Looking for Urban Slice-of-Life Stories~ No Overly Motivational Stories 求都市生活文～日常文～不要打“鸡血”的文
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From the Start, I’m a Lowly Security Guard, Catching Undercover Fugitives Alongside the Cops 开局小保安，便衣逃犯一起抓
[System + Livestream + Everyday Life + Goofy Comedy + Lighthearted Laughs] After being born with memories of a previous life and trying ten different jobs over the course of 24 years, Jiang Xing finally activates a Career Experience System. He has to try out different professions to earn its rewards. On his first day, Jiang Xing tries being a security guard. He spots a skewered-food vendor acting suspiciously and promptly arrests him, only to discover the man is an undercover officer on a missio
16Reads6.8Score—Shelves
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Livestream Antics: Starting with Dazai the Dolphin 直播整活：从豚子呆小妹开始
[Livestream + Pranks + Female Streamer + System] She gets a livestream prank System. Every successful prank earns her a random reward! Jiang Nan: I’ll do a magic trick for you. Dai Xiaomei: What kind of trick? Jiang Nan: I’ll make your livestream disappear! With that, Jiang Nan reaches toward her own waist… Dai Xiaomei:!!! Are you crazy?! [Ding! Congratulations, Host! Your prank succeeded. You’ve been rewarded with ten million yuan!] [Ding! Congratulations, Host! Your prank succeeded. You’ve
42.7kReads9.0Score2.4kShelves
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At Eight, I Act Like a Little Big Shot, and the Whole Internet Adores Me 八岁厅里厅气的我被全网爱戴
An unexpected transmigration turns him into an eight-year-old orphan, with the protagonist’s template from the start! To earn rewards from the System, he joins the “Rising Star Youth Class.” His self-introduction turns into a work report, making the whole internet think he’s the standard official’s-son type! Lin Li: “We must keep the Youth Class’s lights shining, do its work well, foster its fine traditions, and guard its doors!” Netizens: “Why does this kid sound like an official from the burea
7.5kReads9.0Score638Shelves
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A Thousand Years of Sign-In in the Underworld, Then Reincarnating Makes the Empress Cry 地府签到千年，投胎气哭女帝
After Li Heng died, his soul entered the underworld. He thought he would be reincarnated, but instead he unlocked a sign-in System in the Hall of the King of Hell. And so he became a lowly underworld officer who swept floors, wandering through every corner of the underworld. “Ding! You signed in at the Hall of the King of Hell and received the King of Hell's Sword!” “Ding! You signed in on the Eighteenth Level of Hell and received the Primordial Demon God Spear!” “Ding! You signed in at the Hall
11.8kReads8.6Score14.8kShelves
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From the Start, I'm an Emperor: Building an Ancient Divine Sect 开局大帝境，打造太古神宗
After Wang Yi became sect leader, he activated a System and was rewarded with the cultivation of a Great Emperor. He vowed to build the greatest divine sect of the ancient era. Looking at the many prodigies hoping to join his sect... “What? You have a Supreme Bone and want to become a Holy Son? Sorry, in our sect, people with Supreme Bones are only good enough to guard the gate!” “You have the bloodline of a Heavenly Phoenix? Not bad! The kitchen needs a chef who can produce phoenix fire, so the
31.1kReads8.4Score1.6kShelves
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I Only Make Money, Never Romance: I'm the Best Professional Simp! 只赚钱不谈情，职业舔狗我最行！
(Succubus + winning back the husband + lighthearted comedy + everyday campus life + no System + not reborn + sweet and angsty) A gambling-addicted dad, an alcoholic mom, a sick little sister, and a broken-hearted him. To make money, Lu Xing chose to provide emotional support instead of doing either brainwork or manual labor. Everyone knows Lu Xing is the humble pursuer of the aloof campus beauty Wei Qingyu. He loves her to his very core and takes care of her in every possible way! Wei Q
257.3kReads9.5Score15.9kShelves
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Back to 2001: Allocate Points and Level Up 重回2001加点升级
[Reborn + Pocket Dimension + Status Panel + Proficiency + Daily Life + Cultivation] Luo Zhengyang, a middle-aged man, was laid off and returned to his hometown after many years away. When he woke up one morning, the world had changed, and he was back at the start of middle school in 2001. Then, by chance, he awakened an attribute panel that let him add points, record skills, and continuously raise their levels through practice. Luo Zhengyang realized that the things he had cared about in his pre
4.6kReads7.3Score273Shelves
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A Small-Town Doctor, A Vast World 小中医，大世界
Zhang Liang, a poor young man from the countryside, was lucky enough to get into a traditional Chinese medicine college thousands of miles from home. After graduating, he struggled to find work and barely managed to land a job at a community hospital, only to be pushed around by the deputy director. With no other options, Zhang Liang forged a different path. Relying on his skill in traditional Chinese medicine, he first treated an elderly farmer from the countryside. Word spread widely, and inte
2.8kReads8.9Score318Shelves
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My Name Is Sun Zei, Not Thief 我叫孙贼，不是贼
Set in an alternate universe during the 1980s, this story follows a boy who grows up in harsh conditions. It all begins with his desire to eat his fill, but once his eyes are opened to the world, he wants to understand it better. This is not a story about being reborn or transmigrating, nor is it a wish-fulfillment novel. It focuses on martial arts, cultivation, and everyday life. A slow-burn, System-free story of daily life and personal growth, if every person’s life is a book, then Sunzei’s st
41.6kReads9.3Score3.5kShelves
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My Restarted Life in 1992 我的重启人生1992
(The first thirty-some chapters lay the groundwork, so please be patient. The rest won't disappoint.) Zhou Andong never thought of himself as a good person. He figured that after he died, Hell would have to open a nineteenth level just to throw him into it. So one day in 2021, he did the first good deed of his life: he saved a pregnant woman from being hit by a speeding car. Perhaps Heaven was moved by his change of heart and sent him back to 1992, an era still dominated by traditional thinking.
67.4kReads9.2Score4.6kShelves
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The Peerless Mad God in the City 极品狂神在都市
Long Chen, a nobody of a college student, suffered endless bullying before inheriting the legacy of an ancient cultivator. From then on, he rose against the heavens. Cultivating, charming girls, and making money: he managed it all. See how he conquers the world...
54.7kReads8.8Score6.3kShelves
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The Rise and Fall of Boss Fan 范老板的沉浮人生
This story follows 1980s entrepreneur Fan Chenhui through the ups and downs of the business world in Shenzhen. It explores real-world issues including financial crises, family conflicts, workplace rivalries, and tangled relationships, portraying human nature and the changes of the times in vivid detail.
78Reads8.2Score—Shelves
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Tales of Folk Taboos 民间禁忌杂谈
A pig butcher never slaughters a pig with five toes. The village guardian never guards a village with a temple. A feng shui master never selects a lair of an evil dragon. A midwife must wash her hands in rooster’s blood. There are three hundred and sixty trades in the world, and every one has its rules. Are these ancient, mysterious rules really nothing more than empty formalities? If I told you that some rules must never be broken, because breaking them means death, would you believe me?
8.7kReads8.0Score1.3kShelves
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As Long as I Outlive You All, I'll Be Invincible 只要把你们都熬死，我就能无敌
Cultivation is a path toward immortality, but one’s lifespan eventually runs out. That is why cultivators must keep advancing, becoming saints and emperors to extend their lives. Chen Xia, however, was the complete opposite. Ever since he transmigrated, he had been immortal, and he had also gained a stat-allocation System. For every year he lived, he earned one attribute point. And so, a legend arose throughout the Myriad Worlds about an ultimate schemer. “A gentleman’s revenge is never too late
87.8kReads9.3Score7.8kShelves
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Rewind to the Year 2000 回档2000年
Given another life, Lu Fei will work hard and strive to make something of himself. He won't be a street punk or live in poverty anymore, and he won't let anyone down. He'll take on the responsibilities expected of a husband, son, and father...
7.9kReads8.6Score535Shelves
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From the Start, Immortal for Eternity, Laying Low Until the End of Time 开局长生万古，苟到天荒地老
[Published in print] [Not a wish-fulfillment story + tranquil daily life + lighthearted humor + no female lead + no tragedy + survival expert] Enter with caution. A longevity story told from the perspective of an immortal, spanning several great eras of cultivation. It begins in an ordinary mountain village, moves into a small domain, and then enters the vast world of cultivation, passing through the eras of flourishing development, golden prosperity, the collapse of the rules, the great dark up
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The Golden Phoenix Isn't a Chicken 金凤不是鸡
An age when lovers were everywhere, an era dominated by online loans, and the emotional high of a night at a karaoke club… Wealth became the sole measure of success, affection turned into a bargaining chip, and labels of status rose above personal character. Amid the drunken, glittering world, he and she were drawn into a chain of scams woven from money, power, and desire. Each tried to stake a lifetime of innocence on finding an answer to the question, “I’m not a prostitute.” They were willing
278Reads9.3Score—Shelves
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Life with Her 有她的生活
[Not reborn] [No harem] [Lighthearted everyday life] He lived with his grandparents as a child and wasn’t brought to Longcheng to start elementary school until he was eight. But in middle school, his parents divorced after his father cheated, and even his first love ended in betrayal. Fortunately, his grandparents and mother still loved him... He met her that year. Would she be his salvation, or only a fleeting light?
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My Urban Life 我的都市生活
Magical realism: After my soul developed a mind of its own, it packed its bags and set out into the world, inhabiting different lives and experiencing different ways of living. This is the story of what my soul encounters in different worlds, in different genders and species. Along the way, it forms attachments, changes, and gives life a different shape.
15Reads8.2Score—Shelves
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The Three Kingdoms Strategist’s Playbook 三国谋士策
The early death of the genius Guo Jia robbed the Three Kingdoms of so many unforgettable moments. Eighteen hundred years later, Chen Ming accidentally took over Guo Jia's body and became the genius himself! He changed the course of history, but history's wheel quietly turned back to its original path. How will it all end? Man Tou takes you into a different Three Kingdoms. The protagonist has no aura of invincibility, no world-shaking genius, and none of the tiresome business of having three wive
812Reads6.5Score—Shelves
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Reborn in 1983 重生1983
A billionaire returns to 1983. His family is poor, his father is hospitalized with severe injuries, and his sister has been forced into a marriage destined to make her miserable for the rest of her life. He falls to his knees in remorse over all the calamities he caused. Luckily, there’s still time to make things right. In an era where gold lies everywhere and business is growing wild, he vows to help his whole family live a happy, fulfilling life this time around, and to whip this era into shap
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A Book by Black Shackles 黑色枷锁的一本书
My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well!
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