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- 101 The General's Little Husband 将军家的小夫郎 His family once cheated him out of his life. After finally being reborn, he’s landed in another family mess?! Anyone who falls for the same trap twice is an idiot! Meng Ze won’t do it. He refuses to take the bait! But the taciturn man at the bottom of the trap grows more and more heartbreaking the longer Meng Ze looks at him. What’s he supposed to do now? 1kReads9.1Score13714d adds
- 102 I Turn the Tide in the Cultivation World with My Cooking 我靠美食在修仙界逆风翻盘 [Food + cultivation + slow-burn growth + lighthearted, witty style] [The heroine is clever and a bit of a goofball. The hero is obsessive and crazy, with a sharp tongue, a soft heart, and a haughty streak.] Living in the apocalypse, Yu Guiwan had imagined all kinds of ways she might die, but never that she, a celebrated chef, would be poisoned to death by a pot of mushroom soup! Humiliated, she realized she had transmigrated. Even more humiliatingly, the moment she came back to life, her husband 2.7kReads8.9Score34514d adds
- 103 Starting a Farm in the Apocalypse 在末日里开农场 When Shen Liang opened his eyes, he found himself inside a book he had read, one starring an arrogant male lead and a saintly female lead. He had become one of the cannon fodder characters in the heroine's path to success. Shen Liang felt a little disheartened. Luckily, transmigrating had come with a farm System. In the Apocalypse, he could claim a mountain and enjoy a leisurely life growing crops and selling goods. Sometimes he could even grow mutated plants, like fire-breathing devil peppers a 4.4kReads9.2Score53614d adds
- 104 Three Realms Middleman: Raising a Husband in Ancient Times 三界倒爷：古代养夫郎 (Starting from Scratch: Farming and Raising a Husband) He Xiao is a mercenary feared throughout the rainforest at Dalian Pass, the infamous Lord Xiao of the lawless borderlands, and the ruler of diamond and jade mines. One day, his cultivation-obsessed father gives him an ancient jade, and he becomes bound to the [Three Realms Space System]. He can not only see through everything, but also travel bodily at will between the modern world, another world, and ancient times! The very first time he st 1.4kReads—Score36714d adds
- 105 A Husband at Home and a Busy Life of Farming 家有夫郎种田忙 [Transmigration + farming + supernatural ability + cuisine + devoted couple + one-on-one romance] Jiang Ziyao transmigrates with his wood-element ability. From the start, he is saddled with debt, a newlywed sickly young husband, and a few acres of barren farmland that nobody wants. But that's all right. His husband is the one he loves, farming is what he's good at, and as for the debt, that's no problem at all! With his ability in hand, he has nothing to worry about. A story about someone who tr 8.2kReads9.4Score1k14d adds
- 106 The Simpleminded Husband of a Hunter's Family 猎户家的憨子夫郎 [Two male leads + transmigration + sweet romance + farming + everyday family life. The gong transmigrates, has special abilities, and there are kids! Our adorable little ge’er is a sweet, lovable airhead and will not recover! Check whether this hits any of your squicks.] Since I couldn’t continue the story as a single volume, it has three volumes in total: Volume One: Shen Lin and Qing Yun Volume Two: Modern Apocalypse Volume Three: Son Yanqi You can read them as separate arcs; the details are o 8.4kReads9.4Score91714d adds
- 107 Gourmet: My Little Shop Is Famous Around the World 美食：我的小店，名震全球 [Gourmet] [Opening a Restaurant] [No Female Lead] [System] [Perfect with a Meal] [Heartwarming] [Everyday Life] [A Different Menu Every Day] [Affordable Prices] [Ensemble Cast] Lou Yuanzhou has eaten so many ready-made meal packs that he actually gains a Chef God Gourmet System! As long as he opens a restaurant and completes all kinds of bizarre missions, he can earn rewards! Steaming hot wontons, springy zhajiang noodles, and the legendary lamb stew... all made by Lou Yuanzhou himself! Once his 9.6kReads9.0Score79714d adds
- 108 Island Survival: I Save All of Huaxia with My Cooking 海岛求生：我靠做美食拯救全华夏 At a time when resources were scarcer than ever around the world, a game called “Ocean Survival 1.0” descended upon every country. The game has four seasons: spring, summer, autumn, and winter. The longer its players survive, the more of their country’s depleted resources will be restored. By contrast, those who die too soon will bring disaster upon their country, making an already bad situation worse. Shen Xingluo enters the game with a food System, and a cooking pot from the start. As long as 5.3kReads9.2Score61014d adds
- 109 A Fake Cooking God Goes on a Show and Accidentally Becomes the Real Deal 骗子厨神上节目，一不小心成真了 I transmigrated. Good news: I’m famous and hailed as the God of Cooking. Bad news: The whole thing is fake. I only got here through hype, rigged competitions, and bribed judges. Being famous despite having no skill would be bad enough, but Jiang Zhou discovers that his former self used his reputation to fleece people, too. Charging sky-high fees for apprenticeships, building restaurant chains, and doing whatever it took to make money. With the whole internet cursing him and his reputation in tat 21.6kReads8.9Score1.7k14d adds
- 110 Qiao Ge’er’s Farming Life 乔哥儿种田 A gentle, everyday warmth that soothes the heart. [Full-cast audio drama now available. It's great, so go listen!] [Devoted couple + husband doting + cooking and farming + building wealth + healing daily life + slow-burn romance] One day, Qiao Yu transmigrates into the body of Qiao Yu, a male consort, and his stepmother knocks him unconscious with a stick and marries him off to a fierce hunter who supposedly brings death to his wives! He spent thirty years in his previous life without even havin 10.2kReads9.2Score1.4k14d adds
- 111 Transmigrating to the Beast World: Raising Cubs with a Black Panther 穿越兽世之和黑豹养崽子 [Cozy Romance + Raising Cubs + Food + A Slow-Build Story + Sweet Romance] Mo (black panther, top) × Bai Ze (lynx, bottom), monogamous 1v1 [Full-cast audio version now available] Bai Ze transmigrated, and even got the premium version: transmigration of the soul. He woke up in a cave in a primeval forest, with not only a mate but also a cub. Unfortunately, his predecessor had treated his mate badly and behaved even worse toward the cub. But transmigrated Bai Ze looked at the two black panthers bef 54.1kReads9.4Score8.5k14d adds
- 112 Sweet Romance in the Beast World: I Became a Big Shot Through Infrastructure 兽世甜宠：我靠基建成了大佬 This story is super sweet! One looks like a straight guy but is actually softhearted and goofy, while the other seems a little dim but is actually sly and calculating. Together, they work hard at farming and join forces to build a wonderful life! Modern man Luo Yang transmigrates to the world of beasts while on a mission, only to discover that the wild animals here can turn into people? “What? I’m a demi-beastman?” Luo Yang can’t accept it. But this tribe’s living conditions are so backward! The 3.5kReads9.2Score38314d adds
- 113 Apocalypse Rebirth: The Laid-Back Slacker Is Actually a Master of Seduction 末世重生：摆烂咸鱼竟是钓系大佬 [Two male leads + post-apocalyptic rebirth + both leads are virgins + loyal like a dog + hopeless romantic + simmering tension] Shen Ci had been reborn for the third time. Not knowing which corner he’d die in this time, he gave up and decided to coast. But Gu Qingzhou, whom he’d only met twice in his previous life, became an obstacle on his path to living the easy life. Gu Qingzhou stared, eyes shining, at the beauty Shen who was sunbathing, playing games, and messing with zombies. “He’s 6.1kReads9.1Score90014d adds
- 114 Random Stalls in the Apocalypse, Snapped Up by Every Major Base 末世随机摆摊，我被各大基地疯抢 [Female-oriented] [Apocalypse management + invincible, no romance + top-tier hotties + lighthearted] Natural disasters + zombies A food-focused business story. Not fully automated in the early stages! Not a superpowered heroine! * Xie Purou had just finished her last mission and hadn't even had a chance to enjoy herself when the System dumped her into the apocalypse. She has to draw cards just to unlock food? From the start, all she has is a run-down little inn and a food truck, and she has to g 19.1kReads8.8Score2.8k14d adds
- 115 The Chef God’s Study Guide 厨神学习手册 [Updated daily. Please subscribe, recommend, and comment! (ノ>▽<)ノ] The world is so big, you have to go see it! And then he arrived in a new world... To keep developing his skills as a chef, he had to start from scratch! New ingredients, new cookware, and a whole new family! The one thing that never changed was his devotion to delicious food. And so, Li Xiaomi became Li Xiaomi. Li Xiaomi: "I'm still a baby, really!" If you want to become a god, start when they're little! 1v1, slow burn, updated d 1.7kReads9.1Score16314d adds
- 116 After They Heard My Thoughts, the Country’s Biggest Foodies Were Shocked 偷听我心声后，惊动全国吃货大佬 [Mind Reading + Beloved by the Whole Family + Food + Heartwarming + Feel-Good + Intangible Cultural Heritage Cuisine + Distinctively Regional Dishes] Shen Huazheng transmigrates into the beloved darling of the Shen family. She has no System, no medical skills, and can’t turn out elegant prose, so she might as well lie flat and be a pampered little couch potato who spends every day eating and drinking. Shen Huazheng watches her father, Minister Shen, prepare to go out to a banquet. [What a shame. 15.1kReads8.9Score1.2k14d adds
- 117 Live with Me, and You'll Never Go Hungry 跟我住，管饱 A super-sweet, slice-of-life food story. [Two men + both have no past relationships + cozy, sweet romance + mutual devotion + fast-paced + no angst + not a story about the rich] Qu Xiang is a private chef who cooks in people's homes. Before meeting his love, all he wanted was a simple life. As it turns out, fate takes pity on him and gives him a wonderfully dependable, caring partner who pulls him along as they build a better life together, one steady step at a time. Cheng Yijian is an ordinary 7.2kReads9.1Score1k14d adds
- 118 Beast World: Are All You Big Tigers This Clingy? 兽世：你们大老虎都那么粘人吗 [One-on-one + two male leads + beast world + transmigrate + sweet romance + System + happy ending] Veterinarian Jiang Sui'an died in an incident involving an angry patient, and when he opened his eyes again, he was dangling in midair above an enormous fluffy creature. Jiang Sui'an: “???!!!!” Where the heck have I ended up? Hu Bai was overjoyed. Not only had he completed his adult hunting trial ahead of schedule, he had also found an incredibly beautiful demi-beast. Luckily, now that he was an ad 7.9kReads9.1Score98514d adds
- 119 A Record of Eating Demons 妖食记 The Wuwei Inn flourishes because people in this world always have so many wishes. Birth, aging, sickness, death; resentment, hatred, love, and feuds; love and separation; life and death. The demons at the Wuwei Inn love to feast on these human joys and sorrows. Long Sanniang is stunningly beautiful. She's a shop owner, a fine cook, and a guide. Her life is long and dull, so she opens a restaurant to hear people's stories and, along the way, take in a handsome young general. Open the most distinc 3.8kReads9.4Score69014d adds
- 120 The Hunter's Sweet, Handsome Husband 猎户家的乖乖夫郎好貌美 [Two male leads + farming-life story] Watch two husbands build a happy, prosperous life together. On the winter solstice, his stepmother sends Hemiao out to gather firewood. He gets lost in the mountains and happens to meet Lu Xing'an, a hunter who has also lost his way. So the young man and the hunter spend the night warming themselves by a fire in a ruined mountain hut. Word of it soon spreads through the village. Hemiao's stepmother never wanted him around in the first place. So she seizes th 6.7kReads9.3Score78114d adds
- 121 A Powerful Figure Transmigrates to Ancient Times and Dotes Only on His Poor Little Husband 大佬穿越古代独宠可怜小夫郎 (Transmigration, supernatural abilities, food, farming, devoted romance, 1v1, sweet romance) Han Mo transmigrates with supernatural abilities and starts from the bottom, with an empty house and just a few acres of poor farmland. His master has even arranged a poor husband for him. What can he do? He’ll take care of him! With his wood-type powers, he’ll make a fortune. Let them look down on us: we’ll show them how well we can thrive. 786Reads—Score—14d adds
- 122 Starting a Hotel in the Apocalypse 末世从经营酒店开始 [Romance + apocalypse + System + running a shop + sweet romance + ensemble cast] [The heroine transmigrates as a cute little darling; the hero is a pitiful little guy reborn.] [1. This isn’t a story about an overpowered heroine leveling up, and she isn’t a self-sacrificing saint. 2. Prices in this story only apply to this book. 3. The leads aren’t perfect, and they’ll both grow. 4. Please note, this is an ensemble cast with lots of side characters’ stories. 5. This book is entirely fictional, so 12.9kReads9.1Score1.3k14d adds
- 123 Beast Taming: I Really Just Want to Run a Peaceful Restaurant 御兽：我真的只想安稳的开饭店 [Food + opening a shop + everyday life + lighthearted fun + beast taming + System] Also known as: “The Stories I Couldn't Tell About Me and the System,” “A Leisurely Life with Three Little Ones,” “I'm Unbeatable in My Restaurant, So Do Whatever You Like,” and “Shocking! My Three Pet Beasts Are All Big Shots” Foodie Jiang Ming drinks a century-old, top-quality Daughter Red and unexpectedly transmigrates to a parallel world called Blue Star, where he gains a Spirit Chef System. At first, Jiang Min 15.6kReads8.8Score2.4k14d adds
- 124 Reborn in the Apocalypse, I Win by Raising a Powerful Ally 末世重生，靠养成大佬躺赢了 Dual Male Leads + Two Powerhouses + Zombies + Superpowers + Pocket Dimension + Teamwork + Zero-Cost Looting and Stockpiling + Raising a Younger Love Interest In his previous life, Jian Cheng had a pocket dimension but no superpowers. On the day their base fell, he was mauled to death by a mutant zombie beast. Just before dying, he discovered the secret of his pocket dimension and was reborn with regrets still weighing on him. He returned to the day before the zombie outbreak and found a troubl 7.3kReads8.2Score97314d adds
- 125 Farming Life: The Hunter’s Little Husband 种田之猎户家的小夫郎 [One True Couple] Gu Qing transmigrates to another world and is forced to marry the village’s fearsome hunter. The hunter also has a son and daughter. Gu Qing has no golden finger and no desire to overthrow the feudal dynasty single-handedly, but he knows how to keep his husband in line. The hunter, rumored to be a ferocious brute, becomes completely obedient under his guidance. The two hunt when they have time and farm when they’re busy, building a thriving life together and raising their child 4.4kReads9.4Score43814d adds
- 126 Flirting in the Apocalypse, Cuddling in Big Brother’s Arms 末世强撩，在哥哥怀里撒个娇 [A Power Couple] The apocalypse was already stressful enough. Then Ji Nian ran into a melodramatic, nonstop-talking young man. Team up to kill monsters? Fine, he agreed. Go find his family? Fine, he agreed. After all, in an apocalypse where hope was nowhere to be seen, you had to find something to do. But wait... Get away from me! Why the hell are you pressing yourself against me when you're cold? [Sweet Romance + Lighthearted + Devoted Husband] 2.2kReads9.4Score31214d adds
- 127 From the Start, I Lost My Job: Selling Lunchboxes on the Way Home 开局就失业：返乡途中卖盒饭 [A System golden finger, food, fast meals and lunch boxes, a leisurely slice-of-life pace, no romance in the main story. At readers’ request, the bonus chapters have a male lead. Male-oriented, male-oriented, male-oriented, said three times.] After working hard for three years, he’d just been made a full-time employee when the restaurant he worked at shut down. Bai Ye drove home in the secondhand car his boss had given him in lieu of pay, a heap of junk piled in the back. He never expected a S 33.2kReads9.1Score2.7k14d adds
- 128 In America, Eastern Cuisine Takes Over New York 人在鹰酱，东方美食占领纽约 “No one in this country understands jianbing guozi better than I do!” The New York Times’ Mr. Dong column On bustling Fifth Avenue, the line stretches as far as the eye can see. Cut in line, and you could find yourself in a street shootout within minutes. Stinky tofu takes over Wall Street, crawfish conquer Silicon Valley, and the scent of luosifen fills the air all over Manhattan. The giant screens in Times Square play a nonstop reel of mysterious Eastern magical cuisine. Americans don’t e 6.1kReads9.3Score72514d adds
- 129 Hey, You Middle-Aged Country Bumpkin, Want a Husband? 那个大龄汉子，你要夫郎不要？ [Historical farming, two male leads, age gap, sweet romance, family life, all sweetness and no angst, a healing pastoral ensemble, raising a cute child, and a story about a married man] The gong: Zheng Ze, handsome and composed, cold on the outside but warm within, and a little proud. The shou: Zhou Zhou, beautiful and kindhearted, sweet-tongued and optimistic, and a little spirited. [Content warnings are listed at the end of Chapter One] (The events in this blurb will appear in the story.) The 15.9kReads9.4Score1.5k14d adds
- 130 Farming in Another World: The Little Husband Raises Kids Like a Pro 异世种田：小夫郎养崽超凶 [Two male leads + One-on-one romance + Mutual devotion + Transmigrate in body + Pocket dimension + Sweet romance and raising children] [Sunny, adorable, money-loving bottom x Handsome, scheming, big-bad-wolf top] After being betrayed by his family and the person he loved, Luo Mingchen transmigrates to another world with a cultivation space and water-based powers. When he wakes, he has become the “stepmother” of three children, and is told their father died at the hands of bandits. After drivin 9.9kReads9.4Score1.2k14d adds
- 131 My Little Snail Husband 我的田螺小夫郎 [Farming + male-male romance + sweet love + food + everyday family life + a slow, steady romance] Spring thunder rolls, and all things come to life. After the rain, the forest is fragrant with the scents of plants and earth. The mountain folk's delicious food can be found all around them. The diligent young husband rises early and treads through the dew to gather a basket of fresh bamboo shoots, pick tender wild greens, and collect newly sprouted mushrooms and toon buds from the treetops. Everyt 10.6kReads9.4Score1.3k14d adds
- 132 EN Reborn in the Apocalypse, Clinging to My Ex 末世重生抱紧前任大腿 Two male leads, 1v1, both devoted to each other, sweet and satisfying romance. In his past life during the apocalypse, Jiang Nian was imprisoned in a basement. When a zombie horde arrived, his family abandoned him, and he died miserably in the arms of his ex, Cheng Jing, who had come to rescue him. When Jiang Nian opens his eyes again, he's reborn half a month before the apocalypse. To stay alive, he immediately decides to shamelessly get back together with his ex. First, he asks his ex for some 33.3kReads9.2Score4.2k14d adds
- 133 I Serve Manchu-Han Banquets at Kindergarten, Making the Whole City Drool 我在幼儿园做满汉全席，全市馋哭 26kReads9.2Score2.1k14d adds
- 134 Nonsense! How Could the Little One I Raised Be a Villain? 胡说！我养的崽怎么可能是反派 Other people transmigrate with a golden finger to protect them, becoming invincible dragons among men without lifting a finger. Xu Lingguang transmigrates badly injured, with creditors everywhere and danger waiting the moment he steps outside. Xu Lingguang: I might as well find a rope and hang myself! But dying is out of the question. All he can do is somehow muddle through. To escape his enemies, Xu Lingguang hides in Ailao Mountain. They say the Chenghuang clan lives in Ailao Mountain. The Ch 14.8kReads9.4Score2k14d adds
- 135 The Farmer’s Contracted Husband: The Bully Learns to Farm 农家契哥儿，恶霸乖乖种田 After transmigrating to ancient times, Lin Liusheng, a man, is sold by his family to a tyrant...to be his contract brother? What is going on?! With a sickly body, even staying alive is a struggle. And that tyrant? He gambles, fights, and drinks. He has land but won’t farm it, spending all day roaming around like a bandit. Even the county constables go out of their way to avoid him. Lin Liusheng leans weakly against the wall. “Get out there and work the fields!” The hulking tyrant pouts. “Can I g 11.8kReads9.4Score1.8k14d adds
- 136 Transmigrate into a Book: In the Apocalypse, I Spoil the Crybaby Little Cannon Fodder 穿书末世：我娇养了哭包小炮灰 [Multiple-character dialogue enabled] [One-on-one romance + both leads' first love + apocalypse + transmigrate into a book + System + mutual devotion] [Second book in the series] A heads-up: If you take things too seriously, this isn't for you. Every plot point exists to deliver sweet moments. [Low-empathy, naturally ruthless killer X seemingly delicate but secretly cunning young master] [Lots and lots and lots of side couples!] Xiao Yu transmigrates into an apocalypse novel he has just finished 8.2kReads9.4Score1k14d adds
- 137 Apocalypse: After I Transmigrate into a Book, I Become the Villainous Boss's Sidekick 穿书末世：成为反派大佬的小跟班 [Two male leads + sweet romance + devoted couple] Lu Si died choking on instant noodles and transmigrated into a book, landing in an apocalypse novel as a minor character with barely any role in the main plot. To survive, he struggled to scrape by and latch onto someone powerful. And he really did manage to cling to a big shot, becoming his little sidekick. He thought the big shot was just a big shot, but it turned out the man was the story’s ultimate villain. Lu Si trembled in fear. The man cur 13.9kReads9.4Score1.8k14d adds
- 138 This Boss Is So Sneaky, He Takes His Street Stall Everywhere 这老板真苟，摆个地摊还到处走 [The print edition of Random Gourmet Stall is now available on major platforms] [Gourmet] [No romance] [Everyday life] [Comedy] [Comfort food] [Cozy] [Healing] After transmigrating to a parallel world, Lin Zhou unexpectedly binds himself to a Random Gourmet System. Every week brings a random location, random food, and different customers. He sells buns at the park entrance, century egg and lean pork congee on a mountaintop, and candied hawthorns outside a school. Every dish is mouthwatering and 81.8kReads9.5Score8k14d adds
- 139 All I Can Do Is Grow Vegetables and Cook, Yet I Became Cultivation World's Top-Tier Star 只会种菜做饭，却成了修真界顶流 [Hilarious and Heartwarming + Food + Farming + A Touch of Modern Cultivation] She inherited a cultivation legacy, and her innate talents were cooking and growing vegetables. She became the leader of a sect, but living in poverty was the norm. From the start, all she had was a ramshackle building, a patch of wasteland, and half a mountain forest. A leader with no great ambitions and four idle disciples. Sect leader Jiang Tingyun said, “In modern society, spiritual energy has dried up. Cul 23.2kReads9.5Score3.3k14d adds
- 140 The Moment After I Reincarnated as the Dowry Bride 穿成陪嫁下一秒 Two men + mutually faithful + domestic life + dual career struggles + imperial examinations and court politics After a fire, Meng Wan transmigrated to a dynasty he had never heard of and became a male companion to a young lady from a duke's household. Before he could figure out where he was, the next moment he was bound hand and foot and sold off by the young lady. Meng Wan: “? ... Mmmph!!!!!!!” Song Tingzhou lost his father as a child, and his mother raised him alone. Defying everyone's obje 30.2kReads9.5Score4.3k14d adds
- 141 The God of Cooking and the Demon Beasts: Oh No, We're the Ingredients! 厨神，妖兽：不好，我们成食材了 A chef transmigrates to a fantasy world and awakens the strongest Chef God System. Whenever someone praises a dish he makes, his talent, physique, and insight improve. Well, this is an instant takeoff. What's more, his dishes have special effects: they can strengthen the body, nourish one's health, and clear away hidden injuries… The entire sect goes wild. From the Ancestor, Supreme Elders, and Sect Master to the servant disciples, everyone goes crazy for a taste. The Sect Master say 66.7kReads9.1Score4.6k14d adds
- 142 I Became a Fussy Old Lady: While Everyone Else Fled the Famine, I Reclaimed the Land 穿成作精老太，别人逃荒我开荒 (No space, no System, no romance. A short drama with the same name has already been released. A warm, rustic story. Everyone says they wouldn’t survive three episodes after transmigrating into a chaotic era. Read this book, and you’ll survive ten more!) She transmigrated into a book, becoming the villainous aunt who abused the protagonist in a male-oriented novel, and was destined to be killed off. Jiang Zhi didn’t cling to the protagonist. She left him behind and relied on her extensive knowled 85.9kReads9.5Score8.1k14d adds
- 143 Apocalypse Rebirth: The Big Shot Starts by Stockpiling a Million Supplies 末世重生：大佬从百万囤货开始 [Apocalypse + ruthless heroine + System storage space + stockpiling supplies + infrastructure building + strong female lead + an outrageously powerful golden finger!] Han Qingxia, a hardened survivor who struggled through ten years of the apocalypse, is betrayed by her base while it’s under siege by zombies. She opens her eyes and finds herself back half a month before the apocalypse! Her deadbeat father, awful grandmother, and stepmother are still trying to force her out of her home so her brot 97.4kReads9.4Score8.6k14d adds
