Any Good Novels? Strongly Seeking Recommendations! 有没有好看的小说啊！！！强烈求荐！！！
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Whale Fall into the Abyss 鲸落深渊
Little fish, little fish, may you swim out of the abyss soon. His younger brother, whom he had raised by hand despite no blood relation, sent him to a detention center for two years to “set him straight” and told him to come out once he was normal. Those two years were a nightmare that devoured him, one he could never wake from. His body and mind were tormented, his feelings worn away, and he was trained into numb, hopeless submission. “Knowing you raised me makes me sick. Why don’t you just die
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- 2 Spring Returns to the Branches of a Sick Tree 病树枝头又逢春 [Print edition now available] Sang Nian accidentally climbs into the world of cultivation and becomes the vicious supporting female character who meets a tragic end in the book. System: Your mission is to marry the male supporting character, Xie Chenzhou, abuse him, humiliate him, and then get killed by him. Sang Nian: OK (brandishes little whip) (hits herself) (collapses with a thud) System: (silence) (stares at the sky) System: Mission changed. Win him over, or go mine coal. Sang Nian: (smiles 188.6kReads9.5Score25.6kShelves
- 3 Officialdom and Gambling 官赌 Du He and Li Mingbo were university classmates, and they had been close friends since their student days. Du He was the head of the finance office at the Transportation Bureau. In his spare time, he liked to play a few rounds to get closer to his superiors. Before long, he was hooked, gradually becoming a regular at the gambling table. He was good at mahjong and skilled at reading his superiors’ preferences. Over time, he became The Outcast, the powerful figure second only to the bureau chief. H 3.2kReads9.2Score338Shelves
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Countdown to the Villain Boss’s Corruption: Host, Hurry and Save Him 反派大佬黑化倒计时，宿主快拯救
[Two Male Leads + Quick Transmigration + One-on-One Romance + Sweet, Satisfying Romance + Kink-Focused + Love Through Coercion] Qi Sui was once the supreme god, revered by all ten thousand years ago. Now he is a sinner, condemned by everyone and abandoned by those closest to him. One day, he binds himself to the “Save the Villain” System. 681: “Your mission is to stop the villain from turning evil and destroying the world.” He assumed the villain would carry out a crazed campaign of revenge. Who
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- 5 Hidden in Midsummer 藏于盛夏 A heads-up before you start ❗️: One of the side couples is a gay couple, so please skip this if that bothers you. [The print edition under the same title is now available] [Healing × Love that grows over time × Angsty school romance] Sweet, gentle, well-behaved student × rebellious, handsome bad boy That midsummer seemed hotter than any before. The girl in the graduation photo smiled sweetly, with a boy in a white shirt grinning boldly behind her. They met in midsummer, and parted in midsummer t 84.2kReads9.6Score14.8kShelves
- 6 You Told Me to Kill My Villainous Master, So Why Did You Kiss Him?! 让你杀反派师尊，你亲他干嘛！ [Signed for print publication] [Complete + two male leads + shou protagonist + everyone speaks their mind + devoted romance] [Gentle, beautiful master × outwardly obedient, tea-scented villain disciple who is secretly unhinged] Shang Qingshi transmigrates into a book as a cannon-fodder master. Born into a noble family and blessed with striking looks, he even has both the male lead and the ultimate villain as his disciples. It’s a dream start from the start. But his cauldron physique prevents him 37.6kReads9.5Score6.9kShelves
- 7 EN Ten Days to the End 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 1.7MReads9.9Score206.4kShelves
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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
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The Mystic Girl Says You’ll Die at Three in the Morning. Pay Up to Change Your Fate 玄学少女说你三更死，打钱改命
[Metaphysics + fortune-telling + ghost-catching + satisfying read + lighthearted + sweet romance + CEO + wealthy family + no angst] After enduring a tribulation, Wu Yin is struck by lightning and sent back to the twenty-first century. With no money to her name, she can only set up a fortune-telling stall online. She tells fortunes, catches ghosts, and treats illnesses. If you can pay, she’ll take the job. “Master, if you’re really any good, tell me where my daughter, who was kidnapped years ago,
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- 10 Quick Transmigration: My Dad Is a Big Shot 快穿我爹是大佬 Qin Ye, a sword cultivator, is bound to the Wild Dad System and sent to worlds across the heavens to play father to all sorts of doomed supporting characters, good and bad. A rich young lady goes crazy for love and willingly hands over everything she owns, only for her beloved to turn from a treasured first love into a mere speck of rice, leaving her with a tragic fate? Qin Ye: Send her to the desert to eat sand. Once she’s done, take her to see the snow. The world is so big, how can she only ha 4kReads7.9Score248Shelves
- 11 Three Terrible Fortune Sticks? This Daoist Will Defy Heaven and Change Your Fate! 三次下下签？贫道替你逆天改命！ [Lighthearted comedy + Meme references + Satisfying power fantasy] Fang Yang transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes a Taoist priest, invited to take part in a livestreamed variety show. Visitor: “Reverend, I can’t get over her. What should I do?” Fang Yang: “She’s bad luck for you!” Visitor: “Reverend, I found a huge tomb. Want to come with me?” Fang Yang: “No. I can’t handle those mechanisms.” Visitor: “What mechanisms?” Fang Yang: “The public security authorities!” Visitor: “Reverend, a 43.9kReads8.9Score3.6kShelves
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Tempting Beauty 惹姝色
[1v1: Sweet, gentle, kind little princess × scheming, patient male consort and hostage prince] [Lighthearted and sugary sweet + romantic tension + everyone’s favorite] Xia Liqian was a miserable college student. Then, one day, she transmigrated into a book. She had become a debauched, tyrannical little princess, with countless male consorts in her residence. Her favorite was the hostage prince she had just asked her father for the day before. Now he was kneeling before her bed, watching her with
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She Stumbled Into a School for Nobles, but All She Wants Is to Make Money! 误入贵族学校，她只想搞钱！
[Sweet group-adored romance, a story of redemption, also known as: The Heroine Only Wants to Make Money] Santoria is a private aristocratic academy attended by the children of wealthy merchants, scholarly families, and politicians. While students at ordinary schools bury themselves in problem sets, hoping to get into a good college, these young masters and young ladies must learn how to expand their networks and uphold their families’ reputations. Power, money, connections, and resources are top
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Shenzhen, Beguiling After Dark 深圳，夜色迷人
A tale of business rivalries and political intrigue set against the backdrop of Shenzhen, following Chen Binnan’s remarkable journey south in pursuit of success. This story is dedicated to all the brothers who have headed south, north, or east to make their way in the world!
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- 15 Climbing the Ranks and Proving the Way 升官证道 Synopsis: Lu Haoming's son-in-law said, “At government offices in the city, reaching director-general level is already the ceiling for people from farming families like us.” Lu Haoming refuses to believe it. The road to office is beset by countless obstacles. He's too handsome, attracting one beauty after another, and his outspoken nature brings him repeated setbacks. Watch how he breaks through and rises straight to the top. 90kReads9.5Score10.2kShelves
- 16 Getting to the Bottom of Mind-Reading 起底观心术 When I was five, a fortune-teller said I’d be able to read people’s minds when I grew up. My parents thought I was a genius and spent the whole family’s savings to send me to school. But I failed the college entrance exam and became a fried-noodle vendor. That vendor later became a “Walking Encyclopedia,” all thanks to the saying, “In books, there are houses of gold.” You are not just who you are. You can become a different kind of dazzling light. Read a comment on the first page, and you’ll get 229.5kReads9.6Score66.4kShelves
- 17 The Wild Dog Hides a Camellia 野犬藏山茶 Wayward, flirtatious, obsessive sweetheart vs. the possessive, twisted wild dog she lures in (Fatherly doting and upbringing, pseudo siblings, forbidden tension, age gap, old flames reignited, both physically and emotionally pure) Shi Zhen couldn’t stand Song Chenye. She thought he was cold and hypocritical. Song Chenye didn’t like her either. He thought she was willful and spoiled. They lived under the same roof for four years, unable to stand each other. - Later, after a family upheaval, Shi Z 56Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 18 A Yuan and Third Uncle 阿媛与三叔 Asperger’s, possessive love, raising him “A Yuan, I’ve worked hard to learn most of the rules and have almost succeeded in pretending to be a normal person. But you are the one exception. You’re unique in this world. There’s no guidebook and no precedent. I’ve searched through five thousand years of books and still can’t find instructions on how to love you. All I can do is love you clumsily, in my own way.” 38Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 19 Inferior Believer 劣等信徒 Mutual devotion + happy ending + possessive love + sweet and angsty He was the rebellious young heir burdened with his family's hopes in Southeast Asia. She was the secret crush of a young master from the capital's elite circle in Huaguo. One twist of fate placed that secret crush in the heir's heart. From then on, he would never let her go, even in death... She said, “You don't love me. Why won't you let me go?” He said, “Only the hundred thousand mountains of northern Myanmar know how much I l 16.2kReads9.1Score2kShelves
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Back in the Capital, the Brilliant Miss Is Famous Across the Land 回京后，神算大小姐名满天下
[No romance + metaphysics + fortune-telling + satisfying read + secret identity + ghost-catching + lighthearted, no angst~] Yun Zhuo of the Xiao family was abandoned as a child. When her relatives come looking for her, she decisively returns to the capital to become a thorn in their side. Her birth mother says she’s uncouth and illiterate? But in the blink of an eye, she’s welcomed into the capital’s circle of master scholars, discussing poetry and prose and interpreting the fate of the world. T
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The Spirit Snake’s Immortal Cultivation Begins at Daqing Mountain 灵蛇修仙从大青山开始
[Nonhuman Protagonist + Stat-Point Build + No Female Lead] Bai Xuan is reborn as a snake, only to discover that this remote mountain forest is crawling with demons and fraught with danger. Fortunately, he has a status panel. Now all he has to do is spend points to cultivate...
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I Am a Lady Tutor 我是女先生
I'm hard to kill. These were the words I heard from the moment I was born. A blind fortune-teller said I was a White Tiger Sha, a girl born with a boy's fate, innately tough and destined to bring misfortune to my husband, my children, and myself. Everyone in the village said I wouldn't survive. My yang energy was too strong. Even if they managed to keep me alive, I'd grow up to be an idiot. But my grandma, a spirit medium who presided over the altar, refused to give up. Every year, she burned a
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- 23 Vivid as Life 栩栩若生 A fortune-teller said I was born destined for greatness, the reincarnation of the Flower Goddess, with the power to turn stones into gold and command flower spirits and tree sprites. Once I came of age, my family was sure to prosper. But when I was twelve, I came down with a strange illness. My fever wouldn’t break, and I kept seeing terrifying visions... In a dream, I met an old woman who told me to find an expert with supernatural powers to save my life. Millet to summon souls, altars and form 19.7kReads9.5Score3.4kShelves
- 24 A World of Fireflies 萤萤众生 When I was thirteen, I had an accident and nearly died. Everything I saw and felt was horrifying, and I could only keep company with bad luck. But I swore a solemn oath: I would not fail Heaven and Earth or my parents, nor harm my friends and family. I would hurt only myself, devote myself to goodness, and hold fast to sincerity! From then on, I walked between the realms of yin and yang, sought a master and learned the Dao, awakened my spiritual senses, and slew demons and evil spirits... I fear 8.1kReads9.2Score779Shelves
- 25 I Am Intersex 我是阴阳人 My mother said that when I was born, her first reaction was to strangle me, because it was impossible to tell whether I was male or female. My grandmother called me a freak and a jinx, saying I would only bring shame on the family. It was then that my maternal grandmother, who had traveled all the way from the countryside to visit my mother, adopted me. So, by chance, I got to enjoy a pure childhood, free from scornful looks. Following my half-immortal grandmother, I unexpectedly discovered how 8.5kReads9.3Score1.3kShelves
- 26 I Am a Female Physiognomist 我是女相师 I was born in the twelfth lunar month of 1991, and came into the world with six fingers. The saying that people born in the Year of the Sheep have bad luck somehow became attached to me. Before I could even speak, my family sent me to live with my grandaunt, who ran a shop selling paper offerings and burial clothes. My grandaunt said I had a star spirit in my fate, and the Vermilion Bird would come to my aid. What did it matter if my destiny was cursed? As the saying goes: The Azure Dragon and W 13.2kReads9.4Score1.4kShelves
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Mortal Bones, Immortal Destiny 凡骨
(The print edition is now available to buy online) The world's spiritual bones are divided into four grades. First grade: Heavenly Spiritual Bones. Second grade: Golden Spiritual Bones. Third grade: Mystic Spiritual Bones. Fourth grade: White Spiritual Bones. All the rest are ordinary bones, unfit for cultivation. Xu Taiping is an ordinary man with ordinary bones, yet he swears to prove to the cultivation world that ordinary bones can slay demons, ordinary bones can vanquish evil, and ordinary b
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Dustbound Ties Between Humans and Ghosts 人鬼尘缘
A one-of-a-kind heartwarming story about people and ghosts. He Qiu met the little ghost Yixiu when she was seven. A girl and a ghost, both alone and helpless, support and encourage each other through hardship. He Qiu grows up day by day, while Yixiu remains seven years old. At sixteen, He Qiu is forced to drop out of school and go to the city to work as a nanny. After enduring countless difficulties, she finally finds her footing in the city. To protect Yixiu, she also becomes a medium. He Qiu’s
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I Met You at Twenty-Three, and Started Over 从二十三岁遇见你，重新开始
[Easygoing daily life]+ [One heroine]+ [No System]+ [Not reborn]+ [Bittersweet]+ [Entirely fictional, not an autobiography] At twenty-three, Xie Yunyu lost his parents and broke up with his girlfriend. The smooth sailing of his first twenty-odd years felt like one big joke played by fate. In the depths of his loneliness, he encountered someone from his past. Some unseen force had guided him: twenty-three marked both an ending and a new beginning. As soon as he returned to his hometown, he met th
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- 30 Fire First 先敌开火 [Expert marksman] + [No System] + [Comedy] + [Mercenaries] + [Fictional world] Wang Tao, descended from a family of hunters, stumbles into the world of mercenaries by sheer chance. What kind of sparks will fly? In this diverse era, your downfall may not come from a rival, but from someone crossing over from another field. Speed is absolute, accuracy is relative. The one who fires first wins; suppressive fire is what matters most! Of all the martial arts under heaven, speed is unbeatable! 89.3kReads9.4Score6.3kShelves
- 31 Life in the Siheyuan, Beginning in the New World 从新世界开始的四合院生活 This is the story of an ordinary man who transmigrates into a world combining a whole host of period dramas. It follows him from before Liberation all the way to the new millennium. In the torrents of everyday life, simply keeping your footing is a struggle; making a name for yourself is harder than reaching the heavens. You and I are ordinary people, but ordinary people have dreams of their own, too. 1.3kReads8.2Score100Shelves
- 32 Now That You've Been Reborn, It's Your Turn to Be the Simp, Right? 都重生了，该你当舔狗了吧？ [Multiple female leads] [Fast-paced] [Grounded in reality] [No brainless decisions] Chen Yan is reborn in 2012, retaining all his memories and gaining a System! There’s no way he won’t get rich. Even Jesus couldn’t stop him!!! He starts a business as soon as he’s reborn, and as the money rolls in, one romantic encounter after another comes his way. His fake-sweet ex: “Chen Yan, I’ve always loved you. I swear I’d do anything for you! Anything!!” The stunning Celestial Dragon school beauty: “Chen 18.7kReads7.5Score1.7kShelves
- 33 As a Reborn Man, I Just Want to Land a Stable Job 重生的我只想上岸 My new story is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 2Reads5.8Score—Shelves
- 34 Reborn as a Railway Worker: Preparing for Early Retirement 重生铁路，为提前退休做准备 The day before I reenlisted, heaven came through for me and bestowed a pocket dimension. In my previous life, I drifted along aimlessly and achieved nothing. Fortunately, I had a job and could just about make ends meet. Given another life, with a pocket dimension by my side, can I turn things around, achieve financial freedom, and retire early? Dear readers, just wait and see. The first hundred chapters cover life in the military. In chapter 190, the protagonist joins the railway sector, so feel 209Reads7.8Score159Shelves
- 35 System: I Opened a Convenience Store in the Northwest 系统：我在西北开便利店 [Slow-paced + low-key System + everyday life + lighthearted + getting rich] What does a successful life look like? Working 996 or even 007, earning a decent salary while being treated like dirt? Or doing whatever you please, earning less but living the life you want? Li Chenfeng only found the answer after returning to the small village where he had grown up. Deserts, wastelands, grasslands, forests, cattle, sheep, camels, fine horses, and eagles. Li Chenfeng runs a little shop and sits outside, 8.2kReads8.8Score529Shelves
- 36 The System's Starting Reward: My Uncle Is Qi Tongwei 系统开局奖励我的舅舅是祁同伟 Wu Ze is rewatching In the Name of the People for the third time. [Ding!] [Congratulations, Host! You've received a random character reward: Qi Tongwei (your maternal uncle).] "System, that's a bit much, isn't it? There are so many characters in the show!" "Please turn on your TV and tune in to Lu Dong Provincial TV." Wu Ze: "My uncle?" System: "That's right, your uncle." Well, that settles the rest of his life. P.S. This story takes place in a parallel world and is entirely fictional. Any rese 14.4kReads7.9Score660Shelves
- 37 Reborn in 1989: Building Bureau 749 from Scratch! 重生89年，从零打造749局！ [749 Bureau, folk customs, mysteries, demon hunting, ensemble cast, official backing, military] At the end of 1989, snow blanketed the Shenyang Military Region. With the order to disband, the era of Steel Seventh Company came to an end. Ordinary soldiers were discharged and reassigned, while officers were transferred elsewhere. But Li Jingyang, himself an officer, made an unexpected choice. “Chief, I want to establish the 749 Bureau!” Armed with the Demon-Sealing List, he set out to create China 4kReads9.0Score317Shelves
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Peerless Village Doctor 绝世村医
An outrageously satisfying story, already adapted into three short dramas. By chance, Lin Xiaolong, a country bumpkin and hopeless loser, enters a cave and receives the legacy of the True Man Longyang. From then on, his life is turned upside down. With beautiful women by his side, he rises to the pinnacle of life.
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- 39 Siheyuan: Sickly from the Start 四合院:开局是个病秧子 Lin Mancai transmigrated into a shabby little room in Love in the Courtyard, only to find himself gravely ill and on the verge of death. To make matters worse, Qin the Widow had her eye on him. Could any transmigrator have it worse? 59Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 40 The First Farmer 第一农夫 He thought they were the best of friends, but his friend was actually the enemy who stole his wife and even tried to kill Lin Feng. Luckily, Heaven had other plans: Lin Feng survived against all odds and stumbled upon the greatest opportunity in the world. Watch as the world's top farmer takes revenge and makes his mark in both the countryside and the city. 6.2kReads8.9Score932Shelves
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Unbelievable! The Soul Reaper Calls Her Granny?! 离谱！勾魂使者见了她叫祖宗？！
(Also known as “Ridiculous! The Soul-Guide Calls Her Ancestor?!” and “A Plain White Lantern in Hand, Guiding the Ten Thousand Ghosts of the World”) [The heroine is no helpless flower + the hero isn't really a playboy] Twelve years ago, at the words of the Great Qing nation's Imperial Preceptor, the imperial army marched south and wiped out the “remnants of the foreign enemy” hiding deep in the mountains. Twelve years later, a woman carrying a plain white lantern strolled out of the forest and m
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- 42 A Beautiful Civil Servant's Resignation Diary 美女公务员辞职记 How are young people taking the workplace by storm these days? Watch this woman quit her civil service job with a flourish, walk away with style, and marry into a wealthy family. Then she and her dream man climb to the top of the world together. No matter how many joys and sorrows she faces along the way, she always meets life with a smile. If you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight! 1kReads8.8Score101Shelves
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If You Won't Write the Memorial, Why Are You Going on the Northern Campaign? 不写出师表，你北什么伐呀！
“This place is so delightful, I could forget all about Shu!” Liu Shan, who left behind this timeless saying, thought he had died. But when he opened his eyes again, he had become Zhao Gou, the emperor of the Great Song. With none of Zhao Gou's memories, he gazed at the officials filling the court and fell into deep thought. They have a chancellor here too? The name Qin Hui might not sound like much, but surely he's as capable in both letters and arms as my foster father! Hmm? Wait, why is there
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Echoes of the Rift 裂界回响
A cataclysmic event known as the Great Fracture tore apart the fabric of reality, causing our world to overlap and merge with countless parallel universes in an irregular and unstable way. Earth was shattered, with different regions revealing the landscapes, physical laws, and even intelligent life forms of other worlds. Civilization as it once existed collapsed, and the survivors struggled to stay alive amid the ruins and alien landscapes. Advanced technology, whether inherited from before the
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A Deadly Trap Turned to Joy: The Ninth Suicide System 死局成欢：第九次殉情系统
[Historical romance, 1v2, comedy, sexually inexperienced male lead] He Su fails her mission on her very first trip down the mountain and is killed by her enemy. She lures him close, too, then plunges a knife into his heart. The two of them are trapped in a reincarnation System. In every life, they must wake up, marry, and consummate their marriage before they can break the marriage tribulation. [First Tribulation: Young Master of a Noble House × Donkey-Feeding Maid] He refuses to marry her
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- 46 Don't Wait Until the Flowers Fade to Pluck a Branch 莫待无花须折枝 [Revenge | Shocking Twists | Multiple Male Leads | Alternate History] Everyone in the capital knew that Chen Yunshu, the mad princess, would never find a husband. Until an imperial edict of marriage arrived at the Wei residence. It forced Chen Yunshu, the most notorious mad princess in all of Great Chen, into Wei Yu’s bed. The whole city sighed. The young master of the Wei family was done for! Ever since Chen Yunshu entered the general’s residence, there had not been a single day of peace. 155Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 Republican Era: The Last of the Jianghu 民国：最后的江湖 From an outlaw to a high-ranking general in the Republic of China, then into the War of Resistance against Japan, he walks the loneliest path of all. He seeks no place in the history books, only for the land and rivers to bear witness: on this black soil, there will always be those who refuse to kneel! (Xiang Bei, formerly known by the pen name Lao Zei) 32.7kReads9.3Score2.6kShelves
- 48 The Thief's Way 贼道 My name is Xiao Wu. I was a wild child no orphanage could keep in check. At nine years old, I charged into this dog-eat-dog world. I saw through it then: living was like clinging to a moving train. You either held on or fell and were crushed to pieces. The first steamed bun I stole wasn’t because I was hungry. I wanted to see whether these hands that picked pockets could grab fate by the throat. The juvenile detention center, the shelter, and the detention center were my schools. The thieves wer 84.2kReads9.6Score10.6kShelves
- 49 Back to 1985: Tales of the Northeast 重回1985：东北往事 These are fiery years spent feeling one’s way across a river by touching the stones, a time of thriving vitality where the bold could eat their fill, and of wild growth where big shots were everywhere. The rules of this society have never changed: the meek fear the tough, the tough fear the ruthless, the ruthless fear the reckless, and the reckless fear those who don’t care if they live or die. But even those who don’t care if they live or die fear madmen. And so, Zhou Dongbei went mad. (TV adap 86.2kReads9.6Score8.8kShelves
- 50 Officialdom Is Like a Chess Game 官场如棋 There is no straight road through life, especially when it comes to being an official. Hao Xiaodong spent many years navigating the political arena before gradually understanding its many hidden rules. Now, following his novel The Way to Promotion, a new story is here for readers. Join us as we witness another kind of life in the world of officialdom. 34.1kReads9.2Score4.4kShelves
