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- 51 The Handsome Young Man 帅小伙 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. 37.8kReads9.3Score3.7k14d adds
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I Transmigrated into a Cultivation Novel and Kept My Head Down Until I Became a God 穿进修仙文，苟成神
The heroine grows up gradually from just over two years old, so there are plenty of warm, healing moments along the way. She isn’t powerful from the start, so feel free to skip this if that’s not your thing. Writing is hard. If it’s not for you, please move on, and don’t leave nasty comments. Thank you in advance, lovely ladies and handsome gentlemen. After being betrayed and ambushed by those around her, Tiantian’er, a high-level lightning-element ability user in the apocalypse, blew herself
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Weaving Whales 织鲸
Print edition signed [Reborn on campus * the second male lead gets the girl * wants to win his wife back but can't find the crematorium] [Clear-eyed, aloof heroine * sweet-on-the-inside hero pretending to be cool] The most rebellious and courageous thing Jiang Mingzhi ever did was marry Pei Jinyang, the son of Uncle Pei. In her pursuit of true love, she was shunned by everyone and despised. After marrying Pei Jinyang, she thought she was the heroine of a sweet romance. She never expected that af
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- 54 Such a Good Girl 好一个乖乖女 [Print edition signed] [Short drama now streaming] [Sweet romance with a touch of angst] [Fake-good, scheming heroine x domineering wealthy tyrant] [Both leads are each other’s only one] Duan Xiuming first met Lu Mingyu at a wedding. She was stunningly beautiful, yet looked like a well-behaved good girl, sitting off to the side and painting because someone had told her to. “Boring woman,” he judged. But in the blink of an eye, Lu Mingyu gave him a huge surprise! She destroyed her painting and co 30.4kReads9.5Score4k14d adds
- 55 Stealing the Springtime of Day 偷揽昼春 [Both leads are each other's only one + The second male lead takes the girl + Long-planned romance + Entertainment-industry dating show] [Rebellious, devoted wife-obsessed man x Cool-headed, rational beauty in a cheongsam] Yu Liao was Cen Chimo's ever-ready sidekick, docile and obedient, like a silent shadow. Cen Chimo shamelessly enjoyed her devotion and never imagined that one day she might leave. They met again on a dating show. Yu Liao wore a cheongsam, cool as snow, and didn't spare him 30.8kReads9.5Score4k14d adds
- 56 Dad Told Her, If You're Unhappy, Make a Scene 老爹告诉她，不顺心就要闹 Wang Xiaoxiao followed her dad to the military base. Two months later, both her dad’s allowance and her stepmother’s allowance were in her hands. She also gained a tagalong, He Jin. She and her dad kept jumping back and forth between loving each other and setting each other up. Under He Jin’s aura of genius, the thing she did most was sign confidentiality agreements. Wang Xiaoxiao gained two more dads: He Jianmin and Ding Jianguo. A story about an Army kid who wandered into someone else’s field 60kReads8.9Score3k14d adds
- 57 The Xie Family's Short-Lived Son Has Lived to a Hundred 谢家的短命鬼长命百岁了 [Screen adaptation rights sold] The lid of a dead person's coffin won't lie flat because they had an unresolved longing in life. Given time, that longing turns into a demonic obsession, and unless it is resolved, their descendants will suffer. Yan Sanhe's job is to release the dead from their obsessions. One day, she gets hounded by Third Master Xie, who claims to have one. Yan Sanhe says she doesn't deal with the living. Third Master Xie replies, “Everyone says I won't live long. Just think of 124.8kReads9.6Score17k14d adds
- 58 My Fortune-Telling Is So Accurate, Even Foreign Clients Weep and Call Me a Master 算命太准，外国客户都哭着喊大佬 [Fortune-telling, feng shui, the occult, ghost-hunting, no romance, episodic stories] After a great calamity, Lin Xi, the ninth-generation female leader of the Taixuan Sect, arrives a thousand years in the future. She becomes the granddaughter of the sect’s last disciple and inherits a rundown feng shui shop. With the sect in decline and the occult arts fading away, Lin Xi begins her quest to restore the sect from the shop no one ever visits. Fortune-telling, divination, feng shui, exorcisms, an 46.5kReads9.0Score4.6k14d adds
- 59 I Saved the Entire Sect by Giving Up 我靠摆烂拯救了全宗门 (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
- 60 The Court Hears My Thoughts: I Slack Off and Enjoy the Gossip! 满朝文武听我心声，我摆烂吃瓜！ [Everyone Can Hear Her Thoughts + Goofy Comedy + Gossip + Doing the Bare Minimum] This is not a no-romance story! There isn’t much focus on romance, though, and the male lead isn’t human! If you’re okay with that, come on in! After finally becoming the daughter of a respectable family in ancient times, she’s determined to treasure this wonderful life! After transmigrating, Lin Mo spends over a decade living like a lazy fish, planning to keep it that way. But her father worries she’ll starve, so 59.7kReads9.5Score58.5k14d adds
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The X-Ray Doctor Who Conquers the City 透视邪医混花都
Chen Xuan accidentally inherits the legacy of a peerless evil healer. Mastering supreme medical skills and unlocking a divine eye that sees through everything, he rises to prominence in the city and lives life on his own terms!
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- 62 After Prison, I Flash-Married a Billionaire 出狱后，我闪婚千亿老公 On the day of her wedding, Li Man was framed and thrown in prison. After her release, she impulsively married a driver and decided they would make a simple life together. Little did she know, the driver was a powerful man who controlled everything, and the scumbag's uncle! After they married, he faithfully fulfilled his duties as her husband and took excellent care of both her and her grandmother. As a husband, he was faultless, but Li Man knew he didn't love her. She thought their quiet life wo 24.5kReads8.9Score2.1k14d adds
- 63 EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score178.8k14d adds
- 64 EN The Dragon Son-in-Law 上门龙婿 The Ye family is one of the most powerful families in Yanjing and across the country. Yet Ye Chen is a live-in son-in-law everyone looks down on. No one knows who he really is. Those who despise him will eventually kneel before him, trembling with fear, and call him “Master”! 225.7kReads9.2Score9.4k14d adds
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Little White Poplar 小白杨
Bai Xinyu, a rich second-generation kid, is thrown into the army by his family for "reform." Young Master Bai tearfully accepts his fate, and, as luck would have it, runs into Yu Fengcheng, who makes trouble for him at every turn. As Bai Xinyu struggles through army life alongside Yu Fengcheng, he gradually grows into a sturdy, resilient "little white poplar."
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- 66 Who Takes Whom Seriously? 谁把谁当真 One is a fickle playboy who lives life as he pleases. The other has been through countless trials and puts reason before emotion. A relationship that began with “living in the moment” gradually turned into a bloodless battle of wits, where each tried to win the other’s heart. They distrust each other, yet feel drawn to one another, constantly testing each other’s limits with suspicion and probing. They knowingly fall into the trap, surrendering to feelings in confusion, until they’re caught in a 38.6kReads9.5Score7.9k14d adds
- 67 Yet You Love Someone Else 你却爱着一个他 Proud and self-assured, Jian Suiying loves fiercely and hates fiercely. He relentlessly pursues Li Yu, his younger brother Jian Suilin's classmate. But his arrogant, domineering attitude makes Li Yu feel deeply humiliated and provoked, awakening the beastly, frenzied side of this pampered young heir. Desire and affection become hopelessly entangled, impossible to separate. What seems to be nothing more than a pursuit and contest between the two gradually spirals out of control because of Jian Su 82.4kReads9.4Score15.2k14d adds
- 68 Drunk for a Hundred Years 一醉经年 A secret crush is like a flask of strong liquor. You know that drinking it will leave you dizzy, make you lose control, and bring you pain, yet you still throw yourself into it like a moth to a flame, all too happy to suffer. You only take a sip, while I drink until I’m drunk. But everyone who drinks has to sober up one day. A calm, aloof engineer bottom VS a selfish, cold-hearted celebrity top 20.4kReads9.4Score6.3k14d adds
- 69 Additional Inheritance 附加遗产 Yaya was gone. She had killed herself. Though they weren't related by blood, she had been his older sister for over ten years. Now she had vanished just like that, leaving him a sizable inheritance and... a child. He was only nineteen that year, still a child himself, yet somehow he had to look after a teenager. The kid wasn't difficult to care for. The moodiness and rebelliousness of adolescence were nowhere to be seen. He was brilliant, far more mature and levelheaded than his age suggested, a 56.5kReads9.5Score16.7k14d adds
- 70 Locked in a Deadly Match 针锋对决 Yuan Yang is forced by his father to learn business management under Gu Qingpei, a newly hired commercial star. One is a wild, unruly rich young master, while the other is a cautious, shrewd industry leader. They take an instant dislike to each other, and whenever they meet, sparks fly as neither is willing to back down. By chance, Yuan Yang discovers Gu Qingpei’s secret and sets a scheme in motion against him. He never expects strange feelings to gradually take root in his heart. With their cla 33.6kReads9.5Score9.8k14d adds
- 71 The Gray-Haired Uncle and the Mixed-Race Prince 灰大叔与混血王子 Ding Xiaowei is a single father who works himself to the bone to give his daughter a better life. One moment of greed leads him to bring home an injured, seemingly wealthy unlucky guy he found by the sea, hoping for a classic tale of a rich man falling on hard times and rewarding his rescuer with a fortune. Who knew the unlucky guy would be handsome, considerate, a great cook, and good with kids? Apart from not being a woman, he seems pretty much perfect. Their peaceful days look as though they 6.7kReads9.3Score1.6k14d adds
- 72 The Sissy of the 188 Club 188男团娘娘腔 Li Chengxiu was timid and taciturn, and ostracized throughout his school years. Shao Qun’s passing whim gave him the only warmth he had ever known, but it also pushed him, while still young, into even deeper darkness. More than a decade later, they meet again. To Shao Qun, Li Chengxiu is a sweet treat he never dared taste back then, so he deliberately draws close. Will this be a chance to redeem the past, or the beginning of another disaster? 28.4kReads9.3Score5.4k14d adds
- 73 The True Story of My Love with Mr. Shen 我和沈先生的恋爱实录 Pei Ran: I met, understood, and fell in love with Mr. Shen when we were young. From then on, we held hands and stayed together until our hair turned white. Shen Zhixing: I liked Pei Ran. It was a secret I kept when I was young, one I never told anyone. I love Pei Ran. That is a truth that will never change, from now into forever, and I'm willing to tell the whole world. 41.5kReads9.6Score4.6k14d adds
- 74 A True Record of My Romance With Mr. Pei 我和小裴先生的恋爱实录 Pei Ran: I met, understood, and fell in love with Mr. Shen when we were young. From then on, we held hands and grew old together. Shen Zhixing: I liked Pei Ran. It was a secret I kept from everyone when we were young. I love Pei Ran. It’s a truth that will never change, from now into the future, and I’m willing to tell the whole world. 14.2kReads9.5Score2k14d adds
- 75 Cambrian Rebirth 寒武再临 A massive earthquake unleashed mysterious energy, accelerating the decay of food and driving plants and animals to evolve at a frenzy. Humanity, too, developed a variety of abilities, and the entire planet descended into apocalyptic madness. For survival, for salvation, and for that tiny glimmer of hope in the depths of despair, an astonishing adventure in the apocalypse begins... 5.9kReads9.0Score1.5k14d adds
- 76 Pursuing the King 逐王 A power struggle paved with blades, fought by an ambitious man A path of revenge, carved through every obstacle by an ordinary man A journey to restore order, with a statesman ready for war at dawn A mission to save the world, pursued by an idealist who will never break, no matter how many times he dies 6.5kReads9.1Score1.5k14d adds
- 77 Dragon Blood 龙血 While carrying out a mission, mercenary Shan Ming comes across a little boy. He never expected the child to be a “Dragonblood,” or to have countless ties to the terrifying “National Weapon” program. The fates of the two of them, and even more people, are changed as a result. A massive conspiracy lurks behind what seems to be an ordinary mission, and Shan Ming's mercenary group is plunged into crisis after crisis… 3.8kReads8.2Score71014d adds
- 78 The 188-Centimeter Boy Band of Sissies 188娘娘腔男团 188 Sissy Boy Band 354Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 EN The Gods' Foolish Game 诸神愚戏 I have two principles in life: 1. I never lie. 2. I never believe anything anyone says, including myself. “Sir, I would like to point out that your second statement conflicts with the first.” “How so?” “If you never lie, why don’t you believe what you say?” “Oh, sorry. I forgot to mention that I don’t consider myself human.” “?” Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Cheng Shi, Cheng Shi who never lies. What, you’ve never heard of me? That’s all right. You simply haven’t been deceived by m 519.6kReads9.7Score67.5k14d adds
- 80 EN Learning to Slay Gods in the Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院学斩神 A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled 992.2kReads9.9Score158.5k14d adds
- 81 EN Game Invasion: Addicted to Snatching the Male and Female Leads' Destinies 游戏入侵：抢男女主机缘会上瘾诶 [Game Invasion + No Romance + Leveling + Lone Wolf + Gaming] (Also known as: Game Invasion) After being reborn, the first thing Yu Xunge did was go home and make her younger brother down a bottle of liquor, causing him to miss the first game beta test. In her previous life, she didn't learn until she was dying that he had been scheming against her from the shadows all along. She was merely the villainess in a wish-fulfillment novel about a live-in son-in-law... Every bit of malice she suffered w 998kReads9.5Score85.8k14d adds
- 82 Heavenly Abyss 天渊 (The print edition has been published and is available to buy online) A hundred years ago, Chen Qingyuan entered a forbidden zone called the Heavenly Abyss. His soul lamp went out, and everyone believed he was dead. Today, Chen Qingyuan has emerged from the forbidden zone alive, but his cultivation has been destroyed and his spiritual roots severed. With his beloved breaking off their engagement and the various sects bullying him, what is Chen Qingyuan supposed to do? “Chen Qingyuan, you have tw 974.8kReads9.4Score97.1k14d adds
- 83 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Northern School 北派盗墓笔记 [Published in print and available online] [The Beipai Notes horizontal-screen drama is now streaming] [Tomb Raiding + Mystery + Antiques] I'm a poor kid from a mountain village in Northeast China. In the early twenty-first century, hoping to make something of myself, I joined a northern tomb-raiding crew. From south to north, I've seen every side of the underworld and crossed paths with people from all walks of life. Over the years, I went from a young man to a middle-aged one. My drinking got b 948.8kReads9.6Score117.8k14d adds
- 84 EN A Freshman Internship, and You Go to Bureau 749 to Contain Monsters 大一实习，你跑去749收容怪物 [Decisive killing] [How could any monster be good?] [All monsters deserve to die] [Ruthless] During his sophomore summer vacation, Lu Ding had planned to use the time to take an internship and earn some living expenses. Who could have expected that the construction site where he interned would excavate a bleeding stone? The workers fled one after another, but Lu Ding charged in with a rotary hammer. After transmigrating to this world nearly twenty years ago, Lu Ding’s golden finger, the Monster 513.4kReads9.5Score39.7k14d adds
- 85 The Crown of the Dark Moon 黑月光冠冕 [The first print volume is now available] [Sweet Romance in a Wealthy Family] + [A Forbidden Love Falls from Its Pedestal] + [Characters Awaken] + [A Chaotic Love Rival Showdown] “You are a cannon-fodder character in this world. Your character tags are: beautiful, vicious, and stupid. When you were eight, you were adopted by the Shen family, the most powerful family in Whale Harbor. The head of the family treasured you like a gem, but you joined forces with your villainous mother to scheme agai 305.9kReads9.5Score42.1k14d adds
- 86 EN Villain: My Little Brother is the Chosen One 反派：我的弟弟是天选之子 "Lovably awful villain + wish fulfillment + scheming + lighthearted + sly trickster + shameless + not an invincible protagonist" Qin Feng transmigrated into the ancient wilderness as the eldest young master of the Qin family. His twin younger brother was the legendary Chosen One, and possessed a one-in-ten-thousand Supreme Bone. He thought he could ride his brother’s coattails to the peak of life, but then an unprincipled System showed up and told him there was a bright future in being a villain 342.4kReads9.5Score38.6k14d adds
- 87 EN Immortality System: I Outlived Everyone 系统赋我长生，我熬死了所有人 Observing the love and hatred of cultivators across the river of time from a perspective beyond life itself. He left a modest little town and entered the wondrous world of cultivation. His journey sped up and slowed down, moving forward or stopping to rest, but he never stopped walking. The Age of Declining Dharma, the Age of Emperors, the Age of Dark Turmoil… He appeared in every age, and the only thing he could do was watch old friends die with his own eyes, then see them off to their grave 581.6kReads9.4Score60.6k14d adds
- 88 No Eavesdropping on the Emperor 不许偷听朕说话 An Jiu transmigrated into the body of a young palace maid who wanted to climb into the emperor’s bed. The moment she opened her eyes, the tyrant ran his sword straight through the maid who had tried to seduce him. The next day, the tyrant killed a senior maid who served one of the consorts. On the third day, a maid who tasted the emperor’s food died from poison. Being a palace maid was a high-risk job. An Jiu decided to work hard, save up, cherish her life, and stay away from the tyrant. But the 78.3kReads9.4Score13k14d adds
- 89 Ride Out to Battle, Peach Blossoms in My Wake 桃花马上请长缨 The short drama adaptation of June's novel, Power and Favor 3: Power and Favor in the Capital, is now available on Hongguo App. She cared for her in-laws and used her dowry to support the General's household, only for him to use his hard-won military achievements to ask for the female general's hand as his equal wife. Zhan Beiwang mocked her. “Song Xixie, do you know that your fine clothes, rich food, and glittering jewels all come from General Yi Fang and me fighting bloody battles to hold back 15kReads9.5Score5.5k14d adds
- 90 The Top-Ranked Road Survivalist Says She'll Walk to the End of the Road 公路求生榜一说她要走到公路尽头 Strong female lead, no romance, no romantic subplots, clear-headed protagonist, ensemble cast, team-focused. Qi Xu wandered alone along this highway filled with danger and death for nearly four years. With disasters striking endlessly and monsters growing ever stronger, she gradually transformed from a frail woman who could not even kill a chicken into a seasoned player who killed without hesitation. Yet she still died regrettably inside a dungeon... Just before her death, she triggered the prec 434kReads9.4Score40.6k14d adds
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1999: The War Erased from History 1999：被抹去的战争
The apocalyptic war that swept the globe in 1999 left no trace in history books, news reports, or monuments. At the moment the war ended, humanity signed the 1999 Secrecy Agreement. The memories of everyone involved were erased, and all evidence was destroyed. In 2025, an ordinary auto mechanic named Ye Chen has fragments of memories sealed away for twenty-six years triggered by the roar of a fighter jet and a wound on his hand. Blood-red skies, collapsing cities, the cold, towering shadows of a
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