Sigh, There Are No More Masterpieces in Modern Fiction... I Can't Get Into Anything, It's All So Cringey. 唉，都市再无神作。。都看不进去，太尴尬了。

1. 1651 全 Manhunt Across the City: I'm Really Not a Criminal 全城围捕：我真不是罪犯啊 Yuan Mu圆目Mystery657k WordsCompleted When he opens his eyes, Chen Mu, a former criminal police officer in his previous life, discovers that he has been reborn in a parallel world. And he has become an escaped convict wanted for an entire family’s murder! Shrill police sirens ring across the city as heavily armed officers close in from every direction. A net of traps leaves no way out. Ding! [Escape System issuing a mission] [Main Mission: Publicly serialize and update the story of your escape] [Side Mission: Find the real culprit b 58.8kReads8.5Score4.7kShelves
2. 1652 你 Why Mess with Him? He Can Beat Up Your Ancestors in the Underworld 你惹他干嘛，他能去地府揍你祖宗 I Post 20,000 Words a Day and Become a God日更两万我成神Mystery3.2M WordsOngoing Yang Chen developed an app called Are You Dead Yet? and unexpectedly became an agent between the living and the dead. “You have a new Are You Dead Yet? request. Please check it.” Ex-girlfriend's dad: Chen, get revenge for me. I'll visit my younger daughter in a dream and have her pursue you. Yang Chen: I'm definitely helping you with this. Whether my future sister-in-law takes the initiative isn't important. I just don't want a new father-in-law. Thief King: Brother, I want to see my wife and da 3.1kReads8.6Score375Shelves
3. 1653 夜 Night Fishing, When a Weasel Begs for a Title and Says She Looks Like a Beast-Eared Girl 夜钓遇黄皮子讨封，说她像兽耳娘 Tang Xiaotangguo唐小糖果Mystery846k WordsCompleted Fishing enthusiast Wang Kun transmigrates to a parallel world and decides to become a fishing streamer. Who could have guessed that supernatural forces would be returning in this world? On a night-fishing trip, he runs into a spirit: a weasel seeking a divine title. Weasel: “Hey, you there. Do I look more like a person or a god?” For the sake of his own happiness, Wang Kun replies, “You look like a golden-haired, beast-eared beauty who’ll do whatever I say, has boundless magical powers, and is s 13.5kReads8.8Score1.3kShelves
4. 1654 刚 I Had Just Mastered the Purple Sky Divine Thunder When a Hundred Ghosts Appeared at Night 刚修成紫霄神雷，就遇到百鬼夜行 Fu Ling芙铃Urban2.5M WordsOngoing “Young man, you’re a cultivation genius the likes of which appears once in a thousand years. Come with me, and I’ll give you an incredible opportunity.” When Gu Changsheng met a charlatan in the park, he planned to play along and expose him. But as soon as the Daoist reached the mountain, he started flying on a sword. Uh-oh. Looks like this one’s the real deal. Gu Changsheng was filled with anticipation, imagining himself living the life of an immortal in white robes. Instead, on his very f 18.5kReads8.3Score1.3kShelves
5. 1655 重 Reborn as an Educated Youth, I Built a Financial Dynasty Through Tomb Raiding 重生年代知青，盗墓建立财阀家族 Ultimate Annihilation终极绝灭Urban678k WordsCompleted Sigh… I finally got a second chance at life, and now I have to go to the countryside. While fishing by the lake, I suddenly hooked a Strength Pill. I knew something was off right away. Then, in the first month, I fished up a Mortal Longevity Pill, a Foundation Establishment Pill, a Tiger Demon Strength Pill, a Yellow Tooth Pill… In the second month, I fished up a storage ring, a storage bracelet, an Earth Spirit Pearl with a vast inner space, a Beast-Taming Ring… In the third month, I fished up 831Reads7.6Score106Shelves
6. 1656 传 Legendary Fishing: From the Start, I Hook a Ten-Pound Fish 传奇垂钓：开局钓起十斤大鱼 Shredded Pork Rice Noodles肉丝粉Urban1.9M WordsOngoing [Fishing + beachcombing + System + catching fish + treasure hunting] Zhang Chen acquires the Supreme Fishing System, and every fish he catches has attributes. [Blue-spotted grouper: quality 2.7, strengthens the spleen and stomach +1, calms the mind +1, nourishes the blood +1, replenishes qi +1, richness +1.3, flavor +2.7.] [Ding! Congratulations, you caught a 3-jin blue-spotted grouper. You earned 6 experience points and 6 points. Estimated market value: 240 yuan.] [Ding! Congratulations, you ca 48Reads6.9Score—Shelves
7. 1657 双 Dual Transmigration: There Are Too Many Goddesses, So I Level Up at Lightning Speed 双穿：女神太多，我升级太快了 Homebody for Ages久宅Urban3.9M WordsOngoing [System + Original Worlds + Multiple Female Characters + Lighthearted Power Fantasy] During his internship, Ye Kai is deliberately pushed out by his department supervisor and quits. But he unexpectedly binds to a System, setting off on a journey through multiple worlds. Apocalypse: A wealthy young lady trapped at home, terrified of zombies and starvation, is tossed a pack of food. Then she begs him to stay! From there, things get out of hand, and he meets more and more beautiful women in the apo 27kReads8.2Score2.8kShelves
8. 1658 直 Treasure-Hunting Livestream: Everywhere I Look, I See Hidden Treasures 直播捡漏：我眼中到处是宝藏 Strive to Write Ten Thousand Words Every Day争取每日万更Urban4.7M WordsOngoing A sudden accident leaves Xiao Ran in an impossible predicament, but also grants him an unbelievable superpower. With this miraculous ability, Xiao Ran sets out on an extraordinary treasure-hunting adventure in a foreign land, finding hidden bargains along the way. This book is also known as "Live-Streaming Treasure Finds: Clearing Out the West's Wealth", "Finding a Bargain Feels Great, and Finding Bargains Forever Feels Even Better", "Scammed by Americans: My Revenge with X-Ray Vision", "Live-St 41.3kReads9.0Score3.2kShelves
9. 1659 当 After All of Humanity Disappeared 当全世界人类都消失以后 Fang Yebai方夜白Urban1.0M WordsCompleted After all humanity disappears from the world, there comes a knock at the door... Li Ge thought this was the kind of thing that only happened in science fiction movies and novels. He never dreamed he’d actually experience it himself! What’s it like to be the only human left in the world? Li Ge: Thanks for asking. I’m in Pengcheng, just got off the plane, and I have three things to say. I just found a gun and some grenades, blew up a bank, and set the cash on fire. Wanxiang City, the museum, the l 11.4kReads8.8Score778Shelves
10. 1660 情 My Intelligence Refreshes Daily, and the Whole World Is on Guard Against Me 情报每天刷新，全世界都在防备我 One Bite, Two or Three Taels一口二三两Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Information Gathering + Storage Space + Spy Hunting + Gacha + Invincible + Slice of Life] Chat with the old landlord and gather information: the old man sold antiques as junk. Get hit by a female driver while delivering food and gather information: her husband is a spy. Chat with a cool, mature beauty and gather information: she’s been craving you for a long time. Lin Feng is a low-level office worker who has spent years working away from home, but has barely made any money. When his father fal 8.1kReads8.6Score776Shelves
11. 1661 确 After Being Diagnosed with Bone Cancer, I Became the World's Only Supernatural Being 确诊骨癌后，我成了唯一超凡 Yu Laojiu余老九Urban968k WordsCompleted [Slow-paced, slice of life] [One heroine] After being diagnosed with the hereditary family disease bone cancer, Yu Cheng has just over two months to live. In his moment of despair, he awakens a System. As long as he practices skills and exercises, he can earn stat points to improve his physique, strength, and spirit. But you're asking a terminal cancer patient who can't even stand up to exercise? Are you trying to make sure he dies even sooner? 3.4kReads8.2Score313Shelves
12. 1662 重 Reborn: My Past Became an Online Game World 重生：我的过去变成了网游世界 He Sanye sy何三野syUrban1.6M WordsCompleted Good news: I can return to the past! Bad news: Why has my past turned into a virtual online game? Well, I guess I can live with that. Then I’ll flirt with the school belle and lend a friendly hand to the beautiful teacher while I’m in my past... Wait, something’s not right! Why do the people and events in these memories seem so strange? Imagined abilities made real, a cat’s gratitude, transmigrating into textbooks, magical cards, moments of spirit communication... Why is my past in this game so 1.6kReads8.7Score116Shelves
13. 1663 疯 I’m Going Crazy: The Female Tenant I’m Supporting Is a Rich Heiress 疯了，我包养的女房客是豪门千金 Yi Xingchen逸星尘Urban1.0M WordsCompleted After getting cheated on, Su Yang slapped his motorcycle keys down on the table. “To hell with love. I’m going to ride across every mountain and lake, find a secluded paradise with a courtyard and a river, and spend my days fishing and petting cats.” Then one night, outside a bar, he came across a young woman who was so drunk she could barely think straight. He hauled her back to his apartment and started supporting her financially: “Room and board included, plus twenty thousand a month for spen 1.7kReads6.4Score138Shelves

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14. 1664 奶 The Daddy System Awakens 奶爸系统觉醒 Empress666女帝666Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Urban fantasy + System + goddess + dad life + adorable child + feel-good power fantasy + one heroine] Three years ago, Lin Chen unexpectedly slept with Xu Mengyao, the stunning campus belle. Three years later, Xu Mengyao showed up at Lin Chen's door with a little girl who was just over two years old. “Qianqian, say hello to Daddy.” At that moment, an unfamiliar voice rang out in Lin Chen's mind. [Super Dad System activated.] By taking care of the child, Lin Chen could rapidly improve all kinds 50.4kReads9.2Score4.1kShelves
15. 1665 误 I Accidentally Brought the Wrong Diagnosis Report, and My Contract Wife Broke Down in Tears 误带道具诊断书，合约妻子哭惨了 Linghu Chong令狐虫Urban1.8M WordsCompleted Su Miaohan, the cherished heiress of the trillion-yuan Su family, signs a three-year marriage contract with Shen Lang, a little-known actor, to fend off her family's pressure to get married. Once the three years are up, they agree to end the marriage immediately. For three years, Shen Lang does his utmost to play the part of her husband, but he never manages to earn even a hint of a smile from Su Miaohan. Because Su Miaohan has always kept an unforgettable first love in her heart. Just as their 39kReads7.2Score4.6kShelves
16. 1666 身 Worth Trillions, I Scammed the Campus Beauty Out of All Her Living Expenses 身价万亿，校花被我骗光生活费 Mo Huang Taiyi墨皇太一Urban531k WordsCompleted [Single Female Lead + Sweet Romance + System + Slice of Life] Just before graduating from college, Lu Jiuzhang got a System. Who knew that on the very first day, it would demand that he borrow money from the aloof campus beauty… This book is also known as [It’s Fun to Deceive Your Wife, Until You Have to Win Her Back], [He Swindled the Aloof Campus Beauty from the Start, Then Ended Up Giving Her the Rest of His Life], and [The Aloof Campus Beauty Got Scammed and Won’t Leave Me Alone]… 4.8kReads8.1Score303Shelves
17. 1667 开 Serving Poisonous Chicken Soup on Livestream from the Start, I Almost Made the Audience Die Laughing 开局直播毒鸡汤，差点笑死观众 Blending Into the Dust浑光同尘Urban2.3M WordsCompleted [Lighthearted + Comedy + Everyday Life + “Healing” + Wild Card + Reclusive Oddball] Wang Shifeng transmigrated to a world where depression was rampant under relentless pressure. Naturally kind-hearted, he decided to heal this miserable world with his own optimism and humor. To a fan who was frustrated with life, he offered this heartfelt advice: “Hang in there. Once you're done suffering in this life, you can start suffering in the next!” To fans afraid of being crushed by the rat race, he eager 12.9kReads8.9Score827Shelves

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    1. Wang Shifeng, traversing a world of high-pressure depression, heals the masses with his "poisonous chicken soup" livestreams. His livestream becomes a "mutual aid society for those suffering from depression," where fans laugh and cry, curse and spend money simultaneously. Until one day, he obtains a "underworld livestream system," taking viewers on a nighttime tour of the underworld, interviewing the King of Hell, turning the philosophy of death into a hilarious variety show—it turns out that humor is the sharpest knife against absurdity! Dark humor + anti-cliché healing transforms social emotions into a livestream variety show, combining laughs and depth. 2. After binding with the Manor Owner System, An Ge unlocks 100,000 acres of wasteland at the start, beginning a dual life of "farming + livestreaming." He grows glowing watermelons, raises talking parrots, and even brings ice fishing, skiing, and luxury car parties into his livestream. Just when viewers think it's just a pastoral idyll, he collaborates with fans to crowdfund the world's first "Sky City"—a place where delicious food, fine wine, beautiful women, and breathtaking scenery intertwine, becoming a utopia everyone yearns for! Farming aesthetics + live-streaming dream-making, a fusion of system-based gameplay and light novels, a collision of fan economy and idealism. 3. Zhou Meng is bound to a "reward cashback system," starting by rewarding streamers with 100 million, instantly becoming the biggest "tycoon" on the entire internet. He unlocks the Super God Emperor title, amassing millions in cash in real life, and even starts a "underworld live stream" to promote underworld culture. An unconventional tycoon + a nonsensical underworld variety show, the ultimate collision of money and entertainment, with realistic metaphors hidden within the absurdity. 😳

18. 1668 乡 Rural Livestream: 100,000 Acres from the Start 乡村直播：开局10万亩地 Night of the Fish鱼之夜Urban3.1M WordsCompleted Bound to the Manor Owner System, he receives 100,000 mu of land from the start! He decisively chooses to become a great manor owner, farming, raising livestock, fishing, making use of the lush mountains and clear waters, and earning a fortune. Faced with all the wondrous items in the System Shop, An Ge also starts livestreaming. Who would have thought he’d gain tens of millions of fans? Fine food, fine wine, beautiful women, stunning scenery, luxury cars, villas, airplanes, skiing, mountain clim 14.6kReads8.9Score954Shelves
19. 1669 神 Tycoon: From the Start, I Tipped a Streamer 100 Million 神豪：开局打赏主播一个亿 Must Go Viral 1.0必火1.0Urban4.6M WordsCompleted [Complete] [Live-stream tipping, big spenders, a story purely about tipping streamers.] Zhou Meng gets a live-stream tipping cashback System, starting with a tipping allowance of one billion yuan. Any amount he tips a streamer earns him ten times that amount in real life. He sees wealthy viewers tip a few hundred thousand in a live-stream and get called “big bro” by the streamer, then looks at the one billion in his own account. It seems… he’s the biggest big bro of all now? He browses around, c 25.8kReads8.7Score1.6kShelves
20. 1670 主 The Director Won't Get Married? He Just Hasn't Met Me Yet 主任不结婚？那是没遇到我 Although虽然Urban2.4M WordsOngoing This isn’t being reborn. It’s quantum entanglement. The version of me in that timeline gave me his experience. The harder I work in this timeline, the luckier he gets. “Chen Ao, listen more, talk less, and get things done. The Hanxi Mining District is all about human relationships. Keep the leaders happy. Trust me, I’ve been through it.” “The department chief’s daughter may have epilepsy, but it’s no big deal. Once you’re married, you’ll have power, money, and a house. We parents will benefit, t 66kReads8.6Score6.8kShelves

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21. 1671 娱 Showbiz: I'm a Security Guard at Beijing Film Academy 娱乐：我在北电当保安 Northeast Strolling Chicken东北溜达鸡Urban2.5M WordsCompleted Lv Wen transmigrates into the body of a security guard at the Beijing Film Academy, twenty years in the past. Unwilling to return to his old line of work, he chooses to enter the entertainment industry. With the acting skills, social savvy, and memories of the future he honed while dealing with gullible people, Lv Wen thrives in showbiz, winning friends wherever he goes. He wins Best Actor, becomes a director, starts a company, and makes a bold push into Hollywood... This is the story of an o 11.2kReads8.2Score825Shelves
22. 1672 重 Reborn: The Golden Age 重生之黄金年代 A Pig's Big Dream猪的理想大Urban3.7M WordsCompleted The 1990s were the golden decade that today’s business tycoons look back on with nostalgia. Opportunities were everywhere, and gold was there for the taking. That’s why it was also known as the Great Era! Zhou Liang’an returns to 1993, back to the bottom rung of a company. The old workers take him for a pushover and bully him. The woman he was dating is about to dump him. His friends and relatives all want to take advantage of him, and not one of them means well. But… no one expected Zhou Liang’ 4.8kReads8.2Score370Shelves
23. 1673 重 Now That I'm Reborn, Why Bother Dating? 重生了谁还谈恋爱啊 A Pig's Big Dream猪的理想大Urban1.6M WordsCompleted Good news: I’ve been reborn. Bad news: The money’s gone. Dad: Wasn’t the good news that I don’t have to die now? You’re a real model son, aren’t you! Wang Hao is reborn in the new millennium. As the Eighth Factory is restructured and the workers’ children’s school is reassigned, everyone thinks his life is ruined. But who knows how many opportunities this year will bring? A job for two thousand yuan is hard to find, but businesses worth tens of millions are everywhere! Let’s start with a milk te 11.3kReads9.0Score990Shelves
24. 1674 美 The Beautiful Leader's Personal Secretary 美女领导的私人秘书 A Pig's Big Dream猪的理想大Urban5.3M WordsCompleted [Entry in the January 2020 Silver Ticket Contest] By chance, Zhao Ming saved the life of a divorced female mine manager. She offered him a permanent position, a promotion to supervisor, and even her beautiful daughter’s hand in marriage. Zhao Ming shook his head. No, plenty of people are after me. I can’t hang myself from just one tree. His new book, The Wealthy Family’s Dad, is now a hit! Same modern setting, a whole new kind of excitement. Readers are welcome to check it out. 7.9kReads9.0Score847Shelves
25. 1675 我 I Am a Male Assistant 我是男助理 A Pig's Big Dream猪的理想大Urban3.6M WordsCompleted Fang Chang arrives at a dilapidated machine factory as a lowly temporary worker. Before long, he becomes the factory director’s favorite, though of course there are people who envy him... Fang Chang is ready for a fight! 264Reads6.6Score—Shelves
26. 1676 重 Reborn: My Golden Age, 1988 重生：我的黄金年代1988 A Pig's Big Dream猪的理想大Urban2.3M WordsCompleted Some people call the years from 1985 to 2000 the golden age, the best of times. The tide of economic growth came rolling in, and fortunes were made one after another. Zhong Yuanchao, who had spent his previous life working in education, returned to 1988 and found himself in a run-down civil affairs bureau, with divorce papers right before him. Standing once more at a crossroads of fate, he decisively chose to cut his losses while he still could! Now free again, Zhong Yuanchao wanted to do just t 27kReads9.2Score2.3kShelves
27. 1677 战 War System in the Apocalypse 战争系统在末世 Eagle of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau云贵高原的雄鹰Sci-Fi & Apocalypse4.2M WordsOngoing I Became the Commander-in-Chief in the Apocalypse Apocalypse + raising a massive army + hard-core stats + characters with brains Just as the apocalypse arrives, Gu Chengyuan obtains the War System and starts raising a massive army, sweeping through the apocalypse with an unstoppable tide of steel! The blurb doesn't do it justice. Please read the story. 80.9kReads9.0Score5.3kShelves

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28. 1678 黑 The Underworld's Turbulent Road 黑道风云江湖路 Old Jianghu Number Six江湖老六Urban4.9M WordsOngoing What is the Dao? It does not arise because of one person's goodness, nor perish because of one person's evil. Good and evil are determined by people; rise and fall are determined by fate. The people of the world think they are fighting for money, power, or pride. Only in the end do they understand that they were fighting for nothing but illusion. The Dao knows no black or white. All living beings are within the game. (Note: This book is extremely realistic and even somewhat oppressive. Re 137.5kReads9.2Score9.5kShelves
29. 1679 5 The 1950s: Starting Out as a Wanderer, I Make My Home in the Deep Mountains 50年代：隐居深山从流浪开始 Born of the Dao's Rhyme道韵生Urban7.8M WordsOngoing Tags: (farming + reclusive life + family saga + harem + science fiction + interstellar + universe) (Entirely hand-written, no AI) (Author’s note at chapter 3480: I’ve been writing this book for over three years. Its rating went from 9.4 to 8.9, and its readership has fallen from several hundred thousand to forty or fifty thousand. It was once a huge hit, and then it faded into obscurity. Many readers have probably come across it more than once, but very few have made it to the later chapters. (S 34kReads8.9Score2.4kShelves
30. 1680 都 Urban Tycoon: I Have a Tax-Collecting Aura 都市大神豪：我有收税光环 Born of the Dao's Rhyme道韵生Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Synopsis: A step-by-step guide to ruling the world. Yang Mu was an ordinary nobody, a low-ranking wage slave, when he suddenly awakened a mysterious ability. Once a day, he could tax the entire world, but his tax rate was tied to his influence. Only by increasing his personal status, power, and wealth could he steadily raise his influence and tax rate. (A new book by an established author. Feel free to dive in.) 3.1kReads7.1Score153Shelves
31. 1681 我 I'm a Socially Anxious Guy, and My Goddess Wife Refuses to Divorce Me 我！社恐，女神老婆不肯跟我离婚 The Center Seat at the Dinner Table饭桌C位Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Urban Slice of Life + No System + Entertainment Industry + Both Leads Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger] [Three completed novels of over a million characters each. Quality guaranteed!] Li Shuo, a man with severe social anxiety, has barely transmigrated to a parallel world when his stepmother drags him off to meet a potential bride at her home. On the very day of the meeting, a “female ghost” accidentally pulls him into the civil affairs bureau, and they get married in a flash… He thought all they h 121.1kReads8.4Score13.2kShelves

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    This is no more interesting than the landlady.

32. 1682 重 Reborn, I Became the King of the Capital Behind the Scenes! 重生后，我成为了幕后资本之王！ Manchu-Han Feast满汉全席Urban1.7M WordsCompleted Armed with several decades of memories from the future, Huang Feiyang returns to 2001, the year he turned eighteen. Millions in “pocket money” from the start? A family conglomerate waiting for him to inherit it? Huang Feiyang: “Then I’ll take the road everyone else has taken and leave them with nowhere to go!” The internet? Gaming? Technology? Finance? And more... Only children make choices. I want it all! In this life, I’ll lead Huaxia to the top of the world! My goal is the stars and the sea! 17kReads8.4Score1kShelves

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    It's not bad, you can watch it.

33. 1683 无 Invincible at Last, I Return to the City to Live as a Playboy 无敌后，回归都市当纨绔 Quan Shou权手Urban1.1M WordsCompleted (Invincible protagonist + overwhelming victories + multiple heroines + ruthless decisiveness) Adapted from the hit short drama A Hidden Master in the City, Living Freely in the Mortal World Three years ago, he was framed and thrown into prison. Three years later, he had power and influence everywhere, striking fear into the powerful figures of every faction. Favors? He'd repay them one by one! Debts? He'd settle them one at a time! He could live freely in this world of Huadu. Who would dare say 41.3kReads9.1Score3.8kShelves
34. 1684 重 Reborn to Make Douyin Videos: A Beauty Pageant and a Winning Move from the Start 重生拍抖音，开局选美，出手王炸 Yao Yao Ling Xian瑶瑶灵仙Urban4.4M WordsOngoing [Classic old-school business story, multiple heroines, starting a business and courting beauties, influencer incubators, viral short videos, nostalgic flashbacks, sound logic, BGM] (Friendly warning: it takes a little while to heat up. It has Qidian’s style, but experienced readers will see plenty of shenanigans later on.) A short-video operator from Douyin is reborn in 2018, the platform’s first year. If you get reborn, why not manage a dozen influencers? First make money and build a big bu 45.5kReads8.6Score2.6kShelves

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    It's quite good. It tells the story of Si Yu, an operations manager of a short video agency, who is reborn into the early stages of its development, relying on online loans to start an MCN company.

35. 1685 每 Daily Intel: I Get the Aloof Landlady Under My Thumb from the Start 每日情报：开局拿捏高冷女房东 The More Awkward, the More Addictive越尬越上头Urban655k WordsOngoing My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novels. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is my motivation to write, and I will strive to tell every story well! 8kReads6.4Score623Shelves

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    Daily intelligence + multiple women + making money + physical enhancement: The protagonist transforms from a small real estate agent in Shanghai into a wolf on the Huangpu River by relying on the daily intelligence system, making money with one hand and picking up girls with the other.

36. 1686 荒 King of the Wilderness 荒野之王 Continue Writing Spring and Autumn续写春秋Urban2.0M WordsCompleted On the deserted National Highway 318, a beautiful young woman flagged down Cang Yunfeng’s car. Any seasoned driver who regularly traveled through Tibet would know what was going on... 94.4kReads9.5Score9.1kShelves

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    These are all slice-of-life urban novels, and they get more exciting as you read on. No time travel, no system, and they're not wish-fulfillment stories. Only the last one is still ongoing. If you've been reading too many mindless novels, these are a good way to refresh your mind.

37. 1687 最 The Strongest Man 最强人 Wang Yiwang王已忘Urban6.1M WordsCompleted The strongest person isn’t the one who defeats others, but the one who refuses to be defeated by anyone or anything. Zhuang Xiaoqiang grew up in a poor family. His father’s downward spiral left the family on the verge of falling apart when Xiaoqiang was just eight. From then on, he shouldered the burden of supporting his family. He learned early how important money was to a household, and knew there was no one he could rely on. Everything he wanted had to be earned with his own hands, whether a 42.7kReads9.2Score4.8kShelves
38. 1688 美 Don't Flirt with Me, Beautiful. I Don't Do Flash Marriages 美女别撩，哥不玩闪婚 Time Flies岁月如梭Urban4.6M WordsOngoing [Smart characters + political schemes + questions about human nature + ruthless decisiveness] [Witty and humorous, no doormat hero, no saintly heroine, no System] After one wild night, Lu Fan falls from the peak of success into the ordinary world, only to be dragged by a beautiful CEO into a deadly trap built from power and conspiracy... Lu Fan had planned to lie flat, but his aunt forces him to fight back. She helps him strategize, read people, and turn the tables when all seems lost... Only wh 72.7kReads9.0Score5kShelves
39. 1689 冒 They Looked Down on Me for Impersonating a Battalion Commander, So Why Are You Crying Now That I've Led the Army North? 冒充营长不待见，率军北上你哭啥 Snail Sleep蜗牛睡眠Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [The rating just came out and will rise soon. If you don’t like it, just curse me out.] After surviving the bloodbath of the Eastern Front, Chen Zheng and his childhood friend Yang Ergou are lucky enough to make it out alive. To stay alive, Chen Zheng impersonates Lin An, a Nationalist battalion commander, and uses his borrowed authority to raise an army. The bald man in the rear isn’t pleased: “I don’t understand. Why does he have an army of twenty thousand? What is he up to!” So Chen Zheng dec 16.8kReads8.2Score1.1kShelves

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    Both are excellent works, combining the themes of the War of Resistance against Japan and urban life.

40. 1690 开 From the Start, I Hand Over the Time Gate and Beat the Japanese to Save China 开局上交时空门，暴打鬼子救华夏 Snail Sleep蜗牛睡眠Urban964k WordsCompleted Chen Fan transmigrated to 1937, beneath the southern capital of Nanjing, where war raged and the land was devastated, with blood and bodies everywhere. Demons roared. It was the darkest hour in China's history. With a Space-Time Gate in hand, he didn't hesitate. He handed it straight over to the nation. Once the nation gained control of the Space-Time Gate, it immediately formed a Ghost Squad to provide cross-temporal support. This time, China would not weep! 8.7kReads8.3Score718Shelves
41. 1691 老 Ancestor, If You Don't Come Down the Mountain Soon, Your Bloodline Ends Here 老祖，再不下山，你就绝后了 The Moon Wants to Shine月亮要发光Urban2.0M WordsCompleted Daoist priest Chen Yang was Zhang Sanfeng’s direct disciple in the late Southern Song dynasty. He has lived for 800 years, growing more powerful once every century. He can’t die even when he wants to, and life has lost all its pleasures. He can only retreat into a remote mountain temple and put himself into a deep, self-imposed sleep. One day, his disciple Chen Qingzhi kneels and begs his master, Chen Yang, to come down from the mountain… Also known as The Patriarch, If You Don’t Come Down Soo 26.1kReads8.2Score2kShelves

    Reader note

    🤭🤭🤭A masterpiece of urban fiction. A masterpiece by Tomato, with excellent writing, logical structure, clear plot, well-developed characters, smooth narration, and a gradually unfolding story that is particularly captivating. A very good book that you can't put down.

42. 1692 都 Urban Tycoon: More Children, More Blessings 都市神豪，多子多福 Selling Energy Drinks at the Mental Hospital精神病院卖大力Urban824k WordsCompleted Lin Ye has lived for 35 years, and finally bound himself to the more children, more blessings System! Every child earns him a System reward! From then on, Lin Ye is financially free! One goddess after another begs to be with him! 296Reads7.0Score—Shelves

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