Stories Set in a Bygone Era, with Beautiful Prose and Realistic Family Emotions That Resonate with Readers 文笔优美，真实描述家庭情感引起读者共鸣的年代

1. 51 隐 Invisibility: Uncovering the Goddesses’ Secrets 隐身：看尽女神的秘密 User, a Bowl of Tofu Pudding用户一碗豆花Urban557k WordsCompleted Yu Sheng was framed and killed. After being reborn, he awakens the power of invisibility. He uses it to take revenge, sweeps all before him, uncovers all kinds of secrets, wins the favor of a beautiful police officer, and acquires immense wealth. From then on, he reaches the pinnacle of life… 34.2kReads9.0Score3.5kShelves
2. 52 胎 Born in 1970: The Beloved Baby Girl of the Family 胎穿70：家里最受宠爱的老来女 Huanglong, Who Loves Goldenrod喜欢木锥花的荒龙Modern Romance225k WordsCompleted (Pure love, awakening, born into the era, period setting, youngest daughter born late in her parents' lives, two strong leads, everyday family life) The rating will go up later. A novel set in an alternate version of the past. Her father is a factory director, and her mother heads the finance department. Lin Xiaoman is the youngest daughter in the Lin family, with five older brothers. One day, while she is sick, memories of her previous life suddenly awaken. It turns out she was born into the 1 9.4kReads6.0Score1kShelves
3. 53 漂 A Beautiful Mom, a Dad Who Takes All the Flak, and Two Little Devils: One Big Happy Family 漂亮妈受气爸两个魔丸儿子凑一家 It's Guo Pangpang是郭胖胖啊Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (The rating just came out, but it’ll go up later!) Xie Wanling, just like the woman whose body she now inhabits, chokes to death on a piece of apple that’s too big. The two of them switch bodies, and from the start, Xie Wanling has a handsome husband, twin sons, and the challenge of choosing her husband’s job. When Xie Wanling hears there are three jobs to choose from, she doesn’t hesitate for a moment and picks a position at the Tobacco Bureau for her man. Ye Changzheng isn’t too keen on it, si 14.9kReads6.4Score2.3kShelves
4. 54 穿 A Beloved Family Life After I Transmigrated to the 1970s 穿越七零的团宠生活 Lazy Fat Snail胖蜗牛很懒Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Personal space, beloved by all, multiple births, military marriage] Su Jinyu dies unexpectedly in the apocalypse, only to become the beloved daughter of the Su family, adored by her parents and cherished by her older brothers and sisters-in-law. An accident binds Su Jinyu’s fate to Meng Huaiyuan’s. The Su family’s children inherit their mother’s multiple-birth genes, and the boys keep arriving in pairs. In the first year of her marriage, Su Jinyu gives birth to triplet boys, and her mother-in-l 20.5kReads9.1Score1.9kShelves
5. 55 七 The 1970s: The Beloved Family Member Who Uses Technology to Strengthen the Nation 七零团宠科技兴国 Little Round Yuan圆小圆呀Modern Romance655k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a Book + Bygone Era + System + Adorable Child + Hilarious Comedy + Scientific Research + Child Prodigy] [Original title: The Beloved Darling of the Seventies Brings Prosperity Through Science and Technology] The Interstellar God of War is betrayed. With the last of his strength, he sends away his only daughter, Yuan Yuan, then dies alongside the traitor. Interstellar toddler Yuan Yuan transmigrates into a beloved little cousin in a period novel and gets bound to an Interstella 8.1kReads9.4Score659Shelves

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   These are all books where the families are quite nice, with no truly awful characters. The first one is about a little girl who's the darling of her family. The second one is about a reborn girl with a matchmaking system, who then starts living a good life. She's the second son, whose previous life wasn't great; he was a hopeless romantic. Some people might mind that. The third one is also quite good; the female lead transmigrates and is immediately the darling of her family. When she was little, her older sister pushed her down and injured her, causing her soul to separate. Her sister tries to make it up to her, but she also suffers some injustice. The fourth one is quite funny. The female lead's mother has some unavoidable flaws, but the female lead can cure them, and her grandmother also brings her bad luck. It's quite entertaining. I won't go into detail about each one; they're all good.

6. 56 重 Reborn in the 1980s: My Daily Life as a Matchmaker in the Countryside 重生八零：我在乡下当媒婆的日常 Gardenias Fragrant for Ten Miles栀子花开十里香Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Matchmaking + System + space + food + family life + building wealth + righting past wrongs] Lin Sue'e had lived an unremarkable life, grown distant from her children, and died full of regret. She never expected to return to a time forty-four years earlier… That year, it had been only two years since her eldest son was robbed of his university placement. He hadn't yet been left permanently disabled by working in a coal mine. Her eldest daughter hadn't been beaten to death by her husband, and the 2.1kReads8.9Score150Shelves
7. 57 六 The Beloved Darling of a Remarkable Family in the 1960s 六零年代极品一家人的团宠 Sunny Peach桃子晴朗Modern Romance533k WordsCompleted [Beloved by all in a period setting + shrewd self-interest + a whole family of eccentrics + ensemble cast + personal dimension] Jiang Yuan thought she was the heroine, since she got bound to a lousy System from the start. Well, the System was completely useless. All it did was make her sing “Little Messy” in front of her whole family in the middle of the night. It also turned her into a romance novelist, writing ridiculous, melodramatic stories that got her blacklisted throughout Hong Kong, forc 6.6kReads9.0Score432Shelves
8. 58 重 Reborn in the 1990s: The Big Shot’s Wife Is Sweet and Alluring 重生九零：大佬娇妻又甜又撩 Azure Sea and Blue Sky碧海青天Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Reborn] [Period Setting] [Face-Slapping Feel-Good Story] Ning Weiwei had fair skin and a slender waist. Reborn overnight, she became unstoppable, opening a restaurant and selling clothes with great success. Unfortunately, her family was a handful. With no other choice, she had to become the unfilial one, ruthlessly cutting ties with them one by one! One day, an arrogant young man moved in next door. With his high nose, phoenix eyes, straight brows, and bright gaze, he kept wandering around in f 8.1kReads9.3Score744Shelves
9. 59 惊 What a Shock! I Landed a Secure Government Job in the 1960s 惊！我竟在六零端上了铁饭碗 Still as the Sun静似骄阳Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Set in a bygone era + Transmigration + Inspirational + Heartwarming + Everyday family life + City job] After saving a cat just after finishing the college entrance exams, Su Yuhe became a vegetable. A year later, she transmigrated into the body of Su He, a girl from Nanshan Village in the 1960s who had heard that the college entrance exams had been suspended, missed a step, and drowned. Suddenly transported to the countryside of the 1960s, Su He had no phone, no electricity, no internet, and n 23.4kReads9.0Score1.7kShelves
10. 60 我 My Dad Is a Deadbeat 我爹是二赖子 Miserly Homebody抠门宅Modern Romance228k WordsCompleted Ji Qiuqiu transmigrated into a book. Her father is the village’s notorious layabout, her mother ran off with another man, and she herself is a wicked relative who latches onto the heroine to bleed her dry. Qiuqiu thinks this little villainess has a pretty good lot in life, so she decides to recreate her life and cling to the heroine to get rich. Then one day, she discovers that the heroine’s cousin is a fellow transmigrator. But this hometown girl heroine has given up and no longer wants to be t 12.8kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves
11. 61 带 Back to the Sixties with a Pocket Dimension: The Delicate Educated Youth Wins the Handsome Heartthrob 带空间回六零，娇气知青拿下男神 Peering into Spring窥春Modern Romance616k WordsCompleted [Completed + transmigrates into a book + sweet romance + devoted husband + top-tier male lead + satisfying wish fulfillment] When Zhou Yi'an transmigrated and learned she was being sent to the countryside, she was thrilled. Knowing her biological father's social connections were a problem, Zhou Yi'an went along with being sent down to the countryside, taking the opportunity to fleece her father and stepmother for a hefty haul. She was sure she would thrive in the countryside. But she never expec 2.8kReads8.9Score161Shelves
12. 62 带 I Traveled to the 1970s With a Dedicated Worker System 带着敬业系统穿七零 Ma Nini马尼尼Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Xu Taotao, a descendant of imperial chefs, keeps her culinary skills hidden while living among ordinary people. Then she dies suddenly from overwork and gets bound to a workaholic System, which sends her to the 1970s. She becomes the famously ugly daughter of a butcher at a meat-processing plant. Determined to become beautiful, she has no choice but to keep working hard. With her superb cooking skills, she climbs the career ladder, gets a raise, and marries Professor Gu... No, wait! “Ding-dong! 16.6kReads9.1Score2.6kShelves
13. 63 玉 The Moon Deep in the Cornfield 玉米地深处的月亮 Yan Su You Ni眼粟有妮Modern Romance121k WordsCompleted That summer, her new husband publicly insulted her, saying she “looked like an eggplant.” She grabbed her bundle and ran away in the middle of the night. Su Caiying sat on the edge of the kang until well past midnight. Instead of a wedding night, all she got was humiliation. By morning, the whole village knew that the new bride of the Liu family was “bad luck for her husband.” Her man had run off on their wedding night. When the family split up, she was given half a sack of dried sweet potatoes, 8.2kReads6.4Score566Shelves

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14. 64 溯EN Letters Tracing the Rain 溯雨信笺 Milky Candy Puff奶糖酥Modern Romance373k WordsCompleted [The physical book is now available. Its published title is Letters in the Rain] [Small-Town Literature | Bittersweet Slow Burn | Mutual Healing | 1v1 | Happy Ending] [Gentle and Resilient x Jaded and World-Weary] When Pu Yu was seventeen, she transferred to a remote town in southern China. There, she met Yuan Su. He had once been the town's brightest star, a prodigy destined for greatness. Now he had fallen from grace, and everyone avoided him. Everyone except Pu Yu. - An old street. A repair s 258.2kReads9.6Score49.3kShelves

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    It's incredibly good! The male and female leads don't have any third parties involved; they only redeem each other. I stayed up all night to finish it, and the next day my eyes were sore from crying.

15. 65 年 1979: Meat for My Wife and Kids 年代1979：带着老婆孩子吃肉 Village Demon Fire乡妖火Urban4.7M WordsOngoing [Rural life in the late 1970s] [One female lead] [Comedy] [Slow-paced] [Raising children] Reborn in 1979, Li Xiangdong becomes a train water-supply worker. While others are still fretting over how to make ends meet, he's already enjoying a comfortable life with his wife and children at home. (A realistic slice of life. Each character has both strengths and flaws, and not everyone is meant to be likable. If that's not what you're looking for, please move along.) 185.1kReads9.3Score11.2kShelves
16. 66 高 Love on the Plateau 高原心动 Picking Up Lost Things by the Evening Moon晚月拾遗Modern Romance205k WordsCompleted He is her direct superior, and the one man she must not fall for. Lu Shiyue, HR manager at the Qinghai branch: professional, levelheaded, and by the book. Li Yiheng, vice president of the group, sent to the plateau with the scars of a previous marriage. The first time they met, he took her report beneath the plateau's starry sky. Their fingers brushed, and her heart skipped a beat. But he was her superior. She shouldn't have felt this way. From clashing over projects to fighting side by side, fr 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Workplace + Love + Power

17. 67 丧 After My Husband Died, I Set Up a Stall and Turned My Life Around 丧夫后我摆摊逆袭 Su Peng Er Mali苏朋儿马里Modern Romance179k WordsCompleted Falsely accused of bringing bad luck to her husband and kicked out with nothing, Xianglan heads to Shenzhen alone. Armed with nothing but a pair of scissors, she sets up a street-side barber stall and builds a fortune worth billions! Her top-student son, Li Jingxing, rises from humble beginnings to become a tech mogul who dotes on his wife and protects his mother. Her rebellious son, Li Sixing, spoiled rotten by his grandmother and aunt, causes chaos until he lands in prison; after his release, 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I'm good at writing family dramas

18. 68 我 My Perfectly Matched Husband 我的超完美形婚老公 Su Peng Er Mali苏朋儿马里Marriage & Romance15k WordsCompleted My Perfect Marriage-of-Convenience Husband —Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 69 何 What Is Life? Harmony Begets Life 何生？和合相生 Su Peng Er Mali苏朋儿马里Urban80k WordsCompleted People say that Dao and technique give rise to each other, but which comes first: does the Dao guide the technique, or does the technique change the Dao? Of all things in the world, do they live before they die, or are they born facing death? A life as humble as a straw sandal may run into obstacles at every turn, yet it holds endless possibilities. —Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 70 2 Reborn in 2007 2007重生 Su Peng Er Mali苏朋儿马里Modern Romance253k WordsCompleted [Urban + campus + big ideas + rebirth + business + special agents. The protagonist, Mu Zhihua, was a naive sweetheart in her previous life. Reborn with a secret identity, she is coolheaded and clear-eyed, overcoming every obstacle on her way to the top and becoming a powerful woman.] Reborn in 2007, Mu Zhihua gains extraordinary learning and memory abilities. She saves her childhood friend from suicide, seizes every opportunity, and leads her whole family to wealth and prosperity. All she wanted 1Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 71 残 The Broken Imperial Seal 残玺 Long Chu龙杵Urban900k WordsCompleted “Anger is commonplace, but a smiling man is inscrutable...” Inspired by a hidden chapter of real history, this tells the story of a wild strategic-level scientist’s rise and growth. The premise is fresh, fantastical yet grounded in reality, and encompasses history, the workplace, the military, scientific research, national security, criminal investigation, elaborate schemes, murder, and modern high-stealth espionage, high-tech hacking, and high-intensity aerospace electronic warfare. The ending 5.8kReads8.5Score683Shelves

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    This book is complete. A hardcore work by a science and engineering enthusiast, it features no transmigration, rebirth, or cheat codes, making it a challenging read. The writing is sharp and the narrative flows smoothly, with humor and wit without being drawn out. The themes are novel, blending science fiction and realism, packed with suspense, mind-bending reasoning, and rigorous logic. The content covers history, workplace, military, technology, national security, criminal investigation, scheming, murder, as well as high-tech espionage, hacking, and aerospace electronic warfare. The ending is thought-provoking and insightful, a perfect cure for any reading slump.

22. 72 王 The Wang Family Alley 王家巷弄 One of the Few, Wan Suyun为数不多的万素云Modern Romance372k WordsCompleted Hey! Don’t let this plain-sounding name fool you! Tucked away in a small county town in North China, “Wang Family Lane” isn’t about petty family squabbles. It tells the colorful story of an ordinary family rising to wealth, led by an extraordinary woman who nearly became an “old maid”: Wang Xiulan! It all began with a “seriously impressive dowry.” At eighteen, Wang Xiulan was the cherished baby of the Wang family. Her dream was to attend middle school in the county town. But fate played a cruel 119Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Highly recommend! I laughed and cried while watching it.

23. 73 人 Middle Age 人到中年 Firestorm火烧风Urban5.6M WordsCompleted My wife cheated on me, my brother turned against me, and at thirty, I hit the lowest point of my life! When money is at stake, everyone shows their true, ugly faces. Betrayed by family and confronted with the greed of friends, I was pushed into an abyss of despair by countless grasping hands. I had no choice but to struggle back to my feet and reach for the sunshine that belonged to me! 3.1kReads8.7Score381Shelves
24. 74 我 The Neighbor Who Makes My Heart Race 我的心动女邻居 Firestorm火烧风Urban2.6M WordsOngoing On a rainy night, Sister Ling came to my house and asked if I wanted a wife. I never expected Sister Ling’s marriage to have been betrayed! It all begins with getting close to the mistress! My name is Chen Feng. This is my youth, and this is my story! [A Huoshaofeng production, guaranteed quality!] 43.3kReads8.3Score2.8kShelves
25. 75 岭 Those Years Working in Lingnan 岭南打工那些年 Dongting Fish Song洞庭鱼歌Urban1.0M WordsCompleted This work is a realistic urban novel based on my own experience of heading south to Guangdong for work in the late 1980s. It might be more accurate to call it a memoir of migrant work than a novel. The characters are all based on my colleagues, fellow villagers, and friends I knew well! I chose to write in the first person so that everyone in these pages would feel vivid and real, with a soul of their own. I hope readers will find the voice warm and familiar as they read or listen in their spare 18.1kReads9.3Score1.7kShelves
26. 76 温 A Tender Betrayal 温柔的背叛 Firestorm火烧风Urban2.9M WordsCompleted Betrayal in marriage and human greed have made my heart grow colder and colder... A vivid portrayal of marriage, family, and all walks of life. From the author Huoshaofeng, so you know it’s a quality read! 357Reads8.6Score143Shelves
27. 77 那 The Women I Loved Back Then 那些年，我爱过的女人 Ma Xiaohu马小虎Urban1.2M WordsCompleted After five years together, my girlfriend gets pregnant by her married male boss. Heartbroken, I unexpectedly meet a beautiful CEO. Amid tangled relationships and clashes in the business world, can I learn to believe in love again and turn my life around? 2.7kReads9.1Score333Shelves
28. 78 八 In the 1980s, I Opened a Supermarket in the Supply and Marketing Cooperative 八零之我把超市开进供销社 Little Water-Spirit Junior Sister水灵小师妹Modern Romance186k WordsOngoing [1980s + career + transmigrate and be reborn to turn her life around + glow-up + System + face-slapping] Lin Xiao transmigrates into the body of a downtrodden girl in the 1980s. Her father doesn’t care for her, her mother doesn’t love her, and even buying a bottle of soy sauce earns her an eye-roll from the supply cooperative clerk. She immediately binds herself to the [Modern Supermarket System]: Open and lit 24 hours a day, with unlimited products and discounts on bulk purchases. The supply co 10Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It looks great! Let's go!

29. 79 穿 Transmigrate into a Book: The Factory Belle Refuses to Be a Foil 穿书七零，厂花不做对照组 Clear and Serene Ancient Moon澄凝古月Modern Romance212k WordsCompleted [1970s setting + pocket dimension + refuses rural assignment + workplace] While doing archaeological work, Lin Ran formed a contract with a pocket dimension, which also brought her to a parallel 1970s world after she transmigrated into a book. She's beautiful, wealthy, and has a partner, and she refuses to be anyone's foil. She steps back from the gossip and enjoys the show, indulges in good food and stocks up on property. Wherever she goes, she can live life on her own terms. But... there's alw 2.1kReads6.8Score108Shelves

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    A female protagonist who transmigrates into a book during a historical period, realistic and down-to-earth, focusing on making money and building a career—come and see! [Heart emoji]

30. 80 人 Life in 2026 人生2026 Zhou Jun, Who Loves Red Beauties喜欢红美人的周俊28k WordsCompleted Life 2026 9Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Hmm, this is good.

31. 81 土 Flowers Born of the Earth 土生花 Ci Er La Chu次尔拉初Modern Romance375k WordsCompleted The land is silent, yet it can hold all the hardships endured by three generations. On the barren yellow earth, three generations of women are pressed into the mud by fate, bound hand and foot by patriarchy, and slowly tortured by life. They have no choices and nowhere to turn. They don’t even dare to cry aloud. All they can do is endure the darkness, bear the despair, and keep going through days that have been ground to dust, sustained by sheer will. Yang Jinlian is deaf and stutters. All her 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's so realistic, a bit rustic, but really good. I laughed and cried while watching it.

32. 82 听 Songs of the Listening Wind Tower 听风楼歌 Splashing Water from the Far Bank隔岸拍水Urban186k WordsOngoing Why does Xiangju run a business that only loses money and never makes a profit? She treats relationships just as carelessly, elbowing her way to the top of the airport’s Twelve Most Beautiful Women. She has Hong Zhi and Brother Gen fighting over her in a jealous brawl, and instead of being ashamed, she’s proud of it. After her eldest daughter gets into a prestigious university, she works hard and becomes independent. She tutors and models cars in her spare time, and accompanies her professor to 757Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A heartfelt story set in a bygone era, a deep love story unfolds in the Listening Wind Pavilion. Amidst the most ordinary of everyday moments, who can truly soothe the extraordinary heart of a man?

33. 83 我 I Am a Scout: Zhan De 我是侦察兵一一湛德 Splashing Water from the Far Bank隔岸拍水10k WordsCompleted I’m a Scout: Zhan De 1Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 84 岳 The Old Grandmother of Yue Family Village 岳家庄的老祖母 Mountainside Man in the Rain雨落山人Historical107k WordsCompleted [A grandmother builds a business + Yue Fei's family teachings + brotherhood] A mother's love makes her strong, and she becomes the soul of her clan. One mother's thirty-year flight lays the foundation for her family's six-hundred-year legacy. During the Hongwu reign of the Ming dynasty, Yue Guangyong, the thirteenth-generation descendant of Yue Fei, dies young in Tangyin County, Henan Province, where his family has lived for generations. He leaves behind his widowed wife, Yue Yushi, and their tw 563Reads9.3Score104Shelves

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    Rural novels are full of nostalgic charm.

35. 85 致 Her Secret Thoughts: A Young Man’s Hidden Diary in a Small Village 致她的心事：小村青年的隐秘日记 Black Sun Romance黑日浪漫Urban88k WordsOngoing No formulaic plot | Not a wish-fulfillment novel | Realistic fiction | Zhou Zhiqiang grows up amid poverty and chaos in her birth family, with her father instilling in her the survival rule that “you have to please people to survive.” She gets into college and lands a job at a bank. A well-off man, Ke Qingyan, pursues her, but as the truth about her family comes out, she gradually loses her self-respect and her relationship. Later, burdened with debt, she returns to her hometown and, under he 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Very immersive

36. 86 五 Little One from the 1950s: Mom, I Really Am a Good Dog! 五零崽崽：娘，我真是条好狗！ May We Last as Long as the Moon随明月而长终Modern Romance558k WordsCompleted [Period drama + adorable child + no romance + farming dimension + everyday life + family squabbles + light ensemble cast + slow-paced] In her previous life, Yadan was a dog. In this life, she's human. On her first day as a human, she throws her head back and howls, then crawls around the yard in the shadows, marking her territory. She steals the precious giant bone from Big Black at the village entrance. And she gets a farming dimension? Huh? Do dogs have to farm too? Yadan looks at her tiny arm 7.6kReads9.0Score604Shelves

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    Youngsters from the Generation Era

37. 87 五 My Five Sisters Raised Me, So I Bought Each of Them a House 五个姐姐养大我，我送每人一套房 Sesame Dream芝麻梦Urban341k WordsOngoing When I was seven, Mom and Dad were gone. My five older sisters took turns raising me. The eldest dropped out of school to work a sewing machine. The second scavenged rotten vegetables at the market. The third earned money competing in tournaments. The fourth never had an entry labeled “for herself” in her ledger. The fifth cut off her long braids and sold them for eight yuan to pay my tuition. Chen Zi'en lived next door. He was the school bully, feared by everyone. He'd never lost a fight, but 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Okay, here it comes!

38. 88 昨 Yesterday Flowed into the City 昨日流入城 Thorny Bougainvillea有刺三角梅Urban3.0M WordsCompleted [Officialdom] + [Workplace] + [Business World] + [Family] A scholar, two business magnates, three boxing champions, four great families, the Gao family's five tigers, the Twelve Beauties of Jiangling, and 108 concubines... A man who had lost all hope and decided to lie flat is thrust into officialdom overnight, only to become the talk of the whole city as he indulges in wine, women, wealth, and power... Where does his path ultimately lead? Will there be an ending? 293Reads9.2Score366Shelves

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    Modern Urban Literature

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