Management and Shopkeeping Novels With a System, No Post-Apocalyptic Stories (Please Don't Recommend... 经营类、开店类+系统的小说，不要末世文（不要推

1. 201 想 Do What You Want: If You're Reborn, Live Life Your Way 想干就干，重生就要过得顺心如意 Shaking the Heavens撼天阙Urban3.6M WordsOngoing After more than a decade of hard work, Lin Xiangdong finally built a fortune worth over a hundred million and achieved financial freedom. But just as he began to enjoy life to the fullest, he inexplicably found himself reborn in 2008. From the start, Lin Xiangdong goes all in with high-interest loans, uses one resource to generate another, and builds his fortune. From Brother Dong to Uncle Dong, from a nobody to a titan! 29.7kReads8.2Score1.7kShelves

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   You can watch it without thinking.

2. 202 有 An Antique Shop That Welcomes Demons, Spirits, and Immortals at Midnight! 有间古董店，夜半接待妖灵仙！ The Flower Clouds Finally Meet the Moon花云终入月Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Healing + Growth + Gourmet + Wishes + Spirit Companions] [Warning: This isn’t like the power fantasies you usually read. It focuses on helping others and healing. If you like it, stay. I’ll tell you the story of Lu Chengying’s growth.] [Resolve a bad cause, reap a good outcome! Make a pact, and your wish will come true!] University student Lu Chengying returned to his hometown to inherit the antique shop his grandfather left behind. He thought it was a run-down little shop, but he never imagine 1.1kReads9.1Score150Shelves

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   The first book is a healing story about food, without a female lead. The second book has a novel theme and a captivating plot. The third book is about opening a restaurant, also without a female lead, with a different menu every day. The fourth book is about a restaurant that connects the past and present. The fifth book is about a max-level chef who travels to a parallel world. The sixth book is about a system that randomly selects a location and food each month. The seventh book is about random food and random stall locations. The eighth book is about opening a restaurant in the Tang Dynasty. The fifth book is about a multiverse food stall system.

3. 203 我 My Restaurant Connects Past and Present, and I Can't Get Enough Antique Jewelry 我的饭店通古今，古董首饰收不完 Old Bean Bun老豆包子Modern Romance997k WordsCompleted Li Meng, a castoff from a wealthy family, returned to her hometown and inherited her grandmother's little restaurant! On opening day, Li Meng could tell something was off about the place! Why were the customers coming in dressed in ancient costumes? Cosplay? And when it was time to pay, they handed her gleaming silver ingots! Worth 1,500! Three little dishes for 1,500! This business was a gold mine! The next day, a child beggar ate a bowl of noodles and paid her with an antique bracelet! Worth h 7.7kReads8.9Score1.3kShelves
4. 204 美 Gourmet: The Truth Is, I'm a Max-Level Chef 美食：摊牌了，其实我是满级厨师 Sili Yangjiang四里阳江Urban1.9M WordsCompleted [Completed] [Illustrated throughout] Xu Lai was a max-level chef who transmigrated to a parallel world, only to end up as a one-star vegetable washer. The restaurant got shut down? No big deal! My cooking is out of this world. I can make it anywhere. Worst comes to worst, I’ll open another restaurant! Buried in debt? No big deal! Win a cooking competition and you get a ten-million-yuan prize! Lost my sense of taste? No big deal... Wait, what? You’ve got to be kidding me. How can a chef lose his 3.4kReads9.1Score336Shelves

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   The first book is a healing story about food, with no female lead. The second book has a novel theme and a captivating plot. The third book is about opening a restaurant, with no female lead and a different menu every day. The fourth book is about a restaurant that connects the past and present. The fifth book is about a max-level chef who travels to a parallel world. The sixth book is about a system that randomly selects a location and food each month. The seventh book is about random food and random stall locations. The eighth book is about opening a restaurant in the Tang Dynasty. The fifth book is about a multiverse food stall system.

5. 205 随 Random Food Stall: My Customers Keep Making Group Chats to Track Me Down 随机美食摆摊，顾客纷纷建群堵我 Southern Boy南方小子Urban805k WordsCompleted Tang Chen, from a parallel world, unexpectedly gets a food-stall System. Each month, the System randomly chooses a location and a type of food. Successfully setting up shop earns Food Points, which can be used for lucky draws. To his surprise, the stall wins over wave after wave of customers. They even set up hundreds of group chats to track down Boss Tang. The moment he opens his stall, they want to be first in line. 830Reads6.4Score101Shelves
6. 206 美 Gourmet: Mr. Ye, Where Do You Think You'll Run This Time? 美食：叶先生，看你这次往哪跑 Born a Foolish Child天生笨小孩Urban1.6M WordsCompleted [Everyday Life] [No Romance] [Comedy] [Heartwarming] [A Good Read Over Meals] In his previous life, Ye Fan had an accident and was dragged to the underworld by Ox-Head and Horse-Face. With a wave of his hand, King Yama changed Ye Fan's fate. He is given a brand-new identity as a master chef. Watch him complete his missions while enjoying life. Random dishes, random street-stall locations, one thing always stays the same: everything tastes amazing! Selling buns beside a restroom, lobster outs 904Reads6.6Score100Shelves
7. 207 大 The Great Tang Supermarket: Is It Really So Bad to Sell Modern Goods? 大唐超市：卖个现代商品不过分吧 Little Flying Pig from the Mountains山里小飞猪Historical485k WordsCompleted Duan Xuan transmigrates to the seventh year of the Zhenguan era of the Tang dynasty, binds himself to a shop System, and starts from the west market in Chang'an, selling sunflower seeds from a street stall! His first big customers are Li Shimin, Cheng Yaojin, and Li Lizhi! Sunflower seeds take Chang'an by storm, and Duan Xuan's business soon explodes. The arrival of products like potato chips and perfume sends the people of the entire Tang dynasty scrambling to buy them. Li Shimin: “The shopkeep 2.6kReads8.0Score140Shelves
8. 208 我 My Food Stall Makes People from Other Worlds Drool 我的美食摊，谗哭异界人 Six Lucky Reds命中六红Urban892k WordsCompleted Lu Xiaozhou, a former programmer at a major tech company, quits because he can no longer endure the “996” work schedule and returns to his hometown to run a barbecue stall. There, he unexpectedly activates the Myriad Worlds Food Stall System. The System was formed from fragments of the Food God’s divine essence and Lu Xiaozhou’s entrepreneurial drive. It’s unstable but powerful, connecting to random planes in other worlds every night from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. With his food stall, Lu Xiaozhou begins 12Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 209 都 Stop Competing, My Lord Just Wants to Lose Money and Become a God! 都别卷了，领主超想亏钱成神啊！ Bai Bai Bai Bai Ruo白白白白若Modern Romance1.5M WordsOngoing [A Cure for the Blues] [No-Couple Lord-and-Fiefdom Farming Story] [Profit-Loss Plot] Su Xi, daughter of a Vampire Duke, is so weak that she’s considered a disgrace to the vampires. That is, until she binds to the [Get Stronger by Losing Money System] and her father kicks her out to develop a territory from scratch in the most desolate border town of a human kingdom. System: Lose money to get stronger! Su Xi is overjoyed: At last, I can lie flat with a clear conscience! She launches a string of i 4.5kReads8.6Score613Shelves

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   A very good Western fantasy farming and management novel

10. 210 全 The World Is Stunned: You Call This an Amusement Park? 全球震惊，你管这叫游乐园 Born Talented天生我才Urban650k WordsCompleted Jiang Xingchen unexpectedly obtains a Super Amusement Park System, which lets him buy amusement park attractions from the future! Ace fighter pilot of Xia Country: “Headquarters, I know this is hard to believe, but the roller coaster at this amusement park can break the sound barrier. After riding it, I felt like I was plunging three thousand feet straight down!” Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain: “I never imagined that a mere amusement park haunted house would be hiding monsters even I can't 7.1kReads9.1Score822Shelves

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    I watched it before and thought it was alright.

11. 211 建 Architectural Wonders Begin with a Single Tavern! 建筑奇迹，从一间酒馆开始！ Shao Shu Jiuhui少书九回Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted Summon a tavern, and it comes with a bartender; summon a blacksmith's shop, and it comes with a smith; summon a jewelry shop, and it comes with a carver... The more demanding the conditions for summoning a building, the more powerful the talent who comes with it. Summon the Tower in the Clouds, and receive the God of the Sky; summon the Dragon-Taming Hall, and receive the Immortal Lord Who Commands Dragons; summon the Celestial Sword Palace, and receive the Celestial Sword Immortal! After arrivi 194Reads5.9Score—Shelves
12. 212 拍 I Get Stronger Through Auctions, and I'm Invincible! 拍卖变强的我无敌了！ 1A0A1一A零A一Eastern Fantasy516k WordsCompleted Zhao Xian unexpectedly transmigrates to a fantasy world and takes over a trade association on the verge of being swallowed up by its rivals and going bankrupt. Fortunately, he awakens a Divine Auction System. As long as he grows the association and keeps holding auctions, he can gather fortune and grow stronger! [Auction rating: A. Reward: Void Shattering Realm assassin] [Auction rating: S. Reward: Blood Saint King weapon] [Auction rating: SS. Reward: Carefree Mystic Saint Manual] [Auction ratin 2.3kReads7.9Score203Shelves
13. 213 新 Newbie God, System Funds Arrive Instantly, Cash Out Now! 新手神明，系统秒到账，欢迎提现！ Shao Shu Jiuhui少书九回Urban991k WordsCompleted If you had the ability to create any kind of System at will, what would you want to do? Get rich? Gain power? Build influence? Become famous? Enjoy beauty? Everything would be within easy reach! "Then I'll become all-knowing and all-powerful, invincible and immortal!" "System sprite, make it happen!" Fang Ye had just become a novice System God, and he was already getting carried away. "I'm sorry, Master. You don't have enough System materials, so I can't create the System you want..." Fang Ye: " 106Reads6.1Score—Shelves
14. 214 食 The Feast Records: The Simple Joys of a Flavorful Life 食案录：人间有味是清欢 Watching Gulls in the Deep Mountains深山看鸥Ancient Romance209k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + everyday cooking + running a neighborhood business + female chef] After becoming the cook at a small shop in ancient times, Lin Zhiwei doesn’t rely on reclaiming wasteland to survive. Instead, she runs a humble neighborhood shop with her skill at preparing all kinds of delicious dishes. Starting with a bowl of bone broth that costs four coins, she serves rice with lard, braised pork bones, and glutinous rice cakes, warming an entire street with one homestyle dish after another. 172Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Food business article, the simple joys of life are the true tastes.

15. 215 饥 In the Year of Famine, I Feed the Nation with My Buffet 饥荒年，我靠自助餐厅养全国 Meow Words and Meow Talk喵语喵言Modern Romance107k WordsOngoing [Gourmet + business management + farming + women supporting women] Jiang Yuxi, the fake heiress of a wealthy family, is thrown out and returns to her village to inherit the buffet restaurant her biological parents left her. The restaurant is in a remote mountain wilderness. With no money or customers, Jiang Yuxi also has to raise funds for her biological father’s surgery. Just as she’s about to despair, she accidentally activates the [Buffet Restaurant System]. The restaurant connects to an [anc —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The family-run buffet restaurant leads back to ancient times suffering from famine, offering hot pot, barbecue, desserts, and drinks—all free and unlimited! The ancients went crazy, exclaiming, "Amazing! This is incredible!"... To complete the task and gain the right to eat all they wanted, whether they were refugees, wealthy merchants, or nobles, they all started infrastructure projects in the mountains, revitalizing the desolate mountain villages.

16. 216 挖 Gathering Herbs to Raise a Child, Then Joining the Court of Judicial Review 挖药养娃，转头去大理寺上班 Ye Xiao Qi叶小漆Ancient Romance124k WordsOngoing [Family of Three] [Adorable Child] [Maxed-Out Animal Communication] [Career Focus, Not Romance] [Mystery Solving] [System] Other people transmigrate with a System. Liu Qingqing transmigrated with a daughter who has a System! While other people's kids are still playing in the mud, her daughter has already bonded with an "Animal Communication System." Complete its bizarre missions, and she can unlock the ability to understand every beast. She thought it over. How about starting a livestock busines 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Self-recommendation: This is my novel. After paying off debts by digging for medicinal herbs, the protagonist raises animals, makes hand cages out of fur to earn his first fortune, and opens a shop. Then he gets his current opportunity to enter the Dali Temple and rise through the ranks. Oh, and the female protagonist was a policewoman before she transmigrated. There's more information on the book's homepage.

17. 217 重 I Returned to College and Used a Gourmet System to Make the Whole Campus Drool 重回大学靠美食系统馋哭全校学生 Spicy Cabbage Chicken Wings辣白菜鸡翅Modern Romance253k WordsOngoing [System] [Food] [Rebirth] [Business] [Comedy] [Slice of Life] Reborn in her freshman year of college and bound to a Food System, Shi Sui uses her secret seasonings to make delicious, aromatic healthy meals in her dorm, driving her dieting roommates wild with hunger. The aroma wafts everywhere, and the whole campus comes rushing over. The calorie-conscious eaters are thrilled, students studying for exams feel fully recharged, and one bite soothes the heartbreak of a lovesick upperclasswoman. Even 884Reads—Score111Shelves

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    Rebirth food novel, relatively lighthearted

18. 218 震 Shocking! Retired Star Becomes a Nationwide Sensation with Her Farm 震惊！退圈女星靠种田火爆全国 Tang Xin唐芯Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (No male lead, with a touch of immortal cultivation) After being cyberbullied, former top-tier star Xu Qingyan was drugged by her best friend and sent to the room of a famous director. Xu Qingyan would rather die than submit. She slammed her head against a white wall to protect her virtue. Luckily, she was not only reborn, but also gained a spiritual spring space that could be upgraded. After exposing her fake best friend's true colors, she announced that she was quitting showbiz. From then on, 3.6kReads8.8Score394Shelves

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    I've seen all of these, you can take a look!

19. 219 被 After Getting Canceled Online, I Became a Sensation by Farming 被全网黑后，我靠种地爆红全网 Dragon's Toothwort龙芽草Modern Romance1.8M WordsOngoing Original title: After Being Hated by the Entire Internet, I Became Famous by Farming! [Farming] [Not focused on the entertainment industry] [Selling produce] [Livestream] [Raising children] [Cozy] [Everyday life] [Healing] [Romance] Jiang Wanning, a spirit-plant cultivator, transmigrated into the body of a female celebrity hated by the entire internet. Everyone was calling for her to get out of showbiz. Jiang Wanning was happy to take their advice. She packed up and headed back to her hometown i 37.7kReads9.1Score2.4kShelves
20. 220 流 Exiled to Hainan, I Made My Fortune by Foraging Along the Shore 流放海南后我靠赶海发家 Xia Zhizi夏栀子Ancient Romance801k WordsCompleted Jiang Wan is incredibly unlucky to get into a car accident, but she's also lucky: she and her mother, Yin Huaixi, transmigrate to the same dynasty and are still mother and daughter. As soon as they arrive, they learn that her mother's family has been exiled for life to an island, where they're forbidden to leave. What?! The place of exile is just like Hainan Island?! Jiang Wan's mouth waters so much that she starts to cry. She picks up her old beachcombing skills and brings all kinds of seafood 9.2kReads9.2Score1.3kShelves
21. 221 我 I Have a Penglai Immortal Island 我有一座蓬莱仙岛 Peach Creek Wilds桃溪野Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted Also known as: After Finding a Divine Artifact, She Became Famous Through Her Fishing Livestreams A theme park called Nevernight suddenly becomes famous across China. It features the “Penglai Realm,” protected by a seventh-tier grand formation; the “Sea Monster Castle,” where mermaids are rumored to live, with glass tunnels leading straight down into the deep sea; the mysterious and eerie “Yellow Springs Road”; the opulent “Divine Capital”... Everyone who visits even once starts questioning real 7.9kReads9.2Score906Shelves
22. 222 只 All I Can Do Is Grow Vegetables and Cook, Yet I Became Cultivation World's Top-Tier Star 只会种菜做饭，却成了修真界顶流 Mr. Impenetrable不透君Modern Romance637k WordsCompleted [Hilarious and Heartwarming + Food + Farming + A Touch of Modern Cultivation] She inherited a cultivation legacy, and her innate talents were cooking and growing vegetables. She became the leader of a sect, but living in poverty was the norm. From the start, all she had was a ramshackle building, a patch of wasteland, and half a mountain forest. A leader with no great ambitions and four idle disciples. Sect leader Jiang Tingyun said, “In modern society, spiritual energy has dried up. Cul 23.6kReads9.5Score3.3kShelves
23. 223 我 I Opened a Flower Shop in a Highway Survival Game 我在公路求生游戏开了家花店 Please Steam a Breath请蒸一口气Sci-Fi & Apocalypse571k WordsOngoing (The comic adaptation of the novel of the same name, I Opened a Flower Shop in a Road Survival Game, is now available! We hope you'll show it lots of support! ⌯>ᴗo⌯ .ᐟ.ᐟ) [Strong Female Lead] [No Romance] [Farming] [Shopkeeping] [Road Survival] [Leveling Up] In her previous life, Su Yihe struggled to survive in the road survival game for a whole year. Despite having the best of luck, she died a tragic death when a dungeon ambushed her, thinking at least she was finally free. When she opened he 50.7kReads8.3Score11.4kShelves

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    It's a female-oriented story where the main character is an NPC who owns a flower shop; it's quite heartwarming.

24. 224 龙 Can You Have Both Dragons and Good Food? 龙与美食可以兼得吗 Starving Ghost Has an 8 A.M. Class饿死鬼要上早八Modern Romance116k WordsOngoing [Western fantasy + food + another world + business management + light adventure] When Tu Yiyi transmigrated into a Western fantasy world, she thought she’d landed the role of the Chosen One: flying through the sky on a broomstick, casually conjuring fireballs to hurl at the Demon King, and reaching the pinnacle of life from then on. Instead, her broom wouldn’t fly, she couldn’t conjure fireballs, and she was just a helpless ordinary person. Even more absurdly, she was somehow bound to a food bus 84Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's a systematic food novel with an interesting premise.

25. 225 凡 A Mortal’s Tale of Cultivating Immortality with Money 凡人氪金修仙传 Wang Zhong of Aodao澳岛的王重Eastern Fantasy395k WordsCompleted [The new book's rating has just come out. It'll go up later] [Cultivation + System + pay-to-win + power fantasy + founding a sect] Transmigrated without a spiritual root? No problem, I've got a pay-to-win System! While others cultivate painstakingly for a hundred years, I get spirit stones and my cultivation comes right away. While others risk their lives to break through, I just buy my way through. No talent needed. All it takes is money. But Zhou Tao knows the cultivation world is deep w 385Reads5.7Score105Shelves

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    There's a system where you can exchange spirit stones for cultivation points. The protagonist is single, there are no idiotic plot points, and very few conflicts. He builds his own power, and the story is about to update to the point of establishing his own sect. Currently, his cultivation is at the peak of the Golden Core stage. The latest chapters depict the war in the cultivation world very excitingly. 🥺

26. 226 位 Planes: The Village Supermarket Connects to Another World 位面：村里的超市连接异界 Apple Hedgehog苹果刺猬Two Male Leads645k WordsCompleted [Two male leads, interdimensional transmigration, running a business] Jiang Sui's father never cared for him, and his mother died young. Though he was born into a wealthy family, he was constantly pushed aside. When his grandfather died, he left behind a shop in a village. Keeping his promise to his grandfather, Jiang Sui gave up his wealthy lifestyle, packed his bags, and headed straight to the village to open a supermarket. Everyone thought Jiang Sui had to be crazy or stupid, but after openin 1.3kReads9.0Score186Shelves

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    Every midnight, the village supermarket "launches" new arrivals from otherworldly beings, where transactions involve not only goods but also the entire world.

27. 227 毕 After Graduation, the System and I Opened a Guesthouse 毕业后我和系统联手开民宿 I Seriously Have No Words我真的会无语Modern Romance261k WordsOngoing No Romance + Farming + Business Management. The female lead shines on her own. Note: Nearly all technical details are made up, so don’t take them as fact. Zhu Yu is a newly graduated agriculture student. With the job market in such a dire state, she gives it careful thought and resolutely decides to return to her hometown and take over her family’s run-down little guesthouse. Just as she’s getting ready to pack up and head home, a System calling itself 009 suddenly binds itself to her. It wants 702Reads—Score107Shelves

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    The first book was by a new author; the beginning was a bit boring, but it got better later. It had no romantic pairing, and the female lead was the only beautiful one. The second book also had a male lead and no romantic pairing; I finished reading it and it was pretty good. The third book was recommended by someone else, and I added it to my bookshelf but haven't read it yet.

28. 228 系 System Management: From Cabin to Resort 系统经营，从木屋到度假村 October in Tingzhou汀州十月Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted From the start, all he has is a shabby little hut. But his goal is to develop a world-class themed resort? This is like a cuckoo taking over a magpie's nest: Little given, much demanded! … Lin Yu was bound to a “business simulation” System in college, but it took the System a full two years to finish loading and activate! Even worse, it dumped him in a vast desert from the start, claiming, “This is the empire I've conquered for you!” System: Would the player like to begin the tutorial m 3kReads8.0Score224Shelves

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    The bookshelf is well-stocked with good books, none of which are post-apocalyptic. Some I haven't started reading yet, but they're all highly rated novels, such as [Sparrow's Masterpiece].

29. 229 两 Traveling Between Two Worlds, I Pretend to Be a God in Primitive Society 两界互穿，我在原始社会伪装神灵 Yu Chenchen玉沉沉Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The print edition, The Boundary Crosser, is now available. [Female-oriented, no romance] [Food + Street Stalls + Transmigrate Between Two Worlds + Farming + Getting Rich + Development + Infrastructure] Lu Chenyu is poor, but unexpectedly inherits a villa from a distant relative. Before she can even celebrate, she learns that she has also inherited a huge debt. Her fortune turns into a massive liability, and the big villa is haunted, so she can’t sell it at all. On the verge of tears, Lu Chenyu h 13.9kReads8.3Score1.5kShelves

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    I've seen all of these; I've watched them all. I thought they were pretty good. You can check them out if you have time.

30. 230 超 A Supermarket Connecting Past and Present: Transmigrators Come to Stock Up 超市连通古今，穿越者来扫货 Pink Bunny Peach粉色兔桃桃Modern Romance1.1M WordsOngoing [The rating has just been posted and will rise later] [Ancient and modern worlds connected, ensemble cast, infrastructure development, one male lead and a one-on-one romance] The supermarket run by laid-back Yu Miaomiao suddenly gains the mysterious ability to connect the ancient and modern worlds. Her customers include not only people from ancient times, but also fellow transmigrators who have traveled to the past. Transmigrator No. 1 is an unlucky refugee girl. The moment she enters the superm 19.2kReads8.8Score2.3kShelves
31. 231 末 My Apocalypse Shop: Running a Business with the System 末世小店：我带系统搞经营 Durian Rice Rolls榴莲肠粉Sci-Fi & Apocalypse709k WordsCompleted [Management + Apocalypse + One Heroine, No Romance + Multiple Realms] Lin Yanan was an overworked wage slave. After working diligently for over half a year, she finally got a few days off, only to lose them to a gaming keyboard. Unexpectedly, that caused her to bind with a business-management System. [Ding! Congratulations, Host, you've bound with the System! You receive one rundown shack!] Passerby One: “Did you hear? The convenience store has oden!” Passerby Two: “Really?” Passerby Three: “Y 2.5kReads8.9Score224Shelves
32. 232 位 The Plane-Space Merchant's House-Selling Diary 位面商人卖房记 Three Pieces of Meat三块肉Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Business management + cross-plane trading + no romance + ensemble cast + stockpiling + multiple storylines. Qian Tutu, a plane merchant, accidentally chose the real estate category. Now she has to rack her brains to spin grand promises for the System and exploit its loopholes. Does a cat house count as real estate? What about a miniature toy house? How can selling real estate mean selling only the house? The amenities are what matter. Taking advantage of the fact that Tutu’s houses can hold anyt 2.2kReads9.3Score320Shelves
33. 233 社 The Shy Little Breakfast Shop That Doesn’t Open Until Afternoon 社恐小可怜的早餐店，下午才营业 Second Young Master Cucumber黄瓜二少爷Modern Romance786k WordsCompleted [Food Therapy] [Lighthearted Comedy] [No Romance] [Perfect With a Meal] [Socially Anxious Protagonist] There is a secluded breakfast shop that doesn't open until 2 p.m. The timid, socially anxious Zuo Ci is bound to the Queen Cat Food System. She has no ambition and is only aiming for the guaranteed 8,000. To reduce the number of customers she has to serve, Zuo Ci racks her brains to find loopholes in the System. The shop sign says "Early Die Shop" because she hopes it'll scare customers away. A 9.2kReads8.4Score1.9kShelves
34. 234 继 I Inherited an Ocean and Became a Scenic Area Owner 继承一片海后我成了景区老板 Li Yuhua栗鱼花Modern Romance349k WordsOngoing (The rating just came out, and it will rise later.) [System + building a scenic area + infrastructure + no romance] Ning Fu is a recent philosophy graduate. After graduation, she spent two months sending out résumés and interviewed at seventeen companies, but got not a single offer. Then her aunt called and summoned her back to the village. An ancestral estate fell into her lap, where she formed a bond with a merfolk and inherited a stretch of ocean. She also got a [Wish System] that kept urging 2.6kReads8.1Score204Shelves
35. 235 修 The Immortal Cultivation Master Went Viral Through Endless Business Ventures 修仙大佬靠无限经营爆红了 Dawn Xiao Xiao Xiao拂晓晓晓Modern Romance545k WordsCompleted Bai Li, a powerful cultivator, dies beneath heavenly lightning while ascending to immortality. She’s bound by an all-purpose business System and tasked with completing various business challenges. [The Magical General Store] Before buying: “Ten yuan for one piece of candy? Why don’t you just rob me?” After buying: “Boss, give me ten more.” A perfectly ordinary little general store has both Best Actors and Best Actresses hooked. Countless netizens beg the owner to stock more goods. Bai Li’s respo 524Reads8.7Score104Shelves
36. 236 穿 Transmigration: I Run a Divine-Level Pet Shop 穿越：我经营一家神级宠物店 Under Amber River琥珀川下Modern Romance467k WordsCompleted [System + business management + beast taming + pet shop + transmigration to another world + male lead] Yan Xi says: Everyone knows the transmigration formula. You have no parents, die suddenly in a car accident, flee after falling into the water, or get caught in a plane crash and hit a wall. So why did she transmigrate from her own home, in broad daylight, when her father was healthy, her mother was strong, and she had cats and dogs? After a long pause, the stunning beauty smiles and finally fi 822Reads9.0Score102Shelves
37. 237 开 From the Start with a Spirit Spring, I Turn My Hometown into a Peach Blossom Paradise 开局灵泉，我把老家打造成桃花源 Soft And Fiercely Adorable糯糯奶凶Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Pocket dimension and spirit spring + country life + raising pets + mutual healing, lighthearted and heartwarming] Her mother had cancer, her scumbag boyfriend was cheating on her, and he and his mistress had stolen her designs. Then she was fired from her company. With her life at its bleakest, An Nuan planned to take her mother back to their hometown to spend her final days there. Then she unexpectedly unlocked a pocket dimension and a spirit spring. Working herself to the bone for a pittance 35.1kReads9.2Score2.2kShelves
38. 238 全 My Whole Family Transmigrated: My System Can Only Buy Things from Home 全家穿越：我的系统只能买家里货 Listening to the Rain on the Bank伏岸听雨Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + System + Sweet Romance + Multiple Couples + Ensemble Cast + Lighthearted Fun] Both plot and everyday life are going strong. Light, funny, and heartwarming. There are couples! There will be a little rivalry for the heroine, but it ultimately ends in one-on-one romance. Expect an ancient-style domineering CEO, a refined villain, a yandere, unrequited love... but the final partner may not be the heroine. Cui Mingzhi transmigrates with her whole family to the Great Jing Dynasty, r 1.3kReads9.3Score145Shelves

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    This is so good! It's plot-driven and sweet!

39. 239 古 Apocalypse in Ancient Times: You Have a New Cafeteria Order 古代末世：你有一笔新的食堂订单 I’m Ci Jing是辞镜呀Ancient Romance138k WordsOngoing Her father ran off with his mistress and all their money, leaving behind enormous gambling debts. The family’s ancestral restaurant is on the verge of bankruptcy. In this desperate situation, Su An binds herself to the [Cross-Dimensional Restaurant Management System]. To revive her modern restaurant, she must travel to ancient times during a disaster and open a shop to keep it alive! She arrives in the Yu Kingdom, suffering from a three-year drought. The earth is cracked, the rivers have run dry 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Look at this one, it's not strictly a post-apocalyptic setting, it's a business that operates a shop. It feels quite novel to have this kind of cafeteria setting.

40. 240 修 Cultivation: I Turned a Broken Sect into One of the Five Hundred Strongest in the Immortal Realm 修仙：我把破宗门干成仙界五百强 Rocket Turtle火箭龟Xianxia122k WordsOngoing With the spiritual qi revival, it's an era of cultivation for everyone, and university graduates are assigned to sects. Everyone else fights tooth and nail for an entry-level offer from the Heavenly Sword Sect or the Azure Cloud Sect, all for a meager monthly stipend of spirit stones. Meanwhile, I'm assigned to the poorest, near-bankrupt sect in the entire cultivation world: the Fallen Star Sect. Everyone laughs at me: “That's it for you! Go there, and you'll never ascend in this lifetime!” Then 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Where you operate is not the same as operating a business.

41. 241 三 The Three Realms Supermarket 三界超市 Li the Woodworker from Xixian City西仙城的木子李Eastern Fantasy221k WordsCompleted The Three Realms Supermarket: I Sell Goods and Become Invincible! A young man with only three months left to live inherits a supermarket. It can connect the Three Realms, but that makes him a thorn in Heaven’s side. He improves Granny Meng’s soup recipe, recommends dog food to Erlang Shen’s dog, and discusses red-thread business with the Matchmaker. As gods and ghosts become hooked on shopping, his daily routine is to earn merit to extend his life while matching wits with the Jade Emperor. He 41Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Ghosts and spirits are obsessed with shopping. Here's a typical day in the life of Lin Fan, the small supermarket owner: helping Meng Po improve her soup base, recommending dog food for Xiaotian Dog, and outwitting the Jade Emperor...

42. 242 位 Plane-Hopping Quick Transmigration: After Getting Tangled Up with the Shopkeeper System 位面快穿：被开店系统缠上后 HeartflutterDream心动DreamAncient Romance220k WordsOngoing [No Male Lead+Business Management+No Preachiness+Pure Wish Fulfillment+Anything Implausible Is Authorial License] Xu Zhi, who died of cancer, thought she would end up in the underworld. Instead, she got stuck with a little bird claiming to be a store-opening System. It tried every trick in the book to get her to become a shopkeeper. After a lifetime as an office drone, Xu Zhi decided to give it a try. And so she became a shopkeeper selling items in an infinite-flow world, a hot pot restaurant ow 672Reads—Score114Shelves

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    The female protagonist travels to various worlds to open shops. It's a pure, unadulterated, no-romance female-oriented story where the female lead grows stronger and stronger (she gains more and more abilities later on). Investing in this story is definitely worthwhile!

43. 243 我 I Opened a Bookshop in Another World: One Gold Star Coin an Hour 我在异界开书店，一小时一金星币 Teacher Banma半麻老师Eastern Fantasy413k WordsOngoing [Misunderstandings / Behind the Scenes / Management / System / Lighthearted Everyday Life / Steampunk Fantasy / Ensemble Cast / No Romance] (The protagonist is weak early on; the focus is on worldbuilding, with a slow-burn ensemble cast. This is not a straightforward power fantasy.) Above the ruins of the Holy Court, two great empires divided up the legacy of the old world. As heavily armored spirit-powered trains belched white steam and rumbled crudely across the tranquil wilderness, classical 383Reads—Score—Shelves

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    If you're looking for a fantasy management novel with a steady pace and sound logic, this is worth a try. The story revolves around a bookstore and a book spirit system. Each book corresponds to different divine authority and cultivation laws. The male protagonist unlocks new books by copying them by hand and judges readership by receiving guests, thus advancing the main plot. High-level powerhouses don't cause world-destroying events upon their first appearance; most of them quietly sit down and read books. The characters' behavior is consistent with their identities, and the details are very realistic.

44. 244 超 A Supermarket Connected to Past and Present: All of the Capital Begs Me to Restock 超市通古今，全京城跪求我上新货 The 36th Cat第36只猫Ancient Romance261k WordsCompleted Get rich! With a love story! “Shopkeeper Hua, I’ll take all the foundation, lipstick, and eyeshadow you have.” The legitimate daughter of the Minister of Justice’s household slaps a hundred taels of silver down on the table. “Shopkeeper Hua, I’m buying up all the spicy dried fish, spicy beef jerky, potato chips, and gummy candies today. Nobody better try to take them from me!” The chubby young master of the marquis’s household puts two silver ingots on the table. “Compressed biscuits and canned 860Reads8.0Score146Shelves

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    Business culture that connects the past and present

45. 245 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s: The One-Shot System Takes Me to New Heights 穿越七零：秒杀系统带我飞 Mu Ran9牧然9Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing The rating just came out, so it’ll go up later! 1970: I Have a Golden Finger and a Maxed-Out Family Ding! Your limited-time flash-sale System has been bound! Wen Jingshu, an English major in graduate school in 2024, was halfway through studying for the civil service exam when she transmigrated. When she woke up, she’d become a graduate student in trade and economics in 1970. Her father was a police bureau chief, her mother a section chief at the agricultural bureau, her eldest brother a battalio 62.7kReads8.5Score7.8kShelves
46. 246 我 I Made a Fortune Trading Between Three Worlds 我在三个世界做倒爷 Cream Puffs Love Candy奶油泡芙爱吃糖Urban685k WordsOngoing After a thunderstorm, ordinary office worker Li Zisheng accidentally activates two spacetime portals in his backyard, one leading to feudal-era antiquity and the other to a primitive jungle tribe. Faced with this incredible stroke of luck, Li Zisheng decides to seize the chance to change his fate: trading cheap modern rice and flour for wild mushrooms from the past, hiring primitive people to gather medicinal herbs, and opening up trade in goods between three worlds. Armed with modern knowledge, 904Reads—Score100Shelves

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    Starting a business, you need to grow it step by step from scratch.

47. 247 被 After Getting Laid Off, I Restarted My Life with a Street Stall 被裁员后，我靠摆摊重启人生 Young Man of Huaiyin淮阴少年Urban423k WordsOngoing [God Chef System] [Culinary Superstar] [Heartwarming Story] At 26, Xu Zichuan's life had hit rock bottom: he was unemployed and unmarried. Then, to his surprise, he awakened the “God Chef” System and became the most formidable culinary superstar in the food world. “Thirty-eight yuan for beef chow fun? Are you robbing me?” As soon as he said that, the man added, “...I'll take it. And give me another one.” Someone asked, “Boss, why are there only nine dishes on your menu every day?” “Because I onl 191Reads—Score155Shelves

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    Let's just stick to making good food. 😄

48. 248 我 I Just Want to Go Home, So How Did I End Up Uniting the World? 我只想回家，怎么就统一世界了？ Xiao Shushu晓舒舒Historical134k WordsCompleted My name is Luo Wei, and I'm from Blue Star. One day, I transmigrated and became a helpless lamb in a chaotic era, at the mercy of anyone who wanted to slaughter me. Others transmigrate to conquer the world. I only want to earn enough Loyalty Points to go home as soon as possible. But who could have guessed? From the young head of Tiger Head Stronghold to a warlord who sweeps across nations; from a penniless refugee to the immortal leader who founds the Equal Faith and unifies the world. The peop —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Beautiful, beautiful

49. 249 万 Anchor of Ten Thousand Worlds: My Cat God Is a Landlord 万界锚点：我家猫儿神是地主 If a Salted Fish Could Type假如咸鱼能打字Modern Romance588k WordsOngoing [Golden Finger + Scenic Area Development + Another World Arrives] After being shelved for five years by her secret sugar daddy, Yu Xiao angrily quits showbiz and returns to her village to build a business! But as soon as she gets back, trouble strikes the Cat Temple that the Yu family has guarded for dozens of generations! A strange orange cat suddenly transforms into the Cat God and gives Yu Xiao an ordinary stone. "This is an anchor point connecting the myriad worlds. Use it well, and your fat 88Reads—Score112Shelves

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    Scenic area development, resource gathering in another world 😘

50. 250 我 One Bowl of Beef Noodles Made This Scenic Spot Go Viral 我用一碗牛肉面，让景区火爆全网 Little Zhang Who Won't Buy Empty Promises不听画饼的小张Modern Romance418k WordsCompleted Transmigration brought back ingredients for dark cuisine that nobody would eat: beef raised on spiritual herbs, fish soaked in spiritual spring water... They were all leftovers from the dishes she’d made in the cultivation world, food even dogs wouldn’t touch. After taking over her mother’s rundown noodle shop in a tourist park full of overworked laborers, she casually cooked a bowl of beef noodles. An eighty-year-old tourist ate it and found his back no longer ached and his legs no longer hurt. 1.4kReads—Score233Shelves

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    He transmigrated from the cultivation world with a spatial ability, returned to inherit his mother's beef noodle shop, and used cows resembling spiritual herbs to make it an instant internet sensation. He also opened a lamb hot pot restaurant, providing his mother with a better life...

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