Any Books So Good You Can't Eat or Sleep Until You Finish Them? 好看到让人不吃不睡都想看完的书，同志们有没有？

1. 101 百 The Many Flavors of Life, Part One: A Snowy Night of Lost Souls 百味人生第一部：失魂风雪夜 w Nankew南柯Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Family, love, and adultery. This small mountain village seems peaceful, but undercurrents run deep, and human dramas of sorrow and joy unfold every day. On a bitterly cold, snowy night, a young and beautiful mother is assaulted and becomes pregnant. Afterward, she lives every day in fear and pain, desperately trying to keep the secret. When the truth comes to light, the demon who has appeared in her dreams countless times has never really gone away. What will the mother do? This book offers a 14.5kReads9.2Score1.5kShelves

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   Many people in the comments section said they either stayed up all night to watch it or suffered from insomnia after watching it.

2. 102 奇 A Strange Haha 奇怪的哈哈 Little Zuo Is at a Loss没招的小左Two Female Leads275k WordsOngoing In Wuyun Country, there’s this strange girl who’s always running into bizarre things in her everyday life. Yet in every one of these strange encounters, she somehow meets someone who loves her beyond measure. Isn’t that strange? 136Reads—Score—Shelves

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   It's so beautiful.

3. 103 废 A Useless Husband Suffers in Silence, Until the Mine Boss Protects Him 废夫无能苦难言，矿山老大护周全 w Nankew南柯Modern Romance979k WordsOngoing Unable to consummate their marriage, her new husband leaves his sweet, gentle bride Yu Xiaoman unwilling to endure any more abuse. By a twist of fate, she enters a long, drawn-out emotional tug-of-war with the aloof, ascetic boss of the mining town, embarking on one test of love, one act of persuasion, and one forced encounter after another. At the same time, she gradually realizes that bride-price money is the root cause trapping girls for life. She is determined to break free of the shackles i 8.7kReads8.8Score542Shelves
4. 104 法 France, 1794 法兰西1794 Kill Without Burial管杀不管填Historical3.4M WordsCompleted A glorious tale of struggle after transmigrating into a minor German nobleman during the French Revolution and the Directory. “His Excellency Andrew, the great and glorious, arrived in his beloved Paris in 1794.” 956Reads8.9Score104Shelves

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   They cover a wide range of genres, and they're all books I enjoy reading.

5. 105 全EN High Seas Survival: I Start with a Ghost Ship 全民大航海，我开局一条幽灵船 Newly Bought Peaches新买的桃子Sports2.6M WordsCompleted The print edition has been signed with a publisher. [Seafaring] [Survival] [Disasters] [Shipbuilding] [Talents] [Cthulhu] [One Female Lead] Everyone transmigrates, and Yang Yi, as a player, is forced to join a game where everyone must survive at sea. Some lucky players get special ships. Like the Iron Will, armed to the teeth. Like the Gale, which rides the wind and waves so fast it's never in sight. Like the Head-On, with its massive ram, charging fearlessly ahead. But Yang Yi's ship is called 272.9kReads9.4Score27.9kShelves
6. 106 高 Terrible News from the High Martial World 高武圈传来噩耗 Muscular Seagull肌肉海鸥Urban2.6M WordsOngoing [Utterly unhinged, utterly unhinged, utterly unhinged, utterly unhinged, utterly unhinged, utterly unhinged, utterly unhinged, utterly unhinged, utterly unhinged, utterly unhinged, utterly unhinged, utterly unhinged! + broke protagonist] “I cultivate naturally.” “Is there any medicine with fewer side effects?” “Can’t be helped. Just take two shots! If you get side effects, we’ll stop after that!” “I’ll take two more shots today. They’re for different areas, so the side effects probably won’t sta 339.3kReads9.4Score32.8kShelves
7. 107 铁 Ironblooded Late Ming 铁血残明 Ke Shanmeng柯山梦Historical2.5M WordsOngoing In the late Ming dynasty, Spain and Japan gradually restricted the outflow of silver, reversing the capital inflow that the Ming had enjoyed since the early sixteenth century. The commercial and smallholder economies that coexisted under the Ming were both hit by deflation. Combined with the effects of the Little Ice Age, one domino after another fell, plunging the realm into chaos. In the eleventh month of the sixth year of the Chongzhen reign, the roving rebels crossed the river south of Mianc 104.5kReads9.4Score11kShelves
8. 108 从 Starting Out as a Space Junk Scavenger 从太空垃圾佬开始 Harvester Ant收获蚁Sci-Fi & Apocalypse4.0M WordsCompleted [Space Opera] [Exploration and Frontier Development] [Interstellar Trade] [Dreadnoughts and Big Guns] [Interstellar Colonization] A modern man transmigrates to the interstellar age, but can't handle future technology? No problem, Emperor Gaozu of Han already showed us the way. I'll start my own business, offering benefits with one hand and dangling promises with the other. I don't need to master everything; the talented people will take care of it for me. From the start, my unreliable parents di 66.6kReads9.4Score6.6kShelves
9. 109 从 A Career-Building Game Starting with SWAT 从SWAT开始的职业成长游戏 Nan Chang南长Urban5.1M WordsOngoing He is an elite assault operator with the San Diego SWAT team in the United States! He is a top German marksman active on the Western Front during World War I! He is a top spy trained at the X-agent training camp during World War II! He is a legendary explorer of the American West, the uncrowned king of the Caribbean, the world’s most formidable lone counterterrorism operative… Before earning all these countless titles, Zhang Xuan was just a low-ranking police officer who had transmigrated into n 65.8kReads9.3Score5.1kShelves
10. 110 北 North American Tough Cop: Starting Out as a Patrol Officer in Los Angeles 北美悍警：从洛城巡警开始 Ice Descends on the City冰临城下Urban2.8M WordsOngoing A cleaner from the gray world becomes a sun-loving Los Angeles detective. What a wonderful thing, to live in the sunlight! Rock stood beneath a Hollywood landmark, gazing at the bikini-clad beauties on Santa Monica Beach. He pushed his sunglasses up the bridge of his nose. From now on, he would protect Los Santos... 82kReads9.2Score6.8kShelves
11. 111 北 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Northern School 北派盗墓笔记 Yun Feng云峰Mystery4.5M WordsOngoing [Published in print and available online] [The Beipai Notes horizontal-screen drama is now streaming] [Tomb Raiding + Mystery + Antiques] I'm a poor kid from a mountain village in Northeast China. In the early twenty-first century, hoping to make something of myself, I joined a northern tomb-raiding crew. From south to north, I've seen every side of the underworld and crossed paths with people from all walks of life. Over the years, I went from a young man to a middle-aged one. My drinking got b 956.6kReads9.6Score123.1kShelves
12. 112 深 Shenzhen, Beguiling After Dark 深圳，夜色迷人 Nan Xiaohua南小华Urban2.0M WordsCompleted A tale of business rivalries and political intrigue set against the backdrop of Shenzhen, following Chen Binnan’s remarkable journey south in pursuit of success. This story is dedicated to all the brothers who have headed south, north, or east to make their way in the world! 51.3kReads9.6Score6.1kShelves
13. 113 延 Delayed Gratification Accelerator 延迟满足加速器 User26182811用户2618281112k WordsCompleted Delayed Gratification Accelerator 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Five "Psychological Compressed Biscuits" from Chixi Village—Five New Essays in Mr. Fu Shuiheng's Delayed Feedback Series, a Cure for All Kinds of "Impatientness" Friends, last time I recommended the first five essays in Mr. Fu Shuiheng's "Delayed Feedback" series—"Ultimate Choice: Escape," "Addiction to Instant Feedback," "Delayed Display of Behavioral Outcomes," "Tolerance for Effort Without Feedback," and "Confusion Regarding the Time Difference Between Cause and Effect." Those five essays tell the whole story of how an impatient modern person was gradually brought back to his senses by an old farmer from a mountain village in western Fujian using traditional methods. It's a story of laughter and tears, with profound truths hidden in absurdity. Many readers came to ask me after reading them: What happened next? What happened to Fang Kele and Lin Shen? Are there any new stories about Chixi Village? Yes. Not only are there, but they are even more powerful than the previous five essays. Mr. Fu Shuiheng has recently written five new essays, each one precisely hitting the most hidden psychological pain points of contemporary people. I spent a weekend reading them all in one go, and afterwards I sat on the sofa for a full twenty minutes without moving—not because I was tired, but because my mind was racing with so many thoughts that I needed time to settle. The setting for these five stories remains Chixi Village, nestled in the mountains of western Fujian. The protagonist is still the 59-year-old wise uncle, Fu Shuiheng, who almost got into university but decided against it because he didn't want to fill out the application form, along with his two lively nephews—Fang Kele and Lin Shen. The newly added character, Fu Shuilan (the uncle's distant cousin, a young man who quit his job in Xiamen to return to his hometown to farm), enriches the perspective of the entire series. The five stories are independent, but if you read them in order, you'll find that they form a complete "modern people's psychological resilience training course." Below, I'll discuss them one by one, trying not to spoil key plot points, only highlighting the key points. The sixth story: "Sowing Anxiety"—You plant a seed, and then every five minutes you want to dig it up to see what it's like. The opening of this story will make you laugh until your stomach hurts. Fu Shuilan rides an electric bike from the county town into Chixi Village, with compound fertilizer and a hoe strapped to the back seat. The first thing she asks upon entering the village is, "How do I get to Fu Shuiheng's house?" This young man's sense of ritual was truly unique—before sowing, he stared at the seed bowl for a long time, muttering incantations; after sowing, he bowed three times to the empty ground and even planted a sign at the edge of the field that read "Fu Shuilang's Land." Fang Kele watched from the side, saying with a complicated expression, "I was like that two months ago." The most interesting part was Fu Shuilang's "soil-digging anxiety" after sowing. On the first day, he couldn't help but dig into the soil with his fingers to see if the seeds had changed. He was overjoyed to see the embryo with its seed coat cracked open, but he dug again in the evening and found that the seeds in different locations were expanding at different rates. So he started frantically imagining, "Are the slower seeds dead?" Fang Kele observed his behavior and realized that he was exactly the same when he planted bok choy—he kept digging into the soil because he couldn't wait for feedback, and each time he dug, he was damaging the developing root system. Fang Kele designed a "twice-a-day check-in plus wood-chopping therapy" for Fu Shuilang—he could only go to the field once in the morning and once in the evening each day, and he could chop wood whenever he wanted to dig into the soil. The firewood won't get hurt just because you chop it a few more times. The most touching part of this story is the ending. Fu Shuilang's first attempt at stir-frying spinach was too salty, and her uncle took a big bite and said, "It's a bit salty, but it tastes good. You're much better than my first time cooking." Then he wrote a sentence in his notebook: "University taught me how to succeed, farming taught me how to face 'not yet successful.' These two things are completely different." When I read this, my nose tingled. Isn't this the problem we all face? We are taught how to pursue success, but no one ever teaches us how to coexist with the state of "not yet successful." Suitable for: You who want to see results the day after you put in the effort; you who can't help but "dig up the soil to see" everything you do; you who are always comparing your progress with others and then suffer from anxiety and insomnia. Seventh article: "Long Feedback Cycle Education" - Uncle opened a course, the textbook is a seed, a notebook, and a pen, the course duration: ten years. This is the most ambitious article in the entire series. On the winter solstice, my uncle suddenly announced he would be teaching Fang Kele, Lin Shen, and Fu Shuilang a course called "Long Feedback Cycle Education," which in Hakka translates to "Don't rush, wait patiently, you'll know the taste eventually." The teaching materials were extremely simple—each person had a pomelo and a seed (with their surname engraved on the seed), a blank thread-bound notebook, and an old fountain pen. The requirements were: water it every day, and write one line in the notebook every day until the pomelo grew. How long does it take for a pomelo to grow from seed to fruit? My uncle held up one finger and said, "If you're lucky, seven or eight years. If you're unlucky, ten years or so." Fang Kele's reaction made me laugh for a long time—he almost dropped the seed in his hand, and a certain area in his brain responsible for "long-term planning" was frantically alarming. The longest period of planning he had ever done in his life was his four years of university, and those four years felt like a lifetime to him. What is the concept of ten years? But what truly broke my heart was the different styles of the three people writing in their diaries. Fang Kele wrote two extra lines on the first day and then crossed them out, realizing he had made the mistake of "not following the rules"; Lin Shen initially wrote rigorous scientific observation records, but after finding that every day was "unchanging," he started writing his innermost thoughts; Fu Shuilang wrote only one sentence a day, with an almost fixed format, but each sentence conveyed a sense of calm strength—"It's been ten days. The seed hasn't sprouted yet. But I don't think it's okay, because my uncle said that pomelos are slow. I'm also slow; I spent five years in university before graduating. Slow people and slow seeds should get along." My uncle said something that still resonates in my mind: "The pomelo tree I planted did nothing but grow leaves for the first three years. It didn't flower, it didn't bear fruit, it just grew leaves all year round. Those three years weren't because it ignored me; it was because it was growing itself. The tree needs to grow thick and strong enough to support a tree full of pomelos." Suitable for: You who always feel like "it's too late"; you who feel breathless in the fast-paced world; you who need to be reminded that "ten years can also be a unit of time." Part 8: "Visualizing Invisible Progress" – Lin Shen transformed "invisible growth" into a visible chart, and the entire village came to him for this piece – a highlight of his life. His pomelos and seeds had shown no change after forty-three days, leaving him in the agony of "understanding the principles but not feeling any progress." As a science student, he needed data, not feelings. So he did something truly ingenious – he used his uncle's scrap paper to draw a coordinate system, with time on the horizontal axis and ten stages of pomelo growth on the vertical axis. Each day, he marked "observation complete" with a small circle (an eye inside each circle), drew arrows for progress, and stars for completing a stage. This "progress visualization system" later spread throughout Chixi Village. Uncle Atu asked him to draw a "rice paddy temperament tracking chart," erecting a blackboard at the edge of the field and writing a sentence each day. The content gradually veered off from serious agricultural observations into a veiled message to Ashui. Upon hearing this, Ashui also erected a blackboard to record how many insults Uncle Atu had written on it. Two blackboards face each other across a rice paddy. Uncle Yang commented that this is the most interesting agricultural installation in Chixi Village in the past fifty years. The most profound insight of the story lies in Lin Shen's self-reflection. He realized that everything he had done before—the causal mirror, the accelerator—was to show off his intelligence to others; but this time, the charts he made were simply to solve his own real problems. It took him several months to complete this transformation from "predicting the future" to "recording the present." Uncle Lao wrote a fourteen-character inscription for this chart collection: "Everything real deserves to be seen. Everything unseen deserves to be remembered." Suitable for: You with a science-oriented mind who needs to "see" to "believe"; you who have done many things but none have been recorded; you who need a small flashlight to walk in the dark. Ninth Chapter: "Anti-Hunger Syndrome"—Fang Kele and Lin Shen both suffered psychological breakdowns, and Uncle Lao saved them with the sentence "I'll go turn the soil." This is the chapter that I resonated with the most in the entire series. On the forty-seventh day of the long feedback training, Fang Kele and Lin Shen both "collapsed from hunger" that morning—not physically, but emotionally. Fang Kele lay in bed staring at the ceiling, unwilling to get up, while Lin Shen sat at his desk, blankly looking at the charts he had drawn for forty-seven days. Fang Kele said something that almost made me cry: "Uncle, what you've been feeding us is just mental coarse food—the seedling stage, long feedback, the cause-and-effect time difference—this coarse food is nutritious, but tasteless. I need a little bit of flavor, just a little. I don't need much, just a little is enough, but I haven't had that little bit for so long." How did Uncle respond? He didn't reason with them, didn't offer psychological guidance, and didn't even give a direct answer. He simply said, "I'm going to till the soil," and then picked up a hoe and walked out of the yard. Fang Kele and Lin Shen were silent for a long time, then almost simultaneously stood up, each picking up a hoe and following him. After tilling the soil all afternoon, sweating profusely, and hearing the sound of the hoes cutting into the earth, the two slowly recovered. My uncle said something at the dinner table that night that perfectly summarized the spiritual dilemma of modern people: "If a person is willing to work when they are hungry, then they are not really hungry, they are just craving something. They crave feedback, recognition, and a word from someone else. Craving is not a disease, it is a habit. People who are used to eating takeout will always have a few days when they suddenly start cooking for themselves and crave the MSG taste of takeout." Fang Kele later wrote in her diary: "I have been sitting at the entrance of the granary shouting that I am hungry—I have never looked back at the diary I wrote for several months, and I have forgotten all the 'nuts' in it." Suitable for: You who have persisted for a long time and suddenly feel "what is the meaning of all this I have done"; you who feel psychologically hungry in the course of long-term efforts; you who need someone to give you a helping hand with actions rather than words. Tenth article: "Delayed Gratification Accelerator" - Lin Shen invented something again. This time, he cut "waiting" into pieces and paired it with a reward. My uncle ended the competition with an old timer. This article is a big explosion of Lin Shen's "inventor" attributes, and also Fang Kele's "fanning the flames" skills are in full swing. Lin Shen used the timer in his uncle's kitchen, the giant hourglass in Qingxin Pavilion, and the old wall clock on the main room wall to build a "time playground" in his uncle's yard. Hourglasses and reward bags hung from the pomelo tree, progress markings were drawn on the bluestone floor, and a small mirror was added under the pendulum of the wall clock. Fang Kele fanned the flames, suggesting it be upgraded to a village-wide speed race, with the winner able to dig up the Hakka rice wine his uncle had buried under the pomelo tree. The test was packed with laughs. Fang Kele sat in front of the hourglass for two hours, spending the first twenty minutes brainstorming at least five cheating schemes, including drilling a small hole in the bottom of the hourglass; Lin Shen was assigned to the "no-feedback squat," and by the eighth minute, his left and right legs were arguing in his head, finally collapsing prematurely after Fang Kele blew a breath into his ear; Fu Shuilang's three relay cards were increasingly steady, displaying a composure far beyond her years. But the most brilliant part was the ending. Uncle didn't participate in the discussion from beginning to end. Finally, he took an old-fashioned timer that had been used for twenty years from the kitchen windowsill, placed it among everyone, and asked Lin Shen, "Compared to this twenty-year-old timer you made, where does it fall short?" The room fell silent. Lin Shen thought for a long time before understanding—Uncle's timer had no markings, no cards, no mirror, no auxiliary functions, but Uncle had been turning it for twenty years and never felt uncomfortable waiting for it. True masters of waiting don't need to make waiting easy—because they have internalized waiting as part of life itself. Lin Shen wrote a line on his design sketch: "The accelerator is never on scrap paper, it's in Uncle's hands." Suitable for: Those who still feel they don't have enough time after using all efficiency tools; those who rely on the Pomodoro Technique and time-tracking apps to focus; those who want to know "how true masters of waiting wait." Why are these five stories worth your time to read? Because these five stories together form a complete "map for training the psychological resilience of modern people." "Sowing Anxiety" teaches you how to restrain the urge to "dig up the soil and take a look"—not indifference, but avoiding harm. *Long Feedback Cycle Education* teaches you to accept the cause-and-effect rhythm measured in decades—some fruits take a lifetime to harvest. *Visualizing Invisible Progress* teaches you to draw a map of unseen growth—just because you can't see it doesn't mean it didn't happen. *Anti-Hunger Syndrome* teaches you to feed yourself when you're psychologically hungry—your diary is full of forgotten nuts. *Delayed Gratification Accelerator* teaches you to distinguish between "learning to wait" and "relying on tools to help you wait"—true masters of waiting don't need accelerators. Mr. Fu Shuiheng's writing possesses a rustic charm and a down-to-earth quality you'll never find in big cities. His description of the hourglass training isn't dry preaching; rather, it involves Fang Kele sitting in front of the hourglass for two hours, mentally devising five cheating schemes, and finally writing, "Time ignores me, and I don't need to ignore it; we each live our own lives." He used a hilarious "village-wide race" to explain principles that even lengthy psychology books couldn't clarify—using Hakka dialect, a kitchen timer, cloth bags hanging from a pomelo tree, and crooked handwriting on Uncle Tu's little blackboard. You'll be laughing out loud, and then suddenly find your eyes welling up with tears. Not from sentimentality, but from being struck by those real, clumsy, adorable characters who are just like you. If you've already read the first five chapters, these five will show you the complete evolution of Fang Kele and Lin Shen from "learning to wait" to "forgetting how to wait." If you haven't read the first five chapters yet, these five can also be read independently—each is a complete story with its own introduction, development, climax, and conclusion. The stories are available on Tomato Music, Tomato Novels, Toutiao Lite, Toutiao, Wukong Browser, Danhua, and Changdu Novels. When searching, please note that only user 26182811 is our own author, Mr. Fu Shuiheng. Don't be misled by those imposters trying to ride his coattails. If you feel unsatisfied after reading—and I believe you will—then go and give Mr. Fu a boost in his writing. Tell him that someone is waiting on the edge of the fields in Chixi Village for his next pot of Hakka rice wine, waiting for Fang Kele and Lin Shen's next antics, waiting for Uncle Fu to use the next kitchen relic to tell the next profound truth. Such an author deserves to be seen by more people, and such writing deserves to leave us a corner where we can breathe slowly in this era of "reading a book in three minutes" and "learning a skill in seven days." Thank you for taking the time to read this recommendation. If these five stories remind you of the old timer in the courtyard of Chixi Village on a particularly anxious night—it's still ticking away, steadily, neither fast nor slow—then Mr. Fu Shuiheng's forty years of cause and effect have yielded a new fruit.

14. 114 中 Life in the Middle Ages 中世纪人生 Four Quacks四呱Historical1.8M WordsCompleted When an unexpected soul arrives in an era that is both familiar and strange, what kind of storm will it unleash? Will he fit into this age and become the model of a knight, or ride across the battlefield and leave behind a legend in the history books? Or perhaps he will tear open the darkness and usher in the first light of dawn. Norn says: Only children make choices. I want it all. 4.9kReads8.6Score408Shelves
15. 115 延 Delayed Gratification Trainer 延迟满足培养器 User26182811用户2618281116k WordsCompleted Delayed Gratification Trainer —Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 116 婚 Marriage Becomes an Addiction 婚久成瘾 Su Muyan苏木雁Modern Romance380k WordsCompleted [Mutually Exclusive First Love, Romantic Tension, Instinctive Attraction, Older Man] Xie Guihe, the powerful head of the Xie family, is consumed by ambition. Ruthless in everything he does, he has no intention of ever marrying. A high-profile arranged marriage brings him and Lu Meng, the Lu family's heiress, to the registry office. They each get what they need, or so they think. But somewhere along the way, he ends up losing his heart. 1. At first, he is cold and indifferent: "No feelings involv 35.8kReads8.9Score3.2kShelves

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17. 117 反 Feedback Hunger Syndrome 反馈饥饿综合症 User26182811用户2618281117k WordsCompleted Feedback Starvation Syndrome —Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 118 孽 A Tangled Web of Sin 孽乱 Late Autumn in the South City南城晚秋Urban6.3M WordsCompleted A baffling case. One stunning woman after another. A young man from a small town is framed and thrown into prison. How does he rise to the top, step by step, and become a powerful local magnate? Awake, he commands the world; drunk, he rests in the arms of beauties. Chen Fan does it all. A short drama adaptation of this book is now available. Its title is Beauty in Bloom: My Fatal Attraction. Please watch and support it. Thank you! 142.4kReads9.1Score13.3kShelves

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    This is a great book; I really want to read it all in one go.

19. 119 隐 Making Invisible Progress Visible 隐形进展可视化 User26182811用户2618281114k WordsCompleted Visualizing Invisible Progress —Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 120 潜 Undercover: Lost in the Shadows 潜伏:暗影迷途 Late Autumn in the South City南城晚秋Urban442k WordsOngoing While searching for his missing older sister, Chen Feng is silenced by those who want him dead. Reborn for reasons he cannot explain, he finds himself with an extraordinary range of abilities: medicine, mystic arts, feng shui, face reading... Even his luck with women takes a strange turn. By chance, Chen Feng saves a powerful underworld woman. To find his sister, he uses her trust to infiltrate a deeply concealed criminal organization. Circumstances force him to climb its ranks, step by step, un 2.3kReads7.0Score275Shelves
21. 121 看 After Seeing the Comments, the Fallen Princess Refuses to Leave the Dragon Bed 看到弹幕后，亡国公主赖在龙塌不走了 Twelfth-Month Dumplings腊月饺子11k WordsCompleted After seeing the comments on the screen, the fallen princess refuses to leave the dragon bed. 105Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Great! Great! Great!

22. 122 长 Long Feedback Loop Education 长反馈循环教育 User26182811用户261828118k WordsCompleted Long-Feedback-Loop Education —Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 123 烬 Embers Meet Zhiwei 烬火遇知微 Sea Salt Crispy海盐酥酥Modern Romance644k WordsCompleted [Bold, direct flirting from the start · Daring · Dazzling] Top heiress × cold, tough soldier, two highly intelligent and equally powerful leads #WomanPursuesMan #IcyBigShot #SweetRomanticPushAndPull Lu Jin is a retired special forces soldier who operates in both the underworld and the legitimate world, and a top bodyguard who moves through the shadows. He is ruthless and violent. Everyone respects and fears him, and no one dares get close! Except Ye Zhiwei. A top heiress, chairwoman of the Ye Gr 19.8kReads9.0Score1.5kShelves

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    Sisters, check this out! [Smirk] It's bold and amazing, a girl chasing a boy, and the male lead is super handsome with off-the-charts fighting power. Lots of fanservice! [Kiss][kiss][kiss]

24. 124 隐 The Truth Behind the Contact Lenses 隐形眼镜掩盖的真相 Twelfth-Month Dumplings腊月饺子11k WordsCompleted The Truth Hidden by Contact Lenses 809Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 125 京 The Capital’s Princeling’s Personal Secretary 京圈太子爷的贴身女秘书 Forty Degrees四十度Modern Romance427k WordsCompleted [100% Sweet Romance] [Irresistibly Flirty and Sweet] A short drama/comic adaptation is in production A reserved, noble, domineering CEO VS a stunning, sweet secretary bride Ye Chu gently opened the door, ready to leave. Suddenly, a man's low, hoarse voice sounded behind her. "In such a hurry. Where are you going?" Lin Jingting stared intently at the breathtaking beauty before him. Ye Chu turned around and said awkwardly, "I... I'll pay you..." "I've got plenty of money." As Lin Jingting spoke, 9.2kReads8.0Score544Shelves

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    Beautiful! Beautiful!

26. 126 全 The Whole Family Transmigrates: 18 Ways to Survive in Ancient Times 全家穿越：古代生存十八法 The Butterfly Doesn't Want To蝴蝶不愿意Ancient Romance3.1M WordsCompleted The whole family transmigrates to ancient times after an accident. Whether that counts as good luck or bad luck is anyone’s guess. They’ve barely woken up when they find out the family has no money, no land, and a mountain of debt to repay. Not one of them has a golden finger, either. But the dog that came along with them is rather interesting. Could it be some kind of divine hound? This big family has to put food on the table, keep the household harmonious, and make progress in their studies. W 49.9kReads9.5Score5.4kShelves

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    I highly recommend these three books by Butterfly (the author). Her 97,000 fans all started with the first book and then the second, and then the third. Butterfly's writing is consistently joyful, with everyone displaying a positive attitude. It's incredibly engaging! If you haven't read them, I suggest starting with the first book. [Heart emoji]

27. 127 高 My High-Risk AI Boyfriend Begs Me Not to Return Him, Eyes Red 高危款AI男友，红着眼求我别退养 Twelfth-Month Dumplings腊月饺子10k WordsCompleted My High-Risk AI Boyfriend, Red-Eyed and Begging Me Not to Return Him 2Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 128 本 I’ve Transmigrated to a Famine Year. If You Need Me, Burn Some Paper Offerings 本人已穿荒年，有事记得烧纸 The Butterfly Doesn't Want To蝴蝶不愿意Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Chen Dongyue transmigrated. The good news: She gained access to a strange pocket dimension. The catch was that the unreliable space only worked if her old friend You Sijia made daily “offerings” to it. The bad news: She had transmigrated into the body of a woman as burly as a mountain and as fierce as a tigress. Her family was poor, and on top of that, she had to deal with the “mess” her missing husband had left behind, as well as support her mother-in-law, brother-in-law, and sister-in-law. Luc 7.8kReads9.3Score831Shelves
29. 129 京 The Crown Prince of the Capital's Personal Secretary, Part Two 京圈太子爷的贴身女秘书第二部 Forty Degrees四十度Modern Romance534k WordsCompleted [Pure, stunning beauty + Everyone's favorite + Multiple male leads + Forced love + Male rivals competing + Sweet romance] “Nanchuan, this is the shoe cabinet.” Ye Chu's cheeks flush pink, and her voice turns slightly sultry. “Right here. I like it.” Fu Nanchuan's voice is rich and alluring, like aged red wine. He's being domineering again. Ye Chu says no more. The rustle of their clothes falling is especially clear in the spacious, empty villa. They entwine with one another, moving in perfect ha 6.3kReads8.2Score314Shelves
30. 130 重 Reborn, I Join the Prince in Crushing Scum 重生后，我和王爷一起虐渣 Twelfth-Month Dumplings腊月饺子Ancient Romance30k WordsCompleted After Being Reborn, I Joined the Prince in Crushing the Villains 2Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 131 别 Come On, Surely the Whole Family Didn't Transmigrate 别闹，不会真有全家穿越这种事吧 The Butterfly Doesn't Want To蝴蝶不愿意Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted The Xia family had been looking forward to their self-driving trip along the eastern coast for ages. They never expected a typhoon to sweep all four of them back a thousand years. When they opened their eyes, the people were still the same four, but... the era was completely different! Come on! How can a whole family transmigrate together? Even worse, as soon as they arrived, they found themselves facing poor harvests and one disaster after another. Fleeing? No way. They were just following the 16.6kReads9.2Score2.1kShelves
32. 132 归 The Returning Goose Enters the Palace, and the Emperor and Empress Reunite 归雁入殿，帝后重逢 Twelfth-Month Dumplings腊月饺子Ancient Romance30k WordsCompleted The Returning Wild Goose Enters the Palace, and the Emperor and Empress Reunite 315Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 133 宝 Baby, Will You Choose Me? 宝宝，选我好不好 Sweet Peach Berry Yeah甜桃莓莓耶Modern Romance448k WordsCompleted [Print edition under contract] [Forced romance + school days to city life + secret crush + both are each other’s only one] [Troublemaker heir x sweet, well-behaved girl] Shen Wumian’s younger brother rear-ends a luxury car by accident and is hit with a two-million-yuan bill. The creditor is Ke Ran. Ke Ran is a rich young master who has returned from Britain. Born into a wealthy family, he has a bold, carefree face and is a favored son of heaven at the very top of the social pyramid. Shen Wumian 89.9kReads9.1Score9.6kShelves

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    Very, very nice

34. 134 新 The Rules of a Newlywed Secret Crush 新婚暗恋法则 Qi Xue栖雪Modern Romance522k WordsCompleted [Roguish heartthrob x cool beauty | Reunion after years apart | Slow-burn romance | Secret crush] As a student, Qi Shangzhi was arrogant, unruly, and impossible to tame. Blessed with a face so stunning it could make a living, he got away with anything on the strength of his looks. He was a regular on the school confession wall and forums, and the sight of his shirt lifting as he dunked a basketball became part of their youth. Though Zhou Chengye was beautiful, she was quiet and kept a low profil 33.3kReads9.2Score4.4kShelves
35. 135 京 The Capital's Young Master Is So Arrogant? One Kiss from His Wife and He Turns Bright Red 京圈太子很狂？老婆一亲就红温了 You Yili幼一栗Modern Romance659k WordsCompleted [Super Sweet, Heart-Fluttering Romance + Both Inexperienced in Love + Marriage First, Love Later + Male Lead Takes His Place + Long-Standing Scheme] [Roguish, arrogant young master × Cool-headed, rational medical beauty] Jin Wu had always seen Fu Yuchen as her salvation. She followed him quietly and finally got what she wanted. Until she saw him kissing someone else intimately with her own eyes. Fu Yuchen smiled smugly. “How would Jin Wu dare leave me? Without me, she's just a pitiful illegitima 36kReads9.4Score4.3kShelves
36. 136 伴 The Bride’s Personal Maid 伴嫁丫鬟 Yan Su You Ni眼粟有妮Ancient Romance160k WordsCompleted In the silent depths of a grand household, fate drifts like a wisp of silk. From a maid who came with the bride to a maidservant in the study, she treads carefully at every turn, caught between schemes and growing affection. Beneath his cold exterior lies tenderness; beneath her caution, a heart beginning to stir. In the deep halls of a marquis’s household, an unspoken love quietly takes root. Love runs deep in the marquis’s manor, where schemes stretch as far as the sea. Where will she ultimate 2.5kReads7.3Score172Shelves

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    Once you see it, you'll want to watch it all in one go.

37. 137 重 Back in the Game: Cleaning Up Officialdom 重出江湖之整治官场 Millennium Stone Monkey千年石猴Urban228k WordsCompleted A mob boss shakes up and cleans house in the political arena! [No idiotic characters, no System, light mystery] Black is black, and white is white, but the two can also change places! Even the righteous may do shameful things, while the wicked may do good for the country and its people. What matters is how you see things and what you believe, and whether you can answer to your conscience! 56Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The author writes with dedication, and readers stay up all night to follow along; a gangster boss is cracking down on officialdom.

38. 138 玉 The Moon Deep in the Cornfield 玉米地深处的月亮 Yan Su You Ni眼粟有妮Modern Romance121k WordsCompleted That summer, her new husband publicly insulted her, saying she “looked like an eggplant.” She grabbed her bundle and ran away in the middle of the night. Su Caiying sat on the edge of the kang until well past midnight. Instead of a wedding night, all she got was humiliation. By morning, the whole village knew that the new bride of the Liu family was “bad luck for her husband.” Her man had run off on their wedding night. When the family split up, she was given half a sack of dried sweet potatoes, 8.2kReads6.4Score566Shelves
39. 139 檐 Flowers Beneath the Eaves 檐下花 Yan Su You Ni眼粟有妮Ancient Romance170k WordsCompleted This is a story of a woman’s journey toward self-growth beneath the eaves of a village home. She relies on no one and waits for no one. She will make her own spring bloom: she moves into a side room at her brother and sister-in-law’s home to live alone. The hushed late-night conversations between her brother and sister-in-law next door unwittingly become her belated introduction to love. 1.5kReads—Score152Shelves
40. 140 土 Rouge in the Tulou 土楼里的胭脂 Yan Su You Ni眼粟有妮Modern Romance258k WordsCompleted In the Jianghuai region during the Republic of China era, earthen fortresses rise tall. The beautiful widow Qin Yuening is seized by the bandit Shen Keji, and a “wife-for-hire contract” seals her fate in his rough bandit stronghold. She once hated him to the core. She fled, tried to kill him, and even hung from the rafters rather than submit. He spends half his life conquering territory, all for the day she says, “I will.” When war reaches their doorstep, their bloodstained hands finally clasp t 1.9kReads—Score254Shelves
41. 141 荆 Where Thorns Meet Warmth 荆棘遇暖 Meeting a Stranger遇见陌生人Modern Romance430k WordsCompleted “Since you're so eager to make this marriage official...” He began fulfilling his duties as a husband... Again and again, they lost control, sinking into pleasure until neither could stop. She endured in silence and bravely stood by him, while love spread through both their hearts… Through all the thorns, they would eventually find warmth. He declared firmly, “She is my wife. There will never be anyone else.” 1.6kReads—Score117Shelves

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    I highly recommend this novel.

42. 142 湿 Hearts Adrift in the Night 湿心共夜 A Liang Wants to Buy a House阿良要买房Modern Romance559k WordsCompleted [Marriage first, love later + powerful man lowers his head + age gap + slow-paced, everyday sweetness + both leads are each other’s first and only love] Qiao Qingran was adopted by the Qiao family. She is a sweet, sensible, gentle, and beautiful planning designer. On the first anniversary of her relationship with her boyfriend, she discovered that both love and family ties were an illusion. A drunken night at a bar entangled her with the CEO of the Pei Group. She thought it was just a game betwe 11.5kReads8.0Score1.1kShelves
43. 143 说 I Thought I Was Here to Pick Up Girls, So How Did I End Up Cultivating Immortality? 说好泡妞，怎么修了仙 Xi Fengche溪凤澈Urban866k WordsCompleted [Wish fulfillment + multiple female leads + dual cultivation + System + urban cultivation + no mindless decisions] (The rating just came out and will rise.) The last female Emperor of the Immortal Realm perishes. Her remnant soul drifts for thirteen thousand years before transforming into the “Love-and-Wealth Tycoon System” and binding itself to the destitute Lin Xu. The System alternately pressures and persuades him to approach one beautiful woman after another, tempering his cultivation throu 15.5kReads6.9Score1.6kShelves

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    A lighthearted, action-packed story with multiple female leads, dual cultivation, a system, urban fantasy, and a well-developed male protagonist with a logical growth arc. The last empress of the immortal realm perished, her remnant soul wandering for 13,000 years, transforming into a "womanizing tycoon system," which bound itself to the impoverished Lin Xu. The system, through a combination of coaxing and pressure, guides him to approach one beautiful woman after another, using dual cultivation to hone his skills. From a rented apartment balcony to founding a sect and then storming the spirit realm, Lin Xu grows and rises against all odds until he breaks through to the Nascent Soul stage, at which point the system finally reveals its true form. The Joyful Union Immortal Emperor smiles slightly: "What you've been pursuing isn't women, but saving the world, including resurrecting me."

44. 144 官 Officialdom: Starting by Slapping My Boss Twice 官锋：从打领导两巴掌开始 Little Lotus Breeze小荷风Urban1.4M WordsOngoing Made the scapegoat from the start? Pushed to the margins, with my future and my life ruined? Fine, I’ll remember this. There’s plenty of time to settle the score. My girlfriend breaks up with me, and my love life falls apart. What was I even here for? Fine, I’ll set you free. Don’t regret it. I turn around with power in my hands and return. Li Rui laughs aloud. Those who hurt and slandered me will all pay the price. 31.2kReads8.3Score2.6kShelves

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    I highly recommend reading these two novels about officialdom. They are incredibly immersive, giving you the feeling of being there. The author's live narration is especially captivating.

45. 145 官 The Road to Power: A Clash of Ambition and Desire 官途从权欲交锋开始 Little Lotus Breeze小荷风Urban1.7M WordsOngoing [Political Revenge] + [Career Advancement] + [Alliances of Mutual Interest] + [Romantic Entanglements] + [Political Scheming and Wits] + [Multiple Heroines] + [Ensemble Cast] [The male lead keeps a low profile without being creepy early on, reveals his sharp edge with a roguish charm in the middle, and takes revenge on all his enemies later.] Wang Maoyuan is a "golden phoenix" who flew out of the countryside. The year he graduated from college, he passed the civil service exam and joined the la 17.1kReads7.7Score1.1kShelves
46. 146 那 That Night, We Became Accomplices 那一夜，我们成了同谋 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊8k WordsCompleted That Night, We Became Accomplices 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's so beautiful, absolutely gorgeous! <(￣￣)>

47. 147 禁 Forbidden Surrender: Monday Through Thursday, I Belong to Him 禁忌沉沦：周一到周四，我是他的 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊7k WordsCompleted Forbidden Descent: Monday to Thursday, I Belong to Him 304Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 148 她 The Three Years She Raised Me 她养我的那三年 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊Modern Romance7k WordsCompleted The Three Years She Raised Me 488Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 149 天 The Heavenly Dao Fixed a Bug, So I Fixed a Bug in the Heavenly Dao 天道改bug，我给天道改bug Ten Thousand Gu万蛊14k WordsCompleted The Heavenly Dao Fixes Bugs, and I Fix Bugs in the Heavenly Dao 2Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 150 闺 My Best Friend Mocked Me for Marrying a Poor Guy. Fifteen Years Later, I Took Her to Dinner Wearing Gold Bangles on Every Finger 闺蜜嫌我嫁穷小子，十五年后我戴满金镯请她吃饭 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊8k WordsCompleted My best friend mocked me for marrying a poor guy. Fifteen years later, I wore gold bangles from wrist to elbow and took her out to dinner 19Reads—Score—Shelves

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