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- 1 From 2020 to 2023 2020到2023 Memories flooded my mind, one after another: all those things I'd done as a lowlife at the bottom of society... 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 After I Left, My Stunning Master Knelt and Apologized to Me 我走后，绝美师尊跪着向我道歉 Jiang Cheng, eldest disciple of the Luoyun Sect and the greatest prodigy on the continent. When his sect was in danger, he stepped forward, crushed every enemy in his path, and killed millions of demonic cultivators, forcing the arrogant Demon Sect to hide and eke out an existence in the Extreme Yin Mountains. But when the birds are gone, the bow is put away. During a mission to provide support, his destiny as a Great Emperor was destroyed. Citing the deaths of more than a hundred disciples, 15Reads—Score214d adds
- 3 I Was Reborn, and Now They All Want Me to Live Off Them. What Should I Do? 重生了，她们非要我吃软饭怎么办 Li Sanqiu was framed by his pathological wife, who accused him of cheating with his sister-in-law. Then he was reborn in the winter break of his senior year of high school, ten years earlier. In his previous life, he was sensitive and insecure, and kept his childhood sweetheart at a distance during adolescence. This time, he immediately clings to her. In his previous life, his sister-in-law was a ray of light in his unhappy marriage. This time, he decides to quietly watch over her as she grows u 49Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 4 My Girlfriend Is All Natural 我的女友纯天然 By the stream, beneath a big tree, I stand at the peak of the mountain, pondering what love is. Is it the last cigarette, smoked down to the end? Or a flame that can never quite catch fire? I pray, yearn, and search in my heart for the most beautiful scene and the purest, most natural feeling. 46Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 5 The System Makes Every Childhood Boast Come True 童年吹过的牛，系统让我全实现 [Supernatural powers + lighthearted + slow burn + another world + System] As a child, Li Mo used to boast because it cost him nothing. On his thirtieth birthday, he learned that every word had to be paid back. The night he was laid off, dumped, and kicked out of his rental, he dug up the iron box he'd buried when he graduated from elementary school. A blue screen of light appeared before his eyes, visible only to him: [Childhood Promise System activated. Every boast the Host made as a child is n 332Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 The Nine Great Beauties All Despise Me, but They'll Regret It When I Become a Saint 九大红颜都嫌弃，我修成圣都悔吧 [Reborn] [The goddesses regret it deeply] [Absolutely no getting back together] [Definitely no helping them] [Consumed by regret] [Regret tearing them apart] At Lu Heng's funeral, his nine ex-girlfriends gathered around his body, insulting him and venting years of pent-up resentment. Bai Ruoxue: Lu Heng, everyone says I made my fortune thanks to you. What a load of nonsense. I could have made it this far even without you! Xiao Yue'er: Hmph! You think I care about those lousy songs you wrote for 133Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 7 Old Dreams of Xi'an: Me and That Actress 西安旧梦，我和那个女明星 [Urban daily life] [No angst] [Celebrity couple] [Healing story] A realistic slice-of-life story. Read with caution if that's not your thing. Synopsis: I took my sister's ashes to see the sea. On the speeding train bound for Qingdao, I met Tang Yu, a celebrity with depression. Two lonely hearts crossed paths again in Xi'an. Lin Xiaomi's unexpected arrival wove a love triangle and made their relationship even more complicated. With the help of my rich second-generation friend Qin Chao and his con 1.7kReads8.2Score14714d adds
- 8 Graduation Season: While Everyone Else Looks for Jobs, I Take a Shortcut 毕业季，别人找工作，我走捷径 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 1kReads8.7Score—14d adds
- 9 My Siege, Your Hunting Ground 我的围城，你的围场 I've been in love three times. My first love was a beautiful TV host, and we were together for ten years. My second girlfriend was the heiress of a client conglomerate. My third girlfriend was a cool, domineering female CEO with sixteen different sides to her. She fulfilled every fantasy I had about women. I really like this passage: “Your many interpretations and annotations of me don't amount to even one ten-thousandth of who I am, but they reveal you completely. I couldn't agree more with th 44Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 10 Classmate, Who Are You? 同学，你谁啊 Lu Guoqiu is an 84-year-old man who is disrespectful of his elders, selfish, and self-serving. He and his wife, Yang Qiurong, have a son and a daughter. Their son, Lu Ang, works a nine-to-five corporate job and has a daughter, Lu Leqi, with his wife, Qiqi. Ever since she was little, Lu Leqi has been disliked by her grandfather. Her mother has always tried to prove herself by raising her like a boy, determined to outdo Lu Xiao's family in everything. Their daughter, Lu Xiao, is a lawyer. She and —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 We’re Already at a Nightclub, Who’s Here to Date? 都来夜店了，谁还谈恋爱！ [Original titles: Nightclub Girl, Please Don't Call; My Nightclub Girlfriend] After his girlfriend died, Chi Luo spent half a year drowning himself in drink, drifting through life and often going out with his best friend. He had no ambition, but at least he could play a few instruments. So he became the piano teacher of a beautiful woman in her late twenties. He also met an eighteen-year-old heiress, who grew deeply attached to him after they spent time together. Meanwhile, Chi Luo had another e 249Reads7.9Score10214d adds
- 12 I Suppress the Paranormal with Divine Powers 我以神通镇诡异 The world has been reborn, strange phenomena run rampant, and everything has changed. Humanity has grown weak. Within the mists and secret realms lie fragments of history, wars, courtly intrigue, love, and myths. Feng Yuan inherits a mighty supernatural legacy. Drawing on the woodcarving skills he honed in his previous life, he imbues wooden sculptures with divine power, bringing figures such as Wuchang and Nezha to life, along with even characters from novels. 166Reads5.3Score1514d adds
- 13 I'm a Dog, Damn It 老子是条狗 While driving passengers, taxi driver He Yifei unexpectedly ran into his first love, Zhou Zhou. He bragged to her about how well he was doing, but she saw right through him. When paying her fare, she kindly gave him an extra two hundred yuan, but the gesture only wounded He Yifei's pride. Seeing the huge gap between their lives now, He Yifei, who had always been fiercely proud, decided to work hard and live up to what a man should be! What a man fears most is meeting the woman he wants to protec 761Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 14 Life Is Always Full of Failures and Setbacks 人生总是充满了失败和挫折 [Modern setting + pure romance + daily life, no supernatural powers + no System] After losing his last family member, Gao Cheng planned to end his life, but Zhao Ningzhi happened to save him. After experiencing Zhao Ningzhi’s gentle sweetness and Xu Caiyun’s mischievous charm, Gao Cheng began to feel that maybe his life wasn’t so bad after all. Oh no... He wanted to keep living again... 225Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 15 I've Been Reborn, So It's Only Natural for the Goddess to Chase Me 都重生了，被女神倒追也挺正常吧 This is a groveling-romance story with a huge love rivalry. If that’s not your thing, don’t read. “You were the one who asked to break up. Why are you freaking out just because someone else is pursuing me?” After one drunken, reckless night, successful businessman Lin Zicheng was reborn on the day he broke up with his childhood sweetheart. That breakup was his one humiliating memory from his past life. This time, he swore he wouldn’t be anyone’s lovesick puppy. Instead, he’d make the goddess cha 23Reads6.9Score714d adds
- 16 Picking Up the Shattered Sunlight 拾起破碎的阳光 In the autumn when she was five, a kiln cave became Mo Yanqi's lifelong nightmare, and the shadow of sexual abuse haunted her from then on. Her mother's cruel words and her father's silence pushed her further into the abyss. In high school, her life seemed on the verge of collapse: she was diagnosed with severe depression accompanied by psychotic episodes, had to leave school, and was abandoned by her first love, among other things. Then Su Mingye appeared. With his awkward warmth, he picked up 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 My Perfect Girlfriend and Sidekick 我的极品跟班女友 A “personal attendant” is what you might call a young master’s page or a maid who serves him closely in ancient times. Lin Wushi serves Ji Mu, a noble young master of Nanjin. While gaming, he meets a girl with a mature, alluring voice, and they arrange to meet in person. But who could have guessed that this girl is the most powerful little princess in all of Nanjin? And he falls in love with her attendant... 5Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 18 The Years I Spent as a Casanova 我当情圣那些年 A Pickup Artist's Rules: 1. Don't rush into a relationship. Be friends first, and see whether her friends are prettier than she is. 2. Keep women out of your heart, not out of your life. 3. Look a woman in the eyes first. If she isn't looking at you, look at her legs. 4. If a woman can affect your thoughts, don't hesitate: leave her. Xu Ling is a broke 26-year-old standing at a crossroads in life. Career? Women? Love? His ex? How should he choose? (Urban + realistic + funny + heartwarming + roma 51Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 My Beijing Girl 我的北京姑娘 If you love someone, take them to Beijing. It is the heart of the country, where they can see all the splendor the world has to offer... If you hate someone, leave them in Beijing. That city is cold enough for them to hide every burden in their heart… I reveled in the city's splendor at night, never understanding why anyone would stay in Beijing. After seven years, my relationship fell apart, and only then did I begin to see that I had nothing. Her arrival saved me. She was the kindest girl 524Reads7.7Score10114d adds
- 20 Lover with a Pure Heart 素心恋人 You’re the person I love most. For you, I could deceive anyone in the world, even myself. That’s how desperately I love you. Even if you have to lie to me, please keep it up a little longer, and make the lie a little more convincing... 273Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 21 The Two-String Tune 两夹弦 Auxiliary police officer Wen Depu is ordered to keep a suspect under surveillance. As the operation continues, he realizes that he has become the one being watched. His only chance to save himself is to flee. Li Wenxiang has a theft conviction on his record, damaging his credit and preventing him from getting a mortgage. The developer refuses to return the down payment he has already made. Wen Depu is a relative of Li Wenxiang's family, and Li hopes he can use his position as a police officer to 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Thank You for Loving Me 谢谢你爱着我 After my first love broke up with me and told me the cruel truth, I followed in her footsteps to Shanghai. Sadly, I still couldn’t win back our innocent love. Fueled by resentment and a desire to succeed, I struggled for eight years in Shanghai, yet still ended up living like a joke. When she and the others began entering my life one by one, I started to question my resolve... 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 My Pure and Beautiful Heiress 我的清纯大小姐 The hardest things to forget are the ones you never thought about, yet can never forget! A car accident during the summer before my senior year of high school left me with amnesia. To escape my confusion, I boarded a train to Lhasa alone. I thought it would be an ordinary trip, but then I met a girl on the train who would heal me for the rest of my life... This is the story of a lost boy with amnesia searching for redemption, and finding love during his four years at university. 3Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 24 My 26-Year-Old Girlfriend 我的26岁女朋友 [The Landlady-style]+ [Urban Romance]+ [Everyday City Life]+ [A Touch of Angst] When my girlfriend suddenly broke up with me for no reason, I had no choice but to leave the city where I’d spent the past two years and start over. On a road trip to Tibet, I came across a beautiful woman with a flat tire. Figuring I might as well help, I changed it for her. Tibet is a place that can cleanse the soul. Here, I learned to slow down and accept things as they came. Just as I was trying to start a new re 68Reads6.1Score814d adds
- 25 Twin Bridges 双桥 Liu Shiyu, a young man from the countryside, starts out at the very bottom. He later joins the army and takes part in the assault on Hill 000 at Narashan Pass, a place of clear waters. He earns a first-class merit award and returns to his hometown of Shuangqiao carrying the remains of his comrade Jin Zhong. Meet one person and stay together for life; choose one city and grow old there. Three women fall for him at the same time: Lu Youyou, a university student who exchanged letters with him from 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Temporary Cohabitation 临时同居 A quirky, funny, heartwarming, and somewhat realistic coming-of-age story set at the turn of the millennium. Five orphans meet in an online game and later form a makeshift family, but it's hard to tell whether what they feel for one another is familial love, friendship, or romance. 67Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 King of the Reverse Scales 逆鳞之王 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 The Fake Live-In Son-in-Law 挂名赘婿 Tian Yougen, the 17th-generation heir to the Tian family’s traditional Chinese medicine lineage, has been bright and quick-witted since childhood, yet rebellious by nature. First he gives up medicine to pursue literature, then falls out with his future in-laws over marrying into their family. Proud and haughty, he has only his exceptional medical skills to rely on. With those skills in hand, he travels the world, healing the sick without seeking fame, asking only to keep a benevolent heart and a 716Reads7.3Score10114d adds
- 29 The One Who Made Me Reborn 让我重生的那个她 [Romance and everyday life] [One heroine] [Pure love] [Music] [Mutual salvation] [Slow burn] [No rebirth] [No golden finger] Ten years ago, I gave up my job, my fiancée, and even my dreams, yet I still couldn't find what I was looking for. Ten years later, the girl I happened to take in changed everything without either of us realizing it... There are no flashy tales of coming back from the dead or transmigrating across time. Just one moving story grounded in reality... Because there is another 12Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 30 The Campus Belle Pursues Me from the Start, and the Tycoon Families Get on Their Knees 开局被校花倒追，豪门给我跪下 [Face-slapping before the day is out + urban fantasy + time travel + adventure + if we can fight, we don’t waste our breath] Shu Ge only wants to lie flat in peace in the urban village. But after a transmigration mishap, Xue’er, a history major and campus beauty who’s also an heiress, discovers his secret about time and space, forcing him to take her along on his journeys through time. From bloody vengeance on the battlefields of the War of Resistance Against Japan, to drinking beneath the moon 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 The System Crashed, and Now I'm Confessed to Every Day 系统炸了，我天天被表白 [Multiple Female Leads] [System That's Basically Not There] [Lighthearted and Funny] Bai Hao, a second-year student at C University, got bound to a System one day. He never expected that... it would explode the moment it bonded with him... Wait, dude? How come you left me with this mess after you blew up? Lock eyes with someone, and you might fall in love at first sight!? Refuse a confession, and there'll be terrifying consequences!? What is this!? A senior, a female CEO, a policewoman... Uh-oh, 581Reads—Score7214d adds
- 32 Through the Roaring Crowd 穿过人声鼎沸 After breaking up with the girlfriend he’d been entangled with for six years, he went on to let down the woman who loved him deeply. Then, in one drunken, reckless moment, he mistakenly took her for his ex? After deciding to leave her world, he unexpectedly meets a direct female superior who gets under his skin like no one ever has before... This is the story of a scumbag’s romantic entanglements... and a journey of growth as he learns to face his own heart. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 True Love Awaits Tomorrow 会有真爱在明天 Seven years into their marriage, his beloved leaves. Once you have seen the ocean, lesser waters pale in comparison. When fate runs its course, each goes their own way. The most magnificent sight in this world is a man finding his drive again, in his career, in politics, and in love. Should we ever look back...? 3.7kReads8.9Score28114d adds
- 34 Brilliant Darkness 璀璨的灰暗 Life stretches on, one wrong turn after another. But with the future still unwritten, how can you know the road beneath your feet is the wrong one? A nobody from the bottom of society carves out a brilliant and extraordinary life with his own flesh and blood! 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Only After I Died Did My Wife Begin to Regret It 我死后，妻子才开始后悔 [Angst + Tragic Literary Fiction + Rebirth + Redemption by Those Around Him + Slice of Life] Absolutely worth reading. You won’t regret diving in! We met when we were eighteen, got married at twenty-two, and when she was twenty-five, her childhood sweetheart returned to the country. I asked for a divorce. Someone asked if I was okay with it. I thought for a moment and said, “She never loved me in the first place. What is there to be okay or not okay with? In this story called redemption, I was a 138Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 36 The World Within the Mirror 镜里人间 What is the meaning of being alive? I have yet to figure it out, but I know this: only by living well can I earn the right to seek the answer. Ye Xunchuan, who grew up in an orphanage, and Bai Ruochu, who came from a poor family, found their souls in harmony and became a couple at university. Their happy life after marriage came crashing down when their five-year-old daughter, Ye Qing, was diagnosed with end-stage kidney disease. The enormous medical bills broke Ye Xunchuan, who spiraled into de 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Does Being a Social Butterfly Make You Stronger? From the Start, I Take the Blame and Berate the Female CEO 社牛就变强？开局背锅怒骂女总裁 [System] [Multiple Female Leads] [Everyday Life] [爽文] [Absurd] Cheng Che suffers from severe social anxiety. For seven years at his company, he has been a pushover, taking the blame and enduring scoldings without daring to say a word. Then, after a project loses 300 million, management dumps all the blame on him. In front of everyone, CEO Liao Qingmeng tells him to get out and calls him a useless piece of trash. At the height of his despair, the [Being Outgoing Makes You Stronger] System awakens 1.5kReads—Score15514d adds
- 38 My Five Loves 我的五种爱情 A story about a tenant, one female lead, a tragic romance, and regrets. Ever since Mu Cheng took in a down-on-her-luck heiress, his life, once as still as dead water, began to burn with passion. A mature beauty, a domineering female CEO, a sweet little bunny, and a crazy girl all make their entrances one after another. In short, how could life get any more exhilarating? 925Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 39 The Watcher in the Wheat Fields 麦苗田里的守望者 I'll never forget that rainy summer night. The rain had turned the village's dirt roads to mud. One step could sink you in up to your calves. Clutching half a candle, I hurried home, stumbling through the muck, my heart pounding like I had a rabid rabbit inside me. Mom had promised she'd be home before dark, but it was already nine o'clock. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Sleepless Tonight 今晚无眠 I woke up to find myself married, with a beautiful wife and two daughters. But then my wife made me this request... 92Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 41 My 26-Year-Old Goddess 我的26岁女神 A goddess, forever the ideal woman in every man’s heart. She, Mu Yanran, is the heiress of a mysterious family, and the CEO of a publicly listed company. After I happened to meet her one day, she became the goddess of my dreams... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Love Affairs in the Big City 大城情事 After my girlfriend and my best friend gave me a spectacular set of horns, I gritted my teeth and left my small town to make it in the big city. But as soon as I arrived at my new company, my coworkers started ostracizing me and setting me up... The big city is no paradise! It's a world of its own, full of all kinds of people and endless deception! As a nobody, I had to start out as a lowly network administrator, stumbling along until I finally built a small business of my own! But she was an ex 1.4kReads8.3Score13314d adds
- 43 My Miss Tulip 我的郁金香小姐 She and I were both residents near this stretch of Tulip Road. We breathed the same air, loved the season when the tulips bloomed, and hated the dust kicked up by the dry summer weather. Though we had never once said “hello” or “goodbye” to each other, we had truly shared joy and sorrow here. At last, one day, I called her Miss Tulip, and she called me Mr. Badou... 260Reads9.5Score—14d adds
- 44 Nine Women Betray Me, So I’m Reborn to Win Back My Husband 九红颜集体背刺，重生追夫火葬场 [The Ex Who Wants Him Back Gets Burned]+ [Spiraling Regret]+ [Never Forgive]+ [Satisfying Revenge]+ [Misguided Assumptions and a Twist]+ [A Different Kind of Comeuppance] Chen Qing, the eldest son of the wealthy Chen family in the imperial capital, is jilted by his fiancée at the altar on their wedding day. At the same time, eight beautiful women in the audience all leap to their feet. Betrayed by the nine women he loved most, Chen Qing can’t utter a single word. The poison has already seeped in 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 Waiting for the Wind in Guangzhou 羊城等风来 (This is not a cuckold story.) (This is not a wish-fulfillment story.) My childhood sweetheart, whom I’d been married to for a year, divorced me and made me take the blame for the breakup! I let you fly free, and I’ll bear the pain! Then a mysterious young girl barged into my life. From that moment on, the wheels of fate began to turn, and I gradually fell into one trap and conspiracy after another. Can ordinary people really never defeat the authorities? 79Reads5.0Score—14d adds
- 46 By the Time She Came to Her Senses, I Was Already Gone! 待她醒悟过来，我早已不在！ “If one day we both stand beneath the same falling snow, then in this life, we can say we've grown old together.” “If love between two people is to last, why should it matter that they can't be together every day?” Yuan Xia and Su Mu were childhood sweethearts, a couple others envied. One heart gave everything to the other without asking for anything in return. But endless selfless devotion only makes the other person take it for granted. If they don't cherish each other, then one day their rela 179Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 My Beijing Girl 我的北京女孩 A young man with nothing going for him can't move on after a breakup. When he accompanies a friend to Beijing, he encounters new things and new people... His life quietly changes course. What kind of love story will he find as he sets out to reclaim his dream? 127Reads—Score1314d adds
- 48 A Small-Town Story at Full Speed 小城故事一路狂奔 Having grown up without a father's love, he once had a happy family and a steady career. Then, out of nowhere, he got divorced, lost his job, and was plagued by nightmares. His life hit rock bottom. At his lowest point, he chose to start a business and met her while she was working a part-time job. Fate had other plans: after a change in her mother's identity came to light, she became a wealthy heiress. He raced toward love, never wavering in his devotion despite repeated romantic setbacks. On —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 Clear-Eyed in the Mortal World: I Pretend to Be Mediocre in the Cubicle 人间清醒：我在格子间装平庸 Ouyang Bei was a graduate of a prestigious university, yet he was content to work as a sales representative at a company. He seemed to lack ambition, but few people understood his world. The trials of society can slowly strip the innocence from a green young man. Beneath an appearance of maturity, loneliness begins... Perhaps you will find a reflection of yourself here. 44Reads—Score114d adds
- 50 Marriage Partners 婚姻合伙人 I have a very beautiful wife. In the eyes of everyone around us, she’s the perfect wife, a dutiful daughter-in-law, and my ideal match. Her career is even going better than mine. By all conventional wisdom, anyone would be more than content with a wife like her, but I can’t stop thinking about divorcing her… 3kReads8.7Score25014d adds
