Realistic Urban Fiction 都市真实现实

1. 601 说 We Agreed to Date, Not Move In Together. Why Are You Taking This Seriously?! 说好只交往不同居，你咋玩真的！ Zi Zhi自致Urban241k WordsOngoing [Irresistible Heroine] [Light Romantic Tension] [Underdog's Rise] [No System] After Gu Ming gets involved with a goddess of sensual purity from the start, he is immediately branded a kept man. Unable to explain his circumstances, he makes a hasty proposal in a desperate attempt to persuade her to agree to a deal. "We can date, but not live together. That's not too much to ask, is it?" Instead, he gets nothing but mockery and disdain from her. "You? You think you're worthy?" But three years later 252Reads—Score159Shelves

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   The first book, in particular, is very realistic and immersive, with vivid characters that are not cliché at all. It's really good.

2. 602 睡 I Slept with My Sister's Best Friend, and She's My College Professor 睡了姐姐闺蜜，她竟是我大学教授 Pray for Poetry and Snow祈诗安雪Urban1.8M WordsOngoing [Urban slice of life + campus + professor + one female lead + older woman-younger man romance + sweet romance] Xu Wang's world has collapsed! He came across a drunk woman and took her to a hotel to look after her for the night. The next day, he discovered she was his sister's best friend, and also his university professor! Wen Yu was stunned too. She had spent the night with her best friend's younger brother, who was also her student. Wen Yu is a beautiful, icy older-sister type of professor 166.4kReads9.3Score14.5kShelves
3. 603 工 A Temporary Romance at the Factory! 工厂里的临时爱情！ Standing Alone in the World苏世独立Urban612k WordsOngoing Wang Dali had just left his rural hometown to find work in the city. After his night shift, he returned to his rented room. As he snapped the key in the lock, he heard a woman's cries from inside. From that day on, life opened up an entirely new world for him. Every day that followed was an adventure. 307Reads6.7Score—Shelves

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   The subject matter is realistic and closely related to real life, drawing on memories of an era when desires were first awakened.

4. 604 你 You're the One I Love Most 你是我最爱的那个人 Feng Luopiaoxue风洛飘雪Urban370k WordsCompleted [Series: 1. You Are the Person I Love Most] [Series: 2. Moonlight at Our Desk, Scattered Across Two Cities] [Urban]+ [School life]+ [Romance]+ [First-person narration]+ [Semi-autobiographical] Chen He is me, and I am Chen He. During their noisy high school years, filled with the cries of cicadas, Chen He and Xiao Yao spend three years as deskmates, together every day. The strands of hair that fall across her face as she bends over her homework, the bright smile in her eyes when she shares snacks 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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   It's it, it's it, and it's still it. This campus romance novel, a blend of the author's personal experiences and fiction, has a powerful impact, brimming with detail, from love at first sight to the days after the breakup and finally to their happy ending. It's amazing, highly recommended.

5. 605 发 After Discovering the Goddess's Secret, I Lured Her Into My Trap 发现女神的秘密后，我诱她入局 Uncle Yu欲大叔Modern Romance29k WordsCompleted After discovering the goddess's secret, I lured her into my trap. 907Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 606 重 Let’s Start Over! But This Time, I’m a Girl 重新开始吧！但这次是女孩子 Takanashi Nanamiya小鸟游七宫Urban1.3M WordsOngoing [Japanese light-novel style] [Slice of life] [First-person] [Reborn] [Gender swap x2] [Dual protagonists] [Extremely slow burn] I'm a 21-year-old loser of a gloomy shut-in college student. One ordinary afternoon, I had a tiny little accident, but when I opened my eyes again, I was in a delivery room! I quickly accepted the fact that I'd been given a new life, but, uh, something went wrong with my gender! Where did my little buddy go? Where'd the little buddy who'd been with me for over twenty ye 15kReads8.9Score1.8kShelves
7. 607 洛 Storm Over Luocheng 洛城风云起 Making Mistakes on Time准时犯错Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [Urban Romance + Business Warfare + Multiple Heroines + No System] "Do you still want to tonight?" Her question was so direct that I was momentarily at a loss for words. The campus belle has already driven three men to their deaths. Why are you still getting involved with her? At the crucial moment, Sun Tao stopped me. Returning to the place where it all began, I only wanted to put an end to my youthful regrets with the campus belle who had been such a knockout back then. I had no idea she was a 25.9kReads8.3Score3.3kShelves
8. 608 官 Officialdom: The Puppet Wife 官场：提线夫人 A Crystal Grape一颗水晶葡萄Urban2.4M WordsCompleted Power is the finest puppeteer, and marriage its sharpest strings. Every gift comes with a price quietly attached. When the elegant puppeteer slid the divorce papers in front of Li Mo, he realized he was already standing on the edge of a cliff. 14.1kReads8.8Score1.7kShelves

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   The novel depicts everyday life in the city and the officialdom with great detail.

9. 609 官 The Official's Path: Rising to Prominence from a Funeral Home 官道：从殡仪馆平步青云 A Crystal Grape一颗水晶葡萄Urban3.2M WordsCompleted With a touch of scholarly refinement and a strong sense of justice, Zhang Yuanqing had been thriving in the officialdom until he hit a major setback. Then his girlfriend betrayed him, and he was banished to conduct research at a funeral home. Faced with deceit and sinister schemes, he refused to give up, finding a way to survive against all odds. Armed with the skill to bring down dragons, he set out from a humble background to forge a path to the very top. I am but a commoner from Jiangbei. 55.3kReads9.4Score5.4kShelves
10. 610 我 I Bragged on Bihu, So Why Did the Government Take Me Seriously? 我在逼乎吹牛，国家怎么当真了 Black Dog Doesn't Like Tangyuan黑狗不爱吃汤圆Urban4.3M WordsOngoing [No System + Slow Pace + White Moonlight + No Harem + Building the Nation Through Industry] In 2011, just before the high school class divisions, Gu Yu was reborn. The first thing he did wasn’t buy lottery tickets or invest in property. He switched to the humanities track and took the seat beside Su Nian. The second thing he did was borrow her computer and post a prediction on Zhihu that no one would believe. The European debt crisis, mobile internet, digital payments, new energy vehicles, artif 170.9kReads8.8Score14.8kShelves
11. 611 妻 After My Wife Cheated, I Made Her Regret It Like Crazy 妻子出轨后，我让她悔疯了 Uncle Yu欲大叔14k WordsCompleted After my wife cheated on me, I made her regret it with all her heart. 55Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 612 娱 Secret Feng Shui Tales from the Entertainment Industry 娱乐圈风水秘闻 Bitter Melon with Flower Crab苦瓜炒花蟹Urban1.8M WordsOngoing From the big-eyed actress who sacrifices her children for wealth and status, to the martial-arts superstar who uses metaphysics to prolong his life; from the steel-cannon director who turns to metaphysics to conceive a child, to the wealthy actress whom tycoons treat like a human Pixiu, bringing her into the entertainment industry to attract wealth. Few people know how many sordid, dark truths lie beneath the entertainment world’s glittering facade! As a feng shui agent who has spent twenty year 307.8kReads9.3Score40.1kShelves
13. 613 丽 Tales of Lijiang 丽江往事 Continue Writing Spring and Autumn续写春秋Urban1.8M WordsCompleted The company went bankrupt, and at the same time we hit the seven-year itch. My wife tricked me into handing over all our assets by pretending we were getting a divorce. As soon as we left the civil affairs bureau, she got into the car of an old friend of mine. The two of them were planning a vacation in Thailand. When I got home, my former in-laws shut me out... 38.8kReads9.3Score4.2kShelves
14. 614 重 Reborn in the Officialdom: In My Previous Life, I Was a Jianghu Big Shot 重生官场之上一世我是江湖大佬 Forty Quanzi四十权子Urban495k WordsCompleted [Reborn amid the twists and turns of officialdom + a distinctive and original plot + powerful allies from the start + everything under control + a heavenly beauty and a perfect match + climbing ever higher, step by step] In his previous life, Chu Yifeng returned to Longcheng after five years as a special forces reconnaissance soldier. He saved Bao Yubo, a powerful underworld boss, and was swept into a maelstrom. Step by step, he entered the criminal underworld and became a crime lord, ruling his 328Reads6.0Score—Shelves

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    (Reborn into officialdom + unconventional plot + strong support from the start + overall control + a match made in heaven + ascending to heaven) Chu Yifeng, who served as a special reconnaissance soldier for four years and a bodyguard for a central leader for a year, was a mafia boss in his previous life. After being reborn, he first became a driver and bodyguard for a mayor of a third-generation Red Army family, then befriended a powerful general from a top family's military, eliminated corrupt officials to obtain billions in start-up capital, guided a mafia boss to launder his money and start a real estate empire, and was demoted to the criminal police team. On his path to becoming a police officer, he possessed foresight and stepped onto the road to heaven step by step. [Heart]

15. 615 青 My Childhood Friend Had a Crush on Me for Ten Years. Good Thing I Was Reborn 青梅暗恋我十年，还好我重生了 Night Rain i夜雨iUrban1.4M WordsOngoing [Romance][Multiple Heroines] “You already have almost everything. May I ask if you have any regrets?” a reporter asked Chen Bai. “I feel terribly sorry toward my mother. I was immature before and always made her worry.” “What about love?” “None.” Chen Bai answered without hesitation. That was until he was reborn and once again saw that cool, distant face, already blurred in his memories: his childhood sweetheart, who had always said she would marry him; and the rich young lady who had once given 422.4kReads9.5Score53.5kShelves
16. 616 神 The Amazing Little Flower Farmer 神奇小花农 Small-Town Earl小镇伯爵Urban1.9M WordsOngoing An ordinary high school student happens to buy a secondhand book on the Way, and from then on, his life takes a different path. A top-student protagonist, but this isn't a wish-fulfillment novel, an invincible-protagonist novel, or a rebirth novel. It portrays an authentic high school life, with intelligent characters and believable events. There are no advanced martial arts, powerful officials, or influential clans. These are things that could happen to you or me. Blending cultivation element 75.4kReads8.3Score6.5kShelves

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    I recommend a slice-of-life novel set in high school. It's not about school beauties, systems, or wish-fulfillment stories; the plot is humorous, the writing is heartwarming, and it's definitely worth reading. The protagonist is extraordinary yet highly self-disciplined, striving for success and a life of triumph. It's not exaggerated or unrealistic; it's a relatable coming-of-age story that will bring back many memories. It seems ordinary, but it's a masterpiece that you'll want to read again and again.

17. 617 都 Urban Cultivation: The Little Divine Doctor of Peach Spring Village 都市修仙：桃源村小神医 I Really Want to Go See the Snow好想去看雪Rural Life610k WordsOngoing [Modern Cultivation] [Village Miracle Doctor] [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] Lin Chen thought he would spend his whole life tending the peach orchard his grandfather left him in Taoyuan Village. But on his eighteenth birthday, he obtained the mysterious cultivation technique his grandfather had left behind and embarked on an invincible path of cultivation. 1.5kReads6.8Score114Shelves

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    This is a good one; it's an urban fantasy novel with multiple female protagonists.

18. 618 年 Too Young to Know Aunties Were the Best, I Wasted My Youth Planting Rice 年少不知阿姨香，错拿青春插稻秧 The Neighboring Guy Who Writes邻家码字小哥Urban337k WordsOngoing After spending a night tangled up with his secretary, Chen Xingzhou is reborn in 2005. When he opens his eyes, the classroom blackboard reads, "Two days until the college entrance exams," and the girl he loved in his youth is sitting beside him. Chen Xingzhou has just turned eighteen. Ahead of him lie not only the college entrance exams, but also the red-hot bull market of 2005 to 2007, the global financial crisis of 2008, and a decade-long golden age for the internet. In the prime of youth, 44.3kReads8.8Score4.5kShelves

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    Try these five books! They're excellent urban novels that I'm currently following or have already finished reading. The plots are smooth and they're very engaging. If you haven't read them, proceed with caution!

19. 619 万 The Internet of Everything: Dimensional Supremacy Begins in 2001 万物互联：2001开始降维打击 The Vanished Resolve消失的初心Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Urban rebirth + AI technology chips + business ecosystem + single heroine + emotional intelligence + information advantage] Su Ze, an internet AI mogul, creates the perfect AI brain-computer interface chip: Chiyou. But just as he completes the brain-computer connection, he dies on the operating table. When he opens his eyes again, he’s back in 2001, on the very day his parents get into a car accident. Luckily, Chiyou has come back with him. With fifteen minutes left on the countdown to the acci 1.9kReads5.6Score128Shelves
20. 620 复 A Review of This Life 复盘今生 Leng Yuhan冷遇寒Urban223k WordsCompleted Wang Yuhan once had a happy family. He and his wife, Yu Meixia, were both teachers. They excelled at their jobs, had a son and a daughter, and were the envy of everyone. But then, one day, it all vanished. If you were the protagonist, how would you react? How would you face betrayal by the person you love and trust most? Drawing on a deep understanding of life, the author tells a moving, vivid story of love and loss, life and death, and tangled passions in plain, flowing prose. The story also ra 750Reads8.8Score101Shelves

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    Do you think this is a true story?

21. 621 女 The Female Leader's Favorite 女领导的头牌红人 Although虽然Urban3.4M WordsCompleted Wang Yu sat in the meeting room with a copy of Sakura Communications in his hands, waiting to learn where he would be assigned for work. He had returned to a crossroads of fate once again. This time, he did not choose to move far from his hometown and parents. Instead, he dutifully chose a state-owned enterprise. No coasting toward retirement, no lying flat. He climbed the ranks all the way, proving through his actions that seniority does not always have to rule here, either. With the right kind 2.5kReads9.6Score242Shelves
22. 622 中 Lu Xueqi, Vocational School Student 中专生陆雪琪 Bright Sunny Day灿烂晴天Marriage & Romance81k WordsCompleted Lu Xueqi, the Vocational School Student 1.8kReads—Score—Shelves

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    The first book features a young male protagonist who leaves the classroom and rises through the ranks to become town mayor, county bureau chief, county magistrate, and city bureau chief. Two female students, one a humanities student and the other a science student, each bring him political achievements but also entangle him in romantic relationships.

23. 623 不 Don't Fear a Flirtatious Campus Beauty, Fear a Thirty-Year-Old Auntie 不怕校花玩暧昧，就怕阿姨三十岁 A Half Flask of Rough Wine, Reunited in Joy半壶浊酒喜相逢Urban536k WordsOngoing [No System + Reborn + Campus Beauty + Auntie + Entrepreneurship] Two or more romantic partners, so don’t read if you mind. There will be some feng shui and geomancy, but no cultivation. I was born before you, and you were born when I was already old. I am far away from you, and you are separated from me by the sea. In my previous life, my own cowardice and my parents’ objections made me miss Lin Mengyun, who was twelve years older than me and loved me more than her own life. My only main quest n 2.2kReads8.6Score121Shelves
24. 624 修 After Three Years of Cultivation, I Became the Unrivaled Leader of the Medical World 修行三年，我成了神医界无敌头头 Riding the Wind on Three-Foot Waves乘风三尺浪Urban2.2M WordsCompleted Zuo Xiu was practicing a powerful martial art in the middle of the night when he unexpectedly rescued a beautiful woman and took her home. He never imagined she’d be the heiress to a wealthy family. After treating her injuries, she made him an outrageous offer. From then on, Zuo Xiu had life by the tail, taking his revenge and living exactly as he pleased. 10.4kReads9.2Score1.7kShelves

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    🌈①Amidst the dim city lights, a quiet blossoming unfolds. Zuo Xiu, with an ordinary body, accomplishes extraordinary feats. Medical skills and supernatural abilities intertwine, leading to an encounter with a wealthy heiress. ☘️ 🌈Unveiling the mystery of infertility, amidst love and hate, a thrilling urban legend unfolds, a romantic journey of healing and redemption on the edge of reality and fantasy. ☘️

25. 625 重 After I Was Reborn, I Took My Enemy's Grand Prize 重生后，拿走仇人的大奖 Nameless Li无名的李某Urban253k WordsCompleted [Tycoon fantasy + everyday life + characters with brains] Yang Ze, reborn in the past: “Bro, did you know you won a hundred million in the lottery in your previous life?” “What? You want to know why you won't win this time?” “Because I claimed it for you. How else would I have money to invest and achieve financial freedom?” 2.3kReads7.0Score124Shelves
26. 626 情 The Love Consultant 情感定制师 Leopard Print Inspector豹纹鉴定官20k WordsCompleted Custom Romance Tailor —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    These books will surely satisfy you.

27. 627 和 He Shen in the City 和珅在都市 Xu Muyu徐牧渔Urban2.5M WordsCompleted On February 22, 1799, Heshen received a white silk cord from the Jiaqing Emperor and met his end. Somehow, he found himself in the future, in 1983. As an ancient man in a modern city, how will he make his way in the world? 28.8kReads9.3Score4kShelves
28. 628 消 After Five Years Away, My Ex-Girlfriend Had Triplets for Me 消失五年，前女友竟给我生了三胎 Luo Ziqi洛子柒Urban531k WordsCompleted [One heroine + rural life in a bygone era + building a fortune + doting dad + devoted husband] When his family went bankrupt and he was saddled with millions in debt, Jiang Zhou didn't want his girlfriend to suffer with him. He broke up with her in college, dropped out, and left to work. For five years, he didn't keep in touch with any of his classmates. Five years later, he returned. Now he was a reborn man, a billionaire from his previous life reborn as a poor young man burdened with millions 7.2kReads8.8Score540Shelves
29. 629 山 Chronicles of Mountains and Rivers 山河志 A Dao阿刀Urban1.9M WordsCompleted His beautiful mother was nearly assaulted by a village lout, but she tearfully begged the man who rescued her not to call the police. Young Gao Yuan couldn’t understand why at the time. Only when he reached his thirties and looked back on the past, with those scenes flashing through his mind, did he realize that the lives of countless rural people together form a chronicle of the mountains and rivers of China! 84.2kReads9.6Score9.2kShelves
30. 630 爱 Falling for a Tough Girl From the Urban Village 爱上城中村女痞子 Rain Sends Dust雨送尘Urban221k WordsCompleted He's a country boy who made it big; she's a rich second-generation city girl. He's an honest man; she's a tough-talking tomboy. His defining traits are being poor and stubborn. He lives in a tiny room in an urban village, and at twenty-seven, he's still single. She's genuinely tough, with money, looks, and a whole group of young, beautiful bodyguards and girlfriends. They should never have crossed paths. But one chance late-night entanglement brought their fates together, and they fell in l 15Reads—Score—Shelves

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    She was originally a pitiful con artist with a tragic past. Before meeting the male lead, she worked as a pickpocket at the night market and a hostess at a shady bar. But after meeting him, she not only removed her tattoos and dyed her hair black again, but also rose to become a moderately famous model. Cute, naive, and kind-hearted, she is a ray of sunshine in the male lead's bleak life, and a source of redemption for him…

31. 631 终 At Last, Love 终于爱情 Lu Meng陆萌Urban176k WordsCompleted When her mother remarried, Zeng Yu joined the Han family and suddenly found herself with a new older brother, Han Mengyu. At twelve, Zeng Yu got revenge by pouring ink into Han Mengyu's shoes. At fourteen, she took a bite out of the tip of every slice of watermelon, just so Han Mengyu couldn't eat any. At sixteen, when someone teased them about being a couple, Zeng Yu burst into tears and kicked and hit Han Mengyu, refusing to have anything to do with him. They lived under the same roof. Han Men 1.2kReads9.4Score164Shelves
32. 632 我 My Goddess and I Are Stranded on a Deserted Island 我和女神沦陷荒岛 Lone Song in the Dark Night暗夜孤歌Urban1.9M WordsCompleted [A finished masterpiece, a true deserted-island adventure] Pirates hijacked a cruise ship, and Yang Yi rescued several national goddesses. To evade the pirates hunting them, they had no choice but to hide away and live on a deserted island. He thought he was a bad guy, only to run into people even worse than him. Yang Yi was furious, and the consequences were severe. When it came to being bad, he was number one in the world! In the end, Yang Yi proved the truth of “women love bad boys” and began 2.4kReads9.2Score419Shelves

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    🍅Keep out of the way for children

33. 633 重 Reborn: This Time, the Commoner Will Become an Official 重生，草根这次要当官 Fish Hill Listening to Rain鱼丘听雨Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Reborn] + [Officialdom] + [A hidden identity] He was an ordinary nobody who unexpectedly returned to life eighteen years in the past! His fate took a new turn, and he rose through the ranks of officialdom! When his rivals moved against him, he discovered that his background held a surprising secret. One of the country's top wealthy families came looking for him of their own accord. Both his uncles were powerful figures, and his older brother was a special forces commander. The Zhong family is i 27.1kReads8.4Score2kShelves
34. 634 村 Village Glow 村光 Xuan Shuixi玄水溪Urban4.0M WordsCompleted Zhao Dayang, a simple-minded country boy, is beaten up by the admirer of the older woman next door after she confesses her feelings for him. He unexpectedly inherits a legacy and rises to success from then on, beating up his uncle and the White Tiger Gang. The village belle, the younger girl next door, a pharmacist, and a former high school classmate all confess their feelings for him, leaving Zhao Dayang struggling to keep up… 6.2kReads8.9Score663Shelves
35. 635 他 The Girl He Brought Home Walked into My Room 他带回的女生，走进了我房间 Rain Sends Dust雨送尘17k WordsCompleted The girl he brought home walked into my room 225Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 636 韩 Han Caiyi’s Journey of Ten Thousand Miles 韩彩依万里路 Bright Sunny Day灿烂晴天Marriage & Romance27k WordsCompleted Han Caiyi's Journey of Ten Thousand Miles 71Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The first book features a young male protagonist who leaves the classroom and rises through the ranks to become town mayor, county bureau chief, county magistrate, and city bureau chief. Two female students, one a humanities student and the other a science student, bring him political achievements but also entangle him in romantic relationships.

37. 637 男 A Man's Life 男人活着 Wang Yiwang王已忘Urban1.7M WordsCompleted From the moment he entered the working world, Yang Zheng embarked on a relentless pursuit of wealth. Amid the tides of the times, a man's grit and perseverance carry him forward through the abyss, undaunted by wind and rain. 12kReads9.1Score996Shelves
38. 638 春 Spring Evil 春邪 Si Ruolan思若兰Urban257k WordsCompleted Qin Tian worked diligently and kept his head down, but his female superior constantly made things difficult for him. With no connections to protect him, he was eventually made a scapegoat. At that moment, the resentment he had suppressed for years finally erupted. He swore he would climb to the top and become someone important. 264Reads7.6Score103Shelves
39. 639 听 I Hear the Study Abroad Crowd Is a Mess 听说留学圈很乱 Light Sleeper11浅眠11Modern Romance379k WordsCompleted [The leads are not each other’s firsts] While studying abroad, Fu Fan and Jing An were worlds apart, two people who should never have crossed paths. He was the campus king, adored by everyone; she was an unassuming girl, quiet and independent. Jing An accidentally caught Fu Fan flirting with someone else, and had also witnessed his reckless affairs with women. She looked down on him, but he was determined to have her. In the end, she fell into his arms, and together they spent a period of wild, 9.3kReads8.9Score751Shelves

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    During their studies abroad, Fu Fan and Jing An were worlds apart, two people who would never have crossed paths. One was a campus bully, the center of attention; the other a quiet, independent beauty. Jing An inadvertently glimpsed Fu Fan's ambiguous relationships with others and witnessed his outrageous romantic affairs. He disdained her, yet he was determined to have her. Ultimately, she fell into his arms, spending a wild and decadent period with him. However, she lost herself, and he gave too little, ultimately misplaced her affections. When they met again, he was still the darling of the world, but she was no longer the innocent flower. She decided to love only herself, to move forward, to shine brightly. But he relentlessly pursued her, leaving her nowhere to hide. [Sending hearts][Sending hearts][Sending hearts]

40. 640 职 The Cunning Woman at Work 职场心机女 Cloud Sea Chapter云海章Modern Romance136k WordsOngoing Born in the countryside, Jiang Xiaoyan enters the workforce after graduating from college. She stumbles through one setback after another, facing rejection wherever she goes. One night, she gets drunk and a kind stranger arranges for her to spend the night at a hotel. But she goes into the wrong room and spends the night with a man she doesn't know. She falls in love, marries into a wealthy family, and, in a dramatic twist, her best friend becomes her mother-in-law. From then on, she defies fate 113Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The city is particularly real and realistic.

41. 641 站 At the Crossroads of Fate 站在命运的十字路口 Zhang Guofu张国富Urban243k WordsCompleted This book explores Standing at the Crossroads of Fate through five major sections. 1. Fleeing for Their Lives: This section recounts how the protagonist Sun Shigui’s grandparents left their landlord’s household to make a life of their own amid the hardships of the old society, and how, after enduring countless trials during the War of Resistance Against Japan, they fled all the way from Nanjing to Shiqi Village and finally settled there. 2. A Life of Hardship: This section follows the many hards 61Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 642 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
43. 643 我 My Days at the Real Estate Sales Office 我在售楼部的日子 Clouds in the Sky, Water in a Bottle云在天际水在瓶Modern Romance1.6M WordsOngoing As a member of the post-80s generation, I’ve witnessed this industry’s rise and fall. I’ve ridden the wave, reaped the rewards, felt the bubble, and watched it go from flourishing to decline, its fortunes ebbing away... There was fate’s hand, society’s shaping, and the trials of life... All these true stories will be recorded in full as a mark of our times. 186Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 644 连 A Serial Killer Rented a Room and Accidentally Moved Into the Criminal Police Captain's Home 连环杀人犯租房子，不小心租进刑警队长家里了 The World's Mightiest Little Fox宇宙无敌小狐狸7k WordsCompleted A serial killer rents a place by accident, and ends up living with the captain of the criminal investigation team. 160Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A wonderful life.

45. 645 女 A Woman Is Like Jade 女人如玉 The Reversed Hourglass反转的沙漏Urban288k WordsCompleted Jade must be carved to become a treasure. A woman who has been shaped into one can make a man like me unable to resist. This is the story of a man truly becoming a man. 69Reads8.6Score—Shelves
46. 646 简 Jian Yu’s Absurd Daily Life 简玉的离谱日常 Sipping Tea Alone in Autumn秋茶独饮Modern Romance151k WordsCompleted Jian Yu is a wild country girl with "funny" written right into her DNA. These are true stories from Jian Yu's life and work... Open this book and get ready to laugh until you crow. After all, no one can stop this wild girl from turning everyday life into one never-ending comedy. Her thought process is always outlandish, and her hands and feet are always half a beat ahead of her brain. She can turn the most ordinary days into a commotion that makes the neighbors and her friends laugh like flowers 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    These are all stories that happened in real life.

47. 647 比 A Story More Real Than Reality 比真实更真实的故事 Back and Forth三来四去Urban802k WordsOngoing This is a world where Awakened and demon seeds coexist. They seem to be natural enemies, destined to fight until one of them dies. But behind it all, unseen hands are pulling the strings... In pursuit of the truth, Xiao Ye grows stronger and sets out to travel across all seven kingdoms. —Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 648 都 Urban Hunter 都市猎人 Heartthrob Cola心动可乐Urban2.0M WordsOngoing After saving a girl who was about to jump, he embarked on a road of no return... Even if things get a little angsty early on, you can rest assured and read to the end. It absolutely has a happy ending for everyone! Keep reading, and you'll discover a different kind of excitement. 881Reads8.6Score100Shelves
49. 649 穿 After I Transmigrate, I Talk My Way to a Trillion-Dollar Fortune 穿越后，我靠一张嘴忽悠万亿资产 Liu Zhan Hongyan刘战红颜Urban321k WordsOngoing [Humor] [Hilarious] [Comedy] [Ridiculous] [Pure wish fulfillment] [Later-in-life marriage] [Romantic farce] [Laugh till you drop] This book is also known as: "Hilarious Transmigration: Making a Trillion in Assets by Bluffing"! This is a no-brainer wish-fulfillment story that doesn't get hung up on logic or common sense. It's here to help busy working readers unwind, shake off fatigue, and add a little fun to life. Niu Xiaotian, a trillionaire CEO, transmigrates into the body of a low-level food 29Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [Cool] Three special books: The first one will make you laugh so hard you'll forget to get off the bus; the second is a bizarre anti-Japanese war story about a swordsman and a senior female officer from the Kuomintang joining forces; the third is an exposé of the inner workings of the high-ranking officials in northern Myanmar, where a Chinese super agent infiltrates the Myanmar government's top leadership, leading to internal strife, infighting, and turning against each other!

50. 650 入 Dawn in a Dream 入梦之晓 Sipping Tea Alone in Autumn秋茶独饮Modern Romance21k WordsCompleted Dreaming at Dawn tells the story of Jiang Xiao, a woman from southern China who gradually awakens within a traditional marriage. Once a housewife dependent on her husband and silently enduring her circumstances, she transforms into an inspiring woman who is financially independent and in control of her own life. Blending the realism of urban life with the fantasy of entering dreams, the story is told from Jiang Xiao's perspective and explores women's struggles and breakthroughs as they navigate 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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