Novels like Romance in the Ancient Village
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- 1 The Top Spy in Officialdom: Sent to an Asylum from the Start 官场第一秘：开局就被送进疯人院 [An underrated political drama with real-world relevance] Locked up in a psychiatric hospital from the start? How is he supposed to hold office now? Secretary Jiang Nan's act of standing up for what was right became a trap carefully laid by his rival, and he was illegally confined to an asylum. Was this merely a provocation by local power brokers, or a deadly strike aimed at the leader behind him? When word was secretly delivered to the top, the real power struggle had only just begun... Watch h 16.3kReads7.4Score1.3kShelves
- 2 My Wife Is the Chairman's Secretary 我老婆是董事长秘书 To stop my beautiful wife from becoming the chairman's secretary, I even threatened to divorce her. I never expected her to agree! And now, on the road to revenge, there's no stopping me! 2kReads6.3Score104Shelves
- 3 Fake Eunuch, True Emperor 假太监真皇帝 A general practitioner from a family of traditional Chinese medicine doctors transmigrates, only to be dragged into the imperial harem as a eunuch on his very first day. He has no choice but to negotiate with the eunuch in charge of castration: could you let me off this once? I still have a blood feud to avenge! The eunuch says, “Sure!” 967Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 4 The Underworld: Beautiful Women by My Side on a Wild Jianghu Road 黑道：红颜伴我野性江湖路 (Feel-good period drama + multiple heroines + top student and leader + fast-paced + passionate and explosive) With a blood feud to settle, he claims his enemy's daughter on the very first day after getting out of prison! He once thought he was an orphan, never imagining his libertine father had left behind many younger siblings! On the blood-soaked road through the underworld, stepmothers keep appearing. There are also brothers and sisters bound by deep affection, and a prodigal son who turns ov 13kReads8.5Score1.1kShelves
- 5 An Ordinary Man’s Official Career: A Police Chief at Twenty-Four 凡人官途，二十四岁的公安局长 [A genuine political-intrigue novel] Cheng Bo was just starting his career and was thrilled to become an assistant to the town mayor. But after taking up the post, he discovered that he had also been saddled with a daunting mission! 44.7kReads8.0Score3.8kShelves
- 6 A Man at Forty 男人四十 Betrayed by his sworn brother, saddled with a mountain of debt, and stripped of his high-paying job; betrayed by his wife, left with nothing, and discovering that their fake divorce has become real! See how a forty-year-old man takes revenge and gives those two scoundrels a resounding slap in the face! 1.2kReads8.3Score111Shelves
- 7 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
- 8 Unparalleled Excellence 出色无边 Modern urban life... Multiple heroines... Workplace... A rise through the ranks... A feel-good story. Shen Qinglin, a low-ranking clerk in the Health Bureau's office, climbs step by step to the pinnacle of life with beautiful women at his side... and builds a bright future... 2.6kReads8.5Score225Shelves
- 9 Dongguan After Dark 夜幕下的东莞 [Underworld Power Fantasy | Beauties Galore | Relentlessly Ruthless | Beauty-Protector Extraordinaire] He’s the ultimate protector of women. Anyone who lays a hand on his women, whether they’re underlings from the Shanzhu Gang, thugs from the Black Dragon Society, or big shots from the Hongxing Gang, gets taken out! He recruits followers, seizes nightclub territory, raids casinos, and roots out traitors. Armed with nothing but a steel pipe and sheer ruthlessness, he fights his way from wanted fu 108Reads6.4Score102Shelves
- 10 Apocalypse from the Start: I Awaken Spatial Powers, and Countless Goddesses Rely on Me for Protection 末世开局觉醒空间万千女神任我护 After struggling through three years of the apocalypse, he died a horrible death! Wen Qiang was reborn ten days before the catastrophe! He awakened an upgradeable spatial ability and began frantically stockpiling supplies! He saved a host of stunning women: a cool, aloof campus belle, a bold and capable special police officer, a gentle nurse, an arrogant heiress, and a mature, alluring woman. Decisive and ruthless, with no saintly do-gooder streak, he fiercely protected and pampered his women, 957Reads—Score102Shelves
- 11 Officialdom’s Disciple: After Coming Clean, I Rose Straight to the Top! 官徒，摊牌后我青云直上！ He came top in the exams, only to have someone take his place. With no connections or backing, Lin Bei is left heartbroken when his wife betrays him. He marries into the Su family and endures three years of humiliation. Then an accident sends him soaring to success! The Su family regrets everything when they see what he’s achieved! Through the twists and turns of officialdom, he finally rises to the top! 12.1kReads8.1Score1.4kShelves
- 12 The Insurance Saleswoman 保险公司的女业务员 Her name is Chen Xi. She dropped out of high school early and entered the workforce at a young age. She wanted to find a factory job and live a steady life, but she couldn't escape the factory supervisor's unwelcome advances. Unwilling to put up with it, she quit without hesitation and ventured into the insurance industry. With no connections and no tricks, she relies only on hard work and determination. An ordinary girl's life: she has to carve out her own path. The names in this story are use 2.1kReads7.2Score100Shelves
- 13 Justice of Heaven’s Way 天道正义 The Way of Heaven and Justice trilogy is a political-philosophical epic that probes the nature of power. Through the trials of grassroots official Chu Feng, it embarks on a profound search for the “Way of Heaven” and reflects the sweeping changes in China's officialdom. Is there a higher justice beyond the rules? In A Gentle Breeze, characters find a way through the mire of a society governed by personal connections, exploring the balance of the Way of Heaven between “law” and “human feeling.” I 47Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 14 Don't Mess with That Rogue TCM Doctor 别惹那个痞中医 [Traditional Chinese Medicine + Taoist Arts + Feel-Good Story + Dual Cultivation and Leveling Up + Lighthearted Humor] Haoyang, a mysterious Taoist priest kicked down the mountain by his master, heads straight to his fiancée’s university with their marriage contract in hand. He thought he’d get an easy job as a security guard, but instead he kicks a tycoon’s son flying, saves a dying student with one needle, and throws the hearts of every beautiful teacher on campus into chaos. “You’re sick. I c 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Xiaohefeng’s First Book 小荷风的第1本书 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 993Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 16 Heading South in '96: The Tide Rises in Dongguan 九六南下之东莞潮起 In 1996, a poor young man sets off alone for Guangdong! Driven to desperation by a temporary residence permit, he spends the night in a cemetery and unexpectedly gains a System. Strong and fit, with a mind running on overdrive, he turns his life around every step of the way! From an ordinary assembly-line worker to a factory owner, from having nothing to building a home and career, in the world's factory, he writes the most inspiring legend of a migrant worker! #PeriodFiction #WorkerTurnsHisLife 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves
- 17 I Am the Great Tyrant 我是大暴君 He wakes up to find himself the new ruler of the Great Xiao Kingdom, but only a puppet. The young empress is still green, the empress dowager rules from behind the scenes, the court officials each have their own schemes, and the borderlands are beset by crises on all sides. I want to recline among beauties and hold the power of the world in my hands! 86Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 18 Competing for Affection in a World with More Women Than Men 在女多男少世界被争宠 [The audiobook is now available, and the animated series is coming soon. Quality guaranteed, brothers, let's go~~] [Duck soup aroma + girl pursues boy + everyday life + brainless feel-good fun + chaotic antics] Ling Feng was an utterly ordinary office drone. After working overtime day after day, his vision suddenly went black, and he transmigrated to a world with an imbalanced gender ratio… 40.5kReads7.6Score3.7kShelves
- 19 A Gambler God's Legacy: From the Start, I Turn the Tables and Make Beauties Swoon 赌神传承开局逆袭，美女为我折腰 [Gambling king, X-ray vision, card-sharping, wish-fulfillment + urban superpowers] A poor young man stumbles upon the legacy of a gambling god, unlocking two cheat abilities at once: X-ray vision and a shadowless hand! He tramples bullies, takes on gambling kings, wins the hearts of beautiful women, and builds a business empire. From a lowly nobody, he rises to become the universally acknowledged greatest gambling god in history! 2.8kReads6.3Score261Shelves
- 20 Dusty Tales from the 318 Sichuan-Tibet Highway 318川藏线上的风尘往事 Broke female travelers + Highway 318 + Sichuan-Tibet route + hitchhiking + road trip + finding a wife My company was laying people off, and I was one of them. As if things weren't bad enough, my wife ran off with someone else. Down in the dumps, I headed west toward Tibet. This is the story of a beat-up camper van, the Sichuan-Tibet stretch of Highway 318, and more than thirty women with nowhere else to turn. Every one of their stories is more exciting than my miserable life. 33.6kReads8.2Score2.2kShelves
- 21 The Years I Built a Business From Scratch 白手起家创业的那些年 2016, Binhai. As a child, he happened to learn a little about the art of reading fate and karma. At twenty-eight, Luka struck out alone in the foreign trade business. Armed with data software, he seized the opportunities of the times and built his business step by step. Fitness equipment factories, textile mills, glassworks, grain and oil processing, bulk energy trading. Real estate, logistics, chain hotels, and driving schools gradually took shape. He weathered countless hardships and built eve 180Reads—Score107Shelves
- 22 Sole Beast Tamer: It All Began When My Fairy Senior Sister Pushed Me Down 御兽独尊：从被仙女姐姐推倒开始 At the end of every chapter, the author's notes include a picture of the corresponding heroine. After failing the college entrance exams, I went into the mountains to clear my head, and accidentally found a fairy who had fallen from the sky, gravely injured. And so began a marvelous encounter. Afterward, my family's ancestral jade pendant vanished, and I awakened the divine power to command beasts! I can commune with spirits and perceive everything around me. All creatures in the world are at my 394Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 23 After My Body Mutated, All the Women Fell for Me 身体变异后，女人们都爱我 [Multiple Heroines] + [No System] + [Divine Doctor] + [Witty Humor] + [All Kinds of Schemes] + [Massage] + [X-Ray Vision] + [Face-Slapping] + [Medical Skills] Hao Shufu was only ten when his parents left him with his mother's sworn younger sister. As for his parents' disappearance, Aunt Yun only said that he would learn the truth in time. By chance, he obtained Shennong's legacy, and from then on began his climb to the peak of life. His body's transformation, immense strength, unparalleled X-ray 13.1kReads7.5Score1.1kShelves
- 24 Secretary Chen's Notebook 陈秘书笔记 The extraordinary life of a secretary. Chen, a highly capable secretary, watches his bright future vanish in an instant. Cautious and deferential around the powerful, he keeps a low profile among his colleagues, and through his own distinctive way of handling people, gradually achieves his goals in life. His notebook is a lament for a life. 1.1kReads—Score126Shelves
- 25 My Years as a Class Adviser at a University for Older Women 当老年女子大学班主任那些年 The story of a 26-year-old unemployed man who, by a twist of fate, finds himself surrounded by women. There is no love without a reason. A Sea of Business and Beauty At twenty-six, he is in his prime, bold and ambitious, destined to rule the business world. He gathers the wealth of three rivers and wields power with ease; across the land, he handles authority with a smile. Amid riches and beauty, a host of breathtaking women accompany him. Beautiful women surround him, from young blossoms to wo 318Reads6.7Score123Shelves
- 26 After the Divorce, My Official Wife Regretted It! 离婚后，官妻后悔莫及！ Some say the official world is all scheming and deceit, about choosing sides and making choices, a life-or-death struggle. For Liu Qing, the official world can make his ex-wife regret everything, help his family prosper, and bring benefits to the wider public... 2.9kReads6.4Score239Shelves
- 27 A New Take on Political Fiction: A College Graduate's Road into Government 新版官场文：大学毕业生从政路 By a twist of fate, Liu Bai becomes a township civil servant after graduating from college. For a poor nobody like him, landing a civil-service job is already something to celebrate. He had hoped to keep his head down and do an ordinary job without competing with anyone, but he encounters one unfair situation after another. And the more he faces, the further he climbs, until he reaches the very pinnacle of power! 224Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 The Pinnacle of Power: After Breaking Up with My Girlfriend, I Soared to Success 权势巅峰：和女朋友分手后扶摇直上 Betrayed by his girlfriend, with his patron's career hanging by a thread, Lu Xiaoyang, a secretary in the municipal government, suffered a double blow to his love life and political career. Disillusioned, he planned to leave politics for good. But the arrival of one woman completely changed his fate, helping him soar up the political ladder and reach the top of the provincial government compound. 671Reads—Score110Shelves
- 29 The Traffic Bureau Chief 交通局长 Lin Zhongquan was an ordinary employee in a road maintenance section. Following his father’s wishes, he was determined to climb the ranks. On his father’s repeated advice, he married the former mayor’s daughter and managed to get in good with Huang Dingli, the head of the Pingchang Municipal Transportation Bureau. During a construction tender, Huang Dingli and Lin Zhongquan got to know contractor He Rubin and the stunningly beautiful public relations agent Miaomiao. They helped He Rubin win the 95Reads9.4Score—Shelves
- 30 Quick Transmigration: I Am Your Comeuppance 快穿你的报应就是我 A long-form quick transmigration story, not a mindless slaughterfest. The heroine lives out a whole lifetime in each world. In every life, she first builds herself a good life, then takes revenge bit by bit. No fixed CP. Romance doesn't take up the main plot; it's only there to support it. A refined egoist. Hu Moli was a nine-tailed mystic fox. While weakened during her transformation, she was stabbed to death. She binds herself to a System and transmigrates across worlds, fulfilling the wishes 10kReads8.2Score1.4kShelves
- 31 A Captivating Voice: Two Ants 音色动人：两只蚂蚁 Chu Xiongfeng, nicknamed the Lion King. An urban novel: a book written for the soul. A one-of-a-kind work across the entire internet, with no idiotic narrator spelling everything out. Keep reading and you'll find it's different from the rest. Hundreds of glowing reviews, not a single bad one, though I can't screenshot them for you. Everyone loves it, so you can trust that it's good. The story blends everyday urban romance with passionate underworld drama. The protagonist's skill is his voice: wh 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 The Mountain Doctor 山野妙手小医圣 [Urban + rural + miracle doctor + multiple heroines + hot-blooded + wish fulfillment] Wang Tiezhu, a simple-minded young man from Taoyuan Village, often went into the mountains to work alongside the widow Lin Wan'er. One day at noon, the two rested in the shade of a tree beside a field ridge. A village rogue who had been tailing them for a long time suddenly sprang from the bushes, intent on taking advantage of Lin Wan'er. The foolish lad everyone looked down on had always been treated kindly by 3kReads—Score169Shelves
- 33 After Seeing the Future, I Begged My Wife Not to Divorce Me 预知未来后，跪求老婆别离婚 The night my brother-in-law cracked my head open with a liquor bottle, I finally gained the ability to foresee the future. I remembered how my gambling had forced my parents to sell their home, turned my siblings against each other, brought my wife to tears, and left my child afraid of me. I’d even stolen my in-laws’ retirement savings, and my brother-in-law had lost his future because of me. Everyone had given up on me completely. Now, watching the vivid scenes of the future unfold in my mind, 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 The Happy Life of a Reborn Military Wife 重生军嫂的幸福生活 A Reborn Military Wife’s Happy Life 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 Period: He's Set His Sights on the Village Chief's Daughter 年代：他盯上村长闺女 In 1982, in a mountain village in Northeast China, 26-year-old Cuier was widowed and raising a child. She suffered constant abuse at the hands of villains and could only endure it to protect her daughter. Her late husband’s younger brother, Erjun, returned home after leaving the army. Upright and resolute, he repeatedly stepped in to protect his sister-in-law. They warmed one another through hardship, and feelings quietly blossomed between them. At last, they had something to look forward to. Bu 8.9kReads7.9Score545Shelves
- 36 A Fierce Life: Moving in with Auntie 彪悍人生：从入住阿姨家开始 After graduating from college, Chen Shi’an returns home, and the wheels of fate begin to turn. The road through the underworld stretches on, while love and loyalty are lost in the haze. After being tested by love and career, he eventually finds his happy ending and raises the banner of justice! 341Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 37 Tales of Officialdom in Jinlin 晋林官宦风云录 Amid the political turmoil of Jinlin County, a small fifth-tier city, County Party Secretary Peng Shusheng was once a pioneer of reform, but died on the eve of his promotion. His secretary, Lu Suiyuan, had been his right-hand man. He resolutely gave up the chance to transfer to the provincial capital and remained in this challenging city. As he carries forward Secretary Peng’s unfinished work, Lu Suiyuan must not only face the countless traps laid by local interest groups, but also resist the co 75Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 Officialdom: The Puppet Wife 官场：提线夫人 Power is the finest puppeteer, and marriage its sharpest strings. Every gift comes with a price quietly attached. When the elegant puppeteer slid the divorce papers in front of Li Mo, he realized he was already standing on the edge of a cliff. 14.1kReads8.8Score1.7kShelves
- 39 A Career Blessed by Fortune: A County Magistrate's Rise to Power 官运滔天：知县逆袭，权倾朝野 [Not a power fantasy! A complex tale of court intrigue and political struggle, grounded in historical research!] Li Shu, a modern-day civil service exam candidate who failed to pass, unexpectedly transmigrates to the first year of the Qianlong reign and becomes a newly appointed jinshi. Starting out as a poor county magistrate in Hengyang, he investigates the shortfall in the ever-normal granaries, exposes the dark secrets of the grain transport trade, and takes on salt smugglers in league with 28Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 Betrayed by the System From the Start, I Catch the Eye of a CEO's Heiress 开局被系统坑，竟被总裁千金盯上 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novels. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is my motivation to write, and I will strive to tell every story well! 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 The Pinnacle of Power: The Crackdown on Organized Crime 权力巅峰之破局者：扫黑风暴 Wang Xiaolin is greeted with a carefully orchestrated welcome gift! She is forced to investigate the Old Town Redevelopment Project herself. As the investigation deepens, the clues point to her secret boyfriend, his mother, and the best friend she has had for twenty years. A game of intrigue that began with a conspiracy. 516Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 The Transferred Soldier King Marries in a Flash During College 转业兵王大学期间闪电结婚 Bai Yitu never expected that after returning to campus, he would be drawn by some mysterious force into one maelstrom after another. To pay for his father's medical treatment, he gave up his first chance at marriage. Then he unexpectedly uncovered the truth behind a college classmate's car accident. The shocking collusion between officials and businesspeople for illicit profits pushed him, against his will, to change everything. From passing the civil service exam for a provincial department to 47Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 I Thought I Was Here to Pick Up Girls, So How Did I End Up Cultivating Immortality? 说好泡妞，怎么修了仙 [Wish fulfillment + multiple female leads + dual cultivation + System + urban cultivation + no mindless decisions] (The rating just came out and will rise.) The last female Emperor of the Immortal Realm perishes. Her remnant soul drifts for thirteen thousand years before transforming into the “Love-and-Wealth Tycoon System” and binding itself to the destitute Lin Xu. The System alternately pressures and persuades him to approach one beautiful woman after another, tempering his cultivation throu 15.9kReads7.0Score1.7kShelves
- 44 The Ridgeline 山脊线 [How cruel is society? Look at how battered I am! How strong am I? Watch me rise smoothly through the ranks!] The grassroots front line is a crucible that refines the strong, a gilded stage for the average, and a sinkhole that eats away at the weak. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 Why Choose the Heroine When the Perfect Supporting Actress Is So Much Better? 选什么女主，完美女配不香吗 Ling Yu transmigrates into the world of a female-oriented cultivation novel and becomes its male lead! And this male lead turns out to be the heroine’s biggest simp! The heroine has terrible talent, a terrible background, and a terrible personality. She holds everyone to a double standard and thinks the whole world should revolve around her! She causes trouble everywhere, making people sick, yet thinks she’s being adorably mischievous! She treats everyone as a tool, making Ling Yu sacrifice ever 3.8kReads6.5Score415Shelves
- 46 After My Divorce, an Owl Helped Me Rule the World 离婚后，猫头鹰带我权倾天下 He lost his job in middle age, and his seven-year marriage also came to an end. Lin Zhijie got a firsthand taste of what it meant to be “a middle-aged man who’s worth less than a dog.” His property and savings were all seized by his domineering, ruthless socialite wife. Just as Lin Zhijie was left homeless and sleeping beneath a bridge, he unexpectedly saved a talking owl. After that, Lin Zhijie entered politics, rising smoothly from an archival clerk at a neighborhood office to the very top. Be 4.8kReads7.6Score485Shelves
- 47 The True Face of Officialdom 官场本色 A new political drama is here! Welcome, everyone. I hope you enjoy my work. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 333Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 A Romantic Career in Officialdom 浪漫仕途 After graduating with a master’s degree, Leng Yu took the civil service exam and landed a post in a poor mountain region, determined to do more good for the people and deliver real results. But while his ideals were lofty, reality dealt him a face-slapping blow. Facing pressure from all sides, he stubbornly fought his way forward and gradually came to understand that to accomplish great things, he would first have to become a high-ranking official. 125Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 49 The Driver Who Stole His Boss's Woman 挖了老板后院的司机 The Driver Who Stole His Boss's Wife 5.6kReads—Score—Shelves
- 50 No Authority to Audit? One Official Letter and I Make the Whole Province Weep! 审计没权？我一纸公函查哭全省！ Zhou Tiejun pushed himself up from the sofa, his right hand instinctively reaching for his chest. There was no wound, no pain. His palm touched a dark blue jacket, its fabric coarse and its zipper cold. He lowered his head and looked at his hand. It wasn't his. His hands should have been young, with prominent knuckles and carbon-ink stains perpetually caught under the fingernails. But the hands before him had loose, slightly swollen skin, age spots creeping across the backs, and a faint pale gro 125Reads7.0Score149Shelves
