Novels with a Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Flavor 粤港澳风格的小说

1. 1 我 I Never Expected to Make This Much Money 我真没想过赚这么多钱 Four Single Shop四单铺Romance698k WordsCompleted Ye Zhao, who has accepted fate and decided to lie flat as a human vegetable, transmigrates into a book. Her role: a cannon-fodder supporting female character, despised by her father and competing with her stepsister for affection... Ye Zhao sweeps the plot aside. Why fight for someone's favor? It's 1988, the economy is about to take off, and she's going to make her landlady dreams come true. With a single piece of young ginger, she pulls off a deal without putting up a cent and sets off on the 101.6kFavorites231.9kClicks/ch163.6kGifts

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   The first half, depicting the female lead's early entrepreneurial journey and her life in a local village in Shenzhen, was quite engaging; however, the latter part became somewhat flat.

2. 2 全 After the Whole Family Moved to Hong Kong 全家迁居港城之后 Nine-Colored Brocade九色锦Romance3.4M WordsCompleted The title has changed. The original title was “An Ordinary Family Relocates to Hong Kong.” Blurb: They thought the day the Martyrs' Affairs Office brought their family a death notice was the most painful day the Guo family would ever face. Surely things couldn't get any worse. But it turned out that the future held nothing but disaster for the whole family. They couldn't just wait to die, so the Guo family once again set off to leave their home behind. Notes: 1. This is slice-of-life, slow-pace 43.4kFavorites93.2kClicks/ch109.2kGifts

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   [Ordinary People in the Port City] A period novel with a slice-of-life style.

3. 3 有 Letter from Hong Kong 有港来信 San San Niang三三娘Romance723k WordsCompleted [New novel: Far from the Butterflies has begun updating. A powerful Beijing heir x a college girl] A Hong Kong tabloid has started another rumor: “Top tycoon heir Shang Shao is 36 and unmarried, with no romantic scandals for years. Could he be impotent?” - Mainland actress Ying Yin only wants to find a sucker to foot the bill. Then the man worth hundreds of billions sitting across from her makes an offer: “Would you pretend to date me for a year? You wouldn’t have to do anything.” “Young Master 398.9kFavorites513.2kClicks/ch638.3kGifts

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   [A bittersweet tug-of-war] Actress x Hong Kong-style domineering CEO, the author's skill is quite good [thumbs up]

4. 4 内 Showbiz's Number One Pretty Face 内娱第一花瓶 San San Niang三三娘Danmei (BL)976k WordsCompleted Print editions of Volumes 1 and 2 are now available. Search for “Eye-Catching Novel” to buy them. For more updates, follow the author on Weibo: @SaturnCamus Everyone in the entertainment industry knows that Ke Yu is beautiful but a terrible actor. In his six years since debut, he has won the favor of one top director after another. Everyone says it’s all thanks to the powerful backer behind him, pulling strings in secret and keeping trouble at bay. Everyone in the entertainment industry also k 177.4kFavorites187.9kClicks/ch175.2kGifts

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   BL, series of novels

5. 5 我 My Childhood Friend Is a Scumbag Top 我的竹马是渣攻 San San Niang三三娘Danmei (BL)566k WordsCompleted [The simplified Chinese print edition has been retitled High Heat and is now available. For more information, follow the author on Weibo: @Tuxing Jiamu] - A 34-year-old spoiled rich heir and domineering CEO, the top, versus an 18-year-old noble young master who is aloof in public and sweet and well-behaved in private, the bottom Little brother turned lover Everyone in their circle knows Chen Youhan is a womanizer and a playboy. But there is one person whose call can make him drop everything and 105.7kFavorites160.7kClicks/ch69.5kGifts

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   BL, series of novels

6. 6 广21+ A Guangzhou Love Story 广府爱情故事 Ru Qu Has Silver Notes瑞曲有银票Romance398k WordsCompleted 108.9kFavorites175.7kClicks/ch93.9kGifts

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   This author writes in a style typical of Guangdong.

7. 7 太 The Madam Is a Little Crazy 太太她有点疯 Four Single Shop四单铺Romance692k WordsCompleted Lin Yufan, a refined young lady from a prominent family, is reborn after enduring eight years of widowhood and hardship. She is twenty-three this year. Her clan tells her to choose: either remarry one of her late husband’s cousins, or adopt a son. In her previous life, she chose the latter, but the ending was tragic. Given another chance, she wants to live differently. She won’t choose anyone. Until she sees the list of betrothal gifts sent by the Fifth Branch of the Zhao family… * Zhao Zhiao, t 104.2kFavorites142kClicks/ch106.7kGifts

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   [The Underground Party of Hong Kong] A clever and beautiful woman x a wealthy tycoon who provides support to the Party. The story mainly revolves around the battle between spies and underground party members, and it was quite exciting to watch.

8. 8 花21+ The Flowers Aren’t Even Warm 花都不热气 Ru Qu Has Silver Notes瑞曲有银票Romance480k WordsCompleted 81.1kFavorites98.5kClicks/ch73.3kGifts

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   Very Cantonese

9. 9 女 The Heiress [Hong Kong] 女继承者[香江] Four Single Shop四单铺Romance676k WordsCompleted After drinking herself into a stupor, Ye Baoling woke up inside the script of a short drama. She was the eldest daughter of a wealthy fifth-generation family, whose parents were divorced and whose life was miserable and pathetic. Staring at the unfamiliar words “wealthy fifth generation,” she was utterly confused. This plot seemed to demand that you go crazy or perish. Who couldn’t lose their mind? Fine, then: let’s stir things up. After she did all kinds of outrageous things, people began to lo 69.8kFavorites94.1kClicks/ch129.7kGifts

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   [A wealthy businessman in a port city] A strong-willed female protagonist x a distant, devoted older brother. I think this is the best of the author's Hong Kong novels. Both the career line and the love line are good.

10. 10 靓21+ A Fierce Beauty 靓女生猛 Ru Qu Has Silver Notes瑞曲有银票Romance363k WordsCompleted 51.3kFavorites83.5kClicks/ch60.2kGifts

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    Good

11. 11 风 Gentle Winds, Calm Waves 风轻浪细 Ru Qu Has Silver Notes瑞曲有银票Romance440k WordsCompleted Shenzhen, 2005. Lin Kunhe was buying a drink when the young cashier kept pestering him for his number. If he didn’t write it down, she threatened to report him for using his phone to call the police. Lin Kunhe was annoyed. He wrote it down, tossed the pen aside, and left. Guangzhou, 2009. Lin Kunhe went to visit a friend in the urban village. The young cashier sat across from him with her newly dyed red hair, discussing with his friend their plans to build a house and get married in her hometow 33.3kFavorites47.2kClicks/ch70.2kGifts

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    Good

12. 12 大 The Feisty Young Lady [The 1970s] 大小姐好凶[七零] Four Single Shop四单铺Romance845k WordsCompleted Liang Dalong, a powerful tycoon who rules Hong Kong City, faces a crisis with no heir. By chance, he learns that he has a granddaughter in mainland China. Twenty years ago, the Liang family's heiress eloped to the mainland and gave birth to a daughter. But she never knew that her child had been switched at birth with her cousin-in-law's daughter. * Liang Kefeng, a top-tier spy, transmigrates into the role of the cannon-fodder female lead's older female cousin. She comes to Hong Kong with her you 77.3kFavorites130.1kClicks/ch79.5kGifts

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    [Hong Kong Style Gangster] Gangster Queen Leader x Loyal Simp A secret agent from 300 years in the future travels back to Hong Kong in 1975 to oversee the disbandment and transformation of the Hung Society. Brilliant! [Thumbs up] This author is quick to kill off characters, the story moves fast, and it's great! 🎉

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