Any Novels That Feel a Little More Realistic? 有没有写的现实一点的小说

1. 901 缩 Shrinking 缩水 Shi Yi Onze拾一OnzeMarriage & Romance11k WordsCompleted Shrinking —Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 902 丁 The DINK Hunter 丁克猎人 Hua Laiyangshi华莱扬士14k WordsCompleted The Childfree Hunter 2Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 903 野 Wild Lilies Bloom in Spring Too 【野百合也有春天】 Little Ci Xian小辞仙Two Female Leads114k WordsCompleted Important note in advance: This is not a story with two female leads! The platform settings are wrong! The male and female leads are devoted to each other, with absolutely no divided loyalties! As Zhou Xiaoyu looked at the profound sorrow in Song Chuyu’s eyes, she realized with absolute clarity that he still hadn’t moved on. That girl, Cen Baihe, had long since taken root in the softest part of his heart like the most tenacious vine, bound to him by blood and impossible to tear away. At that mom 53Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Who would reject such a love where the male protagonist is not ambiguous, does not use his appearance and family background to mess around, is affectionate and devoted, and never gives up and never lets go of the female protagonist?

4. 904 遗 The Expression in the Portrait Is Awful 遗像里的表情太难看了 Shi Yi Onze拾一Onze9k WordsCompleted The Expression in the Portrait Is Terrible —Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 905 我 I Work in Finance at a Modeling Agency 我在模特公司做财务 Hua Laiyangshi华莱扬士20k WordsCompleted I Handle the Finances at a Modeling Agency —Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 906 曲 When the Music Ends, We Part: Part One 曲终人散第一部 Senior Brother 0927大师兄0927Urban116k WordsCompleted The protagonist, Chongzi, is a terrible person! Because of relevant laws and regulations, I can't fully write about just how terrible he is. So the ending he gets is only to be expected. This is an ordinary, unremarkable story, not a power fantasy and unrelated to transmigration. It's so ordinary you could see something like it happening in everyday life. It might not be very appealing, but the author did their best. This is the best I can do. If you think it's decent, look for the second book, 9Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Highly recommended!! Xiao Feng, Chongzi, Li Bing and Liyu met and got to know each other in Dongguan. The story is very realistic! Especially like it's happening right in front of you. Xiao Feng lives up to his name! The boldness and boldness seen in The Eight Parts of Demi-Gods are also present here! As a gang leader! Heroism is naturally indispensable, and the gang leader's romantic deeds are also natural! The story of Li Yu and Xiao Feng began as an anecdote. After several exchanges, the two further deepened their relationship. Chongzi and Li Bing are also a couple. Life is always changing, and their emotions are constantly experiencing twists and turns.

7. 907 老 When My Husband Is Away 老公不在家 Hua Laiyangshi华莱扬士Marriage & Romance8k WordsCompleted While My Husband Is Away 5Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 908 不 What Do I Do If I Can't Afford to Retire? 不够钱养老怎么办？ Shi Yi Onze拾一OnzeMarriage & Romance30k WordsCompleted What if you don't have enough money to retire? —Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 909 星 Starfall Dreamtalk 星落梦语 Fish Beneath the Stars星星下的鱼Ancient Romance720k WordsOngoing [Pretend GL] + [BG] + [Domineering, coercive romance, a groveling pursuit after betrayal, and winning hearts with tricks] + [One-on-one romance] + [Happy ending] Readers who prefer chaste stories, beware!!! (Also known as: The Heroine Is Always Thinking About How to Survive) Overworked office worker Meng Jian transmigrates into a fantasy world. She thinks she can coast to an easy, sweet romance by binding herself to a romance System, but it turns out the System is a scammer too! It gives her not 50Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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   The heroine of "Stars Falling in Dreams" is so sober that she refuses to fall in love and only wants to fight against the weird suitor. The plot is full of jokes. After staying up all night to catch up, it is impossible to stop. The book is locked up❗

10. 910 猪 Pork Rice and Starlight: Redemption for Two Nobodies 猪脚饭与星光：两个底层人的救赎 Hua Laiyangshi华莱扬士12k WordsCompleted Pork Rice and Stardom: Redemption for Two People at the Bottom 3Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 911 深 There Is No Winter in Shenzhen 深圳没有冬天 Shi Yi Onze拾一Onze41k WordsCompleted There Is No Winter in Shenzhen 1Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 912 夜 Walking the Night Road, Looking Back on Half a Life 夜路行，半生望 Hua Laiyangshi华莱扬士17k WordsCompleted Walking the Night Road, Looking Ahead Through Half a Life 29Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 913 我 I Received a Complaint Letter from My Eighteen-Year-Old Self 我收到了十八岁的投诉信 Shi Yi Onze拾一Onze10k WordsCompleted I Received a Complaint Letter from My Eighteen-Year-Old Self 1Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 914 谁 Who Still Uses Cash?! 谁还在用现金啊！ Realm of the Void太虚之境1.0M WordsCompleted Told from the unique perspective of a one-hundred-yuan banknote, this book follows the extraordinary journey of its protagonist, who is accidentally trapped inside the bill as it passes from hand to hand. Each person who holds it has a story of their own: a street vendor, an office worker, an elderly person, a student... Lives from different professions unfold one by one during their brief time with the banknote. With the calm eye of an observer, the author sketches the bustle of everyday life a 6Reads9.4Score—Shelves

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    The beginning is surreal, it's you, me and her

15. 915 恶 My Evil Boss Tried to Make Me Take the Fall, So I Defended Myself and Won 恶领导叫我背锅，我反手无罪辩护 Hua Laiyangshi华莱扬士8k WordsCompleted My Evil Boss Tried to Make Me Take the Blame, So I Defended Myself and Won an Acquittal —Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 916 到 So, Who's the Prey? 到底谁是猎物？ Hua Laiyangshi华莱扬士13k WordsCompleted So, Who's the Prey? 4Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 917 我 I’m the Real Consort Yu! You’re the Fake Mi Yue! 我是真玉贵妃！你却是假芈月！ Er Lingzi二玲子Modern Romance311k WordsCompleted A period drama with no formula, no System, and no golden finger. Extra heartwarming, with deadpan humor and little moments of joy. After being reborn, Jin Ziyu plans to coast through life on the prestige she earned as an imperial consort in her previous life. To her surprise, she’s doing worse than her former personal maid, who seems to be the nightmare younger sister of Mi Yue and is living far more gloriously. Her rebirth may not have gone according to plan, but she refuses to believe she’s 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is definitely close to life. Although it is a rebirth novel, it is unsystematic, has no golden fingers, has three correct views, is not bloody, has love, is not boring, and has a strong sense of substitution.

18. 918 恶 A Rich Bully Demanded 1.4 Million from Me, Leaving Me No Way Out 恶少要我赔140万，我被逼上绝路 Hua Laiyangshi华莱扬士Modern Romance17k WordsCompleted A Bully Demands 1.4 Million in Compensation, Driving Me to the Edge 7Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 919 飒 The Sassy Sister and Her Rascally Husband 飒姐，痞夫 Udong Dong乌冬东Modern Romance372k WordsCompleted A female surgeon and a male psychologist find their way to each other. At their first meeting, he lets himself into her home and says, “You take care of the outside, and I'll take care of the inside.” She is bold and spirited, but carries hidden wounds. He is a roguish ray of sunshine who openly warms and heals her. You head west to conquer, while I rely on Nan; we seem completely mismatched, going in opposite directions. He had loved her for a long time, through all the days no one knew about. 605Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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    It's very realistic, down-to-earth, the plot is not exaggerated, and it feels like the people around you. Nice

20. 920 草 A Nobody's Rise Begins with an Acceptance Letter 草根逆袭从录取通知书开始 Yu Yangzi渔阳子Urban1.3M WordsCompleted As Heaven moves with vigor, a gentleman strives tirelessly to improve himself; as Earth is broad and steadfast, a gentleman bears all things with great virtue. At eighteen, a poor country boy from the mountains got into college with a stroke of luck. Through sheer grit and relentless hard work, he endured and overcame one hardship after another: poverty, hunger, a weak educational foundation, contempt from others, and misunderstandings from his superiors. Though he completed four years of colleg 5.8kReads8.8Score546Shelves

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    This book on self-improvement and perseverance is definitely suitable

21. 921 善 The Mark of Kindness 善良的印记 Quan Xin荃昕9k WordsCompleted The Mark of Kindness 22Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 922 遇 Meeting Chen Yu 遇见陈宇 Blue Sky White Clouds i蓝天白云iModern Romance264k WordsCompleted Tired of over-the-top dramas? Try this modern romance based on real experiences, with no System and no contrived drama. While picking out a bracelet for her best friend, Lin Xue meets Chen Yu, a cheerful, sunny programmer. The two weather life’s storms together and make several good friends, earning the nickname “The Seven Swordsmen.” The seven of them travel to Gumu Village, where one mishap follows another along the way. 11Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 923 不 An Unlawful Marriage 不法婚姻 Tian Debang田德邦Modern Romance215k WordsCompleted This is a slice-of-life story that doesn’t follow conventional web-novel genre formulas. One unmarried woman is devoted to a married man, while another woman, his wife, swears to defend her rights and dignity. In the end, the devoted woman cannot let go of her obsession, while the woman who fought for her dignity lets go of hers and frees herself. 10Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The second half of this book is a bit shocking. Set in the nineties.

24. 924 妈 My Mother Was Mentally Ill and Took Me to Scavenge for Food in the Trash Every Day 妈妈精神不正常，每天领我去垃圾堆里捡吃的 Quan Xin荃昕Modern Romance11k WordsCompleted My mother isn’t mentally well. Every day, she takes me to scavenge for food in the trash. 11Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 925 琉 Memoirs of the Glazed World 琉璃世界回忆录 Huahua Juanjuan花花卷卷Urban166k WordsCompleted [An ensemble story about real life, not a wish-fulfillment story, not a romance, no golden finger, and no absolute main character] Some people are born into privilege, while others are born to toil. The world of Liuli has three parallel layers, each with clearly divided levels of wealth and living conditions. When a mysterious virus that makes no distinction between people strikes, what will become of humanity in these different environments? In terms of economic cost, treating one critically i —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A true story in a fantasy world, an ukiyo-e of ordinary people, has been completed and archived.

26. 926 岁 The Riddle of Time: A Nightclub Girl's Redemption and Rise 岁月如谜：夜场女的救赎与逆袭 Chen Jiuxiao陈九霄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 3Reads6.7Score—Shelves

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    P2p, stock market crash, 714 anti-aircraft gun, Internet fraud... Have you experienced these pains?

27. 927 江 King of the Underworld 江湖枭雄 Qi Feng岐峰Urban7.0M WordsCompleted An ordinary-looking confrontation pushes a callow young man to a crossroads in life. Faced with fate’s mockery and the crushing weight of life, he chooses to stand tall and fight back. 30kReads9.1Score2.6kShelves

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    A very realistic real life novel [sending my heart] [sending my heart] [sending my heart]

28. 928 桃 The Pretty Widow of Peach Blossom Creek, Loved by a Young Man 桃花溪的俏寡妇，小年轻爱上她 Sesame Dream芝麻梦Urban283k WordsCompleted The night twenty-two-year-old Li Yuchuan returned to his village, he stumbled upon a woman bathing by Peach Blossom Creek. In the moonlight, her skin glowed white. Water slid from her collarbone to the small of her back. She tipped her head back to toss her hair, then flicked out her tongue to lick a drop of water from the corner of her mouth. That one little movement nearly made his soul fly away. Later, he learned she was the “jinx” everyone in the village talked about. Jiang Yuwei. Thirty-fiv 2.4kReads—Score114Shelves

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    Okay, okay, here it comes, here it comes

29. 929 出 After Prison, I Just Want to Live a Quiet Life 出狱后，我只想平平安安过日子 Uncle Shui from Jinmen津门水叔Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [The world is too deep for me. I just want to make something of myself.] My name is Ma Tengfei. I had just finished the college entrance exams when I got into a fight and was sent to prison for three years, missing my chance to go to college. A death-row inmate named Uncle Ming told me there were three kinds of people in this world: those above everyone else, courted by the masses and living lives others envy; those in the middle, scurrying around like ants and fighting one another just to survi 4.6kReads7.5Score306Shelves
30. 930 五 My Five Sisters Raised Me, So I Bought Each of Them a House 五个姐姐养大我，我送每人一套房 Sesame Dream芝麻梦Urban330k WordsOngoing When I was seven, Mom and Dad were gone. My five older sisters took turns raising me. The eldest dropped out of school to work a sewing machine. The second scavenged rotten vegetables at the market. The third earned money competing in tournaments. The fourth never had an entry labeled “for herself” in her ledger. The fifth cut off her long braids and sold them for eight yuan to pay my tuition. Chen Zi'en lived next door. He was the school bully, feared by everyone. He'd never lost a fight, but —Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 931 男 A Man of Savage Strength 男人凶猛 Fang Huo方火Urban1.8M WordsCompleted The whole point of this book is to show you just how miserable a man's life can be if he doesn't work hard to earn money! The sequel to Thirty Years of Life… 28.6kReads9.1Score2.6kShelves
32. 932 金 The Golden Phoenix Isn't a Chicken 金凤不是鸡 Yu Baimiao余白秒Urban704k WordsCompleted An age when lovers were everywhere, an era dominated by online loans, and the emotional high of a night at a karaoke club… Wealth became the sole measure of success, affection turned into a bargaining chip, and labels of status rose above personal character. Amid the drunken, glittering world, he and she were drawn into a chain of scams woven from money, power, and desire. Each tried to stake a lifetime of innocence on finding an answer to the question, “I’m not a prostitute.” They were willing 278Reads9.3Score—Shelves

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    🔥No nonsense in the whole process, every chapter is a high-energy game! "Business War Reversal" + "Realistic World" + "Scheming Strategy" When wealth becomes the only yardstick, the heroine must guard her innocence and fight against the world to the end! #Urbanshuangwen #businesswarreversal #schemingstrategy

33. 933 出 A Fierce Life After Prison 出狱后的彪悍人生 Moon Prince月天子Urban3.4M WordsCompleted After getting out of prison, Wang Hui discovered that his wife had betrayed him. This furious nobody decided to get revenge! 79Reads8.7Score—Shelves
34. 934 我 My Second Brother: Two Young Men Venture into the Northeast 我的二哥之二小闯东北 Drunken Dream Kite醉梦鸢Urban155k WordsCompleted My second older brother ran away from home when he was twelve, heading northeast with a child from the neighbors’ family. The two of them endured countless hardships to make it there, only to find themselves in the wolf’s den and the tiger’s lair. And so began a story no one could ever forget. 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Very realistic story

35. 935 黑 The Black Diary 黑色的日记本 Seventy-Three Faces七十三面Mystery152k WordsCompleted I'm a reporter. By chance, I stumbled upon a death. The victim: Zhao Man, female, 22, a visual communication student at C University. Who killed her? The truth can never be buried by death. A black diary gradually reveals the answer... 3Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 936 小 The Lane House 2: A Difficult Road 小巷人家2艰难之路 Drunken Dream Kite醉梦鸢Male-Channel Fanfiction462k WordsCompleted Zhuang Tunan injured his leg working overtime during the New Year holiday, then accompanied his parents back to the old alley. Li Jia wanted to stay by his side, but her family was always against it. Lin Dongzhe finally made something of himself and became a boss, while Zhuang Xiaoting returned to the alley pregnant. To prove himself, Zhuang Tunan started selling books and newspapers at the entrance to the alley, and tutored the neighborhood children on the side. Life was comfortable enough, but 22kReads6.7Score514Shelves
37. 937 八 A Complete Guide to Bazi 八字通晓 Dinghai Hong Pinpin丁亥红品品131k WordsCompleted Eight Characters Made Clear is really just two names put together. Whose names are they? Tan Bazi, a man, and Jiang Tongxiao, a woman. At Tangfeng Cave, Guan Jixu and Fang Zhinan received the true teachings of Immortal Masters Xu and Guan, among others. They founded the Taihua East Peak School of Destiny Studies, enthroning as its patriarch and as deputy patriarch. From then on, Tangfeng Cave and Taihua East Peak became two important forums for destiny studies. The st 810Reads8.0Score187Shelves

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    This book is good, give it a read

38. 938 恋 Love Is Hard, So Let’s Get Married 恋爱好难，不如结婚 Seventy-Three Faces七十三面Two Female Leads100k WordsCompleted This is a story about two girls. Defying her family’s objections, Yan Mo resolutely follows her boyfriend to Jincheng to make a life for themselves. But on Valentine’s Day, she discovers that her boyfriend of six years has been cheating on her. After the breakup, Yan Mo refocuses on her career and finds new love through her work. Ran Fei is Yan Mo’s best friend, and her life is an endless cycle of falling in love, getting her heart broken, and falling in love again. It isn’t until she meets Ding 1Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 939 老 Uncle's Prequel 老舅前传 Drunken Dream Kite醉梦鸢Male-Channel Fanfiction126k WordsCompleted Cui Guoming had just graduated from college. His father told him to find a job, but he spent his time aimlessly messing around. One time, he went drinking with Guo Dapao and was beaten half to death by a gang of punks. Luckily, the Three Heroes of Lucheng found him and rescued him. To repay them, Cui Guomin introduced his older sister, Cui Dahong, to Huo Dongfeng, the leader of the trio. But Dahong was unwilling. Later, when a punk named Ermei gave her a hard time, Huo Dongfeng came to her rescu 4Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 940 棋 The Go Player's Second Upgrade 棋士之再度升级 Drunken Dream Kite醉梦鸢Mystery196k WordsCompleted After Cui Ye is released from prison, he finds his wife and son waiting to pick him up. Only then does he learn that his big brother, Cui Wei, was killed in a robbery. Wang Hongyu is there to meet Cui Ye as well, and he has married Gao Shuhua. Cui Ye's son, Cui Yan, has become a police officer. Their reunion is far from warm: Cui Yan merely salutes Cui Ye, then gets back into the car and ignores him. (This book is only an imagined continuation after watching the TV series and has nothing to do w 10Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 941 清 The Crisp, Clear Wind 清冽的风 Seventy-Three Faces七十三面Modern Romance242k WordsOngoing Lin Xiaoxia, a senior high school student with literary dreams, sees them slip away under the crushing pressure of the college entrance exam. Carrying her regrets and resentment with her, she enters an ordinary university and begins a new chapter in her life... —Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 942 穿 I Transmigrated into a Eunuch and Met a Prince in the Cold Palace 穿成真太监后遇到一个冷宫皇子 Qian Zhizi千栀子Two Male Leads359k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads, No Female Lead!!! CP: Eunuch and Cold Palace Prince] Who would have thought my girlfriend's curse would actually come true? What do you do when you transmigrate into the body of a real eunuch? I feel like crying three times a day. But then I ran into a lame prince confined to the cold palace, and happened to witness this seemingly innocent but secretly ruthless kid in the middle of killing someone. Without even realizing it, I somehow flirted with him and got him acting strange. 13.2kReads9.4Score2kShelves

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    I'm so realistic that I don't want the male protagonist in it to be the male protagonist, I want the official partner to be [crying]

43. 943 三 At Thirty-Six, I’m Sorry, I Ruined Everything 三十六岁，抱歉，我全搞砸了 Heaven-Defying Old Demon逆天老魔Urban97k WordsOngoing At thirty-six, I had become a complete joke. I’d been with my girlfriend, Lin Xue, for sixteen years. She stayed by my side as we struggled up from nothing until I became head of sales at my company, yet I came to resent her for growing old and being a nag. The night I got drunk at a business dinner, she clutched the pregnancy test she’d just taken and tried to talk to me about getting married. I found her annoying and shoved her to the ground. The back of her head struck the edge of the coffee —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    At the age of thirty-six, I suffered a double blow: my love was completely broken due to my scum, my career collapsed, and my former brothers drifted away. This time, I put aside all dignity and pursued my wife and made a comeback!

44. 944 出 After Returning to My Village from Prison, My Invincible Identity Is Exposed! 出狱回村后，我无敌身份被曝光！ Hard Labor苦力活Urban2.5M WordsCompleted (Blushing and steamy, wildly satisfying) A country boy gets out of prison and moves in with his big brother, but keeps feeling like someone is secretly flirting with him? Play the pig to eat the tiger, crush your enemies underfoot. Rich second-generation big brothers or anyone else, dragon or tiger, all have to bow to him! The blurb doesn’t do it justice. The story itself is absolutely thrilling. 7kReads9.1Score703Shelves

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    It could have been! 🔥Urban and rural areas ➕Lots of beauties ➕The male protagonist is decisive in killing➕It's so exciting 🔥A great rural article with a million words. He was falsely accused and imprisoned. In prison, he gained skills, and his medical and body skills have reached the point of perfection. In the first chapter, he returns to revenge. The plot is not procrastinating, and the content is interesting and refreshing.

45. 945 您 Hello, System 您好，系统 Young Uncle年轻的叔叔Urban239k WordsCompleted The Human Devolution Report: Don't be fooled by this civilized getup. We're all lining up to take part in a grand pantomime of devolution. We meekly surrender our right to get lost, hand over our memory cards, and even turn our joys and sorrows into ready-made meals you can eat straight from the packet. Five poor souls twisted into knots by the times: an old sailor bets his life in a storm as the satellites fail; a gourmet can no longer taste the warmth of his father's last bowl of hand-pulled n 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Scenes of real and heartbreaking real life

46. 946 三 San Biaozi 三彪子 Little Pear Blossom O小梨花OModern Romance729k WordsCompleted In 1980, in Kaoshan Village on the banks of the Songhua River, the Gao family’s fifth child is born. Dubbed “San Biaozi” because he is a bit dim, he grows up amid poverty and gossip. His mother bears the painful memory of having been assaulted, while his father quietly shoulders the burden of their broken family. San Biaozi drifts through life in a daze, but after a string of fires, people begin to suspect him of arson. While working the night shift guarding the grain depot, he learns to smoke. 565Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The main theme is reality, and there are prototypes in reality.

47. 947 接 Pick Up the Phone! No, Mom 接电话啊！不了，妈妈 Young Uncle年轻的叔叔Mystery190k WordsCompleted This is not an isolated tragedy, but the “acceptable” waste produced by a finely tuned social machine. Reporter Lin Yue goes through the files of four children: a prodigy in Beijing, a dreamer in Hangzhou, a top student in Nanjing, and the pride of a small town. She discovers that what pushed them to the brink was not failure, but precisely the “one right path” to success laid out for them by their families, schools, and society. The report ultimately reveals how we conspired as a society to tur —Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 948 珍 A Cherished Silver Bracelet 珍藏一条银手链 Bright Sunny Day灿烂晴天Modern Romance132k WordsCompleted As children, Zhang Min and Guo Tingting accidentally fell into the river while playing by the bank. Li Zewen rescued them. Years later, after graduating from college, Li Zewen became their teacher. Due to family circumstances, Zhang Min dropped out of high school in her second year and went to work. Years later, she became a sales representative at a valve factory, while Guo Tingting became a nurse at the county hospital. To their surprise, Li Zewen became the man her best friend was set up with 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    In the first book, the heroine was playing by the river with her best friend when she was a child. She accidentally fell into the water and was rescued by the hero. Many years later, the heroine is a salesperson in a valve factory, and her best friend is a nurse. The male protagonist is the date of his best friend.

49. 949 1 Reborn with 1.87 Million in Debt 187W负债重生 Young Uncle年轻的叔叔Urban291k WordsCompleted Chen Mo is a Beijing guy who used to have it good. Then the pandemic hit, his business went under, and he wound up buried in debt, including online loans. The collection calls came more reliably than his alarm clock. He thought his life was pretty much over. But guess what? Someone was willing to pay for his “experience of failure.” Turns out, taking that fall landed him a whole new line of work. Where were these people when he needed them before? This is a story about digging yourself out from 21Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 950 工 Engineer: Making a Living Amid the Fireworks, Watching Dreams Shatter in Wind and Frost 工程人：烟火里谋生，风霜里碎梦 Misty Journey雾途Urban153k WordsCompleted From an ambitious new graduate to an engineer weathered by the years. The industry upheaval swept him along. Reality beat him down. Life wore him away. He hit rock bottom, climbed to the peak, then was knocked back to where he started. No cheat-code life, just a relentless fight every step of the way. From the bitter winter in mining and geology to the deep freeze in construction, every step he took is a true reflection of countless engineers. This is for every worker who has refused to bow thei —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This one! "Engineering Man: Making a Living in Fireworks, Dreams Broken in Wind and Frost" is absolutely amazing. It prefers group portraits + realism. It's so poignant.

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