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1. 101 季 Ji Dong Stirs Xiao Xin's Heart 季动骁心 Mist No. 9九号雾Two Male Leads233k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads | College Roommates | Straight Guy Falls for a Guy at First Sight | Devoted and Faithful | Romantic Tension | Wealthy Families] Aloof rich young master × Adorable small-town bookworm In the dorm of Qing University’s top finance and management program, two people who should have had nothing to do with each other unexpectedly find their lives intertwined. Lu Xiao, the young master of an established family, has been favored since birth. His aloofness and distance are just a shield, 1Reads—Score—14d adds

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   New book, seems pretty good. Recommended.

2. 102 咱 Our Prince He Has Fallen 咱们赫太子爷陷进去了 Matcha Milk Pudding抹茶奶冻冻Modern Romance209k WordsOngoing [Cool, poisonous rose × born-bad playboy] [High school and college / angsty push-and-pull / neither is sexually inexperienced / adversarial couple / genuine playboy turns over a new leaf / morally gray cast / plot twists] At this school, where even the principal had to bow to power, a group of transfer students arrived. These party-loving troublemakers stirred up an already chaotic school, causing one upheaval after another. Xiao Yun never imagined she would get involved with Xi Heling, much les 641Reads—Score—14d adds

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   Look, campus literature

3. 103 京 The Tide Between Beijing and Hong Kong 京港澜渡 A Book Worth a Fortune一本千万利Modern Romance631k WordsOngoing [The rating just opened, slowly climbing] [Hong Kong old-money style vs. Beijing political circles] [Intrigue and covert battles among the wealthy] [High-IQ business and romance] [Slow burn, not a fast-paced power fantasy; feel free to skip chapters] Four pairs of hunters, four hunts. The rain pours over Hong Kong. Come enjoy a TVB-style romance, business-war, and suspense drama! Sweet nothings go beyond “Stay a little longer” and “I adore you” to include “I’m crazy about you.” Duplicity is the 8.5kReads8.9Score77514d adds

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   The secondary couple was also incredibly exciting, so cute!

4. 104 神 The Mighty Little Constable 神通小捕快 Seven Stars in Hand手握七星Martial Arts2.0M WordsOngoing “One leaf riding the wind, roaming ten thousand miles; a dashing constable, famous throughout the land.” The most righteous men are often those society looks down on, and heroes rise from the streets. The spring breeze and I are both passing travelers, but your name alone belongs to the martial world. Ye Fei, a lowly errand boy at an inn, is rejected by the Su family because he's nothing but a nobody who runs errands! Who could have guessed that after getting drunk, saving a beauty, and catching 15.1kReads8.8Score1.5k14d adds
5. 105 十 Ten Realms: I Was Ordinary 十界：我本平庸 Sanqi Confused Fish三七糊涂鱼Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsOngoing (We are all ordinary people. Some say they don’t understand what I’m writing! The truth is, I simply want to tell the story of an ordinary person who keeps growing, improving, and learning. He feels lost and helpless, never knowing what to do. His life is full of stumbles, but through repeated setbacks and lessons, he slowly grows! Some people are born in Rome, while he is stuck in the mud. In Rome, it’s easy to cross the finish line. But there’s something all the more inspiring about perseverin 7.1kReads9.1Score59514d adds
6. 106 北 Beijing Drifter Xiuxiu 北漂修修 White-Browed Eagle Who Likes Mucuna Beans喜欢牛蹄豆的白眉鹰Urban589k WordsCompleted I’m Wu Qi, an utterly ordinary poor kid. After graduating from high school, I ended up in Yanbei at a third-rate diploma mill where you could earn a degree through self-study exams. Then, in one night, I unexpectedly inherited a legacy, completed the Foundation Establishment stage, and reached the Golden Core stage in a month... From then on, I cultivated my mind, character, and practice in the mortal world... I started working part-time in Yanbei, selling things at street stalls, looking for jo 118Reads—Score—14d adds

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   Recommended books for those who have moved to Beijing for work

7. 107 袁 Yuan Tiangang Reads Huang Chao's Fate 袁天罡算黄巢 White-Browed Eagle Who Likes Mucuna Beans喜欢牛蹄豆的白眉鹰7k WordsCompleted Yuan Tiangang Predicts Huang Chao’s Rise 40Reads—Score—14d adds
8. 108 梅 Mei Feixin Takes the Case to Court 梅费心打官司 White-Browed Eagle Who Likes Mucuna Beans喜欢牛蹄豆的白眉鹰8k WordsCompleted Mei Goes to Great Lengths to Sue 24Reads—Score—14d adds
9. 109 庸 Beware the Mediocre 庸人小心 Yin Mu殷木Urban370k WordsCompleted Realistic fiction · Unrequited love with a bad ending · Small-town life · Ordinary people · Coming-of-age · No golden finger Based on the true experiences of friends, this story is told from a male first-person perspective and follows Jiang Xin through the ups and downs of his youth in a small southern county town from 2005 to 2014. He was once an elementary-school prodigy admired by everyone. But from the moment he started middle school, his life quietly began to veer off course. As a boy, he 201Reads—Score10714d adds

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   This book has the melancholy tone unique to small-town youth literature. Unlike the plots of many male protagonists who turn the tide against all odds, this book portrays the most realistic path of ordinary people's decline. Through the haphazard youth of a boy in a county town, it interprets the long-lasting resentment brought about by choosing the wrong path.

10. 110 蝶 Butterfly Shadows Return to Dust: Sold into Prostitution by My Mother-in-Law, My Ex-Husband Searched for Me for Ten Years 蝶影归尘：被婆母卖入风尘，前夫寻了我整整十年 Ni Ah Ni Ge Ni氼啊氼个氼55k WordsCompleted The Butterfly’s Shadow Returns to Dust: Sold into a Life of Vice by My Mother-in-Law, My Ex-Husband Searched for Me for Ten Years 342Reads—Score814d adds

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    The pinnacle of Republican-era tragic romance | Misaligned timelines × BE aesthetics × Heartbreaking endings. This is not a fast-paced, feel-good story, nor is it artificially sweetened. This is a Republican-era tragic romance that requires careful and attentive reading—😢😢😢😢 Six identities, three name changes, loving only one person in a lifetime, yet unable to express it until death.

11. 111 蝶 Butterfly Shadows Return to Dust: My Husband's Enemy Seizes Me by Force 蝶影归尘：丈夫的的仇人对我强娶豪夺 Ni Ah Ni Ge Ni氼啊氼个氼15k WordsCompleted Butterfly Shadows Return to Dust: My Husband's Enemy Forces Me into Marriage 24Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The pinnacle of Republican-era tragic romance | Misaligned time zones × BE aesthetics × Heartbreaking endings This is not a fast-paced, feel-good story, nor is it artificially sweetened. This is a Republican-era tragic romance that requires careful reading—[crying][crying][crying][crying] Six identities, three name changes, loving only one person in a lifetime, yet unable to confess until death.

12. 112 我 I'm the Most Useless Man in the World 我是全世界最废物的男人 Ni Ah Ni Ge Ni氼啊氼个氼12k WordsCompleted I Am the Most Useless Man in the World 1Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Book Recommendation from Xiao Qihao's Perspective: The Pinnacle of Republican-Era Torture Romance: *Butterfly Shadow Returns to Dust* | "I stole my brother's wife, raised my enemy's son, yet died without knowing the truth." My name is Xiao Qihao. An illegitimate son of the Zhang family, I took my mother's surname and wasn't entitled to be included in the family genealogy. I lived in the shadows from childhood, like a stray dog ​​that couldn't see the light. I hated Zhang Zhiming. I hated his legitimate status, hated his substantial family fortune—and even more, hated that he married Lin Die'er. The day I first saw her, she stood in the courtyard, wearing a light green silk dress. Her features were exquisite, her demeanor as serene as the moon. At that moment, I knew I wanted her. At any cost. I learned her routine, observed her every move, and hid behind the artificial hill to watch her sit by the pond, lost in thought. I thought, she didn't love Zhang Zhiming—there was no warmth in her eyes when she looked at him. Since she didn't love him, why couldn't she be mine? Later, I finally got her. With the most despicable means. With a large sum of money, with lies, with a deal with that wicked mother-in-law, I imprisoned her in a separate courtyard, guarding her day and night. She refused to look at me, refused to speak to me, yet in her dreams she called out that person's name. It's alright, I told myself. In this life, you can only lie beside me. She gave birth to a son. I was overjoyed. I thought, with a child, she would finally accept her fate. But I was wrong. While I was quitting opium, my mother sold her to a brothel a thousand miles away. When I returned, she had vanished without a trace. I searched for her for many years. Later, I finally heard news of her. It was news of her death. She changed her name, became a Japanese spy, and took a bullet for someone—dying in the arms of a man I didn't know. At that moment, I understood. I thought I had taken away spoils of war. In fact, I had taken away the only light in my own life. I held the gold butterfly hairpin she had left behind, locking myself in my room for three days and three nights. I didn't cry. I just sat by the window, recalling the only thing she ever said that broke my heart. She said: "I'm just your trophy." No, Die'er. I love you. Because you are you, not some trophy. Later, I poured all my guilt onto our "son." I taught him to read, to love his country, to be an upright person. I believed until my death that he was my own flesh and blood. I never knew until my death that that child—the only bloodline left in this world by the person I hated most and the woman I loved most. And I, for the sake of my enemy, raised his child for a lifetime. I am Xiao Qihao. In this life, I have done too many wrong things. But there is one thing I never regret—I loved Lin Die'er. Although this love was wrong from the very beginning.

13. 113 浪 The Waves Trust the Clouds’ Whiteness 浪花信任云的白 Qinghe Qinghe清和清和Modern Romance355k WordsCompleted Two souls fall into a campus dream; reunited on a Middle Eastern battlefield | Doctors Without Borders × frontier defense hero | unhinged yet restrained, healing regret | sweet, bittersweet tension | rekindled romance | devoted to each other, happy ending A three-day romance in their youth, followed by twelve years apart across mountains and seas · Mature adults wearing the guise of high schoolers, falling into the most heart-wrenching romance in a dream · Each other's cure and salvation; a god 129Reads—Score—14d adds

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    This is an amazing book, the main text is complete. The male protagonist, injured, enters a dream and returns to high school, while the female protagonist enters his dreams every night, a mutual redemption. It's so good I can't stop reading... A mature man and woman, disguised as high school students, falling in love in their dreams. (Author: Langhua Xin)

14. 114 夏 Summer Isle, Years Adrift 夏屿沉年 Heading for the Late-Night Longing赴念晚Modern Romance200k WordsOngoing [Campus | Bittersweet push and pull | Reunion after years apart | Mutual healing | 1v1 | Both chaste | Happy ending] [Wen Xi, covered in scars × Shen Jinfan, with a scar in his heart] A pink heart-shaped lighter held the feelings they never confessed as teenagers. Wen Xi and Shen Jinfan came so close to finding happiness. Then an accident shattered everything. Wen Xi was attacked and rushed to the ICU. Watching her teeter on the brink of death, Shen Jinfan lost control and beat her attacker badl —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    If you enjoy the style of novels like "Painful Faith" and "Sour Plum," you absolutely must check out "Xia Yu Chen Nian"! The author updates daily, so you don't have to wait anxiously for each new chapter. Both characters are inherently prickly, neither of them are pushovers. The female lead, Wen Xi, is sharp-edged, smokes, and has a cool exterior, but hides old wounds all over her body. She's used to being strong and bearing everything, never complaining or playing the victim, no matter how much pain she's in. The male lead, Shen Jinfan, is obsessive and melancholic, carrying too much burden from a young age. These two wounded souls collide. At seventeen, a sudden accident changes their entire fate, forcing them apart for nine long years. Their reunion isn't a tender, mended affair; their love is accompanied by mutual pain. They keep their innermost thoughts bottled up, stubbornly resisting, pulling at each other, enduring hardship. There are also tattoos and personal keepsakes, creating a bond across the vast distance of time, maximizing the bittersweet feeling and leaving a lasting impression. No artificial sweetness; if you enjoy stories with emotional scars and complex relationships between adults, this is for you. Happy ending. Those looking for a light and sweet romance should definitely avoid this.

15. 115 钟 Zhong Wanzhen's Class 18 钟晚甄的十八班 Zhong Wanzhen, the Two-Faced Straight-A Student钟晚甄双面优等生Modern Romance82k WordsCompleted Zhong Wanzhen is the “perfect student” in Class 1, Grade 12, at Wutong High School: top three in her year, obedient and sensible, with a bright future ahead. There’s a surveillance camera outside her bedroom door, and her mother’s eyes are always scrutinizing every part of her life. Every day is planned down to the minute. She’s like a wind-up doll, dancing and spinning without end. Then she meets Ren Yi. Ren Yi is from Class 18, Wutong High School’s most notorious “problem class.” Fighting, ski 16Reads—Score—14d adds

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    It's really good, you should check it out.

16. 116 他 He’s So Wild 他那么野 Bichon Loves Mangoes比熊爱芒果Modern Romance198k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance + school life] Shen Xian is notorious for being wild, a bad student through and through. He's bad-tempered, moody, and rebellious. He's bad to the core. That day, he blew all his cigarette smoke into her mouth, making her throat burn so badly it nearly gave out. “Kan Shu, stop arguing with me. Make me happy, and I'll spoil you rotten. Got it?” No one could have imagined that a good girl like Kan Shu would get involved with someone like Shen Xian. She grabs him by the collar and gi 184Reads7.5Score4214d adds

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    Super incredibly beautiful

17. 117 破 A Glimmer of Light as the Cocoon Breaks 破茧时的微光 Mu Xi Na沐晞NaModern Romance124k WordsCompleted [Elementary School Years + Middle School Years + High School Years] The isolation at school that once left her struggling to breathe, the tangled emotions, and the kindness she found through charity and self-acceptance, all reflect the challenges ordinary people face as they grow up. Thank you for being willing to listen to this imperfect coming-of-age story. May Lin Wei's journey give you a little courage: even if you're lost right now, even if you carry wounds that have yet to heal, as long as —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Go watch it!

18. 118 拾 Twins Among the Light 拾光里的双子星 Mu Xi Na沐晞NaModern Romance545k WordsCompleted Spanning five years of college, including one year of internships, this story follows the growing bond between Lin Zhixia, an INFJ, and Su Xiaotang, an ENFP, as their journey shifts from four friends traveling together to two companions walking side by side. Weaving together studies, friendship, self-discovery, and hopes for the future, it paints a nuanced, authentic portrait of youth and deep friendship. —Reads—Score—14d adds

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