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- 51 Breaking the Bottom Line 打破底线 In the eyes of others, he has it all: an executive title at a branch company and a happy family. But he also has plenty of secrets he can’t let see the light of day… A routine audit at the head office becomes the turning point in his fate… 14.1kReads8.2Score68914d adds
- 52 The Billionaire Who Rose from a Sea of Women 女人堆里走出的亿万富翁 A contemporary setting, lighthearted humor, laugh-out-loud everyday life, playful banter, heartwarming inspiration, and no harem. He's penniless, yet popular with women. He's sincere, yet works in the most hypocritical industry. He's handsome, talented, and witty, and could have led a life of endless romantic conquests, but… Set in Shenzhen, Guangdong, in 2008, the story follows the remarkable career and business journey of Li Zhe, a young man from a farming family who rises steadily to success 2kReads5.9Score10814d adds
- 53 Rising to the Top in Midlife 人到中年之青云直上 Xiao Yi was middle-aged when he was sentenced to prison for an illegal loan. Three years later, when he walked out of the prison gates, everything he had once owned was gone. His career, family, and wife had all left him. Then one phone call completely changed his fate. He returned to his old workplace and carefully worked his way up, earning promotion after promotion. From then on, his fortunes turned around. He rode against the current and lived life on his own terms! 4.9kReads9.1Score61514d adds
- 54 Those Years as a Young Hooligan 小痞子的那些年 The strong grow stronger when challenged. The weak are only more wounded by defeat. Growing-up memories of people born in the 1970s and 1980s, and the distinctive flavor of Sichuan and Chongqing in the 1990s. Amidst a deep nostalgia for the era, see how wild grass grows. This book is full of nostalgia and offers an unvarnished glimpse of ordinary life. Looking back, you finally understand: those who master themselves are strong, and those who know themselves are wise. 1.7kReads8.9Score17614d adds
- 55 Sunshine Everywhere 随处可见的阳光 Wang Baisheng was unlucky, yet somehow seemed lucky, too. His first love left him in unbearable pain… On the road after running away from home, he rescued Wang Yajing. Then, at her father’s company, he met Li Mengqi. From then on, his fate was entwined with women… Though perhaps that’s an exaggeration… 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 I Made My Start in Real Estate 我做房地产中介起家 I Got My Start as a Real Estate Agent 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 Two Years After Forgiving Her Affair, I Asked for a Divorce 原谅她出轨两年后，我提出了离婚 In middle age, I discovered that my devoted wife had been cheating on me. Everyone thought I had forgiven her. No one knew the patience and wisdom a man could bring to bear. I spent two years getting ready. Then, after two years, I would give her and her lover the perfect revenge. [A fan's words] If I were 20, I'd grab a knife and go fight. If I were 30, I'd slap her hard and divorce her. But I'm 45, and I have more than just age: I have wisdom. What I want is to secure the greatest benefit for 2.5kReads6.9Score11914d adds
- 58 Reborn from the Cocoon: Lin Yu’s Comeback 破茧重生，林宇的逆袭 The protagonist is a devout Buddhist who values loyalty and honor, and is also innovative and bold. He struggles to make his way in the garment industry. In 2004, he saw an opportunity and proposed that his company purchase digital textile printers from the Sun Country, helping it take the lead in the digital printing field. He later went into business for himself, and things went smoothly from the start. But fate had other plans: his manager betrayed him and took all his clients, the market shi 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 Divorce: A Battle That Reveals Human Nature 离婚撕开人性的博弈 What is marriage really like? No one can say for sure. It is no longer a matter of whether you love each other, but a battle between love and money. Nor is divorce something you can simply declare with a wave of your hand. Marriage is not just a lovestruck person's complaints or a discarded wife's grievances. Once a marriage turns into a fight, it becomes a brutal clash of human nature. Reality is no fairy tale. The romance of the past eventually gives way to the petty details of everyday life. 6.9kReads9.1Score74114d adds
- 60 Getting Something for Nothing 不捞而获 When 36-year-old divorced “ordinary gold digger” Sun Xiao decides to use a zero-cost “karate” playbook to extract resources from worthwhile men, she must remain coldly rational as she carefully screens each target. Otherwise, her six-million-yuan safety net will eventually run dry. Meanwhile, a deadly game far beyond the limits of her understanding is quietly closing in on the everyday life she thinks is safe: a counter-harvest orchestrated by a true high-level predator. 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 A Comeback After Twenty Years of Widowhood 守寡二十年逆袭 [Period Drama + Strong Female Lead + Farming + Family Life + Widow's Comeback + Single Mother] On her wedding night, her husband is crushed to death by a roof beam, and Liu Chunhong becomes the "husband-killing jinx." Her mother-in-law forces her to give birth to her posthumous child, then turns on her and throws mother and daughter out while she's still recovering from childbirth. Her sister-in-law blocks the door and yells, "A married daughter is like water poured out!" With nowhere else to tu 7.8kReads6.9Score38614d adds
- 62 The Shoe Factory Worker Holds Forth, and She Knows So Much! 鞋厂女工论道，她知道那么多！ [Urban slice of life + romance] The heroine is beautiful and works at a factory. She takes care of looking lovely while the hero works hard to get ahead. He climbs the factory's management ranks and even puts in time on the production line, all so the two of them can tie the knot and enjoy a long, happy life together. But things aren't that simple... 137Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 Transmigration: I’m Crushing My Scumbag Ex in a Parallel World 穿越：我在平行世界爆虐渣男前夫 (Soul transmigration and a creative premise + healing from childhood family trauma) One morning, Tang Wanwan wakes up and discovers she has transmigrated... The wounds inflicted by your birth family must be healed within that family. Love is a kind of redemption, a light that gathers lost time. Somehow, it was all destined to be. She is financially independent, beautiful, and sophisticated. He is handsome and wickedly charming, but hopelessly addicted to gambling. It was love at first sight. She 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 The Urban Hunt 都市围猎 This story follows the tangled struggles over power, profit, and desire within modern corporations. Everyone is a hunter, and everyone is prey. In the end, justice catches up with them: each person is destroyed by the consequences of their own actions. Then a new hunt begins somewhere else. The novel features a large cast of characters, and the author has done their best to pack a miniature society into its pages. 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 Doting on My Sweet Wife, Tearing My Crazy Ex to Shreds 宠溺小娇妻，手撕疯批前夫 CEO romance + sweet romance + a little angst + business intrigue + plastic surgery + narrow escapes. The plot moves from one twist to the next, each layer revealing more. It begins lighthearted, cheerful, and cozy, then grows tense and heavy, with separation and death. Every moment is worth savoring. After divorcing her ex-husband, Wang Baobao, Lin Meimei thought she could live happily ever after with her second husband, Pei Haoxuan. But she never expected Wang Baobao to keep pestering her. The 85Reads9.4Score17914d adds
- 66 My First Online Girlfriend 我的初恋女网友 My First Online Love 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 I Only Wanted My 10,000 Yuan Back 我本来只想要回一万块 I used to be just an ordinary programmer. In 2019, I moved to Chengdu and joined a company that didn’t look like much, but would change the course of my life. At first, I thought I’d simply run into a poorly managed small company that couldn’t keep its promises: my probation period dragged on, my salary was changed, they failed to pay my social insurance, mishandled my housing fund, and kept putting off raises until next month, the second half of the year, year-end, or after the company reforme 11Reads8.5Score114d adds
- 68 Sand in the Palm 掌间砂 [Elegant, handsome bureau director] VS [Landlady with hidden depths] [Second chance romance] [Each other’s first love] I could give up the whole world. You alone are the cinnabar mark in the palm of my hand. When he returned, he was no longer the young office director who had once written her an entire guide to the civil service exams. After years of rising steadily through the ranks, he had become a bureau director who helped bring peace and prosperity to the land. But an unexpected turn of e 1.5kReads9.2Score18814d adds
- 69 They Stole My Credit, So I Slacked Off and Made the Whole Industry Panic 抢我功绩？我摆烂后卷哭全行业 When your boss takes credit for your work, when the results of your all-nighters become someone else's reward, what do you do? Lin Zhou's answer: he slacks off on the spot! He refuses 996 work schedules and empty promises, and vanishes the moment quitting time comes. Everyone thinks he's washed up, but little do they know that the instant he smashes the sign proclaiming him a "workaholic," he awakens the [Anti-Grind God-Tier System]! The harder he slacks off, the bigger the rewards! He uses a te —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 The Fierce Middle-Aged Man 大叔凶猛 “I've realized I'm liking you more and more.” Looking at the radiant beauty beside him, Lin Feng felt his heart clench. He wasn't single, and faced with such unexpected candor, he felt not the slightest bit of joy. If anything, his scalp prickled. As soon as Lin Feng took over the Jiangdong branch of Wansheng Plaza, all kinds of temptations came pouring in. What followed was a dangerous struggle of wits, without a single flash of blades. The Game of Thrones, the realities of the workplace, and t 1.5kReads6.1Score10414d adds
- 71 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
- 72 My Best Friend's Groom 闺蜜的新郎 My Best Friend's Groom 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 My Angel Investor Is My Adorable Husband 天使投资人是我的小娇夫 Told from the heroine's perspective, this story follows her journey from an innocent, inexperienced newcomer to the working world to a successful professional woman. Fang Yuwei and the hero, Lin Peifeng, meet on campus. He falls for her at first sight and takes care of her and stays by her side, but Lin Peifeng's identity is not so simple. As the heroine makes her way through the workplace, she encounters all kinds of unwritten rules, both obvious and hidden. She changes jobs several times and m 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 A Hibiscus Love Story 木槿之恋 The tangled loves and hatreds of three couples: Mu Jin and Zhang Chaoyang, Wen Qiongfang and Lin Shiyuan, and Fang Yuan and Peng Guangyuan. How long can love last? What holds a family together? Love, marriage, family, and money intertwine in an intense tangle of feelings and desire. Who is right? Who is wrong? Fate lends a hand in everything, yet every choice is our own… There are no perfectly faithful couples here, only human nature. 21.1kReads9.3Score2.6k14d adds
- 75 Chang'an Road Is Long 长安路远 [Urban daily life + romance + campus + friendship + work + emotional journey] Lin Da cherishes friendship, loves life, and longs for a beautiful future. He had a wonderful childhood and a colorful youth, and chose the love he wanted. Then, for the sake of making a living, he went far from home to work, and before he knew it, half his life had passed... Every encounter in life is part of its journey, and every encounter brings another story... 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 The Workplace: Auntie Sent Me Undercover 职场：阿姨派我做卧底 Hou Xiaoqiang is caught cheating by his wife in bed, making Chen Sijie and Qian Guozhong, who work at the same company, feel that a storm is coming. Everything grows more mysterious. Watch Chen Sijie find his footing in this bizarre workplace…! 250Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 An Ill-Matched Marriage 不般配的婚姻 After Cheng Ruojia, a small-town girl, married her boss, Tang Yixuan, she spent the next ten years as a housewife, looking after Tang Yixuan and their daughter, Tang Qi. But as Tang Yixuan's business grew and his handsome looks drew attention, a marital crisis crept closer and closer... 646Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 78 The Caregiver Who Came to Repay a Debt 还债的保姆 Yan Yan had always lived a pampered life, but when her husband was in a car accident, everything fell into hardship. She spent all her savings and racked up a mountain of debt. Their two children needed money for school, and her husband required ongoing treatment. With no one to turn to, she went alone to the big city to find work and earn a living. 67Reads—Score114d adds
- 79 Yunluo Weiguang: A Winding Career Path 云落薇光：职场逆旅 [Career comeback + women's growth + face-slapping wish fulfillment + power struggles + romance] Yun Luowei is focused on making money when her company ruthlessly fires her for her outstanding performance and withholds the bonus she is owed! Injustice at work drives her to the brink, but it also ignites her fury, and she resolutely takes up the law as her weapon. This is not only her fight against injustice, but the beginning of her transformation. How does the pushover who was once at the mercy 20Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 80 A Love Triangle in Marriage 婚姻里的三角恋 [Contemporary realistic fiction + the married life of ordinary people in Beijing + love triangles in marriage + real struggles] Bai Xue and Wang Yang are a young married couple living in Beijing. Wang Yang is a typical “phoenix man,” a country boy who made it big in the city. After ten years of marriage, he cheats on her. After they divorce, Bai Xue meets another man, and her new life begins… What makes this book special: A woman faces betrayal in her marriage, but after the hardship comes 1.6kReads8.8Score15414d adds
- 81 After Tricking My Husband into a Divorce, I Was Fleeced for a Million by a Puppy-Like Boy 骗夫离婚后，我被小奶狗掏空百万 Urban suspense + sham marriage + a gentle trap + younger puppy-like man + a battle of wits Her marriage was cold, her life suffocating. Liang Qiuyue struggled through half her life, asking only for a peaceful existence. Then the gentle, warm-hearted Jiang Zhihao appeared, doting on her, protecting her, and helping her support the family. Believing she had found salvation, she bravely divorced and was reborn. Little did she know... He seemed mild-mannered and harmless, but behind the scenes he 100Reads—Score—14d adds
- 82 Better Never to Have Met in This Life 此生不如不见 This is a novel about love and hate intertwined. There is no transmigration, cultivation, or System, just ordinary human nature in the real world. Through a twist of fate, the protagonist, Wang Zhicheng, meets his fiancée's identical twin sister, and a love that no one will accept begins to unfold. The many hardships of the real world push the two people who love each other toward the abyss, costing them their lives. When you look back on your youth, this novel may make you feel like you've been 1.1kReads6.7Score10714d adds
- 83 A Lover’s Longing 妾意郎情 A love that crosses the bounds of marriage, a longing that tears at the heart and shatters the soul. Tormented love, unrequited love, secret love, obsessive love, anguished love, infatuation, devotion, tragic love, and a love you can't bear to let go; Romance, passion, friendship, family, deep affection, fervor, devotion, heartlessness, and tenderness without end; The tangled complexities of the modern workplace meet an unexpected affair, creating a longing, a doomed relationship, a lifetime 259Reads9.5Score—14d adds
- 84 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
- 85 I'm the Campus Bad Boy 我在学校当渣男 I'm a Jerk at School 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 Fate Is a Sunny Day 缘是晴天 Memories of youth, growing up, and heartbreak, buried by time and kept close to the heart. May the love shared by Xie Qiyuan and Jiang Ziqing touch your heart. Because they loved each other so deeply back then, their love turned into countless tears. Even so, at a fork in the road with no hope in sight, they would keep waiting for him to come. 22Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 87 The Chinese Bodyguard 国产保镖 54Reads6.3Score87714d adds
- 88 A Xiong in the Workplace 职场阿雄 The notorious “car scandal” made headlines everywhere, and the woman at its center turned out to be Xiong Jun's girlfriend, Shi Tiantian. Furious, Xiong Jun broke up with her. Then Xiong Jun hit the darkest point of his life. See how an ordinary man turns his fortunes around...! No golden finger, just a story grounded in reality! 134Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 Finding True Love Inside and Outside Marriage in Midlife 人到中年婚姻内外寻找真爱 Yang Duo is a flower in full bloom. Though she’s forty, she’s still young and beautiful. A woman in pursuit of true love, she yearns for romance and has spent her life exploring and experiencing it. A passionate love affair that nearly cost her life in her youth, a joyless marriage in middle age, and an unexpected encounter outside her marriage: whenever she falls for someone, she loves with wild abandon and suffers heartbreak that tears her apart. Her three close friends have very different l 638Reads8.7Score10114d adds
- 90 A Love Story in Chaoshan 潮汕情事 In the old homes of Chaoshan lie the wildest lives and the warmest hearts. In the 1970s and 80s, a group of Chaoshan people who refused to give up fought their way through poverty, loved through storms, and lived by the bonds between people. Some dared to fight and forge ahead, dragging their lives up out of the mud. Others were loyal and true, unwilling to betray anyone even when it cost them. Love brought tangled relationships, family brought its share of strain, and neighbors argued, but when 367Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 91 Her Secret Thoughts: A Young Man’s Hidden Diary in a Small Village 致她的心事：小村青年的隐秘日记 No formulaic plot | Not a wish-fulfillment novel | Realistic fiction | Zhou Zhiqiang grows up amid poverty and chaos in her birth family, with her father instilling in her the survival rule that “you have to please people to survive.” She gets into college and lands a job at a bank. A well-off man, Ke Qingyan, pursues her, but as the truth about her family comes out, she gradually loses her self-respect and her relationship. Later, burdened with debt, she returns to her hometown and, under he 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 A Temporary Romance at the Factory! 工厂里的临时爱情！ Wang Dali had just left his rural hometown to find work in the city. After his night shift, he returned to his rented room. As he snapped the key in the lock, he heard a woman's cries from inside. From that day on, life opened up an entirely new world for him. Every day that followed was an adventure. 297Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 93 True to Myself 本心 No one can live solely for others, but neither can we completely cast aside our responsibilities. In real life, we often waver between “living for others” and “living for ourselves,” all the while judged by moral standards. Family relationships are not static; they change over time. Families that endure hardship may fall apart, rebuild themselves, or eventually go their separate ways, living along parallel paths of their own. As we struggle to survive, how do we come to understand ourselves and 693Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 A Middle-Aged Woman's Reckless Years 中年荒唐的女人 The story is about Yang Liu, an ordinary woman from the bottom of society. Hardworking and capable, she refuses to settle for an ordinary life, but ends up making a complete mess of things, surrounded by chaos and constant commotion... 2.7kReads8.6Score22414d adds
- 95 The Kung Fu County Magistrate 功夫县长 After the former county magistrate dies by suicide, the higher-ups parachute a new magistrate into Shuanghe. Secretary Qin stares in utter disbelief at the new magistrate before him, who carries a shabby old-fashioned bundle on his back and has gauze stuck to his forehead! But Wang Xiaoneng doesn't care what anyone thinks. With his master's ancestral peachwood sword in hand and his master's ancestral whip wrapped around his waist, no demon or ghost can stand in the way of his great ambition and 463Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 96 I Turned My Vegetative Wife's Workplace Upside Down 我替植物人老婆整顿职场 The protagonist is a top student and highly educated, but his day job is backbreaking construction work. He married a perfect wife, and their life together was pretty good. But one day, disaster struck: his wife attempted suicide and became a vegetable... After learning that workplace bullying had driven his wife to take her own life, “I” quit my day job and successfully applied for a position at her former workplace. With my own hard work and the help of a mysterious System, I track down the pe 45Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 97 A Springtime Gamble 春日豪赌 By day, Liang Shu is a beautiful lecturer in a university mathematics department. By night, she’s a champion poker player in Shanghai’s elite Texas Hold’em circles, undefeated at every table. Who needs a man? I’m better off on my own! While abroad, Liang Shu suddenly runs into criminals. Desperate for protection, she offers to win a game for a domineering CEO in exchange for a “tactical nap.” But once she’s done, she tosses him aside, leaving him wanting more. The CEO keeps approaching her and c 5.9kReads9.3Score62514d adds
- 98 Commander Te, One of a Kind 特总，不一样 A kidnapping that happened purely by chance, a rescue that came without warning. One was the heir to a conglomerate, the other a retired special forces soldier. Their lives were on completely different tracks, like two lines that should never have crossed, yet they began a long journey toward convergence. Though their story began by chance, what followed was rooted in reality. Perhaps people live in completely different worlds, but in the end, whether true feelings can bring them together may ha 598Reads8.9Score10414d adds
- 99 Two Heroes of the Apocalypse: The Half-Inhuman Awakens 末世双雄：半异人觉醒 Doomsday Duo: The Half-Human Awakens 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 100 Love Among the Mountains and Rivers 山水情 (Urban slice of life, inspirational growth, a nostalgic era, rich in detail) The beauty of mountains and rivers, the many faces of humanity, the fickleness of the world. The protagonist, Jiang Nan, knows right from wrong and values loyalty and affection. He grows from a poor boy who suffers humiliation into a fine young man admired by everyone. This story is grounded in real life, with family bonds, friendship, romance, and a deep love for his hometown. He leads the villagers to prosperity, ris 14.1kReads9.1Score1.5k14d adds
