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  1. 51 The Girl the Movie King Secretly Loves 影帝偷偷爱恋的那个女孩 Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Both leads are devoted to each other; a slow-paced variety show, everyday life, and heartwarming romance.] What’s it like to have an award-winning actor for a boyfriend? Luo Huan says it’s quite thrilling. What’s it like to have an award-winning actor for a boyfriend who’s clingy and always wants to make your relationship public? Luo Huan says it’s giving her a bit of a headache. It’s supposed to be a simple lifestyle variety show, but the award-winning actor next door is constantly showing off 2.9kReads8.8Score23814d adds
  2. 52 The Dark-Style Wife-Spoiling Routine 暗黑系的宠妻日常 Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted A sweet romance: Nan Zhu watches the man draw closer. His dangerous, eerie aura washes over her, making him seem more like a dark being than even her, a true citizen of the Netherworld Star System. Now taller, Manshu Nantenboku looks even more graceful and elegant. He curls his lips slightly and pours the remaining bottles of dark green nutrient solution around her roots. Nan Zhu, doused without warning in dark cuisine: ...I really can’t thank you enough! Tang Qijing says, “These nutrient soluti 37Reads8.4Score314d adds
  3. 53 Transmigrated to the 1970s: The Easygoing Young Educated Woman Is Forced to Get to Work 穿越七零:佛系娇知青被迫营业 Modern Romance721k WordsCompleted Completed [Period setting + transmigration + spatial dimension + sweet romance] Mu Jinnian slips and falls, never expecting to land in the 1970s. Someone steals her spot in the countryside assignment? No problem, she has a spatial dimension. At first, she plans to take things easy. With the money her mother left her and the supplies in her spatial dimension, raising a younger brother in this era will be no trouble at all. Being content with what she has sounds pretty nice. But who could have gue 2.8kReads8.8Score25014d adds
  4. 54 The All-Round Metaphysics Expert Charms Showbiz 玄学大佬十项全能撩爆娱乐圈 Modern Romance387k WordsCompleted (System + sweet romance + feel-good story + secret identity revealed + face-slapping) Also known as: The Cultivation Expert Became an Entertainment Star and Shot to Fame! Zhen Mi, a powerful cultivator, opened her eyes and found herself a minor celebrity in the entertainment industry. To top it off, she unlocked a resentment-collecting System! Watch her punch out the hypocritical white lotus and kick the scumbag ex. The more people hate on her, the more famous she gets! Then one day, everyone di 74Reads9.1Score—14d adds
  5. 55 I Won the Lottery and Returned to My Hometown to Retire 中了彩票回乡养老 Modern Romance381k WordsCompleted [Healing, slow-paced, family bonds, leisurely slice of life, no over-the-top villains] [A levelheaded, resilient heroine with a touch of vanity × a rapper superstar who seems like a cocky bad boy but is actually childish and proud] It was supposed to be just another ordinary business trip abroad, but Li Xiayu never imagined that the lottery ticket she bought on a whim would win the jackpot! With her unrequited crush going nowhere and no courage to confess, Li Xiayu quit her job without hesitatio 1.8kReads8.8Score17714d adds
  6. 56 The Max-Level Ancestress Only Wants to Farm and Raise Pigs 满级老祖宗她只想种田养猪 Modern Romance160k WordsCompleted The first time they met. She said to him, “Hey, handsome, I can tell you have extraordinary potential and a rare natural talent. You’re a once-in-a-thousand-years beauty. How about coming home with me to work the fields? Room and board included.” Qi Moyan: ? Where did this lunatic come from? Get lost! The Nth time they met. She smiled sweetly at him. “Hey, handsome, with those sharp brows and bright eyes, you’re so gorgeous we’re a perfect match. Come home with me and be my puppy boyfriend?” Qi 151Reads8.7Score—14d adds
  7. 57 My Takeout Shop Somehow Became a Hit Across the Internet 我的外卖店竟然火爆全网 Modern Romance415k WordsCompleted [Food + Golden Finger + Career + System] [System Introduction] After transmigrating back, Lin Xiazhi smacks her sleazy boss and quits to open a restaurant, then unexpectedly binds herself to a food System. When a rookie System meets a true food expert, life after the binding is nothing but chaos. The System exclaims, “I really am a lucky charm! No need to worry about tasks, I’ll be the boss in no time.” Lin Xiazhi is crestfallen. “I’m the unlucky one. I’m staring at heaps of gold and silver, but 1.6kReads9.0Score15614d adds
  8. 58 After Taking Human Form, Her Vegetables Sell Across the Realms 化形后,她的菜卖遍各界 Modern Romance352k WordsCompleted [No romance + farming + food + fantasy + adorable pets + making money] There's a magical farm. It's home to all kinds of adorable little animals, practically a zoo. Everything grown there tastes amazing, and demand far exceeds supply. Sweet, crisp sprout greens, apples whose fragrance carries for miles, tomatoes as big as bowling balls. Netizen: “Boss, are you hiring?” Netizen: “All the employees at this place are gorgeous men and women with degrees from top universities. I'm clearly not good en 1.5kReads9.1Score17714d adds
  9. 59 A Sickly, Bewitching Beauty 病态绮丽 Mystery167k WordsCompleted [New Game Plus X Wild Ideas X Mutual Redemption X Yandere] [Elegant, Noble, Highly Intelligent Psychopath vs. Sweet, Soft, and Desperate to Survive] Xu Roulang wakes up to find herself trapped in a game. Worse, she is forced to win over a yandere with paranoid personality disorder. She is imprisoned and watched. Every part of her life unfolds under Lu Yinghuai’s blazing, scorching gaze. After several reloads, the game completely breaks down, and the world falls apart. Back in the real world, Xu 321Reads9.7Score—14d adds
  10. 60 The Immortal Doctor of Longevity 长生女仙医 Modern Romance2.4M WordsCompleted Before I woke up, I was a timid, helpless daughter-in-law from a wealthy family whom everyone bullied. After I woke up, I was an immortal physician who had lived for eighty-eight thousand years. 725Reads8.7Score10314d adds
  11. 61 Livestream Fortune-Telling: A Metaphysics Master Gossips Online 直播算命,玄学大佬在线吃瓜 Modern Romance560k WordsCompleted Transmigration + livestreaming + fortune-telling + feel-good wish fulfillment + metaphysics + turning into a dragon A metaphysics expert who was forced to become a spirit artifact is reborn in another world as the true heiress of a wealthy family? Her birth mother comes to find her, asking if she'll be adopted as a foster daughter or take fifty million as hush money. How is that even a choice? Su Su decisively takes the fifty million. To stay alive, she goes around earning merit. She makes money 3.9kReads9.2Score41914d adds
  12. 62 Mr. Xie, Behave Yourself! I’m Your Grandpa’s Ancestor 谢总请自重!我可是你爷爷的老祖 Modern Romance344k WordsCompleted [One-on-One Sweet Romance + Powerful Male Lead + Putting Scumbags in Their Place + Sweet and Spicy] [The ‘Resurrected’ Ancestress + World-Weary CEO] Everyone knows that the patriarchs of Jinghai City’s four great families all came from the Xuanyue Temple. Though the temple has long since closed, every year on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, they still return to offer incense to their Ancestress. This year was no exception. But just as they lit the incense, they saw the golden statue of t 1.2kReads8.8Score16714d adds
  13. 63 Feeling Anxious? I Found Healing in a Country Courtyard 你焦虑了吗?我在农村小院治愈了 Urban140k WordsOngoing At 44, I take the blame and get disciplined. My promotion is gone. My wife's job is unstable, and she's always on edge. My son is hooked on online games, and his grades leave a lot to be desired. I rent a place with a courtyard in the suburbs. I work in the CBD by day, then come back to the village at night to raise chickens, walk the dog, and grow vegetables. The neighbors say I look like an idiot turning over the soil. But idiots don't have to take the blame for anyone anymore. I raise chicken 43Reads—Score—14d adds
  14. 64 I Quit My Job and Returned to My Hometown to Build the Most Beautiful Home 辞职回老家,建设我的最美家乡 Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Daily Life] [Unity] [Development] [Farming and Helping the Whole Village Get Rich] [No Scheming or Cheap Tricks] [Heartwarming] On his very first trip into the mountains, he discovers five wild ginseng roots that are a hundred years old! By chance, he also finds wild Longevity Grass, a "man's gas station," which sells for ten thousand per root! Then he stumbles across wild black goji berries, worth five thousand per pound! A pet that understands human speech, and a protagonist who can talk to a 7.9kReads8.9Score70614d adds
  15. 65 A Martial World Madman’s Guide to Becoming Number One 人在武林,靠发疯成为天下第一 23k WordsCompleted In the Martial World, I Became the Greatest Under Heaven by Going Crazy —Reads—Score—14d adds
  16. 66 Xuanhuan: I Get Stronger by Being a Slacker 玄幻:我,咸鱼就变强 Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted Qin Hao transmigrates to the Tianxuan Continent and becomes an ordinary disciple of the Taiyi Sword Sect. By chance, he awakens the Slacker System: he can grow stronger just by lying around!!! Qin Hao: “Nobody understands staying home better than I do!” 1.8kReads8.3Score10614d adds
  17. 67 After Unlocking the Immortal Estate, She Rents an Orchard to Sell Spirit Fruits 开启仙府后,她承包果园卖灵果 Modern Romance476k WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance, sweet and indulgent, no awful characters, no fake-sweet heroine, no angst.] After an accident, Lan Muge unlocks a portable immortal estate. From then on, she returns to the mountains, starts a farm, sells spiritual fruit, and cultivates her powers, leading Huaguo to the pinnacle of the world. 3.1kReads9.1Score33214d adds
  18. 68 Ghosts, Ghosts, Gossip, Gossip: Even Ghosts Love Gossip! 鬼鬼鬼,瓜瓜瓜,鬼吃瓜! Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [The Supernatural + Fortune-Telling + Ghost-Hunting + Everyone's Favorite + Livestreaming + No Romance] [Also known as My Home Is the Underworld, and We All Earn Its Keep] The Wen family's biological daughter was finally found. She came from the mountains and spouted nonsense like a little charlatan, so everyone in the business was waiting to laugh at her. Within just a few days, the young tyrant of the Song family was chasing after her, begging to become her underling. The Xiao clan treated her 1.6kReads8.9Score20014d adds
  19. 69 My Husband Has a Spirit Spring Space 我的老公有灵泉空间 Modern Romance526k WordsCompleted Female lead: After returning from her slow-paced transmigration, Zhao Han takes her cat and moves back to the countryside, where her grandparents built her a utopia. She tends the garden and orchard and makes things every day, accompanied by adorable pets. Though she sometimes gets exhausted, her inner world is deeply fulfilled. Male lead: After the pandemic ends, Xiang Zheng discovers a spiritual spring dimension, something previously found only in legends and novels, during a company retreat. 494Reads9.1Score10214d adds
  20. 70 Transmigrated to Ancient Times, the Top Assassin Retires to Farm 穿到古代,顶级杀手她退休种田 Ancient Romance493k WordsCompleted Li Yao, a retired assassin ready to enjoy her golden years, wakes up to find she has transmigrated to ancient times and become a notorious shrew. Hands on her hips, howling like a banshee. The villagers call her a terror, and even the dogs take a detour to avoid her. She has four children, her husband is dead, and a famine has struck. They’re so poor they can barely scrape by. Fortunately, Hewan Village lies at the foot of a mountain, and it seems to have everything: pheasants and wild boars, wo 7kReads9.1Score57714d adds
  21. 71 Infinite: Building Worlds, Starting with a Bookshop 无限:建设位面从开书店开始 Sci-Fi & Apocalypse401k WordsCompleted [Complete | Strong Female Lead, No Romance | Unconventional Infinite-Flow | Worldbuilding | Interplane Trading] After retiring from the quick transmigration worlds, Su Luyi inherited a bookstore: a rundown little shop standing amid a land crawling with strange tales. The howling wind battered its dilapidated doors. A dim yellow bulb flickered on and off, while the old, creaking stairs let out ghostly wails... Looking at the ramshackle storefront, which didn’t have a single book in it, Su Luyi f 450Reads9.0Score10314d adds
  22. 72 The Broke Girl Raids a Powerful Family and Tears Apart the CEO Romance! 穷鬼奇袭豪门,女配手撕霸总文! Modern Romance830k WordsOngoing Original novel of the animated series, "Young Master, Stop Competing. Let's Team Up and Get a Job." [Sharp-tongued, broke working-class couple who constantly bicker] [The villainess awakens] [Don't mess with honest country folk] Zhai Ya has lived in the countryside for eighteen years when she suddenly discovers she's the villainess, the real heiress, in a CEO romance novel. Her next-door neighbor and fiance is the wealthy family's eldest son, who grew up away from home. He's going to the city to 48.4kReads8.9Score6.1k14d adds
  23. 73 After Cutting Ties with Her Family, the Metaphysics Master Gets Tied to the Great Emperor of Fengdu 玄学大佬断亲后,和酆都大帝锁了 Modern Romance635k WordsCompleted A paranormal story about catching ghosts + romance + a repentant male lead chasing the heroine. Male lead: Feng Jin. Female lead: Shen Yuepo. On a rainy, thundery day in the imperial capital, Shen Yuepo draws down heavenly lightning with her sword and lands on the trending page. Along the way, she “fishes” a handsome man, covered in blood, out of a dry well. Before she can figure out who this powerful man is, the wealthy Shen family of the imperial capital comes looking for her. It turns out s 21.3kReads9.2Score3.3k14d adds
  24. 74 I Become the Sect's Founding Ancestor From the Start 开局成为宗门老祖 Eastern Fantasy944k WordsCompleted Chen Mang, a down-on-his-luck young man from the modern world, transmigrates to another realm where might makes right. From the start, he takes over the body of a sect’s Ancestor and awakens the Strongest Sect Ancestor System. The stronger his sect becomes, the more powerful he gets! [Slay the Ancestor of a rival sect and obtain an Heaven-Rank divine ability: Heaven-Burning Sword] [Destroy a rival sect’s sacred ground and obtain a clone: Nine-Yan Dao Body] [Raise your sect to the rank of a sacre 2.9kReads8.1Score12014d adds
  25. 75 After Bankruptcy, My Ancestors Forced Me to Farm and Reclaim Wasteland 破产后,祖宗逼我种地开荒 Urban827k WordsCompleted After Chen Yu goes bankrupt, he's forced to sell off the family assets and return to his hometown in the countryside. By chance, he inherits a legacy from his ancestors and is made to farm and reclaim wasteland for planting trees. Unexpectedly, in the process of farming through both hardship and joy, he carves out an entirely new path. From then on, he embarks on another entrepreneurial journey and leads the people of his hometown to prosperity. 364Reads—Score—14d adds
  26. 76 Two Cats Secretly Went Online and Set Me Up with a CEO 两只猫偷偷联网,给我牵了个总裁红线 13k WordsCompleted Two Cats Secretly Went Online and Set Me Up with a CEO —Reads—Score—14d adds
  27. 77 Quick Transmigration: A Little Lazy Fish in the Sickly Man's Arms 快穿:做病娇怀里的小咸鱼 Modern Romance214k WordsCompleted [1v1, goofy, sweet romance, heroine is exceptionally strong during her normal periods] The Creator God makes an alternate account to lounge around and wait for death, but gets targeted by a sickly obsessive. So she answers the call to have a second child, bringing the obsessive along for the ride. Yu Chi gets tired of being a god, so she decides to slack off. She binds herself to a laid-back Quick Transmigration System and starts loafing around in plain sight. But the sickly villain latches onto 641Reads8.9Score11114d adds
  28. 78 I Really Want to Be a Lazy Fish 好想当一只咸鱼 Urban363k WordsCompleted (The new chapter's rating is a little low! I'm begging you all for your support!) A story about a guy who just wants to slack off... Zhang Jun is reborn. He has no System... but he does have both disaster and good fortune as attributes... Now that he's reborn, why keep working like a drudge? All he wants is to slack off, but an invisible hand keeps pushing him forward... 579Reads6.5Score—14d adds
  29. 79 Empress Rong 蓉皇后 17k WordsCompleted Empress Rong —Reads—Score—14d adds
  30. 80 After Her Identity Was Exposed, the Mystical Matriarch Set the World Ablaze 掉马后,玄学老祖宗她火爆全球 Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Secret Identity + Beloved by Everyone + Fantasy] To find the one she loves, a God of Slaughter descends upon the world and transmigrates into the body of a pitiful girl. Her adoptive parents are human traffickers? They kidnapped her to make her their son's child bride? Dream on! She exposes them on livestream, and the whole gang is taken down. Her family comes looking for her, but being a rich heiress isn't easy? I'm rich. What's your point? They think she's illiterate? Let me introduce you to 232Reads9.3Score—14d adds
  31. 81 I Opened a University for Seniors, and All My Students Are Retired Bigwigs 开办老年大学,学生全是退休大佬 Modern Romance560k WordsCompleted [System]+ [Everyone's favorite]+ [Building a business and infrastructure]+ [Funny everyday life]+ [A little livestreaming]+ [No romance for the heroine] Lin Qinglan wins a hundred-million-yuan lottery and gets bound to the “Senior University System.” The students here are older than the teachers, and there's no shortage of anything you'd expect. There are modeling teams, square-dancing groups, and esports classes. Intangible cultural heritage inheritors even teach classes themselves, alongside s 1.4kReads9.0Score16314d adds
  32. 82 The Easygoing Girl's Pop-Up Restaurant 佛系小丫的不定时餐厅 Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted At twenty-two, Jian Dan grew tired of office life, quit her job, left the big city, and returned to a beautiful village. There, she began a pastoral life: herding geese, playing with pets, going up into the mountains and down to the sea, working from sunrise to sunset. 12.3kReads9.3Score1k14d adds
  33. 83 We Discussed a Deal on Our Wedding Night, but Prince Jing Made It Real 新婚夜谈合作,靖王他假戏真做了 30k WordsCompleted Discussing a Deal on Our Wedding Night, Prince Jing Takes the Pretend Romance for Real —Reads—Score—14d adds
  34. 84 The Sixth Line: Initial Nine 六爻之初九 Mystery813k WordsCompleted Lu Yao has shared a bond with Zhou Yi since childhood and is well versed in divination. But a college student from a remote mountain village who practices fortune-telling is an oddball in her classmates’ eyes, so she moves off campus and rents a place of her own. One day, she checks her bank statement and sees she’s in the red. She hops on the little scooter she uses to deliver packages. “Dear customer, you have a romantic disaster in store. Please don’t go out today!” Customer: “Are you crazy?” 1.5kReads8.5Score18214d adds
  35. 85 After We Switched Lives, the Heiress Took My Side and Tore Into My Toxic Family 互换人生后,豪门千金替我手撕极品全家 17k WordsCompleted After We Switched Lives, the Heiress of a Wealthy Family Tore My Toxic Family to Shreds for Me 4Reads—Score—14d adds
  36. 86 The Max-Level Enchantress Became Human and Got Rich Selling Medicine 满级妖精变成人后,靠卖药暴富 Modern Romance681k WordsCompleted What’s it like to turn from a blade of grass into a person? Jiang Cao has just one thought: When it rains, it pours! She’s hit rock bottom! She was fast asleep, then woke up to find she had to earn money and might not even have food for the next meal! No romance! No romance! No romance! 8.7kReads9.1Score1k14d adds
  37. 87 I Think the Guy Next Door Likes Me 隔壁那家伙好像喜欢我 24k WordsCompleted The Guy Next Door Seems to Like Me 6Reads—Score—14d adds
  38. 88 The Fake Heiress Uses Family Ties to Provoke Me, but I’m a Robot 假千金利用亲情挑衅我,可我是机器人。 Ancient Romance16k WordsCompleted The Fake Heiress Uses Family Ties to Provoke Me, but I’m a Robot. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
  39. 89 Are They All Villains? Sorry, I’m the Ultimate Boss 全员恶人?抱歉,我才是终极BOSS 20k WordsCompleted Everyone’s Evil? Sorry, I’m the Ultimate Boss 6Reads—Score214d adds
  40. 90 Code Zero: Shadow Hunter 代号零:影子猎人 26k WordsCompleted Codename Zero: Shadow Hunter 1Reads—Score—14d adds
  41. 91 Reborn, I Married My Childhood Sweetheart and Face-Slapped the Entire Capital 重生后我嫁给竹马打脸全京城 11k WordsCompleted Reborn, I Married My Childhood Friend and Face-Slapped the Entire Capital 14Reads—Score114d adds
  42. 92 A Daily Record of Life in the Marquis’s Household 我在侯府生活日录 14k WordsCompleted A Day-by-Day Record of Life in the Marquis's Manor 6Reads—Score—14d adds
  43. 93 After Failing My Tribulation, I Got Together with My Mortal Enemy 渡劫失败后我和死对头在一起了 13k WordsCompleted After Failing My Tribulation, I Got Together with My Mortal Enemy 13Reads—Score—14d adds
  44. 94 Reborn, I Tore Apart the Scumbag and Trampled My Vicious Mother-in-Law on My Way to the Top 重生后我手撕渣男脚踩恶婆婆走上人生巅峰 Marriage & Romance16k WordsCompleted Reborn, I Tore the Scumbag to Shreds and Trampled My Evil Mother-in-Law on My Way to the Top 2Reads—Score—14d adds
  45. 95 After I Transmigrated, I Thought I Was Just a Background Character 穿越后我以为自己是路人甲 14k WordsCompleted After Transmigrating, I Thought I Was Just a Background Character 2Reads—Score—14d adds
  46. 96 The Wicked Supporting Lady Only Wants to Get Rich 恶毒女配她只想暴富 Ancient Romance508k WordsCompleted Yun Yao transmigrates into a book, becoming the villainess who was cheated on, then cried, threw tantrums, threatened to kill herself, and constantly made trouble. She also has to raise the cold regent’s favorability. That’s because this regent, who was supposed to be the tragic second male lead, isn’t tragic at all. Instead, he’s bent on killing the male and female leads, bringing the world to the brink of collapse. Looking at that favorability score of -99, Yun Yao: “...” Men will only slo 256Reads9.1Score10314d adds
  47. 97 A Master’s Reading: Is the Child Born with a Disability? 高人一算,断稚子先天是残疾? 9k WordsCompleted An expert took one look and declared that the child was born with a disability? 34Reads—Score—14d adds
  48. 98 Did I Hear That Right? The Madam Seems to Have Torn a Vengeful Ghost Apart with Her Bare Hands! 起猛了,夫人她好像手撕厉鬼了! Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted [Mysticism + goofy comedy + mild horror + ghost hunting + the supernatural + fortune-telling + power fantasy] The Lin family's youngest daughter, missing for twenty years, has finally been found. Word is, she grew up in a Taoist temple. On her first day back from the mountain, she takes one look at the Fang family's eldest son and announces he's carrying a baby boy. On her second day back, she does a quick reading and tells Mr. Li that his wife has cheated on him and his son isn't his. On he 13kReads8.7Score2k14d adds
  49. 99 The Whole Sect Is Chewing Tree Bark, and You Say Spirit Rice Yields Thirty Thousand Pounds Per Acre? 全宗啃树皮,你说灵稻亩产三万斤 Fantastical Romance203k WordsCompleted After transmigrating into the body of a destitute sect leader buried under a debt of thirty million spirit stones, he finds that the entire sect has only one little disciple left, so hungry he's chewing tree bark. Chen Mo looks at the mutated spirit rice in his storage space, yielding thirty thousand jin per mu, and smiles. “Let's start with a small goal: making sure everyone in the sect has enough to eat.” Three months later, Qingyun Sect is making a million spirit stones a month selling spirit 33Reads—Score214d adds
  50. 100 The Princess Consort Always Has the Regent Prince Flat on His Back 王妃总把摄政王按在地上摩擦 Ancient Romance341k WordsCompleted [A truly strong female lead] [No male lead who's even stronger] [No fighting between women for men] Born into a family of ancient martial artists, Jiang Yinzhi foresees that she will transmigrate into a novel as a cannon-fodder supporting character. She just wants to laze around and, while she's at it, master peerless martial arts. She originally planned to take out the holier-than-thou, fake-sweet heroine. What? You transmigrated here too? We're all sisters, so let's put men aside for now. [Bon 2kReads9.1Score22914d adds

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