The Many Sides of Life, Written Honestly and Quietly into the Pages 世间百态 真实真静 同写入书简之中

1. 1 地 Earth over Wind: Ascension 地风升.升 Ping Yi平义17k WordsCompleted Earth over Wind: Rising 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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   I Ching Wisdom Series Stories

2. 2 水 Water over Fire: Fulfilled 水火既济.成 Ping Yi平义Historical9k WordsCompleted Water over Fire, After Completion 1Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 3 火 Fire over Water: Not Yet Fulfilled, Continued 火水未济.续 Ping Yi平义8k WordsCompleted Fire over Water, Before Completion: Sequel —Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 4 雷 Thunder over Mountain: A Slight Overstep 雷山小过.稍过 Ping Yi平义8k WordsCompleted Thunder over Mountain, Slight Exceeding —Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 5 风 Wind over Lake: Sincerity 风泽中孚.信 Ping Yi平义Historical7k WordsCompleted Wind over Lake: Trust —Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 6 风 Wind over Water: Dispersal 风水涣.散 Ping Yi平义6k WordsCompleted Wind over Water: Dispersal —Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 7 水 Water over Lake: Restraint 水泽节.节 Ping Yi平义7k WordsCompleted Water over Lake: Restraint —Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 8 兑 Lake Upon Lake: Joy 兑为泽.悦 Ping Yi平义7k WordsCompleted Lake over Lake: Joy 1Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 9 巽 Wind Upon Wind: Following 巽为风·顺 Ping Yi平义9k WordsCompleted Wind over Wind: Adaptability —Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 10 火 Fire over Mountain: The Journey 火山旅·行 Ping Yi平义18k WordsCompleted Fire over Mountain: Journey —Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 11 雷 Thunder over Fire: Abundance 雷火丰.盛 Ping Yi平义20k WordsCompleted Thunder over Fire: Abundance —Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 12 雷 Thunder over Lake: The Marrying Maiden 雷泽归妹·合 Ping Yi平义8k WordsCompleted Thunder over Lake: Union —Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 13 风 Wind over Mountain: Gradual Progress 风山渐·缓 Ping Yi平义11k WordsCompleted Wind over Mountain: Gradual Progress —Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 14 艮 Mountain Upon Mountain: Stillness 艮为山.止 Ping Yi平义10k WordsCompleted Mountain over Mountain: Stillness —Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 15 红 The Mangroves and Lychee Fragrance Bay 红树林与荔香湾 One Way壹道Urban600k WordsCompleted [Troubled families + drifting careers + tangled romances + unpredictable personalities + tragedy] [A realist tragedy! Readers looking for feel-good wish fulfillment, stay away.] A group of young people who chose the wrong majors and ended up in the wrong fields! In reality, ideals beckon; in pursuit of ideals, reality pulls you back. How do you reconcile the two? Is a person’s misfortune caused by their circumstances, their personality, or fate? Two young women stood before Wu Yifan. Anxious and 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A group of college students gave up their studies and ran away. They were under double psychological and physical pressure and stumbled between ideals and reality, reflecting many social problems and presenting various aspects of the world. Is everyone's suffering in life caused by circumstances, character, or fate? Created on a non-tomato regular basis, I have been devoted to it for ten years and it is worth reading!

16. 16 本 True to Myself 本心 A Commoner Named Chen俗人一陈Modern Romance151k WordsCompleted No one can live solely for others, but neither can we completely cast aside our responsibilities. In real life, we often waver between “living for others” and “living for ourselves,” all the while judged by moral standards. Family relationships are not static; they change over time. Families that endure hardship may fall apart, rebuild themselves, or eventually go their separate ways, living along parallel paths of their own. As we struggle to survive, how do we come to understand ourselves and 1.8kReads—Score—Shelves

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    In real life, the conflicts between responsibility and self, family and personal growth, morality and realistic choices are the struggles of many ordinary people in difficult situations. As a result, Su Yiqiu had her journey to a foreign country, Lao Chen had his inferiority complex and silence, and Lan Lan grew from a well-behaved and sensible child into a girl who dared to question her mother's choices. Their stories are not a single dilemma, but a multifaceted unfolding of human nature.

17. 17 留 Leave Some Space, My Humble Abode 留白，寒舍 Liu Watermeloneacho刘西瓜eachoModern Romance451k WordsCompleted A diary about love, written from a wife’s perspective and addressed to his wife. Some people love flowers simply for their blossoms, and love watching them bloom. Others love a flower from the moment it is still a seed, anticipating what it will become. They watch it sprout, break through the soil, and keep growing upward. Its trunk grows ever sturdier, while leaves seem to appear from nowhere, one after another. They watch the leaves turn from pale green to deep green, then from deep green to a 35Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Completed, worth collecting

18. 18 仙 Immortals Are Born of Wood 仙本为木 Lonely Horizon寂寞天际线Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted There is no Great Dao between Heaven and Earth, only divine abilities and methods. The martial path ends at the Innate Grandmaster realm, while the immortal path begins there. To seek eternal life, immortals prolong their lives through countless unconventional methods. A ten-thousand-year-old tree has its heartwood stolen by a demonic cultivator. Taking human form, it enters the world in search of its heart. Muzi: If I can't find my heartwood, I'll die soon. Everyone: How many years do you have 3kReads9.0Score337Shelves

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    The red dust is rolling, and the world is full of various conditions

19. 19 十 A Ten-Year Dream in the Officialdom 十年官场梦 Evening Breeze on Xiang Mountain相山晚风Urban577k WordsCompleted What ordinary people see as a grassroots success story may actually be nothing more than a pawn in the hands of powerful figures, sent out to fight on their behalf. To make the pawn serve its purpose, those figures grant it a measure of power and status for a time. Perhaps that's all a grassroots rise to success really is. The protagonist, Chi Mingyu, may be just such a pawn. During the ten years after leaving university and entering public service, he once enjoyed great success. But in the end, 12Reads6.7Score—Shelves

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    Take a look at this book. There are not many ups and downs in the plot, but it is easy for people to feel immersed in it.

20. 20 人 Life's Endless Sighs 人生念念犹咨嗟 Ji Lingxiang吉苓香Modern Romance98k WordsOngoing A Love Song for the Year 2000: the coming-of-age story of a generation. Studying, falling in love, getting married, getting divorced, studying abroad, returning home, and reaching middle age. A portrait of the long road of life, the struggles between men and women, and the hardships of everyday living. Faced with an unpredictable life for which no one can prepare, what choices should we make? What transformations and realizations await the two protagonists, their classmates, and their close frie —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A love song 2000, a growth story of a generation. Studying, falling in love, getting married, getting divorced, studying abroad, returning from overseas, and reaching middle age. Write about the long road of life, the dilemma of gender, and the dilemma of life. Together with the readers, the author looks at their lives up close and far, and tastes the joys, anger, sorrows and joys of the world.

21. 21 离 After the Divorce 离婚之后 Nian Lianqiu念莲秋Modern Romance503k WordsCompleted [An animated series based on this book is coming soon. If you enjoy Qiuqiu's work, please keep an eye out for it!] This story tackles a subject close to real life, one I've always wanted to write about but never dared to. After writing a few feel-good power fantasies, I found myself returning to this subject, with an even stronger urge to express what I wanted to say. And so this book was born… Yang Zhixuan was a full-time homemaker who was divorced after fifteen years of marriage. On a snowy ni 12.7kReads9.1Score1.4kShelves
22. 22 渣 The Bad Girl Won't Redeem Herself 渣女不洗白 Nian Lianqiu念莲秋Modern Romance304k WordsCompleted Whose youth is free of scars? Who hasn’t smiled while crying inside? But flowers bloom beyond the mountain, and beautiful scenery stretches beyond every hurdle! Life is precious, so don’t waste it! To those of us who never got to be young properly back then! “Why are you here?” “Because I know my girl wants to try flying. And I want her to know that I’ve never been a cage keeping her from spreading her wings. I’m the tree she can always come home to, the safe harbor where she can rest, and the p 100Reads8.4Score—Shelves
23. 23 围 Outside the Siege, Inside the Livestream 围城外，直播里 Xi Fengyue西枫月Modern Romance536k WordsCompleted [Urban] + [Marriage Story] + [Putting Scumbags in Their Place] + [Suspense] + [Two Female Leads] + [No Romance] Less than a month after we got married, my husband secretly sold the house my parents left me to pay for his younger brother's wedding! I turned to the livestream chatroom "Sister's Hideout" for help, only to uncover an old case involving a body dumped in the water three years ago. It turned out I wasn't his first wife, nor would I be his last target. He used marriage as bait, laying 11Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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    Real people, real things, real love and marriage

24. 24 姑 Great-Aunt Xile's Happy Life 姑奶奶喜乐的幸福生活 Original Xiaoyue原创晓月Modern Romance527k WordsCompleted Home is a sheltered harbor, and family is always there to support you. This is a story about three generations of the Song family living happily in an old building on Tianjin's Five Avenues. It features Tianjin's delicious food, as well as the family's joys and sorrows over the past thirty years. 525Reads9.1Score104Shelves

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    Fireworks in the world are the most soothing

25. 25 尘 The Dust of Mortal Life 尘事 A Still Pool一池静水Modern Romance194k WordsCompleted This book chronicles a family across a hundred years. An illiterate country woman is forced to abandon her newborn child, then wanders from place to place amid the chaos of a turbulent era, struggling to survive in the cracks. Told as a work of documentary fiction, this story depicts the joys and sorrows of several generations of an ordinary family, bringing a long-buried past to light. Let posterity decide who was right and who was wrong! 2.2kReads8.9Score167Shelves

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    Three self-recommended realistic novels

26. 26 人 Life, with Nowhere to Land 人生，无处安放 A Still Pool一池静水Modern Romance150k WordsCompleted By middle age, Li Shu's life had become a complete mess. Her marriage had turned cold and distant, her grown son was going down a rebellious path, and her body and mind were steadily wearing down. How could she go on living such a miserable life? 1kReads8.9Score117Shelves
27. 27 冰 The Freezer 冰柜 A Still Pool一池静水Modern Romance142k WordsCompleted In today's restless society, people's innate kindness can easily be lost amid rampant materialism. Sometimes, love and devotion are repaid with betrayal, or even death. Based on real cases, this book warns readers that the dark side of human nature is always present, and that desire and dissatisfaction can corrode even the deepest bonds. 47Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 28 男 Half a Life as a Boy 男孩子的半生 0624 Reset0624归零Urban128k WordsCompleted It's strange, they say that those with no close relatives are destined for a hard life. Zihan never knew who his father was, and when he was six, his mother secretly hopped on a train and ran off to Shandong. From then on, Zihan was raised by his grandmother. She was running a steamed-bun shop with his eldest aunt, so neither of them really had time to look after him. When he reached school age, his uncle by marriage rode an old bicycle, taking Zihan and his older sister to preschool. From then —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Life is short, just half of it, adapted from real life experiences

29. 29 歪 A Crooked Road Through Life 歪歪人生路 Crooked-Crooked Comics歪歪漫画Urban1.1M WordsCompleted University admissions send Lu Xiaojun and Liu Yajuan down different paths. He follows her to her city for love, fighting his way up from the bottom, while she leaves without a word because of her own troubles. Years later, they meet again and rekindle their relationship, but their marriage soon faces another crisis. After their divorce, fate brings them close once more… Can this tangled half-life finally lead them to stay together? 82Reads9.4Score—Shelves
30. 30 游 The Swimmer 游泳的人 Han Yiran韩依然7k WordsCompleted The Swimmer —Reads—Score—Shelves

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31. 31 鹭 A New Life on Egret Island 鹭岛新生 Kou Zhengwei寇郑巍Urban122k WordsCompleted This is a new work of realism, covering birth, aging, illness, and death, as well as exams, employment, civil service tests, job hunting, and work. The protagonist’s past is marked by pain, humiliation, joy, and glory. The author depicts the pressures, lives, ideals, loves, and resentments of ordinary people. Rebellious and reckless, unwilling to settle for mediocrity yet powerless to change things, they keep striving and gradually make progress through twists and turns. This is both the protago 150Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Recommend a new realistic work, which covers life, old age, illness and death, as well as academic examinations, employment, public examinations, job hunting, work, etc. It will definitely bring you a different reading experience.

32. 32 他 He and She: Entangled Until the End 他和她，纠缠到底 Plum in the Corner角落梅子Modern Romance205k WordsOngoing He drove away her last lifeline… and together, they rotted away. [Period drama x ensemble cast x family saga] [Grandma with Stockholm syndrome x despicable old scoundrel] You ask if he treated her well? He did, in a way. Well enough to… You ask if he treated her badly? Not really. At least he let her keep her life. This is a true story about the suffering of a woman in the early 1950s. 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    All kinds of things in the world can always be found in miniature in these dozens of families [Bookshelf plus one]

33. 33 女 After a Female Civil Servant Flash-Marries a Rich Family's Puppy-Dog Boyfriend 女公务员闪婚豪门小奶狗之后 Xun Jue Yizhuo逊珏逸卓Modern Romance698k WordsCompleted Her stingy boyfriend of six years invited her to dinner at a fancy restaurant. He wasn’t proposing. He was breaking up with her. Afraid of wasting the expensive red wine, the heroine drank the whole bottle by herself. And then… She told the male lead, “You’re so handsome! Marry me!” He replied, “Okay! Once you’re sober tomorrow, we’ll go register our marriage.” When she sobered up, the heroine regretted it. Because he was five years younger than her and still in school. But the male lead 1.4kReads9.0Score129Shelves

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    Original novels based on reality, love, marriage, human nature

34. 34 糖 Tang Tiantian Meets the Third Young Master of the Mo Family 糖甜甜遇莫家三郎 Xun Jue Yizhuo逊珏逸卓Modern Romance438k WordsCompleted When she was five, her mother died by suicide after battling cancer and depression. When he was ten, his parents divorced because of their troubled relationship. At twenty-two, after graduating from college, he was dumped by his girlfriend when he proposed. He then shut himself away in S City and spent six years writing online novels. At twenty-two, after graduating from college, she became a high school teacher in S City, only to be driven out of her home by her stepmother. Two people from trou 86Reads8.0Score—Shelves
35. 35 从 From a Rural School Dropout to a Dream-Chasing Writer 从农村辍学青年到写作逐梦人 Setting Out at Dawn朝光启程Urban111k WordsCompleted An autobiographical story of humble beginnings, dropping out of school in the countryside, working one’s way up, and the ordinary lives of people at the bottom of society. A story of everyday people and the coming of age of those born in the 1980s and 1990s. This is the true account of a young man born in the 1990s who left school after junior high and fought to make something of himself. From the wounds inflicted by his family in childhood to the rough, thorny road he traveled, his life from th 27Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Documentary portraits of ordinary people

36. 36 如 The Radiance of Jade 如玉之莹 Mu Wei穆薇Two Female Leads378k WordsCompleted [Dual Female Leads] Student and Teacher Perspectives Based on real events that took place at a high school over the course of three years. She struggles to hold on to herself in the midst of hardship, while the other searches for a way out from deep in the mire... You are sure to see a little of yourself in them. 12Reads—Score—Shelves

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    All kinds of things in the world[OK]

37. 37 人 Humanity's Awakening Day: We Deleted the Hatred Program 人类觉醒日:我们删除了仇恨程序 Ping Yi平义Sci-Fi & Apocalypse14k WordsCompleted Humanity’s Awakening Day: We Deleted the Hatred Program 5Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 38 程 Cheng Mo Speaks Up 程默不再沉默 Ping Yi平义14k WordsCompleted Cheng Mo Breaks His Silence 1Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 39 小 A Small-Town Lawyer's Journey to Level Up 小城女律师打怪升级记 Perhaps Not Just a Pond Dweller莫非池中物Modern Romance63k WordsCompleted After graduating from college, Lin Jia chose neither to stay in the big city nor to return to her hometown. Instead, she packed her bags and headed for the small southern city she had always dreamed of. A lively young lawyer sets off on a journey of challenges and growth. 16Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 40 我 How My Road Trip with My Nemesis Took the Internet by Storm 我和冤家自驾游爆红全网这件事 Perhaps Not Just a Pond Dweller莫非池中物10k WordsCompleted The Story of My Road Trip with My Nemesis Going Viral Across the Internet 29Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 41 小 A Guide to Restarting Life in a Small Town 小镇重启指南 Perhaps Not Just a Pond Dweller莫非池中物28k WordsCompleted A Guide to Restarting Life in a Small Town 3Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 42 灰 Cinderella’s Comeback Against the Odds 灰姑娘的逆风翻盘 Perhaps Not Just a Pond Dweller莫非池中物39k WordsCompleted The Cinderella Who Turned the Tables Against the Odds 4Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 43 古 An Anthology of Ancient Tales 古篇集录 Perhaps Not Just a Pond Dweller莫非池中物Ancient Romance82k WordsCompleted [Collected Ancient Tales] This book brings together two short stories in an ancient style. Life is vast, and every meeting is a bond of fate. Dear readers, come along with me. 32Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 44 好 A Favorable Wind at My Back 好风凭借力 Perhaps Not Just a Pond Dweller莫非池中物Modern Romance37k WordsCompleted With a little help from the wind, I’ll soar to the clouds. In life, some things are worth trying as you go. Perhaps a pleasant surprise is waiting just around the corner. Come follow the journey of a “leftover woman” as she makes the most of every opportunity. 30Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 45 田 A Million Followers on the Field Path 田埂上的百万粉丝 Perhaps Not Just a Pond Dweller莫非池中物9k WordsCompleted A Million Followers on the Ridge —Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 46 夏 A Few Things About Xiayang 夏阳二三事 Perhaps Not Just a Pond Dweller莫非池中物Ancient Romance219k WordsCompleted [Short Story Collection] Every protagonist in this book is named Xia Yang. Each Xia Yang is a different character with a different life. Come read a few stories about Xia Yang. This is a collection of short stories set in ancient times. If you like it, welcome aboard; if not, no worries. Kisses~ [All stories are purely fictional] 15Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 47 庶 The Concubine-Born Daughter’s Mismatched Marriage 庶女的错位姻缘 Perhaps Not Just a Pond Dweller莫非池中物Ancient Romance15k WordsCompleted The Concubine-Born Daughter’s Ill-Fated Match 140Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 48 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 47Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Books about real life 📖📖📖 If you are interested, you can read [Working on a manuscript] [Working on a manuscript] [Working on a manuscript] (If you are tired of reading boring books, stop here... Because it is not a fun article, it may be boring to read. The reason why I use the word "possible" is that it varies from person to person)

49. 49 镜 Awakening from a Mirror Dream 镜梦觉 Zhang Guofu张国富Urban119k WordsCompleted What is a dream? Is it an illusion, an extension of reality from the tangible to the intangible, another “distorted” reflection of life, or perhaps all of these? And what is a mirror dream? I think it is a process of introspection: by observing, examining, and reflecting on dreams, one comes to an understanding and is then able to see what kind of person “I” ought to be. This book explores the theme “See as it is, think as it is, act as it is” through three main sections: Mirror Dream, Looking 31Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 50 听 Songs of the Listening Wind Tower 听风楼歌 Splashing Water from the Far Bank隔岸拍水Urban186k WordsOngoing Why does Xiangju run a business that only loses money and never makes a profit? She treats relationships just as carelessly, elbowing her way to the top of the airport’s Twelve Most Beautiful Women. She has Hong Zhi and Brother Gen fighting over her in a jealous brawl, and instead of being ashamed, she’s proud of it. After her eldest daughter gets into a prestigious university, she works hard and becomes independent. She tutors and models cars in her spare time, and accompanies her professor to 488Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It has an unintentional beginning and a bright ending, with true feelings, real nature, twists and turns, and you will never tire of it.

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