Novels like Detective Chinatown: My Cousin's Surname Is Zhang
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- 101 The General's Mistake 将军误 The General's Mistake —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 102 I Just Left, So Why Did He Go Crazy? 离开而已，他怎么疯了？ [One-on-one romance + devoted couple + tragic romance and tangled feelings + wealthy family feuds + personal growth + short novel + sweet bedtime treat] From childhood, Chu Huanhuan was taught that studying was the only path to success. That belief fell apart after the He family acknowledged her as their own. It turned out that power and wealth could also help a person survive in this world. But the powerful, wealthy He family dotes only on the other child, the one who was switched at birth. Chu 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 A Strange General in Another World: A Single Coin Pulled Me into the Game 异世奇将：竟用一块钱入了局 [What can you do with one of your dollars?] Chen Zhong, an older young man, happens to pick up a coin. By a stroke of luck, he triggers the coin's mysterious power. He transmigrates to a wondrous world known as the Land of Money, where a magical currency can be used to trade for anything. Gold coins! Countless people across the Land of Money wage one war after another to seize them. And so Chen Zhong begins a whole new journey across an otherworldly continent. In this strange world, Chen Zhong f —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 Spirit Medium: I Got Beaten into a God 通灵师：我被揍成了神 [On the other side of the world, where we cannot see, a group of nameless heroes silently protects us.] All things have yin and yang, and the world is divided into two realms. Ordinary people see only the yang realm, yet are often troubled by the yin realm. Thus, spirit mediums were born, charged with maintaining the balance between the two realms. Spirit mediums have all kinds of abilities: flying through the sky, burrowing underground, wielding arcane arts, and healing the sick. Their talents 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 The Crows Will Eventually Fly Higher Than the Sun 群鸦终将高过太阳 Crows foretell disaster and death. Yet we live beneath the crows’ shadow. The crows protect us. They hold back disaster. They hold back death. What did you say? No, the crows you mean aren’t like ours. Please look up. The crow is right there. 844Reads—Score14214d adds
- 106 Matchmaker System: No Romance, No Luck 红娘系统：不恋爱就倒霉 [1v1 sweet romance | lighthearted comedy | System romance missions | fated encounter] A beautiful, sweet-natured art student with an incredibly active inner monologue, and an aloof CEO who acts cold but is actually shamelessly seductive toward his wife A matchmaking System with a screwball sense of humor, constantly getting roasted by the heroine until it cries System missions include, but are not limited to: Flowerpots falling from the sky, burping in public, meowing while speaking, and all kin —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 The National Fortune War: I Use a Self-Righteous Feminist to Destroy Japan 国运之战：我以圣母婊灭倭国 War for the Fate of the Nation: I Destroyed Japan with Holier-Than-Thou Hypocrisy 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 Reborn as the School Hunk’s Doomed Ex-Girlfriend 穿成校草的炮灰前女友 [One-on-one romance] [Both leads are virgins] [Transmigrate into a book] [System] [Short story] [Sweet bedtime read] Xu Yan'yan transmigrates into the role of the school heartthrob's cannon-fodder ex-girlfriend. She hates the character so much it makes her bristle, until the System dangles a generous reward in front of her and she instantly becomes a troublemaking expert. "I'm getting those cannon-fodder KPI points, no matter what!" To force Wei Siyuan to break up with her, she launches a "nonst 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 High Martial: Child of the End 高武：终焉之子 (Modern Urban High Martial Arts + Decisive and Ruthless + Taciturn + One Female Lead) On this Blue Star, everyone has a chance to awaken their psychic powers at the age of eighteen. Some people awaken early and become psychics when pushed to the brink. 27.6kReads8.2Score4.3k14d adds
- 110 A Millennium-Old Medical Soul Takes Over, and a College Student Goes Viral 千年医魂附体，女大学生爆红全网 When Lin Banxia, a modern college student, finds herself sharing her body with an elderly physician from the Tang Dynasty, modern and ancient medicine collide and exchange ideas... A fantastical medical journey of inheritance begins. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 Wu Sandu 武三渡 This world has never been at peace. In the darkness, wolfish eyes are always watching, while bloodthirsty demons have long since opened their gaping maws... The West is no longer a paradise, and the newly erected beacon has come crashing down. At last, the mirror of time reveals a terrifying face. A new war is already being waged, both openly and in secret. The Eastern world seems to carry on in relative calm, protected by mysterious forces that go unnoticed. One of them is Shi Sanwu, who, after —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 Game Streaming: My Viewers Are Outer Gods 游戏直播：我的观众是外神 I used to be a game streamer, and now I'm a game streamer. Other streamers interact with their viewers through the screen. I have to fight for a way to survive inside the game world. Other streamers get gifts from their viewers, things like private jets and rockets. My viewers' gifts are nothing but malice and schemes. Some people like watching ants struggle inside a glass tank. I'm that ant. I'm a game streamer, but what are my viewers? 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 113 The Cone Mound 锥冢 In the science fiction novel The Cone Tomb, physicist Cao Shuai leads a team investigating electrical signals, while biologist Man Qing focuses on gene transplantation technology, and her niece, doctor Wang Qianqian, researches medical treatments for consciousness. Mysteries involving mathematics, time travel, Sanxingdui, quantum mechanics, and other fields bring them together, setting off an interdisciplinary adventure. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 Wounded All Over, I Rise Toward the Sun 满身伤痕向阳生 Scarred All Over, I Still Reach for the Sun —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 Beyond Redemption 万劫不复 Three thousand years after the great war between the Galactic Domain and the alliance of demon races, turmoil once again descends upon the universe. The protagonist, Jiang Shang, is an Earthling from the Milky Way, but he is abandoned by the major human factions. By chance, he enters the demon race and becomes half-human, half-demon. Later, he returns to the Milky Way and unifies t 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 116 Reborn as Ruyi Niang 重生之如意娘 Ruyi’s life was anything but happy. At eight, she fell from a commandery princess to a courtesan. At sixteen, someone tried to kill her in her family’s abandoned estate. After being reborn, she hid and ran for her life, but the assassin still found her. Ruyi hurriedly offered up the precious treasure she had kept hidden away, hoping to save her life. This time, the assassin raised an eyebrow in surprise. “You’re remarkably calm, miss. Could it be that we were fated to meet in a past life?” —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 117 On the Night of the Sacrifice, I Became the Lord of Ten Thousand Sects 献祭当晚，我成了万门之主 (Urban supernatural powers + ten thousand revolving gates + Chinese-style horror + gatekeepers + rule-based abilities!) A black gate opens at the end of the alley, and a sacrifice summons ten thousand gates! Gatekeeper Su Qingyuan builds a wall around the human heart with her sealing arts! Shadow Gate Master Ye Li holds on to the pain of being mortal through bloodshed and fervor! A Mian, abandoned by the world across nine lifetimes, carries all the joys and sorrows of reincarnation and becomes a —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 Tales of the Southern Dynasties 南朝异闻录 Jiang Ruobai is a network engineer who graduated from college two years ago. With the economy in a slump, his company puts him on the layoff list. Ruobai enters the freest period of his life, but while traveling and unwinding during his time off, he accidentally falls into Lake Tai. Unable to swim well, he loses consciousness. When he wakes, he finds himself in a place called the Southern Dynasty, where he experiences one bizarre event after another… —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 Are You Crazy? Is This Really a Date with a Zombie? 疯了吧！这是我和僵尸有个约会？ [Transmigration + golden finger + apocalypse + fantasy + adventure + wild imagination] High school student Kuang Xuantian was an ordinary student until he witnessed the mysterious Ten Radiant Stars phenomenon and accidentally transmigrated into the world of My Date with a Vampire. But the story of this world did not unfold along the course he knew. When the apocalypse arrived and human civilization stood on the brink of destruction, Kuang Xuantian discovered that the mysterious sigil on his arm 158Reads—Score—14d adds
- 120 To the Night, to the Dust 至夜至埃 A false vision, a real world. Evil spirits? The uncanny? Mythology? Some go mad, some remain composed. Some die, some live. The mad see the truth, and the truth creates the mad. The composed seek a way out, but the way out is nothing to fear. The survivors cling to life, only to become mad in the end. Stay ignorant, stay sane. Avoid contamination, know nothing of the truth, until death. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 Global High Martial: The Dominant Female CEO Falls for Me! 全球高武：霸道女总裁爱上我！ [High-Martial Arts + Overbearing CEO + Groveling-to-Win-Her-Back + The Whole World Grovels] [Peak-strength, obsessive female CEO × Growing male lead with a mysterious past] That night, I crashed into her car. It was worth a billion. She glanced down at the shattered headlights, then at me. “If you can’t pay, you’ll spend the rest of your life making it up to me.” And so I went from a speck of dust delivering takeout to the “personal assistant” of the female CEO with the world’s highest combat 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 122 They All Call Me Useless, So I Pull Out a God-Tier Fusion 都说我废物，我反手掏出神级融合 [Campus + Superpowers + Apocalypse + High-IQ Protagonist + Card Fusion + Dark Style + Saving the World] Everyone says I'm an E-rank weakling? The scanner stays silent, my classmates laugh at me, and even the assassins on the dark web treat me like a livestream gag. Until I pull out “God-Tier Fusion.” Villain A: “I want to report him! He bet five bullets right from the start, then fired twice and took out my streamer, and he even insulted me!” Villain B: “He calls that fusion? I clearly saw him c —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 123 In Search of Immortals in the Qin Dynasty 秦朝寻仙记 Modern astrophysics doctoral student Xu Wenbo and his good friend Lü Wei are stargazing over the South China Sea when a shift in the stars' paths causes them to transmigrate to the Qin dynasty. In this unfamiliar time, their views on life and values gradually diverge, and they eventually part ways. Driven by family troubles and a need to prove himself, Lü Wei ignores Xu Wenbo's warnings and loses himself in the pursuit of power. He realizes his mistakes only on his deathbed. Carrying both their 2Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 124 The Creation Chronicle: 创神记： Who says mortals are powerless? I, Yu Chuang, can create gods... Brahma, the God of Creation, tried to reach the higher realm of the Infinite. But his attempt to separate a clone went wrong, giving rise to an evil force and the Demon God Os. Os tried to devour his original self, and Brahma used the last of his power to seal him away. Brahma's divine consciousness fell into the mortal Yu Chuang's body, and so began the path to godhood... 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 125 My Choices Are Anything but Ordinary 我的选择与众不同 In an instant, Su Ran transmigrates to a world of immortal cultivation. With him comes a God-Tier Choice System, and from that moment on, his life is completely rewritten. He thinks this is the beginning of defying fate, but it turns out to be a perilous adventure at every turn. Each time a choice is triggered, the more tempting and generous the reward, the heavier the price that follows, like a sword of Damocles hanging overhead. One wrong move could spell utter ruin. So he starts to lie flat… 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 The Song Dynasty Ministry of Justice Case Files 大宋刑部侦缉档案 In the early years of the Southern Song, the Jin forced the Zhao Song court to retreat to its temporary capital in Lin’an, where it secured a century of peace. Mu Qingyan, an orphan from Xiangyang, had planned to seek out her uncle, a constable in Lin’an Prefecture. But her uncle became entangled in the murder of Huang Shang, tutor to Prince Jia, Zhao Kuo, and has since disappeared. By chance, Mu Qingyan comes into possession of a secret letter her uncle left behind, drawing her into one bafflin 278Reads8.9Score4114d adds
- 127 Soul Tears 魂泪 Actor Xiao Shuhe × Sinner Yu Xi “Welcome to my script! I’m your host, TOPA. A warm welcome to my old friends as you enter this book. Now, turn the page and open the chapters written just for you. Follow the mission instructions and escape from the prison I’ve prepared with such care!” “We... have to survive!” “Get out of here quickly! TOPA is dead, and this script is about to collapse. If we don’t escape, we’ll all die here!” “Please... kill me... I can’t go on living. Hurry, kill me! Kill me!” 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 128 Demons and Dragons: The Last Transmigrator 魔与龙：最后的穿越者 [Coming of age] [Slow burn] [Fantasy] [Another world] [Laying the groundwork for a grand plot] [A satisfying ending guaranteed] [Happy ending] [A good-hearted protagonist] [Saving the world] This is simply the story of an ordinary person trying to find a way home. Of course, it is also a story about going from seeking salvation to saving others. At the same time, it is a story about changing from cowardice to rebellion; from insignificance to greatness; from dwelling on a sorrowful past to looki —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 129 Love in the Courtyard: The Rogue Damao's Projection System 情满四合院：浪子大茂的放映系统 A modern-day corporate drone stays up late ranting about Xu Damao's ending in Love in the Courtyard, only to be struck by lightning and transmigrate into the body of a womanizing projectionist with the same name. He awakens the Future Movie Projection System: screening films from the future earns Popularity Points, while flirting with beautiful women (without going too far!) earns fragments of fertility remedies. That's right, he's going to cure infertility, win over Lou Xiao'e, and rewrite the 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 Orchid of Dreams 梦之兰 Three years ago, as Su Yao’s father lay dying, he gave her a plastic orchid. Guided by the flower, Su Yao gradually uncovered the truth behind a series of crimes: murder, baby trafficking, the abduction and trafficking of women, organ transplants... In the end, evil will be punished. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 Detective Chinatown: An Eight-Year-Old Sleuth? The Criminals Are Freaking Out! 唐探：八岁神探？犯罪分子都疯辣 [Transmigration + Power Fantasy + Two Male Leads + Comedy + The Only Detective Chinatown Fanfic] Xu Heng transmigrates into the world of Detective Chinatown, becoming an eight-year-old boy and gaining the Detective System. But what leaves Xu Heng speechless is this: He has only one year left to live, right after transmigrating. He can survive only by solving cases like crazy. And so, an eight-year-old boy sets out on the path to becoming a detective. Xu Heng never expected to encounter a superna 446Reads8.1Score10214d adds
- 132 The Sealed Sword Awakens 封剑启尘 (No harem; the villains are smart) A hundred years ago, we suffered a crushing defeat. A hundred years later, we have the brightest future ahead of us. Beneath the Tree of Eden, that figure stands as steadfast as ever. Can the sealed history of the past century break this stalemate? Eyes from beyond the heavens watch us, their gaze filled with both greed and indifference. Seal a hundred lifetimes, set out on the path to kingship, and follow the final chapter. We will reclaim everything that belo —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 133 Demon Ashes: The Magic Mirror Emerges 魔烬：魔镜出世 The ultimate demonic path, no transmigration, no brainless characters. A battle of wits and courage, surviving in the cracks. The young Zhong Ji grows up fast and matures, gradually uncovering this desperate, ashen world and its sweeping historical narrative... 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 134 The Supernatural Returns, and the System Forces Me into AFK Mode 诡异复苏，我被系统强制托管了 The supernatural has returned, and everyone is competing to become a god. As for me, I got bound to the [Slacker’s Nemesis System]. As long as I lie flat and keep my emotions steady, the System takes over and beats up the whole world for me. But they just had to force me to compete. My classmate destroyed my game console. The company sent a performance demon to hound me over my KPIs. The tower’s top genius called me a disgrace to humanity. So I lost my cool. System notification: "Emotional stabi 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 135 The Struggle Between Love and the Past 爱与过往的挣扎 The Struggle Between Love and the Past —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 136 A Good Man Is Hard to Find 良人难觅 [One-on-one romance + devoted couple + reborn and rise to power + mysteries of identity and personal growth + tragic romance and tangled feelings + political intrigue + fantasy setting + revenge and redemption + short novel] Poisoned wine burns her throat, and Cui Wanzhao is reborn as a four-year-old. During a viper attack in the imperial garden, she points straight at the Second Prince: “Your Majesty, the Second Prince and a guard were sneaking around!” Her childish words set off a storm at cou —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 Forced to Cultivate: My Fishing Rod Is a Divine Artifact 被迫修仙：我的鱼竿是仙器 [Casual cultivation + a touch of comedy + brainless System + female lead + don't think too hard] Ling Xian met an orphan in a small village who, after losing both parents, changed their name to Ling Xianyu. Their greatest dream every day was to go fishing and steal sweet potatoes from children. Born with an innate lie-flat immortal root, they were discovered by an elder of an immortal sect. Mistaking it for a peerless immortal root that had developed its own path, the elder took them back to the 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 Those Years in Dongguan 在东莞那些年 This book tells the story of an ordinary loser who finds love while working at a factory. After his future mother-in-law demands an outrageous bride price, he works hard, sets out to build a business, and pursues his dream. Giving up a high-paying job, he leads his friends back to their hometown to start a business, transforming a place so poor that no one could find a wife into a place young women are eager to marry into. 86Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 139 Jiang Jiang’s Apocalypse Survival Guide 姜姜的末日生存指南 [Apocalypse + transmigration + no System + no golden finger + special abilities + some graphic content + ensemble cast] The male and female leads have no romance, because the heroine is underage. (Whispering.) There’s a side couple, and the worldbuilding is a little confusing. All are welcome. The leads transmigrate to a fictional alternate world, whose rules are very different from those of our reality. Welcome, everyone! I hope you enjoy reading. Your support is what keeps me going. About how 4Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 140 A Young Lady's Secret Longing 闺秀情丝 [Romance + Secret Crush + Everyone’s Favorite + Political Scheming + Palace Intrigue] Zhou Jingxi was the beloved jewel of the Marquis of Beiwou. She was breathtakingly beautiful, brilliant, and gifted in both letters and martial arts. She excelled at music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, and was a renowned talent. Countless noble young men had sent matchmakers to her, only to be turned away. In the eyes of the world, she was haughty and arrogant, and not a single young nobleman in the capita 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 A Bloody Past, A Tangled Fate of Life and Death 血色身世，生死纠葛 There is no single protagonist, only people caught up in mysteries. The truth about their origins is an unsolvable knot, while the stories along the way that seem unrelated are actually hidden threads connecting the truth. When every clue points to the same destination, you realize the most terrifying mystery lies in everyone's past. 20Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 142 The Cross-Dressing Star's Number One Fan 女装大佬的头号粉丝 [Two male leads + cross-dressing + sweet campus romance + secret crush comes true + both pure + mutual devotion] Flirtatious cross-dressing heartthrob on the receiving end × icy, jealous top student Chen Shuhan, a sweet boy in the fashion department, lives by one motto: “Cross-dressing is something you do either zero times or countless times!” After filling in at a cafe, he unexpectedly went viral for dancing to “Learn to Meow” in a lace dress. From then on, he was forced to keep it up and beca 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 143 Paranormal Tales That Give You Cold Sweats 冷汗直冒的灵异故事 This Book: Start reading at midnight, and you won’t sleep before dawn! ⚠️Warning: This book contains intense horror. Readers who scare easily, proceed with caution! The night-shift nurse keeps hearing sobbing from an empty hospital room; The reflection in the mirror of an old house suddenly grins at you; On the last bus of the night, the feet of the passenger in the back row... dangle above the floor. Tomato’s No. 1 supernatural horror pick: ✅ One self-contained horror story per chapter, shor 115Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 Look Out! The Hamster Girl Protagonist Is Surrounded 危！小仓鼠女主被包围啦 [Coming of Age + Healing + Everyone’s Favorite + Fantasy] Peng Yuxin is a student at Gallidon University, working hard and growing throughout her studies. Wait, what’s going on? Why is everyone looking at her so strangely? The cool, top-ranking student. The gentle older girl. The gloomy, clingy girl. What, a rift in space and time? And even her own little fox is a handsome man! 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 145 My Master Is Way Too Laid-Back 我家师尊太佛系 [Goofy Female Protagonist + No Romance + Pure Master-Disciple Relationship + BE Ending + HE Bonus Ending] First-person narration + asides + omniscient-perspective bonus chapters [Enter at your own risk if you dislike these] The heroine's life motto: “If you have any shame, you suffer yourself. If you have none, you make others suffer. No matter how hard life gets, never make yourself suffer!!” After an accident, Yang Tianzhao ended up owing the immortals a huge debt. To help her complete her mis 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 146 Human Survivors: A Collection of Fairy Tales 人类幸存者【童话集】 Who is the true survivor? The ageless performer onstage, or the audience that lives on forever below? Seen from above, the audience becomes part of the story too. In the very end, who is the survivor in this dreamlike illusion? This is an original work by Rabbit Vampire, now authorized for publication on Royal Road. Reproduction is permitted. All rights reserved. Infringements will be prosecuted. 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 My Campus Life at a Certain Men's Technical College 我在某男子技术学院的校园生活 I recorded every little detail of my campus life. Half a lifetime has passed, and it all feels like a previous life now. Classes, sports, clubs, romance, and even a national debate competition. I only went as a substitute and never got to compete, but apart from not studying hard, I can say I have no regrets. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 The Chaotic Firmament: My Fateful Journeys with the Emperor 混沌苍穹，我与帝皇的宿命穿梭 (A weak System + Infinite Flow + a little Warhammer 40K + lighthearted + one female lead) (This is not an official novel or fanfiction. Although the story features a multiverse-travel System, the Emperor, that old geezer, and the Four Chaos Gods, who represent love and peace, will both be involved in the main quests from start to finish.) After Cui Ze unexpectedly obtains a System and begins taking on world quests, a teleportation mishap sends him to the Warhammer 40K universe. There, he “luck 512Reads—Score—14d adds
- 149 To Hell with You! This Princess Is Taking the Throne 去你的吧，这龙椅该本公主坐了 [Reincarnated Before Birth + Empress + Childhood Sweethearts + Mutual Firsts + Height Difference + Nation-Building and Farming + Epic War] Reborn in the womb as a princess, all I wanted was to keep my head down. The noble clans bully my childhood sweetheart? Then I'll send their whole families to the grave. My dog of an emperor father wants to marry me off to secure his throne? I'll defy the decree and head north, then raze the Turkic royal court that meant to marry me as a wedding gift! With my 164Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 150 The Tower of Dark Dust and Bright Moon 暗尘明月楼 He spent his whole life achieving nothing, made it to the age of forty-nine, and then transmigrated. As if transmigrating weren't strange enough, he transmigrated into someone his own age. The average life expectancy in this world was only forty-eight, so he'd already lived to a ripe old age. Worse still, he had a whole family to support. In his new life, he had no official position or power, no land, and no money. He was dirt-poor, with nothing but the title of marquis to his name. The title wa 18Reads—Score—14d adds
