Good Contemporary Entertainment Industry Novels About Directors, with One Female Lead, Solid Logic, and No Harem 好看的现娱导演文，单女主，逻辑满分，不开后宫

1. 101 花 Flower Demon 花妖 Cotton Flower棉花花Ancient Romance337k WordsCompleted [Past and Present Lives + One True Love + Palace Intrigue and Power Struggles] A thousand years of longing will not go unanswered; a lifetime of devotion will never bring regret! A brilliant, resilient surgeon versus a suspicious, ruthless God of War general! Meeting him was the bond of fate from her past life, and the tribulation of this one. A tearjerking tale of a white plum blossom in the immortal realm of Qilian, a true dragon, and a snowflake reincarnated to endure a trial. The white plum 6kReads9.5Score933Shelves

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3. 103 楼 The One by the Tower Is Like Jade 楼边人似玉 White Egret, Never Paired白鹭未双Ancient Romance488k WordsCompleted The proprietress of the Zhangdeng Inn is truly insufferable: sharp-tongued, money-grubbing, flirtatious, and shameless. He cultivates the Way of Shangqing and slays the myriad demons of the mortal world. He absolutely must not let her bewitch him! (Demon-hunting, scheming magistrate Song Liyan x money-loving, self-obsessed innkeeper Lou Siyu. The story involves only the human and demon realms. They fall in love in a different setting, with no cultivation. Happy ending, with both sweet and angsty 2.1kReads9.3Score354Shelves
4. 104 外 The Outer Wife 外室之妻 Every Inch Is Gold寸寸金Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Gu Zheng was at her wit’s end with the way her stepmother kept causing trouble. Even though the man looked down on her, she had no choice but to grit her teeth and marry him. She thought she was destined to be a supporting female character in this world, so she lived by the rules and knew her place. Then, in the blink of an eye, her husband turned out to be the Duke’s illegitimate son! He was about to be acknowledged by the family and become the young duke, but the ducal household looked down on 1.4kReads9.0Score357Shelves
5. 105 嫡 The Legitimate Daughter's Poisonous Schemes 嫡女毒妃 Robes White as Snow麻衣如雪Ancient Romance5.1M WordsCompleted The genius of both Chinese and Western medicine, Yin Suhua, transmigrates into the body of an unloved legitimate daughter. On her wedding day, she is even deliberately stopped and humiliated outside the prince's residence. “If you want to enter the residence, cut ties with the Chancellor's household.” “Gladly. But if the heir wants to marry me, he must never take a concubine.” She enters alone, marries alone, and enters the bridal chamber alone. Yin Suhua thinks: What kind of wonderful deal is t 16.4kReads9.1Score1.8kShelves
6. 106 惜 Cherishing Flowers 惜花芷 Kong Liu空留Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [The original novel behind the TV adaptation starring Hu Yitian and Zhang Jingyi] After keeping her talents hidden for fifteen years, Hua Zhi thought she could spend her life as a proper aristocratic young lady, living in peace. But when the Hua family’s fortunes collapse, she has no choice but to reveal her sharp edge and hold the storm-tossed household together. Being out in public becomes the norm, and so does galloping through the streets. When all else fails, she even carries a coffin on he 21.1kReads9.6Score4.6kShelves
7. 107 汴 Spring Deepens in Bianjing 汴京春深 Wheat小麦Ancient Romance1.6M WordsCompleted [Audio version now available, welcome to listen] Madam Rongguo, Wang Fu, devoted herself to her family until she fell gravely ill and died. She was reborn in the body of Meng Jiuniang, a foolish illegitimate daughter who was only seven years old. In her previous life, her husband became her uncle in this life, and her son became her cousin. In this life, Meng Wan had a simple wish: to live peacefully and watch her son, her cousin Su Fang in this life, grow up safe and sound. But as she and a gro 18.4kReads9.5Score2.5kShelves
8. 108 文 Showbiz: The Carefree Life of an Online Novelist 文娱，网文作者的逍遥人生 A Green Lamp for a Lifetime青灯伴一生Urban946k WordsCompleted Reborn in 2010, Lin Yi only wants to be a quiet slacker. In his previous life, he was a workaholic editor who pushed himself to death. This time, he just wants to sunbathe, sleep in, and roll over once in a while. Better yet, he hopes to grow to six feet tall. Then the System named “Carefree” shows up at his door. “Host’s slacker compatibility is 99%. This System will help you become a literary great… provided you don’t skip your sunbathing.” And so, sixteen-year-old Lin Yi begins living a do 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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9. 109 华 Showbiz: My Story with the Celestial Beauty 华娱我和天仙的故事 Chuan Caowu川草乌Urban1.3M WordsOngoing A string of Five Emperors Coins hangs beneath the eaves of the shabby Maoshan temple. The characters on the coins face inward and their faces point upward. The thin cord threaded through them has worn smooth and shiny, as if it might snap at any moment. Much like the dilapidated temple itself, most of the walls have collapsed and the door hangs crooked. The whole courtyard is so overgrown that wild rabbits could run through it. These days, only one young Daoist priest remains to keep watch. “Cre —Reads—Score1.3kShelves
10. 110 凡 I’m a Mortal with Five Spiritual Roots 凡人我是五灵根 Chuan Caowu川草乌Male-Channel Fanfiction2.6M WordsOngoing Chen Yixuan was born into an ordinary family and transmigrated into the world of mortals. His life goal changed from “becoming a civil servant” to “living forever”! Born with dual spiritual roots, he was nevertheless assigned a cultivation technique meant for five spiritual roots, turning him into a good-for-nothing with artificial five spiritual roots. But how could a good-for-nothing ever attain the Great Dao of immortality? How could he avoid the original owner’s deadly pitfalls? Opportunity! 2.3kReads—Score207Shelves

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