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1. 51 穿 Reborn as the Abusive Novel’s Male Lead’s Mother 穿成虐文男主他妈 The Little Cat Fell Asleep小猫睡了Modern Romance159k WordsCompleted [Short story contest] [Foodie fiction] [A sweet little treat] Overnight, she transmigrates into a book with a baby in her belly whose father is unknown. On closer inspection, the baby turns out to be the male lead from the tragic novel she read before. He's a poor little thing whose father doesn't care for him and whose mother doesn't love him. Penniless, Ding Sha relies on her excellent cooking skills to become the food goddess of a construction site. Spicy diced chicken, cured pork with garlic 31.7kReads9.6Score4k14d adds

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   These are two of my absolute favorite books ❤️, I've read them countless times.

2. 52 我 My Mr. Lin Doesn’t Talk 我的林先生不说话 Xu Xiaoyu徐小雨Modern Romance203k WordsCompleted [One couple + first love + love at first sight + mutual devotion and affection] [Warm, attentive special education teacher ✖ insecure, sensitive full-time writer] * After moving into her new home, Lin Zhaozhao always assumed her neighbor was a beautiful, kind-hearted young woman who loved life, until one evening she saw the handsome Lin Xingye step out of the elevator. One day, Lin Zhaozhao announced to her parents, “You two are going to have a son-in-law!” Another day, faced with her editor’s r 22.9kReads9.5Score3.3k14d adds
3. 53 九 Nine Dragons Mad Lord: Bonus Story, The Chaos Begins in Kowloon Walled City 九龙狂尊番外篇：九龙城寨之混沌初鸣 Dragon Breaks Through the Nine Heavens龙破九天4k WordsCompleted Nine Dragons Mad Sovereign: Bonus Chapter: Kowloon Walled City, The First Stirring of Chaos —Reads—Score—14d adds

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   The author writes very well; the story is ingenious and the plot is tight.

4. 54 当 Join the Army and Get a Wife? I Marry Eighteen Women in a Rage 当兵就发媳妇？我怒娶十八房老婆 Tangtang Sixth Young Master糖糖六公子Historical2.2M WordsCompleted “What? You can get a wife for free if you enlist? Then I’m joining the army!” Li Wannian is reborn into the declining Li Tang imperial family. He proceeds carefully, extending the Li Tang Dynasty's life by three hundred years! 27.8kReads8.6Score3.2k14d adds
5. 55 同 After My Coworker Posted the Staff Payroll in the Company Chat 同事把员工工资表发到公司群里后 Honey Dada蜜大大9k WordsCompleted After a coworker posts the employee salary spreadsheet in the company group chat 136Reads—Score714d adds
6. 56 福 The Lucky Baby’s Pocket Dimension Holds a Granary, and the Whole Family Weeps at Her Feet 福宝空间有粮仓，全家跪地哭断肠 Black Coffee, No Sugar无糖咖啡Ancient Romance882k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Space + Feel-Good Story + Fleeing Famine] The Zhao family received a prophecy: one of their descendants would be a girl reborn as a lucky star. Old Madam Zhao was convinced that the girl was the third son’s daughter, their precious Fu Bao. As for the girl born to the eldest son? She was definitely a jinx! Zhao Siyan, who transmigrated into a year of famine, was that unlucky “jinx.” Old Madam Zhao wanted nothing more than to beat her and her mother to death or starve them both. 274Reads7.0Score10414d adds
7. 57 想 Looking to Inherit My Family’s Wealth? Get Lost! The Seven-Year-Old Villainess Hunts to Feed Her Family 想吃绝户？滚！七岁恶女打猎养家 Lotus Leaf Bubble Gum荷叶泡泡糖Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Farming + family life + hunting + super-strong girl + System] Ye Xiaohua, a modern-day wage slave, transmigrates to ancient times and becomes a seven-year-old girl with astonishing strength and a nasty reputation. From the start, her family is so poor they're practically penniless. Her mother is weak and unable to earn money, and her father needs expensive medicine after being injured while hunting. She needs to eat twenty steamed corn buns at a sitting to feel full. Looking at the state of her 3.7kReads7.9Score52114d adds
8. 58 屠 The Butcher’s Chubby Daughter Was Broken Up With, Then Her Luck Soared 屠户家的小胖妞被退婚后福运太旺 Nangong Yunan南宫云雁Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Adapted into a short drama of the same name] + [Strong heroine] + [Sweet romance] + [Comedy] + [No pocket dimension, no System, no transmigration; a lighthearted, invincible ancient-era domestic-strife romp] After years of continuous warfare, the population of the Great Yue Kingdom kept dwindling. To encourage population growth, the rulers introduced a law requiring every woman in Great Yue to marry by the age of eighteen. Any woman who remained unmarried upon reaching marriageable age would be 12.4kReads8.6Score1.4k14d adds
9. 59 东 The Strange Immortals of Northeast China 东北诡仙录 Ding Sanpang丁三胖Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted In the bitterly cold lands of Northeast China, an ancient faith has been passed down since time immemorial. It combines the ancient Chan sect’s traditions with shamanic worship of animal spirits. The animals that cultivate there are known as “Old Immortals,” and their human representatives are called spirit mediums. Among them are a brother and sister who travel the mortal world, punishing evil and upholding justice. Along the way, they encounter a female ghost seeking a husband, a drought demon 2.3kReads9.2Score23114d adds
10. 60 我 My Best Friend and I Swore We'd Become Each Other's Sisters-in-Law 我和闺蜜誓死成为彼此的嫂子 The Swaggering Empress得瑟女皇13k WordsCompleted My best friend and I swore to become each other's sisters-in-law, no matter what 121Reads—Score514d adds
11. 61 怀 After I Got Pregnant, My Sister-in-Law Gave Me a Lucky Charm to Switch Babies 怀孕后，嫂子送我换子如意牌 Zhu Santu朱三土11k WordsCompleted After I Got Pregnant, My Sister-in-Law Gave Me a Lucky Talisman for Switching Babies 600Reads—Score3814d adds
12. 62 睁 I Opened My Eyes and Became the Flirtatious Side Character Who Abused the Down-and-Out Prince 睁眼！成虐待落魄皇子的轻浮女配 Taishi Ying太史婴Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted The short drama “Reborn as a Flirtatious Widow, I Tormented My Younger Brother-in-Law Until He Ascended the Throne” is now streaming. Prince Ding, Xiao Nanshen, was the Great Xuan's God of War. But people close to him set him up, leaving him gravely wounded and disabled, then pursued him. When poison reached his brain, his subordinate disguised him as a long-lost younger brother and brought him home to hide him. The subordinate died of his injuries, and Xiao Nanshen found himself face-to-face wi 46.3kReads9.3Score5.4k14d adds
13. 63 流 Pregnant in Exile, Then Divided from Her Family? The Father Is Unknown, but the Mother Grows Stronger 流放怀孕被分家？父不详，母越强 Ink-Stained Thousand Books墨染千书Ancient Romance3.0M WordsCompleted Adapted into short dramas and animated dramas of the same name. Live-action short drama: Peach Blossoms Warm the Fields: I Raise the Kids and Feed the Whole Family Meat Every Meal Animated dramas: Peach Blossoms Warm the Fields; Peach Blossoms Warm the Fields: Hot Springs Emerge in the Frozen North [Starting from Nothing] [No System or Pocket Dimension] [Streetwise Commerce] [Everyday Family Life] [Raising Kids] Cool, beautiful woman vs. strong but goofy young man (not actually stupid) I wake u 16.1kReads9.0Score2.6k14d adds
14. 64 我 I’m Really Not a Scumbag Pillar 我真不是渣柱 User88002538用户88002538Male-Channel Fanfiction1.5M WordsCompleted Zhang Baoshi, a young man from the modern world, unexpectedly finds his soul transported into the body of Silly Zhu, a sixteen-year-old character from Love in the Courtyard. Having read plenty of fanfiction, he immediately swoops in on Qin Huairu and activates a pocket-dimension System, hoping to live a quiet life. But fate has other plans: Qin Huairu ends up marrying Jia Dongxu, leaving him utterly disheartened. Remembering how the Jia family drained him dry in the original story, until he froz 25Reads6.1Score514d adds

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    Good books in the courtyard

15. 65 一 Xu Damao, the First-Blood Champion 一血达人许大茂 User88002538用户88002538Male-Channel Fanfiction823k WordsCompleted Crossing Between Worlds: Xu Damao's Modern Comeback Xu Damao, a top literature student, couldn't find a job after graduation and became obsessed with the TV drama Love in the Courtyard. He especially envied the womanizing, cunning “Xu Damao,” jokingly calling him a master of getting women into bed. Then one day, he transmigrated and became the very Xu Damao he “admired,” just as he was about to marry the wealthy Lou Xiao'e! Faced with a courtyard full of beastly neighbors, including the calc 2.3kReads5.7Score13314d adds
16. 66 魂 Reincarnated as He Daqing, I Marry Huairu and Change My Foolish Son's Fate 魂穿何大清娶淮茹为傻儿子改命 User88002538用户88002538Urban1.2M WordsCompleted “Seven-character Regulated Verse: Reflections on Transmigrating into He Daqing” Within the courtyard, schemes bring both warmth and woe; Reborn, one hand can turn grief to joy. With clever plans, grain and meat nourish a thousand heirs; Careful mending brings two phoenixes together beneath love’s sky. Hidden talents flourish amid the bustle of the streets; A home rich in virtue opens a new path. Looking back at the lights and kitchen smoke, The He family’s branches thrive, leaning on the railing 3.2kReads6.6Score10814d adds
17. 67 上 The Strange Tales of Shangguan Zhaorong 上官昭容诡事录 Bamboo Shoot Buns Are So Delicious竹笋包子超好吃Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted [Completed] [Strong female lead, no romance, Chinese-style horror, transmigration through history, numerous foreshadowed clues, coherent plot, no System, not a power fantasy] [The Strange Tales of Shangguan Zhaorong] [Also known as: Old Tales from the Yellow Springs] [Reader’s guide: The main plot and the individual arcs are interconnected, with plenty of clues and foreshadowing. Almost every character who appears has a role to play, though each arc can also be read as a standalone story.] Th 2.1kReads9.3Score37014d adds
18. 68 相 On Our Blind Date, the Heir to a Wealthy Family Took Me to Register Our Marriage 相亲当天，豪门继承人拉着我领证 Gu Lingfei古凌菲Modern Romance5.9M WordsOngoing [Sweet romance + Marriage Before Love + male lead pretends to be a pig to eat the tiger] On the day of her blind date, Hai Tong impulsively married a stranger. She thought married life would be ordinary and built on mutual respect. Instead, her new husband turned out to be a clingy human piece of glue. What surprised her most was that whenever she ran into trouble, he would step in and resolve everything with ease. Whenever she asked about it, he always said he was just lucky, until one day she 173.9kReads9.5Score6.7k14d adds
19. 69 癫EN Unhinged? We're All Unhinged—and That's a Good Thing! 癫，都癫，癫点好啊 Little Salt小盐子Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Super-Sweet 1v1]+ [Silly Humor and Memes]+ [Showbiz]+ [Dating Variety Show]+ [Face-Slapping] [Unhinged Actress vs. CEO with a Mind of His Own] Betrayed by her scumbag boyfriend, she transmigrated into a book and was immediately stabbed and sent to the hospital by an extremist shipper. Xie Mi went berserk on the spot, spouting wild claims in the livestream. “Come on! Stab me! All of you, stab me! I'll blow up the Earth!” A passerby who had wandered into the livestream nearly fainted. Okay, okay. 335.5kReads9.8Score46.5k14d adds
20. 70 真 The Real Heiress Drops the Act! The Unhinged Girl Offends the Whole World! 真千金不装了！疯批得罪全世界！ Endless Sky长空万里Modern Romance2.2M WordsCompleted [Top-Tier Wealthy Family + Sharp-Tongued, Unhinged Heroine + Dark, Powerful Hero + Plenty of Secret Identities + Sweet Romance, One-on-One] Ye Kong grew up an orphan and turned twenty. Then she was suddenly told that she was the real daughter of the wealthy Ye family of Huaichuan. But when she returned home, she was greeted not by a heartwarming reunion, but by a family who doted on their fake heiress and an unwanted, disabled fiancé. Ye Kong had a lot to say. But before she left, the orphanage 49.4kReads9.4Score5.6k14d adds

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