordsCompleted Poor young Lu Xiaolv makes a living catching eels, until an accident gives him a remote-controlled metal crayfish. Find schools of fish and haul up treasures. From then on, Lu Xiaolv is on top of the world. “Ocean, here I come.” 9.3kReads9.1Score84114d adds
30. 180 首 Billionaire: I Really Wasn't Trying to Make Money 首富：我真没想赚钱啊 A Thousand Mountains and Rivers千山万水Urban4.4M WordsCompleted [A trope-subverting story with a light, everyday feel.] Also known as [I Only Wanted to Lose Money, but I Ended Up with a Bunch of Sneaky Employees] and [I Only Wanted to Lose Money: Somehow, I Became the Industry’s Best Boss] After graduating, Chen Mo obtained a money-losing System. The more money he lost, the more personal wealth he would receive. Lose money? That was ridiculously easy. Chen Mo thought confidently, then promptly bought a clothing factory that was already losing money. What he 20.3kReads8.8Score1.9k14d adds
31. 181 向 Born to Follow the Sun 向阳而生 Li Xiangxiang李想想Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [A new book from a veteran author] [Daily life] [Romance] [A little heartbreak, then overwhelmingly sweet] He Zhicheng gave his son He Shu a perfect demonstration of what a scumbag looked like, leaving He Shu terrified of marriage before he was even an adult. The little tree, withered before it had even grown, was chased by another stubborn little sprout who kept urging him to stand tall. Well, maybe it takes going through all that pain to appreciate the happiness of an ordinary life. Life comes 128kReads9.6Score14.3k14d adds
32. 182 最 The Best Broker Around 最佳中介小哥 Clouds and Feathers云和羽Urban1.2M WordsCompleted I can take care of yang dwellings, yin dwellings, caves, and ritual grounds... I can also bring good fortune, wealth, exorcisms, and red cords with a flick of my hand... A few simple moments of everyday life, small acts of kindness and beauty, the daily necessities of life, and the joys and sorrows of the human world... 8.5kReads8.7Score58514d adds
33. 183 那 That Year, the Sun Shone Bright, and the Young Master's White Robes Outshone Snow 那年阳光正好，少爷白衣胜雪 Back Again at Eighteen归来还是十八岁Urban2.2M WordsCompleted [Wealthy young master + everyday life + a little scheming] The story begins in the mid-1990s. Chen Ze, son of Jiangcheng's richest man, gets into a university in the capital. That summer, he boards a train to Beijing to begin his studies... 8.3kReads7.0Score38014d adds

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    Recommended by a seasoned bookworm: the first one is readable, though rather bland; the second is fine as a transition! I've read over 12,000 words of novels online.

34. 184 鉴 Antique Appraisal: From Failing Student to Master 鉴宝：从学渣到大师 Three-Foot Demon Sash三尺妖带Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Underachiever makes a comeback + unrivaled treasure appraisal] So what if I'm a terrible student? Am I eating your rice? All I did was take a nap in class. All I did was have a dream. All I did was dream about next year's college entrance exam questions. Wait, what? I dreamed about next year's exam questions? I can even absorb knowledge from books and instantly turn it into real-world abilities... Whoa! Am I about to make a comeback as a terrible student? This is awesome... 16.1kReads9.1Score2.2k14d adds
35. 185 女 My Daughter Wants to Sell the House to Start a Business, So I Flipped the Dinner Table 女儿要卖房创业，我掀了饭桌 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭Marriage & Romance8k WordsCompleted My Daughter Wants to Sell the House to Start a Business, So I Flipped the Dinner Table 738Reads—Score—14d adds
36. 186 道 You Try to Guilt-Trip Me and Pull Strings? I'm the Kind Who Shows No Mercy, Not Even to Family 道德绑架还想走后门？我可是六亲不认的主 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭10k WordsCompleted You try to guilt-trip me and pull strings? I'm the sort who disowns even my own family. 242Reads—Score—14d adds
37. 187 我 I Want to Lose Money on Cultivation, I Really Don't Want to Be a Tycoon 我要赔钱去修仙，我真不想当首富 Jumping Corgi跳高的柯基Urban2.1M WordsCompleted [Funny Everyday Life + Novel Business Ventures + No Romance for the Protagonist + Cultivation-Brained Hero + Losing-Money Plot] Not a mindless tycoon story. The protagonist invests in all kinds of interesting ventures, letting his imagination run wild with real-world projects. A feel-good story with no heartbreak. Wu Cai, who has his heart set on cultivating immortality, transmigrates to a parallel world. When he takes part in a lottery, he doesn't win a cultivation System. Instead, he gets the 5.7kReads8.7Score47114d adds

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    A different kind of urban novel!!! [Heart][Please follow][Upvote][Laugh] [Heart][Laugh] [Truly a money-losing story + hilarious urban daily life + various imaginative entrepreneurial projects + no female lead] [Laugh][Heart] The protagonist, who only wanted to cultivate immortality, didn't get the cultivation system but instead obtained a billionaire development system. In order to change the system, the protagonist was determined to squander all the system's money 💰, while the system was determined to make the protagonist the richest man...

38. 188 神 Tycoon: I Pick Up Trillions, and the World's Richest Beg Me to Be Their Grandpa 神豪：拾取万万亿世界首富喊我爷 Cause kk诱因kkUrban1.1M WordsCompleted When Chu Jiang’s donations reached ten thousand yuan, he unexpectedly bound himself to a Pickup System. As long as he came into contact with someone, he could trigger a pickup reward. Cash, mansions, luxury cars, all kinds of skills: he could pick them all up! [You picked up 100 million in cash!] [You picked up a luxury apartment at Tomson Riviera!] [You picked up a Koenigsegg!] [You picked up a stock market prediction card!] [You picked up a 10% stake in Penguin Group!] 8.5kReads8.5Score56914d adds

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    A very smooth and enjoyable read about a rich protagonist, without any forced stupidity or forced displays of arrogance. [Admiration][Admiration][Admiration]

39. 189 游 Game Development: My Online Dating Partner Is Actually a Hit Movie Star 游戏制作：网恋对象竟是当红影后 Coconut Latte生椰啦铁Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Game Development] [One Female Lead] [Sweet Romance] [Showbiz] Chi Wen: “Our game this time does have some horror elements, but…” Players: “Not buying it! We’re never touching one of your horror games again!” Chi Wen: “Oh? But you can farm and build things in it.” Players: “Okay, sold.” With a System, Chi Wen unexpectedly becomes the project manager of a hollowed-out game company. Taking advantage of the opportunity, he uses the System to rise to the throne of the King of Chinese Gaming. Along t 30.8kReads9.5Score3.4k14d adds
40. 190 让 I Asked You to Be a Tycoon, So Why Are You Saving the Nation Through Industry? 让你当神豪，你去实业救国？ Watch Me Roast Everything看我神吐槽Urban132k WordsOngoing [Fake tycoon + barely useful System + everyday life + reborn + fake harem + invincible (more or less) + saving the country through industry (later on)] The System gives you ten billion to spend on fine living and picking up girls, but you use it to open shops and factories and create jobs? What about the girls? I, Chen Shiyan, have never needed money to pick up girls! Don't lower my standards! The System gives you all kinds of skills to show off, slap faces, and build your image, but you use the 4Reads7.0Score—14d adds

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    This book doesn't boast or slap anyone in the face; it features a hardworking, super-rich protagonist who relies mainly on himself. As for the system, it exists, but it's not important!

41. 191 重 Reborn in the 1990s: Song Chunying’s Happy Life 重生九零：宋春英的美满人生 Che Xiaoxiao车哓哓Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Reborn + comeback + mutual pampering + adorable kids] In her previous life, Chunying's husband was framed and made a scapegoat. After losing both her husband and daughter, she died of grief. Reborn unexpectedly in 1990, she resolves to protect her husband and their two sweet, well-behaved daughters. To escape the path fate has laid out for her, she bravely takes her whole family away from their hometown to seek work, even though she'd never left home in her previous life. The road ahead is full 1kReads8.8Score10114d adds

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    In her past life, her husband was used as a scapegoat, leaving Song Chunying both widowed and daughter-dead. In this life, Song Chunying decides to take her two lovely daughters and husband south to work and start a business, hoping to avoid being used as a scapegoat and to avoid the tragic life she had in her past life.

42. 192 重 Reborn in 1990: Unleashing My Full Firepower 重生九零之火力全开 Warm Spring Sunrise暖阳春晓Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted In her previous life, Xia Qingfang was timid and afraid of trouble. She spent her whole life working odd jobs and ended it in poverty. Fortunately, fate gave her a chance to live again. She returned to the 1990s, when she had just left home to work. This time, she boldly urged her strong young husband to start a business, give up his steady factory job, and bring their child to live with them and attend school, so the child would no longer be bullied. In this new life, Xia Qingfang is determined 3.3kReads7.7Score18314d adds
43. 193 我 I'm Not the Grim Reaper of Obstetrics and Gynecology 我不是妇产科死神 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭12k WordsCompleted I'm Not the Grim Reaper of Obstetrics and Gynecology 210Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Urban slice-of-life novel, no over-the-top slapstick or face-slapping, single female lead, no harem.

44. 194 只 I Only Wanted to Sell a House and Make a Quick Buck, Not Steal the General Manager Away 只想卖房捞一笔，没想拐走总经理 One Digit, One Technique一桁一術Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted I’m reborn!!!? And I still don’t have a golden finger~~ At first, Yin Yi only wanted to change her miserable fate as a mortgage slave in her previous life. By chance, a bubbly saleswoman from a real estate office dragged her along to collect a bag of rice. And so began her journey to becoming a sales champion. She might not have a golden finger, but she had good luck and kept unexpectedly finding customers. She raked in the cash, determined that there was no way she’d be a mortgage slave in this 7.3kReads9.4Score81614d adds

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    After being reborn, the female protagonist accumulates wealth step by step through her own efforts. The process is detailed and close to reality, and the plot is exciting. With the experience of her rebirth, she participates in money-making projects. The female protagonist no longer wants to be a slave to her mortgage. Instead, she works hard to buy countless houses and eventually reaches the pinnacle of life, becoming a landlady! After watching it, I felt as if I was experiencing a real world of self-struggle and wealth accumulation, and I experienced an inspiring journey.

45. 195 拒 After Rejecting a Broke Loser, I Landed a Million-a-Month Salary and Married a Tycoon on the Spot 拒婚穷渣男后，我当场月薪百万改嫁霸总 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭8k WordsCompleted After Rejecting a Broke Loser, I Landed a Million-a-Month Salary and Married a CEO on the Spot 88Reads—Score—14d adds
46. 196 不 No Men, Just Kids 不要男人只要娃 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭10k WordsCompleted I Don't Need a Man, Just a Baby 34Reads—Score—14d adds
47. 197 最 The Ultimate Older Woman-Younger Man Romance 最强姐弟恋 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭Marriage & Romance8k WordsCompleted The Ultimate Older Woman-Younger Man Romance 79Reads—Score—14d adds
48. 198 重 Reborn in 2015: I Became a Top Analyst 重生2015：我成了金牌分析师 Desert West, Desert North漠西漠北Urban231k WordsOngoing Office worker Guan Mingjiu loses everything in the stock market. His heartbroken wife leaves him, and both his work and his life are a complete mess. Then, on a rainy night, he is struck by a bolt of lightning... When he opens his eyes, he is back in 2015, with a chance to start his life over... What should he do when he meets his wife from his previous life again? How should he use the bull-market secrets he has in hand? Is becoming a top analyst and making a name for himself a blessing or a cu 1Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Then I have to strongly recommend this one. It's an urban masterpiece, about a reborn stock market god who gradually rises to the top.

49. 199 我 I Made My Noisy Mother-in-Law Work the Night Shift 我让噪音婆婆去上夜班 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭9k WordsCompleted I Made My Noisy Mother-in-Law Work the Night Shift 50Reads—Score—14d adds
50. 200 无 Invalid Gift 无效赠与 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭13k WordsCompleted Invalid Gift 653Reads—Score—14d adds

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