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- 1 Broke, and Surrounded by Beautiful Women 破产的我，被美女包围 [Urban slice of life] [Feel-good power fantasy] [Healing] [No System] The only son of a hundred-billion-yuan conglomerate, doted on by his parents, talented at everything, handsome, and surrounded by a whole crew of loyal best friends. From the start, he runs into all kinds of beautiful women alongside his childhood sweetheart. Ah! What a satisfyingly refreshing "healing urban power fantasy" this is, right? 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Revolving Memories: Let Me Remember One More Time 记忆轮回：请让我再回忆一次 [Sweet Romance] [Angst] [One Female Lead] [School Beauty] [Youth and Campus] [Young Love] [Bad Ending] Chen Mo always thought the figure in a green dress from his dreams was just a product of adolescence, until Su Wan appeared at the classroom door. The beauty queen of the whole school, she's so pretty she seems to have stepped out of a painting. Yet whenever he frowns, she offers him a mint; whenever he hesitates, she speaks the answer for him. She understands him too well, so well that Chen M —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 He Never Failed His Country or Its People, Only Me 他不负国家人民，独独负了我 He Never Let Down His Country or Its People, but He Let Me Down 22Reads—Score214d adds
- 4 My Confessions Can Prolong Your Life 我的告白能续命 (There are multiple heroines, not a single heroine.) Chen Yu is an orphan with a terminal illness. Summoning the last of his strength, he gets into Saint Sakura Academy, the elite school countless people dream of attending. He thinks his life will quietly end amid loneliness and cold stares, but unexpectedly, he binds to the [Confession System]. The System tells him that successfully confessing to designated targets will extend his life! Chen Yu: “My name is Chen Yu, and I’m about to start lying 2Reads—Score114d adds
- 5 Stars in the Long Night 长夜繁星 Young students, who among you has never gazed up at the endless night? There are so many specks of dust, and so few stars. We cannot stop the flowers from falling, but spring comes again to the woods before the ailing tree. May every act of kindness be repaid, and may all who struggle through the endless night return with a starlit sky of their own. To the youth we will one day leave behind! This book is dedicated to the brave who fight against reality. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 After the Goddess Humiliated Me, I Awakened Superpowers and Fought Back 女神羞辱后，我觉醒超能力逆袭 [Urban power fantasy] [Face-slapping] [Superpowers] [Multiple heroines, no harem] Yang Shuai was an ordinary college student. When he finally worked up the courage to confess his feelings to his dream girl, Su Xinyue, he was not only humiliated but beaten to a pulp. Fate can turn in an instant. With the intervention of a mysterious Taoist priest, Yang Shuai got a new lease on life and awakened superpowers. An unexpected photograph and a mysterious assistant set him on a thrilling path to cheat-l —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Do You Know I've Been Waiting for You to Get Divorced? 你知道我在等你们离婚吗 A first-person story. Not a wish-fulfillment fantasy, just a realistic tale. I met Ji Yao in high school. We went from friendship to love, from school uniforms to wedding gowns. Wait, she got married, but I wasn't the groom? Was our love destroyed by my immaturity when I was young? Or did the notion of marrying someone of equal standing sever our bond? I drifted through the city, weathering one blow after another. Career, love, family. But there is always a way forward. My first love, a benefact 20Reads—Score114d adds
- 8 My Years as a Cardsharp 我做老千的那几年 This book is about inspiration, hard work, hardship, family, love, and friendship. It tells the story of Li Fan, an ordinary man and his struggle to make something of himself. Li Fan starts out at the bottom. Relying on his own abilities, he takes one step at a time until he achieves greatness, reaches the top of the world, and becomes a business tycoon. 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 I Have Cancer, and My Desk Mate Held Me and Wept When She Found Out 得了癌症，同桌得知后抱着我痛哭 A mother who left, a father addicted to gambling. I thought that was already bad enough, but I never imagined fate would play such a cruel joke on me. Still, there will always be people in this world who believe in love, chasing after it through gales and blizzards for a lifetime. I'm only afraid of the pain of parting. 292Reads8.0Score10014d adds
- 10 You Didn't Cherish Me When You Had Me, So Why Cry After I Cut Ties? 拥有时不珍惜，断绝关系后哭什么 [Redemption] + [Regret] Fate swept Gu Zike along like a raging torrent, time and time again. He was the Gu family’s long-lost biological son. In his previous life, after the Gus found him, he yearned for family affection and thought he would finally receive the love he had been denied. But reality dealt him a heavy blow. Gu Shanhe: “Who said you could sit at the table and eat?” Sun Liping: “Can’t you just give your younger brother his way?” He never received the family affection he longed for. I 92Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 11 Nine Years After My Death, My Girlfriend Finally Realized I Was Dead 我死后的第九年，女友终于发现我死了 Nine years after I died, the disabled girlfriend I had once abandoned returned to the country. And the first thing she did after coming back was set out to take revenge on me! Because I had once slapped her, she had someone break my father’s hand. When I forced her to kneel, she ran over my mother and shattered both her legs. When I made her eat dog food, she slashed my younger sister’s mouth with a knife. At last, when she set her sights on me and wanted to see me kneel and regret everything, h 69Reads—Score214d adds
- 12 Forcing Family Bonds Is Fatal: They Regret It After I Escape 强扭亲情太致命逃离后她们却后悔 [No rebirth-and-regret plot + fake and real young masters + the whole family pays dearly + one-on-one, single heroine + sweet romance + no forgiveness, no turning back] Lin Yang was brought back to the Lin family at thirteen, expecting to live a happy, fulfilling life. Reality, however, hit him hard. His biological parents had eyes only for their adopted son, Lin Yao. His three older sisters endlessly favored Lin Yao, too. Even the woman he had loved for over a decade only loved Lin Yao. After f 84Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 13 With My Death Approaching, They Came to Beg for My Forgiveness 死期将至，他们来求我原谅 Lin Yu was dying. But his parents, his younger sister, and even his best friend refused to believe him. “Why do you always lie? You’re just trying to get our attention!” But when he really did die, everyone regretted it. “I was wrong! I really was!” “Mom will make it up to you. Please, forgive me!” Lin Yu spat out a mouthful of blood. “You did nothing wrong. I’m the one who was wrong. I shouldn’t have been born to you.” 54Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Wuhan: My Live-In Heiress 武汉：我的同居大小姐 [Ordinary People Making a Comeback] [Urban Romance] [Moving Up the Social Ladder] [Growth and Reality] A small-town exam ace and an ordinary young man work diligently for three years, struggling to get by in society. He works hard for a car and a home, living a life whose end is already in sight. And yet he falls in love with a rich girl who is far beyond his reach. The X5 she drives costs as much as he earns in five years. By a chance twist of fate, he ends up living with another woman who will 42Reads8.1Score414d adds
- 15 He's Gone! 他不在了！ When Gu Chang’an was three, his father remarried and his mother left. His family was shattered, and so was he. From then on, home was no longer Gu Chang’an’s harbor or his refuge from the storm. When he felt wronged, he had nowhere to hide. Until Ding Tingting appeared. She was like a beam of light shining down on Gu Chang’an… 716Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 16 Terminal Cancer: They Forced Me to Give Up My Kidney, and Now They Regret It 癌症晚期，逼我换肾后他们后悔了 He gave her warmth when she was at her most helpless and desperate, and helped cure her depression. But later, her cousin's meddling made her believe it had all been a calculated ploy. From then on, she grew to hate him more and more. No matter how humbly he tried to please her, she saw it only as an attempt to hold on to his status as her husband. When he learned he had cancer and only three months to live, he told her. She didn't believe him, thinking he was jealous and just trying to get atte 64Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 This Is Hilarious, I’m Reborn, So Why Would I Fear You Kicking Me Out? 笑死，我都重生了还怕你赶我走？ In his previous life, Mo Li was abused by human traffickers. When his biological parents finally found him, he thought he would at last have a family. But his sisters said, “You're not fit to compare with him!” The girl he had saved said, “He's the one I love. Don't even think about competing with him!” They left him with a broken leg and maggots in his wounds. Reborn, he wants everyone who hurt him to die! 978Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 18 Don't Bother Me While I'm Dying, I Just Want to Leave in Peace 别打扰快死的我，只想安静的离开 "Jiang Yuan, think it over carefully. Even if chemotherapy can't cure you, it could extend your life by three years!" "Doctor, how long do I have if I don't undergo chemotherapy?" "Three to six months." "Thank you, Doctor. Please prescribe some painkillers for me. I won't have chemotherapy." "Why? You're still young, and medical science is advancing quickly. There may be a breakthrough in three years!" Jiang Yuan shook his head, calm and composed. "I'm afraid that if I go see Grandpa in three ye 170Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 You Want Me to Forgive You If You Kneel? I Just Want to Die in Peace 跪着我就原谅？我只想安静的死去 Modern urban slice of life, one female lead, no System, no magic, and a story of regret. As the youngest son of the Yang family, Yang Tian has been meek and obedient since childhood. His father and sisters have groomed him to be a pawn in the family’s rise to power. To his surprise, when he refuses to marry the hideously ugly eldest daughter of the Pang Group, his father and sisters kick him out of the family home. Not long before, Yang Tian had learned that he was terminally ill. Seeing how lit 209Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 20 My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Definitely Wrong 我的青春恋爱物语绝对有问题 [Urban Sweet-and-Bitter Romance] · She is your childhood sweetheart, the girl you fell for when you were young and still figuring out your feelings. She loves you deeply, and the bond in her heart means more than anything. . The other is a perfect campus beauty, elegant and wealthy. She is the moonlight in your heart, and more than that, she supports your dream of living off a woman. . Life is one battlefield after another. How will you fend them off? . What should I do? This is so hard to choos 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 I Become a Villain and Get Dumped? Me: Dump Me, Dump Me! 成为反派被退婚？我：退退退！ Shen Chong transmigrates into the world of a novel and becomes a top-tier villainous rich second-generation heir. He obtains a Survival System: as long as he follows the plot and stays alive, he can earn a huge number of rewards. But what he never expected was that every heroine could hear his inner thoughts. [The first heroine is a lovesick idiot. Good thing she called off the engagement. Stay away, stay away!] [Big Sister Li Yu is so beautiful, but she’s a traitor and a pathetic simp. Not for 493Reads7.8Score—14d adds
- 22 Three Years, Eleven Pages: Don’t Cry When You Finish 三年，十一页，看完别哭 Three years, eleven pages. Don't cry when you finish reading. 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 The Abandoned Heir of a Wealthy Family: Seven Adoptive Sisters Vs. Seven Biological Sisters 豪门弃子：七个养姐vs七个亲姐 [Regret story] [The sisters chase after their brother, but it's too late] “Prepare for the worst!” Yuncheng, First People's Hospital. On the day Jiang Chen received his cancer diagnosis, his seven older sisters from the Jiang family kicked him out of their home. With only a year left to live, he cuts ties with the Jiang family and decides to live for himself from now on. To his surprise, after finding his birth family, the powerful Huo family, Jiang Chen learns that he has seven biological older 3.7kReads7.0Score45414d adds
- 24 My Wife's Secret: A Love I Can't Understand 娇妻的秘密，无法理解的爱 We had been married for two years, but my wife still wouldn't sleep with me. Then one day, I saw her go to a hotel alone while she was supposed to be at work, and discovered her shocking secret... 1.1kReads5.5Score10014d adds
- 25 Ten Days to Live with Terminal Cancer, the Film Queen Weeps in Regret 癌症晚期命剩十天，影后悔哭了 (Modern romance, childhood sweetheart arrives out of nowhere, no looking back, no clichés, no rebirth, no System) Xu Zichen was deeply in love with a girl for seven years and watched her become a top-tier star. But seven years later, when Xu Zichen was terminally ill with cancer, she broke up with him. On the day he left, Xu Zichen said one last thing to the award-winning actress Xia Xirou: “You can still change your mind. This is the last chance I'm giving you.” Xia Xirou's gaze darkened, and s 1.4kReads7.0Score10214d adds
- 26 My Ex-Girlfriend Loved Me Too Much: After She Died, She Had Her Ashes Sent to My House 前女友太爱我，死后骨灰寄我家 New book out now: Wind, Flowers, Snow, and Moon, You Alone Are My Future [Male-Oriented Romance + Everyday Healing + Heartbreaking Tragedy + Wildly Imaginative Ashes + The Kind of Story You'd Find at a Corner Shop in the Clouds] This story is partly based on real life. Lu Yuan unexpectedly receives a package. It's from Jiang Lai, his ex-girlfriend, who he broke up with seven years ago. The package contains Jiang Lai's ashes! She has also left him an inheritance of five million, but claiming it w 217Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 27 Nine Women Betray Me, So I’m Reborn to Win Back My Husband 九红颜集体背刺，重生追夫火葬场 [The Ex Who Wants Him Back Gets Burned]+ [Spiraling Regret]+ [Never Forgive]+ [Satisfying Revenge]+ [Misguided Assumptions and a Twist]+ [A Different Kind of Comeuppance] Chen Qing, the eldest son of the wealthy Chen family in the imperial capital, is jilted by his fiancée at the altar on their wedding day. At the same time, eight beautiful women in the audience all leap to their feet. Betrayed by the nine women he loved most, Chen Qing can’t utter a single word. The poison has already seeped in 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 A Dream Beyond Heaven: Reincarnation Across Three Lives 大梦无天：三世轮回 The Peerless Dream Venerable of Eternity lived a cold-blooded, solitary life. Abandoned by all, he was brutally slain in a siege by the heavens. Through a mysterious opportunity known only to heaven and earth, he fell into three nameless cycles of reincarnation. The road ahead was shrouded in uncertainty, and the consequences of fate were impossible to predict. Shorn of the glory of an Immortal Venerable and having forgotten the violence of his past, he continued to be reborn across countless un 23Reads—Score114d adds
- 29 Writing Songs to Stay Alive with Cancer, My Superstar Ex-Wife Begs to Remarry 癌症写歌续命，天后前妻哭求复婚 Liu Ruyan and I were childhood sweethearts. We grew up together. After graduating from college, we moved in together. I wrote songs for her, and she sang them. Gradually, she became a Chinese pop diva, and I became a top-tier star composer. We were deeply in love, the perfect couple in the eyes of our friends, relatives, classmates, and online followers. But fate is hard to predict. I was diagnosed with terminal cancer, with only a year left to live. I chose to break up with her and wait for 771Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 30 100 Tales of Tormented Love 100个虐恋小故事 I am the ancient Greek god in charge of tragic romance. In my previous life, Tomato tortured me. In this life, I’m going to make readers cry. A collection of short stories: gods and demons, ghosts and monsters, unfinished business between the living and the dead, reincarnation, transmigration through time and space, and other heartbreaking tales… There’s no such thing as too tragic, only more tragic. 1.5kReads—Score18214d adds
- 31 My Miss Tulip 我的郁金香小姐 She and I were both residents near this stretch of Tulip Road. We breathed the same air, loved the season when the tulips bloomed, and hated the dust kicked up by the dry summer weather. Though we had never once said “hello” or “goodbye” to each other, we had truly shared joy and sorrow here. At last, one day, I called her Miss Tulip, and she called me Mr. Badou... 260Reads9.5Score—14d adds
- 32 I Have One Month to Live, and the Whole World Is Telling Me to Die 只剩一个月命，全世界人喊我去死 (Anthology + multiple stories + major heartbreak + bring tissues) Xiang Jin’an valued his family and friends above everything else. And every one of them hoped he would die!!! At sixteen, he was diagnosed with terminal cancer. When they learned he was going to die, his family and friends said: His father: “Hurry up and die. Then I won’t have to beat you every day. I’m exhausted too, so it’d be a relief if you died!!!” His mother: “When you’re about to die, don’t do it at home. It’ll bring bad lu 7Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 33 The Phoenix’s Summer 不死鸟的夏 The gardenias bloomed, but the person watching them with me wasn't the boy who had dazzled my youth that summer long ago. He had gone to protect another girl for the rest of his life. I love white magnolias in summer. They usually bloom during the season, and their fragrance, like that of orchids, evokes an image of pure, jade-like beauty. After meeting Xu Yue, I fell in love with gardenias. They bloom every year around the summer solstice, their petals a pure white that symbolizes a promise to 27Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 34 You're a Good Person, and That's All You'll Ever Be 你是个好人，也只能是个“好人” You're a good person, and you'll only ever be a "good person". 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 1.4 Billion People Begged Me Not to Die. This Star Is Too Popular 十四亿人求我别死，这明星太火了 My new work is here! You can 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! 5.2kReads8.3Score41414d adds
- 36 There’s No Going Back Ever Again 再也回不去了】 [Heartbreaking throughout | No redemption | No getting back together after a breakup | The perpetrator’s remorse, from their perspective] There are no hysterical accusations, no shouting matches. All of Su Nian’s pain has become involuntary physical reactions. Convulsions, vomiting, screaming, fainting. This is her cruelest and most helpless accusation against Lin Xi. Lin Xi remembered the last words Su Nian said to her until the day she died. She said, “Lin Xi, go. Seeing you hurts.” 1.9kReads—Score14414d adds
- 37 I Think It Takes Immense Courage to Love You 我想，爱你需要巨大的勇气 [First person, short story, school life, mutual salvation] Beneath the shell of friendship, my love for Jiang Ke'er grew day by day. When we met again, I had only one thought: To get close to her, to kiss her. To hold on to her. Just like before. 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Ashen Reincarnation: The Void and the Fallen God 余烬轮回：虚空与失格神明 #OneHeroine #EnsembleCast #Tragedy I died at nineteen, my heart ripped right out of my chest. Twenty years later, I crawled out of my grave. My chest was empty, and all I remembered was one name: Bai Jinyu. The person who said they would save me killed me with their own hands. The man with the black umbrella who led me out of the ruins said the red moon had been hanging in the sky for nineteen years. He said, “The answer is in the main city. You have to go.” I don’t know who he is, why I never 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 After She Dumped Me, My Girlfriend Became the Lead Dancer 甩了我之后，女友成了首席舞者 Betrayed by Fang Xiaohui, the ballet goddess who had been his girlfriend and the love of his life for seven years, Jin Jian loses the stable job he was about to land just before graduation. He has to start struggling to make a living on his own. Along the way, he meets wealthy heiress Xia Xueyi, shares a home with Ouyang Qing, his close friend's girlfriend, and falls in love with Bai Xiaotian, a classmate from police academy. This is the story of a boy growing into a man. There are a thousand di 642Reads8.7Score10414d adds
- 40 I’ll Ferry You Through This Fleeting Life 你的浮生我来渡 Love had long since risen with the wind, but even after the wind died down, the longing remained. I searched for her a thousand times in the crowd, but never found her beneath the fading lights. I knelt before the gods for a thousand years, yet they never once showed me mercy. My thoughts and longing for her filled my heart, but after a thousand years, we were together for only a morning and an evening. I crossed the River of Forgetfulness and retraced the path I had taken, wandering endlessly o 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Three Hundred Bucks Bought Her Entire Summer 三百块，完买断了她整个夏天 Three Hundred Yuan: She Bought Out Her Whole Summer 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Damn, This Woman Is Fierce 卧槽，这个女人有点狠 Title: My Love Is Hidden in the Blade Lu Yuwen was the sidekick brought up by Ji Chen, the pampered young master of Nanjin, and was practically half an adopted son of the Ji family. Lu Yuwen had always lived a life of wine and luxury, until Ji Chen sent a woman to his home. His carefree days were over from that moment on... This woman was vicious. She tried to kill him from the start... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 Six Months to Live: My Wife Begs Me to Forgive Her 剩六个月命，老婆哭求原谅 [Single heroine]+ [Bad ending]+ [Tearjerker] Chen Mo, timid and meek, has been married to Gao Ruoyun for three years, but their marriage has never been consummated! Gao Ruoyun despises Chen Mo for being spineless and bluntly asks him for a divorce. As if things couldn’t get any worse, Chen Mo learns that he has stomach cancer and only six months to live. With what little time he has left, Chen Mo just wants to let loose for once. From now on, he’ll live only for himself and his family. [My name 121Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 44 Urban: After I Leave, You Have to Live Well! 都市：我走后，你一定要好好的！ [Male-oriented + urban romance + heartbreak + soul-crushing drama + short story] One month before the college entrance exams. Su Yang goes to the hospital for a checkup, only to be told by the doctor that he has just three months to live. He doesn’t want to worry anyone, and doesn’t even tell his childhood friend, Liu Xue. He just wants to leave this world quietly, all alone. But Su Yang has long been part of Liu Xue’s plans for the future. When she frantically finds him... Su Yang: “Liu Xue, I’ 54Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 45 Those Who Came and Went Through My Life 生命里来回过的人 There’s always a book whose every word strikes a chord. The moment you open it, people from the past and long-buried events slowly surface through its pages, like a long-overdue reunion. The joys and regrets, heartaches and lingering goodbyes hidden away in the years gently unfold between the lines. Before long, your eyes are brimming with tears. It turns out some memories have never really gone away. For: Everyone who has passed through my life 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 The Surprise Attack Through Ziwugu Valley 子午谷奇袭 The Surprise Attack at Ziwugu 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 A Toast to the Past, I’ll Never Turn Back, No Matter How Much I Loved You 敬往事一杯酒，再爱也不回头 Even giving her life could not warm Jiang Diyun’s heart. Holding the cold body of her son, Qin Sheng finally came to her senses. “Jiang Diyun, if I could live my life over, I wouldn’t love you again.” 625Reads9.0Score11214d adds
- 48 Bastard 混蛋 The person I despised most in this life was my father. Whenever he came home, he only ever did two things. First, he drank. Second, he beat me for no reason at all. That is, until the day I found a paternity test hidden in his wardrobe... 102Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 49 AI Robot Sequence AI机器人序列 After the Third World War, a nuclear war, humanity faced a Fourth World War: a war of robots. Li Guangfu owns a small robot company. Without a moment’s hesitation, he joins the robot war with the machines his company built… 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 I Cut Ties with My Family and Turned to Evil, Leaving Them All Regretful and Distraught 断绝亲情，一念成魔，全家悔疯了 [Murderous from the Start] [Super Genius] [Invincible] [System-Powered Troop Building] Chen Fei transmigrates into a fantasy world. His father is the head of the Lin family of Yaohaicheng, and his mother is the eldest princess of the ancient Zhuge family! He thought he had drawn a winning hand from the start, only to discover that he was yet another worn-out good-for-nothing? His former body's potential was nothing more than the weakest, Yellow-grade Martial Soul, worlds apart from the Heaven-gr 3.3kReads8.1Score20414d adds
