Novels like Forty-Year-Old Man: Getting Rich in Middle Age
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- 101 A Man's Courage 男人胆色 Han Jiang never imagined that a seemingly casual remark from his eldest daughter, “I'm not your biological child,” would come true. It also revealed layer upon layer of dark secrets buried beneath his marriage and family. His wife is a stunning beauty and the richest woman in town. She and Han Jiang have been married for sixteen years and have two sons and three daughters. As if that weren't enough, further paternity tests show that his other two daughters aren't his biological children either 12.9kReads6.4Score977Shelves
- 102 I Took Up Martial Arts at Fifty-Nine, and Ruled the Ages at Sixty-Nine 五十九岁习武，六十九岁独断万古 [No System➕No heroine➕Decisive and ruthless] In a famine-stricken age of chaos, Li Yi is fifty-nine, old and frail. His unfilial son abandons his family and daughter, leaving Li Yi to struggle to protect his granddaughter and keep them both alive. Fortunately, he awakens the [Extreme Path] destiny. [Destiny: Extreme Path] [Prophecy: Reach the extreme, and success is certain] By pushing his body to its limits, he can increase his mastery of any cultivation technique. Though nearly sixty, he can s 3.3kReads7.5Score220Shelves
- 103 True Love Can’t Stand the Light, So She Married a Fool 真爱见光死，她嫁给傻子 At nineteen, He Yang met Chen Mo for the first time. Her card got swallowed, and she grabbed him by the sleeve. The restraint of a middle-aged man and the recklessness of a young woman threw everything into chaos from that day on. She married a fool as a cover, just so she could stay by his side. Years later, when she had everything, she finally realized that the person she loved had never been him. It was the respectable life that man represented, a life beyond her reach. Amusingly, the fool wh 76Reads—Score—Shelves
- 104 I'm a Hundred-Year-Old Man, and the Shrapnel in My Body Stuns Everyone 我百岁老人，体内弹片震憾全场 Decades ago, Chen Chao transmigrated back to the Chen family and became its eldest son. With a bright future ahead of him, Chen Chao chose instead to temper himself through war. After years of fighting, however, he was left with a body covered in scars and countless shrapnel fragments lodged within him. When the war ended, Chen Chao followed the System’s instructions and chose to retire in seclusion, leaving the following family motto behind: “I will return for my hundredth birthday banquet.” Ti 582Reads5.3Score106Shelves
- 105 The Awakening of a Middle-Aged Woman 一个中年女人的觉醒 [Family of Origin vs. the Fortress of Marriage] Chen Qingchen, an only child, is madly in love. She steals her household register and marries Lin Jiaxin, a man from a poor family who has made it on his own, unaware of what awaits her: a sharp-tongued mother-in-law who makes her life difficult, her father’s sudden death, her mother being forced out of the home, and underhanded attacks at work. When she hits rock bottom, two women become her lifelines. Her tough mother stands firmly behind her, wh 7.8kReads8.5Score762Shelves
- 106 EN Don't Bully the Old and Poor: One Day Equals a Year of Cultivation! 莫欺老年穷：一天涨一年功力！ [Power fantasy] [Cautious cultivation] [Slow burn] [Evil old cultivator] [Decisive and ruthless] Jiang Ye transmigrated to an age of chaos, where human lives were worth less than grass. After enduring hardship for seventy years, he was still hiding out as a gatekeeper at a martial arts school in the county town. He thought he would simply live out the rest of his days, but then his Fate of the Ascending Path awakened! [Fate: Ascending Path] [Effect 1: Extraordinary comprehension. There are no bo 26.6kReads7.7Score1.2kShelves
- 107 Those of Us Born in the ’80s 八零后的我们 We, the post-80s generation, have weathered life's joys and sorrows and suffered enough from the hardships of life and marriage. Amid the daily grind, our days have been steadily dwindling, and before we knew it, our generation had reached middle age... 2.7kReads8.2Score165Shelves
- 108 Invincible from the Start: Opening an Inn to Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger 开局无敌：开个客栈扮猪吃虎 [The swordmaster's story begins at the peak + jianghu + sects + imperial court + no leveling up + supporting characters have lives of their own] Some lead a million-strong army to conquer new lands; others take up a sword and seize the world! Ten years ago, Feng Hua retreated to Mount Nan. With a jug of wine and a sword, he vanished from the world, bearing a notorious reputation for decades! Ten years later, he opened an inn! His sword aura soared eight hundred miles into the sky. Who in the wor 662Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 109 My Heart Fluttered, So I Made a Move! 心动了，行动了！ Title: My Heart’s Racing, So I’m Making a Move! Also known as Adult Love: Flirting with Passion and Desire. [Urban life + Workplace + Contemporary romance + Sweet romance + Mutual devotion + Happy ending + Strong female lead + Two powerful leads] Starting from nothing, she grew from a saleswoman into a domineering CEO. Rising from humble beginnings, a bar singer became a legendary singer and award-winning actor. They met when they had nothing. After one passionate night, she ran away. Ten years 1.2kReads9.0Score118Shelves
- 110 Feeling Anxious? I Found Healing in a Country Courtyard 你焦虑了吗？我在农村小院治愈了 At 44, I take the blame and get disciplined. My promotion is gone. My wife's job is unstable, and she's always on edge. My son is hooked on online games, and his grades leave a lot to be desired. I rent a place with a courtyard in the suburbs. I work in the CBD by day, then come back to the village at night to raise chickens, walk the dog, and grow vegetables. The neighbors say I look like an idiot turning over the soil. But idiots don't have to take the blame for anyone anymore. I raise chicken 39Reads—Score—Shelves
- 111 You Can All Choose the Male Lead. I'll Take His Dad 你们都选男主那男主他爸归我了 Li Peiyu transmigrates into a book as a vicious supporting character. Then, while drunk, she spends a wild night with the male lead’s adoptive father, Lu Yuzhi, CEO of the Lu Group. Their souls are perfectly in sync, and they’re both addicted to each other. When she hosts a gala, he gives her a couture gown. When she goes hiking, he picks her up in a helicopter. After a brief breakup, he spends a staggering 1.8 billion yuan in a desperate attempt to run into her, whisks her off to a hotel, and g 1.5kReads8.6Score169Shelves
- 112 Siheyuan: After Transmigrating into He Yuzhu, I Snatched Tang Yanling 四合院：穿越何雨柱截胡唐艳玲 He Yuzhu transmigrates into the world of the courtyard house. How could he be so unlucky? He's middle-aged He Yuzhu, and to make matters worse, he's already married Qin Huairu. How's he supposed to turn his life around now? Qin Huairu: “Once Banggeng gets married, we'll just sit back and enjoy the good life.” He Yuzhu: “You're a useless old hen who can't lay eggs.” Qin Huairu: “Divorce!” He Yuzhu: “I'll be damned if I don't!” After the divorce... He sabotages Banggeng's job and takes bac 8.6kReads8.3Score362Shelves
- 113 When Ji Comes, Make Yourself at Home 季来之，则安之 As the empire teeters on the brink of collapse, Ji Shuhe sees through her fiancé’s false affection and turns around to marry Ji Bai. She intends for them to spend their lives treating each other with polite respect, but finds herself falling deeper and deeper under his doting care... 121Reads—Score—Shelves
- 114 Immortal and Undying: Taking It Easy in the Cultivation World 长生不死，我在修仙界悠哉度日 [A laid-back daily life, not mindless, farming-style cultivation, not a power fantasy, with an exceptionally gentle protagonist.] The pace may be slow at first, but the story gets more exciting as it goes on. He had once lived through the golden age of the cultivation world, when spiritual energy was abundant, countless races vied for supremacy, and prodigies filled the skies like stars, too many to count. He had also lived through the depletion of spiritual energy, when all manner of magic vani 2.8kReads8.8Score224Shelves
- 115 The City's Ultimate Player in Love 都市情场高高手 Lao Liu, an urban office worker, unexpectedly runs into the girl he had a crush on as a teenager. After much hesitation, he decides to pursue his youthful dream. Through a twist of fate, he ends up meeting his dream girl’s cousin by accident. Caught between the two women, he is confused and carried away by his feelings, yet too timid to act... 458Reads9.4Score105Shelves
- 116 Slay the Gods: A Seventy-Year-Old Man Berates the Commander-in-Chief! 斩神：七十岁老人，大骂总司令！ Seventy years have passed in vain, with neither books nor swordsmanship to show for it. That was Chen An’s assessment of his seventy years of life. Looking back, he had only middling talent and no special advantages. Aside from living a long time, there wasn’t much worth praising. Then, on his seventieth birthday, he awakened the Perfect Life System. [You are an unparalleled genius. From the moment you were born, you mastered your family’s swordsmanship and became one of the finest swordmasters 15.3kReads8.1Score1.8kShelves
- 117 Villain: From the Start, the Protagonist's Mother Has a Crush on Me 反派：开局被主角妈妈暗恋 [Villain + Cunning + Lighthearted + Mine, Mine, It’s All Mine.] Wang Zhenxing transmigrates into a world made up of countless urban power fantasy novels, becoming a handsome, wealthy bachelor. From the start, the protagonist’s beautiful mother has a crush on him. But according to the plot, he’s just a cannon-fodder supporting character, and he doesn’t even have normal abilities! Damn it. Fortunately, the System gives him a choice. [Option 1: Follow the original plot and take good care of the pro 661Reads8.9Score132Shelves
- 118 Never Underestimate an Old Man: From Dockworker to Martial Saint 莫欺老年穷，从码头搬工肝成武圣 [Republican Era] + [The Dynasty’s Final Years] + [Monsters Run Amok] + [Extreme Martial Arts] + [Elderly Protagonist] + [Patriotic] + [Cautious] In the dynasty’s final years, the rulers closed the country off from the world. To preserve their rule, they burned martial arts manuals and killed martial artists, causing the nation’s martial arts to decline. Eventually, foreigners used their powerful martial arts and advanced weapons to blast the country’s gates open, and the nation was thoroughly d 414Reads—Score108Shelves
- 119 Fortune Returned a Hundredfold, and This Ancestor Goes on a Killing Spree 机缘百倍返还，老祖我杀疯了 [Decisive and ruthless + villain + ancestor + invincible] After transmigrating into a fantasy world, Wang Jing becomes the ancestor of the Wang family. But one of his granddaughters, Wang Yanran, has just broken off her engagement to a good-for-nothing? And she even says she’ll destroy the Wang family? Isn’t this the Child of Destiny? Wait, why is there also someone whose only ambition is to live forever? Wang Jing is dumbfounded... Fortunately, he awakens the Invincible Ancestor System! Anythin 718Reads8.4Score100Shelves
- 120 Neither Storm Nor Sunshine! 也无风雨也无晴！ Marriage Before Love, a realistic urban romance about everyday married life! Su Qin and Zhou Xinping marry after being introduced through a matchmaking arrangement, and they bicker constantly. Just as Su Qin feels disappointed and lost, a new dawn arrives. She discovers that her husband truly cares for her, and together they take on a new stage of life! 411Reads—Score—Shelves
- 121 I Become the Sect's Founding Ancestor From the Start 开局成为宗门老祖 Chen Mang, a down-on-his-luck young man from the modern world, transmigrates to another realm where might makes right. From the start, he takes over the body of a sect’s Ancestor and awakens the Strongest Sect Ancestor System. The stronger his sect becomes, the more powerful he gets! [Slay the Ancestor of a rival sect and obtain an Heaven-Rank divine ability: Heaven-Burning Sword] [Destroy a rival sect’s sacred ground and obtain a clone: Nine-Yan Dao Body] [Raise your sect to the rank of a sacre 2.9kReads8.1Score113Shelves
- 122 After My Wife Died, My Life Soared Against the Odds 老婆去世后，我的人生逆风飞扬 My name is Shu Shuang. Shu as in “comfortable,” and Shuang as in “refreshing.” I was twelve when both my parents died, and Cheng Yexiang raised me. When I was twenty-one, Cheng Yexiang’s eldest daughter, Cheng Ke, who was the same age as me, married me. After Cheng Ke and I got married, we opened a small shop in the city called Keshuang Supermarket. Three months later, she died in a tragic car accident. I felt as though the sky had fallen. Life no longer seemed worth living. Cheng Yexiang had lo 13.1kReads8.8Score1.2kShelves
- 123 Behave Yourself! You're Always Around When the Crackdowns Happen 老实点！每次严打都有你 He transmigrates into the body of a 74-year-old man. He activates the Max-Level Old Man Antics System. Pulling stunts is the key to living longer. The only problem is that his stunt locations are a bit of a trap. He gets arrested every time. First sign-in: pulls a stunt at a bathhouse, earning the street nickname Bathhouse Emperor! Second sign-in: pulls a stunt at a roadside stall, earning the street nickname General of the Roller Shutter! Third sign-in: pulls a stunt in a rented apartment, earn 3.3kReads8.0Score225Shelves
- 124 Tycoon: I'm the Villainous Rich Heir's Dad! 神豪：我！反派富二代他爹！ After an unexpected transmigration, Li Daoran became the father of the second male lead in a brainless wish-fulfillment novel. What he never expected was that Li Yuan, a top-tier rich second-generation heir, would be such a lovesick simp! His predecessor had died of illness. To win the heroine's favor, Li Yuan publicly declared at his own funeral that he would give all his family's wealth to the male and female leads. Li Daoran was furious on the spot! “I don't have a useless son like you, and I 1.8kReads8.1Score116Shelves
- 125 I Woke Up to Three Old Men Calling Me Dad 一觉醒来，三个老头叫我爸 He slept for 50 years and woke up to find himself widowed and raising three kids. But why were the kids already so grown up, and why did they all have different surnames? Somehow, he'd become the oldest person in the family, even though he was only 18! 10.7kReads8.6Score645Shelves
- 126 Transmigrating to Ancient Times, Surrounded by Children and Grandchildren 穿越古代儿孙满堂 It's been adapted into a short drama on the Tomato platform. Come watch! The quality is good, and it's a great viewing experience. I tried it myself! Zhao Qinghu transmigrates to an ancient rural village and becomes a middle-aged man with a house full of children and grandchildren! But his parents favor one child over the others, while his younger siblings bleed him dry! As a fine young man of the modern age, how could Zhao Qinghu let others treat him like a beast of burden? He already has a who 20kReads8.5Score1.3kShelves
- 127 After Lifting Weights Three Million Times, I Became My Daughter's Heroic Spirit 撸铁三百万次，我成了女儿的英灵 At the Spirit Pact Ceremony... “Zhao Tao, your spirit looks pretty ordinary. It doesn’t seem to have any special talents.” “It is pretty ordinary. It’s just a little stronger than most.” 1.9kReads8.6Score172Shelves
- 128 She Works as a Maid for a Shenzhen Tycoon 她在深圳豪门做保姆 After her husband divorces her, a nurse from a small county town heads south to Shenzhen to support her child and put her younger brother through school. After losing her job, she is hired as a nanny by Miss Chen, a wealthy heiress. She goes through being framed, misunderstood, dismissed, earning her first savings, suffering a miscarriage after being beaten, and heartbreak. In the end, she marries a local bachelor and becomes the leading lady of a wealthy family. As Miss Chen’s nanny, she witnes 6.3kReads9.2Score754Shelves
- 129 All the Years She Worked as a Nanny 她做保姆这些年 The physical edition has already been published under the title Stories of Life Beneath the Apron. The original title was Her Years as a Housekeeper. This is not a reborn story, nor is it a wish-fulfillment novel. Based on real events in Shenzhen, it tells of the feuds and tangled relationships of a wealthy family, of love and hatred, of a loyal bond between employer and housekeeper, and of spouses standing by each other through thick and thin. It faces both the light and darkness of human natur 13.8kReads9.2Score1.5kShelves
- 130 I Refuse to Marry into a Wealthy Family. I'll Take My Child and Marry a Country Man 拒入豪门，我带娃嫁给乡下人 An IT engineer from a small town studies hard, works diligently, turns down a wealthy family’s marriage proposal, and goes abroad to study. Even after unexpectedly becoming a single mother, she never stops growing. She makes a dazzling transformation into an investment banking star… The only thing that drives her crazy is the child’s father, a young man from a small town who’s two years younger than her. He pursues her relentlessly, but what can she do? Love isn’t something you can achieve just 910Reads8.9Score103Shelves
- 131 Comprehensive Martial Arts: I Became Zhang Sanfeng, Invincible Under Heaven 综武，我成了张三丰，盖世无敌 We've seen the fiery spirit of youth, the fearless determination of adulthood, and the bold swagger of middle age. Why not try a tale of an old man's burning passion? If the young ones insist on playing by the rules, they shouldn't blame this old man for what comes next. Zhang Sanfeng's soul travels into a world where martial arts from many realms intersect, and he becomes Zhang Sanfeng, the founding patriarch of Wudang. At this time, Zhang Cuishan is being hounded into suicide by the five major 6kReads8.2Score298Shelves
- 132 I’m a 62-Year-Old Landlord 我是62岁男房东 [Urban] [Everyday Life] [Lighthearted] [Fun] A womanizing playboy transmigrates into the body of a 62-year-old man. He has a million yuan in savings and four properties. Three stunning female tenants live around him. The catch is, he also has advanced-stage diabetes, severe cerebral thrombosis, and terminal cancer. With every debuff stacked against him, he has only fourteen days left to live. Just as he falls into despair... [Ding!] [System successfully activated] [As long as you surprise your t 29.8kReads9.0Score1.9kShelves
- 133 The Whole Family Are Good-for-Nothings, Beaten into the Textbooks by a Centenarian Granny 全家废物，被百岁老太揍上教科书 Fu Ying devoted her life to her country, earning countless honors and leaving behind legends in every field, along with more big-shot disciples than anyone could count. At a hundred years old, she was forced into retirement. She asked someone to help her find her long-lost blood relatives, hoping to spend her remaining years surrounded by family. But when she returned to a remote mountain village, she discovered things weren't as wonderful as she'd imagined. Her nephew had died, and his dreadful 2kReads9.3Score266Shelves
- 134 After Turning into an Old Man, the System Makes Me the God of Love 变成老登后，系统让我当爱神 At thirty-five, with nowhere left to turn and suffering from kidney failure, he takes over the body of a seventy-five-year-old fisherman with dementia. The good news is that he finally has a pension he can count on, rain or shine, and a System. The bad news is that he doesn’t have many years left, and the System is a little unhinged... Tell your beloved “I love you” once a day, and you get to draw a huge treasure chest. All sorts of surprises await. System bro, are you planning to turn me in 6.5kReads8.7Score633Shelves
- 135 Between Neighbors 邻里之间 Distant relatives are not as dependable as close neighbors, and close neighbors are no match for the folks across the street. But life is full of contradictions: without conflict, there is no struggle, and without struggle, there is no progress. Neighbors don’t always get along, either. As the saying goes, a neighbor is like a set of scales: they hope the other neighbor stays poor. 349Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 136 I Returned from Cultivation to Find Myself Surrounded by Children and Grandchildren 修仙回来后我儿孙满堂了 After cultivating immortality for six hundred years, Yu Fan falls to a lightning tribulation just as he is about to ascend. He returns to the world he transmigrated from and discovers that forty years have passed. His grown son, whom he has never met, has already given him three grandchildren. Son: Dad, as long as I’m here, you can enjoy your retirement! Eldest grandson Yu Jing: Grandpa, come share my bed. Our family may not have much, but we always have food to eat! Granddaughter Yu Yan: Grandp 33.1kReads8.5Score2.3kShelves
- 137 Xi Shi Meets a Thousand-Year-Old White Fox 西施遇上千年白狐 The Fox Spirit of a Thousand Years Meets Xi Shi tells the story of Xi Shi, the beauty of ancient Yue. Fan, a subordinate of the King of Yue, brings her to the palace, where she undergoes rigorous training before being sent to Wu to seduce and subdue its king. With Fan's help, she is to bring down the state of Wu in one fell swoop. But on the way to Wu, Xi Shi's boat capsizes. After she falls into the water, a cargo ship rescues her. When she opens her eyes, she finds herself in a world she doesn 26Reads—Score—Shelves
- 138 An Octogenarian Womanizer Takes Chinese Showbiz by Storm, Starting with Xiong Ba 八旬老汉渣遍华娱从扮演雄霸开始 College student Zhou Rui transmigrates into the body of an eighty-year-old man in a parallel world. He is frail with age and on the verge of death. Just as he thinks he has only a few days left to live, he unexpectedly awakens an Entertainment Roleplay System! As long as he successfully plays various film and television characters, the System lets him win that character's abilities and treasures through a lottery! Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have successfully played Xiong Ba and obtained th 12.4kReads7.9Score1kShelves
- 139 Siheyuan: The Third Master Has Arrived 四合院：三大爷来了 I really transmigrated! Just imagine, a handsome 185-centimeter man like me turned into a shriveled old geezer who’s only 165 centimeters tall. My heart aches! Then I saw the person beside me in bed, and it ached even more! And there’s a whole bunch of hungry kids to feed, none of them mine! Now it aches even more! 3.1kReads8.6Score105Shelves
- 140 After Leaving with Nothing, I Married a Rich CEO with a Child 净身出户后，带娃嫁豪门总裁 Ye Nuanmei was tricked into eloping and marrying He Zheng, a mama's boy. At her mother-in-law's urging, He Zheng gave the 200,000 yuan they had saved to buy a new home to his younger brother, He Zhi. When Ye Nuanmei found out, she argued with He Zheng, who slapped her at his mother's instigation. Ye Nuanmei insisted on a divorce. After his mother coaxed him, He Zheng said that if she wanted custody of their daughter, she would have to leave with nothing. Without hesitation, Ye Nuanmei chose to w 325Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 141 A Review of This Life 复盘今生 Wang Yuhan once had a happy family. He and his wife, Yu Meixia, were both teachers. They excelled at their jobs, had a son and a daughter, and were the envy of everyone. But then, one day, it all vanished. If you were the protagonist, how would you react? How would you face betrayal by the person you love and trust most? Drawing on a deep understanding of life, the author tells a moving, vivid story of love and loss, life and death, and tangled passions in plain, flowing prose. The story also ra 750Reads8.8Score101Shelves
- 142 Sixty-Year-Old Lovers: The Past of Maitreya 60岁恋人：弥勒往事 At the age of sixty, he jumped into a shallow pool where the water barely reached his thighs. The water was shallow, but he didn't know that. Just as he didn't know that this jump would bring him together with a thirty-seven-year-old divorced woman, that they would have a child, and that he would pursue her from Hefei to Nanjing, then on to Shenzhen. Later, someone asked him, "Why jump when the water was so shallow?" He said, "Because that person was about to fall in." What matters isn't how d 1.1kReads—Score103Shelves
- 143 After Three Years in Retirement Back in the Village, I Lost but Was Not Defeated 退休回村三年，我输了但没有败 After retiring, I was sent back to my hometown to serve as the village's First Secretary. I had barely reached the village entrance when someone smashed a jar at me: “Huai Shu Village doesn't welcome you!” An old flame brought me a bowl of fish soup, with a letter at the bottom that had never been sent, forty years ago. Someone sent an anonymous report to the disciplinary inspection committee, accusing me of misconduct. Three months on the clock. Nobody believes me. Three years later, the person 97Reads—Score—Shelves
- 144 Ten Years of Marriage: Only Now Do I Understand My Wife 结婚十年：才明白妻子那点事 Zhang Xixi works late into the night and comes home drunk. Ye Feng discovers that she is wearing… Was she cheating, or was there another reason? As Ye Feng investigates, he discovers something astonishing about his wife during their ten years of marriage…! 1.9kReads—Score115Shelves
- 145 Back for Another Chance at Love 卷土重来再爱一次 Shen Zongning, CEO of Jinghai Group, called off his engagement to his celebrity girlfriend and quietly married an unknown woman named Xu Wen. What looks like an improper romance in which the newcomer steals someone else’s place gradually reveals its true story. Life is so long that it took me twenty years to find you! Life is so short that when I look back, my youth is already gone... 24.5kReads9.0Score2kShelves
- 146 Love, Hate, and Old Feuds Between Two Generations 两代人的爱恨情仇恩怨 She is determined to uncover the truth behind her mother’s death, but her stepmother and stepsister frame her, plunging her into danger time and again! She escapes certain doom, and is fortunate to meet business tycoon Qin Haonan, who falls for her at first sight and pursues her… People reveal different sides of themselves when it comes to love and family, and a single thought can lead to heaven or hell! Good and evil both get what they deserve, and fate always comes full circle! Those who commi 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 147 After Becoming the Old Scoundrel in a Famine-Escape Novel, I Give Up 穿成逃荒文极品老头后，我摆烂了 (The rating just came in, so it's a little low. Please don't let it put you off, dear readers.) [Transmigration + the protagonist is a real piece of work + flight from famine + System + reforming the worst of the bunch + ensemble cast + feel-good power fantasy + family squabbles] Xu Mu was sent flying by a check from the domineering CEO's mother. When she opens her eyes again, she's transmigrated into the body of a thoroughly awful old man in an old-fashioned farming-and-famine novel. Not only h 6.6kReads8.0Score446Shelves
- 148 The Two Pleasures of Food and Sex 食色二事 In his twenties, Liu Zhu became the man who married a woman with a child. He devoted himself to his family, working himself to the bone for ten whole years. In return, his wife cheated on him with her ex-husband, the scumbag who had once abandoned her and her daughter. After divorcing her, Liu Zhu was utterly distraught, and then he got into a car accident. In his hospital room, he met an old man who had no one to care for him. The old man felt they were fated to meet. On his deathbed, he told L 7.8kReads9.0Score822Shelves
- 149 Love at Forty 不惑爱情 Xu Anqin, a middle-aged woman, has a life that's a complete mess: a mother with dementia, a selfish older sister, in-laws who are always scheming, and a husband who never gets a clue. Everything gives her anxiety. At the lowest point in her life, her rich, handsome first love reappears. Maybe she has another path to choose, but Xu is clear-headed: "I'm almost forty. How could I still be some domineering CEO's unattainable first love?" Before the divorce, life backed her into a corner with no way 179Reads—Score—Shelves
- 150 Life, with Nowhere to Land 人生，无处安放 By middle age, Li Shu's life had become a complete mess. Her marriage had turned cold and distant, her grown son was going down a rebellious path, and her body and mind were steadily wearing down. How could she go on living such a miserable life? 730Reads8.9Score101Shelves
