Novels like Keep Moving Forward, Young Man
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- 151 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. 10.1kReads8.7Score554Shelves
- 152 Chongzhen! Reclaim the Throne! 崇祯！重征！ After Zhu Youjian hanged himself at Coal Hill, his soul returned to the day his elder brother, the Tianqi Emperor, died in the seventh year of the Tianqi reign, just as Zhu Youjian was about to ascend the throne. He is not a transmigrator with modern knowledge. His only golden finger is the memory of the seventeen years he spent as emperor in his previous life: he knows which decisions led to the fall of the dynasty, whom he can trust, and whom he must not put to use. Every memory was bought wit 3.4kReads6.3Score259Shelves
- 153 He Shen in the City 和珅在都市 On February 22, 1799, Heshen received a white silk cord from the Jiaqing Emperor and met his end. Somehow, he found himself in the future, in 1983. As an ancient man in a modern city, how will he make his way in the world? 28.8kReads9.3Score4kShelves
- 154 After Failing the Teacher Qualification Exam Again and Again, I Wrecked the Three Realms 师资多次考不过后，我轰了三界 After Failing the Teacher Certification Exam Time and Again, I Wreaked Havoc Across the Three Realms 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 155 Reborn and Taking It Easy at School, I Really Don't Want to Compete Anymore! 重生留校躺平，我真不想再卷啊！ [Slice of life + entrepreneurship + university] Reborn at the moment of his university graduation in 2011, Jiang Hao faces another chance to stay on at the university. He gives up the grueling 996 work schedule he endured in his previous life and chooses to stay on as a librarian. Drawing on the memories from before he was reborn, he originally only wants financial freedom. But as his fortune grows, he ultimately becomes someone others admire as a success! 55.6kReads8.9Score11.7kShelves
- 156 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. 1.8kReads—Score142Shelves
- 157 Lu Xueqi, Vocational School Student 中专生陆雪琪 Lu Xueqi, the Vocational School Student 1.8kReads—Score—Shelves
- 158 Tales of the Shocking Shan Hai Tomb 山海惊墓录 I was born in Northeast China, at the western foot of Changbai Mountain. From there, my journey began, crossing rivers and enduring hardship. Everything started there. The strange and uncanny things I encountered in those years, I wanted to bury deep in my heart and let time wear them away. But nightmares came again and again, disturbing my sleep. Whenever I woke with a start, I often felt I could barely breathe, and the pain cut to the bone. Thinking it over, I finally decided to put pen to pap 7.7kReads7.0Score914Shelves
- 159 Classmates, Stop Chasing Me! The New Campus Belle Is My Girlfriend 同学们别追了，新生校花是我女友 [One female lead, ending in Chapter 406; the later bonus chapters feature two female leads.] “Boys, make sure you take care of yourselves when you’re out and about!” Lin Senmu was traveling alone. He had imagined all kinds of mishaps he might encounter along the way, but never in a million years expected the strange girl from the upper berth to squeeze into his lower berth in the middle of the night. “Mmm, my teddy bear!” The sleep-talking girl pulled Lin Senmu’s arm over and used it as a pillow 11.5kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves
- 160 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 1.8kReads—Score144Shelves
- 161 Great Ming: If the Tianqi Emperor Lives, Great Ming Will Never Fall 大明：天启不死，大明不灭 [Rating just released, and it’ll rise later] [Handcrafted] + [No System] + [No mindless protagonist] + [Power struggles] + [Imperial court] + [Battle for supremacy] The soul of the Tianqi Emperor Zhu Youxiao of the Ming dynasty drifted through four hundred years before he was reborn on the eleventh day of the eighth month of the seventh year of the Tianqi reign, just eleven days before his historical death. At this point, the Ming dynasty had just won the Battle of Ningjin. The Mongol tribes had 93kReads9.0Score12.3kShelves
- 162 The Outwardly Draining Heir to a Wealthy Family, I Specialize in Putting Defiant People in Their Place 外耗型人格豪门继承人，我专治各种不服 I'm an heir to a wealthy family with an externally focused personality. I specialize in dealing with all kinds of people who refuse to back down. 67Reads—Score—Shelves
- 163 Sorry, We Don't Talk About Love After Dark 对不起，夜深不说爱 I didn’t care that people said I’d married up by latching onto a goddess, and I didn’t care that they called me a poor country boy who’d married into wealth. But when my wife’s best friend’s husband came looking for me, I realized I’d been naive. My wife, it turned out, really knew how to “enjoy” life… 11.8kReads8.7Score1.1kShelves
- 164 My Roommate Is a Girl I Went to High School With 我的舍友是高中女同学 [Urban slice of life, one female lead, pure romance, cozy daily life, roommates living together.] On his way to dinner after work, Deng Wen'an ran into his high school classmate Dong Xiaoyu, who was dragging a suitcase around looking for a place to rent. “Can I stay at your place for one night?” “Can I impose on you a little longer?” Dong Xiaoyu had originally planned to stay for just one night, but ended up living in Deng Wen'an's tiny twenty-square-meter studio for good. They slept in the same 30.2kReads9.4Score3.8kShelves
- 165 The Legend Reborn 传奇重现 The four-part series by Wei Jie: We Were All Bad Kids, I Am Legend, Legend Reborn, and Hidden Dragon on the Right Path. A young man, still green, left his hometown in a fit of anger. Four years later, he returned, weathered and bearing the glory of success! In a city built from reinforced concrete, old friends were gone and legends had faded into retirement... Faced with his family’s reproach and his friends’ disdain, he had once wandered at a crossroads, pointing into the dark sky with his 31.4kReads9.4Score3kShelves
- 166 After the Divorce, Dr. Su Caught the Eye of a Powerful Man 离婚后，苏医生被大佬盯上了 [Season One of the motion comic is now available] [The early chapters focus on family disputes, with more emphasis on her career] [The male lead appears later] [It only gets better as the story goes] She's a cold, sharp cardiothoracic surgeon who wields a scalpel and is divorced with a child. He's a roguishly handsome power player with connections in both the underworld and the legitimate world. It was love at first sight for him, and he won't stop pursuing her. Then there's a gentle, refined yo 56.2kReads8.7Score6.1kShelves
- 167 Zhang Xiaojiu's Adventure Journal 张小酒的冒险笔记 [The animated series is now available] Zhang Xiaojiu has died once. In his original world, the Demon Realm overturned the Human Realm, wiping out humanity across the globe. His soul, carrying regrets, transmigrated into the body of a baby born before the catastrophe. This time, he wanted to hide away and survive in peace, but fate set him on the path to saving the world. A white-clad angel wept for him, a fiery policewoman took a blade for him, and a gentle spirit demon faced death for him witho 6.6kReads9.1Score563Shelves
- 168 Great Ming: Zhu Biao Turns Evil, and the Jingnan Campaign Is No More 大明：朱标黑化，靖难没了 History records that Crown Prince Zhu Biao died of illness in the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu. What history does not record: he died once, then came back to life. His soul wandered for three days, and he saw the entire fate of the Ming dynasty over the next 276 years: The Jingnan Campaign, the burning palace, Tumu Fortress, and the strip of white silk hanging from a tree on Coal Hill. When he opened his eyes again, he was in his sickbed in the twenty-fourth year of Hongwu. The charcoal fire blaz 53.1kReads8.8Score4.3kShelves
- 169 Live-Streaming Street Interviews to Boost the Birth Rate 为了提高生育率，直播街头采访 To Boost the Birth Rate, I Livestream Street Interviews 37Reads—Score—Shelves
- 170 I Woke Up to Find That My Great Ming Had Only Ten Days Left? 一觉醒来，朕的大明只剩十天了？ Original title: I Woke Up, and My Great Ming Has Only Ten Days Left? In the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, the countdown to the fall of the Great Ming begins. (No System) While lying unconscious on the dragon throne, Zhu Youjian had a long, vivid dream. In the dream, he became a child and studied centuries in the future. He opened The History of Ming, a book filled with the humiliating end that awaited him. In the end, he became a hardened soldier, tempered by modern military training. After twe 280.2kReads9.0Score39.6kShelves
- 171 There's No Water Left on Red Sun Star 赤阳星没水了 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 172 Don't Pick Up Men on the Side of the Road, Unless He's a Clingy CEO at Night 路边的男人不要捡，除非他是夜里粘人的霸总 Don't pick up men you find on the roadside, unless he's a clingy CEO at night. 54Reads—Score—Shelves
- 173 The Difficult Homeowner Became My Beloved Wife 难缠女业主终成我娇妻 A no-nonsense man meets an elite woman. When these “enemies” meet, they can’t stop arguing. A twist of fate leads to a hilarious, heart-wrenching romance full of playful banter, and they ultimately become the perfect couple! The ordinary guy’s spring comes on a little too strong!!! 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 174 My Name Is Sun Zei, Not Thief 我叫孙贼，不是贼 Set in an alternate universe during the 1980s, this story follows a boy who grows up in harsh conditions. It all begins with his desire to eat his fill, but once his eyes are opened to the world, he wants to understand it better. This is not a story about being reborn or transmigrating, nor is it a wish-fulfillment novel. It focuses on martial arts, cultivation, and everyday life. A slow-burn, System-free story of daily life and personal growth, if every person’s life is a book, then Sunzei’s st 42.2kReads9.3Score3.7kShelves
- 175 A Garden of Students, Growing Old Together in Love 桃李满天下恩爱共白头 Wu Xiaomin was a country girl, born and raised in the countryside, but she had always been a good student and was naturally beautiful. Unfortunately, after she started high school, her surroundings changed dramatically, leaving her confused and lost. In her sophomore year, she met a new homeroom teacher who helped her find her way again. After graduating from college, Wu Xiaomin gave up a job placement back in her hometown and introduced a female college classmate to her former high school teach 1.6kReads—Score—Shelves
- 176 Chaos! Utter Chaos! The More Chaos, the Better! 乱！都乱！乱点好啊！ [A wild, passionate power fantasy for adult readers] Chu Tian finally scraped together enough for the bride price and prepared to get married, never dreaming that it was all a scheme. The so-called marriage was nothing more than a plot to get their hands on his bride price. Through a twist of fate, Chu Tian acquired the Disease-Devouring System. When a beautiful CEO learned that Chu Tian possessed peerless medical skills, she publicly confessed her love for him at the hospital, becoming his stea 20.7kReads7.6Score1.8kShelves
- 177 Living with My Ex-Girlfriend After We Broke Up 分手后和前女友同居了 [Everyday Life] + [One Heroine] + [Romance] + [A Sweet, Sweet, Sweet, Sweet Romance with a Tsundere Heroine] Zhang Yu and Su Yunxi met at university, then broke up before graduation. They both moved to places tens of thousands of miles apart. They thought they’d never see each other again, but somehow ended up as roommates sharing a place. When Zhang Yu opened the door and saw Su Yunxi sitting on the sofa, he was stunned. “You look just like my ex-girlfriend.” Su Yunxi jumped to her feet and sta 34.3kReads9.4Score3.8kShelves
- 178 The Official's Path: Rising to Prominence from a Funeral Home 官道：从殡仪馆平步青云 With a touch of scholarly refinement and a strong sense of justice, Zhang Yuanqing had been thriving in the officialdom until he hit a major setback. Then his girlfriend betrayed him, and he was banished to conduct research at a funeral home. Faced with deceit and sinister schemes, he refused to give up, finding a way to survive against all odds. Armed with the skill to bring down dragons, he set out from a humble background to forge a path to the very top. I am but a commoner from Jiangbei. 55.1kReads9.4Score5.3kShelves
- 179 My Youth Was Like a Pile of Mud 我的青春，好似一摊烂泥 (Youth, School Life, Growing Up, Everyday Life, Redemption) Told in the first person, this is a coming-of-age story about a bad boy who matches wits with students and teachers at his school. They save one another and gradually grow up. My name is Fang Yuan. Ever since I was a child, I've been different from other people's kids. Girls say I'm as thick as a log, and my friends say I'm selfish. But I never thought there was anything wrong with that. Because I'm not a good person to begin with. W 156.1kReads9.5Score11.4kShelves
- 180 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. 7kReads—Score445Shelves
- 181 Back to the 1980s: From the Start, I Cut Ties with My Family 重回八零：开局断亲斩亲缘 Tang Guangyuan has suffered from asthma since childhood, enduring years of hardship and abuse at the hands of his family. After his biological mother beat his own son, who was not yet three years old, Tang resolutely cut ties with her entire family. Overcome with rage and resentment, he unexpectedly became reborn, his soul coming from his modern-day self in the future. After being reborn, Tang Guangyuan awakened the “Farming Spirit Spring System.” The spirit spring water not only cured his ast 636Reads—Score100Shelves
- 182 Only the Fragrance of Orchids 唯蜜兰香 Some people, once you miss your chance with them, there’s no going back. So what if she’s a doctor? You didn’t cherish her when she was devoted to you. Now she’s walked away, and you’re crying your eyes out as you search for her… If you knew this would happen, why didn’t you treasure her from the start? 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 183 At 43, I Awakened After Being Fired! 43岁，被开除后觉醒了！ At 43, I Awakened After Getting Fired! 5.1kReads—Score—Shelves
- 184 My Sister Gave Me a Deadly Jade Charm in Public, but She Didn't Know I Had a Soul-Calming Silver Bracelet 姐姐当众送我夺命福玉，可她不知我有镇魂银镯 My Sister Presented Me with a Deadly Jade Charm in Front of Everyone, But She Didn't Know I Had a Soul-Guarding Silver Bracelet 25Reads—Score—Shelves
- 185 We Agreed I'd Sell Myself to Save My Mother, So Why Does My Benefactor Want a Title? 说好卖身救母，金主他怎么还要名分？ We Agreed I’d Sell Myself to Save My Mom, So Why Does My Sugar Daddy Want to Make It Official? 221Reads—Score—Shelves
- 186 After I Left the Family Chat, My Daughter-in-Law Fell Apart 我退出家庭群后，儿媳崩溃了 After I left the family group chat, my daughter-in-law fell apart 1.8kReads—Score—Shelves
- 187 Chronicles of Mountains and Rivers 山河志 His beautiful mother was nearly assaulted by a village lout, but she tearfully begged the man who rescued her not to call the police. Young Gao Yuan couldn’t understand why at the time. Only when he reached his thirties and looked back on the past, with those scenes flashing through his mind, did he realize that the lives of countless rural people together form a chronicle of the mountains and rivers of China! 84.2kReads9.6Score9.2kShelves
- 188 An Alien Country Bumpkin Forces Me to Become a Smirking Dragon King 外星土狗逼我做歪嘴龙王 Magical realism, no System, and not a wish-fulfillment story. A Chinese teacher whose manuscript was rejected secretly studies Dragon King fiction, uncovers the secrets of the universe, gets unbelievably lucky, shocks everyone, and conquers the world! 53.3kReads8.9Score5.2kShelves
- 189 After My Master Blamed Me for Her 800,000 Yuan Year-End Bonus, She Regretted It Like Crazy 师父把80万年终奖的黑锅甩给我后，她悔疯了 After my master pinned the blame for an 800,000-yuan year-end bonus on me, she regretted it so much she went mad 51Reads—Score—Shelves
- 190 After Taking a Pay Cut and Quietly Giving Up, My Boss Begged Me for Forgiveness All Night 降薪摆烂后，老板连夜跪求我原谅 After My Pay Was Cut, I Started Slacking Off. My Boss Begged Me on His Knees to Forgive Him That Very Night —Reads—Score1.1kShelves
- 191 Restart: My Reversed Flow of Time 重启：我的逆流时光 (Multiple heroines + 1970s setting + everyday life) Betrayed by his wife in his previous life, Gu Cheng died full of hatred. When he opened his eyes, he was back in 1977, watching his wicked wife die horribly before him and leaving behind four little sisters-in-law who were crying to be fed. In this magnificent, vibrant era, Gu Cheng decided to start his life over and share a happy life with his sisters-in-law. 29.6kReads9.0Score3.1kShelves
- 192 I Only Fed My Son a Spoonful of Porridge, Yet the Entire Building Branded Me a Murderer 我只是喂我儿子一口粥，却被整栋楼当成了凶手 I Only Fed My Son a Spoonful of Porridge, Yet the Entire Apartment Building Took Me for a Murderer 233Reads—Score—Shelves
- 193 My Childhood Friend and Bestie Turned Down a Top Firm’s Offer for Me, So I Got Them Both Fired 竹马和闺蜜替我拒了巨头offer，我反手让他们被开除 My Childhood Friend and Bestie Turned Down a Top Company’s Offer for Me, So I Got Them Fired Instead 1.5kReads—Score—Shelves
- 194 Eight Months Pregnant, and My Skilled Migrant Visa Renewal Is Rejected on Suspicion of Money Laundering. What Should I Do? 怀孕8个月，优才续签被告知涉嫌洗钱怎么办？ At eight months pregnant, what should I do after being told my Quality Migrant Admission Scheme visa renewal is under suspicion for money laundering? —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 195 At Two in the Morning, My Son Called Out to His Father at the Wardrobe, but His Dad Had Been Dead for Five Years 凌晨两点，儿子对着衣柜喊爸爸，可他已死了五年 At Two in the Morning, My Son Called Out to His Dad at the Wardrobe, But His Father Had Been Dead for Five Years 131Reads—Score—Shelves
- 196 My In-Laws Transferred the Ancestral Clinic to My Brother-in-Law? My Husband Pulled Out His Peking Union Medical College Appointment Letter 公婆把祖传医馆过户给小叔子？老公反手掏出协和聘书 My In-Laws Transferred Their Ancestral Clinic to My Brother-in-Law? My Husband Whipped Out a Job Offer from Peking Union Medical College Hospital 2.8kReads—Score—Shelves
- 197 Mom Tried to Make Me Take the Fall to Protect Her Adopted Son. I Joined the Discipline Inspection Commission and Enforced the Law Impartially, and Now They're Regretting It Like Crazy 妈妈为保养弟推我顶缸，我考进纪检秉公执法他们悔疯了 Mom Pushed Me Under the Bus to Protect My Adopted Brother. I Joined the Discipline Inspection Commission and Enforced the Law Impartially, Leaving Them All Regretting It 52Reads—Score—Shelves
- 198 Mom Said I Was Going Nowhere and Handed the Company to Her Adopted Son. I Turned Around and Kicked the Whole Family Out 妈妈嫌我没出息把公司交给养弟，我反手让他们全家出局 Mom Thought I Was a Good-for-Nothing and Handed the Company to My Adopted Brother. I Turned Around and Kicked the Whole Family Out 48Reads—Score—Shelves
- 199 Shining with Stars 闪耀含星 Reborn + space + special abilities + mutually devoted romance + stone gambling Hacker, beautiful pharmacist, military-family heiress vs. the mightiest soldier king For thirty-five years, her parents kept her under their thumb. They arranged for her to donate bone marrow to her cousin, causing her to miss the high school entrance exam. She became their favorite target for bullying. Every chore in the house, big or small, was dumped on her, and whenever anyone was in a bad mood, beatings and insul 3.4kReads8.3Score381Shelves
- 200 The Descendants of the Hongwu Emperor 洪武朝的子孙们 After an accident, his soul travels a century into the past. On an ordinary day in the seventh year of Hongwu, he is born in the imperial palace of Yingtian Prefecture. He is the most honored child in all of the Ming dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang’s beloved grandson. Zhu Biao’s eldest legitimate son. And yet, in the history books, he is merely a passing mention: Prince Yu Huai. Looking at the still-healthy Crown Prince Zhu Biao, at Hu Weiyong and the Blue Jade case, which have yet to unleash their blood 106.6kReads8.3Score7.7kShelves
