Novels like I Just Want to Live Quietly, Eat My Fill, and Wait to Die
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- 1 City System for Calling Out Empty Promises 都市反画大饼系统 [Urban life + System + One heroine + Humorous daily life + Rise to wealth] Cai Xiaokun, a bright-eyed young man who has just graduated from university with a degree in journalism, unexpectedly acquires the Anti-Empty-Promises System and is transported to a parallel world. After transmigrating back to the past, he vows to make the most of his life and roars from the depths of his soul: “Just you wait, world! I, Cai Xiaokun, am here!” —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 What? Monster Girls from Another World! 什么？异世界魔物娘！ [Single heroine + everyday life + corgi pet + cafe] The story leans more toward everyday life from Chapter 37, when several key characters will also appear. A fox wife drops from the sky! But after getting married, he discovers that her identity is far from simple! A nine-tailed celestial fox, leader of another world, and the child of a forbidden love between the fox and elf clans! What’s it like to be hated and coveted by an entire world because you married her? The protagonist can tell you! Ju 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 A Scoundrel's Ambition 人渣的野心 Being honest and keeping your head down gets you nowhere. You get framed, slandered, and made to take the fall, then have no choice but to work for others. You toil like a fool and get bullied without a word. When dumb luck finally makes you rich, anyone who looked down on me can expect to regret it. Benevolence and morality are bullshit. The only right thing is to make sure you can live a good life. 159Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 4 My Son Wants to Be a Live-In Son-in-Law, and His Future In-Laws Are My First Love 儿子要当赘婿，亲家居然是我初恋 Twelve years ago, on an ordinary night, Ji Chang fell asleep and transmigrated to a parallel world called Blue Star. From then on, Ji Chang began his story of unexpectedly becoming a father. But from that day forward, a series of changes disrupted his once peaceful life... “Dad, I have something to tell you. Don’t get worked up!” “You little rascal, your dad has been through all kinds of storms. You don’t need to keep me in suspense!” “I’m getting married!” “Marriage is great!” “What!? Getting m 32Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 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
- 6 This Security Guard Turns Out to Be Scum 这个保安原来是个人渣 Just a little scumbag, but a brave security guard. Put on the uniform, stand at the door, and pop on the hat: now I'm security. Don't listen to me? You're not coming in. No food deliveries allowed, and couriers aren't even worth discussing. This resident looks familiar. One look at those thighs and I know who it is! 46Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 7 Reunited with You in Radiant Splendor 重逢灿烂的你 [Sweet romance + 1v1, both leads have no past partners + childhood friends + reunion after a long separation] [Gaming streamer VS third-year exchange student] One day, Guan Yi’an was livestreaming a game when his phone rang. He answered without thinking, and a sweet voice came through: “Hello? An’an’s wife.” Guan Yi’an hung up lightning-fast, but he couldn’t stop his livestream chat from instantly exploding. Ding! Good news: The gaming streamer you follow, who never shows his face, is incredibly 206Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 8 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
- 9 The Tranquil Courtyard 清安小院 In middle age, I was laid off, and every page of my thick stack of medical reports was covered in red flags. I spent entire nights tossing and turning, my heart pounding with anxiety. So I sold the cramped city apartment where I’d spent half my life feeling stifled, and took my wife back to the old country house our ancestors had left us. While tidying the old house, I uncovered a family heirloom: an ancient book on food therapy. Along with the Daoist Iron Shirt and Longevity exercises, these we 40Reads—Score214d adds
- 10 Transmigrated as a Scumbag, but With Amnesia: A Lovely Wife and Cute Kids from the Start 穿越渣男还失忆，娇妻萌娃神开局 Man: His wife drugs him, then makes him sign an agreement to leave with nothing. When Song Yu opens his eyes, he finds himself in this nightmare of a situation from the start! If he makes a move, his identity might be exposed. But if he does nothing, is he supposed to watch happiness slip away? Woman: One cup of drugged wine, and who knows whether I’ve won or lost?! Is he dead, or has he changed? That familiar scent still lingers at the tip of her nose. Lin Yuwei longs for his tenderness, cheris 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 I Own a Resort 我有一个度假村 Life is about more than just getting by today. There are also poetry and faraway places. Youth and love never grow old. Don’t let your youth go to waste, and don’t lose the love in your life. When you’re feeling down, step outside and take a look at this beautiful world. 59Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 You Broke My Heart, and You Still Won't Let Me Leave 你伤我的心，还不让我离开 What is love? Does it make you stop and think? Is it a pig-headed fool chasing a girl for eight years, only to be rejected? Is it driving a Cadillac after a high-speed train and getting banned from driving for life? Is it nearly wrecking a Kawasaki H2? If it could be replaced so easily, what would our meeting have meant? 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 The Miracle Doctor of the Mountain Village 山村妙手神医 Also known as The Gaokao I Missed: A Grassroots Entrepreneur’s Road to Success On the eve of the Gaokao, Tian Dazhuang is hit by a car and both his legs are broken. He nearly drowns while saving a beauty, then stumbles upon the legacy of the Primordial Chaos Patriarch. From then on, his life takes off. He lifts his family out of poverty and leads the villagers to build businesses and prosper together: processing kiwifruit, promoting a green tea brand, and developing rural tourism... He teache 100Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 14 A Rich Heiress Woke Up in the Body of an Ordinary Working-Class Girl 豪门千金一觉醒来魂穿草根普女 A mishap sends Yao Jinling, a wealthy heiress, into the body of an ordinary woman from humble beginnings who is struggling to make ends meet. What seems like the start of a nightmare also marks the beginning of her legendary comeback. At work, she fights her way from an oppressed intern to someone who proves her worth and shatters prejudice. In love, she decisively dumps her “toxic” boyfriend, then stays true to herself amid a tangled love triangle. On her entrepreneurial journey, a lack of fun 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 My Childhood Friend Is So Generous, She's Freaking Awesome 白给小青梅泰裤辣 [Reborn + Everyday Life + One Female Lead] When the wheels of fate begin to turn, and he finds himself once again at the fork in the road… Can Lin Zimo change his fate? Will he choose a different path? When he opens his eyes again, he has returned to the year before the two of them split up. Back then, he still hadn’t won over his childhood sweetheart. Some people can only be appreciated once they’re gone. Given another chance, he’ll make up for his regrets. 90Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 16 As the Years Go By: My Perfect Life 此去经年：我的圆满人生 Jiang Aixie is deeply content with her life. In her career, she worked in a field she loved, going from an unknown actress to a Best Actress grand-slam winner. She fulfilled her dream and succeeded. In love, although she once stumbled, she never lost the ability to love. She has a husband who loves her as much as she loves him, and that is enough. As for family, she was cherished by her grandparents as a child, and now she has a loving husband and devoted children. She is happy. Her contented li 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 The Benevolent Great Physician 仁善大医 “Medicine: the art of treating illness. ‘Yi’ means an unpleasant appearance. The nature of medicine is such that it works with wine.”, Shuowen Jiezi “Gather poisonous substances to provide for medical work.”, Rites of Zhou Here, medicine refers to just one thing: traditional medicine, what we commonly call Chinese medicine. Traditional medicine took root in primitive society. Whether it was the legendary Shennong tasting a hundred herbs, or shamans treating illnesses mainly through prayers and a 42Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 18 Office Politics: A Pay Cut Comes Knocking 职场：降薪来敲门 The day Li Da received notice of a pay cut, he also found out that his wife was cheating on him. See how he turns his career around after this double blow, with beautiful women by his side...! This is a work of realistic fiction. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Looking Back at That Sea 回首，那片海 [One female lead Campus belle Older woman-younger man romance Childhood friends Campus story] [Everyday urban life Not a power fantasy, no face-slapping plotlines, no System] I'm a prospective university student who just finished the national college entrance exam. Yet my childhood-friend big sister schemed to get me into the university she attends. I have no idea what she's thinking. Every day, she works me to the bone, even though I'm a freshman who just came of age. “Zheng Chu! Are you ev 18Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 20 There Is No Winter in Shenzhen 深圳没有冬天 There Is No Winter in Shenzhen 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Absolute Power 绝对权力 From the start, he’s assigned to the most grassroots post at an agricultural technology extension center. Follow Lin Chen as he turns his fortunes around and enjoys a smooth rise through the ranks, climbing to the pinnacle of power and embarking on a new chapter in life! 3.6kReads8.9Score31714d adds
- 22 I Told You to Cultivate Immortality, Not to Start in Kindergarten 让你修仙，没让你在幼儿园就修仙 [Slice of Life] [Sweet Romance] [Lighthearted] [The System Goes Haywire] [Light Novel Vibes] [Love Triangle] System: Want to transmigrate to a cultivation world and become a Child of Destiny? Chen Zhili: Of course I do! System: There are a few conditions. Chen Zhili: What conditions? System: The more miserably you die, the greater your fortune. Chen Zhili gritted his teeth. “Fine, I trust you!” Chen Zhili thought he had been chosen by the System as the one destined for greatness. But after trans 57Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 23 I Paid for Your Education, and Now You Want to Marry Me? 我资助你读书，你要以身相许？ [Lighthearted Daily Life]+ [Single Female Lead]+ [No System, Reborn]+ [Sweet Romance] Gu Chen was plagued by illness as a child. A fortune-telling Taoist said his birth chart was too heavy: he would bring misfortune upon himself in his youth, his father in middle age, and his children in old age. To break the curse, he needed to give money to women whose birth charts complemented his. His superstitious father found a poor girl who fit the criteria and gave her money in the form of tuition assist 5.1kReads8.4Score97114d adds
- 24 Perhaps I’ll Live a Life of Romance in This One 此生或许风流 Love is something everyone has to experience in their lifetime. Some end up with the one they love by their side, some spend their lives alone, and others become carefree womanizers. What will become of Meng Haokong? This story has one heroine, or none at all. 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 We Said It Was a Fake Marriage, So No Falling in Love 说了假结婚，我们不许谈恋爱 [Urban]+ [Everyday Life]+ [One Female Lead]+ [Romance] Shen Qing was sixteen that year and had just started high school. Because he was so good at soccer, he accidentally kicked over a cup of bubble tea belonging to his classmate Xie Wanning. Knowing he was in the wrong, he sincerely apologized afterward. He thought that would be the end of it, but the girl held a grudge, and he soon realized he couldn't escape her. Later, when the school investigated students dating, they even mistook the two o 283Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 A Drifter's Rise Begins with a Dream 盲流小子的崛起，从梦开始 A vivid memory, born from an accident during an experiment, streaked into the sky as a flash of blue light and landed in the mind of a young man with the same name in a parallel world, a cosmic reflection of our own. It slowly began to influence and change his life, as well as the lives of his family and friends. Literary luminaries: Such a gifted young talent. It’s a shame he has a mouth on him. Students: His poetry and essays are excellent, but he’s a real jerk! Famous songwriter: That kid doe 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 A Good-for-Nothing's Second Chance at Life 废柴重启人生 [Modern Slice of Life + Rebirth + Farming + School Life + School Beauty] With help from an old classmate, Zhao Xinghe unexpectedly finds himself reborn in the year 2000. Starting from scratch, he studies while building a business and making his fortune. As he grows, he meets many kind people, and his childhood sweetheart, the school beauty, stays by his side. As Zhao Xinghe's business grows bigger and bigger, he sets out to give back to his hometown. A mystery that has troubled people for genera 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 The Ultimate Campus Belle Is Secretly in Love with Me 极致校花她竟在偷偷暗恋我 On the night before graduation, the secret of her unrequited love came out by accident. From stunned disbelief to a growing attraction, Gu Yan began to take another look at the aloof campus beauty who had kept “running into” him, and found his own clumsy but sincere way to return her deep affection. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 A Windfall Makes a Life 横财成就人生 One lucky blow brings him a windfall. The real problem is how to launder it into legitimate personal income. It's like telling one lie and needing a hundred more to cover it: the problems just keep snowballing. Watch how the protagonist gets himself out of this mess. 445Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 30 Reborn: The Gilded Years 重生之鎏金岁月 Also known as: Reborn: Saving My One True Love with AI Li Heng was reborn. Back in 2011, he was still a handsome eighth-grader. He had no money or power, just an offline version of DeepSeek and a nightmare he couldn't forget. In his previous life, a girl took the brunt of everything for him and died that summer during their ninth-grade year. He remembered her open eyes for fifteen years. This time, he swore he would save her. But what he hadn't expected was this: The childhood friend who used to 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Reborn in 2007 2007重生 [Urban + campus + big ideas + rebirth + business + special agents. The protagonist, Mu Zhihua, was a naive sweetheart in her previous life. Reborn with a secret identity, she is coolheaded and clear-eyed, overcoming every obstacle on her way to the top and becoming a powerful woman.] Reborn in 2007, Mu Zhihua gains extraordinary learning and memory abilities. She saves her childhood friend from suicide, seizes every opportunity, and leads her whole family to wealth and prosperity. All she wanted 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 My Company Refuses to Pay, So I Fight Back 公司赖账我反击 I simply fronted 9,999 yuan for a proposal on behalf of my company. My manager said to pay it first and claim reimbursement later. The company used the project, but then said I hadn't gotten approval. When my contract expired, they pressured me into signing a blank form, trying to make it look like I'd left “for personal reasons” and “resigned voluntarily.” Worse, they told prospective employers during background checks that I'd had a dispute over expenses, was difficult to communicate with, and 57Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 33 Peeping: The Butterfly Effect 偷窥之蝴蝶效应 The male lead is a complete loser. By chance, he discovers a female colleague's secret, turning his work and personal life upside down. Two mature adults with sharp minds and social skills engage in an intense game of push and pull. Love begins for reasons unknown and grows deeper with every passing day: they love and are loved, hurt and are hurt, grow through their pain, then fade from one another's memories. This is also the story of an ordinary worker's growth. 578Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 34 Transmigrated to the Modern World: Living at the Campus Belle's Home with a Princess 穿越现代：和公主一起住进校花家 [Princess] [Mature School Belle] [Sweet Romance] [No Love Rivalry] [No Cultivation] [Everyday Life] [Laid-Back] Chu Youyun, the third princess of Daxia, was forced to marry into a tribe beyond the frontier. Just as she thought her life would be dark and hopeless, her guard, Wang Changqing, stepped forward. He abducted her from the wedding and fled with her, only for them to unexpectedly transmigrate to the modern world. But as soon as they arrived in this strange place, they found themselves pen 641Reads8.6Score11214d adds
- 35 Reborn and Ready to Lie Flat, Then My Parents Had Another Child 重生刚想躺平，爸妈生二胎了 Feng Yixiao had been reborn and spent five years quietly making it through the college entrance exam. He was getting ready to buy ten houses in a popular city and live a simple, carefree life as a landlord, lying flat for good. Then his parents told him they were about to have a second child!!! Because Feng Yixiao had been quiet and withdrawn for the past few years and rarely talked with the family, his parents had decided, now that they were financially comfortable, to try raising a new “charac 2kReads5.8Score—14d adds
- 36 Invincible Traditional Chinese Medicine: Farming in the City, Teaching Martial Arts and Medicine 无敌中医都市种田，教国术传中医 The Huangdi Neijing records: A red mark appears on the cheekbone, as large as a thumb. Though the illness may seem minor, sudden death is inevitable! A black mark appears on the forehead, as large as a thumb. Sudden death will follow, even without illness. This is the essence of diagnosis by observation in traditional Chinese medicine: reading a person’s complexion! Those who have attained the Way can determine life and death with a single glance. To know by looking is the mark of a master! 271Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 37 The Funny Taoist Priest 搞笑道长 Two Taoist masters and disciples with a knack for being ridiculous live in seclusion in the mountains. Every day, their temple is the scene of one farce after another. Now the two are about to descend the mountain. What bizarre adventures await them...? 1.3kReads—Score10014d adds
- 38 A Working Girl’s Life Through Wind and Rain 打工女孩的风雨人生路 In the 1990s, a wave of migrant workers swept across the country, and countless young people left their hometowns for the big cities. The dazzling neon lights of the metropolis conjured one fantasy after another, while burying the youth of so many. Longing for a fresh start, the naive young Zhou Jie joined the great wave heading south. From getting a factory job to running away, from falling on hard times to fighting her way forward, she had to tread carefully at every step. She thought that a 259Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 39 Please, Five Beautiful Employees, Stop Competing So Hard 求求五个美女员工别卷啦 Urban harem + lighthearted comedy + sweet romance + tycoon + light business elements + high martial arts New title: I'm Not the CEO of a Tech Company The first volume focuses mainly on romance, following the protagonist's funny, lighthearted everyday life with five beautiful employees. The second volume broadens the world, introducing one of the Three Great Mountains, the academic elite, alongside the romance. The third volume establishes the novel's central perspective: history belongs to the p 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 The Long Summer 悠长夏季 The quiet, secluded town of Guanhai welcomed two strange young men one after the other. From then on, the monotonous life of an eighteen-year-old high school girl was filled with laughter… But all good things must come to an end, and eventually they had to leave… Many years later, they unexpectedly met again, but everything had changed… 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Hunter: I Repair All Things on Old Street 涉猎人：我在老街修万物 [Urban Slice of Life] [Lighthearted and Healing] Protagonist: Shen She, 24, who couldn’t keep up with the rat race in the big city and returned to his hometown to take over “She Lie Shop,” left behind by his grandfather. Golden finger: His grandfather’s Notes on Hunting and Gathering. Each page he unlocks teaches him a trick from a traditional craft. No System, no leveling up by fighting monsters, just steady accumulation. Heroine: Su Wan, 25, who runs the flower shop “Wanxiangli” next door. She —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 The Ordinary Life of a Supporting Character 配角的平凡人生 Shi Yanjun: Who says you have to date in college? Well, I won't. I'm going to focus on gaming! Mo Jingyu: Who says you have to devote yourself to your husband and children after marriage? Well, I won't. I'm going to make a name for myself! Su Jinxiao: Who says every good girl is bound to meet a terrible man? Well, I won't. I'm going to find a man who's ten out of ten! Mu Hanyun: Who says a woman has to wallow in misery after a divorce? Well, I won't. I'm going to live life on my own terms! 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 I Earn 2,500 a Day, So I Rented a Trillionaire CEO? 日薪两千五，我租了千亿女总裁？ [Lighthearted Wish-Fulfillment] + [Reborn Heroine Pursues Her Husband] + [Romance and Encouragement] + [One Heroine, Increasingly Sweet] + [Face-Slapping Relatives] + [Dotes on His Little Sister and Repays His Parents] “The bride price is 880,000, and you have to take my daughter’s surname.” Under pressure to get married, Chen Mo was forced to go on a blind date before the New Year. But he ran into an utterly unreasonable woman. He paid only for his own coffee and walked away, refusing to be mad 31.4kReads8.8Score4k14d adds
- 44 I Won One Million from the Start, So I Lay Flat 开局就中了1个小目标，我躺平了 At long last, this heaven-sent fortune has finally come my way! Ahhh! As a model young man of the new century and a veteran professional experience tester (which really just means I’ve quit after barely a year seven times), Liu Ziyu plans to lie flat after striking it rich, but then he encounters a series of extraordinary... 389Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 The Leisurely Life After Financial Freedom 财富自由后的悠闲生活 [No System + Urban Entrepreneurship + Traditional] In the spring of 2010, Lu Dalang, a senior at an agricultural university, was about to graduate. His girlfriend, Qian Mei, wanted to return to her hometown, where her parents had already arranged a job for her and she had familiar connections. Lu Dalang, determined to pursue his own future, angrily headed to the provincial capital. His girlfriend left him with one condition: “Buy a house, and come get me so we can live in the provincial capital. 4kReads8.2Score15014d adds
- 46 Five Years Later, We Meet Again 五年后，我们再次相见 Also known as “Five Years Later, We Meet Again” [Urban Everyday Life] [One Female Lead] [Low-Key] There are no face-slapping moments in this book, just an uneventful, ordinary life. If you come across something that seems like a “plot hole,” don’t read things into it yourself!!! Five years ago, “Shen Hao, don’t step on the manhole covers. You’ll have three days of bad luck if you do, so I’m going to hit you three times.” “Shen Hao, work hard and earn money. Come marry me soon.” “Shen Hao, I don 13.9kReads8.6Score71314d adds
- 47 My Small-Town Girlfriend 我的小城女友 No matter how long people live in a big city, they eventually return to a small town. Xiyang, a genius who made his fortune through stock trading, finds his life going nowhere after his girlfriend cheats on him and his career hits a wall. He leaves Chengdu, a city full of memories, and returns to his hometown, where he meets the girl who will become his small-town girlfriend. This is an ordinary book, but the small-town life it tells of is anything but ordinary. 66Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 The Leisurely Fishing Village 悠闲渔村 [Island life + farming + food] Tired of city life, Bai Yu returns to the fishing village on the island where he was born. After activating a livestreaming System, he starts gathering seafood along the shore. The island is full of fun and wild adventures, with fish and crabs leaping into the traps. Ride a giant fish out to sea, and claim the treasures beneath the waves. 586Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 49 The Radiance of Jade 如玉之莹 [Dual Female Leads] Student and Teacher Perspectives Based on real events that took place at a high school over the course of three years. She struggles to hold on to herself in the midst of hardship, while the other searches for a way out from deep in the mire... You are sure to see a little of yourself in them. 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 One Life, Two Souls 一命双生 Though they were twins, they were not destined to share the same fate. An unexpected catastrophe changed the brothers' peaceful lives forever. Their older brother and parents vanished under mysterious circumstances, never to be heard from again. After years apart, fate brought the twins together once more. But there was no escaping destiny. In the end, the young man took on his brother's name, carried on his obsession, and shouldered the blood feud against his entire family. From a meek nobody t 2Reads—Score—14d adds
