Looking for Contemporary Urban Fiction About Everyday Life, Grounded and Close to Reality! 求都市日常现实题材小说，贴近生活，贴近当下！

1. 951 我 I Gasped in Shock!! 我倒吸了一口凉气！！ A Heartless Smile没心没扉的笑Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Lighthearted comedy] [Invincible] [A Void-Return cultivator uses technology] [Cultivation] [Academic genius] If metaphysics is the end of technology, what lies at the end of metaphysics? “Our Qingyun Sect is an orthodox school of the Three Pure Ones, registered with the Administration for Industry and Commerce and listed with the Religious Affairs Bureau. From summoning wind and rain and blessing high-voltage power lines, to exorcising ghosts and demons and performing IVF, we can do it all. The 28.5kReads9.0Score2.3kShelves

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   🌸🌸🌸Modern background, and a good combination of Taoist culture, fantasy and science fiction, very hardcore

2. 952 三 Three Terrible Fortune Sticks? This Daoist Will Defy Heaven and Change Your Fate! 三次下下签？贫道替你逆天改命！ Water Is Blue水是蓝色的Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [Lighthearted comedy + Meme references + Satisfying power fantasy] Fang Yang transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes a Taoist priest, invited to take part in a livestreamed variety show. Visitor: “Reverend, I can’t get over her. What should I do?” Fang Yang: “She’s bad luck for you!” Visitor: “Reverend, I found a huge tomb. Want to come with me?” Fang Yang: “No. I can’t handle those mechanisms.” Visitor: “What mechanisms?” Fang Yang: “The public security authorities!” Visitor: “Reverend, a 46.8kReads8.9Score3.7kShelves
3. 953 命 Destiny Opens the Door to Wisdom 命运开启智慧之门 Clear Current of the Ocean海洋清流Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted Miner Lin Haiyang has a chance encounter that introduces him to the divination arts of the Book of Changes. Through persistence and selfless, tireless study, he unravels one age-old mystery after another, opens the door to wisdom, and embarks on a life enlightened by it. 9.1kReads9.0Score1kShelves

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   It is relatively close to reality, but the metaphysical knowledge is all-encompassing, real but not exaggerated. Metaphysics lovers can definitely gain something from it by watching it.

4. 954 我 My Life After Escaping to Lijiang 我逃离到丽江的生活 Durian for Dinner Tonight今晚吃榴莲Urban1.2M WordsCompleted A disillusioned young man at the lowest point in his life drifts from city to city, enduring one hardship after another. At last, he and a friend embark on a journey of redemption. When they reach the dreamlike city of Lijiang, he encounters a curious connection spanning three thousand kilometers and meets all kinds of fascinating people. His ordinary life takes a turn, and a story of love and hate quietly begins to unfold. 365Reads8.3Score—Shelves

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   It is realistic, but it does not meet the characteristics of fast food literature. It only starts to advance the plot after enough foreshadowing. It is a slow-paced book. Everyone is welcome to read it.

5. 955 我 I'm a Celebrity. What's Wrong with Doing a Side Hustle? 我一个明星，搞点副业很合理吧？ My Meat Is Really Tasty我肉真好吃Urban2.4M WordsCompleted After transmigrating to a parallel world, Lin Xia becomes a minor celebrity stuck near the bottom of the industry. Everyone knows that D-list celebrities are treated worse than dogs. Life is tough, so Lin Xia makes a living with odd jobs. To get by, Lin Xia has no choice but to take up some side gigs. Day one: picking a lock at someone’s home, netting 200 yuan. Day two: setting up a fortune-telling stall, netting 500 yuan. Day three: selling cartoon-print underwear at a street stall, netting 800 51.3kReads9.2Score4.7kShelves
6. 956 入 After Ten Years in Prison, Who'd Still Risk Their Neck to Help a Stranger? 入狱十年，谁还见义勇为啊 Nine-Flower Evaporated Milk九花淡奶Urban3.1M WordsCompleted He’d done the right thing by standing up for someone, yet the school beauty’s family framed him for murder. After ten years in prison, Cao Kun returned to the night that had changed his fate, carrying with him countless secrets about their crimes. When he saw the school beauty’s mother being dragged into an alley again by three thugs, Cao Kun didn’t pick up a brick this time. He quietly pulled out his phone and started recording. “Madam, I wanted to be a good person too. You forced me into this… 91.5kReads8.9Score8.8kShelves
7. 957 没 A Motherless Child, Cared for by His Sister-in-Law 没妈的孩子，嫂子疼 Ai Shihua爱施华Urban320k WordsCompleted [Period drama + No System or storage space] After my adoptive parents died in a car accident, my older brother Zhang Dakui and I depended on each other. Ever since Dakui brought my sister-in-law Liu Chunmei home, our lives changed. And so did my life... 1kReads6.2Score112Shelves
8. 958 女 Forty and Still No Worries About Getting Married 女人四十不愁嫁 Sneak a Quick Glance偷偷秒一眼Modern Romance273k WordsCompleted [Urban slice of life + multiple heroines + love and marriage] Yu Hua loves her freedom and has spent nearly twenty years wandering far from home, yet she remains single. She feels her life is happy, but her family can't accept it. With her fortieth birthday fast approaching, her mother can no longer sit still and comes to stay by Yu Hua's side, treating every possible threat to her marriage like a crisis. Yu Hua's once-comfortable single life becomes fraught with anxiety. Lawyer Ning Jia plans t 74Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Take a look at this one [laughs]

9. 959 相 A Pregnant Blind Date? I Tearfully Order Australian Lobster and Make a Million 相亲怀孕女？我含泪点澳洲龙虾，狂赚百万 Nan Nan Zhiyu喃喃治宇Marriage & Romance15k WordsCompleted A Pregnant Blind Date? I Tearfully Order Australian Lobster and Make a Million —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Systematic writing + anti-routine + urban cool writing, complete elements! See how the protagonist makes a comeback on the blind date table

10. 960 我 My Girl of All Seasons 我的四季姑娘 Yu Liangjiayin余梁佳音Urban1.3M WordsOngoing This is a memoir... A journey from my own pristine world, across a bridge of dreams... to a new setting... And a journey of hating goodbyes, experiencing them, and learning to live with them. A flower that will never leave, delighting in all the seasons of the past as time passes. 6Reads6.9Score—Shelves

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    After the fight, the two of them sat on a park bench and licked their wounds. He bowed his head and apologized, but she insisted that they were possessed by ghosts. After the silence, she leaned on his shoulder and confessed that because he liked someone other than her, she wanted the bride to be sweet to him on her behalf. She also smiled and said that she would start to capture his heart, with an uncontrollable attachment between her eyebrows.

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