I Absolutely Love the Novel 'Living Off Others While Holding My Own: I Was Born to Be Useful!' 《软饭硬吃，天生我材必有用》十分喜欢的一本书！

1. 1 我 I Really Do Have a Soft-Rice-Eating King System 我真有一个软饭王系统 Song Xiangbai宋象白Urban2.0M WordsCompleted “Over 99 percent of the Host’s cells are dormant. You meet the basic requirements for living off others. Bind the system?” “Yes, yes! Bind it, right away!” Warning: To successfully live off others, you must first learn self-discipline!!! Warning: It’s a soft life, but you’ll still have to work hard. If you don’t like workaholics, don’t open this. Warning: The protagonist will live off lots of people (and animals). If that bothers you, don’t click. 112kReads9.3Score10.2k14d adds

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   A very good slice-of-life story, with a slow, everyday pace that allows you to calm down and read. It's simply one of the best in Tomato's collection.

2. 2 重 Reborn: The Campus Belle Keeps Me, and I Shamelessly Live Off Her 重生：被校花包养的我软饭硬吃 Old Stories of the South City南城旧事Urban504k WordsCompleted Lin Tangwu: “This guitar is for you!” Chu He: “A beat-up guitar costs over three million dollars? Does your family own a printing press?” Lin Tangwu: “This is the newly released iPhone 4S.” Chu He: “What kind of family do you come from, buying a version signed by Steve Jobs?” Lin Tangwu: “I bought you a villa by the Lan River.” Chu He: “Isn’t a house that big a waste for just the two of us?” … Lin Tangwu: “I can’t support you anymore.” Chu He: “What happened?” Lin Tangwu: “My dad thinks all you 45Reads9.1Score—14d adds

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   The following books are all excellent. They're all masterpieces of the "gold digger" archetype 😅

3. 3 开 The Empress Is My Principal Wife From the Start 开局女帝做正宫 Spicy Little Crawfish劲爆小龙虾Eastern Fantasy2.1M WordsCompleted Xiao Tian, a man with a persecution complex, is the top operative of Earth’s assassin organization and a grandmaster who has mastered both internal and external arts. When he is surrounded and attacked, he transmigrates to another world where combat power is off the charts and becomes the Empress’s husband. In the eyes of others, Xiao Tian is an ordinary man with no cultivation, the world’s number one kept man. And, right on cue, the System arrives. This seems to be a story about an Earthling wi 27kReads9.2Score2.5k14d adds
4. 4 花 Spend Money, Get Cash Back: I Spoil My Wife Rotten 花钱就返现：我宠妻上头 Da Fangzi大方子Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [Rich and generous tycoon + System + sweet couple moments] Leng Qianqian found out that her brother-in-law was a kept man and earnestly tried to persuade her sister to divorce him. But then she met Fang Luo. With a casual wave of his hand, he gave her sister a Maserati worth tens of millions. She was completely stunned. Wait... He doesn’t work? He doesn’t make money? And her sister supports him? It was all an illusion! Her brother-in-law was clearly the most handsome treasure of a husband 2.2kReads8.7Score20814d adds
5. 5 玄 Xuanhuan: Living Off Others from the Start, I Emerged as a Confucian Sage 玄幻：开局吃软饭，出世即儒圣 Yao Ren尧人Eastern Fantasy3.1M WordsCompleted [Slice of life + not a power fantasy + the Hundred Schools of Thought + empress + Confucian cultivation] Shen Wuming transmigrates to Northern Han, with an unbelievably fortunate start. His wife is devastatingly beautiful: "May all be well with you, my husband!" His father-in-law is powerful and influential: "My brilliant son-in-law!" Though surrounded by comfort and luxury, Shen Wuming has no intention of living off his wife. With his heaven-defying insight, he becomes a Confucian Sage. [Y 2.3kReads7.9Score24114d adds
6. 6 被 After Being Kept by a Lunatic Goddess, I Awaken the Soft-Rice System 被疯批女神包养后，觉醒软饭系统 Yan Ling晏翎Urban419k WordsCompleted [Multiple Heroines] + [System] + [Unhinged] + [Sweet Romance] + [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] + [Pursuing the Male Lead] Also known as: After a Crazy Goddess Became My Sugar Mommy, I Awakened the Kept-Man System I, Jiang Hao, male, 22 years old, strong and healthy! About to graduate from college. I can do 500 push-ups in one go… I can do 600 sit-ups… I'm tired of taking the long way around. I want to find an older woman who appreciates me… … The first time we meet. Gorgeous Goddess: “No w 2.1kReads6.3Score40214d adds
7. 7 重 Reborn: My Movie-Star Sister Is a Shameless, Fierce Girl 重生：影后姐姐是无良女生贼凶了 Half a Life in Smoke and Sand半生烟沙Urban1.7M WordsCompleted [One female lead + entertainment industry + variety shows + sweet romance + two equally strong leads] After returning reborn, all he wanted was to live life his own way and plan his revenge. But a reflexive slap landed on Ling Qiyue, an award-winning actress who had mistaken him for someone about to jump to his death. As he watched Ling Qiyue, who had “rescued” him, with blood at the corner of her mouth, Nai Luo fell silent. From then on, his life was rewritten because of her. Now a young talent 4.7kReads9.3Score41714d adds
8. 8 穿 Transmigrating: Living Off My Wife in Ancient Times, Shamelessly 穿越之我在古代软饭硬吃 Excuse Me, Coming Through麻烦借过一下Two Male Leads473k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + shou protagonist + farming + pocket dimension + sweet romance + lighthearted] Reborn overnight, Gu Yuan finds himself transported from the zombie horde of his previous life to the brothel, another den of wolves and tigers. Every day, he wakes up thinking about food, eagerly taking on all the dirty, exhausting work. At last, he manages to preserve his chastity under the brothel madam’s watch. The eldest son of the Shu family is a wealthy man, plump and fair. Only Gu Yuan’s big 2.5kReads8.9Score22014d adds
9. 9 天 Born to Live Off a Woman 天生就适合吃软饭 Basking in the Gentle Moonlight趁月色温柔Eastern Fantasy658k WordsCompleted The book is also known as: A Survival Guide to the Matriarchal Continent: And Slaying a Dragon Along the Way (I haven't written in a long time, so my writing may be a little rusty at first. Please forgive any rough spots. I promise things will get smoother later on~) Races abound, women rule and men are beneath them. This is the Xuannü Continent. A hundred races vie for supremacy, with men above women. This is the Qianyang Continent. The World Tree reaches the heavens, while the barrier at t 83Reads5.8Score—14d adds

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   I'll eat my fill of being a kept woman! [Top post] I was born to be a kept woman, you should know how precious my aunt is! 😆

10. 10 我 What’s Wrong with Living Off the Diva on My Own Merit? 我凭实力吃天后软饭怎么了？ Summer Breeze盛夏凉风Urban121k WordsOngoing [Showbiz + daily life + multiple heroines] A newly crowned Best Actor gets into an accident on his way back from doing charity work and transmigrates into the body of a C-list singer. Fortunately, this singer has the very thing he wants most, and a newly crowned Best Actress who keeps treating him to a life of luxury... “I’m telling you, Qin Ye is a kept man. What a turnoff.” “What makes you say I’m living off someone else? This is my last time clarifying, Qin Ye: it’s true. You’re right.” —Reads—Score—14d adds
11. 11 我 I Am the Strongest Kept Man 我是最强软饭王 Shameless After Salt后盐无耻Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Qi Le became famous throughout the company for living off women, but he was more than happy with it. Soft meals earn divine items, living off women earns physical upgrades, and living off women grants god-tier skills! “There’s no way I’d live off a woman. I’m a man of unyielding integrity. I’ll never do that in this lifetime!” So good! 50Reads—Score—14d adds
12. 12 娱 Showbiz: What's Wrong with Living Off My Partner? 娱乐：我吃点软饭怎么啦？ Deep-Fried Autumn油炸秋天Urban134k WordsCompleted The entertainment industry is still the best place to live off a rich woman!!! A rich woman’s got looks, a rich woman’s got soul, and rich women are both gorgeous and alluring. Rich women are great, rich women are wonderful, rich women are simply amazing. You’ve got to eat your way into that soft life with confidence. Dig in, dig in. 1.3kReads6.0Score12314d adds
13. 13 我 I Really Don’t Want to Live Off a Woman 我真不想吃软饭啊 Drunken Immortal仙醉Urban2.3M WordsCompleted The world holds myriad wonders, while the sun and moon follow their cycles. My confidante from a past life has been reborn, and now insists I'm her husband? Li Xiang: Even if I jump from here and die below, I won't live off a woman! Li Xiang: This is great! 124Reads—Score—14d adds
14. 14 误 I Accidentally Activated the Soft-Rice System, and This Good-for-Nothing Rose to the Top 误开软饭系统，废柴走向人生巅峰 Xu Guanjun徐冠军Urban123k WordsCompleted Xu Bo was a good-for-nothing with nothing going for him. Then, at a birthday party for his goddess, he unexpectedly activated the Sugar Baby System. Whenever a woman spent money on him, he would receive a tenfold reward from the system! From then on, Xu Bo could enjoy living off women without a care, while climbing to the peak of life! 3Reads—Score—14d adds
15. 15 相 On Our Blind Date, the Heir to a Wealthy Family Took Me to Register Our Marriage 相亲当天，豪门继承人拉着我领证 Gu Lingfei古凌菲Modern Romance5.9M WordsOngoing [Sweet romance + Marriage Before Love + male lead pretends to be a pig to eat the tiger] On the day of her blind date, Hai Tong impulsively married a stranger. She thought married life would be ordinary and built on mutual respect. Instead, her new husband turned out to be a clingy human piece of glue. What surprised her most was that whenever she ran into trouble, he would step in and resolve everything with ease. Whenever she asked about it, he always said he was just lucky, until one day she 173.9kReads9.5Score6.7k14d adds

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    Suitable for bored people to listen to

16. 16 开EN A Cheat? Others Awaken Superpowers, but You Awaken a Divine Core 开挂？别人觉醒异能，你觉醒神格 Notes on the Strings弦上音Urban1.7M WordsCompleted [Ultimate power fantasy + Invincible male lead + Game merges with reality + Decisive and ruthless + A host of heroines] Chen Nian was the world’s strongest player of the game Calamity, with the unique class “Word Spirit Saint.” He never expected the game to merge with reality, awakening powers in people all over the world! And he directly inherited his in-game talent: his words became law. Word Spirit: “Judgment,” Word Spirit: “Reaper,” Word Spirit: “Summoning Art: Ten Beasts of the Myriad Realm 40.1kReads8.8Score4.1k14d adds
17. 17 乖 Sweet, Soft Little Wife! She Relies on Her Villainous Husband's Kisses to Stay Alive 乖软小奶妻！靠反派老公亲亲续命 Ming Yueyun明月云Modern Romance431k WordsCompleted [New story just launched, still featuring an adorably soft little crybaby] [Sweet, innocent, obedient, ridiculously cute crybaby × domineering, lovesick, possessive maniac. Extra sugary!] Other people's husbands are handsome, rich, and endlessly doting. Tang Ruanruan's husband threatens to break her legs the moment he shows up. (｡◕ˇ﹏ˇ◕｡ ) Don't hit Ruanruan. Ruanruan will be very good. (Don't take this too seriously. If you do, you've already lost (◍ ´꒳` ◍)) 6.1kReads9.0Score45514d adds

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    Come and learn!

18. 18 我 My Gentle, Older, Virtuous Wife 我那温婉的年上贤妻 I Want to Install Air Conditioning我想装空调Urban1.0M WordsOngoing [Rescue on a rainy night] [Forbidden tension] [Older woman’s allure] [Everyday life in a flower shop] [Nurturing older sister] [One heroine] Four years ago, on a rainy night, she raised the shop’s roller shutter and took in a young man who had lost all his memories. She gave him a name and a home. “Your name is Su Yule. Yule, as in ‘give joy.’” “They’re blind if they don’t want you. I want you.” “...Quit using being drunk as an excuse. Where’d all that fire go when you were cursing me just n 3.7kReads9.0Score26214d adds

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    The writing is exceptionally good, and it's a great read.

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