Novels with Lively, Down-to-Earth Characters That Aren't Tacky at All 有活人感，有生活气息，但是一点也不俗的小说

1. 1 抱 A Cannon-Fodder Supporting Lady’s Survival Guide to Clinging to the Infinite-Flow Male Lead 抱紧无限流男主的炮灰女配生存法 Black Flame黑火焰Modern Romance584k WordsCompleted Content warning: The female lead is not a strong-woman heroine. She grows gradually, and this is a funny, sweet romance. Romance is the main focus; the infinite-flow survival games are secondary. Please avoid if that’s not your thing. Note: The story includes infinite-flow plots and similar content. Readers with strong moral sensibilities may want to steer clear. Lin Shuang transmigrates into a modern fantasy novel aimed at male readers, becoming the rich young lady who goes on a blind date with 35.3kReads9.4Score3.7kShelves

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   This! This! It has a real sense of life. When the female protagonist goes out to rent a house, the male protagonist's first reaction is water and electricity business? The male and female protagonists are both cute, and it won't be a loss if you invest in them [Adoration]

2. 2 从 The Swallow Who Crawled Out of the Dark Abyss 从黑暗深渊中爬出的燕子 A Lifetime of Xiuer秀儿一生Modern Romance509k WordsCompleted Tell me, just how unlucky can one person be? Her own father married four women, and her stepmother treated her like a thorn in her side. In the prime of her youth, she was tricked by a villain and taken away. At long last, she found a little warmth and thought she’d found love, only for it to turn out to be another ill-fated relationship. She got married, thinking she’d found a home, but her life became a complete mess. And that wasn’t the end of it! One by one, all her loved ones disappeared... 115Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This book is pretty good and pretty

3. 3 听 Songs of the Listening Wind Tower 听风楼歌 Splashing Water from the Far Bank隔岸拍水Urban186k WordsOngoing Why does Xiangju run a business that only loses money and never makes a profit? She treats relationships just as carelessly, elbowing her way to the top of the airport’s Twelve Most Beautiful Women. She has Hong Zhi and Brother Gen fighting over her in a jealous brawl, and instead of being ashamed, she’s proud of it. After her eldest daughter gets into a prestigious university, she works hard and becomes independent. She tutors and models cars in her spare time, and accompanies her professor to 461Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The No. 1 Sadomasochism emotional novel "Ting Feng Lou Ge" has tears in the corners of the eyes and light in the heart. Everything is regrettable and everything is worth it.

4. 4 开 From the Start, Livestreaming the Underworld: Who Would Dare Enter This Stream? 开局直播地府：这直播间谁敢上啊 Delicious Shimeji Mushroom美味的口蘑Urban1.9M WordsCompleted [Live streaming from the underworld + ghost officer + heartwarming everyday life] Jiang Lin is a White Impermanence, guiding the dead to the afterlife and delivering messages in dreams. One day, he obtains an Underworld Live-Streaming System. He can earn rewards by promoting the culture of the Netherworld. From then on, a miraculous livestream appears in the human world, connecting the realms of the living and the dead. A typical day in the livestream: “Ghost: Stay away from me!” “This really is 26.9kReads9.6Score3.1kShelves

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   Great. This book is so good.

5. 5 书 A Light in the Sea of Books 书海拾光者 Drunken Dream Sand City醉梦沙城Female-Channel Fanfiction45k WordsCompleted A Gatherer of Light from the Sea of Books 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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   There is a sense of being alive and a breath of life

6. 6 人 Clearing Away the Clutter of Life 人间除杂 Drunken Dream Sand City醉梦沙城Modern Romance1.0M WordsOngoing [Adapted from the real-life experiences of a rural woman college graduate] + [Drifting in Beijing] + [Two years alone in a rented room after losing her job] + [Cheated while looking for a rental] + [Parents seriously ill]. If these topics bother you, don't open this book. The reality is heavy. This is seven years of youth in the life of an ordinary country girl with no connections. At 28, I could have been an excellent hydrometallurgical engineer, skilled at removing all kinds of impurities from 19Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 7 蜜 The Bee Put on a Wedding Dress 蜜蜂穿上了嫁衣 Zhu Weiyu朱维玉Modern Romance400k WordsCompleted A love story about mature men and women, with more focus on their careers. The heroine’s line of work is quite unusual, and the supporting cast is great! You can’t escape the twists and turns of the world, nor can you escape earthly romance. And earthly romance is inescapable when love runs deep. They say cliff honey is the sweetest honey in the world, because it grows on sheer cliffs, untouched by human hands. As a teenager, Xia Mi learned this bit of trivia by chance from a documentary. But it 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A very down-to-earth romance novel between a mature man and a mature woman. The men and women in the article have stories. The writing is very good, the details are well described, and it is full of life. I recommend it!

8. 8 绿 Green Vine 绿萝 Abstinence Pavilion戒思阁Modern Romance201k WordsCompleted This book is for everyone who has ever waited. This is a novel about all the things left unsaid: not saying you like someone, not saying you are waiting, not saying whether it was worth it. But all those unspoken words are tucked inside candy wrappers, hidden in a tin box, and buried in the beeping sounds of a phone booth. The bravest thing Lin Dong ever did was not repairing that imported machine or saving enough for a down payment on a house with a courtyard. It was telling Su Xiyue, “It's t 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The bravest thing Lin Dong did in his life was not to repair the imported equipment or save money to go to Mount Tai, but to say to Su Xiyue: "It's too late." He had waited for her for seven years. For seven years, he wrote one letter after another but never sent it. He buried the chicken legs under the old locust tree, folded the candy wrappers one by one, and hid himself as a silent person. Later he learned to say no. Later he met Han Ruoyu. She said nothing but did everything. She chased him for eight days and scolded him back from the south. She said, "If you live one day, I will accompany you for one day. If you live for ten years, I will spend ten years with you." The people in this book are not very good at talking. But they do more than talk. If you have ever thought of an unsent kiss late at night, if you have saved those candy wrappers that you are reluctant to throw away, if you have waited for someone - you will see yourself in this book. "Whether it's worth it or not, it's not you who has the final say"

9. 9 锦 Ingenious Plans for the Brocade Hall: Scheming to Rule the Household 锦堂妙计：宅谋天下 Drizzle on a Cloudy Day阴天微雨Ancient Romance137k WordsCompleted Lu Heng is the posthumous son of the late emperor. Feared by his father, he was adopted into Prince An’s household. He appears to wield great power, but is surrounded by danger at every turn. Yan Qingci is an only daughter in ancient times. Her father was a brilliant scholar and the first top scorer of the imperial examinations, while her mother was descended from a wealthy merchant family in Jiangnan. Yet she carries the burden of her parents’ blood feud. The two come to understand each other a 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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   After Chapter 25, it's very pyrotechnics

10. 10 寻 In Search of Her Trail 寻觅芳踪 Wind Chimes Facing the Sun风铃向阳Urban437k WordsCompleted A nostalgic romance about migrant workers in the 1990s! Packed with details from the decade: pagers, IC-card payphones, green passenger trains, letters from factory girls, radios, cassette tapes, VCDs, stickers of Hong Kong and Taiwanese stars, polyester shirts, woven-plastic sacks, assembly lines, overtime pay, temporary residence permits, and running faster than a rabbit when the police came to check them... 33Reads—Score—Shelves

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    But even though her body was covered with scars and her heart was filled with despair, she still secretly cried while holding her daughter, leaving her only savings to her family, and resolutely turned around and ran away. This is not cowardice, it is the most tenacious desire of women at the bottom to survive. The world is muddy, but she uses her motherhood as armor. In the boundless darkness, she clings to the glimmer of light and grits her teeth and moves forward.

11. 11 一 A Spring Rainy Night Like the Sound of Mountains 一夜春雨似山鸣 Sixteen Kaka十六卡卡Modern Romance238k WordsOngoing [A devoted, restrained media mogul vs. a cool, distant career queen] [Fated connection | Emotional growth | Love that grows over time | A slow and steady romance | Sweet yet heartbreaking | A realistic slow burn] A year ago, two people who had each lost the one they loved met by chance in the drizzle after a funeral. He saw the desolate fragments in her eyes. She saw the icy lake in his. A borrowed flame warmed them for a brief moment. She thought it was nothing more than a fleeting encounter 84Reads9.3Score—Shelves

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    Hit your mark! Completely real-life déjà vu! Highly recommend this book! Enter the pit without losing a series! The career line is solid, the life line is real, and the emotional line is delicate! The rhythm is very slow, and the dual-perspective narrative in the beginning is full of fatalism, but in the later stages it is a slow flow. The author is very good at using expressions and eyes to write inner dramas, so you need to calm down and read. It feels like it's not a novel, it's life! Really love it!

12. 12 重 Reborn 20 Years Ago: From Street Tough to Upstanding Young Man 重生20年从顽主到四有青年 Mr. Red Flag红旗先生Urban1.7M WordsCompleted [Reborn] [No System] [Ensemble cast] [Everyday life] [Business rivalry] [Romance] [Martial world] Does being reborn count as rebirth if you have no memories of your past life? In 2024, business tycoon Chen Yuanping is framed and sent back to the autumn of his nineteenth year. A completely different life begins... At the foot of the imperial city, in Liulichang. A group of young people born in the sixties and seventies leave the crowded courtyard houses in the hutongs, carrying their dreams 3.5kReads7.5Score202Shelves

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    This Beijing-style period article is recommended. Buhuang's article is not cliché and is full of the sense of the times. Memories of the great era.

13. 13 集 The Secret of a Collective Rejuvenation 集体回春的秘密 White Moon Guzheng白月古筝Mystery180k WordsCompleted “Sis, have you been taking preservatives?” “Are there more and more centenarians?” A rejuvenation craze has swept through a certain entertainment circle. Behind the glamour, are there secrets no one knows? Lin Shen ventures alone into the tiger's den... and barely makes it out alive. 29Reads8.6Score—Shelves
14. 14 宁 Ning Jinge 宁烬歌 Calm as Ever冷静如斯Ancient Romance674k WordsOngoing [Female commander × top-tier spy and assassin | Two equally matched leads | Court intrigue and the martial world | Standing together in troubled times | Devoted 1v1 romance] The sweeping scale of a male-oriented story, with the emotional depth of a female-oriented one. Fast-paced and tightly plotted, with no filler or dragging. The political intrigue is logical, and long-laid clues are brought back into play. A serious world with lighthearted, hilarious everyday moments, and an incredibly sweet 607Reads8.5Score103Shelves

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    I've been chasing this book for more than a month. This book has vivid descriptions, vivid characters, interesting, resourceful, martial arts and powerful strategies. Just open it and it will attract you. Don't look at the low score, it's just released, it's a new book, not cliche, not vulgar [Like][Like][Like][Like]

15. 15 过 I Can't Go On Like This: My Girlfriend Won't Tell Me the Truth 过不下去了，女朋友不说真话 City Lord城主12k WordsCompleted I can’t take this anymore. My girlfriend never tells the truth. 1.3kReads—Score—Shelves
16. 16 不 I Stopped Handing Over My Salary, and My Wife Who Spoils Her Brother Panicked 不上交工资，扶弟魔老婆慌了 City Lord城主11k WordsCompleted He won’t hand over his paycheck, and his sister-obsessed wife is panicking. 593Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 17 我 My Ex-Wife Humiliated Me in Front of My Wife, in Public 我被前妻当着老婆的面在大庭广众 City Lord城主Modern Romance10k WordsCompleted My Ex-Wife Humiliated Me in Public in Front of My Wife 392Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 18 离 After Our Divorce, My Wife Wants to See the Kids. I Won't Let Her 离婚后老婆想看孩子，我不允许 City Lord城主10k WordsCompleted After the Divorce, My Wife Wants to See the Kids, and I Won’t Allow It 177Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 19 老 My Wife Went on a Business Trip to Japan and Came Back with a Daughter 老婆去岛国出差，带回来个女儿 City Lord城主14k WordsCompleted My wife went to Japan on a business trip and came back with a daughter. 1.2kReads—Score—Shelves
20. 20 新 Writing Tips for Beginners 新人写作技巧 City Lord城主633k WordsOngoing [Chapters in each volume may be updated or revised over time. Readers are welcome to study the material and leave comments or suggestions.] 1. Describing Appearance Use a character’s physical features to convey their personality, status, age, and other traits. Example: He was tall and gaunt, with sunken eyes and tightly pressed lips, giving him a stern, unapproachable air. Her long hair flowed like a waterfall in the breeze, and her eyes shone with confidence. 2. Describing Expressions Reflect 77Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 21 小 No One Has Ascended from This Little World in Ten Thousand Years, So I Came to Investigate 小世界万年无人飞升，我前来查看 City Lord城主13k WordsCompleted No one in this small world has ascended in ten thousand years, so I’ve come to investigate 47Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 22 大 My Senior Brother Is Terrifyingly Strong, Yet Far Too Cautious 大师兄强的可怕却过分稳健 City Lord城主7k WordsCompleted The Eldest Senior Brother Is Terrifyingly Strong, Yet Far Too Cautious 23Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 23 离 After Our Divorce, My Ex-Wife Wants to See the Kids. I Absolutely Won't Let Her 离婚后前妻想看孩子，我绝对允许 City Lord城主9k WordsCompleted After the Divorce, My Ex-Wife Wants to See the Kids, and I Absolutely Won’t Allow It 431Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 24 蚊 The Mosquito Emperor Has Fallen! 蚊天帝，陨落了！ City Lord城主10k WordsCompleted The Mosquito Heavenly Emperor has fallen! 5Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 25 我 I Have Reached the Pinnacle of Junior College Cultivation, the Strongest in the Mortal World 我乃大专巅峰境修为，人间至强 City Lord城主19k WordsCompleted I Have Reached the Pinnacle of the Junior College Realm, the Strongest in the Human World 12Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 26 蛙 The Frog Emperor Ascended in a Pool and Saw Countless Members of His Kind 蛙族大帝飞升水池，看见无数同族 City Lord城主10k WordsCompleted The Frog Clan Emperor Ascended Through the Pool and Saw Countless Members of His Kind 5Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 27 被 My Wife Hypnotized Me and Uncovered My Secrets 被老婆催眠，她问出了我的隐私 City Lord城主13k WordsCompleted My wife hypnotized me and asked about my secrets 31Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 28 双 A Person with Bipolar Disorder Speaks from the Heart 双相情感障碍患者的心里话 City Lord城主9k WordsCompleted The Inner Thoughts of Someone with Bipolar Disorder 20Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 29 和 Say Goodbye to Your Entire Clan! Kangxi Armor Fusion 和你的九族说再见吧！康熙铠甲合 City Lord城主9k WordsCompleted Say goodbye to your entire clan! Kangxi Armor Merge 25Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 30 大 I Had the Cultivation of a Great Emperor, but My Wife Took Half in the Divorce 大帝修为，离婚被老婆分掉一半 City Lord城主12k WordsCompleted With the cultivation of a Great Emperor, I divorce and my wife takes half 184Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 31 女 Little Bedtime Math Stories for My Insomniac Girlfriend 女友失眠数学小故事 City Lord城主7k WordsCompleted A little story about a girlfriend with insomnia and math 12Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 32 女 Little Bedtime Physics Stories to Hypnotize My Insomniac Girlfriend 女朋友失眠催眠学物理小故事 City Lord城主12k WordsCompleted A little story about a girlfriend with insomnia and hypnosis and physics 13Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 33 我 I Want a Divorce, but My Wife Says, “Think of the Kids” 我要和她离婚，老婆说你想想孩子 City Lord城主10k WordsCompleted I want to divorce her. My wife said, “Think about the children.” —Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 34 宇 Stories of Space: A Popular Science Guide 宇宙科普故事 City Lord城主17k WordsCompleted Popular Science Stories About the Universe 5Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 35 嘿 Hehe, I Might Not Be the Only System 嘿嘿，我可能不是只系统 Lailai Dada睐睐哒哒Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted “Ding! Congratulations, Host, you’ve bound the Tycoon System!” Fei Jing: “Wow, the legendary Tycoon System!” Xiao Yi: “Here’s your daily check-in task: collect fifty eggs from the chicken coop. The reward is an infinitely large storage space!” Fei Jing: “What kind of tycoon task is rummaging around in a chicken coop? But it did say I’d get a storage space…” Xiao Yi: “Xiao Yi has issued your daily check-in task: gather various vegetables and ingredients. For every item you collect, you’ll receive 386Reads8.6Score—Shelves

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    Laughing to death, whose Shenhao system is taking this new track, just taking the heroine to eat and cook three meals a day, Tomato recommends the book "Hey, I may not only be a system" Ding, congratulations to the host for binding the Shenhao system! "Fei Jing, wow, the legendary Shenhao system. Xiao Yi," Now release a daily check-in task, asking the host to pick up fifty eggs from the chicken coop. The task reward is an infinite space! "Fei Jing, whose mission is to pick up the chicken coop, but it says there is room. Xiao Yi, "Xiao Yi issues a daily check-in task to collect various vegetables and ingredients. For every vegetable collected, the host will be rewarded with two kilograms of the same ingredient every day until the host gets old! "Fei Jing, although we are not in the Shenhao system, can we do some tasks that the Shenhao system should do? Xiao Yi, "Ding, you have a new task, buy the village's daily fresh chickens, ducks and goose eggs, grain and vegetables at a higher than market price, task rewards, and double the cash back consumption amount! "Fei Jing, wow, wow, wow, finally I've waited for a task that has a little bit to do with the Shenhao system. Xiao Yi, "Ding, you have a long-term task of learning to cook. For every dish you learn, you will be rewarded with two thousand kilograms of all the ingredients and seasonings used! The more you learn, the more you gain! "Xiao Yi likes this kind of task? No, it's just because he has no money. The task is released, and then he hurries to find the tool man to pick up the waste elsewhere and bring it back. Let the tool man cash out all the waste and give it to the host. There are more tool people. Finally, all the tool people meet and find that the system Xiao Yi is not without heart, its heart is only given to one person completely.

36. 36 红 Within and Beyond the Red Walls, Spring Breeze Enters the Game 红墙内外，春风入局 Momo's Little Words墨墨小语Modern Romance521k WordsCompleted [Older, Powerful Man] [Age Gap] [Junior Clerk] [Career Growth] [Guiding Lover] [Sweet Romance] One chance encounter, one moment of curiosity, and one... At some point, everything began to change. 52.9kReads8.5Score4kShelves

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    ⚠️The male protagonists in these books know how to seduce! Book 1: The male protagonist is the leader and has a strong family background! Once by chance, I went to the unit where the heroine worked to inspect the work. When I saw the heroine, I didn't want to let her go when I first saw her. He used his power to bring the heroine into professional contact with him, and finally coerced and induced the heroine to agree to live with him. The heroine considers the disparity in status between the two parties and does not want to publicize their relationship, so whenever she hears colleagues at her work unit talking about the new secretary being cold, handsome and unfeminine, the heroine is speechless: cold-blooded bullshit, with a human face and an animal heart... Last year~~ ⚠️Several other books of the same type are also about high-ranking officials in the system!!! [Think]

37. 37 误 Falling Into My Boss’s Favor: Qingzi’s Heartfelt Story 误入领导心尖：清姿叙心 Momo's Little Words墨墨小语Modern Romance264k WordsCompleted My new novel is out! You can read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 18kReads8.8Score1.5kShelves
38. 38 腹 The Cunning Tycoon: My Aloof Boss's Tender Trap 腹黑大佬：高冷领导的温柔陷阱 Momo's Little Words墨墨小语Modern Romance219k WordsCompleted [Workplace drama in the public sector + age gap + forceful love that later becomes passionate devotion + secret crush turned real + romantic tension + career growth.] After graduating, Shiqing takes the civil service exam, never imagining she would end up working under Lu Tingyuan, her best friend's older brother. Even more surprisingly, the icy, imposing man who had intimidated her ever since their school days has apparently been watching her all along! After an accidental drunken encounter, he 11.1kReads8.4Score1kShelves
39. 39 动 Mending Bones, Restoring Love 动骨恢情 Chu Linmu楚林木Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing [Face-slapping + scumbag takedown + a little angst with sweetness + humor + souls swapped between a man and a woman + down-to-earth and relatable + ordinary people with great wisdom + wealthy families + workplace business battles + youthful, sweet romance. Impossible to put down!] The years pass peacefully. Everyone has a first love in their heart, but not everyone can have a Jiang Miao Jie in theirs! In her previous life, Lin Muzi was robbed of her destined match, missed out on her dream guy, f 117Reads9.4Score—Shelves

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    Definitely this novel, it slaps the villain in the face and tortures the scum, it is a very revealing novel. Each chapter of the story written by the author has a maximum of 4,000 words, and a minimum of more than 1,000 words. However, the plot and story information are huge, and the characters are full of personality and tension. It is a very interesting novel. I've watched it several times. [Blow a kiss][Blow a kiss][Blow a kiss] No.1 In my heart

40. 40 绝 The Peerless Master Is Actually a Lazybones 绝世高手其实是条咸鱼 Free Ash Gray自由的烟灰色Ancient Romance494k WordsCompleted The heroine is a straight woman with formidable martial arts skills. The hero is a scion of an aristocratic family who seems harmless but is ruthless beneath the surface. There are no palace intrigues or household battles because the hero and her father take care of every problem. Both the hero and her prince father dote on her. (Both are untouched; sweet romance.) 4.1kReads8.1Score427Shelves
41. 41 我 There's a Living Person in My Folder 我的文件夹里住着一个活人 Li Jilin李季临Modern Romance34k WordsOngoing Someone typed a few words into the chat box: tyrant, sharp-tongued, scheming, and unwilling to bow to anyone. The System gave a name: Shen Mengxi. Thirty-two years old, married for three years. Later, he discovered that when she talked tough, her body told the truth. Hiding socks, waiting up for him, offering him the first bite... As the days went by, they found themselves building a life together. —Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 42 我 My Dongguan Dream: Sister Mei 我的东莞梦：媚姐 Zeng Yi曾呓Urban2.2M WordsOngoing Sister Mei's advice to me: The women at entertainment venues are just for looking. Don't get serious with them. Sister Mei also said: Don't get any ideas about me, either. [A story about working for a living, perhaps with a little of me, you, and him in it.] 148.3kReads8.8Score9.7kShelves

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    This book is good [like][laugh][like][laugh][like][laugh][like][laugh][like][laugh]

43. 43 直 Livestream: Teaching Kids to Write Essays and Be Good People 直播：教孩子写作文，学做人 Ouyang Miguo欧阳米果235k WordsCompleted Writing compositions is easy! This book shows parents how to guide their children in writing and in learning how to be good people. Drawing on traditional Chinese thought, it explores methods and techniques for parent-child education. 679Reads—Score210Shelves

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    Light up the path of your life.

44. 44 残 The Broken Imperial Seal 残玺 Long Chu龙杵Urban900k WordsCompleted “Anger is commonplace, but a smiling man is inscrutable...” Inspired by a hidden chapter of real history, this tells the story of a wild strategic-level scientist’s rise and growth. The premise is fresh, fantastical yet grounded in reality, and encompasses history, the workplace, the military, scientific research, national security, criminal investigation, elaborate schemes, murder, and modern high-stealth espionage, high-tech hacking, and high-intensity aerospace electronic warfare. The ending 5kReads8.4Score592Shelves

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    A high-quality book, a hard-core treasure for science and engineering men. It is a slow-burning, magical, realistic, suspenseful and brain-burning novel. The subject matter is novel and the logic is rigorous. There is no cheat code for the time-traveling and rebirth system. The narrative is smooth and funny without watering down. The content covers history, workplace, military, scientific research, national security, criminal investigation, scheming, murder, as well as high-tech espionage, hacker warfare, and electronic warfare. The twist in the ending is in-depth and tailor-made for old bookworms. If it doesn't look good, I will kill myself to death!

45. 45 沂 A Family by the Yishui River 沂水河畔一家人 Li Xinxin李馨欣Modern Romance540k WordsCompleted This book tells the story of a large family over nearly a century, from the late Qing dynasty to the end of the twentieth century, through turbulent changes, banditry and warfare, twists and turns, and eventual reversals of fortune. Led and subtly influenced by the protagonist, several generations endure decades of hardship yet remain upright, united, and determined to improve. In different eras and historical circumstances, they do everything they can, persevering in their efforts to contribute 5.3kReads8.7Score475Shelves

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    A logical and rigorous historical novel, with real characters' experiences and touching family love and friendship.

46. 46 沉 Years of Quiet Reflection 沉淀的岁月 Li Xinxin李馨欣Modern Romance560k WordsCompleted The story follows the lives of three high school girls from rural backgrounds. In the fall of 1964, the confident, ambitious “top student” Yu Hongying, the warmhearted and forthright “knight-errant” Li Chunfen, and the reserved, introspective lady Yue Shuqian unexpectedly meet in their first-year dormitory, along with the “campus belle” Yang Yuhuan and the “fake Marxist-Leninist” Wu Lihong. This sets off a series of stories, some serious, some amusing, some bizarre, and some full of joy and sorr 382Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 47 女 The Female Bank President's Last Resort 女行长的穷途末路 Xu Ci珝慈Modern Romance102k WordsCompleted A teller's act of withholding checks toppled the first domino in the bank run at Yunhai City Commercial Bank. Though bank president Ma Yuquan fought desperately to contain the crisis, she ultimately could not counter the enormous fallout from the sudden disappearance of the bank's major shareholder and the head of its controlling rural bank. Ma Yuquan sensed the situation was full of hidden twists and turns, yet never revealed the secret of who she had been with during her brief disappearance, w 776Reads9.3Score109Shelves

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    Flesh and blood. The characters in the book all have high IQs and are capable of maneuvering. The author has profound career experience and detailed descriptions.

48. 48 闲 A Few Moments of Leisure 闲情几许 Chen Xianxian of Zhongnan Mountain终南山陈闲闲Modern Romance290k WordsOngoing No one knows where love begins, how deep it runs, what the future holds, or what complications lie ahead. Will the ship of friendship capsize, or ride the winds and waves? Will the vessel of love find a harbor, or drift without a place to call home? 3Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 49 平 A Life of Trouble 平生事不宁 Three-Step Poem三步诗Ancient Romance393k WordsCompleted [A different kind of martial-world story: a genius poison master joins forces with a genius swordsman. Fast-paced and clever, with every character acting logically!] A Ning attends the Alliance Leader’s funeral on behalf of her father and discovers something amiss thanks to her keen instincts. Xiao Chen, the Alliance Leader’s second son, descends the mountain to investigate the real culprit, only to become the target of the entire Central Plains. As a corner of the mystery surrounding the death 36Reads—Score—Shelves

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    You won't regret watching it! Smooth and natural, the two strong characters are pure ancient sayings, good to watch and fun to watch, a martial arts highway, the heroine is strong, smart and capable, and has three correct views! There are no routines, the writing is meticulous, the emotional development is full of details, and everyone's logic is online!

50. 50 在 I Found a Beauty in the Trash 在垃圾桶里捡到尤物 Love Rain into Dew恋雨成露Two Male Leads250k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + Yandere + Younger Top + Possessiveness + Captivity + Unhinged] On a rainy night, icy rain washed over the city’s concrete jungle, scrubbing at the filth hidden away in its dark corners. Lu Jiuyuan sat in the back of a warm, luxurious car, gazing indifferently at the neon lights streaming past the fogged-up window. The driver was steady at the wheel. Inside the car, only the lilting notes of classical music and the low hum of the air conditioner could be heard. Flawless appearan 15Reads6.9Score—Shelves

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    A very good novel!!!

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