Great Short Reads, Short Novels, and Stories to Cure a Reading Slump 精彩好看的短篇，小短文，短故事，拯救书荒

1. 651 嫁 I Loved Him So Much I Crawled in the Dust. Now I'm a God, and He Kneels 嫁他卑微到尘埃，转身成神让他跪 Happy Soy Milk快乐的豆浆9k WordsCompleted I Loved Him So Humble I Was Reduced to Dust. Now I’m a Goddess, and He’ll Kneel 32Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 652 大 The Benevolent Ancestor of the Tang Dynasty 【大唐仁祖】 Tang Renzu of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors三皇五帝唐仁祖Historical973k WordsCompleted [Golden Finger] [Transmigration] [Li Ke] [Political Intrigue] [History] From the start, he transmigrates into Li Ke. Facing certain death, he uses Li Shimin as a chess piece and goes head-to-head with the Changsun clan and the Guanlong aristocratic families, deftly resolving the struggle over the crown prince's succession. From the start, he is trapped in a dead end: Changsun Wuji has already begun plotting to frame him, and the deadly purge of Zhenguan Year 17 is less than six years away. He 5.6kReads—Score492Shelves

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   I highly recommend this book. "Emperor Renzu of Tang" is a nearly million-word novel that will be completed in mid-September. It's not mindless or simplistic; the characters are brilliantly developed. I suggest reading the comments section of the last chapter first, where the author summarizes the entire novel, which will aid your reading. If you don't like it after reading it, you can slap me in the face! The author's writing is amazing, with a grand scope, ingenious plot, lofty ideals, profound thoughts, solid knowledge, deep cultural foundation, and top-notch political intrigue. ◦ Political intrigue highlights: The entire book focuses on overt strategies; Li Ke and Li Shimin are both players and pawns in a game. ◦ Character highlights: Qin Qiong's satisfying ending distinguishes it from traditional tragic novels; the characters are well-developed. ◦ Guarantee of the work: A complete million-word novel with no unresolved plot holes, all foreshadowing resolved, and no rushed ending.

3. 653 花 Blossoms Fall Upon the Inkstone 花朝落砚 Quan Xin荃昕18k WordsCompleted Huachao Luo Yan 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves
4. 654 领 The Night Before We Registered Our Marriage, He Stayed with His First Love. I Called Off the Wedding and Found Someone Else, and He Went Mad 领证前夜他陪白月光，我退婚换人他疯了 Happy Soy Milk快乐的豆浆14k WordsCompleted The Night Before We Registered Our Marriage, He Spent It With His First Love. I Called Off the Wedding and Chose Someone Else, and He Went Mad 27Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 655 深 Layers of Resentment in the Deep Palace 深宫怨几重 Shangguan Xuan'er上官轩儿Ancient Romance152k WordsCompleted In this mortal world, in the imperial palace, in the mansions of the wealthy, how much love has gone unreturned and turned into bone-deep hatred? The tangled passions and heartbreak of so many men and women have all vanished into the mists of history. 873Reads—Score101Shelves

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   For ten years, the Empress served as a substitute for the Emperor's unrequited love, eliminating his rivals. Only when the Emperor returned to the palace did she discover that the Emperor himself had forced her to swallow an abortifacient to carry his unborn child to term. The Regent knelt before her, offering her a knife: "Kill him, or kill me."

6. 656 雪 Snow Fell for Eleven Years, Then I Met You Again 雪落十一年，又逢野 Quan Xin荃昕11k WordsCompleted Snow Fell for Eleven Years, Then We Met Again in the Wild 8Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 657 观 Seeing the Ruins Through the Mirror: Shedding the Perfect Mask 观镜知墟：卸下完美假面 Happy Soy Milk快乐的豆浆46k WordsCompleted See the Ruins in the Mirror: Take Off the Mask of Perfection 12Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 658 领 After We Registered Our Marriage, My Vegetable-Selling Security Guard Husband Turned Out to Be a Trillionaire CEO 领证后，卖菜保安老公竟是千亿总裁 Happy Soy Milk快乐的豆浆21k WordsCompleted After We Registered Our Marriage, My Vegetable-Selling Security Guard Husband Turned Out to Be a Trillionaire CEO 34Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 659 狼 Bella of the Wolf Clan 狼族贝拉 Shangguan Xuan'er上官轩儿12k WordsCompleted Bella of the Wolf Clan 25Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 660 大 On My Wedding Day, My Fiancé Eloped Overnight with My Sister-in-Law, So I Chose Someone Better 大婚之日，未婚夫和嫂嫂连夜私奔，我另择良人 Quan Xin荃昕Ancient Romance9k WordsCompleted On my wedding day, my fiancé eloped with my sister-in-law in the middle of the night, so I chose someone else 20Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 661 一 1986: My Rise to the Top in a Tenement 一九八六，筒子楼里的逆袭 Happy Soy Milk快乐的豆浆Modern Romance11k WordsCompleted 1986: A Comeback in the Apartment Blocks 6Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 662 爸 Dad Said My Mid-Autumn Gift Wasn't Presentable, Then Slapped My Husband in Public. He Regretted It Like Crazy 爸嫌中秋礼上不得台面，当众扇我老公后，他悔疯了 Quan Xin荃昕12k WordsCompleted Dad said my Mid-Autumn Festival gift was too shabby for the occasion. After he slapped my husband in front of everyone, he regretted it like crazy. 12Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 663 午 The Thirteenth Class at Midnight 午夜第十三节课 Happy Soy Milk快乐的豆浆14k WordsCompleted The Thirteenth Class at Midnight 5Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 664 儿 My Son Asked Me to Care for His Paralyzed Father, but We've Been Divorced for Ten Years 儿子让我照顾他中风偏瘫的爸，可我离婚十年了 Quan Xin荃昕11k WordsCompleted My son wants me to care for his father, who's had a stroke and is paralyzed on one side, but I've been divorced for ten years. 21Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 665 借 Borrowing That Ray of Light to Rise to the Heavens 借那束光上青云 Happy Soy Milk快乐的豆浆45k WordsCompleted Borrowing That Ray of Light to Rise to the Clouds 1Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 666 世 Everyone Avoids the Troublemaking Girls, but I Take Them All In 世人皆避精神小妹我尽数收留 Mo Mi莫羋Urban400k WordsOngoing Spiritual little sisters, yoga pants: which one can make you stop in your tracks? ...Stop looking, this is the one! To give everyone a good show, I spent 6,000 yuan to live with a spiritual little sister for a month, together around the clock. What? You say that's still not enough? Then how about adding a System, too!? Gu Xingchen transmigrates back ten years and uses his System to turn his life around. Every spiritual little sister in the county follows him... Their world is on guard against th 44.1kReads6.1Score2.8kShelves

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    The first book is a system novel, about a small-town hero's rise to power, with multiple female leads and plenty of satisfying moments... The second book is a completed, angsty novel; see how the heroine escapes, and you can read straight to the ending.

17. 667 女 Women, Don't Go to Northern Myanmar. There's No One There. 女人不要去缅北那里没有人 Mo Mi莫羋Urban323k WordsCompleted The world is beautiful. I won't be coming back in my next life. Bailu (a pseudonym) said something after returning from northern Myanmar that I still can't forget. She said: "When Heaven was taking me apart, it got the balance just right. Any harder, and I'd have died. Any gentler, and I might have had a decent life." My so-called best friend tricked me into going to northern Myanmar. That's when I learned that women here aren't even treated as human beings. Beatings, imprisonment, being drained 21kReads7.4Score1.2kShelves
18. 668 逆 Stealing Crops Against Fate: In the Apocalypse, I Topple the Creator’s Throne 逆命偷菜：末世掀造物主的锅 Happy Soy Milk快乐的豆浆56k WordsCompleted Stealing Crops Against Fate: Turning the Creator’s World Upside Down in the Apocalypse 7Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 669 暗 Reborn in the Undercurrents: Wielding the Law as a Blade 暗流重生：以法为刃 Happy Soy Milk快乐的豆浆27k WordsCompleted Reborn in the Undercurrents: The Law as a Blade 6Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 670 一 One Chapter of Quick Transmigration: The Great Demon King Never Misses a Kill 一章快穿大魔王一刀一个准 Mo Er秣迩Modern Romance279k WordsOngoing [Quick transmigration + strong heroine + no romance + revenge] The title couldn’t be changed because the book was already under contract. So the first part is one chapter, and the rest is several chapters. ❤️ The great demon king Su Ning was ambushed. As she lay dying, a System bound itself to her. If she accumulated enough merit, she could return to her original world and find the culprit who had tried to kill her, then take revenge. And so the great demon king Su Ning transmigrated into one tr 1.1kReads—Score126Shelves

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    🤔🤔😄

21. 671 老 My Husband Faked Infertility to Steal My Family’s Fortune, So I Fought Back 老公假装不孕夺我家产，我绝地反击 Xi Wenjin席文锦26k WordsCompleted My husband pretended to be infertile to steal my family’s fortune. I fought back against all odds. 1.6kReads—Score—Shelves

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    Read a high-quality short story in twenty minutes, all for free.

22. 672 年 Older Men!! A Ferrari Is Still a Ferrari, Even When It’s Old 年上！！法拉利老了依然是法拉利 Loves Big Tomatoes Most最爱大番茄16k WordsCompleted Older woman!! A Ferrari is still a Ferrari, even when it's old. 31.7kReads—Score471Shelves

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    Not rambling, but brilliant and enjoyable 👀

23. 673 香 Soft and Fragrant in His Arms, the Capital’s Princeling Falls for Her 香软入怀，京圈太子爷沦陷了 Loves Big Tomatoes Most最爱大番茄12k WordsCompleted Soft and Sweet in His Arms, the Capital’s Top Heir Falls for Her 16.1kReads—Score291Shelves
24. 674 高 A Master’s Reading: Is the Child Born with a Disability? 高人一算，断稚子先天是残疾？ Wind Over the Grain风卷禾9k WordsCompleted An expert took one look and declared that the child was born with a disability? 31Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I'll recommend a few more genres; you can read them slowly when you're looking for something to read. 😘

25. 675 女 My Girlfriend Told Me to Delete My Mom So I Wouldn't Cheat 女朋友说让我删了我妈防止我出轨 Wind Over the Grain风卷禾Marriage & Romance6k WordsCompleted My Girlfriend Told Me to Delete My Mom So I Wouldn't Cheat on Her 2Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 676 仙 The Immortal Lord Shoves Him by Mistake! The War God Faces His Trial by Eating "Gold" 仙君误推！战神历劫吃“黄金” Wind Over the Grain风卷禾Ancient Romance16k WordsCompleted The Immortal Lord made a mistaken push! The God of War eats “gold” while undergoing tribulation —Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 677 当 The Emperor Read My Mind the Moment I Was Born from a Fart 当我从屁中出生，就被皇帝读了心 Wind Over the Grain风卷禾7k WordsCompleted The Emperor read my mind when I was born from a fart 1Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 678 遗 After Abandoning My Childhood Sweetheart, He Vowed Never to Marry 遗弃竹马后，他却立誓不婚 Wind Over the Grain风卷禾16k WordsCompleted After she abandoned her childhood sweetheart, he swore he would never marry 2Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 679 尸 The Zombie Tide Is Coming, So I’m Stockpiling Supplies and Laying Low 尸潮来袭，专心囤货苟天荒 Wind Over the Grain风卷禾9k WordsCompleted The Zombie Horde Is Coming, So I'm Stockpiling Supplies and Laying Low for Good 3Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 680 藏 The Second Cruelty Hidden Beneath the Skin 藏在皮囊里的第二重凶 Wind Over the Grain风卷禾11k WordsCompleted A Second Layer of Murder Hidden Beneath the Skin —Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 681 卦 The Adorable Diviner: Making Money Comes First, Romance Can Wait 卦仙有点萌：搞钱为主，恋爱靠边 Wind Over the Grain风卷禾9k WordsCompleted The Adorable Diviner: Making Money Comes First, Romance Can Wait 17Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 682 二 A Second Engagement Gone Wrong? I Slapped My Best Friend and Married My Childhood Sweetheart 二次订婚翻车？怒扇闺蜜嫁青梅 Wind Over the Grain风卷禾10k WordsCompleted Second Engagement Gone Wrong? I Slap My Best Friend and Marry My Childhood Sweetheart —Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 683 女 A Woman Becomes King, Her Closest Confidants Covet the Throne, and After Years of Keeping My Head Down, I Take It Back 女子为王，王位被最亲密的人觊觎，我守拙多年夺回王位 Helian Chengcheng赫连澄澄Ancient Romance6k WordsCompleted A woman becomes king, but the throne is coveted by the person closest to me. After years of keeping my true abilities hidden, I reclaim it. 22Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The matriarchal system

34. 684 侯 The Marquis Has a Baby: The King of the Underworld Brings the Ledger to the Wrong Rebirth 侯爷生崽：冥王带簿投错胎 Wind Over the Grain风卷禾27k WordsCompleted The Marquis Has a Baby: The King of the Underworld Brings the Ledger to the Wrong Womb —Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 685 被 After My Husband Gouged Out My Eyes and Broke My Legs, He Said He Loved Me 被老公挖眼断腿后，他却说爱我 Wind Over the Grain风卷禾9k WordsCompleted After My Husband Gouged Out My Eyes and Broke My Legs, He Said He Loved Me 3Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 686 我 I Was Watched While Sitting on the Toilet 我上马桶的时候被围观了 Wind Over the Grain风卷禾15k WordsCompleted I Got Watched While I Was on the Toilet 1Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 687 重 Reborn, the School's Queen Bee Spoils Me Even More 重生后，女校霸更宠我了 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊13k WordsCompleted After Being Reborn, the School’s Female Bully Dotes on Me Even More 405Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [Tall, muscular girl x handsome, refined boy] In his past life, Chen Huaiyue, the tall, muscular school bully, tormented him for three years, only to end up as his wife. At their wedding, Jiang Yanheng's legs gave way and he fainted. When he opened his eyes again—he was back in the second year of junior high. He vowed to avoid her this time, but she promptly moved her desk next to him: "You say we're not familiar? Let's get to know each other again." She blocked him, pursued him, protected him, relentlessly pursuing him. He escaped in his past life, but in this life… where could he possibly escape to?

38. 688 青 My Childhood Sweetheart Had a Secret Crush on Me for Nineteen Years 青梅竹马暗恋我十九年 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊34k WordsCompleted My Childhood Friend Had a Crush on Me for Nineteen Years 66Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 689 离 Two Months After Our Divorce, I Got Pregnant 离婚两个月，我怀孕了 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊14k WordsCompleted Two Months After Our Divorce, I’m Pregnant 464Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 690 蜜 Honeymoon Period 蜜月期 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊Marriage & Romance13k WordsCompleted Honeymoon Period 6Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 691 觉 Awakening! A Civil Servant in a Love Triangle 觉醒！修罗场公务员 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊46k WordsCompleted Awakening! A Public Servant in the Shura Field 68Reads—Score—Shelves

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