Urban Romance with a Realistic, Angsty Edge 都市情感文，偏现实偏虐

1. 601 我 My Perfect Girlfriend and Sidekick 我的极品跟班女友 The Cat Kissed by Hail冰雹亲吻过的猫Urban302k WordsCompleted A “personal attendant” is what you might call a young master’s page or a maid who serves him closely in ancient times. Lin Wushi serves Ji Mu, a noble young master of Nanjin. While gaming, he meets a girl with a mature, alluring voice, and they arrange to meet in person. But who could have guessed that this girl is the most powerful little princess in all of Nanjin? And he falls in love with her attendant... 8Reads6.9Score—Shelves

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2. 602 卧 Damn, This Woman Is Fierce 卧槽，这个女人有点狠 The Cat Kissed by Hail冰雹亲吻过的猫Urban260k WordsCompleted Title: My Love Is Hidden in the Blade Lu Yuwen was the sidekick brought up by Ji Chen, the pampered young master of Nanjin, and was practically half an adopted son of the Ji family. Lu Yuwen had always lived a life of wine and luxury, until Ji Chen sent a woman to his home. His carefree days were over from that moment on... This woman was vicious. She tried to kill him from the start... —Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 603 我 My Roommate Has a Split Personality 我的双重人格女房客 I Said the Cauliflower Needs Vinegar我说花菜要加醋Urban474k WordsOngoing After spending two and a half years behind bars, a young man with nothing to his name is released from prison and sees the dark, unjust reality for what it is. He works hard to make something of himself, hoping to carve out a chance to survive in the wilds of Hangzhou. There's a rich beauty who wants to take him in, his closest friend since high school, and a charismatic bar owner. What kind of life is this? 27Reads—Score—Shelves

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4. 604 有 A Girl 有个女孩 Wei Wei Lan薇薇蓝Modern Romance576k WordsCompleted A feud between two generations unfolds against the backdrop of futures trading. The protagonists are a pretty young painter and an innkeeper, both of whom are hiding their true identities. Life is a vast sea, and people’s encounters are like those of Mi Li and Xing You. They look like chance meetings, but every step is carefully laid. They look like a plan, but the hand of God decides where fate leads. Mi Li often wonders whether the choices she made were right or wrong. Xing You, however, belie 16Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Urban emotion, circular narrative

5. 605 狂 The Road to Turning the Tide 狂澜之路 A Man Who Loves Freedom爱自由的男人Urban505k WordsCompleted [High IQ] + [Action-packed] + [Impossible Odds] + [Two Female Leads] + [Easy, Enjoyable Read] After tech whiz Liu Yu helps the Public Security Bureau successfully bust a prostitution ring, he immediately falls into an even bigger trap. They say every debt has a debtor. Who could have guessed he'd go on to face a series of powerful figures who seem like demons and monsters? Liu Yu sets out on a journey to vanquish evil, and one death-defying scheme after another unfolds. Liu Yu thought his sto 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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   After reading these two books, I smoked deeply

6. 606 我 My Miss Tulip 我的郁金香小姐 Super Big Tank Kobe超级大坦克科比Urban2.0M WordsCompleted She and I were both residents near this stretch of Tulip Road. We breathed the same air, loved the season when the tulips bloomed, and hated the dust kicked up by the dry summer weather. Though we had never once said “hello” or “goodbye” to each other, we had truly shared joy and sorrow here. At last, one day, I called her Miss Tulip, and she called me Mr. Badou... 242Reads9.5Score—Shelves

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   Behind human nature is a white cloud and a dog. May we become masters of life. People often say that loneliness is the norm, and we must learn to live with loneliness, but in the end we find that we can never endure loneliness, and in the end we will still fall into emotional disputes. I recommend all of Tank's books, they are novels, and I won't say anything, because novels are novels after all, but at least his books do not have any magical time travel or system, only the confusion of reality and emotional loneliness.

7. 607 人 Life, with Nowhere to Land 人生，无处安放 A Still Pool一池静水Modern Romance150k WordsCompleted By middle age, Li Shu's life had become a complete mess. Her marriage had turned cold and distant, her grown son was going down a rebellious path, and her body and mind were steadily wearing down. How could she go on living such a miserable life? 1.1kReads8.9Score111Shelves
8. 608 宛 Wanbei 宛北 Ye Bo夜帛Modern Romance228k WordsCompleted Only after returning in the second half of his life did Shan Chengye realize that Zhu Qingwan was still embedded in his soul, the other half of the jade he could never be parted from. Their story began when they were seventeen and lasted until the end of their lives. 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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9. 609 失 Amnesia and the Mystery of Divorce 失忆，离婚谜情 Fish Drinking Niuer喝牛二的鱼Modern Romance113k WordsCompleted I wake up in the hospital and discover that I’ve lost my memory. I contact my husband, only to find out that we’re divorced. Little by little, I discover that I have a boyfriend, and that my ex-husband has a child with someone else. But there are troubling questions behind all of it. 16Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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   This book, this book, is worth reading

10. 610 我 My Small-Town Girlfriend 我的小城女友 Wu Shuo吴说Urban290k WordsCompleted No matter how long people live in a big city, they eventually return to a small town. Xiyang, a genius who made his fortune through stock trading, finds his life going nowhere after his girlfriend cheats on him and his career hits a wall. He leaves Chengdu, a city full of memories, and returns to his hometown, where he meets the girl who will become his small-town girlfriend. This is an ordinary book, but the small-town life it tells of is anything but ordinary. 76Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Urban emotional writing, real life, little abuse.

11. 611 酒 Wine and Beauty Are Irresistible 酒色撩人 Li Dangdangdang李当当当Urban362k WordsCompleted Urban Life + Romance + Flirtation + Ex-Girlfriend Regrets It + One Female Lead (Not a wish-fulfillment story. No formulaic tropes, plot-focused, and slow-paced. Read with caution if that’s not your thing!) Money gives a man courage, and only a man with courage dares to chase women. A poor young man has a one-night stand and unexpectedly becomes a father. He then falls in love with a rich heiress. And so begins a hilarious, heartwarming tale! 356Reads8.6Score—Shelves

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