Novels like A Gentle Breeze in the Mortal World
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- 51 I Became a Billionaire, but They Sent Me to a Mental Hospital 成了亿万富翁，我却被送进精神病 In the early 1980s, Dugu Feng's father lost his iron rice bowl, and the family was so poor they could barely put food on the table. With no other choice, Dugu Feng gritted his teeth and took his whole family out to do backbreaking labor, starting by taking on the small construction jobs no one else wanted from contractors. He was an honest man who never cut corners, and his work was excellent. Little by little, he made a name for himself in the trade. From a small-time contractor to founding a 253Reads7.7Score124Shelves
- 52 The Carefree Evil Doctor of the City 都市逍遥邪医 Chen Nan was framed and sent to prison for three years. But misfortune turned into a blessing when he received a master’s legacy behind bars. From then on, he turned his life around, exacted his revenge, and ultimately became a man of great distinction!!! 22.8kReads9.2Score2.9kShelves
- 53 Childhood Friends to Sweethearts? Ten Years of Friendship, Changed Just Like That! 发小变青梅？十年友谊说变就变！ [Childhood Friends] [Romance] [Sweet Romance] [Everyday Life] [School Life] [Lighthearted] Qin Zhi had a childhood friend. They went to school together, played together, and grew up together, as close as siblings. Then, in their third year of middle school, his friend's family moved far away. They never saw each other again, and three years passed. When they met again, the lively, outgoing “Brother Qiu” who used to take Qin Zhi everywhere had become a girl with hair down to her waist. Qin Zhi: “ 7.3kReads9.2Score941Shelves
- 54 The Texas Underworld 德州江湖 A tale of hooligans in Dezhou, Shandong, China? No. A tale of gangsters in Texas, USA? No. Texas hold 'em? Getting warmer. There are no miraculous gambling skills, no tense showdowns at the poker table, and no underdog comeback story. All there is is a poker table and the assortment of people around it: cops, businessmen, spies, brothers, high-ranking officials, lovers, and lowlifes. The worlds of money, power, loyalty, and love are all deadly. They aren't gambling on cards. They're gambling on 343Reads—Score—Shelves
- 55 I Brought a Billion Home and Now I'm Lying Flat 我带着十个亿，回老家躺平了 At twenty-eight, Lin Chen hits rock bottom in a single day. His company lays him off, his girlfriend of three years dumps him for being broke, then turns around and gets into a rich second-generation heir’s BMW. Even his landlord throws his belongings out of the rental apartment in the middle of the night. Just as he’s at the end of his rope, a bank text suddenly pops up: [1,000,000,000.00 yuan has been deposited into your account] To hell with 996! To hell with buying a house or a car! Lin Chen 83.4kReads6.4Score2.4kShelves
- 56 Green Vine 绿萝 This book is for everyone who has ever waited. This is a novel about all the things left unsaid: not saying you like someone, not saying you are waiting, not saying whether it was worth it. But all those unspoken words are tucked inside candy wrappers, hidden in a tin box, and buried in the beeping sounds of a phone booth. The bravest thing Lin Dong ever did was not repairing that imported machine or saving enough for a down payment on a house with a courtyard. It was telling Su Xiyue, “It's t 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 57 Divorcing with Terminal Cancer 癌症晚期离婚 [Everyday life + heartwarming + despair + one heroine + moving + relentless misfortune + no System + mother-daughter conflict + villains growing old + standing up to everyone + siblings + food lovers] Originally titled My Wife Divorced Me When I Had Terminal Cancer, Then My Mother-in-Law Knocked at Midnight Programmer Chen Xun often worked overtime and smoked. He developed terminal lung cancer, with only six months left to live. Not wanting to burden anyone, Chen Xun chose to divorce his wife an 19kReads9.1Score1.6kShelves
- 58 You Told Me to Break Up, So I Picked Up a Heart-Diseased Loli as My Wife 让你分手，你捡心脏病萝莉做老婆 (A million-word completed masterpiece with a high rating, by a veteran romance author with five books rated 9+) [One heroine]+ [Not reborn]+ [No angst, sci-fi romance] [After his gold-digging ex dumps him, Su Huai takes in a poor little girl who doesn't even have underwear of her own and has to wear his…] Su Huai is humiliated and dumped by his ex-girlfriend, who mocks him for being poor and useless, unable even to afford the bride price. She doesn't know that he's a wealthy second-generation he 15.9kReads9.3Score2.8kShelves
- 59 Safe Travels 一路平安 Good people stay safe. Even a life that missed the college entrance exam can be legendary! 1.9kReads9.3Score313Shelves
- 60 Why Is the Little Sister I Raised So Fondly Looking at Me Like That? 亲手养大的妹妹，眼神怎么拉丝了 A new work is here! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 53.3kReads8.4Score8.4kShelves
- 61 Livestreaming Cold Approaches: I Never Meant to Become the Godfather of Scumbags 直播搭讪，我真没想当渣男祖师爷 [A no-nonsense guide to picking up women! A tribute to Jiangnan's most devoted romantic!] Someone once asked Lin Mu: What's the secret to pursuing a girl? Are you willing to spend money on her? Or are you willing to spend time with her? When you're poor, she'll expect you to provide for her. When you're rich, she'll want you to keep her company. Even if you can give her both material comforts and companionship, human desire is never satisfied. Who knows what else she might want? So Lin Mu said: 2.1kReads8.6Score153Shelves
- 62 Suzhou, Who Did You Give Your Tenderness To? 苏州，你的温柔给了谁 If not for that company-mandated health checkup, perhaps I would have married her! But it was precisely because of that checkup arranged by the company that I chose to break up with her! 789Reads8.2Score109Shelves
- 63 I Pretended to Be My Buddy's Girlfriend, but His Sister Set Her Sights on Me 假扮兄弟女朋友，却被他姐给盯上 [Cross-dressing Dad × Pretty Boy × Female-Dominant, Male-Submissive × Reverse Pursuit × Sweet Romance, No Angst × Everyday Life] (A soft, shy, blushing boyish beauty vs. a cool, powerful, domineering female CEO) Forced to dress as a woman and pretend to be his brother’s girlfriend, Yan Xiaoran instead caught the eye of his brother’s older sister, Bai Qianxue, a cool and aloof female CEO. From then on, Yan Xiaoran’s peaceful life was completely turned upside down. Bai Qianxue (looking down at him 23kReads8.8Score3.3kShelves
- 64 Reborn, I Raise All Kinds of Campus Beauties, and the Goddesses Are Panicking 重生后养成各类校花，女神急哭了 [Urban Slice of Life] [Comedy] [Campus Belle] [Slow-Burn, Grounded] “I'm pregnant. The baby isn't yours.” No one noticed him after three years of devotion, but once the campus belle got pregnant, the whole world found out. After three years of fawning over her, she ended up having someone else's child. Gu Chuan finally came to his senses and walked straight into Red Romance. “Tonight's on Young Master Gu!” Unexpectedly, an accident sent him back to the day he had confessed to her. This time, Gu 5.8kReads8.4Score446Shelves
- 65 I'm Reborn, So Who's Going Back to School? 都重生了，谁还复读！ The college entrance exam results came out, and Li Shishan failed to make the list. While everyone else hurried to retake the exam, he slapped his thigh and declared, "I'm done with school. I'm going to take the civil service exam!" Since he'd already missed his chance, there was no point regretting it. Li Shishan decided to take a different path, entering the political arena with only a high school education and embarking on an unconventional career in government. 21kReads8.5Score1.4kShelves
- 66 Dating Show: My Golden Finger Is the Master of Scumbags 恋综：我的金手指是渣男祖师爷 Tong Nanchen was an editing-channel creator on Earth who made clips of Jiangnan’s most devoted lover and the founding master of scumbags. One morning, he woke to find that he had transmigrated to a parallel world and activated the Scoundrel System. As long as his actions resembled those of the founding master, he would receive rewards. [Money is for women to look at, not for spending on them.], System activated. [When looking at a girl, look at her eyes first. If she isn’t looking at you, then l 12.7kReads8.4Score1.1kShelves
- 67 Police Detective Dao Feng 刑警刀锋 Are you coming back to the station with me, or should I take you to the hospital? What? You're an adult, and you want both? That's a rather strange request... All right, I'll make it happen! A “famous quote” from elite detective Dao Feng. PS: This isn't simply a crime-solving story. It offers a panoramic portrayal of how public security bureaus handled cases in the 1990s. 4kReads9.3Score385Shelves
- 68 A Man of Savage Strength 男人凶猛 The whole point of this book is to show you just how miserable a man's life can be if he doesn't work hard to earn money! The sequel to Thirty Years of Life… 29.5kReads9.1Score2.8kShelves
- 69 The Wife's Secret 娇妻隐秘 Chen An never imagined he would contract AIDS, and that it would already have progressed to the symptomatic stage. He's an honest, upright man who has never strayed, so he suspects his wife infected him... 16.1kReads8.6Score1.4kShelves
- 70 You Wanted to Break Up. Why Are You Crying Now That I’m Gone? 是你要分手的，我走了你又哭啥？ [Reborn + Everyday Romance + Multiple Heroines + No System] [Three completed novels, each over a million words. No dropped stories, so read with confidence!] “Let’s break up. I don’t want to get in the way of your studies.” When Chu Yang took the initiative and said those words first, the campus beauty was stunned on the spot. Wasn’t I supposed to be the one to break up with him? Chu Yang, how dare you! In his previous life, Chu Yang gave everything for two and a half years, only to be dumped wi 7.2kReads8.7Score654Shelves
- 71 Thunderbolt Commando 雷霆尖兵 I'm discharged, and I've got kills under my belt. With this many walking medals of merit, getting promoted to officer should be a piece of cake... System? I don't need one! Li Ke only wanted to finish his studies and return to civilian life, but fate had other plans, sending him on one thrilling adventure after another. Drug busts, crime crackdowns, business ventures, and revenge: time and again, he foils his enemies' schemes. Veteran leftists, guerrillas, and mercenaries continue to write stori 1.9kReads8.4Score106Shelves
- 72 Period: Reborn in Singapore for a Life of Pleasure 年代：重生新加坡开始快活人生 Reborn in 2000, Lin Yue went to Singapore to work. He relied on wealthy Nanyang ladies to earn his first fortune, then used his shrewdness to stir up the winds of change across Southeast Asia... He pooled resources and built his foundation on industry. After ten years of honing his craft, he led a team of beautiful women from across the world to conquer key fields, including automobile manufacturing, high-precision lithography machines, power batteries, and global financial risk management. From 13kReads7.1Score858Shelves
- 73 Reborn: I Bought a House with My Breakup Money and Became a Billionaire 重生从用分手费买房开始成为首富 After a lifetime of hard work, Lu Yang still couldn’t afford a house. In a daze, he seemed to see again the scene from years ago: his girlfriend’s mother holding a check for two million yuan and telling him to leave her daughter. Back then, still young, he thought love was priceless, and he had resolutely refused. But this time, not only did he take the check, he also said: “Shanshan is the love of my life!” “Auntie, I’ve bled for Shanshan!” “You’ll have to pay more!” 59kReads7.2Score4.2kShelves
- 74 Reborn into the Campus Beauty’s Home, I Froze When Her Mom Came Out 重生在校花家，她妈出来时我傻了 [All hand-crafted, plenty of romantic rivalry, extra sweet with no angst, no System, an emotionally intelligent male lead, and a capable heroine who isn't just eye candy. You won't regret giving it a try.] By the bathroom door, Chen Yue caught Auntie Jiang, the beautiful mother of his schoolmate of twelve years, as she fell. Auntie Jiang came from a well-connected family, was beautiful with a gentle voice, and was also a great help with the finances. To get his hands on the first pot of gold for 133.6kReads8.9Score12.5kShelves
- 75 Making Money on the Side! 捞偏门！ [After graduating from college, I went from a shady fortune-teller to a political fixer] This book pulls back the curtain on political fixers, giving you an in-depth look at the scams hidden from view in both the underworld and the corridors of power. “Do you think officials are all fools? They know I’m a con artist. They just happen to need a con artist like me to do things for them.” 10.3kReads8.9Score1.6kShelves
- 76 I Woke Up to Three Old Men Calling Me Dad 一觉醒来，三个老头叫我爸 He slept for 50 years and woke up to find himself widowed and raising three kids. But why were the kids already so grown up, and why did they all have different surnames? Somehow, he'd become the oldest person in the family, even though he was only 18! 10.7kReads8.6Score645Shelves
- 77 The Road to Power: Straight into the Azure Clouds 官途之直入青云 Lin Qingyun, once secretary to the county Party committee secretary, is ready to make his mark when the secretary unexpectedly dies of illness. Facing the prospect of being pushed aside, Lin must find a way out of his low point and rise to the top, one step at a time. 6.5kReads8.4Score608Shelves
- 78 The Neighbor Next Door Is in a Girl Group? The Shut-In Just Wants to Run 隔壁邻居是女团？社恐宅男只想逃 [Male-Oriented + Multiple Heroines + Urban Daily Life + Lighthearted + No System, No Rebirth] Gu Fan, a socially anxious shut-in manga artist, gets mocked by his fans for drawing a pack of wet wipes wrong. He buys a huge pile of them overnight, then trips in the street. Wet wipes scatter everywhere, and six people surround him from behind. [A Terrible First Impression] He discovers by accident that a group of girls lives in one of his other properties, then sprays a mouthful of salty soda water 5.1kReads8.7Score396Shelves
- 79 The Way of Heaven Is Strong 天行健 In his early thirties, he was betrayed by his wife and left his hometown in a rage. After enduring the hardships of survival and facing the harsh realities of society, he made a comeback and became a legendary business magnate. Through countless rises and falls, love and heartbreak, he ultimately became a king who could shape the course of the world. 13.4kReads9.1Score1.7kShelves
- 80 Thirty Days on the Run 逃亡三十天 Five years of deep affection could not withstand greed and scheming. Jiang Ling was set up by his lover of five years and her lover on the side, who conspired to seize complete control of his company. In a single day, his love was shattered, his career collapsed, and his life plunged into an abyss. With all hope gone, he chose to retreat to his remote, quiet hometown in the countryside. By chance, in an abandoned mine in a desolate area, he stumbled upon a ton of gold buried deep underground. Af 50Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 81 Kicked Out After My Second Marriage, I Thrive Back in the Countryside 二婚被赶，我回农村混得风生水起 Strong Female Lead, Feel-Good Modern Fiction, Period Setting, Building a Career, Comeback, Livestream Commerce, Getting Rich Zhou Xiaoya is forced by her in-laws to have an abortion during her second marriage. Her ex-husband marries someone new, and she leaves with nothing but her daughter, returning to her village. Everyone thinks she'll starve on the streets. Instead, she makes a fortune selling goods through her livestream, and even helps the whole village get rich. How did the woman who was 140Reads—Score—Shelves
- 82 I Met You at Twenty-Three, and Started Over 从二十三岁遇见你，重新开始 [Easygoing daily life]+ [One heroine]+ [No System]+ [Not reborn]+ [Bittersweet]+ [Entirely fictional, not an autobiography] At twenty-three, Xie Yunyu lost his parents and broke up with his girlfriend. The smooth sailing of his first twenty-odd years felt like one big joke played by fate. In the depths of his loneliness, he encountered someone from his past. Some unseen force had guided him: twenty-three marked both an ending and a new beginning. As soon as he returned to his hometown, he met th 14.4kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves
- 83 Reborn at the Pinnacle of Power 重生官场之权力巅峰 Jiang Zhenbang spent thirty years rising and falling in the political arena. Just as he was about to take charge of a region and reach the peak of his career, he died saving someone and returned to 1995, to the summer just after graduating from university. With his foreknowledge of the future, he used a county-level economic research report far ahead of its time as his calling card. He boldly put himself forward and won the favor of his leaders, entering government service at the rank of section 3.5kReads9.2Score240Shelves
- 84 You Really Think I'm a Simp? 你真当我是舔狗？ There's a job where you work eight hours a day and earn three million a month. Perfect attendance for one month doubles your salary, and a full year of perfect attendance doubles it again. There are no benefits or insurance, but meet your performance targets and you'll be rewarded with either a luxury car or a mansion. You also get occasional lessons in all kinds of practical life skills, with everything taught from start to finish. The catch is, the job is to be a simp! Would you take a job lik 24.7kReads7.9Score3.2kShelves
- 85 My Years as a Migrant Worker in Shenzhen 我在深圳打工那些年 Two AI comic adaptations of this book are already online, and a third is in production. In 1997, I was 17, carrying 300 yuan as I left my hometown in Hunan and headed south to Shenzhen alone. With no skills and no temporary residence permit, I was chased by security patrols, turned away by factories, left hungry, and forced to spend nights hiding in a cemetery. I went from a penniless kid to a sewing-machine operator at a handbag factory, then seized the opportunities of the times, opened a shop 18.8kReads8.8Score1.5kShelves
- 86 After I Learned Her Secret, She Took Me to the Civil Affairs Bureau 我知道她的秘密后，她却带我去了民政局 After I Learned Her Secret, She Took Me to the Civil Affairs Bureau 1.2kReads—Score—Shelves
- 87 Unorthodox Remedies of the Martial World 江湖偏方 My name is Zhang Chen. A fortune-teller said I was born with a knack for unexpected riches and would never stay on the straight and narrow. But I don’t care. In this world, people who follow the rules get leftovers, while the bold get to eat meat. I haven’t had much schooling, and I don’t understand lofty principles, but I do know this: you only win if you’re willing to fight. 62.1kReads8.9Score7kShelves
- 88 In South Korea, I’m a Fugitive 人在南韩，身份是亡命之徒 At first, everyone thought they were just going after a slightly troublesome fugitive... Many, many years later, countries around the world would rate his threat level as nuclear-bomb class. From an ordinary man to the world's undisputed strongest one-man fighting force. He also founded a world-class mercenary group: the Qinglong Armed Forces. People gave him titles: Martial God of Earth, the modern-day Bai Qi the Butcher, the godfather of our generation's outlaws, the world's most wanted fu 6.6kReads8.3Score332Shelves
- 89 Discipline Makes You Free, Not Free to Chase Beautiful Women 自律让你自由，没让你美女自由 [System + Growth + Comeback Wish Fulfillment + Marathon + Road Cycling + Freestyle Swimming + Cross-Country Skiing + Biathlon] (Two short dramas adapted from this book are already streaming. Go check them out: “Discipline Gives You Freedom, Not Freedom with Beautiful Women” and “From Self-Discipline to the Pinnacle: She Regretted It Too Late.”) So what if his ex-girlfriend dumped him? Li Bai got a Self-Discipline System. Keeping a regular schedule every day earns him money. Working out every day 17.9kReads8.7Score1.3kShelves
- 90 My Blunt Self Starts Becoming an Incubus After Picking Up a Loser 钝感的我从捡到败犬开始成为魅魔 Before opening the book, it’s best to read the title and synopsis first. [Multiple Heroines] [Campus Life] [Lighthearted and Funny] Xu Wangyan expects university life to be as peaceful as he’d hoped, but in reality A socially anxious girl gets the police involved on the very first day of term because of his misunderstanding… A bankrupt heiress drags him into a group order for milk tea, saying, “It’s 15 yuan off orders over 20. You pay three.” An influencer enters an unflattering photo of him in 27.1kReads9.1Score2.8kShelves
- 91 Transmigrating to the Capital to Deliver Takeout 穿越首都送外卖 I transmigrated from the Qin Dynasty to 2024. With a pocket dimension and cultivation techniques, I keep a low profile while delivering takeout in the capital! My identity is ordinary, my job even more so, and every day is plain and uneventful. But somehow, keeping my head down turns me into a big shot. It's not only realistic to read, it's incredibly satisfying! (All stories are fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental.) 23.6kReads8.7Score1.9kShelves
- 92 The Red Political Path: The Road to the Top 红色仕途：巅峰之路 [Officialdom➕one heroine➕no System] The road to power has ten tiers, each fraught with danger. Taking charge of Donghai from the start, Zhou Yang advances one step at a time, determined to carve out his own path to success. He rises against the tide with unprecedented momentum and reaches the top. (This is the second book in the series. The first, at 3.2 million words, is complete and can be found on the author's page.) 24.3kReads9.3Score1.4kShelves
- 93 Journey Through Hell: Northern Myanmar 地狱行之缅北 Synopsis: You think places like Muse, Kokang, and Wa State in northern Myanmar are hell? Heh. The real hell is hundreds, even thousands of times more terrifying! Myanmar is vast, and northern Myanmar isn't the only hell there! You've watched those online videos about northern Myanmar and think the methods shown are cruel enough? You have no idea. Their worst methods are far beyond that! They are more terrifying than demons who devour people without a trace. From the day I was tricked and lured i 40.8kReads9.1Score3.9kShelves
- 94 After My Son Changed the Name on the Deed, I Left Him Homeless 房产证名字被改后，我让儿子无家可归 After My Son Changed the Name on the Property Deed, I Left Him Homeless 319Reads—Score—Shelves
- 95 Young and Promising 年少有为 How deeply does one's family shape them? Some grow up insecure, timid, and lacking confidence; others become violent and end up behind bars; still others see their marriages torn apart, losing their spouses and children. After countless heartbreaking realizations, some people spend their whole lives healing from childhood, while others are healed for life by their childhood. 21.3kReads9.0Score2.8kShelves
- 96 My Mom Was Serving Dishes from the Start, and I Turned My Life Around to Reform the World 开局妈传菜，迷途知返我调教世界 He transmigrates to a parallel world. From the start, he is cruelly manipulated by a beautiful classmate. A high school student facing the college entrance exams is saddled with tens of thousands in debt, driving his family into bankruptcy. While figuring out how to make money, he suddenly discovers that the culture and entertainment of this world have nothing in common with those of his previous life. Its culture is weak, and its people suffer from a profound lack of national confidence… Ev 12.8kReads7.9Score828Shelves
- 97 The Crooked Path 走偏门 [Adapted into the short dramas Fishing in the Shadows, Taking the Crooked Path, and The Mastermind; and the animated dramas Fishing in the Shadows: Drifting North, A Crooked Road to Comeback, A Thousand Faces in the Underworld, and Tales of a Shady Deal. Check them out if you’re interested.] What is the crooked path? Those who walk it seek a way to survive for themselves and plot certain doom for others. Once you step onto this path, it stretches as deep as the sea. You’ll roam far and wide, mix 23.7kReads9.1Score3.7kShelves
- 98 What! The Depressed CEO Wants to Hire Me as Her Secretary 什么！抑郁女总裁要聘我当秘书 [One heroine]+ [Pure romance]+ [Bickering couple]+ [Mutual healing]+ [Lighthearted, humorous daily life] The first time Li Wen met Lin Yao, she was jumping into a river. He pulled her out, then casually asked, “Would you like to go to a hotel with a stranger who happens to be a good person?” When they met for the second time, Li Wen asked, “Now that you see water, do you still feel like getting close to nature?” By the third time they met, Li Wen had become the woman’s secretary. Years later, af 7.1kReads9.3Score731Shelves
- 99 After My Wife Died, My Life Soared Against the Odds 老婆去世后，我的人生逆风飞扬 My name is Shu Shuang. Shu as in “comfortable,” and Shuang as in “refreshing.” I was twelve when both my parents died, and Cheng Yexiang raised me. When I was twenty-one, Cheng Yexiang’s eldest daughter, Cheng Ke, who was the same age as me, married me. After Cheng Ke and I got married, we opened a small shop in the city called Keshuang Supermarket. Three months later, she died in a tragic car accident. I felt as though the sky had fallen. Life no longer seemed worth living. Cheng Yexiang had lo 13.1kReads8.8Score1.2kShelves
- 100 The Whole School Is Stunned! Confessing to the Ice-Cold Teacher on the First Day? 全校震惊！开学跟高冷老师表白？ [Ice-Cold Teacher]+ [Campus Belle]+ [Sharing a Rental]+ [Campus Love Triangle]+ [Cozy Daily Life] How can anyone be this bold? It’s only been a few days since the semester started, and you’ve confessed to the coldest teacher in the whole school in front of everyone?! That would be bad enough, but you’re sharing a rental with both the teacher and the campus belle?! A teacher, a campus belle, a doctor, a dancer... Jiang Nan, this love triangle has gotten a little too crowded, hasn’t it? 45.5kReads8.8Score3.9kShelves
