Novels like The Cure for Every Kind of Defiance
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- 1 The New York Mafia 纽约黑帮 The New York Mafia 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 The Necessary Price 必要的代价 Lin Huanqing, a young woman from a county town, ventures alone into Lujiazui. No connections, no resources, no way back. Capital tycoon Gu Zeyuan is not simply her benefactor. He’s a clear-eyed player who knows how to use the rules. He tells Lin Huanqing: The higher you climb, the thinner the air gets, but the clearer your vision. People who are too ruthless won’t get far, and neither will people who are too pure. He teaches her the first rule: When you’re capable, you make a lot of people look 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Live, and Never Bow Your Head 活着，不低头 In the shifting urban landscape, the rat race surges like a tide. Degrees lose their value, people worry about their status, incomes are unstable, and relationships become emotionally draining. Reality is harsh, ideals are lofty, and every step is a struggle against life. Some grit their teeth and work overtime until they become machines; some lie awake at midnight, lamenting how hard life is; others set off elsewhere in pursuit of their dreams, trying to find themselves amid the endless hustle. 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Escaping a Life Under Someone Else’s Control 逃离被控制的人生 My parents divorced. My sister went with my father, while I followed my mother into her new marriage. Then Mom had a son. My biological father keeps hounding me, always wanting me to change my name and take his surname. I took my stepfather’s surname, but when I need money, there’s no one there for me. I can only keep going on my own. All I want is to escape a life where I’m controlled. 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 A Scoundrel’s Repentance 人渣的忏悔 I was born into poverty and grew up through one hardship after another. My heart had died, but I had no regrets. An unexpected stroke of luck turned my life around and let me experience a different kind of life. If there is another life, I would never be reincarnated as a human again, because this world is too terrifying! 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 What? A God of Transformation Is Your Chauffeur? 什么？化神大佬给你当司机？ [Modern city + cultivation] [Underdog comeback + playing dumb while hiding one's strength] [Power fantasy] [Fast-paced plot] [Strong, consistent logic] The international situation is turbulent, and the Japanese are plotting trouble! A mighty cultivator at the Deity Transformation stage flies into a rage and splits the island nation in two with a single sword strike, shaking the entire world. He is hailed as the uncrowned king! Long Mian was the kind of outstanding child other parents held up as 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 The Carefree Divine Doctor Is Invincible in the World 逍遥神医无敌于世间 [Miracle Doctor + Invincible + Ruthless + Urban] A young man from a mountain village stumbles upon an incredible fortune. From then on, he cultivates both medicine and martial arts: his miraculous medical skills cure the most difficult ailments, while his extraordinary strength crushes anyone who dares defy him. He kills gods when gods stand in his way and slays demons when demons block his path, rising all the way to the pinnacle of life. 13.4kReads8.8Score1.4k14d adds
- 8 The Zhar Woman’s Struggle 渣女的奋斗 A beautiful young woman refuses to become anyone's kept woman. When she faces a string of sinister schemes, she unexpectedly finds a benefactor. By a twist of fate, she escapes the danger of being framed. Hoping to change her circumstances, she runs into troublesome relatives, then heads abroad to work and build a better life. There are outrageous twists, nerve-racking schemes, fights for survival, and deceitful deals. She not only finds love and happiness, but also makes a great success of hers 32Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 9 I'm a Scumbag, So I Deserve This 我是渣男我活该 I'm a scumbag, so I deserve this. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Urban Supreme Pill and Martial Arts Master 都市丹武至尊 Jiang Ye had been an orphan since childhood and was deeply insecure. He remembered every little kindness people showed him. To buy his girlfriend a present, he worked several jobs and toiled for a whole month. But on the street where he was bringing the gift home, he saw his girlfriend nestled in another man's arms, laughing and chatting. His girlfriend walked up to him, looked at him, and smiled. "Were we dating? Sorry, you were just imagining things. We were never together, and I never said 1.1kReads8.1Score11014d adds
- 11 I Just Want to Quietly Cultivate and Become an Immortal 我只想安静的修道成仙 At last, thirty-year-old Gu Zhixuan is no longer left with nothing. He has an illness, and it’s cancer! He wants no fine clothes or lavish meals, no beauty by his side, and no fame. He only wants to cultivate in peace. 3.3kReads6.7Score26114d adds
- 12 Truck Driver 卡车司机 [No System, no formulaic tropes, no mindless plot, ensemble cast, realistic style] At eighteen, Li Jianguo took the wheel. Over thirty bumpy years on the road, he witnessed the rough-and-tumble world of freight transport, its warmth and kindness, the glory and decline of state-owned enterprises, and life's triumphs and sorrows. Everyone around him lived through each turn of the times, together forming an epic of ordinary people. People from every class and every walk of life became unlikely lege 7kReads8.6Score52814d adds
- 13 The Scoundrel's Struggle 人渣奋斗史 I came with nothing and leave loaded with everything. Conscience? What a useless piece of shit. I ditched it ages ago. Kindness is for God; evil is what belongs in this world. Sure, I didn't get much schooling, but I'm not asking for much. I just want a good life. I had nothing to begin with, so what have I got to fear? Just do it! 283Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 14 A Man on the Fringes of Society 边缘社会人 Entering society means learning just how ruthless it can be!!! At twelve years old, Ning Xiaoning, a poor kid from the countryside, was robbed of the two yuan he had for exam-day pocket money. That set him on the so-called path of a streetwise hustler. Drawing on more than twenty years of experience, he offers this reminder: the road through society is slippery, and every step can send you tumbling… 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Reborn as a Mahayana Master, I Crush High Martial Arts with Cultivation 大乘期重生，我以修仙碾压高武 The protagonist was a powerful cultivator at the Great Ascension stage in the cultivation world. After failing to survive the True Immortal Tribulation, his shattered soul unexpectedly arrived on Earth. Using a blood-red immortal embryo, his remnant soul was reborn. In just three months, he became a young man and infiltrated a high-martial-arts academy, posing as a good-for-nothing and playing the pig to eat the tiger. In this world, martial arts, superhuman abilities, and the uncanny run rampan 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 I’m a Heartbreaker, So What? 我是渣女，我怕谁 If no amount of hard work can change your fate, what’s the point of striving? What good is hard work? You might as well throw away your conscience. That’s the only way to live well, though you may end up bringing disaster upon yourself. By the time you regret it, it’ll be too late. There’s no cure for regret in life! 225Reads5.9Score10014d adds
- 17 Dreams of the Green-Brick Mansion 青砖楼梦 The Green Brick House Dream uses literary techniques to create vivid settings and characters, seeking to portray the lives of ordinary people over the forty years of China's reform and opening-up. Spanning forty years, the story follows eight households in the Liu family compound on Sandao Guai Street in Chengdu, faithfully recreating the loves and hates, joys and sorrows of ordinary people in Chinese society. People centuries from now, looking back on how lives changed during the forty years o —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 An Intern Doctor’s Rise: Who Is My Teacher? Hua Tuo 实习医生逆袭，我老师是谁？华佗 Luo Yuan, an intern doctor, had his three-month probation period dragged out to a full year by the department director, who was determined to grind him underfoot! But this nobody unexpectedly inherited an extraordinary legacy. Who was his teacher? Hua Tuo! With a healer’s compassion, watch how Luo Yuan gets caught up in one conflict after another through a series of twists and turns, beginning the story of an ordinary man’s rise to success! 146Reads7.2Score10014d adds
- 19 Mr. Fang’s Sweet Husband 方总的小娇夫 Hot-tempered female boss & young master looking to be kept Fang Yu was famous in the Fang family for her fiery temper. Her family life was a complete mess, so she had no choice but to work hard and make money on her own. A well-connected new student joined her high school class. “I know you got into our class because you have connections at home. You do your thing, I’ll study, and we’ll stay out of each other’s way.” “Why should I listen to you? When you make it big, will you support me?” Fang Y 149Reads—Score11114d adds
- 20 A Little Story About Buying a House 买房的小故事 Among almost everyone I know, apart from only daughters whose parents help them buy a home, daughters in families with both sons and daughters have to work toward buying a home on their own. Many parents even stand in their way. And when a daughter gets married after buying a home, they may throw all kinds of obstacles in her path, hoping she will transfer the property to her brother. They believe a daughter’s home should belong to her parents’ family. This book tells four short stories about wo 93Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 The Working World: A Close-Up Look at 10 True Workplace Stories 职人江湖：直击10段真实职场故事 A look at the hidden side of all kinds of modern professions: a restaurant chef’s secrets, a bar hostess’s romance, a down-and-out painter’s means of survival, online scammers’ traps and lies, a tour guide’s life in chains, counterfeit money production, beauty and ugliness beneath the surgeon’s scalpel... Beneath those glossy surfaces may lie a stubborn struggle, covered in mud! Told in the first person, this takes you face-to-face with lives that are both harshly real and fiercely alive. 96Reads9.3Score—14d adds
- 22 The Immortal Venerable Is Reborn on Earth 仙尊之地球重生 [Modern cultivation + return through rebirth + plenty of beauties + nonstop thrills + rapid updates] [A new work from the strongest Immortal Venerable!!!] After cultivating for thirty thousand years, the Celestial Origin Immortal Venerable failed his tribulation and returned through rebirth to settle old scores, destroy prestigious families, trample great sects, and shake the world! Zhang Daoran: “I have lived through one cycle of reincarnation and two lifetimes in the mortal world. Yet the road 10Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 23 The White Road: Lessons from an AI Business War 白色之路，人工智能商战启示录 He was set up, lost his job in middle age, saw his marriage fail, had his assets wiped out, and faced age discrimination at work. The protagonist gets hit by every kind of bad luck. See how he rises from having nothing to turn the tables, achieve even greater success in his career, and build a happy life. 2Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 24 When the Music Ends, We Part: Part One 曲终人散第一部 The protagonist, Chongzi, is a terrible person! Because of relevant laws and regulations, I can't fully write about just how terrible he is. So the ending he gets is only to be expected. This is an ordinary, unremarkable story, not a power fantasy and unrelated to transmigration. It's so ordinary you could see something like it happening in everyday life. It might not be very appealing, but the author did their best. This is the best I can do. If you think it's decent, look for the second book, 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 After Tricking and Pressuring My Ex into Having Someone Else's Baby, I Disappeared and Ran 哄骗怂恿前女友生下别人孩子后，我失联跑路了 After tricking and persuading my ex-girlfriend to give birth to another man’s child, I cut off contact and ran away. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Repayment Countdown 还款倒计时 Countdown to Repayment tells the story of Chen Yizhou, an ordinary man struggling between desire and reality. Chen Yizhou is an average office worker in Jiangcheng, working hard to make ends meet. He and his wife and son squeeze into an old rental apartment, living a simple but warm life. At a class reunion, Zhao Yu, the class heartthrob, paints a startup dream so alluring that Chen Yizhou is drawn in. Trying to raise the investment money, he plunges into the world of online loans. Then Zhao Yu 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Keeping a Low Profile While Cultivating Immortality in the City 苟在都市修个仙 This is not a wish-fulfillment novel!!! A major homebody stays in, captures the soul of a cultivator from the cultivation world, and begins cultivating immortality. He is cautious and puts safety first, all so he can live longer and play games for a few more years. But circumstances force him to travel through all kinds of bizarre worlds, and in the end, he becomes the Lord of Time and Space, the Hongmeng Supreme. 74Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 28 Reborn to Save Five Stunning Senior Sisters! 重生归来，拯救五位绝色师姐！ Fast-paced, with plenty of swagger and face-slapping. The Ye family is wiped out, and Ye Chen is the only one to escape with his life. He becomes a disciple of Elder Tianxin and gains five stunning senior sisters. His eldest senior sister, Qin Yuyan, is a master healer with unparalleled medical skills! His second senior sister, Murong Bing, is the Vermilion Bird War Goddess of Daxia, commanding millions of troops! His third senior sister, Leng Hanyue, has reached the pinnacle of martial arts and 48Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 29 The Devious Underworld: My Extraordinary Life 诡诈江湖：我的妖孽人生 [Historical Era, Urban Underworld, Eight Open and Hidden Sects, Strange Tales, Suspenseful Schemes, Northeast China Paranormal Events, Feuds Among the Wealthy] (Not mindless, no System, no golden finger, suspenseful counterattacks, cunning schemes, no romance, and heartbreak ahead!) Abducted at eight, he was rescued by bandits. After a chance escape, he wandered in the wilderness until he was taken in by a master of the Bee Sect, a swindler. That was how he stumbled into the jianghu. Nine years 20Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 30 Fired for Refusing to Frame Patients, I Became a Lawyer and Took Down My Former Hospital 不会坑病人被开除，转行当律师闪击前医院 He refused to mistreat patients and got fired, so he switched careers to become a lawyer and launched an attack on his former hospital. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Men and Women in the Stock Market 股海男女 Ren Shaocheng doubled his money on Yongfeng stock warrants, and used his earnings to help Jiang Meimei. Jiang Meimei went to Hainan Province to make a living, while Ren Shaocheng married Pan Lan, a woman from the countryside. They later divorced. Ren Shaocheng married Yan Hua for love, but after Yan Hua failed at government bond futures, she took her own life. Jiang Meimei returned from Hainan Province to Chengdu and joined six others in forming the Limit-Up Whirlwind Team in the large-investor 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 My Wife Didn't Reply for Three Minutes, So I Cut Ties with Her 媳妇三分钟不回我消息，我直接断绝关系 My Wife Didn’t Reply for Three Minutes, So I Cut Ties with Her on the Spot 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 A Long Song for the Dawn 祈明长歌 These are the best of times. The Immortal Dynasty reigns supreme, and all nations pay tribute. The ancient Church has ruled its corner of the world for a thousand years. Geniuses rise one after another, dazzling the world. These are the worst of times. Divine authority reigns supreme, and the people live in misery. Evil cultivators run rampant, and demons roam unchecked. Behind the sacred halo lies a mountain of corpses. Beneath the Church, the Immortal Dynasty, and the Divine Eagle Federat 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 An Unlawful Marriage 不法婚姻 This is a slice-of-life story that doesn’t follow conventional web-novel genre formulas. One unmarried woman is devoted to a married man, while another woman, his wife, swears to defend her rights and dignity. In the end, the devoted woman cannot let go of her obsession, while the woman who fought for her dignity lets go of hers and frees herself. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 She and Her Eating Disorder 她与厌食症 [Adapted from the author’s personal experience] 2019, senior year of high school: I start losing weight. 2020, the “results”: 168 cm tall, 42 kg. 2022: Binge eating, a sharp weight gain, dropping out of school, and admission to a psychiatric hospital. 2023: Moping around at home, bored out of my mind, I start documenting my struggle with food, body-image anxiety, my family of origin, and even fate itself. 2026: Life is slowly getting better. Looking back on that time, I’m still grateful for my o 34Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Who Hasn’t Dated a Jerk or Two? Growing Up 谁不经历几个渣男：长大成人 Who doesn’t have to go through a few jerks on the way to growing up? This book explores women’s emotional growth. Drawing mostly on the author’s own experiences and reflections on love, and shaped with literary embellishment, it presents five stages of women’s emotional growth in the hope of offering a little guidance to women who feel lost. 124Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Traditional Chinese Medicine: Yi Hao’s Journey Begins with the Basics 中医易皓之从入门开始 From the fundamentals of traditional Chinese medicine to integrating different schools of thought, this book walks through the details of diagnosis and pattern differentiation, analyzing illnesses step by step from their names and symptoms. This is not fiction. It is based on fact. Ordinary doctors can achieve the results described in the book if they practice well, and many practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine can do even better. The knowledge shared in this book comes from what I have 1.1kReads8.5Score15714d adds
- 38 A Husband’s Punishment 丈夫的惩罚 The heroine was a beautiful, fair-skinned woman from a family of officials, with an outstanding husband. But her husband mistakenly believed she had cheated on him and chose to take revenge. As time passes, they both grow into mature, accomplished people, yet their relationship remains full of twists and turns, with no end in sight. The heroine can never let go of this love. What fate will the two of them ultimately meet… 682Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 39 Old Jiang, the Vegetable Grower 种菜的老姜 Old Jiang, the Vegetable Grower —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Love After Marriage, Day After Day 先婚后爱朝朝暮暮 Marriage Before Love, Sweet Romance After breaking up with her boyfriend of four years, Zhang Tong turned around and got involved with Qin Chuan. At first, she was only looking to have some fun and get back at her ex. Who knew she'd take things too far and get pregnant! After getting pregnant, Zhang Tong somehow ended up marrying Qin Chuan. Then she followed him to live in the countryside, only to discover that it was nothing like the pastoral life she'd dreamed of. There was endless farmwork! T 114Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 I'm a Private Detective 我是私家侦探 I spent three months updating I’m a Private Investigator through its sixth volume, bringing the complete novel to over one million words. The first volume, Strange Tales of Society, lays the groundwork for the whole book. Each chapter is a short story introducing different people and events. Zhang Xiaoya appears in the final chapter. The second volume, Escape from Hell on Earth, recounts how Li Jie and I rescue hostages along the China-Myanmar border. It also tackles the issue of telecom fraud. 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Borrowed Dignity, Then She Lost It 借来的体面，然后她弄丢了 Borrowed respectability, then she lost it 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 Urban Cultivation: It Begins in the Freshman Library 都市修仙传，从大一图书馆开始 Nie Yan is an ordinary college student. A chance encounter changes the course of his life, sending him down a different path. An unknown, wondrous, and dangerous world awaits him. 667Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 The Pact of the Eroding Sea 蚀海之盟 The Pact of the Devouring Sea 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 My Girlfriend Didn't Reply for Three Minutes, So I Broke Up with Her 女友三分钟不回我消息，我直接分手 My girlfriend didn’t reply to my message for three minutes, so I broke up with her on the spot. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 My Wife Didn't Reply for Three Minutes, So I Divorced Her 女人三分钟不回我消息，我直接离婚 My wife didn’t reply to my message for three minutes, so I divorced her on the spot. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 The Sheep Are Here, the Sheep Are Here 羊来,羊来 The sheep are coming, the sheep are coming —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 I Do Makeup at a Funeral Home, and the Dead Started Talking 我在殡仪馆化妆，死人开口说话了 Others use makeup to prepare the dead with greasepaint; I listen to their final wishes. Blending, concealing, stitching. Every time a sponge touches skin, the last words the deceased uttered before dying appear in my mind. [The Eleventh Sentence: "Tell my mom... I haven't gone far."] The woman on autopsy table number three had been abducted into the mountains for twenty-nine years. She escaped three times, only to collapse at the entrance to the police station where she had gone to reunite with 95Reads—Score10314d adds
- 49 After Returning from Cultivation, Goddesses Chase After Me 修真归来诸多女神倒追 Xiao Pingcheng was the youngest Tribulation Transcendence powerhouse on Linlan Continent in the cultivation world. During a lightning tribulation, his inner demon caused his body and soul to perish. By a twist of fate, he was reborn more than a thousand years in the past. In this life, he shows no mercy to his enemies. He vows to protect his family and make up for past regrets. He no longer believes in love, yet goddesses of all kinds throw themselves at him. The last cultivator of the Age of th —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 Cultivating Immortality in the City: Coming Down the Mountain as a Defiant Rebel! 都市修仙，下山当反骨仔！ [The Record of Leaving the Dust] Animated series now streaming! [Urban power fantasy + decisive and ruthless + Nascent Soul powerhouse + invincible + multiple realms + master descends the mountain] The rules of the city? The prestige of the wealthy? The games of the powerful? In front of me, Ye Lingtian, a rebel to the core, they are all complete bullshit! Sorry, but starting today, I make the rules around here! Punch arrogant rich heirs, kick evil-doers to the curb, save a beauty when I have ti 4.3kReads8.3Score32014d adds
