I'm in a Reading Slump. Looking for Highly Rated Urban Novels, but No High School or Underage Protagonists. 书荒，想看高分的都市小说，不要主角高中生未成年
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What's Wrong with Liking Pretty Aunties? 喜欢漂亮阿姨怎么了？
In his previous life, he chased after the campus belle for years, but she still treated him with indifference. After being reborn, he gets an employee System. To his utter surprise, the first person he hires is a mature, stunning female secretary who turns out to be the campus belle herself...
48.7kReads8.7Score3.9kShelves
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Sorry, We Don't Talk About Love After Dark 对不起，夜深不说爱
I didn’t care that people said I’d married up by latching onto a goddess, and I didn’t care that they called me a poor country boy who’d married into wealth. But when my wife’s best friend’s husband came looking for me, I realized I’d been naive. My wife, it turned out, really knew how to “enjoy” life…
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An Unequaled Beauty 尤物绝伦
Han Jiang never imagined that a seemingly casual remark from his eldest daughter, “I'm not your biological child,” would come true. It also revealed layer upon layer of dark secrets buried beneath his marriage and family. His wife is a stunning beauty and the richest woman in town. She and Han Jiang have been married for sixteen years and have two sons and three daughters. As if that weren't enough, further paternity tests show that his other two daughters aren't his biological children either
16.1kReads6.4Score1.4kShelves
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I Really Don’t Want to Work Hard Anymore 我真不想努力了
[High Martial Arts + Skill-Based + No System + Leveling Up] “What’s the shortcut to success in life?” “A rich woman.” “There are different kinds of rich women. Do you want an old hag, or a busty, long-legged beauty?” “A beauty.” “Then what the hell are you waiting for? Get to work!” Mu Ye was a talented spellcaster, but his natural laziness had led him to neglect his studies for two years. After losing a hundred consecutive rounds in the new-student assessment, he ranked dead last in his yea
20kReads8.2Score1.3kShelves
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Adopted by a Stunning CEO, I Begin a Perfect Life 被绝美总裁领养后，开启完美人生
(Slice of Life) Gu Yuan was reborn as an eight-year-old boy. Having grown up in an orphanage, he was more mature than other kids his age and looked like a little old man. One day, a beautiful CEO came to the orphanage, ready to sign the paperwork to foster him. He was going to refuse, but then she pulled out her secret weapon!
11.7kReads8.6Score756Shelves
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I’m a Full-Time Uncle, and My 16 Nephews Are Fighting for My Attention! 我，全职奶舅，十六个外甥争宠！
My name is Lin Yi, an ordinary man with a simple life and sixteen nephews. Let me reiterate: I really am just an ordinary man. If you have any problems, take them up with my sixteen hopeless nephews. Lin Yi activates the Max-Level Uncle System and binds himself to his sixteen nephews. As long as they develop their extraordinary talents, he can earn rewards. Lin Yi discovers... that every one of his sixteen nephews is extraordinary. Nephew One: Has an incredibly ambitious desire for wealth, and v
31.8kReads9.3Score4.2kShelves
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Amazing! You Asked Me to Livestream an Antique Appraisal, but I Put Someone on Trial? 牛！让你直播鉴宝，你给人鉴刑？
[Feel-Good Story] + [Everyday Urban Life] + [No Angst or Tragedy] + [System] Also known as: You Sent Your Viewer to Prison from the Start? Who Told You to Livestream Like That! I Asked You to Livestream Appraisals, Not Sentence Your Viewers! I Asked You to Appraise Treasures, and You Handed Your Viewer a Death Sentence? Su Fan transmigrates. With only three days left to live, he awakens a System that grants him one superpower each week. He starts by appraising a treasure, only to discover it’s a
4.2kReads8.0Score437Shelves
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After the Breakup, One Song Had the Whole Internet in Tears! 分手后，一首天后全网都哭了！
[Showbiz + Female Celebrity + One Female Lead + Sweet Romance + Everyday Life] Thanks to memories from his previous life, Su He became one of the entertainment industry's top producers. But when he refused to cash in on fans through commercialization, his agency stripped him of his stage name and the copyrights to all his songs. Li Xuan, the queen of pop he'd made famous, also broke up with him and cut ties for the sake of her own future. Talent is worthless in the face of capital? Then he'll ju
63kReads9.0Score5.3kShelves
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The Campus Belle Didn't Appreciate It, So I Turned Around and Confessed to My Childhood Friends, the Qiao Sisters 校花不领情，转身表白青梅大小乔
[Romance + Childhood Friends + Both Reborn + Twins + Campus Belle + Comedy] “Jiang Chen, if you could live your life over, would you be with me?” Jiang Chen lit a cigarette, blew out a smoke ring, and said wistfully, “You were once my unattainable first love, too. What a shame... Have you heard Chen Sir's ‘Ten Years’?” “Ten years?! I'm sorry I kept you waiting so long!” His first love bit her lip, her face full of remorse, and tried to take Jiang Chen by the arm... He woke up ten years in the pa
9Reads6.8Score—Shelves
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Showbiz: I'm Innocent, the Doctor Says My Stomach Is in Bad Shape 娱乐：我是无辜的医生说我胃不好
How could young men and women know that, in the eyes of those older men who had seen every possible turn of fate, romance in this world was all twilight? Only the innocent love of youth was like sunlight shining through layers of fog and dust, falling in scattered patches on the ground like grains of gold that could never be picked up.
3.2kReads8.5Score135Shelves
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I Can't Fall in Love, Yet the School Beauty I Met Online Tricked Me into a Kiss! 不会恋爱的我被网恋校花骗亲亲！
[One heroine + no System + online sweetheart childhood friend who's the campus beauty + everyday romance + mutual devotion + mutual healing + sweet romance] Xia Cheng, who had no idea how to date, always thought romance was harder than reaching the sky. It wasn't until he got to college and followed the advice of his online friend of seven years that he discovered something unbelievable! Was the aloof campus beauty, the prettiest girl in the whole school, really this easy to pursue? “Xia Cheng,
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You Asked Me to Promote the Scenic Spot, Not Write the Preface to the Pavilion of Prince Teng 让你宣传景区，没让你写滕王阁序
[Poetry and Song] [Music, Chess, Calligraphy, and Painting] [Intangible Cultural Heritage] [Writing Poems at Scenic Sites] [Finding Solace in Nature] [Cultural Confidence] [Human Geography] [Making Scenic Sites Famous] After transmigrating to a parallel world, Lu Li becomes a travel blogger who visits local businesses and tourist attractions, and gains the City Promotion System. From the start, he heads to Zibo to take the imperial examinations and posts a video exploring F4. The warm hospitalit
15.9kReads8.8Score1.2kShelves
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I Use My Brains, So Why Give Me an SSS-Rank Ability? 我玩的是脑子，给我3S能力干嘛
Five million words, plenty to read [Mind games] [Strategizing] [Intricate plot] [Not a wish-fulfillment novel] Transmigrating three years ago brought Xu Ye to an unfamiliar world! In this world, Void Demons invade and Void Beasts run rampant! Humans have abilities that allow them to become Void Hunters and fight to protect humanity! Xu Ye awakens an SSS-grade ability by chance, only to discover that it lets him understand and use D-grade abilities alone! His beloved dies tragically in the belly
50.4kReads8.7Score4.9kShelves
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Beast Taming: So They're the Real Heroines? 御兽：原来她们才是主角？
[Xuanhuan + Beast Taming and Transformation + Character Growth + Laid-Back Daily Life + Multiple Heroines] My name is Wei Qi. I’m an ordinary transmigrator who unexpectedly arrived in Tianxuan Star, a world of beast tamers. I never got a powerful System, but in the end, I still became invincible under heaven! It’s a long story. All my spirit beasts are the real protagonists of this world. My bonded spirit beast, the Nine-Tailed Demon Empress of the Ice Vortex, is a super-strong cultivator reborn
8.3kReads8.6Score983Shelves
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Reborn: The School Beauty Who Was My Childhood Friend Is Now My Little Sister 重生，青梅校花竟成我妹妹
My new work is out! Everyone is welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well!
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My Scumbag Boyfriend Wants to Get Ahead, and My Girlfriend's Panicking 渣男求上进，女友慌了
“Young man, I can tell we’re destined to meet.” “Hold it. I don’t want to learn the Tathagata Palm, and I don’t want to protect world peace.” The old man: “…” He glanced around to make sure no one was coming, then sneakily pulled Li Lingfeng into a corner. “Listen, this is absolutely something you need to have.” With that, he pulled an ancient manual from inside his robe, so old it could hardly be any older.
23.1kReads8.9Score1.5kShelves
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Showbiz: I Paired Up with Dilraba as a Couple and Took the Internet by Storm 娱乐：我和热芭组对象，爆杀全网
Su Chen transmigrated to a parallel world. By chance, he joined the variety show Dating a Celebrity, and a blunder paired him up with the superstar Reba. Su Chen thought, well, what the heck, and took Reba along. From there, things quickly got out of hand… Netizens: He took Reba to visit a cattle shed, and the bull couldn’t control itself once it went into heat? Let’s see how Su Chen single-handedly wrestles the bull and blows up the internet… Netizens: Reba, we told you to learn the breaststrok
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The Carefree Little Witch Doctor of the Mountain Village 山村逍遥小巫医
[Read Before Starting: The protagonist is no saint. If that bothers you, move along!!!] After being reborn, Sun Xiaobao gains the legacy of a shamanic healer and kills the man who murdered him! But the man's wife is now a widow, and she clings to Sun Xiaobao day and night, asking him to help her with her work. Sun Xiaobao: “Sister Xianglian, please let me go!” “I'm a person, not a workhorse!”
1.5kReads9.2Score231Shelves
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You Were Supposed to Deliver His Belongings, So Why Did You Marry His Widow? 让你送遗物，你把人家遗孀娶了？
[Romance-Focused] [It’s Better When Everyone Gets Along] [It’s So Intense, You’ll Keep Coming Back for More] ~ After his twin brother dies, Jiang Xiaobai is forced to impersonate him. He nearly gets slapped on his very first day. “Madam, hello. Starting today, I’m your new husband.”
42.8kReads7.7Score1.1kShelves
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Villain: From the Start, I Incite the Male Lead's Mother 反派：开局挑唆男主母亲
[Villain + System + multiple love interests + ruthless! Not for readers who mind!] Original title: [Giving the Protagonist's Mother a Massage from the Start] After an unexpected transmigration, he becomes the male lead's lackey. From then on, everything goes wrong for the male lead. His girlfriend grows increasingly cold and contemptuous, and even his own mother starts to hate him. He has no idea that the culprit behind it all is his own lackey.
11.8kReads8.9Score974Shelves
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Villain: At the Peak of Power, Life Is Just One Long Thrill! 反派：权贵巅峰爽爽爽爽爽爽爽！
I was born into privilege, and I’m sorry, but why should generations of my family’s hard work turn me into cannon fodder for the protagonist to face-slap in a son-in-law novel? Go slap that Dragon King! Don’t let him smirk!!!!!
8.6kReads8.6Score1.1kShelves
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The More They Fawn over Me, the More It Proves I Was Reborn for Nothing 她们越舔我，越是说明我白重生了
(The blurb doesn't do it justice) Back in 1984, returned to a time full of regrets, Chu Hao silently resolved that this time, he would give everything to make the family reunion a reality…
26.7kReads9.4Score2.1kShelves
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Don't Fear a Flirtatious Campus Beauty, Fear a Thirty-Year-Old Auntie 不怕校花玩暧昧，就怕阿姨三十岁
[No System + Reborn + Campus Beauty + Auntie + Entrepreneurship] Two or more romantic partners, so don’t read if you mind. There will be some feng shui and geomancy, but no cultivation. I was born before you, and you were born when I was already old. I am far away from you, and you are separated from me by the sea. In my previous life, my own cowardice and my parents’ objections made me miss Lin Mengyun, who was twelve years older than me and loved me more than her own life. My only main quest n
2.5kReads8.6Score166Shelves
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The Troll Lord Marries a Succubus 巨魔领主，娶妻魅魔
[Awakening in Another World + Decisive and Ruthless + Lordly Conquest + Darkness Descends + Multiple Races (Succubi, Snake Women, Fox Women...)] Earth is hit by a dimensional reduction, downgraded to a two-dimensional world and turned into a block of data merged into another world among the Myriad Worlds. Some people survive by all sorts of means and methods, and establish organizations. Luo Shanhai is one of the survivors! But by then, Luo Shanhai no longer goes by that name. He is Shakesi Miya
25.6kReads9.3Score2.1kShelves
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Yan Hongying, King of Novels 小说之王严鸿影
The novelist Yan Hongying lived a life like a day of thunder and rain. From the very beginning, life was a miserable struggle for him. Born into a poor rural family, he nearly had to drop out of school because he couldn’t afford the tuition. At school, he was lonely. Poverty was branded on him, making it impossible for him to hold his head high. When his self-esteem was wounded, he encountered literary works that would influence him for the rest of his life. The passion literature awakened in hi
159Reads9.5Score—Shelves
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I Grow into a God in a Repeating Dream 我在循环梦境里发育成神
[Looping dreams] [No System] [The campus belle falls for a genius] Lin Wan Feng has been having the same recurring dream since college... As he keeps growing stronger with the help of this looping dream, his academic performance, research skills, athletic ability, and combat prowess all gradually reach the highest level. He becomes a genius in everyone’s eyes, and the campus belle falls madly in love with him... while he’s busy saving the world.
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