The Male Lead Returns to His Hometown to Develop It and Lead Everyone to Prosperity 男主回家乡发展，带领致富

1. 51 我 I Turned My Hometown Into a Model Village for the World 我把家乡打造成全球模范村 I'm Big 33我是大33Modern Romance375k WordsCompleted After graduating, Lu Qiqi of Longquan Village unexpectedly binds herself to the Rural Revitalization System. Ding! The Host has been awarded 1 billion in cash. Ding! The Host has been awarded a bionic human. Ding! The Host has been awarded Wolong Grand Canyon. Ding! The Host has been awarded Longquan Rice Industry. With the System's support, Lu Qiqi embarks on a grand undertaking to give back to her fellow villagers and build up Longquan Village. Mutual devotion, one male and one female lead, fe 97Reads—Score—Shelves

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   For the first book, I highly recommend my own work; take your time reading it, I guarantee you'll like it. The second book, judging from the ratings, will satisfy most readers. Although it's not the male lead, it's still quite good. Books 3 and 4 are also worth checking out.

2. 52 辞 I Quit My Job and Opened a Farm for Immortals 辞职后，我开了家神仙农庄 Plucking the Moon摘月亮Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [System + farming + one-on-one romance, both devoted] After refusing workplace sexual harassment and slapping the offender on the spot, Lin Yunxiu came across the song “Resignation March” while scrolling Douyin. She unexpectedly acquired a farming lottery System and resolutely quit her job to return to her hometown. Now that she had a System, why keep being a corporate drone? Of course she was going to farm, drink tea, tend flowers, and live a peaceful life in the countryside! To complete the Sy 5.9kReads9.2Score543Shelves
3. 53 让 You Asked Me to Open a Shop, So I Built the World’s Best Resort 让你开店，你打造世界最强度假村 Magical Knight神奇骑士Urban282k WordsCompleted [System Golden Finger + Building and Development + Food + Cutting-Edge Tech + Feel-Good Story] Li Yi’s shop went under, leaving him a million yuan in debt! Fortunately, he activated the Ultimate Resort Construction System! From then on, Li Yi’s resort became a tourist paradise that visitors from around the world went crazy for! [A super seaside resort standing above the ocean, with more than a hundred attractions!] [A 108-story, seven-star resort hotel with the world’s most luxurious presidentia 1.3kReads8.2Score113Shelves
4. 54 重 Back to 1982: Casting Nets to Save the Village Belle and Make the Whole Village Rich 重回82：撒网救村花带全村致富 Seeing a Dragon on Mount Nan南山见龙Urban1.5M WordsCompleted Back at the age of twenty, he's known throughout the village as a no-good loafer. But no one knows he's returned carrying the regrets and memories of his previous life. He catches and sells fish, hunts in the mountains, and earns his first fortune through hard work. Before the flood hits, he even issues an early warning and organizes an evacuation, saving countless lives. From the village to the county, from small-time trading to grand strategies... In this life, he won't just clear his name. He 26.6kReads8.3Score2kShelves

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   Leading an entire township from poverty to prosperity, without a system, space, or extreme characters, yet with sound logic and superb writing!

5. 55 什 What Billionaire? I Just Inherited the Throne 什么首富？我只是继承了皇位 Boy Who Catches Shrimp捉虾的男孩Urban301k WordsCompleted (P.S. The beginning is a slow burn, but it gets even better later!) [People-Centered Perspective + Urban Infrastructure Development + Career Building + Billionaire Protagonist] His old man is an amateur! Gu Jingxing has no choice but to don the "yellow robe" and take the throne! From the start, Gu Jingxing inherits his father's imperial jade seal. Beginning in a single county, he leads the people all the way to becoming the world's richest man! Years later! Reporter: "Mr. Gu, hello. Could you br 132Reads—Score119Shelves

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   A high-quality herbal remedy, humorous at first, but getting more and more exciting later on, a thought-provoking story about hometown development!

6. 56 乡 Rural Tycoon: From Catching a Giant Crab to a Billion-Dollar Fortune 乡村神豪：从钓到巨蟹到亿万身价 Drunk, Gazing at the Bright Moon醉酒望明月Urban2.7M WordsCompleted After his father tricked him into returning to the fishing village, Su Yang gloomily awakened the System for Upgrading All Things and began a leisurely life on his way to becoming a tycoon. Have you ever seen a supreme-grade butter crab, the finest of its kind? Have you ever seen a prized hake from North America? Have you ever found a rare black pearl inside a clam? Raise chickens, and they become multicolored divine chickens. Raise a dog, and it learns to talk. Go fishing, and fish across the M 6.4kReads8.4Score384Shelves

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   Looks good! [Making a face][Making a face][Making a face][Making a face][Making a face][Making a face]

7. 57 挪 Embezzling My Entire Clan’s Money to Trade Stocks, I Lost Everything? Now I’m Making Billions! 挪用九族炒股亏炸？我狂赚百亿！ Maozi, Stop Rising茅子别涨了Urban1.1M WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 17.1kReads8.6Score766Shelves
8. 58 每 Eighty Million a Day: I'll Lead the Whole County to Prosperity! 每天八千万，我来带飞整个县！ There's Still Time in This Life平生尚不晚Urban351k WordsOngoing [Satisfying wish fulfillment + tycoon + infrastructure and rural development + System] Fang Yuan quits his job and returns to his hometown, where he binds to a System that deposits 80 million yuan into his account every day. He immediately makes a vow: he will make his hometown bigger and stronger! In less than a day, he has cars and a company all taken care of. His first big move is to buy an entire top-tier Class III Grade A hospital! Everyone calls him a living bodhisattva. Patients send him 476Reads—Score108Shelves

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   My own book, hehe, no harem, it's about developing my hometown step by step, building infrastructure and farming, single female lead.

9. 59 喊 Calling Me a Stinking Pesticide Sprayer? What About One Hundred Thousand Mu? 喊我臭打药的！那种十万亩呢？ Loves Qianzhang Tofu爱吃千张豆腐Urban516k WordsCompleted He inherited his mother's agricultural supply shop and gained a god-tier agricultural System. His farming machinery had extraordinary properties. By selling agricultural supplies, spraying pesticides with drones, and contracting land, he carved out a unique path in the village. In the end, he became a great landowner with a hundred thousand mu of fertile fields! 1kReads8.0Score109Shelves

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   It looks good. Although it's not a major construction project for my hometown, it has helped the village become prosperous.

10. 60 离 After the Divorce, I Got a Pocket Dimension 离婚后，我有了随身空间 Fa Fa Niu Niu发发牛牛Urban1.0M WordsCompleted A man turns forty, loses his job, fails at stock trading, and gets divorced. So what? I’ve got a pocket dimension, and from now on, I can live freely in the city! A middle-aged man’s easygoing life after gaining a pocket dimension. The story starts slowly, with a focus on everyday life and relaxation, and features two cats. [If you don’t like pets, this one isn’t for you.] In the middle, he travels between two worlds; later, he battles for supremacy across countless realms! [A feel-good story.] 4.2kReads7.6Score321Shelves

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    A simple, ordinary story about farming and giving back to one's hometown.

11. 61 在 Posing as a Returnee Tycoon in the 1980s 在八零伪装归国神豪 San Yao He三爻禾Urban887k WordsCompleted [80s Era] [Feel-Good] [Big Shot] [Tycoon] [No Female Lead] [Building a Career] [Everyday Life] The story of a fake tycoon with nothing to his name who becomes a real tycoon worth billions. Good news: After transmigrating into the 1980s, his heart condition is gone and his body is healthy. He also gets a Reputation System, which lets him exchange reputation points for assets. Bad news: He transmigrated with his whole body, so he has no official identity. And right now, he’s flat broke, with poc 32.8kReads8.2Score2.7kShelves

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    I've read this book; I thought it was pretty good.

12. 62 最 I Turned the Poorest Border City into the Center of the World 最穷边城，被我砸成世界中心 Mr. Angry Bull愤怒的公牛先生Urban814k WordsOngoing Su Ye quits his job in Shenzhen after nearly working himself into a heart attack and returns to a remote desert town on the northwestern frontier, a place so barren even birds wouldn’t bother to shit there. He awakens a System: all thirty thousand townspeople give him 100 yuan each per day, earning him three million a day! The money can only be spent in town. The mayor is worried about attracting investment? Su Ye buys up an unfinished building and turns it into a full-immersion esports center. 771Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This wealthy individual has a sense of mission and is single-mindedly focused on development. He is persistent and unwavering.

13. 63 让 You Want Their Village Demolished? Even a Free House in Shanghai Can't Impress Them 让他们村拆迁？魔都给房他都嫌弃 Night of the Fish鱼之夜Urban386k WordsCompleted “I'm just a village chief. You want me to build a wonder?” Chen Jiusi, the village chief, was at his wits' end. He was just the chief of a poor island village! The village was facing a major crisis, too. If things went badly, half the villagers could fall back into poverty. Was building a wonder even something he could consider? As it turned out, it was! Many years later, a volcanic garden with flowing lava, a mega-city floating on the sea, a Jurassic Park full of rampaging dinosaurs, a space el 1.3kReads7.3Score103Shelves

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    Personally, I think this is pretty good; it's not like those people who make billions or hundreds of billions in the stock market.

14. 64 摆 I Slacked Off Back in My Village, So Why Did Everyone's Beastly Desires Awaken? 摆烂回村，怎么兽欲全都觉醒了 A Fish in the Milky Way星汉一只鱼Urban368k WordsCompleted [Countryside, loafing, comedy, Gourmet, pets, fast-paced, brainless wish fulfillment] First release online: a hilarious countryside wish-fulfillment story, completely unhinged from start to finish~~ Anime, xianxia, games, movies and TV, and otherworldly characters all crash into the story. Lu Yuan loses his job and returns to his village to loaf around. All kinds of little animals come knocking, begging for food and cuddles. His home has a magical garden and orchard, greenhouses, and top-grade f 31Reads6.1Score—Shelves

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    This is okay, purely for laughs, just a bit off-key.

15. 65 首 Billionaire: I Really Wasn't Trying to Make Money 首富：我真没想赚钱啊 A Thousand Mountains and Rivers千山万水Urban4.4M WordsCompleted [A trope-subverting story with a light, everyday feel.] Also known as [I Only Wanted to Lose Money, but I Ended Up with a Bunch of Sneaky Employees] and [I Only Wanted to Lose Money: Somehow, I Became the Industry’s Best Boss] After graduating, Chen Mo obtained a money-losing System. The more money he lost, the more personal wealth he would receive. Lose money? That was ridiculously easy. Chen Mo thought confidently, then promptly bought a clothing factory that was already losing money. What he 20.4kReads8.8Score1.9kShelves

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    Although the later parts lack originality, it's still worth watching.

16. 66 失 After Losing My Job, I Went Home to Farm and Became the Richest Man 失业后，回家种地成首富 A Big Plate of Braised Eggplant大盘红烧茄子Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [Divine Spring Farming + Unemployment Comeback + Multiple Heroines + Smart Protagonist + Complete at Over One Million Words] Strawberries for 200,000 yuan per pound?! They cure every illness and keep you youthful and healthy, too? After losing his job, Lin Chuan accidentally discovers a divine spring. Using its water, he cultivates fruit, starts a company, and builds a scenic attraction like a fairyland, beginning his journey from obscurity to success. [Lin Chuan has absorbed the secret of the d 6.4kReads8.1Score696Shelves

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    After losing his job, Lin Chuan returned to his hometown to start a business, cultivating a fruit with effects comparable to a panacea, attracting wealthy people from all over the world to buy it even at exorbitant prices. He led the formerly impoverished village to earn millions of yuan a year, and unknowingly became the richest man in the village. He also began to fully develop his hometown, aiming to make it the number one village in the world.

17. 67 一 After Getting Rich Overnight, I Chose to Return to the Countryside 一夜暴富之后选择了回农村 Mao Fish with Chili Peppers毛鱼炒辣椒Urban452k WordsCompleted Ye Chen has been struggling to get by in the city when, by chance, he wins a huge prize and becomes a multimillionaire. With his fortune secured and a new future ahead of him, he makes a resolute choice: to return to the countryside. He farms crops and fruit trees, raises chickens, ducks, pigs, and sheep, and opens a farm resort to develop tourism. He enjoys a relaxed, happy rural life while helping his neighbors grow prosperous too. 1.9kReads7.3Score107Shelves
18. 68 多 More Children, More Blessings: I Earn at Least a Million a Day in This County Town 多子多福，县城每天最少进账百万 Moon Reflected in the Lake湖里映月Urban631k WordsOngoing To help his girlfriend, Su Yuqing, pass the civil service exam, Cao Feng gave up a well-paid job in a big city. He followed her back to Chongshan County, a tiny backwater. He delivered takeout during the day and drove a cab at night. All so he could help her get ahead. Who could have guessed that after she passed the exam, her first act after landing the job would be to dump the man she loved? “Fine, you want to break up? Then you have two choices!” “One: pay me back!” “Two: satisfy me properly, 17.3kReads6.6Score1.4kShelves

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    The story of the male protagonist returning to his hometown and becoming the world's richest man.

19. 69 全 The Whole County Gave Me a Dime, So I Gave Them a City 全县供我一毛钱，我还他们一座城 King Mouse鼠鼠国王Urban204k WordsOngoing Multiple heroines, multiple heroines, multiple heroines!! The tags were changed automatically by the System. After his business partner cheated him out of his startup and left him with nothing, Jiang Mo returned to his hometown, Qingyuan County, in a sorry state, carrying three million yuan in debt. That very night, the System awakened. [Every person in the county gives you ten cents a day.] Qingyuan had a population of 200,000. When he woke up, an extra 20,000 yuan had appeared in his account o 63Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I recommend this book; the more you read it, the more you like it.

20. 70 从 From Growing Medicinal Herbs to Building the World's Number One Village 从种药材开始到天下第一村 Lele Baby Loves Meat乐宝宝吃肉肉Urban205k WordsOngoing A quiet revolution arrives in this ordinary little village: the System has appeared! And the young man leading this revolution is named Wang Jinle. Determined to lead the simple villagers down an unprecedented path of development, he aims to make this little settlement the undisputed number one village in the world. Now the village's GDP is nearly on par with that of the international metropolis of New York! It's a miracle, yet it has truly happened before everyone's eyes. Looking back, the vill 8Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 71 穷 Working in a Poor County? She'll Feed the People and Retire in Comfort 穷县打工？让县民吃饱饭，她养老 A Sika Deer Named A Lu一只梅花鹿阿鹿Ancient Romance534k WordsCompleted [Farming + infrastructure + System + woman county magistrate + focus on public welfare and development + romance] Song Jinshu is about to lose her mind! She opens her eyes on an execution platform, and the next moment, her head rolls. When she opens them again, she's back six months earlier, now the woman county magistrate of the poorest county in the south. She looks at the one hundred thousand taels of silver embezzled into her private account and falls silent. She instantly understands: sh 401Reads7.3Score—Shelves
22. 72 家 Surviving as a Family: I Accidentally Became the Clan's Forbidden Patriarch 家族求生，一不小心成为禁忌族长 Spring Autumn Edamame春秋毛豆Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.2M WordsCompleted [Survival + Family Development. If you enjoy survival stories or family sagas, give this one a try! The title and blurb don't do it justice, so head straight to the story...] Everyone around the world enters a family survival game, grouped by family! While other families are still worrying because they don't have a single Sequences user, my family has Sequences users coming out of our ears! Dad: Advanced Sequence, Mountain Titan! Mom: Intermediate Sequence, Master Physician! Grandma: Advanced Se 27.1kReads7.6Score2.8kShelves
23. 73 我 My Peaceful Life in the Mountains 我的悠然山居生活 Quiet Little Snail静静的蜗牛Urban518k WordsOngoing A doctor at a top-tier hospital, struggling to make ends meet in a big city, overexerts himself and collapses after coughing up blood. By chance, he receives the favor of the Nature of All Things System. From then on, he gains an affinity with plants and animals. He quits his job and returns to a small mountain village, where he chases dogs, catches chickens, plants an orchard, tends vegetable plots, raises fish, and plays with children. He lives an idyllic life while leading the villagers on th 1.9kReads6.1Score—Shelves

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    This novel is written in a warm and relaxing style. There is no cultivation or high-level martial arts, no live face-slapping, no harem, and no poison. It is all about the little things in daily life in the countryside.

24. 74 青 A Laid-Back Dad Raises Kids and Walks His Pets 青山奶爸遛宠带娃 God-Tier Passerby神级过客Urban1.7M WordsOngoing Handcrafted by the author, with no AI: [Reborn] + [Pocket Dimension] + [Caring for a Baby] + [Adorable Pets] + [Working Hard to Make Money] + [Brotherhood] = [Urban Farming + Everyday Life] + [Advanced Martial Arts + Special Abilities + A Touch of the Supernatural] + [Disaster] Ye Tian was a top mercenary and agent before being reborn. In his new life, he raises Niuniu (Ye Tiantian), the adorable daughter of the captain who sacrificed herself to save him. With a few cute pets, a group of friends 57.9kReads8.8Score5kShelves

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    [Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up]

25. 75 空EN With a Pocket Dimension in Hand, Farming and Walking Dogs 空间在手，种田遛狗 God-Tier Passerby神级过客Urban4.9M WordsCompleted [Male-oriented opening: Get a spiritual spring space, go home to farm and raise dogs. Male-oriented ending: Sweep every race across the Myriad Worlds into the trash] A rural farming story set in a mountain village. The protagonist stumbles upon a fortuitous opportunity and figures out cultivation on his own. A laid-back cultivation novel with no System, but with a space. Later on, it has two male leads, a father and son, and changes maps after about a thousand chapters. Ye Huan, who works in a b 27.4kReads9.1Score2.6kShelves
26. 76 灵 Spiritual Qi Revival? Plants and Animals Have All Mutated 灵气复苏？动植物都变异了 A 360-Month-Old Baby三百六十个月的宝宝Urban570k WordsCompleted Yan Jun's father was bitten by an unknown insect back in his hometown, so Yan Jun had to return to take care of him. While staying at home, he never expected that he would discover he could sense mutated animals and plants... 1.1kReads6.7Score102Shelves

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    This book is set against the backdrop of a spiritual revival, where the protagonist returns home to raise cattle and grow taro, and later develops their hometown.

27. 77 为 To Snag a Village Entry Slot, Rich Women Worldwide Hurl Billions at It 为抢进村名额，全球富婆怒砸百亿 Old Meow Mister老喵先森Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [Fishing by the Sea] [Tycoon] [Countryside] [Fishing] [Livestream] Zhou Yang, whose net worth was over a hundred million, lost everything overnight, and his wife ran off. Just as he was about to step onto the rooftop, he suddenly acquired the strongest Countryside Upgrade System. After upgrading his family’s fish pond, it actually turned into the sea. From then on, things quickly got out of hand. All kinds of rare sea fish appeared, drawing in all sorts of fishing enthusiasts. From that day on, 3.4kReads7.3Score231Shelves

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    For those bored readers, check out this! It's a wildly imaginative farming novel, over a million words long, and absolutely fantastic! A must-read for anyone looking for something to read!!!

28. 78 随 Random Traits: My Barren Hillside Fishpond Is a Treasure Trove 随机词条，我的荒山鱼塘是聚宝盆 The Big Shot of Sanhe Kindergarten三合幼儿园扛把子Rural Life433k WordsOngoing [Say no to being a corporate drudge] + [random traits] + [return to the countryside and farm] + [magical fishpond] + [premium orchard] + [build a farmstead] + [develop a tourist attraction] Zhong Zhen was tired of being worked like a beast in the big city. With her grandfather getting on in years, she quit her job and returned to the countryside. She unexpectedly gained a random-trait System and set about digging fishponds, opening an orchard, building a farmstead, and developing a tourist attra 2.3kReads—Score181Shelves

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    Take a look at this book.

29. 79 穷 A Thousand Yuan a Month for Everyone in This Poor County 穷县每人每月给我一千块 Long Ying Yi Yin龙樱乙吟Rural Life708k WordsOngoing Ye Yuan died suddenly at his desk in the urban planning institute of a first-tier city, then was reborn in his hometown, Qinghe County. He was bound to a “Population Dividend System”: every permanent resident in the county earned him 1,000 yuan a month. Qinghe County had 15,247 permanent residents, bringing in about 15.24 million yuan a month. The System had a death threshold: if the population fell below 8,000, it would shut down forever. Want to multiply his income tenfold? Then he would have 2.6kReads—Score199Shelves

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    This is a perfect fit. The protagonist is reborn back in his hometown, Qinghe County. He's bound to a "demographic dividend system": every permanent resident of the county gives him 1,000 yuan per month. Qinghe County has a permanent population of 15,247, resulting in a monthly income of approximately 15.24 Million yuan. The system has a death threshold: if the population falls below 8,000, it will permanently shut down. Want to increase income tenfold? Then increase the population tenfold. Ye Yuan decides to use the system's money to give back to his hometown, starting by revitalizing a bankrupt food processing plant, creating jobs, raising wages, and attracting migrant workers back.

30. 80 狠 A Cruel Mother, a Broken Home, and Me, Unbroken 狠心的妈，破碎的家，不屈的我 If You’re No Eagle, Don’t Be a Snail不是雄鹰做蜗牛Urban3.3M WordsOngoing [Male-Oriented, Rural, Family, Comeback, Power Fantasy, Inspirational] Abandoned by his own mother, abused by his stepmother, and struck by his father's sudden misfortune. Su Yang, a poor boy from the mountains, has been left battered by his family's cruelty. With no one to lean on and no support to count on, he can only fight his own way to survival. He studies hard, weathers turmoil on campus, and makes his way in the business world. His heartless relatives come crawling back to latch onto his 28.4kReads8.2Score2.3kShelves

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    An inspirational story brimming with positive energy, interwoven with family, love, and friendship.

31. 81 生 My Biological Father Abandoned His Wife and Child? I’ll Make Him Lose Everything 生父抛妻弃子？我让他倾家荡产 If You’re No Eagle, Don’t Be a Snail不是雄鹰做蜗牛Urban125k WordsCompleted In his second year of high school, Jiang Yang's biological father abandoned his sick wife and three children, running away with his mistress. As the eldest child, Jiang Yang resolutely gave up his studies and shouldered the burden of supporting his family. Years later, successful and famous, Jiang Yang encounters his biological father in the business world. How will this father and son face off...? [Inspirational] + [Comeback] + [Top Student] + [Showdown] + [Revenge] 45Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 82 家 The Family's Hidden Guards 家族暗卫 Le Yong Wanders the World乐勇走天涯Urban443k WordsCompleted A story about rural revitalization, bringing a family back together and creating an ideal life. Before the Spring Festival in 2025, my second uncle asked me to return to the village to meet him. He handed me a black stone passed down through our family and told me to inherit the duty of the family’s secret guards, protecting our family’s development from the shadows. I also inherited a fortune passed down through the family, along with the friendship of eight families who had been close to o 9.2kReads—Score1.2kShelves

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    It is highly feasible and tailored to the realities of rural areas.

33. 83 炒 I Made a Fortune in Stocks and Founded TikTok! 炒股赚钱成立抖音平台！ Tomato-Braised Rooster and Hen番茄公鸡炖母鸡Urban1.3M WordsCompleted New book: [After the Divorce, I Let Loose!] Click the author's homepage for details. Wang Xu was reborn. In 2015, he bought shares in Baofeng Video from the start, then shorted stock index futures... Housing prices still had one last surge ahead. Getting a job? No way. Not in this life. If I die, so be it. If I don't, I'll live for a thousand years. So, two horizontal strokes and one vertical... If you don't like it, let's fight! 17.4kReads6.8Score974Shelves

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    This one is good.

34. 84 两 Traveling Between Two Worlds: The 1970s 两界穿梭之七零年代 Trying to Stay Alive2努力活着2Urban3.2M WordsOngoing Wu Xiaoyao is a working-class nobody, a corporate drudge who likes to unwind by grilling skewers and letting loose whenever he has a bit of free time. But an out-of-control dump truck sends him hurtling back to the fiery age of the 1970s. What surprises him is that he can travel back and forth between the seventies and 2025. Two completely different eras now lie before him. 131Reads7.6Score—Shelves

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    Not long after, Prince Regent Zaifeng

35. 85 双 Twin Rivers: Bloodbath in Republican-Era Shanghai 双川民国之沪上血战 Good Luck Keeps Coming好运不断Urban2.6M WordsOngoing Su Tianci has spent 25 years as a working stiff. After leaving the military, he has the job he earned stolen by someone with power and influence. His attempts to seek justice come to nothing, and with the other side's overwhelming influence, he has no choice but to become a delivery driver. Who could have guessed that while performing a good deed, he'd be struck by a heavy truck and sent straight to the Republican era? Then his transmigration golden finger turns out to let him travel between the 172Reads7.2Score149Shelves
36. 86 双 A Double Crossing to Make a Fortune in Republican-Era China 双穿之民国淘金 Striving to Stay Alive8888努力活着8888Urban3.3M WordsOngoing Li Xiaren had spent 25 years as a wage slave, living at the bottom of society and crushed by the pressure of making ends meet. No matter how hard he worked to earn money, he still couldn't afford a home of his own. Even his longtime girlfriend left him. Downhearted, he finally managed to collect the wages he'd been owed and planned to head to Tian Shang Ren Jian for a stuffed flatbread. But who could have guessed? A ball of lightning struck him and sent him straight back to a turbulent era. More 532Reads7.7Score135Shelves
37. 87 两 Crossing Between Two Worlds: 1949 两界穿梭之一九四九 Good Luck Keeps Coming好运不断Urban361k WordsOngoing Drop the pretense of being a decent person and enjoy a shameless life. Refuse to waste your energy on inner turmoil; if something’s wrong, just lose it. Rather than make yourself suffer, make life difficult for someone else. That’s Su Tianci in 2026. By chance, he transmigrates to Beiping on the eve of liberation. The booming economy of 2026 and the war-torn year of 1949: two vastly different eras lie before him. 5kReads5.8Score216Shelves
38. 88 乡 The Countryside Is Beautiful Beyond Measure 乡村无限好 Earn a Billion a Day 99日赚一亿99Urban178k WordsOngoing My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 467Reads—Score109Shelves
39. 89 乡 Rural Beast-Taming Miracle Doctor 乡村御兽神医 She Dao佘刀Urban3.4M WordsOngoing [Countryside, farming, miracle doctor, one heroine, decisive and ruthless.] Zhang Fan was beaten by the village bully and turned into a fool. His mother's leg was broken, and his maternal grandparents were literally driven to their deaths. Fortunately, he inherited the Mountain God's knowledge and skills in geomancy, medicine, fate reading, divination, physiognomy, formations, alchemy, talismans, artifact crafting, and animal training. He had planned to keep pretending to be a fool, but when he 8.5kReads8.6Score945Shelves

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    Both books are rich in content, with coherent storylines, and vividly depict human relationships and worldly wisdom.

40. 90 乡 The Village's Domineering Divine Doctor 乡村霸道神医 She Dao佘刀Urban6.0M WordsCompleted With university graduation just around the corner after four years of study, Li Mubai suffered a double blow. His girlfriend cheated on him with a rich kid, who then hired people to break one of Li Mubai’s legs and used his father’s position as a university trustee to get him expelled. Disheartened, Li Mubai returned to the countryside, where people nicknamed him “Iron Crutch Li.” But fate took a turn. By chance, he inherited the true Iron Crutch Li’s legacy, and from then on he practiced both 19.9kReads8.9Score1.9kShelves
41. 91 唐 Nine Beauties of the Tang Dynasty 唐朝九个美女 Blockbuster-Level Mastery爆款高境界Historical171k WordsOngoing Style: Clear and easy to understand, witty and humorous, lighthearted, with plenty of romantic tension. System: Tang Dynasty Get-Rich-Quick System. Male lead: Wang Jumeng Female supporting characters: Nangong Qian, Murong Ying, Li Jiaojiao, and others Language: Concise and straightforward. 17Reads—Score125Shelves

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    Online novel classics, ¥, !

42. 92 第 The Number One Hunk 第1猛男 Lone Star at Night 99夜孤星99Urban563k WordsOngoing Style: urban survival, easy to understand, humorous and witty, lighthearted and fun, with plenty of romantic tension. System: Get rewarded whenever an exciting conflict breaks out. Language: concise and clear. 137Reads6.8Score129Shelves

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    Anti-Japanese Sharpshooter Technique!!!

43. 93 宗 The Clan: My Entire Clan Funds My Education, and I Make the Whole Village Rich 宗族：全族供我读书我带全村暴富 Tomato Fries番茄薯条Urban499k WordsCompleted [One Female Lead] [Slow-Burn Farming] [Clan Ensemble] [Traditional Culture] [Infrastructure and Prosperity] [Livestream Sales] Xu Tianci of Xu Family Bay grew up eating meals provided by the neighbors. His entire clan pooled food and money to put him through college. After awakening the Clan Prosperity System, he returns to his hometown to grow tea, press oil, build roads and houses, and develop industries alongside the clan elders. He upholds traditional customs, holding Winter Solstice ceremon 9.7kReads6.8Score604Shelves

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    Leading the entire clan to prosperity, without melodrama, infighting, or ingrates, the story portrays a united front moving forward, enriched by the depth of traditional culture and the everyday life of the characters. It reflects my own childhood self within the book.

44. 94 重 Reborn in 1980: From Courtyard Menace to Peerless National Scholar 重生80，从大院祸害到国士无双 The Song Is Not Yet Finished一曲未完Urban1.0M WordsOngoing The winds of change are sweeping through 1980! Ye Xiaotian, chief engineer at a high-tech company, is unexpectedly reborn. His memories of future technology become a blade with which to turn the tide of the era. With a deluge of patents in his left hand, he drives his rivals straight into bankruptcy. With black-tech blueprints in his right, he forces foreign companies to grovel. Just as foreign firms are preparing to sweep across China with their wired remote controls, he sneers: “Infrared wirel 4.7kReads6.3Score291Shelves

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    🔥A bombshell!🔥 The second installment of the "Troublemaker Trilogy," titled "Reborn in the 80s: From a Troubler in the Compound to a Peerless National Hero," combines being a troublemaker in the compound with scientific research and controlling foreign powers—it's simply exhilarating! [Sending hearts][Sending hearts][Laughing][Laughing][Sending hearts][Sending hearts]

45. 95 官 The Official Road, Starting at Level Three 官道，从三段开始 Mr. Fishjoy鱼乐先生Urban512k WordsOngoing My name is Bu Qingyun. (I hold a senior government post and have a fortune worth over a hundred million.) Let me tell you a secret. Ever since I was in elementary school, entering politics has been the light of my ideals and the flame of my ambition. It was buried in my heart like a seed, ready to take root and sprout as soon as the soil was right... 18.6kReads7.6Score2.9kShelves

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    Highly recommended novels that will keep you hooked! A must-read pinnacle of political fiction!

46. 96 过 Adoption into the Family 过继 Dreams of Spring and Autumn梦话春秋Urban1.9M WordsCompleted This is a novel about a man growing up through blood and tears. Along with the cruelty of reality comes the trickery of fate. But if you’re a man, wipe away your tears and face every hardship. Make yourself tough as steel, unbreakable... 29.9kReads9.3Score3.2kShelves
47. 97 大 College Students Take on the Village Committee 大学生勇闯村委 Twelve Is No Regret十二不是遗憾Urban143k WordsCompleted Just out of college, Zhang Ruoqiu steps into Longtan Village to take up a post as a village official. She thought grassroots work meant drinking tea, reading newspapers, and coasting through the day. Instead, the village Party secretary gave her a “lesson” on her very first day. Troublemakers throw themselves on the ground and make a scene, old hands shift the blame and watch from the sidelines, and village relationships are tangled beyond measure. But she refuses to back down She uses the law t 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The male protagonist returns home to develop his business and leads his family to wealth.

48. 98 乡 Country Girl 乡村靓女 Lone Star at Night 99夜孤星99Urban1.5M WordsOngoing Ye Dingtian realized that apart from being outrageously handsome, he didn't seem to have any other particularly outstanding qualities. He went traveling to clear his head and passed through a village called Liujia Village. He liked the scenery, so he rented a few modest houses there, planning to stay for a while and figure out what to do with his life. 149Reads6.5Score—Shelves

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    Happy Reading (¥)

49. 99 荒 Deserted Island Wilderness! 荒岛荒野！ Blockbuster-Level Mastery爆款高境界Urban2.8M WordsOngoing Hao Da, a 25-year-old bachelor, never imagined that on his very first flight, the plane would fall out of the sky! He never imagined that even after the plane went down, he would survive! Four other people survived too! 335Reads7.1Score134Shelves
50. 100 帅 So Handsome, Even the Beauties Throw Themselves at Me 帅到靓女都来倒贴 Blockbuster-Level Mastery爆款高境界Urban237k WordsOngoing After Wu Shuaibao settled down, he lay on the plank bed, wondering what the future held for him. Suddenly, a voice rang in his mind: Handsome System activated! 15Reads—Score—Shelves

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