Reborn Stories About Making Money Quietly, Directing from Behind the Scenes, and High-IQ Leads 重生，低调挣钱，遥控指挥，智商高的小说

1. 201 意 Reborn by Chance, I Seize the Moment and Live the Good Life 意外重生，踩住风口过惬意人生 XQ Xing QinXQ星秦Urban178k WordsOngoing Main characters: Lin Feng, Ye Yao After failing at business and in his marriage, Lin Feng became a hapless fool raising another man’s son. One night, after drinking himself into a stupor with his buddies, he returned to the carefree days of 2014. He was eighteen that year and had yet to meet the person who would drag him to rock bottom. It seemed that everything still lay ahead of him. 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Reborn back to his senior year of high school, Lin Feng decisively severed ties with his ex-wife from his previous life. After finishing the college entrance examination, he took a summer job at a small bar on West Street to save up start-up capital. He had already set his sights on the stock market bull run and was taking steps toward financial freedom.

2. 202 我 What's Wrong With a Middle School Graduate Like Me Making a Comeback and Becoming a Big Shot? 我中学毕业的逆袭当大佬怎么了 The Ancient Road to the Ends of the Earth古道天涯Urban481k WordsCompleted (Rebirth + an underdog’s rise, set in 2008, entrepreneurship + industry and finance, multiple heroines + past and present lives, no System + a sharp mind.) Want to start your own family tree? Want to become a big shot? Want to be the richest man in the country? Want to lie back with beautiful women in your arms? Damn, I want all of that! But I’ve only graduated middle school and don’t know a thing, so how could I make it happen? All right, then. How about a chance to be reborn? Yes, yes, yes! F 4Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 203 双 Double Crossing to 1990: Trading a Lighter for Food from the Start 双穿1990，开局用打火机换粮 A Flower Crossing the River一花渡江Urban559k WordsCompleted (Two-way transmigration + two-way transport of goods + hard-nosed business warfare. The key is using an information advantage to dominate both worlds, with no frustrating setbacks along the way.) I woke up as another version of myself in a parallel world: One of me was an unemployed young man in 2026, the other a student who had just gotten into university in 1990. From then on, my life ran on two tracks: In 1990, I was a business genius who could turn stone into gold. I traded a lighter for gra 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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   I wrote this myself, please support me if you like it.

4. 204 我 Slaying Dragons on the Road to Power 我在仕途斩群龙 Muha of the Celestial Masters' Palace天师府的穆哈Urban2.6M WordsCompleted 3.5kReads8.2Score311Shelves

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   He's already been keeping a low profile, so why would anyone want to assassinate him?

5. 205 双 Twin Rivers: Bloodbath in Republican-Era Shanghai 双川民国之沪上血战 Good Luck Keeps Coming好运不断Urban2.6M WordsOngoing Su Tianci has spent 25 years as a working stiff. After leaving the military, he has the job he earned stolen by someone with power and influence. His attempts to seek justice come to nothing, and with the other side's overwhelming influence, he has no choice but to become a delivery driver. Who could have guessed that while performing a good deed, he'd be struck by a heavy truck and sent straight to the Republican era? Then his transmigration golden finger turns out to let him travel between the 172Reads7.2Score149Shelves

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   No one had ever done this before.

6. 206 双 A Double Crossing to Make a Fortune in Republican-Era China 双穿之民国淘金 Striving to Stay Alive8888努力活着8888Urban3.3M WordsOngoing Li Xiaren had spent 25 years as a wage slave, living at the bottom of society and crushed by the pressure of making ends meet. No matter how hard he worked to earn money, he still couldn't afford a home of his own. Even his longtime girlfriend left him. Downhearted, he finally managed to collect the wages he'd been owed and planned to head to Tian Shang Ren Jian for a stuffed flatbread. But who could have guessed? A ball of lightning struck him and sent him straight back to a turbulent era. More 532Reads7.7Score135Shelves

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   These are some of the things you've already started thinking about.

7. 207 两 Crossing Between Two Worlds: 1949 两界穿梭之一九四九 Good Luck Keeps Coming好运不断Urban361k WordsOngoing Drop the pretense of being a decent person and enjoy a shameless life. Refuse to waste your energy on inner turmoil; if something’s wrong, just lose it. Rather than make yourself suffer, make life difficult for someone else. That’s Su Tianci in 2026. By chance, he transmigrates to Beiping on the eve of liberation. The booming economy of 2026 and the war-torn year of 1949: two vastly different eras lie before him. 5kReads5.8Score216Shelves

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   Things have come to this point.

8. 208 1 1973: He Changed the Nation 1973，国家因他而改变 Wind from Hexi河西的风Urban1.7M WordsOngoing Yonghang is descended from the Red Fifth Army. At the age of five, he traveled alone by train out of the Hexi Corridor. His masters included a Daoist, a Buddhist monk, and the chief instructor of a special forces unit. This is an era of reform, an era of expanding trade, technology, and science... His fourth master handed over Cao Cao's Imperial Guards to him. Yonghang took the First Emperor's Dragon Guards and Palace Guards for his own... This is an unbelievable era where dreams and reality, vi 2.3kReads8.2Score129Shelves

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   Good is good!

9. 209 覆 Replay the Game: Live Up to Our Youth and Each Other! 覆局重弈：不负韶华不负卿！ Yu Jiuge渝九歌Urban214k WordsOngoing A life you've already lived, a road you've already explored and a river you've already crossed: will there still be thorns and whirlpools? When you're reborn, should you seek the right answer or the optimal solution? In his previous life, Ji Mo spent all his years pursuing a life of comfort. Can he attain it this time around? 15Reads—Score—Shelves

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   I love the feeling of the first book; it's not a mindless wish-fulfillment novel, and it's worth following.

10. 210 官 Rising Through the Official Ranks 官路扶摇 Listening to Flowers Along the Snowy Road雪路听花Urban8.6M WordsOngoing In his previous life, after his wife, the deputy town head, divorced him, Cui Xiangdong flew into a rage and made a terrible mistake that haunted him for the rest of his life! Decades later, he inexplicably returns to this crucial moment! Now he must face his wife, the deputy town head, as she asks for a divorce once more. What will he do this time? 76kReads9.1Score4.2kShelves
11. 211 浪 The Prodigal Returns: I Can See the Future 浪子回头：我能预见未来 Bai Ling白灵Urban4.1M WordsOngoing The short drama of the same name, I Can See the Future: The Prodigal's Return, premieres on Hongguo on December 6. On his way to get a divorce, Lin Ming finally realized what a bastard he'd been his whole life! He couldn't change the fact that he was getting divorced, but he unexpectedly gained the ability to foresee the future! Rising prices, volatile real estate, stock market fluctuations, global trends... he can handle them all with ease! Years later, a reporter interviews Lin Ming: “You're n 19.9kReads9.1Score1.3kShelves
12. 212 重 Reborn in 1993: Dark Sea 重生1993，暗海 The Gods Want to Go Wild神想出去浪Urban1.9M WordsCompleted The physical edition of Wrathful Sea, Calm the Abyss is now available. Presales officially begin at 19:00 on October 11. [Reborn] [Mystery] [Undercover Agent] [Revenge] [Anti-Drug Operations] [Counterespionage] The golden finger is extremely weak, and he relies on his own abilities. This is a battle of wits between highly intelligent opponents, so you need to keep your brain switched on. There is no showing off and face-slapping! Ideal for veteran readers. If you understand it, you'll find it ve 259.5kReads9.6Score30.9kShelves
13. 213 重 Reborn in 1990: Escaping My Toxic Family from the Start 重生90开局逃离原生家庭 Lan Meng Says蓝梦说Urban591k WordsOngoing [One heroine] After being reborn, I hadn't even had time to enjoy my new life before Qian Lao saw through my identity when I predicted the breakup of the Soviet Union. This is so hard… I start a media company and recruit Liming and Huang Jiaju to take on the Hong Kong and Taiwan entertainment industries… Then I do everything I can to find the love of my previous life. In this life, I'll live for her… 124Reads6.8Score116Shelves

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    A well-developed, slow-burn plot

14. 214 都 The Urban All-Purpose Lottery System 都市全能抽奖系统 Demon-Slaying Order Abbot屠魔令斋主Male-Channel Fanfiction443k WordsCompleted By a twist of fate, Chen Feng, a young man from the city, obtained a sign-in lottery System. He discovered that he could win all kinds of skills, cultivation techniques, and items through the System's sign-in lottery... He could even use the System's power to transmigrate at any time into different film, TV, and novel worlds. Love in the Courtyard, Ode to Joy, Love Apartment, Drawing Sword, The Legend of the Condor Heroes, Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, Uncle Nine, Journey to the West, the Primordia 1.8kReads6.8Score102Shelves

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    [Not mindless][Urban][Lighthearted][Technological][Refreshing read] Computer repairman Jiang Cheng is "electrified" and returns to his senior year of high school, his body inhabiting a desktop computer. He achieves phenomenal results in the college entrance exam, gaining admission to the best university; in university, he pursues his dreams, founding a groundbreaking company, catching the wave of technological advancement, and subsequently leading the world. Just a programmer? No. He is a technology leader; he and I are leaders in computer technology.

15. 215 我 I Make Ten Billion a Year Trading Stocks 我靠炒股年入百亿 Great Road, Soaring Sky大路翔空Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [Shocking! The greatest stock god seeks to be reborn, only to be devoured by the infant he was targeting.] [Plot twist! A capital tycoon tries to fleece retail investors, only to get fleeced by them instead.] [Unexpected! He was quietly admiring the campus beauty, only to discover that she was admiring him too.] [A fortune overnight! An ordinary high school student turns the stock market into a money-printing machine.] [A comeback! Cast out by a wealthy family 20 years ago, he is regarded as one 5.3kReads8.5Score458Shelves
16. 216 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
17. 217 从 From Starting with Nothing to Becoming a Global Oligarch 从白手起家到世界寡头 Light Like Water光芒似水Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Tech startups + beauties galore] After graduating from college, Lu Feng is humiliated by his future mother-in-law and awakens the Entrepreneurship System. Qingyun skincare products whiten skin and smooth wrinkles, taking the world by storm and winning the devotion of billions of women. His cancer drug hits the market, solving a major challenge in medicine and astonishing the world. His superpower battery makes its debut, ushering the auto industry into the age of new energy vehicles. Artificial 2.8kReads8.1Score186Shelves
18. 218 重 Reborn in 2013: Starting a Tycoon's Life 重生2013开始土豪人生 Frozen Liangpi冰封凉皮Urban1.6M WordsCompleted After losing money in the stock market, Zhang Yang transmigrates back to 2013 and unexpectedly gains a golden finger for stock trading. He begins the most realistic battle in the capital markets, founding a real estate company, developing lithography machines, and sweeping aside international financial giants. From then on, he starts living the life of a tycoon. (This book gets off to a somewhat slow start, but the story is definitely worth looking forward to.) 5.4kReads7.9Score306Shelves
19. 219 重 Reborn: The Entrepreneurial Life 重生之创业人生 Single-Plank Bridge独木桥Urban5.1M WordsCompleted Early 2003. Taobao had yet to be founded, Xiaomi was nowhere to be seen, housing prices were still within reach, and every industry was thriving... With memories of the future, Chen Ping returned to 2003, a year when gold seemed to lie everywhere. 129Reads6.8Score106Shelves
20. 220 重 Reborn in 2000: Building an Internet Empire and Becoming the World's Richest 重生2000，构建互联网帝国，成全球首富 Blazing Flame灼炎Urban738k WordsCompleted [Lighthearted + Comedy + Showy Humility] Before he was reborn, he was a top-tier big shot and the world’s number-one hacker. After one drunken binge, he returned to the year 2000. A legend? Sorry, you can’t break into this market anymore. Isn’t it time to find a new game for the dreams of 800 million mouse users? Those guys at NetEase know nothing about running games. I’ll make Three Kingdoms: Generals! Zhou Zhen rekindles his dream, determined to get people all over the world playing his games! 93Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 221 重 Reborn in 1992: Business Empire 重生九二之商业帝国 Diving Octopus潜水的章鱼Urban1.9M WordsCompleted In his previous life, someone framed his family's soda factory and drove it into bankruptcy. His father couldn't bear the crushing debt and jumped from the rooftop. His mother was overcome with grief and soon passed away as well. Amid a series of tragedies, he sank deeper and deeper into despair. Now, heaven has given him a chance to be reborn. He swears to change everything, make a name for himself, and get revenge! And so, his rise begins with ten thousand yuan... 47Reads8.6Score—Shelves
22. 222 重 Reborn in 1976: All I Want from the Start Is to Fill My Stomach 重生76年，开局只为填饱肚子 Recluse of Cold Mountain寒山居士Urban2.2M WordsCompleted Themes: Supernatural powers, pocket dimension, scheming, the many sides of life in a special era, and more... The middle-aged loser Fang Xiangyang is reborn. The good news is that he's returned to forty years ago, an era full of opportunities. He can change his own fate and his family's, ride the wave of a great age, and make a name for himself. The bad news is that his family has run out of food. If he doesn't find some soon, they may all starve to death... 7.5kReads8.1Score454Shelves
23. 223 重 Reborn: There's a Desktop Computer Inside Me 重生：我体内带个台式机 Xiao Ziyue萧子曰Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [No mindless plot] [Urban] [Lighthearted] [Technology] [Feel-good power fantasy] Jiang Cheng, a computer repairman, was “electrocuted” back to his senior year of high school, with a desktop computer inside his body. He made a stunning impression on the college entrance exam and got into the best university. At university, he pursued his dreams and founded the most exciting company, catching the wave of a tech boom and going on to lead the world. Just a programmer? No. He was a pioneer in technol 29.7kReads9.0Score1.8kShelves
24. 224 重 Reborn in 1991: This Time, I'm Becoming a Doctor 重生91，这次我要做医生 White Sand in the Mire白沙在涅Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Liu Xiaochuan dives into the water to save someone, then drowns and unexpectedly comes back reborn in his high school days. He earns his first fortune with stock subscription certificates. Knowing he has no talent for business, he only wants to dabble in stocks and buy a few houses, quietly make a fortune, do good deeds without drawing attention, fulfill his dream of studying medicine from his previous life, and live a life without regrets! 12.2kReads8.7Score956Shelves
25. 225 建 I'm Just Building a Country, Why Are the Americans Panicking? 建个国而已，鹰酱你慌啥 Second Brother Erge二哥尔格Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Rebirth is common, but have you ever seen someone who knew they were going to be reborn, prepared thoroughly, and only then returned to the past?] After learning he’d been given the chance to live his life over, Zhou Fan made thorough preparations. He gathered financial and business information, future high technology… everything he could get his hands on. Back for another life, all he wanted was to make money with ease and enjoy the good life. He watched Gu Nanxi wear the beautiful wedding dr 10.3kReads8.9Score1kShelves
26. 226 重 Reborn as an Angry Youth 重生之愤青 Cocoa Companion可可伴侣Male-Channel Fanfiction545k WordsCompleted In 2060, Feng Qing was an orphan whose parents had both died. He was an upright person who could be rather stubborn about what he believed was right. Because of an ancestral jade pendant, a refined scoundrel set his sights on him. When moral blackmail failed, the man hired thugs to steal it. Feng Qing would rather see the jade shattered than let it remain intact in the hands of a villain. He fought back with all his might, but in the end, he lost his life and soul. When he awoke again, he had tr 17.9kReads8.2Score630Shelves
27. 227 重 Reborn in 2002: I Won’t Become the Richest Man 重生2002，我不做首富 Gongshu Qin公输秦Urban105k WordsCompleted [Reborn in 2002]+ [A flood of memories]+ [Everyday life]+ [Building the nation through industry]+ [Web fiction superstar]+ [Patriotic] When Yan He woke up, he had returned to 2002, the year he started seventh grade. Reliving his youthful days, he battled against the current, and forged a very different life. 16Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A great read, topping the list of promising books, full of life, a truly wonderful book!

28. 228 重 Reborn in 1991: Starting with a Bankrupt State-Owned Enterprise 重生1991：从破产国企开始 A Big Black Cat at Home家有大黑猫Urban775k WordsOngoing In the summer of 1991, Chen Mo is reborn at a turning point in his life. In his previous life, he was assigned to the near-bankrupt Hongxing Textile Mill. He wasted ten years there, was laid off, and saw his family torn apart. This time, he chooses to walk through the factory gates again. Others see a death trap, but he sees gold lying everywhere. With nothing more than an official approval for a “Labor Services Company,” he starts with the factory's little shop, then builds a logistics network, 390Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a farming-themed novel set in a historical period. There is no system or cheat codes. If you prefer lighthearted, mindless stories, please do not read this.

29. 229 重 Reborn and Rich, I Fooled a Pair of Twins 重生暴富后，我忽悠了一对双胞胎 I Really Love Living Off Others我超爱吃软饭Urban695k WordsCompleted [Reborn and becoming wealthy + tycoon + twins + mature older women + secretary + financial freedom + farming] On the brink of death, Fang Yuan was reborn in 2014. Armed with the informational advantage that came with being reborn, Fang Yuan won the lottery during the 2014 World Cup and made a fortune overnight, taking 450 million yuan from the bookmakers. When the A-shares market took off in 2015, Fang Yuan made another killing, leaving countless major players in the dust. In just two years, he 16.3kReads8.5Score1.1kShelves

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    A story about a man who becomes rich overnight and then settles down, with some episodes in the group chat [smirking]. Characters: Twin sisters + secretary + mature woman (female PhD). The four women are constantly vying for the male lead's attention and have even set weekly schedules for watering his plants. Monday: Twin sister. Wednesday: Twin sister. Friday: Secretary. Sunday: Female PhD. The twin sisters both become pregnant at the same time, and their biological fathers are the same person. The secretary has already resigned and is staying home to prepare for her pregnancy, already taking on the role of the boss. The mature woman and female PhD have already given birth and are preparing for a second child, and have been trained by the protagonist to be his devoted admirer. Genre: Super-rich, scumbag, rebirth, lazy, rich overnight, mainly focusing on the lazy life.

30. 230 班 Bottom of the Class? I'm Just Earning My First Fortune 班级吊车尾？我只是在挣第一桶金 The Daydreaming Zhou梦游的小周Urban315k WordsCompleted Qin Tian is reborn in 2012. Back then, he was a hopeless student about to take the college entrance exam, the very bottom of his class. When his teachers tried to motivate him with all their heartfelt speeches, Qin Tian thought, I’ve had my fill of that in my last life. I can’t stomach another drop. Studying is what top students are good at. Why should he use his weaknesses to challenge someone else’s strengths? So, rain or shine, he climbed over the wall every night to go online. One morning, h 620Reads6.5Score101Shelves
31. 231 从 Becoming a Super Rich Man Starting in College 从大学开始，成为超级富豪 If Not Steamed Buns, Then Steamed Baozi不蒸馒头蒸包子Urban602k WordsCompleted Back in 2005, the internet was entering a golden age, and the protagonist hoped to claim the most delicious slice of the pie. Starting with Renren, he ventures into movies, phones, games, investments, entertainment, e-commerce, new energy, drones... From the internet to manufacturing, from the internet to showbiz, he builds his fortune while enjoying life. Watch as the protagonist gradually becomes a business magnate. 441Reads—Score100Shelves
32. 232 重 Reborn: Hualong Invades the World, Starting with Mining 重生：华龙入侵全球从开矿开始 Being Ugly Is Not a Crime丑不是罪Urban1.5M WordsCompleted Xiao Yao is reborn in 1997, just as the mining industry begins to take off in northern China. With greedy outsiders eyeing his family’s property, he starts by selling bowls, then secures a gold mine, moves into iron ore, and establishes Hualong Mining, driving his enemies to the brink of ruin. The vast wealth of information from the future becomes his winning edge as he rises. Before anyone notices, he becomes the world’s largest investor. He invests in the internet giants, the Two Ma, ahead of 6.5kReads8.5Score349Shelves
33. 233 别 Cut It Out, I'm a Coal Tycoon 别闹，我可是煤老板 Mi Ka弥卡Urban520k WordsCompleted An eighteen-year-old hothead inherits a coal mine overnight and becomes the richest man in the county... Oh! Think this is a story about a coal boss showing off his wealth? Of course there’s showing off! But there’s also: The wonderful romance of tricking a creditor into becoming his wife. The old trick of playing the fool to drive his rivals crazy. A desperate counterattack after being forced to drink coal slurry. Lying low and pretending to be crazy after being betrayed... This is an unofficia 194Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 234 重 Reborn: My Cousin Switched Marriages and Regretted It Bitterly 重生后，表妹换亲悔青了肠子 Wan Changru, Who Loves Vegetarian Pork Floss爱吃素香松的万长儒Modern Romance23k WordsCompleted After Being Reborn, My Cousin Regretted Swapping Marriages 13Reads—Score—Shelves

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    My cousin's schemes were no match for absolute power.

35. 235 透 The Clairvoyant Tycoon at a State-Owned Enterprise: From Employee to Supreme Lord 透视神豪在国企：从职员到太虚主 Energy Tree能量树Urban533k WordsOngoing Reborn at the point in his previous life when he bought lottery tickets, Wang Hao immediately throws himself into the stock market. He rides the trends and nails every turning point, making this life completely different. After completing a series of missions, he discovers that he has entered the Great Void, and the truth behind everything comes to light... Money, power, women: he'll reclaim, one by one, everything he regretted losing in his previous life. 63Reads6.1Score—Shelves

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    Reborn in the 1990s, I kept a low profile working for a state-owned enterprise, quietly making money after get off work, until the Forbes rich list became popular in China, and everyone was shocked to discover that I was among the top!

36. 236 我 My Phone Connects to Tomorrow 我的手机连明天 No Wood or Stone无木石Urban232k WordsOngoing After his divorce, Xu Yan unexpectedly gets a phone that can connect to the internet of tomorrow, and begins a new life. From then on, wealth and women come pouring in. Love, family bonds... He discovers that having money can be a real headache too... 908Reads5.5Score1.1kShelves
37. 237 我 My Dongguan Dream: Sister Mei 我的东莞梦：媚姐 Zeng Yi曾呓Urban2.4M WordsOngoing Sister Mei's advice to me: The women at entertainment venues are just for looking. Don't get serious with them. Sister Mei also said: Don't get any ideas about me, either. [A story about working for a living, perhaps with a little of me, you, and him in it.] 198.5kReads8.9Score9.7kShelves

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    [Admiration][Admiration][Admiration][Admiration][Thumbs up][Admiration][Laugh][Thumbs up ...]

38. 238 组 Team Up to Go Home for the New Year: Why Are All My Teammates Goddesses? 组队回家过年：队友竟然全是女神 Puppet Number Twenty-One二十一号傀儡Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Urban + System + multiple women + lighthearted + feel-good power fantasy + mostly everyday life] “Yang Tian, if you don’t bring home a girlfriend this New Year, you’re sleeping in the pigsty!” Faced with his mother’s ultimatum, penniless Yang Tian suddenly obtains the [Instance Party System]. As long as he posts a mission, all kinds of goddesses will accept it and “team up” with him to go home and conquer every obstacle. New Year’s Eve, family reunion dinner. Uncle: “I heard Yang Tian lost his 2.3kReads6.0Score258Shelves

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    Logical, not mindless; I recommend these books to you.

39. 239 嫌 You Thought I Was Too Weak, So My Cultivation Technique Went Dark Overnight 嫌我太弱，我的功法连夜黑化了 Puppet Number Twenty-One二十一号傀儡Urban744k WordsCompleted [Lighthearted + Misunderstandings + Chat Group + Fully Automated Training + Overpowered Power Fantasy] Yang Tian transmigrates into a high-martial-arts world. With mediocre talent, he only wants to lie flat. But who could have guessed that the cultivation techniques inside him would think he was too weak and turn sentient overnight! And that’s not all. His techniques even set up a chat group: [Iron Shirt] left the group and wrote: “The Host is too fragile. I went for a soak at the nuclear power 730Reads—Score102Shelves
40. 240 我 I Used the Myriad Worlds Exchange System to Redeem Myself 我用万界兑换系统兑换我自己 Puppet Number Twenty-One二十一号傀儡Urban343k WordsCompleted [System + mastermind behind the scenes + multiple worlds + apocalypse + no saintly hero] Yang Tian acquired a strange System. The items in its shop turned out to be attributes he had "lost" himself? [Looks +10]? I lost that! [Intelligence +20]? I lost that too! [Protective Astral Energy]? That's my passive skill! Yang Tian: "Hey, System bro, aren't you just making me pay to buy myself back?!" The world changed. The Gray Realm descended, and reality merged with the mysterious and uncanny. Wit 157Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 241 重 Back to 1985 to Stir Up the World 重返八五搅动世界 Koala's Great Adventure考拉大冒险Urban475k WordsOngoing Reborn in 1985, the first thing he does is sell his job to raise money for a business. He designs products, poses as a foreign investor, and creates a buzz to build up capital quickly. Inspired by real cases, the story depicts the history of Wenzhou merchants. 232Reads—Score—Shelves

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    That's probably it. It's about making money discreetly, and it doesn't have the clichéd American-style bullying of relatives or friends, nor is it about a reborn man who is abusive at home.

42. 242 靠 Mr. Reliable Opens Pandora's Box with His Own Hands 靠谱先生，亲手打开潘多拉魔盒 Liang Ziyuan梁子渊Sci-Fi & Apocalypse528k WordsCompleted [Poor or rich, we’ll plunder the West and make the Dragon Kingdom prosperous. Modern city + technology + strategic alliances = a powerful nation and military.] On April 1, 2024, a call came in to the Meritorious Honors Awards Committee. “Hello, this is the Meritorious Honors Awards Committee.” “Hello! If I can restore our national borders to their shape during the Republic of China era, like a begonia leaf in autumn, could I be nominated for the Republic Medal?” “Uh, sir... this... uh... hmm... 307Reads—Score—Shelves

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    If I could increase the land area by 194 square kilometers, restoring it to the shape of an autumn-leaf begonia from the Republic of China era, would I be nominated for the Medal of the Republic? This is the story of a Chinese entrepreneur and scientist who, by entering the fray himself, is trying to influence the world, all for the sake of achieving a "red miracle."

43. 243 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 5.4kReads7.2Score298Shelves

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    This should fit the bill, but it's a slow burn; you can watch it for now! (The mastermind behind the scenes)

44. 244 重 Reborn in 1960: I Have a Divine Cauldron Space 重生60，我有神鼎空间 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban2.8M WordsCompleted Zhao Guoqiang died alongside the demolition crew, never imagining that the incense burner in his own main room was a divine artifact. After accidentally becoming the master of the Bronze Divine Cauldron, he was reborn as another man named Zhao Guoqiang. Inside the cauldron's space were towering mountains, lakes, and mighty rivers. What delighted him even more was that the cauldron could condense holy water. Time already flowed ten times faster inside the space than in the outside world. With the 404Reads7.4Score103Shelves

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    Reborn, making money discreetly.

45. 245 日 Paying One Billion in Taxes a Day, and You Call This a Village Collective Enterprise? 日交税十亿，你说这是村集体企业 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban523k WordsCompleted Zeng Fanchao, the richest man in Beihu Province, catches the eye of people who want to seize his family fortune for free. When he refuses, Liu Batian, a prison warden who holds the low ninth rank, sends men to sever his tendons, force-feed him a drug that robs him of his voice, and throw him from a cliff over a hundred meters high. He crashes down onto the land temple beneath the cliff, smashing it to pieces. His own body is shattered, too, but the blood flowing from him is mysteriously absorbed 659Reads6.4Score—Shelves
46. 246 四 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Control the Life and Death System 四合院：开局掌控生死系统 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban1.8M WordsCompleted From the start, he gets a Life and Death System and hypnosis abilities, sending him straight to the top. The Life and Death System can extract life force from anything alive, including animals, plants, fish, and humans. It can also pour life force into any living thing, though the effect is halved. Extracting life force from a century-old tree yields fifty years' worth, which can be poured into a sapling to instantly make it grow to the size of a fifty-year-old tree. Animals work the same way: e 14.7kReads8.1Score809Shelves
47. 247 重 Reborn in 1960: The System Helps Me Rule the Hunting Grounds 重生60：系统助我猎界称雄 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban345k WordsCompleted Li Changsheng became a thirty-year mortgage slave after buying a home with no down payment. With housing prices falling and his job gone, he was on his way home when he kindly helped an elderly person who had fallen, only to be extorted by them. So he simply dragged them along to die with him, ridding the world of two bad people. Unexpectedly, he then received a Cloning System and transmigrated, reborn into the body of another Li Changsheng in 1960. See how Li Changsheng uses the Cloning System 990Reads6.1Score—Shelves
48. 248 我 In 1979, I Helped the Whole Village Become Ten-Thousand-Yuan Households 我在七九帮全村成就万元户 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban267k WordsCompleted Chen Sheng and seven good friends explore the Nanshan Cave and obtain the innate spiritual treasure, the Boundary-Breaking Pearl, which lets them travel back and forth to an era thirty years in the future. From then on, they begin a career smuggling goods between the two worlds. Back home, they open brickworks, a sand quarry, clothing factories, and furniture factories. They buy up centipedes and leeches, and become the first in the world to cultivate bamboo fungus commercially. Once every house 615Reads8.0Score—Shelves
49. 249 我 I Fish with Dragon Blood, and Every Fish and Shrimp in the Sea Goes Wild 我用龙血钓鱼，海中鱼虾都疯了 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Fishing with dragon blood sends every fish and shrimp in the sea into a frenzy. Tempering my body with dragon blood and making a name for myself with dragon fists. I use dragon dung and urine in my space to grow ginseng and tea plants. Every year, I drip another drop of dragon blood beneath the tea plants. Regularly drinking the tea they produce delays aging, strengthens the body, promotes longevity, fortifies the bones and sinews, beautifies the skin, turns white hair black, and even boosts vir 711Reads8.6Score171Shelves
50. 250 何 How to Chase Away Worries? Fish Until Your Cooler Overflows 何以解忧钓鱼爆护 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban744k WordsCompleted Zhang San used to be a street vendor selling leather shoes. When the city launched a campaign to become civilized, street vending was banned. Just as he found himself out of work, his girlfriend betrayed him and ran off with the savings he had built up over six years of selling at his stall. Drunk, Zhang San went fishing by the river and unexpectedly hooked a Shanhe Ring. The ring had been forged by the Primordial Immortal Venerable from fragments of worlds and various heavenly treasures. It con 1.4kReads8.7Score103Shelves

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