Good Stories That Aren't Cringey or Clichéd 好看的文 不尬 不老套

1. 1201 我 My Days at the Real Estate Sales Office 我在售楼部的日子 Clouds in the Sky, Water in a Bottle云在天际水在瓶Modern Romance1.6M WordsOngoing As a member of the post-80s generation, I’ve witnessed this industry’s rise and fall. I’ve ridden the wave, reaped the rewards, felt the bubble, and watched it go from flourishing to decline, its fortunes ebbing away... There was fate’s hand, society’s shaping, and the trials of life... All these true stories will be recorded in full as a mark of our times. 295Reads—Score—Shelves

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   At least it's not cliche

2. 1202 尘 Chenmo Takes the Stage 尘墨登场 Mountain Ranger of the Galaxy Realm星河境的山岭女侠Modern Romance194k WordsCompleted A special-effects makeup artist disguises herself as a housekeeper and infiltrates a top lawyer’s home to avenge her father, only to discover that they have long been bound to the same path by the same conspiracy. What will the truth turn out to be?? 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Super pretty, not cliche or awkward

3. 1203 猎 The Heart-Hunting Game: The CEO's Contract Sweetheart 猎心游戏：总裁的契约甜妻 Mountain Ranger of the Galaxy Realm星河境的山岭女侠Modern Romance177k WordsCompleted Headhunters: Are they hunting for your talent, or for your heart? If that day had never come, would our lives have turned out differently? Maybe time will give us the answer. Why worry ourselves over it? 1Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 1204 亲 Darling, This Isn’t Love! 亲爱的，这不是爱情！ Mountain Ranger of the Galaxy Realm星河境的山岭女侠Modern Romance103k WordsCompleted Gu Chengyu, vice president of the Gu Group and its sole heir, was in business negotiations at a hotel that happened to be hosting an influencer party. When the elevator broke down, he thought his claustrophobia had simply flared up again, but it turned out to be the beginning of a romantic love story. Su Wan, a female writer, was preparing to switch careers and become a project manager. She attended the influencer party as a Zhihu celebrity. On her way back, she got trapped in an elevator. He co 1Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 1205 职 The Wicked Office Lady Takes Down the Crown Prince 职场恶女卷翻太子 Mountain Ranger of the Galaxy Realm星河境的山岭女侠Ancient Romance247k WordsCompleted Modern HR professional Yu Wen transmigrates into the daughter of a prime minister and is forced to play the villainess who schemes against Crown Prince Li Song. Watch her turn workplace survival tactics to her advantage and pull the strings in the imperial court, rising from an oppressed young wife to a “wicked woman” with power over the entire court! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 1206 寒 A Cold Crow Nests in Your Heart 寒鸦栖君心 Wind and Sunset风夕阳Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Everyone envies the Prince of Beian for loving his wife beyond all measure, with a love as deep as the sea. No one knows he won this perfect life by risking everything. Yan Junjue clawed his way out of a mountain of corpses in the Cold Palace. He was bloodthirsty and ruthless, a possessive, obsessive madman whose jealousy was carved into his bones. Everyone in the world feared him. Only Cui Yunqi was a little warmth in his endless darkness. She was the proud and steadfast lord of Hanya City, dev 12.5kReads8.6Score1.5kShelves

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   It's good-looking, not brainless, and has a big layout.

7. 1207 权 A Woman in Power 权姝 Wind and Sunset风夕阳Ancient Romance602k WordsOngoing Legitimate daughter | Devoted hidden guard × Long-suffering childhood friend, the prince | Pure romance | Court intrigue | Strong female lead | Nation and family The court of the Great Qi dynasty is in turmoil, with the struggle for the throne brewing beneath the surface. The Molong cavalry bears down on Zhenmen Pass, where starving, freezing soldiers hold the border with their flesh and blood. On the battlefields of a troubled age, it is not only men who march to their deaths. Fu Ziyou brav 575Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 1208 六 A Guide to Registering the Six Realms' Undocumented Residents 六界黑户补录指南 A Little Yuzu Angwu一只柚昂乌Modern Romance306k WordsOngoing Also known as: Licensed Quick Transmigration: Why Won’t My Progress Bar Move? [Two equally matched leads + ensemble cast + growing heroine + multiple worlds + beautiful, strong, tragic characters + redemption + two souls in one body] [Easygoing, optimistic good-for-nothing little healer VS arrogant, sharp-tongued, flamboyant young master] [Cool, gentle cafe owner VS carefree, rebellious young nobleman] As a good-for-nothing healer, Zhu Jilan had finally managed to find a job and already mapped o 42Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The new book is good, the heroine's group portrait is a quick travel story, you can read it

9. 1209 重 Reborn 20 Years Ago: From Street Tough to Upstanding Young Man 重生20年从顽主到四有青年 Mr. Red Flag红旗先生Urban1.7M WordsCompleted [Reborn] [No System] [Ensemble cast] [Everyday life] [Business rivalry] [Romance] [Martial world] Does being reborn count as rebirth if you have no memories of your past life? In 2024, business tycoon Chen Yuanping is framed and sent back to the autumn of his nineteenth year. A completely different life begins... At the foot of the imperial city, in Liulichang. A group of young people born in the sixties and seventies leave the crowded courtyard houses in the hutongs, carrying their dreams 3.5kReads7.5Score190Shelves

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   Don't look at the score! Don't look at the score! Don't look at the score! I recommend a different period novel. The story of the youthful growth of a group of people born in the 1970s. In that era of wild growth, everyone was working hard and striving for tomorrow. Friendship, family, love, business war and calculation. Very nice to look at. Book friends who are tired of the routine Tomato novels can click on it and read it. Never regret it.

10. 1210 W WYLM Miao Aoo苗嗷嗷Two Male Leads505k WordsCompleted Boy Band / Everyday Life / ABO / AA Romance / Idols / Friendship / Healing / Gender Swap / Happy Ending Synopsis: If love can't keep me alive, then hate can. But later, there was love, too. “Linlin, your big brother loves you.” “Jinglin, Tongtong will protect you.” “Cheng Jinglin! Look at me! Only look at me!” “Linlin is so pretty. I like you so much~” Ten years of protection, a warm embrace, a blazing fire, and a gentle deception. Do they love Cheng Jinglin, or just this beautiful body? On the 391Reads—Score—Shelves

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    If I swallowed my pride and asked you to love me, I would look down on myself.

11. 1211 共 The Birds That Die Together 共死鸟 Chu Yunxiu, Whose Heart Deserves Punishment其心可诛的楚云秀Modern Romance772k WordsOngoing Highly intelligent villainess + aloof older man + obsessive, lovesick crown prince He Tingwan went to great lengths to win Shen Zhaoxu’s heart, only to turn around and get engaged to another man. After the engagement, He Tingwan wanted Shen Zhaoxu to be her lover. Shen Zhaoxu knew that getting close to He Tingwan meant getting close to an abyss. He could only watch as his self-control crumbled bit by bit. Then he learned that he and He Tingwan were actually... Shen Zhaoxu decided to go abroad, 1.9kReads—Score149Shelves
12. 1212 相 Yearning and Resentment 相思怨 Shuoyue Hanzhang朔月含章Ancient Romance380k WordsOngoing He was the legitimate son of the Chu family; she was the daughter of a concubine in the Liang family. They had been childhood companions, yet the divide between legitimate and secondary branches stood between them like an unscalable chasm. The Chu family rose in rank and moved to the capital, while the Liang family was transferred to Jinling. When they met again, her performance of “Guangling Melody” made her famous throughout the capital, and he accompanied her gracefully with his long sword. M 21Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Definitely a good book

13. 1213 大 Ming Dynasty Imperial Exams: From the Start, I Became the Father of Five Children 大明科举，开局成了五个孩子的爹 Little Zhang Under the Night Lamp夜灯下的小张Historical393k WordsCompleted (Farming + daily life in ancient times + imperial examinations) A reassuring read. Shen Lin'an inexplicably finds himself reborn in ancient times in the body of a widower, with four sons and a daughter to care for, as well as a mother in her fifties. The original owner was a scholar, but he had never even earned the title of licentiate. He was too weak to shoulder a load or lift a hand, knew nothing of farming, and spent every day in drunken stupors, letting the years slip by. Let's see how Shen 3.1kReads7.0Score259Shelves

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    Warm and beautiful daily life in ancient times

14. 1214 魔 The Demon Lord Is Three and a Half, and the Righteous Path Guides Her to Goodness Every Day 魔尊三岁半，正道日日引她向善 Getting Rich Means Striking It Rich富贵要暴富Fantastical Romance168k WordsOngoing [Doted on by everyone] + [little one] + [no romance] + [mutual healing] + [episodic ensemble cast] The Heavenly Dao and the Demon Lord Yin Man were originally one. Unable to tolerate two beings born of the same source yet at odds with each other, the Heavenly Dao imprisoned Yin Man beneath Cangming Mountain for a thousand years. A thousand years later, the Heavenly Dao weakened and the seal began to loosen. Yin Man broke free of the mountain, vowing to die alongside the Heavenly Dao. Knowing it 6Reads—Score106Shelves

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    These two books, I highly recommend them. I highly recommend them.

15. 1215 杀 Kill! Kill! Kill! I’m Reforming the Court! 杀！杀！杀！朕就要整顿朝纲！ Getting Rich Means Striking It Rich富贵要暴富Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Completed. [Unhinged villainess empress × scheming, devoted general] [Empress + sweet on the outside, ruthless within + powerful female lead + court intrigue + satisfying revenge] A thrill ride from start to finish! The empress is outrageously overpowered in both martial arts and intelligence, rising from wiping out entire clans to uniting the Three Kingdoms! A court-intrigue novel whose blurb alone will make you want to dive in. She acts better than Zhen Huan, puts on a better front than Wei Yi 1.3kReads8.9Score164Shelves
16. 1216 班 Ban Chao: Star Lord of the Western Frontier 班超：镇西星主 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今21k WordsCompleted Ban Chao: Star Lord Who Pacified the West —Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 1217 玄 Xuanshuo Guixu: The Han Dynasty's Fallen Immortal 玄朔归墟：大汉谪仙 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今30k WordsCompleted Xuanshuo Guixu: The Banished Immortal of the Han Dynasty 1Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 1218 赤 Echoes of Red Rock 赤岩遗响 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今25k WordsCompleted Echoes of Red Rock —Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 1219 命 The One Whose Fate Record Was Left Blank 命籍留白者 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今23k WordsCompleted The One Whose Fate Record Is Blank —Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 1220 司 Sima Jizhu: The Way of Yi Towers Over Heaven 司马季主：易道凌天 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今15k WordsCompleted Sima Jizhu: The Way of Change Soars Above the Heavens 1Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 1221 仙 Hidden Among the Immortals: The Life of Tao Hongjing 仙隐：陶弘景传 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今18k WordsCompleted Immortal Seclusion: The Biography of Tao Hongjing 2Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 1222 旧 The Echo Museum of Old Things 旧物回音馆 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今23k WordsCompleted Echoes of Old Things 1Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 1223 人 Chronicles of the Balance Between Humanity and Heaven 人天衡纪 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今Historical30k WordsCompleted The Chronicles of Human and Heaven —Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 1224 重 Chong’er Returns to Jin 重耳归晋 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今14k WordsCompleted Chong'er Returns to Jin 1Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 1225 藏 The Evening Breeze Hidden in My Heart 藏在心底的晚风 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今27k WordsCompleted The Evening Breeze Hidden in My Heart —Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 1226 大 The Great Derivation, Escape One 大衍遁一 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今29k WordsCompleted The Great Derivation, the One Who Escaped —Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 1227 真 I'm Not Useless, I'm Just Too Lazy to Act Like a Big Shot 真不是废物，只是懒得装大佬 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今30k WordsCompleted I’m Not a Good-for-Nothing, I Just Can’t Be Bothered to Pretend I’m a Big Shot 1Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 1228 大 The Might of the Great Tang: The Long Winds of the Celestial Strategies 大唐天威之天策长风 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今Historical328k WordsCompleted In the chaotic final years of the Sui dynasty, the realm lies in ruins, smoke rises from battlefields, and the people are plunged into misery. A gifted child is born at the Wugong Guesthouse, marked by the auspicious signs of a dragon and phoenix. He is named Shimin, with the great ambition to bring peace to the people. Young Li Shimin is no idle boy. He studies military texts and masters riding and archery. At sixteen, he deploys a feint at Yanmen and drives back hundreds of thousands of Turk 4Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 1229 灯 Lantern Light Over Chang’an 灯影照长安 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今23k WordsCompleted Lamplight Over Chang'an 1Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 1230 玄 The Mystic Star Quells a Chaotic Age 玄星镇乱世 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今Eastern Fantasy44k WordsCompleted During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, heaven and earth were in upheaval. Years of unending warfare threw the spiritual veins of the Nine Provinces into disarray and shifted the stars from their courses. A catastrophe was about to descend upon the mortal world. The Star Pivot Order governed celestial divination and the protection of spiritual veins. For generations, its members had taken it upon themselves to determine Heaven's will and safeguard the people, but the demonic Netherdar 5Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 1231 鬼 The Spirit Venerable of Guiguzi 鬼谷灵尊 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今20k WordsCompleted Ghost Valley Spirit Venerable —Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 1232 观 The Splendor of the Kingdom: Making a Visit to the King 观国之光：利用宾于王 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今Historical30k WordsCompleted Behold the Splendor of the Land: A Guest at the King's Court —Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 1233 过 The Expired Convenience Store 过期的便利店 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今16k WordsCompleted Expired Convenience Store —Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 1234 阴 The Hidden Talisman Records of Yan 阴符照燕录 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今Historical19k WordsCompleted The Record of the Yan Kingdom, Illuminated by the Yin Talisman 3Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 1235 玄 The Mystic Pivot: Zhang Heng’s Record of Heavenly Secrets 玄枢：张衡天机录 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今29k WordsCompleted The Mystic Pivot: Zhang Heng's Record of Celestial Secrets 5Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 1236 你 Who Are You? Who Says Anyone Has to Remember You After Meeting You? 你谁？谁说见了你就得记住你 No Feasible Solution无可行解Modern Romance171k WordsOngoing Paranoid painter x face-blind designer When Xie Mingzhen ran into Chi Yuexin yet again, he became even more certain that this woman was up to something. He was a renowned painter, and the second young master of the Xie Group. Plenty of people would resort to tricks to get to him or to the Xie family behind him. In his eyes, Chi Yuexin was especially suspicious. She kept drawing his attention, yet always pretended they’d never met. He was determined to uncover her true colors. At first, he though —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Check out this one. Slower paced talk. The male protagonist is a suspicious painter and the female protagonist is a slow-moving designer. What kind of sparks will fly between two people who don't deal with each other when they first meet? The male protagonist is always suspicious of him. What will he choose between suspicion and excitement? The heroine is not caring at all, and is not important enough to make the person she wants to remember turn around and forget her appearance.

37. 1237 金 Ashes of War: Fifty-Nine Years of the Liu Song Dynasty 金戈烬：刘宋五十九年兴亡录 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今19k WordsCompleted Ashes of the Golden Spear: A Chronicle of the Rise and Fall of Liu Song Across Fifty-Nine Years 4Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 1238 苍 Nine Transformations of the Azure and Yellow: Li Si’s Cauldron 苍黄九变：李斯鼎 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今19k WordsCompleted Nine Transformations of Heaven and Earth: Li Si Ding 3Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 1239 昭 Zhaoran Sets Out for the Dawn 昭然赴晓光 Zhongqing525钟情525Ancient Romance396k WordsCompleted Qing Xiao, the youngest daughter of the Qing family, has an extraordinary sense of smell and dreams of practicing medicine to help the world, living freely and without care. She flees home to escape an imperial decree arranging her marriage, only to stumble into an international conspiracy along the way. Chu Jingzhao, the eldest prince of Jingyong, has just returned from a bloody campaign at the border. Deeply calculating and mistrusted by the emperor because of past events, he is ordered to mar 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Marry first, then love, and save each other~ The male protagonist is a guiding father-type husband. He saved the heroine's family in his previous life, and he is saved by the heroine's family in turn~ The heroine's group favorite, a talented and hard-working technical person, a bright little sun, illuminating himself and others at the same time, without any internal friction~ The family line is super healing, I can only say that the original family is very important~

40. 1240 神 Divine Numerology: The Secret Scroll of the Supreme Principle 神数衍天：皇极秘卷 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今23k WordsCompleted Divine Numerology Reveals Heaven: The Secret Scroll of the Emperor's Pole 3Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 1241 陶 Tao Zhu’s Mystic Strategy: Mastermind of Heaven’s Secrets 陶朱玄略：天机谋主 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今22k WordsCompleted The Tao Zhu Strategy: Mastermind of Heaven's Secrets 1Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 1242 万 All Realms Return to the Stars 万境归辰 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今25k WordsCompleted All Realms Return to the Stars 1Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 1243 浩 Venerable Lord of the Vastness Sword: Mencius Descends to Earth, His Aura Reaches the Ninth Heaven 浩然剑尊：孟子临凡，气贯九天 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今28k WordsCompleted Sage of the Righteous Sword: Mencius Descends to the Mortal Realm, His Spirit Piercing the Nine Heavens —Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 1244 纪 The Changing of Eras: Born of the Ashen Heavens 纪元更替·烬天生人 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今30k WordsCompleted The Changing of Eras: People Born Under the Ashen Sky —Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 1245 太 The Marquis of Liu Through the Ages 太玄留侯 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今23k WordsCompleted The Great Mystery and the Marquis of Liu —Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 1246 寒 The Poor-Born Female Chancellor: Your Majesty, I Won’t Marry 寒门女相：陛下，臣不嫁人 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今29k WordsCompleted The Common-Born Female Chancellor: Your Majesty, I Will Not Marry 1Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 1247 长 The Rhapsody of Changmen: Ashes of the Golden Moon 长门赋·金月烬 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今Ancient Romance18k WordsCompleted Ode to the Gate of Longmen: The Golden Moon Burns to Ashes —Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 1248 庆 The Invisible Grain of Qingli 庆历无影粮 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今9k WordsCompleted The Shadowless Grain of Qingli —Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 1249 天 The Heavenly Secrets: The Life of Guan Lu 天机箓之管辂传 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今13k WordsCompleted The Records of Heaven’s Secrets: The Biography of Guan Lu 3Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 1250 玄 The Black-Armored Strategist: Cui Hao’s Chronicle 玄甲定天：崔浩谋世录 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今25k WordsCompleted The Black-Armored Strategist Who Settled the Realm: The Chronicles of Cui Hao —Reads—Score—Shelves

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