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Any Novels That Feel Grounded and Close to Ordinary Life? 有没有那种现实点的小说,接近普通人的生活的小说

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  1. 851 The Fallen Heiress of the 1980s Marries a Factory Director and Raises His Kids 八零落魄千金,嫁个厂长养崽崽 Modern Romance360k WordsCompleted [1980s + no rebirth or transmigration + no golden finger + everyday family life + raising children] Su Wanyan had been stunningly beautiful since childhood. She spoke two foreign languages and excelled at school, with a guaranteed place at a university in the capital within reach. But when her family went bankrupt overnight, her father, egged on by her stepmother, sold her to their uncultured, thuggish creditor to settle the debt. At first, when Jiang Liting heard that the Su family wanted to of 15.8kReads7.6Score876Shelves
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  2. 852 Adoption into the Family 过继 Urban1.9M WordsCompleted This is a novel about a man growing up through blood and tears. Along with the cruelty of reality comes the trickery of fate. But if you’re a man, wipe away your tears and face every hardship. Make yourself tough as steel, unbreakable... 24.4kReads9.3Score2.7kShelves
  3. 853 Reborn in 1990, I Traded My Ex-Husband for Eight Houses 重生九零,我用前夫换了八套房 Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Strong leads x no pocket dimension x no System x loving family x building wealth x career first, romance later] Bai Zhenzhu is reborn on the very day she divorces her scumbag husband. The mistress pulls out a stack of cash and asks her: “How much do you want to agree to the divorce?” Bai Zhenzhu replies, “One hundred thousand. Not a cent less.” One hundred thousand to get rid of the scumbag, twenty thousand in divorce compensation, and twenty-four thousand in child support. Bai Zhenzhu takes t 27.1kReads9.3Score4.4kShelves
  4. 854 A Love Triangle in Marriage 婚姻里的三角恋 Modern Romance388k WordsCompleted [Contemporary realistic fiction + the married life of ordinary people in Beijing + love triangles in marriage + real struggles] Bai Xue and Wang Yang are a young married couple living in Beijing. Wang Yang is a typical “phoenix man,” a country boy who made it big in the city. After ten years of marriage, he cheats on her. After they divorce, Bai Xue meets another man, and her new life begins… What makes this book special: A woman faces betrayal in her marriage, but after the hardship comes 790Reads8.8Score104Shelves
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  5. 855 My Online Romance Didn’t Go Horribly Wrong When We Met 网恋奔现没翻车 Modern Romance88k WordsCompleted A minor sweet-romance author x the aloof campus heartthrob at a media college I fell in love with him at first sight, went after his looks, and did everything I could to win him over. But he rejected me, and not just once. So I decisively called it quits. But to my surprise, he now wants to go through hell to win me back! 768Reads8.9Score—Shelves
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  6. 856 Sweet Wife in the Eighties, Blushing as the Chaste Officer Courts Her 八零甜妻脸红红,禁欲军官追着哄 Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [1980s Military Marriage + Transmigration into a Book + Not a Strong Female Lead + No Starting a Business] [Timid, Cowardly, Teary-Eyed, Wimpish Heroine + A Chaste, Tsundere, Protective, Affectionate Military Officer Husband] She’d only read a short story before bed, but when Yu Suihuan woke up, she had transmigrated into a book. Worse, she’d become the slovenly, universally disliked supporting female character with the same name, known as the family compound’s worst troublemaker. Thinking about 6.8kReads8.5Score600Shelves
  7. 857 Reborn 20 Years Ago: From Street Tough to Upstanding Young Man 重生20年从顽主到四有青年 Urban1.7M WordsCompleted [Reborn] [No System] [Ensemble cast] [Everyday life] [Business rivalry] [Romance] [Martial world] Does being reborn count as rebirth if you have no memories of your past life? In 2024, business tycoon Chen Yuanping is framed and sent back to the autumn of his nineteenth year. A completely different life begins... At the foot of the imperial city, in Liulichang. A group of young people born in the sixties and seventies leave the crowded courtyard houses in the hutongs, carrying their dreams 3.6kReads7.5Score205Shelves
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  8. 858 His Black Gold Empire 他的黑金帝国 Urban12k WordsCompleted Uncovering the brutal truth behind loan scams: the tragedy behind 2.8 billion in illegal profits and 89 lives lost He built his own financial empire at astonishing speed, trampling over the blood, tears, and lives of countless ordinary people! Beneath his gentle, mild-mannered exterior lurked an insatiable greed with no limits! His utterly depraved profits became a nightmare for 390,000 people! Behind the mansions and luxury cars was the ruin of thousands upon thousands of families! We’re all fa 2Reads9.0Score—Shelves
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  9. 859 Married with a Baby in the ’80s: My Mortal Enemy Becomes a Henpecked Husband 八零奉子成婚,死对头成了妻管严 Modern Romance796k WordsCompleted When Lin Xiangyi woke up, she learned that she had transmigrated into a book, a period novel written by her stepsister. Her stepsister was the heroine, and she was the vicious supporting character. Her father didn’t love her and her mother was gone. As if having to survive under the thumb of her wicked stepmother since childhood wasn’t enough, her scheming stepsister stole her fiancé and set up her nemesis, the street thug Xie Qingxiao, to ruin her virtue. She became pregnant by accident, and af 18.1kReads8.6Score1.4kShelves
  10. 860 The Urban Hunt 都市围猎 Urban344k WordsOngoing This story follows the tangled struggles over power, profit, and desire within modern corporations. Everyone is a hunter, and everyone is prey. In the end, justice catches up with them: each person is destroyed by the consequences of their own actions. Then a new hunt begins somewhere else. The novel features a large cast of characters, and the author has done their best to pack a miniature society into its pages. 6Reads—Score—Shelves
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  11. 861 Those of Us Born in the ’80s 八零后的我们 Modern Romance880k WordsCompleted We, the post-80s generation, have weathered life's joys and sorrows and suffered enough from the hardships of life and marriage. Amid the daily grind, our days have been steadily dwindling, and before we knew it, our generation had reached middle age... 3.1kReads8.2Score167Shelves
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  12. 862 The 365th Bowl of Mung Bean Soup at the Herbal Tea Shop 凉茶铺的第365碗绿豆沙 Modern Romance338k WordsCompleted Youthful sweet romance + both leads’ first time + 1v1, mutual devotion Push and pull to the limit + childhood friends ~ My name is Chen Cheng. Miao Yuqin and I grew up together. In kindergarten, he snatched my teddy bear, and I swore I’d knock his front teeth out one day! In elementary school, he secretly took a bite of my popsicle under the kapok tree at the nursery, so I vowed that from then on, every popsicle in his hand would be mine! In middle school, he dropped rock sugar into my bowl at t 8Reads8.4Score—Shelves
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  13. 863 Young and Promising 年少有为 Urban2.1M WordsCompleted How deeply does one's family shape them? Some grow up insecure, timid, and lacking confidence; others become violent and end up behind bars; still others see their marriages torn apart, losing their spouses and children. After countless heartbreaking realizations, some people spend their whole lives healing from childhood, while others are healed for life by their childhood. 23.4kReads9.0Score2.2kShelves
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  14. 864 Stories from the Construction Site 工地上的那些事儿 Urban783k WordsOngoing [No System, entirely hand-written. Men and women on a construction site, struggling to survive in the workplace.] They say construction sites are chaotic, women are scarce, and beautiful women are even rarer. After graduating from college, I started working at a construction site. On my very first day, I met Sister Xiaoya, who was already married, and accidentally offended the site boss. It turned out that the construction site held more than just men and women. There were also stories few peopl 12.6kReads7.5Score1kShelves
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  15. 865 A Cruel Father, a Cursed Fate, and an Unyielding Little Flower 狠心的爹,被诅咒的命和不屈小花 Modern Romance326k WordsCompleted (Countryside + school life + city life + friendship + romance + family + human nature + striving + female growth) Zhao Xiaohua was born on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, under a full moon. Because of a fortune-teller's words, everyone saw her as a jinx, and her grandmother died on the day she was born. Her father feels no affection for her and abandons her time and again. Her mother gives her life so Xiaohua can go to school. Her life seems to be under a curse. Faced with blow after blow 10Reads6.7Score—Shelves
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  16. 866 An Eighties Gofer Marries into a Family of Lovers 八零工具人嫁入恋爱之家 Modern Romance849k WordsOngoing I was one of the heroine’s many useful sidekicks, the one who walked three thousand kilometers to bring back a stone for her. If the heroine thinks it looks nice and wants it, she can have it. If that’s not enough, I’ll go pick up more. The heroine wants to use me as a foil, claiming city folk can’t compare to country folk, and educated people can’t compare to illiterates? Fine, you win! When my mother tried to brainwash me into being a sucker, I put a stop to it with one clean strike. My abusiv 10.9kReads8.0Score777Shelves
  17. 867 Somebody Somewhere in the Crowd 行走在人海中的某某某 Modern Romance309k WordsCompleted There is only one true heroism in the world: to see life as it is and still love it. Whether it’s the wind blowing through a valley, clouds drifting over the sea, poplar trees by the roadside, foxtail grass on a hillside, or people, Zhao Xiaoqiu thinks they’re all much the same, aren’t they? 1.4kReads9.2Score101Shelves
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  18. 868 The Brash Stepmother from the Eighties Becomes a Nobody 八零泼妇养母成了路人甲 Modern Romance459k WordsCompleted Liu Peiyun was ready to enjoy a quiet retirement, but instead transmigrated into a book as Lu Xuebi, a village girl whose engagement had been broken off in the 1980s. Since she was already here, Lu Xuebi decided to make the best of it. She studied for college entrance exams while leading her whole family to seize the opportunities of the times. Only later did she learn she had transmigrated into a book: she was the heroine’s shrewish adoptive mother, an obstacle on the heroine’s road to wealth a 8.6kReads5.8Score694Shelves
  19. 869 I Won Ten Million from the Lottery from the Start. Whoever Wants This Job Can Have It 开局中奖一千万,这班谁爱上谁上 Urban331k WordsCompleted [Gorgeous heiress]+ [Financial freedom]+ [Face-slapping the ex]+ [Rags-to-riches comeback]+ [Lucky life] A fortune falls from the sky: Wang Cheng wins ten million yuan in the lottery, stands up to a spiteful manager, and face-slaps his ex, who only cares about money. Who could have guessed that the perfectly in-sync teammate who fought alongside him in the King’s Canyon would turn out to be the heiress of Bincheng’s richest family when they finally met in person? From the virtual canyon to real 935Reads6.1Score—Shelves
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  20. 870 A Supporting Actress’s Gossip-Filled Life in the 1970s 七十年代女配的吃瓜日常 Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted After learning she has transmigrated into a historical-era novel as a pawn meant to whitewash the protagonist's group, Jiang Yanqiu first steals half of the original heroine's golden finger, then gives away half of the transmigrated heroine's golden finger. Then she keeps her head down, stays away from the protagonist's group, and enjoys the show. With nobody at the educated youth station willing to talk to her, bored Jiang Yanqiu has nothing to do but gossip to pass the time. She has to admit, 1.8kReads6.2Score121Shelves
  21. 871 No Lamps, No Moon, So What? 无灯无月又何妨 Modern Romance409k WordsCompleted If two hearts understand each other, what need have they for lamps or moonlight? If one day we’re caught in the same snow, then we’ll have shared a lifetime of gray hair. Even if we lived together in perfect harmony, there would still be regrets! May you weather every storm and still keep the light in your eyes, never straying from your original purpose. 52Reads7.6Score—Shelves
  22. 872 At Dusk 人到黄昏 Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Family love, romance, friendship, and neighborly affection. The ordinary, uneventful lives of everyday people; the changing times reflected in rural life; the differences between two generations in their views on elder care; and how the elderly and children of the new era should face the twilight years of life. 57kReads9.1Score5.5kShelves
  23. 873 A Dangerous Obsession 极限纠缠 Modern Romance334k WordsCompleted [Mutually devoted, one-on-one romance, older man, happy ending] The push and pull between a seasoned IPO lawyer and a newcomer in the workplace My name is Chen Yin, and his name is Wang Cheng'an. We’re nine years apart. When I met him, I was a 21-year-old college senior, while he was already 30. He wasn’t married, but he had a twelve-year-old son. My family said he was my undoing, but to me, he seemed more like my salvation. “No,” he said. “You’re my salvation.” Some people called him a pervert, 10.9kReads6.5Score1.8kShelves
  24. 874 Those of Us Who Don’t Want to Go to Work 不想上班的我们 Urban1.8M WordsCompleted There are three protagonists in this story: a young man who only wants to open a bar, a young woman who drops out of school to become a livestreamer, and me, someone who always played by the rules but eventually became thoroughly disillusioned with office life. This is a story about a group of young people, just like you and me in our youth. We don't want to go to work, but society beats us down and grinds us into the floor. After enduring hardship, a band of little good-for-nothings rises up to 468Reads—Score—Shelves
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  25. 875 I Forgot the Man Who Loved Me with His Life 我忘了一个拿命爱过我的男人 Modern Romance10k WordsCompleted I forgot the man who once loved me with his life. —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  26. 876 Reborn in the 1990s: Song Chunying’s Happy Life 重生九零:宋春英的美满人生 Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Reborn + comeback + mutual pampering + adorable kids] In her previous life, Chunying's husband was framed and made a scapegoat. After losing both her husband and daughter, she died of grief. Reborn unexpectedly in 1990, she resolves to protect her husband and their two sweet, well-behaved daughters. To escape the path fate has laid out for her, she bravely takes her whole family away from their hometown to seek work, even though she'd never left home in her previous life. The road ahead is full 1.3kReads8.8Score101Shelves
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  27. 877 The Sinkhole Buyer 天坑买手 Urban1.5M WordsCompleted Miao Tian, a purchasing specialist at a real estate group, is sent to Mountain City on an urgent assignment. Thus begins a tumultuous, high-stakes battle in the real estate business. How will he face the deception, the ambushes, and the relentless pursuit? How will he emerge from the fog and be reborn through the flames? This book gradually unfolds a sweeping portrait of the real estate underworld. Remember: If you can't live the way you want, in the end you'll have to convince yourself to want 301Reads8.7Score—Shelves
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  28. 878 It's a Disaster When Your Ex Becomes Your Boss 前男友变老板惨了 Modern Romance257k WordsCompleted [School life first, then the urban workplace] [School life: taciturn, aloof heartthrob VS chatty, smiling sweetheart] [Workplace: arrogant, ruthless CEO VS money-loving career woman who takes no mercy on fake sweethearts] When she pursued him, he said, "Don't waste your time on me." She just smiled at him. When they broke up, he was furious. "How dare you?" She could only laugh. Years later, when they met again, he threatened her coldly: "Get in touch with me within three days." Later, somehow, 694Reads8.8Score—Shelves
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  29. 879 I Refuse to Marry into a Wealthy Family. I'll Take My Child and Marry a Country Man 拒入豪门,我带娃嫁给乡下人 Modern Romance511k WordsCompleted An IT engineer from a small town studies hard, works diligently, turns down a wealthy family’s marriage proposal, and goes abroad to study. Even after unexpectedly becoming a single mother, she never stops growing. She makes a dazzling transformation into an investment banking star… The only thing that drives her crazy is the child’s father, a young man from a small town who’s two years younger than her. He pursues her relentlessly, but what can she do? Love isn’t something you can achieve just 1.2kReads8.9Score103Shelves
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  30. 880 Loving You from Afar 站在远处爱 Modern Romance336k WordsCompleted Liang Qingtong is new to the workplace and deeply admires Lu Chengyang, an industry role model. That exceptional man is her idol, her dream guy. By chance, she becomes his subordinate, and before she knows it, she seems to have fallen for him. He is decisive and efficient at work, but when it comes to love, he has no idea what he’s doing! We’re all just a bunch of unfortunate people: we can’t have the ones we love, we don’t cherish the ones we have, and when we’re together, we suspect each other 103Reads—Score—Shelves
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  31. 881 A Beautiful Scene for Liang Cheng 梁程美景 Modern Romance318k WordsCompleted [Female archaeologist from Xi'an x Hong Kong’s top cardiothoracic surgeon] Late at night aboard a train on the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, an announcement called for a doctor. Liang Shutai, who was on the upper bunk without her glasses, gave her spare glucose to the doctor treating someone on the lower bunk. When the train passed the Tanggula Mountains and her phone lost signal, Liang Shutai was in the dining car with a man across from her. He generously paid cash for her breakfast. Only after he lef 55.3kReads9.4Score8.8kShelves
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  32. 882 Mr. Chen and Ms. Lin 陈先生和林小姐 Modern Romance109k WordsCompleted Long-distance relationship | Breakup by silent treatment | The beauty of a tragic ending In January 2020, she met him on an online forum. The second time they met, he said, “I like you.” She said, “Quit smoking, and we'll be together.” He said, “Okay,” then bent down and kissed her. That was when she learned for the first time that you could forget to breathe during your first kiss. Later, she thought they would always be like that: he would take a cross-city ride-share to see her, ride the Ferr 11Reads—Score—Shelves
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  33. 883 A Love for Springtime: Summer Trees, Heaven’s Hope (Complete Edition) 夏有乔木雅望天堂(全集) Modern Romance475k WordsCompleted A heartbreaking coming-of-age legend that has moved hundreds of millions of readers for seven years! Qu Weiran is a good student, excelling in both character and academics. But when his adoptive father appears, his mask is shattered, and everyone learns that he is nothing but a pitiful victim of domestic abuse. Even a boy as dark and troubled as he is keeps a girl in his heart: Xia Tong, the gentle girl he loves. But Qu Ningyuan, a boy who shares his father but not his mother, has fallen for her 3kReads9.4Score614Shelves
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  34. 884 Fond Memories of Years Gone By 忆往年惜 Modern Romance231k WordsCompleted Zhou Qi never imagined she’d get divorced at 45, let alone meet someone who truly understood her. She thought she’d long since given up on love, but not all love is passionate and dramatic. Some of it flows as gently as a stream. She thought they were only leaning on each other for comfort and warmth, but before they knew it, they had found their way into each other’s hearts. Once the children grew up, their adolescence clashed with her menopause, yet even their conflicts and misunderstandings c 51Reads—Score—Shelves
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  35. 885 Burning Ice 燃烧的冰 Mystery220k WordsCompleted The mysterious half-hour disappearance of Yang Zilin and Xiao Wen’s daughter throws everyone into a panic. What they think is just a minor mishap turns out to be tied to an even bigger conspiracy. A case from eight years ago resurfaces, shattering Luo Yan’s return to an ordinary life. She rejoins the special forces team and fights alongside her former comrades once more, peeling away layer after layer of deception. The final truth leaves everyone stunned. The big brother they had been searching 69Reads—Score—Shelves
  36. 886 When We Meet Again 自相逢 Modern Romance271k WordsCompleted This is a story about two people reuniting after a long separation. Blurb One: A new neighbor moves in across from Xu Ciqing. He has an incredible build, tall and well-proportioned, solid and muscular. Unfortunately, for days on end, all Xu Ciqing can see of him is his back. Then one day, she happens to meet his gaze when she gets home. He’s on the phone and freezes when he sees her. “Why’d you suddenly stop talking?” a loud, brash male voice comes from the other end of the call. The neighbor lo 24.3kReads9.3Score2.7kShelves
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