Novels like The City's Elite Bodyguard
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- 1 The Dragon City Soldier King 龙都兵王 A down-and-out young man joins the military, then vanishes without a trace, never to be heard from again. Six years later, he discovers that his girlfriend from back then has been waiting for him all along, unchanged, and that their daughter is already five years old. Upon learning this, the iron-blooded War Wolf resolutely retires and returns home. But his wife and daughter, a widow and her orphaned child, are now enduring a life of misery... See how hot-tempered King of Soldiers Yang Chen prot 8.7kReads8.2Score766Shelves
- 2 Urban: I Keep a Low Profile Until I Become a Legend 都市：我苟成了神话 “The Cunning God System has activated!” “Host has played it safe once again. Reward: Height +2 cm.” “Ding… Congratulations, Host. Medical skill has reached Level 1.” “Ding… Congratulations, Host. Xingyi Fist has reached perfection.” “Ding… Congratulations. Your mastery of the way of cunning has improved again, and your achievements have increased. Please draw a prize!” Chu Chen: “No way, I actually drew a divine flying dagger?” … Reborn in a parallel world, Chu Chen is bound to the Cunning God S 74Reads8.4Score144Shelves
- 3 Hunting in the Mountains: Saving a Pair of Mixed-Race Sisters from the Start 赶山打猎：开局拯救混血姐妹花 (Period setting + hunting + mixed-race sisters + building a career) After transmigrating to the 1970s, he saves a pair of mixed-race sisters from the start. He hunts in the mountains, venturing far and wide from Widow’s Village. He does business with Russian women and makes his way to the Golden Triangle... With beautiful women at his side, he builds a business empire... 9.4kReads7.6Score1.1kShelves
- 4 The Return of the Urban Soldier King 都市之兵王归来 Tired of the bloodshed and danger of the battlefield, the King of Soldiers Lin Zhong chose to return to the city. To take care of a comrade's family, he became a bodyguard. From then on, beautiful women kept showing up around him: the sweet girl next door, the cool and elegant female CEO, the charming socialite, and the fiery policewoman. In a world full of temptation, how will this king of the military turn his iron-blooded nature into tenderness and forge a legendary life? 6.5kReads8.5Score549Shelves
- 5 The Mad Soldier, the Valiant Dragon 狂兵枭龙 [War god + invincible + elite soldier + no saintly do-gooder + pure urban fiction, no cultivation] After losing his memory for three years, he wants nothing more than a normal life. But when he works as a designated driver for a wealthy heiress who has had too much to drink, she forces herself on him! After a passionate night, his life is thrown into turmoil once again… His name is Jiang Ye. He is a peerless war god and elite soldier, ruthless and merciless once his smile fades! 14.6kReads9.1Score1.9kShelves
- 6 Carefree Evil Healer: You Forced Me to Act, So None of You Will Leave Alive 逍遥邪医：逼我出手，不留活口 [Miracle Healer + No Goody-Two-Shoes + Invincible Solo] He inherited the legacy of a Divine Healer and cultivated for a year. Now he's back, free to roam the city! A CEO tries to frame me, then insists on coming home with me. Good grief. “You robbed my home, and now you expect me to save your sorry life?” If an enemy crosses me, I'll use my medical skills to make him wish he were dead. If the powerful provoke me, even if they kneel and beg, I won't go easy on them. No matter how influential or w 9.8kReads9.1Score1.5kShelves
- 7 The Peerless Divine Doctor in the City! 盖世神医在都市！ [Passionate power fantasy + urban cultivation + showing off and face-slapping] Awake, I wield the power of the world; drunk, I recline in the arms of beautiful women! A legendary soldier returns to the city, with peerless medical skills in one hand and unmatched martial arts in the other. Everyone who crosses me will end up beneath my feet! The short drama based on this novel, The Unrivaled Divine Doctor in the City, is now available on Hongguo. Be sure to watch it. 66.8kReads9.0Score2.5kShelves
- 8 The Ultimate Bodyguard: My Gorgeous Landlady Won't Leave Me Alone 最强保安：美女房东赖上我 [Urban + bodyguard + female CEO + underdog's rise + play the pig to eat the tiger + face-slapping + feel-good story] The plot is similar to Bodyguard to the Ice-Cold Beauty's Wife. Returning from a hail of bullets, Zhao Dong becomes a night-shift security guard at an upscale residential complex. All he wants is to live an ordinary life, but one night he takes a drunk female resident home, and his peaceful existence is thrown into turmoil once more... If he can't go with the flow, then he'll turn 1.4kReads8.7Score382Shelves
- 9 The Ultimate Spoiled Young Master 最强纨绔少爷 At home, I rely on my family’s power. Outside, I rely on my underlings. “Geniuses, prodigies, and oddballs are all trash in front of me!” “I’m the ultimate playboy, and I’m my own best spokesperson!” “My name is Ye Leng. This is my legendary story!” 2.6kReads7.9Score170Shelves
- 10 The Miracle Doctor Comes Down the Mountain: Five Marriage Contracts from the Start 神医下山：开局五张婚书 A legendary doctor comes down from the mountain with five marriage contracts in hand, only to get rejected on the very first one! “Someone like you thinks you're worthy of my female war goddess? Keep dreaming!” 4kReads9.1Score624Shelves
- 11 The God of War’s Order 战神令 [A finished masterpiece, perfect for binge-reading] Su Peng is fighting a bloody battle overseas when he receives word that his daughter has been sold. The next moment, a million soldiers fly into a rage... Su Peng is hunted by his own family, and his fiancée tears up their marriage agreement right in front of him. His daughter is his life. Anyone who so much as lays a finger on her will see their entire clan wiped out... 6kReads9.1Score649Shelves
- 12 Starting from Scratch: Building a Dark Empire 从零开始，打造一座黑暗帝国 [War god + multiple heroines + face-slapping + political intrigue + no System + characters who all use their brains] [The story may have many long-range plot threads and foreshadowing. As I say in my introduction, political intrigue will feature heavily. If you prefer mindless wish fulfillment, you might want to try another great author's work.] Five years ago, Qin Yuan was exiled from Xia after his comrade committed a heinous massacre. Five years later, the Lord of the Abyss returned, intent on 155Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Blood Eagle 血鹰 The Falcon Legion is a mysterious organization. Wherever there is war, they can be found. But its founder is even more mysterious. Few people in the world have ever seen him, and among the armies of many nations, he is practically a legend. He is Su Chen, the man who crawled out of a pile of corpses, codenamed Blood Eagle. 22.3kReads9.1Score2.3kShelves
- 14 The All-Round Warrior of the Female CEO 女总裁的全能兵王 For the sake of a promise to a man, Xiao Chen makes a powerful return. As a personal bodyguard, he sweeps aside enemies in every direction and writes a legend worthy of a king! He reaches the summit, commands life and death, and roams the world, wielding power over all beneath the heavens by day. He protects the CEO, saves the people, and has seen countless faces, reigning supreme at the top! 32.6kReads9.0Score1.4kShelves
- 15 After Leaving the Army, I Returned to the Mountain Village to Be a Stay-at-Home Dad 退伍后，回到山村当奶爸 Chen Feng, a veteran of a special forces unit and a man widely hailed as an invincible God of War, returns to his village only to discover that he has a daughter who just turned one. And her mother is a beautiful CEO of a multinational corporation? If someone else is earning money to support the family, then isn’t it only natural for me to stay home and be a dad? “Daddy, Daddy, wake up! My soup is ready~” “Daddy, that bad guy is blocking our front door. I’m going to teach her a lesson!” “Daddy, 11.1kReads9.2Score1.3kShelves
- 16 Blood Wolf Berserker 血狼狂兵 [Retired God of War + Master Strategist + Ruthless and Decisive] His comrade was framed and killed, so a legendary Blood Wolf retires from service to uncover the mastermind. Conspiracies, assassinations, framing, and using others to do one’s dirty work. But the former king of soldiers couldn’t care less. He’ll just kill his way through. 421Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 17 Dragon Overlord 龙枭 Synopsis: [Invincible wish fulfillment + ruthless and decisive + passionate and cunning + showing off and face-slapping] I am the heir of Xiliang, wielding an invincible sword, blazing a trail through the world. If gods stand in my way, I'll kill the gods. If Buddhas block my path, I'll slay the Buddhas. No one can stop my quest for revenge! Don't act tough in front of me. My father is the Prince of Xiliang! Don't try to show off to me. Who wouldn't be intimidated by the heir's title? Don't swag 11kReads9.1Score1.1kShelves
- 18 The Unrivaled Soldier King 一世兵王 He is the nation’s sharpest blade, the Dragon King of Huaxia, whose very name strikes terror into underground forces across the world! He has a fiancée renowned throughout the capital, yet one beautiful woman after another keeps appearing at his side. Does he take whoever comes his way, or does he choose just one from among countless beauties? He leaves the army to retreat into the bustling city, but the world refuses to leave him in peace. Powerful factions come bearing down on him, while local 27.2kReads9.1Score3kShelves
- 19 Invincible at Last, I Return to the City to Live as a Playboy 无敌后，回归都市当纨绔 (Invincible protagonist + overwhelming victories + multiple heroines + ruthless decisiveness) Adapted from the hit short drama A Hidden Master in the City, Living Freely in the Mortal World Three years ago, he was framed and thrown into prison. Three years later, he had power and influence everywhere, striking fear into the powerful figures of every faction. Favors? He'd repay them one by one! Debts? He'd settle them one at a time! He could live freely in this world of Huadu. Who would dare say 41kReads9.1Score3.7kShelves
- 20 Master Bo, Your Wife Offered a Trillion to Call Off the Engagement 薄爷，夫人出价一千亿要退婚 Bo Hannian, who had been single for twenty-eight years, gets dumped by his fiancée. And she’s just a country girl, too. “Mr. Bo, Madam is offering five million to call off the engagement.” Bo Hannian raises his narrow eyes slightly. “No.” “Mr. Bo, Madam has raised her offer to twenty million. She wants to call off the engagement!” Bo Hannian smiles. “Give Madam fifty million. The engagement stays.” “Madam is offering a hundred million to call it off!” Bo Hannian: “...” He has a bit of a headache 8.2kReads9.2Score1.3kShelves
- 21 The Strongest Mad Soldier 最强狂兵 A legendary soldier left the army with hatred in his heart. After vanishing for years, this heaven-defying powerhouse makes a triumphant return to the city, unleashing another storm of blood and violence! Brute force is my way of doing things, and if you don’t like it, fight me: that’s my attitude toward life! See how this top young master dominates the city and writes his own legend as its king! Still outrageously thrilling and full of fiery action! 3.5kReads9.3Score152Shelves
- 22 In the Name of the People: The Pinnacle of Power 名义：权利巅峰 After transmigrating into In the Name of the People, Zhao Yang grew up in an orphanage. A car accident unraveled the mystery of his origins. Zhao Yang: “I jolted awake from a near-death dream. Turns out, I'm the foreign powers myself?” In the Name of the People, Ice Breaking Action 22.1kReads8.5Score762Shelves
- 23 Snowfield Soldier King 雪域兵王 Wolves: Fierce and fearless toward their prey. They live in packs and work together seamlessly. Wolves: Unyielding endurance, single-minded pursuit of their goals, calmness, and keen observation. This is a story full of passion. This is the legend of a soldier king like a wolf. 23.3kReads9.3Score2.8kShelves
- 24 The Urban Underworld: Power and Influence 都市江湖：权势滔天 The short drama of the same name premieres on January 4, 2026, at 10 a.m. on Hongguo Short Drama: Urban Underworld: Power Overwhelming Chen Yi had never met his biological father. Then one day, his parents were summoned to school, and he watched helplessly as his teacher was beaten badly enough to end up in the hospital... 14kReads9.0Score443Shelves
- 25 Super Soldier King 超级兵王 He is the undisputed king of the mercenary world, a warrior so formidable that heads of state everywhere lose sleep over him! For his friends, he would gladly take a blade to both sides; for his family, he would spill blood without hesitation! A dragon is destined to soar through the heavens, riding the winds of change as he charges ahead and makes his way to the top. 28.7kReads8.8Score2.5kShelves
- 26 EN The Tycoon's Family Revitalization System 神豪之家族振兴系统 Family revival + tycoon + fiercely protective + technology + military Claim a trillion-yuan starter pack, rebuild the ancestral hall, unite the clan, acquire technology, and form an army. Raise the family to greatness and make the Dragon Kingdom rise. What? That bastard dared to beat my cousin? He even beat her until she miscarried? Outrageous! A furious roar rang out across the land. Beat the clan drum and gather the clanspeople. How could anyone be allowed to bully a daughter of our clan like 20.6kReads8.9Score1.5kShelves
- 27 Three Years of Sign-In, and I Became the Father of Global Special Forces 签到三年，成为全球特战之父 A new story is here! You can read my work 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! 7.9kReads9.0Score824Shelves
- 28 The World's Number One Assassin 全球第一杀手 He survives beneath the light and walks through the darkness. Together, light and darkness weave a glittering world. Volume One: The Traditional Urban Assassin. Volume Two: A Dark Feast at the End of the World. (It leans more toward science fiction in the middle.) 18.6kReads9.2Score1.7kShelves
- 29 Urban Soldier King 都市兵王 [A finished classic] [Special Forces Soldier] [Campus Belle] His surname was Chen, his given name Sheng, and his courtesy name Bahuang. Once the mightiest special forces soldier alive, he was imprisoned after an accident. The prison was full of talented people, and he was fortunate enough to inherit an incredible legacy. Returning to the world of pleasure, he set out to protect the campus belle. He drew his blade time and time again, climbing ever higher. When he finally looked back, glory lay a 6.1kReads9.1Score2kShelves
- 30 Military Life: You Laugh at My Bad Grades? I Get into the Best Military Academy 军旅：笑我学渣？我考入最牛军校 Ling Yun, a former reconnaissance soldier, transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes a high school student who's spectacularly bad at academics. In class, the students have to fill out their college entrance exam applications in advance. Without hesitation, Ling Yun applies to the country's most prestigious and hardest-to-enter university, the National University of Defense Technology, and his classmates all laugh at him. Ling Yun ignores their doubts and mockery! Then the exam results come 839Reads9.0Score215Shelves
- 31 The Allure of the Underworld 黑道诱人 [The short drama adapted from this book, From Here on, Rivers Flow into the World, is now available. Come watch!] [Urban + underworld + big shots + all-powerful + feel-good story + period setting + invincible protagonist + multiple heroines + ruthless and decisive] When I was little, my dad often told me that the path of the underworld was a road of no return. It was hard to walk, and few people ever came to a good end. I never understood what he meant. Instead, I thought the underworld was all 67.3kReads8.7Score2.9kShelves
- 32 Within Canglan 苍兰之中 After the planet Qingmu Huanhai was unified by Huangfu Shou, the Canglan Kingdom was founded. The former kingdoms of Bailong, Hei, Lushu, and Xingji rose in rebellion, hoping to restore their old regimes. The protagonist, Liu Yicheng, was orphaned at a young age and taken in by the abbot of Shaolin Temple. He trained at the Bodhidharma Hall from childhood, mastered all of Shaolin’s martial arts, and breezed through the Eighteen Bronze Men formation. After completing his training, he descended th 27Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 Black Desires of Youth 黑欲青春 (Not a wish-fulfillment story, and the hero isn't invincible. Enter at your own risk.) A youth stained with blood, vows made without regret, inexperienced love, sincere friendship, the cruelty of society, and the complexity of human nature. An unforgettable, turbulent era! A piece of underworld lore passed down to this day! A band of brothers who shared honor and disgrace, life and death! An unmatched era, with a flag-bearer standing at its peak! Laughing as we watch the tides of fortune, marchi 47.6kReads9.4Score4.2kShelves
- 34 A Cultivation Expert in the City 修真强者在都市 After his gold-digging girlfriend cheated on him, an ordinary young man from the city unexpectedly inherited the legacy of a mighty cultivator. From then on, he could summon wind and rain, becoming an immortal among mortals. A renowned traditional medicine doctor? My disciple. A gang boss? My underling. A top power player? My subordinate… With one hand, I turn the clouds and bring in endless wealth; with the other, I summon rain and slap faces. Life is this exhilarating, this satisfying! I leave 22kReads8.3Score2.1kShelves
- 35 The War Dragon Command 战龙令 The live-action short drama This Kid Is Invincible is now streaming. A prison holds the world's strongest fighters. Any one of its inmates could shake an entire region if set loose. And within the prison is a man like a god, whose every command all the inmates obey. Then one day, the man walks out of prison, and the whole world begins to tremble. 40.2kReads9.1Score3.3kShelves
- 36 Thriller Game: My Entire Family of Loyal Martyrs Became Top-Tier Monsters 惊悚游戏：满门忠烈皆成顶级诡物 The Qin family has served their country with unwavering loyalty for generations. Every one of Qin Changkong’s ancestors gave their lives for the nation. Just as supernatural phenomena began to rise, a terrifying game descended upon the world. Chosen to join the game, he was bound to his nation’s fate and would fight on its behalf. But he discovered that his elders had all become top-tier supernatural beings. His mother, who died suddenly in the operating room, had underlings who were the boss of 3.1kReads8.7Score444Shelves
- 37 I Earned a First-Class Merit Right After Entering Military Academy, and Now the Whole Army Knows My Name! 刚入军校就立一等功，我火遍全军！ Lin Wang, a veteran in his previous life, transmigrates into the body of a defense student on his way to report to military academy. On the way, he happens upon a collision between a school bus and a tanker truck. Without hesitation, Lin Wang rushes over and risks the vehicles exploding at any moment to rescue everyone trapped inside. But after he saves the last person, the car explodes, and Lin Wang is knocked unconscious by the blast. By the time he reaches the military academy, he has missed 12.2kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves
- 38 Reborn in 1978: Hunter-Doctor of Changbai Mountain 重生七八，长白山猎医 In his previous life, he weathered storms of bullets and enjoyed the splendor of the city. On his sixtieth birthday, he was reborn in the village where he had once lived. In this life, Liu Hongjun just wants to stay in the mountains, work as the village doctor, and spend his free time gathering herbs and hunting. He wants to enjoy a leisurely life. 44.8kReads9.3Score4kShelves
- 39 From the Start: The Beautiful CEO Hires a Bodyguard 开局：美女总裁招保镖 New novel: Urban power fantasy + soldier king + miracle doctor + ancient martial arts + martial sage master + miracle doctor master After the soldier king returns to the city, he discovers that the woman his two masters arranged for him to marry is the very person his former commander ordered him to protect. His urban life remains tense... 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 EN With a Pocket Dimension in Hand, Farming and Walking Dogs 空间在手，种田遛狗 [Male-oriented opening: Get a spiritual spring space, go home to farm and raise dogs. Male-oriented ending: Sweep every race across the Myriad Worlds into the trash] A rural farming story set in a mountain village. The protagonist stumbles upon a fortuitous opportunity and figures out cultivation on his own. A laid-back cultivation novel with no System, but with a space. Later on, it has two male leads, a father and son, and changes maps after about a thousand chapters. Ye Huan, who works in a b 27.4kReads9.1Score2.6kShelves
- 41 Urban: My Whole Family Are the Main Characters 都市：我全家都是主角 [One heroine, goofy, shameless] Ye Xinghui, who had a golden finger, was tricked by a shady deity and sent to another world. At first, Ye Xinghui planned to use his golden finger to become the main character of an urban novel, but... when he saw his parents’ files, he was completely stunned. His dad was actually the legendary Soldier King, while his mom was the legitimate daughter of China’s foremost family. That wasn’t all. When his older brother suddenly woke up and said, “Wasn’t I supposed to 5kReads8.9Score387Shelves
- 42 I Sent You to Train, So Why Is the Whole World Trying to Capture You Alive? 让你去历练，怎么全球都要活捉你 [Military + special forces + scheming + lighthearted comedy] Su Chen transmigrates to Blue Star and builds a fearsome super-unit from the ground up. “I refuse to accept this! That bastard Su Chen took a company of soldiers disguised as young women, pretended they were an entertainment troupe, and wiped us out. That wasn’t tactics, it was exploiting our feelings to pull a cheap trick!” “Do you know what I’ve been through these past two weeks? I couldn’t eat or sleep. I searched everywhere for tha 52.4kReads9.4Score5.2kShelves
- 43 Urban Super Playboy 都市超级纨绔 [Highly recommended by a bestselling author, a hit across the web] [Exhilarating and hilarious, the ultimate stress relief] An Immortal Emperor returns to find himself a spoiled young heir who cares only about eating, drinking, and having fun. His father hopes he’ll make something of himself, his fiancée has completely lost faith in him, and scheming villains keep stirring up trouble... All right, all right. Starting today, I, Su Yang, am turning my life around. I swear I’ll shatter everyone’s i 62.2kReads8.3Score5.9kShelves
- 44 Two People Transmigrate to 1949, and from the Start We Meet Lou Zhenhua 双穿一九四九，开局遇到娄振华 Forget personal standards and enjoy a shameless life. No more emotional self-torment; when something happens, just lose it: better to inconvenience others than make yourself suffer. That was Su Tianci in 2026. By chance, he transmigrated to Beiping just after its liberation. He also awakened a pocket dimension that could take him back to 2026. The economically booming year 2026 and the war-torn year 1949, two vastly different eras, now lay before him. 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves
- 45 Transmigrate with a Rainbow Spirit Root 穿越七彩灵根 Transmigrated with Seven-Color Spirit Roots 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 Urban: Reborn as a Top Billionaire! 都市：重生的我成了顶级富二代！ The unremarkable Zhou Xing was reborn in 2016 with the Life Optimization System. Born into an ordinary family, he somehow became a top-tier rich second-generation heir. His father, who had made a living selling fish, became a leading figure in heavy industry, with a net worth of 300 billion. His mother became a renowned elite lawyer at home and abroad. The System even gave him 500 million dollars as a reward from the start! Reborn at the peak! Only then did Zhou Xing discover that life could be 131.5kReads8.9Score9.4kShelves
- 47 Heavenly Beast Taming Art 万兽御天诀 Heavenly Beast Taming Art 88Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 After Our Divorce, My Boss Turned Around and Promoted Me 离婚后，领导转身就提拔了我 His new book, The Number One Secret in Officialdom: From the Start, I Was Sent to an Asylum, is now available. Your support is welcome! Two paternity tests shattered Zhao Shu’s world: neither child was his! His wife had betrayed him, and he angrily divorced her! At the lowest point in his life, his ability and resolve happened to catch a superior’s eye, and he entered the world of officialdom. Fueled by the anger of betrayal, Zhao Shu cuts through every obstacle, rising from head of security to 11.8kReads8.9Score1.3kShelves
- 49 After Eight Years of War, the Dragon King Returns 征战八年龙王回归 The battlefield is cruel, but it is a soldier’s duty to defend home and country. The Dragon King returns to protect his family, his friends, and his homeland... Because of what happened eight years ago, the Dragon King now has a child of his own... 488Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 I Saved a Stunning Beauty, and She Tried to Hack Me with a Knife by the Bed 救了绝色美女，她在床边拿刀砍我 Chu Lingtian is a legendary man known as the "Grim Reaper Wolf King." He returns to the city for a top-secret mission, never imagining that on his very first day back, he will spend the night with a beautiful woman named Liu Bingxue. Afterward, Liu Bingxue takes him home and passes him off as her boyfriend. But it turns out she has a twin sister, Liu Huohuo. The older sister is cold and aloof, while the younger is uninhibited. Sharing a room with these twin beauties is certainly thrilling. After 11.6kReads8.7Score1kShelves
