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- 1 I'm Reborn, So What's Wrong with Choosing a Different Man? 我都重生了，换个男人怎么了？ [Both leads reborn + the male lead has been plotting for ages | the female lead falls in love over time + the second male lead goes crazy chasing his ex, only to regret it + healing, sweet romance] In their previous lives, because of their age gap, Lou Yuzhi reluctantly gave up the woman he cherished most, ultimately leaving her isolated from everyone and dead a tragic death. Reborn, he swore to be her devoted servant, her instrument of revenge, and the man who warmed her bed, and to spoil her t 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Captain Jiang, Your Wife Has Been Reborn 江队，嫂子她重生了 In her previous life, An Ran thought he didn’t like her and had married her only because he had no choice. Only at the very end did An Ran learn that he had always been by her side, protecting her and loving her. A bracelet sent her back to the year she was twenty-two. This time, she only wanted to spoil him rotten! “Jiang Sinian, long time no see!”… 63Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 3 Falling from the Top 从顶层坠落 His name is Shen An. More precisely, he is the man who transmigrated and became this young detective named Shen An. In his previous life, he could move heaven and earth. Now, he earns 4,800 yuan a month, lives in a cramped, rundown apartment beside the precinct, and gets vomited on by drunks while on duty. Then he has to wash his own uniform. He thought this was the most absurd fall from grace imaginable. Until he got assigned to his first case. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 The Chosen Storyteller 天选说书人 A top multilevel-marketing lecturer transmigrates to a war-torn age with no money, no strength to fight, and only his silver tongue. He wins over refugees with slick talk, handles warlords through negotiation, and fools ambitious leaders with promises of a “win-win.” In the end, he realizes that after a lifetime of lies, the only thing he wants to believe is the promise that “tomorrow will be better.” —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Transmigrated as Dongge’s Little Sidekick 穿越成东哥的小跟班 A new work is here! Welcome to read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy them. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 If Chen Wan Didn't Love Zhao Shengge 假如陈挽不爱赵声阁 Two male leads. A beautiful madman with a razor-sharp tongue VS an obsessive older man who is the pinnacle of combat prowess. Lighthearted and hilarious. He chases, the other runs. A Ghost King forcing someone into marriage? The mastermind behind a groveling chase to win back his love? 259Reads—Score39414d adds
- 7 Boss Tang, Your Star Has Come to Find You 糙汉唐老板，你的星星来找你了 [Two Male Leads + Devoted Love + Both Pure + Reunion After a Long Separation] A big, clumsy, rough-hewn top (Boss Tang) + a cold, cunning, adorable bottom (Song Xiaozhi) Ten years ago, Song Xiaozhi broke his promise, leaving the foolish Tang Sanping to wait all night in the rain in a little bamboo grove. Tang’s throat was damaged by the fire, and his grandmother died of a stroke. Heartbroken, he left Jiangcheng and never returned for ten years. Ten years later, Song Xiaozhi followed a hoarse, lo 97Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 8 Her Soul Returns! The Young Lady Is Peerless 神魂归！大小姐她风华绝代！ [Main story complete] [One-on-one romance + two powerful leads + both devoted only to each other] [Brilliant young lady vs. obsessive young demon] The evil doctor Yan Qing comes back from the dead and transmigrates into the body of the young sect leader of the Myriad Spirits Sect on Canglan Continent. Taming beasts? Sorry, I enslave them. Alchemy? Sorry, I eat pills like candy. Artifact crafting? Sorry, I can do that too. Talisman-making… formation arts… Everyone watches her reveal one secr 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 My Old Man Is No Ordinary Guy 我家老登不简单 Urban + Sci-Fi + Entrepreneurship + Pure Romance An unemployed, divorced food-delivery uncle × an alien AI No godlike superpowers, just a brain with maxed-out predictive abilities A lifetime's worth of hard-won experience at the bottom of society is all the capital he needs to turn things around People used to say I couldn't keep up with the times Now, through my own efforts, I'm changing how ordinary people survive Xiao Qi: I can only help you think things through Yang Lu: Then start by helping 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 I Aspire to Become the Strongest Transmigrator! 励志成为最强穿越者！ [Transmigration + Cultivation + Niche]…Xu Musheng discovers after reaching the Golden Core stage that he is not the only transmigrator in this world. The power of transmigrators such as celestial gods and martial sages puts him under immense pressure. To go from being a chess piece to the one moving the pieces, Xu Musheng has no choice but to grow stronger and stronger, until he becomes the strongest… 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 The Paradise Maze 乐园谜笼 Elements include: a morally gray protagonist; no saintly do-gooders; no moral blackmail; nontraditional infinite flow; supporting characters with romantic subplots; lots of instances. Inspired by a dream the author had, so the story unfolds however the dream does. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Slay the Outer Gods, Starting by Curing the Cold Poison 诛灭外神，从解寒毒开始 [Alternate setting] [Fully developed worldbuilding] [Rational, cold-blooded man with emotional detachment vs. Steady, fatherly, powerful and dependable man] Zhang Yuan wakes up as a poor young man with a shattered spiritual palace and a deadly cold poison coursing through him. A golden dragon resides in his spiritual palace, and his two awakened talents are both pseudo-king-tier: the Domain of Myriad Phenomena and the Eye of Heaven’s Mandate. He thinks this is the beginning of his defiance of 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Reborn, I Tear My Trash Husband and Sister to Shreds 重生后手撕渣夫渣妹 Reborn, I Tear My Trash Husband and Trash Sister to Shreds 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 After My Best Friend Tried to Report Me, I Went on a Rampage 闺蜜想举报我后我杀疯了 After my best friend tried to report me, I went on a rampage. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 After Transmigrating into a Book, I Awaken Alongside the Fake Heiress 穿书后和假千金一起觉醒 After Transmigrating into a Book, I Awaken Alongside the Fake Heiress —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 After We Were Both Reborn, His Hatred Drowned Me 双双重生后：他的恨意将我溺毙 [Both leads are reborn + She pursues her husband in a dramatic bid for redemption + Revenge and punishing scoundrels + A powerful team-up] In her previous life, Xu Zhaoxi despised her childhood friend He Xi for being “dull.” In pursuit of “freedom,” she threw herself into the arms of Liu Jinze, a street thug, and even indirectly caused her parents’ deaths, only to be cruelly abandoned in the end. At the very end of her life, He Xi, the man she had betrayed, used his own body to shield her from 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 After the Foreign Crown Prince Took the Throne, My Soul Returned to My Homeland 异国太子登基后，我魂归故土 After the foreign crown prince ascended the throne, my soul returned to my homeland. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Will the Blind Bodhisattva Abandon His Devotee? 瞎子菩萨要抛弃信徒了吗？ [Fortune-telling blind bodhisattva bottom + gentle but unhinged believer top + folk customs + past and present lives + both devoted only to each other] He Gu and Yin Jinting were childhood friends in their previous lives, playmates from a young age. Yin Jinting always said he was like a bodhisattva, but He Gu never thought so. Who could have known that Yin Jinting's feelings would become twisted? Unable to have He Gu's love, he grew dark and deranged. Before he died, he even took He Gu's eyes! H 181Reads6.2Score10914d adds
- 19 The CEO Mistakes a College Guy for a Gift, Then Falls in Love at First Night 总裁误把男大当礼物，一睡钟情 Two male leads + both virgins + domineering CEO + college student + seven-year age gap + fatherly gong + pitiful shou who grows stronger + love at first sight + secondary couple The wealthy families of Xiawan City were ranked in tiers. The Fu family stood at the top, and its heir, Fu Siyan, spent every day rejecting the “gifts” other families sent to curry favor with him. One day, fed up, he decided to make an example of one family by driving them into bankruptcy, warning anyone who tried to cli 4.9kReads8.8Score80514d adds
- 20 My Elder Brother Killed His Younger Brother and Took Me Prisoner 兄长弑弟，夺我为囚 [Fictional Ancient Setting + Palace Intrigue + Coercive Love + Replacement Romance + Melodrama + Angsty + Tragic Ending] The Substitute Empress × The Mad Emperor Sisters Turn Against Each Other | Male Lead Dies Miserably | Female Lead Seeks Revenge | Tragedy for Everyone Main characters: Shen Mei, Nangong Jing, Shen Qing, Nangong Jun One-line summary: The story of Shen Mei, from the eldest daughter of the Shen family to Princess Consort of Xiang, then Honored Consort Shu, and finally the Empre 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Cause and Effect 平因，安果 “I... wasn't I dead?” “What do you think?” a voice replied, amusement lurking in its tone. Half-human and half-ghost, Bei Chengpeng had already fallen on the execution grounds. Now, suddenly, he had returned. In the distance stood three gods. Farther still was a shadow, faint and elusive. “The world is an illusion, and nothing is as it was. Despair, won't you? You don't need to understand. Why look for so much meaning? “Keep a calm heart and let everything go. Be puzzled, won't you? You have to 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Whose Superpower Is to Come Back to Life by Watching Ads? 谁家好人超能力是看广告复活呀？ Starting a new story. The protagonist is called Jiang Der. It’s set in the near future, where supernatural abilities awaken and spiritual qi revival begins, bringing a flood of people with all kinds of powers. But the protagonist’s superpower is... coming back to life by watching ads? 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 The War in Heaven 天堂战争 Throughout humanity's long history, the book of life has been quietly rewritten. Hidden in 98% of human DNA, once dismissed as junk, are secrets science cannot explain. A forbidden experiment and a drug called “Angel of Euthanasia” ignited divine miracles in the blood of a select few. They are the Chosen. Beneath the sun lies the mundane world; in the shadows, a hidden order. Nations maneuver, factions stir, and the descendants of the gods replay an ancient game of chess in the modern world. 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 Lord of Ten Thousand Weapons 万兵之主 [Mortal Cultivation] [No System] Yang Hui transmigrates into the body of a young man. With a hammer in his spiritual sea, he grows stronger every time he takes a beating, setting off down a path of no return. (No women in your heart, and every hammer blow is divine.) (With every beauty in your heart, one swing shakes heaven and earth.) Spiritual energy resonates with metal, while flesh and soul intertwine. On this continent, one can only embark on the path of cultivation by opening a spiritual s 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 The Fragrant Chronicle of Yutang 羽棠芳菲录 [All-knowing ensemble cast + nine-way “love” + historical political intrigue script-killing game (The Yutang Blossoms) + two modern-day people hiding their identities + tragic ending] Jiang Yuyan was a university student in a small county town in northern China. She simply went to sleep in her rented apartment, then opened her eyes to find herself transmigrated into the body of the general’s legitimate daughter in the state of Nanyuan, right in the middle of a battlefield. What happened during t 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 You Summon Spirits, I Recruit Businesses 你招魂我招商 Lin Shiyin, a metaphysical master who can see the spirits of antiques, has been having a rough time lately. It’s not because she’s so poor she has to lick her plate clean with nothing but boiled water. It’s because antique spirits from overseas keep coming to find her. Dear ancestors, this is a poor neighborhood, not a customs warehouse! On top of that, she’s cursed with terrible luck, bringing misfortune to everything around her, even her childhood sweetheart. Though they love each other, they —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 I Have a Little Chaos World 我有一个混沌小世界 Lin Bei unexpectedly obtained a Chaos Dao Pearl and transmigrated into the body of a ninth-stage Tribulation Transcendence rogue cultivator in a mid-thousand world. Unfortunately, the rogue cultivator failed to overcome the tribulation, and Lin Bei couldn't control the cultivator's body. He had no choice but to return to Blue Star. From there, he began his path of cultivation and discovered that the black jade bead was actually the seed of a vast Chaos World. 533Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 28 The Flip-Flop-Wearing Seer 人字拖神相 Wear the cheapest flip-flops, tell the most ruthless fortunes, put on the biggest show, and slap the hardest faces! His grandfather endured a fifty-year miscarriage of justice, living in humiliation. His father faked his death and spent twenty years undercover. And his own great-uncle turns out to be the biggest villain pulling the strings! Feng shui death traps, a wealthy family’s kidney-swapping conspiracy, a hundred-billion-yuan scam built around a dragon vein, a century-old blood feud within 29Reads—Score10314d adds
- 29 My Girlfriend Is 12 Years Younger, Sweet and Spicy 女友小我12岁又娇又辣 There's no such thing as the worst scumbag, only a worse one. What book doesn't have a few trashy men? If you want to see men at their worst and read stories about scumbags, don't miss this one. The greater the glory once enjoyed, the harder the fall. Jiang An is a rich second-generation heir. Unfortunately, just as he's reaching the golden age of enjoying life, his old man goes bankrupt. Overnight, he goes from a lofty young master to a penniless pauper. His friends and beautiful women all aban 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 After Marrying the Blind Tycoon 与瞎子大佬结婚后 Set in a world where same-sex marriage is legal Jiang Chen was forced by his father to marry Fu Yingshen, who was blind. Jiang Chen was passionate and loved racing. To him, blind people were boring and had nothing in common with him. He resisted this life at first. He couldn’t defy his father, but he could vent his frustration. What could the blind man do if he offended him? Divorce would be for the best. So he kept saying one cruel thing after another. “Your eyes are scary!” “No matter how capa 3.8kReads8.9Score49414d adds
- 31 It Wasn’t a Dream: Motherland, Let’s Cultivate Immortality Together 原来不是梦：祖国，咱们一起修仙 When the cultivation world mocked her as a rootless weed, the voice of her motherland reached across time and space: “Fellow countrywoman, we’re bringing you home.” A young woman carrying the wisdom of Chinese technology starts her cultivation journey anew in another world. The ancient legacy she gives back will become the spark that keeps a civilization alive. As both worlds face peril, aid spanning the stars and the bond she shares with her peerless cultivation partner together write a legend 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 The Cultivation Chronicles of Crazy Frog Grandpa 神经蛙爷修行记 I transmigrated without a System, cultivate without any cheats, and the protagonist isn't the strongest among his peers. I just wanted to read something like this, then realized I was coming up with the story as I wrote it. It was basically like reading a novel. Never mind whether it's any good, writing it makes me happy. If you like it, you're welcome to join in and create the story together. It's like looking down on the world as a god! We can give him fortuitous encounters, take away his frie —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 How to Fall in Love with the Crown Prince 如何和太子爷谈恋爱 How do you turn your dream guy into a sweet younger boy? All you need is one Li Qingxian. [BL + 1v1 + Both Pure + Top (Younger) + Equally Matched + Superpowers + Hints of the Apocalypse + Ensemble Cast + Happy Ending] Li Qingxian tempered his body with heavenly lightning, but failed his tribulation. As his soul scattered, he thought that if he got another life, he absolutely wouldn't cultivate the Heartless Dao again. He wanted to experience life properly and have a real romance, too. Heaven tre 10.9kReads8.8Score1.1k14d adds
- 34 Master of Ten Thousand Worlds 万界掌控者 [For the best experience, we recommend listening at a speed of 1.2 to 1.5.] In the ancient era, invaders from beyond the realms ravaged the Immortal, Demon, and Mortal Realms. Countless prodigies then emerged across the three realms. After countless years, they finally sealed the invaders beyond the realm wall, bringing peace to the three realms. Yet beyond that wall, supreme powers, seeking to escape the ‘Origin Silence,’ did not hesitate to sacrifice the entire myriad worlds... Zhang Mochen: “ 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Summer of 2005 零五逢夏 A transmigration-themed story about entrepreneurship. At 50, after a life of mediocrity and years of being put down and emotionally manipulated, a woman transmigrates and finally discovers the ambition to reach for the sky. The coldness of the world is crushed and swept away. The human world isn’t a dead end, but a vast sea of mortal life. Golden finger: reborn, meets fellow reborn people, and later the male lead’s soul transmigrates into another body. The leads are not each other’s first. Both 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Mecha Girls: The Delinquent Won’t Make a Contract with the Socially Awkward Boy 机娘：不良少女不会契约社恐少年 (Mecha Girls + Romance + School Life + Corrupted Beasts + Battles + Passion + System...) This is an age overrun by Corrupted Beasts, an age of glorious mecha. We came from the base cities, heading for distant lands! Chen Muyu: What does it take to become a great mecha girl pilot? First, you need a mecha girl who loves you as much as you love her. As luck would have it, he meets one, but she seems a little fierce, like a delinquent girl. Yu Lulu: I'm so hungry. Eat, eat, eat, gobble it all up... 6Reads—Score12014d adds
- 37 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
- 38 After Marrying My Rich Boyfriend, I Started a Love-Hate Battle with His Extremely Fastidious Mother 嫁给富二代男友后，与重度洁癖的婆婆相爱相杀 After marrying her rich second-generation boyfriend, she wages a love-hate battle with her mother-in-law, who has severe mysophobia. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Keep Him by My Side, Year After Year 留他岁岁年年 (Complete) [Older man + both each other's first and only + happy ending + reborn + groveling pursuit + clingy, sickly beauty bottom × sharp-tongued, irresistible man in power top] Qing Yuan wouldn't live past twenty-five. With his life running out, he did the most reckless thing he'd ever done. He used his debt of gratitude to force a marriage, marrying He Jingxian, the powerful man of Zhaojing whom he'd secretly loved for years. He Jingxian's eyes were full of icy disgust. “You're dying, and yo 4.9kReads8.9Score51414d adds
- 40 I Passed Out During an Injection and Dreamed of My Own Death 打针晕倒后，我梦见了自己的死亡 A shot for a cold sends Song Shanyi, a high school senior, collapsing into a strange vision. While unconscious, he watches the tragedies of the next thirty years unfold before him like a movie: someone else takes the recommendation spot that should have been his, he fails the college entrance exam and loses his future, and ends up teaching in a remote area, living an utterly ordinary life. Worse still, after trusting the wrong people and getting married, he is betrayed by his wife and framed by 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 The Old Days at the Bottom of a Cup and Through a Telephone Receiver 杯底与听筒里的旧年 Have you ever looked at the years settled at the bottom of a glass on a slightly tipsy night, as memories came rushing back like the tide? Have you ever heard a familiar voice on the other end of the phone and found yourself retrieving stories buried by time? In "Old Days at the Bottom of a Glass and Through the Receiver", you'll step into a friendship among classmates that spans decades. In the play of light and shadow across wine glasses and through the telephone receiver, stories of youth, dr —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Special Transmigration: Cooking Homestyle Dishes in a Parallel World 特殊穿越：我在平行世界做家常菜 [Multiple heroines + a touch of yandere + happy ending] “Why is the food here harder to swallow than chemical weapons?” Lin Mo gazes at the charred, bloody fried chicken and the rainbow-colored “creative cuisine” before him, asking the question that cuts to the soul. All he wants is to live quietly, relying on his ordinary cooking skills in a world with advanced technology and flourishing art, but a broken sense of taste. However, when he uses home cooking to comfort those around him, he accide 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 After I Transmigrate, I Stay Alive by Shipping Couples 穿越后我靠炒CP活命 [Infinite-flow + manga + forum + CP shipping + beautiful, strong, and tragic] Low initial rating In his past life, Yun Qingxi was kept like a canary and nearly had his whole life ruined. He tried to run, but didn’t get far, and was eventually abused to death by his scumbag boyfriend. When he opened his eyes again, he had almost no time left to live. To survive, he bound himself to a “Popularity System.” As long as he could form a bond with the protagonist and earn readers’ “popularity,” he could 14.5kReads8.6Score2.9k14d adds
- 44 An Ancient Scroll Lets Me Read Minds 古卷赐我读人心 At seventeen, Lou Wangan was a timid boy who barely registered in his class. By chance, he obtained a tattered ancient book on reading people. It recorded millennia-old wisdom about understanding others, carefully breaking down microexpressions, unconscious body language, and the unspoken meanings behind people's words. It revealed the subtle rules of navigating human relationships. Little by little, Lou Wangan developed exceptional emotional intelligence and a clear understanding of the world. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 After the Frail Real Young Master Gives Up, He Begs to Die Every Day! 病弱真少爷摆烂后每天疯狂求死！ [Open Ending] [Even if you hate me, I’ll still tell you I love you] In his life before last, Fang Kesi was recognized by the Jiang family and worked tirelessly to inherit the family business. He got nothing for his efforts and eventually died of sheer rage in bed. In his previous life, Fang Kesi was reborn into the world of cultivation and practiced the Heartless Dao. After enduring ninety-nine heavenly tribulations and three stages of lightning tribulation, he would ascend and become an immorta 1.8kReads6.1Score14414d adds
- 46 After Reading Minds, the Love-Struck Movie Emperor Breaks Down 读心后，恋爱脑影帝破防了 The ratings just opened, so I don’t know if they’ll go up yet! [M/M + sweet romance + both virgins + movie star and assistant] A gong who knocks down the door to love X a shou with astonishingly poor social awareness To earn two million and lie flat in retirement, Lu Rong was tempted by a high salary and became the assistant to movie star Jiang Weining. During a break on set. “Brother Jiang, I’m here!” Lu Rong stepped forward to help with the props, but when he found they were too heavy, he put 5.1kReads8.9Score97514d adds
- 47 There Are Too Many Campus Beauties, I Can't Choose! 这么多校花我真选不过来啊 Bullied by the campus belle? Looked down on by the campus belle? No, no, no. Li Mu charges into the campus belle’s circle and leaves no one untouched. He’s in it for the thrill... Watch Li Mu outwit the campus belles. 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Love’s Beautiful Lies 爱情美丽的谎言 Li Ziyao is a beautiful, innocent college student just entering the workplace. She is deceived by Lu Yingchuan, a successful middle-aged man who spins beautiful lies, and falls in love, sinking deeper and deeper until she can’t break free. Then the truth comes to light, and he heartlessly abandons her. After a painful struggle, she finally wakes up and, through her own hard work, reaches the pinnacle of success. Meanwhile, Lu Yingchuan, once at the height of his success, sees his career crumble 34Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 Forging My Path to Immortality 锤定仙途 Gu Yang, a boy from a small town, witnesses the aftermath of a fierce battle between immortals destroy his home, and resolves to seek immortality. His father has him spend three years at the forge to hone his skills, secretly teaching him the Thousand-Layer Hammer technique and the foundations of body refinement. At twelve, he sets out on the path to find immortals, carrying an iron hammer and the jade pendant his mother gave him. From the free cultivators' market in the Cangwu Mountains to the 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 1998: Who Stole the County Magistrate's Donkey? 1998，是谁动了县长的驴？ [Before You Read]: High-octane suspense and wild imagination + sensory contamination + power games Enter the donkey’s abyss at your own risk... [Warning! Consciousness Contamination Index: 81%] I woke up to find myself and four others bound and thrown into a deadly game of the mind > Rule: violently cram the consciousness of all five of us into a donkey’s brain! > And this donkey is said to be the only witness to a string of murders in 1998. > The murders are still happening! The real killer is —Reads—Score—14d adds
