Novels like A Life of Leisure in Dongguan
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- 51 On the First Day of School, the Stunning Campus Belle Fell for Me! 开学第一天，绝美校花爱上我！ My name is Lin Feng, and I’m an ordinary guy. But ever since I started school, one good thing after another has come my way. Watch me make waves at university. When the campus belle confesses to me, I hardly know how to handle it... 18.2kReads8.6Score1.4k14d adds
- 52 Vulgar Stories II 粗俗故事II Just how forward can a girl be when she takes the initiative? My name is Liu Haojie. My childhood made me the kind of guy who’s no good, with no redeeming qualities to speak of. At least I get along all right with women. They all call me a player, but I just want to sample every flower under heaven and live an outrageous life. 60.7kReads9.4Score3.9k14d adds
- 53 Reborn in 1977: I'm Yuan Hu of the Seven Little Fortunes! 重生77，我是七小福元虎！ [The rating has just been posted and will rise later!] [Reborn] [No System] [Multiple Heroines] [Hong Kong Entertainment] [Chinese Entertainment] [American Entertainment] [Note: Multiple heroines, multiple heroines!!!] Yang Xiaohu, the king of stunt doubles, had an accident on set and was reborn in 1977 as one of the Seven Little Fortunes! From the start, he had a gambling-addicted father, a little sister, and himself fighting tooth and nail! Starting with Snake in the Eagle's Shadow, he fought 69.2kReads8.4Score6.8k14d adds
- 54 Reborn as the Deposed Empress: The Dowager Empress’s Blade Draws Blood to Avenge Her Family 废后重生：太后掌心刃血偿满门仇 [Reborn as the Empress Dowager + Ruthless and Decisive + Empress’s Political Schemes] In her previous life, she was the empress, but the treacherous emperor and her half-sister betrayed her! Her entire family was executed, and she died consumed by hatred. When she opens her eyes again, she has become the Empress Dowager, ruling from behind the curtain! In this life, she casts aside love and wields the imperial seal. Her half-sister foolishly dreams of taking her place in the inner palace, so she 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 Blazing Flames Sweep the Plains: Whose Ming Dynasty Is Burning? 烈焰燎原，谁的大明在燃烧 [Historical Setting] [No System] [Transmigration] [Ensemble Cast] [Struggle for Supremacy] [A nation's fortunes at the bottleneck of civilization] [The budding of capitalism entangled with tradition] [Less court politics, more focus on ordinary people] History isn't about romance and beauty. It's where human nature collides. It's about surviving with no resignation, no surrender, and no regrets. In the Great Ming dynasty, wastrels, hypocrites, and selfish men held power. Nurgan, the Hetao r 15kReads8.6Score1.3k14d adds
- 56 After My Fiancé Introduced Me to His Female Coworker as His Cousin 未婚夫跟女同事介绍我是他表妹后 After My Fiancé Introduced Me to His Female Coworker as His Cousin 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 Joy on the Road to Immortality 仙途有欢 I use the “Human Cannon” to blast powerful enemies across the heavens, smash through the barriers of the Immortal Realm, and win the hearts of beautiful immortals! From then on, I rise against the odds and encounter beauties of every kind. I vanquish every powerful foe and ascend to the peak! With beauties at my side, every step along the path to immortality brings joy. 52Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 Invincible Across Two Worlds: The Carefree Immortal's Journey 双穿无敌，逍遥仙途传 This story is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. With a fresh take, it follows Mo Chou, an ordinary member of society who one day accidentally obtains a jade pendant left behind by the ancient, powerful immortal Master Xian before his ascension. Sealed inside it are all the skills Master Xian mastered in his lifetime. Whoever finds it and becomes its owner will inherit everything he knew. The ancient jade also contains storage space and a portal 600Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 After Getting Laid Off, I Became a Tycoon by Setting Up a Street Stall 被裁后，我靠摆摊逆袭成首富 After Getting Laid Off, I Made a Fortune by Selling Food on the Street 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 The Secret of the Dongguan Sisters 东莞姐姐的秘密 "Roaming the Martial World" "Multiple Heroines" Chen Yang and Wang Tao grew up together. By chance, they became disciples of a great master and headed north to Guancheng to seek out Chen Yang’s older sister, Xu Chunhua. When they arrived, they discovered things were nothing like they had imagined. From then on, they chose different paths, and each of their lives changed beyond recognition… 505Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 The Dongguan Years 东莞岁月 Set in the late 1990s and early 2000s, this novel tells the story of migrant workers represented by a group of young men and women from the countryside in southwestern Henan. It paints a sweeping picture of their arduous struggle to make a living in the unfamiliar city of Dongguan, vividly recreating the bitterness and sweetness, hardships and joys, love and heartbreak experienced by young factory workers during that fiery era. 2.1kReads7.7Score16114d adds
- 62 The Female Leader's Top Ace 女领导的最红强人 While working late one night, I accidentally stumbled upon my female boss’s secret. That earned me her favor, and suddenly I could make things happen with a word. I rose rapidly through the ranks and became her most trusted right-hand man. 4.9kReads6.2Score54214d adds
- 63 A Young Man's Years in the Jianghu 少年之江湖岁月 The jianghu is a road with no return, a maze, an abyss. Some manipulate events from the shadows, while others struggle for their lives in the mire. Watch who rises above them all, and who comes crashing down. 19.7kReads9.0Score1.4k14d adds
- 64 Who Says Having This Kid Was a Mistake? This Kid Is Amazing 谁说这孩子出生，这孩子可太棒了 [Multiple heroines + lighthearted] I'm a high school sophomore, and the Bankruptcy System arrived ten years early. [At twenty-seven, your company went bankrupt, and debts of over a hundred million left you struggling to breathe. You stood on a rooftop, smoking until dawn, and finally realized one thing: if you aren't even afraid of death, why be afraid of starting over? Calling in one last favor, you got into an MBA program. The teacher at the lectern has a background you could never have imagin 4.3kReads9.3Score27114d adds
- 65 I'm a Locksmith, and You Want Me to Exorcise Demons and Ferry Souls? 我一个开锁匠，你让我摆妖渡魂？ Guo Cheng is a master locksmith who has never failed. Until one day, he opens a “lock” and unlocks the door to another world. From then on, his clients are no longer limited to people with security doors. They include the demon spirits that wander among the living. He picks locks to “lock” away danger, and ferries spirits so they can depart in peace. In the shadows of the city, demons and ghosts run rampant. Watch as a locksmith uses his skills to forge his own path as a ferryman between the wor 49Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 Anyone Who Breaks the Rules Gets Fired 违规乱纪者，统统都开除 Anyone who breaks the rules and flouts discipline will be fired, no exceptions. 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 After Dumping the Boyfriend Who Put Her Through Four Years of College 抛弃供她上四年大学的男朋友之后 After She Dumped the Boyfriend Who Put Her Through Four Years of College 171Reads—Score214d adds
- 68 After Fleeing My Wedding, I Went to Dongguan 逃婚后我去了东莞 [Rural] At 22, Bai Qing went on a blind date over the New Year holiday. On her very first date, she lost her virginity to a man she didn't like. With no other choice, she ran away from her wedding and went to Guangdong to work. While working in Dongguan, she met her true love, Li Changsheng, a rich second-generation heir. Not long after they began dating, Changsheng sent Bai Qing to adult college. After many intimate encounters, she became pregnant. Then Bai Qing dropped out, got married, and ga 855Reads7.4Score9314d adds
- 69 Winter Solstice Sacrifice at the Suburban Altar, Year Eighteen of Jinghe, Great Yong 大雍景和十八年·冬至郊天 Winter Solstice Sacrifice to Heaven in the Suburbs, Year Eighteen of Jinghe in the Great Yong Dynasty —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 Zhuangzi, the Sword Immortal: Roaming the Ninth Heaven 剑仙庄子：逍遥九天 Sword Immortal Zhuangzi: Carefree Across the Nine Heavens —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 Captain Jiang, Don't Be So Wild 江队，别太野 [Marriage first, love later + mature romance + sweet and slow-burn + mutual devotion and push-pull + one touch and they’re hooked] [Flower shop owner + criminal investigation captain] On the day her family arranged a blind date, Song Nanqiu needed only three sentences to decide to marry Jiang Yanzhi. “I’m busy with work and often won’t come home.” “Perfect. I like peace and quiet.” “Then shall we get our marriage license tomorrow?” For six months after the wedding, he worked on his cases while s 31.1kReads9.0Score4.2k14d adds
- 72 The Burial of the Evil Lord 葬灭邪君 An invincible power fantasy with a fast pace, ruthless action, and no self-righteous heroics. At the dusk of the gods, millions of years later, a young man is buried alive in a coffin and fuses with the Divine Burial Coffin. The moment he crawls out, he becomes both the undertaker and the ender. "Rescuing people? I'm no good at that." The young man's gaze is ice-cold. "But when it comes to burying people, " "Heaven can be buried, earth can be buried, and immortals, gods, and demons can all be bu 927Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 The Mystic Sovereign of the Way of Yi: The Legend of Guo Pu 易道玄尊：郭璞传奇 The Daoist Mystic: The Legend of Guo Pu 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 Outsiders Join Forces with My Wife to Set a Trap, but I'm the One Who Breaks It 外人联手妻子做局，我才是破局人 A 35-year-old algorithm genius at a major tech company is framed by his boss and laid off. His cheating wife conspires with outsiders to seize his assets and custody of their child. His father dies in grief after being scammed with an AI face-swap. Just as he hits rock bottom, an accidental electric shock links him to the bioenergy of the future, the year 2080, awakening cutting-edge electromagnetic wave tracing technology! He tears his treacherous wife and her lover apart, takes down his unscru 70Reads—Score714d adds
- 75 Mortal Realm Martial Venerable: One Punch Shatters Chaos 凡界武尊：一拳碎混沌 Lin Chen, a body-tempering apprentice, is humiliated by a powerful clan and watches as the demon race slaughters his town. At death’s door, he awakens a bronze fragment left behind by his father. From then on, he shatters his constraints with his fists and rises against all odds! He slays demons and seizes treasures in the Black Wind Mountains, then establishes an alliance against the demons in Qingfeng Town. With only his Body Tempering cultivation, he stands against a Grandmaster and unites th 28Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 76 The Expired Convenience Store 过期的便利店 Expired Convenience Store 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 A History of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms 五代十国史 A focused analysis of the briefest and most chaotic period of division in Chinese history. The book reveals how, behind the military men’s grip on power, society struggled to rebuild its order, and how this turmoil gave rise to the civil official politics of the later Song dynasty. A profound study of social transformation and the patterns of power changing hands, it offers a distinctive perspective and rigorous reasoning. 74.8kReads9.6Score10.3k14d adds
- 78 The Rhine Operation 莱茵行动 Operation Rhine 140Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 Oh No! There Are a Billion Problem Girls Around Me 完蛋！我身边的问题少女有亿点多 The book is also known as The Five-Meter Dependency Syndrome [Galgame + romantic comedy + no System + light novel + leisurely everyday life + redemption] After transmigrating into a school romance game as a background character, Lin Ye only wants to spend his days with his Gundam models and live off whatever he can get. But when Qin Ke, the original story’s tsundere third heroine, steps onto the rooftop, he realizes that this world is more like the setting of a giant horror movie. The five beau 84.7kReads9.2Score9k14d adds
- 80 You Asked for a Bigger Bride Price, but Now You’re Complaining 临时加彩礼真给你加了你又不乐意 Lin Feng had been dating Zhao Xiaoqing for eight years, and they were finally old enough to talk marriage. But Zhao Xiaoqing sprang a 100,000-yuan bride price on him at the last minute, more than he could scrape together even by draining his savings. They were forced to break up, and only then did he discover it had all been a scheme. Lin Feng: “You want me to pay for your school-beauty sister’s education?” Zhao Xiaoqing: “Of course.” Lin Feng: “You want me to pay so your younger brother can dat 1.1kReads7.3Score10314d adds
- 81 Who Says a Factory Worker Can’t Achieve Their Dreams? 谁说工厂普工，不能实现梦想 Who Says a Factory Worker Can’t Achieve Their Dreams? 87Reads—Score—14d adds
- 82 Scam Prevention Handbook 防骗手册 After Zhang Zheng unexpectedly gains supernatural abilities in the hellscape of a telecom scam compound in northern Myanmar, he narrowly escapes. It feels like he has been given a second life, and he vows to spend the rest of it fighting fraud. Using his abilities to see through every scam, he joins forces with reporter Chen Lin, chronicler Xiao Fang, and law PhD Li Fanfan. Together, they delve into real cases and expose romance scams, fake online tasks, blackmail through nude chats, pension fra 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 After Four Years Together, She Rejected My Proposal. On Our Wedding Day, Her Whole Family Begged Me Not to Marry Her 恋爱四年求婚被拒，婚礼当天她全家跪求我别娶 After four years together, she turned down his proposal. On their wedding day, her entire family knelt and begged me not to marry her. 98Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 Me, an Outer Sect Disciple, Became the Immortal World's Ancestor by Keeping a Low Profile 我，外门弟子，苟成仙界老祖 I, an Outer Sect Disciple, Cautiously Became the Immortal Realm's Ancestor 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 A New Life on Egret Island 鹭岛新生 This is a new work of realism, covering birth, aging, illness, and death, as well as exams, employment, civil service tests, job hunting, and work. The protagonist’s past is marked by pain, humiliation, joy, and glory. The author depicts the pressures, lives, ideals, loves, and resentments of ordinary people. Rebellious and reckless, unwilling to settle for mediocrity yet powerless to change things, they keep striving and gradually make progress through twists and turns. This is both the protago 126Reads—Score1514d adds
- 86 I Cultivate with Nine Female Emperors, So I’m Invincible 九位女帝同修，我无敌 The God-Burying Abyss, where the gods fell. Qin Wuya thought he was done for. Instead, nine stunning empresses cornered him: “Unreasonable demands, years later, the boy who once cried and begged for his life holds the nine empresses close as they look down upon all living beings. ‘Supreme beings? Which one of these nine behind me isn’t the ancestor of a Supreme being?’” This story is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. 566Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 Qin Shi Huang: The Spirit Cauldron Arc 秦始皇·灵鼎篇 Qin Shi Huang: The Spirit Cauldron Arc 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 The Six Realms Era: The Hongmeng Investiture of the Gods 六界纪元：鸿蒙封神录 Heaven and Earth began in chaos. Chaos gave birth to the Limitless, the Limitless gave birth to the Supreme Ultimate, the Supreme Ultimate transformed into yin and yang, yin and yang gave rise to the five elements, and the five elements nurtured all living things. Heaven and Earth began in chaos. Chaos gave birth to the Limitless, the Limitless gave birth to the Supreme Ultimate, the Supreme Ultimate transformed into yin and yang, yin and yang gave rise to the five elements, and the five element 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 Yu Jing, County Magistrate on the Frontier 于璟之边疆县令 A common man takes office and bravely heads to a remote frontier. His wife plans and advises, while the women around him are strong warriors. He wins the people’s hearts and earns the support of righteous men. Using his wits, he outmaneuvers the local chieftains, bringing peace to the people and prosperity to trade. As goods abound and the people grow wealthy, Han and non-Han communities live in harmony. Together, the various peoples govern the borderlands and build a shared future. 37Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 A Wenzhou Native's Diary of Getting Rich 温州人发财日记 Dare to endure every hardship under heaven, dare to travel every road, dare to overcome every obstacle, and dare to seize every fortune. This is the Wenzhou people’s philosophy of wealth. They are surpassing Indians in their drive, the British in their wealth, Americans in their money, and Jews in their intellect. With entirely new business models and ways to build wealth, they are changing reality and making history. Wherever there is wealth, there are people from Wenzhou. The future belongs to 17.9kReads9.6Score2.2k14d adds
- 91 The Guardian Angel of Heaven 天堂的使者之守护 Jiang Xiaolan and Hu Bin adopted sixteen orphans: twelve girls and four boys. This novel follows the everyday lives of this big family as its members grow up, covering marriage, love, work, careers, and all the ordinary things in life. Love and being loved, hardship, growth, protection, support, and redemption. This book has no grand central theme, and it is not a feel-good transmigration story full of extraordinary people and events. It is a realistic story rooted in everyday life. Love is its 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 Heaven's Way: Acacia 天道：合欢 The pure rises to join the heavens; the turbid sinks to endure the trials of the mortal world. When purity and turbidity unite, chaos is born; step beyond the Five Phases and transcendence begins. The Great Dao of the Five Phases is the foundation of the world. The Great Dao of Dual Cultivation leads to the summit together. The Great Dao of Forgetting Emotion can free one from the sea of suffering. All things are bound by cause and effect. Of all things, love is the hardest to bear. No on 7.6kReads8.9Score69014d adds
- 93 This Civil Servant Comes from the Ming Dynasty 这名公务员来自大明 Lu Jiuzhen never imagined that after being beheaded and reborn, he would transmigrate to modern society in 2003. The streets of flashing blades and clashing swords are now bustling marketplaces. The brocade-clad guard who once fought bloody battles has become a low-level librarian in the civil service. In his previous life, he was a Ming Dynasty imperial guard, skilled in medicine and well versed in political intrigue. He placed his trust in Xia Yan, only to end up dead and stripped of everythin 35.5kReads9.0Score2.8k14d adds
- 94 The Pinnacle of Country Life 乡野巅峰人生 Guaranteed to hook you from the very first page! [Miracle Doctor + Beauties + Farming + Getting Rich] After Lin Xiaofei was left paralyzed in an accident, his kind-hearted neighbor often came to look after him. He thought he would spend the rest of his life in quiet simplicity, but unexpectedly gained a cultivation inheritance. Not only did he recover, he also gained extraordinary abilities. From then on, he beat up villains, made a fortune, and leaped from rags to riches! 26.7kReads8.9Score3.4k14d adds
- 95 I Was Barely Born When the Divorce Comeback System Arrived 才刚出生，离婚逆袭系统就来了 [Everyday urban life] [Youth and school life] [Romantic comedy] [Multiple heroines] He has just been reborn in a hospital. The good news: he's bound to a System. The bad news: he's still a baby. [Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river. Don't look down on a middle-aged man just because he's poor: the Divorce Comeback System.] [Your marriage may have failed, but your luck with women has never run out. Your childhood sweetheart, whom you lost touch with twenty years ago, has 106.5kReads8.1Score8.4k14d adds
- 96 Picking Up a Wife on the Sichuan-Tibet Highway: My Story with a Budget Traveler 川藏线捡媳妇：我和穷游女的故事 I’m well into my thirties, out of work, and my wife has left me. I watched outdoor vloggers on short-video apps making money while cuddling up to women, and slapped my thigh: Why shouldn’t I be able to do that? I gritted my teeth and bought a secondhand camper van. I called it chasing poetry and distant horizons, then hit National Highway 318. Really, I just wanted to see if I could find myself a wife along the Sichuan-Tibet route. Who would have thought I’d find all kinds of stories instead 10.2kReads7.0Score84614d adds
- 97 Haunted Mirror Livestream: My Yin-Yang All-Seeing Eye Makes Me a Global Sensation 凶镜直播：我靠阴阳通天眼爆红全球 Haunted Mirror Livestream: I Became a Global Sensation with My Yin-Yang Eyes 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 Evil Emperor: Sinful Inferno 邪皇：罪恶无间 [Black X Evil Emperor]+ [Passionate]+ [Reborn Big Shot] Nine death-row prisons across the country. Thirty-six top death-row fighters are selected to dominate the underworld. Reborn in the world of the Evil Emperor, he faces Blood Eagle and fights Lone Dragon. What has he to fear from the life-taking Azure Darkness? The strongest gladiator in the country, Chen Zui is the one and only! 8.5kReads9.1Score50814d adds
- 99 Zigong Enters Government: Chronicles of Five Kingdoms in Turmoil 子贡出仕、五国风云录 Zigong Enters Officialdom: Chronicles of the Five Kingdoms 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 100 Dongguan, Dongguan: The Blossoming '90s 东莞，东莞，90繁花年代 This story is based on real life. One day, Er Gou said mysteriously to Li Minghui, “Ah Hui, did you know? I heard a new Taizi Bathhouse opened nearby. They say it offers a service imported from Thailand.” The story follows a protagonist who turns his fortunes around in the electronics business of the Pearl River Delta. In 1990s Dongguan, KTVs, nightclubs, and bathhouses offered a different kind of splendor. There were also pure-hearted romances between migrant workers over beef brisket rice nood 937Reads8.2Score10214d adds
