Novels like I’m No Punk: Three of Us Together
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- 1 Youth Ablaze with Passion! 青春挥洒热血！ [Passionate school life] + [No System] + [Slow burn] Youth is a time to sweat without restraint, with passion surging through your heart. In G City, a place known for its simple, honest people, six colleges stand side by side. After starting his first year of high school, Gao Yicheng is constantly harassed by the school's factions. With no other choice, he forms a faction of his own to protect himself. 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 The Reckless Youth: A Passionate Heart 不良之热血方刚 Underworld + school life + passion + brotherhood + supremacy struggles + multiple heroines One day, I’ll rise like a dragon and conquer the underworld in a river of blood. Through flashing blades and piles of bones, I’ll stand at the front to shield my brothers. Shen Xiao, a freshman in high school, looked so frail that on his first day, a teacher made an example of him in front of the whole class. After class, he went to the restroom. As soon as he stepped out of a stall, he was kicked to the f 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Reborn: I Went on a Killing Spree in the Underworld 重生后我在黑道大开杀戒 [Everyday urban life + wild imagination + powerful lead + scheming + reborn + billionaire + thrilling and suspenseful + laugh-out-loud comedy + invincible face-slapping + underworld + big boss] Li Wei’s family is hounded by loan sharks until their lives are destroyed. Fleeing for his life, Li Wei loses his footing and falls to his death from the 21st floor. To his surprise, Li Wei is reborn as Mo Lingfeng, the son of the billionaire Mo Xiaotian. He gets his revenge using underworld methods. Afte 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 The Southbound Geese of That Year 那年南雁 “My name is Lu Heng. Lu as in mainland, Heng as in wielding a blade on horseback.” After an honest, unassuming student suffers extreme humiliation, will he keep silent or stand up and fight back? Young people are, by nature, reckless, rebellious, wild, and full of anger, with little thought for the consequences of their actions. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Zhou Bufan’s Road to a Triumphant Rise in the Underworld 周不凡的黑道逆袭路 [No dogs are harmed in this book.] [This book is based on real events. Any resemblance is purely coincidental.] A hopeless case? A pushover anyone can pick on? When Zhou Bufan, once trampled underfoot, enters the chaotic North City covered in scars, all he wants is to keep his head down. But in this wretched world, even staying alive is too much to hope for! When fists rain down on him again, when his dignity is crushed once more, he can’t take it anymore. He won’t take it anymore! “Either live —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 South City's Fierce Eagle: No Way Out 南城雄枭：上天无门 The son of a dockworker starts with nothing but the grief of his father's murder. Over ten years, amid the blood and fire of a southern port city, he builds an underground empire with his own hands. Then, in the sweeping tide of the crackdown on organized crime, he makes the most difficult choice of his life. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 The Reckless Youth 不良之狂妄青春 “Smash anything you see! Hit anyone you see! Flatten No. 6 High School!” I’m Zhang Ling. I’d only just started high school when I crossed the school’s resident delinquents. At first, I fought back just to protect myself. But as one problem after another came along, it wasn’t so easy to walk away. Before I knew it, I’d become the top delinquent in the school... 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Bloodshed and the Rise of a Young Man 血染，少年崛起 (This work is set in a fictional world and contains science fiction elements.) This is a story about brotherhood and the code of the underworld... Do good people really get what they deserve? Do so-called bad people have their own reasons...? In these chaotic times, perhaps the only way forward is to join the underworld. The saying that good and evil are always repaid in the end is nothing but words meant to comfort people. Before true power, perhaps we are no more than ants. Perhaps only after 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Huh? The Underworld System Begins with a Heartfelt Duet on the Rooftop 啊？黑道系统从天台深情对唱开始 [System + underworld gangs + one female lead + absurd humor] “I am sworn enemies with the underworld System...” [Host, what did you say?] “Uh, I said I’m happy to share the same sky with you.” —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Blue Flame and a White Shirt 青焰与白衬衫 My new work is out! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 A Man of the Jianghu 江湖混的人 What kind of people are these? They’re a rowdy bunch, a bunch who think they’re better than everyone else. The brothers we ran wild with back in the day. When our youth had passed and we looked back, some familiar faces were nowhere to be seen. Some had gone far away, some had faded into silence, and some were still eating from the same communal pot. Why? Because the road we took was one we could never turn back from. 1.4kReads8.2Score—14d adds
- 12 Restless Youth 躁动少年 My name is Lin Yi. In middle school, I used to throw my weight around alongside the big brother I looked up to. But when I entered high school, I got beaten to a pulp. After meeting a group of dependable brothers, we started out at school and swore to conquer this ruthless city. As our influence grew and we grew stronger, we were drawn into a series of events we'd never had any contact with before. 170Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Tales of Vocational High School 职高风云录 [Told in flashbacks] [First-person POV] [Passionate] [Youth] [Rags to riches] [Two heroines] [Don't mess with an honest man, or you won't even get the chance to kneel and beg for mercy!!!] —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Tales of Longcheng’s Underworld: My Years in Black Gold 龙城黑道往事之我的黑金岁月 In the 1990s, Longcheng had seven major criminal gangs. The locals came up with this couplet: First came Ding, then Wei, Cao the Third was Fat; Mao the Fourth, Guai the Fifth, and Monk the Sixth; The banner line: Manlin rules them all. But not one of these utterly wicked people met a good end. This book will unveil that dark and chaotic era, and the bloody turmoil that once unfolded across Longcheng. (All names and places in this story are fictional. Any resemblance to real people or places is p 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Reborn as the Boss of the Underworld 魔帝重生之我在黑道当老大 During a battle between the Demon Emperor and the Immortal Emperor, the Demon Emperor was stabbed in the back by the brother he trusted most, and perished. He thought this would be the end for him, but who could have guessed? His soul was reborn in the body of a young man. Just as he was trying to make sense of it all, he discovered he had become the boss of an underworld gang. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Underworld Tales: The Ruthless Boss of Yuncheng 黑道往事之云城枭雄 After the 2002 college entrance exams, Ye Haonan scored high enough to get into a top university. Overjoyed, he was preparing to share the good news with his family when disaster struck at home. In that moment, he raised the axe in his hands and swung it at the criminals. It was clearly self-defense, yet he was sent to prison for exceeding its limits. From then on, his life changed beyond recognition. The well-behaved boy became a demon everyone feared... 306Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 17 Madman of the Martial World: Power Without Limits 江湖狂枭：权势滔天 Gao Wen has only one rule for life in the underworld: anything can be fake, but survival is always real. Gao Wen fought his way to a place in the underworld with his fists, only to be stabbed eight times while collecting a debt. His cousin Gao Lin is thrust into the role at a critical moment, and every faction is ready to make its move. There is the authority of the hospital security department, the interests surrounding the Second-Floor Restaurant, and enemies threatening to take his life... In 167Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 The Winds of Ye City 邺都风云 My father was dead, but his debts remained. 140,000 yuan, two people, one county town. Zhou Ye only wanted to study hard, but some people wouldn't let him. Why should a son have to pay off the mess his father left behind? He refused to accept it. Then He'd beat them into submission. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 The Inner Game of the Underworld 黑道风云局中局 On a stormy night in an unfinished building, Long Xiao, once the crime boss whose every footstep could make an entire street tremble, falls into the hands of the brother he trusted most! After a gangland betrayal, he goes from a king who could command the winds and rain to a hunted fugitive. The iron bars of the holding cell can lock him up, but they can't extinguish the fire in his eyes. His former underlings scatter like birds and beasts, while his enemies' spies are everywhere. No matter! Whe 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 The Kingpin of Jincheng 晋城枭雄 Qin Mu is bullied by his classmates at school. By chance, he hears about the most powerful gang boss in the district. He completes the gang’s initiation task, becomes a wanted man, and gradually builds up his strength until he finally retires from the underworld. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Rascal High School 痞子高校 My name is Zhang Yan. After graduating from junior high, I started high school at No. 5 Middle School. The days that followed were nothing like what I had hoped for. It was as if an abyss was staring at me, and I had to use every ounce of strength to contend with it: falling into the abyss, struggling within it, and finally climbing back out. 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Gusu's Dark Day: We Are the Kings of No. 15 High School 姑苏黑昼：我们才是十五中的天 Overnight, my family was slaughtered by the mysterious organization Ba Tian Pavilion. I transferred to Gusu No. 15 High School alone, wanting nothing more than to stay alive. But after I knocked out the so-called freshman-year bully with one punch at the dorm entrance, I was dragged into the whirlpool of the school’s hidden power struggles. At death’s door, my second brother, who was supposed to have died in Jinling, appeared before me as a sophomore and became the “cold-faced demon” feared by —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 The Old Days of Northern Jiangsu 苏北社会往事 This is not just a school story. It is a snapshot of an entire generation’s coming of age: On dignity: When fists become the “rules,” can books still defend our dignity? On choices: In the gray areas, how do we draw the line within ourselves? On leaving: That train ticket to Nanjing is the coming-of-age rite shared by every boy from northern Jiangsu. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 A Kingpin in the Making 黑道之少年为王 Sometimes, campus life is dark, and society is cruel. Through my eyes, I’ll take you along to experience every hardship I endured on the road from boyhood to ruling Longcheng. My name is Qi Yu. In elementary school, I followed a group of older boys and caught a glimpse of young men showing off on motorbikes, scraping steel pipes along the ground. A gust of wind, carrying the cold gleam of steel pipes, swept past my ear. Flames sprang up in the boy’s chest, and even his breath burned like molten 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 Chen Haonan, the Underworld Emperor 黑道天皇陈浩南 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Dragon City Storm: A Deadly Showdown in the Underworld on New Year's Eve 龙城风云：除夕前夜的江湖绝杀 Dragon City in Turmoil: A Deadly Showdown in the Underworld on New Year's Eve 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 The Edge of Youth: Blade of Contention 少年锋芒之峥刀 [Underworld story] [Fast-paced plot, no filler] [One heroine] [Revenge] [Urban] Lu Zheng grew up in the old district of Qingxi County, raised by his father, Lu Zhenting, who ran a repair shop. Outsiders all laughed at his father, calling him a useless roughneck who dressed in greasy rags and did nothing but fix junk cars. Then one day, a classmate spat out an insult in front of everyone: “Lu Zheng, your dad’s a pathetic loser from the bottom of society!” With all the fire of youth, Lu Zheng st —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 A Delinquent at High School 我在高校当不良 [Delinquents + school life + wish fulfillment + hiding your strength] Takahashi Yoshiki comes from the countryside. After moving to Chiba Prefecture with his parents, he sets his sights on becoming the strongest man around. After transferring schools, he meets Ito Shinji, who shares his dream, the frank and passionate Akasaka Riko, the hilarious Imai Katsutoshi, and others... “The Blonde Demon” and “The Righteous Hothead” will become legends of Chiba Prefecture! (This blurb is short and not very —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 My Road Through the Jianghu Begins with Saving a Beauty 江湖路从英雄救美开始 After saving a beautiful woman, Su Ming crossed the grade's top bully and set foot on a path in the underworld from which there was no turning back. After meeting several brothers who would risk their lives for one another, he founded the Bright Society and began fighting evil in his own way. 411Reads8.1Score3014d adds
- 30 Bad: Reckless Youth 2, Continuing the Bad-Boy Saga 不良之年少轻狂2：续写不良 This is just a fan-written continuation. If you don’t like my writing, please don’t flame me. I’ve never had much patience for reading a novel from start to finish, but The Rebellious Years became the exception. Its story had me hooked, and I was more than happy to settle in and read the whole thing carefully. After I finished, the plot kept circling through my mind. I suppose that’s what they call withdrawal. I especially kept wondering what happened to Wang Hao and the others after they emigra 3.9kReads6.6Score18814d adds
- 31 The Reckless Days of a Bad Boy 不良少年之年少轻狂 The king has returned, righteous and true. Wang Hao took his four wives and left for Arabia, thinking he could leave all the strife behind and live in peace. A text message shattered that calm: his brother had been hit by a car, his big brother had been sidelined and transferred away, and half the sky over Beiyuan had fallen. Powerful forces from the provincial capital had laid a vast net, determined to swallow everything they had risked their lives to win. Men he had once defeated were now 5.3kReads6.8Score27514d adds
- 32 The Road of No Return: Tales of the Jianghu 不归路之江湖风云录 Everyone says the jianghu is wonderful, but every year, people meet their end in it. You can make a fortune out in the world, but how many can escape judgment? Street toughs and gangsters end up unable to afford even a bowl of rice. Brotherhood never ends, but once you’re in this life, you’ll have to pay your debts... 178Reads—Score814d adds
- 33 Brothers in the Storm: The Guys 兄弟风云录之哥们 From a corner where he was cornered by the school bully to ruling the underworld order of the entire campus, Zhao Xuanhe befriends Cao Si, Zhang Mangke, and Shang Wenjian. Leading his brothers through blood and fire, he earns respect through ruthlessness and wins people over through loyalty, transforming from a well-behaved student into a campus boss whom the whole school fears. But the road of the underworld stretches far beyond the school gates, where an even deeper abyss awaits. The Canglong 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 The Bad Boy’s Path 少年不良路 Throughout my three years of middle school, I was bullied. It went on until the very last day, when I couldn't take it anymore. I grabbed a glass bottle and smashed it hard against his head... 164Reads—Score10014d adds
- 35 Off-Limits at the University: The Legend of a Gangster Teen 高校禁区：黑道少年传奇 Qin Yuze was once an exemplary student, a good kid praised by the neighbors and the pride of his parents. But in the dark corners of school, bullying struck like a nightmare. Helplessness and anger took root in his heart, and from that day on, he resolved to leave his weakness behind. He dropped out and plunged headfirst into the chaos of the underworld, struggling through storms of blood and violence. With sheer grit and intelligence, he overcame every obstacle. Years later, his name was on eve 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 From Prisoner to Undercover: Playing Both Sides 从囚徒到卧底之黑白通吃 Wang Hao is a fourth-year student at the Law Enforcement Academy. His father was killed on a mission two years ago. His mother, the only family he had left, was buried when gangsters forcibly demolished their home. With justice nowhere to be found, Wang Hao accidentally left someone crippled and was sent to prison. By a twist of fate, law enforcement officials selected him and promoted him to undercover agent. Walking the line between black and white, he gradually became a major figure in both w —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Tidal Sting 潮刺 At nineteen, Chen Mo is betrayed by his brother and forced to kneel on a rooftop in Taitung, a steel pipe pressed to his head, his life hanging in the balance. Clutching a shard of broken glass, he saws through his restraints and leaps into the freezing sea. Surviving is a new beginning. Eight brothers who would lay down their lives for one another, and an oath written in blood. “I don’t care about anything else. Anyone who messes with our brothers, we take care of.” From the streets of Taitung 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Gray Zone: Embers 灰域：余烬 A school-set gang story with one female lead. Not a wish-fulfillment power fantasy. No absolute good or evil. Set in a parallel world with no connection to reality. The world has never been simply black and white. Most people live somewhere in the middle, neither thriving nor dying, in a gray zone. We hold knives in our hands and softness in our hearts. We can be neither saints nor demons, only struggle to live in endless gray until we're reduced to ashes. 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 The Underworld: Bullied, I United the Whole Gangland 黑道：被霸凌的我一统江湖 A protagonist who grows over time, and the founding of a power Bullied by others, I received help and unexpectedly embarked on the path of the underworld. From that moment on, my life was rewritten. Wherever this proud young man goes, he will leave his mark! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Strong Winds Reveal Sturdy Grass, A School of Passion 疾风知劲草，热血高校行 High schooler Wang Long just wants a quiet life, but when he stands up for his bullied deskmate, he gets swept into the turmoil of campus rivalries. He gathers allies and takes on powerful enemies, transforming from an inconspicuous boy into someone the whole school fears and respects. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Wild and Reckless: The Delinquent Boy 轻狂之不良少年 [CP + Multiple Heroines + Face-Slapping] My name is Chen Hao, and I study at Bai Miao Technical College. When I first enrolled, I was full of anticipation about this new place. But it wasn’t until I actually started studying here that I realized this school was a living hell… 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Fearless Youth: The Vocational College Chronicles, Yu Chengfei's Story 年少轻狂之职院传：宇城飞的故事 This is a fanfiction based on The Reckless Years of Youth, telling the story of those days from Yu Chengfei’s perspective. I’ve tried to stay as faithful as possible to the original in writing Yu Chengfei’s story. Some parts may differ from the original because I’ve forgotten details or because the plot calls for it, and he may not match the image of Yu Chengfei you have in mind. Please accept my apologies in advance. This story shares a setting with my other fanfiction, The Reckless Years of Yo 158Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 43 Dragon-Riding Yakuza 骑龙极道 Gangsters + business wars + realism + period piece + inspired by personal experiences Autumn, 2010, in the city of Bingang. Eighteen-year-old Lin Shen is knocked to the ground by a fist born of jealousy, with nowhere to turn for help. When every legitimate path is blocked, a key is offered from the darkness: “If you want to live, take this road.” He takes it!!! From then on, the tide of the times carries him along: from the quagmire of Bingang to a foothold in Pengcheng, then painting Yangcheng —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 The Underworld’s Mad Dragon: I Took Down the Jianghu Bosses All by Myself 黑道狂龙：我一个人砍翻江湖大佬 [Underworld + officialdom + domination + ruthless action + multiple heroines] Gong Ming is a discharged soldier who once skinned a man alive and a lone hero who earned countless military honors. A twist of fate drew him into this turbulent jianghu. With his ruthless creed of "If you do it, finish the job," and his sharp mind, he quickly made a name for himself in the jianghu. In this dark world, he met a group of like-minded brothers. They stood by justice and feared no powerful enemies, fightin —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 The Reckless Years of Youth: Yucheng Fei 不良之年少轻狂宇城飞 Yu Chengfei, once the toughest man in Beiyuan City, had already left the underworld behind and settled into a peaceful life with his brothers, Wang Hao and Ye Zhan. Then an anonymous bullet shattered the calm: “The Viper has escaped prison.” Three years ago, Yu Chengfei personally sent a Yunnan drug lord to prison, never realizing he’d left behind a deadly threat. Now his enemy has returned for revenge, and his pregnant wife, Nannan, is the first to suffer. “Touch my family, and you’re dead!” Yu —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Enemy to All 为人敌 Some people enjoy bullying others. They pick on the weak to show how powerful they are, but they'll never know how terrifying those people they look down on as weaklings and losers can be when they fight back. “My name is Wang Zheng. Remember, don't mess with me.” 3Reads—Score214d adds
- 47 Tokyo Love Triangle: From the Start, I Elbowed the Delinquent School Beauty 东京修罗场：开局肘击不良校花 [Fighting] [Beating up wicked women] [Light novel] [Wish fulfillment] [Always get revenge] The good news: I came back to life, with a house and a little sister. The bad news: I'm the class's human chair and trash can. [Hell difficulty from the start!] Ordinary high schooler Sakurai Renya and his chubby best friend Kenji have become the daily playthings of their class “queen” and her lackeys. Their textbooks get defaced, their lunches get dumped, and they get shoved down and forced to apolog —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Youth! The Road of No Return 青春！不归路 Xu Tiancheng comes from a good family and has impeccable roots, but his grades are terrible, so his parents send him to a county boarding high school. He never expected his classmates to be a pack of demons. In this violent environment, six rebellious teenagers gradually set foot on a road of no return. —Reads—Score114d adds
- 49 I Have a Swordsman's Dream 我有一个剑客梦 I can see two worlds. You might not believe this, but I’m a swordsmanship genius. Too bad I was born in the modern age. But who says you can’t be a swordsmanship genius in the modern age? I am both a chivalrous hero and a thief. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 Chen Yu Xiao's First Book 辰御枭的第1本书 Sold by his birth mother for money and cursed by the world as a “bastard,” Fan Chen’s childhood was nothing but mud and fists. He crawled out from beneath a bridge in a small town in northern Anhui. At school, he fought fire with fire; on the streets, he paved his way with blood; in the underworld, he left no enemies alive; and in business, he turned the world upside down. His brothers took knives for him, and women fell for him. Policewomen, heiresses, actresses, and formidable businesswomen —Reads—Score—14d adds
