Are There No Stories Without Romance? 就没有无感情线的文吗

1. 1 我 I Saved the Entire Sect by Giving Up 我靠摆烂拯救了全宗门 The Princess Isn't Going Home公主不回家Ancient Romance1.9M WordsCompleted (The second physical volume is out) Ye Qiao woke up one day to find she had become the second senior sister, a tool character in a novel about a girl adored by everyone. In the novel, whenever the junior sister was in trouble, the second senior sister stepped in. If the junior sister wanted a divine artifact, the second senior sister fetched it. If the junior sister lacked a spiritual root, hers had to be dug out. Ye Qiao was at her breaking point. She fled the mountain in the middle of the nigh 217.1kReads9.6Score24.3k14d adds

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   All three of these books feature female protagonists who are solely focused on their careers.

2. 2 玄 The Metaphysics Expert Is Back at Her Street Stall 玄学大佬她又去摆地摊了 Tomato洋柿子Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Original titles: The Fortune-Telling Street Vendor Is Actually a Mystical Arts Ancestor?! and The Mystical Arts Big Shot Is Back at Her Street Stall [Fortune-telling + ghost-catching + feng shui + powerful protagonist + no romance, thriving solo + gossip + episodic stories] The junior sister of the Zhengyang Sect, sealed away for a thousand years, wakes up reborn in the body of a girl whose parents don't care for her. The girl wants to go to school, so she'll have to earn her own tuition. So We 42.6kReads9.4Score5.8k14d adds
3. 3 回 Back in the Capital, the Brilliant Miss Is Famous Across the Land 回京后，神算大小姐名满天下 Bright Blue灿蓝Ancient Romance741k WordsCompleted [No romance + metaphysics + fortune-telling + satisfying read + secret identity + ghost-catching + lighthearted, no angst~] Yun Zhuo of the Xiao family was abandoned as a child. When her relatives come looking for her, she decisively returns to the capital to become a thorn in their side. Her birth mother says she’s uncouth and illiterate? But in the blink of an eye, she’s welcomed into the capital’s circle of master scholars, discussing poetry and prose and interpreting the fate of the world. T 151.8kReads9.6Score19.7k14d adds
4. 4 美 Gourmet: My Snack Stall Has Caught the Eye of Universities Across the Country 美食：我小吃摊被全国高校盯上了 Chicken Breast Hunter鸡胸肉猎人Urban903k WordsCompleted [Lighthearted everyday life + warm and funny + perfect mealtime reading + super genius] Other people's kids studied hard from a young age, hoping for a bright future. Li Ang, on the other hand, grilled goose legs as a child, and somewhere along the way, grilled his way to the peak of life... Li Ang was reborn and discovered that he had become the eight-year-old son of a barbecue stall owner outside Qingbei University. In his previous life, Li Ang had achieved financial freedom by making snac 61.4kReads9.2Score11.4k14d adds

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   All of these are non-romantic, and really quite good. I felt like my mouth was watering while reading them late at night. The first one is a completed story about a kid with a system, who sets up stalls everywhere and gets slapped in the face all the time. It's also a food story, and it made my mouth water. The second one is still ongoing, but it's already had several hundred chapters. The food in it looks so delicious. The third one is also about a primary school student, and it has a pretty high rating of 9.1. It occasionally throws in some interesting plot twists. One of them is about wanting the kid to go home early to cook, so they grab him as soon as he leaves the school gate and put him in the car. People think someone is kidnapping the child, so they call the police. But it turns out they're just worried about him not having enough to eat, so they rush him home to cook. The fourth one is a little bit of a hassle for customers because the locations and stall positions are really tricky. Just like the title says, he sets up his super spicy chicken wings in front of a proctology hospital, or sells food in some really weird places.

5. 5 美 Gourmet: Touring the City with My Food Stall, Making Diners Drool 美食：全市巡摆，馋哭食客 A Fish That Swam Ashore一条游上岸的鱼Modern Romance2.1M WordsOngoing [Gourmet + System + No Romance + No Female Lead + Heartwarming + Hard Work] Yan Qing, a minor actor who had spent his career playing corpses, quit the entertainment industry. To his surprise, he accidentally became bound to a Chef God Gourmet System. Before long, strange sights began appearing all over the streets of S City: the CBD, university gates, outside the film studio, by the cemetery... The lines stretched as far as the eye could see... A top star became his loyal customer and shamelessl 10.1kReads7.5Score79314d adds
6. 6 谢 I’m a Grade-Schooler, and I’ve Become a Culinary God! 谢邀，我，小学生，已成厨神！ Selling Egg Burgers!卖鸡蛋汉堡咯Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Gourmet]+ [Slice of Life]+ [No Romance]+ [Heartwarming]+ [Healing]+ [Comedy] “The only thing an elementary school student should be doing is studying hard... But I think Master Fang going to school is neglecting his proper work.” “I’ve finally made it to the front of the line... Master Fang, can we put your homework aside for a bit? Could you fry me some rice first?” “You think I’m waiting outside the elementary school to pick up my own kid? I’m actually here to pick up Master Fang after schoo 24.5kReads8.8Score2.4k14d adds
7. 7 我 My Food Refreshes at Random, Leaving Customers Drooling 我的美食随机刷新，顾客馋哭了 Half-Sweet Iced Coffee, No Extra Ice冰咖半糖不加冰Urban1.7M WordsCompleted This book is also known as: Selling Extra-Spicy Grilled Wings Outside a Colorectal Hospital [Food + no female lead + everyday life + comedy + perfect with a meal] Lin Xuan didn't want to go to work, so he unexpectedly bound himself to a food System. Every week, it assigned a random location and a random dish. But the very first week's task left him dumbfounded. What? Sell extra-spicy grilled wings outside a colorectal hospital? What kind of devilish task was that? And that was only the beginnin 82kReads9.3Score8.5k14d adds
8. 8 书 Master Calligrapher? Poet Immortal? Chief Minister? That's Right, I'm All of Them 书圣？诗仙？首辅？没错，都是我 Sunlight on the River日照前川Historical834k WordsOngoing In his previous life, Cui Xian was a PhD in Chinese Language and Literature at a top-tier university. In this life, he transmigrated to ancient times, into a poor family with no connections: A destitute home, a pregnant mother, young siblings, an uncle who had failed the exams six times and was hopeless at studying, a grandmother so obsessed with imagining her son placing high in the imperial examinations that she had become delusional, and Cui Xian, who was only eight years old. Cui Xian: This 28kReads9.4Score2.7k14d adds

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   None of them have romance plots, but the writing is quite good. Those without romance are mostly imperial examination and food-themed novels, available in both male and female genres. The third one is a pure, mindless food novel; the others are high-scoring imperial examination and infrastructure novels.

9. 9 理 A Top Science Student Takes the Imperial Exams? His Majesty Is Stunned by His Brilliance 理科状元考科举？强到朕傻眼 Lucky Lin招财林Historical2.2M WordsOngoing [Imperial examinations + court politics + farming + alternate history + daily life + lighthearted + no romance] Li Su had barely had time to savor becoming the top scorer in the national college entrance exam when he transmigrated as the youngest son of the Li family. His whole family doted on him, even though they lived on coarse grain and vegetables, and supported his studies. The original owner had been led astray by his classmates. Selfish and only interested in having fun, he had ruined him 86.2kReads8.9Score8.3k14d adds
10. 10 偷 After They Heard My Thoughts, the Country’s Biggest Foodies Were Shocked 偷听我心声后，惊动全国吃货大佬 Yu Shengsheng余苼升Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Mind Reading + Beloved by the Whole Family + Food + Heartwarming + Feel-Good + Intangible Cultural Heritage Cuisine + Distinctively Regional Dishes] Shen Huazheng transmigrates into the beloved darling of the Shen family. She has no System, no medical skills, and can’t turn out elegant prose, so she might as well lie flat and be a pampered little couch potato who spends every day eating and drinking. Shen Huazheng watches her father, Minister Shen, prepare to go out to a banquet. [What a shame. 15.4kReads8.9Score1.3k14d adds
11. 11 大 Great Qin: My Frail and Delicate Worthy Minister 大秦：我那身娇体弱的贤臣 White Clouds, White Clouds白云朵朵白Ancient Romance460k WordsCompleted Female transmigrates as a man + no romance + focused on building a career Zhang Yuanqing transmigrates into the body of a down-on-his-luck noble from the State of Chu during the Warring States period. “System for Great Ministers of the Ages activated. Host, work hard to become one of history's greatest ministers!” Wait, wait, wait. Having a System is a good thing, but what does it mean to become one of history's greatest ministers? It's a given that King Zheng of Qin will unite the six states. A 14.6kReads9.5Score1.6k14d adds
12. 12 手 With the Notable Ministers System in Hand, I Disguise Myself as a Man in Ancient Times 手拿名臣系统，我在古代女扮男装 Tianyang Peak, Who Loves Handmade Wheat Dumplings爱吃手工麦饺的天阳峰Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Xu Yue transmigrates into a book. She becomes the delicate, vulnerable cousin of the male lead in an examination-themed novel: her mother died young, she has no brothers and no one to rely on, and her family won't take her in, so she is awkwardly forced to live in the male lead's home. In her previous life, Xu Yue rose from being an orphan to earning a doctorate. She never believed in fate, and even though it was hard for women to get by in ancient times, she never stopped thinking about how to 119.8kReads9.6Score11.5k14d adds
13. 13 魔 The Demon Venerable Is Reborn as a Baby and Helps His Father Pass the Imperial Exams 魔尊胎穿崽，陪爹考科举 Show-Off with the Hazard Lights On显眼包开双闪Ancient Romance663k WordsOngoing [Reborn and reincarnated from infancy; farming in the early stages; imperial exams in the middle; officialdom later on; warm family bonds; no romance; adored by everyone] The Demon Lord Shen Yan got a fresh start one day, only to be reborn by mistake as a child born to a cuckold. His cheap father had been cuckolded so badly that his head was practically green-black. So what? At least he had a father now! His father was in poor health? No problem. Three-year-old Shen Yan dragged over a big stool, 1.2kReads9.0Score10314d adds

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    Neither father nor son wants to find wives, so there's no romantic subplot. Feel free to take it if you like! By the way, there's only a familial relationship subplot involving the love between father and son.

14. 14 听 I Can Understand Animals: Now I'm a Regular at the Police Station 听懂动物语言：我成了警局常客 Lute and Evening Breeze琴涩晚风Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted No romance pairing + cute animals + a deathly aura + fiercely protective Sui Nuan, a wealthy, beautiful young lady who transmigrated into a book as a cannon-fodder lovesick fool, dumps her boyfriend, who’d been living off her while taking advantage of her, then turns around and buys the top-of-the-line fishing gear she’d dreamed of owning in her previous life. Excitedly, she devotes herself to her lifelong passion: fishing. What’s a man, anyway? Nothing beats the thrill of catching a huge fish y 53kReads9.2Score6.4k14d adds
15. 15 精 To a Lunatic, What’s a Ghost Anyway? 精神病面前，鬼东西算个球 Zoom Zoom Rabbit突突兔Urban1.7M WordsCompleted [Hilarious + mentally ill protagonist + invincible + System] A world where ghostly energy has returned. Chen Zhuo is a patient at Qingshan Psychiatric Hospital. The System fails to cure him. System: Let him do whatever he wants. I only provide technical support. Ghost Realm Bounty Board: Chen Zhuo, male, severe mental illness. Whoever takes his life will receive a billionfold increase in ghostly energy, several mansions, and endless luxuries. 4.6kReads9.3Score83414d adds
16. 16 我 I Run a Planar Supermarket Along the Long March 我在长征路上开位面超市 Orange, You’ll Never Get Enough橙子你爱不完Modern Romance167k WordsCompleted [Patriotic story] [Easygoing everyday pace] Gao Miaomiao comes from a revolutionary family. During an undercover trip abroad to Myanmar, where she was injured by organ traffickers, she unexpectedly awakens a System. It lets her exchange items imbued with each customer's heartfelt wishes in random planes, then put them up for auction at the Myriad Worlds Auction House to upgrade the System. When she learns that the next plane is bound to the Long March route, Gao Miaomiao doesn't hesitate to hand 773Reads8.9Score10014d adds
17. 17 这 This Boss Is So Sneaky, He Takes His Street Stall Everywhere 这老板真苟，摆个地摊还到处走 Selling Egg Burgers!卖鸡蛋汉堡咯Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [The print edition of Random Gourmet Stall is now available on major platforms] [Gourmet] [No romance] [Everyday life] [Comedy] [Comfort food] [Cozy] [Healing] After transmigrating to a parallel world, Lin Zhou unexpectedly binds himself to a Random Gourmet System. Every week brings a random location, random food, and different customers. He sells buns at the park entrance, century egg and lean pork congee on a mountaintop, and candied hawthorns outside a school. Every dish is mouthwatering and 81.8kReads9.5Score8k14d adds
18. 18 穿 After Transmigration, Her Whole Family Are Villains 穿越之我全家都是反派 Song Xiangbai宋象白Ancient Romance832k WordsCompleted Content warning: Lots of crude bathroom humor. Don't read while eating. Version One: Jiang Mianmian transmigrates. Her father is a scheming scholar with the face of a kindly man. Her mother has the face of a bodhisattva and the heart of a ruthless killer. Her eldest brother looks simple-minded but is cunning at heart. Her second sister is selfish and sharp-tongued. They were born destined to be villains. To highlight the protagonist's justice, kindness, and greatness, they work hard to do all so 139.1kReads9.6Score16.9k14d adds

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    It's a very good watch. It's simple and understated, without dramatic romances, loud arguments, or absolutely good characters. The female lead isn't exceptionally powerful, and everyone in the family has flaws, but together they are unbreakable. They are decisive in dealing with enemies, and there aren't many frustrating moments, except for a few at the beginning, but those are all subtly retaliated against. There are many unresolved feelings, but by the end, you understand. The female lead doesn't have a romantic partner, nor is there a saccharine love story; instead, it's all about the unbreakable bond of family. I especially love the way the parents interact—it's so endearing, a simple yet touching love story. It requires a calm and focused viewing experience; you'll laugh and then cry at the same time.

19. 19 重 Reborn in the Hong Kong Entertainment Industry of the 1980s 重生八十年代在港娱乐圈 Leisurely March三月闲暇Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Yin Xiao was reborn in Hong Kong in the 1980s. To find a job, she entered the Miss Hong Kong pageant and won the crown, launching her career in show business. She attended training classes, took bit parts, and played cannon fodder, steadily rising to become the leading lady. In the end, she became famous across mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, earning her place as an undisputed superstar. Even when Yin Xiao became the most influential film and television mogul of her era, people still call 12kReads9.4Score1.4k14d adds

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    Just watch it, it has all kinds of genres, and basically no romantic pairings.

20. 20 星 Interstellar Campus: The Five-Person Team Charges Ahead 星际校园：五人小队向前冲 I Refuse to Flop, Starting with Myself拒绝扑街从我做起Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Military academy + mecha + no romance + coming of age + ensemble cast + light humor + five-person team + strong team spirit] For the first seventeen years of her life, Jiang Lin's goal was to get into Mingde's mechanical engineering department and become a highly paid mecha engineer. But an unexpected turn of events sent her to Dawn Military Academy and set her on the path to becoming an elite solo fighter. Inter-academy tournaments, live-fire drills, interstellar battles... Years later, five s 62.6kReads9.5Score7.2k14d adds
21. 21 重EN Too Many Reborn Heroes? Time to Bring in the Government 重生者太密集？我带国家队下场 Bian Lu边鹿Sci-Fi & Apocalypse758k WordsCompleted (A feel-good power fantasy, with a beautiful, badass heroine who confiscates golden fingers) “Sheng is the boss around here. She's ruthless and doesn't waste words. Cross her, and she'll take you down!” In the year 2323 of the Star Era, the apocalypse is about to begin. Some people awaken their powers early, while reborn people are already making their moves… As the head of a new department, Sheng An is responsible for recruiting and leading all the powered and reborn individuals, preparing for 123.7kReads9.7Score17.5k14d adds
22. 22 机 A Mechanical Genius Reincarnates as a Science Whiz: Taking Off from the Start 机械大佬魂穿理科学霸：开局起飞 Math Is Too Hard数学太难Modern Romance989k WordsCompleted [No CP] [Career-focused] [National University of Defense Technology] [Creating a New World] Gu Yi, a mechanical engineering genius from the 25th century, transmigrates into the body of Zeng Li, a top science student in 1999. From then on, she lives each day planning two hundred steps ahead. She overcomes every obstacle and leaves her rivals in the dust, eventually becoming Huaxia's youngest general. Just as she leads Huaxia to become the world's leading power, she also happens to establish a new 1.2kReads9.3Score22814d adds
23. 23 全 Everyone in the Sect Is Love-Brained, Except Me, a True Lunatic 全宗门都是恋爱脑，唯我是真疯批 Paper Tiger纸老虎Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted The complete print edition of A Double Crossing is now available on all platforms. Relationship blogger Lin Du died of a broken heart after being driven crazy by hopeless romantics. After death, she transmigrated into a tragic romance cultivation novel, becoming the beautiful, powerful, yet doomed junior uncle who paved the way for the protagonists' great love with her own ashes. After reading the script, she slowly typed a question mark. “Have they dug up every wild vegetable on this sect's mou 234.9kReads9.7Score27.6k14d adds
24. 24 兄 Bro, Are You Some Kind of Human Incubus? Fluffy Creatures Are Chasing You Everywhere 兄弟你人类魅魔啊？毛茸茸追着跑 Yue Jian Ying月见莺Urban3.5M WordsOngoing [This book has been signed for print publication] [Light livestreaming + Animals + No romance] Lu Xiao, a professor of botany and zoology, quits his job and heads alone to the Kunlun Mountains to gather research material, becoming a solitary yet vibrant mountain guardian. During his first winter in the mountains, he says he wants a cat. The very next moment, his dog brings him a snow leopard cub abandoned by its mother. Dog, this isn’t what I meant by a cat. This is a little too hardcore. He thi 99.4kReads9.6Score8.7k14d adds
25. 25 丧 A Zombie's Hiking Diary 丧尸的徒步旅行日记 Li Jiu理久Sci-Fi & Apocalypse296k WordsCompleted [Leisurely Travels + Everyday Storylines + No Romance] [Content note: No fighting or drama, and the protagonist isn't cold-blooded, going on killing sprees, or antisocial. This is purely a story about taking walks!] When the apocalypse broke out, Yu Qingxian chose to die. But her attempt failed, and she became a zombie. She had been socially anxious and depressed in life, so she decided to travel on foot. Since everyone was a zombie anyway, she didn't feel so afraid anymore. 23.9kReads9.6Score4.3k14d adds

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    The theme is novel, there's no romance, it's really good, highly recommended!

26. 26 我 My Grandfather Is Zhu Yuanzhang 我祖父是朱元璋 Time Thief岁月神偷Historical6.5M WordsCompleted I have the most illustrious name: Zhu Yuntong. I am the legitimate grandson of the founding emperor of Great Ming, and the legitimate son of Crown Prince Zhu Biao. My mother is the daughter of Chang Yuchun, and my maternal granduncle is Lan Yu. I am the most illustrious imperial grandson in Great Ming, and the most influential and legitimate heir to the throne. I will usher in a different Great Ming, magnificent beyond compare, its sun and moon shining bright. It will embrace all rivers and welc 237.2kReads9.4Score27.9k14d adds

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    "I stayed up until 3 a. M., And just couldn't stop!" "The details are terrifyingly realistic, like traveling back to the Ming Dynasty!" "Zhu Yunwen's character is so compelling, a master of both strategy and martial arts!"

27. 27 星 On the Interstellar Battlefield, I Fly on a Sword! 星际战场，我！御剑飞行！ Fang Xiangpi方响屁Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Interstellar + Cultivation + Mecha + Military Academy + Ensemble Cast + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + No Romance] The animated series is out, and it's pretty good Ensemble cast! Ensemble cast! An absolutely massive ensemble cast! In the Renwu year of the Immortal Calendar, Shi An, sect master of Xuanqing Sect, the greatest sect in the cultivation world, attempted to overcome the tribulation. He encountered the rarest divine-annihilating lightning tribulation in ten thousand years and perished, 114kReads9.1Score23.1k14d adds

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    This is a female-centric novel with no romance or romantic pairing. The protagonist cultivates immortality, transmigrates, and establishes a sect. It's very good.

28. 28 从 Starting from Scratch in a Primitive Tribe 从零开始穿越原始部落 The Cannon Fodder Has No Memories炮灰没有回忆Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Note: A versatile, strong heroine with extensive knowledge and practical skills + no romance + early story focused on building up a primitive tribe. When Han Zhi wakes up, she finds herself in a primitive matriarchal society. She eats sour, bitter wild fruit, drinks icy stream water, and lives in a dark, damp cave. She doesn't even have clothes to cover herself! Han Zhi weeps into the wind. “Is this any way for a person to live?” Other people transmigrate with pocket dimensions or Systems, s 57.8kReads8.9Score5.7k14d adds

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    Most of these are novels without a romantic pairing, and the main characters are all career-driven individuals.

29. 29 您 You Have a New Thirst-Quenching Drink Order 您有新的渴了么订单 Braised Wings of the Great Peng大鹏炖翅Ancient Romance507k WordsCompleted [Character development + business simulation + infrastructure building + healing + no romance + a touch of court intrigue] They say the emperor was corrupt and incompetent, and Heaven sent down divine punishment. Not a drop of rain had fallen on this land for nearly twenty years, and countless people had died of thirst. Then, all of a sudden, a milk tea shop opened in the desert. In spring, there were all kinds of ice-cold fruit juices, along with seasonal drinks like cherry blossom and lychee b 13.4kReads9.4Score1.9k14d adds
30. 30 位 Quick Transmigration Across Planes: I Own a Little General Store 位面快穿，我有一间小杂货店 Pipi Loves Tangerines爱吃橘子的皮皮Modern Romance4.1M WordsOngoing [No romance + no male lead + general store + ensemble cast + doing business in various novel worlds, including storylines where the heroine gets help] [Main characters: Su Ling + a calico cat] After waking up one day, Su Ling finds that her general store has bonded with a planar trade System, and she transmigrates into a book. First book world: a lucky heroine in a story set during the era of rationing. A general store suddenly appears on the hill behind Dawang Village. It has more goods tha 52.3kReads9.3Score4.7k14d adds
31. 31 快 Quick Transmigration: After the Lucky One Unlocks the Sign-In System 快穿：欧皇能签到后 Yao Siqi尧司祁Modern Romance755k WordsCompleted No romance! No romance! No romance! (Don’t ask why the protagonist doesn’t find a partner. The author just doesn’t know how to write romance.) I’m no good at writing introductions, so just read the story. After Yuan Xi gets hit and killed by a dump truck, she embraces the simple belief that a bad life is better than no life at all and binds herself to System Fifty-Eight. Together, they travel to different worlds to help people fulfill their wishes. What’s it like having a Host who’s ridiculously 44.3kReads9.2Score4.5k14d adds
32. 32 快 Quick Transmigration: The Villainous Ancestor Beats the Romance-Brained Senseless 快穿：反派老祖暴打恋爱脑 Li Baotao李抱桃Ancient Romance414k WordsCompleted [Female-audience novel with a male protagonist + no romance + an invincible protagonist. Includes BG, BL, and GB content. Enter only if you're okay with that.] As everyone knows, hopeless romantics are a bizarre breed in the world of novels. Some are naive, and some are just plain stupid. The latter kind of hopeless romantic can do a lot of harm. Song Heqing is transferred from a specialist male-audience villain role to a female-audience novel, where he's tasked with punishing these hopeless rom 793Reads7.4Score10114d adds
33. 33 模EN After a Thousand Simulations, I Have a Speedrun Strategy for Escape Games 模拟一千次，我有逃生游戏速通法 Eat a Billion Less少吃亿点Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Print edition on sale February 21 at 7 p.m. Please show it lots of support!] [Infinite-flow + fast-paced + funny + invincible protagonist + no female lead + no angst for the protagonist] [Across the four streets, east, south, west, and north, ask around and find out who’s the boss] [Don’t compare yourself to others. Just look at you: who do you think you are?] The White Tower descends, and the entire world enters death-instance mode. Zheng Xun, bound to an infinite simulation System and forced 214.3kReads9.6Score36k14d adds
34. 34 家 Who Gets It, Guys? The First Emperor Snatched My System 家人们谁懂啊，系统被始皇截胡了 Endless Journey迢迢不休Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Main story has no romance, and is set in an alternate Great Qin. Not everything is historical: a mix of history and comedy] "The final bonus chapter is for readers' satisfaction and has a hint of romance. If that bothers you, feel free to skip it" Good news: Li Jiang transmigrates to the Qin dynasty and gets to see her idol in person. At last, she lays eyes on the legendary ancestor, nearly two meters tall, with thick brows and big eyes. She gets to watch the First Emperor unify the Six Kingdom 27.3kReads9.4Score4k14d adds

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    A 20-year bookworm's top recommendation! The female lead is focused on her career, the entire story is engaging, witty, humorous, and laugh-out-loud funny – definitely worth reading!

35. 35 我 My Senior Brother Is Too Strong 我的师兄太强了 Ke Ning可宁Eastern Fantasy6.4M WordsCompleted Original title: My Senior Brother Is Too Strong The eldest senior brother is diligent and tireless, while the second senior brother likes to sneak off and take it easy. The eldest senior brother is hailed as a genius, while the second is the disgrace of the sect. Until one day, the junior sister discovers that the second senior brother is pretty amazing too... This blurb does it no justice. Read the story for yourself... 63.1kReads8.2Score4.3k14d adds

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    No clear romantic subplot, comedic, cultivation theme.

36. 36 你 Why Are You Messing with Her? The Little Junior Sister Has the Heavenly Dao’s Favor 你们惹她干嘛，小师妹有天道宠着 Saving Up for Stickers努力攒钱买贴纸Ancient Romance1.0M WordsOngoing [Print Edition: I Hope You’ll Come in Person] [No Romance, Strong Female Lead] Tian Ning was the long-lost blood descendant of the Wenren family, a prominent clan in the cultivation world. When she was fifteen, they brought her back home. Everyone thought she was just a country bumpkin from the mortal world, nowhere near as good as the fake heiress, Wenren Xue, who had been raised in luxury and treated like royalty. Wenren Xue was exceptionally talented. At a young age, she had successfully form 41kReads9.4Score4.9k14d adds
37. 37 十EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score206.4k14d adds
38. 38 开 From the Start, Disguised as a Man, I Rose to First Rank Through the Imperial Exams 开局女扮男装，我靠科举官居一品 I Want to Make Money爷要赚钱Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Disguised as a man + imperial examinations and court intrigue + rises to the highest office + one heroine, focused on her career] When Xie Qingfeng opens her eyes, she's handed a nightmare of a life: a house with bare walls, and a woman forced to disguise herself as a man. In an age when everything is considered inferior to scholarship, if she doesn't fight for her place, she'll be crushed to pieces. Since she's here, she'll give it everything she's got! As a woman, she enters the imperial cour 48kReads9.3Score5.9k14d adds

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    I stayed up for several nights to finish it, and this book instantly became my number one favorite. A well-written book with brains is truly captivating! I love Xie Yunzhi so much. The last few chapters were incredibly difficult to finish; seeing the unread chapters drop from over two hundred to fifty, then to ten, then two, I just couldn't let it go. Qingfeng is brave and resourceful, and Xiao Yunshu is a wise ruler. The characters are all so well-developed, even the minor characters leave a deep impression. Aside from the author's occasional typos and forgetting some small details from earlier chapters, this book truly deserves my praise. I love Qingfeng! Author, please, please, please, write more extra chapters! Don't overwork yourself, but please don't rest either! I want to read the Xie Zheng extra chapter I mentioned before, and I also want to see Xiao Yunshu learn Qingfeng's identity underground. Author, please, please, please update with ten more extra chapters!

39. 39 我 I'm a Frail, True Heiress, So What's Wrong With Knowing a Little Mysticism? 我病弱真千金，会亿点玄学怎么了 Luo Shengsheng洛笙笙Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Metaphysics + fortune-telling + satisfying revenge + absurd comedy + no romance] Chi Le had lived for sixteen years before finding out his younger sister had been switched at birth! His parents said, “Your sister is frail and sickly, and can't take care of herself. You have to look after her.” One sleepless night, Chi Le went outside for a walk and saw his frail, sickly sister jump straight down from the third floor without a scratch. Chi Le: ? Then his supposedly helpless sister punched a thou 211.2kReads9.5Score37.1k14d adds

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    No romantic pairing, a fantasy-themed, light novel.

40. 40 无 Infinite Flow: I Become a God After Giving Up 无限流：摆烂后我封神了 Chang Chang Chang Xiao长长长消Mystery2.0M WordsOngoing No CP + System + mass misinterpretation Luo Yuejian has always thought of herself as plain and ordinary, with a touch of social anxiety and a poker face. Someone like her would be utterly unremarkable in a crowd and completely ignored by everyone. After dying under bizarre circumstances, she is forced into a survival game. She knows her own limits and realizes she has no chance of coming back to life in a terrifying survival game. As she agonizes over whether to fight with all she has or give 35.6kReads9.2Score2.7k14d adds

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    Please enjoy my top-tier, no-romance story with a pastoral theme 🥰

41. 41 创 Conquer Another World 创翻异世界 Hehehe Hehehehe嘿嘿诶嘿嘿嘿Sports843k WordsCompleted (Absurd comedy + group transmigration + a protagonist with no romance + nonsensical humor) “Who knows? We heard you could get an internship stamp for beating the Demon King, so we came.” This is the story of a group of friends who transmigrate into the game Another World Adventure, defeat the Demon King, and save humanity. Priest Chen Ranzhu, the beastfolk world’s top undercover agent and a hemorrhoid expert, uses the most awesome healing skills to pull off the wildest stunts. [No priests or dog 2.6kReads9.4Score43814d adds
42. 42 小 My Little Junior Sister Sealed Her Emotions, and Now the Seal Is Broken Again! 小师妹她无情封印又破啦！ I'm Excellent我是优秀Ancient Romance979k WordsCompleted [Cultivation + a little goofy + a little ensemble cast + many one-sided crushes] Cang Shu cultivated the merciless Dao, living a bland life without love or desire. At last, when she was two hundred years old, she attained the Dao and ascended, only to get struck dead by lightning. Cang Shu instantly understood: cultivating this Dao wasn't for her. When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to the day she first began studying the merciless Dao as a girl. Standing before her was her master, 2.1kReads9.1Score33014d adds
43. 43 她 She Held a Reunion Feast, and the Entire Court Showed Up? 她办个同窗宴，满朝文武都来了？ Little Su Mehmeh小素咩咩Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Group transmigration + ensemble cast + no System + imperial examinations + everyday academy life in the early story + political intrigue in the middle and later story] (Everyone is highly intelligent and career-driven; the heroine has no romance) An earthquake sent Zhu Lan and her entire class of top students into a book, where they became a notorious group of failures! How could they turn things around? Oh, apparently all they had to do was pass the highest-level imperial exam. What a relief! 10.4kReads9.1Score1.9k14d adds
44. 44 千 A Hundred Billion to Make Stars: Helping Me Rise as a Goddess Producer 千亿捧人金助我逆袭女神制作人 Ice Cream Is a Cloud冰淇淋是云Modern Romance659k WordsCompleted [Tycoon System + no CP + showbiz + medicine, business, and all sorts of other fields] Tang Xi, the manager of a B-list entertainer, is fired from the start, left with no savings and seriously ill. At the brink of life and death, she binds herself to the Tycoon System. The System has an unlimited budget for promoting people, meant exclusively for turning them into stars. Promoting others is risky, so Tang Xi decides: Why not promote myself? The System says: No. The promotion funds can only be use 859Reads8.2Score14114d adds
45. 45 玄 The Metaphysics Master Eats Her Own Gossip Every Day 玄学大佬每天都在吃自己的瓜 Lousy Uncle辣鸡的uncleModern Romance435k WordsCompleted (Metaphysical, no romance, feel-good story, no logic, with showbiz elements, though the heroine won’t enter showbiz) Shen Yu, a great survivalist, was forced into seclusion when a cataclysm struck and the Heavenly Dao perished. By the time she ventures out again, the world has changed. Phones? Surveillance cameras? Airplanes? Cannons? Good heavens, this world is even more dangerous than the cultivation world! No need to panic. She’ll quietly cultivate and keep a low profile until she’s invincibl 7kReads9.3Score70314d adds
46. 46 头 She’s All Over the Headlines! The Old Lady Takes Down Entertainment’s Top-Tier Stars 头条都是她！老太秒杀娱乐圈顶流 Chao Ge朝戈Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Hilarious showbiz + satisfying revenge + no male lead in the main story + sisterly bonds in a girl group] Yun Li, a cool yet kindhearted seventy-three-year-old woman, suddenly transmigrates into the center of a girl group that has just debuted. It takes her a while to adjust, and she earns the title of “Mom Idol” on the group’s variety show. Who wouldn’t love a gentle, considerate big sister who knows how to take care of people? Who wouldn’t like a dependable, reassuring, and hilarious big sist 652Reads9.4Score11814d adds
47. 47 快 Quick Transmigration: The Big Shot Is Busy Saving the World, So the Villain Should Take It Easy 快穿：大佬救世忙，反派轻点狂 Drinking Ice饮冰Ancient Romance2.9M WordsOngoing [Quick transmigration + strong female lead + golden finger + feel-good career-building] (No romance) To transmigrate through three thousand worlds, Ning Mo randomly caught a System and bound it to herself. The weak and helpless System thought its existence would be bleak, never imagining that following its Host would lead it to turn its life around, save worlds, and earn a mountain of merit! The faithless scumbag exes, the cruel and heartless CEOs, and the awful people who failed to recognize he 1.3kReads9.1Score11614d adds
48. 48 你 Not One of You Gets to Be Reborn 你们一个都别想重生 Hua Maobai花毛白Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Everyday school life + sunny heroine + no reincarnation or transmigration + warm and healing] [Special notice: The heroine won't have a romance. Other characters may have romantic storylines.] After narrowly escaping death, Gu Qinghuan partnered with the System and enrolled in Class Three, Year One, at a private high school. [Someday in the future, your classmates may be reborn.] [Before then, they will be deceived, hated, attacked, and destroyed,] [Your mission is to stop them from being rebor 26.8kReads9.5Score3.9k14d adds

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    There's no romantic pairing, the female lead has strong moral principles, the story is rich and engaging, and even the supporting characters are protagonists.

49. 49 神 Tycoon System: The Rich Lady Takes the Elite Social Scene by Storm 神豪系统，富婆在上流社会杀疯了 South of the Huai, Moonlight南上淮月Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Tycoon System + no romance + building a business empire + flaunting wealth in the real world + multiple handsome men + everyone’s darling + livestream gifts + secret identities] (No romance: the female lead has no man in her heart, but plenty around her. She’s after money, not sex.) Wen Wan was a hopeless romantic. She was hideously ugly, weighed two hundred pounds, earned three thousand a month, ate steamed buns soaked in tap water, and rented a basement room for 500 a month. She poured her he 1.3kReads7.9Score14114d adds

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    The female lead instantly transforms into a career-driven superwoman! [Heavy punch][Heavy punch]!!! All romance vanishes, and she even knows how to utilize all available resources to enrich herself! It's as if she's been stripped of all emotional attachments. ~[Sad][Sad] 📚 1. "The Godly Rich System: From Simp to Dog Trainer" Tags: Godly Rich System, Business Empire, Charismatic, Pure Career-Focused Core Setting: The female lead transforms from a love-obsessed person to a career-obsessed person, focusing on building a business empire after awakening the Godly Rich System. The story emphasizes "no CP, money-driven, not sexual," with male characters merely serving as auxiliary tools. The female lead is selfish and focused on making money and showing off throughout. Warning: The first 3 chapters contain descriptions of a clear-headed lover, but the story completely shifts afterward; it involves female-male competition, but only serves to advance the career storyline.

50. 50 宫 The Willow by the Palace Wall 宫墙柳 Dream Doll梦娃Ancient Romance166k WordsCompleted Why must the imperial consorts compete for the emperor’s favor? A smash-hit, heart-wrenching historical romance that burst onto the scene in 2019! Recommended by countless tearful readers, this unconventional palace-intrigue novel will stay with you long after you finish. In the lightest of styles, it captures everyone’s deepest regrets. In May of the year I turned fourteen, with the pagoda trees in fragrant bloom, I sat in Yong’an Palace, propping up my head as I dozed. The man’s laughter held 48.6kReads9.7Score7.1k14d adds

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    I think this one didn't have a romantic subplot, but it's been too long and I can't remember exactly.

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