Novels like I Opened My Eyes in 1988: A Crumbling Mud House and Two Motherless Kids
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- 1 My Desert Island Rose 我的荒岛玫瑰 When a plane suddenly crashes, Chen Jie and a beautiful CEO are stranded on a deserted island. He swears he'll keep the beautiful CEO alive... and survive on the island with her forever... 387Reads6.8Score10314d adds
- 2 I Refused His Proposal, Even Though He'd Saved Me Many Times 我拒绝求婚，即使被他救过多次 I Refuse His Proposal, Even Though He Has Saved Me Many Times —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 The Unsent Cashmere Sweater 未送的羊绒衫 The Unsent Cashmere Sweater —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Strange Tales from the Folk: My Paper Effigy Shop 民间诡闻：我的扎纸铺 [Supernatural + suspense + folk taboos + lighthearted comedy] I'm Lu Qingming, fifth-generation heir to the Wansheng Village funeral paper workshop, where we make paper effigies. Skills: crafting paper effigies that channel spirits, encyclopedic knowledge of folk customs, and repeatedly tempting fate. Teammates: a staunchly materialist, steel-spined police officer; an adorable top student with brains to spare; and a cool, capable Maoshan renegade. The difficulty is hellish from the start: On a r —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 My Evil Artifact Is So Ambitious, It Evolved into the Human Emperor's Banner 我的邪器太争气，进化成人皇幡了 He once wielded the Banner of Evil, hoping to pave a bloody road to the heavens with ten thousand souls. Now, as the Human Emperor, he understands that mountains and rivers are the bones, heroic spirits are the souls, and the flame passed down is what makes a soul everlasting. [Name: Ten Thousand Souls Banner (first heroic spirit has taken residence)] [Potential: ???] [Soul: Remnants of the heroic dead of Huaxia (coalescing)] [Traits: Suppresses evil, protects, resonates with conviction] 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Reborn in 1960: I Stir Up the World with My Pocket Dimension 重生60我用空间搅动风云 Ning Fan is a world-class business mogul who thrives in commercial warfare thanks to his keen insight. In just a few decades, he built the Fan Yu Business Empire, a name known throughout the world. His career was a success, but some regrets could never be put right. On his deathbed, he donated everything to the state. He had no wife or children and never started a family. As he breathed his last, he was reborn in his youth, back in an era when people barely had enough to eat or wear. A jade pend 10.7kReads8.5Score96514d adds
- 7 You Can Be the Brother-Worshipping Sis; I'll Be the Big Shot 你当扶弟魔，我去当大佬 Wang Shuai, a 30-year-old IT professional, started dating Li Jing after a coworker introduced them. When they began discussing marriage, he discovered she was an extreme devotee to her younger brother, demanding that her name be added to the property deed and that the entire bride price go to her brother, among other things. Wang Shuai decisively broke up with her. That very night, he unexpectedly activated the Face-Slapping System and received a starter pack: five million yuan in cash and a 390 241Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Quick Transmigration: The Tale of Rong Xi 快穿之容兮传 At 3:17 a.m., Su Rongxi was still working overtime. It was all that damn boss's fault. “Baldy! You think I'm some kind of perpetual motion machine?!” She never expected to die suddenly in the middle of the night and become bound to a 001 System. She could only return after completing a mission, but there was a reward: one billion. For that much money, she was all in... In the first small world, a cultivation realm, she was framed from the start for “stealing a fellow disciple's technique.” Her c —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Every Note Falls Right Into My Heart 声声恰入我怀 Every Word Sinks Right Into My Heart —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 The Toughest Man in Daqing: He Read Himself into a Mental Breakdown 大庆第一狠人：读书读出个神经病 [Comedy + Misinterpretation + System + Ridiculous Schemes + Invincibility] Lu Changsheng transmigrates to a high-martial world and becomes a low-ranking official in the Court of State Ceremonial, whose only job is to take the blame. A Northern Barbarian delegation brings an ancient ferocious beast to the capital and specifically demands that he receive them. If he messes up, he'll be sacrificed to Heaven on the spot! At the end of his rope, he binds himself to the [Divine Reading System]. Readin 430Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 11 Broke and Unable to Go Home for New Year, a Top-Tier Star Takes Me Home 过年没钱回家，顶流少妇带我回家 With just twenty days until Lunar New Year, I couldn’t even afford a train ticket home. Then, by chance, I ran into Yang Mi, a celebrity who had just gotten divorced. She took me straight to register our marriage and slapped the red marriage certificate down in front of me. “You’re my legal husband now.” From the start, I got a million-yuan transfer, the keys to a mansion, and a Porsche Cayenne. “Take me and Xiao Nuomi to your hometown for New Year. We’ll shut everyone up.” When I drove the Caye 221Reads6.8Score20614d adds
- 12 After Four Generations of Brutal Slaughter, I Trade Lives with a Female Assassin to Slay a Marquis 四世虐杀后，我和女杀手换命屠侯 [Two heroines + rebirth and revenge + powerful female leads + romance + fantasy + raising children + palace intrigue + political schemes] After dying miserably in four lifetimes, she catches a killer on the verge of falling into the beast realm in the Netherworld: “Slaughter the entire marquis's household for me, and I'll take your place in reincarnation.” She is reborn with her martial arts intact, only to find that the killer has become a ten-year-old, foolish concubine-born daughter of the ma 615Reads8.3Score10614d adds
- 13 Meeting You Again in Jiangnan 江南再逢君 Meeting You Again in Jiangnan —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Beacon Fires Over Qingping 清平烽火 In the resistance war in western Shandong, the army and the people stood united, striking at the Japanese and their puppet forces to defend their homes and country. Ren Tianxia was entrusted with a mission in a moment of crisis. He went alone to Qingping to rally the people, establish a party branch, raise a force, fight the Japanese, dismantle the puppet troops, oppose internal friction, and unite the resistance, achieving an impressive record. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 After My Childhood Friend Ran Off, I Ascended to Immortality Again 竹马跑路后，我又飞升了 After My Childhood Friend Ran Away, I Ascended Again 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Reborn: My Name Is Xiao Shiyilang 重生，我叫萧十一郎 Xiao Shiyilang’s soul transmigrates across the Three Realms. He becomes the disciple of the Great Emperor Haotian, swears brotherhood with the Victorious Fighting Buddha, Monkey, and is addressed as Lord Emperor by the demon Nezha. Later, he inherits the legacy of the ancient Demon Emperor, leads the demon clans, and rewrites the Three Realms’ rotten rules. The main story begins when Lian Chengbi returns from the dead, having reached the peak of his power. Xiao Shiyilang dies fighting to protect 15Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 17 So What If My Reputation Is in Tatters? This Spoiled Young Master Is One of a Kind 名声再臭又怎样？纨绔公子世无双 Male-male romance + beastfolk setting + ABO + interstellar + original story + lots of original worldbuilding + the author thinks this one is a little angsty (my first angst novel, so please go easy on me.) The clan banquet is a grand and lively social occasion. Meanwhile, in a hotel room, Bai Musheng has lured Lu Sinian, the son of a business tycoon, into bed! Straddling the man and looking down at him, Bai Musheng says, "The aloof, cold-faced prince everyone admires? You're nothing special." T 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Good-for-Nothing Ling Xian: Scaling the Summit on Ice 废柴凌仙：执冰踏巅 The Good-for-Nothing Ling Xian: Wielding Ice to Reach the Summit —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Tales of Ningdu 宁都往事 The heroine, Ning Baiyi, comes from a small town called Ningdu. A university student in the 1990s, she is full of ideals, unafraid of public opinion, and brave enough to pursue her dreams. At university, she heads the literature club and briefly falls in love with her classmate Du Songzi. A misunderstanding drives them apart. After graduation, disappointed with life, Ning Baiyi immerses herself in Buddhism and gives up on love. She meets Tang Yunsheng, a businessman, and they start a family. But 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 The Easygoing Maid and Her Always-Rushing Young Master 清闲丫鬟与她的匆忙少爷 Shen Luanliu, a maid in the Duke’s mansion, always keeps one rule in mind: when the young master has business to attend to, she must be discreet. She examines herself three times a day so she can serve him at close quarters. But things never go as planned, and she ends up catching Gong Jinxing’s attention, prompting him to reflect... 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 The Dragon of Desperate Straits 绝境枭龙 Age: 22. A retired elite special forces soldier and former core member of a top-secret unit, he voluntarily left the military and returned to city life after taking the blame for a teammate. Personality: Cold on the outside but warm within, fiercely protective, meticulous, decisive and ruthless. He doesn't go looking for trouble, but he never backs down from it. He would give everything for his brothers and show his enemies no mercy. He possesses top-tier combat skills, reconnaissance and coun 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Ye Ye Mao Mao's Ninth Book 夜夜猫猫的第9本书 After a plane crashes into the sea, Wang Hao is stranded on an uncharted deserted island with two beautiful women. He awakens a survival System and relies on his formidable strength to brave the jungle, fight wild beasts, and build a home. With his two beloved companions, he advances one careful step at a time, dominates the uninhabited island, and becomes its undisputed ruler! 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 The Fool Returned to the Village and Mistook His Kindhearted Older Sister for His Wife 傻子回村，错把好心姐姐当媳妇 [Unhinged country life + playing dumb while practicing medicine + getting rich and face-slapping] The village holds two secrets: first, a curse that means no man survives past thirty; second, Chen Dalong, the village fool by the entrance, can change people's marital fate just by taking their pulse! When he grows priceless medicinal herbs with the Shennong Herbal Canon, a red thread appears around his wrist. “Dalong, only you can treat this illness...” From then on, Chen Dalong becomes famous far 1.4kReads7.9Score19114d adds
- 24 Lost for Ten Thousand Generations 万世迷途 The Shadow Realm is the world’s lost land, an exile woven by a mysterious being from beyond the myriad worlds. Will Wan Ning sink into darkness or struggle through despair? She launches a desperate charge toward the light. A story spanning the heavens, with The Legend of Qin: Nine Songs as its first main setting. The author reliably writes over 6,000 characters a day and has even managed 20,000 in a single day. More frequent updates are possible. Big shots, come give the author a hard time! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 Saving the Nation Through Technology, Starting in 1920 技术救国从1920开始 A soul fused across billions of years inhabits Ye Kai, a young man in Republican-era China. Bearing the secrets of the universe's birth, he arrives in a nation torn by turmoil and war. The result is an epic tale of sweeping grandeur. Highlights of the novel: Intellectual growth: The protagonist's greatest advantage isn't raw strength, but the ultimate knowledge of “Superbrain 001.” The story focuses on how he wisely applies millennia-spanning technology, ideas, and strategy to an earlier age, br 13Reads—Score214d adds
- 26 Force Battlefield 原力战场 His father and younger sister are abducted by the lord of the Demon Realm. To save them, Ling Feng trains like a madman. But after he leaves the Imperial Royal Force Academy, strange things start happening around him. The demon lord calls him the prince of the Demon Realm, while the imperial royal family treats him with awe and deference. What is the reason behind it all? Find out in The Force Battlefield. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 I’ll Guard This Mountain 这山我来守 Twelve-year-old Wang Duo'er drags a suitcase with a missing wheel away from her shattered life on the edge of the city and back to her grandmother's old home deep in the mountains. She thinks this is just another place where she has been abandoned, not knowing that it is the starting point fate has laid out for her. The hometown her mother never mentioned holds astonishing secrets. Her strangely dressed, inscrutable grandmother is the guardian of an ancient ward; the seemingly ordinary watchdog —Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 28 Old Drag and His Women 拖拉爷和他的女人们 This story follows an orphan born in the 1970s. He is naturally clever, extraordinarily handsome, eloquent, and highly capable. His only flaw is that he likes to put things off. Having grown up without a proper family upbringing or anyone to guide him, he meets many different women over the course of his life but never knows how to hold on to them. His life is therefore full of twists and turns, leading to a series of unbelievable, hilarious, and thought-provoking events. [Copyright Notice] Thi 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Prison of the Fog City 雾都囚笼 In Year 0 of the Fogbound Era, a mysterious black fog shrouded nearly every corner of the Earth. Lurking within its gloomy depths were vicious fog insects that slaughtered humans without mercy. To survive, the nations formed three united governments and used a new physical defense technology to isolate surviving cities and regions from the fog. From then on, humanity entered the Fogbound Era. 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Murky Currents: Tales of Finance 浊流：金融往事 This is a financial exposé rooted in reality. It lays bare the brutal truth behind loan-broker schemes, shell-company loan fraud, and debt-driven ruin. It exposes human greed and wishful thinking, and captures the helplessness and fragility of ordinary people swept along by the tides of the times. The murky waters churn, financial traps abound. A moment of glory ends in dust. Every path that looks like a shortcut comes with a hidden price. Every unchecked greed will eventually end in total col 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 When the Wind Kisses 当风热吻时 In this life, we’ll meet many people. Some will walk beside us for a while, some will hurt us deeply, and some will love and accept us without limits. I’ve always believed that the cruelest thing about love is that the moment your heart skips a beat is already its peak. Everything after that is a downward slope. After stumbling along the way, I finally found what I wanted. So this long piece is for you and me, and for every girl who feels lost while searching for a partner. I hope you can revel 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Memory Loss from the Start: A World in Chaos 开局失忆世界大混乱 Amnesia from the start + a System that makes life miserable + a world turned upside down. He wakes up with all his memories erased, and the world has gone completely off the rails: modern residential complexes have become ancient martial-arts settings, gym equipment has turned into legendary martial arts weapons, and all the modern people in the city have vanished, leaving only experts who crossed over from a wuxia world. He’s forced to bind himself to a sharp-tongued, freeloading System with bi —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 I, a Ninth-Rank Master Hunter, Started Out by Scavenging 我，九阶大猎师从捡垃圾开始 This is a world overrun by demonic beasts, where humans awaken as hunters. A fresh take on the genre, featuring professions, attributes, realms, rarity levels, supreme treasures, city ranks, and more... 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Divorce? President Mo Begs Me Not to Leave 离婚？墨总跪求我别走 [Marriage before love | Contract marriage | Remorseful pursuit | Devoted CEO | Fateful reunion] One unexpected night, an earring as the token, and a marriage contract later, she becomes Mo Jingchen’s wife in name only. They agree not to fall in love or cross the line, but his tenderness and favoritism have already made her fall for him. What began as a transaction turns into true love for him, and she gives him her heart in return. But then a conspiracy strikes and trust crumbles. She tears up 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 The Ink Immortal Pursues His Wife: A Tortured Love, Reborn to Defy Heaven and Find Her 墨仙追妻：虐恋重生，逆天寻妻 [Ascetic Divine Lord Pursues His Wife + Reborn Heroine + Amnesia and Angsty Romance + Winning Her Back at All Costs] In my previous life, I carved out my heart, gave him my blood, broke my bones, and tore out my soul for him. In return, he personally pushed me onto the Immortal Execution Platform. Reborn, I tore apart the threads of love and swore off romance for good. But he knelt before me, eyes red. “Wanwan, don’t leave me. I’ve searched for you for a thousand years...” I sneered. “Divine Lor 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 The Whole Sect Begs Me to Leave the Mountain: Go Trouble Someone Else! 全宗求我下山：祸害别家去！ The Whole Sect Wants Me Down the Mountain: Go Trouble Someone Else! 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Seeker of the Dead 寻死灵 Will I heed the call of the whispers, or pursue the self I was meant to be? Who am I here for? Does my consciousness obey me? I am Qin Fengmo, not a madman or a devil. But the good want me to die for a worthy cause, while the bad want me to live so I can be useful. [Not very scary, so feel free to give it a try.] [Author, listen up: give me a star and you’re the boss!!!] 2Reads—Score114d adds
- 38 Reborn: A Heartbroken Revenge 重生之爱断情殇复仇劫 Ye Chenxi, the young heir of Beijing’s elite circle, was born into privilege and stood far above others. He had believed that love was pure and his marriage blissful. But his wife’s betrayal plunged into his heart like a blade. The tenderness they once shared vanished like a dream, trust crumbled, and love turned to hatred. He was no longer the man who doted on his wife. His deep eyes held nothing but coldness and resolve. With the power of Beijing’s elite circle at his command, he launched a me 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 The Wind Stopped Before Graduation 风停在毕业前 [Sweet Campus Romance + Reunion After Years Apart + Bittersweet Youth Romance] At Jiangcheng No. 1 High School, Class 18, Jiang Yichen reunited with Su Wanning, the little angel who had saved him as a child. The chubby boy who used to get bullied had become the cool, reserved class study representative who protected her, while the gentle little angel of the past had become a dazzling class monitor. She still thought about the childhood friend who had gone missing. He hid his identity and quietl 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 The Awakened One on the Cosmic Strings 宇宙弦上的觉醒者 In my spare time, I’d like to connect with more readers and fellow book lovers online by writing a novel! As long as even one reader is still reading, I’ll keep updating! No more talk, come in and take a look! If you can bear to read a few chapters, whether you like it or not, you might at least learn a bit of physics! Um... I’d better write a proper introduction: Martial arts? Cultivation? Immortality? Lin Tianyang practices physics! A black stone plucked the string of fate. Each awakening on h —Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 41 Unsealing Earth 解封地球 Earth! The ancestral planet? Who sealed Earth away, and what are they after? See how Yuan Huiling uncovers the truth step by step, and helps humanity’s ancestral planet come alive again. 2Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 42 Chaos Demon Hero 混沌魔侠 Zhao Tianyi is the orphaned son of a demonic sect, but his heart is set on justice. While investigating his parents’ murder, he meets Xiao Yingying and other friends from the martial world. He takes up his sword and ventures across the land, fighting for the people and embarking on a sweeping journey from underdog to hero. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 The Villainous Senior Brother Just Wants to Keep a Low Profile, but the Heroine Won't Play by the Rules 反派师兄只想苟，女主不按套路走 Chen Yuze, the senior disciple of Xuanyun Peak in the Xuanxiao Sect, had been reborn with all his memories of his previous life intact. He knew full well that he was destined to be the villain. This time, he wanted no part in the entanglement between the male lead, Ye Chenhao, and the female lead, Zhang Qingyu. He was done being a stepping stone. All he wanted was to retreat into seclusion in the back hills of Xuanyun Peak and stay out of worldly affairs. He even wanted the entire peak to do the 7Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 44 The Human Viewfinder 人间取景器 The story of an e-commerce visual designer who quits to start a business, using a camera and page layouts to measure the lives of ordinary people. It’s a realistic workplace and romance story built around the idea of “using careers as a lens to portray all walks of life.” The protagonist’s Jianlu Visual Studio specializes in e-commerce product photography and brand visual design. Clients come from every industry, making this a gateway into “a thousand trades and professions”: behind every client 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 Records of Mending the Heavens at Guixu 归墟补天实录 Reborn with every advantage? I’ll turn the tables with my shadow self! So what if you transmigrated? So what if you’re an immortal reborn? You dare use your cultivation to bully me and your bloodline to oppress me? Then I’ll use my shadow self to drive you to despair! Life has its regrets, and even Heaven has its flaws. I insist on making up for every flaw in the firmament, relying on my shadow self and living as a native of this world. I’ll defy fate and become supreme! 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 My Divine Lord Husband Dotes on Me Fiercely 神尊夫君狠狠宠 [Satisfying read + two equally powerful leads + adorable child + reborn + sweet romance] A powerful couple from the Heavenly Realm and the mortal world. To protect the Chaos Venerable Mo Yuanming, the God of War Liu Xiyan fell into the abyss while shielding him from a tribulation. He went mad with grief and became the Lord of the Netherworld, defying the heavens to search for her. After reincarnating, she lost her memories. With love as their blade and their souls as the guide, they journey from 16Reads9.3Score—14d adds
- 47 Apocalypse Farming: Back to Africa, 2014 末日种田：重返非洲2014 Keywords: #Reborn #ApocalypseVirus #GrowthAndBreakthrough #Farming #TribalChief Among the Dogon people, renowned for their astrology, an ancient legend has been passed down through the ages: when catastrophe strikes, a red dragon from the East will lead the Han people and the Dogon first to the moon, then onward to Sirius... A middle-aged tech company employee loses his job and, while traveling in Tibet, gets into a car accident. By chance, he returns to a small African nation where he worked el 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 When the Wind Rises 待那风起时 The story is set during the final month before the college entrance exam and moves forward from there. It is divided into four arcs, each portraying the coming-of-age story of a girl with a different upbringing and life experience as she takes the exam and completes her studies... 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 Xiaojiang Town 晓江镇 Amid the clashes of interest and struggles of human nature in the trenches of the workplace, Mo Ye is a hands-on doer who remains true to his original aspirations. How can he break through the obstacles and achieve a win-win for his own ambitions and local development? This story explores how idealism can survive and bloom in the soil of reality. 25Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 50 I Have a Blade That Can Slay the Tathagata 我有一刀，可斩如来 #Slay the Buddha #Buddhist Disciple’s Rise #Evil Buddha #Slay the Buddha to Attain the Dao They say I am the Buddha’s chosen one, destined to kneel before the blood-soaked lotus throne and sacrifice the mortal world to nourish the new Buddha. But all I want is to slay the Tathagata. So I replaced my right arm with the hand of an Impermanence Ghost, planted a Flower of the Other Shore in my right eye, and tore my own name from the Book of Life and Death with my left hand. I swallowed sword inte —Reads—Score—14d adds
