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- 51 Those Years Working in Lingnan 岭南打工那些年 This work is a realistic urban novel based on my own experience of heading south to Guangdong for work in the late 1980s. It might be more accurate to call it a memoir of migrant work than a novel. The characters are all based on my colleagues, fellow villagers, and friends I knew well! I chose to write in the first person so that everyone in these pages would feel vivid and real, with a soul of their own. I hope readers will find the voice warm and familiar as they read or listen in their spare 18.9kReads9.3Score1.7k14d adds
- 52 A Glorious Dream, Mountains and Rivers Far Away 浮华梦山河远 Is marrying up into a noble family a ladder to the clouds, or a blade at your throat? Everyone envies a merchant’s daughter who marries into a marquis’s household. But after a torrential rain in Huazhou, everything changes. Her husband gets caught up in the succession struggle, and she’s abducted by human traffickers... Even her family thinks she’ll never come back. But she not only returns, she also becomes the owner of Baoxing Trading House. Every time you think she’s finally found her foo 70Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 The Ancient Powerhouses Have Arrived 上古大佬团驾到 The ancient supreme gods Di Jun and Donghuang Taiyi, long since retired and all but legendary, were bored one day. They decided to take their wives, Xihe and Changxi, on a “business trip” that was really a “government-funded vacation,” visiting the Heavenly Court and the Underworld, both under the administration of the current management, the Jade Emperor. When word got out, the officials governing the Three Realms fell into unprecedented panic and chaos. They mistook a simple family outing for 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 The Legend of Yun Xiao and Hong Yun Defying Heaven's Will 云霄红云逆行天道传奇 [Investiture of the Gods + Fantasy Immortals + Transmigration + Exploration of Human Nature + Powerful Figures + Heroes + Comeback + Face-Slapping] In Investiture of the Gods, Yunxiao was kind, courteous, respectful to her teachers, and had severed the Three Corpses and cast off the Six Desires. After being framed and imprisoned beneath Qilin Cliff, she was on the verge of death under duress when Hongyun, her constant companion, crossed the void to save her... Hongyun, a spirit cloud from primor 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 The Rivers and Mountains Trilogy 山河故人三部曲 A small town in Jiangnan, Mudanjiang in the northeast, and the ancient city of Xi'an. Different places, the same vision. Beautiful China! Jiangnan's bridges and flowing streams, the northeast's ice and snow, Xi'an's lamb paomo. Beautiful mountains, beautiful rivers, and even more beautiful people. The scenery is written through its people, and the people are reflected in the scenery! 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 A Lovebird in Captivity, a Prison of Desire 爱之囚鸟，欲之樊笼 [The rating will go up] [A realistic story] [If you still believe in love] Xu Lin suddenly remembers that today is the anniversary of his wife Zhao Siyan's death. A year ago, his wife Zhao Siyan and his mother-in-law Feng Bailu were in a car accident. Zhao Siyan died mysteriously, while Feng Bailu was left paralyzed in bed. 21.5kReads6.6Score1k14d adds
- 57 Master of the Game 神操手 After nine lives, can he escape his shackles? Can cultivating through code create a miracle? A seasoned spirit hunter starts out with a wronged spirit in tow and faces Hell-level difficulty from the start: Should he lie flat, or break free of his shackles? The One-Line Chasm, Soul-Eater Forest, the Inspection Team... The clues to extending his life point to the Guardian of the Abyss, locked away inside a ward. But when he risks his life to reach the Hall of Ten Thousand Clans, he discovers it is 91Reads—Score414d adds
- 58 The Snow Canon, the Mist Canon: Chronicle of the Twins 雪典，雾典，双生纪 “The first snow between heaven and earth fell atop Kunlun Mountain. Back then, snow did not yet know what melting was, and mist did not know what it meant to disperse. They thought everything in the world would last forever.” “Later, the snow melted and became water. The mist dispersed and became nothing. Only then did they understand: what was eternal was not themselves, but the person who paused in the snow, and the eyes that glanced back through the mist.” 49Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 The Rain Canon 雨典 When rain falls upon the world, it is no longer just water. It becomes a bridge between two people meeting, tears of parting, the sorrow of waiting, and a promise to stay together. How many bonds of affection between heaven and earth last only as long as a passing shower? And I am merely the passerby holding an umbrella. 45Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 Alive! As Long as She’s in This Town, She’s Alive 活性！只要她还在这座小镇就活着 You are alive. Your body is alive. But are you still human at heart? Did you see someone today? Did you make a choice today, not because it was easy, but because it was right? Did you do something today where no one could see, something only you would ever know about? It was small, so small you’d feel embarrassed even to mention it. But you did it. That is your humanity. That is your vitality. To be alive, you need humanity. Even if you mutate, you can still be human. Without humanity, you’re no 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 The Biography of Li Ziran of Kunlun 昆仑李自然传 [Xianxia Fantasy + Transmigration + Multiple Female Leads + The Struggle Between the Righteous and Demonic Paths + Rankings + Rise to Power] A modern high school student transmigrates into the body of a white-haired, sixty-something junior master in a declining sect on another continent from a novel. He braves the Enchanted Forest and the back slopes of Mount Everest, overcoming countless hardships to revive the Kunlun Sect and embark on a winding new life... His senior disciple's daughter Bai R 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 Spring and Autumn in the Textbooks 课本春秋 Seasons in the Textbook A Republican-era classroom, with one teacher and several students [Volume One] First School Year (Autumn 1932–Summer 1933): The Beginning of Learning Opening Note: In the autumn of 1932, the ancestral hall in Qingxi Town opened its doors as a school. Five children walked inside. Over the next six years, they would see the whole world from here. A Poem for the Opening The ancestral hall’s threshold stands three inches high. The children lift their feet to cross, unawar 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 I Helped My Relatives Escape the Zombie Horde, But They Still Keep Pressuring Me to Marry and Have Kids 我帮亲戚们躲过了丧尸潮，但他们还是催婚催生 I Helped My Relatives Escape the Zombie Horde, but They Still Keep Pressuring Me to Get Married and Have Kids 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 Clear Notes in the Cold Night 冷夜清音 Three years as a live-in son-in-law, as if plunged into an icy abyss; one cry of “God of War,” and his name echoes through the skies. She is the only clear note in his bitter nights; he is her final refuge in a troubled world. Character Profiles: · Gu Ye Han: A live-in son-in-law who seems timid, but is actually the illustrious Northern Frontier God of War, the “Night Emperor.” Cold and restrained, he lives only to protect his wife, Su Qingyin. · Su Qingyin: CEO of the Su Group. Strong on the o 7Reads—Score214d adds
- 65 Record of the Illusory Sea of Love: The Great Void Livestream 情天幻海录太虚直播间 The Illusory Realm of the Great Void, by the shores of the Sea of Love. Fairy Jing Huan had been staring blankly into a water mirror for three days. What it reflected was not her peerless beauty, but the countless scenes of the mortal world: office workers scrolling through their phones on the subway, middle-aged men and women haggling at matchmaking corners, livestreamers crying, “Brother, love me!”, and exhausted wage slaves staying up late making PowerPoints until they went bald... “Such mudd 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 A Love Story from Majia Village 马家庄的爱情故事 In a village so ordinary it could not be more ordinary, the hardworking bachelor Li Daqing and his neighbor Er Feng spend every day working in the fields, rising with the sun and resting at sundown. They have no extraordinary talents. With only their hands and their strength, they cultivate the barren land, filling their hardship-filled days with verdant growth in the courtyard and the warmth of everyday life. 9.4kReads8.7Score51614d adds
- 67 The Paranormal Arrives, and Psychology Makes Me a Global Legend 诡异降临，我靠心理学成全球神话 [National Fate Horror Games + Livestream + Subverting Expectations + Mastermind] Rule-based horror descends upon the world. Each country selects a “Chosen One” to enter a bizarre world and face its challenges. If they fail, the horrors invade reality. I, Shen Qingci, am a psychologist who specializes in studying “abnormal human behavior.” I became the Chosen One for the Dragon Nation. While the Chosen Ones from other countries trembled before the horrors, I faced the camera and pulled out an Int 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 Just the Right Distance 恰好的距离 Just the Right Distance 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 A Review of This Life 复盘今生 Wang Yuhan once had a happy family. He and his wife, Yu Meixia, were both teachers. They excelled at their jobs, had a son and a daughter, and were the envy of everyone. But then, one day, it all vanished. If you were the protagonist, how would you react? How would you face betrayal by the person you love and trust most? Drawing on a deep understanding of life, the author tells a moving, vivid story of love and loss, life and death, and tangled passions in plain, flowing prose. The story also ra 808Reads8.8Score10114d adds
- 70 A Double-Faced Jianghu, Dedicated to the Eighteen of Every Story 双面江湖献给所有故事里的十八号 The world sings the praises of heroes, But who remembers the nameless extras? The jianghu is more than flashing blades, It lives in serving tea and sweeping floors, too. Two voices separated by countless mountains and rivers, yet keeping exactly the same rhythm. Unhurried, neither too loud nor too soft. Like a heartbeat, like breathing. Like the jianghu itself, quietly and ceaselessly carrying on. 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 My Father Pretended to Be Mute, and My Boyfriend Lied to Me 装哑的父亲和骗我的男友 A father who pretends to be mute and a boyfriend who deceives me 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 The Blood-Red Wedding Dress: My Five-Hundred-Year-Old Ghost Girlfriend 血色嫁衣我的五百岁女鬼女友 A female ghost in a blood-red wedding dress! A sinister plot that extinguished all humanity! A meeting five hundred years in the making: she came back in this life for you! Young Gu Linchuan secluded himself in Jiangnan to prepare for his exams, only to encounter Rong Qianlu, a five-hundred-year-old female ghost dressed in a blood-red wedding gown. Her family was slaughtered when she was alive, turning her into a vengeful spirit, but Gu Linchuan’s gentleness brought out her vulnerable side. The 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 The Ancestor's Parody of Versailles: A Lecture Hall of Laughter 百家笑谭老祖宗的凡尔赛讲堂 Emergency report! Emergency report! The Chinese cultural heritage system has triggered a Level Three Red Alert! The meeting room at the Heavenly Dao Administration was in chaos. Three curves plunged on the holographic display: The first line, labeled [System Comprehension], had fallen from 85% in the Tang Dynasty to 32% in the 21st century. The second line, labeled [Integrity Index], had gone from the dazzling galaxy of the "Hundred Schools of Thought" era to today's scattered "quotes from fa 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 The Rouge Spinster 胭脂剩女 Through the emotional journey of Yang Jingjing, a single woman past the age traditionally considered ideal for marriage, the story offers glimpses of every facet of society and the warmth and coldness of human life, exposing the ugliness and greed of human nature. Full of twists and turns, it paints a penetrating portrait of the realities faced by women like her. 2kReads—Score15014d adds
- 75 Mountains and Rivers in Ink: She Raises a Monument to the Nine Provinces 山河入墨：她为九州立碑 Mountains and rivers are her canvas, blood her ink. She painted every corner of the land, just to meet him in the final stroke. She raised monuments to the land; he guarded her mountain for a thousand years. The mortal girl Hua Wei carries nine lost immortal scrolls sealed within her. The disgraced disciple Qi Yuan wears the brush she used in her past life at his waist. After twelve hundred years of reincarnation, they are finally reunited. The price: she must become the mountains and rivers, fo 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 Forgotten River Teahouse: Ghost Stories Galore at the Ghost Festival Teahouse 忘川茶寮——中元茶寮鬼话连篇 Wangchuan Teahouse: Ghost Stories Galore at the Zhongyuan Teahouse 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 Sacrifice the Protagonist to Heaven! Boundless Magic? 主角祭天！法力无边？ Sacrifice the Protagonist to Heaven! Boundless Magic Power? 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 Kicked Out After My Second Marriage, I Thrive Back in the Countryside 二婚被赶，我回农村混得风生水起 Strong Female Lead, Feel-Good Modern Fiction, Period Setting, Building a Career, Comeback, Livestream Commerce, Getting Rich Zhou Xiaoya is forced by her in-laws to have an abortion during her second marriage. Her ex-husband marries someone new, and she leaves with nothing but her daughter, returning to her village. Everyone thinks she'll starve on the streets. Instead, she makes a fortune selling goods through her livestream, and even helps the whole village get rich. How did the woman who was 136Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 Candied Hawthorn Inn 糖葫芦客栈 Pure dialogue, a novel told entirely through lines of speech. The martial world can be a little bitter, so why not try a candied hawthorn? The first bite is tart, but the sweetness lingers. Another one, dear guest! Welcome to the Candied Hawthorn Inn! 10Reads—Score314d adds
- 80 Push: The First Time I Got Pushed, I Hit Back! 推——第一次被推就打回去！ Push Back! The First Time Someone Pushes You, Hit Them Right Back! 14Reads—Score114d adds
- 81 Please Answer, 404 请回答，404 Please Answer, 404 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 82 I’m Done Pretending: I’m from a Top-Tier Family 摊牌不装了，我是顶级豪门 At his mother-in-law’s birthday banquet, the eldest son-in-law gave her a gold bangle, and the second son-in-law presented a jade Buddha. I crouched in a corner eating leftovers, until someone kicked me over, chair and all. “Good-for-nothings belong at the beggars’ table!” As the whole room roared with laughter, a line of Rolls-Royces suddenly pulled up outside. The butler knelt with a gift list in his hands. “Young Master, the thousand-year-old ginseng and East Sea pearls you ordered have arriv 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 The Meal on the Plate: The Execution Ground, They Watch You, They Remember 盘中餐：刑场——它们看着你，它们记得 The Meal on the Plate: The Execution Ground: They Watch You, They Remember 2Reads—Score214d adds
- 84 Reborn on My Wedding Night: The CEO’s Fussy Wife Has Changed Her Ways 重生新婚夜，总裁的作精娇妻不作了 Reborn on Her Wedding Night: The CEO’s Difficult, Doting Wife Has Turned Over a New Leaf 87Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 He Said We Were Just Childhood Friends. I Believed Him for Twelve Years 他说只是发小，我信了十二年 Shi Yan had always thought she and Zhan Zhou were a textbook example of childhood friendship. They’d known each other since they wore split-crotch pants. He gave her his chicken drumstick in kindergarten, fought for her in primary school, made her brown sugar water in middle school, and helped her with physics in high school. Twelve years. A full twelve years. She’d taken his “childhood friend treatment” for granted. Whenever he stood behind her for graduation photos, she even praised him in he 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 Black Gauze and Rouge 乌纱与胭脂 Human nature is like the sun: impossible to look at directly. Many people appear charming and refined on the surface, but strip away the facade and you’ll see human nature laid bare. By portraying the real chaos of society, this work exposes the evil and filth within human nature and calls on people to choose kindness and uphold social decency. 7.9kReads—Score51314d adds
- 87 Collection of Two Forgettings: Records of an Unknown Daoist Couple Among Clouds and Waters 两忘集——无名道侣云水录 The Collection of Two Forgotten: The Unnamed Daoist Couple's Record of Clouds and Waters 10Reads—Score114d adds
- 88 The Guo Family's Crosstalk: A Twisted Take on Journey to the West 郭氏相声之歪批西游 Teacher Guo: Xiao Kou, why did you decide to write a novel that's all crosstalk? It's one of a kind online. Aren't you worried it's too niche and nobody will read it? Me: Because I truly love crosstalk. Teacher Guo: Oh, plenty of people love crosstalk! Even the old man who fixes bicycles at the end of the alley can crack a few jokes. Who do you think you are? Me: I'm nobody special. I'm just... worried. Teacher Guo: Worried? Did an elephant in your family crash an airplane? Me: Not an elephant! 1.7kReads8.8Score10514d adds
- 89 The Savage Era: The Legend of Tang Yan 蛮荒纪元：棠焱传奇 The Wilds Era: The Legend of Tang Yan 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 The Strange Tales of Mortal Life: Li Longbiao 浮生乱象之李龙彪 I'm the scum at the bottom of society, the trash you all talk about. I don't have much education, money, status, a house, a car, or a wife. I'm a single man, just some hoodlum. It's not my fault I ended up this way. When I was a kid, I had big dreams and ambitions, too. I wanted to study hard, get into a good university, then find work in the city and become a respectable office worker. But the cruel realities of life shattered every one of those beautiful dreams. Through its portrayal of Li Lon 2.1kReads—Score16414d adds
- 91 City of Hidden Shadows: A Mysterious Disappearance 都市谜影之神秘失踪 Twenty-three-year-old detective Xu Nian's first major case is the mysterious disappearance of a young girl. The client sobs, “My daughter answered a phone call and never came home!” The only clues are a diary and an ex-boyfriend whose body is covered in strange symbols. The symbols are the lost “Night Watcher cipher,” pointing to an abandoned chemical plant on the outskirts of the city. When Xu Nian sneaks into the plant's underground level, she sees something she will never forget Twenty t 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 I Escaped That Cannibalistic Old Street with Nothing but a Skewer of Candied Hawthorn? 我逃出那条吃人的老街，只靠手里的一串冰糖葫芦？ I escaped that man-eating old street with nothing but a skewer of candied hawthorn berries in my hand? 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 On Our Wedding Night, He Accused Me of Killing His Brother 替嫁当晚，他说我是杀弟仇人 “On our wedding night, my husband pressed a gun to my forehead. ‘You killed my younger brother.’ But what he doesn't know is that the ‘enemy’ he wants to kill and the woman he has yearned for over fifteen years are one and the same.” What you think is hell is only the entrance to the abyss. The demon you imagine has merely changed faces. The ending you expect is only the beginning of something else. 49Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 A Heart Flutter After Marriage: The CEO Says One Thing and Means Another 婚后心动，总裁他口嫌体直 Hearts Stir After Marriage: The CEO Says One Thing but Does Another 34Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 In Search of Fate in the Weiwei Realm 寻命维维界 The protagonist, Liu Zhongyi, transmigrates to the world of Weiwei, where two great guardian gods descend from the heavens and identify him as the chosen one… In this world, cultivating immortality is forbidden. He must find five beautiful women, each associated with one of the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, and gain supernatural powers in order to save the world of Weiwei… This is a lighthearted comedy, full of foreshadowing, gripping twists, and constant surprises. Join 846Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 96 One Stock, Wealth for Three Generations 一只股票，富过三代 One Stock, Wealth for Three Generations 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 Slaughter Kindergarten: Killergarten 杀戮幼儿园——Killergarten Killergarten 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 The Seventh Door of Mother 妈妈的第七扇门 For a long time, I never understood my mother’s past. This was the first time I had looked so deeply back on her life: one generation of women interpreting another. In the 1990s, my eighteen-year-old mother left a small mountain village in Nanyang and headed alone for the glittering city. A scrap of gum wrapper brought her face to face with the calamity of her life: Liu Dawang. And so the door to her fate opened. She made a living in urban villages and hotpot restaurants, leaning on her best fr 740Reads—Score6414d adds
- 99 The Marquis and the Village Girl 侯爷与小村女 The Marquis and the Village Girl 7Reads—Score214d adds
- 100 At 28, My Lucky Client Finally Came On Board 28岁，我的锦鲤乙方上岗了 While other people get promoted and a raise at twenty-eight, Gu Xiuyuan finally met the ultimate client from hell at the same age: someone who could counter his bad luck. As the poker-faced vice president of Ruike Medical, he believed in science, yet fate kept beating him down. Birds managed to bomb him with pinpoint accuracy as he walked, projectors always crashed during presentations, and even a sip of water could go down the wrong way. Then the new accountant, Ning Jinyue, filled out an expen 27Reads—Score—14d adds
