The Bittersweet Rise of an Ordinary Person 小人物一步步的辛酸史
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Climbing the Social Ladder 攀高枝
[Film and TV rights sold] [Print edition published] Zhang Zhixu had everything from birth. A family with a century of prestige, enviable talent, and a career that kept rising step by step. But he found life terribly dull. Then, one day, an accident struck, and his soul entered a woman's body. A woman who couldn't read a single character, yet dreamed of marrying into a powerful family and becoming a phoenix. · Chen Baoxiang had traveled a thousand miles from the countryside to the capital, hoping
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Reborn as the Abusive Novel’s Male Lead’s Mother 穿成虐文男主他妈
[Short story contest] [Foodie fiction] [A sweet little treat] Overnight, she transmigrates into a book with a baby in her belly whose father is unknown. On closer inspection, the baby turns out to be the male lead from the tragic novel she read before. He's a poor little thing whose father doesn't care for him and whose mother doesn't love him. Penniless, Ding Sha relies on her excellent cooking skills to become the food goddess of a construction site. Spicy diced chicken, cured pork with garlic
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[F4] Maxing Out Their Charm Is a Waste If You Don't Train Them Like Dogs 【F4】魅力值点满不训狗可惜了
[Noble academy, everyone's favorite, male? competition, privilege, old-school melodrama.] You transmigrate into a brainless F4 romance novel packed with melodrama, old-school tropes, privilege, and **. F1 is cold and abstinent, with Buddhist prayer beads around his wrist. F2 looks kind but is cruel inside and loves raising poisonous creatures. F3 is brooding and romantic, a playboy. F4 is brutal and ruthless, with little self-control. The F4 boys come from powerful families. They're cruel, unpre
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I’m the Doomed White Moonlight Supporting Character at a Noble Academy 我是贵族学院早死的白月光女配
[Everyone's darling, an ensemble cast of high society, prestigious families, a harem showdown, and classic melodramatic romance] Jiang Zhiyue awakens to discover that she is the doomed female supporting character in a prestigious academy novel: a beautiful, poor, fragile, and sweet girl. In the story, she is not only expected to be gentle, humble, and selfless toward the male leads, but also to rush in front of them to take bullets and blades, sacrificing herself for their sake. Yet she is desti
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Military Marriage: The Stern-Faced Officer Is Won Over by a Stunning Painter 军婚：面凶军官被绝美画家拿捏了
[Stunning artist x tough, prison-style military officer] [Pocket dimension, limited appearances + sweet romance + satisfying wish fulfillment + no awful characters] Shi Tingyu is a young painter with a modest reputation. One day, she transmigrates to the 1970s and becomes the daughter of a weapons researcher. Before she can enjoy her new life, her parents face the prospect of being reported and sent down to the countryside. Unwilling to let her suffer, her parents quickly arrange a blind date fo
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Mysterious Lotus Casebook: We Once Went Together, and We'll Return Together 莲花楼：曾同往，亦同归
This is a story about a sword searching for its master. Shi Shaoli pieces the broken Li Xiangyi back together for Li Lianhua, telling him that he has always been wonderful, just as he is. “My name is... Shi Shaoli.” I am Li Shaoshi. From the start, kill Yun Biqiu. Li Lianhua doesn't know that someone in this world has always thought of him, holding fast to the belief that Li Xiangyi is still alive. How could anyone recognize that Li Lianhua is Li Xiangyi, through a mask, an unfamiliar body, and
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Ding! With an Immortal Achievement, the Cousin Miss Starts Reading 叮，成就流芳百世，表小姐开卷了
Xu Yue transmigrates into a book. She becomes the delicate, vulnerable cousin of the male lead in an examination-themed novel: her mother died young, she has no brothers and no one to rely on, and her family won't take her in, so she is awkwardly forced to live in the male lead's home. In her previous life, Xu Yue rose from being an orphan to earning a doctorate. She never believed in fate, and even though it was hard for women to get by in ancient times, she never stopped thinking about how to
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A Survival Guide for Ordinary People in the Apocalypse 末世普通人苟活守则
[Everyday slice of life + no romance + stockpiling supplies + zombies + natural disasters] A quiet, ordinary life in the apocalypse. Zhang Qing is a country girl trying to make it in a big city. She has no golden finger, and when the zombie outbreak begins, she is already trapped in the city by the time she realizes what's happening. The protagonist is neither a good person nor a bad one, just an ordinary person who's a little selfish. She is not reborn. This is a food-focused story with lots of
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Reborn in the 1980s: My Wife Is a Little Spicy 重生八零：媳妇有点辣
Her parents died young, her family was poor, and she was plain-looking. Xia Xiaolan had been dealt a terrible hand, but after nearly twenty years of hard work, she became an executive at a multinational corporation and finally put her life back on track... Then she wakes up to find herself reborn in the 1980s, as another Xia Xiaolan, this time with a face capable of bringing a kingdom to ruin. The original Xia Xiaolan had been dealt a winning hand, but chose to take her own life under the pressu
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The Primordial Journey 原始征程
A fishing enthusiast transmigrated to a primitive world after an accident while fishing, only to find a place that defied everything he knew. All kinds of vicious beasts and terrifying savage creatures constantly threatened his tribe. Humans were no longer masters of the land, but had fallen to the bottom of the food chain. To survive, he could only lead his people in a fight with the beasts for territory…
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The End of Ten Days 十日终焉
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
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Game Invasion: The Cannon-Fodder Villainess Rules Every Instance 游戏入侵：炮灰女配主宰所有副本
Reborn, Wu Yue finally learns that she's nothing more than a vicious cannon-fodder supporting character in a book. She has no mental power or awakened abilities, gets crushed by the heroine, a delicate, qipao-wearing charmer adored by everyone, and is eventually torn to pieces by evil spirits after being used as bait. She immediately decides to stay far away from the leads, find a hidden instance that nobody knows about, and lie flat like a lazy salted fish for the rest of her life. But a change
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The Ninth Special Zone 第九特区
After the catastrophe, the land was scarred beyond recognition. Food was scarce, resources were in short supply, and the situation was chaotic... A young man who had fought his way out of an undeveloped zone, with endless yellow sand at his back, came alone to District Nine to make a living. Yet he never expected to meet a few good friends by chance, rise to prominence in the chaotic era over a single thought, and embark on a legendary journey...
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After Escaping Her Maidservant Status, She Became Obsessed with Making Money 摆脱通房丫鬟身份后，她沉迷搞钱
[Complete + no transmigration or rebirth + winning back his wife + slow-burn romance + political intrigue and business rivalry + pure-love devotees] She was a farmer’s daughter. After her father died, she was sold and became a kitchen maid in a marquis’s household. By a twist of fate, she was forced to follow the marquis’s family into exile for a heinous crime. She endured countless hardships and suffered many injuries to keep the whole family fed, all because the young marquis had made a solemn
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Reborn: Sign-In on Day One, Mastering the Power of Space and Time 重生：签到第一天，掌控时空之力
[Everyone changes class + invincible + sign-in + reborn + Sword Immortal + multiple classes + fast-paced + ruthless] Otherworldly invaders arrive, the abyss opens, countless dungeons descend, and secret realms appear. Everyone can change classes and awaken talents. Countless alien beasts descend, leaving humanity’s position precarious. Ye Qing is reborn and awakens a sign-in System. Sign in for the Sword Immortal class: Slay with a single sword strike, ignoring all defenses. Sign in for the anci
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Bloodstained Path to the Throne 血染皇途
Ye Xiao, the third prince of the Great Qian Dynasty, possessed peerless talent in martial arts. He entered the martial world at fourteen and wandered for ten years. After inheriting the legacy of the Human Emperor, he returned to court, intent on claiming imperial power. But what he never expected was that as soon as he returned to the capital, he would be granted a marriage. His bride-to-be was a female general who had committed an unforgivable offense, whose name struck fear into everyone in t
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Warlord: My Father Commands Six Provinces, and I Want to Be the Yellow Emperor 军阀：我爹六省督军，我想当黄帝
If you were an ordinary wage earner who transmigrated to another world and gained a powerful father with influence over everything, an only son who was doted on to no end, what kind of person would you become? Would you let the evil in your heart grow, or unleash the justice within you? Welcome to a world at war. War is one way humans interact, and this world is full of exciting stories. Build an immortal empire, make up for the regrets in your heart, and create the super Blue Star of your dream
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From the Start, My Brain Was Enhanced in Senior Year: I Became a National Treasure 开局高三脑域强化：我成国士无双
[Slow burn, one heroine, academic prodigy, cutting-edge technology] Guo Hao has just been reborn in 2012. All he can think about is youth, getting rich, and then lying flat. But then a voice rings out in his mind. “System activation complete. The Host currently lacks the normal level of knowledge possessed by others of the same age on this planet. A Gold-level reward mission is now being issued.” “Gold Mission: Score at least 85% on the college entrance exam in 103 days. Mission Rewards: +1 brai
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I Preloaded Ten Billion: Now I’ve Maxed Out My Goddess! 提前充值百亿：我氪出满级女帝！
[A virtual pet-raising app for everyone has arrived! Bind a character from the cultivation world, get rewards in return, and grow stronger.] Shen Yun was reborn before the game launched, after his girlfriend had set him up. Nobody knew how valuable this app was! Before the top-up channel closed, he spent ten billion to bind the future empress, a woman with heaven-defying talent! A Sacred Body and Dao Embryo costs only 500,000 to activate? Buy it! A Divine Weapon costs just one million? I'll take
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Marriage Brokers in the 1960s: Three Marriages Are Fate, Seven Take Hard Work 六零婚托，三婚天注定七婚靠打拼
Period setting + satisfying revenge + strong heroine + transmigration + multiple male leads There’s a different male lead in every phase of her life, and the heroine won’t stay for anyone. She’s selfish. She has a pocket dimension, but she’ll have to steal to get it. Rather than deal with awful people, the heroine would rather make them furious. P.S. This story includes an unconventional romance. Please read with caution if that bothers you. After dying suddenly, the embittered office worker Zho
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Reborn in the Political Arena, With Absolute Power in My Hands 重生官场，手握绝对权力
Reborn in 2005, he starts out as a grassroots police officer. With the advantage of knowing what lies ahead, he repeatedly cracks major cases and high-profile crimes, carving out a distinctive path to promotion through the turbulent world of politics. This is the story of an ordinary man rewriting his fate and climbing step by step to the very heights of power!
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On My First Day at Work, I Tore Up the Wanted List 上班第一天，手撕通缉榜
He transmigrated to a parallel world and became a graduate of the police academy. When Xu Lin received his job assignment, he was completely bewildered. He had graduated top of his class with perfect marks in criminal investigation, and was about to become a criminal investigator. So why had they assigned him to the traffic police? What was that supposed to mean? They wouldn’t let him work criminal investigations? Fine. A traffic cop could take on criminal investigations, too. On his first day a
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The System Ran Away, So I Built an Aviation Empire on My Own 系统跑路了，靠自己建立航空帝国
A System from the start, only for it to run away later? So I have to do everything myself? Come on, System, everyone else starts with a skyscraper and a few hundred million. I’m left to do it all on my own. I know everything about staffing, administration, dispatch, ground services, maintenance, and air traffic control. The only thing I can’t do is fly a plane. Now this is what a truly competent chairman looks like. Let me lead the company, step by step, toward greatness. The ultimate goal: to b
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After Twelve Years as a Village Girl, I Began Cultivating Immortality 做村姑十二年后，开始修仙
A guide for getting started :) The rating just came out. (Female-oriented + no CP + everyday farming life + a small golden finger + talisman cultivation) A Lin Daiyu isn't the only thing that can fall from the sky. Female cultivators can, too! While herding cattle, Shi Ji accidentally rescues an injured female cultivator. The woman then tests her and discovers that she has a spiritual root, setting her on the path of cultivation. But as soon as Shi Ji arrives in Changhe City, on the border b
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