Novels like Son, Show Your Dad the Way Forward
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- 101 While My Wife Was Still Young and Naive, I Talked Her Into Having Our Second Child 趁媳妇青涩，忽悠她为我生二胎 [One heroine + baby + everyday farming in the 1980s + building a fortune + devoted husband] When he opened his eyes, Zhou Feng, a chairman worth billions, had been reborn. He was back in 1988, on the very day his wife, Su Xiaoqing, jumped off a cliff after suffering severe postpartum depression! The moment he realized he had been reborn, he laughed through his tears. Heaven had given him a chance to make up for the greatest regret of his life. First, he had to go from a ne'er-do-well to a doting 3.7kReads9.0Score34214d adds
- 102 Reborn in the 1980s: I Tear Into My Biased Mother to Protect My Wife and Children 重生80:手撕偏心母亲护妻儿 When he woke, he was back in the spring of 1980. His mother and wife were arguing, while three hungry children wailed. He was at his wit's end. Looking back at the dilapidated thatched hut behind him, he wondered: with a bold heart, how could he start over? 5.4kReads9.2Score45514d adds
- 103 Reborn: My Golden Age, 1988 重生：我的黄金年代1988 Some people call the years from 1985 to 2000 the golden age, the best of times. The tide of economic growth came rolling in, and fortunes were made one after another. Zhong Yuanchao, who had spent his previous life working in education, returned to 1988 and found himself in a run-down civil affairs bureau, with divorce papers right before him. Standing once more at a crossroads of fate, he decisively chose to cut his losses while he still could! Now free again, Zhong Yuanchao wanted to do just t 28kReads9.2Score2.4k14d adds
- 104 Stock Market Scoundrel 股市小无赖 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support keeps me writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 15.1kReads9.2Score1.6k14d adds
- 105 Reborn in 2004: I Make Money by Writing 重生2004：我写字能赚钱 [Readers say: Tomato's most intense urban novel, unlike anything else] “My family has worked hard for three generations. Why should we lose to your ten years of studying?” At first, Hao Qiang thought that made a lot of sense. Born into generations of poverty, he worked hard until he was 38, yet still couldn't afford a home or a bride price. He was a lifelong bachelor. If nothing changed, he was destined to vanish amid the tides of the times like a tiny wave, swallowed by the sea of humanity. But 15.1kReads8.7Score76414d adds
- 106 Back to the College Entrance Exam, I Turned 10 Yuan into 200 Million Over Summer Vacation 重回高考，暑假从10元赚到2亿 (100,000 words already written, so feel free to bookmark!) Li Yi: I’m reborn! Li Yi: Who the heck wants to be reborn at the Gaokao exam, right in the middle of the first test, Chinese? I graduated from college years ago. You want me to take the Gaokao again? Just kill me! Li Yi: Good thing I have a golden finger that lets me see 24 hours into the future. I’ll just “look” at the exam answers and try to become the top scorer! How do I earn my first fortune? I’ll just “see the future” and buy ten l 22.8kReads8.3Score1.4k14d adds
- 107 Reborn in 2008: Doubao Became My Cheat 重生08，豆包成了我的外挂 [Thrilling business battles] + [The male lead isn't a saint. He's a little lecherous, but no womanizer] + [One female lead] + [Making his brothers rich alongside him] Programmer Xia Dong dies suddenly from overwork and opens his eyes to find himself reborn in the 2008 college entrance exam hall, at the turning point of his fate. A phone from 2025 in his pocket is his greatest advantage. Regretting his English score of 40? Easy to fix! His family's factory facing bankruptcy? AI Doubao shows him t 98.1kReads8.4Score6.5k14d adds
- 108 The Bankrupt Factory Owner Started Livestreaming Sales and Somehow Got the Whole Internet to Invest 倒闭厂长直播卖货，竟获全网入股 (Business development, technological innovation, livestreaming, no System, no romance) Xiao Yi was reborn and inherited an appliance factory on the verge of bankruptcy. Relying on his experience from his previous life and viral marketing strategies, he launched a livestreamed shareholder meeting, turning viewers into virtual shareholders. Once a month, the shareholders met, giving livestream viewers a deeper role in the company. Before smart products had matured, he launched Xiaokang Tongxue. As 7.4kReads9.0Score27014d adds
- 109 Reborn in 1985 重生在一九八五 Wu Tianyu never imagined that he could be reborn too. He had read countless rebirth novels and dreamed of getting a second life himself. Now it had really happened, and he was back in the 1980s, in the early days of China's reform and opening up. 16.9kReads9.1Score97514d adds
- 110 In This Life, I Achieved Financial Freedom 这一世财富自由了 Sun Ming returned to two years ago and made a fortune using his memories of the stock market. What do you do after getting rich? Naturally, you buy cars and houses and have fun however you like! He’ll make up for everything he never got to do before. 18kReads8.7Score50314d adds
- 111 Reborn in the Nineties: The Wild Years 重生九零之野性时代 Li Fei was betrayed by his best business partner and his beloved young wife, leaving him trapped in a power struggle among the heirs of wealthy families. Unable to fight back, he leaped from the tower of his company building and ended his life. To Li Fei's surprise, he didn't die. Instead, he was reborn in the 1990s, just after finishing his college entrance exams. His mother was still alive, and his father was still at his post. Determined not to repeat the mistakes of his past, he began amassi 28kReads8.7Score2k14d adds
- 112 Reborn and Rich, I Fooled a Pair of Twins 重生暴富后，我忽悠了一对双胞胎 [Reborn and becoming wealthy + tycoon + twins + mature older women + secretary + financial freedom + farming] On the brink of death, Fang Yuan was reborn in 2014. Armed with the informational advantage that came with being reborn, Fang Yuan won the lottery during the 2014 World Cup and made a fortune overnight, taking 450 million yuan from the bookmakers. When the A-shares market took off in 2015, Fang Yuan made another killing, leaving countless major players in the dust. In just two years, he 16.4kReads8.5Score1.1k14d adds
- 113 The Wife's Secret 娇妻隐秘 Chen An never imagined he would contract AIDS, and that it would already have progressed to the symptomatic stage. He's an honest, upright man who has never strayed, so he suspects his wife infected him... 16.5kReads8.6Score1.5k14d adds
- 114 The First Day After I Was Reborn, My Whole Family Wanted Me Dead 重生后第一天，全家想让我死 On the First Day After I Was Reborn, My Family Wanted Me Dead 140Reads—Score114d adds
- 115 Laying Plans Behind the Scenes: My Subordinates Take Turns Being Billionaires 幕后布局，我的手下轮流当首富 [Reborn + Period Drama + Family Life + Conquering Global Markets + Hidden Tycoon + Multiple Heroines] Also known as Reborn in the Early Eighties: Building a Fortune and Living a Colorful Life In plain terms: Some call him Big Brother, some call him an academician, and some call him a university trustee. Others hail him as a business leader, while some believe he’s the most powerful person in the world. None of these labels is quite accurate, because each is only one of his many identities. Rebor 5.1kReads8.6Score34914d adds
- 116 I Opened My Eyes to Find My Beautiful Wife Covered in Wounds 睁开眼！美若天仙的老婆伤痕累累 The AI animated series and live-action short drama are both available now, and you can watch them on Hongguo or Tomato! A beauty so stunning she seemed to have descended from heaven! Li Xiangqian was reborn in 1980! The first person he saw was a woman so beautiful she took his breath away! And she was his wife! No way was he going to let his sweet little wife eat steamed corn buns for every meal! He got to work: agriculture, food, real estate, mining, cars, and the internet! Then he pulled off t 12kReads8.9Score1k14d adds
- 117 Reborn in 2008: This Time, I'm Taking Off! 重生2008，这波我要起飞！ After nearly becoming a complete sucker who took the fall for someone else, Yang Fan is reborn. He's had enough of the miserable life he lived in his previous life. This time, he'll make money, get foot massages... and live life to the fullest! Successful men wear watches. Mature men wear jade bracelets. Yang Fan is determined to become a mature man. Note: This is a slow-burn story, not a brainless power fantasy. Please don't read if that's not your thing. 14kReads7.8Score1k14d adds
- 118 Now That I'm Reborn, Why Bother Dating? 重生了谁还谈恋爱啊 Good news: I’ve been reborn. Bad news: The money’s gone. Dad: Wasn’t the good news that I don’t have to die now? You’re a real model son, aren’t you! Wang Hao is reborn in the new millennium. As the Eighth Factory is restructured and the workers’ children’s school is reassigned, everyone thinks his life is ruined. But who knows how many opportunities this year will bring? A job for two thousand yuan is hard to find, but businesses worth tens of millions are everywhere! Let’s start with a milk te 12.4kReads9.0Score1.1k14d adds
- 119 My Restarted Life in 1992 我的重启人生1992 (The first thirty-some chapters lay the groundwork, so please be patient. The rest won't disappoint.) Zhou Andong never thought of himself as a good person. He figured that after he died, Hell would have to open a nineteenth level just to throw him into it. So one day in 2021, he did the first good deed of his life: he saved a pregnant woman from being hit by a speeding car. Perhaps Heaven was moved by his change of heart and sent him back to 1992, an era still dominated by traditional thinking. 67.2kReads9.2Score4.8k14d adds
- 120 Reborn in 2002, Quietly Getting Rich! 重生2002，悄悄暴富！ After being reborn, Chen Lin first builds his fortune discreetly. Then, focusing on internet technology and using investment as his foundation, he establishes a vast business empire and a multinational conglomerate that transcends borders. In the end, with the help of a shadow government, he rises to the pinnacle of the world! 5.2kReads8.5Score29414d adds
- 121 I Transmigrated Into a Book Set in 1974, and Got a Wife from the Start 穿书1974，开局送老婆 Li Shuyang inexplicably finds himself in a strange new world. Before he can figure out what’s going on, he’s forced to split up the family. Once he gets the story, he realizes he has transmigrated into a book. At first, he’s terribly disappointed with life here, but then he discovers he’s been given a wife. For a lifelong bachelor in his thirties, that’s an offer he simply can’t refuse. 6.9kReads8.9Score30214d adds
- 122 Embezzling My Entire Clan’s Money to Trade Stocks, I Lost Everything? Now I’m Making Billions! 挪用九族炒股亏炸？我狂赚百亿！ 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! 15.2kReads8.6Score69014d adds
- 123 Starting in 2008, I Took Over the Whole World 从2008开始收割全世界 I woke up to find myself back in 2008, at the age of eighteen, inheriting a fortune worth tens of billions from the start. Yang Chen: “With decades of future memories, making money should be as easy as lifting a finger, right?” “That year, I walked with my hands in my pockets. I didn’t even know what a rival was!” “I have two rules in business: first, I never rip off my fellow countrymen. Second, I rip off foreigners for all they’re worth!” “I’ve been reborn, so taking a little from the whole wo 27.5kReads8.9Score1.8k14d adds
- 124 Reborn: The Campus Belle Joins Forces with Me to Run a Trillion-Dollar Empire 重生：校花联手为我掌管万亿帝国 (Multiple heroines, everyday urban life, reborn college entrepreneurship, a sweet romance woven throughout, lighthearted and low-key plot. Please don't read if that's not your thing.) Chen Haichuan wakes up to find himself back in the summer of 2007. The bed is still warm. Jiang Yingtao, his upperclassman, spent the night in his rented apartment, then slipped away without a word. A seabird and a fish falling in love: it was only an accident. Chen Haichuan: “Can't you stay?” Thinking of a scene 5.8kReads9.0Score55714d adds
- 125 Gold, Stocks, and Forex: The Underachiever Quietly Makes a Fortune 黄金股票外汇：学渣闷声发大财 [Urban wish-fulfillment]... Gold, silver... stocks... Ye Zhanbo: A finance student who's a bit of a sly underachiever, exceptionally perceptive, and convinced that history repeats itself and that what's meant to be yours will be yours. After crashing his scooter into a statue of Karl Marx, his mind suddenly opened up. He turned out to be a natural genius, with an almost instinctive feel for the markets... 244Reads5.5Score2814d adds
- 126 The Reborn Optician 重生的眼镜店老板 (Not a single heroine) (Entrepreneurship + investment + no stock or futures trading) (No System, no cultivation) After years of suffering from illness, Shen Ci, a bespectacled shopkeeper who had no one in his life, was reborn in 2002. He was once again the spirited young man he had been back then. Given a second chance, he didn't want to leave any more regrets behind: His childhood sweetheart and adoptive older sister, the woman who had waited for him for years, and all those things he couldn't 6.1kReads7.7Score39214d adds
- 127 From the Start: From Delivery Driver to Secret Agent 开局上岸，从外卖员成秘密特勤 (Not a pure spy thriller + Urban power fantasy + Reporting crimes + Catching spies.) Gu Cheng'an, a man in his thirties who has accomplished nothing, accidentally transmigrates to a parallel world and binds himself to the [Justice Assistant System]. Under the most inconspicuous guise, he walks the line between light and darkness, upholds justice, and protects his country and people. 13.2kReads8.8Score55714d adds
- 128 After I Was Reborn, the Campus Belle Cried and Said She Loved Me 重生后，校花哭着说爱我 The short drama adaptation of this book is now available to watch for free on Hongguo Short Drama. [Not Mindless + Lighthearted + Feel-Good Wish Fulfillment + Everyday Life] [Who should he choose: his childhood sweetheart, his unattainable first love, his lifelong crush, or an older woman?] The incredibly handsome Ye Feiyang is reborn. Now that he’s got a second life, shouldn’t he live it up a little? Otherwise, how could he face the heavens? In this life, he’ll attend the best school, date the 19.1kReads8.6Score1.5k14d adds
- 129 Life Support: Starting With One 648-Yuan Gift Every Day 人生辅助：从每天一个648开始 [One Female Lead] + [System] + [Daily Life] + [Enjoying Life] When ordinary office worker Shen Wang hit a low point in life, he got a life-assistance System that started by giving him 648 yuan a day. It’s an ordinary person’s everyday life with cheat-like advantages: no wild ups and downs, just the little things that make life sweet and happy. The most ordinary wishes in life come true here. [Not a story about a tycoon throwing money around] 21.2kReads8.8Score1.3k14d adds
- 130 Reborn Sign-In: The Busy Farmer Dad 重生签到：乡村奶爸种田忙 [The short drama adaptation of the same name is now streaming. Please show Yawan some support, and see whether the drama's portrayal matches your idea of Yawan.] [Search for Reborn Sign-In: The Country Dad's Busy Farming Life on the Tomato or Red Fruit short-drama apps to watch.] [Heartwarming everyday life, one heroine, adorable kids, male lead turns over a new leaf] After dying of illness, he opened his eyes again to find a little toddler weeping and saying, “Daddy, don't hit me. My butt still 4.7kReads9.3Score31414d adds
- 131 If Money Can Solve It, There’s No Need to Get Emotionally Involved 能用钱解决的问题，没必要用真心 [No System + Multiple Women + Making Money + Clear-Eyed About Life] If you could live your life over, what would you do? Me? Make more money, treat myself better, and stop worrying about other people’s business! Love? Too much trouble. If money can solve a problem, there’s no need to put your heart into it. Career? It’s not just about money. A career is also a shield for the rich, so make the most of it! Opportunities? They often come hand in hand with traps, so be sure to seize them! The protag 23.1kReads8.0Score1.2k14d adds
- 132 From the Start, I Make Billions and Win the Heart of a Top Goddess 开局狂赚百亿，拿下顶级女神 Jiang Chen transmigrates into a parallel world and activates an investment System! From the start, he goes all in on the World Cup, raking in tens of billions and building a top-tier financial empire! You don't have to believe in a financial tycoon's character, but you should always trust their judgment! From then on, luxury cars and beautiful women are just window dressing... This blurb does the story no justice, so read the novel itself. You are the chosen one, and you are the only one! 8.1kReads8.7Score43114d adds
- 133 Reborn After the College Entrance Exam, I Became a Heartthrob After a Bite 重生高考后，被咬成男神 The author has a new book out. Visit their profile to find it. [Multiple heroines, but not a womanizer story] Shen Yan woke up one day and realized he had been reborn on the day he had to submit his college entrance exam preferences. The strangest part was that, while he was using the bathroom, some unknown creature bit him in a sensitive place. Without realizing it, the once-ordinary guy started becoming more and more outstanding. After entering university, Shen Yan quickly became the campus he 19.8kReads8.6Score1.5k14d adds
- 134 The Troubles My Younger Sister Brings: Striving in the '80s 妹妹带来的烦恼，奋斗在八零年代 My eldest sister is a vicious villainess, my second sister is the reborn true heiress, and my youngest sister is the cherished muse of a harem novel. Zhang Qingming figured he was doomed... Luckily, he had a whole city with him. Time stood still inside it, and its supplies refreshed every day. 11.5kReads8.7Score1k14d adds
- 135 Reborn: From Selling Water to Becoming the World's Richest Man 重生：从卖水开始成为世界首富 He woke up to find himself back in 1995. That year, his family owned just a small water-bottling plant. Watch how a college student like me makes my first fortune by selling water! From then on, I’ll turn the tables and command the winds and clouds! I’ll build a world-class business empire and lead China back to the top of the world! Also known as: Reborn: From Selling Water to Becoming the World’s Richest Man; Just Started College, and I Accidentally Became a Global Powerhouse; From Sel 14.2kReads9.1Score81514d adds
- 136 Back to 1982: My Nine Daughters Are Stunning 重回82：我九个女儿美炸了 People say that reaching seventy is a rare feat. But at Tang Jiancheng’s seventieth birthday banquet, the guests were truly rare! Apart from the yellow dog at his feet, not a single person showed up! And yet, he had once been the father of nine daughters! Lost in painful memories, Tang Jiancheng drank himself unconscious. When he woke again, he had somehow returned to 1982, ten days after the birth of his ninth daughter... This time, he swore to protect his daughters and make sure not one of the 10.4kReads9.2Score1.1k14d adds
- 137 Reborn: Back in 1977 to Be a Dad 重生：回到1977当奶爸 When he wakes up, his luxury cars are gone, and so are the beautiful women. Chen Fugui, a billionaire, has been reborn in the 1970s. Will he drift aimlessly through life, or live it to the fullest? For his sweet wife and adorable daughter, he’s going to build a business empire of his own. 11.1kReads9.0Score97514d adds
- 138 After Losing My Job, I Bound Myself to a Freelance System 失业后，我绑定自由职业系统 [Family life, a slow-paced story, not a traditional rich-heir novel] At 33, Chen Yuan was suddenly laid off, completely caught off guard. He wanted to find a new job, but was rejected again and again because he was already “old” at 33. He had elderly parents to support, children to raise, and a wife who stayed home as a homemaker. Raising the kids, paying rent and car installments, and covering everyday expenses... all of it took money. What was he supposed to do?! He'd worked more than ten hour 32.9kReads9.1Score2.8k14d adds
- 139 I Never Forget a Thing, So Making Billions on Stocks Is Only Logical 我过目不忘，炒股挣千亿很合理吧 [Lighthearted + everyday life + romance + stocks + futures + power players + smart characters] In his previous life, Fang Yang neglected his studies, became depressed, and ruined his health trying to win over the girl of his dreams. When his father was bedridden with a serious illness, he was helpless, with not a penny to his name. In the end, the girl of his dreams heartlessly dumped him for a rich second-generation heir. Now reborn, Fang Yang’s first move is to kick her far out of his life. Al 28.7kReads8.7Score2k14d adds
- 140 Reborn in 1988: Build a Fortune Investing in Treasury Bonds 重生1988：靠投资国库券发家致富 Reborn in 1988, with the factory beauty making all the moves, Lin Zhiyuan is getting a little worn out... 1.9kReads8.9Score33914d adds
- 141 Reborn in 1987: Making Potato Chips to Support My Wife and Kids 重生87：从做薯片养活老婆孩子 [Rural Life + Reborn Businessman + One Female Lead + Lighthearted and Witty] After returning to the past, Chen Xingbang faces a dilemma: his master has entrusted his orphan to him. Should he agree? Can he still live a brilliant life of his own? 3.6kReads8.8Score35214d adds
- 142 Reborn and Taking It Easy at School, I Really Don't Want to Compete Anymore! 重生留校躺平，我真不想再卷啊！ [Slice of life + entrepreneurship + university] Reborn at the moment of his university graduation in 2011, Jiang Hao faces another chance to stay on at the university. He gives up the grueling 996 work schedule he endured in his previous life and chooses to stay on as a librarian. Drawing on the memories from before he was reborn, he originally only wants financial freedom. But as his fortune grows, he ultimately becomes someone others admire as a success! 54.1kReads8.9Score16.4k14d adds
- 143 Thunderous Crackdown on Black Crime in the Political Arena 官场之雷霆扫黑 The chessboard of power, every move calculated, every step taken on thin ice. No matter how cautious you are, you can never guard against everything. Li Yan, a community officer at a local police station, starts from the very bottom. He refuses to buckle under pressure and fears no powerful figures. With thunderous force, he uproots every criminal gang and underworld faction. Step by step, he rises to the pinnacle of power! 86.1kReads8.2Score6.4k14d adds
- 144 Reboot: Living Life as I Please at Work 重启：混在岗位上的恣意人生 A new book in the same vein, Restart: Small, Certain Joys of Office Life, is already 800,000 words long. You’re warmly invited to give it a read! A carefree life doesn’t require tens or hundreds of billions in assets, power that lets you look down on the world, or throwing punches and kicks at people showing off... It’s enough that I feel my life is going well, and that the people around me can see it, imagine having it themselves, and feel inspired! Given another chance, Yang Zhan has a better 53.3kReads9.3Score2.9k14d adds
- 145 I, the Cash King of Hong Kong, Reap the Island Nation from the Start! 我，港岛现金王，开局收割岛国！ Reborn in the 1980s, Lin Yaodong sold his property immediately and headed to the Bear country to trade bread, making a staggering 31 times his investment. In three years, he amassed ten billion rubles. In December 1989, Lin Yaodong brought five billion rubles to the Island country. He struck while they were down, sweeping up its light industries and reselling them to the Bear country for profits dozens of times over. Wall Street’s plan to prevent its assets from going bankrupt? Lin Yaodong would 9.9kReads8.7Score70714d adds
- 146 After Being Reborn, I Became a Tech Mogul 重生后我成了科技大佬 (Satisfying power fantasy + golden finger + cutting-edge technology) (You’ll earn $1 billion by Chapter 16. The main technology storyline begins in Chapter 80. If you don’t like the everyday-life sections, you can start reading at Chapter 80. The first 80 chapters are about the protagonist’s sudden rise from a nobody to a life of wealth. After Chapter 80, he begins his journey to leave the world far behind.) After an unexpected fall from a building, Lin Chen is reborn in the summer of 2010, righ 14.5kReads8.0Score61214d adds
- 147 Reborn in 2009: The Perfect Life That Began in College 重生09：从大学开始的完美人生 When he wakes up, Jiang Cheng is astonished to discover that he has returned to 2009, just after getting into college. With rebirth and a System, he has two unbeatable aces up his sleeve. Jiang Cheng swears that this time, he won’t leave himself with a single regret! Not yet twenty, he shakes up the financial world and sends shock waves across the globe. From traditional sectors like the stock and real estate markets to entirely new industries destined to boom, such as new energy and advanced ch 18.1kReads8.1Score1.1k14d adds
- 148 Reborn in the 1980s 重生于80年代 (Period drama, no System, no golden finger, an alternate modern history, revelations drawn from authentic historical records and events) Moral standards vary with money! If you’re already this rich, why repeat the miserable life you had in your previous one? Every regret must be made right! Following the passage of time and based on the facts, the story looks back at this period of history through the protagonist’s eyes. The reborn story of an ordinary man, rising from humble beginnings to becom 39.7kReads8.8Score2.3k14d adds
- 149 Restart: My Reversed Flow of Time 重启：我的逆流时光 (Multiple heroines + 1970s setting + everyday life) Betrayed by his wife in his previous life, Gu Cheng died full of hatred. When he opened his eyes, he was back in 1977, watching his wicked wife die horribly before him and leaving behind four little sisters-in-law who were crying to be fed. In this magnificent, vibrant era, Gu Cheng decided to start his life over and share a happy life with his sisters-in-law. 27.9kReads9.0Score3k14d adds
- 150 Back to 2006: Living Life on My Own Terms 重回06之肆意人生 Multiple heroines + a touch of romantic rivalry + a perfect ending What is meant to be will be; what isn't cannot be forced. Reborn in 2006, Wang Quan no longer believed in fate. He believed that people could triumph over destiny. 798Reads—Score—14d adds
