Novels That Are a Little More Realistic 比较现实一点的小说

1. 151 躺 Lie Flat Immortal Venerable 躺平仙尊 Singing at Dusk Among the Pines松间唱晚Eastern Fantasy146k WordsCompleted [Rapid-fire laughs + lighthearted + no romance] Lin Xian transmigrates to a cultivation world gripped by cutthroat competition. His previous incarnation was the ultimate grind king, who worked himself to death from cultivating nonstop. Lin Xian binds himself to a System that rewards him with cultivation whenever he rests, lies flat, or slacks off, but punishes him if he cultivates seriously... 1.2kReads—Score103Shelves
2. 152 朕 I’m Dead, But Not Entirely 朕死了，但没完全死 Singing at Dusk Among the Pines松间唱晚11k WordsCompleted I Am Dead, But Not Entirely 2.1kReads—Score—Shelves
3. 153 老 The Day My Husband Turned Gentle, My Best Friend’s Marriage Died 老公变温柔那天，闺蜜的婚姻死了 Singing at Dusk Among the Pines松间唱晚6k WordsCompleted The Day My Husband Turned Gentle, My Best Friend's Marriage Died 5.9kReads—Score—Shelves
4. 154 我 Something’s Off About My Consort: Why Is He Prettier Than I Am? 我的驸马不对劲：他怎么长得比我还娇艳 Singing at Dusk Among the Pines松间唱晚Marriage & Romance9k WordsCompleted My Prince Consort Is Acting Strange: Why Is He Prettier Than Me? 560Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 155 0 A Post-00s Kid Helps Mom Take Down Her Scumbag Husband 00后帮妈妈整渣斗三 Qian Xiaqi钱夏七Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Modern urban life + inspirational + slice of life + feel-good] Wu Jie is a poor student who loves gaming. After his parents' marriage falls apart, he defies fate and changes his life. First, he helps his mother take down her cheating husband and his mistress. Later, he helps his motherland root out scoundrels and traitors. Step by step, he rises to the brightest peak of his life... 4.2kReads9.1Score574Shelves

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   Excellent! Highly recommended! A story of a top student! Helping his mother as a child, growing up to go to university and contribute to the country! Engaging in military research! A positive, inspiring, and touching book!

6. 156 我 The Buddha Pinned Me Down for Five Hundred Years, but the Monk Who Rescued Me Was Even Fiercer 我被如来压五百年，救我的和尚比他还凶 Singing at Dusk Among the Pines松间唱晚Male-Channel Fanfiction6k WordsCompleted After the Tathagata Imprisoned Me for Five Hundred Years, the Monk Who Saved Me Was Even Fiercer 88Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 157 从 From Abandoned Disciple to Demon Venerable: My Master Kneels Before Me 从弃徒到魔尊，师尊向我下跪 Singing at Dusk Among the Pines松间唱晚6k WordsCompleted From Abandoned Disciple to Demon Lord: My Master Kneels Before Me 162Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 158 为 Live Street Interviews to Boost Employment Rates 为了提高就业率，直播街头采访 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭9k WordsCompleted Street Interviews Livestreamed to Boost Employment Rates 38Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Close to everyday life!

9. 159 当 When a Man Becomes a Country Girl, the Whole Family Starts to Tremble 当男人变成农村女孩，整个家都开始发抖 Singing at Dusk Among the Pines松间唱晚6k WordsCompleted When a Man Turns Into a Rural Girl, the Whole Family Starts to Tremble 199Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 160 垃 The Snake-Man I Found in the Trash Pretends to Have Amnesia Every Day, but the Comments Say He Wants to Marry Me 垃圾堆捡来的蛇人天天装失忆，弹幕说他想娶我 Singing at Dusk Among the Pines松间唱晚16k WordsCompleted The Snake Man I Found in a Garbage Dump Pretends to Have Amnesia Every Day, and the On-Screen Comments Say He Wants to Marry Me 93Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 161 我 I Saved an Immortal's Life, and He Turned Around and Had My Whole Family Executed 我救了神仙一命，他反手把我全家抄了 Singing at Dusk Among the Pines松间唱晚Marriage & Romance6k WordsCompleted I Saved an Immortal's Life, and He Turned Around and Had My Entire Family Arrested 26Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 162 中 China's Best Boss 中国好老板 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭9k WordsCompleted China's Best Boss 666Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Recommendations for realistic urban novels

13. 163 我 I’m Sneaking Glances at Her, and She’s Sneaking Glances at Me 我在偷看她，她也在偷看我 Singing at Dusk Among the Pines松间唱晚7k WordsCompleted I was sneaking a look at her, and she was sneaking a look at me too 1.3kReads—Score—Shelves
14. 164 二 Kicked Out After My Second Marriage, I Thrive Back in the Countryside 二婚被赶，我回农村混得风生水起 Clouds Return to a Secluded Ravine云归深岫处Modern Romance204k WordsOngoing Strong Female Lead, Feel-Good Modern Fiction, Period Setting, Building a Career, Comeback, Livestream Commerce, Getting Rich Zhou Xiaoya is forced by her in-laws to have an abortion during her second marriage. Her ex-husband marries someone new, and she leaves with nothing but her daughter, returning to her village. Everyone thinks she'll starve on the streets. Instead, she makes a fortune selling goods through her livestream, and even helps the whole village get rich. How did the woman who was 141Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's beautiful, friends!

15. 165 返 The Man Who Grew Young Again 返老还童的男人 Yin Qianchen银千臣Urban1.1M WordsOngoing A baby adopted by a widow was born looking seventy years old. Then he began to age backward, slowly growing younger. At eighteen, he looked like he was in his fifties. In the end, he became a baby and died in the arms of the person he loved most. 1.8kReads7.9Score107Shelves

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    A surreal novel with multiple female protagonists.

16. 166 为 Live-Streaming Street Interviews to Boost the Birth Rate 为了提高生育率，直播街头采访 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭8k WordsCompleted To Boost the Birth Rate, I Livestream Street Interviews 37Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 167 寒 A Poor Scholar's Tribulation of Great Tang's Beauties 寒门状元大唐红颜劫 Yin Qianchen银千臣Historical356k WordsCompleted Li Guo’er, the Tang Dynasty’s most beautiful woman, is Princess Anning and the youngest, most beloved daughter of Emperor Zhongzong, Li Xian. The most seductive princess in the Tang Dynasty, she is strikingly similar to the protagonist’s wife. After the male lead transmigrates to the Tang Dynasty, he discovers that Li Guo’er looks exactly like his wife. Determined to save the only person in this world who reminds him of family, he works tirelessly and vows to save Li Guo’er, who was killed at ju 384Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 168 深 A Romance at a Shenzhen Factory 深圳工厂情缘 Jiangnan Yixiao江南一肖Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted My new story is here! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 3kReads8.9Score217Shelves

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    The love life of working-class people is quite interesting; the only drawback is that the male lead is a player.

19. 169 只 As Long as You're Safe, My Police Officer 只要你平安，我的刑警先生 Ju Ding橘丁Modern Romance376k WordsCompleted [Crime Investigation Romance / A Slow-Burning Love / Healing Each Other / Quietly Watching Over Her / Reunited After Years Apart] He has seen the darkest corners of this city, so better than anyone, he knows how hard it is to protect a single ray of light. She can paint every color in the world, yet she has never been able to paint the silent darkness in his eyes. Two people who had been lonely for far too long found a home in each other. For the first time, he learned that someone could be w 199Reads—Score—Shelves

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    No melodrama, no exaggeration, neither the male nor female lead is a god, the emotions are genuine, and it's a good watch.

20. 170 川 Picking Up a Wife on the Sichuan-Tibet Highway: My Story with a Budget Traveler 川藏线捡媳妇：我和穷游女的故事 A Single Matchstick火柴一根Urban487k WordsCompleted I’m well into my thirties, out of work, and my wife has left me. I watched outdoor vloggers on short-video apps making money while cuddling up to women, and slapped my thigh: Why shouldn’t I be able to do that? I gritted my teeth and bought a secondhand camper van. I called it chasing poetry and distant horizons, then hit National Highway 318. Really, I just wanted to see if I could find myself a wife along the Sichuan-Tibet route. Who would have thought I’d find all kinds of stories instead 9.7kReads7.0Score751Shelves

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    Yes, these books meet your requirements.

21. 171 狼 The Year of the Wolf and Tiger 狼虎之年 Wild Fox野狐Urban186k WordsCompleted A panoramic survey of the raw emotional lives of people from different age groups and social classes in China today, vividly depicting the good and evil, beauty and ugliness of human nature amid the country’s rapid social transformation. It lays bare the conflicts and friction between people’s emotions and reality. 10.9kReads9.4Score1.2kShelves

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    Realistic, nuanced, insightful, and entertaining.

22. 172 大 A-Lian in the Mountains 大山里的阿莲 Idle Man by the Ink's Edge墨边闲人Urban562k WordsOngoing A Lian had been married for three years, but her husband was impotent and she still hadn't gotten pregnant. She had a foul mouth but a soft heart. Later, she married Old Wang next door. Old Wang died in an accident, leaving A Lian a widow. Later, she was jailed for tomb robbing, but got out two years before him. Her life with Xiao Chen started out as one disaster after another. A Lian cursed and grumbled, but little by little, she came to think of this man who had served time as one of her own. 342Reads7.5Score115Shelves
23. 173 流 Stranded on a Deserted Island: I Have to Survive! 流落荒岛 必须活下去！ A Single Matchstick火柴一根Urban1.6M WordsCompleted A plane crashes, leaving its passengers stranded on a deserted island's shore. Among the survivors is Fan Jian, a special forces soldier from the Marine Corps, who searches everywhere for other survivors. They scrape together a group of nineteen women and one lone man. Fan Jian leads everyone in their fight to survive. They start with a small makeshift shelter and eventually settle down for good. They need a leader, someone to make the decisions. As they compete for limited resources, more than 1.1kReads7.7Score229Shelves
24. 174 说 We Agreed to Date, Not Move In Together. Why Are You Taking This Seriously?! 说好只交往不同居，你咋玩真的！ Zi Zhi自致Urban241k WordsOngoing [Irresistible Heroine] [Light Romantic Tension] [Underdog's Rise] [No System] After Gu Ming gets involved with a goddess of sensual purity from the start, he is immediately branded a kept man. Unable to explain his circumstances, he makes a hasty proposal in a desperate attempt to persuade her to agree to a deal. "We can date, but not live together. That's not too much to ask, is it?" Instead, he gets nothing but mockery and disdain from her. "You? You think you're worthy?" But three years later 252Reads—Score159Shelves

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    Very realistic, not mindless, the characters are all unique and lifelike. If you don't like it, come back and stab me!

25. 175 南 Working Down South: Those Wild Years 南下打工，风流的那些年 Idle Man by the Ink's Edge墨边闲人Urban800k WordsCompleted This is a story about Dongguan. After graduating from college, I couldn’t find a job. My cousin was working in the south, so I went to stay with him. My cousin was a carefree sort who dressed like a gangster every day. He took me to internet cafes, played pool with me, and treated me to late-night snacks. Life in the south was slow and easygoing. My cousin was my mentor. He found me a job and showed me how to eat, drink, and enjoy life. My cousin and I had a great time fooling around, but then h 332Reads7.5Score100Shelves
26. 176 我 My Days in Public Relations 我当公关的那些日子 A Single Matchstick火柴一根Modern Romance391k WordsCompleted You probably won’t believe me when I tell you what I do for a living. You’re a liar! That’s right! I make a living telling tall tales and keeping people company as they chat. Anyone can spin a yarn, but I might be the first to turn it into a respectable profession and earn tens of millions a year! I spend all day spinning stories to women, talking nonsense nonstop, and somehow they still like me and are willing to pay me. The secret to business: It doesn’t matter what you’re selling, even if it’ 8.9kReads7.5Score650Shelves
27. 177 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 233Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Short stories with realistic themes

28. 178 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 90Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 179 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 36Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 180 女 Women, Don't Go to Northern Myanmar. There's No One There. 女人不要去缅北那里没有人 Mo Mi莫羋Urban323k WordsCompleted The world is beautiful. I won't be coming back in my next life. Bailu (a pseudonym) said something after returning from northern Myanmar that I still can't forget. She said: "When Heaven was taking me apart, it got the balance just right. Any harder, and I'd have died. Any gentler, and I might have had a decent life." My so-called best friend tricked me into going to northern Myanmar. That's when I learned that women here aren't even treated as human beings. Beatings, imprisonment, being drained 21kReads7.4Score1.2kShelves

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    The first book is a realistic, angsty novel with a timeline; it's already completed. Follow the heroine's escape and read straight to the ending. The second book is a system-based revenge novel with multiple heroines. It's recommended to add it to your bookshelf and read it slowly.

31. 181 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 86Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 182 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 55Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 183 世 Everyone Avoids the Troublemaking Girls, but I Take Them All In 世人皆避精神小妹我尽数收留 Mo Mi莫羋Urban400k WordsOngoing Spiritual little sisters, yoga pants: which one can make you stop in your tracks? ...Stop looking, this is the one! To give everyone a good show, I spent 6,000 yuan to live with a spiritual little sister for a month, together around the clock. What? You say that's still not enough? Then how about adding a System, too!? Gu Xingchen transmigrates back ten years and uses his System to turn his life around. Every spiritual little sister in the county follows him... Their world is on guard against th 44.1kReads6.1Score2.8kShelves
34. 184 为 After Clearing the White Moonlight's Name, the Prince Panicked 为白月光翻案后，王爷他慌了 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭Ancient Romance10k WordsCompleted After Clearing Her White Moonlight’s Name, the Prince Panics 2kReads—Score—Shelves
35. 185 无 Invalid Gift 无效赠与 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭13k WordsCompleted Invalid Gift 702Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 186 被 After I Was Rumored to Have Slept My Way Up with a Beautiful CEO 被造谣靠美女总裁上位后 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭Marriage & Romance8k WordsCompleted After Rumors Spread That I Rose to the Top by Relying on a Beautiful Female CEO 1.5kReads—Score—Shelves
37. 187 菀 Wan Yuan Is Your Substitute, Yet Better Than You 菀苑类卿却胜卿 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭Ancient Romance8k WordsCompleted Wan Yuan Resembles Qing, Yet Surpasses Her 530Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 188 打 Breaking the Bottom Line 打破底线 Song Qian宋乾Urban549k WordsCompleted In the eyes of others, he has it all: an executive title at a branch company and a happy family. But he also has plenty of secrets he can’t let see the light of day… A routine audit at the head office becomes the turning point in his fate… 15.3kReads8.2Score738Shelves

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    Realistic novels

39. 189 长 The Long Track 长轨 Tu Ling途玲Modern Romance30k WordsCompleted This novel explores the emotional entanglements and life choices of people in a modern city. The story centers on the complicated relationship between Jiang Li and Jing Mo, following their journey from meeting and falling in love to breaking up, then reuniting and finally making peace. Jiang Li and Jing Mo meet and fall in love in college, but eventually break up for various reasons. Years later, work and life bring them together again, rekindling their feelings. But their relationship is far f 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    "The Long Rail" is a novel depicting the emotional entanglements and life choices of modern urban dwellers. The story revolves around the complex relationship between the protagonists Jiang Li and Jing Mo, interweaving their emotional journey from acquaintance and love to separation, reunion, and final reconciliation.

40. 190 强 Bold Pursuit, Secret Indulgence 强撩与暗宠 Song Qian宋乾Urban330k WordsCompleted On one side, his female boss pulls him into an emotional tug-of-war. On the other, the female dean offers him a healing companionship. Caught between them, he doesn't want to give up his stable job, but he can't bear to let go of the peace and comfort she brings, either. Choosing between them becomes his greatest dilemma. 4.7kReads7.1Score398Shelves
41. 191 不 We Who Don't Know How to Love 不会爱的我们 Sea of Flowers Behind the House屋后花海Modern Romance188k WordsCompleted [A brave heroine who grows on her own] [A realistic story, not a wish-fulfillment fantasy] [First-person perspective] [A broken family of origin] [The heroine has sound values (she is 16 when the story begins, and still immature enough to have the occasional bad thought)] [Clear-eyed about life] If your very birth was a mistake, how would you make the most of the life ahead of you? Shui Qingqing: Live for yourself and on your own terms. Wield a gentle blade and carve out a kingdom of happiness 2.3kReads9.3Score275Shelves

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    [Realistic, not a wish-fulfillment story] [First-person perspective] [Broken family background] [Female protagonist has strong moral values ​​(starts at 16, her thinking is still immature and she may have negative thoughts)] [Sober-minded] [Requires some critical thinking to read] An ordinary yet unique inspirational story. The main and supporting characters are very well-developed. It's a very special novel, and girls with similar experiences will definitely find it deeply relatable.

42. 192 升 Bargaining Chips on the Road to Promotion 升职路上的筹码 Song Qian宋乾Urban155k WordsCompleted Song Minghui is like a spider at the center of a web, maintaining relationships with three women in different ways. A 26-year-old workplace newcomer, a 35-year-old sales director, and a 41-year-old corporate executive: the web is beginning to unravel as its three “bargaining chips” awaken. - The rules of survival in the workplace's dark forest - How the “prey” turns the tables from a male perspective - The growth of three women, from being used to awakening - Emotional manipulation and counterma 2.8kReads6.3Score168Shelves
43. 193 婚 Marriage: The Seven-Year Itch and Everything That Comes With It 婚姻实录：七年之痒那些事 Youyou Nanshan幽幽南杉Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted After eight years of marriage, Su Xiao and Zhang Heng had gradually grown distant, sharing a bed but dreaming separate dreams. They had become roommates under the same roof. A dazzling young man appeared in Su Xiao's life… And a beautiful, adorable junior colleague joined Zhang Heng's life. The couple reached a crossroads. Which way would they go? The answer lay in a single decision… 59Reads6.8Score—Shelves
44. 194 职 Women on the Career Ladder 职场路上的女人们 Song Qian宋乾Urban300k WordsCompleted Amid the shifting tides of the crowded world, people are always boarding ships and leaving them behind. When they came riding the waves, they carried unspoken obsessions. When they turned away, the hems of their robes swept up the stars, while the warmth frozen in their palms seeped forever into the course of the voyage. 846Reads7.1Score104Shelves
45. 195 硬 Stubborn as a Mule 硬颈种 Xu Wenqing徐文卿Modern Romance348k WordsCompleted [Not a Power Fantasy, No Cliches, No Stupid Characters, Mutual Devotion, Striving for a Better Life, Realistic Growth] In Hakka, someone stubborn to the core is called a "hard-necked sort." When Wang Lili was ten, she snatched a big chicken leg at the dinner table. Her father ordered her to give it to her younger brother. She said, "I won't." When Zhao Ruxun was ten, he was forced to let his mother beat him fifteen times in public for protecting his younger brother. He gritted his teeth and didn 9Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This new book was written just for you! The female protagonist, Wang Lili, was born into a family that favored sons over daughters. She was beaten by her father for taking her younger brother's chicken leg at the dinner table. Later, she worked hard and got into a top-tier junior high school, where she met the male protagonist. He warmed her heart throughout her life. I dare not continue, or I'll cry from being so moved. Go read it yourself!

46. 196 幸 Happy Times 幸福的时光 Delivering on a Ding出前一叮Modern Romance573k WordsCompleted With a happy family, an enviable education, and a boyfriend who dotes on her, Qiao Weiyi graduates with no worries and decides to have a whirlwind wedding and a baby. But she never expects that once her new life begins, the happiness she’s been hoping for won’t come so easily… 1.5kReads—Score—Shelves
47. 197 坠 Fallen into the Mortal World 坠落红尘间 Cigarette Holder Seeking Smoke烟嘴寻烟Urban341k WordsCompleted His father is critically ill, and she can’t scrape together the money to save him. A poor college girl grits her teeth and steps into the late-night world of KTV! She masks her youth with cigarettes and alcohol, trading her dignity for medical bills. Can she make it to the end of this road? Will she succumb to the temptations of the neon lights? 78Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Reality is cruel. This book describes the heartbreaking journey of a female college student who, in order to earn money to save her father, gradually breaks her moral boundaries and becomes a hostess in a nightclub.

48. 198 十 Ten Miles of Red Finery: Not a Single Sedan Chair Can Be Left Behind 十里红妆：一抬都不能少 Wu Nanwei梧南帷Modern Romance242k WordsCompleted "Three million. Sign it." She replied with four words: "The shop is not for sale." Her grandmother had passed away, leaving behind a bridal finery shop, twelve volumes of manuscripts, and a grand sedan chair for a wedding procession, its gold leaf only half applied. Everyone urged her to take the money and leave. Only the lawyer told her, "The will says the shop goes to you. If you don't claim it within sixty days, it goes to someone else." So she went to claim it. When buying the shop didn't wo 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The neighbors all thought she was overestimating herself, daring to confront a large wedding planning group. The protagonist, clutching the manuscript left by her grandmother, guarded the old-fashioned wedding dress shop. Each lift of the red wedding gown represented not only an order, but also the dignity of the intangible cultural heritage artisans.

49. 199 凑 I Just Came Along for the Fun, and I Got Reborn Too 凑个热闹我也重生了 Le Sinian乐斯年Modern Romance707k WordsCompleted Hao Xin was reborn. But she had no golden finger, no pocket dimension, and the System gave her no perks at all. Her rebirth seemed about as useful as a drop in the ocean. But was she really doomed to spend this life on the sidelines? She had thirty years of experience as a lawyer in her previous life, along with the sharp thinking, social skills, and problem-solving abilities that came with the job. Those were her golden finger. Her family had nothing to their name! No problem, she could earn mo 1.9kReads9.2Score166Shelves

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    I recommend a serialized novel; it's already seventy chapters, so it should be good enough. It doesn't make you feel stupid; it feels like something that could happen in your life. The female protagonist is reborn, without any cheat codes or spatial abilities—she goes back with her brain. It's very good.

50. 200 你 Hello, My Chengdu Girl 你好，我的成都女孩 Rainy Mountain, Green and Clear雨山青见Urban255k WordsCompleted Twenty-five is a wonderful age, but it's also a pivotal one. A young man with nothing to his name is making a living in Chengdu when he meets a beautiful woman. With his ex-girlfriend, this new beauty, and another outstanding woman by his side, how will he choose? And as he struggles to make it on his own, how will he deal with his family pressuring him to come home? 81Reads—Score—Shelves

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