Fanqie booklists

Crime Syndicate Novels, Not Mindless Power Fantasies! 黑道类小说,不想看无脑爽文!

Books
109
Views
10.4M
Recs
153
Updated
11h ago

GPT-6 Luna

Report this booklist

We'll look into it and reply in Notifications.

Posted with your username in our Discord's public #reports. Leave out anything personal.

In this list

Reader notes translated by Google Translate

Genre, tags, more
Genre, tags, more
Clear all
  1. 51 The Allure of the Underworld 黑道诱人 Urban5.2M WordsOngoing [The short drama adapted from this book, From Here on, Rivers Flow into the World, is now available. Come watch!] [Urban + underworld + big shots + all-powerful + feel-good story + period setting + invincible protagonist + multiple heroines + ruthless and decisive] When I was little, my dad often told me that the path of the underworld was a road of no return. It was hard to walk, and few people ever came to a good end. I never understood what he meant. Instead, I thought the underworld was all 67.5kReads8.7Score3kShelves
  2. 52 The Youth of Two Generations 两代人的青春 Urban3.0M WordsOngoing My name is Li Sunan, and I'm a complete... bastard. Please take a moment, settle in, and let me tell you the whole story. From my godfather, Li Zhen, to my second uncle, Cui Lijun, and then to my own dark life. From 1990 to 2020. Thirty tumultuous years in a small city in Northeast China. One act ends, and another begins. Two generations rise and fall, knowing both glory and disgrace. There are no all-powerful crime bosses here. Just a bunch of little people struggling at the bottom... The road 2.2kReads6.9Score103Shelves
    Reader note
  3. 53 Those Confused Days of Youth 那些年迷茫的日子 Urban686k WordsCompleted One thought can lead to heaven, another to hell. Half a life wasted, with the past too painful to look back on. I once ruled my corner of the world, and I once ended up in prison. From being adored by everyone to the desolation of today, I dedicate this book to the friends I once had. 686Reads7.1Score—Shelves
  4. 54 The Era After the Martial World 后江湖時代 Urban2.0M WordsOngoing [Underworld + Passionate + Satisfying + Ensemble Cast + Jianghu + Big Shots + School + Comedy] “After midnight, we call the shots on this land, whether you’re on the right side of the law or the wrong one!” Jiang Nan stood proudly at the summit like a solitary eagle, looking down at the young generation shining like stars across the jianghu below. “The Su District...” “The tragedy from ten years ago will never happen again in our generation!” “I’ll make sure everyone knows that this era belongs 24.8kReads8.9Score1.6kShelves
    Reader note
  5. 55 The Jianghu: What Is It, Really? 江湖,到底是什么? Urban193k WordsOngoing [Pure Underworld] [The Jianghu of the 1980s] Where there are people, there are grudges; where there are grudges, there is a jianghu; people are the jianghu! It used to be called the jianghu, but now it's called society! When the storms had passed, Lang Aowen knelt once more before the sacred image of Guan Yu, holding three sticks of incense high above his head. Only one question remained in his heart: The jianghu, what exactly is it? [Serious Warning: The characters and plot in this book are 1.7kReads—Score101Shelves
    Reader note
  6. 56 The Pinnacle of Nowhere 1 无人之巅1 Urban1.3M WordsOngoing I went into the underworld because I didn’t want to be bullied... I stepped into the darkness so I’d never have to turn my back on it again. I cast aside my conscience and sharpened my claws, trampling underfoot each person who had once humiliated me. 240Reads—Score—Shelves
    Reader note
  7. 57 Underworld Tyrant: Those Who Follow Me Prosper, Those Who Oppose Me Perish! 黑道暴君:顺我者昌,逆我者亡! Urban983k WordsOngoing [Class Beauty, I’m out of prison. You’ll pay for what you did!] Framed by the class beauty he loved, Wang Erchui was wrongfully imprisoned for three years. The misery of prison transformed the once-ordinary boy into a hardened man. But it was only after getting out and seeking revenge that he gradually realized there was a terrifying story behind it all. The truth was, it wasn’t that love affair that had ruined his life. It was a vast, carefully woven web of darkness. His enemies had already ris 9.6kReads8.9Score587Shelves
    Reader note
  8. 58 Eerie Infinite: The Death Script of the Starlight Cinema 诡异无限:星光电影院的死亡剧本 Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted [Infinite flow + ensemble cast + battle royale + death scenarios + horror + suspense + gore + gritty realism + slow burn + character growth] “Remember, trust is a luxury here, and stupidity... is a deadly poison!” “Enough! I just want to work and live in peace. What did I do wrong? Why do I have to die? Tell me why!” “Because you’re just one of the people at the bottom...” “So people at the bottom deserve to die?” “Yes. Unless you make it to the very last day, you’re a god!” A terrifying movie t 1.5kReads6.1Score153Shelves
    Reader note
  9. 59 Reborn in Dongguan in 1998: From the Start, You Want Me to Live Off a Woman? 重生98东莞:开局你让我吃软饭 Urban359k WordsOngoing [Passionate Jianghu] [Everyday Urban Life] [Feel-Good Read] [Human Relationships] [Multiple Heroines] [Underworld] [Business] One day, Zhou Mo wakes up transmigrated back to 1998, at the height of Dongwan's "Heaven on Earth." In his previous life, he scraped by on weekends by throwing fixed fights and acting as a sparring partner for the rich. This time, Zhou Mo vows to make something of his life. Armed with a sense of grievance and information from the future, he moves from the entertainment in 1Reads—Score—Shelves
  10. 60 A Pot of Liquor in Dongguan, Jimei, Come with Me 东莞一壶酒,集美跟我走 Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Passionate Wuxia] [Love and Romance] [Humorous and Funny] Chen Hao’s wife died young, and he was so consumed by grief that he couldn’t pull himself out of it. Seeing how much he was suffering, his parents-in-law urged him to head south to Dongguan and seek help from his sister-in-law. But when he arrived in Dongguan, he discovered the shocking reason she had always been single... To save her from this living hell, Chen Hao had no choice but to raise his fists. After spending a while here, h 8.3kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves
    Reader note
  11. 61 I Didn’t Stab a Man, I Stabbed This Rotten World 老子捅的不是人,是世道 Urban434k WordsOngoing [Urban Underworld | Reborn Comeback | Brotherhood and High-Octane Gang Battles] 1991. Fu’an. Heavy snow. Fang Xiao knelt on the storeroom’s concrete floor, Zhao Changshui’s blood still on his hands. He was reborn, carrying memories of his brothers’ horrific deaths and his family’s ruin in his previous life. This time, he wouldn’t take the blame for anyone or be anyone’s lackey. He would wade through the filth and lead a band of brothers who had been dragged through the mud, determined to make 7Reads—Score—Shelves
    Reader note
  12. 62 The Underworld in ’96: A Life-or-Death Hustler in Guancheng 九六江湖路:莞城搏命仔 Urban1.5M WordsOngoing The year he came to Guancheng to seek refuge with his maternal aunt, his father was executed by firing squad and his mother was sent to prison. He had no home left, but he had to survive. In an era when all kinds of people rubbed shoulders, law and order were chaotic, and shady businesses brought in huge profits, what kind of path through life would Xia Xi ultimately carve out? The original title of this book was: The Jianghu of '96: A Desperate Fighter in Guancheng 23.6kReads8.5Score1.8kShelves
    Reader note
  13. 63 The Forbidden City's Ultimate Playboy: Du Zhicheng 紫禁城最强纨绔:杜之城 Urban1.2M WordsOngoing A story set in a parallel world. Not real, yet real. He was born a top-tier second-generation rich kid. He united the powerful second-generation crowd across the river. He traveled far and wide, face-slapping all kinds of powerful figures. At a young age, he stood at the very top. The story of Zheng Ge and Xiao Cheng still lives on in the underworld. 11.2kReads7.4Score552Shelves
    Reader note
  14. 64 The Jianghu: I Am the Kingpin 江湖:我即为枭 Urban321k WordsOngoing [Underworld] [Brothers United] [Mind-Bending] [Passionate and Thrilling] Three years in prison couldn't dull my edge. My name is Wang Xiao. I spent three years behind bars for offending a powerful figure. After my release, I returned to my old stomping grounds with my brothers and the skills my master taught me. Some want to trample me underfoot. Some want to stab me in the back. And my enemies, lurking in the shadows, are watching me like hawks. But my life is no longer something just anyone ca 114Reads—Score—Shelves
    Reader note
  15. 65 The Pinnacle of Flame City 焰城顶点 Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Underworld fiction, urban setting. Beneath the plane trees at Yancheng No. 4 High School, more eyes were watching than there were cicadas singing. Some stared at Chen Shun's dazzling blond hair, as if checking whether a certain rumor was true. Some remembered the pale pink scar at Li Huafeng's temple, as though it still held a trace of his unspent fury. Guo Qiang's silent bulk was like a moving wall wherever he went, blocking out the sunlight and the prying eyes alike. No one knew that these few 33Reads6.5Score—Shelves
    Reader note
  16. 66 Flame City: The Pinnacle, Memories of No. 4 Middle School 焰城顶点之四中往事 22k WordsCompleted The Past of No. 4 Middle School, at the Top of Yancheng 21Reads—Score—Shelves
  17. 67 I Saved a Stunning Beauty, and She Tried to Hack Me with a Knife by the Bed 救了绝色美女,她在床边拿刀砍我 Urban644k WordsCompleted Chu Lingtian is a legendary man known as the "Grim Reaper Wolf King." He returns to the city for a top-secret mission, never imagining that on his very first day back, he will spend the night with a beautiful woman named Liu Bingxue. Afterward, Liu Bingxue takes him home and passes him off as her boyfriend. But it turns out she has a twin sister, Liu Huohuo. The older sister is cold and aloof, while the younger is uninhibited. Sharing a room with these twin beauties is certainly thrilling. After 11.5kReads8.7Score1kShelves
    Reader note
  18. 68 Dongguan Underworld: From the Start, I’d Risk My Life for the Nightclub Sisters 东莞黑道:开局为夜总会姐姐拼命 Urban1.1M WordsOngoing [Underworld + Mature Beauties + Multiple Heroines + Brotherhood] Ye Tian comes to Dongguan to stay with his cousin. After being expelled for fighting, he becomes a taxi driver. While waiting for customers outside a nightclub, he suddenly hears that Su Yao got on the wrong side of a young mob boss at work that day and is in serious trouble. A choice lies before Ye Tian. Will he swallow his anger, or seek sweet revenge? A taxi driver and a woman struggling at the bottom of society: what lies ahead 326Reads—Score103Shelves
    Reader note
  19. 69 I'm a Locksmith, and You Want Me to Exorcise Demons and Ferry Souls? 我一个开锁匠,你让我摆妖渡魂? Mystery205k WordsCompleted Guo Cheng is a master locksmith who has never failed. Until one day, he opens a “lock” and unlocks the door to another world. From then on, his clients are no longer limited to people with security doors. They include the demon spirits that wander among the living. He picks locks to “lock” away danger, and ferries spirits so they can depart in peace. In the shadows of the city, demons and ghosts run rampant. Watch as a locksmith uses his skills to forge his own path as a ferryman between the wor 49Reads—Score—Shelves
    Reader note
  20. 70 Tidal Sting 潮刺 Urban415k WordsCompleted At nineteen, Chen Mo is betrayed by his brother and forced to kneel on a rooftop in Taitung, a steel pipe pressed to his head, his life hanging in the balance. Clutching a shard of broken glass, he saws through his restraints and leaps into the freezing sea. Surviving is a new beginning. Eight brothers who would lay down their lives for one another, and an oath written in blood. “I don’t care about anything else. Anyone who messes with our brothers, we take care of.” From the streets of Taitung 1Reads—Score—Shelves
    Reader note
  21. 71 Tales of Qingdao: The Jia'ao Brothers 青岛往事:胶澳兄弟连 Urban356k WordsCompleted Nine young men with nothing to their names risked their lives to uphold one word, loyalty, amid an era of upheaval. They lost brothers, lovers, and their health. In the end, some became tombstones, some became legends, and some became ordinary people. But the words they spoke at Xiaogang Wharf in the early hours of the third day of the Lunar New Year in 1998, facing fifty men with machetes, carried more weight than any underworld code: “What the hell is there to be afraid of?” 2Reads—Score—Shelves
  22. 72 Destined for a Life in the Underworld from Birth 从出生开始就注定混黑道 Urban849k WordsOngoing No System! No brainless antics! Packed with thrilling, iconic moments from beginning to end! My big brother told me to go to school and protect the campus belle, but I ended up reading her a love letter in front of the whole school? The son of the boss of a rival gang wants to be my underling? A gorgeous, wealthy woman wants me to marry her? It's gotten to the point where I don't even want to run with the gang anymore. I'm surrounded by gorgeous, wealthy women. I really don't want to work hard a 1.2kReads7.2Score—Shelves
    Reader note
  23. 73 Xuan Ye Rules the Roost 轩爷当道 Urban614k WordsCompleted In the underworld of Binhai City, one name strikes fear into everyone: Master Xuan. Once a low-level thug, he rose to dominate the criminal world through ruthless cunning and strategic brilliance. On his turf, his word is law, and no one dares defy him. In a private club room, he can decide another person’s fate with a casual remark. His quiet, commanding presence leaves every crime boss trembling. But how will this king of the underworld continue his legend amid the shifting currents of the jia —Reads—Score—Shelves
  24. 74 Zhang Bo, the Gambling City's Crime Lord 袅雄张波赌城风云 Urban219k WordsCompleted At the gambling tables of the city, the stakes are lives. Zhang Bo enters the game with half a King of Spades tucked away. In Shuyang, he first exposes Sun Ergou and his wife’s act of pretending to be poor to exploit people’s kindness, rescuing honest folks from their greed. Then he seizes Master Lei’s money-lending turf, only to be framed by an old-school kingpin for cheating. A manhunt closes in. But he was never prey waiting to be slaughtered. With recordings as his cards and rules as his bl 2Reads—Score—Shelves
  25. 75 Learning Feng Shui from Third Grandpa 跟着三爷爷学风水 Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted Born into a family of Feng Shui practitioners, I became someone who defies fate the moment I entered the world of Yin-Yang Feng Shui. As one strange event after another unfolded, I learned to recognize fortune and misfortune, ward off disaster, and handle everything with ease. To all the brothers, sisters, uncles, and aunties passing by, please leave a book review here! Remember to comment, too! Thank you! If you like learning, remember to bring your brain along. There’s plenty of useful informa 34.1kReads8.8Score2.9kShelves
    Reader note
  26. 76 Dragon Horse Jianghu: A Wuxia Novel 武侠小说龙马江湖 Eastern Fantasy512k WordsCompleted Introduction to Dragon Horse Jianghu: Tang Ying points to a small boat and tells Xu Jingwei to sneak behind the other vessels alone. She plans to cross around the left side of the wrecked ship and reach the dock directly from the front. That way, the pirates on the dock will focus all their attention on Tang Ying. Xu Jingwei will have a much better chance of seizing a boat. 25Reads—Score—Shelves
    Reader note
  27. 77 Transmigrating to the Ming Dynasty, I Accidentally Married a Feisty Little Foe from the Start 穿越大明,开局误娶娇俏小冤家 Historical729k WordsCompleted Shao Xiuqi, a scholar of Ming history, transmigrates to the tenth year of Hongzhi and, from the start, unexpectedly marries a charming little nemesis. The Little Ice Age is approaching. In the north, the Tatar Little Prince is massing troops at the border; in the south, Prince Ning is sharpening his blades. Meanwhile, long-standing problems plague the empire from within. Drawing on the knowledge in his head, Shao Xiuqi becomes a half-immortal admired by all! “Tang Bohu, Xu Jing, you'll be thrown 7Reads—Score—Shelves
  28. 78 Reborn God of War: Going Undercover to Stop Scams and Save My Girlfriend 重生男神:卧底反诈救女友 Urban121k WordsCompleted In his previous life, Guan Yuncheng’s cover was blown while he was undercover at a telecom fraud compound, and he was thrown from a thirtieth-floor rooftop. Before he hit the ground, he saw with his own eyes as his girlfriend, Yin Ningning, was tricked into going overseas and tortured. When he opened his eyes again, he was back one year earlier. His girlfriend was still the same innocent college student, and the fraud ring had yet to target her. A mysterious anti-fraud System activated in his —Reads—Score—Shelves
    Reader note
  29. 79 Northeast China: Knives, Guns, and Cannons, Li Zhengguang 东北刀枪炮之李正光 Urban1.4M WordsOngoing Winter, 1978. Daowai District, Harbin. Fifteen-year-old Li Zhengguang smashed his piggy bank in front of his father’s funeral shrine and bought the first pack of Yingchun cigarettes of his life. He had no idea that this pack would set his next forty years ablaze with bloodshed. From bricks in the courtyard of a state-owned factory’s housing compound to gunshots on the frozen Songhua River; from border markets selling knockoff dresses to demolition sites roaring with bulldozers. Li Zhengguang cli 73Reads—Score—Shelves
  30. 80 Underworld Saga: My Big Sister in the Capital 黑道风云:我的京城姐姐 Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Not for Young Readers] [Hot-Blooded Underworld] [Brutal Underworld Battles] [The Many Faces of Officialdom] [Face-Slapping Comeback] [Clever, Satisfying Read] He began cultivating at nine and went to prison at thirteen. In jail, Chu He mastered an arsenal of extraordinary skills. With nowhere to turn after his release, he headed for the capital and entered the underworld, winning the support of the capital's most captivating women. With ruthless methods, Chu He outmaneuvered every faction. Sta 3kReads7.9Score330Shelves
  31. 81 Supreme Warlord 至尊战王 Urban5.5M WordsOngoing After ten years on the battlefield, the God of War returns. He wields power over all and is richer than a nation! But his entire family has been slaughtered, and the mastermind turns out to be his fiancée... 609Reads8.4Score103Shelves
  32. 82 The Peerless God of War 绝世战王 Urban5.2M WordsOngoing After ten years on the battlefield, the War King returns, rich enough to rival a nation! But his entire family has been slaughtered, and the culprit turns out to be his fiancée... 2.2kReads7.2Score165Shelves
  33. 83 Searching the Underworld for My Missing Son, I Clean Up Crime and Clear My Father's Name 失子入江湖扫黑恶,父冤得伸 Urban1.7M WordsOngoing (Passionate urban action, a comeback! Multiple female leads!) Also known as "Lost Son Enters the Underworld to Fight Crime, Father’s Wrongful Conviction Finally Overturned" I am the son of a soldier. After getting lost during a sorrowful journey, I was raised to adulthood by a kind rural couple surnamed Ye. I thought it was pure chance that my master taught me peerless martial arts. From then on, I became the greatest martial artist in Nan Yue! Later, to improve my family’s financial situation, 5.8kReads8.8Score384Shelves
    Reader note
  34. 84 The Bad Boy of the City 都市坏少年 Urban594k WordsCompleted “When a righteous bloodline flows through the veins of darkness, how should a person choose their path?” This dark realist novel blends coming-of-age, family ethics, power struggles, and an epic tale of the underworld. Its central conflict is that of a delinquent student who rises to become an underworld king, yet comes from the most righteous of families. The story explores fractured identity, the paradoxes of fate, and the possibility of redemption. At its heart is the coexistence of light and 12Reads—Score—Shelves
  35. 85 Northeast China: The Tragic End of the Underworld 东北往事黑道悲情大结局 Urban126k WordsCompleted This is a fanfiction inspired by the tragic underworld saga Black Morality. It tells of the people who appeared and the events that took place in the four years after Wang Luoguo's death and before Zhao Hongbing's crew burst onto the scene. Readers of Northeast Tales Prequel: Black Morality 1, Northeast Tales Prequel: Black Morality 2, and Northeast Tales: Twenty Years of Underworld Turmoil may have wondered what happened during those four years between Black Morality and Twenty Years of Underwo 4.8kReads6.9Score270Shelves
    Reader note
  36. 86 Tales of Shanghai’s Underworld 沪上黑道往事 Urban223k WordsCompleted My new novel is here! You’re welcome to read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! The male lead of this book loses his father at a young age and depends on his mother. To avenge his father, he goes up a mountain to study martial arts under a master. After completing his training, he comes down and succeeds in taking revenge. To escape the authorities’ pursuit, he brings his mother to Shanghai. By chance —Reads—Score—Shelves
    Reader note
  37. 87 Within Canglan 苍兰之中 Eastern Fantasy149k WordsCompleted After the planet Qingmu Huanhai was unified by Huangfu Shou, the Canglan Kingdom was founded. The former kingdoms of Bailong, Hei, Lushu, and Xingji rose in rebellion, hoping to restore their old regimes. The protagonist, Liu Yicheng, was orphaned at a young age and taken in by the abbot of Shaolin Temple. He trained at the Bodhidharma Hall from childhood, mastered all of Shaolin’s martial arts, and breezed through the Eighteen Bronze Men formation. After completing his training, he descended th 27Reads—Score—Shelves
  38. 88 A Fake Eunuch Goes Undercover in Dongguan's Underworld and Ends Up Seducing the Boss's Wife 假太监卧底莞城黑道,真撩了大嫂 Urban529k WordsCompleted [Undercover agent + urban + underworld + System + many love interests + power plays + hard-hitting thrills + ruthless killing] “A dead eunuch who's lost his manhood thinks he can protect our sister-in-law?” On a stormy night, dozens of gang enforcers corner Cao Kun. Right in front of him, they're about to tear Fourth Sister-in-Law Li Mi's dress off. “As long as I don't fall into the hands of those beasts, tonight... I'll be yours!” Fourth Sister-in-Law Li Mi clings tightly to Cao Kun's waist. “ 578Reads—Score103Shelves
    Reader note
  39. 89 The Legend of Lu Laoqi 陆老七传奇 Urban209k WordsOngoing In the province of Rehe during the Republican era, a catchy rhyme circulated through the martial world: “Lu Laoqi, Li Changjiu, undefeated throughout Rehe; the Beggar, Detective, and Master Shang; Dalong, Qingshan, and Zheng the Crooked; the Driver, Drunkard, and Wang Chaojie; Pockmark, Du Wu, and Liu Minghu; the Twin Fiends, Kou Haiyang, and Yu Xingba.” It vividly described the eighteen peerless fighters of Rehe at the time. Ranked first was Lu Yishan, a boy from a poor family in the province. 27Reads—Score—Shelves
    Reader note
  40. 90 Tales of Longcheng’s Underworld: My Years in Black Gold 龙城黑道往事之我的黑金岁月 Urban140k WordsOngoing In the 1990s, Longcheng had seven major criminal gangs. The locals came up with this couplet: First came Ding, then Wei, Cao the Third was Fat; Mao the Fourth, Guai the Fifth, and Monk the Sixth; The banner line: Manlin rules them all. But not one of these utterly wicked people met a good end. This book will unveil that dark and chaotic era, and the bloody turmoil that once unfolded across Longcheng. (All names and places in this story are fictional. Any resemblance to real people or places is p 1Reads—Score—Shelves
    Reader note
  41. 91 My Days of Being Bullied at School 校园被欺负的日子 Urban398k WordsOngoing The main characters are Wu Ming, Zhang Qiang, and Zhou Yao. This isn’t a brainless power fantasy, but a bumpy story of growing up. When my brothers fight, I run; I’d never touch a friend’s wife, but if my friend’s away, anything goes. A life of gaming on credit and gambling for tokens in the arcade. 11kReads8.2Score671Shelves
  42. 92 The Bloody Underworld: Thirty Years of Organized Crime in North China 血色江湖:华北黑道三十年 Urban1.2M WordsOngoing [Underworld + First Person + Period Setting] What is the underworld? It’s a place where even if you win in the end, you still feel like you’ve lost. No matter how much you gain, it can never make up for what you’ve lost. My name is Jiang Qiyao. I witnessed thirty years of the underworld’s rise and fall across North China, watching one boss after another rise to power, then fall. After thirty years in that world, I can’t call myself a good person, but at least I haven’t become completely rotten. 3kReads6.7Score133Shelves
    Reader note
  43. 93 The Days I Lived with My Cousin 我和表姐同居的日子 Urban179k WordsCompleted His life has been full of hardship, yet he stands proud beneath the open sky. He is an honored guest in several countries and ranks among the top three on the world's most-wanted list. He was once the "King" of the underworld, but he went into hiding in the city, biding his time. Now a new chapter of showing off begins! 37Reads—Score—Shelves
    Reader note
  44. 94 When Daylight Ends, the Killing Begins 昼尽而杀 Urban124k WordsCompleted Hong Kong, 1994. Three kingpins, two gangs, police officers, wealthy businessmen, officials, the media, hostesses, assassins, and ordinary people are all caught up in power struggles amid the surging tides of the times. No one can escape, and no one can hide. Fate is never in our own hands. Whether your eyes are open or shut, when night falls, people die. 33Reads—Score—Shelves
    Reader note
  45. 95 The Women I Met in Dongguan Back in the Day 那些年,我在东莞遇到的女人们 Urban2.8M WordsOngoing [Urban underworld + no System + nostalgia + beauties + power struggles + ruthless action + pure wish fulfillment, no self-torture] Back in Dongguan in 2004, he rises from bodyguard to nightclub beauties to the godfather of Dongguan's underworld. Li Zhan moves to Dongguan for work and meets A-Zhen, who works at a nightclub. After an unexpected incident, Li Zhan drives away a customer harassing A-Zhen, only to find himself at odds with the local underworld. To survive, he's forced into the crimina 21kReads8.6Score1.5kShelves
    Reader note
  46. 96 In Another World, I Use Taoist Arts to Empty My Enemy's Warehouse 到了异世,我用道术搬空仇人仓库 Modern Romance913k WordsCompleted An alternate history setting. Please do not compare this story with real history! Gou Yunshu, a modern Daoist exorcist, was betrayed by her best friend during an exorcism. She was struck down by heavenly retribution, killed by a bolt of lightning. She transmigrated into the body of a young girl in the Great Xia Kingdom of the Republican era and discovered that her grandfather had been captured by the Japanese army. To rescue him, she took her younger siblings, bought a house, and left Laolongtan 1.3kReads—Score107Shelves
    Reader note
  47. 97 Tales of the Northeast: Women Who Climbed Over the High Walls of Grand Estates 东北往事之翻过深宅高墙的女人们 Modern Romance868k WordsOngoing In 1946, on the black soil of Northeast China, Chunxiang, daughter of tenant farmer Wang Mazi, marries Liu Laogen, the landlord's son. Her father receives several acres of good farmland and dozens of silver dollars as a handsome betrothal gift. She thinks she has married into wealth and will live a secure life as a young madam, but Liu Laogen has a hidden ailment, and their marriage proves to be one in name only. Chunxiang is determined to escape the prison that has trapped her, but her greedy f 55.2kReads8.7Score3.1kShelves
    Reader note
  48. 98 Irrational Choice 非理性选择 Modern Romance438k WordsOngoing [Hong Kong Tycoon Romance] [Reunion After Years Apart] [Flash Marriage with a Child] [A Battle of Equals] [Cold, ruthless power broker x sweet, scheming genius heiress] Handcrafted newcomers + writing for love + a long-running hidden plot Five years ago, Chen Yanchuan took in a girl with nowhere to go. She stayed in his old house, ate his late-night snacks, and couldn't bring herself to buy a necklace that cost just over six hundred yuan. Three months later, she left without a word, leaving beh 280Reads—Score161Shelves
    Reader note
  49. 99 Sons and Daughters of the Jianghu: That Midnight Sun 江湖儿女:那一轮午夜的太阳 Urban104k WordsCompleted The rules of midnight are a way of life much like the law of the jungle. At midnight, what you see may be the moon, but in their eyes, it is their sun. Set against the real-life underworld of the 1990s, this story follows Zhou Shenghua's life in the jianghu. 18Reads—Score—Shelves
    Reader note
  50. 100 Cast Aside in Desperation: Returning in Glory 绝境弃子:归来荣耀 Urban430k WordsOngoing For ten years he kept his head down, enduring every sneer. The world saw him as a discarded nobody from the bottom rung, lowly as mud and fair game for anyone to bully. But Jiang Mu is the last heir of Jiang City’s most powerful hidden clan, and a dragon-patterned jade pendant conceals an immense force. A hidden dragon in the deep will one day reclaim its place. When he gives the word, armies will gather. Those who oppress me will see their graves overturned; those who have shown me kindness wil 48Reads—Score—Shelves
    Reader note

Other lists with The Allure of the Underworld

Save search

Name these filters to come back to them later.