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1. 951 情 Record of the Illusory Sea of Love: The Great Void Livestream 情天幻海录太虚直播间 Bo L Tang波l棠Ancient Romance479k WordsCompleted The Illusory Realm of the Great Void, by the shores of the Sea of Love. Fairy Jing Huan had been staring blankly into a water mirror for three days. What it reflected was not her peerless beauty, but the countless scenes of the mortal world: office workers scrolling through their phones on the subway, middle-aged men and women haggling at matchmaking corners, livestreamers crying, “Brother, love me!”, and exhausted wage slaves staying up late making PowerPoints until they went bald... “Such mudd 2Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 952 娱 Showbiz: From Running Man to Becoming a Superstar 娱乐：从跑男开始成就巨星 Clear Dreams Sway the River of Stars清梦摇星河Urban1.8M WordsCompleted Running Man, Back to Field, Who’s the Murderer, Go Fighting! A grand gathering of variety shows, one female lead, and the heroine is Xiao Di. Luo Yi transmigrated to a parallel world and brought a variety-show craze with him. On Brothers, Let’s Run, he was the brains and brawn. On Celebrity Detective, he was the player who won the most gold bars. On Go Beyond Limits, he was an unmatched strategist who ran circles around the old foxes. But on The Life We Want, he was just a hardworking young man… 11.2kReads9.2Score667Shelves
3. 953 饕 Gluttony’s Execution Ground: Crime and Punishment at the Bottom of the Food Chain 饕餮刑场——食物链底层的罪与罚 Bo L Tang波l棠60k WordsCompleted The Gluttonous Execution Ground: Crime and Punishment at the Bottom of the Food Chain 2Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 954 娱 Godfather of the Entertainment Industry 娱乐圈教父 Heading North向北Urban3.0M WordsCompleted A down-and-out keyboardist breathes his last in a hospital bed. From playing accompaniment in dance halls at sixteen to scraping by in Sanlitun at thirty-two, he'd tasted every sweetness and hardship life had to offer. When he opens his eyes, he's back in Northeast China in 2002. His young body houses a heart weathered by life's vicissitudes, along with classic melodies that shouldn't exist until the future. No System or cheat ability, just a lifetime's worth of musical talent and experience. In 50.6kReads9.2Score5.1kShelves
5. 955 蛮 The Savage Era: The Legend of Tang Yan 蛮荒纪元：棠焱传奇 Bo L Tang波l棠Historical87k WordsCompleted The Wilds Era: The Legend of Tang Yan 4Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 956 娱 Showbiz: An Actor's Rise from Stunt Double to Film Emperor 娱乐，从武替开始的影帝之路 Ice Descends on the City冰临城下Urban1.6M WordsCompleted [Entertainment + Superstar + No System + Traditional + Kung Fu] He was Yang Guo's double in The Return of the Condor Heroes, He was the cold-blooded killer John in Kill Zone, He was Murong Fu, a royal descendant of the Yan Kingdom, in Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, He was the worn-out middle-aged man in The Big Man, He was the agent brother in The Hurricane Heist, He was the retired assassin John Tang in Speedy Pursuit, He was a new-generation Chinese kung fu star... 7.6kReads8.7Score474Shelves
7. 957 基 A Lost Path Through the Ranks 基层仕途迷茫路 Zuo Linfeng左林沣Urban255k WordsCompleted “Jiaming,” Third Grandpa said, “I just saw green smoke rising from your family grave. That's a good omen. I reckon Xinghe will grow up to become an official.” A fortune-teller told him, “You can become an official in the southeast.” Chen Xinghe was a grassroots official who spent more than twenty years struggling his way through the political world, constantly making waves on the grand stage of his own life. For a time, his efforts brought him fame and success, and he enjoyed a happy life. He wa 2kReads9.5Score156Shelves

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   A classic of officialdom novels, a gem of urban slice-of-life fiction. Realistic in style, rich in philosophical insights. It exposes social realities and portrays the weaknesses of human nature. A truly enriching read!

8. 958 杀 Slaughter Kindergarten: Killergarten 杀戮幼儿园——Killergarten Bo L Tang波l棠78k WordsCompleted Killergarten 2Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 959 重EN Reborn: Becoming a Hollywood Tycoon in Ten Years 重生之后，用十年成为好莱坞大亨 Winter's Hot Water Bottle冬天的热水瓶Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Hollywood + a Chinese person reborn in an American’s body + director story] (Since real celebrities’ names, including homophones, aren’t allowed, they’ve been changed. Readers will have to figure out who’s who for themselves. The author is helpless too, having been sent to the penalty box many times.) A third-rate director in his previous life, he is reborn in the 1990s in the body of a 23-year-old American prodigy director. From then on, titles pile up one after another: Hollywood box office 17.1kReads8.8Score994Shelves
10. 960 师 Teacher's Wife, Please Answer 师母，请回答 Bright Sunny Day灿烂晴天27k WordsCompleted Teacher’s Wife, Please Answer 490Reads—Score—Shelves

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    These newly published novels have stories that are close to real life. The first one is about a female protagonist who marries into the male protagonist's family with her mother. After growing up, her mother dies and she goes abroad to study with her biological father. After returning, she meets the male protagonist, and the story begins.

11. 961 民 A Letter Arrives from the Republic of China Era 民国来信了 Bright Sunny Day灿烂晴天Modern Romance29k WordsCompleted A modern female student transmigrates to the Republican era and becomes a maid in a prince’s manor. Using a modern mindset, she solves the manor’s business troubles and deals with bandit kidnappings. In the end, she and the young master fall in love and live happily ever after. —Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 962 逆 A City Romance Between a Top Student and a Sales Goddess 逆袭学霸和销售女神都市情缘 Bright Sunny Day灿烂晴天Modern Romance18k WordsCompleted A City Romance Between a Comeback Scholar and a Sales Goddess 103Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 963 疫 A Boy Grows Up Overnight During the Pandemic 疫情下，一夜长大的少年 Calm as the Moon淡然如月Modern Romance232k WordsCompleted Eighteen-year-old Li Zihao had been blessed with everyone’s love and a wealthy family. He excelled at school and was tall, bright, and handsome. But when the COVID outbreak suddenly hit Hubei in 2020, his family’s world was turned upside down. Within days, his grandparents and parents all died, leaving him alone in a hospital corridor, keeping watch over the cold bodies of the four people dearest to him... It was then that Zihao met Zhang Xinyu, a gentle, beautiful classmate whose mother was a d 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is perfectly normal; it's a modern urban workplace romance novel with no overly fantastical plots!

14. 964 重 Reborn: Checking In at the Four Great Classical Novels 重生之打卡四大名著 Geometric Taoist几何道人Urban474k WordsOngoing Niu Youliang is an ordinary-looking stunt performer who unexpectedly returns to 1984. He starts out as Liu Xianglian’s double in Dream of the Red Chamber, then plays the Bull Demon King in Journey to the West, Jiang Wei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and finally Shi Jin, the Nine-Tattooed Dragon, in Water Margin. Beginning as a stunt double who never shows his face, he gradually achieves the astonishing feat of working on adaptations of all four great classical novels, ultimately becoming the 125Reads8.3Score—Shelves

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    I'm recommending this reborn-in-the-entertainment-world novel that I wrote myself!

15. 965 有 Love Makes a Home 有爱才有家 Bright Sunny Day灿烂晴天Modern RomanceCompleted Where There Is Love, There Is a Home —Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 966 市 Strange Tales from the Jianghu Streets 市井江湖异闻录 Loose Wild Grass散装野草Urban518k WordsOngoing Qin Bei was an ordinary young man from Northeast China, living a quiet, unremarkable life among the bustle of the city. Then a mysterious package arrived out of the blue, shattering his peaceful routine and dragging him into one bizarre incident after another. Beneath the glittering surface of modern life, undercurrents are stirring. The secretive martial sects passed down for millennia have never vanished, and mysterious powers unknown to the world lie hidden in the everyday rhythms of the cit 48Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A realistic timeline, presented from a true-to-life perspective, yet it's all fantasy—a martial arts story combining feng shui secrets with urban supernatural abilities.

17. 967 咦 Huh? That’s a Great Talent You’ve Got. Give Me One! 咦？你这天赋不错，给我来一份！ Lanting Little Scholar兰亭小小小生Urban263k WordsOngoing [Interstellar Advanced Martial Arts] [Talent Copying] [Plot-Driven] This is an age of vast universes, where source energy drives the evolution of life and mechs coexist with starships. The stars have never been unclaimed territory. Ferocious beasts run rampant, interstellar pirates rule the lanes, and martial artists suffer horrifying casualty rates. Lin Chuan transmigrated into this world as an ordinary man with no connections, only to awaken the most unreasonable golden finger of all: the [ 12Reads—Score133Shelves

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    Highly recommend this excellent martial arts novel! It's really good. I started as a casual read to pass the time, but once I started, I couldn't put it down. The plot is fast-paced and the story is original. [Heart emoji][admiration emoji][laughing and crying emoji][thinking emoji][awkward laugh emoji][smirking emoji]

18. 968 苗 The Miaojiang Gu Chronicles 苗疆蛊事 Namo Kasaya Science Buddha南无袈裟理科佛Mystery4.3M WordsCompleted The calamity of witchcraft and poison is spoken of only by people in the countryside. Many people who are unknowingly caught up in it have no idea it exists. Friends, do you really think there are no extraordinary people in this vast land of China? You do? No! No! No! Do you want me to tell you that I’m a poison-raising practitioner from the Miao borderlands? All right, come on in and let’s dish… 14kReads9.3Score2kShelves
19. 969 东 Dongguan: The CEO's Little Sister Is Super Cute and Sweet 东莞：总裁妹妹超萌甜 Villa Plan别墅计划Urban3.4M WordsOngoing [Working in Dongguan + power fantasy + everyday urban life + jianghu feuds + down-to-earth] Simple and honest Zhao Zhendong has just gotten out of prison when his sneaky, underhanded neighbor tricks him into going to Dongguan for work. If it weren’t for his beautiful, generous sister-in-law, He Mengting, taking such good care of him, he probably would have given up long ago. His prospects had seemed bleak, but one small good deed turns his life around completely, and from then on everything goes 5.9kReads8.9Score447Shelves

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    Take a look at this book; you won't be disappointed.

20. 970 倾 The Beauty Who Captivated the City 倾城佳人 Hao Abai郝阿白Modern Romance446k WordsOngoing The rating will be added later! It's a good one!!! [Long-planned love / always protecting her + both virgins + domineering CEO who cares for and cherishes her + sweet romance + no angst + slow-burn affection + warmth] Shen Qingnan first met Ji Yanchen when she was five, at her mother's funeral. The second time was at a teahouse. Ji Yanchen asked, “Shen Qingnan, will you marry me?” Shen Qingnan said, “Yes.” When she agreed to marry Ji Yanchen, she never imagined he could love her so deeply. She t 38Reads—Score106Shelves

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    This is a sure bet! You won't regret investing in it!

21. 971 璀 Brilliant Darkness 璀璨的灰暗 Long Live Little Wu小五万岁Urban231k WordsOngoing Life stretches on, one wrong turn after another. But with the future still unwritten, how can you know the road beneath your feet is the wrong one? A nobody from the bottom of society carves out a brilliant and extraordinary life with his own flesh and blood! 22Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The friendship in the book is precious; it's not just empty talk about loyalty. It's about being willing to risk and sacrifice for each other in times of crisis, which is even more rare against the backdrop of darkness and cruelty.

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