After His Wife Cheats on Him, the Hero Rises Through the Ranks in Government and Takes Vicious Revenge 男主被绿后在官场步步高升后疯狂报复

1. 301 紫 The Forbidden City: My Yin-Yang Sect 紫禁城：我的阴阳堂口 Big Brother of Xuchang City许昌城的大哥Ancient Romance240k WordsCompleted Past life: Lu Sanniang, the last head of Chongzhou's Yin-Yang Escort Agency. To outsiders, she was a gangland boss, but in truth, her family had used their underworld connections as cover for generations, taking on only “yin escorts” (handling supernatural incidents). On the night she retired, aged 60, nine consecutive bolts of lightning struck her. Present life: Su Yu, a 16-year-old palace maid in the Laundry Bureau, born under an extremely yin birth chart (the hour, day, and month of the Rat i 1Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 302 我 My Wife Is a Spirit Medium 我婆娘是仙娘 Big Brother of Xuchang City许昌城的大哥Mystery96k WordsCompleted Set in modern-day Sichuan and Chongqing, blending urban life with folk supernatural elements. Supernatural horror + Sichuan-style humor + heartwarming romance. Strange things keep happening at Chen Haonan's hot pot restaurant: the broth boils by itself at midnight, and customers mysteriously pass out. He is forced to call in Su Tao'er to perform a ritual. Chen Haonan refuses to believe in the supernatural and makes a bet with her... —Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 303 渝 The Chongqing Detective 渝籍女警 Big Brother of Xuchang City许昌城的大哥Mystery516k WordsCompleted A seriously mind-bending story: Jiang Yu, a Chongqing detective known for her fiery approach to cases and mysterious background, falls bodily into a parallel world while chasing a criminal, where she witnesses another version of herself committing a crime. She discovers that Chongqing's fantastical terrain forces her to transmigrate, and that countless parallel worlds contain versions of her with identical faces but wildly different fates: victims, murderers, or cold experimental subjects. The o 1Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 304 穿 Transmigrate to the Water Margin: Dominate the World 穿越水浒之雄霸天下 Striving to Stay Alive8888努力活着8888Historical3.0M WordsOngoing Wu Zhantian was one of China’s top special forces soldiers. While carrying out a top-secret mission, he was betrayed by a traitor. To ensure his teammates could withdraw safely, Wu Zhantian stayed behind alone. Seriously wounded in a sneak attack by the Japanese invaders, he chose to detonate the button bomb he carried rather than be taken prisoner. He and dozens of members of the Japanese Kamikaze Special Forces perished together. Wu Zhantian thought he was as good as dead, but the flourishing 1kReads5.9Score—Shelves

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5. 305 哇 Whoa, I Can Travel Between Two Worlds 哇塞我能两界往返 Good Luck Keeps Coming好运不断Urban503k WordsOngoing The protagonist, Wu Xiaoyao, is an outstanding graduate of a military academy in the 21st century. He returns to his hometown to start a business and opens a small farm. One day, while fishing by the river, he accidentally falls into the water and unexpectedly transmigrates to the 1970s. Even more astonishingly, he can travel between the two worlds, with two eras appearing before him. Watch how Wu Xiaoyao makes a splash in both of these momentous times! —Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 306 穿 Transmigrate to the Song Dynasty: The Empire's Mighty Rise 穿越之大宋雄风 Trying to Stay Alive2努力活着2Historical673k WordsCompleted A wondrous transmigration, invincible from the start. See how our protagonist, Wu Yue, recruits the heroes of Liangshan, gets up close and personal with Li Shishi, defeats mighty bandits and sweeps away powerful invaders. See how we Han people conquer the world. 817Reads7.2Score—Shelves
7. 307 忠 The Loyal Traffic Vanguard 忠诚之交通先锋 Dragon Battle at the Stone Cauldron龙战石鼎Urban685k WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 308 两 Traveling Between Two Worlds: 1970 两界穿梭之1970 Good Luck Keeps Coming好运不断Urban298k WordsOngoing After getting drunk in an accident, Wu Xiaoyao somehow transmigrated to the fiery era of the past. With a System that lets him travel between two worlds, he now has two great eras before him... 312Reads5.8Score—Shelves

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9. 309 修 The Urban Cultivator’s Carefree Life 修真者都市逍遥 Keep Going 6688努力加油6688Urban122k WordsOngoing Wu Xiaoyao was a young man from China. While climbing Mount Laojun, he was accidentally sucked into a black hole and transported to a world filled with powerful cultivators. As an ordinary mortal, he thought he was as good as dead, but unexpectedly, he gained the cultivation legacy of the Venerable of Ten Thousand Swords. Relying on his Chinese bloodline, he fought his way through every obstacle. After countless trials and hardships, he rose to the realm of Supreme Sovereign of the Myriad Worlds 109Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 310 双 Two-Way Time Travel to Republican-Era Shanghai: Carving a Path Through the City 双穿民国之杀穿沪上 Good Luck Keeps Coming好运不断Urban198k WordsOngoing Li Xiaren graduated from a prestigious university 25 years ago. After finally passing the exams to land a decent job, he was openly replaced by someone with powerful connections. Left with no choice, he had to go out and work like any ordinary wage slave to earn a living! Who could have guessed that after simply eating a roujiamo at Hong Langman, he would wake up having transmigrated back to 1936, an era ravaged by war? Fortunately, Li Xiaren awakens a golden finger, and two vastly different era 3Reads6.6Score—Shelves

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    Ma Teng was fortunate.

11. 311 十 Ten Years of Frost: In the End, Even Fate Was Hard to Defy 十载寒霜：终是难敌天命 The Flowers Bloomed in My Friend's Hometown朋友故乡的花开了Xianxia1.3M WordsOngoing (Male-oriented, xuanhuan, immortal cultivation, xianxia, wuxia, sword cultivator, slow burn, heart-wrenching, multiple female leads, war) He was once the Crown Prince of the Xiaoyao Kingdom, and also the fiancé Shangguan Baili had waited ten years for. On the day his kingdom fell, his face was disfigured and he was left on the brink of death. Shangguan Baili saved him with her own hands. But she failed to recognize the man before her. Taking him for a lowly good-for-nothing with nowhere to go, s 7.2kReads9.3Score736Shelves

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    She waited ten years for Liu Qingheng, only to kill Zhao Yiyou with her own hands.

12. 312 没EN There's Always Someone More Cautious 没有最苟的只有更苟的 The Flowers Bloomed in My Friend's Hometown朋友故乡的花开了Eastern Fantasy2.4M WordsCompleted What is an immortal? What is a demon? What is righteous? What is evil? It all comes down to what the victors say! With absolute power, no matter how cunning your schemes, how brilliant your plans, how overwhelming your fortune, whether you are Heaven’s favored child or blessed with one opportunity after another, you can still only be crushed… Qin Fusu of the Great Qin Dynasty had been its crown prince since childhood. As the saying goes, a man of great wealth should not sit beneath a dangerous r 6.3kReads9.0Score449Shelves
13. 313 檐 Rain Beneath the Eaves: Some Loves Can Only Reunite in the Rain 檐下雨，有些爱，只能在雨里重逢 The Flowers Bloomed in My Friend's Hometown朋友故乡的花开了8k WordsCompleted Rain Beneath the Eaves: Some Loves Can Only Reunite in the Rain 576Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 314 噬 Life-Eating Firefly 噬命萤 The Flowers Bloomed in My Friend's Hometown朋友故乡的花开了14k WordsCompleted Life-Devouring Firefly 333Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 315 火 Naruto: Six Paths Naruto Wins Sakura Back, While Hinata Shakes Konoha as His First Wife 火影：六道鸣人抢回小樱，雏田为正妻震木叶 Sleepyhead Baby瞌睡虫宝宝Male-Channel Fanfiction12k WordsCompleted Naruto: Six Paths Naruto Wins Sakura Back, While Hinata Shakes Up Konoha as His One True Wife 96Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 316 惊 A Bone of Startling Grace 惊鸿骨 Ten-Day Pact十日誓约Male-Channel Fanfiction10k WordsCompleted The Stunning Bone 49Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 317 进 Attack on Titan! 进击的巨人！ Ten-Day Pact十日誓约Male-Channel Fanfiction6k WordsCompleted Attack on Titan! 339Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 318 荆 Thorny Nun: Father, Don't Look Back. Leave the Three Thousand Rioters Outside to Me! 荆棘修女：神父，别回头，外面那三千暴徒交给我！ Chongqing and Sichuan Spicy Girl川渝辣妹子12k WordsCompleted Thorn Nun: Father, Don't Look Back. Leave the Three Thousand Rioters Outside to Me! 74Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 319 全 The Whole Village Calls Me a Lazy Wife, but My Hunter Husband Flirts with Me Every Night 《全村笑我懒汉媳，猎户夫君夜夜撩》 Sleepyhead Baby瞌睡虫宝宝Ancient Romance8k WordsCompleted The Whole Village Calls Me a Lazy Wife, but My Hunter Husband Flirts with Me Every Night 184Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 320 火 Naruto: I Defy the Heavens for Tsunade, and My Six Paths Golden Body Rejects Every Beauty 火影：为纲手逆天下，我六道金身拒尽红颜 Sleepyhead Baby瞌睡虫宝宝Male-Channel Fanfiction12k WordsCompleted Naruto: I Defy Heaven for Tsunade, and My Six Paths Golden Body Rejects Every Beauty 165Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 321 禁 Forbidden Zone Heartbeat 禁区心动 Sleepyhead Baby瞌睡虫宝宝8k WordsCompleted A Heart Stirred in the Forbidden Zone 52Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 322 东 Drowning in Tokyo's Shadows: His Lips Stained with Neon and Sin 东京暗溺：他的唇，染着霓虹与罪 Sleepyhead Baby瞌睡虫宝宝10k WordsCompleted Tokyo’s Dark Descent: His Lips Stained with Neon and Sin 23Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 323 犬 Inuyasha: Kikyo's Defiant Fate, A Heart Set Ablaze 犬夜叉·桔梗：逆命焚心录 Sleepyhead Baby瞌睡虫宝宝Ancient Romance22k WordsCompleted Inuyasha and Kikyo: A Record of Burning Hearts Against Fate 27Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 324 梧 Ashes of the Parasol Tree: The Evening Breeze Can't Reach an Old Flame 梧桐烬：晚风不渡旧情人 Sleepyhead Baby瞌睡虫宝宝7k WordsCompleted Ashes of the Wutong: The Evening Breeze Cannot Carry an Old Flame 7Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 325 血 Blood Staircase: The Eighteen Floors of Death That Never End 血梯：永不下坠的十八层死门 Sleepyhead Baby瞌睡虫宝宝6k WordsCompleted The Blood Staircase: Eighteen Levels of Death with No Way Down 4Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 326 深 Starlight Echoes from the Abyss 深渊回响有星光 Sleepyhead Baby瞌睡虫宝宝12k WordsCompleted Starlight Echoes from the Abyss 15Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 327 深 Sunward Grain in the Abyss 深渊里的向阳禾 Sleepyhead Baby瞌睡虫宝宝12k WordsCompleted Sunward Grain in the Abyss 3Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 328 转 After Transferring Schools, I Joined My Brothers to Crush the Bullying 转校后，我带兄弟掀翻了校园霸凌 Sleepyhead Baby瞌睡虫宝宝13k WordsCompleted After Transferring Schools, I Joined My Friends to Bring Down Campus Bullies 5Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 329 校 The School Bully’s Love Is the Knife I Kill With 校霸的爱，是我杀人的刀 Sleepyhead Baby瞌睡虫宝宝13k WordsCompleted The School Bully's Love Is the Knife I Kill With 7Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 330 十 The End of Ten Days: Ashes of Reincarnation 十日终焉·轮回烬 Chongqing and Sichuan Spicy Girl川渝辣妹子9k WordsCompleted Ten Days to the End: Ashes of Reincarnation 12Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 331 昨 Yesterday Flowed into the City 昨日流入城 Thorny Bougainvillea有刺三角梅Urban3.0M WordsCompleted [Officialdom] + [Workplace] + [Business World] + [Family] A scholar, two business magnates, three boxing champions, four great families, the Gao family's five tigers, the Twelve Beauties of Jiangling, and 108 concubines... A man who had lost all hope and decided to lie flat is thrust into officialdom overnight, only to become the talk of the whole city as he indulges in wine, women, wealth, and power... Where does his path ultimately lead? Will there be an ending? 293Reads9.2Score366Shelves

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    This book... Is about rising through the ranks in officialdom.

32. 332 重 Back on the Political Career Path 重走政途 The Cat Who Meows Too Much乱喵的猫Urban2.3M WordsCompleted A new work is out! You can read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy them. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 342Reads6.8Score189Shelves

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    (Rebirth + Political Career + Single Female Lead) Born into humble circumstances, starting from a small town, this story avoids contrived power struggles, has minimal romance, no damsels in distress, no harem, and no messy romantic relationships. Ren Zhengxi, a corrupt official convicted of murder and corruption in his previous life, is reborn in 1995, before his political career begins. He decides to repent and return to politics. Using his memories from his past life, he plans for national development, gaining a deeper understanding of officialdom as he rises in rank...

33. 333 官 The Political Arena: Breaking the Deadlock, Reborn Only to Be Suspended for Investigation 官场，破局，刚重生就被停职调查 Top Wage Slave头号打工仔Urban452k WordsCompleted Synopsis Xu Zhengyang had been navigating the ups and downs of officialdom when disaster struck without warning. The moment he was reborn, he discovered that everything was unfolding just as it had before. He was suspended and investigated as soon as he came back to life, as if the course of history could not be changed. But this time, he refused to muddle through and let others pull his strings. When the investigation came out of nowhere, he faced it calmly, a fierce determination to break th 14Reads7.6Score—Shelves

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    Recommended! A captivating and engaging novel about officialdom, well worth reading.

34. 334 妻 After My Wife Cheated, I Married Her Lover's Girlfriend 妻子出轨后、我娶了她情夫的女友 Ying Nuo影诺13k WordsCompleted After My Wife Cheated, I Married Her Lover's Girlfriend —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A cuckolded sailor and a blinded rich girl team up to take revenge on the scumbag and the bitch, and they actually end up getting married?! So satisfying!

35. 335 大 The Dragon's Successor 大龙接班人 Eastern Red Casanova东方红情圣Urban1.3M WordsOngoing Campus romance + political intrigue + military affairs + powerful connections The protagonist, Zhou Ziqing, was taken away by an old Taoist priest when he was just a month old and taught various skills. At eighteen, he came down from the mountain and became “invincible,” possessing martial arts, medical expertise, and exceptional intelligence. He also navigates the political arena, takes part in extensive military operations, and lays out comprehensive business strategies, all on an epic scale. 311Reads8.4Score137Shelves

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    The male protagonist, barely a month old, was taken to a mountain by an old Taoist priest to be taught martial arts. At eighteen, he descended the mountain and began his invincible journey... A novel story combining military strategy, campus romance, political intrigue, and powerful connections, the plot is full of twists and turns and rich content. The male protagonist, Zhou Ziqing, is a man of both literary and martial talents. After graduating from university, he enters the officialdom, climbing step by step to the pinnacle of power. Under his leadership, the Great Dragon embarks on a great path of revival, ultimately becoming the world's most powerful nation. The female protagonist, Lü Wenya, is gentle, considerate, and kind, always silently supporting Ziqing from behind!

36. 336 五 One of the Five Categories: My Career in Government Is on the Fast Track 五类人员:我的仕途开了挂 Whose Wondrous Pen凭谁妙笔Urban585k WordsCompleted [Officialdom + Getting Things Done + Realism + No Special Recruitment] A village official’s ten-year journey from the bottom to the top! From a confused young man lured back to his hometown to a pillar of the nation’s central government, Zhao Zhang spends ten years starting out in the most humble of villages. Amid the sweeping changes of poverty alleviation and rural revitalization, he follows his commitment to serving the people through practical work and his dedication to continuous learning, 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Set against the backdrop of the past decade, the book depicts a realistic picture of pragmatic work in officialdom, focusing on the characteristics of the times such as poverty alleviation, rural revitalization, the fight against organized crime, and the rectification of corruption among the masses.

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