Middle-Aged Protagonist, with a Wife from the Start and a Son and Daughter Around 18 主角中年，开局有老婆，有18岁左右的儿子和女儿，

1. 551 人 Rising Step by Step in Middle Age 人到中年：步步高升 Jin Liangmu金良木Urban3.8M WordsCompleted Cheng Dawei has offended his beautiful boss and is constantly being targeted by her. He never expected that one good deed would turn his luck around and send him climbing the career ladder. From a nobody in the company whom everyone bullied, he rises to become the darling everyone fawns over and curries favor with... 822Reads8.7Score106Shelves
2. 552 女 My Daughter Is Actually the Empress's Granddaughter 女儿竟是女帝外孙女 Tiansha Zi天煞子Eastern Fantasy57k WordsCompleted On the day Qin Chen awakened his System, the System sent down the Emperor’s daughter and placed a stunning woman before him. After the woman regained her senses, the two gradually fell in love during the brief time they had together and settled into a peaceful life. Three years later, the woman left him a letter and disappeared from the world. As Qin Chen was showing off, two little girls dropped out of the sky and knocked him flat. Qin Chen: Damn it, who dares attack me? If I hadn’t had my tort 66Reads5.1Score—Shelves
3. 553 重 Reborn: My 1990 重生：我的1990 After A Thousand Sails11过尽千帆11Urban2.3M WordsCompleted In middle age, Zhang Xin drinks some counterfeit liquor and dreams himself back to the 1990s, where he must face the events he already lived through once in his previous life! “Patriarch, this is terrible! Zhang Xin has acquired every company under your name!” “What? That bastard has no respect for the rules!” Zhang Xin grins sheepishly. “Sorry, just a friendly tip: I think I’m the one who made the rules you’re talking about...” This book is also known as Reborn, So Surely I Can Make the Rul 2.3kReads8.9Score231Shelves
4. 554 大 Bro, You're a Cop, Not a Taoist Priest! 大哥，你是警察啊，不是道士！ Mou Zui谋醉Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [If you dislike cutesy, whimpering heroines, read no further] [Also known as: Me, a humble paper effigy maker, and you want me to crack a major case] When Yue Dong went to a telecom service center to cancel his late grandfather’s phone service, the staff gave him a hard time. “Rules are rules. The account holder has to be here in person!” “You have to follow the rules!” Yue Dong laughed in exasperation, then waved his hand and used his paper effigy-making skills to summon his late grandfather. T 71.6kReads9.2Score7.4kShelves
5. 555 人 Middle-Aged and Rising: The Ultimate Power Broker 人到中年：最强红人 Youth in the Rain雨中青年Urban1.4M WordsCompleted Zhang Chengguang is nearly thirty, but luck has never been on his side. His career is riddled with setbacks, his beautiful boss humiliates and bullies him, and he even has to entertain his over-fifty female employer just to scrape by. Meanwhile, his lovely wife has been cheating on him with a piggish nouveau riche, then has the nerve to turn around and blame him! Zhang Chengguang has reached the darkest moment of his life. Then an accident happens. After saving an old man on the roadside who was 5Reads7.4Score—Shelves
6. 556 外 An Alien Country Bumpkin Forces Me to Become a Smirking Dragon King 外星土狗逼我做歪嘴龙王 Li Genshuo李根硕Urban1.1M WordsOngoing Magical realism, no System, and not a wish-fulfillment story. A Chinese teacher whose manuscript was rejected secretly studies Dragon King fiction, uncovers the secrets of the universe, gets unbelievably lucky, shocks everyone, and conquers the world! 50.5kReads8.9Score4.9kShelves
7. 557 加 The Corpse Working the Night Shift 加夜班的尸体 Xin'er Jiujiu馨儿久久21k WordsCompleted The Corpse on the Night Shift 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Short stories of all types (๑>ڡ<)☆

8. 558 沈 Shen Zhiyi in the Mortal World 《沈知意在人间》 Xin'er Jiujiu馨儿久久18k WordsCompleted Shen Zhiyi in the Mortal World —Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 559 反 Villain: The Ice-Cold Campus Beauty Is Plotting Against Me 反派：冷艳校花竟对我图谋不轨 Xu Moqing徐墨卿Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [Villain + invincible + ruthless + unconventional + satisfying read] Chen Beiyuan transmigrates and becomes the fated great villain with a terrifying background in a modern power fantasy novel. He also awakens the “Defy Fate” System. As long as he changes his own fate or that of an important character, he can earn generous rewards. Now, on his second day here, he's about to face the novel's favored son of fortune in their first clash of fate! Before Chen Beiyuan can even get his bearings, the ic 53.1kReads8.7Score4.2kShelves

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   ◎Since you put it that way, I have to talk to you about Old Cao. At the beginning, his own son was crippled, and Old Cao decisively called the police, mobilizing the entire nation to fight the Dragon King. And the goddess his son couldn't win over actually came to recognize Old Cao as his godfather… ◎I asked you to help the protagonist take care of his mother, and now that you're gone, how are you going to take care of her?! When our male protagonist returns, come here, son, call me Dad…

10. 560 雾 When the Mist Conceals the Years 《雾隐时生》 Xin'er Jiujiu馨儿久久Mystery8k WordsCompleted When the Mist Hides Time —Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 561 开EN I Threaten the Female Lead from the Start, and I'm Set on Being the Villain 开局威胁女主，这个反派我当定了 A Hundred Years of Nurturing Benevolence百年树仁Urban2.2M WordsCompleted [Scheming, shameless, hilarious. Pure-love fans, beware] Jiang Che transmigrated into the role of a rich second-generation villain in a modern wish-fulfillment novel, and was bound to a God-Tier Choice System. From the start, he happened to catch the heroine trying to sneak a peek at the exam papers. A villain’s choice was triggered! [Choice One: Pretend you saw nothing] [Choice Two: Shout at her, drawing a crowd] [Choice Three: ...] And so, a perverted supervillain was born. To avoid being 79.6kReads8.9Score6.6kShelves
12. 562 奶 The Starry Sky in a Baby Bottle 奶瓶里的星空 Xin'er Jiujiu馨儿久久7k WordsCompleted Starlight in a Baby Bottle —Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 563 时 The Art of Baking Memories at the Time-Filled Bakery 《时光面包房的记忆烘焙术》 Xin'er Jiujiu馨儿久久10k WordsCompleted The Memory-Baking Art of the Time-Bending Bakery 1Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 564 我 I'm the Big Bad Villain, and the Protagonists Are Losing It 我！反派头子，主角们心态崩了 Sunny Big Guy阳光大男骸Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Villains, cold-blooded fiends, wooden emotions, and saintly do-gooders keep out] Mo Ci Nian transmigrated into a world that combined several urban power-fantasy novels. And he became a crazed villain? A big boss with untold wealth and the most powerful connections gets killed off by the plot and meets a miserable end? No way! He refused to accept it! And so... a heartless, shameless schemer was born. The mountain-dwelling miracle doctor: The city is full of tricks. I'm going back to the cou 18.8kReads8.5Score1.4kShelves
15. 565 璀 The Brilliant Galaxy Turned to Ash 璀璨星河终成烬 Xin'er Jiujiu馨儿久久Modern Romance10k WordsCompleted The Brilliant Galaxy Turns to Ashes —Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 566 重 Revisiting the Season of Blossoms 重溯花期 Xin'er Jiujiu馨儿久久Modern Romance9k WordsCompleted Retracing the Blooming Season 1Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 567 倒 The Reversed Pendulum 倒转的钟摆 Xin'er Jiujiu馨儿久久Mystery12k WordsCompleted The Clock's Reversed Pendulum —Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 568 月 The Moonlight Button Shop 《月光纽扣铺》 Xin'er Jiujiu馨儿久久Modern Romance7k WordsCompleted The Moonlight Button Shop —Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 569 三 Thirty and Thriving: Divorcing My Wife from the Start 三十而立：开局和老婆离婚 Sheng Yu笙予Urban372k WordsCompleted Bankrupt overnight, with his mother gravely ill, Zhang Ming is pushed over the edge when his wife lends the last 300,000 yuan he had for her life-saving treatment to her male best friend. He won't be a lovesick fool who puts feelings above everything else. He fires back with a divorce! The business world is full of twists and turns, and sooner or later, everyone has to pay for what they've done. His former business partners keep scheming against Zhang Ming. The ups and downs of life become a cru 1.3kReads5.2Score—Shelves

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    These main characters are all middle-aged, around thirty or forty years old, with wives and children. Well, how should I put it, most of them are already finished. You can read the plot yourself. (Warning: the plot is a bit awkward, but not all of it. Read it yourself.)

20. 570 爱 Love Beneath the Falling Snow 《爱如覆雪》 Xin'er Jiujiu馨儿久久Modern Romance23k WordsCompleted Love Like Falling Snow —Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 571 十 Ten Years in the Cocoon: Twin Butterfly Bones 《十年茧成·双生蝶骨》 Xin'er Jiujiu馨儿久久Modern Romance12k WordsCompleted Ten Years in the Cocoon: Twin Butterfly Bones —Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 572 九 Chronicles of the Nine Heavens' Exquisite Realm 《九霄玲珑录》 Xin'er Jiujiu馨儿久久21k WordsCompleted The Nine Heavens Exquisite Record —Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 573 刺 Tattoo Countdown 刺青倒计时 Xin'er Jiujiu馨儿久久Mystery9k WordsCompleted Tattoo Countdown —Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 574 镜 The Time Difference in the Mirror 镜像时差 Xin'er Jiujiu馨儿久久Mystery15k WordsCompleted The Mirror-Image Time Lag —Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 575 同 My Deskmate's Secret Notebook 同桌的秘密笔记本 Xin'er Jiujiu馨儿久久7k WordsCompleted My Deskmate’s Secret Notebook —Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 576 重 Reborn: Late Boat 《重生晚舟》 Xin'er Jiujiu馨儿久久Modern Romance20k WordsCompleted Reborn as Wanzhou —Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 577 拾 Combing Shadows in the Light of Day 《拾光里的梳影》 Xin'er Jiujiu馨儿久久Mystery21k WordsCompleted Shadows in the Light We Gather —Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 578 重 Reborn as the Legitimate Daughter: The Prince's Darling 《重生嫡女：王爷的掌心甜宠》 Xin'er Jiujiu馨儿久久Ancient Romance17k WordsCompleted The Reborn Legitimate Daughter: The Prince's Sweetheart 2Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 579 三 Three Generations (Spring Robes) 三代人(春衫) Xin'er Jiujiu馨儿久久6k WordsCompleted Three Generations (Chunshan) —Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 580 时 The Paper Plane in the Folds of Time 《时光褶皱里的纸飞机》 Xin'er Jiujiu馨儿久久6k WordsCompleted Paper Planes in the Folds of Time —Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 581 系 The System Granted Me Immortality, but Cursed Me to Be Single 系统赋予我长生，却诅咒我单身 Nai Fuyue乃负岳Eastern Fantasy200k WordsOngoing [Not a comedy! No heroine + female supporting characters + survival-focused cultivation + ruthless action + daily life in the cultivation world] Li Zhibai transmigrates to the cultivation world and gets a [Longevity System]. The System has just one useless function: longevity. It can't do anything else. In the end, it even curses him to be single before falling silent for good. (The System barely appears again after that.) He has an endless lifespan and won't die of old age, but he can still gro 10Reads—Score—Shelves

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32. 582 军 Arms Depot System: Conquer the Ancient World and Unite the Realm 军火库系统：称霸古代，一统天下 Nai Fuyue乃负岳Historical305k WordsCompleted [Alternate History + System + Dynasty + War + Technological Overkill + Invincible + Sweeping All Before Him + Epic Thrills + Ascending the Throne + Multiple Women] Li Xun transmigrates to the age of ancient dynasties on a new continent and obtains the [Arsenal System]. He starts with a pistol. The larger his territory, the more types of firearms he unlocks, with no limit on quantity. What’s more, everything the arsenal produces is guaranteed to be high quality and can never harm its Host! “Ding~ 631Reads6.5Score103Shelves
33. 583 一 I Woke Up to Find Myself with a Beautiful Wife! 一觉醒来，多了个漂亮老婆！ Black Crab黑蟹Urban168k WordsCompleted Li Yue is reborn in the 1980s. When he wakes up, he finds he has a beautiful wife and an adorable daughter! Unfortunately, he is drowning in debt, and his family is so poor they can barely afford to eat. Watching his wife spend every day in tears and his daughter cry for food, Li Yue doesn’t know what to do. But Li Yue knows how to make money. He buys a broken radio for five yuan, gives it a quick repair, and sells it for fifteen. What? You’re selling this fridge, TV, and washing machine as scra 51Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Highly recommend it! 🌿 If you're looking for something to read, check this out! 🌺 I personally think it's pretty good. 👌

34. 584 战 War God: Wolf Soul 战神狼魂 World Explorer探界者Urban1.7M WordsCompleted A new book is out. Please check it out: When Ye Yunfan was five, he was kidnapped by human traffickers. Luckily, his master rescued him, kept him by his side, and taught him medicine and martial arts. Ten years later, he enlisted in the army. At eighteen, he was sent to the northern frontier, where he fought his way through one challenge after another. A few years later, he led a special unit renowned around the world, the Wolf Soul. He earned the title of Wolf Emperor, with four Wolf Kings unde 1.9kReads7.3Score182Shelves

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    Some books you start reading and never want to stop, while others you never want to put down. I don't know if everyone will like them, so I'm making these recommendations in the hopes of getting your support. Thank you!

35. 585 征 After Eight Years of War, the Dragon King Returns 征战八年龙王回归 World Explorer探界者Urban858k WordsCompleted The battlefield is cruel, but it is a soldier’s duty to defend home and country. The Dragon King returns to protect his family, his friends, and his homeland... Because of what happened eight years ago, the Dragon King now has a child of his own... 488Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 586 六 The Sixties: There's a Little Shop in My Mind 六零：脑海中有间小卖铺 Ah Hei Isn't White阿黑不白Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Period setting + pocket space + convenience store + family life + leisurely living + hunting + engineer] Li Xuewen transmigrates to the 1960s, where he faces a shortage of clothes, food, and supplies. Luckily, there's a magical little convenience store in his mind, stocked with everything: food, supplies, knowledge... If he can think of it, the store has it. With this magical little store, Li Xuewen's life goes swimmingly... 13.5kReads8.2Score973Shelves

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    [Time Period + Space + Small Shop + Everyday Life + Leisurely Pleasure + Daily Routine] Li Xuewen suddenly transmigrates to the 1960s, facing shortages of food, clothing, and other necessities. Fortunately, he has a magical small shop in his mind. He discovers that medicinal herbs and antiques, which are worthless in this era, can be sold for high prices at the shop, allowing him to buy various scarce resources. Thus, he initially makes a living as a middleman at the shop, leading a leisurely life with his family and living a wonderful life of their own...

37. 587 穿 I Transmigrated Into a Book and Became the Stepfather of Five Villainous Big Shots 穿书，我成了五个反派大佬的继父 Ji Cai纪彩Urban1.2M WordsCompleted Chen Liyang had spent half his life achieving nothing. Then he woke up to find he had transmigrated into a book, and become the deadbeat father of five major villains! They’re going to kill me when they grow up. What should I do, everyone? Please reply fast, I’m freaking out! The eldest, Zhou Chengdong: a martial arts prodigy who built his own mercenary army, with at least three thousand deaths to his name. The second, Zhou Chengnan: a master physician revered throughout the medical world, savin 428Reads9.2Score103Shelves

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    A Love Letter in My Dreams [Sending My Heart]

38. 588 反EN Villain: The Female Lead Overhears My Inner Thoughts and Her Persona Crumbles 反派：女主偷听我心声人设崩了 Xiao Yu萧禹Urban2.7M WordsCompleted Tang Yu transmigrates into the world of a modern power fantasy novel, where he becomes a rich, playboy villain. Every time he survives a story arc, he gets a reward! He decides to play it safe and keep his head down all the way to the ending! From the start, he calls off an arranged marriage to avoid being beaten to death by the Dragon King! But unexpectedly, everyone is acting around him, determined to make him draw their hatred. Su Muyue: “You want to break off the engagement? No, you don't.” 78.6kReads9.4Score7kShelves
39. 589 回 Back to 1960: A Grand Life 回到60，壮阔人生 Faith of the Dragon Clan龙族的信仰Urban537k WordsCompleted Yang Jianjun returns to the 1960s and gains access to a personal space. He leads his family through the hardest few years. In an era when having enough to eat and warm clothes is all it takes to be happy, Yang Jianjun begins his own life with a cheat-like advantage. 3.7kReads8.5Score206Shelves
40. 590 女 My Daughter Wreaks Havoc in the Immortal Realm, Exposing My Immortal Emperor Identity 女儿大闹修仙界，我仙帝身份曝光 Wanderer at the End of the World天涯流浪者Eastern Fantasy780k WordsCompleted [Invincible Protagonist + Daughter + Empress + Feel-Good] Lu Ming transmigrated to a cultivation world. Unable to cultivate, he married his childhood sweetheart and chose to live an ordinary life. But after his childhood sweetheart gave birth to their daughter, she suddenly claimed to be an Immortal Emperor reincarnated, with too many karmic debts to settle, and left without a trace. After his wife left, Lu Ming never expected his sign-in System to suddenly activate. Thanks to the rewards from s 8.5kReads8.5Score832Shelves
41. 591 都 The Urban All-Purpose Lottery System 都市全能抽奖系统 Demon-Slaying Order Abbot屠魔令斋主Male-Channel Fanfiction443k WordsCompleted By a twist of fate, Chen Feng, a young man from the city, obtained a sign-in lottery System. He discovered that he could win all kinds of skills, cultivation techniques, and items through the System's sign-in lottery... He could even use the System's power to transmigrate at any time into different film, TV, and novel worlds. Love in the Courtyard, Ode to Joy, Love Apartment, Drawing Sword, The Legend of the Condor Heroes, Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, Uncle Nine, Journey to the West, the Primordia 1.9kReads6.8Score102Shelves
42. 592 相 On Our Blind Date, the Heir to a Wealthy Family Took Me to Register Our Marriage 相亲当天，豪门继承人拉着我领证 Gu Lingfei古凌菲Modern Romance5.9M WordsOngoing [Sweet romance + Marriage Before Love + male lead pretends to be a pig to eat the tiger] On the day of her blind date, Hai Tong impulsively married a stranger. She thought married life would be ordinary and built on mutual respect. Instead, her new husband turned out to be a clingy human piece of glue. What surprised her most was that whenever she ran into trouble, he would step in and resolve everything with ease. Whenever she asked about it, he always said he was just lucky, until one day she 173.9kReads9.5Score6.7kShelves
43. 593 穿 Transmigrating to 1960: Marrying a Beautiful Bride for Good Fortune 穿越1960：迎娶冲喜美娇娘 Green Pines and White Snow青松白雪Urban2.7M WordsCompleted The playboy rich second-generation heir Li Mingqing transmigrated. He transmigrated into the body of a man in a vegetative state. His family traded half a sack of cornmeal for a wife, claiming it was to bring him good luck. He was bound to the Good Man System. Unfortunately, his body was frail, so all he could do was look at his delicate, sweet wife. 8.8kReads8.0Score592Shelves
44. 594 四 Siheyuan: A Different Kind of Life 四合院之别样人生 Ma Li马力Male-Channel Fanfiction512k WordsCompleted Old Zhou was tricked by a transmigrator and sent to 1938. Since he's already here, the reborn Zhou Huchen can only pull himself together, train hard, and study at his leisure, hoping to become a sturdy little screw in the great work of building the motherland during those fiery years. While visiting relatives in a neighboring village, Zhou Huchen looks at the dark, skinny young woman named Qin Huairu before him. Her familiar face gradually comes to resemble the heroine of a TV drama from his pre 11.4kReads8.9Score369Shelves
45. 595 爸 Dad Took the Settlement Money and Left Mom. I Carried Her Out of Hell 爸拿赔偿金弃我妈，我背她出地狱 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊6k WordsCompleted Dad took the compensation money and abandoned Mom. I carried her out of hell. 19Reads—Score—Shelves

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    When my mother was six, she was hit by a van and broke her spine. My father took the 600,000 yuan compensation, then complained that she swallowed too slowly, stabbing her in the mouth with a spoon until it bled. My grandmother called her a "paralyzed burden" and threw her into an abandoned woodshed to die. That six-year-old boy squatted outside the woodshed all night. Later, he dropped out of school, washed dishes, carried bricks, and sent every penny he earned to a nursing home. At the age of twenty, he carried his mother, who was now just skin and bones, step by step, out of that hell.

46. 596 从 Becoming a County Magistrate in 1949 从1949开始当县长 Life Is a Journey Against the Current人生如逆旅Urban1.9M WordsCompleted I’m currently a Grade 6 administrator, holding dual posts within the province. [Power at the Peak]+ [The Founding Years]+ [Farming]+ [Officialdom]+ [Recruitment]+ [Slow-Burn Epic] A model student of the era, a pioneer in prison economics, and an expert at reforming souls and minds. It’s 1949, and the Three Great Campaigns have already been won. I leave the military and transfer to local government to become a county magistrate. I’m 23 years old, with an administrative rank of 12. I devote myself 209Reads9.3Score—Shelves
47. 597 晚 A Secret Kiss from the Evening Breeze 晚风偷偷吻 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊26k WordsCompleted A Secret Kiss from the Evening Breeze 108Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 598 年 1960: Transmigrating to Nanluoguxiang 年代1960：穿越南锣鼓巷， Just Got Nothing Better to Do就是闲的Urban4.1M WordsCompleted New novel: Reborn in 1980: The Life I’ve Always Dreamed Of Also known as Li Laifu’s Happy Life in 1960s China. (No angst, comedy, farming, and everyday family life.) A short drama, comedy animations, and AI short dramas are now available. 202kReads9.4Score13.6kShelves
49. 599 我 My Wife, a Blessing for Three Generations 我老婆，造福三代 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊10k WordsCompleted My Wife, Benefiting Three Generations 1Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 600 5 The 1950s: Starting Out as a Wanderer, I Make My Home in the Deep Mountains 50年代：隐居深山从流浪开始 Born of the Dao's Rhyme道韵生Urban7.8M WordsOngoing Tags: (farming + reclusive life + family saga + harem + science fiction + interstellar + universe) (Entirely hand-written, no AI) (Author’s note at chapter 3480: I’ve been writing this book for over three years. Its rating went from 9.4 to 8.9, and its readership has fallen from several hundred thousand to forty or fifty thousand. It was once a huge hit, and then it faded into obscurity. Many readers have probably come across it more than once, but very few have made it to the later chapters. (S 33.8kReads8.9Score2.4kShelves

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