Novels like The First Family's Candidate
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- 1 The Peerless Madman Returns 极品狂少归来 The eldest young master of the Wang family spent years keeping a low profile while training away from home. Suddenly summoned back to the family, the once notorious young hotshot of Yandu has returned, and all the petty troublemakers had better get on their knees and fawn over him. 190Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 2 The Supreme Prodigy 超级天骄 Three years ago, he was a notorious playboy from the capital. Three years later, after enduring life-and-death trials, he returns to the city! Arrogant and utterly domineering, he begins building his own empire. His arrival ushers in a new era for the criminal underworld, and after ceaseless expansion and hard work, he ultimately reaches its peak! In public, he is the brazen, unstoppable master of Dragon Gate, a prodigy of the underworld. But in front of his women, he is their devoted protector! 154Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 3 The First Young Master of the Top Family 第一豪门大少 Ye Chen thought he and his girlfriend would live happily together. But who would have thought he'd witness a sight no man could bear? Just as he was losing all will to live, an unexpected call from his aunt changed his life forever… 56Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 4 The Richest Man's Heir (Also Known as: The Young Master of a Wealthy Family) 首富继承人（又名：豪门大少） One day, Zhao Shan, a migrant worker, discovers that his father is the eldest son of a top-tier tycoon family. Out of nowhere, he becomes the next heir to the Zhao family. Determined to live up to the title of “rich young master,” he sets off down the road of showing off and face-slapping, going further and further along the way. A real nouveau riche, of course, is both tacky and lavish. 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 The First Heir 第一继承人 I was going to get along with you all as an ordinary person, but I didn't expect you to look down on me. Fine, I'll come clean: I'm the first heir. 87Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 I’m a Top-Tier Heir, and the Goddess Confessed to Me in Balenciaga 我顶级二代，女神穿巴黎世家表白 Lin Tian stands before his family’s sprawling estate-style villa in Kyoto, gazing at the familiar yet strange scene before him, his heart full of emotion. Blue Star is now both his starting point and a brand-new beginning. As a top-tier citizen, he enjoys every privilege this world can offer. More importantly, he has the chance to rewrite his fate. 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Reborn as the Human Emperor's Son 重生人皇之子 Jun Lingze, once an overworked wage slave, is unexpectedly reborn as the only son of one of Kyoto's most powerful families. His father is the strongest Human Emperor, commanding a million imperial guards. His mother is the ruler of a mysterious forbidden zone, able to cleave Heaven and Earth with a wave of her hand. Jun Lingze is already looking forward to coasting through life and winning without lifting a finger. “What? You're actually asking me to take over the family???” The Human Emperor's 105Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 8 The Arrogant Soldier King 嚣张兵王 A former special forces soldier returns to his hometown, only to learn that his brother was hit by a car and left with both legs broken. A massive conspiracy lurks behind the incident. To avenge his brother, he takes on the local crime boss and digs up the mastermind behind it all... As if that weren't enough, his father-in-law is assassinated, and the culprit turns out to be a notorious drug lord! To eliminate the threat for good, he infiltrates the Golden Triangle and sets out once more on the 44Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 9 My Identity Was Exposed, Shocking the Political World 我身份曝光后，震惊官场 (The rating is low because it just came out. It’ll rise later.) Zheng Tu was framed from the start, but miraculously came through unscathed. From then on, his career soared, while the powerful connections behind him slowly began to come to light... 7.2kReads7.6Score698Shelves
- 10 The Sweet Young Lady's Awful Bodyguard 软萌大小姐的混球保镖 How could a gentle, soft-hearted heiress ever have guessed that her bodyguard would be a downright demonic jerk? And being rude and uncouth is the least of it? He only refrains from killing his employer because he’s holding himself back? That heiress is so unlucky! This bodyguard is way out of line. He’s a bodyguard? No, no, he’s more like a lord. She’s an heiress? No, no, she’s just a wretched servant, doubling as his driver, assistant, errand runner, and sidekick. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 The Peerless Young Emperor of the City 都市绝品帝少 He is a legend in the business world and the brightest genius beneath the stars. After five years away from the limelight, he returns to the city, and the world is destined to go wild for him. The young emperor has arrived, setting the winds and clouds in motion. Beautiful women cross his path one after another. Watch as this supreme young master takes the city by storm and writes his own legend. 668Reads6.8Score100Shelves
- 12 The Useless Village Official Is Actually a Famous Young Master from the Capital 废物乡干部竟是京城名少 He was a useless village official who was bullied by everyone, never realizing that he was actually a young master from the capital hiding his true identity! Watch as Pei Jingze defeats his opponents in one battle of wits after another, then surveys the shifting currents of officialdom from the very top. 548Reads7.9Score110Shelves
- 13 The World’s Family Heir 全球家族继承人 At a 985 university in a certain province, one of my classmates went on to have our entire graduating class work at his company. His family had assets worth over ten billion. This story is adapted from the stories he told us. Any similarities are purely coincidental. [Family heir + genius boy + inspirational] You wouldn't believe it: Li Yao, the lost heir of the world's foremost family, the Huaxia Li family, was in Xiang Province, Huaxia. See how Li Yao turns the tables. 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 Heir to a Hidden Powerhouse Clan 隐世豪族继承人 A poor young man from the mountains, dressed like a down-and-out nobody, doesn't even know he's the heir to a hidden clan of tycoons. Though he has never married, he is pursued by stunning beauties. The protagonist's motto is: Keep a low profile as a rich man and act like a poor man in public. Smash arrogant rich playboys with bricks, and use money to crush gold-diggers and despicable thugs. With his naturally gifted spiritual eyes, no member of the ghost clan can hide. His cultivation makes him 98Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 The City's Supreme Young Master 都市至尊狂少 As the heir to one of the world's wealthiest families, all he wanted was a beautiful romance. His family opposed the relationship and cut off every source of income. He thought he had finally won love, only to discover that in his vain girlfriend's eyes, he was nothing but a joke! Since you despise me so much, I'll show you who I really am, and just how spectacular my wildly extravagant world can be! 334Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 16 The Carefree Life of the God-Tier Young Master of the Imperial Capital 帝都神级少爷的逍遥人生 Li Xingchen, the fourth young master of the Li family of the Imperial Capital, was a genius. He suddenly disappeared at the age of fifteen and reappeared eight years later. Just how powerful has the once-unparalleled genius become? It’s a mystery. 2.9kReads6.4Score185Shelves
- 17 The First-Rank Young Master 一品少主 Twenty years ago, he was adopted as an infant. After ten years of grueling training, he mastered music, chess, calligraphy, painting, and every manner of martial art. A true hero from a young age. At ten, he plunged into a mercenary corps. After ten years of bloody battles, the name Asura struck fear across the land, while the title Young Master inspired admiration. The winds are rising. A man must sharpen his blade, ride into battle, and return wrapped in his horse’s hide. Anyone who dares chal 1.1kReads7.9Score104Shelves
- 18 Genius Scion 天才纨绔 A strand of a superpower's primordial spirit transmigrates to Earth and possesses the body of a wastrel who died in a fall from his horse, reborn into a new life in a bustling city. He can cultivate immortality and woo women, heal the sick and kill, with divine-level talent and mastery of supernatural arts. Watch as he defies fate and changes his destiny, rising to the pinnacle of the mortal world amid its pleasures and beauties! 46Reads7.8Score—Shelves
- 19 The Great Song's Mightiest Crown Prince 大宋最强太子爷 The Northern Song: a prosperous yet hollow dynasty. Its final years were a humiliating era rife with war. By a twist of fate, a modern college student transmigrates to the Northern Song and becomes its crown prince. With a System at his side, he builds a powerful army and cleans up the court. He advances technology and repels foreign enemies. Equally skilled with the pen and the sword, he proves himself a true man amid the clash of arms. 468Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 20 Officialdom: Rising Straight to the Ninth Heaven 官场：青云直上九重天 My new work is out! You can read it on Fanqie Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 31Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 Heir to a Top-Tier Family 顶级世家继承人 He became a live-in son-in-law for a mere tens of thousands, only to leave his mentor gravely wounded and on the brink of death. Now he returns to his family to save his mentor and exact revenge! 99Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 The Spoiled Brat King of Soldiers 纨绔兵王 Run a restaurant, hunt for bargains, try my luck at stone gambling, and beat up all kinds of stupid rich second-generation heirs while taking down a few minor monsters along the way. See how a walking contradiction, known by many titles including spoiled heir, elite soldier, elite among the elite, and gourmet, makes his own uniquely brilliant life. 1.7kReads8.6Score148Shelves
- 23 The Special Forces Playboy 特种纨绔 Though we're close enough to touch, we're worlds apart. When will I achieve success and return home? I'll laugh and drink with you thirty thousand times, with no need to speak of parting sorrow. Special Forces King Ye Qingling fell from grace and became a notorious playboy, but it wasn't because he turned evil on a whim. There was more to the story. On the day of his engagement, a beauty hid a scheme beneath her skirts. He fled a thousand miles, only to run into disaster. Losing his memory overn 2.3kReads7.3Score190Shelves
- 24 The Family Heir 家族继承人 (A Mafia story, slow-paced, slice of life, parallel world, don’t overthink it, with a few anime characters mixed in, and lots of women! If it’s not your thing, please leave. There’s no need to be nasty!) The Lawrence family, the foremost family, is hailed as the “odd one out” among the Mafia! Parker, a transmigrator, becomes the family’s new heir. The inheritance gift from his father leaves him astonished. It also makes him realize that something about this world seems a little off! “Hey! Have y 42Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 All In: The Top Tycoon's Heir Is Kidnapped in Northern Myanmar 孤注：我顶级财阀继承人被绑缅北 People kidnapped to northern Myanmar are bound to have a rough time. But Li Xun gets to live in comfort, with food brought to him and clothes put on his back. It's simple: he's the heir to a top financial dynasty, born into the highest echelons of privilege. When the boss behind the scenes finds out who his men have kidnapped, he nearly pisses himself and wishes he could go back to China and turn himself in. “Grandpa Li Xun, once you've finished this meal, you can take a plane back to China.” “N 722Reads—Score100Shelves
- 26 The Ultimate Billionaire Family 顶级豪门 On the night his wife abandoned him, he took out his Supreme Dragon Card, loaded with two billion, and began his journey to becoming one of the world’s top billionaires... 205Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 27 I’ll Come Clean: I’m a Super Heir 摊牌了，我是超级继承人 Lin Xuan is a member of a powerful family, immensely wealthy and every inch the heir to a true elite dynasty. But for his college girlfriend, Li Yanran, he defies his grandfather, Lin Yi. He disguises himself as a poor student to stay by her side, only to be betrayed. And so begins a tangled series of romantic entanglements... 46Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 Urban: A Century-Old Clan Where Everything Is Forbidden! 都市：百年世家，家中都是禁忌！ [Urban + invincible background + no cultivation + no pretending to be weak to catch tigers off guard + feel-good story] Ning Wuyou died suddenly after working overtime all night and was reborn on Blue Star. This place is much like his old world, except that many of the songs and poems from his previous life don't exist here. Having been a wage slave in his past life, he now knows how to enjoy life. Then he suddenly realizes something is off... His grandfather turns out to be China's most decorat 16Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 29 The Prestigious Family 顶级家族 Shenyuan Continent The Xu family’s founding ancestor served as chancellor to six kingdoms and established the second-rank Xu family. The Xu family began at its peak, then declined steadily over several centuries. In the end, it was reduced to a remote corner of the world, becoming a third-tier clan under the ninth-rank principality of Yang. Within Yang, rival clans watched them like tigers eyeing their prey; beyond its borders, powerful enemies surrounded them, leaving their survival uncertain. 147Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 The Ultimate Young Master 顶级狂少 Lin Feng stumbles upon a supreme divine artifact and becomes Earth’s first cultivator! He can see through anything at a glance, bring the dead back to life with a single needle, destroy stars with a wave of his hand, toy with powerful figures from every realm, and win the hearts of beautiful women. Sometimes, he takes the girls to the moon for a little sightseeing and catches a few stars… The ultimate playboy, a walking urban legend, a man who can hold the sun in his hand! 1kReads8.4Score127Shelves
- 31 The Ultimate Spoiled Brat 终极纨绔 When Lin Lang woke up, he had transmigrated to a parallel world, where his family was the most terrifying force in the underworld. As the only son, he was doted on by his entire family and had been at the top of the world since birth. “Hey, hey, hey! You’re all so twisted. Is causing trouble and squandering money all I’m good for? Fine. Even if I’m a spoiled rich kid, I’m going to be the most debauched one in the world!” Lin Lang: male, likes women, and is a scheming young playboy who does whate 70Reads5.0Score—Shelves
- 32 The Ultimate Spoiled Young Master 最强纨绔少爷 At home, I rely on my family’s power. Outside, I rely on my underlings. “Geniuses, prodigies, and oddballs are all trash in front of me!” “I’m the ultimate playboy, and I’m my own best spokesperson!” “My name is Ye Leng. This is my legendary story!” 2.6kReads7.9Score170Shelves
- 33 I'm a Super Rich Second-Generation Heir 我是超级富二代 When he fell on hard times, his girlfriend hooked up with a rich heir and callously crushed everything he had given her. His friend betrayed him for a few hundred or thousand yuan, pushing him toward death time and again. Because he was poor, even his roommates looked down on him. Bullying and tormenting Jiang Chen every day became their routine. Jiang Chen could only put up with it and focus on his part-time jobs so he could make ends meet. If he delivered one fewer order, he might have one les 3.3kReads6.5Score249Shelves
- 34 From the Start, I Expand My Family Line 开局为家族开枝散叶 Ye Chen is the only heir in the ninth generation of a family of miracle doctors. To ensure the family line continues, his four aunts arrange several marriage contracts for him. Ye Chen just wants to live a lazy life, but he has no choice except to head to the dazzling, decadent city... Who left the footprint on that spoiled young master’s face? Ye Chen! Who crippled that quack doctor’s hand? Ye Chen again! Who do the leaders of all the major forces want for a son-in-law? Ye Chen, of course! “Why 7kReads8.7Score587Shelves
- 35 I Can No Longer Hide My Top-Tier Heir Identity! 我的顶级公子身份藏不住了！ The Xia family is the largest family on Earth. Xia Ming is its third direct-line son and the ideal heir. Ten years ago, the family imposed a ban and expelled him. After his cousin tried to kill him, he was rescued by Lin Shuyu’s grandfather, grew up in the Lin family, and married their princess, Lin Shuyu. Ten years later, the family ban was lifted. Xia Ming played the pig to eat the tiger, helping the female lead while building up his own power. After returning to the family, he became embroile 683Reads—Score105Shelves
- 36 Heir to a Billion-Dollar Fortune 亿万首富继承人 To escape his father’s meddling in his life, Zhou Haoxuan, heir to a family worth hundreds of billions, hid his identity, got married, and started a family. But who could have guessed that his gentle, beautiful wife would have a sharp-tongued mother and a shameless younger brother who lived off his parents? Faced with his mother-in-law’s biting taunts, his brother-in-law’s relentless leeching, and the scorn of relatives and friends, Zhou Haoxuan could no longer stand by while his wife and child 554Reads8.3Score104Shelves
- 37 The Son-in-Law Awakens 赘婿苏醒 Long Tian, the young master of the Long family, broke with his clan and married Ling Feiyu, the most beautiful woman in the small city of Chuzhou, as a supposed good-for-nothing. They had a daughter, which led the Ling family to cast Ling Feiyu out and made her the laughingstock of Chuzhou. Then, when his daughter, Long Linger, developed a chilling illness, he had no choice but to contact his family and demand that they restore his status as the Long family's young master. From then on, the cage —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 Urban Bad Boy: My Thoughts Help Me Become a God 都市痞帅：意念助我成神 [Young Clan Leader of a Top Family] [Overwhelming Power] [Protagonist Aura] [Multiple Heroines] The young clan leader of the world's number one family, the Yunlan Clan. After a catastrophe struck his family, he was abandoned in China. He saves a beauty and unexpectedly gains the power of telekinesis! By a twist of fate, he takes over the underground forces in the coastal region, seizes power in one fell swoop, and becomes the leader of China's underworld! Across the entire continent and its 319Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 Urban Villain: The Leisurely Life of a Noble Family’s Heir 都市反派：世家太子爷的悠闲生活 You or I could be the protagonist of this world. But are you really the protagonist? Everything is only just beginning… Lin Wuye left home and lived on his own for several years, enjoying a carefree life until an accident shattered the peace. During the incident, he obtained the “Villain System,” and only then did his story with the protagonist truly begin. The protagonist? So what if you’re the protagonist? As the heir to a wealthy family, I have nothing to fear. You may be the protagonist, but 274Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 40 The Villain’s Father: His Son Is Crippled, So He Abducts the Female Lead to Have a Child 反派他爹，儿子被废，抓女主生个 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 1.4kReads5.7Score144Shelves
- 41 The City Playboy 都市之极品公子 [2020 January Silver Ticket Contest Entry] Xu Shaochen is humiliated at his own wedding and thrown out of the hotel. Then he gets a phone call, and his once ordinary life changes forever. He is still a poor student in everyone else's eyes, but no one knows that he is the world's richest man and its greatest philanthropist... 1.2kReads8.5Score100Shelves
- 42 You Asked to Break Up, So Why Are You Crying Now That My Rich Heir Identity Is Out? 分手你提的，我京少身份曝光哭啥 Synopsis: [Third-generation elite of the capital] + [Slow-burn wealthy lifestyle] + [Multiple women] + [Campus beauties and actresses] + [Villain] Gu Tian transmigrates to a parallel world in the M78 Nebula and becomes a young master of the capital from the start. “Manager Xie! Who exactly is he?? How did he become a hotel director?” Manager Xie says nothing, only points to the sky. The synopsis doesn’t do it justice. Please read the story. 126Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 43 Cheated on from the Start, Then My Parents Reveal I Come from a Top Family 开局被绿，父母告知来自顶级家族 [Absolutely No Saintly Heroics] + [The Protagonist Has Gone on a Killing Spree] + [Decisive and Ruthless] + [Villain] If you don't like it, don't flame me! I'm no good at writing a synopsis, so please head straight to the story. They were in love for six years, but it couldn't withstand a sudden rush of passion. They had been together since seventh grade, all the way through the end of the college entrance exams. Just after his partner started university, he got a phone call from them. “I'm sorr 57Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 44 The Return of the Mad Young Master 狂少归来 Three years ago, cast aside by his family, he had no choice but to wander into a remote village. There, he unexpectedly gained a mysterious legacy, mastered peerless medical skills, and reached the pinnacle of martial arts... Three years later, he returns in triumph, commanding power, wealth, and life itself. With beautiful women at his side, he rules the world... Everyone who once looked down on me will kneel at my feet... 3.9kReads8.3Score412Shelves
- 45 The First Book by Those Who Broke Their Promises 那些失约的的第1本书 I was born a young master of a wealthy family, living however I pleased and earning all the admiration in the world. The pride of the entire world belonged to me alone. They say wealth rarely lasts beyond three generations, but by the third, a family becomes an aristocratic clan. And I'm the heir to a top-tier family. To inherit it properly, I must be decisive, play the fool while outsmarting everyone, and trample my rivals in this wish-fulfillment power fantasy. 3.3kReads7.5Score265Shelves
- 46 My Family Is So Overpowered, the Whole World Kneels and Fawns Over Us 家族太无敌，吓得全世界跪舔 [System-breaking + imaginative fantasy + feel-good power fantasy + one heroine + building a faction] Lin Yun transmigrates into an invincible clan from the start, becoming its sole young lord. [Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have bound to the System. System quests are now available. Complete them to earn all kinds of top-tier resources...] “Hold on.” Lin Yun frowned and stopped the System. My father is a supreme powerhouse at the pinnacle of the human race! My eldest sister founded a top sect 725Reads6.9Score109Shelves
- 47 The Fourth Book by the Deepest Man in the Universe 宇宙第一深的第4本书 My new work is here! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 138Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 48 I'll Come Clean: I'm the Heir to a Trillion-Dollar Family 摊牌了，我是万亿家族继承人 “Young Master, your trillion-dollar fortune has been transferred into your name. Please check your account!” After enduring and lying low for four years, with his girlfriend leaving him, his brother betraying him, and rich young heirs humiliating him, he finally outlasts the family’s ban. The heir to the greatest family rises against all odds and returns as a king. The humiliation he suffered will be repaid tenfold! 3.2kReads8.7Score324Shelves
- 49 Reborn in the Political Arena: A Nobody Like Me Has an Unshakable Backing 重生官场：草根的我背景滔天 Cheng Yuan refuses to be a simp. He resolutely breaks up with his ex-girlfriend, then turns around and impulsively marries a woman he has just met. Before long, Cheng Yuan discovers that his new wife is actually his direct supervisor! If nothing unexpected happens, Cheng Yuan will happily live off his wife while keeping his pride, shamelessly enjoying the rest of his life. But after donating blood, Cheng Yuan's fate takes a dramatic turn: he turns out to be the wealthy family's long-lost younges 22.8kReads8.4Score1.8kShelves
- 50 The Adopted Son from a Poor Family Is Actually the Heir to a Top-Tier Dynasty 寒门养子竟是顶级豪门继承人 The short drama My Jade Pendant Holds the Secret of My Origins is now streaming. He is a poor scholar from a small county town, betrayed by a scheming woman just as he was starting out in life. She is an aloof campus beauty and the heir to a wealthy family. One glance from her freezes everyone in their tracks. When an arrogant rich kid tries to take her for himself and trample him underfoot, a thunderous revenge strikes in an instant: the family goes bankrupt! The rich kid falls to his knees in 11.1kReads7.9Score934Shelves
