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  1. 301 City Romance: 101 Heart-Pounding Moments 都市恋语:101次心动瞬间 Modern Romance250k WordsOngoing In this bustling city, love quietly takes shape in a thousand different ways. Some feel their hearts race as they pass a stranger in a subway station. Some rediscover their courage after a chance encounter in a cafe. And some use words across a screen to keep each other warm through lonely nights... This collection brings together 101 short stories, each a vivid, self-contained glimpse of love. Some are sweet, some bittersweet, some absurd, and some healing. Together, they capture the excitement —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  2. 302 The Woman Who Couldn’t Be Caged 困不住的她 Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Pei Xiaocao is someone who refuses to follow the usual path. Along the road of life, she has erased everything she was supposed to do. Her life follows no one else’s rules. She believes only in her own! 4Reads—Score—Shelves
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  3. 303 City Shore 城岸 Urban639k WordsOngoing A glamorous older landlady, a beautiful boss, a sweet and innocent young girl... Ding Yi, a poor kid trying to make his way in a materialistic city, is at the age when his hormones are raging, yet has nothing to his name. His life brings him both steamy encounters and plenty of helplessness... 167Reads—Score—Shelves
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  4. 304 Wang Meili, Unemployed 失业的王美丽 Modern Romance80k WordsCompleted Wang Meili, in her early thirties, has lost her job. Doubt and despondency consume her, and she has no idea what to do next. Then one day, she figures something out, and from that moment on, nothing is the same. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
  5. 305 The Mysterious Coffee Shop 神秘的咖啡屋 Modern Romance319k WordsCompleted In a sleepless city of flashing neon and bustling traffic, every busy heart races in pursuit of its dreams. Between the towering buildings lies endless prosperity and clamor, but beneath all that glitter, have you ever longed for a peaceful haven where your soul can rest? We know that in the fast-paced life of the city, you need more than just a place to live. You need a refuge where your soul can take a deep breath and your thoughts can drift freely. The Mysterious Coffeehouse invites you to sh —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  6. 306 The Invisible Blade 无形的刀刃 Mystery91k WordsCompleted In this restless world, people seem eager to voice their opinions on everything. They pay too much attention to others and forget to focus on their own lives. Those incessant displays of excessive concern and so-called positive energy in the name of justice have become the sharpest knives, killing young people one by one in the darkness. Those young people question themselves and feel anxious in the night, wondering what they did wrong. In truth, they did nothing wrong! And what have those who a 3Reads—Score—Shelves
  7. 307 AI Meets Longevity AI撞上长寿 Urban185k WordsCompleted What will the world be like when robots are everywhere and can think just like humans, while people everywhere begin to live longer? Will robots rule the world, or will humans control the robots? —Reads—Score—Shelves
  8. 308 Trading Is Like Life 交易似人生 43k WordsCompleted People often say that life is a journey of self-cultivation. They also say that the stock market is a journey of self-cultivation. As traders, what lessons about life are we actually learning in the market? It seems no one has ever explained it to us clearly. In fact, no one can clearly tell us how to cultivate ourselves through life so that we can live it well. We are simply taught, “Do more good deeds, and Heaven will arrange the rest.” In trading, we often hear stock market gurus say that the 10Reads—Score—Shelves
  9. 309 The Dust of Mortal Life 尘事 Modern Romance194k WordsCompleted This book chronicles a family across a hundred years. An illiterate country woman is forced to abandon her newborn child, then wanders from place to place amid the chaos of a turbulent era, struggling to survive in the cracks. Told as a work of documentary fiction, this story depicts the joys and sorrows of several generations of an ordinary family, bringing a long-buried past to light. Let posterity decide who was right and who was wrong! 1.8kReads8.9Score156Shelves
  10. 310 The Light at the End of the Road 穷途的光辉 Modern Romance315k WordsCompleted How many generations of hardship and joy must a poor family endure before they can finally get ahead? How much suffering must a girl witness before she understands life? How many trials must a family face before the younger generation understands how hard things were for their ancestors? 2Reads—Score—Shelves
  11. 311 Push: The First Time I Got Pushed, I Hit Back! 推——第一次被推就打回去! 64k WordsCompleted Push Back! The First Time Someone Pushes You, Hit Them Right Back! 16Reads—Score—Shelves
  12. 312 Life, with Nowhere to Land 人生,无处安放 Modern Romance150k WordsCompleted By middle age, Li Shu's life had become a complete mess. Her marriage had turned cold and distant, her grown son was going down a rebellious path, and her body and mind were steadily wearing down. How could she go on living such a miserable life? 717Reads8.9Score101Shelves
  13. 313 A Cherry Tree by the Door 门前有棵樱桃树 Modern Romance125k WordsCompleted “Is this what you were really like?” What I was really like? “Maybe.” I hope that in this magical world, we can all find our original selves again. Treasure the people who treat you well. 22Reads—Score—Shelves
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  14. 314 The Snow Canon, the Mist Canon: Chronicle of the Twins 雪典,雾典,双生纪 Ancient Romance748k WordsCompleted “The first snow between heaven and earth fell atop Kunlun Mountain. Back then, snow did not yet know what melting was, and mist did not know what it meant to disperse. They thought everything in the world would last forever.” “Later, the snow melted and became water. The mist dispersed and became nothing. Only then did they understand: what was eternal was not themselves, but the person who paused in the snow, and the eyes that glanced back through the mist.” 54Reads—Score—Shelves
  15. 315 I Decide What Happens at My Own Funeral 我的葬礼我说了算 Modern Romance20k WordsCompleted I died. As I watched other people hold my funeral, I thought it was terribly unsatisfactory. I decided to hold my funeral my way. It should be my funeral, so I should get to call the shots. —Reads—Score—Shelves
  16. 316 The Ancestor's Parody of Versailles: A Lecture Hall of Laughter 百家笑谭老祖宗的凡尔赛讲堂 583k WordsCompleted Emergency report! Emergency report! The Chinese cultural heritage system has triggered a Level Three Red Alert! The meeting room at the Heavenly Dao Administration was in chaos. Three curves plunged on the holographic display: The first line, labeled [System Comprehension], had fallen from 85% in the Tang Dynasty to 32% in the 21st century. The second line, labeled [Integrity Index], had gone from the dazzling galaxy of the "Hundred Schools of Thought" era to today's scattered "quotes from fa 14Reads—Score—Shelves
  17. 317 The Life of an Atypical Supporting Female Character 非典型女配人生 25k WordsCompleted An Unconventional Supporting Woman's Life 6Reads—Score—Shelves
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  18. 318 Leaving on the Journey South 南下归途离开 Urban371k WordsCompleted Every so often, a generation leaves home to make a living, leaving its youth behind on construction sites and streets far from home. Our fathers left the mountains with worn-out woven-plastic bags on their backs, heading south to find work. They knew nothing of polished talk. They only knew to keep their heads down and work hard, relying on brute strength to feed their families. They lived in cramped shacks, endured grueling day and night shifts, and swallowed their homesickness and grievances. 24Reads—Score—Shelves
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  19. 319 The Rain Canon 雨典 Ancient Romance387k WordsCompleted When rain falls upon the world, it is no longer just water. It becomes a bridge between two people meeting, tears of parting, the sorrow of waiting, and a promise to stay together. How many bonds of affection between heaven and earth last only as long as a passing shower? And I am merely the passerby holding an umbrella. 36Reads—Score—Shelves
  20. 320 After Teaming Up with a Cold and Aloof Taoist Priest 与高冷道长组队后 40k WordsCompleted Teaming Up with a Cold, Aloof Daoist Priest 3Reads—Score—Shelves
  21. 321 A Small-Town Lawyer's Journey to Level Up 小城女律师打怪升级记 Modern Romance63k WordsCompleted After graduating from college, Lin Jia chose neither to stay in the big city nor to return to her hometown. Instead, she packed her bags and headed for the small southern city she had always dreamed of. A lively young lawyer sets off on a journey of challenges and growth. 10Reads—Score—Shelves
  22. 322 The Rivers and Mountains Trilogy 山河故人三部曲 Modern Romance96k WordsCompleted A small town in Jiangnan, Mudanjiang in the northeast, and the ancient city of Xi'an. Different places, the same vision. Beautiful China! Jiangnan's bridges and flowing streams, the northeast's ice and snow, Xi'an's lamb paomo. Beautiful mountains, beautiful rivers, and even more beautiful people. The scenery is written through its people, and the people are reflected in the scenery! 4Reads—Score—Shelves
  23. 323 A Favorable Wind at My Back 好风凭借力 Modern Romance37k WordsCompleted With a little help from the wind, I’ll soar to the clouds. In life, some things are worth trying as you go. Perhaps a pleasant surprise is waiting just around the corner. Come follow the journey of a “leftover woman” as she makes the most of every opportunity. 62Reads—Score—Shelves
  24. 324 Collection of Two Forgettings: Records of an Unknown Daoist Couple Among Clouds and Waters 两忘集——无名道侣云水录 44k WordsCompleted The Collection of Two Forgotten: The Unnamed Daoist Couple's Record of Clouds and Waters 7Reads—Score—Shelves
  25. 325 Rust and Blossoms 铁锈与繁花 Modern Romance136k WordsCompleted 1990s + inspirational realism + female awakening + a determined comeback + making a life far from home + workplace transformation + family ties + sincere romance + friendly neighbors At seventeen, she never imagined that the peachwood talisman her mother pressed into her palm would accompany her through so many storms: from the crowded sleeper cars of a green train to the fluorescent-lit workshop of an electronics factory; from an old night-school building overgrown with ivy to the desk in her o 689Reads—Score—Shelves
  26. 326 Alive! As Long as She’s in This Town, She’s Alive 活性!只要她还在这座小镇就活着 Rural Life114k WordsCompleted You are alive. Your body is alive. But are you still human at heart? Did you see someone today? Did you make a choice today, not because it was easy, but because it was right? Did you do something today where no one could see, something only you would ever know about? It was small, so small you’d feel embarrassed even to mention it. But you did it. That is your humanity. That is your vitality. To be alive, you need humanity. Even if you mutate, you can still be human. Without humanity, you’re no 11Reads—Score—Shelves
  27. 327 Forgotten River Teahouse: Ghost Stories Galore at the Ghost Festival Teahouse 忘川茶寮——中元茶寮鬼话连篇 38k WordsCompleted Wangchuan Teahouse: Ghost Stories Galore at the Zhongyuan Teahouse 1Reads—Score—Shelves
  28. 328 Lotus Shadows over the Capital 莲影京华 Modern Romance318k WordsOngoing Village beauty Shi Cailian has had a life bitter enough to pickle vegetables, but she's blessed with a face of unparalleled beauty. Educated youth Wan Changce falls for her at first sight and takes the college entrance exam four times. When the results come out, Shi Cailian has just fallen out with her biased family, so she packs her bags and goes with him to make it in the capital. He studies hard and becomes a top student, while she uses her beauty to land a secure job at the Friendship Store. 6Reads—Score—Shelves
  29. 329 Little Bee 小蜜蜂 Modern Romance39k WordsCompleted A man came from Shandong. A woman came from Guangxi. In the summer of 2025, they became desk mates at an English teacher training course at a teachers’ college in Beijing. Hu Qiming was 38, divorced for two years, with an 11-year-old son. Feng Xiaomi was 27, just one month out of her divorce, with a 4-year-old daughter. Twenty days. They attended classes together, ate together, and strolled through the garden at night. He got her food; she taught him songs. In a group photo, he held her hand beh 8Reads—Score—Shelves
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  30. 330 A Double-Faced Jianghu, Dedicated to the Eighteen of Every Story 双面江湖献给所有故事里的十八号 Eastern Fantasy187k WordsCompleted The world sings the praises of heroes, But who remembers the nameless extras? The jianghu is more than flashing blades, It lives in serving tea and sweeping floors, too. Two voices separated by countless mountains and rivers, yet keeping exactly the same rhythm. Unhurried, neither too loud nor too soft. Like a heartbeat, like breathing. Like the jianghu itself, quietly and ceaselessly carrying on. 10Reads—Score—Shelves
  31. 331 Reborn in 1958: Grandpa and Grandson Stockpile for the Famine Together 重生58爷孙空间联动囤爆灾荒年 Urban800k WordsOngoing Peng Yi built his fortune from nothing, amassing billions, only to have his own children pull the plug and abandon him in his final years. He died full of hatred. Kneeling before the grave of his beloved Su Wanqing as he drew his last breath, he learned that she had once carried his child. At just twenty-three, she had died in a famine, and mother and child had suffered every hardship life could bring! Heaven had shown mercy: Peng Yi was reborn in 1958, on the eve of their flight from famine! A 5.1kReads—Score472Shelves
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  32. 332 The Ancient Powerhouses Have Arrived 上古大佬团驾到 Eastern Fantasy108k WordsCompleted The ancient supreme gods Di Jun and Donghuang Taiyi, long since retired and all but legendary, were bored one day. They decided to take their wives, Xihe and Changxi, on a “business trip” that was really a “government-funded vacation,” visiting the Heavenly Court and the Underworld, both under the administration of the current management, the Jade Emperor. When word got out, the officials governing the Three Realms fell into unprecedented panic and chaos. They mistook a simple family outing for 11Reads—Score—Shelves
  33. 333 An Ordinary Person's Unordinary Journey Through Life 平凡人不甘平凡的人生路 Urban370k WordsCompleted An ordinary person’s life has its occasional ups and downs, but where does a life without guidance lead? After three years working in a factory, a twist of fate sends him into real estate brokerage! He grows immensely proud after enjoying some of the real estate boom. But after the tide goes out, how will he face the decline and deal with family, love, and friendship? This is your story, and it’s mine too. So I’ve heard... 14Reads—Score—Shelves
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  34. 334 The Meal on the Plate: The Execution Ground, They Watch You, They Remember 盘中餐:刑场——它们看着你,它们记得 58k WordsCompleted The Meal on the Plate: The Execution Ground: They Watch You, They Remember 2Reads—Score—Shelves
  35. 335 The Wind Blows for Thousands of Miles, Whispering I Love You 风吹千万里说爱你 Modern Romance52k WordsOngoing At seventeen, An Yinshi transfers to a high school in Huaiyang County. There, she learns how to love someone, and teaches the person she likes how to love the one in his heart. Perhaps love is a seed. With careful tending, it can take root and sprout, eventually growing into a towering tree that shields the person you love from wind and rain. Young love can never see the light of day, and the salvation we find in our youth can never be a reason to love or not to love. May we all be a little luck 2Reads—Score—Shelves
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  36. 336 After I Was Reborn, the Billionaire Young Master Became Obsessed with My Scent 重生后,千亿少爷迷恋我的体香 Modern Romance683k WordsCompleted The rating has only just opened, so it'll go up later. In her previous life, she thought her boyfriend, a taxi driver, was poor. She stormed out and threw herself into the arms of a real estate tycoon, thinking she could marry into a wealthy family and rise to the top overnight. She never expected that the poor guy was actually the heir to Shanghai's top dynasty, the Maya Group, who had gone missing more than twenty years ago. When she opens her eyes again, she's back before their breakup. The c 22kReads8.7Score2.7kShelves
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  37. 337 A Working Stiff's Little Journal 打工小记 Urban270k WordsCompleted Urban daily life + earning a living through hard work + multiple heroines + healing The story of an ordinary wage earner: from drifting to Guangzhou to drifting to Beijing, from Shaoxing to Foshan and then to Majiaqiao in Beijing. Fifteen years in all. See how a worker at the bottom makes his way through life... I went south at fifteen and drifted north at thirty. The fiercest gamble of my life took fifteen years to pay for. Over those fifteen years, I worked in an electronics factory, served 51Reads—Score—Shelves
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  38. 338 Chronicles of the Jianghu: Chaos in Botang 江湖册波棠乱 Historical119k WordsCompleted Historical setting: Early Republic of China, around the 1910s to 1920s · What the era represents: The imperial throne has fallen, warlords carve up the country, and Western culture pours in. This is an age when the codes and honor of the “old jianghu” are gradually lost, transformed, and ultimately destroyed by the guns and schemes of the “new world.” The story of Bo and Tang is the most moving verse in this elegy. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
  39. 339 Candied Hawthorn Inn 糖葫芦客栈 Fantastical Romance133k WordsCompleted Pure dialogue, a novel told entirely through lines of speech. The martial world can be a little bitter, so why not try a candied hawthorn? The first bite is tart, but the sweetness lingers. Another one, dear guest! Welcome to the Candied Hawthorn Inn! 11Reads—Score—Shelves
  40. 340 The Plains' True Colors 平原底色 Urban116k WordsOngoing Beginning in the twenty-first century, this novel follows Fang Lizhu, a child of the post-80s generation growing up in the rural Jianghan Plain of central China. Through Fang Lizhu's education, work, and the many people he meets and events he experiences, the novel portrays how life has changed for people across the plains since the start of the new century. It also depicts the many ways ordinary people respond to sweeping changes in a new era and a shifting social landscape: the choices they ma 17Reads—Score114Shelves
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  41. 341 Spring and Autumn in the Textbooks 课本春秋 Modern Romance212k WordsCompleted Seasons in the Textbook A Republican-era classroom, with one teacher and several students [Volume One] First School Year (Autumn 1932–Summer 1933): The Beginning of Learning Opening Note: In the autumn of 1932, the ancestral hall in Qingxi Town opened its doors as a school. Five children walked inside. Over the next six years, they would see the whole world from here. A Poem for the Opening The ancestral hall’s threshold stands three inches high. The children lift their feet to cross, unawar 25Reads—Score—Shelves
  42. 342 The End of Ordinary 平凡的尽头 Modern Romance252k WordsCompleted The story began in 2019. It was a turbulent time, and I stopped writing after a hasty 50,000 words. Then, in May 2020, I finished it. At 250,000 words, it is too short to cover all the joys and sorrows of this bustling world through the changing years. It tells only of several years spent wandering through life. The story is based entirely on real events. Freedom, marriage, career, money, family, friendship. As someone born in the 1990s, I have always questioned the world. I hoped to find answer 35Reads—Score—Shelves
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  43. 343 The Blood-Tear Tung Blossoms 泣血油桐花 Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted In the 1970s, Zhao Zhicheng was an older bachelor. Because he had one disabled leg and came from a dirt-poor family, the women from the surrounding villages all refused to marry him. In the end, he married Yan Wenyin, a woman of similar age who also had one disabled leg. From then on, the fates of these two determined people, each with a physical disability, were bound tightly together! That year, he said, “My left leg is lame, and Xiaoyin’s right leg is lame. Put us together, and don’t we make 2.7kReads6.6Score305Shelves
  44. 344 The Blood-Red Wedding Dress: My Five-Hundred-Year-Old Ghost Girlfriend 血色嫁衣我的五百岁女鬼女友 Mystery214k WordsCompleted A female ghost in a blood-red wedding dress! A sinister plot that extinguished all humanity! A meeting five hundred years in the making: she came back in this life for you! Young Gu Linchuan secluded himself in Jiangnan to prepare for his exams, only to encounter Rong Qianlu, a five-hundred-year-old female ghost dressed in a blood-red wedding gown. Her family was slaughtered when she was alive, turning her into a vengeful spirit, but Gu Linchuan’s gentleness brought out her vulnerable side. The 10Reads—Score—Shelves
  45. 345 Sacrifice the Protagonist to Heaven! Boundless Magic? 主角祭天!法力无边? 95k WordsCompleted Sacrifice the Protagonist to Heaven! Boundless Magic Power? 5Reads—Score—Shelves
  46. 346 No Matter How Much You Cherish It, Nothing Lasts Forever 讲究终将不能长久 Modern Romance266k WordsCompleted This should be a story about a woman’s growth, set in a bygone era. A girl who has lived at the bottom of society since childhood works hard and thinks she has crossed into a higher class, only to realize she has climbed just one step. Exhausted, she resigns herself to fate and looks for someone on that same step to lean on. But the person she thinks she can rely on only wants to use her to climb higher. To achieve his own ends, he has to kick her down a step so he can leap a little farther. If 9Reads—Score—Shelves
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  47. 347 Record of the Illusory Sea of Love: The Great Void Livestream 情天幻海录太虚直播间 Ancient Romance479k WordsCompleted The Illusory Realm of the Great Void, by the shores of the Sea of Love. Fairy Jing Huan had been staring blankly into a water mirror for three days. What it reflected was not her peerless beauty, but the countless scenes of the mortal world: office workers scrolling through their phones on the subway, middle-aged men and women haggling at matchmaking corners, livestreamers crying, “Brother, love me!”, and exhausted wage slaves staying up late making PowerPoints until they went bald... “Such mudd 2Reads—Score—Shelves
  48. 348 The Little Shop on South Lane 南巷小店 Urban35k WordsOngoing A university vocal performance student on the verge of graduation is gifted a collection of entertainment works from a parallel world. What kind of voice will someone who wants to live a carefree life use to express the meaning and value of those works? The System runs away from the start. A reasonable protagonist gets his golden finger, and the System has no effect on anything else. According to the outline, there will be a female lead, and only one. It won't focus much on the entertainment ind —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  49. 349 Gluttony’s Execution Ground: Crime and Punishment at the Bottom of the Food Chain 饕餮刑场——食物链底层的罪与罚 60k WordsCompleted The Gluttonous Execution Ground: Crime and Punishment at the Bottom of the Food Chain 2Reads—Score—Shelves
  50. 350 Reunion: A Dream Ten Years in the Making 相见欢之十年一梦 Urban431k WordsCompleted In this life, we will all face heartbreak, regret, and waiting. But there will always be someone who crosses a sea of people, carrying a heart full of tenderness, to love you. I want to write about all the deep love and redemption in this world, hoping that within these stories, you will find your own light. The book Meet Again tells the story of Zhang Yifan as he enters the working world, starting with a street stall, moving on to a fast-food restaurant, and eventually joining a real estate co 7Reads—Score—Shelves
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