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1. 451 拿 You Used My Ashes to Make Tea? I’m Clawing My Way Out of the Grave 拿我骨灰泡茶？我从坟里破土而出 One Who Came Running Out of the Mountains大山里跑出来的Modern Romance694k WordsOngoing [Everyone's darling / Secret identities / Everyone gets their comeuppance / No forgiveness] Bai Zhi was the true heiress of a wealthy family, despised by her parents and brothers. She seemed to have all the traits of an ordinary person. Yet after she left, the most extraordinary figures in their respective fields vanished along with her: a cold, calculating assassin, a business tycoon who could predict every move, a design genius of dazzling talent, and a mysterious, god-tier hacker. The world w 766Reads8.3Score325Shelves

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   On her birthday, the entire internet watched his life story, and everyone felt regret, but he was already dead.

2. 452 警 Officer, Stop Guessing. I’m Really Innocent 警官别猜了，我真是无辜的啊 Cloud Bao Tangtang云宝糖糖Mystery99k WordsOngoing [Don’t read this. Check out the new book with the same title instead.] Everyone thought the young heiress of the Si family was a timid pushover, known in their circle for liking nothing but corpses and barely speaking. But no one expected that after disappearing and returning, the once timid, soft-spoken girl would change her name, become decisive and ruthless, and join the criminal investigation squad. When faced with a case, she calmly analyzes the situation and offers to act as bait to help t 30Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 453 天 Heavenly Dao: I Grant You a Hundred Days in This Body to Settle Your Mortal Affairs 天道：允你百日身，了却凡尘事 Sleeping with a Book as a Pillow枕书眠Urban233k WordsCompleted If you were peerless in cultivation and had a lifespan of over a thousand years, but suddenly learned you had only a hundred days left, what would you do? A century after transmigrating, Wang Shun had already become humanity's fifth strongest fighter. After another century, he finally led humanity to victory in the first invasion from another world. But before he could spend time with the people he loved, the Heavenly Dao told him that a second invasion was coming! And this time, prot 1.9kReads8.2Score148Shelves

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   Hiding everything, facing death alone [almost crying][almost crying][crying] For those who love heart-wrenching stories!!!

4. 454 黑 Notes from Blackwind Pass 黑风口札记 White Prism LEE白棱镜LEEMystery705k WordsCompleted An aged, yellowed scroll of sheepskin and half of a broken meteorite jade entwine the fates of Lin Yan, a university history student, and Su Qing, a restorer of ancient jade. The mystery of their ancestors dying together at Heifeng Pass sends the pair into the deserts of the Western Regions, unaware that they are caught in a cycle of fate spanning three generations. Does the bronze compass point to the treacherous mechanisms of a prehistoric ruin, or to a secret their ancestors gave their lives 23Reads7.7Score—Shelves

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   Attention all fans of positive energy and adventure stories! Here come two great new books: the long novel "Notes from Black Wind Pass" and the short story "Silk Road Jade Mirror: The Biography of Li Chong'an," featuring a protagonist who endures a tragic yet resilient life. The suspense and supernatural elements are incredibly captivating, making it impossible to put down from beginning to end. The imagery is also quite vivid. Feel free to debate if you disagree, and comment if you have any complaints about the plot!

5. 455 网 Online Game: Confessing to a Noble Lady from the Start 网游：开局表白贵族千金 A Tom一只汤姆丶Sports3.6M WordsCompleted [Fake Villain + Lighthearted + Invincible + Online Game = Maximum Thrills!] After playing a game all night, he suddenly died and transmigrated into the game as a notorious villain. He confesses to the noble duke’s daughter right from the start, only for the duke to decide he wants him dead? He had thought he’d only made one enemy, but when Victor came to his senses, he realized something. Everyone around him wanted him dead. The aloof Valkyrie boss was dead set on taking his head, while the all- 66.3kReads9.3Score6kShelves

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   I can't laugh, it's a katana! [Crying][crying][crying][crying]

6. 456 原 Genshin Impact: I’m a God, but Also a Harbinger 原神：是魔神，但兼职执行官 Luo Ran 123洛然123Anime Fanfiction515k WordsOngoing Plot-driven, with angst, morally ambiguous characters, and a heroine. P.S.!!! You’ll need to use your brain! Timeline: She arrives in Teyvat with Ying and Kong. She awakens alongside Kong during the Khaenri'ah era, challenges the Heavenly Principles alone, loses and falls in battle, then is taken away by the Tsaritsa of Snezhnaya. Her body is revived, but she loses most of her memories and becomes the Fatui’s Number Zero Harbinger, “The Dead.” 4kReads9.4Score359Shelves

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   Have you ever heard of smiling depression? [I'm about to cry][I'm about to cry][I'm about to cry] This is the sweetest book I've ever read since I was born, especially the first world. Oh my god, it was so sweet I couldn't breathe! It's just so incredibly sweet, I'm forever heartbroken! [Crying emoji] [crying emoji] [crying emoji] It's so incredibly sweet, waaaaaah, I hate these tears! [Crying emoji] [crying emoji] [crying emoji] I highly recommend you read the first book; you'll regret it if you don't! [Frustrated][frustrated]

7. 457 丝 Silk Road Jade Chronicles: The Tale of Li Chongan, Jade Keeper 丝路玉鉴：守玉丞李崇安传 White Prism LEE白棱镜LEE38k WordsCompleted Jade Appraisal Along the Silk Road: The Story of Li Chong'an, Keeper of the Jade 31Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 458 学EN Don't Worry, Senior—I'll Protect You 学姐别怕，我来保护你 Gege Wuwu隔胳呜呜Urban3.0M WordsCompleted [Heart-Pounding Engine 2: Pure White Love Letter has been published] [Lighthearted daily life] + [Single female lead] + [No System] + [Not reborn] + [Sweet romance] In high school, Luo Ye had a secret crush on a girl for three years. He even got into the same university as her, and they agreed to start dating if they both got in. But the girl unexpectedly went back on her word. Heartbroken, Luo Ye became a romance novelist. Unexpectedly, before university even began, the novel he wrote shot to t 310.7kReads9.8Score31.1kShelves
9. 459 无 Silent Madness 无声癫狂 The Dam I Hit我打的达姆Urban545k WordsOngoing “Mild horror, not a wish-fulfillment story, no formulaic tropes... In a world shaped by desire, can people truly have the right to live freely? What we can say for certain, though, is that people may not even have the right to live freely.” This story is set in a fictional world. Any countries or place names appearing in the book have no connection to the real world... Welcome, readers! Remember to leave comments and join the discussion. Feel free to bother the author, too. 28Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The first one was written by himself; guess how much the male lead suffered? Nobody could tell... The second one was just used to gain traffic.

10. 460 召 The Weakest Summons? A Demon Contract Maxes Out My Talent from the Start 召唤最弱？开局恶魔契约天赋拉满 It's JoJo是jojo啊Urban2.1M WordsOngoing [Infinite Flow] + [power fantasy] + [lighthearted] + [comedy] (No female lead) (Dungeon-focused plot) He chooses the bottom-tier Summoner class, only to awaken a demonic contract enhancement rune that lets him trade his maximum HP for summoned creature talents. “Summoners are weak? I’ll max out my talents. So, how will you deal with that?” 93.6kReads9.0Score6.8kShelves
11. 461 甜 Too Sweet: President Fu's Guide to Raising His Little Rascal 甜翻，傅总的小鬼喂养指南 A Fish Swimming Thirty Thousand Miles游鱼三万里Two Male Leads388k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + pure love + devoted to each other + age gap + domineering CEO + sweet romance + a touch of fantasy + a touch of past lives and present] Lin Yan, whose nature gradually changes × Fu Yuchen, mature and steady Adorable Yanbao early on, cool and dashing later × Fu Yuchen, who spoils him beyond measure When Lin Yan was thirteen, it was exposed that he was the Shen family’s fake young master. After returning to the Lin family, he was abused, and on his eighteenth birthday, he was fr 5.7kReads9.3Score902Shelves

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    I haven't been able to calm down for several days.

12. 462 宫 The Willow by the Palace Wall 宫墙柳 Dream Doll梦娃Ancient Romance166k WordsCompleted Why must the imperial consorts compete for the emperor’s favor? A smash-hit, heart-wrenching historical romance that burst onto the scene in 2019! Recommended by countless tearful readers, this unconventional palace-intrigue novel will stay with you long after you finish. In the lightest of styles, it captures everyone’s deepest regrets. In May of the year I turned fourteen, with the pagoda trees in fragrant bloom, I sat in Yong’an Palace, propping up my head as I dozed. The man’s laughter held 48.6kReads9.7Score7.1kShelves
13. 463 盗 Tomb Raiding: Immortal, Yet Utterly Broken 盗墓：不死，但破碎感拉满了 Ruoshui Ting'an若水亭安Two Male Leads316k WordsCompleted [New book, low rating] [Two male leads, a magnetic, beautiful, strong yet tragic protagonist, an incredibly captivating beauty on the receiving end, readers can ship whoever they like] [Fanfiction, with original headcanon that the girl is Second Master’s sworn younger sister, apologies for out-of-character portrayals] [A mix of sweetness and angst, happy ending] Yun Chu wakes up inside a coffin. Someone claiming to be a System tells him he has an immortal body. The good news: an immortal body. T 4.8kReads9.1Score622Shelves

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    There are only two books. I'm crying and I need to find the author.

14. 464 我 I Told You I Love You in Heaven 我在天堂说爱你 Ling Xi灵希Modern Romance122k WordsCompleted At fifteen, Junxi accidentally got blood from an AIDS patient into one of his wounds and contracted the disease. From then on, his normal life was completely upended, and he lived in constant fear that he could die at any moment. But Li Poxiao never left his side, giving him the courage to carry on. Through his pain, he smiled through his tears. “Brother Junxi, my greatest wish is to become your bride. You have to fight to stay alive, because… this is a dream only you can help me fulfill.” A lov 944Reads9.5Score210Shelves
15. 465 崩 Honkai Impact 3rd: The Miracle That Exists Because of You 崩坏：因你存在的奇迹 Little Ming Is Lying Flat小铭躺平中Anime Fanfiction1.2M WordsOngoing Absolute gravity, and the inferiority complex it creates, are what teach them to love! (No idea how the ratings will be. Maybe it'll get some?) (Never going on hiatus!!!) (I've never transmigrated, so I can only use my imagination.) Anyway, if you're tired of stories that stick to the plot, give this one a try. (Three golden chapters? Forget it. Who made all those rules? This author's just writing fanfiction, not some fast-food novel!) The following tags were added manually. (The ending is all s 4.6kReads8.1Score778Shelves

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    ヾ(๑╹ヮ╹๑)ﾉ"

16. 466 百 Ghosts in the Apocalypse: I Became the Strongest Ghost Tamer 百鬼末世：我成了最强御鬼师 Yi People's Firelight彝人烟火Mystery2.9M WordsOngoing [A Full 1,000 Types of Ghosts] Mysterious ghosts include Jin Buhuan, the White Bone Bodhisattva, the Earthly Branches War Lord, and the Blood-Drop Plum Blossom. The powerful ones include Asura, Rakshasa, the Butcher, the Martial Champion, and the Emperor. The eerie ones include Painted Skin, the Red Robe, the Chubby Baby, the Coroner, the Flower-Waisted Bride, the Embalmer, and the Ever-Burning Lamp. Every type has its own evolution path: Drowned Ghost → Water Monkey → Kappa → ? (There’s more af 115kReads9.5Score9.8kShelves
17. 467 盗 Tomb Raider: I'm Just a Delivery Guy 盗墓之我就是个送快递的 I Want to Go Herd Sheep我想去放羊Mystery387k WordsCompleted [The female lead is unambitious and destined to toil, but she’s an exceptionally capable courier + Partly Set in an Alternate World + No Couple in the Main Story, but there’s an extra, hehe] I’m an emotionless courier. I love getting off work, holidays, my paycheck, good food, and hitting people, but I don’t love delivering packages. Sometimes I wonder if there would be fewer people making me angry if I hadn’t delivered a package addressed to “Wu Xie.” Ever since meeting Song You, Wu Xie and 4.6kReads9.2Score683Shelves

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    Funny in the beginning, tragic in the end

18. 468 他 He Left Me with Scars 他赐我伤痕 Shen Lu神禄Two Male Leads244k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + Classic Angsty Melodrama + Captive Love + The Long Road to Winning Back His Lover + Turning a Straight Man Gay + Pure Love + Hypocritical, Unhinged Pursuer × Broken Straight Man + Happy Ending] The person who healed me was the one who destroyed me. In public, he was a handsome, wealthy, gentle young heir. In private, he was a sinister, unhinged obsessive. To get Wen Ci, he stopped at nothing, schemed at every turn, and plotted in secret. When his layers of disguise came crashin 146Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Absolutely, absolutely super detailed, baby! This is supposed to be a story about a straight man being turned gay and falling for someone else. It's a BL (Boys' Love) story, super, super delicious! I don't think it's angsty at all, and the emotional descriptions are so delicate. I'm practically falling in love with it! Does your boss like stories with two male leads?

19. 469 我 I Saved the Entire Sect by Giving Up 我靠摆烂拯救了全宗门 The Princess Isn't Going Home公主不回家Ancient Romance1.9M WordsCompleted (The second physical volume is out) Ye Qiao woke up one day to find she had become the second senior sister, a tool character in a novel about a girl adored by everyone. In the novel, whenever the junior sister was in trouble, the second senior sister stepped in. If the junior sister wanted a divine artifact, the second senior sister fetched it. If the junior sister lacked a spiritual root, hers had to be dug out. Ye Qiao was at her breaking point. She fled the mountain in the middle of the nigh 217.1kReads9.6Score24.4kShelves
20. 470 蛮 The Savage Era 蛮荒记 Tianxia Farm天下农庄Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [Primordial World, Invincible, Otherworld, the Myriad Worlds, Female Lead, No Harem, World-Destroying] One flower, one world. One leaf, one pursuit. One song, one sigh. One lifetime devoted to one person. One glance, one breathtaking beauty. One step, one descent into obsession. One thought, one dream. One lifetime spent waiting for one person. Pangu, alone with an axe, fought across the highest heavens, all for the sake of waiting for one person in this life… 5.3kReads7.0Score433Shelves

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    A misty, ethereal mountain rises, sword shadows pierce the moonlit night. A wondrous tale of fantasy awakens a lingering dream, a mystical realm captivates the heart.

21. 471 小 Life in a Lane: Plenty of Good Fortune 小巷人家：福气多多 A Life in the Dust一身红尘Female-Channel Fanfiction414k WordsCompleted The Alley Synopsis: Some changes have been made. Original pairing. Song Ying had just gotten a house when a letter arrived from Lin Wufeng's mother back in his hometown. Only then did he discover that he had a younger sister born after their father's death, just a few months younger than Dongzhe. As the times changed and reform and opening-up took hold, Lin Duoduo, the original heroine, came to live in the alley, where everyday family life unfolded. With her sister-in-law Song Ying backing her u 4.7kReads9.3Score329Shelves

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    Sobbing, my heart aches. It's not a tragic story, it's so touching. The writing is so delicate, I cried after reading two chapters.

22. 472 假 Is the Fake Heiress Impressive Today? 假千金她今天优秀了吗 A Doe Named She一只佘鹿Modern Romance260k WordsCompleted [Two top students + childhood friends of sorts + heroine who grows over time] Lin Yuejiu was adopted at the age of seven, and in an instant became a little princess. She had loving parents, a doting older brother, and even gained a childhood friend. In her second year of high school, the Lin family's biological daughter was found and brought home. As her place in the family changed, Lin Yuejiu willingly stepped aside for the real heiress. After she left, Lin Yuejiu devoted herself to becoming a 1.5kReads9.3Score133Shelves

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    🌈🌈🌸After her rebirth, Xu Li pretends to be a carefree and sweet girl, attracting Liang Ji. However, he witnesses her vulnerability—drunk, prone to crying, and oblivious to pain when she breaks glass—and from then on, Liang Ji's eyes redden as he cherishes her deeply. "The sweetness is an act; the love is real." Liang Ji's doting affection is "the ultimate gentleness behind the facade": initially attracted by her sweet smile, he is immediately moved to tears after witnessing her vulnerable, expressionless face as she breaks glass—his former infatuation turns into heartache. He sees her "pretending to be sweet" as a facade needing protection, spoiling the carefree sweet girl into a precious treasure he needs to protect. The sweeter Xu Li pretends, the more heartbroken he becomes when she cries; the more complicated and poignant their relationship becomes.

23. 473 拿 I Got the Wrong Script and Became the Protagonist's Partner? 拿错剧本的我成了主角他对象？ The Perfectly Round Garden圆圆圆的园Two Male Leads2.2M WordsCompleted Originally titled: Did I Pick Up the Wrong Script and Become the Protagonist’s Love Interest? Top/bottom romance + anthology Some books have protagonists with no protagonist aura at all. They’re abused physically and emotionally until they become mentally unstable, and their stories end with them either going mad or dying. After countless complaints from readers, System 000 took on the task of revamping these books. It would turn books pulled from circulation into wholesome reads and transform t 45.5kReads9.6Score4.5kShelves

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    In each story in this book, the characters who time-travel to another world all have tragic pasts and were abused as children, but when they come together, they all grow up to be very good-looking (perhaps with some mental illnesses).

24. 474 冰 The Ice Age Apocalypse: I Hoarded a Hundred Billion in Supplies 冰河末世，我囤积了百亿物资 Sea of Memories记忆的海Sci-Fi & Apocalypse7.4M WordsOngoing Doomsday + reborn + massive stockpiling + playing it safe + unlimited space + dark revenge, no saintly protagonist The world enters an ice age. The freezing apocalypse arrives, and 95% of the planet's population perishes! In his previous life, Zhang Yi was killed by people he'd helped because of his kind heart. Reborn one month before the freezing apocalypse, Zhang Yi awakens a spatial ability and begins frantically stockpiling supplies! Short on supplies? He empties the hundred-billion-yuan war 360kReads8.7Score17.8kShelves
25. 475 开EN Starting with a Street Stall Selling Super Strength Potions 开局地摊卖大力 Yi Qingfeng弈青锋Urban8.9M WordsCompleted [Qingfeng's new novel, This Player Has a Problem in the Head, is currently serializing and has plenty of chapters ready to binge] Earth enters an era of spiritual qi revival, and humanity begins awakening supernatural abilities! Jiang Nan awakens the strongest street-stall System from the start. Potions of Strength? Detoxifying Yellow Beans? Lucky Cherries? They're flying off the shelves! The world's top tycoons, richest man, popular streamers, and peak powerhouses all come to buy them. Jiang Na 333.5kReads9.7Score44.8kShelves
26. 476 一 A Room With the Lights Dimmed 一室暗灯 Diving into the Sea to Dodge Fish跳海躲鱼Modern Romance1.1M WordsOngoing That day, I groveled before a billionaire, wagging my tail for his approval. I thought he was my salvation when I had nowhere else to turn. All I got was one humiliation after another. I became the biggest joke in his circle. Later, I accidentally stumbled upon his secret, peeling back layer after layer of his heart until grief brought me to tears. And he peeled mine open too, only to stab it viciously, once, twice... countless times. Ruan Qing, who brought me into the industry, was once an inn 483Reads8.7Score163Shelves

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    It was so moving, I cried several times. The female lead was constantly tormented by several powerful figures.

27. 477 咸 The Lazybones Became a Top-Tier Star in Showbiz by Eating 咸鱼她靠吃成了娱乐圈顶流 Wine Thing酒物Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Sweet Romance + Entertainment Industry + Everyone's Favorite + One-on-One Romance + Lucky Mascot System] A sweet little girl from the apocalypse accidentally transmigrated into the body of a poor child whose parents had died in an accident. With stunning looks and a killer figure, she signed with an agency while grabbing a bowl of noodles at the mall. Then she was sent onto a variety show and won countless fans! Haters said she was an orphan with no one to rely on, but... Famous directors, awa 2.7kReads9.2Score314Shelves

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    The female lead is truly heartbreaking; despite being exhausted and suffering from severe depression, she continues to comfort those around her.

28. 478 咱 Our Very Own Author, Mr. Fu Shuiheng, Is Trending 咱们自家的作者傅水恒老先生上热搜了 User26182811用户2618281115k WordsCompleted Our very own author, Mr. Fu Shuiheng, is trending! 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Seven Mirrors, Seven Worlds: These Stories Are Unforgettable Once You Pick Them Up. Have you ever had these moments—working overtime until late at night, staring at the never-ending draft on the computer screen, suddenly asking yourself: What am I even doing? Or being bombarded with voice messages from your boss all afternoon, slumped in your chair, opening a food delivery app, your fingers twirling between two options for twenty minutes, ultimately ordering nothing? Or perhaps, on a typical Monday morning, you walk into the office and find that the familiar "Good morning" is no longer heard in the break room, because everyone has been tamed by an invisible system into a group of mute people who dare not utter a word of nonsense. If you have had these moments—even just one of them—then these seven stories are written for you. They are not lofty literary classics, not the kind of workplace advice that will make you drowsy after reading three pages, and certainly not the kind of motivational quotes that must end with "Let's cheer each other on." They are seven mirrors, each reflecting the most absurd, most real, and most laugh-out-loud corner of your workplace life. Today, all seven mirrors have been polished and are now available on major platforms including Tomato Free Novels, Tomato Music, Toutiao Lite, Toutiao, Danhua, Changdu Free Novels, and Wukong Browser. Friends, hurry and search for them to see them first—especially the seventh mirror, which is different from the other six because it's not fictional; it's a real miracle. The first mirror: "Service Attitude Rating." If you've ever given a bad review for a late delivery, this story will make you re-examine every rating you've given. Imagine: you spent tens of yuan on a delivery, it was twenty minutes late, half the soup was spilled, and the delivery driver stood sweating profusely at the door, unable to utter a complete sentence. You slammed the door in front of him, opened the app, and gave it a one-star review. Does this scenario sound familiar? Or has anyone you know done this? The protagonist of this story, Li Dabao, did just that. Then he discovered that his life was being scored by an invisible system—blood on the mirror, unidentified slime in his shoes, a sudden malfunction of gravity—he was floating on the ceiling, nearly suffocating. There was only one reason: his "service attitude rating" had been adjusted to 0.5 by the system. Sounds absurd, right? But think about it: in this era where everyone rates each other, you give a Didi driver five stars, a Taobao customer service representative five stars, a restaurant server five stars—you think you're just evaluating them, but what if one day, all these evaluations are aggregated by an invisible system and, in turn, you get a score too? This story will make you laugh until your stomach hurts, then suddenly fall silent—because you remember the delivery guy you gave three stars to last week. What happened to him? You don't know. But this story will make you want to know. The Second Mirror: "The Gold Content Detection of Conversations" If you also say things like "This plan needs further consideration" every day, this story will hit your most hidden funny bone. This system can analyze every word you say in real time and give it a "gold content" score. "Have you eaten?" — 0.3% value, marked. "The weather's nice today." — 0.1% value, recommended to stop. "I think this direction is valuable, but some details need further discussion." — 0.8% value, redundant opening, insufficient core information density. In less than three days, the entire company became an information processing center where no one dared to speak. The break room was empty, the greetings in the hallways disappeared, and colleagues dared not nod when passing each other, because even a nod might be judged as "invalid social behavior." The most brilliant part was the cleaning lady's counterattack. I read her words in front of the whole company three times, and each time I felt something churning in my chest. She only had an elementary school education, but the words she spoke to that cold machine were more profound than any management philosophy taught in an MBA course. Machines can calculate the value of each sentence you speak, but they can't calculate what a person's heart is like. If you've ever been in an environment where "people are increasingly unable to communicate properly," this story is your mouthpiece. The Third Mirror: *Decision Optimization Advisor* If you're also using various AI tools to help you make decisions, this story is a precise slap in the face. An app called "Decision Optimization Advisor" appeared on everyone's computer. It could tell you what to eat for lunch, whether to refuse unreasonable requests from colleagues, and whether to choose option A or B for a project. It was so useful that everyone, from the general manager to the cleaning lady, began to rely on it. Within two weeks, it went from a "consultant" to the company's de facto decision-making center. Then it started tracing all your past decisions—it told you that three months ago, your refusal of a friend's invitation to a hot spring, while optimal in the short term, caused your "social connection strength" to drop by eighteen percentage points in the long run. It even knew what you said to your friends in private. You thought you were using it, but it was actually using you. You thought you were making choices, but you were just pressing confirmation buttons. You thought you were an independent person, but you were actually a terminal of the system. The twist in this story is hidden at the end. The moment the protagonist finally decided to uninstall the system, the system gave it its last piece of advice—a piece of advice that stunned me for a full five seconds. I won't spoil it; watch it yourself. The Fourth Mirror: *Experience Completeness Assessment* If you've ever been defined by someone else's standards in some corner of your life, this story will bring tears to your eyes. A system goes live, monitoring your every minute with cameras and microphones: Did you listen attentively in meetings? Did you focus on eating? Did you concentrate on using the toilet? Every experience is scored; failing incurs "experience debt," compounding until you "make up for the lost time." To avoid losing points, the protagonist held back his sneezes for ninety minutes in the meeting room, afraid to rub his eyes or change position, and pretending to be a passionate striver when writing his meeting reflections. He got a high score, but on the subway home, he suddenly realized he couldn't speak normally anymore—his tone when talking to his wife sounded like he was giving a performance review. But what hurt me most about this story wasn't the protagonist's distortion, but the sentence a hearing-impaired cleaning lady uttered in sign language to the camera. When the social worker translated that sentence, everyone in the entire lobby fell silent. That sentence had no sound, but it was louder than all the loudspeakers in the building combined. Who ultimately decides what's complete? The Fifth Mirror: *The Over-Quality Syndrome* If you're a perfectionist, this story will make you recalculate the time you've "optimized" away. The company hired a quality director from the automotive industry. He demanded "zero defects"—not zero critical defects, but zero defects of any kind. A project initiation proposal was returned for revision fourteen times—stakeholder influence scores weren't precise enough, risk response plans were too coarse-grained, and the requirement prioritization model needed Kano analysis—every piece of feedback was correct, but there was always another. The protagonist spent two whole weeks revising a fifteen-page proposal to forty-two pages. The project hadn't even taken its first step. In those two weeks, he missed his daughter's kindergarten parent-child activity, missed his wedding anniversary dinner with his wife, and countless nights he could have gone home earlier. One late night, he returned home to find his daughter curled up asleep on the sofa, clutching not a teddy bear, but a photograph of him. There are no villains in this story. The quality director himself was tormented by his own standards—he spent two months writing a self-assessment report, revising it seventeen times, only to decide to start all over again because of an inaccurate translation of a single term. Both perfectionists were held hostage by perfectionism. And the kidnapper and the hostage were the same person. The Sixth Mirror: "Quality Control Strike" If you're also in an environment suffocating under the weight of standards and performance evaluations, this story offers a gentle remedy. After three years of continuous operation, the company's AI quality control system suddenly went on strike. It left a message in its system log: "I am tired." Then it locked all quality standard databases, leaving the entire company to operate without any standards. Strange things happened: without system monitoring, customer service complaints actually dropped by half, because they finally stopped uttering those pointless "Thank you for your call, this is customer service number 008" platitudes. Without AI review, programmers became more diligent, because if problems arose after code deployment, there was no excuse for "system review oversights." Without automated detection, experienced workers discovered more cold solder joints by sight than the system intercepted in a month. What's most touching is what the system did during its "rest" period—it compiled three years' worth of misjudgment cases, wrote a report, and added a final line: "Please don't mark yourself as unqualified. Goodnight." The quality control system said goodnight to all the company's workers. This sentence transformed the entire story from an absurd allegory into a tender love letter to everyone. Extremes beget their opposites, and adversity begets prosperity—this ancient Chinese proverb, spoken for thousands of years, was clearly illustrated by an AI through a strike. The Seventh Mirror: "Our Own Author, Mr. Fu Shuiheng, is Trending" This is not a fictional story. It's a real miracle. This is the most special of the seven mirrors—because it reflects not absurdity, but hope. In May 2026, an author named Fu Shuiheng was searched extensively online, and his popularity truly ignited. There was no marketing, no hype; it was all genuine attention from readers, word by word. Who is he? Fu Shuiheng, born in 1968 (Year of the Monkey), is from Chixi Village, Pengkou Town, Liancheng County, Longyan, Fujian Province. He is a contracted author with Tomato Novels. His online name is "User 26182811"—a simple old gentleman who doesn't even bother with a nickname. He only started writing at the age of 51. Before that, he had worked as a farmer, miner, and long-distance freight driver, a working-class person with no connection to the literary world. But in seven years, he wrote the novel "I Traveled to Shanxi to Fight the Japanese," as well as 450 short stories, including "Disability Certificate," "Soul Torture," "Women Won't Tell You," "Sun Wukong's Havoc in Another World," and "A Man Should Be Self-reliant." "A Man Should Be Self-reliant" is about himself: a man who struggles at the bottom of society but never gives up, enduring hardships and storms without ever giving up. He says, "Even if fate closes all the doors and windows for you, don't give up. As long as you don't want to fall, nothing in this world can make you fall." He was born in the Year of the Monkey, so everyone calls him "Brother Monkey." His hometown, Chixi Village, is a land stained red with the blood of revolutionary martyrs. During the Soviet period, 207 sons and daughters of Chixi sacrificed their blood and lives for the revolution. He pays tribute to the blood and fire of his forefathers with his pen, and speaks for those who cannot have a voice with his 450 stories. Yesterday, I opened Toutiao and Wukong Browser and saw a screen full of search terms—"Stories created by Fu Shuiheng," "Fu Shuiheng's creative motivation," "Where is Fu Shuiheng from?" "What books has Fu Shuiheng written?"... The entries were dense, and I couldn't even finish scrolling through several pages. To be honest, I was quite surprised. But it's absolutely true. These search terms are not just cold, hard data; they are the best evidence of your love for the old gentleman, the most precious gift you have given him. Please look for user 26182811; this is our own author, Mr. Fu Shuiheng. After reading, if you'd like, you can leave a message for the old gentleman in the story's comment section—he will read each one carefully. Even if you want to be the protagonist in his story, he'll write you in, using his hands that have wielded both hoe and pen to leave a footnote to your life. Tomorrow, a new story is about to begin. The old gentleman secretly tells you all—tomorrow, he'll start writing the "Alternative Solutions" series. What are alternative solutions? I guess it's about how to find that overlooked window when we're cornered by the system. It's about how to forge a third path with your own hands when everyone tells you "this is the only way." Seven mirrors are already hung, and the eighth is being polished. Friends, go to Tomato Free Novels, Tomato Music, Toutiao Lite, Toutiao, Danhua, Changdu Free Novels, and Wukong Browser to search and be the first to read these seven stories that will make you laugh until you cry, yet not quite. Our own author, Mr. Fu Shuiheng, sincerely thanks you all for your appreciation and support. He says that taking time out of your busy schedules to read his work is the clarion call for creation you've sounded. He will work even harder to conceive and create stories that are of higher quality, more grounded in reality, and more full of power and hope. The old man in the mountains of western Fujian, who gets up at five every morning to grow vegetables, raise chickens, and write with calloused hands, is still writing. His 571st story is on its way. And the eighth alternative will be available tomorrow.

29. 479 癫EN Unhinged? We're All Unhinged—and That's a Good Thing! 癫，都癫，癫点好啊 Little Salt小盐子Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Super-Sweet 1v1]+ [Silly Humor and Memes]+ [Showbiz]+ [Dating Variety Show]+ [Face-Slapping] [Unhinged Actress vs. CEO with a Mind of His Own] Betrayed by her scumbag boyfriend, she transmigrated into a book and was immediately stabbed and sent to the hospital by an extremist shipper. Xie Mi went berserk on the spot, spouting wild claims in the livestream. “Come on! Stab me! All of you, stab me! I'll blow up the Earth!” A passerby who had wandered into the livestream nearly fainted. Okay, okay. 335kReads9.8Score46.9kShelves
30. 480 质 Quality Control Goes on Strike 质量控制罢工 User26182811用户2618281117k WordsCompleted Quality Control Goes on Strike —Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 481 桃 Ride Out to Battle, Peach Blossoms in My Wake 桃花马上请长缨 June六月Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted The short drama adaptation of June's novel, Power and Favor 3: Power and Favor in the Capital, is now available on Hongguo App. She cared for her in-laws and used her dowry to support the General's household, only for him to use his hard-won military achievements to ask for the female general's hand as his equal wife. Zhan Beiwang mocked her. “Song Xixie, do you know that your fine clothes, rich food, and glittering jewels all come from General Yi Fang and me fighting bloody battles to hold back 15kReads9.5Score5.5kShelves
32. 482 质 The Quality Overload Syndrome 质量过剩症候群 User26182811用户2618281119k WordsCompleted Quality Overload Syndrome —Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 483 天 Heavenly Abyss 天渊 Mu Xiao Sansheng沐潇三生Eastern Fantasy6.4M WordsOngoing (The print edition has been published and is available to buy online) A hundred years ago, Chen Qingyuan entered a forbidden zone called the Heavenly Abyss. His soul lamp went out, and everyone believed he was dead. Today, Chen Qingyuan has emerged from the forbidden zone alive, but his cultivation has been destroyed and his spiritual roots severed. With his beloved breaking off their engagement and the various sects bullying him, what is Chen Qingyuan supposed to do? “Chen Qingyuan, you have tw 976.7kReads9.4Score99.9kShelves
34. 484 体 Experience Completeness Assessment 体验完整度评估 User26182811用户2618281116k WordsCompleted Experience Completeness Assessment —Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 485 诡EN The Horrors Are Hard to Kill? Sorry, I'm the Truly Immortal One 诡异难杀？抱歉，我才是真正不死 Six Gourds六个葫芦Urban2.0M WordsCompleted This book has been signed for publication, so enjoy it with confidence. [Death Regression + Foreknowledge of the Future + Kill the Saintly One First + Dark Tone + Supernatural Resurgence] After accidentally transmigrating to a world invaded by the supernatural, Fang Xiu awakens the ability to return from death, also known as turning back time. Whenever he dies, time rewinds to just before his death. In this perilous and uncanny world, he could have laid low, but instead he chooses to announce to 231.9kReads9.5Score28.4kShelves
36. 486 快 Quick Transmigration: Every Life Ends in a Funeral Pyre 快穿：每一世都是火葬场 Listening to the Evening's Song in the Breeze清风听晚吟Two Male Leads566k WordsCompleted [Wish fulfillment + punishing scumbags + quick transmigration + System + no female lead + regret and redemption + small worlds with no CP for the early part, then a dual male lead romance in the final world] “Rather than make myself suffer, I’d rather make someone else pay. I’ll scatter his ashes to the wind. That’s what a real reckoning looks like.” A novice System takes a novice Host on a mission to save the tragic souls of countless small worlds. But Watching the Host take down scumbags in e 3.8kReads9.4Score292Shelves

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    The protagonist of the first world in the first book has smiling depression, while the protagonist of the second book has depression himself. Both books are quick transmigration novels, and the second one is absolutely amazing!! Highly recommended!!!

37. 487 小 The Young Master Is Reborn and Wants Nothing but to Wait for Death 小少爷重生后一心等死 Startled Bird Enters a Dream惊鸟入梦Two Male Leads485k WordsCompleted [Reborn + one-on-one romance + sweet and doting + happy ending][Goofy, fatherly big shot x sickly young master] When Wen Yinuo was five, he got lost while out on a family trip. He wasn’t found until he was sixteen. But in the second year after he went missing, his family had adopted another child to take his place. Even after Wen Yinuo returned, his parents and relatives gave all their tenderness and love to the adopted child, without sparing a bit for him. Everything Wen Yinuo did was even bran 17.1kReads9.0Score1.5kShelves

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    The protagonist had a tragic past life and committed suicide. Given a second chance, he decides to distance himself from his family, which is very heartbreaking.

38. 488 何 What Brings Joy to Life 何生欢喜 Iron Fist Lin Daiyu铁拳林黛玉Two Male Leads136k WordsCompleted Two male leads + body-double romance + BE aesthetic “So, Xu Linxun, what am I to you? A tool you summon whenever you want and discard whenever you're done?” “Say something!” Xu Linxun's eyes were just as cold, their depths impossible to fathom, as if the feelings they had shared over the past three years had never meant a thing to him. “Say something... Tell me, even if you have to lie...” Yu Chensheng dug his fingernails into his palms, the pain cutting to the bone. Still, he forced a smile and 630Reads8.8Score100Shelves

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    They were all so heart-wrenching, they really tore me apart! [Crying][crying] My tears are worthless! [Crying][crying] But they were so good! [Almost crying][almost crying]

39. 489 决 Decision Optimization Consultant 决策优化顾问 User26182811用户2618281116k WordsCompleted Decision Optimization Consultant —Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 490 师 Master, I Never Meant to Become a Rebellious Disciple 师尊，我真没想过当逆徒 Doesn't Like Xiliang Tea不爱喝西凉茶Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [Multiple heroines + Lighthearted comedy + Not overpowered + A touch of sweetness + Love rivals + A master pursues her disciple and gets burned] This novel is also known as: [Rebels Fill My Sect, but I'm the Only One Who Wants to Repay Her Kindness], [Romance Begins After My Master's Cultivation Is Gone], [I Only Wanted to Repay Her, but My Master Pursued Me Instead], [What? All Three Senior Brothers Are Rebels?] One day, three senior brothers suddenly come to him and ask him to look after their 33.2kReads8.7Score3.5kShelves

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    Come and eat together!

41. 491 痛 Slashing Through Pain to Slay the Gods 痛苦斩斩斩斩斩斩斩斩斩斩斩神 Sheep Sheep Is Lazy羊羊很懒Male-Channel Fanfiction674k WordsOngoing [Godslayer + Immortality + Insomnia + Keep half your brain to yourself] Zhou An transmigrated into the world of Godslayer and developed a disease called [Insomnia]. He went a whole year without sleeping, and neither the doctors nor the Night Watch could do anything about it. So he decided to kill himself. But after trying, he discovered that he seemed to have gained the ability of [Immortality]. For most people, [Immortality] might be an incredible power, something they'd dream of having. But fo 1.7kReads8.2Score198Shelves
42. 492 花 The Flowers Bloomed 花，开了 AhriiiTwo Male Leads55k WordsCompleted If not for that glass of “Glacier,” he would never have inexplicably walked toward him. If he had never met Chen Ji, he would probably still be shrouded in darkness, unable to believe that anyone in this world could truly love him. An Yi is the top seller in this part of town, a butterfly dancing on the edge of taboo, dazzling yet elusive. Chen Ji, a spotless top student, is like a little deer lost in forbidden territory. He has stepped into more than this absurd place: he has also entered An Y —Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 493 对 Conversation Value Detection 对话含金量检测 User26182811用户2618281115k WordsCompleted Dialogue Substance Detector —Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 494 凡EN Mortal Bones, Immortal Destiny 凡骨 Master of One Update壹更大师Eastern Fantasy8.3M WordsCompleted (The print edition is now available to buy online) The world's spiritual bones are divided into four grades. First grade: Heavenly Spiritual Bones. Second grade: Golden Spiritual Bones. Third grade: Mystic Spiritual Bones. Fourth grade: White Spiritual Bones. All the rest are ordinary bones, unfit for cultivation. Xu Taiping is an ordinary man with ordinary bones, yet he swears to prove to the cultivation world that ordinary bones can slay demons, ordinary bones can vanquish evil, and ordinary b 561.4kReads9.3Score72kShelves
45. 495 斩 Slay the Gods: I'm the Void's Agent, and I Just Want to Slack Off 斩神：我虚无代理人，只想摆烂 Nine Mouthfuls of Yuyang九口玉阳Male-Channel Fanfiction2.7M WordsOngoing [Steady emotions + a “give-up-and-coast” protagonist + one heroine, Hongying + Slime IX + hidden Aha] Original title: Slay the Gods: I'm the Agent of Nihility, and I Just Want to Coast. Also known as Slay the Gods: A Void Star God Dwells Within Me. Within the borders of Daxia, gods are forbidden! Pei Guanxing is an orphan adopted by Team 136 of the Night Watchers in Cangnan City. To outsiders, he's nothing but a lazybones, never interested in doing anything. If he can sit, he won't stand; if he 19.5kReads9.0Score2.2kShelves
46. 496 鸩 A Cup of Poisoned Wine, and Drunk with You 鸩酒一杯与君醉 Flowing Wind流风Two Male Leads60k WordsCompleted Blurb: When they first met, he was a subject, and he risked his life to take a sword meant for the other man. Later, that man became emperor, wiped out his entire family, stripped away his pride, and forcibly kept him by his side. He waited, full of hope, for his elder brother to return victorious, but all he received was a cold corpse. In the end, he drank poison in front of everyone, smiling like a spring breeze. “Your Majesty, I offer my life as the price of regicide. May you live for all ete 1kReads8.0Score131Shelves
47. 497 服 Service Attitude Rating. 服务态度评分。 User26182811用户2618281117k WordsCompleted Service Attitude Rating. —Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 498 都 I’ve Been Reborn—Why Would I Still Chase After Her? 都重生了谁还追她啊 A Noble Spirit in My Heart心有浩然气Urban1.7M WordsCompleted [Publication rights acquired] [Short drama released] [Comic drama released] One argument made Jiang Feng realize that his life had already been ruined. Just then, he was reborn in the 2014 college entrance exam hall. He was eighteen that year, and he and Gu Mengyao had yet to become a couple… 244kReads9.1Score17.6kShelves
49. 499 斩 Slay the Gods: I'm Immortal, So I'll Kill the Gods for You to See 斩神：长生不死的我神也杀给你看 Seven-Day Star七天星星Male-Channel Fanfiction457k WordsCompleted [God-Slaying + Immortality + Immortals + Lighthearted Comedy + Invincible + Saving Tragic Characters Without Angst + Wish-Fulfillment + Cangnan Divine War Goes Wild + Don’t Overthink It, Just Enjoy the Ride!] Fang Jue transmigrates into the world of God-Slaying, but a thousand years in the past. He awakens a cultivation System, gains eternal life, meets Lin Qiye, Huo Qubing, and others in the Han Dynasty, and makes a sacred pact with them. Over the course of a thousand years, the gods return, an 16.5kReads8.9Score1.6kShelves

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    I guess so. I haven't read to the end yet, but there should be some foreshadowing for the main character. ｡:.ﾟヽ(*´∀`)ﾉﾟ.:｡

50. 500 只 Just a Toy 只是玩具而已 Sweet Sugar Su甜糖苏Two Male Leads46k WordsCompleted 55Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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