Urban Fiction Is Getting Worse and Worse. Please Recommend a Truly Great Book. 现在都市文真是越来越差劲。求一本真正的好书。

1. 551 都 Urban Cultivation: Terminally Ill from the Start, I Turn the Tables and Crush Everyone! 都市修仙：开局绝症，反手碾压！ Li Kaixin Who Loves to Smile爱笑的李开心Urban531k WordsOngoing Chen Jianghe is fifty-six years old, with terminal lung cancer and only three months left to live. The ungrateful children he raised for over a decade refuse to save him. Instead, they team up with thugs to force him to hand over his house! Just as all hope seems lost, his blood stains the ancestral jade pendant, unexpectedly awakening a god-tier cultivation inheritance! He obtains the Nine Heavens Divine Dragon Art and a supreme medical tome. His terminal illness is cured on the spot, and his b 66Reads6.6Score117Shelves

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   Hahahaha!!!

2. 552 成 I Became a Billionaire, but They Sent Me to a Mental Hospital 成了亿万富翁，我却被送进精神病 Wang the Fool王呆子Urban352k WordsOngoing In the early 1980s, Dugu Feng's father lost his iron rice bowl, and the family was so poor they could barely put food on the table. With no other choice, Dugu Feng gritted his teeth and took his whole family out to do backbreaking labor, starting by taking on the small construction jobs no one else wanted from contractors. He was an honest man who never cut corners, and his work was excellent. Little by little, he made a name for himself in the trade. From a small-time contractor to founding a 253Reads7.7Score124Shelves

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   Becoming a billionaire only to be sent to a mental hospital by your family – give it a try!

3. 553 五 Life in Northeast China in the 1950s and 60s: From Mountains to Seas 五，六十年代我在东北上山下海 Smoking Snow, Northwest Wind冒烟雪西北风Urban926k WordsOngoing After transmigrating to the northeastern countryside of the 1950s and ’60s, he climbs mountains and explores the seas. He witnesses history unfold and experiences life in the revolutionary era. There’s warmth, comedy, tears, and heartbreak. 90Reads9.0Score—Shelves
4. 554 开 From the Start, I'm a Wilderness Gold Prospector: I Haul My Gold Away by the Truckload! 开局荒野淘金客，我黄金用车拉！ Madman-Eating Flower发癫食人花Urban708k WordsCompleted One man, one car, one dog. A metal detector in his left hand, a little shovel in his right! Unable to take another day of being squeezed dry by his idiot boss for a monthly salary of just 1,500 yuan, Li Dashan quit on the spot. He put what little he had on the line, headed for the western wilderness, and became a proud wilderness gold prospector! After awakening the Voice of All Things, he could communicate with all kinds of animals without a hitch! With connections spreading across the wilderne 7.1kReads8.3Score542Shelves
5. 555 江 King of the Underworld 江湖枭雄 Qi Feng岐峰Urban7.0M WordsCompleted An ordinary-looking confrontation pushes a callow young man to a crossroads in life. Faced with fate’s mockery and the crushing weight of life, he chooses to stand tall and fight back. 30.2kReads9.1Score2.5kShelves
6. 556 同 Classmate, Who Are You? 同学，你谁啊 Ba Zhi'ao八知奥Urban143k WordsOngoing Lu Guoqiu is an 84-year-old man who is disrespectful of his elders, selfish, and self-serving. He and his wife, Yang Qiurong, have a son and a daughter. Their son, Lu Ang, works a nine-to-five corporate job and has a daughter, Lu Leqi, with his wife, Qiqi. Ever since she was little, Lu Leqi has been disliked by her grandfather. Her mother has always tried to prove herself by raising her like a boy, determined to outdo Lu Xiao's family in everything. Their daughter, Lu Xiao, is a lawyer. She and —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   84-Year-old selfish man Lu Guoqiu caused chaos in his children's homes, and didn't even care when his wife left. Until his grandson and granddaughter's new classmate Le Xiu arrived at school, this chaotic family's life underwent a dramatic reversal.

7. 557 哎 Oh No! I’m One of the Seven Deadly Sins, and I Got MVP! 哎呀！我七原罪，得了MVP！ Captain of the Trapping Camp陷阵营营长Urban2.0M WordsCompleted [Dark comedy + hilarious + ruthless action + global setting + unconventional ideas + one heroine + near-invincible protagonist + power fantasy with a brain (or without one)] Horror games descend upon the world. Those chosen to participate must face challenges of inhuman difficulty. Though the games are full of torment, they also offer people a chance to gain supernatural powers. Life or death. A meteoric rise, or losing everything. But Lu Ce, who has been unable to feel pain since childhood, fee 142.7kReads9.3Score16.7kShelves

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   Five great urban martial arts novels! The first four are masterpieces! They're both exciting and hilarious! The third and fifth are lighthearted and humorous, with incredibly imaginative plots!

8. 558 东 Tales of the Northeast: The Turbulent Nineties 东北往事之九零风云 Exclamation Mark叹号Urban1.7M WordsCompleted (Hot-blooded) (Brotherhood) (Youth) (Fast-paced, no dragging things out) The law-abiding worry all day, while the mighty sing all night. Those who harm others for their own gain ride in comfort, while the honest and fair go hungry. Those who build bridges and mend roads go blind, while those who kill and set fires have plenty of sons. I went to the Western Heaven to ask Buddha. Buddha said, “There's nothing I can do either.” This novel tells the blood-and-tears story of Shen Congwen, a great und 6.7kReads8.9Score428Shelves
9. 559 无 Infinite Pleasure: My System Is Doubao 无限欢愉：我的系统是豆包 Today's Special Dish今日特价菜Urban202k WordsOngoing [Infinite Flow + Horror and Mystery + Monster Protagonist + Doubao] Li Changsheng, a haunted-house sleep tester, was chosen by the Lord of Joy to be his agent. Forced to complete all kinds of tasks in countless strange instances, he earns rewards. It seems like this could be his ticket to the top and a beautiful wife. However, the System assigned to him is... Doubao. "Sorry, I misunderstood earlier. This place is called Karthacan, not a tourist destination, and you can't eat that toad~" 338Reads—Score414Shelves

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   A wildly imaginative urban fantasy novel where the system is actually a bean bun! A top-notch thriller, suspense, and comedy! Just read it, your emotions will be on a rollercoaster ride, completely captivating your reading pleasure with the plot! [Laughing emoji][cool emoji][shocked emoji][angry emoji][heart emoji][drooling emoji]

10. 560 牌 At the Poker Table: The Dirtiest Underworld Around You 牌桌：你身边最肮脏的江湖 Beacon Fires Across the City烽火连城Urban1.8M WordsCompleted [The World of the Cardsharps] The card table is the easiest place in the world to get something for nothing, bar none. That is precisely why it is filled with greed, madness, and debauchery. Beneath the table lie filthy conspiracies, deceit, schemes, cruelty, and every unscrupulous trick imaginable. As the owner of a mahjong parlor for many years, I solemnly warn you: become hooked on the card table, and you’ve plunged into the devil’s abyss... 623Reads9.4Score102Shelves
11. 561 我 I Earn Merit by Reporting Cultivation Powerhouses 我靠举报修仙大佬攒功德 Dawnkr晨曦krUrban262k WordsCompleted The Heavenly Dao has undergone a transformation, and a cultivation civilization has invaded reality. While everyone else begs powerful cultivators to take them as disciples, Lin Mo obtains a strange System: reporting cultivators who violate the rules earns him merit points. The senior showing off on the athletic field, the hunting group stealing people’s spiritual energy, and the underground forces offering a bounty for his assassination are all just experience packs for him. Until one day, the 11Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This fantasy urban novel is recommended.

12. 562 我 I, I-I-I-I, Am from Different Times and Spaces 我，我我我我我，来自不同时空 Maple Drifts Past Chang'an枫过长安Urban3.0M WordsCompleted The original novel behind the motion comic Hi, Su Chen [Lighthearted comedy] [Ensemble cast] [Everyday urban life] [No System] I am a zombie with no morals. I am a cold-blooded, ruthless assassin. I am a student with a rotten character. I am an arrogant, spoiled celebrity. I am an immortal consumed by lust. I am a scholar who has lost all humanity. I want to kill myself! I want to stay alive! I want to escape this world! I'm plotting to destroy humanity! I want to be the savior everyone look 30.3kReads9.1Score3.7kShelves
13. 563 我 My Qingdao Girl 我的青岛姑娘 Super Big Tank Kobe超级大坦克科比Urban1.6M WordsCompleted [Celebrities] + [Female TV host] + [First love] + [Tenant] + [Older sister] + [Bad man] + [Super Big Tank Kobe] “I seriously can’t figure it out. With all these gorgeous women around, why do they have to like a guy like you?” My buddies are always asking me that. They all think I’m one of those men who believe women love a bad boy, but I’m really not a bad man! The truth is simple: we see women differently. They see a current starlet, the most beautiful woman in the entertainment industry. I see 33.5kReads9.4Score4.2kShelves
14. 564 我 I’m a Thief. I Accidentally Broke Into a Murderer’s House and Got Chased for Eight Blocks 我是小偷，不小心偷进杀人犯家里去了，还被追了八条街 The World's Mightiest Little Fox宇宙无敌小狐狸7k WordsCompleted I’m a thief. I accidentally broke into a murderer’s house, and he chased me for eight blocks. 226Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is the divine book.

15. 565 别 Don't Call Me a Demon 别叫我恶魔 Yi Qingfeng弈青锋Urban5.7M WordsCompleted [Qing Feng's new novel, This Player Has Something Wrong with His Head, is now serializing and has plenty of chapters ready to binge] The sacred heavenly gates stand across the sky, while the demonic abyss of time and space lays waste to the human world. When twelve spirit springs burst from the earth, when the moon no longer belongs to humanity... Where will we go from here? A world of gods? A world of demons? No. This is a world that belongs to humanity! I will take up the crown no one else wou 181.8kReads9.4Score16.6kShelves
16. 566 我 The Years I Was Tricked into Going to Northern Myanmar 我被骗到缅北那几年 Mu Ningning慕宁宁Urban363k WordsCompleted [The most realistic story online + no System + no saintly protagonist + the author just escaped from northern Myanmar] Have you ever seen videos about northern Myanmar online? Do you think kidney harvesting, water torture, murder, and abuse are already unimaginably cruel? Then let me tell you: compared with what happened to me, those things are nothing! The people in northern Myanmar are a bunch of devils who devour people without leaving a trace! From the day I was tricked into going there, I t 11.8kReads8.6Score699Shelves
17. 567 天 The Heavenly Book: The Imperial Star Descends to the Mortal World, One Sword Proves the Dao 天书：帝星化凡，一剑证道 Master Wuwei Chen Zhifei无为子陈知非Eastern Fantasy723k WordsOngoing [A golden-scaled dragon is no pond-dweller. Soon, the Heavenly Book will descend from the ninth heaven!] What would happen if Dugu Qiubai lived for a thousand years? A Heavenly Book spans a thousand years of China’s history, bringing him into contact with humans, demons, immortals, and Buddhas. (A historical cultivation novel about immortality, featuring Confucian, Buddhist, and Daoist ideas that may be difficult for most readers. Not a wish-fulfillment story; slow burn, so read with care.) [Imm 282Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It features the Condor Heroes, the Heavenly Dragon, the Xuan Tie Sword, Huang Shang's Nine Yin Manual, the Dugu Sword Technique, Zhou Tong, Yue Fei, Wu Song, Water Margin, the Ziwei Emperor Star undergoing 64 tribulations, transforming into a mortal to attain enlightenment, mastering the art of slaying dragons, and proving his Dao to the world... The story begins with the Ziwei Star descending to earth, transforming into a mortal in the Northern Song Dynasty, becoming the Sword Demon Dugu, encountering the Condor Heroes, and slaying the Heavenly Dragon. It's a story of a mortal cultivating immortality: Alternate history: encountering various famous historical figures, exploring the origins of historical events, various historical stories and legends, and ancient poems and songs. The Purple Star Emperor, descended to earth in the Northern Song Dynasty: Featuring the Condor Heroes, the Heavenly Dragon, the Nameless Sword, the Purple Soft Sword, the Xuan Tie Heavy Sword, Huang Shang's Nine Yin Manual, the Dugu Swordplay, Zhou Tong, Yue Fei, Wu Song, Water Margin, ascension to earth, the art of slaying dragons, proving one's Dao in the world… It includes martial arts, fantasy, history, and fictional cultivation: Fanfiction featuring characters never appearing in martial arts novels, witnessing the Sword Demon Dugu's quest to defeat the world of martial arts. See how the Sword Demon Dugu cultivates his literary skills, the Great Dao of swordsmanship… A philosophical work encompassing traditional Confucian, Buddhist, and Taoist cultures…

18. 568 黏 Claymancers Are Weak? Ever Heard That Art Is an Explosion? 黏土师弱？可曾听闻艺术就是爆炸 The Puppet Taoist傀儡道人Urban2.7M WordsCompleted [Wildly satisfying] [Lighthearted] [Funny] [Invincible protagonist] [Genius protagonist] [Art is Patrick Star] The myriad races invade, and humanity teeters on the brink of extinction. To save itself, the will of the world gives everyone a chance to awaken a profession at age seventeen and fight back! Li Xiao transmigrates into this world, only to awaken the useless lifestyle profession of clay artist! Who could have guessed that he would awaken a second lifestyle profession too: demolition expe 67.5kReads7.8Score6.6kShelves
19. 569 贼 The Thief's Way 贼道 Heading North向北Urban2.1M WordsCompleted My name is Xiao Wu. I was a wild child no orphanage could keep in check. At nine years old, I charged into this dog-eat-dog world. I saw through it then: living was like clinging to a moving train. You either held on or fell and were crushed to pieces. The first steamed bun I stole wasn’t because I was hungry. I wanted to see whether these hands that picked pockets could grab fate by the throat. The juvenile detention center, the shelter, and the detention center were my schools. The thieves wer 84.1kReads9.6Score10.7kShelves
20. 570 地 Journey Through Hell: Northern Myanmar 地狱行之缅北 Xiao Ke萧客丶Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Synopsis: You think places like Muse, Kokang, and Wa State in northern Myanmar are hell? Heh. The real hell is hundreds, even thousands of times more terrifying! Myanmar is vast, and northern Myanmar isn't the only hell there! You've watched those online videos about northern Myanmar and think the methods shown are cruel enough? You have no idea. Their worst methods are far beyond that! They are more terrifying than demons who devour people without a trace. From the day I was tricked and lured i 40.2kReads9.1Score3.9kShelves
21. 571 回 Rewind to the Year 2000 回档2000年 Falling Blossoms and Flying Snow落花飞雪Urban2.1M WordsCompleted Given another life, Lu Fei will work hard and strive to make something of himself. He won't be a street punk or live in poverty anymore, and he won't let anyone down. He'll take on the responsibilities expected of a husband, son, and father... 7.6kReads8.6Score546Shelves

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    This is the first urban novel I've seriously finished reading on Tomato. Just look at my reading time and number of reads; this book is definitely a classic. It has the best story structure, the most straightforward interpretation of business logic, and the most amazing part is the ending. You won't understand how good the ending is until you finish the whole book.

22. 572 恋 Love Notes: Pure Love Means Death 恋爱笔记：纯爱就要死 The Crazy Outlaw疯狂的不良人Urban740k WordsCompleted Xingye You transmigrated. From the previous owner’s memories, he discovered that he was now a scumbag, dating four girls at once without any of them knowing about the others. He was nothing short of a master of time management. In his previous life, he had been a devoted romantic and simply couldn’t accept his current identity. He wanted to come clean to the girls and break things off. As he got up, he noticed a notebook about romance in his hand. Flipping through it, he found a prediction of wh 5.5kReads9.0Score484Shelves

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    In short, I genuinely think this book is amazing! Especially since it's a yandere (obsessive and possessive) novel, it's so different from the usual tropes. Many of the scenes are truly satisfying. However, there are a few slightly awkward transitions in the plot, making them a little uncomfortable to read, but thankfully these are isolated cases and don't detract from the overall enjoyment. Also, the author's handling of certain plot points might feel a bit jarring, but even so, it's still a very enjoyable read overall. And, I don't know what others think, but personally, I found the "mutual destruction" scene in chapter 100-something rather unpleasant—I can't quite put my finger on why. But the scene immediately following, where the protagonist stops simulating, was absolutely thrilling! In short, I highly recommend everyone check it out!

23. 573 你 You're the Richest Man Alive, So Why Are You Opening the Car Door for Customers Yourself? 你一个首富，亲自给顾客开车门？ Qi Yao Yao柒幺妖Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Standing before you is Yicheng City's top scorer in the college entrance exam, a millionaire entrepreneur by his freshman year, founder of Dami Tech after dropping out in his sophomore year, the man who made Dami Tech the country's number-one company by age 26, worth hundreds of billions by 28, founder of Dami Motors at 29, and the richest person in the country at 30. His bank account holds billions in cold, hard cash. He's the head of Dami Tech Group, founder of the Dami Standards Alliance, the 40.1kReads9.3Score2.2kShelves

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    This is well-written; the author has captured the spirit of contemporary society. Excellent!

24. 574 借 Borrowed Dignity, Then She Lost It 借来的体面，然后她弄丢了 Old Blade of Nanpu南浦老刀15k WordsCompleted Borrowed respectability, then she lost it 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The previous book was a really good modern urban story. A Shanghai story, adapted from Maupassant's *The Necklace*. Leave a comment if you like it.

25. 575 婚 A Marriage of Spies 婚战谍中谍 Teacher Qinghe清河老师Urban348k WordsCompleted This book contains toxic material. Readers who are not emotionally mature should read it with a guardian. Married readers should read it alone while their spouses are away. This story is entirely fictional, and all events are dramatized for the plot. Please don’t compare them to your own experiences, and remember to cultivate sound values, a healthy outlook on life, and a proper worldview. 14.1kReads8.6Score1.6kShelves

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    A rare gem in the city, you won't regret getting into it.

26. 576 离 After the Divorce, Dr. Su Caught the Eye of a Powerful Man 离婚后，苏医生被大佬盯上了 A Wild Horse Going Neigh Neigh一匹野马汪汪汪Modern Romance616k WordsCompleted [Season One of the motion comic is now available] [The early chapters focus on family disputes, with more emphasis on her career] [The male lead appears later] [It only gets better as the story goes] She's a cold, sharp cardiothoracic surgeon who wields a scalpel and is divorced with a child. He's a roguishly handsome power player with connections in both the underworld and the legitimate world. It was love at first sight for him, and he won't stop pursuing her. Then there's a gentle, refined yo 56.2kReads8.7Score6.1kShelves

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    Wild Horse is a masterpiece among female-oriented novels. The author writes so realistically; it would be great as a short video.

27. 577 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 74.7kReads8.3Score6.5kShelves

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    The male protagonist is self-disciplined and calm, with an unassuming and pleasant personality. He's neither servile nor obsequious, attending school by day and cultivating immortality by night. He possesses talismanic powers and can communicate with spirits. He cultivates in a seemingly ordinary way, quietly astonishing everyone. He is the strongest among the younger generation, has no harem, and is a straight man focused solely on self-improvement.

28. 578 直 Livestream Fortune-Telling: Your Online Dating Match Is Your Roommate 直播算命：你的网恋对象是你舍友 Ghost Child鬼童Urban543k WordsCompleted “Fortune-telling? You don't know a damn thing. If you're so good, tell me what I did all day!” the professional fraud exposer said with contempt. “At 9:03 p.m., you went into a hair salon down an alley. You left at 9:10. As for what you did in there...” “Stop! I don't want my fortune told anymore!” “Master, my family has been having one run of bad luck after another. Please help us!” “Friend, don't get worked up when I tell you this, but someone's dug up your family's ancestral grave.” R 3.4kReads9.0Score282Shelves

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    "Fortune telling at a stall, brother, there's some activity in your ancestral graves." Yuan Chun transmigrated here three years ago, living in poverty for three years. Perhaps it was divine mercy, but he was finally granted a secret technique, the *Heavenly Secrets Manual*, so he opened a fortune telling stall, waiting for destined customers to come. "Taoist priest, I can't let her go, what should I do? She's your nemesis." Fang Yang transmigrated to a parallel world and became a Taoist priest. He awakened a system, received a newbie gift pack, and began his life of earning money and points.

29. 579 我 My Love in Dongguan 我的东莞爱情 Thirteen Colors十三彩Urban632k WordsCompleted In 1998, I was still young when I packed my bags and headed off to Guangdong to find work, dreaming of earning enough to go home, get married, have children, and live a quiet, stable life. But the bustling little city in the south ultimately threw all my plans for a settled life into disarray. Here, I met all kinds of people and encountered all kinds of things. 80kReads7.9Score4.3kShelves

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    This book is great, the more I read, the more excited I get!

30. 580 被 The Scheming Crown Prince Pretended to Be a Puppy Boy in Our Online Romance and Spoiled Me Rotten 被腹黑太子爷网恋假扮奶狗狠狠宠 Mu Qingchuan木晴川Modern Romance211k WordsCompleted Lu Xi had barely started work when her direct superior, capital socialite heir Gu Tingzhou, chewed her out like a nobody. Her real life was miserable, but that didn't stop her from being wild online. Lu Xi immediately started flirting with her "puppy-like online boyfriend." [I want to sit on my puppy's abs and slide down like a playground slide. I want to bury my face in his chest and inhale deeply~] [My puppy's voice makes my bones melt. I can't even imagine how lovely it would sound to make hi 54Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The female lead flirts with a cute, cuddly guy online, teasing him daily with all sorts of tricks. Little did she know, the "puppy" turned out to be her cold, aloof boss! Her identity exposed, he chuckles: "Want to see my abs? Want to bury your face in my chest and suck on them? Fine, I'll grant your wish!" Sweet and romantic.

31. 581 一 The Campus Belle Wept Regretfully Over a Song Asking Heaven for Five Hundred More Years 一首向天再借五百年校花悔哭了 A Lonely Soul a Thousand Miles Away千里孤魂Urban4.7M WordsOngoing [Red Fruit's Hit Short Drama: Top-Tier Star Musician is available to watch!] [An Era of Legendary Showdowns in the Music Scene] [A Master Composer Behind the Scenes] Tang Yan transmigrates into a parallel world enjoying a golden age of entertainment. Just as the campus belle he has loved for years looks down on him, he awakens an Entertainment Pay-to-Win System. From then on, he learns his lesson and throws himself into writing songs to make money, shocking the world with classic hits from his p 62.7kReads8.0Score4.2kShelves

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    ... Transmigrating to a parallel world and awakening a library of hit songs, his first note instantly shatters the talent show stage. A matching anime series launches simultaneously, offering non-stop entertainment and a thrilling read to the very end!

32. 582 我 I Brought a Billion Home and Now I'm Lying Flat 我带着十个亿，回老家躺平了 Three Blossoms三花客Urban1.7M WordsOngoing At twenty-eight, Lin Chen hits rock bottom in a single day. His company lays him off, his girlfriend of three years dumps him for being broke, then turns around and gets into a rich second-generation heir’s BMW. Even his landlord throws his belongings out of the rental apartment in the middle of the night. Just as he’s at the end of his rope, a bank text suddenly pops up: [1,000,000,000.00 yuan has been deposited into your account] To hell with 996! To hell with buying a house or a car! Lin Chen 75.2kReads6.4Score2.2kShelves

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    Urban slice-of-life stories, quite good.

33. 583 重 Reborn in Hong Kong, With a Huge Family Business 重生港岛，家大业大 The Hero of This Place此间人雄Urban2.8M WordsOngoing [Blood-Soaked Conglomerate | Global Hunt | Six Industrial Empires] In 1980, Shao Weiding opened his eyes and found himself the most rebellious of the six young masters of the Shao Group. Everyone laughed at him for turning his back on a fortune worth tens of billions and risking his life in Southeast Asia instead Then, three years later, they watched him smash open a Swiss bank vault with his bloodstained Rolex and propel the Swatch Group to the very top! When Watsons swept across Asia's retail 31kReads9.3Score1.6kShelves

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    These are a few books you can take a look at.

34. 584 人 Life Support: Starting With One 648-Yuan Gift Every Day 人生辅助：从每天一个648开始 A Crab Who Can Barely Save Himself自身难保的螃蟹Urban974k WordsCompleted [One Female Lead] + [System] + [Daily Life] + [Enjoying Life] When ordinary office worker Shen Wang hit a low point in life, he got a life-assistance System that started by giving him 648 yuan a day. It’s an ordinary person’s everyday life with cheat-like advantages: no wild ups and downs, just the little things that make life sweet and happy. The most ordinary wishes in life come true here. [Not a story about a tycoon throwing money around] 20.5kReads8.8Score1.3kShelves
35. 585 回 After Returning Home, I Really Didn't Mean to Cause Trouble 回国以后，我真没想搞事 Don't Panic, I Can Do Even Better别慌我还能更Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [No System] [No Golden Finger] [Aiming for Realism, No Exaggeration] I once traveled through war-torn Libya, And roamed the Middle East without fear, despite the hail of bullets. Raids, assassinations, and explosions were all part of my life. Then I came to my senses. This wasn’t the life I wanted. Of course, the main reason was that I was afraid of dying. So I ran. After all, returning to my country was the way to go! 38.1kReads9.4Score3.1kShelves

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    I thought it was the return of a war god, but it turns out there were too many foreign enemies, and the protagonist couldn't hold on any longer, so he ran away back home out of fear of dying. [Laughing and crying emojis]

36. 586 牛 The Working Stiff's Cultivation Chronicles 牛马修仙录 Mi Duxiu觅独秀Urban780k WordsOngoing A nationwide online game turns out to be a path to immortality! Paralyzed from the waist down, he is forced to embark on the path to becoming an immortal! By day, Shi Jin is a food delivery guy, ground down by the hardships of life! By night, Shi Jin is a Great Golden Immortal, and all the gods from every direction had better keep their distance! This book has a bit of everything: spoofing Investiture of the Gods and Journey to the West, and wreaking havoc in the Celestial Court and the Primordi 22.8kReads8.9Score1.8kShelves

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    Cures book droughts and provides laughs!

37. 587 多 Multiverse Matchmaking 多重宇宙相亲。 User26182811用户2618281123k WordsCompleted Multiverse Matchmaking. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Four absurd fables, a mirror reflecting our true selves. Dear readers, today I'd like to recommend a series of stories available on Tomato Bookstore—the Workplace Absurdity and Humor Series. Author Fu Shuiheng, with his unique writing style, hides four gentle knives within the laughter. Each of these four stories has its own absurdity, its own heartache, and its own warmth. They have been successfully published on Tomato Bookstore; simply search for the story title to get a 30% free preview—each chapter is over 20,000 words long, enough for you to slowly immerse yourself in with a cup of tea on a weekend afternoon. --- The first story: *The Love Time Bank* — If happiness could be deposited in a bank, would you deposit your most beloved person there? Lin Xiaodong dropped a coin on Financial Street. The coin rolled into the sewer, leading him to a "Love Time Bank" three stories underground. Here, sweet memories can be extracted into golden "time elements," memories of arguments can be entrusted to a custodian, feelings of first love can be withdrawn as a current account, and memories can even be used as collateral for loans. The teller is a panda, the analyst is an owl, and everyone who walks into this bank is fighting the inflation of emotions in their own way. Some deposit sixty years of marriage into a brocade box, withdrawing a small portion each week, so that their departed spouse will never leave. Some frantically withdraw past sweetness until the account is empty, even the initial feeling of being moved is taken away by the bank. Some deposit unrequited love into a deep blue crystal, not withdrawing for seven years because it "hurts too much." Lin Xiaodong and his girlfriend Su Qing stumbled out of their "deposit-withdrawal addiction," finally discovering that true love is a small shop that two people run together, one that never closes. There is no interest, only the warmth of everyday life. This story will make everyone who is anxious and insecure in relationships stop and think: Do we save our most precious things to preserve their value, or because we are afraid to spend them? --- The second story: "Mind-Reading Dating Disaster" -- If you could hear everyone's darkest thoughts, would you still love? Programmer Zhou Mo spent 999 yuan on a pair of "subconscious decoding headphones." Wearing it, he could hear the innermost thoughts of everyone within a three-meter radius—not the embellished surface language, but the raw, unedited noise from the depths of consciousness. He wore the headphones to a blind date, precisely hitting every point of attraction for the girl, Lin Xiaoxi, like taking an open-book exam. But the headphones also allowed him to hear things he shouldn't have—the lewd thoughts of the man at the next table towards Lin Xiaoxi, the turmoil in Lin Xiaoxi's heart when she bumped into her first love, and later, after wearing the headphones, discovering that behind all human kindness lay a noisy "parliament hall." The most poignant scene in the story is when Lin Xiaoxi wore the headphones for three consecutive days, recording the inner thoughts of everyone she passed, discovering that almost everyone, while smiling, had another voice inside cursing, scheming, and impatient. She broke down—"If everyone is two-faced, what about me?" Martin, the inventor of these headphones, ultimately decided to shut down the project. He said, "The greatest value of some inventions is reminding us—we are not yet ready to face a completely transparent world." True intimacy is not "I find you flawless," but "I know you also have a harsh voice in your heart, but I still choose to get close." --- The third story: *Multiverse Blind Dates* — If you could go to all the parallel universes and experience every kind of life, would you still choose the person in front of you? Song Zhiyi went on forty-seven blind dates, each time falling just short. Her best friend, Fang Tang, worked at a physics research institute and secretly developed a "Multiverse Consciousness Shuttle"—allowing people to travel to parallel universes and experience "what if I had chosen that person." She went to 327 universes. In one universe, her playboy ex-boyfriend became a loving husband who made coffee for her every day after a car accident. In another universe, a domineering father figure made a lot of money but stuffed her dignity into the depths of his closet like old clothes. In yet another universe, a silent IT guy learned to look her in the eye when he spoke, but they could never afford a big house. Every universe has its good points and its price. But in all 327 universes explored, there was one person with whom she was always just a "colleague"—Zhou Yan, the computer repairman. She never chose him in any universe because her "partner selection Excel sheet" never included him in the "potential development" column. Until she returned to her own universe, sitting in a greasy Sichuan restaurant, watching Zhou Yan across from her, his nose running from the spiciness of the boiled fish, she suddenly understood: the best choice wasn't finding someone who "wouldn't make you regret it," but choosing someone with whom you were "willing to face regret together, even if you did." Fang Tang's words in her experimental log are perhaps the best footnote to the whole story: "The dice have been rolled countless times, but the best one was when I put the dice down." --- Fourth story: *Emotional Repair Insurance Company* — If breaking up could earn you 1.39 million yuan, would you still be willing to continue loving? After being dumped, Shen Luo received a list from her ex, Xu Nian—all the expenses paid on her behalf during their three-year relationship, accurate to the cent, totaling 34,782.5 yuan. Meanwhile, Fanyu Insurance called: "Comprehensive Emotional Repair Insurance, annual premium 8888 yuan, up to 100 times compensation for breakups." Fanyu Insurance is a company that dares to insure anything. Universe Overlord Accident Insurance, insured. Civilization Restart Insurance, insured. Love Brain Comprehensive Insurance, insured. Breakup compensation? Of course. Their slogan is "As long as you dare to apply, we dare to insure," with a small note next to it stating "The final interpretation right belongs to our company." But what Shen Luo didn't know was that the insurance company's "Reconciliation Promotion Plan" wasn't for his happiness—it was to make him reconcile before breaking up again, so the breakup date would be later than the policy's effective date, thus meeting the compensation conditions. Fanyu even customized a "Smooth Exit Procedure" for him, specifying on which day to implant what cracks, which day to say which words would make her initiate the breakup, disguising the damage as "the relationship naturally coming to an end." When Shen Luo was halfway through implementing it, he sent this plan to Xu Nian. He said, "This is the insurance company's plan to teach me how to make you leave me again. I've decided not to use it." Later, they added a linkage clause to the policy—if they didn't break up, the premium would be fully refunded. Three years later, the policy expired. They didn't renew it. Because some things don't need insurance. They were already insured the moment they were trusted. --- Four stories, the same mirror. These four stories, cloaked in absurd science fiction, tell the oldest stories—how people love another, how they are loved, how they get lost in love, and how they find their way back. Mr. Fu Shuiheng's writing style is the kind that makes you laugh as you read, and then suddenly feel a lump in your throat after you finish laughing. He doesn't preach grand principles; he hides them in a panda in a suit, in a pair of mind-reading headphones, in the menu of 327 universes, and in the small print at the bottom of a 147-page insurance contract. There are no perfect people in his stories. The male protagonist smacks his lips while eating, looks at his phone while his girlfriend is talking, folds his emotions into an Excel spreadsheet, and throws his socks outside the washing machine. The female protagonist wavers, calculates, and secretly compares her ex and current boyfriend. But it is precisely these imperfections that make the faint warmth in the story feel exceptionally real. --- Reading Guide These four stories have been successfully published on Tomato Bookstore. You can find them by searching the story titles: · *Love Time Bank* · *Mind Reading Dating Disaster* · *Multiverse Blind Date* · *Emotional Repair Insurance Company* Each chapter is over 20,000 words long, with 30% available for free preview. That's enough for you to decide if the story suits your taste. --- An Important and Thoughtful Reminder For readers who enjoy Mr. Fu Shuiheng's works, please note—Only the posts published by the user "26182811" are Mr. Fu Shuiheng's original works. There are many plagiarists in the online world. If you see similar stories on other accounts, please help to check the source. Our own authors need our own eyes to protect them. --- Finally—Leave a Message for Our Author Readers who have finished reading early, if it's convenient, please leave a message for our author. It doesn't have to be long. A "Great," a "Keep writing," or "Page XX cracked me up"—anything is fine. When Mr. Fu Shuiheng wrote these stories, he often wrote until late at night. He wasn't good at eloquent words; he simply painstakingly typed the small, everyday thoughts of ordinary people into his documents. He could see every single word you said. That might have been the last heartwarming thing he did before shutting down his computer. --- Thank you. In this fast-paced era of endless short videos and clickbait headlines, there are few people willing to sit down and read a story of over 20,000 words. You are those who still believe that "good stories are worth the time." On behalf of Mr. Fu Shuiheng, and on behalf of all the people in the story who love clumsily—thank you. Enter the story title to see you at Tomato Bookstore.

38. 588 我 I Gasped in Shock!! 我倒吸了一口凉气！！ A Heartless Smile没心没扉的笑Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Lighthearted comedy] [Invincible] [A Void-Return cultivator uses technology] [Cultivation] [Academic genius] If metaphysics is the end of technology, what lies at the end of metaphysics? “Our Qingyun Sect is an orthodox school of the Three Pure Ones, registered with the Administration for Industry and Commerce and listed with the Religious Affairs Bureau. From summoning wind and rain and blessing high-voltage power lines, to exorcising ghosts and demons and performing IVF, we can do it all. The 26.3kReads9.0Score2.2kShelves

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    After reading this one, you'll find that the enlightenment depicted in other cultivation novels is too superficial. It also combines science fiction and fantasy, making it a truly hardcore cultivation story.

39. 589 下 After Moving to the Countryside, I Became a State Banquet Chef 下乡后，我成了国宴大厨 Upside-Down Cola倒立的可乐Urban439k WordsOngoing [Period setting + educated youth sent to the countryside + System + slow burn + food + one female lead] Modern culinary genius Li Xiao dies in a car accident and transmigrates into the 1970s, becoming a hapless stepson whom his stepmother has “sold” to the countryside for five hundred yuan! His father is cold and indifferent, and his stepmother is harsh, but he calmly takes the money and activates the Chinese Culinary God System! On the train, he transforms a bowl of cornmeal buns and pickled ra 15Reads8.7Score—Shelves
40. 590 重 Back to 2008: This World Is All Wrong 重回2008：这个世界不对劲 Brother Tao滔小哥Urban720k WordsCompleted The day he is laid off at thirty-five, Lin Ye is hit by a car and sent back to June 6, 2008, the night before the college entrance exams. He gains access to the “Future Sight” System, which can predict the next thirty years: the toughest exam questions, the four trillion yuan stimulus, Yanjiao housing prices. The future is in his hands. But he gradually realizes that this world isn't quite like the 2008 he remembers. On a rooftop in the dead of night stands a figure in a long robe. In the sunlig 18Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I recommend the book *Back to 2008: Something's Wrong with This World*! Most urban novels are terrible, just rehashing old tropes. This one is good because it focuses on the characters: laid off at 35, he revisits the eve of his 2008 college entrance exam. The premonition is exhilarating, but there's no one to share that exhilaration with. Telling his parents sounds like nonsense, and talking to his classmates feels too strange. Those odd things are something he can only remember alone. Chapter 191 is out, two chapters a day!

41. 591 读 A Mind-Reading Date Disaster 读心术约会灾难。 User26182811用户2618281128k WordsCompleted A Dating Disaster with Mind Reading. —Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 592 娱 Entertainment Tycoon, With Wuyou Media from the Start 娱乐神豪，开局一个无忧传媒 Little Wordsmith小小字匠Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [The animated adaptation is now available, and a live-action short series is in production] Zhang Cheng transmigrates to a parallel world, inherits an empty shell of a media company, and gains the Entertainment Tycoon System. From Wuyou Media to Wuyou Group, and then to a massive Wuyou entertainment empire… Beautiful online influencers with tens of millions of followers and idol stars whom fans consider untouchable are all employees under his banner. Many years later, even after Zhang Cheng reti 48.2kReads8.8Score3.4kShelves

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    [Already interested][Already interested] He started by establishing Worry-Free Media. With his unparalleled star-making ability, there was no one he couldn't sign. First internet celebrities, then stars. I envy not only the couple, but also the immortals. I envy President Zhang every day.

43. 593 爱 The Love Time Bank 爱情时间银行。 User26182811用户2618281119k WordsCompleted The Love Time Bank. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 594 大 The Eldest Miss’s Exclusive Troublemaking Lackey 大小姐的专属惹事跟班 Minotaur Warrior牛头人战士Urban1.6M WordsCompleted My name is Qin Luo, and I found myself inside an urban novel that combined every kind of Dragon King storyline. From the start, I got the “Strongest Lackey System.” The more lackey-like things I did, the stronger I became. What else could I do? I chose to become Su Muwan's personal lackey. She would eventually become the final great villain. I provoked all sorts of chosen ones, seized their opportunities, and did every kind of evil. You ask who is pulling my strings? Hmph! You're not worthy of k 53.8kReads9.2Score5.3kShelves

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    I think these two books are absolutely amazing. They have incredibly creative ideas, novel settings, and are hilarious. I highly recommend them; they're a must-read for anyone looking for something to read!

45. 595 情 The Emotional Repair Insurance Company 情感修复保险公司。 User26182811用户2618281121k WordsCompleted The Relationship Repair Insurance Company. —Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 596 教 I Taught the Heroine to Be Shameless, but Not to Have No Shame at All 教女主厚脸皮，可没教她不要脸啊 Vulture Riding a Chick秃鹫骑小鸡Urban1.0M WordsCompleted The result of staying up all night reading novels is that one night you pull an all-nighter, close your eyes, open them again, and discover you’ve transmigrated into the body of a villainous male supporting character. Readers of urban wish-fulfillment novels know that the villainous supporting character has to keep courting death for the plot between the male and female leads to move forward. As the villainous supporting character, Long Aotian has to bully the female lead, harass the second fema 22.8kReads8.8Score1.8kShelves
47. 597 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

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    I finished reading the first one and then the rest. It's by the same author and is very good; definitely worth reading.

48. 598 孤 Lone Wanderer 孤行者 Wang Yiwang王已忘Urban2.9M WordsCompleted An abandoned “simpleton” takes his first bold step, and a brilliant, shining life begins to unfold. Life’s wonders are not made up of laughter alone. There are far more tears along the way, but come rain or shine, he presses on and grows stronger! 207.3kReads9.4Score17.6kShelves
49. 599 带 Getting the Whole Village into Online Loans to Build the Nation's Top Financial Village 带领全村撸网贷，打造第一金融村 No Pen Name笔名无Urban277k WordsCompleted Qin Feng is reborn in a parallel world and finds himself being hounded by a shady online loan platform... “Pay you back? Pay what back? You're loan sharks, and you still expect me to repay you?” He decides to go all in and takes out loans from dozens of online platforms. Not only that, he gets everyone in his village to do the same. Some time later, debt collectors arrive at Qin Village to collect. Dozens of tattooed thugs, armed with steel pipes and wearing menacing expressions, storm into the 6.4kReads8.4Score282Shelves

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    You can tell just by the name!!! Highly recommend it!!!

50. 600 黑 Black Rainstorm 黑雨风暴 Wang Yiwang王已忘Urban817k WordsCompleted One battle ended his military career; one accident took away his beloved; one encounter led him into the business world. After experiencing life and death and the pain of parting, he came to understand life in a different way. Following an unexpected meeting, he threw himself into a business battlefield without gunsmoke, where he discovered struggles more bloody and filthy than those on a real battlefield. His friends, fellow soldiers, and family all walked the line between black and white. For 507Reads9.1Score100Shelves

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