Novels like Happy Apartment 1: No Evidence of Death
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- 151 The Cursed Realm: Rules for Surviving the Forbidden Zone 诡境：禁区生存法则 [Survival in Another World, Horror, Mystery, Ruthless Action, High Intelligence, No System or Formulaic Tropes, Just Thrills] Chen Zhao is a genius with extraordinary intelligence. After an inexplicable accident, he is drawn into a bizarre otherworld. There is no System and no formula to follow here, only mortal danger and terrifying presences lurking in the dark... From his initial bewilderment to gradually adapting, Chen Zhao searches for a way to survive in desperate circumstances and carves 4Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 152 Bone Language: A Casebook 骨语探案 A promise made in their youth brought them together as crime-solving partners six years later. Childhood sweethearts, reunited after a long separation, they now promise to stay by each other’s side for life. After reuniting, they work together to solve case after case. 72Reads—Score—14d adds
- 153 The Screen Was Full of Comments! I Thought They Were All Gossip 满屏弹幕！我以为全是八卦 No Romance + Golden Finger + Crime Solving Shanghai, 1985. Nineteen-year-old Chen Yang is a contract worker handling household registration at a local police station, the kind who got the job through connections. She has a secret: she can see other people's “juicy gossip.” Any cheating, embezzling, or concealing of one's identity from the past seven days pops up as subtitles in brackets. The System has one fatal bug: it mistakes spy meetings for “dating.” So she thinks she's catching cheating me 721Reads6.6Score10514d adds
- 154 A Thousand Journeys of the Soul: Princess, It's Time to Go 灵魂千百渡：公主，请上路 [Wild Imagination + Supernatural + Romance + CEO + Devoted Couple] My name is Shen Nanyi. By day, I’m a lawyer. By night, I ferry souls along the Road to the Underworld. An exemplary cog in the underworld’s machinery, a slashie who straddles the worlds of yin and yang. Employee number 9527. According to the Book of Life and Death, I was supposed to die at fourteen. Someone stole the years I had left. My master, Jiang Yingyu, asked me, “Do you want to die, or do you want to live?” I thought he s 4Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 155 Our Long River of Years 我们的岁月长河 Our Long River of Years is divided into three parts. Following the ordinary lives of three generations of Zhao Jiafu’s family, railway workers, it spans from the 1950s to the 2020s. It recounts the joys and sorrows, happiness and heartbreak, and everyday troubles experienced by the three generations of the Zhao family and the ordinary people around them over the long river of time. It depicts the turbulent lives of ordinary people as the times change and society develops. Time flows like a river 180Reads—Score—14d adds
- 156 After I Crashed into a Luxury Car, My Husband Wanted a Divorce, So I Came Clean 撞了豪车后老公要离婚，我摊牌了 After I Hit a Luxury Car, My Husband Wanted a Divorce. I Came Clean 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 157 Reborn in the Womb: A Little One Saves Her Love-Struck Immortal Venerable Mother 胎穿：崽崽拯救恋爱脑仙尊娘亲 [Complete] Pregnancy + cultivation + witty commentary + lighthearted comedy + no romance. [Main appeal: A frosty Immortal Venerable struggles through the day-to-day chaos of raising a child, while the heroine delivers sharp commentary and laughs abound.] After someone schemes to make the Immortal Venerable pregnant, Lin Shuangshuang transmigrates into the baby in her womb. In the original story, the female Immortal Venerable is completely deceived by her beloved disciple, only to have her cultiv 5.3kReads7.7Score59514d adds
- 158 The Bone Painter 绘骨师 Su Qing, a forensic sketch artist in modern times, dies unexpectedly while protecting a crucial piece of evidence, the Seven Hells Diagram. When she opens her eyes again, she has become Yun Zhi, the daughter of a disgraced official in ancient times. Faced with her family’s ruin and the desperate plight of being reduced to a slave, she relies on her extraordinary skills in “reconstructing faces from skulls” and “drawing a person as they will look at three” to carve out a chance to survive at the 104Reads—Score—14d adds
- 159 The Alleged Incident at Cabbage Apartment 圆白菜公寓的莫须有事件 In the strangely designed and poorly managed Cabbage Apartment, Marcus, an honest second-floor tenant, is accused of “noise pollution” over a complaint that has no basis. The downstairs residents, the building manager, and a string of so-called “experts” join forces to subject him to a drawn-out, absurd investigation. Trying to prove his innocence, Marcus gives ground step by step, cooperating with all manner of ridiculous tests and repair plans, only to discover that he has fallen into a trap l —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 160 The 1990s: I Solve Cases by Watching Douyin Videos 九零年代：我靠刷抖音视频破案 With a virtual Douyin app connected to the internet of the future, Sang Shiqing awakens memories of her past life in the 1990s! … On the first day after regaining her memories, Sang Shiqing spends the whole night watching videos about criminal law. Early the next morning, she comes face-to-face with a serial killer at the entrance to her workplace. Her first move is to report him… … After being bullied into going to the countryside to collect material, she finds herself in a scenic mountain vi 954Reads8.4Score10214d adds
- 161 Transmigrated as Princess Sofia: I'm a Lucky Clover! 穿越小公主苏菲亚之我是幸运草！ [No CP × fan fiction × ensemble-focused × healing × friendship and camaraderie between Sophia and Jiang Lingyun × growth × parallel world, with original additions (for example, Lucky Clover is female)] [No CP does not mean you can ship whoever you want!!!] When summer vacation arrives, Jiang Lingyun decides to take it easy and opens her favorite anime to revisit childhood memories… Unfortunately, she loses track of time. At 4:14 a.m., her vision goes dark, and she transmigrates! “Thank goodnes 311Reads—Score—14d adds
- 162 The Smell of Feet 脚味 In the “Pure City,” where absolute cleanliness is the ideal, programmer Kaibo-07 discovers that his favorite pair of gray socks has begun to emit an odor that no cleaning can remove. These socks are his only remaining link to his first love, “Zero,” whom the System erased long ago. To resist the System’s erosion of his last private emotions, Kaibo-07 sets out to find the source of the “foot odor.” He meets the resistance group known as the “Fuzzball Society” and gradually uncovers the truth: the 200Reads—Score—14d adds
- 163 Demon Star Queen 魔星女王 The people of the Magic Star Kingdom revere magic, which holds a status equal to modern high technology. The kingdom’s national treasure, the Magic Star, is said to possess incredible powers and to protect its master. It has always been set into the scepter symbolizing supreme authority, carried by the king. It is the ultimate emblem of the Magic Star Kingdom’s power. But King Molin makes a foolish decision and releases the Magic Star, hoping it will freely choose its next master. The all-powerf 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 164 Nightwalker 夜行者 [Sweet and Adorable Yet Highly Skilled Fighter Ruan Chuxia VS Aloof Older Brother Leng Bing] [Cases First, Romance Second, A Powerful Team with Flawless Coordination!] When working cases, they are a perfectly synchronized pair: one excels at criminal investigations, while the other is an expert in autopsies and the art of divination. A case involving a corpse hidden in a scarecrow exposes the ugliness of human nature and the bond between people and animals. The Sister Drum case is one of torment 132Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 165 Reading Bones to Solve Cases 鉴骨断案 No golden finger, no System, no romance. A traditional criminal investigation novel, focused entirely on solving cases. He examines bones to solve crimes, uncovering long-buried truths from scattered fragments. Those broken, scattered bones tell tales of life’s joys and sorrows. 593Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 166 What's There to Fear About Divorce at 40? My First Love Has My Back 40岁离婚怕什么，还有初恋兜底 [A levelheaded housewife who knows when to retreat and when to advance + an icy doctor who advances by retreating] [Midlife struggles + parent-child relationships + redemption + mutual healing] Her husband is having an affair with his boss. Her son is a high school senior and has started dating. Zhu Yi, who quit her job three years ago, feels as if her world is collapsing. Then she unexpectedly runs into Yang Yiqing, her first love, whom she had lost touch with years ago. Suddenly, time speeds 111Reads—Score—14d adds
- 167 Leave Some Space, My Humble Abode 留白，寒舍 A diary about love, written from a wife’s perspective and addressed to his wife. Some people love flowers simply for their blossoms, and love watching them bloom. Others love a flower from the moment it is still a seed, anticipating what it will become. They watch it sprout, break through the soil, and keep growing upward. Its trunk grows ever sturdier, while leaves seem to appear from nowhere, one after another. They watch the leaves turn from pale green to deep green, then from deep green to a 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 168 Tales of Evil 恶谭 [Mind-Bending Mystery + Episodic Cases + Crime + Criminal Investigation + Jaw-Dropping Twists + Partners in the Field + Comedy] “When a person’s heart is filled with darkness, evil takes root there. The guilty are not those who commit crimes, but those who create the darkness.” A desperate call for help in the early hours of the morning came from a dead person’s phone number. A news report about a murder in a village claimed the Wolf God might be responsible! In Liangcheng, men kept turning up w 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 169 Wind, Ink, Clouds, and Qiao 风墨云乔 [Cold, sharp-tongued hero vs. cheerful, level-headed heroine] In a world at war among five kingdoms, the Xia family has four sons. People say they are all of mediocre talent? She is an invisible ghost. Trapped in the Xia manor with no way out, she spends her days watching them, living like a running commentary on their lives. Oh, come on! Take a good look. How are these four ordinary? One is as gentle as jade, another as proud as frost. One stands straight as a peak, another is as free and spi 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 170 Tales of Strange and Sinister Mysteries 清诡怪谭录 My left eye devours the uncanny, and I walk the mortal world bearing the abyss. Behind me is a disciple on the brink of death; before me, a lonely spirit who has slept for three thousand years. The night my uncanny eye opened, I learned that I was a vessel for an ancient sword spirit, and that the seven greatest forbidden lands in the world were all the mad, old friends I had forgotten. To purify the abyss, I must erase my humanity; to preserve my obsessions, I must let all living beings fall 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 171 The Silent Killer 沉默的凶手 Psychologist Xu Feifei thinks the Voldemort she sees is a hallucination. Then Voldemort writes a line on the mirror: “I have always been right behind you.” After that, Voldemort follows her everywhere, like a shadow. The human bones inside a sculpture, the rabbit-head mask in the maze, the invisible man in a single office worker’s home, the woman bricked into a wall, the novelist’s second personality, the remains in the basement: the murder cases encountered by the police captain and the psychol 149Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 172 The Underworld Godmother's Double Life 黑道教母的双面人生 My new story is here! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 71Reads—Score—14d adds
- 173 The Proper Way 【端正好】 [Gentle Male Lead × Clever Female Lead + Ensemble Cast + Both Pure + Happy Ending] A gentle, innocent big bunny × a clever, bold little fox. An arranged marriage between prominent families, in an ABO world with some personal additions: an Omega woman and an Alpha man. A reunion and battle of wits between the racetrack and the business world: Jiang Beiyan, a dazzlingly versatile heiress and spirited F1 driver, bravely enters the business world to uncover the truth behind the Lin family's rise 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 174 The Secret Iron Box 秘密铁盒 [Mystery • Deduction • Romance • Dark • Human Nature • Two Male Leads] The owner of a villa suddenly dies. Was it suicide, an accident, or murder? A single murder case dredges up the young men’s and women’s painful, secret pasts. Their love and hate, tangled relationships, and memories of youth stir beneath the surface. A girl’s secret adolescence, hidden in an iron box, and the crimes behind a charity aid program have remained unknown to all. There are more cases behind this one. Who has been w 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 175 A Post-90s Mountain Girl's Starry Sky 90后，山里姑娘的星空 [Diary] [First person] [No contrived twists] [Not a wish-fulfillment novel] [No overpowered protagonist] [Traditional] [Realistic] [Period] [Countryside] [Hardship] [Marriage] [Family bonds] The 1990s were full of life and energy, but they were also a Period when weeds grew unchecked. Many people born in the 1970s and 1980s went to the cities in pursuit of their dreams. Some worked hard for everything they had, while others lost themselves in the glittering world around them. This is a story a 193Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 176 A Beauty Like a Flower, Years Flowing Like Water 如花美眷似水流年 This is the story of Fang Fei’s growth as love and fate intertwine. From the innocence of her first love to complicated emotional entanglements, Fang Fei experiences betrayal, loss, and being reborn. Her relationships with three men reveal the tolerance and devotion love can inspire. In the end, Fang Fei finds herself through love and responsibility, showing that love means far more than romance. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 177 The No-Drama Casebook 不抓马风云事件簿 A healing little ray of sunshine and a devoted, faithful boyfriend: twenty years of ups and downs, the secretly affectionate couple! The woman isn’t called Keyun or Xiyun. Her name is Tan Yun. The man isn’t called Lifeng or Mufeng. His name is Lu Feng. There’s no earth-shattering first meeting, no all-powerful golden finger, and no melodramatic, messy entanglements, just twenty years of enduring devotion and favor. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 178 The Boy I Thought Was My Little Brother 那个我以为是弟弟的男孩子 I met him through his older sister, who was my deskmate. He was a year below me. Since he and three of his classmates rented rooms in my house, we were always hanging out together. I thought we were just friends, or maybe even like siblings. After all, I thought of him as my deskmate’s little brother, and as my own little brother too. The truth was, we had fallen for each other while spending all that time together. Sadly, I only dared to flirt and never dared to say it out loud. He was a year a 37Reads—Score—14d adds
- 179 After My Conquest Failed, the System Took Me Home 攻略失败后，系统带我回家了 After My Conquest Failed, the System Took Me Home 147Reads—Score—14d adds
- 180 Case Files, Delivered Fast 诡案速递 [Two male leads, no female lead, not a wish-fulfillment story] In a city gripped by turmoil, my partner and I run a little café. Every so often, we receive an express package with no return address. Inside is either a sheet of paper or some object. These seemingly pointless gestures turn out to be connected to a series of unsolved cases. Lost in the fog of suspicion and uncertainty, we try to use our wits to piece together what really happened. 9Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 181 You, from the Ming Dynasty 来自大明的你 The Early Cross-Dressing Reversal Has Its Reasons + Urban Slice of Life Xu Youlin is a young man who loves Chengdu. He moved to the city a few years ago to pursue his dreams and eventually bought a home of his own. What he never expected was to have a chance encounter with a swordswoman from the Ming dynasty. Under a series of unusual circumstances, Yan Xiaoyan, the Ming-era swordswoman, temporarily moves into Xu Youlin's home. A series of events follows, leaving him both furious and exasperated 4Reads—Score114d adds
- 182 The Hidden Summer 隐匿的夏天 In the height of summer 2008, on the day the Bird’s Nest was officially completed, someone died in a small city in the Northwest, a thousand miles away. The body was wrapped in an old bedsheet, naked, and riddled with stab wounds. Song Kun, a woman detective who had just snatched a position from a teammate, took over the case amid a tide of rumors. She never imagined that this would set the stalled gears of a decades-old missing-person case back in motion. A woman named He Xi jolted awake from a 1.3kReads8.8Score22514d adds
- 183 Kung Fu Heiress, Domineering Wife 功夫千金，霸道夫人 [A beautiful, hot-tempered heiress who doesn't know how beautiful she is and is skilled in kung fu x a refined, handsome, scheming young master] “Grandfather!” “Send this little beast to the Shaolin Temple!” “Miss Zhao, how do you know I have a choice and wouldn't choose you?” “Please understand, Young Master Wang. There is absolutely no possibility of the two of us marrying!” “With the ancestors of the Wang family as my witness, I, Zhao Qi, vow to be the first life Wang Aozhi can 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 184 Zhao Jiji’s Love Story After Divorce 赵吉吉离婚后的爱情故事 To be loved is an extension of self-love! I thought I'd shut myself off from love for good, but I never expected to meet him in my forties... After her son takes the college entrance exam, Zhao Jiji divorces her ex-husband. She delivers food, works as a real estate agent and caregiver, and writes novels, doing her best to make a life for herself. While working as a caregiver, she meets a man she once went on a blind date with, and the two begin a beautiful relationship. 71Reads—Score—14d adds
- 185 After I Became the Villainess, All I Wanted Was to Redeem the Male Lead 穿成恶毒女配后，我只想救赎男主 After Transmigrating as the Villainess, I Only Want to Redeem the Hero 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 186 The Five-Hundred-Year-Old Bride 五百年的新娘 The Bride of Five Hundred Years —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 187 When a Game NPC Becomes the Savior 当游戏NPC成为救世主 [No Romance for the Protagonist + Tragic Ensemble Cast + Slow Pace + Mystery + Redemption] “Go... Go to that distant Holy City... I leave the right to choose in your hands.” With this familiar whisper, a young girl NPC in a game called Adventurers somehow embarks on a journey to the so-called Holy City. Plant monsters in Mossy Village, water ghosts in Stone Creek Town, and an ancient zither along the Bamboo Path that uses human forms as bait... Gradually, she discovers that everything she has ex 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 188 Hunting the Killer: Dangerous Little Girl 追凶：危险萝莉 This was the promise Fang Jinghui made to her. “Next time we meet, could you give me another lollipop? Strawberry-flavored.” The little girl’s eyes flickered. She looked completely harmless. “That’s my candy. How could you give my candy… to someone else?” “I killed her and took my candy back. This candy belongs only to me!” It was as if Fang Jinghui had created a demon with his own hands and raised it himself. There was a serial murder case in Huaicheng, and he suspected she was the mastermind 325Reads7.0Score10614d adds
- 189 The Whole Picture 全局 The Longjing City Public Security Bureau has an undefeated warrior on its force. According to officers from every precinct, there isn't a case he can't crack. Longjing Police College is a small school affiliated with Longjing People's Police University. And yet, somehow, it produced a young woman who dares to challenge anyone. Even our undefeated warrior doesn't dare talk back to her. One strange case after another unfolds: the Man in Black case, the Human-Skin Mask case, the Marionette case.. 49Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 190 Twenty Perfect Comebacks: Shh! Don't Play Mind Games with the Villainess 20场完美反杀：嘘！别和恶女玩心机 [Episodic stories + wicked women + scheming women + revenge + twists + dark transformations and counterattacks + satisfying revenge] What is a high-level scheming green tea like when she's someone close to you? My best friend, Shen Zhouyi, is a born green tea: steady, precise, ruthless, and always one step ahead of her targets. With just a little scheming, she can make any man her prey. I knew full well... my boyfriend was exactly her type. At a party, I made a point of introducing him to her. W 1.2kReads8.7Score12314d adds
- 191 Solving Crimes: From Auxiliary Officer to Ace Detective 推理破案：从辅警到王牌警探 [Criminal Investigations + Hard-Boiled Deduction + Based on Real Cases + System + Conan-Like Constitution + Multiple Cases + No Female Lead] Just after joining the force as an auxiliary police officer, Ye Heng awakens the Super Cop System. Crime scene examination, footprint analysis, hypnotic interrogation, criminal detection, combat skills... No matter how complicated a major case may be, he can spot the flaws and trace them straight to the culprit. The tetrodotoxin murder case, the orchard bus 1.4kReads7.9Score14214d adds
- 192 The Accomplice 教唆犯 [All-Female Ensemble + Alternate Universe + Mystery + A Cast of Villains] A gripping plot packed with twists. Who is the real culprit? Does justice always prevail? Ye Jixi, chairman of Zhongneng Group, was a billionaire listed on the Forbes rankings. But as this wealthy man departed the world, the Ye family seemed cursed, beset by one disaster after another. At a gathering to announce his will, Ye Jixi had hoped his children would sit down and share a peaceful meal. Instead, a fire broke out at 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 193 Passing My Days in the Imperial Palace 穿到皇宫混日子 A beautiful university lecturer accidentally falls into the water and transmigrates to the imperial palace, where she becomes a lowly palace maid. To enjoy a comfortable life in the palace, she draws on the memories and talents of her past life and makes a name for herself. 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 194 The House and the Car 房子车子 House and Car 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 195 The Price Tag 标价 She was locked up for 406 days. After escaping, she helped the police take down the entire scam compound. Forty-nine people were arrested, and the evidence formed a complete chain. Everyone said it was over. She thought so too. Until the day before the case files were archived, when she happened to glance at an attachment to an interrogation transcript. Her name was on it, but not under “victim.” It was listed under “item number.” Above that was another line: Source of information: provided inte 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 196 Died by the River 逝于江河 Two years into their marriage, Meng Ran became pregnant with Yang Peng's child, but something about it all felt wrong. Those choices that seemed so firm were really just hesitant attempts to weigh the pros and cons. “How wonderful it is to be young” was nothing but an illusion. We all once held lofty dreams, but now we live ignobly. Can Meng Ran and Yang Peng clear away the fog, cross the wilderness, and make a steady passage into the real world? Or are they headed for ruin? 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 197 The Cold Case Wall 悬案之墙 A black-bellied, no-good team leader vs. a genius girl analyst. Suspense and crime-solving drive the entire story, with no romance. Just after returning to the country, Zou Yun took over a criminal major-case support team that was a real hot potato. Together with its members, she painstakingly followed each clue to unravel mystery after mystery, bringing peace to the dead and bearing witness to one tragic tale after another. As the cases piled up, the secret buried in Zou Yun’s heart gradually c 6.6kReads8.9Score77414d adds
- 198 The Dead Speak: Cases from Harbor City 尸语追凶：港城谜案录 In a prosperous harbor city where neon lights blot out the sky, crime never sleeps in the shadows. A red-clad corpse found floating in Victoria Harbour shocks the entire city and sets off a string of murders. It also forces three people who can barely stand one another to form an unlikely crime-solving trio. He is Lu Chen, a senior inspector in the Major Crimes Unit: domineering and hot-tempered, he trusts experience and speed. Beneath his machismo, he is protective and soft-hearted, but he can 407Reads—Score11114d adds
- 199 Married to a Good-for-Nothing, Exiled to Lingnan, I Solve Cases to Return to Court 嫁纨绔，贬岭南，我靠破案返朝堂 [A county lady devoted to solving cases and exceptionally skilled in combat × a carefree playboy with money to burn. Historical romance and mystery + episodic investigations + marriage before love + devoted couple + sweet romance] Ji Lingyan, Grand Commander of the Imperial Guard and the Empress Dowager's closest confidante, kept the powerful in check and executed corrupt officials. Everyone in Chang'an feared her. Yet one month after the Empress Dowager's death, Ji Lingyan was stripped of her 66Reads—Score—14d adds
- 200 The Poison-Treating Forensic Doctor: From Cast-Off Consort to Chief Coroner 法医毒妃从下堂妃到首席法医 When she opened her eyes, she was a discarded princess consort, divorced and condemned to drink poison. Her “crime” was plotting to kill the prince's beloved, the moonlight in his heart. In front of the coffin, the assembled guests watched her “atone with her death.” But she held the poison wine and gave her former husband, the powerful prince, a cool, professional smile: “Your Highness, are you sure your beloved really died from my ‘poison’?” “According to my preliminary examination, she died 559Reads8.4Score—14d adds
