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- 1 The Ultimate Contractor 绝品包工头 After a levee breach, Xu Zheng faced the risk of being fired and held accountable. But through a stroke of luck, he landed a major construction project and became a contractor. Money and status soon followed. 165Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Reborn in 1998: Rising Up from Carpentry 重生98：从木工开始崛起 Qin Chuan, a businessman worth over a hundred million, wakes from a dream to find himself back in 1998. In an era where gold lies everywhere, he makes up for past regrets, rides the waves of the business world, and forges ahead, revealing the bold ambition of a business titan! Empire and beauty, a lotus at every step! Why should a grown man have to choose? He wants it all! 783Reads6.7Score10214d adds
- 3 We're All Lying 我们都在撒谎 We're All Lying —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 A Lie We Tell Ourselves 自欺欺人的谎言 A Self-Deceiving Lie —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Rising to Power in 1994, Starting with Painting Walls 1994从批墙开始崛起 The rating has just come out, so it’ll go up later. Other people’s rebirth: transmigrate to the key moment when everything can still be changed. Change the course of events. Fix the regrets in their lives. Rise to the top. Luo Ming’s rebirth: Last year, his father was already paralyzed in a car accident. This year, his third younger sister has already run off after eloping. And he’s already on the road, chasing after her and the blond punk she ran off with. Everything he wanted to change has alr 1.6kReads8.1Score10414d adds
- 6 Our Years as Roommates 我们的合租往事 On the way back, with the alcohol giving me courage, I asked her, “Did you really mean what you said just now?” She looked confused. “What do you mean, did I really mean it?” I was getting anxious. “You told them you were dating me!” She burst out laughing. She’d understood what I meant all along and had just been teasing me. She said, “I’m four or five years older than you. You don’t mind?” “I don’t mind. Isn’t it said that a wife who’s three years older brings a fortune? I’ll get one and a hal 2.9kReads8.8Score—14d adds
- 7 Reborn in 1990: From Construction Foreman to Real Estate Tycoon 重生90：包工头逆袭成地产大亨 Chen Feng died with deep regrets in his previous life. His fellow villager and friend Zhao Lei swindled him into shouldering enormous debts, his wife Su Wan fell ill from overwork, and his parents spent their twilight years worrying about him. His older sisters endured endless hardship trying to help him repay his debts, while he himself worked himself to death in a construction-site shack at just forty. When he opened his eyes, he had been reborn in 1990, three months after marrying Su Wan. He 21Reads—Score514d adds
- 8 Reborn: My Childhood Friend Is Hard to Win Over 重生：我这个青梅竹马不太好追 Xiao Yihan was reborn, returning to the humble age of eighteen, when he used to be a lovesick doormat. But with a second chance at life, everything is destined to change! A childhood sweetheart, a gentle campus beauty, a glamorous and alluring female teacher... With beauties everywhere, how will Xiao Yihan choose...? 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Rising to the Top: I Started Out on a Construction Site 青云直上：我从工地开始 Given another chance at life, Lin Yang refuses to follow the same path as before. This time, he starts at the bottom as a labor administrator on a construction site for a building company. He overcomes one hurdle after another, rising from the corporate world to local government and finally to the very top, his career soaring all the way! 467Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 10 My Five Years as a Drifter in Guangzhou 广漂的那五年 A detailed look at the five years after college graduation, spent struggling to make a living in the bustling city of Guangzhou. How did a complete novice gradually grow stronger, step by step? As we make our way along the paths of love and career, each of us has a story to tell... After five years of weathering life's hardships, we'll grow stronger at last! It's time to turn the tables!!! A new author with a new book: My Five Years Drifting in Guangzhou. I've got a story. 206Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 11 Reborn in 2006: I Want to Go Back and Become a Top Student 重生2006，我要回去当学霸 I woke up one day in 2006, with my laptop and suitcase by my side! I’ve had enough of living such a miserable life. I have the power to see the future, and I have high technology. Just watch me turn the tables and live it up this time! And I won’t be doing it alone. I’m taking my brothers with me all the way to the top of the world! Wu Jingyang: “Let’s make a comeback, guys! We can have all the wealth and women in the world!” Zhang Laoer: “Brother Yang, I’m not that ambitious. Could you just 26Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 12 Reborn: The Architect System Takes Me to the Top 重生：建筑大佬系统带我飞 Wang Chao transmigrates to a parallel world and gets the Construction Tycoon System from the start. He’s about to take off! “What! Six types of insurance and two housing funds for migrant workers?” “Um, are you still hiring? How about me?” Contractor A: “They’re trying to put us out of business!” Contractor B: “We firmly oppose this!” Project Manager: “Damn it, how did non-compliant materials get exposed?!” The site supervisor: “It’s so hard to get a little envelope these days. M 875Reads6.5Score12514d adds
- 13 Secrets in the Rose Villa 蔷薇别墅里的秘密 Chen Xiaorong was born in the countryside. Her parents didn’t love her, and her prospective in-laws were all awful people. She was clever and decisive, beautiful and poised, and brimming with ambition. She earned top marks to get into university, but nobody supported her. She was willing to run away from her wedding and travel far from home to study on her own. The road ahead was difficult. When she faced endless darkness, the warmth he gave her became a ray of light that illuminated her heart. 12.9kReads8.8Score76014d adds
- 14 Super Engineering Tycoon System 超级工程大佬系统 (The animated adaptation of this book, The Universal Construction King, is now available. Everyone is welcome to check it out.) Young construction contractor Ye Ping unexpectedly acquires a Super Construction Tycoon System. From then on, he has specialized excavators that can travel above and below ground, specialized transport trucks capable of moving hundreds of thousands of cubic meters of earth, and miniature cranes that can lift a million tons... Construction companies from all over the wor 84Reads6.9Score12014d adds
- 15 Tales of Zaozhuang 枣庄往事 Tales of Zaozhuang —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 From a Symbol to a Person 从一个符号变成了一个人 From a symbol into a person —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Early Spring Frost 小春霜早 Xiaochun Shuangzao tells the story of the lives, changes, joys, and sorrows of the three Gu siblings at the end of the twentieth century. Through their story, the novel explores the profound impact of Reform and Opening Up on people's thoughts and lives, and the sweeping changes brought by the new era. [Print edition published] 1.1kReads8.5Score10014d adds
- 18 Siheyuan: Whoever Messes with Me, I'll Make Them Suffer 四合院：谁惹我，坑惨谁 Zhao Kai woke up one morning to discover that he had transmigrated into The Birds of the Siheyuan. Not only were his parents gone, but he also had a five-year-old little sister to look after. Faced with a courtyard full of beasts, Zhao Kai felt completely lost... The ungrateful Jia Zhangshi and the sanctimonious Qin Huairu can all get out of my way. The hypocritical First Master loves using morality to guilt-trip people and secretly helps a married man in the middle of the night. That deserve 988Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 19 My Fiancée's Lies 未婚妻的谎言 “Grandpa, I’ll take good care of Zhang Hui,” Zeng Rou said. Zhang Hui was the eldest grandson of the Zhang family of Modu. He and Zeng Rou were college classmates and a couple. They had agreed that after graduating, Zhang Hui would marry Zeng Rou, 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Let's Not Talk About Love 不谈爱情 Don't Talk About Love is a purely fictional serialized novel. The novel tells of the inner torment of Zhao Xiaosong, a middle-aged man who works at Shenfeng Tire Factory and suffers from cerebral atrophy. It portrays his resentment, anxiety, loneliness, helplessness, despair, selfishness, longing, and, finally, his struggle... The story begins in the 1990s. Zhao Xiaosong, a country bumpkin from that era, is lucky enough to become a tire-molding worker at Shenfeng Tire Factory in Jiaoshi. Back 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Reborn in 1993, Heading for Back to Field 重生93，奔赴向往的生活 Sun Yuanhang woke up one morning and found himself back in 1993. The gears of fate began to turn. In his previous life, he walked through darkness. His father was driven to his death, his older brother was beaten into disability, and his mother spent every day in tears. In this life, he swore to change it all. Since justice would arrive late, he would break through with his own hands. He would avenge his enemies and make up for his regrets... He would set out for the life he had always longed fo —Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 22 Thank You for the Roujiamo 谢谢你的肉夹馍 Thank you for the roujiamo. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 I've Finally Figured Out the Renovation Business 装修这条赛道算是让我干明白了 Shen Lang, a construction worker, accidentally gets a low-profile System called Good Luck. Shen Lang thinks that with a power this heaven-defying, he shouldn't keep working in construction. A career in government would have much better prospects. The problem is that he dropped out of high school and has no chance to start over, so he can only keep following the path he's on, working in construction until he achieves financial freedom and gets everything he wants. 2.9kReads6.9Score10014d adds
- 24 The Live-In Son-in-Law's Revenge 上门女婿的复仇 Wang Hui fell gravely ill on the eve of the gaokao and failed to get into college. He stayed home to work the fields, while his family was left deeply in debt from paying for his treatment. To repay what they owed, his father planned to marry Wang Hui's younger sister off to Er Lazi, a good-for-nothing in their village. Left with no other choice, Wang Hui became a live-in son-in-law. His father-in-law's family was wealthy in town. Later, Wang Hui secretly checked his wife's WeChat and learned th 184Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 Our Long River of Years 我们的岁月长河 Our Long River of Years is divided into three parts. Following the ordinary lives of three generations of Zhao Jiafu’s family, railway workers, it spans from the 1950s to the 2020s. It recounts the joys and sorrows, happiness and heartbreak, and everyday troubles experienced by the three generations of the Zhao family and the ordinary people around them over the long river of time. It depicts the turbulent lives of ordinary people as the times change and society develops. Time flows like a river 180Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Reborn in the 1990s 重生之九零年代 After waking up, Chen Qingyun found himself reborn in the 1990s. It was an age of upheaval, with society swept up in a great tide of change. Standing at the crest of the times, with the wheel of fate in his hands, he would start over from scratch... Chen Qingyun said, “I’ll earn all the money I missed out on before. I’ll make the campus belle I couldn’t win over regret looking down on me. Every regret from my past life, I’ll make up for in this one.” 122Reads8.6Score3814d adds
- 27 The Lies Behind the Mask 面具后面的谎言 My name is Zhang Wei, and I run a brick-and-mortar hardware store. Once, after having dinner with a client, I went with him to a nightclub. There I noticed that one of the promotional posters looked like my wife: the woman in it was wearing a rose mask. 51Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 A Girl Spent Seven Years Breaking Herself into Pieces and Entrusting Them to Others 一个女孩用七年时间把自己摔碎了分给别人保管 A girl spent seven years breaking herself into pieces and entrusting them to others to keep. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Reborn Electrical Engineer: Starting as a Project Assistant 重生电气师：从项目助理开始 Carrying the painful memories of being framed and disgraced in his previous life, Lin Chen is reborn at the moment he joins Hengxin Electrical Engineering Co., Ltd. at the age of 23. Once a disposable pawn in the workplace, he is now a quiet player with ten years of project management and electrical engineering experience. Starting at the very bottom as a project assistant, he catches mistakes, identifies hidden hazards on site, and solves problems involving low-voltage systems and high-voltage 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 The Great Nation's Infrastructure Maniac 大国基建狂人 [Patriotic, infrastructure development, slow-burn, realistic, no mindless decisions.] [What is infrastructure development? It's the perseverance to keep at it, day after day!] [Salute to the working people!] Shen Tianzong swore he would put an end to shoddy construction, wipe out profiteering companies, ensure the people lived in comfort and abundance, and lead Huaxia to the pinnacle of the world. A century-long undertaking, a nation rebuilding from the ruins: the rise of a great power through i 519Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 31 Comeback in 1990 逆袭1990 Chen Dong wakes up to find himself reborn in 1990, a year when gold seems to lie everywhere. Haunted by regrets from his past life, he starts out selling tea eggs... The financial crisis, the oil crisis, the food crisis... Through one black swan event after another, Chen Dong turns the tables and surges ahead. He uses the very weapon his enemies know best, capital, to show everyone: The dragon of the East has awakened! 2.1kReads8.2Score16014d adds
- 32 A Forty-Year-Old Man 四十岁的男人 If his life had ended abruptly, Chu Fan's life would certainly have been a failure. His career had gone nowhere, his wife Chen Rou and his mother didn't get along, and his son was so mischievous that he was always getting into fights. Then one day, his wife called to say their son had been in a car accident while fighting with a classmate and needed a blood transfusion. The hospital was running low on blood, so Chu Fan went to donate. During the blood test, they discovered his son had type AB bl 120Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 The Taste of Being Alive 是活着的味道 The taste of being alive. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 A Man’s Bottom Line 男人的底线 Zhang Yuanhui was born in a village in Shan Province. Clever and studious from a young age, he met his first love, Zhan Ping, in high school. Later, Zhang San enrolled at an industrial university in Meng Province. To ease the burden on his parents and earn money to help support the family, Zhang Yuanhui tutored Wang Ying, a female employee at the TV University. The two eventually fell in love. One day, while he was on his way to tutor her, Zhang Yuanhui was hit by a car and seriously injured. Th 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 I'm an Angler: The Fish I Reel In Are Worth a Fortune 我，钓鱼佬：上来的鱼超值钱 (Daily life + tycoon + fishing + career + doting on his wife) Ye Qing was fired without mercy after he caught his department manager doing something shady. By chance, he activated the God-Tier Fishing System! Completing daily tasks earned him cash rewards and points. Points could be exchanged for anything, including houses, money, skills, and attributes. Ye Qing discovered that his life was changing! For example: “Brother Qing, I want to learn how to fish!” “Brother Qing, fishing must be exhaust 1.6kReads8.0Score10014d adds
- 36 Never Looking Back 绝不回头 Zhang Wei was a strong, muscular man. He went to Africa to work, enduring scorching heat and war. After narrowly escaping death, he returned home, hoping to surprise his wife. Instead, he found her in bed with another man. He threw the money he had earned abroad into the room, then silently walked away. 71Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 When Love Meets Reality 当爱情遇到现实 My name is Bate, and I was born in Wuhai, Inner Mongolia. I have four older sisters. My parents were determined to have a boy, so they insisted on having me. Because they had more children than the birth quota allowed, they lost their jobs. To avoid the fine, they fled to Balin Taohai Town and opened a little restaurant to make a living. In high school, I skipped classes and got into fights. My father decided I was hopeless and sent me to live with my grandaunt in Xuzhou, where I went to high sc —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 The Truth Will Not Be Silenced 真相，不会沉默 My name is Zhang San. I was born in the forest region of Northeast China. My parents gave me that name because where we live, wolves are called Zhang San. They hoped I would be braver. My father had been timid and cowardly since childhood, and spent his whole life as a pushover, so he had high hopes for me. But I was weak from a young age. When I failed the college entrance exam, my father was deeply disappointed. Later, our family suffered a crisis, and I became a live-in son-in-law. My wife is 63Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 A Thirty-Year-Old Man 三十岁的男人 Zhang Dong is almost thirty, has achieved nothing, and makes a living delivering food. On the day of his wedding anniversary, he discovers that his wife is cheating on him. Anger and disappointment remind him that he is no coward. As he inches closer to the truth, he uncovers a shocking conspiracy from more than twenty years ago. His wife betrays him, the couple turn against each other, and his ex-girlfriend is caught up in a crisis. What should he do? 51Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 It's Only Fifty 不过是五十而已 An inspirational, unyielding story of midlife crisis, workplace struggles, bank managers and tellers, married life, and everyday urban life. This book tells the story of Huang Wenxue, a bank manager facing a midlife crisis. She is at that awkward age when she is considered too old to find a new job, yet still too young to retire. How will she answer the unavoidable questions surrounding her career, marriage, family, children, and caring for her aging parents? Even in middle age, even when confro 432Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 41 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… 18.5kReads9.0Score1.8k14d adds
- 42 Lured to Southeast Asia, I Must Survive in Hell 被骗东南亚，我要在炼狱里活下去 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 284Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 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—14d adds
- 44 1980 AD, Here I Come! 公元1980，我来了！ Mei Zhichao, a legendary soldier, is unexpectedly reborn in 1980 in the body of a timid, introverted high school senior. His father died young, and his mother struggled to raise two sons alone. The family is bullied every few days... See how he rewrites his fate and changes the world! 40Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 45 Middle Age: City of Desire 人到中年：欲望之都 [Urban] + [Everyday Life] + [Special Agent] + [Sound Values] The story begins when the male lead, Li Wujiao, retires from service and comes home late at night, hoping to surprise his wife. Instead, he discovers that his wife, Jiang Zhirou, hasn't come home, and someone is harassing her... What? You say your grandfather was once a big shot in the Magic City? And your father is a financial tycoon there, too? No need to panic... Watch a retired agent prove that retirement hasn't dulled his skills. 6.1kReads9.0Score60514d adds
- 46 Wudu, You Embraced My Youth 雾都，你拥抱过我的青春 After ten years of drifting through life, a young man with nothing to his name reunites with his first love and resolves to work hard and turn his life around. But with empty pockets, he can barely scrape by, until the day he meets her… 3.8kReads8.4Score41314d adds
- 47 Dongguan: My Years as a Migrant Worker 东莞，我的打工岁月 One city, one story, a stretch of youthful days. Who hasn’t felt lost in their youth? Come see the things I experienced in this city, the people I met, and the girls who once crossed paths with me! 4kReads8.9Score36814d adds
- 48 A Man's Life 男人活着 From the moment he entered the working world, Yang Zheng embarked on a relentless pursuit of wealth. Amid the tides of the times, a man's grit and perseverance carry him forward through the abyss, undaunted by wind and rain. 12kReads9.1Score97714d adds
- 49 Reborn in 2000: The Road to Becoming a Real Estate Mogul Worth Trillions 重生2000，万亿地产大亨之路 Yi Wangxi spent his whole life in real estate, working in many roles and eventually becoming the city general manager of a property group. But his personality cost him many opportunities to advance. In the end, he led an unremarkable life and died full of regret. On the brink of death, overwhelmed by reluctance and remorse, he drew his last breath. Then, as a streak of lightning flashed across the sky, a thunderclap jolted him awake. December 2000, Gangxia Village, Pengcheng. Yi Wangxi opens his 152Reads5.9Score12414d adds
- 50 A Depressed Person's Soliloquy 抑郁者的独白 An inner monologue from someone living with depression. Just as her life was about to wither away, the will to live drove her to break free with all her strength from the invisible chains holding her back. Suddenly, she understood that there are many ways to live. This book can also be seen as the author's own journey of redemption and healing through a life on the road. It also introduces the scenery and local culture of the places she visited. 47Reads—Score—14d adds
