Stories That Feel Rooted in Everyday Life 食得人间烟火

52 裂 Sunlight Through the Cracks 裂缝里的阳光 Reclining in the North高卧北Urban169k WordsCompleted From childhood onward, Zhuang Zi'ang was the kind of kid everyone called “the child other parents wish they had”: a model student every year and always first in his class. But after his parents divorced and his father started a new family, he became a child neither parent loved. At just eighteen, Zhuang Zi'ang is diagnosed with a terminal illness and given only three months to live. With his final three months, he decides to let out his rebellious, wild side and be truly himself for once. While 114.7kReads9.8Score13.9kShelves

Reader note

Tears easily.

53 她 I Just Cooked a Meal, So Why Did All the Big Shots Reach Enlightenment? 她就做个饭，怎么大佬们都顿悟了 Half a Durian半只榴莲Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Food + cultivation + slow-burn growth + lighthearted, witty style] [The heroine is clever and a bit of a goofball. The hero is obsessive and crazy, with a sharp tongue, a soft heart, and a haughty streak.] Living in the apocalypse, Yu Guiwan had imagined all kinds of ways she might die, but never that she, a celebrated chef, would be poisoned to death by a pot of mushroom soup! Humiliated, she realized she had transmigrated. Even more humiliatingly, the moment she came back to life, her husband 3.9kReads8.9Score397Shelves

Reader note

There are plots about food in it

59 披 Aspiring to the Heavens Through the Clouds 披云凌霄志 Ling Man Zhi灵蔓枝Modern Romance106k WordsCompleted Ling Manzhi’s novel Cloudpiercer Aspiration, also known as Ginkgo Era 1: The Peril of Symbiosis, tells the love story of Xiang Hanbei, a top medical student, and Ling Xiao, a girl in a pink skirt. Their romance crosses countless obstacles and is filled with twists and miracles, interwoven with scientific exploration, ethical disputes, and mysterious suspense. Throughout the story, the scientific thread follows symbiote technology as it goes from being fought over to becoming a tool for humanity’ 1Reads—Score—Shelves

Reader note

Excerpt reading: [Ward · Late Night] The moonlight shines through the blinds, casting tiny spots of light on Xiang Hanbei's sleeping face. Ling Xiao stood beside the bed, the pale golden liquid swaying slightly in the syringe in his hand. This is a gene stabilizer prepared by Lin Yue urgently, which can temporarily delay the loss of memory. But the injection needed to go directly into the carotid artery, and now Xiang Hanbei - "Don't come over!" He suddenly woke up and grabbed her wrist fiercely. The needle tip hovered an inch away from his neck, trembling slightly. "What do you want to do?" His eyes were as sharp as razors, and his knuckles were white from exerting force. "Add drugs? Or draw blood?" Ling Xiao's breathing stagnated. That night four years ago, this was how it was when we met Xiang Hanbei again - he held her wrist firmly and asked, "What on earth did you come to do today?" Now history is repeating itself, but this time, he really doesn't remember her. "Treatment." She whispered, letting his nails dig into her flesh, "You're sick." "Lying." He sneered, grabbed the syringe and threw it against the wall, "You are all the same..." With the sound of broken glass, Xiaoxing suddenly rushed into the room and hugged Xiang Hanbei's leg. "Don't be afraid, Dad!" The child raised his face, his golden pupils shining brightly in the darkness, "Mom is saving you!" Xiang Hanbei froze. Some sharp pain pierced his temple—what did the boy call him? A gap suddenly opened in the fog of memory. He saw sporadic scenes: hands held in the operating room, figures side by side under the ginkgo tree, someone whispering "go home" in his ear late one night... "Ah——!" Severe pain overwhelmed him like a tide. Xiang Hanbei staggered back and knocked over the IV pole. Blue-gold veins suddenly burst out, running under his skin like living creatures.

60 五 Fifties: I Take My Real Daughter and Adopted Daughter and Marry a Military Officer 五零：带着真千金养女改嫁军官 Azure Sky Wind天青色的风Modern Romance528k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + period setting + military marriage + real and fake heiresses + raising a child + face-slapping] Zhao Jing, an overworked office drone, faints and wakes up in the 1950s. Her in-laws are preparing to secretly tie her up and marry her off for a bride price, while a lecherous man tries to take advantage of her. With the living conditions unbearable, Zhao Jing quickly flees with her adopted daughter, only to discover that her supposedly fallen husband has not only become an official 15.4kReads9.1Score1.8kShelves

Reader note

Although it is a period novel that travels through books, it is also very real and fast-paced. There are details about the real and fake daughter, and details about remarrying to a higher age.

61 大 The Great Yu's Master Strategist 大渝筹算师 Little Darling Lost in the Way迷途的小心肝Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Strong female lead + revenge on scumbags + lighthearted + pure romance + playing the fool to catch the tiger + happy ending] Good news: Her betrothed came first in the provincial exams and earned the title of Jieyuan. Bad news: Her betrothed, now a Jieyuan, wanted to break off the engagement without losing face, so he schemed against his fiancée, who came from a merchant family. Fine. If you want to break things off with dignity by scheming against someone, then neither of us is going to have a 24.8kReads9.3Score3.2kShelves

Reader note

Casual writing, relaxed and high-energy throughout

70 孩 My Child Is Two and a Half, and Their Father Has Come Back from the Dead 孩子两岁半，孩子爹死而复生了 A Gentle Smile, Thinking of You浅笑念伊人Ancient Romance829k WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance + transmigrate + pocket dimension + adorable kids + satisfying read] Song Youran transmigrates after being struck dead by a pack of diapers! The father of the twins, a boy and a girl, whom everyone believed dead, has come back to life! Son: “Who are you? Get out! Get out!” Reborn daughter: “A twenty-year-old dad really doesn't know any better!” Once a child bride in a farming family, she is suddenly transformed into the heir apparent's wife in the Duke of Zhenguo's household! 3.2kReads9.1Score369Shelves

Reader note

No need for thrilling perfect solution

71 直 Livestream: I’m Just Farming, So How Did I Become a God to the Entire Internet? 直播：种田而已，咋就全网成神？ Loves Braised Duck爱吃卤水鸭Urban3.2M WordsOngoing After three years working in the big city, I scrimped and saved until I had a nest egg, but it wasn’t even enough to buy half a toilet. Disheartened, I went home to farm. A System unexpectedly appeared by my side, and now I’m a master farmer, livestreaming at my leisure. Who knew the mountains and rivers would be what drew everyone’s attention? They called the police on the spot, suspecting there were immortals deep in the mountains! 2.2kReads7.5Score171Shelves

Reader note

Just look at it if you're bored👀[laughing][laughing]

72 暗 A Secret Crush Is Like a Sugar-Sweet Star! 暗恋是颗星星糖！ Zhe Qian折浅Modern Romance306k WordsCompleted [Sweet, gentle, and soft-spoken heroine x roguishly handsome flirt] [College romance | Mutual pining comes true | Both leads are each other's first | Sweet romance | Flirty and romantic] In high school, Tan Xuze was a born winner, with a top-tier family and looks to match. His grades were always at the top, and everyone adored him. Shu Mian wasn't one of the stars surrounding him, and she never dared hope her secret crush would ever see the light of day. At college, Tan Xuze was still the cente 25.6kReads9.3Score3.4kShelves

Reader note

Sweet little article, worth reading. My aunt laughed the whole time

74 我 I Wish Us Joy Forever 我愿常欢喜 Wang Erqiao汪二峤Marriage & Romance1.7M WordsCompleted [Women’s Growth + Romance and Marriage + Workplace + Relationships] Girls from different family backgrounds will all find their own happiness! A rose raised in a greenhouse will weather life’s storms, while a girl who grows like a weed will find her own spring. She is a rich girl from a big city, yet she falls prey to a gold-digging boyfriend, sexual harassment at work, and exclusion by her colleagues... She is a small-town academic who gets extorted by a fellow villager and drained by parents w 53.5kReads9.7Score6.8kShelves

Reader note

After reading so many exciting stories about time travel and rebirth, this kind of plain family story is more touching.

75 老 After My Wife and Daughter Died, I Was Reborn in the 1980s 老婆女儿去世后，我重生八零 Meng Jiang Herself孟姜本尊Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Urban life in a bygone era + one heroine + teacher]“In our next life, let’s not be husband and wife again!” His wife called him, her voice hollow and lifeless, utterly devoid of emotion. It felt as if his soul were being torn apart. He shouted into the phone, “Don’t do anything foolish! I’m on my way to the hospital!” The next moment! His daughter lay in a hospital bed, a white sheet covering her face. His wife sat beside her, calm and despairing. “We did everything we could. Your daughter pass 22.9kReads9.5Score2.5kShelves

Reader note

These are all books reborn in the 1980s, and they are all kinds of fun, especially the first one I just finished, and the last few made me burst into tears.

89 食 A Fragrant Feast in the Courtyard, Bringing the Whole Family to Prosperity 食香满院，带着全家奔小康 Half a Month of Cool Days凉生半月Ancient Romance496k WordsOngoing (Transmigration + farming + doted-on by everyone + devoted hero and heroine + no pocket dimension) After transmigrating into a poor farming family, Song Zhixia sees the dilapidated courtyard and her starving family and resolutely takes on the burden of keeping them afloat. She improves the rice, grows chili peppers, and uses knowledge from her previous life to change their fortunes. From a street stall to a shop and then a restaurant, she climbs higher step by step. Meanwhile, her childhood frie 3Reads—Score—Shelves

Reader note

Look at this little boy

90 朱 Dr. Zhu’s Little CEO 朱医生的总裁小人 Fat Mom, Slim Kid胖妈瘦娃Modern Romance395k WordsCompleted They were childhood sweethearts, growing up together with an innocent affection. Then Zhu Zhu left, and Xue Yunqian completely lost his mind. When Zhu Zhu returned to the country, the first patient she treated was him... Xue Yunqian would not allow Zhu Zhu to leave him again. 6Reads—Score—Shelves

Reader note

Xuanlu's birth represents the inheritance of female doctors