There Are No Good Shopkeeper Stories Left! Prove Me Wrong! 店主流已无神书，不服来辩！

1. 1 山 My Mountain Villa Connects to Another World, and Ancient People Come to Work 山庄通异界古人来打工 Wang Buhui王不悔Modern Romance2.0M WordsOngoing After graduating from university, Jian Xingxia inherits her grandmother’s farm. But the farm lies deep in the mountains, overgrown with weeds and surrounded by leaky buildings. After pulling weeds until she’s questioning her life choices, Jian Xingxia wails, “Can’t someone come help me pull weeds and fix the roof?” The next second, a twelve-year-old girl from ancient times emerges from the mountains. “Pull weeds? Easy. Just give me the wild greens.” A skinny old man with a face that looks fifty- 106.6kReads9.0Score9.8kShelves

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   These two books are absolutely amazing, especially the second one. It's so well-written, with strong character development. The storyline combines business management with the struggles against the native inhabitants of the other world, yet the two storylines are completely independent. It feels like there's no substitute for it anywhere else online.

2. 2 在 I Made a Chinese Restaurant a Huge Hit in the Apocalypse of Another World 在异世界末世经营中华餐厅爆火 Ice Cola Drink Substitute冰可乐代喝Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.6M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse] [Business Management] [System] [Gourmet Food] [Farming] [No CP, Ensemble Cast] After Ling Jing died, she became bound to a business management System and was randomly dropped into an apocalyptic world where plants and animals had mutated. The System asked her to name her restaurant. After thinking for a moment, she typed: Chinese Restaurant. In this mutated apocalypse, every plant and animal had become an enemy. When starving humans on the brink of death caught the scent of roaste 96kReads9.4Score14kShelves
3. 3 开 I Opened an Internet Cafe, So How Did It Become the Strongest Cheat in Another World? 开个网吧，怎么成了异界最强外挂 Keyboard Ghost键盘鬼Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [Shopkeeping + Internet Cafe + Otherworld + Games + Crossover Anime + Raising Customers + Lighthearted and Fun + Semi-Invincible + No Female Lead] In another world where cultivators are everywhere and martial artists are worth less than dogs, Xing Yu activates a Divine Internet Cafe System. Here, playing games can improve your cultivation, grant you game skills, and even let you exchange for all sorts of unbelievable items. A certain young lord’s son: “What the hell, this is a game?” “What k 4.5kReads8.0Score351Shelves

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   These books are all quite novel. The first one is about opening an internet cafe in another world, with various games where you can cultivate, gradually becoming more and more like a madman! The plot is also very good. The second one is about live-streaming sales; selling oranges, and you give me a story about back views! Selling workbooks, and you give me a story about encouraging study! And then there's "A Young China's Tale," where someone writes "Drinking Alone Under the Moon" just to sell wine!

4. 4 带 Livestream Sales: I Asked You to Sell Oranges, and You Wrote About a Silhouette 带货：让你卖橘子，你发表背影 Autumn Won't Come Back秋天不回来Urban934k WordsCompleted Su Xia transmigrates to a parallel world and awakens the Literary Arts System. While selling workbooks on Livestream, you come up with a poem called “On Young China”! While selling oranges on Livestream, you bring out another piece, “The Sight of Father’s Back”! While selling wine on Livestream, you come up with “Bring in the Wine”! In that moment, netizens and countless scholars from the literary world are dumbfounded. “Wait, you’re selling stuff. How are you so talented?” “This... this is 211Reads7.8Score128Shelves
5. 5 在 I Started Copying Games in Another World 在异界开始抄游戏 Still as Cheap as Ever还是贼抠Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted [Otherworlders Play Earth Games] [No System, the Protagonist Is Basically the System Himself] [Everyday Life] [Ensemble Cast] [Sort-of Otherworldly Shopkeeping] Illusionists are a faction targeted by the Heavenly Dao. After transmigrating to another world, a genius illusionist has no choice but to grow stronger and make ends meet by creating, or rather copying, games. If only he could make games on Earth... Watching these players obsess over leveling up and fighting monsters, Yao Qian thinks to 8.2kReads8.1Score723Shelves
6. 6 御 Beast Taming: I Really Just Want to Run a Peaceful Restaurant 御兽：我真的只想安稳的开饭店 The Fish Who Loves Writing Books爱写书的鱼Urban2.1M WordsCompleted [Food + opening a shop + everyday life + lighthearted fun + beast taming + System] Also known as: “The Stories I Couldn't Tell About Me and the System,” “A Leisurely Life with Three Little Ones,” “I'm Unbeatable in My Restaurant, So Do Whatever You Like,” and “Shocking! My Three Pet Beasts Are All Big Shots” Foodie Jiang Ming drinks a century-old, top-quality Daughter Red and unexpectedly transmigrates to a parallel world called Blue Star, where he gains a Spirit Chef System. At first, Jiang Min 16.1kReads8.8Score2.5kShelves

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   I'd appreciate any help from experienced readers who can help increase my child's "book drought" score.

7. 7 移 Mobile City: The Divine Resource Wholesaler 移动城市，神级资源批发商 Parentheses Laughing括弧笑笑Urban1.7M WordsOngoing [Raved about by ten thousand readers | One million following the updates | Ten million currently reading!] [Lord-Building] [Overwhelming Power] [The stats are still professional] [From Chapter 78 onward, the protagonist can print unlimited money] [A beacon-of-civilization story! (Elementary schoolers who want to see the protagonist act like a ruthless doomsday human trafficker, stay away)] (The novel's theme song, “Alliance of the Singularity,” is now available on all platforms.) All of humanit 163.5kReads9.2Score13.2kShelves

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   It's amazing! The first chapter is already phenomenal. If you're bad at physics, don't read too much detail, I'm afraid you won't understand [winking face]. The number of requests for more chapters has exceeded 10,000! A must-read book of the year! (っ^▿^)۶📚

8. 8 混 Running a Restaurant in Ancient Times: All Tricks and No Shortcuts 混在古代搞餐饮，全是科技与狠活 Bookish Cat本本猫Historical1.3M WordsCompleted What do you do when you accidentally get a kitchen that can travel between ancient and modern times, but you can’t cook? No problem! We crooked cultivators run our restaurant with nothing but technology and additives! Open the fridge, take out some scissors, snip open the package, pour it into a bowl, and put it in the microwave. Defrost for thirty seconds, heat for three minutes. Ding! Your kung pao chicken is ready, honored guest. What? You want a bowl of chicken soup? Coming right up! I’ll ad 24.2kReads7.8Score3kShelves

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   So there's a mainstream book category like this. I only have one book of this type on my bookshelf, and it's hard to say whether it's good or not; it's more of a matter of imagination.

9. 9 末 A Comfortable Hotel Life in the Apocalypse 末世安逸的酒店生活 O Brother Xiong'er OO熊二哥哥OSci-Fi & Apocalypse1.5M WordsOngoing [Overpowered protagonist, satisfying read, ensemble cast] Three months after the zombie outbreak, order in Haicheng has collapsed. Zhou Cheng was just an ordinary programmer in an office tower, until his companions treated him like a disposable pawn and pushed him out to scavenge for supplies. Injured, infected, and locked outside, he was on the verge of turning into a zombie. At death's door, the necklace he had worn for years activated the core of the Calamity Hotel. A small inn called the Tra 29.6kReads6.1Score2.6kShelves
10. 10 就 You Call This a 10A Tourist Attraction? 就你这景区是10A啊 Lucky Little Pig小猪旺财Urban1.9M WordsCompleted [Infrastructure] [Building Tourist Attractions] [No Heroine] Xu Jing inherited a scenic area in a barren mountain range. You say it's so rundown that nobody visits? Then he'll turn it into a Level 10A attraction! A sacred mountain teeming with life, ruins beneath the lake, a place of pilgrimage... Countless people poured into this obscure little city and stared in bewilderment at the floating island overhead... You call this just a tourist attraction? 94.6kReads9.4Score8.9kShelves

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    I call these two books, one male-oriented and one female-oriented, "Kings Never Meet".

11. 11 店 The Store Manager Is Actually a Vampire Prince 店长竟是吸血鬼亲王 Hei Shi黑喰Urban627k WordsCompleted They say that deep in an unremarkable street in City B, Country M, there's a remarkable antique shop. “Portrait of the macho Lisa, the Qingming Scroll of Shanghai, the mighty Zweihander of Alexander the Great...” You can find it all here. And the shopkeeper is an extraordinary man, too. He's a vampire, a vampire prince who has lived for two thousand years. “Boss, are all the antiques in our shop real?” The new employee stares in shock. “They're all real. I painted some of them, and I stole other 2kReads9.2Score175Shelves

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    I'm recommending an older book, published several years ago. The plot is heartwarming; the protagonist is a mysterious vampire prince who opens an antique shop and begins a laid-back life. However, a series of events befall him, and as he handles these situations, you'll see both everyday warmth and the thrill of battle. The writing is good; those who enjoy slice-of-life stories should check it out.

12. 12 月 A Monthly Salary of Three Thousand, and a Maid Uniform for Work Makes Perfect Sense 月薪三千，工作服女仆装很合理吧 You Have to Play the Game游戏不能不玩Urban1.1M WordsCompleted The rating has just been posted, but it will go up later, so feel free to read! This book is also known as: “The Problematic Girls of Other Races Makeover Plan,” “Boss, I Really Won’t Do It Again. Please Let Me Off This Time,” and “Disobedient Employees Must Be Punished.” A fox girl who was reported for fighting and had her school stipend suspended. A wealthy snake clan heiress who is unexpectedly innocent, with a high attack and low defense. A noble, arrogant phoenix clan saintess who has a fon 984Reads6.3Score101Shelves

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    Then I have to pull out this one. It's about transmigrating to another world, awakening a system, and taming all sorts of maid-like beast-eared girls from another world. Just read it, and you'll be completely silent.

13. 13 被 After My Family Abandoned Me, I Became a Pet Shop Owner 被家族放弃后，我成了宠物店主 Invincible Little Fire Dragon of the Eight Wilds八荒无敌小火龙Urban3.6M WordsOngoing [High Martial Arts, Pets, Armaments, Summoning, System, Showing Off, Invincible] High school student Zhang Yun transmigrates to Blue Star, a world teeming with magical beasts, and takes over the body of another boy named Zhang Yun, who has been disowned by his family. With the help of his bound Super Pet Shop System, Zhang Yun raises numerous super divine beasts and becomes the strongest beast tamer in history. He gives his snobbish family a thorough face-slapping and gets justice for the origin 1.9kReads8.4Score252Shelves
14. 14 我 I’m the Lord of the Heavenly Dao Hall! All My Disciples Are Traitorous Apprentices 我，天道殿主！弟子全是冲师逆徒 Ascending to Heaven by Day白日飞升去Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted [Overpowered wish fulfillment, lighthearted and funny, taking disciples, no angst, disciples who turn on their master, lots of them] [Adaptation of the short drama of the same name now available] After Chen Daoxuan transmigrates, he obtains a System that makes him invincible as long as he takes disciples. Whether they are Immortal Emperors or supreme saints of the heavens, they are like ants before him. None can escape his one-stop service of instant annihilation, spiritual deliverance, and havi 38.5kReads9.1Score4.2kShelves
15. 15 最 The Ultimate Middleman: The Supernatural Come to Me for Supplies 最强中间商：诡异来找我进货 King of Gold and Silver Picking Flower Dew金银大王摘花露Mystery653k WordsCompleted [Creepy + Infinite Flow + Livestreaming + Face-Slapping Power Fantasy + No CP] Horror games invade Earth. Countless people die in the games, while others gain supernatural abilities and become beings comparable to gods. Jiang Ye awakens the [SSS-Rank Talent: Supermarket Owner!] From then on, whenever he enters a game instance Jiang Ye: “Dying of thirst? One cup of mineral water costs 100 ghost coins!” The creature: “That’s highway robbery! Doesn’t it only cost 2 ghost coins wholesale?” Unfortuna 2.8kReads8.8Score336Shelves
16. 16 我 I Joined Forces with a Plane-Hopping Supermarket and My Country to Drive Development 我携手位面超市和国家搞发展 Golden Sunset落日融金Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (The animated drama adaptation of this novel is now available. If you’re interested, check it out under the title “Fatherland, I Want to Turn In My Interdimensional Supermarket.” Season two is also out.) A nation-building story. The heroine is a supporting character, and there’s no romance. Ordinary woman Tang Qingxi quits her job and goes home to open a supermarket. After finally getting everything ready, she opens the door to start business, only to discover that her supermarket has transmigr 24.6kReads9.3Score2.1kShelves
17. 17 让 You Asked Me to Open a Pet Beast Shop, So Why Did I Create a Mythic Beast-Taming Era? 让你开宠兽店，你缔造神话御兽时代？ I Am a Sheep我是一只羊Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Beast Taming + After the College Entrance Exam + Academy + God-Tier Talent + Pet Shop + Wild Imagination + Divine Beasts] “You’re selling a lowest-grade slime for three million? Are you crazy for money?” The girl glares at the young shopkeeper in front of her and fumes, “This place is a rip-off! You’re running a scam!” Lu Yu remains perfectly calm. “This is an incredibly special slime. It can devour resources and grow stronger without limit! Just imagine it: the weakest pet, a slime, beating up 8.5kReads7.5Score813Shelves
18. 18 我 I Own a Pet Beast Shop 我有一家宠兽店 Chen Shangsheng辰上生Urban1.2M WordsCompleted The Tianyao Cloud Whale, soaring freely among the clouds; the Jiying Spirit Leopard, racing across the grasslands; the Shadow Serpent, lurking in the mountains and forests; and the Moyuan Flood Dragon, sleeping peacefully beneath the abyssal sea. The Bie’e Azure Butterfly, the Sunlit Royal Lotus, the Nine-Headed Dragon Cypress… All these wonders make up a rich and colorful world of beast taming. After transmigrating, Luo Chen binds himself to a shop. As long as he raises beasts and sells them, h 13.4kReads8.5Score1.3kShelves
19. 19 异 Otherworldly Shop System 异界商店系统 341 People341人Eastern Fantasy5.2M WordsCompleted The animated comic I Have an Invincible Shop is now available on Hongguo. The plane where the Tianchen Continent is located was originally a world of martial artists. After a shop suddenly arrived, the world began to change little by little. The shop contained items that people in this world yearned for, as well as facilities that could help martial artists advance to higher realms. Gradually, the spiritual energy of this world transformed into energy suitable for cultivating immortality. Spirit 9.9kReads8.3Score781Shelves
20. 20 我 I Turned In an Unspeakable Being 我把不可名状物上交了 Dreamweaver of Deep Fantasies深漫造梦Urban706k WordsCompleted In a world where looking directly at an ancient god drives you mad, Ji Ye comes with a “Deep Abyss Filter.” The indescribably horrifying beings are just destructive huskies and fresh ingredients in his eyes. For health insurance and a steady paycheck, he joined the Anomaly Bureau as a “janitor.” When an S-rank forbidden zone erupted, everyone else despaired and waited to die. He complained as he carried his mop: “Who spilled ink all over the floor?” When an ancient god descended, he looked at th 3.9kReads8.0Score441Shelves

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    Brothers, I'm recommending a mind-blowing, super-powerful novel! The protagonist, Ji Ye, has awakened an "Abyss Filter," seeing everything as ordinary objects. 👉 While others are terrified of the Headless Horseman, he thinks he's a dedicated deliveryman and even gives him a tip! 👉 While others are scared out of their wits by the sight of a deep-sea monster, he thinks she's a drowning girl, rescues her, and then forces her to sing a square dance! 👉 The most outrageous thing is that when the King in Yellow comes looking for trouble, he treats him like a performance artist, forcibly drags him into his house to play a murder mystery game, and then criticizes the script for its illogicality! Now, in his yard, a demigod is guarding the gate, a ghost king is mopping the floor, and an S-class monster is unclogging the sewers… Everyone's a villain (scratch that), everyone's a working stiff! Want to see how the protagonist physically exorcises the entire universe with a mop? "I Handed Over the Unspeakable Things," you won't regret it, you'll laugh your head off!!

21. 21 我 I Sell Lunch Boxes, So Isn't It Only Natural for the School Cafeteria to Go Under? 我卖盒饭，学校食堂倒闭很正常吧 Super Crawfish超级小龙虾Urban576k WordsCompleted [Food + comedy + one heroine + transmigration + System] Lu Rong rents a small stall on a college campus to sell boxed meals, but business is so poor that he's on the verge of closing down. Luckily, at the crucial moment, he awakens a Super Gourmet System and instantly becomes a top chef. A simple plate of egg fried rice is enough to draw countless students and teachers to his stall. Then Lu Rong starts offering even more top-quality dishes, and the whole campus goes wild. Everyone joins the rank 1.3kReads8.6Score100Shelves

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    When it comes to opening a shop, how can you forget about food?

22. 22 开 I Opened a Restaurant, Then Got Called Up to Cook at the State Banquet 开餐饮店，被叫去担任国宴主厨 Round-Faced Fat Chicken圆脸肥鸡Urban819k WordsCompleted Synopsis: Food + System + doting dad + everyday life Shen Yi divorces Jiang Ruoyun, the CEO of a publicly listed company, and leaves with nothing but the custody of their daughter. To his surprise, he awakens the most powerful food System! Earn money, and you get to draw prizes! From then on, a Shen's Restaurant opens at No. 14 Fuhua Road. He wins god-tier bun-making skills in a prize draw! Soft and springy, bursting with savory flavor with every bite! A passing schoolgirl is so tempted that tea 2.5kReads8.7Score222Shelves
23. 23 美 Gourmet: My Little Shop Is Famous Around the World 美食：我的小店，名震全球 Sleeping Cat熟睡的猫Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Gourmet] [Opening a Restaurant] [No Female Lead] [System] [Perfect with a Meal] [Heartwarming] [Everyday Life] [A Different Menu Every Day] [Affordable Prices] [Ensemble Cast] Lou Yuanzhou has eaten so many ready-made meal packs that he actually gains a Chef God Gourmet System! As long as he opens a restaurant and completes all kinds of bizarre missions, he can earn rewards! Steaming hot wontons, springy zhajiang noodles, and the legendary lamb stew... all made by Lou Yuanzhou himself! Once his 9.6kReads9.0Score796Shelves
24. 24 开 From the Start, I Lost My Job: Selling Lunchboxes on the Way Home 开局就失业：返乡途中卖盒饭 Wind Quenches Flowers风熄花Urban3.6M WordsCompleted [A System golden finger, food, fast meals and lunch boxes, a leisurely slice-of-life pace, no romance in the main story. At readers’ request, the bonus chapters have a male lead. Male-oriented, male-oriented, male-oriented, said three times.] After working hard for three years, he’d just been made a full-time employee when the restaurant he worked at shut down. Bai Ye drove home in the secondhand car his boss had given him in lieu of pay, a heap of junk piled in the back. He never expected a S 33.8kReads9.1Score2.8kShelves
25. 25 厨 God of Cooking: A Little Restaurant from the Start, Making the Cultivation World Drool 厨神：开局小食肆，馋哭修真界 Qi Muzi栖木子Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted Gourmet, healing, no System, no romance, raising a daughter. After transmigrating from the apocalypse to the Cultivation Realm, Yang Feng runs a small eatery. Despite its humble size, the place is packed with big shots from every realm. The Demon Clan's holy maiden: “Waaah, mapo tofu is so delicious! I accidentally ate three more buckets of rice.” A sect leader: “The giant pork knuckle is the best! I can polish off ten in one go!” A celestial master: “I’ve read the signs, and today is a good day 3.8kReads8.7Score350Shelves
26. 26 让 I Told You to Set Up a Street Stall, Not Outside the City Management Bureau 让你摆地摊，没让你城管局门口摆 Watching the Moonlight看风月Urban1.6M WordsCompleted [Gourmet]+ [System]+ [Wife- and Daughter-Doting Devotee]+ [Cozy Daily Life]+ [No Transmigration, No Rebirth] After turning thirty, Jiang Tian loses his job. His boss flees overseas with his sister-in-law and 80 million yuan. Comforted by his wife, Lin Wanqing, Jiang Tian decides to start a food stall. To his surprise, he binds himself to the [Supreme Street-Stall System]. A humble bowl of fried rice from a roadside stall leaves countless customers overwhelmed: "Boss Jiang's fried rice is the 18.3kReads8.6Score1.3kShelves
27. 27 位 Quick Transmigration Across Planes: I Own a Little General Store 位面快穿，我有一间小杂货店 Pipi Loves Tangerines爱吃橘子的皮皮Modern Romance4.1M WordsOngoing [No romance + no male lead + general store + ensemble cast + doing business in various novel worlds, including storylines where the heroine gets help] [Main characters: Su Ling + a calico cat] After waking up one day, Su Ling finds that her general store has bonded with a planar trade System, and she transmigrates into a book. First book world: a lucky heroine in a story set during the era of rationing. A general store suddenly appears on the hill behind Dawang Village. It has more goods tha 52.7kReads9.3Score4.7kShelves

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    This book is full of heartwarming stories in every world, with a very imaginative plot. Su Su and Hua Hua are both wonderful characters. The main plot revolves around opening shops and selling goods, and it's also quite long.

28. 28 我 My Food Refreshes at Random, Leaving Customers Drooling 我的美食随机刷新，顾客馋哭了 Half-Sweet Iced Coffee, No Extra Ice冰咖半糖不加冰Urban1.7M WordsCompleted This book is also known as: Selling Extra-Spicy Grilled Wings Outside a Colorectal Hospital [Food + no female lead + everyday life + comedy + perfect with a meal] Lin Xuan didn't want to go to work, so he unexpectedly bound himself to a food System. Every week, it assigned a random location and a random dish. But the very first week's task left him dumbfounded. What? Sell extra-spicy grilled wings outside a colorectal hospital? What kind of devilish task was that? And that was only the beginnin 81.6kReads9.3Score8.4kShelves

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    I personally think these two books are quite good.

29. 29 开 Making Sheep a Sheep from the Start, Breaking Players Worldwide 开局制作羊了个羊，全球玩家破防 Stay Disciplined坚持自律Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Strongly recommended by the editor + game design + livestreaming + everyday life] [Sheep a Sheep only earns the protagonist his first pot of gold; it has nothing to do with the later plot] Zhao Kai transmigrates to a parallel world and vows to build his own gaming empire. He obtains the “Rage-Inducing Game System.” As long as he frustrates players, he earns rewards. Zhao Kai says, “I just want to make good games. The System is the one forcing me to do this.” His first game is Sheep a Sheep. Pla 11.2kReads9.1Score1.1kShelves

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    Starting a company can be considered opening a shop, right? So, if starting a company is fine, then starting a factory is also possible, right? The first three books are about time travel and games (companies), the last two are about starting a factory.

30. 30 游 Game Development: I Founded Mihoyo 游戏制作：我创建了米忽悠 A Risque Person涩涩的人Urban1.9M WordsCompleted [Transmigration] + [One or no heroine] + [No System] + [Golden finger] + [Livestream] + [Lighthearted] Xu Shuo transmigrates to a parallel world, only to discover that games there are mainly played on PCs. There are no consoles, handhelds, or mobile games beyond a few puzzle and card games. As the major companies begin turning their attention to mobile gaming, Xu Shuo immediately decides to found MiHoYo! While everyone else is feeling their way across the river, Xu Shuo is already swimming frees 18.3kReads9.4Score1.6kShelves
31. 31 游 Game Development: My Online Dating Partner Is Actually a Hit Movie Star 游戏制作：网恋对象竟是当红影后 Coconut Latte生椰啦铁Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Game Development] [One Female Lead] [Sweet Romance] [Showbiz] Chi Wen: “Our game this time does have some horror elements, but…” Players: “Not buying it! We’re never touching one of your horror games again!” Chi Wen: “Oh? But you can farm and build things in it.” Players: “Okay, sold.” With a System, Chi Wen unexpectedly becomes the project manager of a hollowed-out game company. Taking advantage of the opportunity, he uses the System to rise to the throne of the King of Chinese Gaming. Along t 31.1kReads9.5Score3.4kShelves
32. 32 玩 It's Only Natural for a Toy Factory to Build Mechs 玩具厂造出机甲很合理吧 I Love Eating我爱吃饭Urban286k WordsCompleted What? A toy plane has outperformed a real fighter jet. You call that a skyrocketing monkey? The Eagle is scared stiff! Is your toy Mars rover even working properly? ... That laser pointer a kid was playing with really scared the Sakura Nation to tears! To save his toy factory from going under and help it thrive, Jiang Lin decides to sell products through livestreams. But why does everything seem so off? Jiang Lin: Everyone, listen. I really am just making toys... The whole internet erupts: “ 1.5kReads8.6Score142Shelves
33. 33 工 Industrial Deep Dive: Manufacturing Arresting Cables from the Start! 工业大摸底：开局制造阻拦索！ Half a Sandal半只凉鞋Urban4.4M WordsOngoing [The internet’s only 4-million-character industrial deep-dive into cutting-edge technology] [Print edition, Industrial Innovation is published and on sale] [Several animated adaptations are now streaming] [System + Major Industrial Power + “Call Her Mom” Craze + Unwavering Patriotism + No Female Lead + Technology Race] Also known as [Industrial Deep Dive: Manufacturing Arresting Gear from the Start!] [Industrial Deep Dive: Uncovering the South Heaven Gate Project] [After Dumping My Ex, I Awakene 94kReads8.1Score6.6kShelves
34. 34 末 Doomsday Management: My Tourist Town Is an Overnight Sensation 末日经营：我家旅游古镇爆火了 The Cat Boss Who Can Never Wake Up喵总睡不醒Sci-Fi & Apocalypse582k WordsCompleted [Apocalypse management + System + no CP + no saintly do-gooder + ensemble cast + laid-back small-town life at its heart] The heroine has no CP, though some of the townsfolk have partners. After getting into the Space-Time Bureau, Nan Wu turns down a lucrative offer from the heroine and villainess teams without hesitation, set on joining the unpopular management System division instead. This time, she's dropped into the apocalypse. Zombies everywhere, freezing weather, corpses strewn across the l 7.1kReads9.1Score1.1kShelves

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    Highly recommend 1 and 3! 4 Is also great! 2 Is an invincible post-apocalyptic town story, and 5 is an isekai (another world) pet story (mainly because the animals are very cute).

35. 35 末 Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland: I Own a Commercial Street 末世废土：我有一条商业街 Little Black from Rusty Lake锈湖小黑Sci-Fi & Apocalypse279k WordsCompleted I’ve only stopped writing, not stopped reading. Plagiarists, have some shame. And this is just a little obscure story I write for fun. You won’t make any money by plagiarizing me. [Post-apocalyptic wasteland + management + no romance] Lu Tong, a graduate of an interstellar university, is caught in a space-time rift while heading to her internship and forced to land on Earth in a parallel world. Fortunately, she still has her System and the basic supplies provided by her school. An internship is 1.6kReads9.1Score178Shelves
36. 36 您 You Have a New Thirst-Quenching Drink Order 您有新的渴了么订单 Braised Wings of the Great Peng大鹏炖翅Ancient Romance507k WordsCompleted [Character development + business simulation + infrastructure building + healing + no romance + a touch of court intrigue] They say the emperor was corrupt and incompetent, and Heaven sent down divine punishment. Not a drop of rain had fallen on this land for nearly twenty years, and countless people had died of thirst. Then, all of a sudden, a milk tea shop opened in the desert. In spring, there were all kinds of ice-cold fruit juices, along with seasonal drinks like cherry blossom and lychee b 13.4kReads9.4Score1.9kShelves

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    This is an eternal masterpiece! Everyone's intelligence is on point, and there are tons of foreshadowing elements.

37. 37 我 My Pet Beast Sanctuary: Everyone’s Desperate to Get a Spot 我的宠兽疗养院，入住名额被疯抢 Coconut Is Singing椰子在唱歌Modern Romance587k WordsCompleted No CP, lighthearted, healing What's the best thing about running a pet beast recovery center? Su Xiaotang: Obviously, getting to pet all kinds of fluffy animals whenever I want! After binding to the Gold Medal Recovery Center System, Su Xiaotang became a happy pooper-scooper~ Best of all, the poop she scoops can be exchanged for System points! There are so many good things she can redeem with those points~ To make sure every pet beast staying at the center can poop happily... Su Xiaotang is givi 3.9kReads9.2Score504Shelves
38. 38 神 Divine Realm? It's Just a Dessert Shop 神域？是糖水铺子 Every Year There's a Surplus, and It's a Cat年年有余是只猫Modern Romance508k WordsCompleted (This novel has no romantic pairings.) This is the story of a player who binds to a game after dying and struggles to survive in another world. Shi An follows the path of culinary cultivation in the game. His level is tied to his shop: the higher its revenue, the higher his level. Surviving in this dangerous world should be no problem at all. But first, he needs to figure out how to survive in an ancient forest. Otherwise, should he try selling snacks to the wild animals? Like that giant python 6.4kReads8.8Score1.2kShelves

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    These two authoritative books are relatively new, so their ratings should rise later.

39. 39 玄EN Fantasy: The Ultimate Store Manager 玄幻：神级大店长 The Witch's Bride魔女的新娘Eastern Fantasy4.9M WordsCompleted On the Tianlan Continent, there’s a miraculous shop called the Origin Mall. Its cola can instantly restore you to full health; its spicy strips let you fight opponents above your level; its games can raise your cultivation; and its novels can help you comprehend techniques... The shop has countless products, including leisure, entertainment, dining, and cultivation goods... Oh, and remember one thing: never cause trouble in the shop, because its owner is incredibly powerful... 7.4kReads8.4Score1.4kShelves

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    Recommending this book! It's quite good. Although it's a fantasy novel, it's not all fighting and killing; it's more of a slice-of-life story about running a shop...

40. 40 从 Starting at a Time-and-Space Inn, I Right the Wrongs of the Ages 从时空旅馆开始，力挽千古意难平 Thirteen Clan十三氏Modern Romance503k WordsCompleted [Infrastructure and Management + Transmigration Across Realms + High-Dimensional Tech + Face-Slapping and Crushing Scumbags + Getting Rich and Going Viral] Qin Ke was blacklisted for ten years right after her debut for refusing to play along with the unspoken rules. She became a complete unknown in the entertainment industry. Who knew that after decisively leaving showbiz, she’d be trending every day? #SpatialFoldingTechnology A Personal Pocket Dimension Is No Dream# #GeneRepairMedicine Say Good 1.1kReads8.4Score170Shelves

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    It's great! Don't be fooled by the score, highly recommended!

41. 41 我 I’m a Dual-Personality Surgeon, Professionally a Ripper 我，双面手术师，职业开膛手 Clouds Can Smile云会笑Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Some call him Miracle Doctor Lu, while others call him Lu the Skinner. Some owe their battlefield dominance to the mechanical limbs he fitted them with; others have breathed their last beneath his surgical knife. He can save someone on the brink of death, or make a corpse disappear without a trace. By day, he is the warmest kindness in the world; by night, he is a terror that makes the whole world tremble. A scalpel rests between his fingers: one side is a demon, the other an angel. His name is 20.3kReads9.4Score2.3kShelves

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    They said the books were good and that these three books were classics.

42. 42 我 Even Ghost Messengers Say the Hotpot at My Restaurant Is Delicious 我开的火锅店，鬼差吃了都说好 Lone Lord孤爷Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted Low-key version She dropped out of school at thirteen and worked as a chef until she was nineteen. With the savings Lin Ye had scraped together over those six years, he opened a hot pot restaurant. Who could have guessed his venture would get off to such a poor start, with business so slow the place was about to close? Just as he was wondering what to do next, two customers showed up on the restaurant's final night and changed his life... Grim Reaper: “Boss Lin, your hot pot is so spicy. It 31.8kReads9.1Score2.8kShelves
43. 43 无EN Infinite Nightmares: Welcome to the Mist Shop 无限：欢迎来到迷雾商店 Cat Raccoon猫狸Two Male Leads1.4M WordsCompleted [Infinite-Flow Horror | Two Male Leads | Max-Level Rebirth | A Max-Level Infinite-Flow Player Who Signed a Marriage Contract with the Supernatural | Opens a Shop in an Infinite-Flow World] The supernatural see humans as food. He sees the supernatural as stock for his shelves. Su Bai, known as a “monster,” fell at the final stage of the Infinite Nightmare Game. When he opened his eyes again, he had returned to ten years earlier. He had nothing but a frail body… Or so he thought. At the very l 4.6kReads8.9Score710Shelves
44. 44 灵 Spiritual Qi Revival: I Open a General Store to Get By 灵气复苏：开个杂货铺混日子 Xia Tiao虲条Urban750k WordsCompleted [Spiritual qi revival + System + urban + comedy + no female lead] Tang Bai's three great loves: eating, getting himself into trouble, and making a little pocket money. An unexpected transmigration brings him a general store and sets him on a very different path in life. 16.4kReads9.0Score2.8kShelves

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    This is my only one.

45. 45 位 The Plane-Space Merchant's House-Selling Diary 位面商人卖房记 Three Pieces of Meat三块肉Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Business management + cross-plane trading + no romance + ensemble cast + stockpiling + multiple storylines. Qian Tutu, a plane merchant, accidentally chose the real estate category. Now she has to rack her brains to spin grand promises for the System and exploit its loopholes. Does a cat house count as real estate? What about a miniature toy house? How can selling real estate mean selling only the house? The amenities are what matter. Taking advantage of the fact that Tutu’s houses can hold anyt 2.2kReads9.3Score320Shelves

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    These books are recommended

46. 46 乡 Rural Livestream: 100,000 Acres from the Start 乡村直播：开局10万亩地 Night of the Fish鱼之夜Urban3.1M WordsCompleted Bound to the Manor Owner System, he receives 100,000 mu of land from the start! He decisively chooses to become a great manor owner, farming, raising livestock, fishing, making use of the lush mountains and clear waters, and earning a fortune. Faced with all the wondrous items in the System Shop, An Ge also starts livestreaming. Who would have thought he’d gain tens of millions of fans? Fine food, fine wine, beautiful women, stunning scenery, luxury cars, villas, airplanes, skiing, mountain clim 14.6kReads8.9Score957Shelves

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    "New Anchor" and "The Little Farm" – The protagonist is An Ge (she may not necessarily own a shop, but since she has a farm, why can't she be considered a shop owner?).

47. 47 宝 Pokemon: Retiring in the World of Pocket Monsters 宝可梦我在精灵世界养老 Mulan Star木兰星Anime Fanfiction604k WordsOngoing This book was originally titled I Have a Pokémon Day Care in the World of Pokemon, and is now titled Growing Old in the World of Pokemon. (Female lead + no romance + Pokemon + Pokemon + Pokémon + no battles + slow-paced life + running a Pokémon Day Care + levels) Zhao Meng had only watched a few Pokemon shows as a child when she suddenly transmigrated to a world full of Pokemon and inherited a Pokémon Day Care. And so the story begins... You don't need to know anything about Pokemon to enjoy thi 11.4kReads9.2Score666Shelves

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    Opening and managing a shop, the female protagonist has no romantic partner, selling Pokémon (you can view it as selling pets), a mainstream novel.

48. 48 万 The Myriad Treasures Pavilion: Starting by Selling Air 万宝阁：从卖空气开始 Fish and Birds游鱼与鸟Eastern Fantasy116k WordsCompleted An Empty Wanbao Pavilion? I Built My Fortune Selling Air I transmigrated to another world and became the poorest transmigrator in history. I had nothing but an empty Wanbao Pavilion, and not even half a copper coin to my name. The Wanbao Pavilion could split into 108 branch pavilions, but only after I earned ten thousand gold coins. Staring at the bare shelves, I had a sudden idea and hung up a sign: “Fresh air from another world for sale. One gold coin per breath!” The passing cultivators burst 44Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The store is mainstream, you can take a look, it seems alright.

49. 49 啥 What? You Built a Resort on the Battlefield of Ten Thousand Races? 啥？你把度假村开在了万族战场？ Falling Wind and Song落风与歌Urban1.2M WordsCompleted (The motion comic No Fiendish Realm has launched.) [Lighthearted Comedy] [Power Fantasy] [Business Management] [Killing Other Races] [Gacha Pots] [All Fun, No Angst] On the battlefield of myriad races, seas of blood stretch to the horizon as countless human powerhouses fight to the death against invading enemies! Xu Tianlin stands outside the [Five-Star Myriad Races Resort], his face beaming with a warm smile. “Hey, tired from all that killing? Come take a break at the resort!” “Our resort has b 17.3kReads6.7Score2.1kShelves

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    Just look at it.

50. 50 全 A World of the Eerie, Where Every Guest Is a Big Shot 全球诡异，我的客人全是大佬 Goodnight Choc Ice晚安巧乐兹Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted This is an age of supernatural resurgence, when ghosts roam the night. The Special Affairs Department is overwhelmed, and ghost tamers are run off their feet. Yet in a corner of the old district, a little restaurant called Gu's has become the most unbelievable haven between the living and the dead. Its rules are strange: 1. The food is outrageously expensive, but only the living have to pay. 2. When ghost customers come calling, they pay with their deepest obsessions. 3. No matter who you are, y 5kReads8.6Score550Shelves

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    Amidst countless ghosts and spirits, in the three realms, the warm lights of this traditional little shop soothe the sorrows of all passersby with bowls of everyday life.

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