Real Life and Desire 现实生活、欲望

1. 51 他 He Once Said We Should Just Make a Life Together 他曾说，搭伙过日子 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊8k WordsCompleted He once said we should just live together and make ends meet. 70Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 52 那 That Night, She Made Me Remember Her for a Lifetime 那一夜，她让我记一辈子 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊Marriage & Romance9k WordsCompleted That night, she made me remember her for the rest of my life 905Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 53 婚 The Night Before My Wedding, I Flew a Thousand Miles to Find the Man Who Hated Me 婚礼前夜，我飞千里去找那个恨我的男人 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊11k WordsCompleted On the Eve of My Wedding, I Flew a Thousand Miles to Find the Man Who Hated Me 2kReads—Score—Shelves
4. 54 离 Divorce? I Regret It 离婚，我后悔了 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊13k WordsCompleted Divorce? I Regret It 500Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 55 离 After the Divorce, My Ex-Husband Is as Merciless as a Blade 离婚后，前夫他绝情似刀 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊8k WordsCompleted After the Divorce, My Ex-Husband Was as Ruthless as a Blade 1.8kReads—Score—Shelves
6. 56 爸 Dad, I’m Not Going 爸爸，我不去 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊7k WordsCompleted Dad, I Don't Want to Go 546Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 57 孕 After the Morning Sickness, My Sugar Daddy Panicked 孕吐后，金主他急疯了 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊11k WordsCompleted After the Morning Sickness, Her Sugar Daddy Panics 20.3kReads—Score174Shelves
8. 58 兄 Brother, You’re Really Something 兄弟，你可真行 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊13k WordsCompleted Bro, you really are something. 427Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 59 我 My Brother Keeps Falling for It Again and Again 我哥他又双叒叕真香了 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊36k WordsCompleted My Brother Has Fallen for It Again and Again 925Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 60 三 Three Years Later, She Begged on Her Knees for Mercy 三年后，她跪着求饶 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊Historical10k WordsCompleted Three years later, she knelt and begged for mercy 3.3kReads—Score—Shelves
11. 61 这 What a Clever Adultery Bust 这奸，捉得妙 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊21k WordsCompleted What a perfect time to catch them in the act 1kReads—Score—Shelves
12. 62 禁 Forbidden Surrender: Monday Through Thursday, I Belong to Him 禁忌沉沦：周一到周四，我是他的 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊7k WordsCompleted Forbidden Descent: Monday to Thursday, I Belong to Him 854Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 63 拖 The Slipper-Wearing Bandit Is Taming Her Husband Online 拖鞋女土匪在线驯夫 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊10k WordsCompleted The Slipper-Wearing Bandit Takes Her Husband in Hand 219Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 64 邻 The Neighbor Is Wicked and Wild, Luring Her into His Trap 邻居又坏又野，诱她入局 Bluebird Coo Coo青鸟咕咕Modern Romance389k WordsCompleted [Sweet-natured Chinese translator vs. Italian mafia heir] + [Autistic genius girl vs. emotionally vivid, lovesick young master] + devoted to each other + cross-cultural romance + intense push and pull + willing to give in for love He is a wild, untamed Italian mafia heir who has never known freedom since birth. She is a well-behaved girl from an ordinary family, a foreign-language translator who is gentle on the outside but strong within. He is a foxlike young man whose emotions and conscience w 5.6kReads—Score145Shelves

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    It is very realistic, with complex human nature and real desires. The male protagonist is an Italian mafia heir, and the female protagonist is a Chinese translator. It is extremely engaging and has great stamina.

15. 65 说 We Agreed to Date, Not Move In Together. Why Are You Taking This Seriously?! 说好只交往不同居，你咋玩真的！ Zi Zhi自致Urban197k WordsOngoing [Urban Realism] [Everyday Bickering] [Workplace Comeback] [No System] [Not Reborn] "So you really do want to live off a woman!" Gu Ming, an ordinary corporate grunt, is branded a kept man from the very start by his stunning fiancée, Si Yi. Keeping a secret he can't disclose, he has no choice but to propose dating without living together in order to convince her to agree to a deal. What he gets in return is endless mockery and contempt. "You? You think you're good enough?" But three years later, 423Reads—Score159Shelves

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    This is a good book about real life

16. 66 求 Please, Beauties, Leave Me Alone, I Only Want to Make Money!! 求求美女们放过，我只想搞钱！！ Ambush King Lychee偷袭王荔枝Urban216k WordsOngoing [Urban] [System] [Multiple Heroines] [Unfaithful Relationships] [Not Mindless Power Fantasy] [Slow-Paced Slice of Life] (The pace is slow at first, then things get much darker later. If you're interested, add it to your bookshelf and let the chapters pile up until it's finished.) Shan Chuan was losing it. Why was this System nothing like the ones in web novels?! Laid off in middle age, Shan Chuan secretly drove a rideshare to earn money while struggling with his mortgage and car loan. He didn't 3.6kReads—Score224Shelves

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    Desireful but sober! Ambiguity and pulling, but not obtainable! Can't! (Urban Daily ➕ System, with many female protagonists and a bias towards male characters, but female characters actually occupy more words. If you are interested, you can read it

17. 67 成 The Victor Becomes King, the Loser a Bandit: The Story of Today 成王败寇话今朝 Little Lamb Travels the World小绵羊游天下Urban296k WordsOngoing This book tells the story of three generations from the Chen and Liu families of Chenjiashan, Liuyang County, in northern Sichuan, from 1958 to 2007, tracing how their fortunes rose and fell amid the country’s development and changing times. Through the eyes of two ordinary families, it records the migration of people brought about by rural urbanization, beginning with the First Five-Year Plan. It recounts the course of reform, from the rural household responsibility system and the contracting o 26Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This novel is still being serialized. It is a portrayal of real life from the 1950s to the 1990s, full of desire for money, career and love...

18. 68 美 The Gorgeous Teacher and the Pure Campus Belle Are Both Crazy About Me 美艳老师，清纯校花都爱死我了 Mo Zichen Ya墨子辰吖Urban275k WordsOngoing [Romance] [Harem] [Love triangle chaos] [Passionate] [No System] She’s my desk mate, sweet and innocent. She’s my teacher, alluring and seductive. She’s... Everyone watches to see how I’ll tread through a field of thorns and lose myself among the flowers... 1.7kReads—Score104Shelves

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    Not bad, really good

19. 69 张 Zhang Sangou’s Get-Rich Journal 张三狗发财笔记 Wandering Immortal of the Northern Mountain北山浪荡仙Urban2.7M WordsCompleted A comedy novel with absolutely no pretensions. A poor boy from the mountains refuses to settle for an ordinary life and ventures out into the world, carving out a place for himself through his own efforts. The cast of bizarre characters will have you laughing out loud. It gets more and more exciting as it goes. San Gou grows more mature and more cunning, with more and more schemes brewing in his head. In the end, he makes it! He becomes a billionaire. His journey is a whirlwind of chaos and laug 62.7kReads8.7Score7kShelves

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    Xiaoqiang, the guy next door, laughed out loud after reading this book.

20. 70 重 Reborn as a Simpleton, I Became a Billionaire by Collecting Scrap 重生二傻子，靠收破烂成亿万富豪 Wandering Immortal of the Northern Mountain北山浪荡仙Urban437k WordsOngoing A ninety-three-year-old man from another timeline transmigrates to 1982. His soul takes up residence in the body of a high school student nicknamed Ersha, or “Second Fool.” The student is known as the king of repeaters. At twenty-three, he is still in high school. The original owner of the body, Wu Dazhi, was nicknamed Gouzi as a child. Despite his towering build and weight of over two hundred pounds, he was timid by nature and afraid of trouble. People bullied him constantly, but he never dared 9.5kReads6.2Score756Shelves
21. 71 女 My Female Boss Helps Me Rise to the Top 女领导带我平步青云 Listening to Snow in a High Tower高楼听雪Urban1.2M WordsCompleted Yang Guang's powerful backer got into trouble. From then on, he had no one to rely on. At the lowest point in his life, he unexpectedly saved a mysterious woman, who helped him rise to success and thrive at every turn. 2.7kReads7.5Score260Shelves
22. 72 成 Mature Women Can Be a Little Naughty 成熟女人有点坏 Listening to Snow in a High Tower高楼听雪Modern Romance294k WordsOngoing Six months into their marriage, Zhou Lina suddenly noticed that her husband had grown distant. She wanted to mend their relationship, but no matter how hard she tried, she could never see it through. She longed to be loved and cherished. A career-driven woman, she found herself torn between marriage, work, and love. 22.1kReads—Score1.2kShelves
23. 73 成 The Mature Landlady 成熟的老板娘 Young Master Huajia花家大少Urban1.5M WordsOngoing For the sake of keeping the family fortune all to himself, Liang Dashan hatched a vicious scheme to frame his wife, Du Xue. Faced with her husband’s ruthless plotting, Du Xue fought back from the brink. She turned people’s motives to her advantage and used his own tactics against him, unraveling every conspiracy by playing along, and ultimately leaving the traitor with nothing but the clothes on his back! 26.1kReads7.9Score1.5kShelves
24. 74 女 The Female Leader's Top Ace 女领导的最红强人 Listening to Snow in a High Tower高楼听雪Urban162k WordsCompleted While working late one night, I accidentally stumbled upon my female boss’s secret. That earned me her favor, and suddenly I could make things happen with a word. I rose rapidly through the ranks and became her most trusted right-hand man. 6.1kReads6.1Score643Shelves
25. 75 桃 At the Source of the Peach Blossom Spring 桃花源头 Yicang, Who Loves Microraptors喜欢小盗龙的矢仓Urban391k WordsOngoing As Old Zhou Nian lay dying, he took Zhou Liye by the hand and told him, “Xiaoye, it's up to you to carry on the Zhou family line. If you trace our family back far enough, we go all the way to the Zhou dynasty, to King Wen of Zhou, King Wu of Zhou, Ji Chang, and Ji Fa. Our ancestors were once members of the imperial family, and our original surname was Ji. It was only after the dynasties changed that our family took the surname Zhou! Here's our ancestral genealogy and the family heirloom, this ja 1.7kReads—Score206Shelves

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    A rural themed novel! Worth recommending!

26. 76 傻 Sha Gen Isn't Foolish at All 傻根一点也不傻 Yicang, Who Loves Microraptors喜欢小盗龙的矢仓Urban1.3M WordsOngoing After his father and eldest brother die, his mother goes mad and soon passes away as well. All that remains is Shagen, a mentally challenged young man. His beautiful sister-in-law, Pan Yuting, still takes on the responsibility of caring for him. To keep the Li family line from ending, Pan Yuting secretly makes up her mind... She won't leave. She'll work hard together with Shagen...! Part Two: Overseas Development. The Xingdao forces gradually rise... They discover an ancient race among the ruins 525Reads6.8Score—Shelves
27. 77 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! 1.5kReads8.9Score135Shelves
28. 78 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? 1.1kReads8.9Score102Shelves
29. 79 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. 42Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 80 五 Five Thunderbolts, True Heart Art 五雷正心诀 Dao Dao Zai刀刀哉Urban319k WordsOngoing This work is entirely fictional. It features everyday urban cultivation, twin senior sisters who are both masters, daily couple life, distinctive tribulations of lightning, and a disciple-recruiting System. I'll do my best to tell every story well! 72Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Featured urban immortality writing, rare CP to recruit disciples, unique tribulations

31. 81 苏 Su Tu: The Su Family Arc 苏屠之苏家篇 Dao Dao Zai刀刀哉Eastern Fantasy66k WordsCompleted The protagonist, Lin Feng, transmigrates to a world of magic and struggles to survive alone in the Su household. There are quite a few hidden plot threads, and the pace is a little slow, so it may take some brainpower to read. Feel free to leave a comment with your thoughts and opinions. 38Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 82 魂 A Soul's Journey to the End of the Jin Dynasty, Starting at Yumenguan 魂越晋末，从玉门关开始 Wielding a Spear at the Abyss执戈临渊Historical1.1M WordsOngoing She transmigrates into the chaotic final years of the Jin dynasty and starts by finding an oasis and recruiting refugees. Tang Yu swears to put an end to this blood-soaked age of chaos. He will unite the Western Regions and enter the Central Plains. The court and its people have already fled south; from the north, I will reclaim the Han spirit. The story begins with a ten-year-old body stationed at Maquankou within Yumen Pass. It follows a passionate young man from a later age on his journey to 5kReads—Score573Shelves

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    You can come in and read this book

33. 83 七 I Met the Man Who Stole My Heart in the 1970s 七零年代我遇到心动的汉子 Jingxuan Yang MeijinC景轩羊梅锦CModern Romance508k WordsCompleted Important! This is very important! No pocket dimension + no golden finger + no awful relatives (there's just one) + no unresolved heartbreak Liu Xiqiao stayed up all night reading novels and somehow read herself right into another world. She transmigrates into the body of an eighteen-year-old girl from the year 1974 who has the exact same name. She wakes up and collapses right back onto the bed. Looks like she's not the only one who stayed up all night. With simple luggage on her back, she takes 1.5kReads8.6Score—Shelves

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    How could it be possible without a kiss?

34. 84 蓝 Blue Gum's Sweet Talk for the Little Moon 蓝桉诱哄小月亮 Jingxuan Yang MeijinC景轩羊梅锦CModern Romance179k WordsOngoing A new story is here. I hope you enjoy it, and please don't compare it to real life. [One-on-one romance + healing + a very, very insecure male lead] Nan Jianran seems gentle and soft-spoken, but she's clever and lovely, a model good girl in everyone's eyes. Her grades were consistently among the top three, and after graduation, she was invited to interview just days after sending in her resume, then landed the job on her first try. Reuniting at the airport was a scenario Jiang Mo had never imagi 52Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 85 温 Miss Wen, I'm Lucky to Spend My Life with You 温小姐，有幸与你共白头 Jingxuan Yang MeijinC景轩羊梅锦CModern Romance206k WordsCompleted [Doctor and student] [Senior and junior] [Both have only ever loved each other] (A fairly ordinary novel, with no golden finger or powerful family background, just the little things in everyday life. It’s a sweet romance. If it’s not for you, feel free to move on and find another novel, but please don’t flame me.) Yu Chen had never wanted anything that badly, from childhood through adulthood. He learned everything faster than his peers, effortlessly earned a recommendation to university, and eve 1.8kReads8.6Score167Shelves
36. 86 蓉 Rongcheng Mist Isle 蓉城雾屿 Leading a Sheep to Find a Pig牵羊找猪Urban145k WordsOngoing Chen Yu, a 29-year-old independent composer for cultural tourism projects, carries old wounds that have yet to heal and regrets he cannot let go. In an old apartment building in Chengdu's Wuhou District, he hopes to turn a rooftop terrace bar into a haven where he can find peace. But a sudden crackdown on illegal construction and an anonymously placed order under suspicious circumstances draw him back into the whirlpool of a first love that ended without ever beginning ten years ago. They also b 34Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Qinghe always maintains the most appropriate sense of proportion, does not test, cross boundaries, or tie up, and only pushes core bidding information at key nodes. The right amount of help is the most comfortable human relationship for adults.

37. 87 金 Sugar Daddy, Please Step Aside 金主爸爸请靠边 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊17k WordsCompleted Sugar Daddy, Please Step Aside 97Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [Super-powerful gangster + hilarious slap in the face] I was sent away by my boss with a "severance package" of 500,000 yuan, and I found out that Fa Xiao Jincheng was sleeping with me while raising his first love. I blocked them all decisively! Later, I hooked up with an innocent and old-fashioned CEO, and I was about to have a sweet relationship, but my exes came at the same time. Zhao Shi sneered in front of my new love: "She and I have been together for three years. What do you think our relationship is?" I grabbed Guo Xu's hand with my backhand and said, "He is my first love. You are my ex." The whole place exploded.

38. 88 七 The Sweet Little Wife of the 1970s, Spoiled by Two Powerful Men 七零小甜妻，被两个大佬宠哭了 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊16k WordsCompleted The Sweet Little Wife of the Seventies Is Adored by Two Powerful Men 397Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [Super-powerful gangster + hilarious slap in the face] I was sent away by my boss with a "severance package" of 500,000 yuan, and I found out that Fa Xiao Jincheng was sleeping with me while raising my first love. I blocked them all decisively! Later, I hooked up with an innocent and old-fashioned CEO, and I was about to have a sweet relationship, but my exes came at the same time. Zhao Shi sneered in front of my new love: "She and I have been together for three years. What do you think our relationship is?" I grabbed Guo Xu's hand with my backhand and said, "He is my first love. You are my ex." The whole place exploded.

39. 89 姐 Sis, You've Got Quite a Few Darling Boys 姐姐，宝儿挺多啊 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊15k WordsCompleted Sis, You’ve Got Quite a Few Treasures 198Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 90 绝 After Menopause, I Became an SSS-Rank Favorite 绝经后，我成了SSS级团宠 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊10k WordsCompleted After Menopause, I Became an SSS-Rank Favorite 499Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 91 逃 The Runaway Princess with Unmatched Strength 逃婚郡主，武力爆表 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊Marriage & Romance36k WordsCompleted The Runaway Princess Consort, Unmatched in Combat 73Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 92 她 She Insists the Child Is His 她非说孩子是他的 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊Marriage & Romance12k WordsCompleted She Insists the Child Is His 221Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 93 桃 The Pretty Widow of Peach Blossom Creek, Loved by a Young Man 桃花溪的俏寡妇，小年轻爱上她 Sesame Dream芝麻梦Urban283k WordsCompleted The night twenty-two-year-old Li Yuchuan returned to his village, he stumbled upon a woman bathing by Peach Blossom Creek. In the moonlight, her skin glowed white. Water slid from her collarbone to the small of her back. She tipped her head back to toss her hair, then flicked out her tongue to lick a drop of water from the corner of her mouth. That one little movement nearly made his soul fly away. Later, he learned she was the “jinx” everyone in the village talked about. Jiang Yuwei. Thirty-fiv 1.8kReads—Score100Shelves
44. 94 五 I Returned with a Child Five Years Later, and the Overbearing CEO Trembled as He Asked, “Is This My Kid?” 五年后带娃回归，霸道总裁颤抖着问：这是我的种？ Ten Thousand Gu万蛊27k WordsCompleted Five Years Later, She Returns with a Child. The CEO Trembles and Asks, “Is This My Kid?” 365Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I saw her again at the airport five years later. She was holding a little boy's hand, and his face looked exactly like the one I had when I was a child. When she saw me, she lowered her head and said something to her son. The little guy ran up to me with short legs, raised his face and asked, "Uncle, are you my dad? Mom said you are dead." She came over and looked at me condescendingly, with a smile I had never seen before: "Introduction, this is your son. Also, I changed my mind and don't want him to call you dad.

45. 95 雨 Flirting in the Rain 雨夜撩人 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊Marriage & Romance36k WordsCompleted Flirting in the Rain at Night 141Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 96 追 The Immortal Venerable Chases Her Husband and Goes on a Rampage 追夫仙尊她杀疯了 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊41k WordsCompleted The Immortal Venerable Chases Her Husband, and She's Gone on a Killing Spree 1kReads—Score—Shelves
47. 97 前 The Front Desk Girl Drops the Act 前台小妹她不装了 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊Marriage & Romance14k WordsCompleted The Receptionist Girl Drops the Act 658Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 98 缩 A Miniature Version of Him Calls Out “Daddy” in a Baby Voice 缩小版的他，奶声奶气喊爸爸 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊29k WordsCompleted A Miniature Version of Him Calls Out to Daddy in a Babyish Voice 396Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 99 谁 Whoever Goes Back on Their Word Is a Dog 谁反悔谁是狗 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊35k WordsCompleted Whoever Goes Back on Their Word Is a Dog 2.8kReads—Score—Shelves
50. 100 摄 The Regent’s Beloved White Moonlight Took a Fall 摄政王白月光翻车了 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊12k WordsCompleted The Regent's White Moonlight Has Fallen from Grace 775Reads—Score—Shelves

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