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The First Sword After Passing the Exam: Strike Down the Heartless Man 上岸第一剑，先斩负心汉
After fighting so hard to make it onto dry land, the first thing I discovered was that my boyfriend of five years was cheating on me. Isn’t the saying that the first thing you do after making it ashore is cut ties with the one you love? Why is the blade turned inward...? After getting my messy emotions under control, I was ready to start a whole new life. I, Li Yue, managed to swim ashore on my own. Why would I waste another thought on that mess out at sea? I planned to set my sights on a career
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- 102 The Mastermind Behind the Scenes 背后高人 Xu Qiang was framed and sent to prison. There, he met a powerful official who gave him guidance and revealed many secrets to him. After Xu Qiang got out, he rose to great heights in no time... 689Reads—Score—Shelves
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Doting on My Darling Captive 溺养娇脔
[A proud young nobleman from a powerful family vs. a cool, refined beauty from Jiangnan] Updates ongoing for the side couple Tan Dingsong and Lin Yin’s bonus chapters: a by-the-book older man and a female celebrity, a hate-to-love story. [Stunning heroine, weak at first then strong + devoted hero who falls from grace and humbly begs for love] After meeting her, he learns how to love. His mature, passionate love heals her wounds and warms her whole life. Yu Wanwan, Nancheng’s “moonlight of the h
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- 104 The Snow-Soft Flower Is Spoiled by Everyone 偏宠雪柔花 A composed, imposing senior official × a pure, stunning academic beauty. Height gap + age gap + status gap, with intense push and pull. [Song Qingchen & Li Man] Originally titled “Drowning in His Palm” [In a nutshell] Breaking free from the cocoon hurts, but embracing spring is beautiful. He gave her a ticket into the pyramid; she worked hard to turn it into her trump card. Song Qingchen is the quintessential son of a distinguished family: a seasoned, dignified official, mature and stead 62.8kReads9.4Score7.7kShelves
- 105 Wild to the Bone, He Spoils Only His Soft Butterfly 他一身野骨，独宠软蝶 Clear-headed, powerful business magnate & stunning damsel in distress [He Canglan x Lan Die] Both are each other’s first and only + Devoted love + Age gap + Sweet romance + Love at first sight In one sentence: A ten-year contract leads to a heartfelt promise. He Canglan, heir to a powerful family, has always known how difficult it is to cross class boundaries. So he cleverly passed off love at first sight as simple lust. What should have been a romantic story of a hero saving a beauty instead en 19.9kReads9.4Score2.8kShelves
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Humiliated at My Divorce Banquet, I Set Sail for a Brighter Future 离婚宴受辱，我的前程自此启航
On the day of his divorce, he endured ridicule and scorn. Everyone thought he would sink into despair, unaware that after lying low for so long, he was about to begin a whole new chapter in life. Free of the shackles of his past, he keeps his feet on the ground and breaks through prejudice with his own abilities. Through wind and rain, he presses forward step by step. The era that belongs to him is about to begin.
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A Deputy Section Chief's Siege 一个副科长的围城
You think it’s just a trap, never realizing you’ve already stepped onto the chessboard. Chen Yuan, a cautious deputy section chief in the government offices, leads a life as calm as still water. Then new colleague Lin Xue arrives like a pebble tossed into a stagnant pond. Helping her after she gets drunk, receiving a late-night call for help: step by step, he is drawn into a gentle trap. Fifty thousand yuan in “hush money,” an expensive fountain pen, and intimate photos that “accidentally” get l
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The Cunning Woman at Work 职场心机女
Born in the countryside, Jiang Xiaoyan enters the workforce after graduating from college. She stumbles through one setback after another, facing rejection wherever she goes. One night, she gets drunk and a kind stranger arranges for her to spend the night at a hotel. But she goes into the wrong room and spends the night with a man she doesn't know. She falls in love, marries into a wealthy family, and, in a dramatic twist, her best friend becomes her mother-in-law. From then on, she defies fate
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A Red-Blooded Official's Rise to Power 红色军转官场逆袭
Lin Ning was born into a privileged family, but turned down their support to leave the military as the special forces soldier “Mountain Hawk,” determined to start from the bottom and build his career from scratch. He places first in the provincial civil service exam, only to have someone take his spot and be sent to the logistics department. He quietly bides his time in the face of injustice, takes over public complaints and petitions, and uses the role as the start of his comeback. When he is
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The Road to Officialdom: From a Township Justice Office to the Provincial Compound 官道：从乡镇司法所到省委大院
Beginning in the early twenty-first century, this novel chronicles the rise of Wang Xiaofeng, a young man from a poor family. Along the way, he faces petty schemers and receives help from benefactors. His posts and responsibilities change, but his original ideals and aspirations never do. Wang Xiaofeng starts out as a clerk at a township judicial office, then rises steadily through the ranks…
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Officialdom: Starting by Slapping My Boss Twice 官锋：从打领导两巴掌开始
Made the scapegoat from the start? Pushed to the margins, with my future and my life ruined? Fine, I’ll remember this. There’s plenty of time to settle the score. My girlfriend breaks up with me, and my love life falls apart. What was I even here for? Fine, I’ll set you free. Don’t regret it. I turn around with power in my hands and return. Li Rui laughs aloud. Those who hurt and slandered me will all pay the price.
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The Road to Officialdom: After Saving a Leader, I Rose to the Top 官途：救了领导后我扶摇直上
[A classic political drama, not to be missed] Reborn on a stormy night, Yang Jianguo opens his eyes in the year 2002, with floodwaters bearing down. While everyone else flees for their lives, he heads against the current to fight the flood. A beautiful reporter captures him on camera, and the story makes the front page. From then on, this grassroots civil servant rises steadily through the ranks, step by step reaching the pinnacle of power!
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A Book About Eating Six Meals a Day 一天六顿饭的一本书
Wang Hongwei graduated from a prestigious university and seemed destined for a bright future, but an accident happened while he was drunk... Fortunately, he was reborn and cleverly managed to defuse the crisis, setting out on a career path in public service all his own!
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- 114 A Township's Female Civil Servant 乡镇女公务员 After graduating from university, Zhang Xiaowei passed the civil service exam and became an ordinary government worker in a town in a neighboring city. At work, she met Yang Zhixing. After several years together, their bond grew deep, and Zhang Xiaowei married him. They went on to live happily ever after... 1.4kReads—Score143Shelves
- 115 After the Heaven-Sacrifice, My Parents Became Civil Servants 祭天后，父母当上了公务员 Completed novel: “To Avoid Planting Rice Seedlings: Working Hard to Pass the Imperial Exams” No romance. There’s a famous saying in fiction: when the protagonist’s parents are sacrificed to the heavens, their power becomes limitless. Zhao Yi’s parents were sacrificed too, but somehow it seems they weren’t completely sacrificed. After being struck by a bizarre meteorite, Zhao Yi transmigrates to the desolate planet G638 in the interstellar age. Once he gets in touch with his parents, their help e 2.9kReads9.0Score258Shelves
- 116 A Beautiful Civil Servant's Resignation Diary 美女公务员辞职记 How are young people taking the workplace by storm these days? Watch this woman quit her civil service job with a flourish, walk away with style, and marry into a wealthy family. Then she and her dream man climb to the top of the world together. No matter how many joys and sorrows she faces along the way, she always meets life with a smile. If you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight! 1kReads8.8Score101Shelves
- 117 Reborn: A Meteoric Rise in Officialdom 重生：官途狂飙 They say everyone gets three chances in life to change their fate: the college entrance exam, choosing a career, and marriage. Because of their inexperience when they were young, so many people miss chance after chance to change their lives, eventually becoming corporate drones earning 3,000 yuan a month. If you had the chance to go back to the night before filling out your college entrance exam applications, what would you choose? Burdened with a blood feud, Qin Lang chooses a career in governm 18.4kReads9.1Score1.5kShelves
- 118 Absolute Power: Starting as a Grassroots Civil Servant 绝对权力：从基层公务员开始 Forced to break up with his girlfriend by her parents, he has his pride wounded and works hard to pass the civil service exam. But the road of life is full of temptations and traps. On one side is his helpless, pitiful wife. On the other is the lover with whom he once shared tender moments. Faced with a choice, he is torn between the two. Then he meets his first love and rekindles their relationship. From then on, the darkness in his life lifts, and his good fortune is only just beginning. As hi 146Reads—Score—Shelves
- 119 I Started Climbing the Official Ladder as a Grassroots Civil Servant 我从基层公务员开始混官场 The protagonist, Chen Gong, comes from a family of high-ranking officials. He is strong-willed and upright, with a bit of cleverness. His father thinks he isn't suited to the world of officialdom, so he arranges an ordinary job for him at a company, far from politics. But Chen Gong, born into privilege, has no interest in a nine-to-five life of going through the motions. He quietly quits and enters the world of officialdom, venturing alone into its treacherous depths. Bold and unrestrained, he w 220Reads6.1Score100Shelves
- 120 We're All Reborn, So Why Not Become Civil Servants? 都重生了，为啥不当公务员？ Chen Chang'an unexpectedly returns to sixteen years ago and unlocks perfect recall and X-ray vision! He takes the college entrance exams again, gets into a top university he once never dared dream of, and earns a fortune beyond his wildest dreams... All of it is in preparation for becoming a civil servant! Watch Chen Chang'an rise steadily through the ranks and reach the top. (Disclaimer: Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. This is not based on personal experience, s 499Reads—Score—Shelves
- 121 A Civil Servant in a Small County? The Turnaround Begins! 小县城做公务员？逆转开始！ Just before graduating from junior college, I somehow became a university student. After graduation, I couldn’t make it in the big city. I was fired from the bank, and telemarketing showed me every side of human nature. In the end, I swallowed my pride and returned to my small hometown county, only to unexpectedly reach the pinnacle of life: I passed the civil service exam and met the tax bureau director’s daughter! Watch me find my own way, one step at a time! “Huh? You’re staying for seven da 36Reads—Score—Shelves
- 122 With the System in Hand, I Become a Top Government Official 手握系统后，我成为超级公务员 [Wish fulfillment + male lead focus + play the pig to eat the tiger + growth] Just as graduation approached and Lin Chuandong was looking for a job, he unexpectedly got a Super Civil Servant System! Lin Chuandong was a graduate student at the nation’s top-ranked university of political science and law, with a brilliant future ahead of him. Yet he took a grassroots civil service job in the obscure Linjiang District. It left his classmates and teachers utterly bewildered. They thought his talents 212Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 123 Reborn as a Civil Servant 重生之公务员 After poor country boy Zhen Bufan became a multimillionaire, he was preparing to save Liu Ye, the woman he'd had a crush on for years, from her unhappy marriage when he died in a car accident. Reborn, he chooses to become a civil servant so that the tragedy won't happen again. Why does he want to become a civil servant? Will he and Liu Ye end up together? Follow the reborn civil servant Zhen Bufan on his journey from rags to riches. I'm sure every reader will see at least a little of themselve 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 124 Officialdom: From Salesman to the Pinnacle of Civil Service 官场：从销售员巅峰到公务员巅峰 A veteran real estate agent is reborn in 2011. At a crossroads in life, should he keep using sales as a stepping stone into the world of finance, where blood and storms await, or fulfill the regret he carried from his previous life by joining the government and charging ahead to change this corrupt world? Just as Su Ming wavers between the two, a chance encounter makes him resolutely choose the path of serving the people. Armed with a keen understanding of the broad trends of the future, Su Ming 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 125 A Promising Career in Government, Starting as an Inspector for the Discipline Commission 官运，从纪检专员开始 Everyone is heading toward a different life, just like the vehicles on this road. Some speed along, some move slowly, some head east, and others travel west... Each of our lives has its own unique path and story. 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 126 Breaking Through in Politics: A Junior Civil Servant's Rise to Power 官场突围：小公务员逆袭升迁录 A low-level civil servant is reborn just after graduating from college. After passing the civil service exam, he enters the world of politics. Amid its strange and secretive power struggles, he uses his extraordinary intelligence to avoid danger and seize every advantage, turning his career around and rising through the ranks until he successfully breaks through in the political arena. 77Reads—Score—Shelves
- 127 The Throne of Power: Reborn as a County Official from the Start 权力王座：开局重生县城公务员 [Satisfying Political Drama] [Solid Logic] Senior Leader: Chen Donglai is a good kid. Make him a bureau chief! Organization Department: Chen Donglai, the senior leadership has decided to appoint you as bureau chief. Would you accept a position as head of a police station? Chen Donglai: My combat ability is too low. I’m afraid I can’t handle criminals. I refuse. Organization Department: How about becoming head of a research institute? You could work on lithography machines and nanoscale chips 473Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 128 The Peak of Life Begins as a Grassroots Civil Servant 人生巅峰从基层公务员开始 When you’re out in the world, you’re bound to take a hit sooner or later. Shen Hao, a deputy town chief with an impressive array of medical and other skills, is assigned to Taoyuan Village as its resident Party secretary. Faced with a beautiful woman, his ideals, and harsh reality, how will he overcome every obstacle? How will he serve as an official and benefit the people? As he seeks a personal promotion, he makes it his lifelong mission to ensure that the young are cared for, the old are supp —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 129 The Barefoot Civil Servant 赤脚公务员 Liu Chengjin, a university graduate from a poor farming family, went from being an auto mechanic to a grassroots civil servant. Amid changing times and the ups and downs of officialdom, he stayed true to himself, stood by what was right, and served the people, transforming from a brash nobody into one of the province’s outstanding civil servants. Yet, at the peak of his career, with power firmly in his hands, he chose to step down while he was still ahead and return to a simpler life... What did 65Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 130 The Road to Power 官途 After graduating from university, Liu Fei, whose origins are shrouded in mystery, repeatedly finds himself facing one crisis after another because of his brash personality. He is attacked from every direction and suppressed by all sides. Watch as Liu Fei charges straight through, crushing every opponent in his path, uncovers the truth about his origins, sweeps aside the great factions, and rises to the pinnacle of life! 10.2kReads9.1Score992Shelves
- 131 This Civil Servant Comes from the Ming Dynasty 这名公务员来自大明 Lu Jiuzhen never imagined that after being beheaded and reborn, he would transmigrate to modern society in 2003. The streets of flashing blades and clashing swords are now bustling marketplaces. The brocade-clad guard who once fought bloody battles has become a low-level librarian in the civil service. In his previous life, he was a Ming Dynasty imperial guard, skilled in medicine and well versed in political intrigue. He placed his trust in Xia Yan, only to end up dead and stripped of everythin 37kReads9.0Score3kShelves
- 132 Officialdom: From Town Mayor to a Bright Future 官场：从镇长开始平步青云 Tang Xiangyu graduated just in time to catch the last wave of job assignments. Unwilling to settle for the status quo, he wants to follow in his father’s footsteps and build a legacy for his own era! But the road through officialdom is hard. Every step forward is another rung on the ladder, and only he knows the hardships and heartache along the way. See how Tang Xiangyu turns the tide and writes a glorious life of his own! 17.4kReads8.8Score2.1kShelves
- 133 A Life in Politics 仕途人生 After graduating from university, Chen Minghao gave up the chance to stay in the provincial capital and returned with his girlfriend to her hometown, a remote county. To his dismay, his influential parents assigned him to work in a far-flung village. They eventually broke the couple apart by every means at their disposal. Little did they know that Chen Minghao came from a powerful family. With his family's support and his own hard work, he overcame every obstacle and rose swiftly through the ran 19kReads9.1Score1.3kShelves
- 134 Officialdom: The Abyss of Power 官场：权利深渊 Xiao Zhengyang had a brilliant future ahead of him, but a conspiracy cost him his life at the office. His girlfriend left him, and petty people pushed him around. Unwilling to let others control his fate, he sank into despair. In the end, he made that phone call, and from then on, stepped into the abyss. This is a gripping workplace drama. One careless step, and there's no coming back. 40.5kReads9.1Score2.1kShelves
- 135 The Official's Path: Drawing the Blade 官途之利刃出鞘 The county magistrate vanishes mysteriously at a disaster relief site. Was it suicide, or murder? A secretary who graduated from the police academy is suppressed and banished. While sorting through the magistrate’s belongings, he discovers clues and follows his burning sense of justice to expose the dirty dealings behind the scenes. Using his wits alone, he captures criminal gangs and pursues corrupt officials across a thousand miles... Wise, sharp, decisive, and incorruptible, he wins the favor 36.4kReads8.9Score2.4kShelves
- 136 Iron Fist 铁腕 No one is reborn, and no one transmigrates. This is a realistic novel about life in government circles. A country boy without connections loses his chance at promotion and his girlfriend. He even stands to lose his life as others try to take everything from him... By a twist of fate, he wins the favor of various powerful factions one after another and becomes a rising star in government, writing a sweeping, legendary tale of a political career... 104kReads9.2Score7.9kShelves
- 137 Reborn in Officialdom: I Really Don't Want Another Promotion 重生官场：我真的不想再升职了 In 2003, Liang Weishi never wanted to enter government service. Yet through a series of fortunate coincidences, from the day he passed the civil service exam, he rose rapidly through the ranks... 125.5kReads9.1Score13.9kShelves
- 138 The Official and the Kingpin 官枭 There is a set of rules to the art of public office. The ruthless are called fearless officials! The domineering are called strong-willed officials! The kindhearted are called officials who care for the people! Li Dong is a grassroots civil servant. Step by step, with help from the people and friends around him, he climbs to the pinnacle of his political career! 13.9kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves
- 139 The Hidden Official 官藏 A hundred thousand wildflowers, like a dream; one heart as pure as ice in a jade flask. How will Ye Sansheng soar through the clouds, ride the wind and waves, and become the brother who cuts through every obstacle? 2.3kReads9.0Score262Shelves
- 140 A Career in the County Committee Compound 县委大院之仕途 Yunhu? Xu Yuanzhou's eyes widened in disbelief! Being sent to remote, impoverished Yunhu was neither a promotion in disguise nor a demotion. It counted as a lateral move, but... 24.7kReads9.3Score2.7kShelves
- 141 Rising Through the Ranks 火线提拔 Qiao Yan witnessed someone jump to their death and was urgently promoted to investigate the real culprit behind it. But the case led him to a vast network of vested interests and a fierce battle. Relying on his own strength, he brought down the powerful forces and rose steadily through the ranks... 56.2kReads9.3Score5.9kShelves
- 142 The Storm of Power 权力风暴 After leaving the military, protagonist Jiang Yunhao embarks on his political career. In his struggles against his rivals, Jiang Yunhao sticks to his principles and never shies away from a challenge. He also frequently surprises people with his strategic skill. In the end, through his own hard work and the recognition of influential leaders, Jiang Yunhao carves out a path of his own to the top. 5.3kReads8.9Score436Shelves
- 143 The Official’s Road: Rising and Falling in the Sea of Bureaucracy 官道之宦海沉浮 The official world is a sea of shifting fortunes, where people drown in luxury and every corner is filled with deceit, manipulation, and backstabbing. See how Xu He makes his way through Officialdom and carves out a path to the top! 101Reads—Score—Shelves
- 144 The Pinnacle of the Official Road: Starting at the Grassroots 官道巅峰：从下基层开始 Qin Yang had no connections or powerful backing. But after making a crucial choice, he caught his superior’s attention, and from then on, his life began to turn around, changing beyond recognition. He rose step by step, climbing all the way to the pinnacle of power. But with that came trials from every direction... 27.3kReads8.9Score1.4kShelves
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The Wind Sweeps Through Xizhou City 风过西周城
The long-running anti-corruption novel The Wind Sweeps Through Xizhou City has thirty-one chapters and a total of 260,000 words. It tells the story of the offices in Xizhou County, a county town on the western plains. Career and romance, social relationships and the ways of the world, survival and workplace advancement: a series of collisions between people and events, feelings and rules, conscience and human nature paints a vivid, tangled portrait of ordinary people at the grassroots level. It
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- 146 The Wind Blows Through Xizhou City: Part Two 风过西周城第二部 The second volume of the long anti-corruption novel Wind Over Xizhou City continues the story begun in the first. Planned to span thirty-three chapters and 390,000 characters, it once again unfolds among the offices of Xizhou County, in the western plains. Career and love, human relationships and social customs, the rules of survival, and advancement at work: a series of collisions between people and events, emotion and rules, conscience and human nature. It paints a vivid, tangled portrait of e 145Reads—Score—Shelves
- 147 The Mature Landlady 成熟的老板娘 For the sake of keeping the family fortune all to himself, Liang Dashan hatched a vicious scheme to frame his wife, Du Xue. Faced with her husband’s ruthless plotting, Du Xue fought back from the brink. She turned people’s motives to her advantage and used his own tactics against him, unraveling every conspiracy by playing along, and ultimately leaving the traitor with nothing but the clothes on his back! 31kReads7.9Score1.6kShelves
- 148 Crimson Lips, Blazing Passion 红唇烈焰 A handsome loser and a cold, aloof female boss. When these two rivals cross paths, they act out a romantic tale of love, revenge, and sweet satisfaction. Office intrigue, cutthroat business, and political scheming are all handled with ease. If you want a story full of twists and excitement, come read The Strongest Man in the City. 33.6kReads9.0Score2.6kShelves
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One of the Five Categories: My Career in Government Is on the Fast Track 五类人员:我的仕途开了挂
[Officialdom + Getting Things Done + Realism + No Special Recruitment] A village official’s ten-year journey from the bottom to the top! From a confused young man lured back to his hometown to a pillar of the nation’s central government, Zhao Zhang spends ten years starting out in the most humble of villages. Amid the sweeping changes of poverty alleviation and rural revitalization, he follows his commitment to serving the people through practical work and his dedication to continuous learning,
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Back to 2010: Starting as a Township Clerk 重回一零，从乡镇科员开始
This book is grounded in reality and rooted in everyday life. The world of officialdom is no ivory tower; it is where the bustle of ordinary life is most intense. The story begins at the grassroots and draws on real life, with the daily grind of food and bills alongside the twists and turns of power struggles, and the struggles and steadfastness of ordinary people set against the upheavals and transformations of a changing age. The world today is undergoing changes unseen in a century. Official
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