Looking for Realistic Love Stories Set in the City 求贴近现实的，都市生活里的爱情故事。

1. 701 白 The Boundary of Daylight 白昼边界 Lin Li林蓠Modern Romance175k WordsCompleted They first met in the northwest, where he was the down-at-heel owner of an inn in Shadu. They crossed paths abroad, where he was a jade merchant in a sharp suit. Then, on a street at midnight, they met again, and once more he was a battered patient at her mercy. Shao Yingchuan, the suspicious man who rescued Yu Xiaochan from her predicament in the no-man's-land, had many identities and was impossible to track down. The one thing she could be sure of was that she had never let herself go like thi 565Reads9.4Score111Shelves

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   This book is very interesting. The male protagonist is an anti-narcotics policeman and the female protagonist is an ordinary person. It's really interesting! [Send heart][Send heart][Send heart]

2. 702 带 A Cross-Dressing Dad: What Should I Do When They Mistake Me for the Landlady? 带娃男娘：还被错认房东太太咋办 Sanqi Lu三七鹿Urban768k WordsOngoing [A feminine-looking man + the heroine makes the first move + contrasting personalities + cheerful everyday life + one heroine + very sweet, no angst] After winning the lottery, Su Xiaoxi started living the lie-flat life, getting by on rental income while still young. The one thing that gave him a headache was that he was so beautiful, and had a child with him, that people always mistook him for the landlady. “Ma’am, I don’t mean anything by it. I just want to give my child a warm home.” “I said 4.5kReads9.0Score401Shelves
3. 703 岭 Those Years Working in Lingnan 岭南打工那些年 Dongting Fish Song洞庭鱼歌Urban1.0M WordsCompleted This work is a realistic urban novel based on my own experience of heading south to Guangdong for work in the late 1980s. It might be more accurate to call it a memoir of migrant work than a novel. The characters are all based on my colleagues, fellow villagers, and friends I knew well! I chose to write in the first person so that everyone in these pages would feel vivid and real, with a soul of their own. I hope readers will find the voice warm and familiar as they read or listen in their spare 17.3kReads9.3Score1.7kShelves

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   This book is a true picture of the changes in society and human nature in China's 40 years of opening up. It is really worth reading carefully by readers born after 60.70.80.90!

4. 704 乡 Rural Livestream: 100,000 Acres from the Start 乡村直播：开局10万亩地 Night of the Fish鱼之夜Urban3.1M WordsCompleted Bound to the Manor Owner System, he receives 100,000 mu of land from the start! He decisively chooses to become a great manor owner, farming, raising livestock, fishing, making use of the lush mountains and clear waters, and earning a fortune. Faced with all the wondrous items in the System Shop, An Ge also starts livestreaming. Who would have thought he’d gain tens of millions of fans? Fine food, fine wine, beautiful women, stunning scenery, luxury cars, villas, airplanes, skiing, mountain clim 15.3kReads8.9Score1.1kShelves
5. 705 雨 On a Rainy Night, My Yandere Sister Begged Me to Take Her In 雨夜，病娇妹妹求我收留 Hoshino Kami星野神来Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [Extra sweet] + [No System] + [Not reborn] + [Light novel] + [Not self-insert] A landmine girl, an underground idol, a debuting voice actress, a childhood-friend editor, a doujin artist... After I made a wish, they all came to my side. To fight over the one and only female lead spot, they launched into a frenzied battle of romantic rivalry. Three years later, Lu Qing clasped his hands together. “Oh, God of Inspiration, I was immature back then. Please spare me...” A completely original story wit 46.6kReads9.5Score5.2kShelves
6. 706 没 I’m So Insecure, I Raise a Demon King in the Starter Village 没有安全感的我在新手村养魔王 Crossing the Tribulation渡子厄Sports2.1M WordsCompleted [A gentleman's novel] [Artificially sweet romance] [Everyday life] [Lighthearted and funny] Chen Long is reborn in the world of The Light of the End, inhabiting Leon, a newbie village mini-boss who's supposed to be killed by the hero from the start. Leon: I'm not feeling safe. First things first, I'm taking the Demon King home... 19.6kReads9.1Score2.7kShelves
7. 707 我 How Can My Wife Be This Adorable? 我的老婆怎么能这么可爱？ San Jiu Ling三久零Urban3.0M WordsCompleted A new book from a veteran author~ [Sweet Romance] [Combat] [Everyday Life] [Comedy] [One Heroine] Chen Xing, the youngest god of assassination in the history of the Assassination Star, transmigrates to the Spirit Artifact Continent with a super System. From the start, he finds an abandoned girl named Ling. One glance, and a thousand years pass! He even activates a hidden romance System! The two Systems work together perfectly! Fall in love, and you get stronger! This System just loves watching p 2.3kReads9.3Score213Shelves
8. 708 奴 After I Trained Them as Slaves, They All Wanted to Repay Me 奴隶养成后，她们都想要报答我 Day and Night Are Unpredictable昼夜无常Eastern Fantasy731k WordsOngoing After transmigrating to another world, Bright became a slave trader. But even Bright never expected that the slaves he sold would all become famous figures in the future! Among them were: The Forest God's favorite, the one who ended centuries of civil war among the elves and became their only queen in a thousand years. The child of an angel and a human, founder of the Holy Empire and empress of a nation. The only great mage in the world, creator of the Tower of Eternity, and the great witch who 47kReads9.1Score8.5kShelves
9. 709 跳 Leaping Through the Dragon Gate 跳龙门 The One Playing the Zither抚琴的人Urban6.4M WordsCompleted Original title: Leaping Through the Dragon Gate Leaping Through the Dragon Gate: The Struggle for Supremacy has premiered on Hongguo App. Song Yu, a senior at the Foreign Trade College, hits rock bottom after his girlfriend betrays him and a rich heir bullies him. Then his mysterious older brother, Song Chen, returns and arranges for "Old Wolf," a powerful figure in Yuncheng, to protect him from the shadows. Song Yu refuses to rely on connections. Using his grit and intelligence, he lands an int 90.4kReads9.5Score7.1kShelves

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10. 710 你 Hello, Mr. Doraemon 你好，哆啦A梦先生 Pork Head Is Delicious猪头肉很好吃Urban529k WordsCompleted I had only wanted to live an easy, carefree life as an ordinary person. But when my childhood sweetheart and first CEO girlfriend married someone else for the sake of profit, and my beautiful second girlfriend, a painter, sacrificed herself for power, I realized I couldn't keep being a pushover. I had to fight back! When I finally stood at the top of the pyramid, I gave life a resounding shout... 1.7kReads8.7Score184Shelves
11. 711 病 My Obsessive Childhood Sweetheart Has an Overwhelming Need to Possess Me, and She's Tied Me Up Again 病娇小青梅占有欲超强，又绑我了 Spicy Rabbit Head with a Little Sugar麻辣兔头加点糖Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [An intensely possessive, dangerously unstable heroine + childhood sweethearts + healing and redemption + one heroine + slice of life + no golden finger or System] [Jiang Yu: A wife should be raised from childhood~] [Ruan Xixi: A husband should be tricked into it from childhood~] Jiang Yu died after being kidnapped on the way home from a blind date with his childhood sweetheart, the girl next door. When he opened his eyes again, he saw his own corpse and the lovesick childhood sweetheart clingin 44.2kReads8.7Score4.9kShelves
12. 712 乡 The Absurd Tales of the Countryside 乡村荒唐往事 Old Lin the Appraiser掌眼老林Urban3.7M WordsOngoing [A realistic, everyday story of rural life in the Period, portraying the lives of village women as they truly were.] 1993, Shangou Village. Li Xiulan has already given birth to two sons, and now she’s pregnant with a third child. From then on, her life begins to change in profound ways… 38kReads9.1Score1.5kShelves

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    This book is very close to reality. It was too hard for the heroine to live in that era.

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