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1. 151 潜 Lying Low on a Lonely Island 潜伏孤岛 Spring Breeze Leaves No Trace 007春风了无痕007Urban126k WordsCompleted Shanghai in 1941 is a battlefield without gunfire. Lin Mo, the youngest chief of the secretariat in the Wang Jingwei regime, conceals a Browning pistol beneath his immaculate suit and deadly sharpness behind his gold-rimmed glasses. When he finds a classified message encrypted with the “Plum Blossom Cipher” in a safe, cold sweat soaks through his shirt. There is a traitor within the organization, and this person knows that he is the Chinese Communist Party’s ace agent, code-named “Winter Plum.” 499Reads—Score104Shelves
2. 152 官 A Man of Official Bearing 官人官相 User63776993用户63776993Modern Romance464k WordsCompleted My new work is here! Feel free to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 205Reads—Score—Shelves

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3. 153 家 The Family's Stay-at-Home Dad 家庭煮父 User63776993用户63776993Urban247k WordsCompleted The story of a colony of ants protecting their home and fighting for status! Their fortunes are colorful and varied, and they handle the world with ease. Society is complex and ever-changing. The philosophy of life is something everyone should reflect on deeply! 15Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 154 权 The Women in the Shadow of Power 权力阴影下的她们 Mist at the Heart's Tip迷雾心尖Urban441k WordsCompleted Ten years in discipline inspection, and enough corruption case files to fill half a lifetime. Among the countless cases I've handled, I've found one hidden rule: behind every fallen corrupt official stands at least one woman, often a whole group of them. To thoroughly investigate a corrupt official, you first have to understand the women behind him. They are mistresses, money mules, and bait used to ensnare officials. They are also where power, money, and sex intersect, living keys to the code o 736Reads6.2Score106Shelves
5. 155 官 The Hidden Rules of Politics 官场暗格 Mist at the Heart's Tip迷雾心尖Urban396k WordsCompleted In July, Yun City sweltered under the heat. The resume of fresh graduate Lin Hao, much like the man himself, was trampled beneath the crowds at the job fair. Graduation led straight to unemployment, and reality weighed heavily on him, until one phone call opened a door: an internship at a subsidiary of the City Investment Group. A monthly salary of 1,750 yuan, with no guarantees and no promises. It was the only straw within reach in his desperate circumstances, and a dusty entrance to an entirel 317Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 156 我 I Navigate Officialdom with Geology 我靠地质学纵横官场 Mist at the Heart's Tip迷雾心尖Urban254k WordsCompleted The top student Fang Jue had studied such an obscure field that, when he first entered government service, people dismissed him as a bookworm who knew all about mountains and rock formations but nothing about the real world. Then, on the eve of a once-in-a-century torrential downpour, he used his formidable expertise to issue a precise landslide warning despite withering skepticism. Overnight, the once-underestimated tech geek became the hero who saved 78 lives in the town. But behind the honors 29Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 157 别 Don’t Mess with Me, I’ve Got Connections in the Capital 别惹我，哥朝中有人 Mist at the Heart's Tip迷雾心尖Urban142k WordsCompleted I’m Lin Ce, a rookie at work. My boss publicly dumped the blame on me, pinning a three-million-yuan disaster on me so neatly there wasn’t a crack in it. Just as I was about to pack up and leave, my ancestral jade pendant suddenly grew hot: “Tsk, even those censors in the Wanli era cited chapter and verse when they framed someone. Your boss is way too crude.” Zhang Juzheng, Grand Secretary of the Ming dynasty, is living inside my jade pendant! From then on, being made a scapegoat? Not happening. 44Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 158 穿 The Woman in High Heels 穿高跟鞋的女人 Mist at the Heart's Tip迷雾心尖Modern Romance206k WordsCompleted Wen Xinzhu, born in the countryside, earns a place in the civil service through her own hard work and becomes a grassroots official in Taohua Town. She thinks that putting on high heels and securing a stable government job will bring her a peaceful life. But the world refuses to stay still. Inside this seemingly glamorous bureaucratic fortress, her beauty becomes her most conspicuous label, and her heaviest burden. Men’s covetous eyes follow her everywhere, while women’s jealousy hides lethal in 93Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 159 一 I Accidentally Committed a Crime 一不小心犯了罪 Mist at the Heart's Tip迷雾心尖Rural Life243k WordsCompleted In the February chill of Wushi Village, five-year-old Ding Ding lay collapsed in a vegetable patch, her tiny, cold body wrapped in a bright yellow cloak. A rusty nail embedded in her foot, a fatal bruise from a skull fracture at her temple: Detective Jiang Yuan knew at a glance this was no accident, nor a simple act of murder! As the investigation deepened, the case grew shrouded in mystery. Beneath the village entrance’s parasol tree, three black stones had been arranged in a sinister “Three Yi 37Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 160 8 The Death Pact of 880,000 Brides 88万新娘的死亡契约 Mist at the Heart's Tip迷雾心尖Mystery160k WordsCompleted At a lavish wedding that drew the attention of an entire city, the bride, Lin Yue, wore a custom wedding dress costing 88,000 yuan and held 880,000 yuan in bride price. Yet at the peak of her happiness, she plunged from a height, and the wedding feast became a funeral in an instant! Was it a conspiracy by a wealthy family, or a desperate suicide? Detective Captain Jiang Yuan takes on the case and discovers that the perfect groom, Zheng Yi, has dry eyes, while the mother-in-law, Zhao Shuhui, is t 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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11. 161 双 Crossing Between Two Worlds: From the Start in 1952, I Was Already a County-Level Cadre 双穿一九五二开局就是正科级 Good Luck Keeps Coming好运不断Urban313k WordsOngoing In 2026, Su Tianci accidentally transmigrated to the war-torn Korean battlefield. Fortunately, he had brought along a pocket dimension. The System grabbed a bucket and ran. To return to 2026, he had to reach the siheyuan. Two vast eras lay before him. 40kReads—Score2.8kShelves

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12. 162 双 Traveling Between Two Worlds to Fight in Korea, I Beat Up the Americans 双穿抗美援朝，我暴打美国佬 Trying to Stay Alive 999努力活着999Historical502k WordsOngoing In 2026, overworked wage slave Su Tianci gets his writing royalties. He plans to go out for a foot massage with the full-service treatment, as a reward for himself. But he never expects to open his eyes and transmigrate to a battlefield engulfed in war. There’s no water, medicine, or food. Fortunately, he can return to 2026. Two vastly different eras now lie before him. 23.1kReads7.2Score1.8kShelves
13. 163 在 In the ’80s, Pretending to Be a Returnee Tycoon 在八零，伪装归国神豪 Trying to Stay Alive2努力活着2Urban237k WordsOngoing Su Tianci, an overworked office drone in 2026, accidentally transmigrates to the resource-scarce 1980s. Fortunately, he can still return to 2026. Two vastly different eras now lie before him. 1.3kReads—Score127Shelves
14. 164 两 Crossing Between Two Worlds: 1949 两界穿梭之一九四九 Good Luck Keeps Coming好运不断Urban361k WordsOngoing Drop the pretense of being a decent person and enjoy a shameless life. Refuse to waste your energy on inner turmoil; if something’s wrong, just lose it. Rather than make yourself suffer, make life difficult for someone else. That’s Su Tianci in 2026. By chance, he transmigrates to Beiping on the eve of liberation. The booming economy of 2026 and the war-torn year of 1949: two vastly different eras lie before him. 4.9kReads5.8Score249Shelves
15. 165 在 Passing Myself Off as a Rich Returnee in the 1980s 在八零伪装回国土豪 Strive for Happiness努力幸福Urban1.5M WordsOngoing Su Tianci, an ordinary working stiff for 25 years, spends his free time exploring the wilderness. By chance, he discovers a box full of U.S. dollars. Overjoyed, Su Tianci starts dreaming about where to go for a meat-stuffed flatbread. But before he can even celebrate, he slips and inexplicably tumbles off a cliff. When he comes to again, he has somehow arrived in an era full of opportunity… 6.3kReads5.8Score295Shelves
16. 166 双 Double Crossing to the Sixties, Hauling in 2026 双穿六零，搬运2026 Trying to Stay Alive2努力活着2Urban127k WordsOngoing Set aside your personal standards and enjoy a life without scruples. Refuse to wear yourself down with overthinking; when something happens, just lose it. Better to inconvenience others than make yourself miserable. Su Tianci from 2026 unexpectedly transmigrates to the materially deprived 1960s. Two vast eras now lie before him. 400Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 167 穿 I Transmigrated to the 1960s, and Now I'm a Refugee? 穿越六零，我成难民了？ Trying to Stay Alive 999努力活着999Male-Channel Fanfiction114k WordsOngoing Drop your personal standards and enjoy a shameless life. Reject pointless self-torment and go completely off the rails when something happens. Better to make trouble for others than suffer in silence. That was Su Tianci in 2026. He’d only joined a cycling club and wanted to talk about cycling technique. Who could have guessed he’d somehow fall off a cliff? When he opened his eyes, he found himself in the materially deprived 1960s. 896Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 168 浮 Under Currents in a Floating World 浮世潜流 Fortune and Blessings福禄善庆Urban343k WordsCompleted A You is a brilliant top student who graduated with a law degree. Rising from the grassroots and fighting in the halls of government, he throws himself into the battle against corruption in the name of fairness and justice. Along the way, he experiences love and hate, the dangers of the world, and a life full of ups and downs. He asks only to find a little peace amid the bustle of the world, but that has become difficult to achieve. All he can do is navigate the hidden currents beneath the surfa 76Reads8.6Score—Shelves

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19. 169 平 Rising Through the Ranks, Starting as a Secretary 平步青云从秘书开始 Sea Salt海盐Urban1.7M WordsCompleted Xu Qingyun is a low-ranking official who has suffered setbacks but never lost his resolve. In harsh, difficult circumstances, he refuses to sink into despair at the bottom of society, struggling and striving to improve. For those who persevere, Heaven does not fail them. By chance, he lands a new job, and from then on his career takes off... 37Reads6.2Score—Shelves
20. 170 权 Vortex of Power and Desire 权欲之涡 Misty Isle Beneath the Starry River烟屿落星河Urban2.4M WordsOngoing A career in government is like a bottomless abyss: one wrong step, and you’re shattered to pieces. Wu Liangyou has barely entered the political arena and hasn’t even tasted power when he’s already caught in the mire. Should he bow his head and bide his time, or risk his life in a desperate fight? The abyss cannot crush a ruthless man daring enough to change his fate. Watch Wu Liangyou break out of a hopeless situation, escape death, and rise to the top over a trail of blood. 151Reads6.1Score106Shelves

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21. 171 昨 Yesterday Flowed into the City 昨日流入城 Thorny Bougainvillea有刺三角梅Urban3.0M WordsCompleted [Officialdom] + [Workplace] + [Business World] + [Family] A scholar, two business magnates, three boxing champions, four great families, the Gao family's five tigers, the Twelve Beauties of Jiangling, and 108 concubines... A man who had lost all hope and decided to lie flat is thrust into officialdom overnight, only to become the talk of the whole city as he indulges in wine, women, wealth, and power... Where does his path ultimately lead? Will there be an ending? 473Reads9.2Score366Shelves

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22. 172 十 Ten Years of Frost: In the End, Even Fate Was Hard to Defy 十载寒霜：终是难敌天命 The Flowers Bloomed in My Friend's Hometown朋友故乡的花开了Xianxia1.3M WordsOngoing He was the Crown Prince of Xiaoyao, and also Shangguan Baili's fiancé, the man she had waited ten years for. On the day his kingdom fell, his face was disfigured and he was on the verge of death. Shangguan Baili saved him with her own hands. But she did not recognize the man before her at all. She thought he was merely a lowly wretch with nowhere to go, and casually entrusted him to her best friend, Qin Poxue, to look after. On the brink of death, a thousand-year-old ghost in red took up reside 10kReads9.3Score1kShelves

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    She waited for him for ten years, but saved him when he was in the most embarrassing situation, and then abandoned him as a stranger. ​He has become the demon that everyone shouts to beat, and she has become the righteous leader who slays demons. Her former lover is now her mortal enemy. His second sister, brother, friend, and beauty all died trying to protect him, and he could only watch helplessly, helpless. ​ She stabbed his chest with a sword, and only in the end did she realize that she was killing the man she had been waiting for for ten years. He tried his best to resist fate, but in the end he was defeated by destiny and ended up dead.

23. 173 没 There's Always Someone More Cautious 没有最苟的只有更苟的 The Flowers Bloomed in My Friend's Hometown朋友故乡的花开了Eastern Fantasy2.4M WordsCompleted What is an immortal? What is a demon? What is righteous? What is evil? It all comes down to what the victors say! With absolute power, no matter how cunning your schemes, how brilliant your plans, how overwhelming your fortune, whether you are Heaven’s favored child or blessed with one opportunity after another, you can still only be crushed… Qin Fusu of the Great Qin Dynasty had been its crown prince since childhood. As the saying goes, a man of great wealth should not sit beneath a dangerous r 5.6kReads9.0Score390Shelves
24. 174 檐 Rain Beneath the Eaves: Some Loves Can Only Reunite in the Rain 檐下雨，有些爱，只能在雨里重逢 The Flowers Bloomed in My Friend's Hometown朋友故乡的花开了8k WordsCompleted Rain Beneath the Eaves: Some Loves Can Only Reunite in the Rain 527Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 175 噬 Life-Eating Firefly 噬命萤 The Flowers Bloomed in My Friend's Hometown朋友故乡的花开了14k WordsCompleted Life-Devouring Firefly 364Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 176 火 Naruto: Six Paths Naruto Wins Sakura Back, While Hinata Shakes Konoha as His First Wife 火影：六道鸣人抢回小樱，雏田为正妻震木叶 Sleepyhead Baby瞌睡虫宝宝Male-Channel Fanfiction12k WordsCompleted Naruto: Six Paths Naruto Wins Sakura Back, While Hinata Shakes Up Konoha as His One True Wife 82Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 177 惊 A Bone of Startling Grace 惊鸿骨 Ten-Day Pact十日誓约Male-Channel Fanfiction10k WordsCompleted The Stunning Bone 56Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 178 进 Attack on Titan! 进击的巨人！ Ten-Day Pact十日誓约Male-Channel Fanfiction6k WordsCompleted Attack on Titan! 280Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 179 荆 Thorny Nun: Father, Don't Look Back. Leave the Three Thousand Rioters Outside to Me! 荆棘修女：神父，别回头，外面那三千暴徒交给我！ Chongqing and Sichuan Spicy Girl川渝辣妹子12k WordsCompleted Thorn Nun: Father, Don't Look Back. Leave the Three Thousand Rioters Outside to Me! 64Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 180 全 The Whole Village Calls Me a Lazy Wife, but My Hunter Husband Flirts with Me Every Night 《全村笑我懒汉媳，猎户夫君夜夜撩》 Sleepyhead Baby瞌睡虫宝宝Ancient Romance8k WordsCompleted The Whole Village Calls Me a Lazy Wife, but My Hunter Husband Flirts with Me Every Night 137Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 181 火 Naruto: I Defy the Heavens for Tsunade, and My Six Paths Golden Body Rejects Every Beauty 火影：为纲手逆天下，我六道金身拒尽红颜 Sleepyhead Baby瞌睡虫宝宝Male-Channel Fanfiction12k WordsCompleted Naruto: I Defy Heaven for Tsunade, and My Six Paths Golden Body Rejects Every Beauty 186Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 182 禁 Forbidden Zone Heartbeat 禁区心动 Sleepyhead Baby瞌睡虫宝宝8k WordsCompleted A Heart Stirred in the Forbidden Zone 35Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 183 东 Drowning in Tokyo's Shadows: His Lips Stained with Neon and Sin 东京暗溺：他的唇，染着霓虹与罪 Sleepyhead Baby瞌睡虫宝宝10k WordsCompleted Tokyo’s Dark Descent: His Lips Stained with Neon and Sin 17Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 184 犬 Inuyasha: Kikyo's Defiant Fate, A Heart Set Ablaze 犬夜叉·桔梗：逆命焚心录 Sleepyhead Baby瞌睡虫宝宝Ancient Romance22k WordsCompleted Inuyasha and Kikyo: A Record of Burning Hearts Against Fate 29Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 185 梧 Ashes of the Parasol Tree: The Evening Breeze Can't Reach an Old Flame 梧桐烬：晚风不渡旧情人 Sleepyhead Baby瞌睡虫宝宝7k WordsCompleted Ashes of the Wutong: The Evening Breeze Cannot Carry an Old Flame 4Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 186 血 Blood Staircase: The Eighteen Floors of Death That Never End 血梯：永不下坠的十八层死门 Sleepyhead Baby瞌睡虫宝宝6k WordsCompleted The Blood Staircase: Eighteen Levels of Death with No Way Down 3Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 187 深 Starlight Echoes from the Abyss 深渊回响有星光 Sleepyhead Baby瞌睡虫宝宝12k WordsCompleted Starlight Echoes from the Abyss 20Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 188 深 Sunward Grain in the Abyss 深渊里的向阳禾 Sleepyhead Baby瞌睡虫宝宝12k WordsCompleted Sunward Grain in the Abyss 7Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 189 深 The Forbidden Colors of the Deep House: The Wife's Lapdog Wolf 《深宅禁色：太太的掌心狼》 Ten-Day Pact十日誓约10k WordsCompleted "Forbidden Colors in the Deep Estate: The Madam’s Palm-Sized Wolf" 58Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 190 十 Ten People's Secret Crushes, Only One Couple 十个人的暗恋，只成一双人 Ten-Day Pact十日誓约13k WordsCompleted Ten Secret Crushes, but Only One Couple 1Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 191 维 Mr. Verses’s Moonlight Promise Broken 维瑟斯先生的失约月光 Ten-Day Pact十日誓约10k WordsCompleted Mr. Veyser’s Moonlight Promise —Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 192 政 Political Superstar 政坛巨星 Fire Beneath the Moon月下火Urban3.8M WordsCompleted Li Jin was an orphan with nothing to his name, yet he rose rapidly through the ranks of government and achieved astonishing success at a young age. Along the way, he also won the heart of a beauty, marrying Jiangdong’s most beautiful woman. Their married life was harmonious and sweet, and his wife gave birth to two pairs of twins, bringing even more joy to their family. But just as he was lost in happiness, his wife reported him for embezzlement and bribery. Li Jin was thus swept into a compl 951Reads8.3Score251Shelves
43. 193 忠 The Loyal Traffic Vanguard 忠诚之交通先锋 Dragon Battle at the Stone Cauldron龙战石鼎Urban685k WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 194 托 Tuoxie De Naoren's 15th Book 托鞋的脑仁第15本书 The Brain of a Shoelace托鞋的脑仁Urban3.3M WordsOngoing My new book is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 141Reads6.8Score122Shelves

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45. 195 穿 Reborn as a Seventy-Year-Old Farmer, I Rejuvenate by Giving Gifts 穿成七旬老农，我靠赠礼返老还童 The Brain of a Shoelace托鞋的脑仁Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted What does it feel like to awaken a System at the age of 79? Li Chengfeng will tell you: give a widow some eggs and get five years of life in return; give the village belle some hair oil and get a hundred taels of silver. People can gossip all they like. Once I've won over every beauty in the village, the town, and the entire country, then they can talk. 218Reads—Score219Shelves
46. 196 青 The Long Road to the Azure Clouds 青云漫漫路 Jue Jue觉珏Urban642k WordsOngoing My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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