Are There Any Novels With a Male Protagonist Who Prefers a Laid-Back Retirement? 有没有主角男偏休闲养老的？

1. 1 衰 My Luck Turns Around, and I Return Home to Enjoy Life 衰神气运逆转，回老家享受生活 Nine-Clawed Sea Crab九爪海螃蟹Urban532k WordsOngoing (Entirely handmade, no AI) Jiang Hao has always been unlucky. Ever since he was a child, anything connected to good fortune seemed to steer clear of him. He had never won a single giveaway in any livestream. He had no luck with app promotions either, whether scanning codes, trying products, or sampling food. When he bought fruit tea, other people's bottle caps said “Another one free” or “Enjoy it for one yuan.” His always said “Better luck next time.” One day, on a whim, this walking jinx bought 92.6kReads8.1Score7.3kShelves

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   This type of video is particularly enjoyable to watch.

2. 2 中 I Won 90 Million, I Really Just Want to Lie Flat! 中奖九千万，我真的只想躺平啊！ Warmhearted Cool Boiled Water有温度的凉白开Urban802k WordsOngoing [Satisfying Knowledge Gaps + Taking It Easy in a County Town + Everyday Warmth + Getting Rich Without Trying + No Showing Off or Face-Slapping] Lu Zhaoyang won 95 million, quit his job, and returned to his county town, where he bought a little house with a yard. He grew flowers and vegetables, went fishing, and stared into space, starting his retirement early. Who could have known that all the good things that had once eluded him, no matter how hard he chased them, would start coming one after a 160.2kReads8.1Score10.7kShelves

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   They're all pretty casual, mostly everyday, and don't have much of a "face-slapping" plot.

3. 3 股 I Made 500 Million on the Stock Market, Then Went Home to Live a Lazy Life 股市狂赚五亿，回县城当咸鱼 Mu Lang Ma Feng牧郎蚂蜂Urban489k WordsOngoing Get rich in the stock market, then lie flat in a county town. Lin Chenyang spent five years as a trader in Shenzhen, building a fortune of 500 million yuan. Then he signed an agreement with his boss promising never to touch stocks again, slung a backpack over his shoulder, and returned to Qinghe County. He thought he could lie flat as soon as he got back: buy an unfinished building right in the center of town and turn it into a hotel, let his lawyer cousin stand up for him, and just sit in the 70.9kReads7.0Score4kShelves

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   [Finishing a deadline][Finishing a deadline] 😂😂

4. 4 开 I Cursed Out My Boss from the Start, and the System Rewarded Me with a Million 开局怒骂老板，系统奖励一百万 Don't Eat Applesu不吃苹果uUrban94k WordsOngoing (Everyone who comes in must make a fortune every day) [Lighthearted, slice of life, System, everyday life, no showing off and face-slapping] When Xia Yang's idiotic boss forced him to work overtime yet again, he quit without hesitation, then immediately started berating his boss. He thought he'd have to slowly look for another job, but then he awakened the Life Enjoyment System. What? Insulting his boss from the start earned him a million yuan? What? He could also get a hundred thousand yuan —Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 5 每 888 a Day: Plenty to Retire on in a County Town 每日888，县城养老很够花 I Eat Fruit Salad我吃水果沙拉Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Financial Freedom] [Everyday Life] [Multiple Heroines] [Lighthearted, No Angst] At thirty, life treats you worse than a dog. Laid off and utterly disheartened, Bai Ye finally gave in and decided to return to the small county town where he was born and raised. But on the train home, he discovered that he had bound himself to a System called Life Assistant. [With the System at your side, unemployment is nothing to fear! Receive an 888-yuan daily unemployment benefit!] [Worried about your health? 27.5kReads7.8Score1.3kShelves
6. 6 回 Rewind: A Different Approach, One More Time 回档：换个姿势再来一次 Coffee with Garlic咖啡就蒜Urban10.6M WordsOngoing Because Bai Ershisan, a senior employee in the Netherworld’s Department of Soul Guidance, made a mistake, Li Le was kicked straight out of the cycle of reincarnation. The great science of quantum mechanics tells Li Le that time’s arrow points only toward the future. As for why he has gone back thirty years, if you can’t figure it out, asking him won’t help either. All Li Le can do is pull himself together and live through the script of his life once again. 82kReads9.3Score5.1kShelves

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   Yes, this book is included, the God of Gods.

7. 7 一 A Blossom, A Cup of Wine, An Immortal Life 一花一酒一仙人，亦眠亦醉亦长生 Eat a Billion Less少吃亿点Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [This book is also known as The Nine Tales of Peach Blossom Spring] [The print edition of The Nine Tales of Peach Blossom Spring goes on sale at 7 p.m. on November 15!] [Immortality + taking disciples + no female lead + lighthearted comedy, no tearjerkers] When your master serves food, you spin the table; when your master chants a spell, you chatter away. When your master rests, you sing; when your master sleeps in, you bang on a pot. Your master is immortal, but your life is short; your master 198.1kReads9.5Score24.7kShelves
8. 8 三 Turning Thirty, I Went Home to Retire and Became a Martial Arts God 三十而立，回老家养老到武道通神 The Long Night Stretches On, Dust of Ages长夜漫漫万古尘Rural Life811k WordsOngoing At thirty, Cao Yong and his wife are both laid off. Looking at the little over a million yuan left in his bank account, Cao Yong takes his wife and child back to their hometown of Orange Village, planning to spend the rest of his life there in retirement. Then, while practicing the Eight-Part Vajra Exercise one morning, a panel appears before his eyes: [Eight-Part Vajra Exercise: Beginner 1/100] He thinks it must be a joke. How could a health exercise turn into anything special? Ten days later, 10.6kReads—Score1.1kShelves

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   The protagonist, a somewhat laid-back, reclusive farmer, unexpectedly activates a martial arts cultivation panel! He gathers wild herbs to temper his body and diligently practices the Yi Jin Jing (Muscle/Tendon Changing Classic) to rapidly increase his strength. In public, he's an ordinary farmer, but in private, his martial arts realm soars. When his cultivation reaches the upper limit of mortal power, the veil of falsehood in the world is torn away, and long-buried secrets are gradually revealed. A life of quiet cultivation, with a relaxed daily routine, and a later world-building twist that explodes—a must-read for martial arts enthusiasts!

9. 9 无 The Unbeatable Worker’s Retirement Life 无敌打工人的退休日常 A-Dan-Dan阿蛋蛋呐Urban229k WordsCompleted [The protagonist is invincible, but can't use his full power whenever he wants]+ [Lighthearted, funny, and not scary spiritual qi revival]+ [Picks up a child from the start, and the child grows at astonishing speed, graduating from college in chapter two] The overworked Zhang Wei finally retired. Traveling, drinking tea, fishing, bragging, and shooting the breeze… Other than not being allowed to use his abilities, this new world is pretty nice. As for the spiritual qi revival? The braised Yamata 103Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This is absolutely correct.

10. 10 重 Reboot: Living Life as I Please at Work 重启：混在岗位上的恣意人生 Fu Sannian伏弎念Urban2.2M WordsCompleted A new book in the same vein, Restart: Small, Certain Joys of Office Life, is already 800,000 words long. You’re warmly invited to give it a read! A carefree life doesn’t require tens or hundreds of billions in assets, power that lets you look down on the world, or throwing punches and kicks at people showing off... It’s enough that I feel my life is going well, and that the people around me can see it, imagine having it themselves, and feel inspired! Given another chance, Yang Zhan has a better 52.9kReads9.3Score2.9kShelves
11. 11 财 Financial Freedom: You Get Why I Keep My Head Down at Work, Right? 财务自由，苟在单位能理解吧？ Fu Sannian伏弎念Urban2.3M WordsOngoing It's best to check the almanac every morning. Most days have things that are auspicious and things that aren't, and Li Wen has paid special attention to this ever since he was reborn. For a young man with plenty of life experience, what does he want most? Riding the waves of business, chasing trends, indulging in a life of luxury... or making all the flowers wither when his own blooms? Forget it! Staying at the small company he's worked hard at for over a decade, watching it grow from small to b 65.6kReads8.6Score4.2kShelves

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    I quite like it; it's not aggressive at all.

12. 12 神 The Amazing Little Flower Farmer 神奇小花农 Small-Town Earl小镇伯爵Urban1.9M WordsOngoing An ordinary high school student happens to buy a secondhand book on the Way, and from then on, his life takes a different path. A top-student protagonist, but this isn't a wish-fulfillment novel, an invincible-protagonist novel, or a rebirth novel. It portrays an authentic high school life, with intelligent characters and believable events. There are no advanced martial arts, powerful officials, or influential clans. These are things that could happen to you or me. Blending cultivation element 75.4kReads8.3Score6.5kShelves

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    A slow-burn cultivation novel, slice-of-life, not invincible, all characters are intelligent. The protagonist obtains an ancient book by chance, explores and cultivates true qi, and inherits the Daoist arts. An old Daoist priest imparts knowledge and answers his questions. He attends school during the day and cultivates at night, gradually growing stronger. He learns talismans, communicates with spirits, is honest and straightforward, close to real life, and resonates with genuine emotions. Overall, it's a serene and unconventional story with a slow pace, full of a laid-back feel, suitable for a relaxing read.

13. 13 从 I’ve Loved You Since I Was Three 从三岁起，我就喜欢你 Not a Gentle Breeze不做清风Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [One female lead] [Slice of life] [Romance-focused] People on the internet are always reminiscing about their childhood. Chen Bing, a young man from a small town and one of them, discovered after his death that he had returned to the same town, twenty-four years earlier, to the day he was born. In 2000, at the start of the twenty-first century, Jay Chou released his debut album. By 2002, his career was taking off. After the dot-com bubble burst in 2001, home computers began appearing in cities l 10.5kReads9.2Score910Shelves
14. 14 张 Zhang Sangou’s Get-Rich Journal 张三狗发财笔记 Wandering Immortal of the Northern Mountain北山浪荡仙Urban2.7M WordsCompleted A comedy novel with absolutely no pretensions. A poor boy from the mountains refuses to settle for an ordinary life and ventures out into the world, carving out a place for himself through his own efforts. The cast of bizarre characters will have you laughing out loud. It gets more and more exciting as it goes. San Gou grows more mature and more cunning, with more and more schemes brewing in his head. In the end, he makes it! He becomes a billionaire. His journey is a whirlwind of chaos and laug 60.8kReads8.7Score6.4kShelves

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    A smile makes you ten years younger; reading this book will keep you laughing.

15. 15 重 Reborn in Tianjin, 1997 重生津门1997 Fighting Maggots斗蛆蛆Urban1.0M WordsOngoing Look at me! Look at me! Look at me! No tired old tropes, no melodrama, and chapters already in the bank. See how Han Chao gets a second chance at life and protects everything around him. You say he has no money? No problem: open a Sony theater, fight crickets, and sell technology. You say that’s not fast enough? Then I’ll just have to unleash a big move! The plot is carefully researched, and many of the events are based on things that really happened to people around the author. Every word is ty 17kReads8.4Score1.5kShelves

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    My book, "The First Pot of Gold I Made Through Cricket Fighting," is a hilarious, handwritten piece.

16. 16 海 A Tackle Shop by the Sea 海边有家渔具店 I Came from Outer Space我从外星来Urban1.6M WordsCompleted (The first few chapters lay the groundwork for the family background and relationships. The fishing adventure begins in Chapter Eight! This is a laid-back fishing story that builds a utopia for fishing enthusiasts.) Shi Tian, a rich second-generation heir, gets hooked after a shady app mysteriously appears on his phone. With all kinds of fishing talents carefully training him, he strays farther and farther down the path of becoming a crafty fishing fiend! Shui Bi Zhang: I spent half a year turni 5kReads8.9Score288Shelves
17. 17 青 A Laid-Back Dad Raises Kids and Walks His Pets 青山奶爸遛宠带娃 God-Tier Passerby神级过客Urban1.7M WordsOngoing Handcrafted by the author, with no AI: [Reborn] + [Pocket Dimension] + [Caring for a Baby] + [Adorable Pets] + [Working Hard to Make Money] + [Brotherhood] = [Urban Farming + Everyday Life] + [Advanced Martial Arts + Special Abilities + A Touch of the Supernatural] + [Disaster] Ye Tian was a top mercenary and agent before being reborn. In his new life, he raises Niuniu (Ye Tiantian), the adorable daughter of the captain who sacrificed herself to save him. With a few cute pets, a group of friends 57.9kReads8.8Score5kShelves

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    Recommended [Thinking][Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up]

18. 18 开 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 Mu Lang Ma Feng牧郎蚂蜂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 862Reads6.1Score—Shelves

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    [Exploring][Exploring][Exploring][Under pressure][Under pressure][Under pressure][Under pressure][Under pressure][Under pressure][Under pressure][Under pressure]

19. 19 股 Stock Market God: Turning 50,000 into Enlightenment 股神：5万本金悟道 Little Ma the Stock Trader股民小马Urban2.0M WordsCompleted At thirty, Li Chenggang should have been settling down. But after a divorce crisis, he was also fired from his company for trading stocks during work hours. After taking a double blow to his love life and his livelihood, Li Chenggang decided to go all in. He made a decision that looked crazy to everyone else: he would trade stocks full-time! With his entire life savings of 50,000 yuan, he plunged into the stock market and began a legendary career. 61.4kReads9.2Score6kShelves
20. 20 咸 Why Would a Lazybones Need to Be Reborn? 咸鱼何必重生 Hard-to-Say Xiaoxin难言小心Urban543k WordsCompleted [Urban high martial arts + supernatural golden finger, reborn on campus + all kinds of beauties, adventures and battles + deep brotherhood] If you don’t have dreams, how are you any different from a salted fish? But once you’ve achieved your dreams, do you still have any left? A salted fish who had already fulfilled his dreams is reborn. A reborn salted fish is still a salted fish, so what’s the point? Chen Yu, a cursed loner, has his fate defied and is reborn twenty years in the past. He discov 14Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Salted fish + superpowers, city + beautiful women, adventure + brotherhood

21. 21 为 To Snag a Village Entry Slot, Rich Women Worldwide Hurl Billions at It 为抢进村名额，全球富婆怒砸百亿 Old Meow Mister老喵先森Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [Fishing by the Sea] [Tycoon] [Countryside] [Fishing] [Livestream] Zhou Yang, whose net worth was over a hundred million, lost everything overnight, and his wife ran off. Just as he was about to step onto the rooftop, he suddenly acquired the strongest Countryside Upgrade System. After upgrading his family’s fish pond, it actually turned into the sea. From then on, things quickly got out of hand. All kinds of rare sea fish appeared, drawing in all sorts of fishing enthusiasts. From that day on, 3.4kReads7.3Score231Shelves

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    I recommend this farming novel; it's quite good, with a very imaginative plot. It's already completed, so if you're looking for something to read, you should check it out! Pretty good! 8

22. 22 开 From the Start, I Lost My Job: Selling Lunchboxes on the Way Home 开局就失业：返乡途中卖盒饭 Wind Quenches Flowers风熄花Urban3.6M WordsCompleted [A System golden finger, food, fast meals and lunch boxes, a leisurely slice-of-life pace, no romance in the main story. At readers’ request, the bonus chapters have a male lead. Male-oriented, male-oriented, male-oriented, said three times.] After working hard for three years, he’d just been made a full-time employee when the restaurant he worked at shut down. Bai Ye drove home in the secondhand car his boss had given him in lieu of pay, a heap of junk piled in the back. He never expected a S 33.2kReads9.1Score2.7kShelves

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    #Are there any male protagonists who are more laid-back and enjoy a relaxed lifestyle? [Admiration][Almost crying][Feeling wronged]

23. 23 佛 The Zen Boss Only Wants to Retire, So Why Does Everyone Keep Pushing Me to Step Up? 佛系老板只想养老，怎么都逼我上 The Hottest One in Caojiawan曹家湾最靓Urban756k WordsCompleted His parents died when he was 21. After spending years living it up as a rich kid, he wakes up at 35 and returns to his county town to open a supermarket, planning to settle down and enjoy a comfortable retirement as the owner. But then the System arrives, along with ambitious employees. Why are the System and his employees all pushing him to get ahead? “I don’t want to make money. I just want to retire!” The first volume is currently undergoing a major revision. 627Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a new book, updated quickly.

24. 24 飞 Struck by Lightning During My Ascension, I Cultivate Ten Thousand Arts Alone on Blue Star 飞升被雷劈，我在蓝星独修万法 Boss Lei Keeps His Word雷老板说到做到Urban529k WordsOngoing [Single Female Lead: Kwon BoA] [Korean Peninsula] [K-Pop] [Tycoon] [Urban Cultivation] [I Alone Possess Supernatural Powers] [Invincible] [Does Not Hide His Strength] [Decisive and Ruthless] [No Harem] [No Romantic Ambiguity] [Everyday Life] [Slow-Burn] [Relaxed] At the moment of his ascension, a divine thunderbolt from the void struck Jian Xuan and sent him to Blue Star, where he became a bawling infant. Spiritual energy is scarce? He has cultivation techniques, pill recipes, and sword insigh 16.9kReads8.0Score1.7kShelves

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    Urban Cultivation Daily Life with Single Female Lead

25. 25 扣 After Docking My Pay, the Female CEO Regretted It Until Menopause 扣我工资后，女霸总悔到绝经 Hermit Lingyun灵云居士Urban122k WordsOngoing [No putting up with anyone’s nonsense + Streetball + Urban + System + Rebirth + Anti-Cliché + Not mindless wish fulfillment] “Life’s only thirty thousand days long, so make the most of every one!” On the first day after being reborn, I quit my job. My boss maliciously withheld my wages. I won the labor arbitration, and the company said, “We’ll drag this out for three years.” When the final judgment came down and they still refused to pay, I split my 56,000-yuan wage claim into 560,000 shares and 70Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Having been reborn, of course I can do whatever makes me happy.

26. 26 清 The Tranquil Courtyard 清安小院 Little Yang Woof Woof小阳汪汪Urban302k WordsOngoing In middle age, I was laid off, and every page of my thick stack of medical reports was covered in red flags. I spent entire nights tossing and turning, my heart pounding with anxiety. So I sold the cramped city apartment where I’d spent half my life feeling stifled, and took my wife back to the old country house our ancestors had left us. While tidying the old house, I uncovered a family heirloom: an ancient book on food therapy. Along with the Daoist Iron Shirt and Longevity exercises, these we 35Reads—Score—Shelves

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    If you're tired of the endless competition in the city, you absolutely must check this out! The 47-year-old male protagonist loses his job and returns to his hometown. In his rural courtyard, he slowly heals himself, brewing health-preserving teas, making home-style medicinal meals, resolving gossip from relatives, and exposing fake health scams. The writing is gentle and healing, without any melodramatic twists or face-slapping moments, making it suitable for those who want to calmly follow along.

27. 27 从 A Leisurely Life in Another World, Starting with Death 从死亡开始的异世界悠闲生活 Chalkboard Jun粉笔君Eastern Fantasy249k WordsOngoing [Max level from the start] [Developing teammates] [Easygoing daily life] [Funny gags] [Well-planned, logical plot] [Add a little adventure to your otherwise dull life] The setting is a fantasy world reminiscent of medieval Europe. After the fall of an ancient civilization, a new system of civilization has matured, with many nations and races coexisting! The world comes with a rule-based status screen system, allowing all intelligent beings to call up a panel and check their attributes. Intellige 54Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Yes, yes, [please follow]

28. 28 一 A Tale of Wind, Flowers, Snow, and Moonlight 一场有关风花雪月的故事 Ideal Land理想邦Urban896k WordsCompleted [Travel] [Ensemble Cast] A year into his first job after graduation, this newcomer to the workplace saw a different kind of life on an ordinary night: one that had broken free from its usual course. Just then, after his childhood friend told him about a trip, he bought a ticket to somewhere far away, determined to see this life unlike anything he had known for himself. I believe life isn't just about rushing forward. Taking things slowly makes it all the more meaningful. 182Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Some guys, some

29. 29 重 Back to 2001: Allocate Points and Level Up 重回2001加点升级 Chang Longluo Shaoqing常龙罗少卿Urban1.6M WordsOngoing [Reborn + Pocket Dimension + Status Panel + Proficiency + Daily Life + Cultivation] Luo Zhengyang, a middle-aged man, was laid off and returned to his hometown after many years away. When he woke up one morning, the world had changed, and he was back at the start of middle school in 2001. Then, by chance, he awakened an attribute panel that let him add points, record skills, and continuously raise their levels through practice. Luo Zhengyang realized that the things he had cared about in his pre 5.4kReads7.2Score285Shelves

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    This should meet your requirements! You can check it out if you're looking for something to read, but it's a slow burn and has a lot of rambling, off-topic stuff. You can read it as a random diary entry from back then [smirk].

30. 30 穿 Transmigrating to a Fishing Village: Lying Flat in Hong Kong 穿越小渔村之润去香江躺平 Yang Erxiao杨二笑Urban249k WordsOngoing (Period setting, pocket dimension, treasure hunting at sea, daily life, Hong Kong) Chen Hao arrives in an Eighties-era fishing village on the coast of Fujian with a pocket dimension. Through a twist of fate, he makes his way to Hong Kong, where he and his family lie flat, raise fish on rafts, buy fishing boats, build a submersible and a house, and collect all kinds of things. (You think I'm writing, but actually I'm watching short videos and editing pictures 🫢) 897Reads—Score124Shelves

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    [Thumbs up][Admiration]

31. 31 日 Making Ten Million a Day, I Head Straight Back to the Village to Lie Flat 日入千万，我直接回村躺平 A Lifetime of Absurdity一生荒唐Urban232k WordsOngoing Urban fantasy + tycoon + heartwarming daily life back in the village + entrepreneurial growth + one female lead Lin Chuan received a daily reward of ten million in cash. After returning to his village, he discovered that even being rich didn't stop petty people from causing trouble. So he built a senior care center for free, opened an investment company, repaired the embankment, developed the local economy, and helped those in need. Little by little, he raised his social standing, built connecti 2Reads—Score113Shelves

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    This book tells the story of the protagonist after he becomes rich and returns to his village. It's relatively slice-of-life and not mindless.

32. 32 我 We Came Here to Retire, Not to Rule 我们是来养老的，不是来争霸 Half a Net半张网Sci-Fi & Apocalypse103k WordsOngoing [Retirement-age power ceiling, unconventional world-saving, a middle-aged and elderly protagonist ensemble, laid-back anti-tropes] “Congratulations, you’ve been selected to represent human civilization. Would you like to join the Elite Group or the Retirement Group?” When the cosmic civilization selection began, retired teacher Lin Wanzhao had just finished her square dancing session. She casually chose the Retirement Group, grabbed her knitting needles, and headed into the interstellar arena wi —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [Smirk] Can the daily routines of grandpas and grandmas who practice Tai Chi, knit, and square dancing really solve interstellar crises?

33. 33 我 I'm an Honest, Plainspoken Man 我是正直淳朴的老实人 Far Beyond the Light-Years遥远在光年之外Urban503k WordsOngoing Hello, everyone. I'm Zhu Zhengchun, an honest, upright, and down-to-earth man. My surname isn't Duan, it's Zhu. I'm not the least bit envious of Duan Zhengchun, and I have no desire to become him. Ladies, I really am an honest, upright, and down-to-earth man. Thank you for loving me. 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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