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  1. 251 An Atlas of the Past 往事图鉴 Urban337k WordsCompleted The stories in this book feel as though they happened to people around you. Each one reflects the patterns of fate, and together they form a complete journey through life. The protagonist might be one of your relatives or friends, or perhaps a neighbor. After going through all kinds of upheavals, the protagonist changes in many ways, just as society has changed from 1990 to the present day. Rather than a book of stories, this feels more like someone's thirty-year diary, written by a person close 90Reads9.4Score—14d adds
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  2. 252 A Lifetime: The Lone-Wolf Agent's Gray Eden 一生:孤胆特工之灰色伊甸园 Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted The story of Lin Tianming’s growth from boyhood. Please also read this book’s companion novels, Second Life: The Bracelet Across the Universe and Third Life: Love Bewitches the Mortal World. Each of the three novels stands alone, yet together they form a series, with interwoven plots that let you experience the life journey of “two worlds, three lives” and the rise of the century’s dragon, Long Teng! 3Reads—Score—14d adds
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  3. 253 Three Lifetimes: Love Bewitching the Mortal World 三生,,之情惑人间 Modern Romance254k WordsCompleted A collection of modern love and marriage stories. Read this alongside its companion works, “One Life: The Lone Agent’s Gray Eden” and “Two Lives: The Wristband Conquers the Universe.” The storylines intertwine and unfold across multiple threads, bringing together the century-spanning journey of Century Longteng through “Two Lives and Three Incarnations”! (For various reasons, the first book in this series, “One Life: The Lone Agent’s Gray Eden,” and “Root Prisoner: 101 Illusory Loves” are not be 16Reads—Score—14d adds
  4. 254 No Other Choice 2 别无选择2 Urban182k WordsCompleted I, Lin Zilong, am a cadre at a state-owned enterprise. All I want is to do my job honestly and work my way up through my own efforts. Why won’t you give me a way out? Why force me to become a “coal boss”! If I could turn back time, I’d walk the road I took in the first half of my life all over again! 18Reads—Score—14d adds
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  5. 255 The Principal's Secret 校长的秘密 Modern Romance217k WordsCompleted Ji Wenjun, born into humble circumstances, became the son-in-law of the powerful Lin family in the city after his wife, Bai Yun, died by hanging. By gathering resources and connections, he founded Jinye Academy, and his career soared. Beautiful women flocked to him, until a scandal deliberately engineered by a subordinate brought him down and made him realize he wasn't invincible after all. The twins he had with Bai Yun were forced apart after their mother's death. Their younger brother lived wi 58Reads—Score—14d adds
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  6. 256 Life Sharing an Apartment on the Seventh Floor in Chengdu 在成都七楼合租的日子 Urban202k WordsOngoing A slow-paced, realistic story with no System, no power fantasy, no harem, and one female lead. It blends urban everyday life, ordinary men and women, work and daily living, and friendship, romance, and family bonds. In Chengdu, a city where bustling old neighborhoods meet the modern metropolis, Wu Fan and Ye Yali’s paths cross when they become roommates. The story begins in the summer of 2005... —Reads—Score—14d adds
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  7. 257 The Art of the Deal: You Dumped Me for Being Poor? Why Are You Crying Now? 商猎:嫌我穷?分手后你哭什么? Urban243k WordsCompleted [Urban] [Slice of Life] [Miracle Doctor] [Tycoon] [No System] [Hacker] [Big Shot] Eight years of devotion earned him only the words, “Let’s break up.” Eight years of giving meant nothing next to a whisper from her new love. He was the “Wolf King,” yet on a late night in 2013, the woman he loved most stabbed him in the back. Seven billionaires are fighting to marry off their daughters? A mysterious old man cries out, “You look so much like him”? Mu Feng couldn’t care less. All he knew was that th 18Reads—Score—14d adds
  8. 258 Office Politics: A Pay Cut Comes Knocking 职场:降薪来敲门 Urban359k WordsCompleted The day Li Da received notice of a pay cut, he also found out that his wife was cheating on him. See how he turns his career around after this double blow, with beautiful women by his side...! This is a work of realistic fiction. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
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  9. 259 Nonlinear Breakout 非线性突围 Urban623k WordsOngoing This is a long realist novel about the workplace and life. Through Wang Yao's three major career changes, it portrays work and daily life in different periods. It captures every bitter and sweet moment, every joy and sorrow. Come read it on Tomato Novel; I hope you enjoy it. I'll do my best to tell every story well! 11Reads—Score—14d adds
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  10. 260 Where Deep Love Lies: Mr. An's Heart-Stealing Little Wife 情深不知处:安总的偷心小娇妻 Modern Romance202k WordsCompleted [Secret identities + adorable child + sweet romance + healing each other] He is a ruthless CEO rumored to have no interest in women, while she is a master thief who fell into the hands of a mysterious organization after her mother's death. A conspiracy sent her to his bed. Four years later, she returns quietly under a new identity, bringing her adorable child with her and intent on killing the murderer of her mother and taking revenge on the scumbag man and wicked woman. Who could have expected —Reads—Score—14d adds
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  11. 261 A Working Stiff's Little Journal 打工小记 Urban270k WordsCompleted Urban daily life + earning a living through hard work + multiple heroines + healing The story of an ordinary wage earner: from drifting to Guangzhou to drifting to Beijing, from Shaoxing to Foshan and then to Majiaqiao in Beijing. Fifteen years in all. See how a worker at the bottom makes his way through life... I went south at fifteen and drifted north at thirty. The fiercest gamble of my life took fifteen years to pay for. Over those fifteen years, I worked in an electronics factory, served 43Reads—Score—14d adds
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  12. 262 Songs of the Listening Wind Tower 听风楼歌 Urban186k WordsOngoing Why does Xiangju run a business that only loses money and never makes a profit? She treats relationships just as carelessly, elbowing her way to the top of the airport’s Twelve Most Beautiful Women. She has Hong Zhi and Brother Gen fighting over her in a jealous brawl, and instead of being ashamed, she’s proud of it. After her eldest daughter gets into a prestigious university, she works hard and becomes independent. She tutors and models cars in her spare time, and accompanies her professor to 790Reads—Score—14d adds
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  13. 263 I Am a Scout: Zhan De 我是侦察兵一一湛德 10k WordsCompleted I’m a Scout: Zhan De —Reads—Score—14d adds
  14. 264 Professor, I Suggest Adding Some Sugar 教授,建议加点糖 32k WordsCompleted Professor, You Should Add a Little Sugar 9Reads—Score—14d adds
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  15. 265 A Guide to Restarting Life in a Small Town 小镇重启指南 28k WordsCompleted A Guide to Restarting Life in a Small Town 6Reads—Score—14d adds
  16. 266 The Life of an Atypical Supporting Female Character 非典型女配人生 25k WordsCompleted An Unconventional Supporting Woman's Life 6Reads—Score—14d adds
  17. 267 After Teaming Up with a Cold and Aloof Taoist Priest 与高冷道长组队后 40k WordsCompleted Teaming Up with a Cold, Aloof Daoist Priest 3Reads—Score—14d adds
  18. 268 Drifting Through Time: Our Post-Youth Years 漂时代:我们的后青春纪 Urban404k WordsCompleted Only years later did we understand: The gulf between campus and society must be bridged through our own experiences. The glow of our ideals faded, and our unwilling souls struck against the reefs of reality. Hard work wore down our ordinary bodies; the little things wore away our first sparks of passion. A farewell as sudden as a cliff once tore the world apart; The silhouette of you turning away froze into the last light of dawn in my heart. Leaving was a drifting journey I never wanted; Return —Reads—Score—14d adds
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  19. 269 Beware the Mediocre 庸人小心 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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  20. 270 Tales of Xishan 西山往事 Marriage & Romance658k WordsCompleted Tags: Contemporary romance + urban life + angst + everyday city life + love that grows over time + yandere + ensemble cast + family + period setting. A poor young woman from the countryside studies hard, earns top marks in the imperial examinations, and makes her way out of rural poverty. But afterward, she endures a string of blows: divorce and remarriage, her mother-in-law's dementia, quitting her job, her husband's car accident, her son going missing, crushing debt, and cancer. She plans to f 68Reads8.5Score—14d adds
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  21. 271 Decal Worker 贴花女工 Modern Romance501k WordsCompleted Tags: Modern romance + workplace + office romance + strong heroine + taking down scumbags + ensemble cast + secret crush + spoiled brat + suspense + crime-solving This story is set in the post-pandemic era, amid escalating trade wars and the push for dual circulation in domestic and international markets, as businesses upgrade and transform. It follows a group of decal-decorating women at an eccentric ceramics factory. In a world of scheming, cliques, jealousy, and fierce wits, how do they manag 2Reads—Score—14d adds
  22. 272 A New Take on Political Fiction: A College Graduate's Road into Government 新版官场文:大学毕业生从政路 Urban285k WordsCompleted By a twist of fate, Liu Bai becomes a township civil servant after graduating from college. For a poor nobody like him, landing a civil-service job is already something to celebrate. He had hoped to keep his head down and do an ordinary job without competing with anyone, but he encounters one unfair situation after another. And the more he faces, the further he climbs, until he reaches the very pinnacle of power! 223Reads—Score—14d adds
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  23. 273 Reborn: The Birth of a Female Stock Market Goddess 重生:女股神诞生记 Modern Romance102k WordsCompleted At twelve, Zhang Shan had a dream of a lifetime, but it turned out to be a nightmare. She worked hard and diligently, yet her life was cut short by an accident at twenty-five. When she woke up, she decided to live her life on her own terms and for herself alone! After steering clear of the pitfalls of her past life, Zhang Shan’s life grew steadily smoother, and after graduating she entered the securities industry. Her luck finally turned, and she prospered in the stock market, becoming a legenda 10Reads—Score—14d adds
  24. 274 The Cherished Girl of the 1960s: My Supermarket Connects Past and Present 六零娇宠,我的超市通古今 Modern Romance135k WordsOngoing Period drama + space + food + sweet romance Food blogger Jiang Ya transmigrates to 1960 as a village beauty, bringing along her Global Selection Supermarket. She’s the beloved youngest daughter of the Hongxing Production Team’s village chief, with three older brothers and a whole crowd of sisters-in-law and adorable nieces and nephews, each with their own personality. In an era when a single grain of rice can save a life, her supermarket is the ultimate cheat! While others transmigrate and have 13Reads—Score—14d adds
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  25. 275 The Abyss of Power and Desire 权欲深渊 Urban339k WordsCompleted The kerosene lamp flickered in a village elementary school as a young teacher hired by the school marked assignments, his heart full of hopes for the future. No one could have imagined that thirty-nine years later, this young man who had once vowed to transform the countryside would end up in handcuffs in the provincial Party compound. By day, he was a model official presenting his experience with clean governance at televised meetings. By night, he conducted all manner of shady deals in place 50Reads—Score—14d adds
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  26. 276 The Factory Girl's Comeback 工厂打工妹的逆袭 Modern Romance249k WordsCompleted Song Xinyue’s husband, Zhou Jun, is idle and hopelessly addicted to gambling, leaving the family in dire financial straits. With no other choice, Song Xinyue painfully entrusts her young daughter to her in-laws and goes away to work on her own. How will the people and events she encounters at the factory change her life? Is this an opportunity or a trap? Hope or despair? Let’s step into her story together... 52Reads—Score—14d adds
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  27. 277 The Spring of My Twenty-Sixth Year 第二十六年春 Modern Romance60k WordsOngoing A man warily glared at a young woman holding a durian. Mr. Yu, the man who had called the police, told everyone, “I’d just come out of the shower when I saw this woman open the door and walk in. I didn’t know her at all, and she said she’d come to the wrong place.” It happened shortly after 1 a.m. on January 17, 2020. The man immediately shouted three things: “Who are you? How did you get in? I’m calling the police!” The young woman holding the durian looked completely innocent as she tried to 24Reads—Score—14d adds
  28. 278 I Work in Customer Service for a Property Management Company 我在物业做客服 Urban668k WordsCompleted [Inside the property management industry] [Social issues] [Reality] [Workplace comeback] [Passionate] [Hard work] [Face-slapping] After his startup fails, Zhang Juntao returns to the workplace. Watch as he finds his way forward in the property management industry he once complained about! Cluttered hallways, parking problems, leaks, noise disputes, and a host of other headaches: how will he and his friends overcome them? How will he level up by defeating one challenge after another, growing from 282Reads9.3Score—14d adds
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  29. 279 At the Crossroads of Fate 站在命运的十字路口 Urban243k WordsCompleted This book explores Standing at the Crossroads of Fate through five major sections. 1. Fleeing for Their Lives: This section recounts how the protagonist Sun Shigui’s grandparents left their landlord’s household to make a life of their own amid the hardships of the old society, and how, after enduring countless trials during the War of Resistance Against Japan, they fled all the way from Nanjing to Shiqi Village and finally settled there. 2. A Life of Hardship: This section follows the many hards 57Reads—Score—14d adds
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  30. 280 Awakening from a Mirror Dream 镜梦觉 Urban119k WordsCompleted What is a dream? Is it an illusion, an extension of reality from the tangible to the intangible, another “distorted” reflection of life, or perhaps all of these? And what is a mirror dream? I think it is a process of introspection: by observing, examining, and reflecting on dreams, one comes to an understanding and is then able to see what kind of person “I” ought to be. This book explores the theme “See as it is, think as it is, act as it is” through three main sections: Mirror Dream, Looking 24Reads—Score—14d adds
  31. 281 Storm over Binhai 滨海风云 Urban303k WordsCompleted The jianghu isn't about fighting and killing. It's about human relationships and worldly wisdom. The underworld isn't about fighting and killing either. It's just a way for people to make a living by going down a dark path. Chen Mu, an orphan, was just an ordinary food delivery driver. One late-night delivery brought him together with Chu Wanyin, who had been hurt by love. At the same time, his biological father came looking for him. Liu Xie, also an orphan, chose a path entirely different from 32Reads—Score—14d adds
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  32. 282 We're All Dream Chasers 我们都是追梦人 Urban386k WordsOngoing Campus life + top student + no System. We’ve all had dreams. For example, he wanted to become a teacher. That dream nestled in his heart was like a seed, taking root and sprouting. We all have our own dreams. Chase yours, young man! Don’t worry about what other people think. There are no shortcuts to success. All it takes is hard work and sweat. So what if you’re reborn? An ordinary person in their previous life might simply be less timid and insecure this time around. Chase your dreams, pouring 3Reads—Score—14d adds
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  33. 283 The System Keeps Taking Turns, and Today It's My Turn 系统轮流转,今天到我家 Urban868k WordsCompleted Multiple heroines, a harem story. This is not a wish-fulfillment story, not a wish-fulfillment story, not a wish-fulfillment story. I’ll say it three times because it matters. The male lead is 36. If that’s not for you, don’t read. No cuckoldry from the start, both parents alive, mostly everyday life, no business plots. Synopsis: Sun Jiawei is an ordinary man whose rough edges have been worn away by life. He has parents, no mortgage, uncertainty about the future, and a little hobby that all men 53Reads6.3Score—14d adds
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  34. 284 After I Transmigrated into a Book, I Defeated the Dragon King by Rewriting the Plot 穿书后,我靠修改剧情打败龙王 Urban282k WordsOngoing My Dragon King wish-fulfillment novel was sentenced to death by the [Aesthetic Correction Program]: “Plot boredom: 99%. Character appeal: below zero! The author must enter the story and fix it personally!” In the original story, Ye Chen used the Dragon King System to reach the pinnacle and win the hearts of four top-tier heroines. But now the plot has gone off the rails: he cruelly abandoned all four heroines, and they were reborn together! They carry the memories of being used, discarded, an 6Reads—Score—14d adds
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  35. 285 A Cultivation Path Among the Warblers 莺莺燕燕修仙路 Urban1.9M WordsOngoing An urban, everyday-life story told in plain language. High-martial-arts cultivation without spiritual energy; no System, no old master in a magical artifact, and no rebirth. There's life and conflict, and when it's time to fight or kill, the protagonist does just that. Beautiful women are his cultivation resource, not a harem obligation. This is a modern high-martial-arts world with almost no spiritual energy, so cultivation should be impossible. But lucky Li Jun unexpectedly obtained an incredi 59Reads8.1Score27014d adds
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  36. 286 The Matchmaker’s Comic and Tragic Fate 红娘啼笑因缘 Urban1.7M WordsCompleted A matchmaker who transmigrated, still so young and already arranging marriages. What a farcical situation! The matchmaker Hongniang in the Peking opera The Story of the Western Wing is famous for helping lovers find happiness. Could a real-life matchmaker actually be the reincarnation of the Hongniang from The Story of the Western Wing? Can the Book of Changes really predict love and marriage? 8Reads7.0Score—14d adds
  37. 287 My Father's Era of the Fortress Villages 父亲的崮时代 Urban299k WordsCompleted Yimeng Mountain is a work of documentary fiction about the second generation of military-industry workers, telling the true story of the mysterious “Third Front” military factories. It retraces how the children of Third Front workers and their parents pressed on through successive waves of change. “Good people and good horses head to the Third Front.” The companies were reorganized and moved out of the mountains... They rose from the ashes as a red-culture base, as the home of China’s peaches, a 10Reads6.9Score—14d adds
  38. 288 Godfather of Lancheng: Starting Out Hauling Cargo at the Docks 岚城教父:从码头杠包开始 Urban368k WordsOngoing [Underworld power plays + passion + no System + battles of wits + multiple heroines + unconventional twists] P.S. This is neither a mindless power fantasy nor a story about an invincible protagonist!!! Jiang Liechen arrives in Lanzhou and becomes the new leader of a gang. On day one, he punishes the wicked and beats a traitor to death. On day two, he wins over the gang leader’s wife and takes control of the gang. On day three, he purges both the underworld and the authorities, leaving his enemie —Reads9.2Score—14d adds
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  39. 289 Yi An's Flirting Paradox 易安撩妹悖论 Urban403k WordsOngoing This is a psychology primer disguised as a feel-good novel. Liu Fubao's extraordinary adventures take you across past and present, immersing you in a variety of social situations and revealing the truth about human nature through laughter. From cognitive biases to behavioral psychology, every story is a vivid lesson. Troubled by a cheating man or a scheming woman? Dropping hints that nobody picks up? The answers you need are right here! Join Liu Fubao as she travels through time and uncovers the 1Reads—Score—14d adds
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  40. 290 Spring Tea Party 春天茶话会 Modern Romance133k WordsCompleted My client lives across the hall, and he even takes out my trash for me. A workplace and daily-life sitcom about city professionals who love and fight each other. A light, easy read that doesn't make you think too hard! —Reads—Score—14d adds
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  41. 291 The Rise and Fall of Boss Fan 范老板的沉浮人生 Modern Romance736k WordsCompleted This story follows 1980s entrepreneur Fan Chenhui through the ups and downs of the business world in Shenzhen. It explores real-world issues including financial crises, family conflicts, workplace rivalries, and tangled relationships, portraying human nature and the changes of the times in vivid detail. 116Reads8.2Score—14d adds
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  42. 292 My Urban Life 我的都市生活 Urban250k WordsCompleted Magical realism: After my soul developed a mind of its own, it packed its bags and set out into the world, inhabiting different lives and experiencing different ways of living. This is the story of what my soul encounters in different worlds, in different genders and species. Along the way, it forms attachments, changes, and gives life a different shape. 4Reads8.2Score—14d adds
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  43. 293 I Am a Patient 我是一个病人 Mystery114k WordsOngoing I was lucky enough to escape yesterday and live today, but I couldn't escape the truth that I had become a puppet. Somewhere in the world, there is always another person just like you, in appearance or personality, whether he, she, or it. When you meet, it is all part of fate. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
  44. 294 Twenty Years in Dongguan 东莞二十年 Urban607k WordsOngoing A tribute to the workers of the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. The protagonist starts out as a naive young newcomer, then grows amid the undercurrents of workplace power struggles and rises above the competition to become an executive at a Taiwanese-owned company. Later, he leaves to start his own business, facing hardship after hardship in the cutthroat world of commerce, as well as twists and secrets in his personal love life. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
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  45. 295 The Road to Love and Power 情途官路 Modern Romance5.1M WordsOngoing Zhao Qian, a teacher who was left battered and broken by her ex-boyfriend and her current boyfriend’s mother, stands out for her exceptional abilities and impressive results at work, earning the admiration of many leaders. She is promoted directly to deputy director of the Education Bureau. From then on, her career in government takes off like a rocket, and she rises to become a shining star in the political arena. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
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  46. 296 The Factory Flower's Infatuation 厂花迷恋 Urban1.6M WordsCompleted (Also known as The CEO's Special Favor, this is a realistic story adapted from the tale of an employee's rise to success. It follows work, career, love, hobbies, office life, friendship, and family life.) As Lin Rui fights to build his career, he faces one storm and setback after another, while also meeting confidantes who greatly admire him. He perseveres and finally reaches the pinnacle of life... I dedicate this book to all of us who once left home to pursue our dreams! 35Reads—Score—14d adds
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