Novels like Despised by My Daughter-in-Law, I Head to the Capital to Work as a Security Guard
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- 1 A Life in the Mud 烂泥人生 Gao Ge refuses to settle for an ordinary life. Though his family is not well off and he is just an ordinary employee at a bank, as the saying goes, “Your character determines your destiny!” His refusal to give up makes him hunger for success more than others. So what if he has no golden finger? So what if he has no powerful family to back him? He'll make his own way to the top. Otherwise, his life will be no better than a puddle of mud! 1.2kReads7.1Score10214d adds
- 2 Tales from the Grind: Surrendering to Your Tenderness 打工往事，沦陷你的温柔 A taxi driver heads south for work and gets a job at his uncle’s factory. After witnessing the factory’s decline and prosperity, I gradually grow through the experience. The people I meet along the way also leave indelible marks on my life. 156Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 The Seven-Year Itch: Falling in Love 七年之痒之坠入情网 Zhou Wei and Huang Mocheng had been married for seven years. As the passion slowly faded, Huang Mocheng succumbed to temptation and had an affair with a subordinate. Zhou Wei worked at the grassroots level of the government. When she learned the truth, the betrayal hit her hard, so she devoted herself to climbing the career ladder. Along the way, she met all kinds of men, some with moral failings, others trapped by life’s harsh realities... In her loneliness, Zhou Wei fell in love. Huang Mocheng 13Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 4 Why Would a Lazybones Need to Be Reborn? 咸鱼何必重生 [Urban high martial arts + supernatural golden finger, reborn on campus + all kinds of beauties, adventures and battles + deep brotherhood] If you don’t have dreams, how are you any different from a salted fish? But once you’ve achieved your dreams, do you still have any left? A salted fish who had already fulfilled his dreams is reborn. A reborn salted fish is still a salted fish, so what’s the point? Chen Yu, a cursed loner, has his fate defied and is reborn twenty years in the past. He discov 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Endless Money: Wait, You Can Make Money from That Too?! 钱途无量：不是吧？这也能赚钱！ Lin Mu is certain of one thing: with a mechanical engineering degree from a non-elite university, he won’t find a decent job in an age when degrees have lost their value. Then, when he’s so broke he has nowhere left to turn, something appears in his mind. There’s no flashy interface or beginner’s gift pack, just a cold, precise AI voice promising to help him make money. How are you supposed to use a System that can’t just hand you cash? Maybe he can start by getting a job with its help and worki —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Leaving Beijing to Settle in Shijiazhuang 离开北京定居石家庄 (Everyday urban life, an inspiring journey of growth, and a look at all kinds of people and the harsh realities of life) Created over five years, Liu Haifeng’s first collection of essays. Life has no meaning, swaying between pain and boredom. Redefining life and shaping a new ideal way of living: that process is full of meaning. 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Listening to Snow in Jiangcheng 在江城听雪 They meet in Jiangcheng for an appointment to listen to the snow~ They were senior and junior at university, went their separate ways after graduation, then let go of past grievances when they met again. They were also Dunhuang princess Song Fanyin and Han dynasty general Qi Dingchu in a radio drama, as well as Chang'an (A Man), sect leader of the Yun Yin Sect in the cultivation world, and Guli, young master of the Medical Sect… They met when they were young, weathered many storms, and grew into —Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 8 Spring at Fifteen Watts 十五瓦的春天 The story takes place from the late 1990s to the early 2000s, a time when China was undergoing rapid economic growth and profound social change. Their parents arranged a child-swap marriage, and the resulting children were a top student sister born in the 1990s and Mou Hao. From childhood, the two endured ridicule for wearing hand-me-downs and living in an abandoned factory, but it forged them into people with iron wills. They struggled to stay in school by selling fruit and tutoring, and eventu —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 A Mayfly in Amber 琥珀中的蜉蝣 Amber preserves time, and seals away mayflies. Three talented young women meet at Yanyuan. A classmate steals the fruits of one woman's painstaking work. Her best friend sees everything, yet chooses to stay silent. Overnight, the course of their lives changes completely. One becomes a pregnant student who drops out and vanishes into the crowd. One becomes a celebrated author, rising to fame through plagiarism. One becomes a scholar, spending her days regretting her choices from behind a lectern. 112Reads—Score40114d adds
- 10 Starting Over in Midlife 人到中年：东山再起 Unemployed, betrayed by his wife, and facing his mother’s serious illness, Fang Hongyi hit the lowest point of his life in middle age. After accidentally saving a mysterious woman, he caught the attention of a powerful figure and began his rise from the ashes. From then on, Fang Hongyi climbed ever higher, making a triumphant comeback. Powerful people from every walk of life rushed to curry favor with him, and wealth and beautiful women soon followed. Everyone who had once looked down on him wou 143Reads8.4Score10414d adds
- 11 I Just Want to Run an Orphanage, So Why Won’t Everyone Leave Me Alone? 我只想办孤儿院怎么都来纠缠我 Zhang Xiaobei grew up in an orphanage and vowed to change its fortunes. He never expected to find love, wealth, and freedom along the way... [Childhood sweetheart: The soft-spoken girl who was bullied as a child has grown into a stubborn woman.] [Fated love: The senior who fell for him at first sight has found the man of her dreams, and loves him without reservation.] [Classical elegance: The refined, beautiful landlady is moved by his warmth and sincerity.] [Cold and aloof: The icy CEO’s heart 252Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Hardship and Fortune Forge True Love 祸福相依之艰难铸真情 Xiao Xiangdong was separated from his family as a child and adopted by foster parents. As an adult, he found a job at a company and worked his way up. Thanks to his excellent performance, he was promoted to manager ahead of schedule. His father fell seriously ill and left the family deeply in debt. Then a missing-person notice drew him into a conspiracy targeting him... 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Overnight, the Uncle's Life Bounced Back from Rock Bottom 一夜之间，大叔的生活触底反弹 Gao Weiguo, a middle-aged man born in the 1970s, had thought he would retire from his insurance company in quiet mediocrity. Little did he know that an opportunity that suddenly came his way would completely change his life… 3.9kReads8.7Score30714d adds
- 14 A Mindless Farce Between a Doctor and a Security Guard 大博士和小保安的无脑之戏 With the Lunar New Year approaching, the annual matchmaking pressure arrived right on schedule. Su Qingyi, a PhD graduate from a prestigious university, was hounded by her family to get married. She was over thirty and still single. On the campus of Jinghua University, she ran into Lu Yuan, a fellow hometown native and former soldier who now worked as a security guard. They were around the same age and in similar situations, both overwhelmed by their families’ pressure to marry. To appease their 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Repayment Countdown 还款倒计时 Countdown to Repayment tells the story of Chen Yizhou, an ordinary man struggling between desire and reality. Chen Yizhou is an average office worker in Jiangcheng, working hard to make ends meet. He and his wife and son squeeze into an old rental apartment, living a simple but warm life. At a class reunion, Zhao Yu, the class heartthrob, paints a startup dream so alluring that Chen Yizhou is drawn in. Trying to raise the investment money, he plunges into the world of online loans. Then Zhao Yu 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 After Discovering the Secret to Making Money, I Reached the Pinnacle of Life 喜得生财之道后我走上人生巅峰 [Feel-Good, Superpowers, Scummy Male Lead, Pure-Hearted Female Lead, Money Talks, Urban, Infinite Flow, Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger…] Song Xiaoqiang is an ordinary wage earner. He has spent years trying to make it in the big city, yet still has nothing to show for it. Now, facing a major life decision, he has no choice but to break up with the girlfriend who has been by his side for three years. And then, on the way to pack his things and move out of his rented apartment, an extraordinary 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Wall Street’s Richest Man Is Actually a Lazy Civil Servant! 华尔街首富，竟然是体制内咸鱼！ In his previous life, he drifted aimlessly through a government agency. After being reborn, he decisively gave up his secure job and hid away in the seemingly obscure Institute of Electronic Technology, where he could slack off. On the surface, he drank tea, fished, and played chess, enjoying the easy life of a couch potato. In reality, he lay in wait in the stock market, ready to get rich when the 519 rally hit! In secret, he also took advantage of government policies encouraging researchers to 877Reads6.7Score10914d adds
- 18 Forty-Year-Old Man: Getting Rich in Middle Age 男人四十:中年暴富 Wang Jun is a timid, inept nobody, afraid of trouble and scraping by in society. After accidentally saving a wealthy woman, he sets out on a path to turn his life around. 713Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 19 Reborn: Living a Brand-New Life 重生了，活出崭新人生 Gao Bin is reborn twenty years in the past. Determined to live differently from his previous life, he decides that lying flat is the best choice. But with memories of the future, he won't hesitate to earn the money that should be his, or to let go of the people he should leave behind. In this life, he'll honor his parents, take care of himself, and live a carefree life. 2.2kReads7.1Score11714d adds
- 20 Five Years Later, She Storms the Mogul's Empire with Her Kids 五年后，她带崽崽砸了大佬集团 A carefully plotted scheme destroys her reputation. Five years later, she returns in triumph with her adorable children, ready to take on the wicked women and tear the fake sweethearts down. Her sons are busy looking for a dad, too! “Mommy, that man looks really rich. Can he be my daddy?” “Miss Nan: No!” “Mommy, that man looks just like me. Could he be my no-good dad?” “Miss Nan: Don’t go around claiming men as your daddy! What if he’s broke? Do you want to support him for the rest of your life? 102Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 21 Shadow Magic, Cursed with Famine 被迫染上饥荒的暗影魔法 Gaming streamer Wu Ran has recently become obsessed with the Cthulhu-inspired survival game "Don't Starve". He battles it out in a rental room of less than twenty square meters and attracts a huge following. But after his heart stops during one session, he finds himself inside the game world, where he comes into contact with shadow magic and sets off on a chaotic adventure. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 The Heavenly Lion 天狮 A new work is here! You can read my novel on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Where Does the Road Lead? 出路为何 The story takes place in a small city in the north. It explores some of the social conflicts that arose at the time and still exist today. I hope to portray and sum them up through a story, so that everyone can consider these issues more calmly and rationally. But enough about that. Let’s step into the story. 5Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 24 Flowers in Adversity 逆境花 For Zhou Yan, Ye Yunxi, and the others, work pressures and marital troubles at home had already left them physically and emotionally exhausted. Then the pandemic broke out, making their situation even worse. Facing adversity at work and in their personal lives, they were at times utterly drained, both physically and mentally. But they refused to give up. When faced with unemployment, pay cuts, marital problems, and more, they found positive ways to tackle each challenge. Through their own hard w 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 This Security Guard Turns Out to Be Scum 这个保安原来是个人渣 Just a little scumbag, but a brave security guard. Put on the uniform, stand at the door, and pop on the hat: now I'm security. Don't listen to me? You're not coming in. No food deliveries allowed, and couriers aren't even worth discussing. This resident looks familiar. One look at those thighs and I know who it is! 46Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 26 After the Divorce, I Chose to Lie Flat 离婚后，选择了躺平的生活 A new work is here! You can read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy them. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! After getting divorced, the male protagonist, Song Jian, chooses to lie flat, simply because he's a second-generation demolition beneficiary. But he loves life and presses forward on his quest for true love. 4.9kReads7.5Score27814d adds
- 27 Black Exclamation Mark 黑色感叹号 Just before Gu Xier decided to die, she suddenly asked me, "Dr. Luo, why do the people in this little town always cruelly devour the kind, obedient little white rabbits, while worshipping the vicious big bad wolves as if they were gods?" I... had no answer...!! 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 Reborn as an Airline Captain: My Cheating Ex Begs to Get Back Together 重生机长：出轨女友跪求复合 In his previous life, Lu Zeyan was the youngest five-star captain in the country. But his flight-attendant wife, who was cheating on him, joined forces with a corrupt superior to frame him. In the end, he died in the flames of a deliberately caused air disaster. When he opened his eyes, he was reborn seven days before his wedding. This time, he put away all his tenderness and became an absolute force in control, soaring above the clouds. His cheating girlfriend cries and begs to get back togethe —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 My Mother Was Kidnapped 我那被拐来的母亲 Every woman abducted by human traffickers is denied the freedom to choose her own husband. They can only do as they are told and marry a man they have met just once. Whatever his circumstances, they have no choice. And so, my mother and father became a family. 1.7kReads8.9Score10114d adds
- 30 Don't Pity Those Who Sell Their Own Fate for a Pittance 不要同情那个贱卖自己命运的人 This is a tragedy caused by a dysfunctional family. If nothing had changed, Wang Chengcai would most likely have spent his whole life under his mother’s thumb, reduced to a study machine born to pass the civil service exam. Even his awkward, old-fashioned name was chosen for that purpose. By chance, he meets the love of his life, Lin Man, in the one place where he can find refuge. When the childhood friends become lovers, Lin Man vows to protect the boy who has suffered at the hands of his famil —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 A Husband’s Punishment 丈夫的惩罚 The heroine was a beautiful, fair-skinned woman from a family of officials, with an outstanding husband. But her husband mistakenly believed she had cheated on him and chose to take revenge. As time passes, they both grow into mature, accomplished people, yet their relationship remains full of twists and turns, with no end in sight. The heroine can never let go of this love. What fate will the two of them ultimately meet… 682Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 32 Unemployed at Thirty, I Awaken the Family Support System 三十岁失业，我觉醒养家系统 [An ordinary person’s comeback + everyday life + unemployment + odd jobs + starting a business + System] Chen Peng has just turned thirty when he’s suddenly laid off, caught completely off guard and powerless to do anything about it. He sends out resumes everywhere, looking for work, but as an older college graduate, he can’t compete with the fresh-faced elite. For now, he has no choice but to make ends meet delivering food. But his parents, wife, and daughter all need money. Car payments, mortg 150Reads5.6Score714d adds
- 33 Real Life: A Middle Schooler's Journey as a Writer 真实人生：一个初中生的写作路 A real life, a painful past: I grew up poor and frail, plagued by illness. At fifteen, I dropped out of school and began pursuing my literary dream at home. After having my work rejected time and again, I finally saw my first-ever piece published. It also became the last thing I ever published in print. Then I turned to the internet and began my journey as a web novelist. 21Reads8.0Score214d adds
- 34 The Real Stories of My Virtual Boyfriend Days 关于我做虚拟男友的那些真实往事 In 2020, during the pandemic, I happened to become a virtual boyfriend online. Six years later, so many stories are still vivid in my memory, so I picked up my pen and wrote this novel. Every story in this book is true. 3Reads—Score114d adds
- 35 Life as a Neighbor to a Flight Attendant 和空姐做邻居的日子 (A realistic story with sweetness and heartbreak, vivid descriptions, explicit writing, and multiple heroines.) Five years after Chen Linfeng broke up with his first love, they meet again. She is now a cold, aloof female CEO. After five years as a low-ranking clerk, he is finally on the verge of promotion, but someone sets him up using a fake flight attendant, nearly ruining his career. After getting out, he soon meets a real flight attendant, a beautiful, aloof, wealthy woman who has just moved 436Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 36 A Media Veteran's Career Change in a New Era 传媒老兵降维求职记 If you're looking for a job, about to start looking, or planning to switch jobs, this one's for you! This novel is based on real people's experiences of falling into job-hunting traps. It's practically an online job seeker's guide to spotting scams and avoiding pitfalls. Read Tomato Novel and learn how to protect yourself from fraud. It's fun and useful, a win-win. Dong Shizhang and Zong Jinli's media company is on the verge of collapse, and the online loans they took out are coming due. With no 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 The Nine-Fingered Divine Healer 九指神医 This is a historical epic blending wuxia and traditional Chinese medicine. Spanning the late Qing dynasty through the Republic of China, and covering the period up to the founding of the People's Republic of China, it tells the legendary story of a master of traditional Chinese medicine. Across half a century of turbulent Chinese history, it paints a sweeping portrait of society and life, and, through rivalries in officialdom and the ups and downs of the business world, sings of the fickle fortu 211Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 38 The Maid in the Presidential Suite 总统套房的女佣 Born into poverty, a young woman heads south to the city to support her family. She takes a job as a room attendant at a five-star hotel, making beds, cleaning toilets, and vacuuming every day. Along the way, she gets entangled with several male guests and attracts their attention. Naive and inexperienced, she tries to change her fate, but gradually loses her way in the city of desire... 247Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 39 Reborn in 1995: Starting Out as a Small-Town Brahmin 重生95：从小城婆罗门开始 Reborn, 1990s, light System elements, laid-back daily life, family warmth, one heroine. This is a feel-good novel, but I believe every reader will find something familiar in it, whether it’s something they once experienced or witnessed, or even a reflection of their former selves. Chen Xiao was “let go” by his company. After one cigarette, he unexpectedly found himself reborn in 1995, back as a chubby middle schooler. The familiar bamboo chair, the Subor learning computer, the meat Grandma secre 1.3kReads6.6Score10114d adds
- 40 My Tattooed Girlfriend Became a Top-Tier Star in Music 我的花臂女友成了乐坛顶流 This is the story of a talented young man who escapes his suffocating family and meets a girl singing for money on the streets of Gulangyu. She sings and plays; he writes lyrics. Through music, they save each other, and she eventually becomes a top-tier star. She took a drag. Her lips pursed slightly, then parted, and a cloud of smoke drifted from her mouth. As the smoke dispersed, she spoke. “Broke, but you still want to request a song. If I’d known you couldn’t pay, I’d have spent those few mi 62Reads—Score514d adds
- 41 Ant's Divine Strength: Book Two 蚂蚁神力的第2本书 Takes a bullet for the campus belle, takes the blame for a beautiful teacher; seeks justice for a widow, stands up for a village woman… Just another day in the life of a retired gatekeeper. When he sees injustice, he jumps right into the fight! He never bows to the powerful, only to fairness and justice. Before he knows it, he’s surrounded by beautiful women! 562Reads8.2Score10014d adds
- 42 In Switzerland, the Top-Tier Goddess Proposes to Me Live! 人在瑞士，被顶流女神在线逼婚！ Transmigration + Golden Finger + Top-Tier Star After transmigrating, Su Yin used his golden finger to achieve financial freedom. Yet he still couldn't escape his mother's pressure to get married. To avoid the terrifying KPI of twenty blind dates a month, he launched a global escape (crossed out) travel livestream. By Lake Thun in Switzerland, he declared with carefree confidence, “On Valentine's Day, I usually just skip it, pass it by, and walk right past it!” “The wise don't fall in love. They 2.1kReads5.6Score13414d adds
- 43 A Dream of Fate 命运之梦 Zhang Ji had a dream. He dreamed that his life played out like a movie, with reality and the dream confirming one another. Some parts were set in stone, while others differed. His fears for the future gradually became reality, and fate slipped beyond his grasp, veering away from the dream. Standing between reality and dreams, Zhang Ji found himself at a loss over what to choose. 964Reads7.5Score11214d adds
- 44 Who Hasn’t Dated a Jerk or Two? Growing Up 谁不经历几个渣男：长大成人 Who doesn’t have to go through a few jerks on the way to growing up? This book explores women’s emotional growth. Drawing mostly on the author’s own experiences and reflections on love, and shaped with literary embellishment, it presents five stages of women’s emotional growth in the hope of offering a little guidance to women who feel lost. 124Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 The Man Climbing the Slope 爬坡的男人 Niu Qiang was an honest man. He believed true love could last forever, but true love was like a knife, each cut leaving a wound. The saddest thing in the world is an honest heart with nothing to its name, and tenderness that has nothing to offer. When the woman he loved left, Niu Qiang promptly changed course in life, struggling through countless hardships to become what people call a successful man. But what did that matter? He still hadn't found the love and tenderness he'd once known. Marriag 305Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 46 In the 1970s, the Old Man Who Was Raised as a Child Bridegroom Rises to Power! 七十年代，童养夫老头崛起了！ Yang Shiba’s soul traveled back in time to the 1970s and entered the body of an old child-bride’s husband. Though he was only in his forties, he looked sixty or seventy. As soon as Yang Shiba arrived, he found himself facing the original owner’s wife, who wanted a divorce. Faced with her and her former husband, Yang Shiba decisively said goodbye. After forcefully divorcing her and splitting up the household, Yang Shiba turned around and discovered an entire family of children and grandchildren f 20Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 47 Diary of a Player: The Road to Lying Flat and Getting Rich 海王日记：躺平暴富之路 [No System] [Urban Farming] [Comeback] This story is adapted from real events and may contain some exaggerated descriptions. The characters do not possess any supernatural abilities, so please read with that in mind. In just a few short years, 24-year-old Ming Xi suffered the deaths of both parents and was betrayed by his girlfriend... But life did not break him. Instead, he chose to live differently. There was no way he was going to keep working. He resolutely quit his rotating three-shift job, 169Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 48 After Being Reborn, I No Longer Love Deeply, Just Sample and Move On 重生之后，我深情不再，浅尝辄止 [No System, multiple women, business warfare and strategy, with an ordinary protagonist] A word of warning: This story has no lottery wins, stock market windfalls, or Bitcoin. The protagonist works hard for every penny he earns. If you want a brainless domineering CEO or a story focused on one heroine and endless romantic push-and-pull, please don't read this. I'm begging you. If you really can't resist, just sneak in quietly, then sneak back out. The general premise: Things go horribly wrong fr 1.7kReads8.4Score10514d adds
- 49 A Middle-Aged Man 中年男人 By middle age, there are some things you simply can't control. After my company went bankrupt, my wife's attitude and that of her family changed, and I felt the cruelty of the world. And that wasn't all. A strange text about my wife left me anxious and unsettled. Only later did I discover the terrible sin my wife had committed against me, all along! This is my second novel about the realities of married life, following A Middle-Aged Life. I hope you'll continue to support me. Thank you! 6.5kReads8.2Score34014d adds
- 50 Director of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinic 中医馆长 On the Longban slopes, at the foot of the frontier mountains, lies Gejiaxia, a village in the county with the most terraced fields in the country. Hundreds of households with the surname Ge live there. According to the Ge family genealogy, their ancestor was Ge Hong, a renowned physician of the Eastern Jin dynasty. The Ge family has practiced medicine for generations, though things are a little different in Ge Gen’s generation. A descendant of Ge Hong, Ge Gen inherited the family’s medical tradi 1.5kReads—Score48814d adds
