Why Are Political Novels Getting Worse? Is It Because Everything Is Too Sanitized, Or...? 官场小说现在越来越次，是协调的太厉害，还是
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- 51 Absolute Power: I Am the Backer 绝对权力：我就是靠山 Ye Minghao, a secretary to a senior official, is sent back to the countryside. His girlfriend breaks up with him, and his parents' job transfers are put on hold. Starting at the grassroots level, he climbs step by step to the top. 70.1kReads9.2Score4.5kShelves
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Rising Through the Official Ranks, Starting as a Secretary 官场从秘书开始
When hardship reaches its limit, good fortune follows. With a pure and earnest heart, Zhang Jun gets his lucky break and begins his career on the bench at an institute of traditional Chinese medicine. Skillfully navigating political maneuvering, officialdom, and human relationships, he wins allies at every turn and steadily rises through the ranks.
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- 53 Controlling the Ancestors: Creating a Millennium-Old Clan from the Chu-Han Contention 操控祖宗：从楚汉争霸创千年世家 A story of a millennium-old clan and its ancestors After graduating from university, Chen Cheng gained the ability to travel through time, going back and forth across history to control his own ancestors! If he can't get rich in the present, he'll start in ancient times! He takes a leg from Xiang Yu during the Chu-Han Contention, becomes Emperor Wen of Han's tutor amid the Lü Clan Disturbance, pushes through reforms in Emperor Jing of Han's era, and turns the tide in the late Eastern Han! The Ji 95kReads8.9Score7.7kShelves
- 54 Political Comeback: A Temp Worker’s Rise to the Top 官场逆袭：临时工的仕途高升之路 Chen Qian, a graduate of a prestigious university in the twenty-first century, is abandoned by his girlfriend on a rainy night. Desperate in the mud, he unexpectedly activates the [Career Peak System]! [Scan]: See through other people’s loyalty, potential, and connections! [Simulation]: Predict how events will unfold and provide the best way to turn a crisis around! [Missions]: Complete career missions to unlock luck, connections, and crucial information! From then on, the world holds no more se 26Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 55 Officialdom: What’s Wrong With Becoming a County Magistrate in Six Years? 官场：我六年干到县长怎么了？ (Traditional political maneuvering + grassroots-level government + one female lead + no System) Standing once again at the crossroads of fate, Li Weibin doesn't go with the flow this time. Instead, he goes against it, taking on the challenges at the forefront of his era. (The first book in the Li Weibin series.) 40.8kReads9.0Score3.3kShelves
- 56 Half a Move from Victory? I, Qi Tongwei, Just Want a Government Post! 胜天半子？我祁同伟只想进部！ Monkey, you and I are even! I'll repay Chen Hai for his life! No one in this world gets to judge me! Screw you, Heaven! Bang! With a gunshot, Qi Tongwei was reborn, returning to two days before his job assignment after graduating in 1993! He tossed away his cigarette and strode out of the dormitory. Defeat fate by half a move? No. I, Qi Tongwei, only want to join the ministry! No one can keep me from joining the ministry! Not even Jesus! 8.5kReads8.0Score353Shelves
- 57 You Were Supposed to Be a Prosecutor, So How Did You Become South Korea's President? 让你当检察官，你成南韩总统了？ [K-Drama] [Prosecutor] [Celebrity] [Sister-in-Law] [Multiple Female Leads] [Ruthless] [Satisfying Read!] "If you fail, it's a rebellion. If you succeed, it's a revolution!" Lee Seung-hwan transmigrated to South Korea and became an undercover agent raised by the massive criminal organization the Geumgang Group. On the surface, he was an enviable prosecutor of the Republic of Korea! But life as a prosecutor was deeply frustrating for him! The mob boss made him work like a beast for the organizatio 2.7kReads8.8Score153Shelves
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Turning the Tables in the Civil Service Exam: Climbing the Ladder from the Interview Onward 公考逆袭：从面试开始一路攀登
People's affections are as thin as paper, and the world changes like a new chess game with every turn. Li Xiuyuan starts at the grassroots level, driven by a desire to get ahead. He takes one steady step after another, climbing higher with every move!
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The Official and His Charms 官人官色
The road to becoming an official is narrow, so narrow that if you want to climb it, you can only step on other people's shoulders. Yet it is also broad enough to encompass everyday life and the people's hardships. Along this road lie intrigue and shifting fortunes, ruthless decisions, and love and hatred...
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- 60 In the Name of the People: I, Chengdu, Have Orders to Give 人民名义：我程度就是要指示 Reborn + comedy + shenanigans + memes + political drama + plot following In the Name of the People + slow pace + minor political scheming. After transmigrating and being reborn, he becomes Cheng Du, head of the Guangming District Police Branch in In the Name of the People. Determined not to repeat the mistakes of his previous life, he enrolls early, catches the last train to join the Handong University faction, and takes Gao Yuliang as his mentor, doing everything he can to change the faction’s 3.7kReads8.4Score122Shelves
- 61 In the Name of the People: The Han Dong Decentralization Plan 名义：散装汉东计划 Xu Changlin: I came to Handong for one thing: to develop the economy, develop the economy, and develop the economy! Call me Xu the Copycat or Warden Xu, but I still hope you’ll call me Xu the God of Wealth! 8.1kReads9.2Score468Shelves
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The Road to Officialdom: Step by Step 官路之步步为营
The protagonist, Lin Feng, carefully plans every step, starting out as a low-ranking civil servant. Amid a complex political landscape, he maneuvers with skill and maintains a balance in his official career, all while staying true to his original purpose: serving as an official and bringing prosperity to the people he governs.
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- 63 In the Name of the People: A Bloodless Struggle 名义：没有硝烟的斗争 Lin Xiangnan was a low-ranking civil servant with no connections or resources. After nearly twenty years of hard work, he finally became a deputy county magistrate at the age of forty, reaching the ceiling for an ordinary person. He was immensely proud, but just when things seemed to be going his way, he died suddenly of a heart attack at the office. When he woke again, he found himself sitting in a classroom, with Gao Zhiliang, whom he had seen in a TV drama, standing at the front. Only then di 14.2kReads7.5Score446Shelves
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In the Name of the People: My Comeback Takes the Road Less Traveled 人民的名义之逆袭不走寻常路
Qin Chuan from I Am a Policeman transmigrates into the body of Qi Tongwei after the events of Three Gunshots, while discussing the plot of In the Name of the People with his wife. He doesn't follow the original storyline. Instead, he returns to the township justice office and becomes an outstanding legal outreach officer. His work is widely reported, catching Zhong Xia'ai's attention. She asks her father to put in a word for him, and Qin Chuan is transferred to the capital. He moves from the pub
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- 65 Learning Foreign Languages in the Siheyuan 四合院从学外语开始 Fang Qingyun arrives in a Beijing courtyard in 1953. His enhanced physical strength from transmigrating and his gift for remembering everything he sees give him a head start in this era. Watch as Fang Qingyun improves his family’s living conditions and steadily rises through the ranks... 2.7kReads7.6Score179Shelves
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Officialdom: Reborn in 2006, Racing Through the Police Force 官场：重生06，警界狂飙
[Officialdom + Career Advancement + Steady Rise to the Top + One Heroine + No Brain-Dead Decisions + No Dumbing Down] [The rating just came out, and it’ll rise later] Reborn in 2006, Gu Chengfeng resolutely heads to the grassroots level after graduating from university. In this life, he is determined to make his mark in a career where the winds of change are rising, soaring ninety thousand miles like a roc riding the wind. Just like his name, he will ride the wind and break the waves, soaring st
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A 29-Year-Old in a White Shirt, and the Big Shot Says I Have a Bright Future 29岁白衬衫，大佬说我前途无量
At fifteen, he enrolled at Imperial College London, majoring in business economics and strategy. Four years later, he graduated with both bachelor's and master's degrees. At nineteen, he returned to China to pursue a doctorate at Peking University. Four years later, he earned his doctorate, holding dual degrees in economics and law at the age of twenty-three. He put down his pen and joined the military, earning three first-class merits in just a few short years. After an accident forced Zhang Mi
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- 68 In the Name of the People: The Strongest in Handong, Driving Sha Ruijin Mad 名义：汉东最强，气晕沙瑞金 Wang Jiangtao got into the fictional Handong University, but unlike Qi Tongwei, he chose not to pursue graduate studies. Instead, he started working and weathered the tests of everyday life, making his way toward success step by step and infuriating Sha Ruijin and Zhao Lichun. 51.4kReads6.0Score2.4kShelves
- 69 Cut Down After Making It Ashore, I Crack Cold Cases and Become a Mainstream Star 上岸被斩，我转头破悬案成主流 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! 97kReads8.9Score9.3kShelves
- 70 In the Name of the People: Chen Yan Shi's Face Is Swollen, and You Say You're United? 名义：陈岩石脸都肿了你说你团结 [In the Name of the People] + [The Knockout] + [Tazhai] + [Officialdom] Director Qi of Guying Ridge is cornered! If anyone is to blame for his tumultuous life, it can only be Chen Yanshi! If Chen Yanshi had taken a fair-minded stance and spoken up for him back then, instead of looking at him with such contempt, then even after taking three bullets, he would never have knelt before Liang Lu! Given another life, he will no longer follow the same old path. He, Qi Tongwei, will stand tall and proud! 14kReads7.4Score432Shelves
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An Ordinary Man’s Extraordinary Life 小人物不一样的人生
No System, no golden finger. This is a military novel grounded in reality. The heroine is only there for a little color, since a story without a heroine wouldn’t be politically acceptable. How else could the protagonist become a general? There are military exercises, earthquake relief, and new-recruit training. It portrays life in the armed forces from an officer’s perspective. This isn’t a lightweight novel, and it may not be everyone’s cup of tea.
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- 72 In the Name of the People: I Decide Whether Handong Descends into Chaos 名义：汉东乱不乱我说了算 The Han University Faction can't exist? Then why can the Zhong family openly support Sha Ruijin in building the Sha Family Faction? Xiao Jin, tell me: do you admit your guilt or not? Zhao Ruilong, tell me: are you still so full of yourself? With Pei Yihong backing him, Zhou Zechuan sent not only Sha Ruijin, Zhao Ruilong, and the others to prison, but also the families behind them. Zhou Zechuan felt that neither the Han University Faction nor the Sha Family Faction needed to exist. He should be t 50.7kReads8.0Score1.9kShelves
- 73 In the Name of the People: Hou Liangping, Follow the Organization’s Principles 名义：侯亮平，请遵守组织原则 [In the Name of the People] [Breakout] [Ensemble cast] [Original characters] [No System] This work was borrowed, and its rating has dropped. It may never recover. The main focus is on how to resolve the issues at hand. In officialdom, one must uphold principles and organizational discipline. Forget the son-in-law’s name: here, only the name of the rules matters. This novel does not vilify anyone. It focuses on the complexity of human nature and the many sides of each issue. How can rules replace 7.6kReads6.8Score271Shelves
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Starting in Handong: Want a Promotion? Ask Me First! 从汉东开始：想上位？问我没有！
Sun Yonghao, grandson of Sun Zheng! His grandfather, Sun Zheng, rose from the war years all the way to the top! Sun Yonghao is assigned to Guangming District! Chen Yanshi: Jinzi is my adopted son. You dare refuse to approve the land for me? Gao Yuliang: Secretary Sun, do you think I still have a chance? Qi Tongwei: Secretary Sun, I really want to get ahead! Li Dakang: My path to advancement is my official career! Hou Liangping: I'm a son-in-law of the Zhong family, heaven's favored son, and a fu
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- 75 In the Political World, I Can Hear Other People's Thoughts 官场，我能听见别人的心声 The Officialdom Trilogy. Following The Officialdom: Reborn in 2002 and The Officialdom: My Biological Father Is a Big Shot, this is "Jiu Zong's" third novel about life in government. Read with confidence, and to avoid losing your place, readers are encouraged to add it to their favorites. Qin Yu's soul transmigrates into a parallel world, taking over the body of a young man who is also named Qin Yu. He also awakens a supernatural ability that lets him hear other people's inner thoughts. 24.5kReads8.3Score2.7kShelves
- 76 Fierce Resistance War 激情抗战 [Alternate history + transmigration + heroes + espionage + behind enemy lines + the spirit of Bright Sword + multiple heroines + revenge] Shen Guohui, a police academy student, transmigrates to Jinling in 1937 while visiting the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall. Enraged, he kills Iwane Matsui, the Japanese army's supreme commander. With help from Jiang Dan, his family's tutor, he escapes the residence and runs into Luo Manyun, Chen Gang, and other Nationalist special forces operatives planning an 61Reads8.1Score—Shelves
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Reborn at the Pinnacle of Power 重生官场之权力巅峰
Jiang Zhenbang spent thirty years rising and falling in the political arena. Just as he was about to take charge of a region and reach the peak of his career, he died saving someone and returned to 1995, to the summer just after graduating from university. With his foreknowledge of the future, he used a county-level economic research report far ahead of its time as his calling card. He boldly put himself forward and won the favor of his leaders, entering government service at the rank of section
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The Political Ups and Downs of a Government Official's Heir 官场世家子弟的官场风云
A passionate political drama with a single heroine. The protagonist rises through the ranks from the grassroots level, growing through political struggles and practical experience. He always serves the people, never forgets his original purpose, and puts his ideals into practice.
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- 79 Interstellar Black Hole 星际黑洞 [Sci-fi + apocalypse + spaceflight + cosmic exploration + interstellar + black holes] Liu Weiqiang wakes from a long slumber to discover he is aboard the Shenzhou 88 spacecraft. Beside him is a talking dog, and the two set off on an incredible interstellar journey... Earth-like planets, planets that dance for joy, mysterious distress signals, the stars of the Cowherd and Weaver Girl, fragments of spacetime, stellar explosions, portals, two Bai Ling, life on Earth devastated beyond recognition: h 19Reads—Score—Shelves
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In the Name of the People: A New Chapter in Handong 名义：汉东新局
He Zhinian transmigrated with a head full of answers. He knew who would fall, who would rise, and who looked powerful but was already finished. But he had no intention of making a living off that knowledge. He wanted to do just one thing: While there was still time, help this land avoid decades of taking the wrong turns. Handong was only the beginning. All those sharp minds were busy guessing what cards he held. They had no idea their fates were already laid out in his head.
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- 81 The Biography of Li Ziran of Kunlun 昆仑李自然传 [Xianxia Fantasy + Transmigration + Multiple Female Leads + The Struggle Between the Righteous and Demonic Paths + Rankings + Rise to Power] A modern high school student transmigrates into the body of a white-haired, sixty-something junior master in a declining sect on another continent from a novel. He braves the Enchanted Forest and the back slopes of Mount Everest, overcoming countless hardships to revive the Kunlun Sect and embark on a winding new life... His senior disciple's daughter Bai R 14Reads—Score—Shelves
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A Book by Wanhua Xiaoxiaosheng 万花笑笑生的一本书
My new story is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well!
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- 83 The Legend of Yun Xiao and Hong Yun Defying Heaven's Will 云霄红云逆行天道传奇 [Investiture of the Gods + Fantasy Immortals + Transmigration + Exploration of Human Nature + Powerful Figures + Heroes + Comeback + Face-Slapping] In Investiture of the Gods, Yunxiao was kind, courteous, respectful to her teachers, and had severed the Three Corpses and cast off the Six Desires. After being framed and imprisoned beneath Qilin Cliff, she was on the verge of death under duress when Hongyun, her constant companion, crossed the void to save her... Hongyun, a spirit cloud from primor 19Reads—Score—Shelves
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In the Name of the People: I’m in Handong, Call Me the Chinese Incubus 名义：人在汉东，请叫我中式魅魔
After transmigrating as Liang Qunfeng’s eldest son, Liang Wenyi, and weathering countless trials, he rides the tide of events to replace Liu Changsheng and return to Handong! He calls them out one by one! Sha Ruijin, just because you can’t get something done, does that mean nobody else can? Li Dakang, when things go well, you take the credit, but when trouble strikes, you blame someone else? Gao Yuliang, a courtesan raised by a businessman, and you marry her and treasure her like a jewel? You’ve
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Qi Tongwei: My 40-Year-Old Father 祁同伟：我的40父亲
The Name of the People + The People's Justice + G Chang A gunshot rang out on Guyan Ridge, ending Qi Tongwei's tumultuous life, full of struggle and inner conflict. His father, Qi Lianshan, who had spent his whole life as an honest farmer, rushed to Jingzhou to collect his son's body. But while searching for the truth, he died unexpectedly. When Qi Lianshan woke up, he had returned to the late 1970s! After making his choice, he put down his sickle, picked up a gun, and went to war, where he beca
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Reborn, I Became the Top Official in a Local Government 重生后，我成了地方一把手
In ancient times, when officials embarked on their careers and took up posts in distant places, they sometimes brought along a handwritten booklet. It recorded the local customs and notable gentry. Keeping its contents in mind was essential to ensuring a smooth rise through the ranks. It was a kind of "career handbook."
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- 87 True Love in the Halls of Power 官场有真情 Smack! A loud slap. I covered my cheek and stared, stunned, at the impossibly handsome man in front of me. Sharp brows, bright eyes, abs faintly visible, broad shoulders and a narrow waist. At that moment, he was covering his lower half with a quilt and glaring at me furiously. Fuzzy images flashed through my mind: a bar, heartbreak, drinking to drown my sorrows. And then... Holy crap, what a score! “Miss, let me explain!” he said nervously. I tried to suppress the grin tugging at my lips and p 209Reads—Score—Shelves
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Reborn: A Meteoric Rise in Officialdom 重生：官途狂飙
They say everyone gets three chances in life to change their fate: the college entrance exam, choosing a career, and marriage. Because of their inexperience when they were young, so many people miss chance after chance to change their lives, eventually becoming corporate drones earning 3,000 yuan a month. If you had the chance to go back to the night before filling out your college entrance exam applications, what would you choose? Burdened with a blood feud, Qin Lang chooses a career in governm
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- 89 A Grassroots Female Official 基层女干部 This story is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. It took me three years to write this book. Over those three years, I interviewed more than a dozen women working in grassroots government positions. Some of their stories made me laugh, some made me cry, and some left me silent for a long time. I wanted to write about a real person. Most of all, she keeps moving forward. No matter what lies ahead. As a preface. Spring 2026 · Chongqing 1.3kReads6.2Score—Shelves
- 90 A Veteran Reborn to Protect the Beautiful Women Around Him 退伍重生之护我美女如云 If you could live your life over, who would you choose to save? When Shen Chan woke up, she found herself back at four in the morning on that day in 2014. Bao Shulin, this time, I will make sure you survive even if I have to stand against the whole world. 59Reads—Score—Shelves
- 91 Reborn in Politics: From Townships to the Pinnacle of Power 重生官场：从乡镇基层到权力巅峰 [Reborn in the Political Arena + Grassroots Township Civil Servant + A Chance Encounter Saves a Beauty + Secretary + Standing Up for the People + Rapid Rise to Success + Pinnacle of Power + Claiming the Throne] The road to office is hard, harder than climbing to heaven... On a path tangled with money, power, and sex, Wu Tianze, reborn into a second life, cuts through every obstacle. He takes on the powerful and battles capital, never abandoning his principles or putting anything before the peopl 84Reads9.0Score—Shelves
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At the Pinnacle of Power: I Can't Believe I'm a Scion of a Great Clan 权贵巅峰：我居然是世家子弟
In 2001, Su Xi had just been assigned to a local police station. He was nothing more than an inconspicuous beat cop. During a dangerous arrest, he captured a vicious murderer alive and saved the life of a veteran police leader. Without meaning to, he also protected the career of a senior provincial department official! A stroke of luck drew him into the game, and the door to a political career opened before him. As he cracked down on organized crime and corruption, put down roots in the region,
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- 93 My Sister-in-Law from Chongqing 我的重庆嫂子 Love in the City of Fog. A taste of spice. The story of me and my sister-in-law. It begins with the first spicy hot pot that brings tears to our eyes. And from then on, we're bound to swallow each other's redemption amid the prickling pain of Sichuan pepper numbing our tongues. 117Reads—Score—Shelves
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Reborn in 1988: Build a Fortune Investing in Treasury Bonds 重生1988：靠投资国库券发家致富
Reborn in 1988, with the factory beauty making all the moves, Lin Zhiyuan is getting a little worn out...
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The Pinnacle of Power: The Crackdown on Organized Crime 权力巅峰之破局者：扫黑风暴
Wang Xiaolin is greeted with a carefully orchestrated welcome gift! She is forced to investigate the Old Town Redevelopment Project herself. As the investigation deepens, the clues point to her secret boyfriend, his mother, and the best friend she has had for twenty years. A game of intrigue that began with a conspiracy.
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A Straight Path to the Top: It All Starts with a Transfer Order! 青云直上：从一纸调令开始！
[Jing'an's Number One Secret] [Yang Jian] After being forced into a divorce, with everyone piling on once he is down, Yang Jian is at the end of his rope. He fears no one else's troubles and asks only to have a clear conscience. But an unexpected transfer order suddenly sends him soaring to success.
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- 97 The Little Cop Who Makes a Big Difference 小警大用 Du Dayong once hoped to grow up to be a great chef. He never expected to become a low-ranking criminal investigator. This is the story of a young police officer growing up. There is no reborn protagonist showing off and face-slapping people, no System or golden finger making him invincible, and no ridiculous transmigration to another world. Here, you'll find the humor and warmth between comrades, a touch of youthful romance, loving family bonds, mischievous leaders, and absurd coworkers. Young o 89.5kReads9.6Score10.8kShelves
- 98 One Move from Victory: Qi Tongwei's Glorious Political Career 胜天半子：祁同伟的荣耀仕途 "Defy fate by half a move? No. In this life, I'll fight Heaven for my destiny and win by a whole move!" At Guxing Ridge, Qi Tongwei pulls the trigger and returns to the turning point of his fate. That year, after rejecting Liang Lu, he is banished to a judicial office in a remote, impoverished village. He turns the Liang family's oppression into a ladder to success, relies on Pei Yihong's support, and rises rapidly on the strength of his impressive record. From the judicial office to the pinnacl 39.3kReads9.1Score2.6kShelves
- 99 In the Police Force: Rising Step by Step 人在警界：步步高升 [Everyday Police Work + Decisive and Ruthless + Beautiful Women + No Saintly Heroics + No System + Patriotism] After transmigrating to a parallel world, Lin Yu became a police officer. On his first day on the job, he was ordered to crack down on prostitution. He jokingly called for the wife of a crime boss, only to discover that her husband was the ringleader of a new drug case. After interrogating her, Lin Yu cracked a major drug-trafficking case and earned a First-Class Merit. A husband report 111.2kReads9.2Score6.6kShelves
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A Young Police Officer's Path to Success 小民警的仕途之路
Starting out as a police officer, he solves cold cases and earns major commendations while delivering practical results that improve people's lives. Rooted in his community, he rises step by step and forges a path to a brilliant career in public service!!
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