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- 51 The Drama Queen Mother-in-Law and Daughter-in-Law 戏精婆媳 A fresh-faced workplace newcomer and a seasoned career woman fight tooth and nail at work, then carry their feud home with them. Cheng Junyi watches the two of them coldly. They aren’t related by blood, but they’re both cut from the same cloth, so neither has any grounds to criticize the other. He decides to sit back and let them wear each other down. 125Reads8.2Score10314d adds
- 52 Beyond the Walls, Where Do We Go? 围墙之外，何去何从 [No fixed couples, and readers with strong moral qualms should stay away! This novel loves pairing people in unexpected ways, and the ex-husband eventually becomes the son-in-law!] [All kinds of tangled relationships, mutual scheming, love and hate, but in the end everyone gets a happy ending!] [Everyone’s status gets reshuffled, and each person finds their own path to happiness! Hahaha~~] She watches her husband give her the green hat, then returns the favor in kind. Life is this thrilling, and 31Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 Let's Not Talk About Love 不谈爱情 Don't Talk About Love is a purely fictional serialized novel. The novel tells of the inner torment of Zhao Xiaosong, a middle-aged man who works at Shenfeng Tire Factory and suffers from cerebral atrophy. It portrays his resentment, anxiety, loneliness, helplessness, despair, selfishness, longing, and, finally, his struggle... The story begins in the 1990s. Zhao Xiaosong, a country bumpkin from that era, is lucky enough to become a tire-molding worker at Shenfeng Tire Factory in Jiaoshi. Back 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 A Windfall Makes a Life 横财成就人生 One lucky blow brings him a windfall. The real problem is how to launder it into legitimate personal income. It's like telling one lie and needing a hundred more to cover it: the problems just keep snowballing. Watch how the protagonist gets himself out of this mess. 444Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 55 Borrowed Dignity, Then She Lost It 借来的体面，然后她弄丢了 Borrowed respectability, then she lost it 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 Reborn in 2002: I Won’t Become the Richest Man 重生2002，我不做首富 [Reborn in 2002]+ [A flood of memories]+ [Everyday life]+ [Building the nation through industry]+ [Web fiction superstar]+ [Patriotic] When Yan He woke up, he had returned to 2002, the year he started seventh grade. Reliving his youthful days, he battled against the current, and forged a very different life. 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 The Meaning of Happiness 幸福的标准 Ye Han and He Junshan are, in everyone’s eyes, the perfect love story from campus to the altar. But how can a marriage keep feelings safe from the wear and tear of everyday life? Even their careers are gradually facing new crises… 70Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 Lost in Marriage: The Stranger in My Bed 婚姻迷途，枕边的陌生人 It had started out as an ordinary day. After finishing his work at the office, he came home early. His wedding anniversary with his wife was just a few days away, and he planned to buy her some gifts and surprise her. Hehe... 158Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 59 The Leisurely Life After Financial Freedom 财富自由后的悠闲生活 [No System + Urban Entrepreneurship + Traditional] In the spring of 2010, Lu Dalang, a senior at an agricultural university, was about to graduate. His girlfriend, Qian Mei, wanted to return to her hometown, where her parents had already arranged a job for her and she had familiar connections. Lu Dalang, determined to pursue his own future, angrily headed to the provincial capital. His girlfriend left him with one condition: “Buy a house, and come get me so we can live in the provincial capital. 4.1kReads8.2Score15314d adds
- 60 The Joys and Sorrows of Life and Death 生死欢戚 At death’s door from terminal illness, a middle-aged man is struck by lightning and reduced to a fragment of a soul. He enters the body of a junior high school student whose soul was also damaged by lightning... Qi Yiyang: Why do you think people are alive? Wei Zhengkun: What brings on a question like that, young man? Qi Yiyang: I just think life is hard for so many people! If their lives stopped, then everything would be over, and they wouldn’t have to suffer or toil anymore! Life has no meanin 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 My Mother-in-Law Forgot She Was Once a Daughter-in-Law Too 婆婆忘了自己曾经也是媳 The moment a woman marries into her husband’s family, she is sincere and wholehearted in the way she treats her in-laws. Yet some mothers-in-law insist their daughters-in-law go through the same hardships they once endured. They suffered as daughters-in-law themselves, so why make life hard for another woman? In the phrase “mother-in-law and daughter-in-law,” the mother-in-law comes first. If she can’t be a good mother-in-law, how can she expect a good daughter-in-law? Relationships go both ways 91Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 Chongzhen: I Will Conquer the World 崇祯：朕要打穿世界 A fan of Ming history transmigrates into the Chongzhen Emperor, who was about to hang himself from a tree in the southeast. From the start, he faces the Donglin Party, which is about to strip him of power; the Later Jin cavalry, sharpening their blades; and armies of refugees setting fires everywhere. How can he turn things around? In history, Chongzhen killed Wei Zhongxian, then became a puppet of the civil officials. One wrong move led to another, until the dynasty fell and his family was dest 22kReads7.9Score2.6k14d adds
- 63 Great Ming's Two-Way Portal: Bringing the Zhu Family to Force Old Zhu to Abdicate 大明双穿门：带朱家人逼老朱退位 Zhu Yuntong’s situation is disastrous from the start: What? Old Zhu is going to make Zhu Yunwen Crown Prince’s Heir? Just when he’s at his wits’ end, he gets a Two-Way Gate System! “Great, great, I have to fight for the throne this time. I’ll turn the Ming Dynasty upside down!” “I’ll transmigrate to a time before Grandma died, bring her here, and have her back me up!” “I’ll transmigrate to a time before my mother died, bring her here, and have her stand up for me!” “I’ll transmigrate to a time b 14.9kReads6.9Score96614d adds
- 64 A Skinned Virtual Game? From the Start, I Instantly Picked Eri Kisaki 虚拟游戏套皮？开局秒选妃英理 [Multiple heroines + Eunuchs (if you don't like beautiful women, stay away) + virtual-reality reskin + another world + farming, fighting, and growing stronger + world domination + kill when you can, no brainless decisions + sensible protagonist who isn't an eunuch], stirring up trouble in the Japanese server area in the early game and taking the Japanese for all they're worth, with no need to hold back. 88Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 The Wind Blows Through Green Fields, Sweet as Can Be 风吹青禾有点甜 [Breast Specialist] VS [Divorced Chinese Literature Department Beauty]. [Sweet Romance]+ [Younger Man]+ [Second Marriage]+ [Second Male Lead Wins Her Back]. On the tenth anniversary of her wedding, Shen Qinghe was confronted by her husband's mistress. It turned out that the perfect husband in everyone's eyes had not only cheated on and betrayed her, but had also gotten the other woman pregnant. Furious, she divorced him, but her stress led to the discovery of breast nodules. Introduced by her be 562Reads8.4Score10114d adds
- 66 What Happened After I Won Five Million! 当我中了五百万之后！ If you won five million in the lottery, what would you do? Buy a car and a house, or put the money in the bank and live off the interest? If you had enough money to be financially independent, what would you do? Pursue your dreams, or lie flat and give up? After winning five million, I might do much the same as many other people, but my plans for the money would also differ from what most people would expect. To find out how, why not look for the answer in this book? See the changing fortunes an 714Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 67 The Corporate World: Mergers and Acquisitions 职场铭之并购江湖 (Workplace intrigue + business rivalry + workplace romance + turning one's life around) In Modu, you dream of owning a spacious home, driving a nice car, and having a beautiful, gracious partner. But you're just an ordinary office worker, an ordinary accountant. What can you do? The protagonist, Ren Jiaming, is in the same boat. Yet through luck and his own hard work, he weathers the deceit and rivalry of the business world and the ups and downs of romance, inching closer to that life day by day 159Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 The Story of Fei Xin’s Daughter 飞新的女传 [Marriage + Domestic Abuse + Divorce + Blind Date + Online Romance + Finding True Love + Sweet Romance + Silent Treatment] At twenty, Fei Xin was set up by her parents, went on a blind date, got married, suffered domestic abuse, and divorced. At twenty-three, she met an online boyfriend five years younger than her. They got married and had a child! Married Life + Sweet Romance + Silent Treatment —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 After My Girlfriend Went on a Blind Date and We Broke Up, My Luck Took Off 女友去相亲分手后我开始鸿运当头 I gave up everything for love, only to get told, “You’re a good person.” What a joke. You thought I wasn’t good enough for you, but it turns out you were the one bringing me bad luck. See how a low-level employee at a curiosity shop, abandoned by his girlfriend, comes into astonishing good fortune. He finds priceless treasures, studies under a master, starts businesses, invests, and sets industry standards. He puts down roots in Africa, backed by the nation’s fortunes. He builds a security compa 731Reads8.4Score10114d adds
- 70 A Midnight Romance 深夜情缘 Fang Nan's girlfriend of two years was pregnant with another man's child. Furious, he got into a car accident on a rainy night and crossed paths with a beautiful senior executive at a company. From then on, he was caught up in an utterly unbelievable tangle of love and revenge… 152Reads7.2Score10314d adds
- 71 A Collection of Modern Shanghai Stories 上海现代故事集 Volume Two: A New Shanghai Mom. She has a second child, a son and a daughter, though her daughter’s troubles in middle school already have her at her wits’ end. She used to think she’d be happy as long as she had a modestly comfortable life, and at least she could count on her husband. But then her deranged sister-in-law shows up and turns both families’ lives into a complete mess! Volume One: An only daughter who has been abroad for twenty years rushes back to Shanghai to claim her grandmother 190Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 I Start Doing Charity in Middle Age 中年的我，开始做慈善 [No-brainer] [Everyday life] [System] [Multiple heroines] [A touch of tycoon fantasy] [Carefully handled stats] Buried in online loan debt, struggling to get by, middle-aged, single... When all those labels apply to one person, do you think there's any hope? Well, the System has arrived with a generous gift. A “rescue” System? Is this for real? Let's see... 3.9kReads7.5Score20514d adds
- 73 Rising Step by Step in Middle Age 人到中年：步步高升 Cheng Dawei has offended his beautiful boss and is constantly being targeted by her. He never expected that one good deed would turn his luck around and send him climbing the career ladder. From a nobody in the company whom everyone bullied, he rises to become the darling everyone fawns over and curries favor with... 811Reads8.7Score10714d adds
- 74 Hooked on Acupressure 点穴成瘾 A contemporary urban political novel. It may suddenly bring tears to your eyes, then make you burst out laughing. You’ll feel indignant on behalf of the characters and so frustrated your chest aches, only for a sudden twist to lift your spirits. The plot is a thrilling roller-coaster ride. Everything in this story comes from what we see, hear, experience, and realize in real life. You’ll love it! 163Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 75 I, a Max-Level Old Man, Go All Out and Shock the Entire Internet! 我，满级大爷，为命疯狂震全网！ [Wild imagination + lighthearted + seventy-year-old man + System] Zhang Wenliang transmigrates into the body of an old man with a diseased liver, a heart bypass, a cyst on his spleen, completely blackened lungs, and only one kidney left... From the start, the System's assessment is: “It's a miracle the Host isn't dead yet.” After the System tells him he needs to earn Shock Points to redeem items, Zhang Wenliang opens the System and his eyes light up! Kidneys (the foundation of innate vitality, m 52Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 76 I'll Tell You I Love You in Sign Language 我会用手语告诉你，我爱你 (Not reborn + time reversal + no System + everyday romance + one heroine + sweet romance) An earthquake took Bai Mu's life. In his final moments, he watched Ye Zi being rescued, and he had no regrets. As long as Ye Zi could live well. Three years later, Ye Zi sat on the rooftop, looking at the photo of her and Bai Mu in her hands. Tears glistened in her eyes, yet a happy smile still graced her face. She raised the photo toward the sky with one hand and signed with the other. Happy birthday, my l 611Reads8.4Score15514d adds
- 77 My Years Roaming the Jianghu 我行走江湖那些年 [Urban Life + Hard Work] [Life as a Beipiao + Daily Life] [Sweet Romance + Passion] A story of youthful striving. Along the way, I’ve learned that begging others for help is like swallowing a three-foot sword, while relying on others is like climbing to the ninth heaven. The ground gets slippery when it rains, so if you fall, you have to pick yourself up. And if you want someone to lend you a hand, you’d better be willing to trade cigarettes for cigarettes and tea for tea! 3.9kReads8.6Score44214d adds
- 78 2015: Starting with an MCN 2015，从MCN开始 One day in late May 2015, Xu Chu had a dream. In it, he saw the next ten years of his life... The scenes from the dream remained crystal clear even after he woke up. Suddenly, he felt that perhaps he could change the way he lived and make a different life for himself. MCN + livestreaming, curated products + smart manufacturing, AI + humanoid robots This is not an influencer novel. The influencer elements in the early chapters are just the start of his career and a way to earn seed money. Afte 1kReads5.5Score10414d adds
- 79 The City of Woven Sand 织沙之城 [The first online novel set in Nansha District, Guangzhou, the heart of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. A 2023 key project supported by the China Writers Association] A heroine’s coming-of-age story + the gentle flow of everyday life + women’s entrepreneurship What is home? What does one’s hometown mean? As the Pearl River rushes toward the sea, Mai Jiaying, a post-90s small-town exam ace, grows tired of her salt-scented, out-of-the-way hometown. All she wants is to fly to the ca 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 80 A Lawyer and His Three Women 一个律师和他的三个女人 Romance + law + workplace Lin Fan entered Xingzhou's top law firm with dreams of upholding the law, unaware that beneath his mentor Zhou Mingli's refined facade lay nothing but dirty dealings. He became mired in a world of lust: Bai Lu, the infatuated receptionist, sacrificed herself to him and turned him into a slave to desire; Zhao Ya, the heiress to a wealthy family, lured him into a life of extravagant pleasures and dragged him into a criminal maelstrom. As he walked the line between money, 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 Five Years Later, We Meet Again 五年后，我们再次相见 Also known as “Five Years Later, We Meet Again” [Urban Everyday Life] [One Female Lead] [Low-Key] There are no face-slapping moments in this book, just an uneventful, ordinary life. If you come across something that seems like a “plot hole,” don’t read things into it yourself!!! Five years ago, “Shen Hao, don’t step on the manhole covers. You’ll have three days of bad luck if you do, so I’m going to hit you three times.” “Shen Hao, work hard and earn money. Come marry me soon.” “Shen Hao, I don 14.1kReads8.6Score73414d adds
- 82 Love Is Hard, So Let’s Get Married 恋爱好难，不如结婚 This is a story about two girls. Defying her family’s objections, Yan Mo resolutely follows her boyfriend to Jincheng to make a life for themselves. But on Valentine’s Day, she discovers that her boyfriend of six years has been cheating on her. After the breakup, Yan Mo refocuses on her career and finds new love through her work. Ran Fei is Yan Mo’s best friend, and her life is an endless cycle of falling in love, getting her heart broken, and falling in love again. It isn’t until she meets Ding 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 I’m a Lonely Old Man. What’s Wrong with Hiring a Few Nannies? 我一个孤寡老人，请几个保姆咋了 [Urban + System + Everyday Life + Lighthearted + Multiple Heroines] Lin Song transmigrates to Blue Star and becomes a lonely old man nearing seventy, with no elders left above him and no children below! Just then, his Emotional Feedback System awakens. Whenever he elicits emotions from others, his physical condition and appearance grow younger! And if he spends money on people with enough charm, he gets every cent back in cash! This is amazing! “This old guy is incredible! Facing a vicious crimi 130Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 84 My Flash-Marriage Husband's Love Has Me Spoiled and Proud 闪婚老公的爱让我恃宠而骄 She, Xu Mengyao, a cool, beautiful woman who was once the goddess of first love in everyone's eyes, planned to marry her boyfriend of four years, Chen Hao, after becoming pregnant. But his mother broke them up. He, Li Yuanjun, a warm-hearted man, met Xu Mengyao, a bridesmaid, at a friend's wedding, and fell for her at first sight. Handsome and sunny, Li Yuanjun eventually won Xu Mengyao over with his sincerity. A month later, they had a whirlwind wedding and registered their marriage. After the 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 The Family's Hidden Guards 家族暗卫 A story about rural revitalization, bringing a family back together and creating an ideal life. Before the Spring Festival in 2025, my second uncle asked me to return to the village to meet him. He handed me a black stone passed down through our family and told me to inherit the duty of the family’s secret guards, protecting our family’s development from the shadows. I also inherited a fortune passed down through the family, along with the friendship of eight families who had been close to o 7.8kReads—Score1k14d adds
- 86 I Awoke in the Abyss 我在深渊中醒来 This isn’t a wish-fulfillment novel. The next one will be. Ever since his father returned from the capital, Xiao Jue’s life had changed, and so had he. But he could never have imagined that the father he had blindly idolized was the source of all his suffering. With his mother giving in and his little sister too young to understand, he had no idea how to mend his broken family. Whenever life threatened to overwhelm Xiao Jue, there was always a girl who would light his way and give him the courag 626Reads9.1Score10914d adds
- 87 His Puppy-Dog Eyes 他的狗狗眼 [Younger man’s secret crush + grown-up flirtation and entanglement + an affectionate puppy who loves to cuddle] [Sincere, green-tea-flavored veterinarian × beautiful top student and lead singer of a band] “Big Sis, you’re the only one with the key to this collar. If I could, I’d hope you never opened it for the rest of your life, because I only want to be your good little dog, and yours alone.” 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 On the Seventh Day of the New Year, I Poured My Life into a Nongfu Spring Bottle 正月初七，我把人生倒进了农夫山泉瓶 On the seventh day of the first lunar month, I poured my life into a Nongfu Spring bottle. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 System: My Master Is Acting Strange! 统子：我这主人不对劲！ A tycoon fantasy? A travel story? A food story? A romance? Or perhaps an everyday-life story without so much angst? [Double female leads + System + not reborn + not mindless + realistic] Just a middle-aged man wandering around and having fun, opening his eyes to the world and breaking free of its illusions. 326Reads—Score614d adds
- 90 The Secrets of My Wife: The Truth Behind the Phone Calls 妻子隐秘：电话背后的真相 Liang Xiaojun had always worked for his father-in-law. One day, after returning home from the construction site, he heard his daughter, who was gaming, say she’d received a strange blackmail call. After looking into it, he uncovered a huge secret about his wife. Faced with a cruel reality, what choice should he make? 678Reads6.8Score10014d adds
- 91 Love Song by Nightlight 夜灯恋歌 Everyday romance + an ordinary person’s rise to success + nostalgia for the 2010s + no System or golden finger + a somewhat slow start I’m Chen Mingyao, a small-town exam grinder about to graduate from college. At a 24-hour convenience store, I meet Long Ge, a tough girl with a head of bright golden hair. Having been single my whole life, I’m captivated by her and decide to pursue her. The good news is that Long Ge seems to like me too. The bad news is that she has a boyfriend with a complicated —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 Workplace Temptation: The Ambitions of a Middle-Aged Man 职场诱惑：中年大叔的野望 [Ultimate Temptation + Push and Pull to the Limit + Workplace Intrigue + A Rookie’s Guide to Growth] After three years of marriage, Zhang Jun is once again sent to work in another city, leaving him and his wife together only once a month. Then she appears, and everything changes. The temptation is irresistible, and he falls in an instant... (The blurb may not do it justice, but the story is absolutely gripping.) This novel is grounded in reality. There is no System or supernatural power. It is e 22Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 93 My Girl of All Seasons 我的四季姑娘 This is a memoir... A journey from my own pristine world, across a bridge of dreams... to a new setting... And a journey of hating goodbyes, experiencing them, and learning to live with them. A flower that will never leave, delighting in all the seasons of the past as time passes. 4Reads7.8Score—14d adds
- 94 An Ordinary Person's Unordinary Journey Through Life 平凡人不甘平凡的人生路 An ordinary person’s life has its occasional ups and downs, but where does a life without guidance lead? After three years working in a factory, a twist of fate sends him into real estate brokerage! He grows immensely proud after enjoying some of the real estate boom. But after the tide goes out, how will he face the decline and deal with family, love, and friendship? This is your story, and it’s mine too. So I’ve heard... 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 With No Hope of Making It, I Flip the Chessboard 上岸无望，我掀翻棋局 This is the era Chen Mo is about to enter once again, an age where hope and anxiety coexist, and order and chaos intertwine. On the surface, everything is thriving, and every road seems to lead to Rome. But each road is crowded with competitors, and behind every door that appears wide open may lie unexpected detours and hurdles. Opportunities flicker like fireflies on a summer night, while traps disguise themselves as steps toward a shortcut. This is an age that magnifies the importance of “choi 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 The Door to Vault Three 三号库的门 The Door to Storage Room Three 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 Love After Marriage, Day After Day 先婚后爱朝朝暮暮 Marriage Before Love, Sweet Romance After breaking up with her boyfriend of four years, Zhang Tong turned around and got involved with Qin Chuan. At first, she was only looking to have some fun and get back at her ex. Who knew she'd take things too far and get pregnant! After getting pregnant, Zhang Tong somehow ended up marrying Qin Chuan. Then she followed him to live in the countryside, only to discover that it was nothing like the pastoral life she'd dreamed of. There was endless farmwork! T 109Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 I Got Divorced at Sixty, and Only Then Did the System Arrive 六十岁离婚，系统才来 After sixty-year-old Chen Shu gets divorced, his Game of Life System activates! Sign in daily to have 10,000 yuan automatically deposited into his bank account. He can also earn rewards by completing Game of Life events. So Chen Shu starts doing things he never did before and taking roads he never dared to travel! The things he missed out on in his youth, he finally gets in old age! Also known as: [Divorced at Sixty, Suddenly Became a Tycoon!] [At Sixty, the Tycoon System Finally Arrived!] 13.2kReads7.6Score1.2k14d adds
- 99 The Cure for Every Kind of Defiance 专治各种不服 After being reborn, he enrolls at Yannan University of Chinese Medicine. He has just one goal: to become the best student. After graduating, he has just one goal: to keep knocking down the famous doctors around him. He does it all for one thing: a human-world "residence permit." 1.3kReads9.3Score23814d adds
- 100 Middle-Aged Man: A Second Spring 人到中年：男人第二春 He went to prison for three years out of loyalty to a friend! But when he got out, he discovered that his company had gone bankrupt, his wife had betrayed him, and his mother was gravely ill and on the verge of death! But Lin Fei wasn't crushed by life's hardships. Instead, he emerged reborn, rose higher and higher, and soared to success once more! The worst you can do is beg for food. As long as you don't die, you'll have your day! A man should never say he can't do it! 1.7kReads8.8Score23314d adds
