At Middle Age, Are You Like Me? Never Daring to Stop and Take a Moment for Yourself 中年的你，是否跟我一样？从不敢为自己停下脚步

1. 1 人 Middle Age, A Heart Bathed in Warm Sunshine 人到中年，心沐暖阳 The Kerosene Lamp in the Stilt House吊脚楼的煤油灯66k WordsCompleted In Midlife, My Heart Bathes in Warm Sunshine 362Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 2 背 Betrayal and Collapse 背叛与崩塌 The Kerosene Lamp in the Stilt House吊脚楼的煤油灯15k WordsCompleted Betrayal and Collapse 1Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 3 重 Reborn: She Takes Control of the Whole Game 重生之她掌控全局 The Kerosene Lamp in the Stilt House吊脚楼的煤油灯20k WordsCompleted Reborn: She Takes Control of the Whole Game —Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 4 罗 Luo Xiuqiao’s Professional Life 罗修桥的职业生活 The Kerosene Lamp in the Stilt House吊脚楼的煤油灯Modern Romance179k WordsCompleted Luo Xiuqiao is an ordinary graduate from a second-tier university. Full of ambition, he comes alone to Haicheng, a top-tier city, only to discover that reality is far harsher than he imagined. One job interview after another ends in failure, and more than a hundred resumes vanish without a response. The mounting pressure of rent and daily expenses gradually turns his confidence into anxiety, making him so sensitive that he begins to doubt himself. Messages in his class chat about classmates land —Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 5 同 My Deskmate Is My First Love 同桌是我初恋 The Kerosene Lamp in the Stilt House吊脚楼的煤油灯31k WordsCompleted My Desk Mate Is My First Love 1Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 6 蛇 The Years in Shekou: My 1990 蛇口岁月，我的1990 The Kerosene Lamp in the Stilt House吊脚楼的煤油灯Urban715k WordsCompleted Set in the Shenzhen areas of Shekou, Nanshan, and Bao'an, this novel tells the true story of the protagonist's own experiences as a migrant worker in the early 1990s. It captures the bustle and chaos of Shenzhen in the early days of reform and opening up, its complex society, and its rough-and-tumble urban villages. Beauty and ugliness, good and evil, confusion and despair, striving and perseverance: every story will stir the deepest memories of those who left home to seek work in the south. 380Reads8.1Score109Shelves
7. 7 山 The Winding Mountain Road Leads Far Away 山路弯弯向远方 The Kerosene Lamp in the Stilt House吊脚楼的煤油灯Modern Romance29k WordsCompleted The Winding Mountain Road Leads Far Away 1Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 8 城 The Seven Tenants of the Urban Village 城中村的七租客 The Kerosene Lamp in the Stilt House吊脚楼的煤油灯Modern Romance329k WordsCompleted Chen Mo, a recent graduate, arrives in Shenzhen feeling lost and broke. He rents a cheap single room in an urban village and struggles to find work while bearing the crushing pressure of making ends meet. Introverted and sensitive, with an exceptional eye for detail, he is trapped in hardship and has barely any money, yet he remains clearheaded, quietly analyzing everyone around him. His neighbors include A Qiang, a food-delivery rider who works until the early hours every day, hot-tempered but 5Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 9 我 I Am Li Huaide's Bodyguard 我是李怀德的警卫员 Lying-Flat Enthusiast躺客Male-Channel Fanfiction1.7M WordsOngoing Li Dahu, a soldier, served as Li Huaide's bodyguard. After leaving the military, he was assigned to the Hongxing Steelworks. This is the story of how he struggled through years of famine while supporting his three younger brothers and three younger sisters, and gradually built a better life for himself at the Hongxing Steelworks. 41.9kReads7.2Score2.7kShelves

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10. 10 芷 Zhining’s Winter 芷宁的东天 Snow Drifting Through the Borderlands边城飘雪Modern Romance325k WordsCompleted At thirty, Zhining had long since stopped believing in love and decided to live alone, freely and on her own terms. Then a chance game of murder mystery brought the forceful, passionate Shao Dong into her quiet life. His overwhelming possessiveness and affection threw off her familiar rhythm. She had thought she would never fall in love again, but when faced with someone willing to do anything for her, The resolve she had held for years to never marry began to waver. At the halfway point of life 229Reads—Score102Shelves

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    Real life ing happily chatted with sweets while talking about workplace difficulties and girls' lives, which was both sweet and realistic.

11. 11 那 The Letter That Was Never Sent 那封未寄出去的信 The Kerosene Lamp in the Stilt House吊脚楼的煤油灯Modern Romance178k WordsCompleted The class divide in a 1990s town. They weren't unloved; they spent their whole lives running from love. What truly destroys a relationship isn't distance, but the way people retreat into themselves. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 12 重 Reborn in 1927: Saving the Republic Through Industry 重生一九二七我靠工业拯救共和国 Southern Old Boy南方老童Urban393k WordsCompleted Shanghai’s Zhabei District, 1927. When Lin Zhenhua woke up, the smell of rust and machine oil filled his nose. His father’s machine shop had been reduced to three battered lathes, seven workers who hadn’t been paid, and a two-thousand-dollar loan-shark’s IOU. The creditor was coming to padlock the doors that afternoon. But Lin Zhenhua had the industrial blueprints of a hundred years in the future in his head. Metal suppliers, foreign trading firms, Japanese factories: no one thought much of this 203Reads—Score—Shelves

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13. 13 土 Soul of the Tusi 土司魂 The Kerosene Lamp in the Stilt House吊脚楼的煤油灯Eastern Fantasy534k WordsCompleted Tusi Soul: Centered on the last Tusi ruler, reborn and returned, this is a secret chronicle of western Hunan steeped in witchcraft and splendor. With Wu Chen, the last Tusi king, at its heart, the story weaves a vast web of fate and redemption, returning to a Tusi dynasty beset by turmoil through sweeping chapters such as “The Tusi Returns” and “Demon Bloodlines Run Rampant.” It confronts the ancient Miao frontier’s blood curses and gu poison magic, along with demonic beasts and calamities wroug —Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 14 终 The Legend of the Zhongnan Sword Immortal 终南剑仙传 Farmer of Eastern Qin东秦农夫Eastern Fantasy216k WordsCompleted Gu Zhaoran, the Sword Immortal Qingxuan, was reborn after surviving a tribulation. He braved a serpent's lair, battled demonic cultivators, and encountered an evil monk. His path was fraught with danger, and he narrowly escaped death time and again before returning to Zhongnan and rejoining his sect. When his immortal master ascended, Gu Zhaoran was entrusted with leadership in a time of crisis and became the sect's new head. He repelled enemies at the rear cliff, joined the Five Elders in elimi 17Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The first book written by an uncle who loves reading and writing [seeking attention] [seeking attention] [seeking attention]

15. 15 凡 The Immortal's Trail in the Mortal World 凡武仙踪 A Little Idle Sorrow一两闲愁Eastern Fantasy276k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + System Stat Allocation + Slaying Evil Demons + Martial Arts + Cultivation] Evil demons run rampant, and human lives are as worthless as grass. After transmigrating, Lin Dong awakens a daily stat-allocation System on the brink of death. Everyone else cultivates martial arts, but I alone will open the immortal river anew. Ding! Obtained [Ultimate Divine Art] Ding! Obtained [Heaven-Slaying Swordsmanship] Give me stat points! Max them all out! What level are you even at? And you ca 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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16. 16 你 Feeling Anxious? I Found Healing in a Country Courtyard 你焦虑了吗？我在农村小院治愈了 The Real Number One Scholar Brother状元哥哥本尊Urban140k WordsOngoing At 44, I take the blame and get disciplined. My promotion is gone. My wife's job is unstable, and she's always on edge. My son is hooked on online games, and his grades leave a lot to be desired. I rent a place with a courtyard in the suburbs. I work in the CBD by day, then come back to the village at night to raise chickens, walk the dog, and grow vegetables. The neighbors say I look like an idiot turning over the soil. But idiots don't have to take the blame for anyone anymore. I raise chicken 24Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Recommend this good-looking farming article

17. 17 重 Reborn 20 Years Ago: From Street Tough to Upstanding Young Man 重生20年从顽主到四有青年 Mr. Red Flag红旗先生Urban1.7M WordsCompleted [Reborn] [No System] [Ensemble cast] [Everyday life] [Business rivalry] [Romance] [Martial world] Does being reborn count as rebirth if you have no memories of your past life? In 2024, business tycoon Chen Yuanping is framed and sent back to the autumn of his nineteenth year. A completely different life begins... At the foot of the imperial city, in Liulichang. A group of young people born in the sixties and seventies leave the crowded courtyard houses in the hutongs, carrying their dreams 3.5kReads7.5Score191Shelves

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    A different period novel, the story of a group of people born in the 1970s who came out of Beijing's alleys, family, friendship and love, as well as the most realistic business duel in the barbaric era, full of memories of the great era! Book friends who are tired of routine writing please come in

18. 18 1 In 1975, I Went to the Countryside to Escape Disaster 1975年我下乡避祸 Niu Shi牛柿Urban1.5M WordsCompleted This is not a feel-good power fantasy. There is no pocket dimension, no System, no rebirth, and no transmigration. The times are turbulent, and the road ahead is uncertain. To protect Li Chengxiao, his family bears the pain of sending him to the countryside for an assigned rural posting, away from danger. Alone, he puts down roots in the village, enduring hardship and lying low with quiet resolve. With his unique insight and steady temperament, he establishes himself amid adversity, discreetly b 81.9kReads8.4Score10.1kShelves
19. 19 重 Reborn in the 1980s: Starting with a Street Stall 重生八零：从摆地摊开始 A Maybach as Smooth as Water, Leaving No Trace似水无痕迈巴赫Modern Romance551k WordsCompleted Rebirth, period drama, strong heroine, 1980s, entrepreneurship, building a fortune, sweet romance, comeback, street vending, starting from scratch, business, feel-good story, marriage before love, love growing over time, realistic, memories of the post-80s generation Song Shiwei dies in her rental apartment in 2024. Before closing her eyes, she thinks only one thing: If there's a next life, I refuse to be this poor again. When she opens her eyes again, it's the eve of the Little New Year in 198 1.4kReads—Score—Shelves
20. 20 上 Middle-Aged in Shanghai: I’ve Hidden My Medicinal Wine Ability for 20 Years 上海中年：我藏药酒异能苟20年 Tan Chulin檀楚林Urban162k WordsCompleted In 2006, Shanghai was swept up in a wave of reform. Large numbers of veteran workers at state-owned enterprises were laid off, and a lifetime of stability vanished overnight. At forty, Zhang Jianguo saw his eighteen years of service wiped out. His buyout compensation was slashed, and in middle age he had no one to rely on while raising a young daughter. To feed his family, he took grueling construction jobs, did backbreaking labor, suffered wage deductions, and endured bullying, struggling eve 57Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The 50-year history of changes in Shanghai is depicted in the life of a middle-aged man. The writing style is very similar to Liang Xiaosheng's "Human World", which is worth reading. A middle-aged man's story of his growth in spiritual power! I cried when I saw it! It seems that it can be renamed "Shenbi Zhang Jianguo Gou Dao Ji". It is a flavorful period text and looks good! Cool!

21. 21 神 The Mighty Little Constable 神通小捕快 Seven Stars in Hand手握七星Martial Arts1.9M WordsOngoing “One leaf riding the wind, roaming ten thousand miles; a dashing constable, famous throughout the land.” The most righteous men are often those society looks down on, and heroes rise from the streets. The spring breeze and I are both passing travelers, but your name alone belongs to the martial world. Ye Fei, a lowly errand boy at an inn, is rejected by the Su family because he's nothing but a nobody who runs errands! Who could have guessed that after getting drunk, saving a beauty, and catching 9.5kReads8.8Score845Shelves

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    The shackles on his left hand hold a fierce man, and the folding fan on his right hand flirts with the beauty, this little catcher has something special!

22. 22 穿 Transmigrating to a Fishing Village: Lying Flat in Hong Kong 穿越小渔村之润去香江躺平 Yang Erxiao杨二笑Urban284k WordsOngoing (Period setting, pocket dimension, treasure hunting at sea, daily life, Hong Kong) Chen Hao arrives in an Eighties-era fishing village on the coast of Fujian with a pocket dimension. Through a twist of fate, he makes his way to Hong Kong, where he and his family lie flat, raise fish on rafts, buy fishing boats, build a submersible and a house, and collect all kinds of things. (You think I'm writing, but actually I'm watching short videos and editing pictures 🫢) 2.8kReads—Score165Shelves

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23. 23 列 A Private's First Resolve 列兵初心 Meng Chu Ke Lan梦初柯兰Urban342k WordsCompleted Twenty-five years of life's ups and downs, a weathered journey steeped in the feel of the times, and a transformation from an inexperienced young man into a jaded middle-aged man. Will he hold on to his original ideals or go with the flow? Time will tell us the truth. 54Reads—Score—Shelves

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    "Private Soldier's Original Intention" is a novel that records more than 20 years of real life. Do we stick to our original intention?

24. 24 风 A Bizarre Tale of Feng Shui! 风水奇谭！ Chen Jiu辰九Urban555k WordsCompleted Chen Yan, a top student at a 985 university, suffered a devastating blow at just twenty-two: His roommate set him up and framed him, driving him into a dead end; His girlfriend of three years cheated on him; his father was hospitalized with a serious illness, and he couldn't even scrape together the 5,000-yuan deposit. His loan payments were overdue and collectors were after him. He was about to become... Just as he sank into utter despair, a mysterious old Daoist appeared, opened his heavenly e 6.7kReads8.5Score411Shelves

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    The first one, after reading it, I'm afraid you'll change your life against fate.

25. 25 一 I Transmigrated and Became the Beloved Bride of a Crippled Marquis 一朝穿越，替嫁残侯成团宠 Chen Jiu辰九Ancient Romance230k WordsCompleted [Historical transmigration + medical skills + marriage before love + two strong leads who dote on each other + suspense and court intrigue] Shen Qingci, a top surgeon, transmigrates into the body of a bride forced into a marriage swap. She becomes the new bride meant to bring good fortune to Xiao Yan, the blind and crippled Marquis of Dingbei. On their wedding night, she takes his pulse and immediately sees through it: “My lord, you’ve been poisoned. Someone wants to keep you in darkness forever 135Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 26 与 Coexisting with a Big Shot, I Became Unstoppable 与大佬共生，我强到飞起 Chen Jiu辰九Modern Romance284k WordsCompleted One day, I woke up with a man in my head. It wasn't a hallucination or a split personality. He was the real deal, a top-tier boss: Lu Yunzhou. The ruthless business tycoon who ruled the corporate world was now nothing more than a ghost trapped in my mind. And so, things started looking like this: When someone gives me a hard time, he scoffs in my head: [Third file from the bottom left. Throw it in his face.] When someone frames me, he directs me remotely: [The recorder's in the right-hand drawe 86Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 27 快 Quick Transmigration: The Second Personality 快穿第二人格 Chen Jiu辰九Modern Romance216k WordsCompleted Female lead + dual personality + no saintly martyrdom + takes down scumbags regardless of gender or age + lighthearted and funny Synopsis: Jiang Yan, a female cultivator, was bored when she happened upon a System. She transmigrates through three thousand worlds, disguising herself as the original host's second personality to help them change their personalities and escape their tragic fates. She takes down scumbags, delivers face-slapping comeuppances, completes missions, and explores the myster 26Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 28 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 459Reads—Score—Shelves

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    If you have read the No. 1 Sadomasochism emotional novel "Ting Feng Lou Ge", you will know: reaching middle age is like sailing against the current, never stopping to reach the other shore.

29. 29 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 —Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 30 昂 A Life Full of Vigor 昂扬的生命 Pomegranate Blossoms in May榴花映五月Modern Romance616k WordsCompleted I dedicate this book to the first generation of only children, and to the teachers’ college graduates who devoted themselves to education in this land. Each person has only one life. How should we live this one and only life? Looking across history and around the world, many inspiring books have explored this theme. I, an unknown nobody, hope to join their ranks and have chosen the same theme. I hope my work won’t be lost among the masterpieces of celebrated writers. This work will focus on Ji 324Reads—Score—Shelves

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    In middle age, I wrote a book from the late 1960s to the present. Indeed, never dare to stop, otherwise you will be eliminated by the times!

31. 31 大 A Great Nation’s Middleman: I Saved Countless Soviet Girls 大国倒爷，我拯救众多苏联少女 Jungle Mage打野的法师Urban882k WordsCompleted Transmigration + System + running goods in Russia + foreign beauties + womanizer + hugely profitable smuggling Two women stood at the door. Two Soviet women with blonde hair and blue eyes, wrapped in tattered headscarves. Wang Teng's first reaction: Holy shit. His second reaction: Am I fucking seeing this right? A line of text automatically appeared in Wang Teng's mind: [Ding! System notification: Your foreign beauties have arrived. Please sign for them.] Don't get excited, that was just hi 315Reads5.7Score316Shelves
32. 32 我 The Mistake Between Us 我们之间的错误 DeimionModern Romance416k WordsOngoing [Push and Pull + Swoon-Worthy Flirting and Sweet Romance + Both Pure + Sweet Romance + The Male Lead Falls in Love at First Sight and Goes Crazy Pursuing Her] Li Shuyan is forcibly abducted and shoved into a luxury car. She thinks she's been kidnapped, but fate leads her to Wen Kai, a man with stunning good looks, a cold and forceful personality, and a solitary, brooding heart. An ancient, shattered magic mirror binds the two of them together. Shuyan is trapped in the mansion of this handsome, b 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The author is from abroad, please be tolerant of him. This book is not written by artificial intelligence - you can feel the thinking and sincerity of real people behind every word. The plot moves forward quickly, but it's not tiring - there's something happening in every chapter, there's no boring drag, and there's no meaningless word count. Character growth is gradual, just like real life. And just when you think you have understood the direction of the story - an unexpected reversal comes. It's not like other books. As an online novel, its writing style and conception are very special and unique. If you're looking for an authentic, unconventional, and weighty piece of writing - give it a try, it's worth a read.

33. 33 女 The Cross-Dressing Heartthrob Is Spoiled by His Abstinent Lover 女装大佬被禁欲老攻娇宠了 Wu Yibai吴一白Two Male Leads71k WordsOngoing [Two male leads + adored by everyone + pure, delicate flower + growth and transformation] Kele is a young heir to a top-tier wealthy family, raised in luxury. Tired of his family’s constraints, he runs away without permission. With long hair, a dress, and soft, delicate makeup, he transforms himself into a gentle, pretty girl, using his disguise to evade the internet-wide search perfectly. Short on money, he happens upon a friendly landlord and accidentally rents a new place, sharing it with Pei 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The spring breeze was just right that year, and you and I happened to meet each other, so I pushed the first book

34. 34 度 A Lifetime Together: Scheming for Power with You 度余年：与君共权谋 Wu Yibai吴一白Two Male Leads180k WordsOngoing [Fan Xian x Li Chengze + TV Adaptation Fan Fiction + Two Male Leads + Reborn Ties + Political Intrigue and Romantic Tension + Sweet, Both Rivals and Friends] After a lifetime of political intrigue and shifting fortunes, Fan Xian becomes a pawn discarded by the court. He can only watch as Li Chengze is driven into a desperate position and loses everything. Reborn at the time of their first meeting in the capital, Fan Xian has just made a name for himself at a poetry gathering when he encounters t 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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