A Realistic Work That'll Keep You on the Edge of Your Seat 一部让人心惊肉跳的现实主义作品

1. 251 我 The Enemy I Married Was the Person I’d Been Searching for for Three Years 我嫁的仇人，是我找了三年的人 Seaside Boulevard海上的林荫道30k WordsCompleted The Enemy I Married Was the Person I'd Been Searching for for Three Years —Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 252 被 Innocence on Display 被围观的清白 Seaside Boulevard海上的林荫道15k WordsCompleted Innocence on Display —Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 253 人 Life, with Nowhere to Land 人生，无处安放 A Still Pool一池静水Modern Romance150k WordsCompleted By middle age, Li Shu's life had become a complete mess. Her marriage had turned cold and distant, her grown son was going down a rebellious path, and her body and mind were steadily wearing down. How could she go on living such a miserable life? 730Reads8.9Score101Shelves

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   I recommend three novels based on real events.

4. 254 他 The Day He Demanded Back the 180,000-Yuan Bride Price, the Stitches in My Belly Hadn’t Been Removed Yet 他要回18万彩礼那天，我肚子上的线还没拆 Seaside Boulevard海上的林荫道16k WordsCompleted The Day He Demanded Back the 180,000 Yuan Bride Price, the Stitches in My Belly Hadn't Been Removed Yet —Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 255 尘 The Dust of Mortal Life 尘事 A Still Pool一池静水Modern Romance194k WordsCompleted This book chronicles a family across a hundred years. An illiterate country woman is forced to abandon her newborn child, then wanders from place to place amid the chaos of a turbulent era, struggling to survive in the cracks. Told as a work of documentary fiction, this story depicts the joys and sorrows of several generations of an ordinary family, bringing a long-buried past to light. Let posterity decide who was right and who was wrong! 1.9kReads8.9Score175Shelves
6. 256 老 My Husband Cheated, and a Man Said He’d Loved Me for Ten Thousand Years 老公出轨，有个男人说爱我一万年 Dawn Wind Chime晓风铃Modern Romance206k WordsCompleted (May every scumbag and mistress end up dead, eating shit, eating maggots, in jail, or disfigured. You can't afford to go easy on people like that…) The heroine, Xiang Zhenzhu, is 29 and loves her husband Zheng Hao with all her heart, working herself to the bone for his family! Little does she know that for the past seven years, her husband and mother-in-law have treated her like a servant, while her husband has been a serial cheater. When she finally decides to divorce him, she discovers t 28Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Get out of here, you scumbag and mistress!

7. 257 冰 The Freezer 冰柜 A Still Pool一池静水Modern Romance142k WordsCompleted In today's restless society, people's innate kindness can easily be lost amid rampant materialism. Sometimes, love and devotion are repaid with betrayal, or even death. Based on real cases, this book warns readers that the dark side of human nature is always present, and that desire and dissatisfaction can corrode even the deepest bonds. 40Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 258 从 Those Who Left the Village 从村里走出去的人们 A Glacier Falls from the Ninth Heaven冰河落九天Urban719k WordsCompleted Meng Ziqiang started out on the village construction crew and became the richest man in Linqu County. After six divorces and seven marriages, he was killed in an explosion on New Year's Eve. Qiao Yu'er entered a business school and escaped her peasant upbringing. Through diligent writing, she began to make a name for herself, then threw herself into politics and set out on a career in government. Wu Yuexia built up a fish farm and fought her way forward, eventually becoming the deputy county mag 62Reads—Score—Shelves

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   That's reality. You can ignore this novel, but you can't ignore reality. Going with the flow is the right way to live.

9. 259 四 A Forty-Year-Old Woman Falls for Me and Makes the Factory Director Call Me Dad! 四十阿姨恋上我，让厂长喊叫爹！ Liu Zixian刘子羡Urban638k WordsOngoing Original Title: A Forty-Year-Old Aunt Falls for Me, and Makes the Factory Director Call Me Dad! After graduating from college, Chen Yu went out to gain work experience and found a job as a management trainee at a small factory. He finally made it through the hard years and was preparing for a promotion into management, only to unexpectedly end up living off a woman. Though, on second thought, that made sense. After all, Chen Yu had seen a doctor who told him he could only live off a woman. At th 3kReads—Score134Shelves

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   Rich older sister is true love!

10. 260 我 I Have a Wuling RV for Transporting Supplies in the Apocalypse 我在末日有一辆五菱房车运送物资 Liu Zixian刘子羡Sci-Fi & Apocalypse186k WordsOngoing After graduating from college, Chen Shu couldn't find a suitable job, so he started delivering food. He began making deliveries in a Wuling Hongguang, and one day, without realizing it, he found himself in a parallel apocalyptic world. Chen Shu was just about to go to the bathroom when a woman began frantically pounding on his window. When he rolled it down, the woman, dressed head to toe in designer labels, climbed straight into the car and urged him to drive. In his panic, Chen Shu floored i 2.5kReads—Score120Shelves
11. 261 老 The Old Military Factory 老军工厂 Little Hero Nezha小英雄哪吒Urban136k WordsOngoing Factory 103 has a long history, dating back to the 1950s. Its first director took a hand-cranked sewing machine to the front lines to serve the soldiers fighting in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. Decades later, what began as a clothing factory became a subsidiary of a state-owned central enterprise and a publicly listed company, before gradually moving toward... 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is truly a realistic work of literature, very characteristic of its time, with a sense of clash between old and new ideas, and the conflict between the mindset of old-fashioned skilled workers and modern management systems. The author's narrative is engaging and the story is very compelling.

12. 262 九 The 1998 Mystery 九八迷局 Cloud Chess Across the World云弈天下Modern Romance213k WordsCompleted Ma Yueyue's nightmare began when she acted as a lookout during a kidnapping. From then on, every step she took led her straight into a carefully laid trap. How can she save herself? What will become of her? 15Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Every struggle she faced was shrouded in untold secrets; every choice she made was a matter of life and death. Covered in wounds, with no way out, would her fate be to return to dust and flee to the ends of the earth, or to break through the impasse, reverse the situation, and regain control of the world?

13. 263 1 1966: I Thrive by Making the Right Choices 1966我靠选择风生水起 The Little Chick Is Here小鸡来了Urban665k WordsOngoing This is a book with a strong moral compass. I hope you enjoy it! Take down some bullies and kill a few Japanese spies. Just read it as a fun power fantasy! Life is full of disappointments, but we must keep going and treasure what we have! May this book help you through your lows and welcome a brighter tomorrow with you! Brothers and sisters, let us work hard together! 761Reads—Score—Shelves

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    You'll find good books for staying up late:

14. 264 1 1938: Purification 1938，净化 The Little Chick Is Here小鸡来了Urban1.6M WordsOngoing This is a book about killing Japanese invaders. I hope you enjoy it! The hatred of a nation and the vendettas of families must be passed down from generation to generation! Never forget, not even for a single day. Remember this! In the not-too-distant future, our wish is sure to come true! Let us encourage one another! 3.5kReads—Score287Shelves
15. 265 了 Cutting Ties with My Past Life 了缘断残生 The Little Chick Is Here小鸡来了Mystery332k WordsCompleted Li Qing was an orphan everyone felt entitled to slap! After both his parents died, people seized his family’s property and drove him out of the village. He’d been in a juvenile correctional facility, an orphanage, and, of course, prison! One day, by chance, he met an old swindler on the street, and his life seemed to take a different course! In a single night, he walked through a bone cave glowing with a sickly green light, received several inexplicable guests, and made it through a foul-smel 177Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 266 吃 Taking Everything from the Family, Only to Lose Everything 吃绝户成绝户 The Little Chick Is Here小鸡来了15k WordsCompleted I Was Left Destitute After Trying to Inherit Everything 241Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 267 狂 The Lamp in the Raging Storm 狂风暴雨中的那盏灯 The Little Chick Is Here小鸡来了18k WordsCompleted The Lamp That Shone Through the Storm 54Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 268 灵 Secrets of the Spirit Police 灵警秘事 The Little Chick Is Here小鸡来了Urban331k WordsCompleted Lao Ye transmigrates into another world, a place teeming with all kinds of monsters! The original body's entire family was killed by monsters. Lao Ye transmigrates into the body of the original owner! He has been studying at the Spirit Police Academy since the age of six. Unfortunately, he can't draw talismans or memorize spirit incantations, and he can't even meditate to gather spiritual energy. Most of the time, he sleeps through every class from beginning to end! He has endured cold stares, t 173Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 269 守 Guardian of the Sun 守阳人 The Little Chick Is Here小鸡来了Mystery394k WordsCompleted Li Laoba was reincarnated on Blue Star for the eighth time, but his memories from his past life were slow to awaken! He can't remember how his grandfather adopted him. He grew up following his grandfather into seclusion in the mountains, until the day of his grandfather's seventh-day memorial, when his life was turned upside down! From then on, he embarked on a path of no return... 367Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 270 瑞 Rui Guan: The Void 瑞冠虚无 The Little Chick Is Here小鸡来了Urban1.5M WordsCompleted I was born in the central Hebei plain in 1922. Ever since I was little, demons and monsters had their eyes on me, but luckily an old woman secretly protected me. On my seventh birthday, a cat's piercing cry rang through the sky... From that day on, I embarked on a strange and dazzling path into the void! This is my true story. You can also read it as a novel, but don't connect it to reality, because this is a parallel world. 114Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 271 四 Siheyuan: Xu Damao, Clear-Eyed About the World 四合院：人间清醒许大茂 The Little Chick Is Here小鸡来了42k WordsCompleted Siheyuan: Xu Damao, a Clear-Eyed Man 390Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 272 妻 My Wife Stayed Out All Night, So I Leapt Up and Kicked Her 妻子夜不归宿，跳起来就是一脚 The Little Chick Is Here小鸡来了12k WordsCompleted My Wife Didn't Come Home All Night, So I Leapt Up and Kicked Her 214Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 273 小 After the Chubby Kid Took a Knife for Me, I Kicked My Best Friend Flying 小胖子帮我挡刀后，我一脚踹飞了我的好闺蜜 The Little Chick Is Here小鸡来了Modern Romance32k WordsCompleted After the Chubby Kid Took a Knife for Me, I Kicked My Best Friend Flying 59Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 274 喝 Drink. Brag. Die. 喝酒.吹牛.死 The Little Chick Is Here小鸡来了10k WordsCompleted Drink. Brag. Die. 187Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 275 彩 The Dowry's Road to Ruin 彩礼不归路 The Little Chick Is Here小鸡来了Marriage & Romance7k WordsCompleted The Road to No Return: Bride Price 150Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 276 R R Virus, How Compatible Are You? R病毒，你的契合度高不高 The Little Chick Is Here小鸡来了24k WordsCompleted R Virus: How Compatible Are You? 144Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 277 借 After Reincarnating in a Corpse, the Whole World Finally Finds Peace 借尸还魂后，整个世界都清净了 The Little Chick Is Here小鸡来了28k WordsCompleted After Coming Back to Life in Another Body, the Whole World Finally Got Some Peace 124Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 278 末 The Apocalypse Is Crazy Too 末世也疯狂 The Little Chick Is Here小鸡来了8k WordsCompleted Going Crazy in the Apocalypse 87Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 279 远 Steer Clear of High-Paying Job Offers 远离高薪诱惑 The Little Chick Is Here小鸡来了8k WordsCompleted Beware the Lure of a High Salary 33Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 280 灵 A Soul's Bloody Path 灵魂血路 The Little Chick Is Here小鸡来了9k WordsCompleted Blood Trail of the Soul 117Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 281 致 Fatal Illusion 致命幻觉 The Little Chick Is Here小鸡来了10k WordsCompleted Deadly Hallucination 89Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 282 索 The Orchid That Steals Lives 索命幽兰 The Little Chick Is Here小鸡来了16k WordsCompleted The Life-Reaping Orchid 76Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 283 我 My Dongguan Dream: Sister Mei 我的东莞梦：媚姐 Zeng Yi曾呓Urban2.4M WordsOngoing Sister Mei's advice to me: The women at entertainment venues are just for looking. Don't get serious with them. Sister Mei also said: Don't get any ideas about me, either. [A story about working for a living, perhaps with a little of me, you, and him in it.] 197.5kReads8.9Score9.8kShelves

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    This is a truly realistic work! Five-star recommendation! [Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up]

34. 284 悬 Suspicious Homicide Cases: A Police Chief's Major Crimes Notebook 悬疑凶案：公安局长重案手记 Cyanide Murmurs氰呓语Mystery580k WordsOngoing An assassination attempt targeting the county magistrate ends with the accidental killing of the only daughter of Qingjiang's richest man. After five years as strangers, the husband and wife join forces again following their daughter's tragic death. The mother launches a forceful counterattack in politics, while the father brings the full weight of his business empire to bear. They swear to make the killers pay in blood. To crack the case, the female God of War Lu Qingshuang is parachuted into t 44.9kReads8.2Score2.9kShelves
35. 285 公 The Police Chief’s Shocking Crackdown on Organized Crime 公安局长惊天扫黑大案 Zhang Dali, Bursting with Bullish Energy牛气冲天的张大力Urban512k WordsOngoing Han Shuang arrives in Changhu City and takes up her new post. On her very first day, the heiress of Changhu Group dies under mysterious circumstances, and a forensic examiner carrying evidence climbs into a restricted area, their fate unknown. Wu Gang hides a blade behind his smile. Deputy Director Gou Jianxiao sets traps at every turn, while the three great families are entangled in a web of influence. With two capable women at her side, Han Shuang steps into this isolated city woven from power 6kReads7.5Score316Shelves
36. 286 女 The Female Police Chief's Major Cases Series: Undercurrents 女公安局长大案系列之暗流 Xiaoxiao Gou'er Lingdang晓晓狗儿铃当Mystery263k WordsOngoing On a stormy night, two murder cases erupt at once in Handong Province. Criminal investigation captains Lu Chen and Chen Feng follow separate leads: one investigates a red ribbon on a wedding bed, the other a carcinogen in a teacup. The two trails converge on the same name. Gu Qingling. Thirty-one years old, a first-class merit recipient, and former commander of a special operations unit. Meanwhile, the real killer watches it all from the shadows. As the undercurrents of power swallow up every pi 3.3kReads—Score189Shelves
37. 287 女 Madam Director, a Major Anti-Crime Case! 女局长，扫黑连环大案！ Zhang Dali, Bursting with Bullish Energy牛气冲天的张大力Urban683k WordsCompleted Female Lead | Anti-Organized Crime | Anti-Drug Operations | Political Arena | Satisfying Revenge There’s no need to fear being pushed around, as long as you can turn things around! Anfu City, the most remote county in Yuzhou, faces the neighboring country’s Wu City across the Qing River. On her first day in office, Meng Yun doesn’t go to her office. She heads straight to the scene of a gunfight. Before the blood has even dried, she begins hunting down the perpetrators. 127Reads7.4Score137Shelves
38. 288 女 The Female Bureau Chief: Storms in the Crackdown on Organized Crime 女局长：扫黑风云 Cyanide Murmurs氰呓语Urban609k WordsCompleted A gritty novel based on real events: criminal investigations, officialdom, deals, and power plays. Justice comes at the cost of blood, and the true enemy is always hidden in the deepest fog. 196Reads7.0Score138Shelves
39. 289 创 Creation! The First Venerable of All Time 创世！万古第一尊 Zhang Dali, Bursting with Bullish Energy牛气冲天的张大力Eastern Fantasy149k WordsCompleted Eastern Xianxia | Eastern Fantasy | Multiple Heroines | All-Rounder | Good-for-Nothing’s Rise | Broken Engagement It begins with the Primordial Creation Immortal Venerable splitting heaven and earth. After the Immortal Venerable falls, the primordial chaos disperses throughout the myriad worlds. Billions of years later, a young man with ruined meridians sees the pattern on the jade pendant at his chest shine for an instant. It is identical to the pattern in the Immortal Venerable’s palm in an an 10Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 290 青 Qingshi Mystery Files: The 13th Missing Person 青石悬疑档案：第13个失踪者 Xiaoxiao Gou'er Lingdang晓晓狗儿铃当Mystery206k WordsOngoing [Supernatural suspense] [Chinese-style horror] [Feng shui] [Folk customs] [Multiple heroines] Twelve people vanished within a year from the old office complex of Qingshi Mining Group. The official explanation was “voluntary resignation.” The local rumor was that they “went down the mine and never came back.” It wasn’t until the thirteenth person went missing that Shen Tinglan, deputy director of the group’s General Affairs Office, realized the disappearances were happening according to a list. H —Reads—Score108Shelves
41. 291 医 A Doctor's Skill Shakes the Capital 医手遮天闯都城 Evil Bullet邪恶子弹Urban2.8M WordsCompleted College student Lin Xiaoxuan has had one misfortune after another. Framed by his classmates, he is expelled and sent home, only for his mother to be beaten by a local bully, leaving her bedridden with a shattered spine. Seeking revenge for her, Lin is instead left with a broken leg and a disfigured face, and has no choice but to become a beggar. But fate takes an unexpected turn: after a car accident, he inherits the legacy of a divine physician. From then on, Lin Xiaoxuan masters medicine and c 10.7kReads8.5Score1.5kShelves

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    Lin Xiaoxuan was a passionate young man at a medical university in a remote mountainous province. However, due to a fabricated medical incident, he was maliciously framed by his classmates and expelled from the school, plunging his life into despair. To make matters worse, his mother offended a local tyrant, whose spine was brutally broken. He sought justice, only to have both his legs broken by the tyrant, leaving him a beggar on the streets, experiencing the harsh realities of life. His fate took a dramatic turn during a traffic accident. Lin Xiaoxuan unexpectedly received the mysterious inheritance of the Nine Heavens Chaos Sect. Cultivation techniques flowed into his meridians like a clear spring, his traditional Chinese medicine skills advanced rapidly, and his martial arts, bizarre spells, and exquisite formations awakened. With his immense strength, he avenged his enemies and brought justice to himself and his mother. Afterwards, he roamed the city, befriending many extraordinary individuals, resolving numerous crises, and becoming a figure no one dared to provoke. Dissatisfied with worldly achievements, Lin Xiaoxuan resolutely embarked on the path of cultivation, traversing the cultivation world and the immortal realm, overcoming countless obstacles along the way, and finally ascending to the realm of gods, becoming an unparalleled power that rules over all realms and overlooks all living beings. (Short drama + novel)

42. 292 魂 My Soul Travels Back to 1972, Where I Raise Beauties and Ride the Tide of the Times 魂穿七二，培养美人横扫时代浪潮 Stars Can Set the Prairie Ablaze星星可以燎原Historical1.7M WordsCompleted [Period] [Sign-In] [Divine Doctor] [Space] [Farming] [Sweet Romance] A real estate tycoon transmigrates into 1972 and binds to the Red Dust Karma System from the start! Ling Feng uses supplies and skills to establish absolute authority, winning hearts through “feeding” and “protection.” Ling Feng has a portable space, peerless medical skills, and deadly combat abilities. He knows that in these unusual times, supplies give you face, personal connections are the substance, and your fists are your 13.7kReads7.4Score1.6kShelves

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    It looks amazing, it's addictive, and it's so smooth and silky!

43. 293 城 City Shore 城岸 Little Seven, Old Seven小七老七Urban639k WordsOngoing A glamorous older landlady, a beautiful boss, a sweet and innocent young girl... Ding Yi, a poor kid trying to make his way in a materialistic city, is at the age when his hormones are raging, yet has nothing to his name. His life brings him both steamy encounters and plenty of helplessness... 162Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Memoirs of a Middle-Aged Man

44. 294 我EN Learning to Slay Gods in the Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院学斩神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.3M WordsCompleted A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled 995.7kReads9.9Score158.5kShelves

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    🤯Help! What an incredibly contrasting scene!! "You think you're funny?" Before his companion could finish speaking, his pupils dilated in shock—**across the street, a blindfolded boy in black appeared!** His eyes were wrapped in layers of black satin, his left hand carried a cheap shopping bag stuffed with vegetables, and his right hand was carrying a white cane, the end of which held a bucket of golden peanut oil that gleamed blindingly in the sunlight!! 🆘A blind boy? A comedian? This mix-and-match is making my CPU burn out! Is he the comedic relief of the blind world, or does he have some hidden identity?? This bizarre yet captivating scene makes me desperately want to see what happens next! Come and see, everyone, let's unveil the boy's mystery together 👉 (Novel link attached)

45. 295 寒 A Poor Scholar's Tribulation of Great Tang's Beauties 寒门状元大唐红颜劫 Yin Qianchen银千臣Historical356k WordsCompleted Li Guo’er, the Tang Dynasty’s most beautiful woman, is Princess Anning and the youngest, most beloved daughter of Emperor Zhongzong, Li Xian. The most seductive princess in the Tang Dynasty, she is strikingly similar to the protagonist’s wife. After the male lead transmigrates to the Tang Dynasty, he discovers that Li Guo’er looks exactly like his wife. Determined to save the only person in this world who reminds him of family, he works tirelessly and vows to save Li Guo’er, who was killed at ju 361Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A top-tier online novel. (Fashionable period drama)

46. 296 返 The Man Who Grew Young Again 返老还童的男人 Yin Qianchen银千臣Urban1.1M WordsOngoing A baby adopted by a widow was born looking seventy years old. Then he began to age backward, slowly growing younger. At eighteen, he looked like he was in his fifties. In the end, he became a baby and died in the arms of the person he loved most. 1.7kReads7.9Score107Shelves
47. 297 重 Lao Wang from Chongqing 重庆老王 The Later Generation Clan后人一族Urban1.6M WordsOngoing My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 1.5kReads8.3Score116Shelves
48. 298 绝 The Beautiful Female Boss 绝美女领导 Young Master Huajia花家大少Urban340k WordsCompleted Ye Qingshan was late getting home after work when he suddenly saw a beautiful woman being chased by several burly men. With nowhere else to turn, she yanked open his car door and jumped in. From then on, Ye Qingshan’s luck took a turn for the better, and he rose rapidly in his career... 3.6kReads6.7Score216Shelves
49. 299 极 The Irresistible Playboy 极品桃花男 The Later Generation Clan后人一族Urban611k WordsCompleted [Urban feel-good story] [Slice of life] [Set in the 2020s] [Realistic everyday life] [Multiple female leads] [Dongguan Prince Hotel] [Transmigration to the apocalypse] [Genetically enhanced super soldiers] 419Reads8.5Score105Shelves
50. 300 后 Back-Kitchen Affairs 后厨韵事 Light a Lamp in Your Heart 421点一盏心灯421Urban1.6M WordsCompleted Her ambition was not to become the queen of the kitchen, but to turn from Cinderella into a swan... Ye Rujiao was just an ordinary pastry chef at Fumanlou, working nonstop every day, until she stumbled upon the destination that could shatter every dream she had ever held: aboard the yacht of Han Zhenyu, the group’s second young master. A carefully staged “chance encounter” She put on a red bikini and her most striking lipstick, then “ran into” Han Zhenyu on the yacht’s deck. Champagne, sea breez 2kReads—Score—Shelves

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    Just watch, no explanation needed!!!

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