Is There No Future for Books That Aren't Fast-Paced? 不是快节奏的书是不是没出路了

1. 1 盗 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Posing as a Mysterious, Beautiful, Strong, and Tragic Man 盗笔：装出个高深莫测但美强惨 Fish Like Water鱼依如水Two Male Leads447k WordsCompleted "The only Grave Robbers' Chronicles fic rated 9.6, come see!" [Starting with the Old Nine Gates, Beloved by All, Pick Your Favorite Pairing + Slightly Everyone's Favorite + Everyone Imagines the Powerful Heartbreaking Beauty] Third-person narration I transmigrated, but not completely. At that very moment, my body was lying right beside me, playing the part of a breathtakingly beautiful vegetative patient. The good news: I could create an immortal secret identity. The bad news: the System told me 41.9kReads9.6Score5.3kShelves

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   The first one is "Recent Disaster Chasing". The author's writing is quite good and the pace is okay. The development is not fast. You can pick it up and read it slowly when you have nothing to do.

2. 2 努 I Strive for the Imperial Exams, But My Slacker Dreams Never Change 努力考科举，咸鱼梦想从未改变 A Little Green Ear一只绿耳Historical1.8M WordsCompleted [Imperial exams + everyday life + lighthearted] Lu Yang, a rich second-generation heir, wakes up one day as the youngest and most cherished son of the Lu family. This youngest son is a scholar, yet selfish and self-centered, turning a blind eye to his family's sacrifices and caring only about his own future. Lu Yang may be a slacker with little conscience, but he knows who's good to him. He keeps his dream of being a slacker tucked away and works hard to pass the imperial exams, hoping to become 23.8kReads9.1Score2.4kShelves
3. 3 完 Oh No! The Pretty Little Fool Has Upset the Gloomy Big Shot Again 完蛋！漂亮小傻子又气坏阴郁大佬 Towering Jia Wood参天甲木Two Male Leads727k WordsCompleted Completed. Originally titled The End! The Pretty Little Fool Has Made the Gloomy Big Shot Angry Again Pretty, stuttering little fool x gloomy, stern, powerful big shot [Two male leads + the bottom seems like a fool but is actually a genius + the top gets angry on the surface but is actually doting + both are each other's first + exclusive devotion + age gap + face-slapping] Jiang Mian spent all nineteen years of his life in the basement of the Jiang family home. He had never been exposed to the 16.8kReads9.1Score2.9kShelves

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   This is a very fast-paced book. It's a short story and the relationship progresses really well. It's super nice to read.

4. 4 为 You Divorced Me for Your Dream Girl. So Why Are You Crying Now? 为了白月光跟我离婚，我走你哭啥 Making Money Lying Down躺着挣钱Urban600k WordsCompleted After three years of marriage, Chen Qian learned that his wife had always carried her one true love in her heart. Wanting to be with him, she was the one who asked for a divorce. But just as Chen Qian decided to let her go, she regretted it. 4.1kReads6.9Score185Shelves

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   Here are some great novels with ratings as high as 9.0

5. 5 文 Showbiz: I Just Woke Up, and I Have a Wife? 文娱：刚睡醒，我有老婆了？ Banxia Luoge半夏洛鸽Urban409k WordsCompleted When he wakes up, the world has changed! A lifelong bachelor transmigrates to a parallel world, where he’s married to a rising starlet and turns out to be a wife-beater? Gu Xingyi is on the verge of a breakdown. What terrible karma did he rack up to transmigrate into someone this outrageous? There’s no helping it. Life has to go on. And so Gu Xingyi begins his plan to save his adorable wife and child... 30.5kReads9.2Score3kShelves
6. 6 娃 My Childhood Betrothed, the Pure-Hearted School Beauty, Tricked Me into Getting Our Marriage License 娃娃亲校花超纯爱，骗我去领证 Silly Dilly憨憨哒哒Urban548k WordsCompleted [Marriage first, love later + living together + campus belle + romance] Lin Chuan was dumped by his childhood sweetheart. After getting blackout drunk at a club dinner, he woke up to find a little red booklet in his hand. Holy crap, a marriage certificate? With whom? He took a closer look and saw the name Jiang Wei, the aloof campus belle, on it! As it turned out, while drunk, he'd bet Jiang Wei they could get a marriage license using their ID cards, and somehow they'd actually gotten one! He fo 24.7kReads8.3Score2.7kShelves
7. 7 重 Reborn: From the Start, I Caught the Cool School Beauty Stealing from the Supermarket 重生：开局逮到清冷校花超市偷窃 Evergreen for a Lifetime一世长青6k WordsCompleted Reborn: From the Start, Catching the Cool, Aloof School Beauty Stealing at the Supermarket 173Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 8 校 The Campus Belle Was Shoplifting, So I Pinned Her Against the Shelves 校花超市偷窃，我把她按在货架上 Evergreen for a Lifetime一世长青8k WordsCompleted The Campus Belle Shoplifted, So I Pinned Her Against the Shelves 1Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 9 病 My Obsessive Childhood Sweetheart Has an Overwhelming Need to Possess Me, and She's Tied Me Up Again 病娇小青梅占有欲超强，又绑我了 Spicy Rabbit Head with a Little Sugar麻辣兔头加点糖Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [An intensely possessive, dangerously unstable heroine + childhood sweethearts + healing and redemption + one heroine + slice of life + no golden finger or System] [Jiang Yu: A wife should be raised from childhood~] [Ruan Xixi: A husband should be tricked into it from childhood~] Jiang Yu died after being kidnapped on the way home from a blind date with his childhood sweetheart, the girl next door. When he opened his eyes again, he saw his own corpse and the lovesick childhood sweetheart clingin 45.8kReads8.7Score5.1kShelves
10. 10 拒 I Turned Down Your Confession, So You Took My Best Friend Home? 拒绝你表白，你把我闺蜜捡回家？ Lin Ying麟影Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Urban Slice of Life + One Female Lead + No System + No Rebirth] Zhou Heng had confessed his feelings to Tong Yining for two years, but every time he was rejected. Little by little, he grew disheartened. After his final confession, he gave up on those feelings for good. One rainy night, on his way home, he spotted his class monitor, who hadn't been to school in ages, crying in the rain. Zhou Heng took her home and let her stay until she had somewhere else to go. But gradually, she seemed unable 54.8kReads9.4Score6.7kShelves
11. 11 龙 Dragon Raja: Returning to the Old Days 龙族之重临旧日 Spring Blossoms Have Withered春花已凋零Anime Fanfiction927k WordsCompleted Using his Time Zero ability as a superior bloodline ability, Angers sends the consciousness of the dying Lu Mingfei back to the year he was eighteen. Knowing how things will end, Lu Mingfei embarks on a restarted life unlike any other. He reclaims the authority that belongs to a king ahead of time, saves the Four Dragon Kings, foils Odin's scheme, and rescues the girl in Tokyo. He tries to make up for every regret and change the tragedy of a world rebuilt by Odin. 31.2kReads9.5Score4.7kShelves
12. 12 半 The Ghost Way, Midway Through Life 半路鬼道 Scorpio Water Demon天蝎水妖Mystery2.0M WordsCompleted Smart male lead + one heroine On the night of the Ghost Festival, the living send off the dead, burn incense, make offerings, and burn joss paper. But that night, I heard a ghost calling for a soul… The gong sounds, the night grows dark, and the road to the Yellow Springs is hard to travel… With talismans to guide the way and the departed to show the path, summon the gods and command the ghosts: only then can one master the Ghost Path between Yin and Yang! 7.5kReads8.9Score620Shelves
13. 13 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 Romance5.8M 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 187.2kReads9.5Score6.8kShelves
14. 14 天 Heavenly Dao Overlord Body Art 天道霸体诀 King of the Southern Court南院大王Eastern Fantasy5.0M WordsCompleted [Traditional xuanhuan + no System + passionate power progression] On the Eternal Continent, strength rules. Martial artists soar through the skies and burrow beneath the earth, strike across the nine heavens, seize stars and pluck the moon, and stand above all who came before and after. Born into humble circumstances, Ye Qing had his rare Dragon Martial Vein stolen. But what seemed like a misfortune turned into a blessing: he awakened the supreme Martial Vein, unrivaled throughout history, and b 20.3kReads9.0Score2.2kShelves
15. 15 网 Online Gaming: The Peerless Poison Lord 网游之绝世毒尊 Starry Dream and Fated Romance星梦辰缘Sports1.5M WordsCompleted A cross-generational game called Oracle was born, and quietly began changing the world. When a game's abilities can be brought into reality, should you be excited or afraid? Wu Shaochen, an utterly ordinary office worker, gets food poisoning after eating expired food. But after logging into the game, his misfortune turns to fortune when he gains the special talent Source of Venom, setting him on the path to the top. [New novel: Doomsday: I'm Really Not a Bandit] 205kReads9.2Score23.7kShelves
16. 16 爷 Master! Admit Defeat, Madam Has Many Aliases 爷！认输吧，夫人黑白两道皆马甲 Wake Up Three Times一觉三醒Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted [A sharp-tongued heroine with countless secret identities × a devoted, husband-material hero] [Print edition signed] Wen Li’s birth supposedly killed her mother. Her father considered her ill-omened and sent her to live with her maternal grandmother in the countryside. The young heiress became a country girl, while the blessed daughter her father adopted went from orphan to celebrated socialite in the capital. Seventeen years later, Wen Li is brought back to her wealthy family. Everyone waits to 17.7kReads9.1Score2.5kShelves

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    I finished reading it immediately. The plot is compact and interlocking. It's very interesting.

17. 17 我 I, the Ultimate Schemer: The Empress Calls Me a Living Yama 我，最强毒士，女帝直呼活阎王 Xing Xing Zi星星子Historical4.2M WordsOngoing [Search Tomato to watch the short drama: The Third Greatest Stratagem of All Time] Gao Yang transmigrated to the Great Qian Dynasty just as the Empress ascended the throne and began recruiting talent from across the land. So he volunteered himself as a poison strategist! The Empress: “Suppose you personally wiped out your enemy's entire family. As you looked at the bodies scattered everywhere, you suddenly realized there was still a child in the house. What would you do?” Gao Yang: “I'd say, ‘Re 404.7kReads9.1Score34.4kShelves
18. 18 规 Rule Horror: Guess What My Superpower Is 规则怪谈：我的异能你猜不透 Waiting for the Snow to Stop停雪候9k WordsCompleted Rule Horror: You Can't Figure Out My Superpowers 3.3kReads—Score—Shelves
19. 19 宿 Dormitory Survival: The System Automatically Marked Me Down for All D’s 宿舍求生，我被系统默认全选D Stars of the Arctic北极的繁星Mystery914k WordsCompleted [Dormitory Survival] [Unconventional Infinite Flow] [No Goody-Two-Shoes] [System] Overnight, everyone is transported into a dormitory survival world, with each person bound to a dorm room. During the day in the game, players can venture out to explore, scavenge supplies, and upgrade their dorms. When darkness falls, all kinds of dangers attack. Only the dorms can keep them safe. As long as the door stands, you live. Unlike everyone else, Shen Yi is bound to a survival-question System. Because he 2.8kReads8.1Score284Shelves
20. 20 求 Survive? Why Would a Warden Like You Need to Survive? 求生？你一个监管者求什么生？ I've Changed My Name Three Times Already我已经换三个名了Mystery2.9M WordsOngoing [If you won't clear the level, what are you even trying to survive for?] [I'm a supervisor. Using my privileges to exploit a bug at the perfect moment is totally fair, right?] [Go tell my coworkers that!] Everyone transmigrates, and Lin Qian becomes one of the survivors in the Infinite Tower. Behind every door is a new, unknown world. While everyone else is still hesitating to step outside, Lin Qian has already become a supervisor after winning a bet. [Level 1 Supervisor Salary: Gain one free at 196.3kReads8.8Score23.9kShelves
21. 21 团 The Beloved Little Childhood Friend, The Bandit Bosses Can't Hide Anymore 团宠小青梅，山匪大佬们藏不住了 Fragrant Wood Terrace木香台Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Reclusive experts + an ensemble cast's comeback] Everyone on Black Bandit Mountain has a special skill, but they've retired from the martial world to raise children. Who knew life after retirement would be anything but peaceful! Zhizhi goes fishing, and the fish leap right into her net? Zhizhi goes down the mountain and catches a notorious bandit? Zhizhi goes to the academy and makes a name for herself in a fight! Zhizhi goes to the capital, and, well... The realm falls into chaos, and the dyna 40.9kReads9.5Score7.1kShelves

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    The pace is not particularly fast, but it is quite heartwarming. The heroine is a child. She is not a child with a body and an adult soul. She is a real child, warm and lively. I think the heroine is very cute. The warmth is mixed with the sadness of the previous generation. The author is really good at writing.

22. 22 回 Back in the 1980s, Starting My Career Anew 回归八零再就业 Lost but Not Lost迷途不迷途Modern Romance2.1M WordsCompleted While everyone else who transmigrates gets to live another life, Qi Xinlan loses twenty years of hers! One moment she's a thriving, ambitious administrative director at a multinational corporation; the next, she's a fifty-two-year-old woman. This is the bittersweet story of how the white-collar elite Cindy Qi became Auntie Qi to her neighbors. Her most promising son is gone, her daughter-in-law has run off, and a whole bunch of little children are left behind! See how a modern HR and administrat 18.9kReads9.4Score1.8kShelves

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    A slow-paced, life-oriented novel with delicate descriptions. I feel warm after reading it.

23. 23 七 The 1970s: After Remarrying, the Lazy Mom Raises Six Kids! 七零：改嫁后，懒妈养了六个娃！ Little Grass by the Field田边小草Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Blended family + heartwarming child-rearing + parenting guide + no toxic relatives + well-behaved kids] Zhang Xiuhua was reborn in 1975, just after her educated youth husband abandoned her. Now she had to raise two children alone. In her previous life, after Zhang Xiuhua remarried, her second husband was full of schemes and her in-laws were unkind. To support the family, she had no choice but to work in a big city. Her children were left behind and grew up badly, and she regretted it deeply! 13.8kReads9.1Score1.5kShelves
24. 24 山 Chronicles of Mountains and Rivers 山河志 A Dao阿刀Urban1.9M WordsCompleted His beautiful mother was nearly assaulted by a village lout, but she tearfully begged the man who rescued her not to call the police. Young Gao Yuan couldn’t understand why at the time. Only when he reached his thirties and looked back on the past, with those scenes flashing through his mind, did he realize that the lives of countless rural people together form a chronicle of the mountains and rivers of China! 110.6kReads9.6Score12.1kShelves
25. 25 恒 Eternal Embers 恒烬无终 Rooted根植Eastern Fantasy509k WordsOngoing This is an epic saga spanning the mortal realm, the cultivation realm, and the immortal realm. It tells the story of Chen Xiaofan, later known as Chenfan, and his defiant journey to shatter the shackles of fate amid the cycles of karma and reincarnation. 1. Mortal Realm Arc: Questions of Life and Death Born into the mortal world, Chen Xiaofan has no spiritual roots. But thanks to a mysterious “Jade of Life and Death” he was born with, he glimpses the origin of life and death. After enduring the —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a new book, not fast paced, very logical. The male protagonist is not always strong. Mainly through his own resourcefulness, he gradually averts danger and becomes stronger again. Worth recommending!

26. 26 被 The Cursed Town 被诅咒了的小镇 Old Lu from the Mansion大厦的老鲁Mystery12k WordsCompleted The Cursed Town 1Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 27 肖 The Legend of Xiao the Carpenter 肖木匠传说 Old Lu from the Mansion大厦的老鲁7k WordsCompleted The Legend of Carpenter Xiao 3Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 28 八 Eight Bushels of Rice Mountain 八斗米山 Old Lu from the Mansion大厦的老鲁Mystery6k WordsCompleted Badoumi Mountain 13Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 29 我 My Seven Sisters Are Peerless Beauties 我的七个姐姐风华绝代 Speechless, Yet Understanding无言会语Urban4.8M WordsCompleted I have seven sisters who aren't related to me by blood The eldest, Mo Xiangwan, is a domineering CEO! The second, Bai Yinshuang, is a peerless assassin! The third, Shen Bing, is an international flight attendant! The fourth, Gu Xinyi, is a miracle-working doctor! The fifth, Luo Xiao, is a cool and beautiful policewoman! The sixth, Luo Na, is a mysterious agent! The seventh, Ye Ningyun, is an unrivaled movie queen! With seven peerlessly beautiful sisters who all dote on their little brother, Wang 15.8kReads9.4Score4.2kShelves

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    The ordinary boy's counterattack begins with seven gorgeous sisters. They are either business queens or scientific research geniuses, and they are extraordinary in every gesture. Under the pampering and guidance of his sisters, let's see how the young man reaches the pinnacle of life step by step, starting a passionate and warm world. Others can defeat monsters and upgrades all by themselves, but he has seven super powerful plug-ins. The sisters are all gorgeous and charming. With such a strong backing, it is difficult for a young man not to have a wonderful growth path. Come and witness this special kind of family love and passionate adventure together! . Life is boring? Doesn't exist! The protagonist once had seven gorgeous sisters with mysterious identities and extraordinary abilities. Family ties and growth are intertwined, and laughter and passion fly together. This wonderful journey will take you to experience the most burning family legend.

30. 30 修 My Cultivation Was Destroyed, So I Went to the Mortal Realm to Open a Brothel 修为被废，跑去凡间开青楼 Where Does the Water Come From?何来水源Eastern Fantasy100k WordsOngoing Yang Zeshu was a once-in-a-generation prodigy of the Jiuqing Sect. After a sect mission left him with no cultivation, the sect disowned him, gave him a fortune, and cast him out. The world mocked him, and he endured his wounds and the scorn of others as he opened the Qimeng Pavilion, a pleasure house, and patiently bore his injustice for ten years. Over those ten years, Yang Zeshu built up his forces, taking in and training countless cultivators. He also removed the Dragon Bone Nail that had str —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I feel that the pace of some new fantasy books is not very fast. Why do you have the patience to read on...

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