A Fresh Plot, Great Characterization, and Powerful Emotional Ups and Downs 剧情不千篇一律，人物塑造好，让人有强烈情绪波动

1. 1 宠 He Spoiled His Concubine and Neglected His Wife. Reborn, I Broke Off My Engagement to the Scumbag and Married the Prince 宠妾灭妻，重生我退婚渣男嫁王爷 Zhi Zhi之知Ancient Romance640k WordsCompleted The physical book is available on all major platforms. Formerly titled Riding the Phoenix. [Reborn + Powerful Female Lead and Male Lead + Nation and World + Political Schemes] Before the age of seventeen, Shen Yu was the legitimate daughter of a military family who could wield a blade and charge into battle. After seventeen, she became the frail wife of Jiang Manor's Vice Minister Jiang. Her father and brothers died in battle, and the entire Shen family was honored for their loyalty. Bearing 87.6kReads9.5Score12k14d adds

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   "Sometimes I feel that no one in this world can keep you here. If you want to leave, you won't stay for anyone." That suicide note left Xie Tingzhou feeling utterly powerless, as if she was always ready to leave him. "If you want revenge, then go forth without hesitation; no one can stop you. If you want to kill Boda, then pursue him for thousands of miles. If one day you want to leave me, I probably won't be able to stop you." "I won't leave you." Shen Yu buried her face in his back; he had lost a lot of weight, her forehead touching his clearly defined spine. She said, "Only death can separate us in this world."

2. 2 警 The Policewoman Came from Hell 警花她从地狱来 Yue Mo月莫Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted (Signed for publication) A quiet, unassuming new officer named Yi Nian joins the Qing Shan City Criminal Police Unit. She seems so delicate that people want to protect her. But before Captain Lian Jingshan can even reach out to shield her, blood splashes across his face. Only then does he realize how ruthless this young woman becomes when pushed to the edge. Yi Nian says, "I clawed my way out of blood and darkness. All I want is somewhere peaceful and beautiful to heal my wounded soul." Retur 80kReads9.1Score12.1k14d adds

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   Both are great! The plots are gripping and the characters are well-developed.

3. 3 深 Notes from the Abyss 深渊笔记 Third Uncle of the Southern School南派三叔Historical147k WordsCompleted The story begins in the winter of 1959. During a fire in the Greater Khingan Mountains, firefighters discovered the wreckage of a Japanese transport plane in a swamp. The authorities found that the plane had been carrying documents on the Kwantung Army’s geological surveys of the northeastern provinces and parts of Mongolia. One file, detailing a particular area, was exceptionally secret and unusual. Yet when we surveyed the area ourselves, we found nothing of any geological significance. The Ja 13.8kReads9.2Score2.2k14d adds
4. 4 路 Tales of an Ordinary Cultivator 路人甲修仙趣闻录 LAN Rotten PersonLAN烂人Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Yue Ya, who never drinks, gets scolded by her boss at work. After clocking out, she wants to drown her sorrows, only to discover she’s allergic to alcohol. Two cans of beer kill her outright, and she wakes up in the body of a five-year-old girl who was just beaten to death by a beggar. The little girl’s head was badly injured, so Yue Ya wakes up with no memories. Disguising herself as a boy, she manages to survive and becomes an apprentice to a traditional Chinese medicine doctor, slowly learnin 5.2kReads8.3Score55014d adds
5. 5 被 My Best Friend's Uncle Has Taken a Liking to Me 被好友的舅舅看上了 Qiansui千歳Modern Romance410k WordsCompleted [Secret crush + age gap + both leads sexually inexperienced + hero pursues heroine + domineering CEO] [Not melodramatic, more everyday life] Outsiders say that Zhou Qizheng, CEO of the Jiangheng Group, is ruthless and decisive, stern and proper, and a formidable force in the business world. Lu Xiaoqiao thinks so too, until she learns that this formidable man is her friend’s maternal uncle. Zhou Qizheng helps her at every turn, and she assumes it’s because of his connection to her friend. Eve 18.2kReads9.3Score2.3k14d adds
6. 6 盗 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: When the Hidden Moon Blooms 盗笔：藏月花开 Sun Wukong Smoked~熏悟空的孙～Mystery172k WordsCompleted In the summer of 2003, the Xie family was torn apart by infighting. In the midst of it, Xie Yuchen came across a woman with amnesia. At first, he kept her close because she seemed familiar and he wanted to uncover her identity. But how did looking after her end up making his own heart wander? Cang Yue had lost her memories. When she first arrived in the capital, she had no identity documents and couldn’t apply for a temporary residence permit. Someone took an interest in the jade bangle she carr 194Reads6.3Score10514d adds
7. 7 越 The Later the Night, the Closer We Get 越夜越熟 Marguerite玛格绿特Modern Romance367k WordsCompleted Original title: The More the Night Deepens, the More Familiar We Become Fake Lady x Real Playboy | Mature Man and Woman | Neither Is a Virgin | Intense Push and Pull | Stealing Someone's Man | Happy Ending On the night she decided to get a divorce, Shi Yue went looking for a pretty young man. As she planted her high heel on his shoulder, her ex-husband's close friend caught them in the act. Qin Zhao, who had never given her a second glance, suddenly leaned close to her ear and tempted her: "Wou 56kReads9.3Score5.1k14d adds

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   It gets better and better the more you look at it. I read the second chapter without skipping any of the first chapters, and it's really good.

8. 8 就 Even as a Fake Heiress, I’ll Still Daringly Embrace Doing Nothing 就算是假千金也要勇敢摆烂 Ji Furan纪扶染Modern Romance659k WordsCompleted [Print edition launching across all platforms on August 9, 2025] When Shen Yue was twelve, she accidentally fell into a pond while feeding the fish. That was when she learned the truth: her parents weren’t her real parents, and her five older brothers weren’t really her brothers. She was the Mu family’s fake heiress! Faced with a future where she was destined to lose everything, Shen Yue decided to get ahead… by lying down. If she was going to lose it all anyway, she might as well lie back and 117kReads9.6Score13.7k14d adds

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   A unique tale of a real and a fake heiress! Highly recommended.

9. 9 穿 I Became a Fussy Old Lady: While Everyone Else Fled the Famine, I Reclaimed the Land 穿成作精老太，别人逃荒我开荒 Fragrant Tangerine橘香袭人Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (No space, no System, no romance. A short drama with the same name has already been released. A warm, rustic story. Everyone says they wouldn’t survive three episodes after transmigrating into a chaotic era. Read this book, and you’ll survive ten more!) She transmigrated into a book, becoming the villainous aunt who abused the protagonist in a male-oriented novel, and was destined to be killed off. Jiang Zhi didn’t cling to the protagonist. She left him behind and relied on her extensive knowled 85.9kReads9.5Score8.1k14d adds

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   The first book is a female protagonist's journey through time to ancient times to escape a famine. Although it's a nationwide disaster, the protagonist doesn't just flee everywhere. Instead, they escape to a nearby mountain and survive little by little through their own efforts and the efforts of others. There are no exaggerated plots, only a meticulously crafted and logical storyline, along with a wealth of herbal knowledge. It's one of the better-written stories on Tomato's list. The second book is a very difficult escape story. The protagonist suffers immensely in the early stages, but ultimately overcomes her hardships. Compared to most escape stories on Tomato's list, this one is very realistic. Although the protagonist has a "golden finger" (a special ability or advantage), it's not overused. The content is substantial and logical, and it's consistent with the characteristics of the era, making it a solid and addictive read. The characters are all well-developed. Many novels on Tomato's list feature "golden fingers" that inevitably become exaggerated and overused, treating ancient people as fools, but this one is different and definitely worth reading! The third book is one I highly recommend. It's one of the very few ancient zombie novels on Tomato's platform. The theme is very novel, and what's even more rare is that the author's logic is very meticulous and logical. The content is solid, the writing is smooth, and the plot is reasonable and attractive. There are no cheat codes, but that makes it even more worth reading. It turns out that even without cheat codes, you can still live a wonderful life in such difficult times just by relying on your own abilities.

10. 10 胎 Born into Ancient Times During a Famine, I’m Playing It Safe! 胎穿古代逃荒，很苟！ Su Guo Who Loves Ham Porridge爱吃火腿粥的苏果Ancient Romance679k WordsCompleted The rating is low because it seems completed novels no longer gain points! [Born into a new life + fleeing famine + wartime chaos + low-profile pocket dimension + farming + small-scale ventures + no handouts + not a power fantasy heroine] No royalty! No high-ranking officials! The heroine isn’t omnipotent. She’s just an ordinary person who transmigrates, with limited life experience, and grows little by little. This is about the hard struggle for survival faced by the poorest farmers. It’s an en 12kReads8.8Score79014d adds
11. 11 穿 Transmigrated into an Ancient Apocalypse, I Use My Family Fortune to Build Infrastructure 穿进古代末世，靠着家底搞基建 Jiucai Huaye玖菜花叶Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Strong Heroine + Natural Disasters + Zombies + Infrastructure Building + No Superpowers + No CP] Wei Xiyin transmigrates, born into a noble family as its legitimate daughter. She thought she'd been handed the script for a family power struggle, but who could have expected a zombie outbreak on the way back to her hometown? Then plants and animals begin to mutate, and extreme weather sets in. Her entire worldview collapses in an instant. There are no cars, no canned food, no high-tech weapons, an 11.1kReads9.2Score1.4k14d adds
12. 12 十EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score206.4k14d adds
13. 13 洗 Redemption? Not a Chance. The Host Is Here to Be the Big Villain 洗白？不存在的，宿主要当大反派 Yi Xiaochen伊小辰Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted After Fu YunyYou dies, she discovers a handsome man in her bed. A lifelong single, she’s just about to enjoy herself when the System informs her that he belongs to the heroine. She can admire him from afar, but must not touch. She can only come back to life after raising the main characters’ favorability scores high enough. Fu YunyYou: Her grandmother is paralyzed, her dad is a gambling addict, her mom is a broken mess, and she has a younger brother, the family’s precious heir, who does nothing 3.9kReads7.6Score53314d adds
14. 14 反 Are All My Villain Disciples Simps? This Lazy Master Is Just Here to Have Fun 反派弟子全舔狗？摆烂师尊浪浪浪 Spring Breeze Blows, and Life Springs Anew春风吹又生Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Multiple male leads + lighthearted comedy + master and disciples + nontraditional cultivation + one heroine and multiple male leads competing for her + everyone falls for her] Qin Ran was merely complaining that the heroine wouldn't take all the handsome men when she transmigrated into the story as the villainous master of four villainous disciples, a woman disguised as a man! When her four disciples were still weak, she tortured them mercilessly. The villains endured their humiliation, waiting 9.4kReads9.2Score1.4k14d adds
15. 15 穿 Transmigrated as a Senior Sister, I Go Full Crazy; My Junior Sister Plays the Victim, and I Put on an Act 穿成师姐当疯批，师妹卖惨我装哔 Yi A Ya一啊鸭Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted I’m the most high-risk senior sister in a cultivation clan. I spent seventy years working hard at sword practice, only for a junior sister with a beloved-by-everyone System to appear and skewer me in one blow. Her System needed to steal my good fortune, so all she had to do was crook a finger and my fellow disciples became her devoted lackeys, isolating me. I discovered she was in contact with the Demon King. My master and the Demon Venerable thought I talked too much, so they had her strangle m 3.7kReads8.8Score49614d adds
16. 16 死 The Flower Kaleidoscope of Death 《死亡的花筒》 Xin Ke新克13k WordsCompleted The Kaleidoscope of Death 2.5kReads—Score10714d adds

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    Some brothers

17. 17 我EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.0M WordsCompleted 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

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    From the very beginning, this novel grips the reader, drawing them in with its premise: the screenwriter, Chen Ling, dies in an accident but is transported to the body of another person with the same name who was recently murdered. Thus, the consciousness and memories of two people intertwine in one body, making the plot even more intricate and unpredictable. It's as if parallel timelines are distorted, constantly crossing and separating, until finally the story's threads gradually become clear, leaving the reader with a sense of enlightenment.

18. 18 这 After All These Years, I Still Can’t Forget 这么多年，我还是忘不了 You Are Not My Everything你不是我的全部Modern Romance418k WordsCompleted An original Tomato novel featuring two female leads, youthful romance, modern love, and a mutual journey toward each other. Jiang Xiaotian wants to escape her birth family, while Feng Tiantian wants to give hers a better life. Neither gets what she wants. As children, the two girls felt a deep kinship. As adults, they went their separate ways to survive. After each endured her own hardships, they finally found their way to each other, becoming an indispensable part of one another's lives. 1Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Intense emotional fluctuations.

19. 19 我 It’s Not Like I Want to Be Your Girlfriend 我可不是想当你女友 You Are Not My Everything你不是我的全部Modern Romance597k WordsCompleted A head-on collision between two worldviews and two ideas of what makes life valuable. Every time she refuses him, she is saying: “Your money can't buy me.” “Your power can't control me.” “Your world can't tempt me.” 2Reads—Score—14d adds
20. 20 在 I Clapped Back at My Ex Online, Then Got Hounded by His Boss 在线怼前男友却被他顶头上司缠上 You Are Not My Everything你不是我的全部Modern Romance306k WordsCompleted Original Tomato novel | CEO romance | Modern romance | Sweet love | Scheming hero | Both leads are each other's first | Pursuing his wife [The male lead steals the heroine from the second male lead / The second male lead faces a long road to winning her back; both leads are each other's first] [Sweet-faced but secretly wicked little “goddess” VS cold, sly, and flirtatious heir] In public, Tang Luyan is a sweet-smiling investment banking star known as the “goddess,” striding through life with con 10Reads—Score—14d adds
21. 21 崇 A Western-Obsessed Me Meets a You Born and Raised Here 崇洋媚外的我遇上土生土长的你 You Are Not My Everything你不是我的全部Urban174k WordsCompleted From worshipping all things foreign to protecting our culture, from conflict and division to integration and coexistence, this story seeks to explore how we can rediscover the roots of our cultural confidence in an era of globalization. Just as tea and coffee can share the same morning, tradition and modernity will eventually find a balance. 8Reads—Score—14d adds
22. 22 我 I Have a Lover in My Hometown 我在故乡有情人 You Are Not My Everything你不是我的全部Modern Romance289k WordsCompleted They are all ordinary people. Their language is the sort that accompanies everyday actions in real life: unconsciously, naturally, and simply, they speak of the things they intend to do and set about doing on the surface. They cannot reveal their inner essence or prove they have the right to act. Nor can they claim that the tragedy they belong to is free from the constraints of chance and the peculiarities of individual personalities. And they are even less able to reflect deeply and express the —Reads—Score—14d adds
23. 23 十 Seventeen, How Are You? 十七岁，你好吗？ You Are Not My Everything你不是我的全部13k WordsCompleted How are you, seventeen? 1Reads—Score—14d adds
24. 24 宝 Treasure Boy: The Stay-at-Home Dad 宝藏男孩之家庭煮夫 You Are Not My Everything你不是我的全部6k WordsCompleted The Treasure Boy Who Runs the Household 21Reads—Score—14d adds

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