Novels like The Cure for Every Kind of Defiance
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- 51 From Involution to Lying Flat: A Corporate Drone’s Path to Enlightenment 从内卷到躺平：大厂社畜修行记 This is a story with a healing touch. From overwork to lying flat: A tale of a corporate drone’s journey at a major internet company, chronicling the endless grind of modern laid-off tech workers! Will you choose a cat-like approach to finding a job, a dog-like approach to working, or a Buddhist approach and lie flat? Between striving to get ahead and simply showing up to work, what will you choose? Join the cool and aloof Chi Mai as she explores modern city life and the path to healing yourself 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 The Boy from a Remote Mountain Village I Helped Twenty Years Ago Wants to Marry Me 二十年前救助的偏远山区小男孩，要和我结婚 The little boy I helped in a remote mountain village twenty years ago wants to marry me 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 A Beauty Like a Flower, Years Flowing Like Water 如花美眷似水流年 This is the story of Fang Fei’s growth as love and fate intertwine. From the innocence of her first love to complicated emotional entanglements, Fang Fei experiences betrayal, loss, and being reborn. Her relationships with three men reveal the tolerance and devotion love can inspire. In the end, Fang Fei finds herself through love and responsibility, showing that love means far more than romance. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 Desires Beneath the Mask 面具下的欲望 Bacon said that human desire is the driving force behind social progress. This is true: desire can spur people to work harder, bring out their full potential, and push humanity ever forward. But whoever you are, if you cannot control your desires and they turn into greed, disaster is bound to follow. Those without desire are things; those with desire are people; those who can control their desires can become people of consequence. But how many can truly control their desires and know when to sto 10.5kReads8.6Score1.1k14d adds
- 55 Before the End, Ascend to Immortality 终末之前，羽化升仙 A magnificent heavenly palace stood high above the clouds, where the faint strains of immortal music drifted through the air. Above the ninth heaven, countless immortals and Buddhas stood in orderly ranks, looking down on all living beings. On the clouds below, innumerable celestial soldiers stood in crisp formation, weapons in hand, their presence imposing. The mortals on the ground bowed and knelt, listening to the command of the “Immortal Venerable”: The Great Way is flawed, and calamity has 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 A Collection of Modern Shanghai Stories 上海现代故事集 Volume Two: A New Shanghai Mom. She has a second child, a son and a daughter, though her daughter’s troubles in middle school already have her at her wits’ end. She used to think she’d be happy as long as she had a modestly comfortable life, and at least she could count on her husband. But then her deranged sister-in-law shows up and turns both families’ lives into a complete mess! Volume One: An only daughter who has been abroad for twenty years rushes back to Shanghai to claim her grandmother 204Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 The Dragon King Returns: I Open a Corner Shop in the Urban Village 龙王归来：我在城中村开小卖部 The Dragon King Returns: I Run a Little Shop in the City Village 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 Hounded by Debt from the Start? I Bind Myself to a Live-Streaming Cultivation System 开局被追债？我绑定直播修仙系统 After his parents lost everything in the stock market and jumped to their deaths, Ruan Zhuo, a college freshman, became an orphan from the start. He had to care for his high-school-aged younger sister while shouldering a massive online loan his father had taken out using his identity card. When violent debt collectors showed up at his door, the Live-Stream Cultivation System awakened in his moment of desperation! All he had to do was start a livestream and promote cultivation culture to modern v 13Reads—Score93114d adds
- 59 Lameyue 腊月儿 A man at the very bottom of society. An ordinary story about an ordinary person. He is right there beside you. He might even be you. Life is like a glass of liquor. The longer it sits, the richer it becomes. Light a cigarette, lift your glass, and let's savor it slowly. 4.7kReads8.9Score37214d adds
- 60 Burning Passion 燃烧的热血 “With heads held high and spirits soaring, we crossed the Yalu River. To preserve peace and defend our motherland is to defend our home. The finest sons and daughters of China stand united as one, resisting American aggression and aiding Korea, defeating the American imperialist wolf!” Whenever I read books or watch films and TV dramas about the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, my heart surges with emotion, and I feel the deepest respect for the martyrs who gave their lives so bravel 664Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 61 Time That Cannot Be Kept, People Who Cannot Be Held 留不住的时间留不住的人 “Since you want a divorce, I have to get the share that belongs to me. The law says that whoever cheats first has to compensate the other for emotional distress. Besides, I’m now suffering from severe depression. Don’t even think you can get away with this.” Jiang Xiaomei had no idea where she’d found the nerve, but she was actually shouting at Qu Mingyan like this. “You must be out of your mind, thinking about money all the time.” Qu Mingyan was so furious that his face turned green. A vein bul 7Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 62 To Become a God, First Marry Into a Family. Three Years of Playing the Fool Shock the World 欲化神，先上门，疯傻三年惊世人 On her way to school, Lin Chen was brutally beaten in the street and abducted by a mad old man wandering the world. He trained in the wilderness, mastering everything from immortal arts, alchemy, formations, medicine, feng shui, and face reading. His strength advanced by leaps and bounds, yet he remained stuck at the peak of the Nascent Soul Stage, unable to progress further. "Want to succeed? Go mad first. Want to become a Deity? Come knocking first." While Lin Chen was completely off guard, th 25.2kReads8.3Score2.3k14d adds
- 63 The City of Woven Sand 织沙之城 [The first online novel set in Nansha District, Guangzhou, the heart of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. A 2023 key project supported by the China Writers Association] A heroine’s coming-of-age story + the gentle flow of everyday life + women’s entrepreneurship What is home? What does one’s hometown mean? As the Pearl River rushes toward the sea, Mai Jiaying, a post-90s small-town exam ace, grows tired of her salt-scented, out-of-the-way hometown. All she wants is to fly to the ca 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 Beyond the Walls, Where Do We Go? 围墙之外，何去何从 [No fixed couples, and readers with strong moral qualms should stay away! This novel loves pairing people in unexpected ways, and the ex-husband eventually becomes the son-in-law!] [All kinds of tangled relationships, mutual scheming, love and hate, but in the end everyone gets a happy ending!] [Everyone’s status gets reshuffled, and each person finds their own path to happiness! Hahaha~~] She watches her husband give her the green hat, then returns the favor in kind. Life is this thrilling, and 31Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 A Lawyer and His Three Women 一个律师和他的三个女人 Romance + law + workplace Lin Fan entered Xingzhou's top law firm with dreams of upholding the law, unaware that beneath his mentor Zhou Mingli's refined facade lay nothing but dirty dealings. He became mired in a world of lust: Bai Lu, the infatuated receptionist, sacrificed herself to him and turned him into a slave to desire; Zhao Ya, the heiress to a wealthy family, lured him into a life of extravagant pleasures and dragged him into a criminal maelstrom. As he walked the line between money, 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 The Peerless Doctor and Martial Artist Live-In Son-in-Law 绝品医武赘婿 In a single dream spanning five thousand years, he witnessed the battle between the Yellow Emperor and Chiyou, Shennong tasting the hundred herbs, and Yu the Great taming the floods. He saw one dynasty after another rise, passing through the long ages like a traveler. Now that he has returned, he is still the live-in son-in-law everyone looks down on. His mother-in-law despises him, his sister-in-law sneers at him, and his breathtakingly beautiful wife is cold toward him. But from the moment he 2.9kReads8.8Score26814d adds
- 67 Women, Houses, and Everything in Between 女人与房子那些事儿 An unremarkable woman stops at nothing, steadily climbing the ranks until she makes a stunning comeback and becomes the president of a real estate company. Her life is full of hardships and almost legendary twists. The novel also reveals many little-known secrets of the real estate industry. 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 A Tenacious Life 坚韧的活着 Adapted from a true story, this is about a boy from a poor rural family who works tirelessly at his studies to escape poverty. When he grows up, misfortune follows him one after another, but the resilience he developed as a child keeps him from bowing to fate or giving in to hardship. Through his actions, he shows what it means to persevere. After enduring countless trials and tribulations, he earns the respect of life itself and finds his miracle. This story carries a message: life can always g 1.9kReads—Score—14d adds
- 69 An Ordinary College Junior, Transmigrated to the Cultivation World to Live in Luxury 大三小人物，穿到修仙界苟富贵 An ordinary third-year college student falls into a parallel cultivation world, where one wrong step could make him vanish forever. Sect battles and bizarre secret realms unfold one after another, as prodigies scramble for immortal opportunities and chase eternal life. Everyone sees him as an insignificant nobody. In the end, the entire cultivation world is stunned to realize that he has reached the point where it’s time for them to “answer for themselves.” “Fellow Daoists, give me an explanati —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 Escape the Ruins of the Six Calamities 逃出六劫之墟 Group transmigration + cultivation + infinite-flow. A thousand people transmigrate to a strange place called the Ruins of the Six Calamities. What kind of sparks will fly when people from different worlds and backgrounds come together? As time goes by, more and more mysteries surround the Ruins of the Six Calamities. Can Liu Wuming join everyone in uncovering the secrets of this strange place? Friends, welcome to the Ruins of the Six Calamities!!! 139Reads9.4Score16314d adds
- 71 Global Awakening: But I’m Containing the Gods 全球觉醒：我却在收容神明 “You say you're Sun Wukong? Fine, show me your somersault cloud.” “Even the Jade Emperor has to pay rent. Those are the rules.” “Other people awaken with a cheat ability. I awaken with a shelter, and they don't even damn well pay me.” “Can you gods stop wrecking my home when you fight? I rent this place, and I had to pay three months' rent upfront.” The gods of the entire world are being hunted by an unknown presence, and the protagonist is the only “vessel” capable of containing divine essences 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 On the Seventh Day of the New Year, I Poured My Life into a Nongfu Spring Bottle 正月初七，我把人生倒进了农夫山泉瓶 On the seventh day of the first lunar month, I poured my life into a Nongfu Spring bottle. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 The Great Physician 大国医 [A specialized work on traditional Chinese medicine, suitable for discussions of its fundamentals] With Western medicine in a dominant position, is there still a place for traditional Chinese medicine? Is someone secretly orchestrating its decline and fall? When a culture thousands of years old is dismissed and condemned as wrong, is the “science” of the past four centuries really correct? When the two fields collide, which parts of the knowledge passed down by word of mouth are right, and which 417Reads8.7Score10414d adds
- 74 Despised by My Daughter-in-Law, I Head to the Capital to Work as a Security Guard 被儿媳嫌弃，我去京城当保安 In middle age, Gao Weihua refuses to spend his whole life as a worker in a neighborhood factory. He spent decades trying his luck in business, selling clothes and running restaurants, but in the end, he failed time and again. At least he learned how to repair electrical appliances and raised his son, only to be despised by his daughter-in-law. With no other choice, he went to the capital to work as a security guard. He planted flowers, but they would not bloom; he tended a willow by chance, and 1.8kReads8.7Score18714d adds
- 75 Urban: Returning from Cultivation to Become a Great Immortal 都市：修仙归来当大仙 [Modern Cultivation + One Heroine + Invincible + Big Shot + Doesn't Hide His Cultivation + Returns from Cultivation Without Losing His Power + Gives Back to His Hometown] Compared with the vast world of cultivation, his hometown is tiny, no bigger than a speck. He returned from the world of cultivation without becoming an immortal, yet he already has a lifespan of 3,600 years. His spiritual sense can cover a radius of twelve li, and he can fly through the sky and burrow underground. If he strike 6Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 76 The Peach Spring Village Kid Cultivates Both Immortal and Martial Arts in the City 桃源村小子仙武双修混都市 This is my second cultivation novel as I learn to write fiction. Unlike Five Elements Empress, this is a story about cultivating both immortal arts and martial arts in a modern city. It follows a country boy who inherits a jade-lake dimension from his ancestors and cultivates in a city starved of spiritual energy. I hope you enjoy it. I’ll work even harder. 42Reads9.1Score—14d adds
- 77 Stories from the Ground Up: Wellness, Livelihoods, and Human Nature at a Foot Spa 脚底下的故事——足疗店里养生、饭碗与人心 Stories Beneath Your Feet: Wellness, Livelihoods, and Human Nature at a Foot Massage Shop 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 Supreme Urban Immortal Venerable 都市无上仙尊 The supreme Immortal Venerable shattered the void and came to the mortal world, reborn as a city boy! Back then, I could raise you to the Immortal Altar. Today, I can send you down to the Nine Hells! In life, you either stand tall or fall... In this life, Chen Fan will revel among the flowers, rule the city with a laugh, and defy the heavens as he rises! 4kReads7.7Score33514d adds
- 79 The Criminal’s Revelation 犯罪启示录 The story follows a detective's day-to-day casework, recounting how a number of representative cases are solved. The plot is full of twists and turns, and every case offers plenty to think about. I hope readers will take something away from the story. 399Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 80 Buddhist Cultivation 修佛 Du Zhong is an orphan with a cold, withdrawn personality. He died in his original world, only to come back to life in another. After waking up, he slowly adapts to modern society, experiences family affection, and learns how to get along with others. Little by little, he becomes more outgoing. Just as he thinks he will spend this Age of Declining Dharma cultivating alone in search of the Dao, he suddenly encounters people from his past life, along with the master he has missed so dearly! From th 33Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 81 Reality Has Nothing to Do with Ideals 现实与理想无关 Ideals are ideals, and reality is reality. Never confuse the two. The road from reality to ideals is long, so long that most people spend their whole lives without ever reaching the end. There are countless cases of ideals crumbling into reality, so many that every day someone gives up on their dreams and accepts the way things are. If someone is still living in reality while drawing ever closer to their ideals, congratulations. But are you sure that someone will be you? 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 82 Tears of Frost 寒霜泪 Because the baby she was carrying was another girl, Hanshuang was given away while still in the womb. As she grew up, she endured one hardship after another. Hanshuang told herself that as long as she kept living, she would never lose in life! My new work is now available, and I hope you’ll enjoy it! Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 20.4kReads9.2Score1.7k14d adds
- 83 Why Cultivate Immortality If You Never Age? 不衰修什么仙？ A God Is Hidden in the Green Stone I keep asking myself: why did everyone in the world receive a mysterious box, except me? Why can everyone awaken extraordinary abilities, while I have nothing at all? What lies behind all these years of constant bad luck and hardship? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 Wangcai the Golden Retriever Says: Don't Be Afraid, I'll Stay by Your Side 金毛狗旺财说：别怕，我守着你 The Golden Retriever Wangcai Says: Don't Be Afraid, I'll Stay by Your Side —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 The Emperor Comes to the City 帝临都市 [Snow-white + Showbiz + turning everything over to the country + Cultivation + Japan, Korea, Europe, and America + womanizer + smoking, drinking, and getting a perm] Immortal Emperor Chu Mo is reborn at the gates of his old school, with the past vivid in his mind. This time, when the campus beauty gets into trouble, he resolutely chooses to stand by and do nothing. But fate's gears turn once again, and he still gets dragged into it. “Don’t leave! We’ll explain everything at the police station!” 126Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 86 Stories from the Construction Site 工地上的那些事儿 [No System, entirely hand-written. Men and women on a construction site, struggling to survive in the workplace.] They say construction sites are chaotic, women are scarce, and beautiful women are even rarer. After graduating from college, I started working at a construction site. On my very first day, I met Sister Xiaoya, who was already married, and accidentally offended the site boss. It turned out that the construction site held more than just men and women. There were also stories few peopl 10.9kReads7.6Score81814d adds
- 87 Special Investigation Bureau 001 特勘局001 Spiritual energy is quietly returning to this continent. In this world of humans, demihumans, and elves, why did spiritual energy suddenly disappear, leaving behind a world of cultivation where it is pitifully scarce? The protagonist, Lu Feng, is a university student in Lanjiang City about to graduate. But in the final week before graduation, he gets caught up in a mysterious and bizarre supernatural murder case. Rescued at the brink of death, he joins the mysterious Special Investigation Burea 85Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 A Lottery Whiz Goes Undercover, Catching Crooks and Making Money 彩票高手当卧底，既抓坏人又赚钱 He’s an informant. You know what an informant is? Someone who provides the police with information. He roams the underworld and is no slouch in a fight, but to outsiders, he seems like an ordinary guy. He can predict lottery numbers and get into brawls. He can drive all kinds of vehicles, often makes little mistakes, and is frequently hauled into the local police station. But his true identity remains a mystery... 1.8kReads9.2Score33114d adds
- 89 Cultivating the Dao Through Carpentry 从木工开始修真 Cui Shiguang was an apprentice carpenter. While following his master deep into the mountains to cut timber, he fell into a cave while fleeing from a venomous snake. There, he obtained the legacy of a cultivator and began his journey toward immortality, one step at a time. 3.8kReads9.0Score34414d adds
- 90 Thorns and Moonlight 荆棘和月光 My new work is out! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 The Road Home: Finding Your Way Back Through the Mortal World 归途：在红尘中寻找回家的路 If you: · Lie awake at night, wondering what you are living for · Feel drained by work, as if you are spending your life away · Feel exhausted by relationships and don't know how to get along with people · Feel empty inside, trying to fill the void with entertainment only to feel emptier · Feel confused about faith and don't know what is real · Get warning signs from your body but don't know what it is telling you · Feel lonely and unsupported, as if the world has nothing to do with you This boo 192Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 Running Toward the Far Side of the Mountain 向山那边奔跑 Why we recommend it: This is an uplifting novel for young readers... A story that helps children develop a better understanding of growing up. Life is full of all kinds of challenges, and this book teaches readers how to think clearly and face them with optimism and a positive attitude… Synopsis: The protagonist, Xiaoyong, grew up without a father, born at the foot of the mountains and subjected to endless humiliation. He has many battles of wits along the way. The brief time he spends livin 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 The Insider 内部人士 In the early 21st century, China’s real estate economy was booming. Many ordinary people caught a favorable wave amid the great tides of history and amassed considerable wealth. The protagonist is an average person with no particular gifts, but as he grows, he continually learns from the wisdom of those around him, including some truly remarkable people. Through constant learning and reflection, he eventually develops a unique kind of wisdom and achieves success of his own. It seems as though fa 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 A Powerhouse Descends the Mountain: Who Can Stand Against Me? 强者下山谁与争锋 [Everyone, the short drama is now available, so enjoy watching! You can also reserve the second season now! After more than a decade of cultivation in the mountains, I came down and became invincible. Chen Tian followed his master's orders, carrying a marriage contract as he descended into the city to find his fiancée. The moment he stepped into the mortal world, one storm after another swept in: his wife's tribulation, the truth of his origins, a 17.6kReads8.8Score96814d adds
- 95 I Returned from Cultivation, and You’re Telling Me My Daughter Is Dying? 修仙归来，你告诉我女儿快死了？ “Daddy, Nannan hurts so much. Is Nannan going to die...?” After vanishing for five years, Lin Xuan had already reached the pinnacle of the cultivation world and earned the title of Abyssal Heavenly Emperor! He tore through the void and returned, only to find his wife missing. His elderly father had spent everything to save his granddaughter and suffered humiliation at the hands of local thugs. And his sweet, well-behaved daughter was suffering from a “terminal illness,” with her life hanging by 10Reads—Score10014d adds
- 96 Every Romance of Mine Is a Power Play 我的桃花皆是权谋局 Su Wan, thirty-six, is a key staff member at a provincial government agency. Divorced for ten years, she wields the sharp blade of auditing and has become impervious to attack in the struggle between government and business. Her suitors are all rich and powerful. Some promise to help her climb the ladder, while others offer to pave the way for her. But she has long seen through people’s schemes. Holding fast to her principles, she navigates the space between government offices and capital. Unt 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 A Marriage of Money 钱婚 To become the dutiful daughter, good wife, and loving mother everyone expected, Liu Xiaoqing buried her youthful dreams and deepest desires before the age of thirty-three, living a life of constant compromise. After graduating, she painfully gave up her dream of becoming a writer and took the civil service exam, becoming a government employee. At home, she endured her in-laws' repeated provocations, again and again, just to preserve her marriage. At work, she likewise chose to put up with her 57Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 No Matter How Much You Cherish It, Nothing Lasts Forever 讲究终将不能长久 This should be a story about a woman’s growth, set in a bygone era. A girl who has lived at the bottom of society since childhood works hard and thinks she has crossed into a higher class, only to realize she has climbed just one step. Exhausted, she resigns herself to fate and looks for someone on that same step to lean on. But the person she thinks she can rely on only wants to use her to climb higher. To achieve his own ends, he has to kick her down a step so he can leap a little farther. If 10Reads—Score114d adds
- 99 The Return of Medicine 药归 The mole at the corner of my left eye lets me see the spirits of every medicinal herb. Cassia Twig is a young man bathed in summer sunshine. Chinese Angelica carries seventy years of longing. Aconite, tempered through seven cycles of water and fire, can draw the fading yang energy back into someone on the brink of death. They have seen Zhang Zhongjing’s snow, basked in the sun with Sun Simiao, and followed Li Shizhen over cliffs. With this band of ancient herb spirits at my side, I run a litt 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 100 Du Yuesheng’s Art of Scheming with Women 杜月笙对女人的权谋艺术 Throughout history, accomplished men have rarely been numb or slow-witted. On the contrary, they have all possessed an intense desire to conquer. Du Yuesheng, once dismissed as a petty gangster, made his way alone in Shanghai. Rising from the streets, he moved freely in both the underworld and respectable society, navigating the worlds of business, the military, and politics until he became a legendary figure in Republican-era history. But what exactly enabled the formidable Du Yuesheng to achie 4.4kReads9.5Score61214d adds
