Books I'm Following Lately 最近追看的书单

1. 1 林 Lady Lin’s Everyday Life in Ancient Times 林娘子市井生活 Que Yu却雨Romance949k WordsOngoing Lin Wu transmigrated into a novel and was forced to watch the entire story unfold as a bystander. Only when it came to an end did she truly become the owner of this body. Newly free, all she wanted was to find a quiet corner, live an ordinary life, eat and drink well, and enjoy her peace. But a fire bound her fate to a child with a very special identity, and the two were forced to flee from place to place. She buried her past and opened a little food shop in a faraway land. All kinds of steame 98.8kFavorites110.3kClicks/ch192kGifts

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   The novel I'm currently following is also a food-themed story. The female lead is very calm and clear-headed, while the male lead has a sharp tongue. It's worth a read.

2. 2 上 Clocking In at a Hellish Job [Infinite] 上个鬼班[无限] Boat Carrying Green舟载绿Romance833k WordsOngoing [Instance Nine is complete and ready to read] Reader’s Guide: Statements that may easily cause controversy will be deleted. Updates daily this month, before midnight. 60% anti-piracy buffer. Zhao Yingjun worked at a heartless, unscrupulous company where the pressure was so intense even ghosts couldn’t take it, but she had worked there for three whole years. Every day, she listened to her coworkers complain about one thing or another, expressionless, as if it were background noise. Coworker A: M 62.9kFavorites51.4kClicks/ch46.3kGifts

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   The premise is reasonable; the female lead's successful entry into the haunted company by projecting an aura of barely-there working life is no easy feat. She attributes all the terrifying scenes she encounters to hallucinations caused by the oppressive work environment. The male lead hasn't realized this yet, and both storylines seem to be progressing well so far.

3. 3 白 The White Moonlight Breaks Out of the Coffin 白月光破棺而出 Immortal Baby Patrick Star神仙宝贝派大星Romance752k WordsCompleted [Exclusively published on Jinjiang. The full text has been revised; we are not responsible for other versions.] Sheng Ningyu, whose sword once stunned the Fourteen Continents, was a peerless prodigy. She was the unrivaled Sword Sovereign, the unattainable dream of countless people. Unfortunately, sixty years ago, she was caught off guard and sealed inside a coffin. Who hated her enough to do this? Was it her fiance from an aristocratic family, who didn't love her? Was it her renowned best frien 44kFavorites32.5kClicks/ch21.6kGifts

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   I recently finished reading a book where the male lead suffered so much, while the female lead was incredibly strong, truly a "white moonlight" figure. (The last sentence is a poetic expression and doesn't directly relate to the preceding text.)

4. 4 我 My Manga Became a Hit 我画漫画火了 Sleeping Bag Girl睡包少女Romance367k WordsCompleted Lu Kexin transmigrates into the body of a C-list actress. Poverty drives her to pick up her old trade: drawing comics!! Then she gets famous. For some reason, her comics come true in real life... After realizing she's become the legendary magic brush Ma Liang, Lu Kexin is completely at a loss. When she starts drawing Becoming a CEO Today, the CEO wakes up every day with a new superpower. And then... In real life, Han Tianyu lightly taps the table during a negotiation. The table collapses. He squ 15kFavorites30.8kClicks/ch20.8kGifts

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   The silly stories I used to read were pretty mindless, so don't worry about the logic; they were good for relaxing.

5. 5 猫 The Owl Comes Tonight [Harry Potter] 猫头鹰今夜来[HP] Three Hundred Miles of North Wind北风三百里Romance475k WordsOngoing After visiting Universal Studios, I decided to write a short bedtime story for HP fans who never got their letters. (Update: It kept getting longer, and turned into a full-length story to keep HP fans up all night.) Original male and female leads + postwar timeline + beloved original characters make occasional appearances. Not contracted. 01. Ke Mo was a cold, distant wizard studying abroad. Before receiving an international acceptance letter from a school, he never believed in magic. During th 3.7kFavorites1.5kClicks/ch12.2kGifts

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   This is an original Harry Potter setting, currently not available for purchase. The female lead's experiences from childhood to adulthood were truly relatable; she yearns for the magical world but is a Muggle. The male lead is her elementary school classmate, doesn't believe in the magical world, and relied solely on her explanations of Harry Potter to understand it. Ironically, he ended up receiving a college acceptance letter, but both are very brave. The female lead is gradually awakening and rebelling against reality. The male lead is currently undercover. The encounter between the male and female leads is very interesting, and their interactions are enjoyable to watch.

6. 6 惊 Horror Movie Survival Rules 惊悚片生存守则 A Touch of Red from Eastern Wu东吴一点红Romance1.3M WordsCompleted In a world of horror movies, how can an ordinary person dodge danger at every turn and survive to the very end? Thanks to all the horror movies she watched before transmigrating, Everly has compiled countless ironclad rules for survival: Horror Movie Survival Rule No. 1: Stay away from desolate ruins, campsites, castles, cabins in the woods, caves, and places like that. So when her classmates invited her to explore some ruins, she firmly said no. Those classmates never came back, not even by th 114.1kFavorites122.9kClicks/ch390.4kGifts

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   The premise combines various tropes from American horror movies. The female protagonist, from a young age, tries to find the rules to avoid triggering them, and although she still encounters them, she does. She has some advantages, but they aren't significant. It's worth watching.

7. 7 御 Beast Tamer, I’ll Work to Support You 御兽师，我打工养你啊 Granny Nine-Tails九尾婆婆Romance1.5M WordsOngoing More than a decade ago, after Hua Country made a trip around the far side of the moon, the authorities suddenly began a series of baffling operations. For example, the South Heaven Gate Project, popularizing end-of-the-world emergency kits and methods of hiding from nuclear radiation, and releasing spectacular films about mecha. At the time, the people joked that their motherland had burned an alien’s butt with a cigarette lighter on the moon. W 68.4kFavorites65.7kClicks/ch459kGifts

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   The two interfaces can transfer files between each other. The crow is cute, and the animal designs are quite amusing. It's a relaxing watch that doesn't require much brainpower.

8. 8 穿 After Entering a Cyberpunk Game, I Killed the Boss and Claimed the Throne 穿进赛博游戏后干掉BOSS成功上位 An Bai桉柏Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [I’ve been informed about the incident involving trolls in the comments, and I sincerely apologize to everyone. The inappropriate text in the blurb has been removed. A detailed announcement is in the author’s note for Chapter 1. 2026.04.05] [Updates on the simplified Chinese print edition: See Weibo @An Bai ANBAI. The second volume of the simplified Chinese edition was released on August 22, 2025.] The cyberpunk game with cosmic horror elements, Crimson Earth, is about to be released. Kui Xin 835.4kFavorites1.1MClicks/ch3.4MGifts

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   It's good. I had to stop and watch it twice in the middle. The key is to get into the beginning; the plot just unfolds gradually and it gets really good.

9. 9 维 Maintaining the Dignity of the Female Supporting Character 维持女配的尊严 Xi He淅和Romance581k WordsCompleted After being reborn, Wen Shuangmu learns that she lives in a sweet campus romance novel. Every male character in the book could have been plucked straight from the hottest Jinjiang romance, so the heroine is caught in an endless love rivalry every day. For instance, there’s the aloof top student and male lead, Su Qiyan. He never studies before exams, but one day he suddenly organizes his notes just so he can hand them to the heroine. Then there’s the arrogant, headstrong second male lead, Zhou 327kFavorites509.9kClicks/ch230.5kGifts

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   Let's look at the female supporting character from another angle. Some details in the later epilogue made everything clear.

10. 10 海 Stockpiling Supplies and Surviving in a Seaside Safehouse 海上安全屋囤货生存 Graceful Evening Glow翩翩晚照Romance2.4M WordsCompleted [Welcome to The God Game: Raft Survival] [New player quest: The extreme heat disaster, Scorching Season, is approaching. Upgrade your safe house as soon as possible.] He Ni, who can't swim, wakes up to find herself floating on a raft. Surrounded by an endless sea, she casts a line beneath the blazing sun and, from the start, reels in ten garbage bags in a row. Just as she's on the verge of despair, a notification appears: [You excel at and love collecting garbage. The Sea God approves of your 239.3kFavorites243.5kClicks/ch2.7MGifts

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    The protagonist actually has quite a powerful cheat ability; it's a disaster-stricken hoarding story, and the plot feels like it progresses along with leveling up, though it's rather slow.

11. 11 侵 The Contaminators 侵染者 Red Thorn North红刺北Romance793k WordsOngoing Zhou Huaixia never dreams. She only passes through other people's dreams. It's a secret she's kept for years. Perhaps it was the change of scenery when she started college, but Zhou Huaixia began spending whole nights wandering through other people's dreams. She'd watched dreams of unfamiliar classmates being eaten by pigs, hanging themselves... She'd witnessed all sorts of bizarre and fantastical dreams. The chaotic dreams left Zhou Huaixia mentally and physically exhausted. She'd give anythin 208.6kFavorites204.2kClicks/ch933.6kGifts

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    The concept is great, but the updates are too slow.

12. 12 满 A Sleeve Full of Heavenly Wind 满袖天风 The Rabbit Who Pulls Cotton Candy拉棉花糖的兔子Romance202k WordsCompleted The print edition of this book is now available. Search for it if you're interested! .| The day Wen Lan left, everyone in the Imperial City Office breathed a sigh of relief. The Imperial City Office has authority over covert investigations, public order, arrests, and interrogations. It spies in secret on everyone, from court officials to wealthy households, leaving no stone unturned and everyone in fear. But even within the infamous Imperial City Office, Wen Lan was a menace. Now the question wa 147.1kFavorites293.2kClicks/ch103.4kGifts

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    A unique male and female lead setup; it's the first time I've seen a male lead insist that the female lead is a man dressed as a woman even though she's dressed as a woman.

13. 13 神 The Amazing Chinese Student Tells Fortunes on the Streets of New York [The Millennium] 神奇留子在纽约摆摊算命[千禧年] Xie Xianxian谢仙鲜Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Zhao Zhenzhen unexpectedly transmigrated to the turn of the millennium, becoming an international student. She also gained a golden finger: an NPC character panel that let her see everyone's life story. From then on, Zhao Zhenzhen acquired quite a few nicknames. “Medium” to her classmates “Mysterious Oriental student” to her teachers “Eastern Master” on the streets of New York Zhao Zhenzhen: “What master? I'm no master! Don't be superstitious! This is scientific deduction! Observation! Easter 124.4kFavorites175.2kClicks/ch646.4kGifts

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    This author's writing style looks familiar, but the name doesn't seem familiar. Then I realized the author changed their name. If you like this style, you might want to check out this author; their writing style is quite interesting.

14. 14 京 Noon in the Capital 京华子午 Cherry Cake樱桃糕Romance398k WordsCompleted "Completed in July 2020" For the physical edition, please visit the Weibo link @A Jin's Cherry Cake. At midnight, demons and ghosts emerge, dark spirits slip through the shadows. At noon, carriages and horses stream through the streets, and the city bursts with splendor. Between midnight and noon, they punish the wicked and cruel, and protect the peace of the human world. A historical mystery with a touch of suspense and a sweet, satisfying daily life. A devil-may-care, highly skilled young 119.7kFavorites178.4kClicks/ch103.4kGifts

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    The female lead has super high combat skills, the male supporting character is also very cute, and they form a perfect crime-solving trio.

15. 15 食 Eating the Bright 食明 Spring Creek Flute at Dawn春溪笛晓Romance1.9M WordsCompleted In the first year of the Longqing reign, the new emperor appointed Zhang Juzheng Vice Minister of Personnel and concurrently Grand Secretary of the Eastern Pavilion. The famous Ming official Zhang Juzheng officially became Grand Secretary Zhang. That evening, a boy carrying a wok stopped Zhang Juzheng on his way home. “Brother-in-law!” The boy with the wok, Gu Xian, rubbed his hands together and began his dramatic performance. “I’m your long-lost brother-in-law. I came all the way to the capital 117kFavorites170.4kClicks/ch1.6MGifts

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    If you enjoy historical fiction, this author's works are worth reading. They cover the Tang, Song, Yuan, and Ming dynasties, and are romance novels told from the male protagonist's perspective. The timeline is basically from childhood to adulthood, featuring many historical figures from various dynasties. Although the main characters in different series feel somewhat similar, it's still quite interesting.

16. 16 从 Starting with Board Games: Infinite 从桌游开始[无限] Tianze Shiruò天泽时若Romance605k WordsCompleted No update on July 14. No need to wait, mwah. The title is for reference only. Gu Jingsheng used to think falling meteorites were something that only happened in badly concluded novels. She never imagined she'd experience it herself one day. A huge rock came hurtling down from the sky with a burning debuff, leaving her just enough time to shout, “I wasn't the one who abandoned the novel!” before her HP hit zero. Perhaps because she'd still managed to make a joke at the end, Gu Jingsheng didn't qu 95.6kFavorites164.3kClicks/ch117.3kGifts

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    The middle section about the campus art museum and the side story can be skipped; they're relatively light and don't seem to affect the main plot. The male lead's presence is weak, only appearing in the middle.

17. 17 我 My Buddha Won't Save the Broke [Cultivation] 我佛不渡穷比[修仙] Yi Gua一呱Romance2.6M WordsCompleted He Guang is a Buddhist cultivator with a rather bad temper, skilled at helping people overcome their inner demons. As she helped one person after another, she discovered that her patients' inner demons were always connected to transmigrators. Since her patients couldn't see through the problem, she would tackle it from another angle: physically transcend the transmigrators. Patient list: scions of prestigious clans, young masters of demonic sects, Kunlun Sword Venerables Patients: We can see t 87.4kFavorites177.9kClicks/ch144kGifts

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    A rare long novel on Jinjiang Literature City, featuring a volatile female protagonist who is a Buddhist cultivator. It boasts a vast world-building, numerous supporting characters, and diverse character development, making it a worthwhile read.

18. 18 祖 Motherland, Help Me, Save Me! 祖国，救救，捞捞！ Three Thousand Great Dreams三千大梦No CP1.4M WordsCompleted Story Description When Su Tang opened her eyes again, she'd gone from a promising young woman in the modern age to a cultivation-world failure with a shattered dantian. She was about to be accused of breaking her promise and canceling an engagement because she couldn't speak the local language. Then a special crisis arose: if she failed to get into a cultivation academy, she would die. At long last, her golden finger had arrived: [A Live-Streaming Cheat from the Motherland!] To hell with your 85.5kFavorites115.9kClicks/ch326.7kGifts

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    A cultivation-themed time-travel story with the motherland as a backing; the premise is relatively new and worth reading.

19. 19 从 Starting with Game Testing 从游戏测试开始 Tianze Shiruò天泽时若Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The sharply divided lives of the inner and outer districts, the areas beyond the city where residents are forbidden to venture freely, the frequent abnormal weather… Born after the Great Cataclysm, Xu Dengming never thought her world was normal. She simply assumed that all its abnormalities had scientific explanations. Until a special incident on her job hunt turned her worldview upside down. The illusory curtain slowly lifted. The river of fate flowed before Xu Dengming's eyes, and new powe 77.5kFavorites87.6kClicks/ch542.5kGifts

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    It's not finished yet; I'm following the ongoing series. The female lead is intelligent with a dry sense of humor, and her strength gradually increases. The male lead has a low profile due to his inherent attributes.

20. 20 猫 The Cat Hotline Is Here to Help 猫猫热线为你服务 Mu Anqian暮安浅Romance641k WordsCompleted After graduating, Chen Xinian found a job as a hotline operator through the community. On her first day at work, she discovered that all her colleagues were cats. Her job was to take calls from big and little cats, handling their complaints and questions, then helping coordinate a response. “Complaint: A human poured water into a cat's home. That's so mean!” After receiving the complaint, staff immediately went to investigate. They found that the location was actually an abandoned drainpipe. 52.2kFavorites63.5kClicks/ch160.8kGifts

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    Cat Hotline: Dispatching a team of cats to help you solve your problems; heartwarming stories of adorable pets.

21. 21 星 Interstellar Alliance Intern, Reporting for Duty! 星际联盟实习生报到！ Western Liang Meow西凉喵Romance474k WordsCompleted [A story about reporting everything to the authorities] Thanks for asking! This fragile college student had just left the hospital when the interstellar mainframe selected her and sent her to the Interstellar Alliance. She introduced herself: “Human intern representative Lin Ting reporting for duty!” The poor girl with a broken bone lay on the ground and opened her eyes to look around. Beside her stood all sorts of unusually handsome giants, dwarves, and other humanoid beings... “Welcome, inter 25.5kFavorites35.3kClicks/ch41kGifts

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    The beginning was well-set, but the later part, especially towards the end, lacked major conflicts and became rather bland.

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