Novels That Feel More Realistic 现实点的小说

1. 201 过 Never Forget What You’ve Seen 过目不妄 Tung Oil Fruit桐油果Modern Romance400k WordsCompleted [Older Woman, Younger Man + Redemption + Realistic Romance] Three-year age gap. [Secret Love Becomes Mutual, from the Male Lead’s Perspective; Marriage First, Love Later, from the Female Lead’s Perspective] Everyone is level-headed and clear-minded. The woman Zhou Wang had kept in his heart for three years. He thought there could never be anything between them and was ready to give up, but then he unexpectedly learned what she had been through. His heart ached for her, and at the same time, he f 1.4kReads8.2Score110Shelves
2. 202 初 I Couldn’t Hide My Heart’s Flutter When We First Met 初见心动藏不住 Tung Oil Fruit桐油果Modern Romance136k WordsCompleted [Love at first sight + heroine pursues hero + nine-year age gap + sweet, down-to-earth romance + happy ending] The lively and spirited Chen Luochen meets Chu Yun when she's twenty. She falls for him at first sight, unable to hide the light in her eyes. She has only one thought: make him hers. After confirming he's single, she boldly confesses, “Big brother, will you be my boyfriend?” Chu Yun gently turns her down with a single line: “We're not right for each other.” But Chen Luochen doesn't back 1.1kReads—Score104Shelves
3. 203 黑 The Black-and-White Workplace 黑白职场 Spring Returns to the Grass and Trees草木回春Urban181k WordsOngoing The book has three main female leads: Meng Hong, a wealthy, beautiful daughter of a powerful family; Han Yiran, warm and down-to-earth; and Xi Wenni, a tragic figure. I was swept up in Han Yiran's happiness, grieved over the fate that left Meng Hong with no control over her own life, and blamed myself for giving kind and beautiful Xi Wenni such a tragic fate. I felt as though I had committed a sin by brutalizing and destroying a pure rose… This is a love story about one man and three women 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The stories inside all happened in real life

4. 204 雪 King of the Snowfields: True to the World and True to You 雪域之王，不负人间不负卿 Bamboo Heart Reflecting Snow竹心映雪Historical12k WordsCompleted King of the Snowlands, true to the world and true to you 14Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Adapted from a true story! Nice

5. 205 清 When the Qingming Butterfly Returns, I Think of You Year After Year 清明蝶归，岁岁念卿 Bamboo Heart Reflecting Snow竹心映雪9k WordsCompleted The Butterfly Returns at Qingming, Year after Year I Think of You 11Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 206 尘 Warmth Amid the Ashes 尘途烬暖 Bamboo Heart Reflecting Snow竹心映雪17k WordsCompleted Warm Ashes Along the Dusty Road 22Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 207 半 Half a Spring Embroidery, Half a Lifetime Longing for You 半剪绣春，半生念君 Bamboo Heart Reflecting Snow竹心映雪10k WordsCompleted Half-Finished Spring Embroidery, a Lifetime Missing You 10Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 208 大 Burying My Youth in the Dadu River 大渡河水葬青春 Bamboo Heart Reflecting Snow竹心映雪9k WordsCompleted Youth Buried in the Dadu River 14Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 209 烙 A Scar Etched Into My Heart 烙在心底的伤疤 Bamboo Heart Reflecting Snow竹心映雪7k WordsCompleted The Scar Etched Into My Heart 14Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 210 荒 An Absurd Lunch Break 荒唐午休 Bamboo Heart Reflecting Snow竹心映雪6k WordsCompleted An Absurd Lunch Break 8Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 211 在 Gathering Glimmers of Light Amid Suffering 在苦难里拾捡微光 Bamboo Heart Reflecting Snow竹心映雪Marriage & Romance17k WordsCompleted Gathering Glimmers in the Midst of Hardship 2Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 212 断 The Bridge of Broken Souls Becomes the Matchmaker’s Bridge 断魂桥变月老桥 Bamboo Heart Reflecting Snow竹心映雪Marriage & Romance9k WordsCompleted The Bridge of Lost Souls Becomes the Matchmaker’s Bridge 1Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 213 灵 Blessed by the Spirit Snake 灵蛇佑 Bamboo Heart Reflecting Snow竹心映雪25k WordsCompleted Blessed by the Spirit Snake 5Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 214 我 You Were in My Dreams 我的梦里有个你 Bamboo Heart Reflecting Snow竹心映雪8k WordsCompleted You’re in My Dreams 7Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 215 山 No Return from the Mountains and Seas, Yet Warm Light Remains in My Heart 山海无归处，心有暖光存 Bamboo Heart Reflecting Snow竹心映雪25k WordsCompleted No return lies beyond the mountains and seas, but a warm light remains in the heart 6Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 216 潮 The Tides Rise and Fall: Half a Lifetime Adrift 潮起潮落：半生沉浮 Bamboo Heart Reflecting Snow竹心映雪15k WordsCompleted The Tide Rises and Falls: A Half-Life of Ups and Downs 2Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 217 风 Wind Over Liangshan, Clouds Over Erhai 风过凉山，云散洱海 Bamboo Heart Reflecting Snow竹心映雪Marriage & Romance8k WordsCompleted The Wind Crosses Liangshan, the Clouds Clear Over Erhai 5Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 218 重 Reborn as a Volunteer Soldier's Family Member 重生为志愿军家属 Wen Hai Shi Bei文海十贝Female-Channel Fanfiction273k WordsOngoing Reborn, Lin Daiyu demands the assets her father, Lin Ruhai, left behind, only to find that the Jia family has already used them. To save face, Grandmother Jia has no choice but to make Daiyu the principal wife and demote Baochai to a concubine, setting off a bitter feud of envy and jealousy. Eventually, both Baochai and Daiyu grow weary of this unrest and agree to transmigrate through time and space a second time. In the 18th year of the Republic of China, Lin Daiyu is born into a hardworking fa —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Real life things

19. 219 我 My Youthful Romance 我的青春爱恋 Sparse Shadows in the Apricot Grove杏坛疏影Modern Romance91k WordsOngoing Lin Wan had a secret talent: the poems she wrote reflected the truest colors of people’s hearts. Then, one autumn, Zheng Hao, wearing a dark green sweater, stood in the light and asked her if she liked Yu Qiuyu. For the first time, her pen trembled, and the colors on the page blurred into something out of place. She spent three years of her youth writing poems for him, gave him her first night beneath the moonlight in a white shirt, and even followed him into the neon-lit depths of the night. Bu 288Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Super nice. Super sad!

20. 220 听 Songs of the Listening Wind Tower 听风楼歌 Splashing Water from the Far Bank隔岸拍水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 445Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A true-feeling period novel, a good book is afraid of deep alleys, always waiting for the great master Bole Xiangma

21. 221 昂 A Life Full of Vigor 昂扬的生命 Pomegranate Blossoms in May榴花映五月Modern Romance616k WordsCompleted I dedicate this book to the first generation of only children, and to the teachers’ college graduates who devoted themselves to education in this land. Each person has only one life. How should we live this one and only life? Looking across history and around the world, many inspiring books have explored this theme. I, an unknown nobody, hope to join their ranks and have chosen the same theme. I hope my work won’t be lost among the masterpieces of celebrated writers. This work will focus on Ji 325Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is very realistic.

22. 222 共 Sailing Together 共舟行 Little Mouse Maomao阿鼠毛毛Modern Romance299k 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 701Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is very beautiful

23. 223 孤 The Lonely Moon in the Sky 孤月当空 Chen Yizhang陈宜樟Modern Romance756k WordsOngoing Love and reality fought for a long time, but in the spring of their eleventh year, they still parted ways. On the very first day after the breakup, a man who loved her even more deeply entered Xiang Yan’s world… 24Reads—Score—Shelves

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    When she started her beautiful life again, she discovered that even though fate favored her in every possible way, she still couldn't live this life well.

24. 224 一 A Lifetime: The Lone-Wolf Agent's Gray Eden 一生：孤胆特工之灰色伊甸园 Crouching Dragon, Thunderous Sky潜龙轰天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! 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Campus Growth (One Life) + Collection of Modern Urban Love Stories (Three Lives), with novel themes and multi-line linkage, jointly weave "Two Lives and Three Lives", which is worth collecting and appreciating! 👍👍👍👍

25. 225 三 Three Lifetimes: Love Bewitching the Mortal World 三生，，之情惑人间 Crouching Dragon, Thunderous Sky潜龙轰天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 18Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 226 脑 Brain-Computer Interface Doctor 脑机医生 Ningmeng Yuyan柠檬羽嫣Modern Romance205k WordsOngoing Her ex-boyfriend sold the secret she had guarded most closely to secure an investment. When they broke up, he even threw this at her: “No man could put up with a woman like you.” Her father climbed the social ladder and asked for a divorce. As he left, he said only, “People who look ahead don’t turn back.” Everyone was certain Su Jianwei had lost her backing and was bound to fall sooner or later. But they forgot that she was a doctor in functional neurosurgery at Huaren Hospital, determined to t 673Reads—Score292Shelves

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    Although I don't know if this book is adapted from a true story, the writing is really realistic, especially the thoughts and hearts of the characters in the period drama. The female core is very well written, in the style of a group portrait drama!!

27. 227 并 Walking Side by Side, Meeting at the Summit 并肩同行，顶峰相见 stf Who Loves Tangyuan喜欢吃汤圆的stfModern Romance354k WordsCompleted Shen Jie is graceful in appearance and steady in temperament, a renowned young talent in the world of table tennis. Xu Ci is carefree and dashing, full of youthful spirit, a young man who makes a striking figure on the table tennis court. “If you could be as radiant as the moon forever, I'd brave ice and snow to bring you warmth.” They walk side by side and meet again at the summit. 19Reads8.6Score—Shelves

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    I was reading a novel recently, which tells the story of a table tennis boy and a girl. It tells how they accompany each other and support each other until now. They have experienced a lot together, and in the end, they are still each other for eight years. The love line is well written, the details are realistic, and the career line is also very good. It makes me see It turns out that love and career don't have to give up one to seek the other. They can be equally important. On the field, we focus on the game and take the national honor as our own responsibility. We don't talk about anything else. Off the field, we are each other's closest partners. We can comfort each other and rely on each other to give each other a hug. I really like it. Good looking, highly recommended!!! [Eat melon] [eat melon] [eat melon]

28. 228 中 Lu Xueqi, Vocational School Student 中专生陆雪琪 Bright Sunny Day灿烂晴天Marriage & Romance81k WordsCompleted Lu Xueqi, the Vocational School Student 1.2kReads—Score—Shelves

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    The female protagonist in the first book graduated from the Normal School in the 1990s and gave up her assigned job to go south. The male protagonist also gave up his job in his hometown and went south. Two people create a future together.

29. 229 桃 A Garden of Students, Growing Old Together in Love 桃李满天下恩爱共白头 Bright Sunny Day灿烂晴天Modern Romance42k WordsCompleted Wu Xiaomin was a country girl, born and raised in the countryside, but she had always been a good student and was naturally beautiful. Unfortunately, after she started high school, her surroundings changed dramatically, leaving her confused and lost. In her sophomore year, she met a new homeroom teacher who helped her find her way again. After graduating from college, Wu Xiaomin gave up a job placement back in her hometown and introduced a female college classmate to her former high school teach 1kReads—Score—Shelves
30. 230 等 The Happiness We Waited For 等来的幸福 Bright Sunny Day灿烂晴天Modern Romance51k WordsCompleted In this blended family, the male and female leads grow up calling each other brother and sister. After her mother dies, the heroine goes abroad with her biological father. While overseas, she and the male lead begin a relationship. 539Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 231 诀 City of Farewells 诀别之城 Ye Family Member Who Loves Cabbage and Celery爱吃白菜芹菜的叶家人Modern Romance533k WordsCompleted Three years ago, a devastating betrayal left Yang Jie heartbroken, and she called off the wedding she had looked forward to all her life. She thought she and Ye Mao would have nothing more to do with each other. Three years later, the man who had hurt her so deeply appeared before her again, quietly pleading for forgiveness. The real estate industry is a cutthroat world, and people are hard to read. Her former lover presses closer at every turn, and their old feelings refuse to fade. This time 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a tragic love novel based on the difficult survival of real estate practitioners. It tells the story of real estate practitioner Yang Jie's growth from love career. This is not a cool story about rebirth and time travel. It's a story that needs to be sat down and savored slowly

32. 232 往 The Blue Sky of Yesterday 往日青空 Remembering the Blue Sky忆青空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
33. 233 抢 They Stole My Credit, So I Slacked Off and Made the Whole Industry Panic 抢我功绩？我摆烂后卷哭全行业 Mr. Sandbag沙袋先生Urban721k WordsCompleted When your boss takes credit for your work, when the results of your all-nighters become someone else's reward, what do you do? Lin Zhou's answer: he slacks off on the spot! He refuses 996 work schedules and empty promises, and vanishes the moment quitting time comes. Everyone thinks he's washed up, but little do they know that the instant he smashes the sign proclaiming him a "workaholic," he awakens the [Anti-Grind God-Tier System]! The harder he slacks off, the bigger the rewards! He uses a te —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    If reality is not as real as it is, I will eat dirt. All things can be found in reality. Calm down and experience the resistance you need to face to achieve a class jump!

34. 234 网 Online Game: Rebuilding My Life 网游之重塑人生 Wang the Fool王呆子Sports1.5M WordsOngoing Qin Feng used to be a hopeless romantic. He gave his girlfriend his whole heart and treated her like a queen. And what did he get in return? She casually tossed out, "You can't give me the life I want," then turned around and walked away. Qin Feng was completely crushed. He holed up in his rented apartment every day, questioning his whole existence and wondering what the point of living was. Eventually, with nothing else to do and no other options, he plunged into an online game to kill time. 519Reads9.5Score343Shelves

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    This is a very realistic novel. No rebirth, no time travel, no golden fingers, no overlord. Take a look at the introduction and you will know how exciting this book is

35. 235 血 Gardenias Stained with Blood: The Mad Heiress Takes Beijing by Storm 血染栀子：疯批千金在京圈杀疯了 Wait Until the Eighth Day of the Ninth Month且待秋来九月八Modern Romance73k WordsOngoing [Top-Tier Wealth and Power + Both Reborn + Clash of Equals + Obsessive Male Lead Pursues His Wife to the Crematorium + Clear-Eyed Heroine, Not a Doting Wife + Aloof Beauty Turns into a Devoted Dog + Love Unrequited, Captivity and Forced Love] Reborn before the day she was shot, Mei Yue’s first move was to find Qi Yan, the boy who would become the Underworld King of Beijing’s elite circles, and the one who had ended her life with a single bullet in her previous life. Beneath a rose-covered galler 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Dramatic + Realistic

36. 236 我 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 A Passing Guest in the Flow of Time往事流年稍作客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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37. 237 我 Do I Still Love Her? 我，还爱她？ Jian Xi Erer简兮尔尔Modern Romance242k WordsOngoing Urban Romance | Reunion | Unrequited Love | The Aesthetics of a Bad Ending | A Regretful Ending | Realistic Heartbreak I’ve been writing this for ages, but hardly anyone reads it. I’m so sad, sob sob. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    "I didn't pass the civil service exam for two years, and I actually fell in love with the son of the company boss?" ! "Isn't your middle school classmate Yu Qiu just an ordinary undergraduate who is not a bachelor?" "In terms of academic qualifications and future prospects, how is it suitable for you?" "You are a 25-year-old doctor who has returned from studying abroad. You are young and promising, and you have a decent appearance. What kind of girlfriend are you looking for?" Jian Yi: Yu Qiu's deskmate in middle school, a bachelor's degree from Fudan University School of Medicine, and a doctorate from the University of Zurich in Switzerland. She never forgets Yu Qiu. Yin Zhihao: He graduated from Fudan University and was transferred as a transfer student. He has been in love with Yu Qiu for a long time. His father is the president of a company in Yancheng, and his mother is the vice president of Yancheng No. 1 Hospital.

38. 238 离 The Ordeal of Divorce 离婚的磨难 Ma Yi马乙Urban290k WordsCompleted Rumors spread through the village that Young Master Zhang's wife had betrayed him. Young Master Zhang investigated. But his inquiry stirred up other trouble as well. Young Master Zhang got divorced and started a business. Along the way, he met all sorts of people. The story also follows his cousin Feng Cheng's life, as well as people who hurt others in love and those who were hurt by love. This story is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Please 324Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Realistic themes, please watch...

39. 239 闪 A Carefully Planned Whirlwind Marriage: Dr. Wen Is Head Over Heels 闪婚蓄谋已久，温医生他超爱 Qiao Xingman乔星漫Modern Romance135k WordsOngoing [Sweet romance + secret crush + whirlwind marriage + childhood friends + both untouched + happy ending] [Frank, impulsive lawyer vs. steady, meticulous psychologist] Raised in an all-female household, Cen Yan had made it to twenty-six without the word “marriage” appearing anywhere in her life’s dictionary. By chance, she and her childhood friend, psychologist Wen Yuzhou, became a couple. The reserved doctor she remembered soon turned into a “kissing addict” who was always asking for a kiss. At h —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a workplace romance with a more realistic orientation. The male protagonist is a psychiatrist and the female protagonist is a lawyer. There are not many slap-in-the-face plots, but the daily sweetness is very interesting.

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