Why Are All the Hotel and Inn Management Stories Set in the Apocalypse? I Want Something Else 为什么酒店旅馆等经营文都是在末世啊想看别的

1. 1 我 I Used One Bowl of Noodles to Put a City on the Map 我靠一碗面，带动一座城 Fiery Cabbage火爆的白菜Urban1.2M WordsOngoing [Food + Scenic Area Management, No Stressful Shopkeeping, Well-Plotted, No Stupid Characters] From the start, he quit his job and headed home to take over his father's noodle shop. He turned the little shop into a countywide tourism sensation, putting the county's cultural tourism industry on the map. The Bureau of Culture and Tourism, the Transportation Bureau, the Market Regulation Bureau, and even the county magistrate all begged to get on his good side. He even took over a bankrupt A-grade s 69.3kReads8.3Score7.3k14d adds

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   You might want to check out this book about running a restaurant and a tourist attraction. The protagonist opens a business based on food, without unnecessary travel or complex procedures. He attracts countless tourists, directly boosting the county's tourism industry. The government-related storylines are particularly engaging; all policies and procedures are traceable, making it a book that truly respects every reader.

2. 2 我 The System Gives Me Back Every Penny I Spend! What a Blast! 我花多少钱系统给我多少！爽爽爽 Master Little Sang小桑大人Modern Romance432k WordsCompleted [Golden Finger + Farming and Poverty Relief + Cultural Confidence + No Romance] Qi Xu has worked her way through ninety-nine quick-transmigration worlds and has finally earned her retirement. The System asks how she wants to spend her retirement. She casually replies, “Find somewhere to retire.” The System scans its database and finds the keywords most closely associated with “retirement”: growing flowers, planting vegetables, and sunbathing. It asks Qi Xu skeptically, “Are you sure?” Qi Xu 474Reads8.1Score10214d adds

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   It's a modern story, not a post-apocalyptic one, but rather a management and construction story with a system. It gets bigger and bigger as it goes on, and it's quite touching.

3. 3 山 My Mountain Villa Connects to Another World, and Ancient People Come to Work 山庄通异界古人来打工 Wang Buhui王不悔Modern Romance2.0M WordsOngoing After graduating from university, Jian Xingxia inherits her grandmother’s farm. But the farm lies deep in the mountains, overgrown with weeds and surrounded by leaky buildings. After pulling weeds until she’s questioning her life choices, Jian Xingxia wails, “Can’t someone come help me pull weeds and fix the roof?” The next second, a twelve-year-old girl from ancient times emerges from the mountains. “Pull weeds? Easy. Just give me the wild greens.” A skinny old man with a face that looks fifty- 107.1kReads9.0Score9.7k14d adds

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   How come this one isn't available? Management novels need to feature an ensemble cast.

4. 4 靠 Running an Inn with Gacha Draws 靠抽卡经营旅馆 Moon Over Heaven月关天Modern Romance614k WordsCompleted [Business Management + Card Draws + Food + No Romance] Unable to find a job, Su He takes over her family's small hotel, which is on the verge of closing. Luckily, Su He binds herself to a card-drawing System! The Princess and the Pea's bed, delicacies from Dream of the Red Chamber, a magical vine elevator… all kinds of wondrous items appear. The maids from Dream of the Red Chamber want to kowtow to Su He three times. Su He says, “We're all equal in modern society. We don't do that anymore.” The 3.9kReads8.8Score42114d adds

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   These two books are really good and refreshing; it's the first time I've seen this style. Don't be fooled by their low ratings; the writing is quite good and they're definitely worth reading.

5. 5 继 I Inherited a Scenic Area and Turned It into a Secret Cultivation Realm 继承景区，爆改修真秘境 Tofu Skin Rolls千张卷豆皮儿Urban2.1M WordsOngoing [No Romance + Infrastructure Building + Tourist Attraction Management + Intangible Cultural Heritage Experiences] (The protagonist doesn’t cultivate immortality. He follows a different system.) Lin Bo transmigrates to a parallel world and inherits a failed tourist attraction. Luckily, he has a System, so building up the attraction is a piece of cake. But the employees he recruits are cultivators? And he can attract investors from the cultivation world? Then he’ll build a cultivation-themed attra 25.1kReads8.8Score2.7k14d adds

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   The scenic area offers an immersive experience reminiscent of a cultivation novel. It's a non-romance/infrastructure-building story that avoids being overly cheesy.

6. 6 系 The System Told Me to Collect Rent, but I Turned It into a Cultural Tourism New City 系统让我收租我搞成了文旅新城 Chen Jinwang晨锦王Modern Romance461k WordsOngoing [Reborn, System, Renovating Old Homes, Infrastructure Development, Business Management, Relaxed and Satisfying, Romance] Qin Nuo's vision went dark, and she smoothly "logged out," arriving at the underworld to check in. The judge opened her ledger of good deeds. Her merits were so great she didn't need to reincarnate the usual way! He approved a pass on the spot, allowing her to pick a System and be reborn. Qin Nuo immediately set her sights on the [Invincible Landlord System]. A soundtrack rang 34.2kReads8.4Score4.6k14d adds

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   Although it's called a landlord's property, it feels more like a commercial complex.

7. 7 万 Multiverse Supermarket: I Lie Flat in the Immortal Realm by Selling Snacks 万界超市：我靠卖零食在仙界躺平 Saving Up to Buy the Moon攒钱买月亮Fantastical Romance331k WordsCompleted [Lighthearted Comedy + Running a Business in Another World + Interplanar Trade + Slacker Heroine + No Romance] Shen Qinghe arrived in the cultivation world and, from the start, took over a run-down supermarket with holes in every wall. The supermarket was on the verge of closing, the System crashed every other day, and cultivators were fighting right outside, swords flying everywhere. Shen Qinghe glanced at the empty shelves, sighed, and made herself a cup of instant braised beef noodles. That 30Reads—Score114d adds

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   No C-person management text

8. 8 在 I Opened a Restaurant in Another World, and the Gamers Cleared It Out 在异世界开饭店，被游戏玩家搬空 Breeze Messenger清风使Modern Romance229k WordsCompleted In the course of her long career running a shop, Mu Jin encountered the strangest situation yet: as an outsider, she was mistaken for an NPC in a game. Still, making delicious food and watching the players crack jokes now and then was pretty fun. Even a snow-white cat had decided to make itself at home with her. Was she about to start enjoying retirement early? Canaries, treants, little fairies... After these strange customers started showing up at her door, she discovered a world unlike any she 65Reads—Score—14d adds

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   A brand new isekai (another world) management novel with an unprecedented setting [Note]

9. 9 架 Alternate Ancient China: Building a Fortune in Jiangnan 架空古代：江南人家经营致富日常 Rain on Riverside Flowers汀花雨Ancient Romance2.4M WordsOngoing [Ancient-Style Business and Wealth-Building] + [A Jiangnan Family] + [Everyday Family Life] + [Lighthearted, Sweet, and Satisfying] A lighthearted, stress-relieving story about the everyday business and family life of a small household in peaceful Jiangnan, filled with warmth, joy, kindness, and ordinary domestic moments. It tells the story of common people in ancient times. The main characters are not princes or ministers, nor are they members of noble or aristocratic families. From the very st 73.1kReads9.3Score7.4k14d adds

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   It's super good; they're all ensemble pieces, and each character has their own story.

10. 10 位 Quick Transmigration Across Planes: I Own a Little General Store 位面快穿，我有一间小杂货店 Pipi Loves Tangerines爱吃橘子的皮皮Modern Romance4.1M WordsOngoing [No romance + no male lead + general store + ensemble cast + doing business in various novel worlds, including storylines where the heroine gets help] [Main characters: Su Ling + a calico cat] After waking up one day, Su Ling finds that her general store has bonded with a planar trade System, and she transmigrates into a book. First book world: a lucky heroine in a story set during the era of rationing. A general store suddenly appears on the hill behind Dawang Village. It has more goods tha 52.3kReads9.3Score4.7k14d adds
11. 11 宝 Pokemon: Retiring in the World of Pocket Monsters 宝可梦我在精灵世界养老 Mulan Star木兰星Anime Fanfiction604k WordsOngoing This book was originally titled I Have a Pokémon Day Care in the World of Pokemon, and is now titled Growing Old in the World of Pokemon. (Female lead + no romance + Pokemon + Pokemon + Pokémon + no battles + slow-paced life + running a Pokémon Day Care + levels) Zhao Meng had only watched a few Pokemon shows as a child when she suddenly transmigrated to a world full of Pokemon and inherited a Pokémon Day Care. And so the story begins... You don't need to know anything about Pokemon to enjoy thi 11.9kReads9.2Score68914d adds

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    Pokémon World Shop Management Guide

12. 12 灵 The Daily Life of the Spirit Peak Innkeeper 灵峰客栈掌柜日常 Demon Cult Saint Tomato魔教圣女果Modern Romance571k WordsOngoing Lingfeng Inn, a themed hotel in the Lingfeng Mountain scenic area, has long since passed its heyday of bustling crowds. On an ordinary day, it has only two or three guests. Then one day, a steady stream of strange new guests began arriving. Armed with sharp weapons and mounted on fine horses, they come in a hurry and leave just as quickly. They stay at the inn for only a short while, yet leave behind countless stories. Everyday stories about a modern hotel owner and the wandering heroes who hav 4.6kReads8.8Score42014d adds

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    This is a modern slice-of-life inn management novel, and it's quite enjoyable. The guests and the dog are all very interesting, especially the ancient guests, who are very distinctive and feel very real, not just NPCs used as tools.

13. 13 世 The Birth of the World's First Reptile Petting Zoo 世界第一爬宠馆诞生记 Riding the Wind, Cleaving the Waves御风斩浪Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Originally titled The Amazing Reptile House. Slice of life + semi-fictional setting + 1v1 snake couple + a little golden finger (The protagonist is based on a real person, with some fictional details. See the end of Chapter 1 for content warnings.) Lin Ai has loved fluffy animals since she was little, but every pet she got would run away. Then, after her family went bankrupt, someone gave her a “little pet” that wouldn’t run off. Her great-aunt’s aunt’s sworn elder sister gave her a long, smooth 13.3kReads9.6Score1.9k14d adds

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    Agreed! I really don't want to read stories about running a business in a post-apocalyptic world, I just want a normal, modern shop 😢

14. 14 团 One Second Before Our Annihilation, I Brought the Demon Cult to the Modern World 团灭前一秒，我带魔教回现代了 Cilantro Doesn't Eat Hot Pot香菜不吃火锅Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Comic adaptation and audiobook now available) [Female Lead] [No CP] [Business-Building] [Group Transmigration] [Super Satisfying] After serving as the Demonic Cult's leader for three years, Miao Yunyou was cornered by the righteous sects at the top of a mountain. Just as they were about to wipe them all out, she transmigrated back to the modern world. The good news: As compensation, the Heavenly Dao brought her mountain along, complete with the cult members who couldn't even read simplified cha 28.8kReads8.9Score2.9k14d adds

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    I recommend this one, it's beautiful.

15. 15 龙 Why Won't Mr. Long Check Out? 龙总为何不退房 Fan Bai饭白Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [The short drama adaptation, Couple Play, has been scheduled for release! Tune in to Tencent Video on March 27!] The Zhulang Oster Royal Hotel is the only hotel in the world that caters exclusively to domineering CEOs. Long Qing owns the hotel and is the most domineering CEO of them all. They say no one can work for Long Qing for more than three months, but Yu Xianxian has lasted three years. Long Qing: “I want the hotel’s full guest list in three seconds.” Yu Xianxian: “Right away, Mr. Long.” 1.4kReads9.0Score16114d adds

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    The first book is a modern comedy, the second is a Western fantasy food novel.

16. 16 穿 I Landed in a Fairytale World, and My Little Tavern Became a Hit 穿进童话世界，我的小酒馆爆火了 Graceful as a Swimming Fish婉若游鱼Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Healing + food + another world + fairy-tale characters appear + a little farming] While passing through a little fountain square in another world, Jiang Jiang came across an absolute beauty in a tattered dress. The beautiful older sister was leaning against the fountain, sobbing miserably. Jiang Jiang, a true lover of pretty faces, was heartbroken for her. With a grand wave of her hand, she brought the woman home and served her a steaming cup of milk tea and a sweet-and-sour berry tart. The 8.4kReads8.8Score1.3k14d adds
17. 17 震 The World Is Stunned: My Haunted House Connects to the Underworld 震撼全球，我的鬼屋通地府 Yellow Kitty黄色的猫咪Modern Romance731k WordsCompleted Complete [cathartic power fantasy + play the pig to eat the tiger + powerful protagonist + punishing scum + ghosts and monsters + business management] Terminally ill with cancer, Li Miao meets a Taoist priest who tells her that she’s been plagued by bad luck and is near death because someone stole her fate. The only way to survive and reclaim her fate is to return to her hometown and inherit a haunted house. She assumes it’s just an ordinary haunted house, but when she arrives, she discovers 27.9kReads9.2Score4.3k14d adds

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    The first book is a modern novel about running a haunted house; the second book involves running different shops in various dimensions.

18. 18 海 Surviving at Sea: I Use the Captain System to Support My Crew 海上求生：我靠船长系统养船客 Little Coconut Shell椰椰小贝Sci-Fi & Apocalypse374k WordsOngoing [Everyone's Survival] [Reborn] [Instances] [Ensemble Cast] [System] [Building and Running a Passenger Ship] [Male Lead] Players around the world are stranded in the Gray Mist Sea in batches. While everyone else chews on ration bars, she stays in the presidential suite. While others fight tooth and nail to become captain, she's already expanded her yacht to include a massage parlor, karaoke bar, Michelin-starred restaurant, and a whole shopping street. Qin Wanqing gets a second chance at life and 7kReads—Score1.2k14d adds

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    Check this out! It's a novel and interesting story about managing infrastructure, captains, and passengers, featuring survival on an island during natural disasters. It has an ensemble cast and includes romantic pairings—a really good read! Highly recommended.

19. 19 在 I Made a Chinese Restaurant a Huge Hit in the Apocalypse of Another World 在异世界末世经营中华餐厅爆火 Ice Cola Drink Substitute冰可乐代喝Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.6M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse] [Business Management] [System] [Gourmet Food] [Farming] [No CP, Ensemble Cast] After Ling Jing died, she became bound to a business management System and was randomly dropped into an apocalyptic world where plants and animals had mutated. The System asked her to name her restaurant. After thinking for a moment, she typed: Chinese Restaurant. In this mutated apocalypse, every plant and animal had become an enemy. When starving humans on the brink of death caught the scent of roaste 95.4kReads9.4Score13.9k14d adds

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    This isn't your average post-apocalyptic novel; it's really, really good!

20. 20 抽 Card-Drawing Management: From a Run-Down Flat to the World's Number One Restaurant 抽卡经营：从老破小到天下第一楼 Jiang Jiang Jiang Jiang Shi姜姜姜姜时Ancient Romance714k WordsOngoing [Food + System + Inn Management + Transmigration + No Romance + Building Wealth + Light Comedy] A slow-paced story! Gradual progression! Heartwarming! Even with its leisurely pace, the author loves throwing in hilarious punchlines! If you prefer fast-paced power fantasies, think twice before reading! Thirty taels in debt from the start, and the System wants me to draw cards to cook? After Meng Qinghe died from staying up all night gaming, she transmigrated into the body of a young innkeeper in 2.9kReads6.2Score31414d adds

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    This is good, but it's a pity that it's still being serialized. There are also some dialogues with the system, and you have to ignore some parts when talking about the system. But otherwise, it's not bad. It's just my personal taste and suggestion.

21. 21 巫 The Lich Brewery: A Management Journal 巫妖酿造工坊经营日志 Yingge Yeyuehua应歌夜月华Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Transmigration to another world + medieval Western fantasy and magic + food + running a business + a touch of mystery-solving. The love interest is Andre Lu Huntington, deputy commander of the kingdom's knights.) A food-and-mystery story with two parallel plotlines and a romance, so be warned! Jiang You, a master brewer from a family renowned for its traditional soy sauce, dies of heart disease. After death, she discovers she has arrived in another world and become a living skeleton... correcti 6.8kReads9.2Score1.1k14d adds

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    They're all Western fantasy, highly recommended! I'm too lazy to write more, but I think they're good. There's a little bit of romance.

22. 22 我 One Bowl of Beef Noodles Made This Scenic Spot Go Viral 我用一碗牛肉面，让景区火爆全网 Little Zhang Who Won't Buy Empty Promises不听画饼的小张Modern Romance418k WordsCompleted Transmigration brought back ingredients for dark cuisine that nobody would eat: beef raised on spiritual herbs, fish soaked in spiritual spring water... They were all leftovers from the dishes she’d made in the cultivation world, food even dogs wouldn’t touch. After taking over her mother’s rundown noodle shop in a tourist park full of overworked laborers, she casually cooked a bowl of beef noodles. An eighty-year-old tourist ate it and found his back no longer ached and his legs no longer hurt. 1.4kReads—Score22414d adds

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    He traveled back from the cultivation world with a spatial ability, inherited his mother's beef noodle shop, and became an instant internet sensation by using cows that resembled spiritual herbs. He also opened a mutton hot pot restaurant and provided his mother with a better life...

23. 23 有 A Tavern of Our Own: All Three Employees Were Picked Up Off the Street 有家酒馆：三个员工都是捡来的 Subway Coming Online地铁上线中Ancient Romance275k WordsCompleted After transmigrating into the owner of a bankrupt tavern, Jiang Wan takes one look at the IOU for 500 gold coins and the building that’s practically falling apart, and nearly faints. Worse still, she has to support three “problem employees” she took in: a half-dragon kid who’s strong but always hungry, a down-and-out elf with a serious aversion to dirt, and a socially anxious werewolf boy who’s brilliant at fixing things. Every day begins with cooking, cleaning, mending, and three boys gazing at 38Reads—Score—14d adds

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    It's really, really good! [Crying][crying][crying][crying][crying], but there are too few chapters. It's a new book that just started.

24. 24 疯 The Maniac Opens an Inn: The Entire Martial World and Court Bow Before Her 疯批她开客栈：江湖全朝堂全跪了 Hidden Ink Carp鲤鱼墨隐Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Complete] [Feel-good power fantasy] [Strong heroine + invincible lead + a touch of ensemble cast + business management + no romance] Ling Zhizhi has just killed an entire family of scumbags. Before she can even escape the mental hospital, she's bound to an inn-management System?! The System thumps its chest: “Act like a powerful big shot! The more convincing you are, the better the rewards!” And so, deep in the woods of a martial arts world, an inn called “The Inn” suddenly appears. Ling Zh 10.5kReads8.4Score1.4k14d adds

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25. 25 开 One Bowl from the Start, and Six Top Scholars Set Out on Their Journey 开局一个碗，六个状元起步走 Sour Soup Beef Noodle酸汤肥牛面Historical1.4M WordsCompleted Shen Mu transmigrates to ancient times with a deadly mission: raise six top scholars or die. From the start, he has nothing but a bowl and no status whatsoever. He knows nothing about the Four Books and Five Classics, yet he has to become a schoolmaster. He cannot write the eight-legged essays, yet he has to teach future top scholars. With his silver tongue, he bluffs and wheedles patrons into funding him; with a keen eye, he teaches each student according to their talents and uncovers hidden ge 4.9kReads6.5Score49314d adds
26. 26 在 Is There Something Wrong with Being a Landlord in the Sixties? 在六零当房东是否有大病 Jiu Chen Yihe九陈一禾Modern Romance387k WordsCompleted [1960s + No CP + No Male Lead + Business Management + Landlord Simulator + Management Sim + Guilt-Free Power Fantasy] Pen Linglong transmigrates to the 1960s and is tasked with becoming a landlord. She refuses at first, but the System’s offer is just too good to pass up. And so… Studio apartments, two-bedroom apartments, vegetable stalls, delivery stations, neighborhood clinics, bus stops, family apartments, seaside villas… all sorts of facilities are built. Thanks to the arrival of Pen Linglong 2.7kReads8.3Score37814d adds

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    The female lead goes to the 1960s to become a landlady; there is no romantic partner.

27. 27 开 From the Start, I Had a Massage Parlor, and Everyone Came Begging to Be Tortured 开局一家按摩店，全民上门求被虐 Lucky Huahua吉祥花花Modern Romance200k WordsOngoing [Female Lead, No CP] [Creative Premise] [Shopkeeping] [Lighthearted and Healing] [Lots and lots of handsome, adorable animals] May all my lovely readers have relaxed shoulders and necks, pain-free backs, and bodies as soft and smooth as wide glass noodles! Before Lin Shuran, an overworked corporate drone at a major company, died suddenly from working overtime, she activated a self-rescue System: Take over a massage parlor and make it China's most famous one! But... From the start, it's loca 91Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The female lead runs a massage parlor where all the employees are animals, which is quite interesting. There's no romantic pairing, no major flaws, and the female lead's character is well-developed; she's dedicated to her business.

28. 28 毕 After Graduation, the System and I Opened a Guesthouse 毕业后我和系统联手开民宿 I Seriously Have No Words我真的会无语Modern Romance261k WordsOngoing No Romance + Farming + Business Management. The female lead shines on her own. Note: Nearly all technical details are made up, so don’t take them as fact. Zhu Yu is a newly graduated agriculture student. With the job market in such a dire state, she gives it careful thought and resolutely decides to return to her hometown and take over her family’s run-down little guesthouse. Just as she’s getting ready to pack up and head home, a System calling itself 009 suddenly binds itself to her. It wants 702Reads—Score10714d adds

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    All three are inns run during peacetime, all have systems, and none have romantic pairings.

29. 29 系 System Management: From Cabin to Resort 系统经营，从木屋到度假村 October in Tingzhou汀州十月Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted From the start, all he has is a shabby little hut. But his goal is to develop a world-class themed resort? This is like a cuckoo taking over a magpie's nest: Little given, much demanded! … Lin Yu was bound to a “business simulation” System in college, but it took the System a full two years to finish loading and activate! Even worse, it dumped him in a vast desert from the start, claiming, “This is the empire I've conquered for you!” System: Would the player like to begin the tutorial m 3kReads8.0Score22414d adds
30. 30 我 I Get Rich Farming by Collecting Trash from Other Worlds! 我靠捡异界垃圾，种田暴富了！ Silver Terrace and Golden Palace银台金阙Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Farming] [Business] [Food] [Rural Prosperity] [Live-in Son-in-Law] After quitting her job and returning to her hometown, Xu Shenyi picked up a trash can by the lake, planning to recycle it. She never expected to find a portal that transported discarded goods from another world! In the middle of the night, the trash can glows and spits out "garbage." [Low-Grade Spirit Tea Stems]: Scraps that even livestock wouldn't touch. She brews them into tea, and night owls who drink it feel refreshed and 18.8kReads8.7Score2.7k14d adds

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    Farming, running a farm, and operating agritourism businesses in parallel

31. 31 谁 Who Needs a Day Job? I Became a Tycoon with Trash from My Spatial Farm 谁家打工人靠空间农场垃圾成首富 The Green of Green Gables绿山墙的绿色Modern Romance547k WordsOngoing This novel has been adapted into a comic. The heroine only cares about making money! Making money! Making money! No needless fretting. [No CP] Lin Chu graduated from a junior college and spent years struggling in real estate, only to hit a slump in the housing market. She not only failed to make money, but was also fired after offending a coworker. She had no friends or social life, and her mother had taken the hundred thousand yuan she'd painstakingly saved. Now she could barely afford next mon 24.9kReads8.4Score3.5k14d adds

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    Business-related, get-rich-quick stories

32. 32 您 You Have a New Thirst-Quenching Drink Order 您有新的渴了么订单 Braised Wings of the Great Peng大鹏炖翅Ancient Romance507k WordsCompleted [Character development + business simulation + infrastructure building + healing + no romance + a touch of court intrigue] They say the emperor was corrupt and incompetent, and Heaven sent down divine punishment. Not a drop of rain had fallen on this land for nearly twenty years, and countless people had died of thirst. Then, all of a sudden, a milk tea shop opened in the desert. In spring, there were all kinds of ice-cold fruit juices, along with seasonal drinks like cherry blossom and lychee b 13.4kReads9.4Score1.9k14d adds

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    If you're looking for something that's not set in the apocalypse, I highly recommend the first one. It's the best business simulation novel I've ever read. If you like dramatic plots, give it a try; if you like well-written stories, give it a try; if you like food-themed novels, give it a try too. It's absolutely fantastic!

33. 33 魂 Reborn in My Senior Year, Doubao Takes Me Back to 2014 魂穿高三，豆包带我杀回2014 Lemon Duck Eats Candy柠檬鸭吃糖Modern Romance393k WordsOngoing [Soul Transmigration] [AI Golden Finger] [Campus Entrepreneurship] [No CP] [Healing Slice of Life] While everyone else transmigrates with a System, Shen Ningsui transmigrates with a Doubao. It's the same AI that got her fired. It gives her seven expert consultations a week, and resets the count right at midnight on Sunday, without even letting her save half of one. At the start of the week, she says: Save, save, save! Split one expert consultation into three uses! At the weekend, she says: Spen 2kReads—Score27214d adds

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    This place is nice!

34. 34 三 The Three Realms Supermarket 三界超市 Li the Woodworker from Xixian City西仙城的木子李Eastern Fantasy221k WordsCompleted The Three Realms Supermarket: I Sell Goods and Become Invincible! A young man with only three months left to live inherits a supermarket. It can connect the Three Realms, but that makes him a thorn in Heaven’s side. He improves Granny Meng’s soup recipe, recommends dog food to Erlang Shen’s dog, and discusses red-thread business with the Matchmaker. As gods and ghosts become hooked on shopping, his daily routine is to earn merit to extend his life while matching wits with the Jade Emperor. He 51Reads—Score—14d adds

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    In the Three Realms Supermarket, I drastically modified the Meng Po Soup at the start!

35. 35 人 A Popular Streamer Transmigrates With a Supermarket and Slacks Off Every Day 人气主播带超市穿越我天天摆烂 Yun Qian Qitang云浅栖棠Ancient Romance289k WordsOngoing [Space + Business-Building + Sweet Romance + Building Wealth + Wish Fulfillment + System] Liang Tian'er is a popular food streamer on a certain video platform, with tens of millions of followers. One day, while livestreaming, she accidentally transmigrates to ancient times. Her ancient-era husband despises her. What is she supposed to do? To her surprise, the System's reward is to transmigrate along with her family's supermarket, stocked with all the delicacies she usually features in her stream 19Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Here it comes! The female protagonist travels back to ancient times and opens various shops.

36. 36 我 We Stewed the World into One Big Family 我们把世界炖成了一家 Those Who Wish Will Take the Bait愿者尚钩Urban580k WordsOngoing (Ongoing) Ensemble cast + System + food + restaurant management. Three canon couples, one each in BL, GL, and BG. Romance, friendship, and family bonds all feature. After inheriting my grandfather's little restaurant, I recruit chefs from around the world and turn it into a world-class establishment. The story is told mainly through dialogue. The plot is divided into three strands: the main storyline, personal stories, and events, interwoven in chronological order. I often visited my grandfathe 7Reads—Score114d adds

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    This restaurant management novel isn't set in the apocalypse. The main characters, with the help of a system, primarily rely on their own efforts to gradually open the restaurant.

37. 37 废 Wasteland Five Elements: The Rise of My Territory 废土五行：领地崛起 CEO Ya总裁丫Sci-Fi & Apocalypse232k WordsOngoing [Doomsday Game + Global Survival + Decisive Female Lead + University Town Development + Growth] The heroine isn't powerful from the start. She grows stronger by killing monsters and gathering supplies, gradually leaving everyone else behind. (Please be patient :) ) The doomsday game begins, and everyone is thrust onto a survival battlefield. Elemental rifts keep appearing, monsters roam everywhere, and water, food, and territory must all be fought for with your life. In every life, Lin Xiyue 7Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Single female lead, no romantic partner, post-apocalyptic survival + infrastructure building.

38. 38 离 This Online Order Is Ridiculous, a Real Tiger Came to My Door for a Massage! 离谱网购，真有老虎上门按摩啊！ A Leaf Seed一叶籽Modern Romance569k WordsCompleted [Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Business-Building System + Dual Timelines + No Romance] Fresh out of college, Su Nianyi took a beating from the real world and slunk back to her hometown. Just as she was about to tidy up her family's ancestral Demon-Suppressing Pagoda, she unexpectedly bonded with a business-assistance System connected to the cultivation world! Now this was interesting: Her family's ancestral Demon-Suppressing Pagoda? Transformed into an "Unbelievably Incredible Experience Center"! He 27.4kReads8.6Score5.3k14d adds

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    The staff are all so adorable! [Learned it][Learned it][Highly recommend it][Highly recommend it]

39. 39 盘 I Got Rich with a System After Reviving an Abandoned Scenic Area 盘活废弃景区后我靠系统暴富了 Little He, Babbling Stream小禾潺潺Modern Romance101k WordsOngoing [Management + No Romance + System] Graduating with a degree in a dead-end major and facing unemployment? Wu Xinru binds herself to the Scenic Area Revival System and takes over a half-finished, barren mountain. Remote? Bankrupt? Nobody cares? She lays out a three-zone plan: sightseeing at the foot of the mountain, camping and BBQs halfway up, and a secluded hot spring resort at the summit. Each zone has its own space, while appealing to every kind of visitor. The System’s rewards are downright i 3Reads—Score—14d adds

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    This isn't the apocalypse; it's about a recent graduate majoring in a sinkhole who gets bound to a system and revitalizes an abandoned, unfinished scenic area. The forum format is quite entertaining.

40. 40 我 The Savings System Summoned Me to Another World to Become a Rich Woman 我被存钱系统召唤到异世界当富婆 The Green of Green Gables绿山墙的绿色Modern Romance935k WordsOngoing [Travel Between Two Worlds] + [Modern-Day Fantasy] + [System] + [Farming] + [No Romance] + [Food Business] + [Livestream] + [Building Wealth] + [Infrastructure] + [Redemption] Other people's Systems shower their Hosts with money and perks. Mine is all about being broke, forcing me to make money through street vending and hand over every last cent. I make a million a day Livestreaming skewers made with handsome men from the mall, only for the System to order me to turn off tips. I have to build 1.3kReads—Score10414d adds

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    Hotel management doesn't exist in the apocalypse, but in another dimension.

41. 41 开 From the Start, I Deciphered the Code of Life and Led Humanity to Ascension 开局解析生命代码，我带人类飞升 The Green of Green Gables绿山墙的绿色Urban318k WordsOngoing After Shen Shuo loses his government job, he unexpectedly discovers that he can see the underlying life code of all things. He learns that the civilizations of the myriad worlds, spread across twenty-dimensional universes, are nothing more than twenty floors of "experimental apartments" owned by the Universal Corporation. The universe requires energy to be conserved and won't allow civilizations to grow unchecked, so it enforces a strict system of civilization evaluations and upgrades. In real —Reads—Score—14d adds
42. 42 闺 After My Best Friend Cheated, Her Brother Spoiled Me Rotten 闺蜜劈腿后，我被闺蜜哥哥宠上天 Seattle Weather西雅图的天气Modern Romance708k WordsCompleted 👇 This book has it all: melodrama, catharsis, and sweetness! Wen Yining had been dating her boyfriend for three years. They bought a home together and were preparing to marry. She saved her first time for their wedding night and treated her best friend like a younger sister for six years. Then she opened the door to their marital home and found her boyfriend tangled up with her best friend on the lavender bedsheets she'd laid out herself. She slapped them both and went out drinking. Through 697Reads—Score10214d adds

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    It's so good, I'll stay up all night to watch it.

43. 43 退 After Our Engagement Was Called Off, the CEO Begged on His Knees for My Forgiveness 退婚后，总裁跪着求我原谅 Dreams Shattered Upon Meeting遇梦若碎Modern Romance460k WordsCompleted A year later, Qi Yao knelt in the rain and begged her to forgive him. She tossed her umbrella at his face and said, “You look so pathetic on your knees.” But Tang Yu remembered that in her previous life, she was the one kneeling in the rain. Before the car accident took her life, she heard Qi Yao sobbing in despair: “I was wrong... Please come back...” When she opened her eyes again, she was back on the day their engagement was called off. Qi Yao was still the same high-and-mighty fiance, abo 7Reads—Score—14d adds
44. 44 绑 After Binding to the King of Hell's Sign-In System, I Gave Up Trying 绑定阎王签到系统后，我摆烂了 Dreams Shattered Upon Meeting遇梦若碎Urban637k WordsCompleted A laid-off office drone gets bound to the King of Hell System. In endless instance worlds, he becomes a god by signing in and slacking off, only to discover that everyone is waiting for him to return and serve as a judge of the dead. But all he wants is to give up and coast. Xuanhuan, system novel, infinite flow, underworld, lighthearted Slacking off, overworked employee, sign-in, subverting expectations, power fantasy, comedy, wild imagination, modern city, past and present lives, mystery One-l 65Reads—Score—14d adds
45. 45 重 Reborn, I Dumped the Scumbag and Clung to My Officer Husband 重生后，我踹掉渣男抱紧军官老公 Seattle Weather西雅图的天气Modern Romance496k WordsCompleted Reborn to punish scoundrels and serve up some face-slapping, with a devoted military marriage and love after marriage. In her previous life, Situ Lanzhi trusted the scumbag He Ziwen, only to be killed by him and his mistress working together. To her dying day, she never knew that Yan Zhenshan, the military officer husband she had neglected all her life, was actually deeply in love with her. Reborn on her wedding night in 1978, she looks at the restrained, distant man before her and summons all —Reads—Score—14d adds
46. 46 相 After a Blind Date, the Egg White Girl Falls for the Egg Yolk CEO 相亲后，蛋白女孩爱上蛋黄总裁 Seattle Weather西雅图的天气Modern Romance546k WordsCompleted Blind Date + Mutual Devotion + She Pursues Him + She Pursues First, Then He Chases Her + Elite Families + Love at First Sight At a blind date her grandmother had forced her to attend, Qin Xi only planned to go through the motions. Then a hard-boiled egg in her salad made her lose her composure on the spot. She picked out the yolk and left it uneaten. The man across from her said calmly, “I like egg yolks. Give it to me. Don’t waste it.” Egg white and egg yolk: a perfect match. She fell for 197Reads—Score2114d adds
47. 47 三 A Three-Year-Old Prodigy Shows the Way: Mom’s Welding Machine Leads to Immortality 三岁萌宝指路：妈妈的电焊机通仙 Dreams Shattered Upon Meeting遇梦若碎Modern Romance600k WordsCompleted Three-year-old Gu Tiaotiao squatted on the threshold of a hardware store, pointing at an empty alley. “Mommy, there’s a leak in the alley.” She looked up. A crack split the wall, and a man covered in golden fissures stepped out of it. He said she was the unfinished crack from a thousand years ago. The eighty-yuan secondhand welding torch in her hand lit up. The man was called Lu Beiyin. When he took his first bite of noodles, he froze: for the first time in a thousand years, he could taste som 2Reads—Score—14d adds
48. 48 绑 Bound to a Gossip System, I Was Made a County Princess by the Emperor 绑定吃瓜系统后，我被皇帝封郡主 Seattle Weather西雅图的天气Ancient Romance495k WordsCompleted On Gu Yunshu's sixteenth birthday, she was bound to the “Gossip System.” At a palace banquet, the System suddenly delivered a shocking piece of gossip: the children born to the Noble Consort were actually fathered by the head of the Imperial Medical Academy! The words slipped out of her thoughts: “The emperor's been cuckolded!” The entire court heard her, and the emperor immediately ordered a blood test to confirm their parentage. The Noble Consort fell from power, the chancellor turned out 25Reads—Score514d adds
49. 49 离 I Became a Millionaire Overnight After My Divorce 离婚后我一夜暴富 Dreams Shattered Upon Meeting遇梦若碎Modern Romance687k WordsCompleted My husband held up our property settlement agreement and said, “You’re not good enough for me anymore.” I calmly signed, then used all my savings to buy a lottery ticket. The next day, he clutched his new lover on TV and screamed, “Who stole my jackpot?!” I linked arms with his business rival and waved the lottery ticket at the camera: “Let me introduce you to my new husband.” 94Reads—Score—14d adds
50. 50 在 I, in Short, Am Here for Laughs 在下，纯属搞笑 Seattle Weather西雅图的天气Modern Romance351k WordsCompleted Comedy, and we mean it. Secret crush, and he’s a brooding flirt. Both leads are pure, so dive in without fear of landmines. Qian Duoduo is an entertainment reporter who became famous for writing about “The Mystery of a Certain Top-Tier Star’s Underwear Color.” Her tongue is quicker than her keyboard. Zhou Zhiheng is a dermatologist who saves every word. His biggest secret is that he’s followed her from a burner account for three years, clicking “Like” on every article. They meet again at the h 129Reads—Score—14d adds

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