Is It Really Impossible to Write a Long Novel That Feels True to Life? 贴近生活是不是真的没法写长篇？？？

1. 251 相 After a Failed Blind Date, I Met Bai Lu on Meet Yourself 相亲失败，我在向往初见白露 Sword Pointing to Nine Songs剑指九歌Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [One Female Lead + Bai Lu + Entertainment Industry + System (but with a fairly minor presence) + Positive Energy] Yun Mu transmigrates to a parallel world. By a twist of fate, he takes part in the filming of Back to the Fields, making what should have been its final season a smash hit once again. Yun Mu becomes famous in the variety-show world and receives invitations from all the major, long-running shows. Without exception, every show returns to its former glory with Yun Mu’s help. Along the w 6.4kReads9.0Score365Shelves

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   These are all good.

2. 252 邻 Reba Is My Neighbor? I Have a Bold Idea! 邻居是热芭？我有个大胆的想法！ Grace Bestowed恩予赐Urban2.4M WordsOngoing [Chinese Showbiz] + [Variety Shows] + [Actor] + [One Female Lead: Reba] + [Slow-Paced Slice of Life] Chen Chen transmigrates and is reborn in a parallel world, where he discovers that his neighbor is a famous actress. But he never imagined that this celebrity would be... An untouchable top-tier star! A fashion queen! A beauty with exotic features! The adorably ditzy, sexy, cute, alluring, and playful Reba!!! Chen Chen was a male fan of Reba in his previous life! And now, he suddenly has a 8.4kReads8.6Score386Shelves
3. 253 让 I Asked You to Scavenge, and You Found a Nuclear Bomb? 让你捡破烂，你捡出来核弹？ Two Meals a Day一天饿两顿Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Feel-good] [Comedy] [Livestream] [No Romance] [Lighthearted] Su Yun transmigrates into a parallel world and joins the show The Strongest Challenger, where he draws the job of “scrap collector.” From the moment he finds a Type 38 rifle, things start getting weird. Police: “You’re just a scrap collector, so why are you always running into corpses?” Online viewers: “I told you to collect scrap, not solve crimes!” Military: “Holy crap! A pilgrimage of beasts! The Imperial Seal! The tomb of a Qin dy 19.3kReads8.8Score2.1kShelves
4. 254 零 Post-00s Dad Livestreams Parenting: Dad, Why Are You Crying Louder Than the Baby? 零零后直播带娃：爹咋哭的比娃响 Attending the Banquet Without Paying a Gift吃席不交份子钱Urban1.4M WordsCompleted As people pay more and more attention to their children's education, a live reality show called Fatherly Love Is a Mountain gets underway. The production team randomly selects one dad born in the 1980s, one born in the 1990s, and one born in the 2000s. The dad born in the 1980s is an all-rounder when it comes to childcare, looking after his daughter with meticulous care and tenderness. Viewers: “A father's love is like a mountain! This dad really shields his daughter from every storm!” The dad b 17.5kReads9.5Score1.7kShelves
5. 255 美 Gourmet: My Little Shop Is Famous Around the World 美食：我的小店，名震全球 Sleeping Cat熟睡的猫Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Gourmet] [Opening a Restaurant] [No Female Lead] [System] [Perfect with a Meal] [Heartwarming] [Everyday Life] [A Different Menu Every Day] [Affordable Prices] [Ensemble Cast] Lou Yuanzhou has eaten so many ready-made meal packs that he actually gains a Chef God Gourmet System! As long as he opens a restaurant and completes all kinds of bizarre missions, he can earn rewards! Steaming hot wontons, springy zhajiang noodles, and the legendary lamb stew... all made by Lou Yuanzhou himself! Once his 9.6kReads9.0Score796Shelves
6. 256 世 The Person Who Loves Me Most in the World 世界上最爱我的人 Super Big Tank Kobe超级大坦克科比Urban2.0M WordsCompleted The purest kind of love is this: you rejected me, and I’ll never resent you for it, but I won’t come near you again. If you ever need my help, I’ll still give everything I have to help you... 61.4kReads9.3Score7.4kShelves

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   Then I had to bring out this; it's super sweet.

7. 257 我 Waiting for You Amid Wind, Flowers, Snow, and Moonlight 我在风花雪月里等你 Super Big Tank Kobe超级大坦克科比Urban1.9M WordsCompleted We were all pretending to be sad, comforting someone else who was sad. It wasn't until one day, when I went to another city, that I finally understood: how could sorrow be something you could fake? Whether in Shanghai or Dali, the cities were ablaze with lights, yet the only lonely thing was the human heart! This is the story of a disillusioned man who flees the city for Dali and finds himself caught up in love. 84.7kReads9.3Score10.3kShelves
8. 258 帅 The Handsome Young Man 帅小伙 A Dao阿刀Urban1.8M WordsCompleted The Wang and Hai families had been neighbors and friends, but a dispute over building a house turned them into sworn enemies. Wang Xiaoshuai, a third-generation member of the Wang family, became a thorn in Haitang’s side. Every day after school, Haitang would block his way and beat him to a pulp, never tiring of it. Desperate to escape Haitang’s shadow, Wang Xiaoshuai racked his brains, and Haitang became the goal he was determined to surpass. 38.2kReads9.3Score3.8kShelves

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   You should definitely read these two books; they have a powerful aftereffect, and there's no substitute for them in the fandom yet.

9. 259 攀 Climbing the Ranks of Power 攀登官峰 Wen Hai Shi Bei文海十贝Modern Romance132k WordsCompleted Xu Lu never imagined that an ordinary woman could climb the ranks in small but steady steps simply by being beautiful, and even help her husband get promoted along the way. She enjoys all kinds of privileges and takes in the boundless vistas from the summit of officialdom... 39Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The long-running story is here.

10. 260 穿 After I Transmigrated into a Book, I Turned the Tragic Novel into a Sweet Romance 穿书后，我把虐文变成了甜文 Do You Think I Have a Chance?你看我有机会吗Urban783k WordsCompleted At a glance, Su Han discovered that he had transmigrated into a book as a male cannon-fodder character in a romance novel. Looking at the villainous female CEO right in front of him, Su Han couldn't help swallowing. Is this how you test a transmigrator? I'm a male-oriented web novelist. How could I turn down a woman who's practically throwing herself at me? 27.7kReads7.7Score1.7kShelves

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    Just look at this, it's super cool! 😂

11. 261 和 After Bonding with the Heroines, They All Say They Like It 和女英雄共生后，她们都说好 Rock Sugar Roast Chicken冰糖烧鸡Male-Channel Fanfiction777k WordsCompleted [Symbiote] [Marvel + DC] [Multiple Heroines] It starts with the first Avengers movie. He bonds with Hill, the cool beauty and S.H.I.E.L.D. deputy director, and instantly becomes the Avengers' strongest fighter. But during the battle against the Chitauri Army, Su Mo spots a golden lasso, a masked vigilante who shoots webs, and a blonde girl who smashes a Leviathan with one punch... 3.4kReads7.6Score254Shelves
12. 262 港 Hong Kong Crossover: Uncle Nine? I Am Shi Jian, Overwhelming the Nine Heavens 港综：九叔？吾乃石坚，威压九天 I'm Great at Making Instant Noodles我煮泡面有一手Male-Channel Fanfiction1.3M WordsOngoing Hong Kong cinema + Shi Jian + Uncle Jiu + invincible + System + suppressing the Myriad Worlds “In this age of declining magic, demons run rampant, the righteous path is in decline, and cultivators are vanishing?” “I, Shi Jian, am the law! I, Shi Jian, am the Dao!” “Heavenly spirits, earthly spirits, True Lord of the Five Thunders, reveal yourself!” “Eastern Azure Wood transforms into thunder essence, the might of Trembling Wood shatters evil and darkness.” “Southern Crimson Fire, thunderlight sh 58.3kReads7.7Score5.1kShelves
13. 263 穿 I Transmigrated into Ling Cage and Awakened the Red Alert Empire System from the Start 穿越灵笼开局觉醒红警帝国系统 Little Yong小勇吖Anime Fanfiction463k WordsOngoing Qin Tian transmigrates by accident into the monster-infested wasteland of Ling Cage, only to have a Snake Dog attack him right from the start! Just as Qin Tian is about to cry, “I’m done for...” Ding! The Red Alert Empire System has been bound! Host, bring the survivors of this new world a little taste of humanity’s military might from the old world! Mark: “Are you really survivors from the old world? Why are you so powerful? How come your firepower is even more ferocious than ours?” Jingnan: “W 385Reads7.1Score—Shelves
14. 264 人 Writing Self-Help in America, I Become the Nation's Choice for President 人在鹰酱写鸡汤，全民求我当总统 Steamed Plum Pastry Sauce蒸梅油酥汁Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Tang Darcy transmigrates to America and becomes a sheriff. He activates the Influencer System: all he has to do is write toxic inspirational quotes and cultivate influencers to earn rewards. How hard can that be? He fires off all kinds of self-contradictory quotes to fool foreigners: “America, Please Wait for Your People!” “Don't Make America Great Again! Give the Little People Their Dignity!” “Why Does China Wash Its Dishes Seven Times?!” The more foreigners he fools, the more buffs the System 15.9kReads9.6Score2.1kShelves
15. 265 被EN After the Empress Divorced Me, I Walked Away with a Millionfold Cultivation Boost 被女帝离婚后，我分走百万倍修为 Mr. Playing with Willows戏柳先生Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsCompleted After proving his Dao through killing and becoming invincible, Lu Qing’an grew tired of endless slaughter and wanted a steady life. He left the Demon Realm, concealed his identity as the Demon Emperor, and became Dao companions with the woman he loved. A thousand years passed. They had two daughters and a son, and lived happily together. Even though he had a divorce System that promised to boost his cultivation a millionfold if he divorced his wife, he paid it no mind. As he put it, he was alrea 192kReads8.7Score22.9kShelves
16. 266 登 I Was Given a Fearsome Marshal on My Coronation, and I Built an Immortal Dynasty by Summoning 登基就送不良帅，我靠召唤建仙朝 Bingtang Hulu冰棠胡卢Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsOngoing [System + Summoning + Emperor + Invincible + Authoritarian + Ruthless] After transmigrating into a fantasy world, Li Taicang becomes the son of the emperor and the former empress. Because of his sensitive status, he has no choice but to keep a low profile and stay out of sight. Yet before his death, his father passes the Imperial Jade Seal to him. In an instant, Empress Ye, his brothers, and the aristocratic clans and sects all turn their attention to him. His best possible fate is to be impriso 68.9kReads7.2Score7.8kShelves
17. 267 玄 Xuanhuan: The Cultivation World Is So Absurd, Good Thing I Am Too 玄幻：修仙界很抽象，还好我也是 The Quivering Sword Venerable瑟瑟剑尊Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsOngoing 6.9kReads8.4Score487Shelves
18. 268 亲 Kiss Me and Get a Treasure, and the Yaochi Fairy Goes Wild! 亲我就掉宝，瑶池仙子乐疯了！ Lone Swan in the Dark黑夜孤鸿Eastern Fantasy746k WordsOngoing [A fresh concept + loot drops + ensemble cast + protagonist is just a tool + shut-in fantasies] One moment, you get beaten black and blue for peeking at your junior sister bathing. The next, all the fairies of Yaochi are clamoring to kiss you. It's all because, after getting beaten, you awakened the “Kiss for Loot System.” Every time you get physically intimate with someone, two treasures drop. So you take the initiative to come clean, then give one of the treasures to whoever got intimate with 115Reads8.4Score—Shelves
19. 269 重 Reborn as a Zerg Hive Queen, and I’m Loving It 重生成虫族母巢，我好爽 The Whole Family's Hope全家的希望Eastern Fantasy565k WordsCompleted When other people are reborn, they at least come back as human. I, Song Yun, was reborn as a Zerg hive. After cursing and grumbling for an hour... I’m sorry. I was a little loud just now. The Zerg are really fun. I love playing with them. Zerg, move out! Go kidnap those sect prodigies, gorgeous sect leaders, and empresses, and turn them into Zerg! Become a Zerg Saintess, a Zerg Empress... The Zerg army will crush the entire otherworldly continent. 11.6kReads8.1Score1.1kShelves
20. 270 人 In a Women's Prison, the System Wants Me to Cultivate Immortality? 人在女子监狱，系统让我修仙？ Juicy Little Cockroach爆汁小蟑螂Urban480k WordsOngoing [Divine Corruption + Anomaly Containment + Urban Supernatural Powers + Glitched System] Good news: I transmigrated, and I even got a System! Bad news: I’m in the modern world, while the System lives in a cultivation world! I’d only just transmigrated when I was thrown in prison as a suspect accused of more than a dozen murders. And they locked me up in a women’s prison? This bizarre System thinks the women’s prison is an immortal sect? It’s telling me to cultivate in prison? And the warden is my 249Reads7.9Score—Shelves
21. 271 听 Heard His Senior Brother Was Going Down the Mountain, the Demon Ancestor Practiced Buddhist Teachings All Night 听说师兄要下山，魔祖连夜修佛法 I Just Love Bewitching Women就喜欢妖女Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted Wang Huitian is a self-conscious man with no spiritual roots, yet his swordsmanship is divine. From the moment he leaves the mountain, the world knows no peace! Demon Ancestor: “What? He’s going down the mountain? Quick, bring me my kasaya!” Demon Clan: “Damn it, my son’s meat is tender. Hurry and hide him!” Forbidden Grounds: “We’re doing a deep clean today. Tomorrow, everyone must stay silent. Anyone who dares disobey will be thrown onto the mountain.” He demands a title from heaven and earth, 12.9kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves
22. 272 小 Xiaonan, Stop Siphoning Me! I'm Really Not a Chakra Power Bank 小南别薅！我真不是查克拉充电宝 Maple Taoist枫道人Anime Fanfiction680k WordsCompleted [I am Xiao Nan. By the time you read this, I will be dead.] Out on the sea, Xiao Nan stared in astonishment at the sheet of white paper floating before her. The writing was blood-red and horrifying to behold. … Ling Xiao transmigrated into the Naruto world. The good news: he had a golden finger. The bad news: he had become a piece of paper, one of the countless sheets of paper on Xiao Nan. “I have to find a way to become human again!” Looking at the beautiful and charming Xiao Nan before 1.6kReads7.8Score144Shelves
23. 273 高 Terrible News from the High Martial World 高武圈传来噩耗 Muscular Seagull肌肉海鸥Urban2.7M WordsOngoing [Utterly unhinged, utterly unhinged, utterly unhinged, utterly unhinged, utterly unhinged, utterly unhinged, utterly unhinged, utterly unhinged, utterly unhinged, utterly unhinged, utterly unhinged, utterly unhinged! + broke protagonist] “I cultivate naturally.” “Is there any medicine with fewer side effects?” “Can’t be helped. Just take two shots! If you get side effects, we’ll stop after that!” “I’ll take two more shots today. They’re for different areas, so the side effects probably won’t sta 342.6kReads9.4Score33.3kShelves
24. 274 什 What Do You Mean I'm a Game's Rare Rainbow Card? 什么叫我是游戏彩卡啊？ White Sniper白狙Eastern Fantasy2.1M WordsOngoing A life-simulation game suddenly appeared in the minds of five peerless young women of the age. They were all stunned. Su Xiaoqi: “This game can actually predict the future!? So he’s the only one who can change my tragic fate!” Gu Xianyue: “Oh no! I’ve fallen in love with a game character!” Jing Cheng: “I cannot do without Bai Jun’s guidance, even if it means stepping down and ruling from behind the scenes!” Jiang Wangxue: “He really is a genius of the Immortal Dao. Each simulation makes him stro 2.3kReads7.7Score163Shelves
25. 275 一 The Outcast: Clock Out on Time? Xia He Is Losing It 一人：到点就下班？夏禾人麻了 Barbecue Tycoon烧烤大亨Anime Fanfiction388k WordsCompleted [Clocking In at Five, Clocking Out at Nine]+ [Clocking Out]+ [Twelve Talismans]+ [Eight Great Demons]... Su Bai discovers that he has transmigrated into the world of The Outcast and become a full-natured fiend everyone wants to beat to a pulp. Faced with such an absurdly lucky start, he's fortunate to awaken the [Clocking In at Five, Clocking Out at Nine] System. As long as he clocks out on time every day, he can earn all kinds of rewards, including the Twelve Talismans and the Eight Great Demon 850Reads6.0Score101Shelves
26. 276 抗 War of Resistance: The Wholesale Empire That Began with Bright Sword 抗战：从亮剑开始的批发帝国 Big Chenzi大郴子Urban1.0M WordsOngoing Bright Sword + War Drama + System + Dual Transmigration Li Yunlong: “Brother, could you get me a few mortars?” When a domestically made 152 mm howitzer was placed in front of Old Li, he was stunned. The brigade commander called: “Li Yunlong, congratulations on getting rich!” Li Yunlong: “Brother, you can really get me planes and tanks?” When a Type 59 tank came to a stop at the entrance to the Eighth Route Army base, Old Li was stunned again. The brigade commander: “Li Yunlong, congratulat 691Reads8.7Score129Shelves
27. 277 御 Beast Taming: I Can See Hidden Evolution Paths 御兽：我能看到隐藏进化路线 Just Right Beneath the Sun阳光之下正好Urban780k WordsCompleted After transmigrating to an apocalyptic world plagued by natural disasters, humanity has to rely on spirit beasts to fight off the disaster waves! Those who fight alongside them are known as Beast Tamers, and every spirit beast has a unique path of evolution! But Li Xian discovers that, after awakening his System, he can see the hidden evolutionary path unique to every spirit beast! The Windrider Hound, once dismissed as a useless pet, evolves into the incredibly powerful Storm Emperor. The Flame 5.2kReads8.4Score375Shelves
28. 278 聊 Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio: Wives Make Me Stronger, and I Marry a Painted Skin from the Start 聊斋：娶妻变强，开局迎娶画皮 Pinpricks of Light in the Starry Sky星空点点光Mystery521k WordsOngoing After ten years of studying, Li Yu had no idea demons existed. Then, one day, a painted-skin demon changed its face, and he finally saw the truth. He gained a System that made him stronger every time he took a wife. Looking at the painted-skin demon applying makeup before her mirror, he had to choose between dying and running away. He chose to go inside. “Painted-skin demons are ugly?” “No, no. You just don't understand the joy of manually swapping faces with AI.” “Yan Lingji, the top goddess of 103Reads7.2Score—Shelves
29. 279 黔 Racing Wild on the Guizhou Roads 黔路狂飚 Honghu Sheng虹湖生Historical316k WordsCompleted Reborn in 1980, he uses his experience from his previous life to avenge his father. He also rides the wave of reform and opening-up, setting up a cooperative, a construction crew, and a real estate company, then taking the company public. Step by step, he builds a business empire. 43Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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    This is a good book. It's based on true events and is a perfect blend of exciting fiction and reality. I highly recommend it!

30. 280 文 Showbiz: Breaking New Ground in the Huaxia Federation 文娱：开荒华夏联邦 Smile for Her为伊笑Urban421k WordsOngoing [Liu Xiu] summoned a meteorite to crush himself to death. Two thousand years after [transmigrator Wang Mang] popularized Mandarin, Li Huan unexpectedly transmigrates into the future. With no System, talent, or golden finger, and only his limited memories... how will he make his way in the Huaxia Federation’s entertainment industry?! [Updated with one or two chapters a day; a behind-the-scenes story grounded in everyday life.] 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Entertainment novels written in a way that's close to real life are indeed less likely to become huge hits! Liu Xiu summons a meteorite to kill himself; a transmigrator, Wang Mang, promotes Mandarin two thousand years later; the protagonist transmigrates without a system, talent, or cheat codes, relying only on limited memories to navigate the entertainment industry—a behind-the-scenes story that's close to real life!

31. 281 穿 Transmigrating Into a Book Set in the 1970s: The Cannon Fodder Tears Up the Plot and Builds Infrastructure 穿书七零，炮灰手撕剧本搞基建 Frosty Sky Over a Thousand Trees万木霜天Urban1.0M WordsCompleted When Qin Feng opened his eyes, he had become the male lead's stepbrother in a Period novel. A biased father, a vicious stepmother, a reborn male lead, and Qin Feng, destined to be cannon fodder... Faced with a disastrous start, Qin Feng smiled when a construction and engineering study System suddenly appeared. His stepbrother stayed in the city while he went to the countryside. The original owner was furious, but Qin Feng was thrilled. Reclaiming wasteland and farming? Not a chance. He used a se 8.2kReads8.0Score573Shelves

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    The second book was so-so, but the first one was always refreshing to reread.

32. 282 心 Reborn with Heart Disease: I Want to Keep Dad Away from Cancer 心脏病重生，我要爸爸远离癌症 Mei Lin眉林Modern Romance412k WordsCompleted The terrible news came one after another: heartbreak, her father’s death, and then the dog she’d raised for ten years died of illness. In just three and a half years, Liu Lingmei fell from heaven into a pit of mud, shattered into pieces. A long period of silence didn’t heal her wounds. It only made her heart worse. Given another chance at life, she would make sure you stayed far away from cancer and escaped the family’s inherited nightmare. She would save you, herself, and your love. 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    One book is quite inspiring, followed by heartwarming slice-of-life stories, and then a comedy. Enjoy!

33. 283 租 My Rented Girlfriend from a Dating Show Turns Out to Be a Young Lady from Beijing's Elite Circle 租来的恋综女友，竟是京圈大小姐 Eight Blade-Breaking Strikes破锋八刀Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [Silly Comedy + Humor + Entertainment + Dating Reality Show + One Female Lead + System] Good news! Su Chen has been reborn and awakened a System that makes people lose their cool. Bad news! After publicly tearing into the girlfriend and boss who ruined his previous life, he’s temporarily single. But he’s already signed a contract for a couples’ dating show, and his vicious ex is joining with her new partner! But! It’s no big deal! Su Chen promptly contacts his online buddy for help. Until the da 26.3kReads8.9Score2.8kShelves
34. 284 邱 Secretary Qiu's Marriage 邱秘书的婚事 Water Leaves No Trace水不留痕Modern Romance240k WordsCompleted Qiu Yu is the secretary to Ji Xiangdong, the owner of a real estate company. She's a chubby little foodie who loves to eat and works hard. Her parents always hoped their daughter would marry a son-in-law who could eat as much as she could and wouldn't look down on her. After a long search and many twists and turns, she finally found the right man. No angst. 51.7kReads9.5Score5.7kShelves

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    Close to everyday life.

35. 285 穿 Transmigrating Through Dreams, Racing Toward You 穿越梦影奔向你 Water Leaves No Trace水不留痕Modern Romance233k WordsCompleted At a friend’s birthday party, the refined young master Leng Yunzhang falls in love at first sight with Zuo Wan, who is still in high school. After weighing his options several times, Young Master Leng still cannot escape love’s snare. At last, he bravely admits his feelings and pursues her wholeheartedly. Zuo Wan’s mother, Zuo Mengying, is obsessed with money and status. She uses her daughters, Zuo Jiao and Zuo Wan, as bait and stops at nothing to get what she wants. In her struggle against thei 1.1kReads8.9Score111Shelves
36. 286 暗 Flowers in the Dark 暗夜里的花 Water Leaves No Trace水不留痕Modern Romance153k WordsCompleted Orphan Ling Xi was trained by a powerful underworld figure from a young age. Then she met the police officer Su Da, and found herself caught between love and redemption, hatred and entanglement. She could have ruled the streets, but she gave it all up for him. He was proud and noble, but for her, he set aside his pride and his prejudices. Because there is no one else like you. 696Reads9.1Score126Shelves
37. 287 你 You Came to Me on a Sunny Day 你从晴天来 Water Leaves No Trace水不留痕Modern Romance170k WordsCompleted 4.1kReads9.2Score339Shelves
38. 288 蒲 The Pu Family’s Daughterly Flower 蒲家女儿花 Water Leaves No Trace水不留痕Modern Romance169k WordsCompleted With shallow roots and wounded by heartless men, she mourns as snow drifts in the wind. Her name is nowhere in the register of beauties, yet wherever she lands, she makes a home. In a small village by the Han River, the daughters of the Pu family each have their own fate. Fangfei and Shuqin endure hardship after hardship, fighting to move forward. Ronghua, Yanhong, Hongxia, and Xiuli take the easy road, throwing away half their lives. Like flowers, daughters blossom and fragrance comes from with 388Reads8.6Score101Shelves
39. 289 不 Wait, What Do You Mean My Dad Was Reborn Too? 不是？什么叫做？我爸也重生了？ I'll Give You Half an Orange橘子分你一半吧Urban2.5M WordsCompleted [Campus slice of life + everyday romance + one female lead + reborn] After the college entrance exams, Jiang Feng woke up to find himself slumped over his old middle school desk. He wiped the drool from the corner of his mouth, then slowly realized that everything that had happened over the years had only been one very long dream... So there was still time to make things right, wasn't there? After Jiang Feng and his father learned that Jiang Feng had scored an incredible 740 on the college entra 6.3kReads9.1Score965Shelves

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    Are they relevant to real life? Interesting. These few seem pretty good.

40. 290 奶 The Daddy System Awakens 奶爸系统觉醒 Empress666女帝666Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Urban fantasy + System + goddess + dad life + adorable child + feel-good power fantasy + one heroine] Three years ago, Lin Chen unexpectedly slept with Xu Mengyao, the stunning campus belle. Three years later, Xu Mengyao showed up at Lin Chen's door with a little girl who was just over two years old. “Qianqian, say hello to Daddy.” At that moment, an unfamiliar voice rang out in Lin Chen's mind. [Super Dad System activated.] By taking care of the child, Lin Chen could rapidly improve all kinds 50.3kReads9.2Score4kShelves
41. 291 偷 I Overheard the School Beauty's Thoughts, and She's a Hopeless Romantic! 偷听校花心声，她居然是恋爱脑！ Zai Yu Ye A在于野啊Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [One female lead + pure romance + super-sweet everyday life + mutual devotion + no System] Ye Zhou discovered that the new neighbor next door was actually the campus belle, Lin Qianyue! Lin Qianyue: “Hello, Ye Zhou. Looks like we're neighbors now.” [Hehe, Ye Zhou, I finally moved in next door to you!] [Next step: moving into your bed!] Ye Zhou: ??? Looking at Lin Qianyue's expressionless face, Ye Zhou suddenly realized he could somehow hear the campus belle's thoughts?! After they became nei 32.9kReads9.3Score4.4kShelves
42. 292 重 Reborn in 1999: From the Start, I Get Beaten Up by the Cool School Beauty 重生1999：开局被清冷校花揍 Little Qin from Kindergarten幼儿园小秦Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Rebirth + Campus Beauty + No System + Multiple Heroines + Romance + Everyday Life] Campus beauty: “Wang Yi, my feet are sore. Rub them…” Campus beauty: “Wang Yi, I'm scared of the dark. Hold my hand…” Campus beauty: “Wang Yi, you're mine now. You can't get away!” … Wang Yi woke from a deep sleep, reborn twenty years in the past at the college entrance exam. Faced with a paper that might as well have been written in another language, he was completely stumped. The exam had gone badly enough, 42.3kReads8.9Score3.7kShelves
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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    It is indeed difficult to write

44. 294 王 Wang Family Village 王家庄 Dragon Lion Who Likes Yellow Jasmine喜欢黄素馨的龙狮Urban482k WordsCompleted The Yellow River winds through nine bends, flowing ceaselessly. It gave rise to a thousand years of civilization and nourishes the villages along its banks, where life continues from generation to generation. Liang Zhaoqiu's masterpiece, Wangjiazhuang, turns its gaze on a simple, resilient village nestled in one of the river's bends. With a richly textured style, the novel portrays the changing fortunes of several generations in Wangjiazhuang, caught between the tides of history and the overwhe 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Please see if "Wangjiazhuang" is close to real life.

45. 295 女 Life with the Goddess: I Feel Like I've Seen You Somewhere Before 女神同居往事，我好像在哪见过你 Reclining in the North高卧北Urban126k WordsCompleted Li Huangxuan was a recent college graduate, stuck in a miserable nine-to-five job and always broke. Like every young person just starting out, he felt lost and uncertain about the future. He longed for a love that would leave a lasting mark. He had a crush on his coworker, Xu Wanqing, but was too timid to approach her. Then one day, his roommate moved out, and a goddess named Lin Ximeng moved in next door, turning his life upside down. A month of living together gradually drew the two of them cl 43.2kReads9.7Score4.6kShelves

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    Beautiful, relatable, and full of warmth.

46. 296 我 My Cool and Aloof Neighbor, the Campus Beauty 我的清冷校花邻居 Mr. Benevolent Crow慈鸦先生Urban7.2M WordsOngoing [Youth · Everyday Life · Slow-Paced · Heartwarming · One Heroine · School] This book is also known as "Who Is the Immortal in the Moon?" Who is the immortal in the moon? Sleeves raised lightly, apart from the mortal world. They say the mortal world is full of splendid years: a pair of butterflies dancing gracefully. A cool and aloof childhood sweetheart, An elegant heiress, A handsome brother who would risk his life for him... Chen Yifei is about to start university, but he has no idea what kind 10.1kReads9.1Score814Shelves

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    Prefer long novels? Why not check out the first one? Rankings alone are useless, but if every book has high ratings, you should know its value.

47. 297 破 The Broken Campus Belle and the Unmotivated Me Are a Match Made in Heaven! 破碎的校花摆烂的我，天生一对！ Two Little Rascals两个小坏蛋啊Urban558k WordsCompleted [Urban Slice of Life] + [Youth and School Life] + [One Female Lead] + [Mutual Devotion] + [No System] + [Healing and Redemption] After Lin Shen’s childhood friend turns down his confession, he thinks he’ll never fall for another girl. Then one day, the campus belle from Class 5, Senior Year, enters his life. She is pure and saintly, the unattainable dream of every boy at school. After several chance encounters, Lin Shen gradually realizes that the campus belle has troubles of her own. Shen Muwan 1.7kReads8.5Score209Shelves
48. 298 不 An Unexpected Little Slice of Happiness 不期而遇的小美好 Bread Kangkang面包康康Modern Romance504k WordsCompleted Chen Xi of Class 7, Grade 11, was beautiful and quiet. One day, the arrival of Zhuo Ran, a transfer student who suddenly appeared on campus, shattered the school's peace. He was aloof and domineering, keeping countless people at a distance, and was a genius across every subject! His arrival turned Chen Xi's once peaceful school life upside down. “With physics this bad, how could you possibly score higher than me?” That remark sparked a feud with the class's invisible nobody. As the two spent mor 91Reads9.2Score—Shelves
49. 299 从 I Met You at Twenty-Three, and Started Over 从二十三岁遇见你，重新开始 March East东征吧Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [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 14.4kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves
50. 300 他 He’s Really Not Mean! I’m Really Not Bad! 他真不凶！我真不乖！ Haha, I'm Nothing at All哈哈啥也不是Modern Romance442k WordsCompleted [A school bully who pretends to be a bad student, and her childhood friend ✖️ a well-behaved girl who pretends to be sweet but has incredible fighting skills] [School life + childhood friends + mutual secret crushes + goofy, hilarious, sweet romance] That school bully is my childhood friend. Everyone's afraid of him. But he's really not scary... I'm a well-behaved, top student, the classic kid every parent wishes they had. Only he knows I'm faking it... The two of them get caught at an internet 5.4kReads9.3Score844Shelves

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