Any More Realistic, Everyday Urban Stories? 有没有比较现实一点的都市日常？

1. 351 重 Reborn, I Became the Nation's Male Idol 重生后我成国民男神了 Fine Night良宵Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Woman disguised as a man + entertainment industry] Gu Yuan, an internationally wanted criminal, died a horrific death. Plenty of people cheered and clapped at the news. No one knew she had been an undercover police officer for six years, only to end up without even a body to bury. When Gu Yuan opened her eyes again, she had been reborn as a useless young master from a wealthy family, a woman disguised as a man. Gu Yuan: Useless? Not necessarily. A famous director comes knocking: Please, sta 3.5kReads9.3Score436Shelves
2. 352 一 One Dance to Fame: The Cool Beauty Sets Chinese Showbiz Ablaze! 一舞爆红：清冷美人苏炸娱乐圈！ Spring Day Brief春日简Modern Romance395k WordsCompleted [Fake and Real Heiresses + Stunningly Beautiful Heroine + Romance Reality Show Love Triangle + Livestreaming + Thrilling and Satisfying] Wen Lingyue was the real heiress who had been found and brought home. All her life, she had humbly tried to please her family, begging for their love. But even as she lay dying, her parents and brothers only had eyes for her beautiful, fragile adopted sister. Reborn, Wen Lingyue finally saw the light. To hell with family ties. She didn’t want them anymore! She 10.4kReads9.3Score1.3kShelves
3. 353 不 Dude, Are You Really Writing Your Novel Like a Diary? 不是哥们，你真把小说当日记写啊 Elder Songxia松下先人Urban154k WordsOngoing (Pure slice of life, no power fantasy, no main plot, no heroine for now, no System, no transmigration, no golden finger, and no brainless characters. If any of that bothers you, hit the exit button and get out of here~) A tiny little bet forced Luo Xiyu to start keeping a diary... One night, he pondered a question: What would happen if a diary and a novel were combined? Why not give it a try? See how it turns out... Maybe I can even improve my writing... Life is long and unhurried. We ought to 24Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The first two autobiographies, the third diary (non-love)

4. 354 重 Reborn? That's Bad News 重生？那很坏了 Watermelon Eats Lychees西瓜吃荔枝Urban600k WordsOngoing [The pacing is on the slow side. I'm feeling my way as I write, and the author is a post-2000s writer with little talent.] No one stays young forever, but there will always be someone young. Memory is a liar. It always puts a filter over the things we remember. It lies so brazenly only because we can never go back to the past. After more than a decade of struggling, Lin Qu finally became a company executive. But before he could enjoy the perks of his new position, an unfathomable force hurled hi 113Reads7.3Score—Shelves

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   It's pretty good, with a high sense of immersion, but there are many ways to describe it, so it's suitable for listening and speaking

5. 355 平 The Ordinary Majority 平凡的大多数 Summer Yi夏日燚Urban756k WordsCompleted The Ordinary Majority tells the story of Wu Di, a rural left-behind child born in the 1990s, and his journey to adulthood. Raised by his grandparents, he goes from the village primary school to the town middle school, repeats a year, and eventually gets into an ordinary first-tier university. He is unremarkable in college, and after graduation, his employer withholds his wages. After several twists and turns, he finally finds a job he likes. Over the next few years, he saves a little over 100,00 1Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 356 让 You Asked Them to Call Our Parents, So Why Did You Invite My Ex-Girlfriend? 让请家长，你把我前女友请来了？ Mint Milk Tea zy薄荷奶绿zyUrban1.1M WordsCompleted [Not Reborn] [No System] [Sweet Everyday Romance] [Constant Bickering] [Drama Queen Girlfriend] [All Sugar, No Angst] [A Couple Always at Each Other’s Throats] [School Life] [Lighthearted Comedy] Four years after their breakup, Lu Yuan’an somehow becomes the homeroom teacher of his ex-girlfriend’s cousin! As soon as they add each other, his ex-girlfriend Shen Qingqian doesn’t show the slightest respect for him as a teacher. Instead, she demands that he pay her back! Fine, fine! Then I, Lu Yuan’a 14.4kReads8.6Score1.7kShelves

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   This book feels very close to life and the content is very attractive.

7. 357 系 The System Told Me to Fight Scams, but I Drove the Scammers Crazy 系统让我反诈骗，我却把骗子气疯 Blazing Fire火烧炎炎Urban372k WordsCompleted A strange phone sends out strange anti-scam missions. One anti-scam tip a day, and I end up earning over a million a month. As the saying goes, scammers treat me like their first love, and I send them off wearing silver bracelets. And as another saying goes, you... hurry up and come see for yourself. The scammers are furious. 12.2kReads8.8Score1.1kShelves

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   It will definitely make you laugh to death, absolutely

8. 358 开 A Brat Steals Takeout from the Start, Then I Sue for Ten Million 开局熊孩子偷外卖，反手索赔千万 Lord Yuchen雨晨公Urban1.8M WordsCompleted A brat steals a food delivery and ends up hospitalized after eating something spicy. Now his awful parents are demanding compensation? I’ll go buy a watch worth ten million, let you steal it, then report you and sue you for everything you own! At a class reunion, an old classmate puts others down to suck up to the rich? I’ll buy his company and become his boss! On a blind date, a “goddess” sends me a ten-thousand-word essay and threatens to sic the internet on me? I’ll buy into a short-vide 120Reads5.5Score—Shelves
9. 359 被 After Being Struck by Lightning, I Can Hear What They're Thinking 被雷击后我能听到TA在想什么 Eat the Grapes, Spit Out the Grape Skins吃葡萄皮吐葡萄皮Urban354k WordsCompleted [One Female Lead + Authentic Political Drama + Urban Fantasy + Mind Reading + Smart Protagonist + Climbing to the Top of the Political Ladder + Serving the People] Zhang Xiaoxian is a post-90s “middle-aged man” with no parents and no powerful connections. A temp at the Guangming District Civil Affairs Bureau, he works diligently but is constantly bullied by his superiors and ostracized by his coworkers. Then a freak lightning strike gives him the power to read minds, changing his fate. He outsma 14Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Dude, look at this

10. 360 平 An Ordinary Person's Ordinary Days 平庸的人过平庸的日子 Eat the Grapes, Spit Out the Grape Skins吃葡萄皮吐葡萄皮Urban214k WordsCompleted Life is vast as the sea, yet all too often, what holds us back is not the mountains but our own obsessions! One day, when we look back, we will see that our little boat has already passed countless mountains! No System, no transmigration: simple, yet fresh, just like an ordinary world. Can it resonate with readers? This world has both sorrow and joy. Perhaps an ordinary life is what life truly is. Little people in big cities face countless helpless moments, and that is what life at the very bott —Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 361 恐 The Fear Walker: Laying Low in the Abyss to Create Gods 恐惧行者：苟在深渊造神 Zhi Yao之遥Mystery490k WordsOngoing Urban supernatural powers + single male lead + two heroines + legendary System + a touch of farming + a touch of sci-fi and cultivation, all stitched together + stat upgrades The story takes place in a modern city where technology and supernatural powers, cultivation and magic coexist, concealing countless strange phenomena and dangers. Ancient sects, emerging companies, underground black markets, and mysterious organizations from other realms are intricately intertwined, together forming this b 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Does urban superpower count?

12. 362 医 The Art of Healing 医路精诚 Already Old已旧Urban1.4M WordsCompleted The companion novel to this book, I Am a Traditional Chinese Medicine Doctor, is complete. The new novel, From Village Doctor to Master of Traditional Chinese Medicine, is currently being updated. Interested readers are welcome to check it out. At a time when traditional Chinese medicine is in decline, hospitals bearing its name are treating patients with Western medicine. Wang Chen, an heir to the Shanghan school, simply cannot stand it: even for a common cold, a traditional Chinese medicine ho 19.3kReads9.2Score2.1kShelves

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    The first one is a bit far-fetched to highlight the simplicity, but you can read it; the second one can be read as a civilian novel, after all, don't dream of unachievable dreams.

13. 363 少 Keep Moving Forward, Young Man 少年且前行 Li Xiangxiang李想想Urban1.6M WordsCompleted Bearing the hopes of his disabled parents and supported by every uncle and elder in Kaoshan Village, Wang Yan arrived in Binhai carrying a fertilizer sack full of the future. He stepped onto campus and began his journey toward changing his life… 73.1kReads9.5Score7.8kShelves
14. 364 重 Reborn: I Set Traps for the Capitalists at Every Turn 重生：我一路给资本做局 Love Little Watermelons喜欢小西瓜Urban3.9M WordsOngoing A private equity fund manager was lured into a trap and murdered, only to be reborn as a college student in 1995. Taking advantage of a brief stock market boom, he quickly got his start and changed his family's fortunes. His path to revenge began. His enemies had been billionaires in his previous life, with astonishing connections. He could only plan every move carefully and build up his strength. Gradually, he became known in investment circles as a genius. Years later, he was a top investor an 10.4kReads8.4Score750Shelves
15. 365 岁 The Ashes of Time 岁月的灰烬 Jiang Xiaoyu Loves Hot Pot江小鱼爱火锅Urban1.6M WordsCompleted [Everyday life + heartwarming + despair + one heroine + moving + relentless misfortune + no System + mother-daughter conflict + villains growing old + standing up to everyone + siblings + food lovers] Originally titled My Wife Divorced Me When I Had Terminal Cancer, Then My Mother-in-Law Knocked at Midnight Programmer Chen Xun often worked overtime and smoked. He developed terminal lung cancer, with only six months left to live. Not wanting to burden anyone, Chen Xun chose to divorce his wife an 37.4kReads9.1Score3kShelves
16. 366 一 Safe Travels 一路平安 Xiao Qi Jiao骁骑校Urban1.5M WordsCompleted Good people stay safe. Even a life that missed the college entrance exam can be legendary! 2.6kReads9.3Score334Shelves
17. 367 官 The Officialdom Game 官奕 Dreams of Spring and Autumn梦话春秋Urban519k WordsOngoing My name is Wei Zilong, and I’ve spent my career in government. Through my story, I want to show everyone what the political arena is really like... When you’re in public service, you can’t always control your own fate. If you never weather a storm, how can you ever mature? 13.2kReads7.5Score1kShelves

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    The writing style of this novel is great, the various characters are well described, and it is not cliché in the same genre.

18. 368 头 Alpha Wolf II: One Hand Shrouds the Sky 头狼Ⅱ只手遮天 Xun Fei寻飞Urban3.1M WordsCompleted For the sake of the goddess, I crossed the big shot in the county. To stay alive, I fought my way up, one step at a time, until I became the boss... One day, the hidden dragon will find the rain it needs. With a single roar, it will shift the mountains and rivers and move the Big Dipper. Stories of the underdog rising to the top will always set the blood racing. 26.1kReads9.0Score2.7kShelves

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    The book that is really eye-catching is not a cool novel or a gangster novel. You can also learn from it the worldly ways, watch the fireworks in the world, and recall the happy times with your brothers. It is also refreshing, including intrigues, brain power competitions in the later period, and fierce battles.

19. 369 失 The Unemployment Front Alliance 失业阵线联盟 I Came to This World to Make Up the Numbers我来人间凑凑数Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [This story is entirely fictional. If anything sounds familiar, then it's true!] This is a bittersweet comedy about a bunch of overworked corporate drones, a dark sitcom set in the urban jungle! The pandemic is over, but life goes on. This book depicts the many different lives of ordinary people during the pandemic. 23Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Reality reproduction, one book is adapted from real people

20. 370 破 After Bankruptcy, I Won It All Back by Running a Street Stall 破产后，我靠摆摊夺回一切 I Came to This World to Make Up the Numbers我来人间凑凑数Urban400k WordsCompleted [This story is adapted from real events and is published with the protagonist's consent.] He was fearless, fighting his way up from the bottom to the pinnacle, only to be betrayed by everyone when their interests were at stake. He cherished his wife above all else and did everything he could to protect her and their children, but... Husband and wife are birds of the same forest, yet when disaster strikes, each flies away alone. In the face of material interests, deep love is ultimately worth too 169Reads6.7Score—Shelves
21. 371 我 Writing and Lying Flat on the Northern Frontier 我在北境边境笔耕躺平 Half a Brick半块板砖Urban688k WordsCompleted Orphan Lu Ze had had enough of workplace hypocrisy and the clamor of the city. He took his entire fortune of 560,000 yuan and headed for the northeastern border, where he found an empty village that had been erased from the map: Wangbeitun. As the youngest border resident in Wangbeitun’s history, his life went like this: · Annual income: a few hundred yuan from writing flop novels, plus a 3,500-yuan border-resident subsidy. The main goal was simply to stay alive. · Daily KPIs: write 4,000 words 337Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    Discover a great book.

22. 372 趁 While My Childhood Friend Is Still Naive, I Talk Her into Becoming My Wife 趁青梅懵懂，忽悠她做老婆 Hardworking Old Jiu奋斗老九Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [Reborn + Childhood Friend and School Beauty + Everyday Romance + Sweet Couple Moments + One Heroine] Yi Feng, who is terminally ill, is reborn in the year 2000. That year, his childhood friend and school beauty, Gu Muxi, is eighteen. “Yi Feng, lend me a pen!” “...Didn’t you borrow one yesterday?” “Yesterday was yesterday, today is today. Things have changed, get it?” “...You win. Fine, here.” “Yi Feng, tear off a sheet of paper for me!” “...Why tear mine? Don’t you have your own?” “I do, but I 65.1kReads9.5Score8.7kShelves
23. 373 欲 The Abyss of Desire 欲望之深渊 Always Safe and Sound无虞常安Urban378k WordsCompleted A period novel beginning in the mid-1960s. An orphan raised in poverty, consumed by endless desire, and a dissolute man whose life has never known any light both chase fame and fortune, always managing to step right onto the leading edge of each era’s transformations. They climb over the lives and shoulders of others to gain power and wealth, then rise and fall amid high society and a life of indulgence. Their desires swell until they can never be satisfied, and they sink so deeply into it that 69Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Come and see [smile]

24. 374 不 After I Stopped Simping, the Campus Beauty Cried and Asked Why! 不当舔狗后，校花哭问为什么！ Pu Tong朴通Urban2.5M WordsCompleted Synopsis: [Grounded Logic + Reborn Sycophant + Campus Belle + Cheat-Powered Life + Feel-Good Fiction] Lin Xuan, a hopeless simp, is reborn back in his senior year of high school. Facing the campus belle he has loved for ten years, he decisively chooses to walk away this time. In his previous life, she was the reason he endured endless humiliation. He spent three years growing flowers for her, only for her to call them filthy! He brought her breakfast for three years, and she turned around and th 4kReads8.8Score348Shelves
25. 375 女 A Female Boss Stole My Parking Spot, So I Sent Her to Prison with One Move 女领导强占车位，我一招送她坐牢 Mr. Demon Cache魔藏先生7k WordsCompleted My Female Boss Stole My Parking Spot, So I Sent Her to Prison with One Move —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The trivial things in life that make people very happy! Finally slapped in the face!

26. 376 女 A Master's Student Sold Her Account, Stole It Back, and I Ruined Her Path to Success 女硕卖号又偷回，我砸烂她上岸路 Mr. Demon Cache魔藏先生7k WordsCompleted A Graduate Student Sold Her Account, Then Stole It Back. I Destroyed Her Chances of Making It —Reads—Score—Shelves

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