I Just Have to Get This Off My Chest 不吐不快

1. 1 恋 Stay Out of the Lovestruck's Business [Entertainment Industry] 恋爱脑的事你少管[娱乐圈] Crisp Thin Moon酥薄月Danmei (BL)788k WordsCompleted Li Tingzhou is a second-rate singer who can’t write songs unless he’s in love. He has his own explanation for his extensive romantic history: “Buying a song costs anywhere from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands. All I have to do to date someone is give them my feelings. Isn’t that just good budgeting?” Cui Lin is a third-generation heir to a theatrical dynasty, born with a silver spoon in his mouth. A neat freak and a compulsive perfectionist, he’s a workaholic who longs for pure, natu 28.9kFavorites25.1kClicks/ch69.2kGifts

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   The first third of the show became popular, which was quite good. The protagonist, written by a real author, felt very real. Although the entertainment industry background inevitably made the character setting a bit superficial, at least it didn't have the pre-made feel of other BL novels that felt like "a story written to satisfy a sexual fetish". The balance between career and romance was also very good. But the middle third, with its emotional entanglements, completely shocked me. It suddenly went into a "universally adored" mode, attracting all sorts of demons and monsters like a curse. It made me feel incredibly uncomfortable, like I was sitting on pins and needles, and I simply couldn't stand this morbid writing style. Plus, the audience for "universally adored" stories is often a bit eccentric, and some of the comments were like old men on the subway looking at their phones. [Ew~] After the last third of the story confirms the relationship, it becomes a typical romance story, with the career aspects being simplified considerably. Fortunately, the forum format is interesting, making it a fairly enjoyable read. The extra chapters were a poor sequel, so perfunctory that it infuriated me. It was the first time I'd ever finished reading one that made me want to say "OMG, refund my money!"

2. 2 破 A Guide to Taking the Throne at a Failing Tourist Attraction: Farming 破产景区登基指南[种田] Springtime Tangerine春见柑Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Currently serializing: I Transmigrated into a Trash Incineration Plant and Generate Power Every Day [Farming] Xiang Yu takes over a run-down hot spring resort and the enormous iceberg behind it. The water here is hotter than a hot pot, the snowy mountains steeper than slides, and a group of employees with missing limbs are waiting for her to support them. Looking at the deaf Qingluan, mute merfolk, scorpion spirit with a severed tail, and the rest of the employees sent by the System, Xiang Yu a 51.4kFavorites52.9kClicks/ch240.7kGifts

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   Almost all the criticisms stem from the author's inconsistent and sometimes fantastical writing style... First of all, after reading through it, I didn't find any connection to the ascension to the throne. The main text refers to the protagonist as the sect leader, and the so-called ascension to the throne is just a humorous side quest of the system. The synopsis and title are purely misleading. But considering the author's mental state, it was probably just something he came up with on a whim. Secondly, and most controversially, the writing style, filled with rambling nonsense, is not for everyone. It's no exaggeration to say that the entire text could be cut in half. I continued reading for the thrill of the business upgrade, skipping all the author's nonsensical and unfounded associations. The above can be accepted as lighthearted, mindless entertainment, but what I find most unbearable is the author's forced personal interpretation that disrupts the story's flow. The origins of the special employees were originally an interesting premise, but the appearance of the third person (no spoilers) was inexplicable and illogical. Even the text explicitly states that they don't know how they came to be [loading], and it remains unexplained in the end. It's as if the author suddenly decided to debunk Chinese mythology. It completely choked me.

3. 3 警 I’m a Police Officer, But I Have the Criminal Master System (Crime Investigation) 警察，但犯罪大师系统[刑侦] The Rabbit Who Learns to Cook学做饭的兔子Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Jiang Xia closed her eyes, opened them again, and found herself in the 1980s. She had become a police officer at a local station, fresh out of police vocational school and newly assigned to her post, with a Master Criminal System bound to her. As long as she kept committing crimes and making a name for herself, the System would reward her with all sorts of criminal skills. Looking at the master-level pickpocketing skill the System had granted her, Jiang Xia fell apart. What am I supposed to do w 121.2kFavorites133.4kClicks/ch496.3kGifts

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   The premise is fresh (most crime novels on the market are crime scene reconstructions) and not scary (crime investigation novels are getting increasingly eerie), and the various criminal techniques are carefully researched. However, the author's own intelligence seems insufficient. Every time a case is solved, before the protagonist even begins investigating, they can flawlessly reconstruct the case and motive simply through association, with absolutely no logic between the physical evidence and the reasoning. Thousands of possibilities exist, but the protagonist always manages to guess the right one without taking any detours, and then their investigations are always accurate. Is the protagonist's cheat code a criminal system or the author who stuffed the answers into her brain? [Loading] It's impossible to ignore this.

4. 4 主 A Guide to Surviving as the Principal Wife 主母生存指南 Cola Ginger Soup可乐姜汤Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Bad news: Zhu Mingli transmigrates into a book and becomes the matriarch of a feudal household. Her husband is cold and indifferent, and on their wedding night he receives orders to leave the capital. System: Host, please raise the male lead’s affection for you. You can exchange accumulated experience points for beauty pills and body-shaping pills to win his heart Zhu Mingli: Wait! Look at it from a different angle! This is clearly good news: the matriarch has power, her mother-in-law stays out 134.4kFavorites150.9kClicks/ch299.5kGifts

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   The premise is good, and the author's idea is good, but the narrative is so weak that it turns a logically sound plot into something like an old-fashioned time-traveling woman doing something haphazardly and instantly becoming famous...

5. 5 京 The Designated Errand Boy of Capital’s Heirs 京圈少爷的公用狗腿 Bad Cat Daddy坏猫霸霸Danmei (BL)936k WordsCompleted [Romantic, domineering hero VS straight, unconventional uke] Chen Zeming, a wage slave, transmigrates into a power fantasy novel aimed at male readers, becoming a lackey at the side of its protagonist, Lu Zhuonian. Lu Zhuonian is a young master of the capital’s elite, born into a wealthy family. Handsome and imposing, he’s a pampered prince even among the rich kids. To curry favor with Lu Zhuonian, the lackey gives up his dignity and principles, dutifully answering every summons. But Lu Zhuonia 482.3kFavorites566.3kClicks/ch1.9MGifts

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   I thought it would be some ridiculous, popular aristocratic academy setting, but it's actually a silly, sweet romance novel... [Laughing and crying with face covered] And it's practically unrelated to the main story—"shared lackey" is a loose way to describe the original owner's character, but it's far from being "shared"; after the protagonist transmigrates, the crown prince falls for her early on, entering a love "two-person show" mode, so there's no question of "shared" or "lackey"; the various scenes of young masters mentioned in the synopsis are completely different from reality. In short, it's a bit of a "bait and switch" situation. [Helpless] The protagonist uses the popular "big brother" character trope, and all the characters are interesting, making it quite enjoyable to read, but there's not much plot—just a pure sweet romance.

6. 6 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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   I genuinely dislike protagonists with this petty, bourgeois mentality. A protagonist can be an ordinary person, but shouldn't an ordinary person possess the virtues to bear immense wealth? Wielding a weapon of causality, yet showing no respect for life, declaring, "If you mess with me, I'll change your fate," the other party is neither a colleague with special abilities nor a vicious criminal. Did the author consider the consequences of the butterfly effect? ​​Perhaps there will be limitations on this ability later (but I think that's unlikely in a wish-fulfillment novel), but seeing this kind of plot before it even goes live, I have no interest in subscribing.

7. 7 太 Second Senior Brother is Too Much 太过分了二师兄 Magical Girl Tu Yingjun魔法少女兔英俊Danmei (BL)705k WordsCompleted The Transmigration Bureau assigned System 987 a newbie. Apparently, he was a real troublemaker, making him just what this world needed to strengthen its underpowered villain faction. He would make his entrance as the second senior brother of Shenhua Sect, the strongest immortal sect, returning from his travels. With his own two hands, he would turn the sect upside down and leave it in chaos. Then he would join the demonic cult led by the villain Luo Wuxin, make a glorious mess of things, and fi 147.2kFavorites149.3kClicks/ch363.8kGifts

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   It's certainly entertaining, but the actual reading experience falls far short of my expectations based on the synopsis... This author's skill level is incredibly inconsistent. I criticized "Crossdressing Provokes the Overbearing Protagonist" for its off-key character development, but later "The Male Fox Spirit" was surprisingly funny and worth watching. Now, however, the author has fallen into the same old trap. The early parts were so bland I almost gave up, and the later parts are at best low-quality wish-fulfillment stories on par with short dramas. The romance plot is downright infuriating, like it's been cursed. The high ratings only suggest that societal pressures are too high.

8. 8 卧 I Went Undercover So Well, the Suspect Asked Me to Join the Team [The 1990s] 卧底太成功，嫌犯求我去上班[九零] Moonsea Demon Queen月海妖后Romance3.1M WordsCompleted An audiobook of the same name is now available on Ximalaya. Completed career-focused novels: Reborn in 1988: The IT Queen; Reborn: The Rise of a Marketing Queen; Reborn in 1920: The Fashion Queen Wang Xuejiao transmigrates into the body of a police officer and is assigned to an undercover operation. She sets up a stall by the roadside selling rice topped with braised dishes, and is chased away by city inspectors. She's worried the suspect will get away. To her surprise, the suspect runs after 109.2kFavorites165.1kClicks/ch407.2kGifts

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   I can't stand the paragraph comments; they're so mood-ruining. The atmosphere is among the worst on Jinjiang Literature City. This novel was completely ruined by the paragraph comments. Lesson learned: I'll turn off the paragraph comments before reading from now on.

9. 9 男 The Sacrificial Royal in a Boy Band Audition 男团选秀里的祭天皇族 Dispirited Big Ribbonfish颓废大带鱼No CP1.8M WordsCompleted A quick plug for my upcoming novel in the same series. It’s also a woman transmigrating into a man’s body and becoming an idol: "Woman in a Man’s Body: My Best Friend and I Transmigrate Together and Build a Career by Shipping Guys". [The full text has been extensively revised, so many reader comments no longer match. Comments are temporarily disabled.] [Content warnings: The central premise is a woman in a man’s body. This is not an ensemble story; everyone besides the protagonist is a supporti 93.6kFavorites138.8kClicks/ch567.4kGifts

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   It's genuinely funny, but also genuinely frustrating. Once an author has a certain bias in their writing, it's impossible to hide it between the lines—the protagonist is surrounded by a bunch of greedy people, and the corruption of their rivals is used to highlight the protagonist's purity. I can understand that the author wants to express that talent shows in reality are full of dirty tricks, and that idols are actually quite despicable beneath the glamorous surface. But since the author has depicted such a realistic environment, why create a protagonist who is impossible to exist, untainted by the mud? Isn't that a contradiction? I read this book with the mindset of enjoying a beautiful story and relaxing, not to criticize reality. Other authors of light novels are too unrealistic, which only serves the purpose of providing enjoyment; but this author is so real that I always feel a lump in my throat after laughing out loud. Sometimes, watching the scheming crowd surrounding the protagonist, I can't even laugh anymore, and in the end, I just give up. I can't understand why the main story ended so fraudulently during the serialization period. If the goal was to continue the story after their debut, and with three times the length of the talent show, why not just divide it into separate chapters? Using a side story as a cover for the main story—this is the first time I've ever seen such a bizarre tactic. And then, after finishing, they changed the chapter titles to something light and airy—well, the side story has become the main plot! It's utterly bizarre.

10. 10 被 After the Emperor Read My Inner Thoughts Diary 被皇帝偷看心声日志后 Three Fools, Two Madmen三傻二疯No CP859k WordsCompleted 80% anti-piracy threshold After signing a shady contract with a dogshit System, Mu Qi was sent to ancient times. The good news was that the body the System had prepared for him belonged to the heir of a duke in the current dynasty. He was born into a life of wealth and privilege, at the very top of an alternate dynasty. The bad news was that the emperor was obsessed with alchemy, the upright officials and the corrupt faction were locked in fierce conflict, and the realm was in decline under a 73.4kFavorites135.8kClicks/ch195.6kGifts

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    Sad… I was genuinely interested in following the story, only to be completely disappointed. I thought it would just be a simple daily system log, but it inexplicably turned into real-time inner monologues?! My back is aching. It was initially considered a refreshing take on the inner monologue genre, since work logs don't really have much to do with personal reflections, but abruptly it's fallen back into the clichés… Now I'm just feeling pretty hopeless. It's set in a fictional Jiajing era, but the personnel are basically the same, and the author's writing is quite good, with even explanatory comments, but I really don't want to see any more imitations of "The Court of Civil and Military Officials."

11. 11 我 I Became a Viral Author in the Interstellar Era 我在星际写文爆火 Far Up the Tianshan Mountains远上天山Multi-Orientation722k WordsCompleted After waking from a nap, Lin Shu transmigrated to the interstellar era and became the youngest son of the wealthy Lin family on the Imperial Star... On his second day, the Lin family found their real young master, who had been lost outside. Unfortunately, Lin Shu was the fake young master. His dream of becoming one of the Interstellar F4 was shattered. To survive, Lin Shu returned to his old trade: w 73.7kFavorites97.8kClicks/ch129kGifts

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    I've abandoned every single one of this author's books. They really should put in the effort to hone their writing skills. Both their concepts and plot development are mediocre, and I'll never try writing for them again.

12. 12 我 The Wooden Door of My Home Opens to the 1970s 我家木门通七零 ALAMMRomance1.0M WordsCompleted Because of a sudden family crisis, Ye Ning urgently needed a large sum of money. Following her father's instructions, the recent college graduate returned to her hometown to sell the old house and its land. Unexpectedly, while tidying up the old house, Ye Ning discovered a wooden door in the abandoned granary. On the other side of the door was a whole new world: Lush mountains, flowing streams, and a poor but lively little village... Ye Ning: "!!!" Only later did Ye Ning learn that the woode 26.5kFavorites42.6kClicks/ch20.4kGifts

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    I genuinely don't understand why the author would give the main characters such absurd backgrounds—the female lead is the daughter of a construction foreman who died on a construction site, the male lead is the grandson of a landlord's concubine who was purged, and an important supporting character is a black market boss with a protective umbrella... Does the author even have any positive characters? Even if the family is in debt and the wooden door could solve their immediate problem, couldn't they have chosen a different reason for the debt? Even if they were implicated and criticized during a special era, couldn't they have chosen a different background? Seeing unexpected wealth fall into the hands of "evil people" is like swallowing a fly.

13. 13 军EN A Military Academy Cadet, but Obsessed with Farming 军校生但沉迷种田 Long Qi龙柒Romance1.7M WordsCompleted Li Yang was accepted into the top military academy in Huaxia and was about to choose her department. Everyone around her watched eagerly, assuming she would choose one of the highest-ranked combat departments. But then she said, “I want to go to the Agricultural Department.” Her classmates: “???” Her teachers: “???” Why would a genius combat student choose that desolate Agricultural Department? 195.5kFavorites240.7kClicks/ch1.6MGifts

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    This author uses the exact same template for every story. The main characters might differ slightly, but the supporting characters are almost identical: there's always a naive and obsequious henchman, a contrastingly talented but flawed friend, a virtuous mentor, and a capable but ultimately useless character who gets slapped in the face. The plot is so formulaic that you could flip through the pages without noticing and still understand the story—it's practically a short video of online novels. Furthermore, this story grafts a technological background onto a fantasy cultivation system and the law of the jungle where the strong prey on the weak, often resulting in contradictions that are neither fish nor fowl, fully exposing the author's poverty and perfunctory approach to world-building.

14. 14 美 Food Influencer Check-In App 美食网红打卡APP Curly-Tailed Pig卷尾巴猪No CP887k WordsCompleted A serving of grilled fish costs 108 yuan, a bowl of beef noodles costs 23, a boxed meal costs 20, and delivery for hot and sour noodles is 30% more expensive... He Aichi is so broke she can barely afford to eat. She wishes meals were free, preferably with a little money thrown in too. Then a strange food-influencer check-in app appeared on her phone. [Food Mission: Visit any restaurant and try its food, then write a review. Rewards: meal reimbursement + one prize draw. Users who visit after re 29.1kFavorites38.8kClicks/ch49.9kGifts

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    I call it "takeout literature": literature describing takeout + literature about eating takeout + takeout-style pre-made literature. Food is an art, and appreciating food is an art too. Can you please stop writing it like it's made with gutter oil, leaving you only wanting to scrape your stomach clean? And, unless you're Lu Xun, please don't make these petty, bourgeois characters the main characters, okay? Okay.

15. 15 目 My Goal Is to Marry a Wealthy Alpha 目标是嫁给豪门Alpha Chang Hua Yi Xiao常花一笑Danmei (BL)844k WordsCompleted Bai Xingshu was a post-apocalyptic powerhouse. Just before he died, a System showed up and told him he could be resurrected in a peaceful world, as long as he fulfilled the original owner's wish. A peaceful world! Bai Xingshu, who had never known peace, was tempted. After he transmigrated, Bai Xingshu learned that the original owner's goal was to marry into a wealthy family as an alpha. His mouth twitched. Fine, whatever. So how was he supposed to marry some powerful alpha noble? After thi 111.9kFavorites137.7kClicks/ch199.7kGifts

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    The author's skill level is immediately apparent from the names of the two opening characters… I'm just saying, there's absolutely no sense of rhythm! Shen geng (沈暅), two rising tones, is impossible to pronounce. Or perhaps the author intended to pronounce it as Shen gèng (沈暅), but with two identical rhymes, one a front nasal and the other a back nasal, which sounds smoother than the more common "Shen Heng" (沈恒)? Lin liè (林冽) is the same; identical initials and similar finals, sounding like a southerner who can't distinguish between l and n. And then compare it to "Lin nie" (林涅)? With the author's pronunciation so poor, I seriously doubt they can even speak proper Mandarin.

16. 16 我 I Use the System Panel to Pretend to Be a Charlatan 我用人物面板伪装神棍 Li Xingge李行歌No CP568k WordsCompleted [Faux metaphysical fortune-telling + high-stakes information gap + partial government enlistment] [One of the Void Sea series: The Clan Leader’s Prequel] Qin Qing gained a character profile panel like the ones in video games. To her, everyone was an open book, and she even knew them better than they knew themselves. After all, nobody can turn every aspect of themselves into quantifiable data. At first, she was embarrassed to be peeking into people’s private lives and had no idea what she could 73.1kFavorites108.1kClicks/ch113.2kGifts

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    A great case study... Demonstrating what works written by an author lacking inspiration look like, and showing how the author's cognitive limitations restrict the protagonist.

17. 17 穿 I Arrived in Another World at the End of the World and Started Growing Vegetables 穿到异界末世开始种菜 Qiu Yun秋筠Danmei (BL)712k WordsCompleted Blurb: One ordinary weekend, Cen An takes an ordinary afternoon nap and wakes up having transmigrated to another world. He’s completely dumbfounded. This world is in the midst of a cataclysm. Mutant beasts roam everywhere, the land can no longer be farmed, resources are scarce, and disasters strike constantly… Humans have evolved supernatural abilities too, but they struggle jus 52.1kFavorites81.5kClicks/ch40.8kGifts

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    This is the first time I've seen a free chapter that's more exciting than the paid chapters... The sudden awakening of the "heartthrob" trope is utterly unexpected, and the plot of having powerful supporting characters is just ridiculous. Just read the free chapters; don't buy them.

18. 18 原 So I'm a Super-Rich Second-Generation Heir 原来我是超级富二代 Heart of the Sea Boat海船果心Romance877k WordsCompleted Xue Mi grew up with an uncaring father and mother. She had an unremarkable job and a boyfriend, only to find out the scumbag had been keeping her as a backup while he pursued a rich, beautiful woman. Then he dumped her. A corporate drone doesn't have the luxury of falling apart over a love affair with a man she was foolish enough to trust. She wiped away her tears and got ready to go back to grinding away at work. Then she learned that her biological mother, whom she hadn't seen in twenty years 46.7kFavorites87.6kClicks/ch45.4kGifts

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    This book can only be described as magical. It starts with the protagonist suddenly becoming incredibly wealthy, portraying him as a smug and foolish character, almost making me want to abandon the story. Later, once things got on track, it finally resembled a standard get-rich-quick scheme novel, and its reputation began to recover. Then, it took a sharp turn for the worse, suddenly introducing an AI-powered superhuman setting that left everyone speechless. Then it rushed to a conclusion, reverting to a formulaic, assembly-line approach. Did the author consider the reader's capacity to handle such wildly imaginative plots? It was practically driving readers crazy. The plot of him investing in various industries and finding bargains on its own might be a decent, satisfying read, but coupled with a disastrous ending, the reading experience is simply awful.

19. 19 居 Wait, There Are Really Transmigrators? 居然真有穿越者？ Rain on the Curtains雨落窗帘Romance907k WordsCompleted Lin Xi is a corporate drone struggling to stay afloat in a 996/007 world. She works day and night, yet still can't afford even a bathroom in this world where every inch of land is worth a fortune. One night, on her way home from a business dinner, she suddenly finds herself added to a group chat. Someone tags her, saying they transmigrated and asking her to check on their parents. The r 77.1kFavorites162.1kClicks/ch110.1kGifts

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    The author took a brilliant idea and wrote a pile of crap.

20. 20 绑 After Binding with the Domestic Entertainment Sister-in-Law System 绑定内娱嫂子系统后 Strawberry Pearl Cake草莓珍珠蛋糕Romance1.5M WordsCompleted *The main story is complete. *An entertainment-industry novel about an actress. The heroine is fiercely ambitious and focused on her career. [Do you want to become the girlfriend of a male celebrity?] Ling Suisui transmigrates and gets bound to an entertainment-industry girlfriend System. The System says her goal is to become the ideal girlfriend coveted by the fans of male celebrities. [The perfect celebrity girlfriend gets to enjoy the male lead’s most devoted love, and a harem of admirers 69.8kFavorites118.3kClicks/ch211.3kGifts

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    Speechless… Awkward, frustrating, like a fishbone stuck in my throat. It perfectly matches my stereotypes about entertainment industry novels: 100% copy of real-life film and television shows, lacking any innovation; replicating various real-life phenomena, but with all the advantages mine. The fandom won't hold me back, leveraging its popularity won't make me a "resource-backed" star, and breaking into the mainstream requires no marketing, haha. Especially this system—it's practically a target the author set up to stir up male-female debates. Not a single scene is enjoyable; the system has to pop up every now and then to annoy the reader, giving the author a space to vent, then giving the protagonist a reason to continue "peacefully coexisting" with the system, thus perpetuating the annoyance. I even think that if this system were non-intelligent, without a mouth, and only had a shop, it wouldn't be so unpleasant! I often see people commenting on how frustrating certain novels are, and now I finally understand that feeling. Not every fresh setting is appropriate in a story. This "sister-in-law system" setting, the title deters readers, and the main text is irritating—what's the point of its existence?

21. 21 剑 The Sword Cultivator Senior Sister Fights Back Against the Rat Race 剑修师姐反内卷 Qingqiu Qianye青丘千夜Romance896k WordsCompleted The most relentlessly hardworking cultivators in the cultivation world are sword cultivators. The most relentlessly hardworking sword cultivators belong to the Changyuan Sword Sect. For disciples of the Changyuan Sword Sect, working around the clock is only the entry-level standard. New disciples swing their swords at least ten thousand times a day, with no upper limit. It is a gathering place for the most driven cultivators! Yi Yuxian, a corporate drone who transmigrated here, declares that the 121.4kFavorites229.2kClicks/ch193.2kGifts

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    Although I'm lazy, I'm incredibly lucky! Although I don't want to compete, my boss insists on a promotion and a raise! What's the point of the author using the guise of a working-class person's anti-competitive struggle to write about the life of a lucky person who wins without effort? Those who compete are looked down upon, and those who are neither competitive nor lucky don't deserve to live. These past few years, crossover stories of workplace life and cultivation have been popular, but I almost always drop them after reading one. The author's other book, "Starting as a Star from an Extra," is quite good; a modern setting is a comfortable place to vent one's frustrations about working life.

22. 22 在 Jumping Back and Forth Between O and A 在O与A中反复横跳 Mu Yulu沐裕鹿Danmei (BL)767k WordsCompleted [A story about an Earthling who transmigrates into an ABO world, keeps picking up other people's pheromones, and gets mistaken for an A or an O] [A romance-obsessed world, but with a career-driven protagonist.] 1. Chi Guizhou transmigrated from Earth to another world, but he had no idea what ABO meant. Due to the effects of certain fluctuations, words related to the ABO setting were blocked and censored from the very beginning. Chi Guizhou, a genuinely ordinary person who had no clue what kind 167.3kFavorites269.8kClicks/ch132.1kGifts

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    This is no different from those "global tycoon CEO" novels from ten years ago. Just change the setting and it'll sell for 100,000 in the BL (Boys' Love) section? The synopsis is quite original, but the storytelling is truly terrible; I didn't even make it to chapter 10. I especially couldn't stand that effeminate and delicate supporting character. The author wrote the plot like a joke, making it hard to tell if it was intentional or genuinely cute. [Loading]

23. 23 路 A Passerby Becomes the Savior After His Innermost Thoughts Are Revealed 路人甲心声泄露后成为了救世主 A Cat Napping狸奴小睡No CP939k WordsCompleted New book now out! Please add The Cultivation Big Shot Is Back to Your Reading List Synopsis at the bottom. Sheng Qingquan transmigrated. Good news: He transmigrated into a book and has a golden finger that lets him see the original plot. Bad news: The world he’s entered is about to face the apocalypse. [This is actually a post-apocalyptic novel about stockpiling supplies in a pocket dimension, and the apocalypse is coming today?] Sheng Qingquan panicked. [No, I need to see what happens in C 44.7kFavorites106.4kClicks/ch45.6kGifts

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    Sometimes I don't understand why some articles get tens of thousands of views. When I see the words "heartfelt words" in the title, I should run away without hesitation. The value of this book lies in being a concrete example of "limited writing ability": what can be said in one or two words takes a paragraph; a story that can be told in one or two paragraphs takes two or three chapters. I sensed that the author was absolutely "letting their mind wander," typing whatever came to mind, without even needing to revise. After all, heartfelt words are just that nonsensical!

24. 24 女 After Crossdressing and Provoking Long AoTian 女装招惹龙傲天后 Magical Girl Tu Yingjun魔法少女兔英俊Danmei (BL)802k WordsCompleted Yu Qingtang transmigrated into a book, becoming an anonymous passerby in a tiny sect who barely appeared in the story. A full-text search turned up his name fewer than three times. The book might as well not have existed. He thought he had nothing to do with the plot and could simply enjoy life as a cultivator. But when he was twelve, his sect couldn't scrape together four female cultivators, so he missed the women's skills (mahjong) competition among the immortal sects. His eldest senior siste 315.8kFavorites462.9kClicks/ch459.3kGifts

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    It's written like a child's game... The premise is interesting, but the author's skill is limited and they couldn't execute it. The protagonist's cross-dressing is portrayed as moral blackmail; the cunning of the overpowered protagonist is depicted as petty, the kind where the entire sect conspires to lie; the attempt to portray an elder as disrespectful is written like a child pretending to be an adult; and as the story progresses, the protagonist is turned into a buddy, completely forgetting that one is pretending to be a female cultivator and the other is pretending to pursue their sweetheart. The writing style can be silly, but the story can't be idiotic.

25. 25 诡 The First Boss of Strange Tales 诡话第一boss Wu Jiudian吾九殿Danmei (BL)3.5M WordsOngoing [The “Heart-Pounding South Seas” instance has been cleared.] In the third year of the spiritual qi revival, all of humanity was swept into the real-world supernatural game, “Strange Tales.” The game randomly draws urban legends to generate instances. Win, and the instance’s boss becomes a guardian deity protecting the region, keeping all evil at bay. Lose, and the supernatural beings fully revive, swallowing up every area involved in the instance! The stakes are enormous. Players taking part i 330.9kFavorites430.4kClicks/ch2.8MGifts

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    The author's Chinese... The sentences are fluent and the meaning is clear, but if you don't have the literary skill, please don't force it. They frequently create meaningless words, try to imitate classical Chinese but end up using conjunctions incorrectly, and when they can't come up with anything, they suddenly switch to vernacular...? Absurd.

26. 26 今 Still Unable to Set Sail Today 今天也没能扬帆起航 Spring Breeze Afar春风遥Danmei (BL)1.1M WordsCompleted [Complete] As an overworked wage slave, Zhou Qi'an gets squeezed dry by his unscrupulous boss during the day, comes home to his parents pressuring him to get married, and gets berated by his night-school teacher for being stupid on weekends. The day he was swept into an infinite game, Zhou Qi'an breathed a sigh of relief. At last. Goodbye, marriage-obsessed parents; Goodbye, 996 work schedules; Goodbye, damn night school. Tonight, he was setting sail! In the first stage of his voyage, Zhou 308.7kFavorites430.8kClicks/ch936.7kGifts

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    This is the first time I've felt this collection count is a scam. The background setting was quite interesting, and the first dungeon was fun. At first, I thought it was an infinite flow game that I could accept, but why do the two new players suddenly become less intelligent one after another? Meanwhile, the protagonist suddenly becomes "intelligent" without warning? Is this some kind of binary conservation law? Even if I try to convince myself not to get too hung up on the newbie dungeon, the more I think about it, the angrier I get.

27. 27 满 The Max-Level Chef’s Magical Town Game 满级厨神的魔法小镇游戏 Li Xiao荔箫Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Ye Mu, an excellent student at a certain culinary school, was transported into a magical-world game. Good news: His cooking skills were completely intact, at a dazzling max level of 100. Bad news: Every other attribute was zero. He had no combat ability at all. Thinking he wouldn't survive long in this world, Ye Mu walked dejectedly into a nearby marketplace, then saw rough slices of boiled meat and boiled wild vegetables. 44.8kFavorites83.6kClicks/ch67.2kGifts

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    It's a standard food-themed wish-fulfillment novel, but the author's ability seems to fall short of the designed enjoyment elements. The food scenes are relatively natural, but switching to the infrastructure aspect creates a contradiction between mature reference materials and an immature author, resulting in a protagonist who feels like a college student managing a large corporation. However, the novel doesn't focus on character development; instead, it portrays the protagonist using modern societal rules to achieve overwhelming power. It's so bad it feels like a waste of time even for casual reading.

28. 28 昏 A Tyrant Needs to Go Offline 昏君就要君主离线制 Gu Simu顾四木Multi-Orientation524k WordsCompleted An app called [The Emperor's Simulated Life] suddenly appears on Jiang Li's phone. APP: [Please select a historical ruler to load (Note: not a wise ruler).] Jiang Li is extraordinarily lazy. After thinking it over, she picks Liu Shan. If she ends up by Zhuge Liang's side, she can just say, “I'll leave everything to you, Prime Minister!” APP: [Host has selected Liu Shan, ruler of Shu Han. System transporting Host (bzzzt)... System error... Host transported to the wrong time and place... Host h 78.7kFavorites150.5kClicks/ch100.5kGifts

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    The quality is far inferior to the previous two books, isn't it? It feels like reading a low-quality article from a public account editor.

29. 29 画 Spring in the Painted Hall 画堂春 Duo Mu Mu Duo多木木多Romance1.1M WordsOngoing This novel will launch on Tuesday, April 16, with three chapters a day. I hope you lovely readers will support it. I checked with my editor! Cousins in an ancient setting are okay, but for the sake of healthy offspring, they won't have children together. If that bothers you, lovely readers, I'll have to say goodbye until my next novel. Potential issue: I expect this to be 600,000 words. Since I won't expand much on the setting, there'll be no rebellion and no royal family, but I may not be able 39.9kFavorites51.3kClicks/ch290.9kGifts

    Curator note

    This is the most shocking book I've read so far. Not only is the psychological description awful, but what's even more shocking is that "cousin literature" is making a comeback in 2024? And it's written by the author of "Daily Life in the Qing Dynasty," who claims to satirize the feudal imperial system?! I skipped the chapters I read three years ago, but I didn't expect it to be just as shocking three years later. What's wrong with this book?!

30. 30 混 Record of Hunyuan Cultivation [Rebirth] 混元修真录[重生] Clothes Falling into Flame衣落成火Danmei (BL)3.1M WordsOngoing The Ye family was wiped out because of a Primal Chaos Pearl. Ye Qian, their young clan leader, fought desperately, but in the end it wasn't enough. When he woke again, his soul had returned to a thousand years in the past, and the Primal Chaos Pearl was floating inside his dantian. As the saying goes: “The Primal Chaos gives birth to chaos; heaven and earth turn into floating dust. A mote pierces the void and illusion; wind and thunder shape the self.” With this divine treasure, Ye Qian defies 130.5kFavorites214.2kClicks/ch861.9kGifts

    Curator note

    Since this is the second newest story, the writing style is much simpler. I don't really care about the perspective of the main characters, but with the masterpiece "Iron Brothers" as a precedent, this detached style just doesn't feel right to me... A bit more stickiness would be nice.

31. 31 我 I Have Medicine! [System] 我有药啊[系统] Clothes Falling into Flame衣落成火Danmei (BL)4.0M WordsCompleted The timid, death-fearing protagonist transmigrates and spends all his time trying to find ways to stay alive. He has a golden finger called the Alchemy System, but unfortunately, he has no medicinal ingredients, so he cannot level up. The eldest legitimate grandson of a powerful family on the mainland is exceptionally intelligent, but his cultivation talent is poor. Unfortunately, alchemists are too difficult to train to serve him alone, but he has access to plenty of medicinal ingredients. One 199.5kFavorites443.7kClicks/ch429.1kGifts

    Curator note

    Just as "Iron Brothers" hit all my sweet spots, this book hit all my sore spots—it's a complete disaster. The F4 with their compound surnames left me utterly bewildered, and the old-fashioned privileged class supremacy serves as a stark reminder never to read anything written three years ago, as the clash of values ​​is too great… The author's progress and maturity now are beyond imagination.

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