Novels like Cleaning Up the City
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Cleaning Up the City, best match first.
- 151 Husband and Wife at the Factory 工厂里的夫妻 Chen Yishan’s husband, Sun Hai, was good for nothing, leaving her to shoulder the entire financial burden of the family. To improve their circumstances, she decided to leave her six-year-old son, Sun Dabao, in the care of her parents-in-law, then go to Guangdong with her cousin to work in a factory. 7.8kReads9.1Score528Shelves
- 152 Breaking the Bottom Line 打破底线 In the eyes of others, he has it all: an executive title at a branch company and a happy family. But he also has plenty of secrets he can’t let see the light of day… A routine audit at the head office becomes the turning point in his fate… 14.1kReads8.2Score678Shelves
- 153 Yunluo Weiguang: A Winding Career Path 云落薇光：职场逆旅 [Career comeback + women's growth + face-slapping wish fulfillment + power struggles + romance] Yun Luowei is focused on making money when her company ruthlessly fires her for her outstanding performance and withholds the bonus she is owed! Injustice at work drives her to the brink, but it also ignites her fury, and she resolutely takes up the law as her weapon. This is not only her fight against injustice, but the beginning of her transformation. How does the pushover who was once at the mercy 20Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 154 The Ladder of Sinners 罪人梯 Falsely accused and imprisoned three years ago, he received guidance from a powerful figure. Three years later, he returns as a king, ready to settle old and new scores alike. The final installment in the Ladder trilogy: Sin, Man, Ladder. A victorious general is built on the bones of ten thousand soldiers. See how Chen Lubing climbs to the summit, step by step, over the bodies of his enemies… 18.5kReads9.0Score1.8kShelves
- 155 Women on the Career Ladder 职场路上的女人们 Amid the shifting tides of the crowded world, people are always boarding ships and leaving them behind. When they came riding the waves, they carried unspoken obsessions. When they turned away, the hems of their robes swept up the stars, while the warmth frozen in their palms seeped forever into the course of the voyage. 836Reads7.1Score104Shelves
- 156 Reborn After My Best Friend Pushed Me in Front of a Knife, I Went on a Rampage 被闺蜜推出去挡刀，重生后我杀疯 My Best Friend Used Me as a Human Shield. After Being Reborn, I Went on a Rampage 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 157 Reborn on My Way to College 重生在上大学的路上 [Thick-Skinned, No-Nonsense Engineering Woman vs. A Brilliant Male Lead Who Seems Cold but Is Actually Hopelessly Romantic] Newly promoted Zhang Xiaohan thinks her life is wonderful, with no regrets. But after dying suddenly from overwork, she returns to the time when she was just starting college. Zhang Xiaohan lifts her heavy bangs and feels the spare tire around her waist, deeply wondering if her memories have gone wrong. Had she really gone through such an awkward growing phase? Having no 1.2kReads8.2Score106Shelves
- 158 The Bladeless Edge 无锋利刃 In the hidden currents of the world, everyone is both a player moving the pieces and a piece on the board. Reality wears down the sharp edges of our ideals, and principles give way to self-interest, one step at a time. Behind every choice that looks so bright and promising lies a compromise that cannot be spoken aloud. When the scales tip between survival and conscience, we eventually understand: adulthood is nothing more than dancing in chains. There is often no absolute good or evil in this wo 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 159 The Bad Girl Won't Redeem Herself 渣女不洗白 Whose youth is free of scars? Who hasn’t smiled while crying inside? But flowers bloom beyond the mountain, and beautiful scenery stretches beyond every hurdle! Life is precious, so don’t waste it! To those of us who never got to be young properly back then! “Why are you here?” “Because I know my girl wants to try flying. And I want her to know that I’ve never been a cage keeping her from spreading her wings. I’m the tree she can always come home to, the safe harbor where she can rest, and the p 159Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 160 First Love? Who Cares! The Chinese Teacher Has Big Plans 初恋算个屁，语文老师要干大事 (No System, no golden finger, no being reborn, just slow growth) After getting back together with her first love, being smacked by a parent, and getting stabbed by her own boyfriend, she lost the ability to have children. Then, after finishing her graduate school entrance exams, her mother died unexpectedly. Xia Shinan decided, “First love can go to hell. Building a career and making big money are what matter most!” Xia Shinan (a pun on “born female”), a 26-year-old woman, comes from a family t 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 161 Everyday Life in the City: A Rich Heir in Beijing 都市日常：富二代在京城 "Love in the Mortal World: My Wild Wife in the Capital" My name is Tang Feng. I used to be a combat sports athlete and achieved some impressive results. After retiring, I started a new life. I came to the capital to experience life, embarking on a winding, realistic, and thrilling journey. From the start, I shared a rental apartment. The landlady would later become my wife. She was beautiful and wild. 2kReads8.7Score144Shelves
- 162 My Girl from Zhaoqing 我的肇庆姑娘 [Childhood Sweethearts]+ [Older Sister]+ [Girlfriend Appears Out of Nowhere] Most people think Shanghai is an oppressive city because they walk along the Bund or down Nanjing West Road, crowded with foreigners, and see all the glittering bustle around them, yet feel they have no part in it. This is the story of a drifting man who escapes Shanghai and eventually finds his happy ending. 525Reads—Score—Shelves
- 163 Village Blossoms 小村花事 A lot of things that shattered our worldview happened in our village. A lot of strange events that science couldn’t explain happened, too. Our village once had seventy-two temples, and every single one had an unbelievable story of its own. [This book is extremely shocking. Read with caution.] 40.8kReads9.0Score3.2kShelves
- 164 A Lover’s Longing 妾意郎情 A love that crosses the bounds of marriage, a longing that tears at the heart and shatters the soul. Tormented love, unrequited love, secret love, obsessive love, anguished love, infatuation, devotion, tragic love, and a love you can't bear to let go; Romance, passion, friendship, family, deep affection, fervor, devotion, heartlessness, and tenderness without end; The tangled complexities of the modern workplace meet an unexpected affair, creating a longing, a doomed relationship, a lifetime 259Reads9.5Score—Shelves
- 165 The Wife’s Mask 妻子的假面 His wife slips out to hotels and bars late at night. After looking into it, he discovers that beneath her gentle, virtuous exterior, she is hiding many secrets. After unmasking his wife, what should he do next... (P.S. No golden finger or supernatural abilities in this book, just the most genuine emotions.) 1.2kReads6.9Score100Shelves
- 166 Reborn, I Became My Family's Pride 重生后我成了全家的骄傲 In my previous life, I was set up. My embroidery workshop was stolen, my grandmother's secret pattern book went missing, and my life became a string of hardships. In this life, reborn with max-level embroidery skills, I turn the tables with my craft and reclaim everything that belongs to me. I rise from a small county workshop to become a nationwide top-tier star, the pride of my family. But only when I reach the summit do I learn that the man who has always protected me is the son of the master 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 167 We're Reborn, So Of Course We Should Break Up First! 都重生了，当然要先分手！ [Food + cooking + farming + reviving a time-honored brand] [No cultivation] [The System plays a very minor role] [Food, cooking, business, and realism take center stage] Feng Bin is reborn in the 1990s. After breaking up with his wife from his previous life, he chooses to ride the wave of the times and seek his fortune in a big city. By chance, he takes over a time-honored restaurant. It all begins with saving the old establishment. With his superb cooking skills, Feng Bin revives the venerable 1.8kReads8.7Score107Shelves
- 168 Fate Is a Sunny Day 缘是晴天 Memories of youth, growing up, and heartbreak, buried by time and kept close to the heart. May the love shared by Xie Qiyuan and Jiang Ziqing touch your heart. Because they loved each other so deeply back then, their love turned into countless tears. Even so, at a fork in the road with no hope in sight, they would keep waiting for him to come. 24Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 169 The Chinese Bodyguard 国产保镖 54Reads6.3Score877Shelves
- 170 The Househusband Who Lives Off His Wife 家庭主男，软饭硬吃 A Househusband Living Off His Wife, and Loving It 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 171 Hey, Your Existence Is an Anomaly! 喂，你的存在是异常！ Why is there a Chinese-style ruin buried beneath London? During construction in a park near Elephant and Castle, the eaves of a building pointing underground came to light. Chinese student Li Chengzhen initially thought that joining Professor Jack Cleve on an archaeological dig would mean little more than sorting through records, identifying Chinese characters, and reminding his overexcited mentor to eat on time. Until the explanations identifying the site as a modern garden were overturned one 6Reads6.2Score210Shelves
- 172 My Nanjing Years 我的南京往事 [Older Woman]+ [Rich Heiress]+ [Returnee CEO] What is love? Perhaps it is a past one cannot revisit, or perhaps it is the confusion of struggling and wavering only to end up with nothing. It is not here, and nowhere can it be found. 463Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 173 The World After 2050 2050年后的世界 The World After 2050 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 174 Finding True Love Inside and Outside Marriage in Midlife 人到中年婚姻内外寻找真爱 Yang Duo is a flower in full bloom. Though she’s forty, she’s still young and beautiful. A woman in pursuit of true love, she yearns for romance and has spent her life exploring and experiencing it. A passionate love affair that nearly cost her life in her youth, a joyless marriage in middle age, and an unexpected encounter outside her marriage: whenever she falls for someone, she loves with wild abandon and suffers heartbreak that tears her apart. Her three close friends have very different l 638Reads8.7Score101Shelves
- 175 A Romance at a Shenzhen Factory 深圳工厂情缘 My new story is here! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 3kReads8.9Score217Shelves
- 176 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... 445Reads9.4Score105Shelves
- 177 Back to 1980: From the Start, I Marry the Factory Belle 重返1980：开局娶了厂花 He left home to pursue his dreams, only to return and find his entire family dead. He was left all alone. After living in regret and loneliness for forty years, the tycoon Li Wenjun was reborn in 1980. This time, he would settle old scores and live life to the fullest. He would give his family wealth, health, peace, and happiness, and make his enemies pay with their lives. This time, he would strengthen the nation through industry, leading every sector to achieve technological advances twenty ye 2kReads8.3Score171Shelves
- 178 Restarting the Journey of Love: Women After Divorce 重启爱之旅：离婚后的女人们 Zhang Ziyun had always looked down on people who got divorced. Then he caught his wife cheating, and got divorced himself. Government officials, community directors, teachers, clothing-store owners, and other women began entering his life... Amid the endless bustle of the world, as he chose and was chosen, he worked hard and built a modest career while still holding on to hope for marriage. After a series of twists and turns, he finally found the happiness meant for him in this lifetime among th —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 179 The Legend of a Food Delivery Guy 外卖小哥的传说 The Legend of a Food Delivery Guy 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 180 Gray Sky 灰空 He was a passionate young man, a promising journalist with a bright future, and his life was going splendidly. His supervisor was just about to promote him when, in a moment of impulsiveness, he made a mistake, and his life took a different course. Misfortune and fortune go hand in hand, and this marked the beginning of an entirely different life. 4.7kReads8.9Score580Shelves
- 181 A Middle-Aged Woman's Reckless Years 中年荒唐的女人 The story is about Yang Liu, an ordinary woman from the bottom of society. Hardworking and capable, she refuses to settle for an ordinary life, but ends up making a complete mess of things, surrounded by chaos and constant commotion... 2.7kReads8.6Score224Shelves
- 182 Loving You from Afar 站在远处爱 Liang Qingtong is new to the workplace and deeply admires Lu Chengyang, an industry role model. That exceptional man is her idol, her dream guy. By chance, she becomes his subordinate, and before she knows it, she seems to have fallen for him. He is decisive and efficient at work, but when it comes to love, he has no idea what he’s doing! We’re all just a bunch of unfortunate people: we can’t have the ones we love, we don’t cherish the ones we have, and when we’re together, we suspect each other 74Reads—Score—Shelves
- 183 Hello, Mr. Doraemon 你好，哆啦A梦先生 I had only wanted to live an easy, carefree life as an ordinary person. But when my childhood sweetheart and first CEO girlfriend married someone else for the sake of profit, and my beautiful second girlfriend, a painter, sacrificed herself for power, I realized I couldn't keep being a pushover. I had to fight back! When I finally stood at the top of the pyramid, I gave life a resounding shout... 1.9kReads8.7Score199Shelves
- 184 The Days We Spent Running with the Wrong Crowd 那些年混过的日子 Young and reckless, we chased nothing but our ideals. The storms we weathered in those years, the roads we walked together, and the days we spent making our way through life. The old generation's feuds and entanglements, the younger generation's rivalries: an unknown nobody gradually grows stronger, overcoming hardship after hardship without ever giving up. 3.8kReads7.2Score174Shelves
- 185 Searching for You in Miancheng 我在木棉城中寻你 That day, the sudden breakup of the girl he secretly loved gave the down-and-out young man new hope. But after waking from a dream, the first novel he had ever written quietly changed the course of his life. Beneath the kapok trees of Guangzhou, a story of youth and love is unfolding. 6.6kReads8.4Score780Shelves
- 186 No Mercy for the World 不赦人间 For the first twenty years of her life, Chen Qingxing lived by one rule: never count on a miracle. When someone else took the spot she had earned as a student in need, and her part-time wages were withheld, she signed a harsh sponsorship agreement. Her benefactor would pay for her to finish college, and after graduation, she would repay the debt with a marriage of convenience. There was no romance involved. It was a deal with a clearly marked price. She relied on careful calculations to plan eve 23Reads—Score—Shelves
- 187 My Five Sisters Raised Me, So I Bought Each of Them a House 五个姐姐养大我，我送每人一套房 When I was seven, Mom and Dad were gone. My five older sisters took turns raising me. The eldest dropped out of school to work a sewing machine. The second scavenged rotten vegetables at the market. The third earned money competing in tournaments. The fourth never had an entry labeled “for herself” in her ledger. The fifth cut off her long braids and sold them for eight yuan to pay my tuition. Chen Zi'en lived next door. He was the school bully, feared by everyone. He'd never lost a fight, but 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 188 Two Abnormal Humans and a Motorcycle 两个非正常人类与摩托车 Love that defies social norms has often been seen as a symbol of courage and freedom, admired and celebrated. This is the one kind of love people will always despise. This is not a novel, just a story from real life. There are no thrills, no climaxes, no pacing, only despair and oppression. It might be of some small help to people who truly love motorcycles, but be prepared to be mocked. This story has an unconventional outlook on life, values, and the world, and portrays a world of abnormal peo 1.3kReads—Score214Shelves
- 189 Reborn: I Just Want to Make Money 重生：只想搞钱 [Reborn + Daily Life + Lighthearted + Fun + Making Money + Building] Lu Yi is reborn, and uses his foresight as a golden finger to make money like crazy. Uses a game cheat to get things started. Then cashes in on another round of compensation from a demolition project. Wait, this jade pendant is about to skyrocket in value! He runs into the campus belle he used to grovel after. What are you, anyway? Get lost! Reborn once, all he wants is to make money. Women will only slow him down. Just kee 142Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 190 From Doctor to Underworld Boss 从医生苟成社会大佬 [Urban + society + passionate + fill in the blanks yourself...] Surgeon You Tianfu was sentenced to prison after a medical accident, where he unexpectedly crossed paths with the biggest local property development syndicate. After his release, he joined them, and his life's course changed completely. His white coat turned into a black trench coat, and his surgical scissors became twin blades! From dreaming of saving lives as a miracle doctor to transforming into a generation of underworld kingpin 72Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 191 I Just Want to Protect You Forever 只想永远守护你 I Only Want to Protect You Forever —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 192 The Men I Met After My Divorce 离婚后，我遇到的男人们 We had known each other for 26 years and been married for 20. We went from having nothing to building an estate worth tens of millions, and from being alone to having a son and a daughter. To outsiders, our marriage looked enviably perfect. At last, after all my years of waiting, it came to a happy ending. At last, I’m divorced and completely free. Now I can observe the men around me as an outsider. Men come in all kinds. There’s a type for everyone. This is my new book. If you happen to come ac 574Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 193 Middle Age 人到中年 My wife cheated on me, my brother turned against me, and at thirty, I hit the lowest point of my life! When money is at stake, everyone shows their true, ugly faces. Betrayed by family and confronted with the greed of friends, I was pushed into an abyss of despair by countless grasping hands. I had no choice but to struggle back to my feet and reach for the sunshine that belonged to me! 3.1kReads8.7Score381Shelves
- 194 Like a Dream, Like an Order 如梦如令 [Modern romance + powerful leads + urban life + marriage and relationships + workplace + business rivalry] Song Linbi lifted her chin. The breeze kept teasing the wisps of hair on her forehead until they finally gave in to temptation and softly brushed her playful cheek. “Did you have a good time tonight, Professor Song?” Lin Yilai gently brushed away the breeze, which had lingered on her face, captivated by her beauty. His fingertips traced her chin and lips, then he pressed a deep, lingering k 13Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 195 One Glance, A Lifetime of Love 一次回眸，一世情 [Workplace Romance] + [Modern Romance] + [Family] + [Love at First Sight] + [Secret Crush] This is a tangled love story between one woman and three men. Ouyang Bo, a top student from a prestigious university, gives up his promising future to follow her to a remote mountain village and continue a love they both chose. Cheng Xi, the city’s top official, remains true to his first love for twenty years, letting the feelings sparked by their first meeting deepen into a profound love. Rich and handso 1.7kReads9.4Score217Shelves
- 196 Those Years I Was the Big Brother 我当的哥那些年 Yang Rui, a struggling online novelist, applied to become a Didi rideshare driver so he could make ends meet and stop sponging off his parents. He thought it would just be a way to earn some extra money, but he never imagined that over the years he spent behind the wheel, he'd enjoy one stroke of good luck after another and meet benefactors who would help him rise... 192Reads9.3Score—Shelves
- 197 The Wall Is Four and a Half Meters High 高墙四米半 The author is a grassroots police officer who drew on personal experience to write this story. Using a detention center as its starting point and major cases once reported by CCTV as its basis, the novel recreates the reality of life inside a detention center and the process of investigating cases. Its greatest strength is its authenticity: this is a realistic novel that reads more like literary reportage. 137Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 198 Transmigrating to Yunzhou: A New Tale of the Chivalrous Shadow 穿越云州之侠影新传 Transmigrating to Yunzhou: The New Tale of a Hero 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 199 Overseas Turmoil: The Path of a Crime Lord 海外风云之枭雄路途 My name is Lin Feng. I’ve encountered, witnessed, and experienced many industries and incidents that people would rather keep hidden. So many people have been lured overseas by high-paying jobs, only to die. So many have died because their desires could never be satisfied. This synopsis can’t do the story justice. Read the novel to find out more. 8kReads9.1Score657Shelves
- 200 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 7.8kReads8.5Score750Shelves
