Any Stories About a Struggle to Succeed That Feel Close to Real Life? 有接近真实故事的奋斗经历吗?
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Vortex of Power and Desire 权欲之涡
A career in government is like a bottomless abyss: one wrong step, and you’re shattered to pieces. Wu Liangyou has barely entered the political arena and hasn’t even tasted power when he’s already caught in the mire. Should he bow his head and bide his time, or risk his life in a desperate fight? The abyss cannot crush a ruthless man daring enough to change his fate. Watch Wu Liangyou break out of a hopeless situation, escape death, and rise to the top over a trail of blood.
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- 402 Foolish in My Youth, I Finally Found True Love 年少不懂事的我,终于找到真爱 When I Was Young and Foolish, I Finally Found True Love —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 403 The Master of Jade Gambling With X-Ray Vision 透视赌石高手 [Stone gambling + antique appraisal + casinos + an ordinary man's rise + multiple heroines + scratch cards + farming + everyday life] At a company team-building event, he accidentally spots his stunning female boss using the restroom in a small grove. By a twist of fate, he awakens the power of X-ray vision. From then on, he uses his X-ray vision to appraise antiques and find hidden treasures, win big with scratch cards, dominate the casinos, discover valuable antiques and paintings, and gamble 790Reads6.3Score103Shelves
- 404 A Forty-Year-Old Hakka Man Marries a Twenty-Year-Old Beauty 四十岁搭客佬迎娶二十岁小姐姐 A Forty-Year-Old Ride-Hailing Driver Marries a Twenty-Year-Old Beauty —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 405 Heavenly Eye: King of Stone Gambling 透视天眼:赌石王 [Jade gambling] [Power fantasy] In a single night, his family was ruined, his company went bankrupt, and his father died with a grudge in his heart. He fell from the heights of success and became a lowly apprentice in the jade market, struggling amid endless mockery and despair. Then the jade pendant passed down through his family merged with his eye, unexpectedly granting him the power to see through everything and discern the glow of treasures! From then on, no flawed jade or hidden treasure c 742Reads6.8Score102Shelves
- 406 Reuniting with an Old Flame at Love's Crossroads 重遇旧爱,爱情的十字路口 Reuniting with an Old Love at the Crossroads of Love 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 407 Golden Eyes: King of Antiques and Gemstone Gambling 黄金瞳:鉴宝赌石王 [Stone gambling] [Rise to power] [Satisfying read] [Tycoon] [Bargain hunting] [Antique appraisal] [Face-slapping] Ye Fan’s life hits rock bottom: he loses his job, falls into debt, and gets abandoned. Then a fragment of a mysterious ancient jade streaks across his eyes. When he wakes, the whole world has changed. In the scrap yard, stones bloom with the radiance of Imperial Green wherever his fingers point. At ghost-market stalls, his sharp eyes reveal a genuine Tang dynasty Buddha hidden in a p 90Reads7.1Score129Shelves
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The Thorny Rose Blooms in Silence 带刺的玫瑰静悄悄地开
A beautiful young woman from a remote mountain village goes through several relationships and gradually grows stronger and braver, becoming a rose with thorns. Determined to seize control of her fate, she works tirelessly and perseveres until she finally puts down roots in the city, where she also meets the love of her life. The successive deaths of loved ones and the hardships of life help her mature, and by middle age, she has finally built a remarkable life.
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- 409 A Favoritism on Campus, Beyond the Campus Beauty 校园偏爱,落在校花之外 A Special Kind of Love on Campus, Beyond the Campus Belle —Reads—Score—Shelves
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A Few Things About Property Management 关于物业的二三事
Here, property management companies are miniature bureaucracies, homeowners' committees are battlegrounds for human nature, and residential communities are arenas where everyone's interests collide. Welcome to A Few Things About Property Management, an “industry-banned” novel that once sparked heated debate for being all too realistic. See how the protagonist, Chen Guang, a deputy general manager stripped of his authority, survives an impossible situation without relying on connections or playin
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- 411 Golden Eyes: The Jade Gambling King 黄金瞳:赌石王 [Stone Gambling + Appraisal + X-Ray Vision + Revenge + Underworld] On the brink of death after being hunted by his enemies, he accidentally awakens the Golden Eye through his family’s ancestral jade. From then on, he can see through solid stone and recognize every rare treasure under the sun. The stone-gambling family that stole the Lin family heirloom years ago has now become an industry giant. They sneer at me: “You think you’re good enough to gamble on stones?” That is, until I open three pie 1.2kReads6.8Score101Shelves
- 412 Claiming an Island as King in a Time of Chaos 乱世占岛为王 "General, you're finally awake!" A soft, melodious voice reached Chen Nan's ears. He slowly opened his eyes and, through his blurry vision, saw a stunning woman sitting beside the bed, gazing at him with delight. The woman wore a pale blue gauzy dress. Her figure was graceful, and her lovely face was as radiant as a flower in full bloom. Joy sparkled in her beautiful eyes as she watched Chen Nan with concern. Chen Nan's throat felt unbearably dry, and his lips were cracked. He struggled to move 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 413 Stone Gambling!! 赌石!! This book has been adapted into the short drama Through the Eye, Not the Treasure: I Turn the Tables. Lin Xiaochuan, an exploited wage slave at an antique shop, was accidentally hit and sent flying by a beautiful woman driving a car. As a result, he gained X-ray vision. From then on, his life went into overdrive, and he rose to the top. 1.7kReads7.5Score156Shelves
- 414 Sister Ting's Love Story 婷姐的爱情故事 Sister Ting’s Love Story 22Reads—Score—Shelves
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Nest of Thoughts 思窝
As fake data on the internet spiraled out of control, a phenomenon in which bad money drove out good spread like cancer across major online platforms, spilling from the virtual world into the real one. When things reach an extreme, they must turn around. As the pendulum of history changed direction, the GeoNet, blending the virtual and the real, came into being and opened a new chapter in the age… This book portrays the vision of the creators of Siwo for the future.
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- 416 Stone Gambling: Fortune, Power, and Beauty 赌石:权色双收 [No x-ray vision + pure stone gambling + pure antique appraisal] Li Wei saves a stunning beauty from a car accident, only to discover that she is Liu Yufei, owner of an antique shop in Panjiayuan. Liu Yufei was deliberately run off the road by Li Xiao, her business partner and best friend, who wants to take all the shop's shares for herself. After Li Wei saves her, Liu Yufei teaches him how to appraise antiques and gamble on jade stones. Before long, he has mastered both, making his name and win 279Reads6.4Score—Shelves
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Reborn in 1998: Crushing Scumbags and Building Wealth 重生1998,虐渣致富两不误
Ordinary girl Ye Qinghong has just received her technical school admission notice and is overjoyed, unaware that someone has set their sights on her and that disaster is closing in. After struggling to continue her education, she finally becomes an outstanding high school competition coach, only to be beaten to death by her childhood sweetheart of a husband and her so-called “best friend”... When she opens her eyes again, she is back at the turning point of her fate in 1998! This time, she seize
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- 418 Caught in a Teacher-Student Romance: Love and Pressure 情陷师生恋:爱与压力 Falling for My Teacher: Love and Pressure —Reads—Score—Shelves
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Chasing Dreams in Hainan: The People and Their Stories 逐梦海南,那些人,那些事
[Based on Real Events + Urban Life + Ensemble Cast + First Fortune] In 1988, news that Hainan was becoming a province swept across the land like a spring breeze. It awakened not only the slumbering island, but also planted seeds of dreams in the hearts of intellectuals, young artists, and university graduates in the late 1980s. This unstoppable tide gathered into a magnificent exodus of a hundred thousand people heading south, stunning the world. Filled with passion and hope, they set foot on a
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- 420 Gambling on Stones! 赌石! [Jade Gambling] [Feel-Good Revenge] After being framed by a rich heir, betrayed by his girlfriend, and scorned by everyone, Lin Fan hits rock bottom and unexpectedly awakens X-ray vision. With a single glance, he can see through the rough outer shells of raw jade and perceive the spiritual energy in all things. From then on, one cut leaves him broke, the next makes him rich. He rises to power in the jade gambling world, with Imperial Green of glass-like quality, exquisite blood jade, heirloom ja 16.2kReads7.1Score337Shelves
- 421 Reborn in the Cultivation World: Mastering the Art of Showing Off 重生之修仙界,练装逼神功 Reborn in the Cultivation World: Mastering the Art of Showing Off —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 422 Stone Gambling and Antique Appraisal 赌石鉴宝 Wang Ming, an apprentice at an antiques shop, happened to gain X-ray vision while fighting a few punks one night, which also earned him the wrath of a mob boss. From then on, he ruled the underworld. Wealth, beautiful women, luxury cars, mansions, everything a man could want was his! This is a feel-good story about an ordinary man rising to the top, and it’s well worth a read! 427Reads6.9Score—Shelves
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2000: From Paper Seller to CEO in Three Years 2000:卖纸大专生三年成总裁
In 2000, Jiang Yanzhou, a penniless drifter in Beijing, built Xin Gan Xian from the ground up by selling printer paper and supplies. A formidable rival, Ji Ke Gou, wielded its capital to crush him, launching price wars, playing tricks on customers, and applying pressure from every direction. Time and again, Jiang was pushed to the brink. He broke through one obstacle after another by focusing on service and building a supply chain. His counterattack in the court of public opinion gained momentum
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- 424 Jade Betting: Wealth and Desire 赌石:财与色 [X-ray vision + beautiful women + stone gambling + antique appraisal + tomb raiding + an ordinary man’s rise] Zhang Tao is an apprentice at an antique shop. While accompanying his beautiful boss to meet a client, he sees the client try to get her drunk. Zhang Tao risks his life to save her, only to be beaten half to death. At the critical moment, he awakens X-ray vision. From then on, he takes the world by storm, gaining both wealth and beautiful women! 301Reads—Score—Shelves
- 425 After the Breakup, I Strike It Rich with Jade, and My Ex-Girlfriend Regrets It 分手后,赌石暴富,前女友后悔 [No System + Stone Gambling + Beautiful Women + X-Ray Vision + Tycoon + Bargain Hunting + Everyday Life + Underdog's Rise] After Lin Fan's girlfriend cheated on him with a rich heir, he was left heartbroken. Then a car hit him, and he unexpectedly gained X-ray vision. Without hesitation, he went straight to the rich heir to get revenge. “You stole my girlfriend, so I guess your sister is fair game. She's pretty cute!” 132Reads5.8Score—Shelves
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The Road to Pingyi 平义之路
Ping Yi was born amid the turmoil of the Cultural Revolution. Witnessing all manner of injustice, he resolved to study law. After graduating from Kyoto Law School, he joined the procuratorate, wielding the law like a sword to eradicate injustice and uphold justice.
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- 427 Treasure Appraisal and Gemstone Gambling 鉴宝赌石 Li Wei, a member of the Li clan, is caught up in a dangerous situation when a developer plans to demolish the clan's ancestral hall. The clan leader decides to draw lots for a suicide squad, and Li Wei happens to draw the fateful lot. While fighting the developer's men, he is gravely wounded and gains X-ray vision, but also earns the wrath of underworld boss Zhang Huihuang. This is a satisfying underdog comeback story that's well worth a read! 2Reads6.5Score—Shelves
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The Mountain of Father’s Coal Son 父的煤子的山
An earthquake. A miner buried beneath a well. A heart-pounding struggle for life and death spanning two eras begins. In 1976, the Tangshan earthquake shook the earth. Zhao Tiezhu, a miner a thousand meters underground at the Tangjiazhuang Mine, was buried alive for seven whole days. He drank seepage water and chewed coal cinders. He miraculously survived, but lost his right arm forever. In exchange, he gained a son who wailed amid the ruins: Zhao Zhensheng. From then on, his father's fate was bo
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- 429 Underworld Gambles in the Jade Market 黑道赌石风云 Cao Ming, a college graduate who becomes unemployed the moment he graduates, can't find a job, so he calls a heavily advertised phone number on a utility pole offering money for a child. By a stroke of luck, he gains X-ray vision and gets on the wrong side of a gangland queen. From then on, he dominates the world, his life goes into overdrive, and there's no slowing down! This is a feel-good tale of an ordinary man's rise to the top. If it doesn't satisfy you, come and hit me! 126Reads6.0Score—Shelves
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Guo Xiaoqi’s Love Story 郭小七的爱情
Guo Xiaoqi was born into a rural family obsessed with having sons. She had little schooling, but was very beautiful. As an adult, she was pursued by a married man. The two did everything they could to finally get married, but married life was not as wonderful as they had imagined, and she endured all kinds of hardship. After many twists and turns, she finally understood that she could rely on no one but herself.
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- 431 The Road to Becoming a Master Investor 韭菜进阶之路 The author is writing from personal experience. I entered the market and opened an account in 1997, and over the years I've weathered countless ups and downs. I've endured all manner of struggles and hard lessons, and seen every sort of character the stock market has to offer. I'm now a professional investor, and occasionally write a little for fun. 161Reads—Score—Shelves
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Plum Blossoms Bloom Beyond the Great Wall 易路梅花塞北开
The book is now complete. Thank you all for your support. This is my first novel. Philosophical topics are niche by nature. I’m not looking for traffic; I only hope to offer something to readers who are passionate about the profound and extensive culture of the I Ching. The book consists of three volumes, progressing logically from specific details to the bigger picture. My abilities are limited, my knowledge shallow, and I published in haste, so there are bound to be many shortcomings and error
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- 433 Back in 1977, I Married the Queen of the Daughters' Kingdom 回到1977年,娶了女儿国国王 Ji Yuning transmigrated back to 1977. He went from being a 21-year-old educated youth returning to the city to a literary young man, a great poet, and a famous novelist. It was all thanks to his memories of his previous life and the books he copied. But his greatest reward was marrying a wife as beautiful as a fairy. 11.7kReads8.0Score759Shelves
- 434 My 26-Year-Old Tenant: A Lonely Sail on an Island 我的26岁女房客之海岛孤帆 What exactly is love, and where does it come from? I can’t quite figure it out. Perhaps love is just a colorful butterfly: beautiful to look at, but impossible to get close to. If you really try to hold it tight in your hands, it struggles, and in struggling, rubs away all its color, leaving it pale forevermore. I think I understand a little why I’m so careful: I’m afraid that I might fail to touch her soul, yet rub away that beautiful layer of color. 19.1kReads9.3Score2.2kShelves
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The Flattery Saint 马屁大圣
I flatter the people for their sake, and keep the realm stable for the good of the land. I speak words of sycophancy, but carry the common people in my heart. I use every trick in the flatterer’s playbook, leaving the villains gnashing their teeth. My reputation in the jianghu may be nothing special, but no one can beat me at earning merit and doing good. (A shameless, absurdly funny novel. Come take a look!)
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- 436 The Person Who Loves Me Most in the World 世界上最爱我的人 The purest kind of love is this: you rejected me, and I’ll never resent you for it, but I won’t come near you again. If you ever need my help, I’ll still give everything I have to help you... 61.4kReads9.3Score7.4kShelves
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Qingshi Pass, Pear Tree Grove 青狮口,梨树林
The Green Lion’s Mouth, the Pear Orchard follows Zhang Yunxi’s life as its narrative thread, setting it against the vast backdrop of a century of change in rural China. In Qingshikou Village, in the land of Xiangchu, it unfolds as an epic etched in the rings of the earth. From the many wars of the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, to the farming and pioneering spirit of the early Republican era, to protecting homes and forests during the War of Resistance Against Japan, from collective labor i
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The City God's Decree: Chronicles of Loyal Souls Across the Nine Provinces & Mo Jun (Part One) 城隍令:九州忠魂录&墨钧(上部)
The City God’s Decree: Record of the Loyal Souls of the Nine Provinces and Mo Jun (Part One)
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Intern from the Start: Making the Heiress of a Top Family Chase After Me 开局实习生:让顶豪千金倒追我
The day her family sent her to the bottom rung of the company as an intern supervisor, Gu Zhaotang spotted her prey in the employee cafeteria. The future tech mogul who would drive a rival company into bankruptcy was now hunched over a cold steamed bun, fixing bugs. With a crape myrtle flower in her hair, she sat down in front of him. “Work for me, and I’ll get you onto the industry’s Hall of Fame within three years.” The crowd scoffed. “What’s an intern doing, pretending to be some big-shot CEO
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- 440 The City God's Decree: Records of Loyal Souls Across the Nine Provinces and Mo Jun, Part Two 城隍令:九州忠魂录&墨钧(下部) The City God’s Decree: Record of Loyal Souls Across the Nine Provinces & Mo Jun (Part Two) —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 441 Song Jiaoren, Father of Chinese Constitutionalism 宪政之父宋教仁 The Father of Constitutionalism: Song Jiaoren presents the sweeping life of Song Jiaoren, a pioneer of constitutional government whose story unfolded amid the tumult of the late Qing and early Republican eras. As a founder of modern Chinese constitutionalism, Song Jiaoren called himself “the Fisherman.” With his pen as his sword and his blood as his ink, he carved a path toward constitutional government in an age shrouded in turmoil. In Japan, he translated Western legal codes, introducing const 31Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Blood-Tear Tung Blossoms 泣血油桐花
In the 1970s, Zhao Zhicheng was an older bachelor. Because he had one disabled leg and came from a dirt-poor family, the women from the surrounding villages all refused to marry him. In the end, he married Yan Wenyin, a woman of similar age who also had one disabled leg. From then on, the fates of these two determined people, each with a physical disability, were bound tightly together! That year, he said, “My left leg is lame, and Xiaoyin’s right leg is lame. Put us together, and don’t we make
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- 443 My Landlady 我的房客大小姐 After getting dumped, a young man with nothing to his name left the city and opened an inn in Dali. His life took an unexpected turn, and amid romance and scenic beauty, a tangled love story unfolded. 2.6kReads9.4Score180Shelves
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The Gray Trade 灰色行业
For a man, whether he's working the edges of the law or investing, success means happiness for the whole family, while failure is his burden alone. There are no gamblers, just poor kids trying to turn their lives around.
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- 445 My Irresistible Girlfriend 我的极品女友 After suffering through several heartbreaks, he lived a miserable, dejected life. By chance, he found a briefcase and discovered that its owner was a beautiful woman. The two met at a coffee shop, then grew close when the rain brought them together. After several chance encounters, perhaps fate really had brought them together, and love was about to bloom. A poor loser fights his way back in love, as a tangled romance is about to unfold. 37.8kReads9.5Score4.2kShelves
- 446 Wild Chrysanthemums, No Tears 野菊花,不流泪 “The eldest gets doted on, the youngest gets spoiled, but the one in the middle suffers most!” In the late 1970s, under the weight of son preference and the pressure of family planning, Xiaojü was born in the middle. Her tragic life began from the moment she was born: an unwanted child, abandoned by both Heaven and Earth! When Xiaojü was four, the grandmother who had raised her passed away. In her final moments, Grandma told her that she had been born in a season when wild chrysanthemums were i 2.3kReads8.4Score157Shelves
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My Three Kingdoms Is a Little Wild 我的三国有点猛
Liu Kun, a burned-out office drone working 996, transmigrates into the late Han dynasty. With no System or golden finger, he relies solely on his understanding of people and his strategic skill, from sparking a civil war among the Southern Xiongnu to establishing himself in the Hetao region and rising to power. He forces Dong Zhuo to his death in Chang’an and rebuilds the Han court. Just as he leads his elite troops in sweeping aside the warlords with the speed of a thunderbolt, he discovers tha
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I Am the King 我为王
Betrayed by everyone, I was wounded by those closest to me! I cut off a finger to survive, then lay low for six years before emerging again. Through the grudges and warmth of the martial world, I’ve seen it all. I am the king!
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Tales of Dragon City: Stories of a Small Town 龙城往事之小城故事
A realistic portrayal of northeastern China from the late 1980s to the present, full of grudges, grievances, and social change. Follow a group of impressionable young people as they face a host of challenges and opportunities and discover what it means to grow up. Realistic fiction, not a wish-fulfillment story, with a slow build.
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The Matchmaker’s Comic and Tragic Fate 红娘啼笑因缘
A matchmaker who transmigrated, still so young and already arranging marriages. What a farcical situation! The matchmaker Hongniang in the Peking opera The Story of the Western Wing is famous for helping lovers find happiness. Could a real-life matchmaker actually be the reincarnation of the Hongniang from The Story of the Western Wing? Can the Book of Changes really predict love and marriage?
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