Female Lead Quits Her Job and Returns Home, Takes Her Golden Finger Out to Sea to Fish 女主辞职回家，带金手指出海捕鱼

1. 1 赶 Tide-Chasing System: I Get Rich Fishing by the Sea 赶海系统：我靠赶海钓鱼暴富 Rain Falls Over Jiangnan江南雨纷纷Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (System + Coastal Foraging + Island Life + Fishing + Relaxed Daily Life) A cheerful everyday life of coastal foraging and fishing, with a slow-paced, immersive feel. Digging for razor clams and picking up octopuses on the beach, catching big green crabs on the rocky shore, finding trapped groupers, catching sea eels, and heading to uninhabited islands to forage and hunt for treasure, or going out to sea to fish for big ones… After quitting her job, Chen Zhiyao unexpectedly obtains a coast 7.9kReads9.1Score73014d adds

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   Golden finger, everyday

2. 2 穿 I Transmigrated into a Terrible Old Mother and Thrived on My Martial Prowess 穿越成极品老娘，靠武力值爽飞 Professor Mo, Who Loves Spring Pancakes with Vegetables爱吃春饼卷菜的莫教授Ancient Romance345k WordsCompleted Transmigration + farming + firearms + pocket dimension + no romance After a car accident, Mo Lin transmigrates. Wait, what is going on? In this dilapidated mud hut, four boys are calling her “Mother”? She's only thirty, unmarried. Where did these half-grown boys come from? She immediately realizes she's transmigrated into a widow's body. Breathe in, breathe out. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. Given a second life, she'll defy fate and change her destiny, lead the boys to prosperity, and make 8.6kReads9.2Score1k14d adds
3. 3 睁 I Opened My Eyes and Became the Flirtatious Side Character Who Abused the Down-and-Out Prince 睁眼！成虐待落魄皇子的轻浮女配 Taishi Ying太史婴Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted The short drama “Reborn as a Flirtatious Widow, I Tormented My Younger Brother-in-Law Until He Ascended the Throne” is now streaming. Prince Ding, Xiao Nanshen, was the Great Xuan's God of War. But people close to him set him up, leaving him gravely wounded and disabled, then pursued him. When poison reached his brain, his subordinate disguised him as a long-lost younger brother and brought him home to hide him. The subordinate died of his injuries, and Xiao Nanshen found himself face-to-face wi 46.3kReads9.3Score5.4k14d adds

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   This film has a strong historical feel. If you want to understand the living conditions of farmers, come and watch this. See how the protagonist helps farmers in dire straits. It also touches on slavery. See how the protagonist changes feudal society and abolishes slavery!

4. 4 穿 Transmigrated into a Farming Novel as the Fat Female Lead, She Loses It! 穿成种田文女肥婆，她破防了！ Wa Tiaozhu瓦跳珠Ancient Romance611k WordsCompleted Modern-day office drone Si Mu transmigrates into a novel as a sacrificial side character. Being married is bad enough, but she’s also a 250-pound woman. No wonder her husband ran off to join the army the day after their wedding! Every day brings a war of words with her mother-in-law, dirty looks exchanged with her brother-in-law, and snide remarks aimed at her sister-in-law. It’s the household’s daily entertainment. Marry the wrong wife, and even the family dogs can’t know peace! The matriarch r 694Reads8.5Score10514d adds
5. 5 杀 After Slaying My Way Through Instances, I Raise an Evil God by the Rules 杀穿副本后，我在规则里养大邪神 White Peach Wuwu Dragon白桃呜呜龙Two Male Leads1.1M WordsCompleted The print edition is now available under the title: The Fall of the Gods (Not for the faint of heart: nonhuman entities and terrifying monsters.) Yin Xiu has lived in a town governed by rules for six years. Normal players follow the rules and clear instances to stay alive. Yin Xiu, however, stays in town day after day. He doesn’t leave, clear instances, or go near the monsters. He does the bare minimum, takes it easy, and has practically settled into retirement. The town’s monsters have had thei 103.2kReads9.7Score14.5k14d adds

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   Take it home if you like it.

6. 6 十EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score206.4k14d adds
7. 7 木 Raft Survival: Reborn to Feed My Ex-Boyfriend to the Sharks 木筏求生，重生把前男友喂鲨鱼 Amber Rolling Along琥珀滚滚Sports1.1M WordsCompleted Survival + space + instances + infrastructure + farming + ordinary protagonist + a little cute and timid Han Xiao was twenty-three when she was pulled into a raft Survival game, and twenty-four when she died with a smile. The reason? Her lousy boyfriend was two-timing her. When Han Xiao caught him, he shoved her into the sea to feed the sharks. Reborn, she was determined to make sure that boyfriend got chewed up until not a scrap remained. 500Reads6.6Score10614d adds

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   Quitting my job to go home and play games, using superpowers to catch fish.

8. 8 农 Sweet Country Romance: The Peach-Sweet Bride 农门甜宠：蜜桃小娇媳 March Peach Blossoms a三月桃花aAncient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Overnight, she transmigrates and remarries with her widowed mother, becoming the awkwardly placed “stepdaughter” of the household. Her grandmother dislikes her, and her sisters look down on her, but she isn't afraid of any of it! Watch as she opens an embroidery shop, sells cosmetics, and builds a thriving life for herself. With silver in hand, she'll carefully choose a good husband and live happily ever after. Her plans are sound, but who could have guessed that her love life would be so full o 6.3kReads8.9Score89114d adds
9. 9 我 I Specialize in Ransacking Homes in Ancient Times, and Became a Tycoon on the Side 我在古代专业抄家，顺手经商成首富 Moon Viewing Under Clear Skies月见清下Ancient Romance972k WordsCompleted A country girl rises to become the Regent Princess. A tug-of-war between a cool, calculating regent and a little farm girl. 889Reads7.7Score10314d adds
10. 10 重 Back to the Sixties to Snatch a Husband: I Married an Officer in a Flash and Hit the Jackpot 重回六零抢个婚，闪嫁军官赢麻了 Five Views of Five Blossoms五见五华Modern Romance2.6M WordsCompleted [Period drama] [Space + dual powers + farming + beachcombing] [Face-slapping + awful relatives + no forgiveness] Back to the Sixties to Snatch a Husband: A Whirlwind Marriage to an Army Officer Her younger cousin Lin Shuang was orphaned, then adopted by Lin Man’s parents and became the darling of the Lin family. Lin Man, meanwhile, became the family’s punching bag, unloved by her parents and pushed around by her brothers. Lin Shuang ate candy while Lin Man watched. Lin Shuang ate meals while Lin 21.8kReads8.8Score2.7k14d adds

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    It's so good, it makes the female lead look bad! 🤭🤭

11. 11 从 From Toddler Prince to Sovereign of All Under Heaven [Infrastructure] 从奶娃诸侯王到天下共主【基建】 Peach Creek Wilds桃溪野Ancient Romance1.7M WordsOngoing Original title: From Infant Prince to Ruler of All Under Heaven: Infrastructure Building [Feel-good power fantasy + adorable toddler from the start + gaming cheat + infrastructure building + farming + war + family and country + cute pets + romance?] [Serious Synopsis] If you come from across the sea and travel west, you will eventually find a prosperous city unlike anything in this world. It is the fiefdom of His Highness, the Prince of You: Youzhou. At the end of the dynasty, the land is strew 171.1kReads9.3Score18.7k14d adds
12. 12 山 The Mountain Hunk Spoils Me Without End 山中糙汉无限宠 Raise a Glass to Li提酒璃Ancient Romance188k WordsOngoing Farming + food + sweet romance + no awful relatives “What do you mean the corvee labor is too much, refugees are running wild, and Zhangjia Village ostracizes outsiders?” Lianyue has no choice but to take her parents up into the mountains. She only hopes they can scrape together enough to eat. But then she runs into her benefactor, Ashu, and meets her grandfather, a doctor. Soon, both families are living the simple farming life they always dreamed of, hunting game and gathering wild greens. It’s 2Reads—Score—14d adds

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    During a time of war and famine, the female protagonist moved to the mountains and began the arduous task of farming and land reclamation. She met the simple-minded male protagonist, and together they hunted, raised livestock, and farmed to build their fortune.

13. 13 赶 Beachcombing: From the Start, One Sand Shovel Wins Me the Whole Beach 赶海：开局一把沙铲承包整个沙滩 Mountain Peak山峰Urban4.6M WordsCompleted (Daily life + lighthearted + beachcombing + tycoon) I dropped out of a top university and spent two years back in my hometown fishing village. Once the village's golden boy, I became a good-for-nothing everyone despised. Then one day, I discovered I could see my own luck stat and exchange points for beachcombing tools through a virtual screen. From then on, my life was like I had cheats enabled. With a sand shovel, I could easily earn thousands in a day. With a spade, I even dug up a whole bucke 126.7kReads9.4Score11.8k14d adds

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    These two books match, right? 👀

14. 14 九 In the 1990s, I Gather Seafood, and a Mermaid Helps Me Become the Sea King 九零赶海，人鱼助我当海王 Loli Who Loves Gummy Candy爱吃软糖的萝莉Modern Romance429k WordsCompleted [Period setting + seaside foraging + System + family life] Ming Jing was a fake heiress. Her adoptive parents sent her back to her biological parents, where she became a fisher girl. Unable to accept the change in her identity, she turned into the village beauty and a notorious bad girl. The fake heiress accidentally fell into the water, where an extraordinarily beautiful mermaid rescued her. She also obtained a fishing-tackle shop System. As long as she made delicious food and earned praise, sh 22Reads7.0Score10014d adds
15. 15 分 Dumped and Back on the Island, the Ocean Becomes My Golden Fishing Ground 分手回岛，大海成了我的黄金渔场 I'm Not Peppa Pig's Mom我不是佩奇妈妈Urban2.1M WordsCompleted [Everyday life + seaside foraging + lighthearted + tycoon] I spent four years fawning over her and gave her everything. After Ye Tiantian got into graduate school, she dumped Jiang Han without a second thought. Heartbroken, Jiang Han decided to return to the island. Everyone had written him off, but then he unexpectedly awakened the Extreme Scanning System. Beneath the sand, under the rocks, on the seabed... He could see all the precious seafood others would never find. Mantis shrimp, moon snail 29kReads8.4Score2.5k14d adds

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    After four years of being a simp and getting dumped? Jiang Han turned around and returned to the island—his ex-girlfriend was showing off her graduate school acceptance letter, mocking him for having "no future." The next second, his eyes suddenly seemed to see right through the sea! Geoduck clams hidden in the mud, giant blue crabs lurking under the rocks—while others searched for needles in a haystack, he bent down and picked them up; grouper, bluefin tuna…expensive seafood automatically jumped into his net; even pearls from the deep sea shone before his eyes! The former "backup plan" now scratched his head at a ship full of treasures: "This ocean…is it an unlimited ATM for me?" (Click here to see how he, after being dumped, uses the sea to turn his life around; his ex will probably cry her eyes out →)

16. 16 回 Back to Ancient Times to Meet You 回到古代遇见你 July's Wind and August's Rain七月的风伊八月的雨Ancient Romance1.1M WordsOngoing This is a novel brimming with fantasy and romance. The story begins when Lin Xiao, a young woman from a modern city, unexpectedly transmigrates. On her way to an important meeting, she is involved in a car accident. She thinks her life is over, but a mysterious light guides her to an ancient world. In the past, Lin Xiao finds herself in completely unfamiliar surroundings. Faced with a language she cannot understand and customs unlike her own, she struggles to adapt and explore this unknown world —Reads—Score—14d adds
17. 17 嫁 After Marrying a Rough-Hewn Man, She Became the Lucky Stepmother of Two Kids 嫁糙汉后，她成了两崽的锦鲤后娘 March Hometown三月故里Ancient Romance500k WordsCompleted [Lucky charm + beloved by the whole family + adorable kids + family life] After starving to death and coming back to life, Zhao Ruyu is blessed with the luck of a koi! She's good at everything she does, and even better at eating. She's never so much as touched a man's hand, yet the moment she opens her eyes, she's the mother of two kids. How can that be? She's still an unmarried young woman! Her eldest son chases after her, crying and begging for meat. Zhao Ruyu raises over a thousand chickens a 662Reads9.1Score12914d adds

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    It's good, the female lead is great.

18. 18 穿 Reborn as a Widow, I Became the Mother of Seven Children 穿成寡妇后，我成了七个孩子的娘 Zi Mu Fang Hua梓木芳华Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted A word of warning: no golden finger, no pocket dimension, no romance, just a down-to-earth farming story. After successfully divorcing her scumbag husband, modern-day executive Yan Qingqing was so happy that her joy turned to sorrow. She accidentally transmigrated to a poor little mountain village in a remote backwater, where she found herself a widow whose husband had just died. Life was already hard for the widowed mother and her children, and she was pregnant to boot. Add in her biased in-law 4.8kReads9.2Score64114d adds
19. 19 农 The Farmhouse Bride Is a Crybaby 农家萌妻是哭包 Swallows Bathed in the West Wind燕子沐西风Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted To fill the military quota, the best marriage prospects from every village, along with the sniveling Xia Chuncao, are dragged into the Li household with a litter of piglets. What? Seven bachelors in one family? A father and six sons? Li Qingbai, the fourth son, is a sly old fox. He personally schemes against his five brothers, sending one hand off to military service and using the other to find them wives, all while setting himself up to become a general. His little wife bursts into tears at the 3.4kReads9.4Score46114d adds
20. 20 流 Exiled to Hainan, I Made My Fortune by Foraging Along the Shore 流放海南后我靠赶海发家 Xia Zhizi夏栀子Ancient Romance801k WordsCompleted Jiang Wan is incredibly unlucky to get into a car accident, but she's also lucky: she and her mother, Yin Huaixi, transmigrate to the same dynasty and are still mother and daughter. As soon as they arrive, they learn that her mother's family has been exiled for life to an island, where they're forbidden to leave. What?! The place of exile is just like Hainan Island?! Jiang Wan's mouth waters so much that she starts to cry. She picks up her old beachcombing skills and brings all kinds of seafood 8.8kReads9.2Score1.2k14d adds

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    It seems the female lead and her mother traveled through time together. It's been so long, I've almost forgotten, but it was still quite good (｡･ω･｡)ﾉ♡

21. 21 被 After the System Killed Me, I Returned to Thrive at Sea 被系统砸死后，重回海上求生吃香 No Sugar Allowed不能吃糖Sports1.5M WordsCompleted After entering a world of survival, Xu Yunshuang spent every day living on the edge. Whenever she was injured, she imagined all kinds of ways she might die, but she never expected she would actually be crushed to death! And by something falling from the sky, no less! Then the culprit sent her back to a time before she had gone through any of it. How could Xu Yunshuang, gentle on the outside but hot-tempered within, put up with such a grievance? “What are you? Get out here, and quit playing d 3.2kReads8.5Score35614d adds

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    These are all stories about traveling to another world to survive, hoarding treasure chests, and leveling up.

22. 22 海 Surviving at Sea: My Raft Leads to Peach Blossom Spring 海上求生：我的木筏通桃源 Spring Breeze Brings Warmth春风送暖Sports2.0M WordsCompleted When she woke up, the world had turned upside down. Countless people had entered a game called Survival at Sea. From the start, all they had was a wooden raft and a fishing rod. Every supply had to be caught on a line. Sharks, giant beasts, bitter cold, hurricanes, and merciless hunting between people. Survival became incredibly difficult, and supplies were scarce and precious. Lu Xingchen entered the game and obtained a god-tier pocket dimension on her very first day: the Peach Blossom Sanctuar 61.7kReads9.1Score6.7k14d adds
23. 23 我 I Have a Penglai Immortal Island 我有一座蓬莱仙岛 Peach Creek Wilds桃溪野Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted Also known as: After Finding a Divine Artifact, She Became Famous Through Her Fishing Livestreams A theme park called Nevernight suddenly becomes famous across China. It features the “Penglai Realm,” protected by a seventh-tier grand formation; the “Sea Monster Castle,” where mermaids are rumored to live, with glass tunnels leading straight down into the deep sea; the mysterious and eerie “Yellow Springs Road”; the opulent “Divine Capital”... Everyone who visits even once starts questioning real 7.9kReads9.2Score90514d adds

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    Space spirit + live-streamed fishing + part-time job with the national team + super-powerful female protagonist with an incredibly strong cheat ability and maximum combat power. She goes out to sea to fish and find treasure, and live-streams to make her hometown island popular.

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