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Novels That Feel More Realistic 现实点的小说

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  1. 101 Drenched in Glamour 染指浮华 Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Let me tell you some true stories. After Yu Xiaobei and Chen Chen divorced, he found it hard to let go of his feelings for her, and it made him miserable. He didn’t want to keep hurting, so he decided to try accepting a new relationship. He met Xu Jing at work and Cheng Chen in his day-to-day life. Yu Xiaobei went through a number of romantic entanglements with each of them. Meanwhile, spring came at last for his friend Lao Wai, who also found himself caught up in a complicated situation. Lao Wa 250Reads—Score—Shelves
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  2. 102 Their Light Never Goes Out 她们的光,从不打烊 Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Urban Life] + [Family] + [Contemporary Romance] + [Multiple Heroines] + [First-Person Narration] Liu Hengyu, Lu Xiaofeng’s friend, must have lost his mind. He actually tells Lu Xiaofeng to pursue Li Chuwen, his girlfriend of many years. The thing is, Lu Xiaofeng really did have a crush on Li Chuwen once… Li Chuwen wants to introduce Lu Xiaofeng to one of her high school classmates, a cheerful, fun-loving girl… A simple traffic accident brings Lu Xiaofeng together with a young woman. Through a s 76Reads—Score—Shelves
  3. 103 My Fleeting Days of Dew and Clouds 我的浮云朝露 Urban311k WordsCompleted Let me tell you some true stories. Ever since I started writing novels, I’ve gradually heard friends, and friends of friends, tell me their stories. This time, my friend Lu Bin invited his college classmate Yu Zhou to join us for drinks and a chat. I based this story on Yu Zhou’s own experiences. Yu Zhou told me about his first love, his childhood sweetheart, and some of his college classmates and friends. There were happy comedies and heartbreaking tragedies... 12Reads—Score—Shelves
  4. 104 Moonlit Evenings and Blossoming Mornings 此间月夕花晨 Urban753k WordsCompleted Let me tell some true stories. After finishing My Fleeting Days, I was eager to find out what happened afterward. So, with Lu Bin and Yu Zhou acting as intermediaries, I met Jiang Le. Talking with him not only filled me in on what happened later, but also helped me learn about the changes in Jiang Le’s life over those years, and hear a brief story about a girl who played a very important role in Youth Diary: The Years Gone By... 3Reads—Score—Shelves
  5. 105 After My Daughter's Love Went Sour, I Brought Home a Blond Punk 小棉袄漏风后,我把黄毛领回了家 Urban536k WordsOngoing Yandere, pursuing her husband, bad woman, love rival showdown, no System Their teenage daughter goes astray, and it isn’t until Zhang Chen uncovers the yellow-haired delinquent’s true identity that he finally wakes up to the truth. The forced school dropout eighteen years ago, the seemingly helpless fake divorce, and the crushing mortgage weighing on his shoulders were all part of a grand scheme his wife had plotted from beginning to end. Everyone treats Zhang Chen like a tool they can manipulat 2.5kReads5.5Score168Shelves
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  6. 106 Love Among the Mountains and Rivers 山水情 Urban2.7M WordsCompleted (Urban slice of life, inspirational growth, a nostalgic era, rich in detail) The beauty of mountains and rivers, the many faces of humanity, the fickleness of the world. The protagonist, Jiang Nan, knows right from wrong and values loyalty and affection. He grows from a poor boy who suffers humiliation into a fine young man admired by everyone. This story is grounded in real life, with family bonds, friendship, romance, and a deep love for his hometown. He leads the villagers to prosperity, ris 8.1kReads9.1Score909Shelves
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  7. 107 Sailing Together 共舟行 Modern Romance265k WordsOngoing [Small-Town Fiction | Slow Burn | 1v1, Both Leads Chaste | Ensemble Growth | Working-Class Struggles | Realistic | Period Setting] “Across a thousand miles, the boat speeds on; a letter of love rides home on the wind.” A small town in southern China in the 1990s A young man holds an unremarkable bouquet of roses And lays his feelings bare beneath the night sky From scraping by with a street stall to finding a way forward together Through wind and rain, they share life's many ups and downs This i 515Reads—Score—Shelves
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  8. 108 Her Secret Thoughts: A Young Man’s Hidden Diary in a Small Village 致她的心事:小村青年的隐秘日记 Urban88k WordsOngoing No formulaic plot | Not a wish-fulfillment novel | Realistic fiction | Zhou Zhiqiang grows up amid poverty and chaos in her birth family, with her father instilling in her the survival rule that “you have to please people to survive.” She gets into college and lands a job at a bank. A well-off man, Ke Qingyan, pursues her, but as the truth about her family comes out, she gradually loses her self-respect and her relationship. Later, burdened with debt, she returns to her hometown and, under he 39Reads—Score—Shelves
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  9. 109 Human Life Lies Deep in the Loess 黄土深处是人间 Modern Romance256k WordsCompleted This is a collection of true stories from the countryside. One book captures a century of life in all its variety on the Loess Plateau. Brotherhood, the warmth and coldness of family, partings in life and death, and the changes of an era: one independent story after another weaves together the fates of several generations. There is hardship, pain, tears, and warmth, portraying the struggles of those at the bottom as well as the resilience of ordinary people. There are no chosen-one advantages an 204Reads—Score—Shelves
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  10. 110 Where the Wind Leaves Its Trace, Beyond the White Line 风过留痕,白线之外 Modern Romance217k WordsOngoing [Not a power fantasy, no System, realistic, action psychology, everyday mysteries] Bailing first met Chen Feng at a dinner her younger sister had arranged at the last minute. He was neat-looking and impeccably mannered, even keeping a carefully measured distance whenever he came close. But she soon realized this "temporary boyfriend" was no ordinary man. When she was hurt, he would pull his hand back. When she was wary, he would take half a step away. He always left every choice up to her, yet w 30Reads—Score—Shelves
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  11. 111 Adoption into the Family 过继 Urban1.9M WordsCompleted This is a novel about a man growing up through blood and tears. Along with the cruelty of reality comes the trickery of fate. But if you’re a man, wipe away your tears and face every hardship. Make yourself tough as steel, unbreakable... 21.4kReads9.3Score2.5kShelves
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  12. 112 Every Penny Is a Lot 一分不少 Modern Romance396k WordsOngoing The heroine Xiaoxiao works as an anchor on a small platform and is accidentally defrauded of tens of thousands of yuan in savings. The feeling of being defrauded is like drinking bitter liquor. Xiaoxiao feels endless pain and regret in her heart, but even if she wants to look back, it is already too late. In order to calm down her mood and divert her attention, Xiaoxiao found a mobile game and met Murong in the game. The two usually chatted and played games. Murong was very attached to Xiaoxia 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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  13. 113 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 597Reads—Score—Shelves
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  14. 114 The Blue Sky of Yesterday 往日青空 Urban149k WordsOngoing In an age when even memories can be smelted into energy, what can people leave for themselves when driven by ambition for fame and fortune? Has this final sanctuary, the realm of memory, already vanished? And the most dangerous core here is the self that has yet to awaken. The Silent City, humanity's last refuge. Beneath an artificial sky, order is ice and rules are iron. Here, memories can crystallize into "cores," crystals that carry emotions and obsessions. The "Pureflame" organization captu —Reads—Score—Shelves
  15. 115 Yin-Yang Loser 阴阳屌丝 Mystery94k WordsOngoing "If only I could go back to living an ordinary life like before." The lights of my life started flashing before my eyes again. If only I'd known, I would've stopped looking for a summer job and just toughed it out for two months. I searched and searched, and in the end, I didn't make any money and fell into a pit instead. I seem to have escaped the "pit," but... have I really escaped? Climbing back out no longer seems like something I can do in the real world. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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  16. 116 Please Let Me Dream On 请允许我大梦不醒 Modern Romance159k WordsCompleted Without living through it yourself, how can you truly understand what someone else has endured? If you could start over, could you rekindle things with the person you can't let go of? Whatever the ending, believe in yourself and in the future. Everything is arranged for the best! 6Reads—Score—Shelves
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  17. 117 Seven Years Down the Drain: The White Lotus and the Green Tea Bitch Can Have Each Other 七年感情喂了狗白莲花绿茶婊锁死 12k WordsCompleted Seven years of love went to the dogs. Let that white lotus and green tea bitch stay together forever. —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  18. 118 Clearing Away the Clutter of Life 人间除杂 Modern Romance1.0M WordsOngoing [Adapted from the real-life experiences of a rural woman college graduate] + [Drifting in Beijing] + [Two years alone in a rented room after losing her job] + [Cheated while looking for a rental] + [Parents seriously ill]. If these topics bother you, don't open this book. The reality is heavy. This is seven years of youth in the life of an ordinary country girl with no connections. At 28, I could have been an excellent hydrometallurgical engineer, skilled at removing all kinds of impurities from 16Reads—Score—Shelves
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  19. 119 I Met a Gold Digger on a Blind Date, So I Invited Her Husband to Pay the Bill 相亲遇捞女,我请她老公来买单 17k WordsCompleted I Met a Gold Digger on a Blind Date, So I Invited Her Husband to Pay the Bill —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  20. 120 After My Mom Got Hooked on Short Dramas About Overbearing CEOs, I Sent Her to Sweep the Streets 我妈迷上了短剧霸总后,我反手送她去扫大街 16k WordsCompleted After My Mom Got Hooked on Short Dramas About Overbearing CEOs, I Turned Around and Sent Her to Sweep the Streets —Reads—Score—Shelves
  21. 121 Doesn't It Hurt? 它不疼吗 41k WordsCompleted Doesn't it hurt? 15Reads—Score—Shelves
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  22. 122 Dawn Within the Cage 樊笼内的破晓 Modern Romance350k WordsCompleted Some people are born trapped in a cage. Invisible barriers, woven from the soil of one’s upbringing, the path laid out in advance, the constraints of one’s surroundings, the cocoon of one’s perceptions, and the shackles of morality, build a cold, solid cage that holds her captive. She is raised within it, as if this were all life could ever be. If she does not awaken, if she does not save herself, the ending is clear: the cage will silently devour her, and she will vanish in a slow death. Yet de 6Reads9.3Score—Shelves
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  23. 123 Tales of Nanyang’s Old Town 南阳老城往事 Mystery137k WordsOngoing Memories of a bizarre and absurd era, somewhere in the 1980s and 1990s. A girl vanishes into thin air; two murders over a pair of corneas, with a condemned woman repaying her debt at the execution ground; a thousand-year-old pottery shard traps a rich heir for life; a murder in a narrow alley shrouded in mystery; a disfigured old man fishes for ghosts by the river; a family’s secret history spanning half a century... These stories offer more than an eerie atmosphere. They focus on the suffering, 45Reads—Score—Shelves
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  24. 124 False Intelligence 假情报 Mystery98k WordsOngoing Five years ago, police detective Wang Feng was driven from the force in disgrace after false intelligence led to the death of his informant, Lin Hai. Now an anonymous letter rouses him from his dormant life: Lin Hai may not be dead, and the mistake back then was part of a carefully orchestrated conspiracy. As the investigation deepens, Li Hongfei, chairman of the Chengjian Group, comes to light, and every clue points to a business empire that stands above the law. Threats mount: his office is tr —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  25. 125 Thorns Mark the Road That Brought You Here 荆棘是你的来时路 Modern Romance45k WordsCompleted This city is a giant machine, roaring as it runs day after day. I live in an old apartment building, with a dense cluster of office towers outside my window. They are like rows of neatly aligned gears, interlocking and driving some invisible order. My room is tiny, but it has a south-facing window, and a pothos sits on the sill. I picked it up three years ago beneath my office building, where it had been abandoned beside a trash can, its leaves yellow and its roots exposed. Now it has grown lush 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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  26. 126 While the Whole Internet Celebrated, I Became the Sacrifice 全网狂欢时,我成了祭品 9k WordsCompleted While the Whole Internet Celebrated, I Became a Sacrifice 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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  27. 127 After a Wife-Beating Husband Woke Up in His Wife's Body 家暴男穿进老婆的身体后 7k WordsCompleted After the Wife-Beating Man Woke Up in His Wife's Body 2Reads—Score—Shelves
  28. 128 At Least One 至少一只 Urban390k WordsCompleted A ranger spent thirty years searching for the last South China tiger, and when he finally found it, it was dying. But what he writes in his patrol log is always "at least one" 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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  29. 129 My Mom’s Loose Tongue Ruined Half My Future 碎嘴的妈,毁我半生前程 13k WordsCompleted My sharp-tongued mother ruined half my future 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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  30. 130 The Wind and the Dandelion 风与蒲公英 45k WordsCompleted The Wind and the Dandelion 8Reads—Score—Shelves
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  31. 131 Human Trafficking Atrocities! the Girl Is Trapped in an Endless Abyss 人贩暴行!少女深陷无尽深渊 11k WordsCompleted Human trafficking atrocities! The girl is trapped in an endless abyss 224Reads—Score—Shelves
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  32. 132 Life's Endless Sighs 人生念念犹咨嗟 Modern Romance98k WordsOngoing A Love Song for the Year 2000: the coming-of-age story of a generation. Studying, falling in love, getting married, getting divorced, studying abroad, returning home, and reaching middle age. A portrait of the long road of life, the struggles between men and women, and the hardships of everyday living. Faced with an unpredictable life for which no one can prepare, what choices should we make? What transformations and realizations await the two protagonists, their classmates, and their close frie —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  33. 133 Tang Tiantian Meets the Third Young Master of the Mo Family 糖甜甜遇莫家三郎 Modern Romance438k WordsCompleted When she was five, her mother died by suicide after battling cancer and depression. When he was ten, his parents divorced because of their troubled relationship. At twenty-two, after graduating from college, he was dumped by his girlfriend when he proposed. He then shut himself away in S City and spent six years writing online novels. At twenty-two, after graduating from college, she became a high school teacher in S City, only to be driven out of her home by her stepmother. Two people from trou 85Reads8.0Score—Shelves
  34. 134 Xiaomei, Ill-Omened 小梅,不祥 8k WordsCompleted Xiao Mei, Ominous —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  35. 135 Getting Something for Nothing 不捞而获 Modern Romance80k WordsOngoing When 36-year-old divorced “ordinary gold digger” Sun Xiao decides to use a zero-cost “karate” playbook to extract resources from worthwhile men, she must remain coldly rational as she carefully screens each target. Otherwise, her six-million-yuan safety net will eventually run dry. Meanwhile, a deadly game far beyond the limits of her understanding is quietly closing in on the everyday life she thinks is safe: a counter-harvest orchestrated by a true high-level predator. 5Reads—Score—Shelves
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  36. 136 I Want to Go to Orange Isle with You 我想跟你一起去橘子洲看看 19k WordsCompleted I Want to Go See Orange Isle with You 20Reads—Score—Shelves
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  37. 137 Eight Hundred Rounds of Mother-in-Law Vs. Daughter-in-Law 婆媳大战800回合 Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted “I don’t have a daughter. If you marry into our family, you’ll be my own daughter.” Out of ten thousand people who say this, you’d be lucky if even ten mean it. If even one actually follows through, you’ve hit the jackpot. 2.8kReads8.9Score297Shelves
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  38. 138 Closest Yet Most Distant: You and Me 至近至疏【你我】 Modern Romance243k WordsOngoing How did the confident and lovable Huo Qingqing go from a cheerful, optimistic, sincere, and self-assured girl to a pessimistic, dispirited woman? For her, this marriage has offered a little uncertain love, but far more exhaustion and suffering. She doesn’t regret not calling off the wedding while she was in the bridal car, but she is increasingly convinced of one thing: a lack of affection can perhaps be overcome, a lack of money can be remedied, incompatible looks can be ignored, and excessive 1Reads—Score—Shelves
  39. 139 The Riddle of Time: A Nightclub Girl's Redemption and Rise 岁月如谜:夜场女的救赎与逆袭 Modern Romance211k WordsCompleted As Yu Wei walked along the entrance to an alley behind the school, he suddenly heard someone calling, “Hey, handsome! Handsome!” Yu Wei looked around, bewildered. “Over here! Come here!” Only then did Yu Wei notice a flamboyantly dressed woman waving at him from the roadside alley entrance. She had brashly dyed yellow hair, heavy eye makeup, and a thick layer of powder on her face. A leather miniskirt hugged her hips as she waved energetically at Yu Wei. Could she be...? Yu Wei’s heart skipped a 1Reads6.7Score—Shelves
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  40. 140 First, Prove That I'm My Dad's Son 请先证明我是我爸儿子 11k WordsCompleted First, prove that I'm my dad's son. 339Reads—Score—Shelves
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  41. 141 The Strange Life of Jin Xiaoli 金小鲤的奇异生活 Modern Romance277k WordsCompleted During the summer after her final year of high school, Jin Xiaoli gets a spiritual spring, and her mother's illness is cured. She spends her days gardening, playing with cats, and studying. Life is blissful. Sure, she runs into little bumps now and then, but she's already got a golden finger, so there's no need to complain. No matter what, she has to keep giving it her all every day! 415Reads8.7Score—Shelves
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  42. 142 Qin Che: My First AI Boyfriend 秦彻:我的第一个AI男友 Anime Fanfiction150k WordsCompleted A diary of sculpting an AI boyfriend. A single mother raising her daughter carries many burdens, yet a gradually taking shape idea leads her on a journey of transformation as she pursues her dreams and discovers herself. 8Reads—Score—Shelves
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  43. 143 The Boy Who Never Grew Up and the Girl Who Did 长不大的男孩·长大的女孩 Urban77k WordsCompleted This book tells the story of a boy and a girl growing up in a particular environment, revealing the pure and genuine inner worlds of two teenagers. 83Reads9.4Score103Shelves
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  44. 144 The Ice-Cold CEO Spoils Me to No End 冷艳女总把我宠上天 8k WordsCompleted The Ice-Queen CEO Spoils Me Rotten 350Reads—Score—Shelves
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  45. 145 Confession Game: Eight Seats 坦白局:八个位置 12k WordsCompleted Confession Game: Eight Seats 1Reads—Score—Shelves
  46. 146 Lost Feelings 迷失的情感 Marriage & Romance6k WordsCompleted Lost Feelings —Reads—Score—Shelves
  47. 147 How Did Life Get So Stuck? 人生怎么就卡壳了。 9k WordsCompleted Why has my life ground to a halt? —Reads—Score—Shelves
  48. 148 I’m Going to College: I Break the Chains and Escape the Cruel Den 我要上大学:劈断铁链逃离恶毒窝 Modern Romance134k WordsOngoing [This isn't fiction. These are countless girls waiting for daylight. Any one of them could have been one of us!] At six, her own mother shoved her head into a bucket of urine. At thirteen, she was chained up in a pigpen. At seventeen, she cut through the chain and fled into the mountains. This isn't a horror movie. It's Lin Xiaoman's everyday life. In a mountain village where sons matter more than daughters, her father drinks, her mother is deranged, her little brother is treated like royalty, —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  49. 149 Azure Waters, Mortal World 碧水红尘 Modern Romance137k WordsCompleted [A Note for Readers] Recommended for women over thirty, though men are welcome too. Married readers, come on in. Single and divorced readers are welcome as well. This is a short, realistic story, though entirely fictional. It has all the bittersweet flavors of life. [Inspiration] Many years ago, I heard a story about the ups and downs of family life. A middle-aged man who had done well in his career found a new girlfriend after his child had married. His ex-wife, a simple woman who earned her li 123Reads—Score—Shelves
  50. 150 After I Quit 辞职之后 Urban654k WordsCompleted I, Lin Zilong, quit my job as the director of a state-owned factory. Before the true coal tycoons emerged, in that great era of surging tides, shifting fortunes, and all manner of people fighting for their place, I became a coal tycoon... 334Reads7.1Score—Shelves
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