Everyday Life Among Ordinary People, No Politics 有平淡小人物的市井生活，不涉及官场

1. 201 尘 A Flower in the Dust, Blooming Toward the Sun 尘埃里的花，向阳而生 Sipping Tea Alone in Autumn秋茶独饮Modern Romance26k WordsCompleted This story follows Shi Xiaoying, beginning at eighteen when she elopes for love. It traces her marriage through sweetness, betrayal, and endurance, culminating in her awakening. Woven through the story are her children’s perspectives and the kindness of those who watch from the sidelines. It portrays a woman struggling between betrayal and perseverance before finally breaking free and embracing a new life. Exploring responsibility and self-worth in love and marriage, it reveals the resilience th 2Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 202 时 The Bill for Time 时间的帐单 Sipping Tea Alone in Autumn秋茶独饮Modern Romance33k WordsCompleted Set in a modern city, this story focuses on the clashes and eventual reconciliation between two generations of the Jiang family over their views on love and marriage, painting a realistic picture of contemporary society: elders rush their children into romance and marriage, while the younger generation prefers to take things slowly. The two generations struggle with love, marriage, and life choices, then look back on their lives, ultimately finding acceptance and insight in middle age. Everyone —Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 203 东 Northeastern Love Stories 东北爱情故事集 Sheng En晟恩Modern Romance205k WordsOngoing A love story set in the Northeast, told in the local Northeastern dialect. This collection holds the most down-to-earth romances in the land of the Northeast. There are no grand declarations of love, only sincere feelings tucked into the everyday bustle, warmth and companionship through the bitter winters, and the bumps and bruises of ordinary life. Each story bears the Northeastern spirit of frankness and passion, telling of the joys and sorrows of ordinary people and capturing the truest affec —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The love story of this ordinary man from Northeast China

4. 204 杀 Kill Those Men: From Ugly Chick to Beautiful Swan 杀死那些男人之丑小鸡变白天鹅 I Came Today, the Willows Sway今我来兮杨柳依依Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Transformation and glow-up + triumphant heroine + uplifting feel-good story + top student's growth + fairytale romance + authentic post-80s generation] Note: Please don't let the heroine's looks put you off! The protagonist is called “XX Fat” purely because the author has a mischievous sense of humor. In reality, Xia Weiwei has a figure the likes of which appear only once every three thousand years. She's an outgoing, adorable girl with sky-high emotional and intellectual intelligence; she's th 1.2kReads9.3Score103Shelves

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   The girl next door may be chubby, but she's actually very down-to-earth.

5. 205 女 Wang, the Northeastern Guy in the Women's Dorm, Don't Panic 女工宿舍楼里东北汉子老王你别慌 Fifteenth of the Tenth Month拾月十五Urban668k WordsCompleted Wang Xinyan is a strapping Northeastern man, tall and broad-shouldered. But because his mother loved watching romance dramas, she gave him a feminine name. After graduating from college, that name got him assigned not only to a female factory-worker position, but also to a dorm room on the women's floor… 1.3kReads8.5Score—Shelves

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   Let's take a look at the realities of ordinary people's lives in this era [smirking] A burly man from Northeast China accidentally moves into a female workers' dormitory. Has a little lamb fallen into a pack of tigers...? [Playful]

6. 206 一 A Pair of Delicate Red Hands 一双红酥手 Fifteenth of the Tenth Month拾月十五Urban2.1M WordsCompleted Reborn in 1996, I planned to strike it rich with the lottery numbers from the one thing I remembered about my past life. Who knew it would still turn out to be just a dream!!! There are only 98 days left until the college entrance exam, and I’ve forgotten every bit of what I learned in my previous life. What do I do... Fine, I’ll come clean. I just want to be a couch potato, enjoy life with a beautiful wife, and live a quiet little life... This story is entirely fictional. Any similarities are p 11kReads9.0Score621Shelves
7. 207 一 One Sword to Slay the Fairer Sex 一剑斩红粉 Fifteenth of the Tenth Month拾月十五Urban552k WordsCompleted [Urban Martial Arts]+ [Traditional Cultivation]+ [Multiple Heroines] Lin Che, young master of an ancient martial arts family in the city, was framed and killed in his previous life while enjoying himself beneath the peonies. His lover, a minor internet celebrity close to him, had joined forces with his family's sworn enemy to set him up. His path to being reborn is also a path to rising to power… 369Reads8.5Score—Shelves
8. 208 西 The Merchant’s Road to the West 西部商途 Fifteenth of the Tenth Month拾月十五Urban576k WordsCompleted [No System] [No golden finger] [School belle] [Multiple heroines] [The struggle of an ordinary guy] Zhang Bo is a poor kid from the countryside. He doesn’t have much going for him, except that he’s pretty lucky with girls... 391Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 209 修 After Succeeding in Cultivation, I Transmigrated to Earth to Farm 修仙有成却穿越到地球种田 Fifteenth of the Tenth Month拾月十五Urban468k WordsCompleted [Cultivation]+ [Farming]+ [Multiple Heroines]+ [Transmigration]+ [Golden Finger]+ [Alternate Fantasy World]+ [If It's Not Your Thing, Please Don't Complain] Chen Xing, an immortal with a spirit body from the Ziling Sect, had cultivated to the peak of the continent. Just as he was reveling in a life of pleasure with six beautiful concubines, the Trial of Worldly Desires struck. His soul transmigrated into the body of a young man with the same name on Earth, who had died after slipping and falling 103Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 210 重 Restarting My Life and Winning Over Several One True Loves 重启人生拐几个白月光 Fifteenth of the Tenth Month拾月十五Urban282k WordsCompleted So what if he was rich in his previous life? He couldn't even find his wife and daughter! In this reborn life, he'll protect his family first... A life of wealth and luxury? He wouldn't mind! But the simple pleasures of everyday life are what feel most real! 454Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 211 我 Cultivating the Great Dao in a Human Classroom 我在人间课堂修大道 Fifteenth of the Tenth Month拾月十五Urban229k WordsCompleted Cultivation? Pah! I just want to spend my days with the campus beauty, enjoying the simple pleasures of life and living it to the fullest. Is that too much to ask? And of course, I wouldn't mind having a few more beauties around either… 94Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 212 这 I Don’t Want This Kind of Rebirth 这样的重生我不想要啊 Fifteenth of the Tenth Month拾月十五Urban313k WordsCompleted Being reborn isn't about having an easy, satisfying life. It's about walking the human road again through blood and tears! The hardships I've endured and the burdens I've borne aren't anything to be proud of. I'll just leave them in my memories. A simple, honest life, surrounded by a beloved wife and beautiful companions, is what truly matters... 271Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 213 春 A Spring Dream Takes Me to Ancient Times: I Become a Workaholic in Dayin 春梦穿古我在大胤当卷王 Fifteenth of the Tenth Month拾月十五Historical147k WordsCompleted [Mystery]+ [Multiple Heroines]+ [Transmigration]+ [Golden Finger]+ [Alternate Fantasy World]+ [If It's Not Your Thing, Please Don't Complain] Just because he begged his goddess for a hug in a romantic dream, Lu Xiaochuan was kicked straight into a river in the Great Yin dynasty, launching his mortifying Transmigration adventure! The moment he climbs ashore, he's branded a suspect in the Witchcraft Cult case. He lets slip what he said in his sleep, then reveals the secret that he once saw a celes 45Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 214 我 I Am the Paper Doll Offered as a Sacrifice 我是被献祭的纸人 Pale Yisu苍白一夙Modern Romance139k WordsOngoing [A Slow-Burning, Carefully Savored Story | Fated by the Era | Entangled Feuds | A Devastating Aftermath] In the twentieth year of the Republic, Meixi Town in Jiangnan suffers a hundred days of drought, leaving thousands of miles of barren land. To consolidate its power and reassure the people, the powerful Chen family revives a century-old evil sacrificial rite. Seven-year-old orphan Shen Yangzi is treated as a stand-in for the drought demon. Bound like a paper effigy, she is sunk into the deep —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A heart-wrenching, fateful novel set in the Republican era. Ten thousand words long, yet the impact lingers. Suffocatingly poignant, it explores the turbulent times, the entanglements of love and hate, and a lifetime of unrequited love. The writing is somber and deeply moving, the plot twists and turns, the sense of destiny is palpable, and the emotional intensity will leave you breathless. A must-read for anyone looking for something to read! You won't be able to shake it off for a long time after finishing; the impact will stay with you throughout the entire story. 😭

15. 215 红 A Beauty’s Scheme for the Realm 红颜谋天下 Fifteenth of the Tenth Month拾月十五Eastern Fantasy148k WordsCompleted [Mystery]+ [Multiple Heroines]+ [No Transmigration]+ [No Golden Finger]+ [Alternate Fantasy World]+ [If It's Not Your Thing, Please Don't Complain] An imperial edict of marriage sends the icy, beautiful female general Murong Xue storming into the residence with a sword. Turmoil erupts in the Song household's rear court, while strange butterfly shadows from the Xuanming Cult appear, concealing a shocking conspiracy that could overturn the world. As one beauty after another gets drawn into the gam 63Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 216 银 A Story About a Beautiful CEO Beneath a Ginkgo Tree 银杏树下的一个美女总裁的故事 Fifteenth of the Tenth Month拾月十五Modern Romance20k WordsCompleted The story of a beautiful CEO beneath a ginkgo tree 75Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 217 善 The Original Sin of Kindness 善良的原罪 Fifteenth of the Tenth Month拾月十五10k WordsCompleted The Original Sin of Kindness 43Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 218 一 How a Village Girl Became a Bad Woman 一个山村女孩如何成坏女人的 Fifteenth of the Tenth Month拾月十五13k WordsCompleted How a Village Girl Became a Bad Woman 93Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 219 姑 Great-Aunt Xile's Happy Life 姑奶奶喜乐的幸福生活 Original Xiaoyue原创晓月Modern Romance527k WordsCompleted Home is a sheltered harbor, and family is always there to support you. This is a story about three generations of the Song family living happily in an old building on Tianjin's Five Avenues. It features Tianjin's delicious food, as well as the family's joys and sorrows over the past thirty years. 780Reads9.1Score104Shelves
20. 220 戏 The Drama Queen Mother-in-Law and Daughter-in-Law 戏精婆媳 Original Xiaoyue原创晓月Modern Romance483k WordsCompleted A fresh-faced workplace newcomer and a seasoned career woman fight tooth and nail at work, then carry their feud home with them. Cheng Junyi watches the two of them coldly. They aren’t related by blood, but they’re both cut from the same cloth, so neither has any grounds to criticize the other. He decides to sit back and let them wear each other down. 131Reads8.2Score103Shelves
21. 221 我 I Married My Best Friend’s Boyfriend 我嫁给了闺蜜的男友 Ink-Wash Creek水墨小溪Modern Romance150k WordsCompleted They were high school classmates. She was an ugly duckling living under someone else’s roof, while her best friend was an elegant swan, high above everyone else. After dating the swan for a long time, he told the ugly duckling that she was the one he loved. This book tells the story of their love, friendship, and family ties in their youth. 134Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 222 离 The Men I Met After My Divorce 离婚后，我遇到的男人们 Ink-Wash Creek水墨小溪Modern Romance250k WordsCompleted We had known each other for 26 years and been married for 20. We went from having nothing to building an estate worth tens of millions, and from being alone to having a son and a daughter. To outsiders, our marriage looked enviably perfect. At last, after all my years of waiting, it came to a happy ending. At last, I’m divorced and completely free. Now I can observe the men around me as an outsider. Men come in all kinds. There’s a type for everyone. This is my new book. If you happen to come ac 650Reads6.5Score—Shelves
23. 223 矛 Conflict and Choice 矛盾与抉择 Ink-Wash Creek水墨小溪Modern Romance151k WordsCompleted Leng Yan was an attractive, capable, energetic woman with a master’s degree. Thanks to her looks and abilities, she became the office director at the Commercial Bureau of District X before she turned forty. By chance, she met Gao Jian, a fitness trainer. Over time, a special bond developed between them. One day, her husband, Li Mo, learned of their intimacy, and their marriage of many years came to an end. Just then, Leng Yan’s career was beset by one crisis after another, leaving her barely abl 358Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 224 离 After My Divorce, I Become My Boss’s Favorite 离婚后我成了上司掌心宠 Ink-Wash Creek水墨小溪Modern Romance129k WordsCompleted The heroine, Song Mei, and her husband, Chen Yu, were college classmates. They dated for four years and got married as soon as they graduated. So that Song Mei could have a child sooner, she never took a job. Two years later, her husband decided to marry his first love and resolutely divorced Song Mei. After the divorce, Song Mei crossed paths with Gao Jun by chance, and her fate changed completely. Born into a privileged family, Gao Jun initially looked down on the unremarkable Song Mei. But af 6.3kReads—Score110Shelves
25. 225 硕 A Master's Degree, a Market Stall, and a System That Made Me the Boss 硕士大集摆摊，激活系统成话事人 Liuchuan Xiaodan流川小旦Urban294k WordsCompleted The rating is low because the book just launched, but it’ll go up. Read with confidence. (This story takes place on Blue Star, a parallel world. Everything is fictional, so please don’t read too much into it.) [The warmth of everyday life, the chill of capitalist scheming!] (System • Everyday life • Wits and strategy • Protecting what matters) Wenchang Town. With a master’s degree in sociology, he heads to the market to sell five-yuan underwear! After losing money hand over fist on day one, h 13Reads8.6Score—Shelves

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    The ordinary people in the city are vividly portrayed.

26. 226 风 Fortunes Rise in Macau, but the Road to Wealth Is a Little Rocky 风起澳门，暴富的道路有点坑 A Heart of Iron, a Temper Like Water铁心似水Urban1.2M WordsCompleted I was doing all right in the human world. Then, out of nowhere, I was dragged up to heaven, only to be kicked straight down into hell. Now I'm in hell, but my heart is in heaven. Going back to the human world is nothing but a distant dream... Gamblers want to win, but casinos don't want to lose either. In this vast world, people of every kind are busy, all scheming and calculating. A mountain is a mountain, and water is water. Then a mountain is no longer a mountain, and water is no longer water 6.8kReads8.9Score394Shelves
27. 227 婆 Mother-in-Law Rushes to the Capital Overnight: She Wins Over the Compound with Her Cooking from the Start 婆婆连夜进京：开局厨艺征服大院 Qiuqian Yao秋千幺Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Period setting + cozy everyday life + raising kids + family and neighborhood affairs + career + ensemble cast) Chen Zhimin is a no-nonsense Northeast Chinese auntie. When her son and daughter-in-law need help, she packs her bags overnight and heads straight to the capital to look after the child. If her daughter-in-law says east, she won’t go west. If her daughter-in-law tells her to chase the dog, she won’t go after the chickens. Thanks to her cooking skills, she thrives in the military compo 51.3kReads9.1Score4.7kShelves

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    Warm and beautiful

28. 228 她 Her Heat 她的潮热 As Far as You're Concerned若你而言Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted This is Li Xiaowen's story. A slow-paced slice-of-life novel with an ensemble cast, about women's growth and empowerment. It has family, friendship, and romance, and most importantly, trauma from one's family of origin. If that's not your thing, just quietly move on. Please don't leave a bad review, thank you. 242Reads6.5Score108Shelves

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    [Add one to bookshelf][Add one to bookshelf][Heart][Heart][Heart][Heart]

29. 229 夫 My Husband’s Family Won’t Feed Me, So I’ll Earn My Own Manchu-Han Feast 夫家不给饭吃，我自己挣满汉全席 Jade Hairpin Wearer碧玉簪花者Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Treated like free help by her husband's family? After three years, she still hasn't warmed their hearts of stone, and their sarcasm and insults are a daily occurrence! Zhou Pingting has had enough: she's ending this marriage! So what if she leaves with nothing? She enters the bustling markets of the new millennium with nothing but her bare hands and earns her first fortune. Gold always shines. Zhou Pingting meets the one destined for her, then seizes the right opportunity at the right time and p 1.2kReads8.0Score187Shelves

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    1. I'm currently reading it; it tells the story of a woman who starts her own business after her divorce, and the descriptions of her daily life are very heartwarming. 2. It's very inspiring and vivid. 3. It's a novel about urban struggle and life, and although it's from a male perspective, it's also very enjoyable.

30. 230 少 The Young Traveler 少年行 A Dao阿刀Urban2.1M WordsCompleted In that moment, I truly understood why the poor stay poor. It isn't because we don't work hard enough. It's because of the environment we live in, the resources we have, our narrow-mindedness, and the few, fragile opportunities available to us. All of it traps my impoverished family in a struggle just to survive! I gave everything I had for a chance to “change my fate,” yet a single storm was enough to destroy it! 24.3kReads9.1Score2.6kShelves
31. 231 出 After Prison, I Just Want to Live a Quiet Life 出狱后，我只想平平安安过日子 Uncle Shui from Jinmen津门水叔Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [The world is too deep for me. I just want to make something of myself.] My name is Ma Tengfei. I had just finished the college entrance exams when I got into a fight and was sent to prison for three years, missing my chance to go to college. A death-row inmate named Uncle Ming told me there were three kinds of people in this world: those above everyone else, courted by the masses and living lives others envy; those in the middle, scurrying around like ants and fighting one another just to survi 6.7kReads7.5Score453Shelves
32. 232 三 San Biaozi 三彪子 Little Pear Blossom O小梨花OModern Romance729k WordsCompleted In 1980, in Kaoshan Village on the banks of the Songhua River, the Gao family’s fifth child is born. Dubbed “San Biaozi” because he is a bit dim, he grows up amid poverty and gossip. His mother bears the painful memory of having been assaulted, while his father quietly shoulders the burden of their broken family. San Biaozi drifts through life in a daze, but after a string of fires, people begin to suspect him of arson. While working the night shift guarding the grain depot, he learns to smoke. 668Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 233 老 The Old Military Factory 老军工厂 Little Hero Nezha小英雄哪吒Urban136k WordsOngoing Factory 103 has a long history, dating back to the 1950s. Its first director took a hand-cranked sewing machine to the front lines to serve the soldiers fighting in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. Decades later, what began as a clothing factory became a subsidiary of a state-owned central enterprise and a publicly listed company, before gradually moving toward... 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is really good, very interesting, and very realistic; it truly depicts the lives of a generation.

34. 234 七 The 1970s: The Commander’s Daughter Is Betrothed to Me 七零：首长家千金跟我是娃娃亲 Bells on the Horizon天边风铃Modern Romance309k WordsCompleted Period setting + transmigration + grounded, everyday life Shi Yue never imagined that she would find love and family in another timeline, and enjoy a happy, fulfilling life. After testing positive for COVID, Shi Yue transmigrates to the parallel timeline of the 1970s, bringing along a hereditary pocket dimension. She plans to make a little money by taking advantage of the college entrance exams and the wave of reform, then settle down to a peaceful life. But it turns out she is the long-lost dau 272Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    They are all ordinary people, living simple and uneventful lives.

35. 235 穿 A 1970s Wedding, Then Love 穿到七零，先婚后爱真香了 Bells on the Horizon天边风铃Modern Romance630k WordsCompleted A period-life experience package somehow sent An Hao to the legendary 1970s, where she became a pitiful girl relying on a favor to seek shelter with her future in-laws. To save herself, An Hao signed an agreement with a man: they would divorce in two years, and then she could spread her wings and fly. Lin Feng was the military district’s most popular young officer. After one trip home, he became a married man. Supposedly, it was an arranged childhood betrothal. But was the little potato in front 64Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 236 被 Kidnapped at an Old Age, Reborn in 1999: The Whole Family Is Together Again 被拐老太重回99，一家整整齐齐 Shi Nian柿唸Modern Romance340k WordsCompleted Alternate History + Everyday Life + Family Matters + Reborn + No Golden Finger + Adorable Kids As the saying goes, rich old ladies dance in the plaza, while poor old ladies can only sell vegetables and scavenge for trash beside them. In 2029, Yuan Laotai was hit and injured while collecting empty bottles, and ended up in the hospital. Lying in her hospital bed, she looked at the few dutiful children she had left, her heart full of resentment toward heaven, the world, and herself. She thought abo 733Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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    These are all ordinary people's daily lives.

37. 237 石 Shi Shun's Growth 石顺的成长 Shi Shunzhi石顺之Modern Romance320k WordsCompleted About Growth At the foot of the Dabie Mountains, a young man named Shi Shun journeys forward, one step at a time. Over the first half of his life, he experiences sincere family affection, treasures friendships forged through hardship, encounters tender love, and strives to build an ordinary career. He grows from a naive, awkward youth into a steady and responsible man, tempering his character amid the everyday bustle of life and coming to understand what life means through the companionship of 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A truly excellent piece of writing from a bygone era; authentic, touching, inspiring, and relatable.

38. 238 重 Reborn in 2008, Saving Myself with 110 from the Start! 重生08年，开局110自救！ Shi Nian柿唸Modern Romance263k WordsCompleted Reborn + childbirth + real and fake young masters + sweet romance + cozy life + raising a child Xin Yuan realizes she seems to have died and been reborn. Other people are reborn in the 1960s or 1970s. She wakes up one day and finds herself reborn in early 2008. That year, she and her husband, both orphans, are separated from each other. That year, they are forced to lose their home and family. The first thing she does after waking up reborn is call the police. "Hello, 110? We've run into human t 58Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 239 东 Tales of the Northeast: Women Who Climbed Over the High Walls of Grand Estates 东北往事之翻过深宅高墙的女人们 Midnight Woodpecker午夜啄木鸟Modern Romance859k WordsOngoing In 1946, on the black soil of Northeast China, Chunxiang, daughter of tenant farmer Wang Mazi, marries Liu Laogen, the landlord's son. Her father receives several acres of good farmland and dozens of silver dollars as a handsome betrothal gift. She thinks she has married into wealth and will live a secure life as a young madam, but Liu Laogen has a hidden ailment, and their marriage proves to be one in name only. Chunxiang is determined to escape the prison that has trapped her, but her greedy f 53.6kReads8.7Score3kShelves

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    These are all minor figures.

40. 240 为 A Career in Public Service 为民官路 At Ease and Unrestrained安心无忌Urban1.8M WordsOngoing [A gritty, realistic tale of ambition and struggle in the government ranks] In 1990, top student Zhen Weimin offends the wrong people and gets kicked down to a poor rural township. Everyone thinks his life is over. But he is determined to make flowers bloom among the thorns. He breaks through obstacles with his knowledge and grounds himself in his conscience, with every step in sync with the pulse of the times. Starting in the township, he moves forward one step at a time. This is a true chronic 26.9kReads9.2Score2.8kShelves

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    Realistic, good-looking, worth recommending

41. 241 蒸 The Sun and Moon in the Steamer 蒸屉里的日月 Deep Plowing in Spring春日深耕Modern Romance324k WordsCompleted Set against the changes sweeping the northern countryside in the 1990s, this story follows an ordinary rural woman as she spends half her life juggling household chores, conflicts with her sisters-in-law, small business ventures, and her children’s education. With only an elementary-school education, she supports her family with her skill at making steamed buns, putting her son through college and helping him build a life of his own. She lives through the transition from earthen houses to brick 298Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I recommend "The Sun and Moon in the Steamer," a story without melodrama, time travel, or reincarnation; it's simple and sincere. [As time flows and years pass, what changes is the fleeting years, but what remains constant is the warmth of human life. A person's life is actually like steaming buns; if the heat is right, they'll be cooked; if not, they'll be raw even when the lid is lifted.]

42. 242 退 The Retired Soldier King and His Sweet Southern Girl 退役兵王糙汉与南方娇软妹子 Bai Zhe白柘Modern Romance100k WordsCompleted (Mutually faithful, one-on-one romance: a rugged former special forces soldier and a sweet, gentle girl from the south) Cheng Ye was once the king of the special forces. He was wild-looking and lived a rough, carefree life. After leaving the military, he started a renovation crew. Ruan Ruan was just like her name: sweet-looking and gentle by nature. What kind of story will unfold when a soft-spoken southern girl meets a rough northern man? Former Special Forces Soldier × Heiress to a Pastry-Ma 279Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A sweet and heartwarming slice-of-life story about ordinary people's everyday lives, without involving officialdom.

43. 243 野 Wild Chrysanthemums, No Tears 野菊花，不流泪 Shui Wenqiu水问秋Modern Romance508k WordsCompleted “The eldest gets doted on, the youngest gets spoiled, but the one in the middle suffers most!” In the late 1970s, under the weight of son preference and the pressure of family planning, Xiaojü was born in the middle. Her tragic life began from the moment she was born: an unwanted child, abandoned by both Heaven and Earth! When Xiaojü was four, the grandmother who had raised her passed away. In her final moments, Grandma told her that she had been born in a season when wild chrysanthemums were i 2.3kReads8.4Score159Shelves

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    These are all period dramas depicting the rural lives of impoverished people at the bottom of society.

44. 244 从 From Village to City: Their Lives Swept Along by the Tide of the Times 从村到城，她们在时代洪流里沉浮 Ah Shuilan阿水兰Modern Romance505k WordsCompleted Their fates seem to repeat across generations. Three generations of women all grew up under the shadow of fathers who left or divorced their mothers. Raised in households with only their mothers, the women share similar traits: resilient and adaptable, dignified and self-assured, hardworking, and devoted to living life well. From the countryside to the city, women of the new era have finally welcomed a spring of their own. Their lives have become richer and more colorful, full of endless possibi 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is very good.

45. 245 换 An Arranged Marriage, a Label I Could Never Shake 换亲，成了我永远撕不掉的标签 Clumsy Tractor笨拖拉机Modern Romance517k WordsCompleted A story set in the past, featuring rural life, family drama, and migrant work in the south At twenty, her parents used her as a bargaining chip, marrying her off to a man nine years her senior in exchange for her brother's bride... Her brother wanted a wife. The other family asked for no bride price, only that his sister be given to them. To spare their son, who was threatening to kill himself, her parents pushed their own daughter into a living hell. For five years after the wedding, his fists 12.9kReads8.1Score868Shelves

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    I recommend this new book. It mainly describes the experiences of people from the lower classes who went south to work in the past, and the people they met. It contains both fiction and fact, and is very close to real life.

46. 246 风 A Dashing Nobody 风流小人物 Wandering Dragon浪子龙Urban368k WordsCompleted Ye Chen is an ordinary man at the very bottom of society. He’s been on 99 blind dates, and every woman has rejected him for the same reason. “A man without money? What’s the point of dating?” Ye Chen finally gets it. If that’s how it is, why bother dating at all? The road ahead is full of twists and turns, but it’s painful and exhilarating all the same... 378Reads6.6Score—Shelves

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    The story of a nobody from the bottom of society.

47. 247 忘 Wang Benye's Dreamspace 忘本爷的造梦空间 Dog Thirteen狗十三Mystery1.5M WordsOngoing [Spatial fantasy + modern-day imaginative fiction + suspense + everyday family life + brotherhood + a nobody awakens + no brainless wish fulfillment + no invincibility + terrible father] Penniless and down on his luck, ignored by all; two souls dream of vengeance beneath the snow. Back from the dream realm, he becomes a hero. Who doesn’t know this ungrateful man? It all comes down to one dream, turning the tables when things seem most hopeless Friends, let me ask you something: “Do you believe 944Reads9.6Score111Shelves

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    A story of an ordinary person's rise to success

48. 248 不 After I Stopped Being a Blood Bag and Stepping Stone, My Jerk Husband Regretted Everything 不做血包垫脚石后，渣夫悔不当初 Nian Lianqiu念莲秋Modern Romance163k WordsCompleted Tang Shu made three mistakes in her previous life: First, when she was framed, set up to be caught in bed with another man, and smeared by the Qin family as a shameless woman, she shouldn’t have backed down. She should have called the police and used the law to defend her dignity and clear her name. Because in the face of truly formidable strength, every scheme and conspiracy is exposed. She hadn’t done anything indecent, so what did she have to fear? Second, even if she wanted a divorce, she sh 69Reads—Score115Shelves
49. 249 离 After the Divorce 离婚之后 Nian Lianqiu念莲秋Modern Romance503k WordsCompleted [An animated series based on this book is coming soon. If you enjoy Qiuqiu's work, please keep an eye out for it!] This story tackles a subject close to real life, one I've always wanted to write about but never dared to. After writing a few feel-good power fantasies, I found myself returning to this subject, with an even stronger urge to express what I wanted to say. And so this book was born… Yang Zhixuan was a full-time homemaker who was divorced after fifteen years of marriage. On a snowy ni 10.4kReads9.2Score1.2kShelves
50. 250 她 Her Walled-In World 她的围城 Su Laosan素老三Modern Romance5.0M WordsOngoing This book is based on a true story. It's not a wish-fulfillment novel, and it is slow-paced. In the 1990s, Jing An gets married. Unsure yet hopeful about marriage, she endures her in-laws' schemes and her sister-in-law's attempts to drive a wedge between her and her husband. At last, she and Jiuguang make it through their difficult adjustment period, and she thinks a brighter future is finally within reach. But that light is stolen by another woman. And so begins a battle of schemes and rivalr 29.3kReads9.2Score810Shelves

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    Based on a true story, this period drama vividly portrays a woman's struggles and redemption within her marriage. Breaking free from the shackles of traditional values ​​and overcoming numerous obstacles, she finally escapes the confines of marriage and lives a vibrant and fulfilling life!

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