Books Middle-Aged People Love and Young People Should Read! 中年人喜欢看，年轻人应该看的书！
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The Dongguan Years 东莞岁月
Set in the late 1990s and early 2000s, this novel tells the story of migrant workers represented by a group of young men and women from the countryside in southwestern Henan. It paints a sweeping picture of their arduous struggle to make a living in the unfamiliar city of Dongguan, vividly recreating the bitterness and sweetness, hardships and joys, love and heartbreak experienced by young factory workers during that fiery era.
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Her Heat 她的潮热
This is Li Xiaowen's story. A slow-paced slice-of-life novel with an ensemble cast, about women's growth and empowerment. It has family, friendship, and romance, and most importantly, trauma from one's family of origin. If that's not your thing, just quietly move on. Please don't leave a bad review, thank you.
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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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Against the Meridians: Liar, Stop! 逆经：骗子住手
[Original novel for the animated series This Taoist Is Not Quite Right] Life is unpredictable. The fit thrive under Heaven's law, Those skilled in force become generals, those skilled in strategy become kings. Born into the lowest of professions, he refuses to live like a nobody, He waves the yin-yang banner and sees through the Six Lines of Divination. Watch him play at being a spirit medium, watch him swindle and deceive, Watch him make ruthless decisions, watch him rise like a hidden dragon f
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Moonlit Night, Conquest 月夜，征服
Lin Fan, a poor country boy from a mountain village, awakens an ancient medical inheritance by accident. From then on, his medical skills are divine, and his fate takes a turn for the better. By day, he's an unremarkable village doctor. But who could have guessed...
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I'm Good! Please Don't Hurt Me! 我很乖！请你不要来伤害！
[Contemporary fiction] [Ensemble of women] [Scheming] [Red and Black] [Playing dumb while taking down enemies] [Clear-eyed heroine] A must-read for anyone born in the seventies, eighties, or nineties! This is a northern take on The Red and the Black, set in a glittering world of fame and fortune where everyone wears a false mask. The heroine seems sweet and obedient on the surface, but she sees things more clearly than anyone! She can live without love, but not without money! She can put up with
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Lie Flat Immortal Venerable 躺平仙尊
[Rapid-fire laughs + lighthearted + no romance] Lin Xian transmigrates to a cultivation world gripped by cutthroat competition. His previous incarnation was the ultimate grind king, who worked himself to death from cultivating nonstop. Lin Xian binds himself to a System that rewards him with cultivation whenever he rests, lies flat, or slacks off, but punishes him if he cultivates seriously...
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After I Married the Jerk into a Rich Family, His Whole Family Regretted It 将渣男送进豪门后，他全家后悔了
After I married the scumbag off to a wealthy family, his whole family regretted it.
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A Love Triangle in Marriage 婚姻里的三角恋
[Contemporary realistic fiction + the married life of ordinary people in Beijing + love triangles in marriage + real struggles] Bai Xue and Wang Yang are a young married couple living in Beijing. Wang Yang is a typical “phoenix man,” a country boy who made it big in the city. After ten years of marriage, he cheats on her. After they divorce, Bai Xue meets another man, and her new life begins… What makes this book special: A woman faces betrayal in her marriage, but after the hardship comes
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- 1010 The Three Beauties of the Su Family 苏家三美 [Contemporary Urban Fiction + Uplifting + Down-to-Earth] The love stories of three sisters: Marrying up, marrying on equal terms, or marrying down? What does it really take to marry happily? If you've run out of shows to watch lately, come read my book! Reading it is just like binge-watching a TV series. You'll definitely fall in love with the three beautiful Su sisters! Su Yimei marries into a wealthy family. She's a clever, strong female lead, and I'll do her justice! Su Ermei is physically di 1.3kReads8.8Score113Shelves
- 1011 A Post-00s Kid Helps Mom Take Down Her Scumbag Husband 00后帮妈妈整渣斗三 [Modern urban life + inspirational + slice of life + feel-good] Wu Jie is a poor student who loves gaming. After his parents' marriage falls apart, he defies fate and changes his life. First, he helps his mother take down her cheating husband and his mistress. Later, he helps his motherland root out scoundrels and traitors. Step by step, he rises to the brightest peak of his life... 4.2kReads9.1Score574Shelves
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Getting to the Bottom of Mind-Reading 起底观心术
When I was five, a fortune-teller said I’d be able to read people’s minds when I grew up. My parents thought I was a genius and spent the whole family’s savings to send me to school. But I failed the college entrance exam and became a fried-noodle vendor. That vendor later became a “Walking Encyclopedia,” all thanks to the saying, “In books, there are houses of gold.” You are not just who you are. You can become a different kind of dazzling light. Read a comment on the first page, and you’ll get
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- 1013 Climbing the Ranks and Proving the Way 升官证道 Synopsis: Lu Haoming's son-in-law said, “At government offices in the city, reaching director-general level is already the ceiling for people from farming families like us.” Lu Haoming refuses to believe it. The road to office is beset by countless obstacles. He's too handsome, attracting one beauty after another, and his outspoken nature brings him repeated setbacks. Watch how he breaks through and rises straight to the top. 89.6kReads9.5Score10.1kShelves
- 1014 Officialdom Is Like a Chess Game 官场如棋 There is no straight road through life, especially when it comes to being an official. Hao Xiaodong spent many years navigating the political arena before gradually understanding its many hidden rules. Now, following his novel The Way to Promotion, a new story is here for readers. Join us as we witness another kind of life in the world of officialdom. 34kReads9.2Score4.4kShelves
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My Ring Is a Gold-Eating Beast 我的戒指是吞金兽
Writing a story that feels realistic and believable is the author's greatest goal. To that end, the author would rather have less wish fulfillment and more “poisonous plot points.” Zhou Huan accidentally obtained a magical storage ring. One day, he discovered that the ring could devour gold and turn it into space. It could also take the protagonist to the worlds of movies. This is not a quick transmigration novel. Everything is done by hand.
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I Became My Ex's Mother-in-Law 我给前任当丈母娘
The short drama adapted from this novel, Uncle, I Just Want to Get You on the Cheap, is now streaming on Hongguo. Starring Yu Long and Yang Mie Mie. [Older man romance + sweet everyday love story + wealthy CEO + lighthearted comedy + no angst, no doormat heroine + no affair + no replacement] I showed up dressed to the nines at my ex-boyfriend's engagement party. He thought I was there to make a scene, but I smiled kindly and said, “We're all family now, so don't be so formal. Just call me Auntie
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Showbiz: The Top-Tier Star Is Serious, but Has Too Many Ex-Wives 娱乐：顶流正经但前妻多
Liu Zhengjing started working at sixteen. He spent several years waiting tables, saved up 180,000 bitcoins, and got married thirty-six times along the way. Each marriage lasted no more than three days... Later, he got into the Beijing Film Academy, thinking he could quietly live the life of an ordinary college student. Instead, his ex-wives formed a group chat to keep tabs on him, while his new classmates lined up to get close. He recorded a variety show and used a falsetto voice that left Li C
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- 1018 Showbiz: The Soccer King Who Slept with a Top-Tier Star 娱乐：顶流睡过的球王 I’m Liu Zhengjing, a minor internet celebrity who can’t even control the ball properly. Yet the national team treats me like their secret weapon. The coach says, “You don’t have to play football. Just run. Wear down their defenders, then take a random shot.” So I ran 4,200 meters in twelve minutes and wore out three of Japan’s left backs in a single half. Even crazier, a senior official at the Football Association gave me an “imperial decree”: “From now on, when reporters ask you questions, so 391Reads—Score—Shelves
- 1019 Showbiz: All My Ex-Girlfriends Are Top-Tier Stars 娱乐：我的前女友都是顶流 A fortune slip bound me to four top-tier stars. Now they're all carrying my children, and none of them can get an abortion. My name is Liu Zhengjing, and just like my name suggests, I'm a straight-shooting guy. I'm a no-name extra with nothing but a handsome face and a silver tongue to my name. When I was twenty, I drew a fortune slip at a dilapidated temple. The old monk said I was born under the sign of the Koi, though this koi's business was a little unusual: it brings good luck to others, a 1.2kReads5.6Score100Shelves
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Fleeing Without a Trace of Regret 绝情逃离
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Cat Hunter 猎猫
This story is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual events or people is purely coincidental. There are two kinds of people in this world. Some live in the sunlight, believing in law, order, and justice. Others live in the shadows, following their own rules and killing with their own hands. Zhao Xiaomeng belongs to the first kind. Or at least, that's how she seems. She's seventeen, top of her class, a gifted student in her teachers' eyes and a straight-A student to her classmates. No one
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- 1022 The Prodigy Smith: The Golden Cicada Hides the Iron Bow and Heavenly Tome 铸器骄子之金蝉铁弓藏天书 Young blacksmith Chu Xiaoyang carries venomous insects, wields a slingshot, and relies on a pair of iron hammers. Neither wholly righteous nor wholly wicked, he is hunted by the righteous, pursued by the wicked, and even spurned by his own family. Wherever he finds injustice, he brings his hammers crashing down... 144Reads—Score—Shelves
- 1023 Special Operations Soldier: An Eagle Spreads Its Wings 特战兵之雏鹰展翅 Xiao Ronghan is an ordinary boy from a mountain village, born in a Miao settlement in southern Xinjiang. He has no interest in going to college, working odd jobs, or joining the army. He is a farmer’s son, yet doesn’t know how to farm. From childhood, he trained hard in martial arts and practiced his family’s inherited techniques under the guidance of his retired-soldier father, his master, who is known as the foremost expert in Miao territory, and the clan chief. After years of grueling trainin 14.3kReads9.1Score2.1kShelves
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Transmigrating to Langya: The Iron-Blooded Heroine Turns the Tide 穿越琅琊：铁血红颜转乾坤
A mother and daughter who are both special forces soldiers transmigrate into Nirvana in Fire! The mother becomes Consort Jing, while her baby daughter becomes Princess Jingning. At the princess’s hundred-day celebration, someone nearly kills her. Only a birthmark reveals that she is a close blood relative. They defy fate and save Prince Qi and the entire Chiyan Army. Emperor Liang dies on the battlefield, regretting his actions. The new emperor ascends the throne to find the treasury in ruins, s
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Back on the Road to Officialdom 重回仕途
In today's political arena, who will rise and who will fall? The protagonist, Hao Tianming, was just an ordinary laid-off worker. By a stroke of luck, he met a fortune-teller who told him he would become an official and marry a beautiful woman from his own city. Hao Tianming told a friend, who said there was no way he'd become an official, though marrying a beautiful woman from their city seemed entirely possible. So Hao Tianming posted a marriage ad online, and the search brought him together w
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The Bride’s Personal Maid 伴嫁丫鬟
In the silent depths of a grand household, fate drifts like a wisp of silk. From a maid who came with the bride to a maidservant in the study, she treads carefully at every turn, caught between schemes and growing affection. Beneath his cold exterior lies tenderness; beneath her caution, a heart beginning to stir. In the deep halls of a marquis’s household, an unspoken love quietly takes root. Love runs deep in the marquis’s manor, where schemes stretch as far as the sea. Where will she ultimate
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Tales from Xiwang 西湾里的那些事儿
The story begins in the early 1990s in Xiwan, an unremarkable mountain village inhabited by ordinary people. Their stories are just like those of you, me, and her... Guided by He Ting's mother, Li Lanhua, the book follows the previous generation's love and lives. Centered on He Ting's romantic journey, it tells the stories of her and those around her. Will this beautiful girl's fate be filled with hardship or happiness? (This story is entirely fictional.)
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Look Out! The Hamster Girl Protagonist Is Surrounded 危！小仓鼠女主被包围啦
[Coming of Age + Healing + Everyone’s Favorite + Fantasy] Peng Yuxin is a student at Gallidon University, working hard and growing throughout her studies. Wait, what’s going on? Why is everyone looking at her so strangely? The cool, top-ranking student. The gentle older girl. The gloomy, clingy girl. What, a rift in space and time? And even her own little fox is a handsome man!
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- 1029 The Apricot Blossoms Fall and Bloom Again 杏花落了又开 In 1998, in Xinghuatan, the wastrel Wang Qiang wins the prettiest girl, Ruoling, with nothing but a comb. After they marry, he continues his philandering. Ruoling endures years of tears and betrayal before finally divorcing him and marrying the carpenter Xie Wenlin, who has waited half his life for her. She brings her children with her. From blazing flames to dying embers, from dependence to independence. Ruoling opens a restaurant, raises her children, and pulls her life out of the mud with her 46Reads—Score—Shelves
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My Top Client Is the First Love I Lost Touch With Ten Years Ago 顶级甲方是失联十年的初恋
My Top Client Is the First Love I Lost Contact With Ten Years Ago
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A 35-Year-Old Unemployed Man and a 65-Year-Old Tough Old Guy Find Love 35岁失业男和65岁猛大爷的一段缘
A tale of an unemployed 35-year-old man and a formidable 65-year-old gentleman.
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- 1032 That Year, I Was Sixteen 那年拾六岁 When Li Shanyue was sixteen, her family traded her to Zhang Debiao from the neighboring village for three thousand yuan and two pigs. Zhang Debiao was a widower with two children. Everyone in the village said marrying him was Li Shanyue's fate. Li Shanyue didn't believe in fate. She smiled as she brought Zhang Debiao water and cooked his meals, cared for his two children as if they were her own, and kept the house spotless. Everyone thought she had accepted her lot. Zhang Debiao ended up wit 936Reads—Score101Shelves
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After Getting Shot by a Crazy Old Man in Dongguan, the System Made Me Young Again 东莞被崩老头后系统让我返老回童
An old man, lonely, bored, and rich! A young woman with a feisty streak, fair skin, a pretty face, and long legs, but no sense of security! Ximen Song, who lives on his pension, fathered a feisty young woman. Ten years ago, she was tricked by a young punk and taken to Dongguan, leaving behind a seriously ill niece. After encountering two feisty young women along the way, he unexpectedly triggered the Rejuvenation System! From then on, these young women helped him gain both love and money, while
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- 1034 A Man I Led Out of the Mountains 被我带出大山的一个男人 “Baby, once you leave the mountains, you're mine. There's no point running away, so just give in to me.” Zhen Honghong's roses for Jia Ren bloomed in the sunshine, alluring and vivid red. 26Reads—Score—Shelves
- 1035 The Moon Deep in the Cornfield 玉米地深处的月亮 That summer, her new husband publicly insulted her, saying she “looked like an eggplant.” She grabbed her bundle and ran away in the middle of the night. Su Caiying sat on the edge of the kang until well past midnight. Instead of a wedding night, all she got was humiliation. By morning, the whole village knew that the new bride of the Liu family was “bad luck for her husband.” Her man had run off on their wedding night. When the family split up, she was given half a sack of dried sweet potatoes, 8.2kReads6.4Score566Shelves
- 1036 The Middle-Aged Life of the Male Lead, the Imperial Uncle 皇叔男主的中年日常 Do you remember those erotic novels you stayed up reading under the covers back in the day? Have you ever wondered what happens to their male leads when they get older? The blond-haired protagonist, who once got along intimately with most of the beautiful women in his county, will cross the threshold into middle age ten years later, just like everyone else. As his charms gradually fade and his passion slowly ebbs, those unforgettable nights will eventually grow hazy in his memory. Yuan Muye some 70Reads—Score—Shelves
- 1037 Rouge in the Tulou 土楼里的胭脂 In the Jianghuai region during the Republic of China era, earthen fortresses rise tall. The beautiful widow Qin Yuening is seized by the bandit Shen Keji, and a “wife-for-hire contract” seals her fate in his rough bandit stronghold. She once hated him to the core. She fled, tried to kill him, and even hung from the rafters rather than submit. He spends half his life conquering territory, all for the day she says, “I will.” When war reaches their doorstep, their bloodstained hands finally clasp t 1.9kReads—Score254Shelves
- 1038 Everyone Gets Old 人人都要老 This story follows Li Tiancheng and an elderly couple as they navigate the challenges of daily life. It raises a range of issues: the urgent need for adult children and society to support seniors as they reach a stage where they can no longer care for themselves, and the need to protect their rights through the law. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 1039 Middle-Aged Man: My Lovely Wife Is Just Young 人到中年：娇妻她只不过岁数小 At forty, Xiao Zhenglong had a pretty relaxed outlook. He’d been married and had a daughter. He’d been in love, and it hadn’t meant much. His position wasn’t especially high, but in Hong City, he wasn’t exactly a nobody. As the youngest son in the family, he had older brothers to carry on the family line and older sisters to bring honor to the family. He could just enjoy life with his brothers, live freely, and settle scores as they came. That seemed like a pretty good way to spend his life. Why 10.8kReads8.4Score591Shelves
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A Marriage Alliance Between Two Poor Families 寒门联姻
A marriage arranged between two poor families ties the lives of Yang Yuxiu, an eighteen-year-old beauty in the making, and Shen Jiaxing, an idle gambler. Both families are humble and poor, and they hope the couple will settle down and live an honest life. But the gulf between their personalities and values divides them from the very day they marry. A tiny stall selling cloth in the depths of the old street becomes the place where the couple struggle to get by. Shen Jiaxing is beyond saving, and
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The Guanshan Saber 关山刀
On the twenty-third day of the twelfth lunar month, the Kitchen God ascended to Heaven. Yan Feilong's father did not come home. Three days later, his mother was found dead in the village temple, a wound in her stomach. The twelve-year-old boy slipped a chipped knife into his clothes and walked into the salt flats, looking for a man: tall and thin, with a mole on his chin. He found him. Three strikes. One for his father, one for his mother, and the last so he could go on living. His revenge was d
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- 1042 A Distorted Life 畸形人生 She was born deep in the mountains, into a troubled family. Her mother died when she was young, and her father paid her no attention. She grew up in her aunt's home, suffering inhuman abuse. As an adult, she faced all kinds of challenges in marriage, family, and career. Come with us into her world and see what her life was like! 76Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Climb of a Bank Executive 银行高管爬升记
The rules of politics, the cutthroat workplace, the ups and downs of love... Finance, real estate, technology... From human weakness to rising desire, from career growth to family conflict, from glory to ruin, from caution to madness, from the summit to the abyss... He started out as a low-level employee, determined to climb the ladder. At last, he seized an opportunity and received help from a powerful patron, gradually entering the inner circle, only to become a pawn at the same time... Was it
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It Only Takes Two or Three Minutes 就三两分钟的事儿
The stories in this book all come from real life, and they’re very short, just a few minutes each. People live at a fast pace these days, so I don’t want to take up too much of your time. You can read a complete story in just a couple of minutes in your spare time. I don’t expect you to remember every detail afterward. I’ll be happy if you read one and think, “Yeah, I’ve done that too,” or “I’ve been through that.” Then all those late nights spent writing will have been worth it.
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If You Love Your First Love So Much, Why Are You Crying Now That I'm Gone? 既爱白月光，我走了你哭啥？
If you love your first love so much, why are you crying now that I've left?
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- 1046 An Ordinary Man’s Official Career: A Police Chief at Twenty-Four 凡人官途，二十四岁的公安局长 [A genuine political-intrigue novel] Cheng Bo was just starting his career and was thrilled to become an assistant to the town mayor. But after taking up the post, he discovered that he had also been saddled with a daunting mission! 44.8kReads7.9Score3.8kShelves
- 1047 Between the Door and the World Outside, My Fiancée Regrets It Like Crazy! 门里门外，未婚妻她悔疯了！ Inside and outside the door, my fiancée is consumed with regret! 6.8kReads—Score—Shelves
- 1048 The Underworld: Beautiful Women by My Side on a Wild Jianghu Road 黑道：红颜伴我野性江湖路 (Feel-good period drama + multiple heroines + top student and leader + fast-paced + passionate and explosive) With a blood feud to settle, he claims his enemy's daughter on the very first day after getting out of prison! He once thought he was an orphan, never imagining his libertine father had left behind many younger siblings! On the blood-soaked road through the underworld, stepmothers keep appearing. There are also brothers and sisters bound by deep affection, and a prodigal son who turns ov 13.3kReads8.5Score1.2kShelves
- 1049 He Actually Stole My Wife 他竟偷走我的妻 He Actually Stole My Wife 1.4kReads—Score—Shelves
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Quick Transmigration: Every Time, I Arrive When the Heroine Is at Her Lowest 快穿：每次穿到女主最惨的时候
[Quick transmigration + redemption + sweet romance + satisfying wish fulfillment] Li Shaoyang is the number-one overworker at the Quick Transmigration Bureau, employee number 0731. He takes on jobs specializing in “saving tragic heroines.” Every time he transmigrates, he has to appear when the heroine is at her lowest and change her ending from “death” to “happily ever after.” The problem is that every time he transmigrates, he is the person who made her life most miserable. [World One: A forme
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