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1. 301 一 A Little Fish 一尾小鱼 There's a Fish in the Field地里有鱼Modern Romance103k WordsCompleted Yi Weiyu is utterly devoted to love. No matter how many times the cat scratches her, she refuses to lose hope. Li Yingle is that untamable cat. Yi Weiyu once asked Li Yingle through her tears, “Sometimes you love me, and sometimes you don’t. One moment you’re warm, the next you’re cold. You keep me close, then push me away.” When they first met, Li Yingle was like the blazing afternoon sun, lighting up Yi Weiyu’s heart. Li Yingle was heaven’s favored son, blessed with everything beautiful in th 13Reads—Score—Shelves

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2. 302 二 Second Marriage: Marrying a Doting CEO 二婚：嫁给甜宠总裁 Mona Little Lisa蒙娜小丽莎Modern Romance215k WordsCompleted Anxin got divorced, and Chen Shaonian believed those words: if you can't forget someone, fate will bring you together again! He was determined to seize the favor fate had shown him. But Anxin announced, "You're my best friend!" What was that supposed to mean?! "I treat you like oxygen, but you treat me like air?!" "No, no, no! I've got more tricks up my sleeve than a dragon fruit has seeds, and I'm patient and resourceful. I have to win you over! I'll cherish you, love you, and be yours forever! 235Reads—Score—Shelves

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   (Completed) Very beautiful! It is a light-hearted, funny and sweet story with lots of hilarious jokes and golden sentences. Both the male and female protagonists are smart, have correct views and the plot is smooth. The key is to hit the ball straight and not grind. [Top post][top post]

3. 303 我 The Campus Belle I Used to Support Became My Boss! 我包养过的校花，变成我老板了！ Coriander with Every Meal吃饭加芫荽Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Everyday Pursuit of Her Husband + Lighthearted Comedy + No System + Not Reborn + Sweet Romance] Help! The campus beauty I kept in college has become my company's boss after graduation! Chen Shu was a clueless, spendthrift rich kid in college. He kept Su Qingwan, a beautiful, impoverished campus belle, and pursued her ostentatiously, giving her everything he could! By the time he graduated in his senior year, Chen Shu's family had gone bankrupt overnight. Buried in debt, he became a corporat 10.6kReads8.5Score1.2kShelves

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4. 304 姐 Big Sis Is Super Fierce 姐姐大人超级凶 Yuan Muxi袁沐兮Urban577k WordsCompleted [One Male and One Female Lead + Older Woman-Younger Man Romance + Funny Everyday Life] This novel is also known as My Girlfriend Is Super Fierce and My Wife Is Super Fierce. After his mother was left in a wheelchair by a car accident for six years, and his father suffered brain damage for three months, he spent his days hauling bricks at construction sites and his nights working part-time at a hotel. When he met the older woman in his otherwise miserable life, everything began to change… 710Reads8.9Score—Shelves
5. 305 亲 A Reborn Mom and Her Villainous Son Become Desk Mates 亲妈重生，和反派儿子做同桌 Lian Qiao连俏Modern Romance402k WordsCompleted Shen Linyue unexpectedly traveled 24 years into the future before learning that not only was she living inside a novel, but her future son was also a notorious villain! The eighteen-year-old villain is rebellious and unreliable, and his grades are abysmal. When they first meet, the boy looks down at her with a displeased expression. “Who did you say you are, my sister?” Shen Linyue shakes her head. “You're right, I'm not your sister. I'm your aunt.” The villain's son: ? Where did this lunatic co 1kReads8.5Score118Shelves
6. 306 重 Reborn: Let That Delinquent Girl Go 重生：放开那个女混混 Hard to Say说不准Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Reborn] [Romance] [Main Plot] [Street Fighting] [Campus] [Conspiracy] [Mutual Devotion, One-on-One Romance] [Both Pure After Rebirth] [Romances Featuring Other Supporting Characters] [Told Mainly from the Male Lead's Perspective, with the Female Lead's Experiences Driving the Main Plot] A frail rich second-generation heir is unexpectedly reborn and suddenly loses the happy life of having his wife and children waiting at home. All he wants is to find his wife again. But his wife is now the notor 273Reads8.8Score—Shelves
7. 307 逃 After Fleeing My Wedding, I Went to Dongguan 逃婚后我去了东莞 Huijue Benxin Mengchan慧觉本心梦禅Modern Romance871k WordsCompleted [Rural] At 22, Bai Qing went on a blind date over the New Year holiday. On her very first date, she lost her virginity to a man she didn't like. With no other choice, she ran away from her wedding and went to Guangdong to work. While working in Dongguan, she met her true love, Li Changsheng, a rich second-generation heir. Not long after they began dating, Changsheng sent Bai Qing to adult college. After many intimate encounters, she became pregnant. Then Bai Qing dropped out, got married, and ga 2.7kReads7.3Score187Shelves

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8. 308 村 Honghong, the Village Beauty 村花红红 Fanjin Hai梵金海Modern Romance626k WordsOngoing Honghong, the village beauty, was twenty-two when she lost her virginity to Leilei on her very first blind date. Every time they met after that, they grew intimate. Eventually, they got married, but Honghong never had a child. Faced with contempt and cold looks from Leilei's family, she was eventually forced to divorce him. Much later, she married Li Gang, a local thug... 11.1kReads7.3Score511Shelves
9. 309 野 Wild Village Rose 野村玫瑰 Fanjin Hai梵金海Modern Romance37k WordsOngoing In the late 1990s, the village beauty Rose’s marriage story began with Huang Lei, who had been in love with her for a year but only wanted to possess her. After Li Gang stirred up trouble, Rose and Huang Lei parted ways, and eventually Li Gang married Rose. But Rose never became pregnant. Li Gang’s mother despised her as a barren hen, and the family pressured Rose to return to her parents’ home. When Huang Lei, who was working in Guangdong, learned that Rose had gone back, he thought his chance 363Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 310 我 I Miss You on Keji South Road 我在科技南路很想你 Pomegranate and Wine Years石榴和酒年Urban117k WordsOngoing I've walked this road with her for years, from internship to a successful career, from flirting to making things official, from lovers to soon-to-be spouses, from youthful innocence to growing old together. Every paving stone along this road holds memories beneath our feet. I've witnessed so much here with her: breathing in the fresh air beneath the trees, sharing the summer cool, and riding our bikes as we enjoyed the breeze and falling leaves. 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The epitome of urban life, another look of fireworks life

11. 311 女 After a Female Civil Servant Flash-Marries a Rich Family's Puppy-Dog Boyfriend 女公务员闪婚豪门小奶狗之后 Xun Jue Yizhuo逊珏逸卓Modern Romance698k WordsCompleted Her stingy boyfriend of six years invited her to dinner at a fancy restaurant. He wasn’t proposing. He was breaking up with her. Afraid of wasting the expensive red wine, the heroine drank the whole bottle by herself. And then… She told the male lead, “You’re so handsome! Marry me!” He replied, “Okay! Once you’re sober tomorrow, we’ll go register our marriage.” When she sobered up, the heroine regretted it. Because he was five years younger than her and still in school. But the male lead 1.3kReads9.1Score121Shelves
12. 312 小 The Junior Clerk and the Heir to a Fortune Are Secretly Married 小公务员和豪门继承人隐婚了 Xun Jue Yizhuo逊珏逸卓Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Cold on the outside, warm on the inside male lead + warm on the outside, guarded on the inside female lead + older man + secret marriage + marriage first, love later + devoted only to her] A marriage brought about by a twist of fate stirred up no waves for either of them. What difference did it make whom she married? What difference did it make whom he married? After getting their marriage licenses, they agreed to keep the marriage a secret for the time being… But her husband’s secret identity 6.9kReads9.1Score578Shelves
13. 313 妹 My Little Sister Threw Herself Into My Arms in Front of Our Parents, and I Was Stunned 妹妹当着爸妈的面扑进怀里我傻了 Little Ai Loves White Tea小爱喝白茶Modern Romance700k WordsCompleted After an accident leaves Ye Feng's parents dead, the male lead grows up with his adoptive younger sister, who is not related to him by blood. She falls for him, but her brother is too dense to realize it. Later, the male lead moves away to attend university. Why is his younger sister determined to follow in his footsteps? What kind of adventures await the male lead during his university years? 9.3kReads6.4Score1.4kShelves

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14. 314 刚 Right After My Divorce, a Powerful Woman Called Me Her Husband 刚离婚，女大佬就叫我老公 Top Scholar of Chang'an长安探花Urban3.1M WordsOngoing I'm a massage therapist, and one of my clients is a bewitchingly beautiful woman. She asks for me every time she comes in, until one day I finally learn that she's the legendary woman… 19.2kReads9.0Score1.5kShelves

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    Both of these books are very good. Overall, just read it yourself, the first one is very sweet anyway.

15. 315 梦 Awakening from the Dream of White Moonlight: A Girl's Journey to Self-Discovery 梦醒白月光：一个女孩的觉醒之路 A Riot of Colorful Light五光十色的光Modern Romance88k WordsCompleted This is the true story of my youth, a painful journey of growing up. After my father entered the monastery, I dropped out of school and was deceived while looking for work, assaulted and pushed into sordid deals. When my life sank to its darkest depths, he came into my world like a ray of light. Enamored with that light, I kept searching for his shadow in other people, growing lost and reckless until I fell into an abyss of self-loathing. It took ten years, and the shattering of my unreachable i 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is the true story of a girl from a lower class growing up with blood and tears in her youth. After her father became a monk, her life fell all the way. She dropped out of school, was cheated when looking for a job (sexually assaulted, and forced to do dirty deals). She ran away from one man to another... In the end, she fell into an abyss of self-hate because of being lost, and finally fished herself out with her own hands. This is a story from hurt to loss, from loss to awakening. If you are trapped by love or have been hurt by the past, I hope this book can give you the courage and wisdom to start over.

16. 316 分 After Our Breakup, the Aloof and Arrogant Little Sis Chased After Me 分手后，被高冷傲娇小妹妹倒追 Dream of the Iris鸢尾之梦Urban374k WordsOngoing Chen Chi and Su Xue had been together for two years. On their anniversary, Chen Chi went to see her, full of excitement, only for her to turn him down, saying she was busy, then walk off with the man she had always loved. All the hurt he had endured over those two years burst out in that moment. Chen Chi was done loving her. He turned and walked away. After the breakup, Chen Chi met a girl named Shi Yue, the younger sister of his best friend. As they spent time together, she gradually fell for h 28Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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    I think you can try these books. I personally think they are good.

17. 317 不 Seriously, Whose Girlfriend Lands a Critical Hit the Moment She Opens Her Mouth? 不是，谁家女友一开口就暴击的？ Dudu Baby嘟嘟北鼻Urban536k WordsCompleted [One Heroine + Mutual Healing + No Looking Back + Lighthearted, Healing Sweet Romance] [No Rebirth, No System, Everyday Slice-of-Life. Enter at Your Own Risk] On Chen Zian’s birthday, when Lin Qingxue picked up her phone for the twenty-sixth time, Chen Zian knew they should end things. Lin Qingxue had only gotten together with him to repay a debt of gratitude. Now she had a boy she liked, and Chen Zian really didn’t want to keep this going. But after he decided to let her go, he unexpectedly bec 6.9kReads9.3Score741Shelves
18. 318 疯 Are You Kidding Me? The Icy School Beauty Is My Online Girlfriend? 疯了吧！高冷校花竟是网恋对象？ Supreme Evil无上邪Urban1.6M WordsCompleted [One heroine | Campus beauty | Online romance | No System | Everyday life | Over-the-top sweetness | Playing the fool to catch the tiger] Kong Liu was so good at video games that a clingy rich girl latched onto him. She insisted on becoming his girlfriend, and in a daze, Kong Liu agreed. They dated online for a year without ever meeting in person. Then today, he played a game with a girl... Kong Liu suddenly realized that the legendary aloof campus beauty... might actually be his clingy online g 31kReads9.4Score3.4kShelves
19. 319 不 Wait, What Do You Mean My Dad Was Reborn Too? 不是？什么叫做？我爸也重生了？ I'll Give You Half an Orange橘子分你一半吧Urban2.5M WordsCompleted [Campus slice of life + everyday romance + one female lead + reborn] After the college entrance exams, Jiang Feng woke up to find himself slumped over his old middle school desk. He wiped the drool from the corner of his mouth, then slowly realized that everything that had happened over the years had only been one very long dream... So there was still time to make things right, wasn't there? After Jiang Feng and his father learned that Jiang Feng had scored an incredible 740 on the college entra 6.2kReads9.1Score844Shelves
20. 320 我 I'm a Succubus, and You Want Me on a Dating Show? 我一魅魔，你让我参加恋综？ True Lord of Two Meals a Day一天两顿真君Urban2.2M WordsOngoing [Lighthearted Daily Life + Dating Show + Comedy and Absurdity + Livestreaming + Entertainment] Su Yuan awakens his memories and discovers that he's become an individual trainee who's been practicing for two and a half years. That morning, the fat director demands that he keep her company… Then that afternoon, Su Yuan is blacklisted and saddled with a 500,000 yuan breach-of-contract penalty. Feeling down, he goes to a bar to drown his sorrows. But who should strike up a conversation with h 32.1kReads8.5Score3kShelves
21. 321 矜 The Reserved Campus Belle Throws Herself at Me. Who Could Resist? 矜持校花扑向我，这谁忍得住啊 Xing Lulu邢鹿鹿Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Sweet romance + one heroine + devoted love + healing + making money + realistic] Lu Fan returns to 2007 and meets again the campus beauty he spent four whole years pursuing in his previous life, only to date her for a mere 24 hours. Goddess: Lu Fan, why don’t you chase me anymore? Lu Fan: I’m not interested in you. Goddess: Liar! You obviously like me, and you like me a lot. You’re playing hard to get to attract my attention! Lu Fan: Huh!? Goddess: See? See? You’ve even started using tricks! Th 2.9kReads8.9Score317Shelves
22. 322 纯 After My Pure-and-Sweet Childhood Friend Went All Out to Win Me Over, We Started Dating 纯欲青梅花式白给后，我们恋爱了 Xiao Nanxing萧南星Urban522k WordsCompleted [Sweet Everyday Romance | Lighthearted, No Angst | Secret Crush Becomes Mutual | Childhood Friend and New Arrival] [Original title: Help! The Gorgeous Girl Living at My House Keeps Throwing Herself at Me] Xu Yao had been single for eighteen years, until one day a piano prodigy named Luo Qingyue came to stay at his house... and turned his life upside down. [Brother Xu Yao, you're so nice. This soy milk is delicious.] [Brother Xu Yao, I'm living here and you aren't charging me rent, so does that 6.4kReads9.3Score1.1kShelves
23. 323 高 Sweet as Sugar: My Reborn Girlfriend Is Fierce and Adorable 高糖倒追：重生女友又凶又萌 One Wind, Two Dragons一风二龙Urban266k WordsCompleted [Purely everyday life, not a high school opening] [Super-sweet romance + one female lead + she gives herself to him from the start] [Female lead: cute or alluring, with a wicked streak; she transmigrates back from three years in the future] [Male lead: a goofy, clueless straight guy, pursued from the start; he gains both wealth and a beautiful woman, and reaches the pinnacle of life] Jiang Feng never imagined that the first time they met, his online girlfriend would “force him to move in with he 4kReads9.4Score502Shelves
24. 324 刚 I Just Reborn, and I’m Already Kissing a Yandere? 刚刚重生就与病娇接吻？ Big Hema大盒马Urban364k WordsCompleted My name is Bai Xiaoyi, and I'm an ordinary college student. After derivatives nearly killed me, my soul ended up in the body of an adult college student in another world. The most ridiculous part? A beautiful girl forcefully kissed me!! Wait, if you're going to kiss me, fine, but put down the knife in your hand first. 13.4kReads9.4Score1.5kShelves
25. 325 我 I’m a Master Procrastinator, and My Crazy Antics Stun Rich Beauties 我，摸鱼达人，骚操作惊呆白富美 Xi Dou汐豆Urban2.8M WordsCompleted Qin Xun, a university student doing an internship, joins a newly founded marketing company and becomes a proud assistant planner. On his first day, he binds to a slacking-off System. As long as he goofs off at work, he can accumulate slacking points and earn rewards. Just as he’s making the most of his time slacking away in an unnoticed corner of the office, all while sporting the title of Outstanding Employee, a cool, aloof new female colleague is assigned to sit beside him by the HR manager. “ 43.4kReads8.5Score4.2kShelves
26. 326 他 He's Sweet and Wild 他很乖很野 Zhen Meng臻梦Modern Romance326k WordsCompleted The companion novel, Amber Heartbeat, also known as I’ve Only Ever Kissed You, is complete. [Sweet, gentle girl x roguish bad boy] [Swoony romance, campus sweetness and angst, mutual devotion and healing, a slow start that gets better and better, not a rebirth story, happy ending] [Bodhisattva x wild ghost] Main couple focused There’s no one in all of L City who hasn’t heard of Jiang Ye from No. 4 High School. He’s wild, fiercely volatile, and intimidating. Years ago, he crawled out of an underg 1.6kReads9.0Score170Shelves
27. 327 我 You’re the Only One I’ve Ever Kissed 我只亲过你 Zhen Meng臻梦Modern Romance288k WordsCompleted [Devoted only to each other, slow burn + bittersweet tension + campus to city life + second chance romance + he pursues her + healing] [Flirtatious, passionate bad boy who only pretends to be a player X resilient, conflicted good girl] Zhou Yu is a notorious free spirit in the capital, handsome and from a good family. People joke that his ex-girlfriends could form a whole cheerleading squad. His reputation precedes him. Yu An goes to the neighboring No. 9 High School. Few people have even heard 952Reads8.5Score101Shelves
28. 328 吻 Kiss the Dimple 吻梨涡 Zhen Meng臻梦Modern Romance232k WordsCompleted [Bold, straightforward, energetic girl VS gentle, calculating, jealous sweetheart] [College campus | Secret crush becomes mutual | Childhood friends | Age gap | SC] Also known as Kissing Me a Few Times Counts as Getting to Know Me. A slow-burn, sweet romance well worth checking out~ - To outsiders, Pei Yue is gentle yet aloof, humble and polite, academically brilliant, and the campus heartthrob year after year. He has plenty of admirers and is always composed. He’s practically perfect. But in Ch 350Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 329 缝 Sewing Summer! 缝夏！ Zhen Meng臻梦Modern Romance256k WordsOngoing Younger-man-and-older-woman romance: the seemingly innocent man is secretly calculating and rises to the top + she marries first and falls in love later, while his secret crush comes true + two wealthy families find salvation in each other + university professor and violinist + courteous, domineering CEO and forthright heiress + insecure, affection-starved man with a strong service instinct and possessive streak, and radiant, bold, perceptive woman with a sensitive heart + no melodramatic misund 9Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 330 云 When the Clouds Are Deep and the Waters Clear 云深清浅时 Running East and West东奔西顾Modern Romance336k WordsCompleted Xiao Yunxing is the dashing, top-of-the-class heartthrob admired by every girl at school: someone to admire from afar, but never touch. Yet he smiles only for Chen Qinghuan, the “childhood sweetheart” who transfers to his school, and spoils her in every way. Chen Qinghuan is a proud, domineering, yet adorably naive math genius. Math is her talent, and loving him is her dream. She stays by his side, always. One waits, the other pursues, and together they earn places at their dream university. Aft 18.8kReads9.6Score2.4kShelves

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31. 331 不 Out of Place 不合時宜 Si Zhao思照Two Female Leads357k WordsCompleted [Dual heroines + both devoted to one another + one-on-one romance, pure love, sweet and angsty] There was a beauty in English Class 4 named Shen Zhaoxi. Only Lin Mingyue knew what had happened between them that night. She knew Shen Zhaoxi could be coy, pretend to be fragile, play little tricks, and stop at nothing to keep someone by her side. She knew how Shen Zhaoxi would pin her down and kiss the corners of her reddened eyes, then ask if she liked it. 2kReads9.3Score271Shelves

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    The first 5 books have two female protagonists. The last two books are closer to reality and are purely for entertainment

32. 332 暮 Twilight Affection 暮色情谊 Yan Xi言悕Two Female Leads226k WordsCompleted Mu Nianqing and Jiang Cunxi’s reunion came unexpectedly and without warning. Perhaps it was fate, or perhaps someone else had a hand in it, intentionally or not. After working together for the first time, their lives kept intersecting and their paths continued to cross. A dazzling superstar and a gifted playwright gradually fall for each other as they help and encourage one another time and again. 733Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 333 班 The Class Monitor Is My Girlfriend 班长是我女朋友 Seven Easy Seventeen七易十七Two Female Leads392k WordsCompleted [Sweet Romance + Pure Love + Straightforward Romance + Campus] [Chen Ke vs. Jiang Zhibai] Young love is hazy yet pure, like the wind, impossible to grasp, like rain, quietly nourishing everything. 1.5kReads9.2Score163Shelves
34. 334 会 The Student Council President Has Been Plotting to Win Me Over for Ages 会长姐姐对我蓄谋已久 Time Is Gentle and Clear时光清浅Two Female Leads390k WordsCompleted (The final chapter’s bonus story takes a different turn. If you haven’t read it, feel free to take a look ✌︎' ֊') [Two female leads + devoted to each other + college campus + reunion years later + everyday life] [Being a woman gave me every advantage in getting close to you, yet it also gave me the greatest disadvantage: I couldn’t kiss you.] (Everyone’s playing matchmaker! Every couple gets together!) Jiang Ji’s story: Jiang Ji once thought she’d have a conventional arranged marriage, until she 11.9kReads9.5Score2.1kShelves
35. 335 女 What Should I Do About My Clingy Girlfriend? 女朋友太粘人怎么办 It's a Pear, Not a Fragrant Pear是鸭梨不是香梨Two Female Leads109k WordsCompleted [Sweet Romance + Campus + Romantic Idealism + Artsy Youth] “Ye Zhen has only been brave a handful of times, and every time, it was to run toward Jin Shuyao.” [Gentle, candid puppy-like boy] × [Cool, artsy goddess] Before they met, Ye Zhen had seen Jin Shuyao several times across the elevator, standing diagonally opposite him. He thought, This pretty older sister is so aloof. Hmph, if you won't talk to me, I won't talk to you either. After they got to know each other, Ye Zhen would pull Jin Shuy 2.2kReads9.1Score286Shelves
36. 336 学 From Underachiever to Top Student: The Tyrannical Math Prodigy Falls for Me 学渣逆袭：霸道数学爱上我 Lysine赖氨酸Modern Romance300k WordsCompleted I wrote this while I was in an unstable state of mind, so please go easy on me. [Underachiever’s comeback + School life + Coming of age + Young, innocent crushes + Inspiring ensemble cast + Occasional comfort] One day, Huang Jiajia, who fails every math test, suddenly discovers that her math textbook has come to life! And if that weren’t enough, it’s now pushing her to study! But the upside is that every time she levels up her math skills, she gets generous rewards! For example, she can order he 831Reads8.6Score154Shelves
37. 337 那 That Year, Because of the Campus Belle, I Ran Off to Guangdong to Become a Handsome Lad 那年因为校花，我跑路广东当靓仔 Wuke戊客Urban221k WordsCompleted [Jianghu]+ [Workplace]+ [Romance]+ [No System]+ [Not reborn] [Based on the author’s real experiences working in Guangdong, this is a story about migrant workers in cities like Dongguan and Shenzhen. This is not a wish-fulfillment novel, so don’t read it if that’s not your thing!] In 1997, Zhang Zaiye, Li Yaocong, Jiang Xinyue, and others met while working summer jobs in Guangdong, and formed a deep friendship. At the time, Dongguan’s economy was growing at a breakneck pace. Workers poured in fr 1Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 338 山 The Village Schoolteacher 山村女教师 Evening Rain0208暮雨0208Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Yang Xiaowei and Li Li were college sweethearts. After graduation, their different choices set them on separate paths: Yang Xiaowei went to teach in a mountain village, while Li Li stayed in the city. They went their separate ways, and Yang Xiaowei married the local village chief's son. After enduring a series of hardships, including marriage, childbirth, and domestic abuse, Yang Xiaowei finally found the courage to break free from the prison of her marriage. In the end, she discovered that what 379Reads9.0Score309Shelves
39. 339 村 In and Around the Village 村里村外 A Dao阿刀Urban1.9M WordsCompleted His beautiful mother was nearly assaulted by a village lout, but she tearfully begged the man who rescued her not to call the police. Young Gao Yuan couldn’t understand why at the time. Only when he reached his thirties and looked back on the past, with those scenes flashing through his mind, did he realize that the lives of countless rural people together form a chronicle of the mountains and rivers of China! 124.4kReads9.6Score14.2kShelves
40. 340 灰 The Gray Trade 灰色行业 Little Silly Bear小憨熊啊Urban337k WordsOngoing 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. 2.1kReads—Score214Shelves

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    Adapted from real events, the experience of urban gray-born people licking blood from the knife edge

41. 341 左 You, the Classmate Beside Me 左手边同桌的你 Returning Traveler from Cangchuan沧川归客Modern Romance170k WordsCompleted Some people never reach the end, yet in the long years that follow, they become a secret point of reference. They mistook silence for having all the time in the world. Mountains and rivers lay between them, cities changed, and the few words in their message threads preserved all the old feelings they had never spoken aloud. Not every reunion has to end happily. Some loves are destined only to light the way, never to possess. But once that light has shone, it never truly goes out. It simply retre 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Reading this book is like looking into a mirror, a very true story. The more you look at it, the better it looks

42. 342 怎 How Did My Wife Get Reborn Too? 怎么连老婆也重生了 Shan Shan Bu San山山不三Urban313k WordsOngoing [Both reborn] + [One heroine] + [Romance] + [No System] + [Sweet couple moments] Li Chen and his wife failed to get divorced, then died in a car accident on the way home. Reborn in high school, he swears that in this life he will have nothing to do with his wife ever again. But then he suddenly discovers that his wife has been reborn too? · Xiao Ruolin and her husband failed to get divorced, then died in a car accident. Reborn on the eve of the college entrance exam, she swears that in this life 821Reads8.8Score—Shelves
43. 343 自 Discipline Makes You Free, Not Free to Chase Beautiful Women 自律让你自由，没让你美女自由 Han Meng寒萌Urban1.9M WordsOngoing [System + Growth + Comeback Wish Fulfillment + Marathon + Road Cycling + Freestyle Swimming + Cross-Country Skiing + Biathlon] (Two short dramas adapted from this book are already streaming. Go check them out: “Discipline Gives You Freedom, Not Freedom with Beautiful Women” and “From Self-Discipline to the Pinnacle: She Regretted It Too Late.”) So what if his ex-girlfriend dumped him? Li Bai got a Self-Discipline System. Keeping a regular schedule every day earns him money. Working out every day 18.4kReads8.7Score1.5kShelves
44. 344 被 The Days of Being Clung to by My Upperclasswoman 被学姐赖上的日子 Little Qin from Kindergarten幼儿园小秦Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Rebirth + Campus Beauty + No System + Multiple Heroines + Romance + Everyday Life] Campus beauty: “Wang Yi, my feet are sore. Rub them…” Campus beauty: “Wang Yi, I'm scared of the dark. Hold my hand…” Campus beauty: “Wang Yi, you're mine now. You can't get away!” … Wang Yi woke from a deep sleep, reborn twenty years in the past at the college entrance exam. Faced with a paper that might as well have been written in another language, he was completely stumped. The exam had gone badly enough, 64.5kReads8.9Score5.7kShelves
45. 345 和 How Did I Become a Top-Tier Star by Trading Insults with Haters? 和黑粉对喷的我怎么成顶流了？ Strange Road Map陌路地图Urban1.5M WordsCompleted Rebellious version: The songs early on are so obscure they're downright bizarre!!! If you can't stand that, don't come in and sample them!!! And if you insist on giving them a try, don't leave a bad review over it!!! Straightforward version: [Showbiz + Sharp Tongue + Meme References + Everyday Romance + One Heroine + Public Displays of Affection] Lin Chuyan transmigrated into the body of a washed-up idol. He had no money, couldn't get work, and was constantly hounded by trolls. What to do? Easy 19kReads8.9Score1.6kShelves

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46. 346 女 My Girlfriend Chose to Become a Star, So I’ll Be Her Biggest Backer 女友选择出道，我为她保驾护航 Add Corn to the Braised Ribs炖排骨要加玉米Urban601k WordsCompleted [One Heroine + Cozy Daily Life + Lighthearted + Healing + Sweet Romance + Parallel World] Gu Yu opened his eyes to find himself in a parallel world. Aside from his name, everything was different. He happily accepted his new life, rented a small apartment the next day, and settled into writing novels, meeting up with friends, and exercising. When he learned that he came from an extraordinary family, Gu Yu still wanted to spend some time taking it easy before going back to inherit the family busi 5.2kReads9.1Score433Shelves
47. 347 致 The Depressing Literary Master: One Copy of To Live Brought the World to Tears 致郁系文豪，一本活着全球泪崩 A Cat That Can Do Side Flips会侧空翻的猫Urban1.0M WordsCompleted (Parallel World + Rebirth + System + Literary Prodigy + Career + No Over-the-Top Drama + Not a Harem Novel) After leaving the military, Li Liwen, an office worker in a parallel world, had finally gotten his life back on track. But an unexpected industry downturn left him unemployed. The sudden blow triggered a heart attack in a fit of anger. When he woke up, he discovered he had returned to the age of seventeen. That year, he hadn’t even started his second year of high school. Then he stopped ho 43.2kReads9.2Score3.5kShelves
48. 348 城 Diary of Survival in the City 城市生存日记 Rouge Moon胭脂月Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [No Golden Finger + A Terrible Start from the Start + Self-Redemption + A Realistic Guide to Urban Homelessness] Watch a little waif scavenge and save money, making life a little better, one step at a time. He Qinghuan barely escaped her home deep in the mountains with her life, and now wanders the city. She must avoid being discovered as homeless and sent back, while making full use of the city's resources to feed herself and survive until she's old enough to work and support herself. Looking u 465Reads8.3Score187Shelves

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    A small person in a small city. The first book, a guide to urban wandering life, is purely realistic and has three correct views. People nowadays no longer know what kind of disaster a family that values ​​boys over girls will bring to girls. The heroine found out that she had been sold and ran away from her family bravely. She struggled to survive by scavenging in the city and sleeping in public toilets in underground garages. She met all kinds of people from the lower class, and they were warm and helpful to each other. The kindness of strangers has given the heroine great help, and the strong and growing heroine is also using her own efforts to give back to those who helped her. The character's growth line is clear, and the character has an arc. The heroine has low self-esteem, cowardice, and a serious sense of unworthiness in the early stage. In the later stage, she is capable and bright and sunny, and she gains friendship, love, and family along the way. Reading this book is like participating in a girl's entire inspiring youth. It is worth reading. The second book is a middle-aged urban survival diary. For ten years, a housewife was stabbed in the back by the person next to her. Her husband disappeared and she was burdened with foreign debt. She struggled to survive with her two young daughters and tried her best to get her life back on track.

49. 349 求 Survival Journal: Back to the World of Ordinary Life 求生日记：重返烟火人间 Rouge Moon胭脂月Modern Romance1.2M WordsOngoing Not a wish-fulfillment story, no cheat powers, no rebirth: a realistic struggle to survive against the odds. An innocent only daughter meets the ultimate scumbag. He tricks her into love, saddles her with debt, then runs off, delivering a triple blow. She tries to take her daughter into the lake with her, but survives. Having died once, she finally comes to her senses. There’s no one to catch her when she falls and no one to save her. Every meal and every bit of warmth must be earned with her ow 4.7kReads8.8Score442Shelves
50. 350 放 I Let Go of My First Love and Childhood Friend for a Yandere Loli 放下白月光青梅，选择病娇萝莉 Jie, the Dragon of the East Sea Divine Palace东海神宫的龙中杰Urban944k WordsOngoing [Never looking back / one heroine / pure love / reborn / no infidelity or cuckoldry / yandere / light novel / sweet / regret arc / no System / loli mom] In his previous life, out of a promise to his elders, Lu Bei quietly devoted years of his life to his childhood sweetheart. In the end, all he got in return was, “We’re not right for each other.” After being reborn, he chose to leave the woman he had loved without ever winning her heart. Just as he decided to close his heart and give up on lo 2.9kReads8.9Score379Shelves

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