Novels like Better to Go into the Mountains and Feed the Wolves Than Starve to Death in Bed
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- 151 From Jade Cutter to Lord of Jadeite 从也木西到翡翠之主 A rising young star on the verge of becoming a second-tier celebrity is ambushed. At death's door, he unexpectedly gains an incredible supernatural ability and a mysterious space. Starting out as a rough laborer in a jade mining district, he enters the stone gambling business, turns his fate 7.7kReads8.3Score84114d adds
- 152 I Have X-Ray Vision, Nothing Is Beyond Me! 我有透视，无所不能！ [Underdog’s Comeback + X-Ray Vision + Antiques Appraisal + Stone Gambling + Feel-Good Story + Hidden Treasures] Li Jian thought he’d hit the jackpot when he married a beautiful heiress. But the child she gave birth to was, in fact, Black. At that moment, she fell apart. Then, while running, she tumbled down the stairs and returned to five days earlier. Let’s see how the male lead uses those precious five days to change his fate! This story has a slightly devious side, so don’t let it lead you as 9.3kReads9.0Score1.2k14d adds
- 153 The Unlucky Stone Gambler 赌石倒霉蛋 Mo Xiaofan was tricked into going to a casino in Myanmar, where he lost everything. Penniless, he had no choice but to ask his childhood friend Xiong Haowen, who lived in Ruili, for help. Xiong Haowen had already taken him to the Ruili bus station, but Mo Xiaofan was afraid he wouldn't be able to face his father after losing all the money, so he finally decided not to leave. With the 1,500 yuan in travel money Xiong Haowen gave him, he shamelessly begged his friend to teach him stone gambling, h 2.7kReads8.9Score33014d adds
- 154 From the Start, I Find Treasures at Panjiayuan and Multiply My Profits Ten Thousandfold 开局潘家园捡漏，利润飙升一万倍 Xu Cong gets the Antiques Authentication System, which can identify whether any item is genuine. He thinks it’ll be pretty useless, but an online video about finding hidden treasures reignites his hope. So he goes to Panjiayuan Antique Market and finds a gold pattern coin from the Qing dynasty for just 180 yuan, then sells it for 1.8 million. He chips in 4,000 yuan with others to buy a rare set of Large Dragon stamps, then sells it for a premium of 8 million. He finds an inscription rubbing of t 5.9kReads8.3Score32414d adds
- 155 My Husband's Friend Moved In 老公的朋友住进我家 My Husband's Friend Moved Into Our Home 661Reads—Score—14d adds
- 156 The Golden Eyes of Appraisal 鉴宝金瞳 His father falls gravely ill, and the staggering medical bills weigh heavily on antique shop apprentice Yang Bo. But a kind act brings him a piece of colored glass, granting him golden eyes that can appraise treasures! He can appraise antiques, gamble on jade, expose fakes, and see through people. From then on, he makes a name for himself in the world of appraisal! He hunts for hidden treasures, takes the city by storm, and is surrounded by beautiful women. He turns his fate around and becomes a 16.1kReads8.8Score1.6k14d adds
- 157 They Put You on a Variety Show to Make Up the Numbers, but You Make a Trillion by Snapping Up Bargains 综艺拿你凑数，你靠捡漏暴赚万亿 [Get rich]+ [One heroine]+ [Variety shows]+ [Feel-good]+ [Antique appraisal]+ [Livestream]+ [Tingquan's antique appraisals] Gu Yan transmigrates to Blue Star and becomes a washed-up D-list celebrity. At his lowest point, he takes someone's place on a celebrity money-making variety show, where he unexpectedly obtains the [Bargain Hunter System]. From then on, Gu Yan's world becomes one giant treasure-hunting market. While other celebrities perform on the street or deliver food, Gu Yan takes Reba 3.1kReads8.3Score24614d adds
- 158 Picking Up Treasures at Street Stalls: The Grand Antique Imitation Collection 地摊捡漏大千仿古图 Finding hidden treasures, appraising antiques, keeping a low profile, playing it safe. No face-slapping, no showing off. A descendant of a down-and-out master calligrapher, a graduate of a third-rate university's literature program, he can barely make ends meet, let alone plan for the future. He drifts through life in a daze! Huang Yu happens upon the Spirit-Gleam Eye, which lets him see the spiritual radiance emitted by antiques. Together with a few like-minded companions, he travels the world, 5.9kReads8.9Score54814d adds
- 159 Livestreaming Antique Appraisals: Friend, You Really Shouldn't Wear That Jade 直播鉴宝：宝友，这块玉可不兴戴 “My friend, I don't know if that clay Buddha of yours is from the Xia, Shang, or Zhou dynasties, but judging by when it was unearthed, it looks like it came out of the ground last week!” “My friend, you really shouldn't wear that jade pendant. You'll have a run of bad luck eight times in three days!” “Hmm... That thing in your hand is pretty nice. Looks like you'll be doing time. You're born to a life of luxury, with the state taking care of all your food and clothes!” “When? Why, when you're lo 632Reads7.1Score10814d adds
- 160 The City's Pair of Wild Ducks 城市里的那对野鸳鸯 Shan Gen is an honest migrant worker who barely makes any money all year. His wife, meanwhile, has been living with another man. The two of them put their son through college, and just as his wife is about to spend one last year living with someone else, Shan Gen’s coworker spots them, and their son runs into them while away from home and tells Shan Gen. His marriage is finally on the verge of falling apart. Will they end up divorced? 1.2kReads—Score10214d adds
- 161 Divine Truth-Eye: You Don’t Know the Joy of Mining for Treasure 神级真眼：挖矿寻宝的快乐你不懂 Poor Zhao An unexpectedly acquires the Eye of Truth, just like the true sight in a certain game. Once he plants it, he can see through every hidden thing and every illusion in the world. So what are they waiting for? Buy lottery tickets, gamble on jade, start companies, dig for gold and gemstones, and uncover all the secret treasures buried across the planet... Zhao An shouts, “It’s mine, it’s mine, it’s all mine!” “What? King Solomon’s treasure, ranked number one in the Western world? Hand it o 8.2kReads8.8Score61914d adds
- 162 Heavenly Eye: Unmatched Treasure Appraisal 天眼：鉴宝无双 (Hardcore Antiques Appraisal + Not a Power Fantasy + One Female Lead + No Cultivation.) The porcelain he painstakingly copied could fool the experts at the Palace Museum. The objects he carved on a whim could make self-proclaimed masters of the Yangzhou school acknowledge him as their teacher. What others dismissed as rubble, he treasured as priceless, then sold for millions. His name was Zhao Xuan. Blind since childhood, he had chanced upon the legacy of the Heavenly Eye. Finding hidden tr 14kReads9.2Score2.8k14d adds
- 163 A Love Story From the Restaurant Kitchen 后厨的爱情童话 A recent graduate applies for a job at a star-rated hotel. Just because he knows the owner, he gets the same position as the head chef, earning the jealousy of everyone and the chef’s resentment. Then, by a stroke of misfortune and luck, he meets the daughter of the richest man in the country, who’s at the hotel to experience life for herself. Thus begins a hilarious romantic comedy. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 164 The Divine Eye Appraiser 神眼鉴宝 Synopsis: [X-ray Vision + Antiques Appraisal + Stone Gambling + Hidden Treasures + Golden Finger + Power Fantasy] Because of his father’s enormous medical bills, Qin Hao agrees to get a divorce in exchange for 200,000 yuan to cover the expenses. But not only does he fail to get the money, he is also beaten up by a spoiled rich heir. By chance, he awakens the power of x-ray vision through an ancestral jade pendant. From then on, the world gains an extraordinary monster who can find treasures, spo 14.2kReads9.0Score1.7k14d adds
- 165 I Picked Up Scrap and Became a Divine Doctor with X-Ray Vision 收个破烂，我成了透视神医 I’m an old-school Chinese medicine doctor! I specialize in treating big talkers! An ordinary man happens upon a mysterious legacy and gains the power to see through things. From then on, his medical skills reach heaven, his martial arts become superhuman, and he lives life to the fullest. 2.5kReads9.1Score27314d adds
- 166 The Legendary World System Helps Me Soar 传奇世界系统助我起飞 Jiang Feng accidentally transmigrates to a parallel world with the legendary World of Legend game System, where one person can learn all the skills of three classes. But this is a world without spiritual energy, and the System's game rules have been rewritten. There are no monsters to fight and no equipment to use. The only way to level up is to pay! Fortunately, some skills have mutated: Mind Detection can see through things, appraise treasures, and predict the future; Healing helps the people 550Reads—Score—14d adds
- 167 The Extraordinary Collector 超凡收藏家 [A relaxing read] [Lighthearted] [Enjoying life in the mortal world] A workaholic in his past life, he lives carefree in this one. Reborn into a wondrous world filled with powerful martial artists, demons and spirits, supernatural treasures, and rare natural resources, Gu Changan decides to take his time and: Experience the customs and cultures of lands near and far. Take in strange and breathtaking sights. Explore mysterious worlds of unfathomable wonder. Collect rare and bizarre treasures. Sam 5.1kReads8.8Score37014d adds
- 168 Tiger Crossing the River 过江虎 A man who fled abroad illegally after getting into trouble runs into an old classmate from twenty years ago, who was also his sworn enemy. But after a series of events, he discovers that he never actually killed anyone: he was framed. Follow a Chinese man’s struggle for life and death in a foreign country, and see if he can escape danger and make it safely back home. 56Reads—Score314d adds
- 169 I'm Pregnant with My Best Friend's Baby 我怀孕了，是闺蜜的孩子 I’m Pregnant with My Best Friend’s Baby 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 170 The Medicine Immortal and the Mystic Cat 医仙与玄猫 The Medicine Immortal and the Mysterious Cat 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 171 Use Your X-Ray Vision to Gamble on Stones, Not to Peek Around 让你用透视眼赌石，别乱看啊 [Stone gambling + antiques appraisal + farming + wealthy protagonist + livestreaming] The day he gains X-ray vision, he moves in with the campus belle. His stunning senior also starts looking at him with admiration. But all he wants is to make money quietly by gambling on stones and appraising antiques, becoming an utterly ordinary tycoon. 31.8kReads9.3Score4.3k14d adds
- 172 Beast World Transmigration: I, the Phoenix, Ride a Golden Dragon 穿越兽世：吾凰驭金龙 Beast World Transmigration: I, the Phoenix, Tame the Golden Dragon 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 173 While Others Appraise Antiques, I Find Hidden Treasures and Become the Richest Man Without Lifting a Finger 别人鉴宝我捡漏，躺着成首富 [Antique appraisal, bargain hunting, older woman-younger man romance, sweet everyday love] A blow to the head gave him a magical eye that can appraise antiques. By sheer luck, Chen Jing, with nowhere else to turn, enters the antiques trade! From Tang tri-color pottery and Song official wares to Yuan blue-and-white porcelain and Ming Xuande pieces, with beauties as lovely as jade by his side, he begins a life of wealth, success in business, and love! 15.5kReads9.0Score1.9k14d adds
- 174 I Just Want to Be a Minor Official 我只想当个小官 I don't have any grand ambitions. I just want a quiet, stable life. I don't have big goals, either; I just want to look after my own little patch of land. But the times have changed. In this world, truth and lies are mixed together, and black and white have become indistinguishable. They even call working 996 a blessing. That's beyond ridiculous. I really don't want to keep slogging away at 996 anymore. I might as well take a chance and get out of this rat race! 183.7kReads8.3Score14.4k14d adds
- 175 Assault Squad: The Foolish Wolf Operation 士兵突击之憨狼行动 Xu Sanduo’s older brother, Xu Erhe, went to Japan for work, only to be kidnapped by Japanese criminals who demanded a five-million ransom and threatened to kill him if it wasn’t paid. Xu Sanduo, who is stationed with A Team, volunteered to resign and leave the unit. But Yuan Lang gave him a mission at that very moment: go to Japan and eliminate a traitor in the military. The operation’s codename was Operation Foolish Wolf. 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 176 In Search of Demons and Their Tracks 寻魔觅踪 Feifei’s father is a police officer who’s hardly ever home. Something inside Feifei has changed, and she wants her father to find her a mother. Two women in the police force are both deeply fond of him, but Feifei’s father has fallen for a stranger, who turns out to be a dangerous person. Is she the one he arrested, or is she his other half? 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 177 Amazing! You Asked Me to Livestream an Antique Appraisal, but I Put Someone on Trial? 牛！让你直播鉴宝，你给人鉴刑？ [Feel-Good Story] + [Everyday Urban Life] + [No Angst or Tragedy] + [System] Also known as: You Sent Your Viewer to Prison from the Start? Who Told You to Livestream Like That! I Asked You to Livestream Appraisals, Not Sentence Your Viewers! I Asked You to Appraise Treasures, and You Handed Your Viewer a Death Sentence? Su Fan transmigrates. With only three days left to live, he awakens a System that grants him one superpower each week. He starts by appraising a treasure, only to discover it’s a 4.5kReads8.0Score45514d adds
- 178 After I Transmigrated, I Activated the Shennong Inheritance System 穿越后，激活神农传承系统 After I Transmigrated, I Activated the Shennong Inheritance System 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 179 Reborn in 1993: From the Start, I Break Off the Engagement and Marry a Rich Beauty 重生93：开局退婚迎娶白富美 Appraising treasures, not cultivating immortality. Antiques go great with cigarettes! The book includes illustrations of several antiques. Some come from the internet, while others were photographed by the author’s friends. They are all genuine antique images. Gamble on stones, gamble on jade, gamble on your youth; protect your wife, your family, and the nation’s treasures! “Damn it, where are the treasures we stole from China?” “You said this was the China Pavilion. Where’s everything inside?” 23.2kReads8.8Score2.6k14d adds
- 180 Stone Gambling, Treasure Appraisal, and the Golden Eyes 赌石鉴宝黄金瞳 [Stone gambling + antique appraisal + X-ray vision + underdog comeback + ordinary protagonist + exhilarating read] Lin Chao is a laborer struggling to survive in the Ruili jade market. He thinks he'll spend his whole life dealing with dirt and backbreaking work, until an accident leaves him struck on the head by a steel pipe. When he wakes, he discovers he's gained a pair of “Golden Eyes” that can see through a stone's outer shell and reveal the jade within. A rough stone dismissed by its stall 318Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 181 Golden Eyes: A Midlife Comeback 黄金瞳：中年逆袭 This book's animated adaptation is now streaming on Fanqie. At 45, Lin Jianguo was a failed middle-aged man, the sort you could find anywhere in the city. He had been unemployed for three years. His wife had lost all hope and was about to divorce him, his daughter had no money for tuition, his mortgage payments were overdue, and his parents were bedridden. At the lowest point in his life, he unexpectedly awakened the Golden Eyes ability inside his family's ancestral jade pendant, allowing him to 1.5kReads7.0Score20914d adds
- 182 The Little Country Doctor of Spring Fields 春野小刁医 After offending her female boss, she’s banished to a remote mountain village to work as the village doctor, where she unexpectedly inherits the legacy of a miracle doctor. 731Reads9.1Score16614d adds
- 183 The Human Emperor's Bloodline, Five Senses Ascended 人皇血，五感升 (X-Ray Vision, Bargain Hunting, Jade Gambling, Miracle Doctor, Underdog’s Rise) Betrayed, heartbroken, caught in a sudden car accident... Courier Lin Yixian is cheated on by his girlfriend, then hit by her lover’s car! At death’s door, he unexpectedly gains extraordinary abilities, including X-ray vision and mind reading! Lin Yi first uses his X-ray vision to clean out lottery shops and earn his first fortune. Then he finds hidden treasures in the antiques market and wins a beauty’s heart. After 1.6kReads7.2Score16414d adds
- 184 Finding Antiques and Bargains, Starting in 1985 古玩捡漏从1985开始 After spending half his life in the antiques trade, middle-aged Luo Jun is reborn in a dream in 1985, back in an era when buying grain required ration coupons. He becomes a clerk at a trust store. With the antique knowledge he accumulated in his previous life and memories of a future beyond his time, Luo Jun thrives at work and makes a name for himself in the collectors' world. Step by step, he grows into someone he never would have dared imagine becoming in his past life... [Period piece + an 7.7kReads8.6Score72314d adds
- 185 The Little Immortal Lord of Many Treasures 多宝小仙君 Duobao, an Immortal Lord and deputy manager of one of the Heavenly Court’s branch treasuries, earned eight hundred Fortune Points a month. After more than three hundred years of diligent service, he was sent down to the mortal world to undergo trials when his subordinate, the Golden Boy, stole thirty thousand Fortune Points from the treasury. His boss, Zhao Gongming, gave him the boot himself. Reincarnate? Sure. Into a rich family? Dream on. His new identity is Wang Duobao, the son of Wang Jia 255Reads—Score—14d adds
- 186 Treasure Hunting the World 寻宝天下 A treasure-hunting adventure novel. Yao Feiyu is sold by his girlfriend to a compound to have his kidneys harvested. As a cold blade slices into his flesh, his blood splashes onto an antique ring worn by a tycoon. A treasure-hunting spirit cat and a pocket dimension appear in his mind! He only wanted to keep a low profile and hunt for treasures, but every Tom, Dick, and Harry gets in his way! What a joke! I'll wipe out his entire family with one blow and take all the gold for myself! But before 2kReads6.5Score19014d adds
- 187 Impeaching the President 弹劾总统 Impeach the President 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 188 The Crazy Stone Gambler 赌石狂徒 Just after graduating from college, Xia Feng was dragged by relatives into a company running an illegal investment scheme. His deceived relatives and friends poured all their fury onto him. With no other choice, he fled his hometown in a panic and went into hiding, until he arrived in a small town on the southwestern frontier… 2.3kReads9.2Score39014d adds
- 189 Back to 2003: My Rise Begins in the Demolition Zone 重返03，从拆迁区开始逆袭 Treasure hunting and bargain finds across the board: demolition zones, construction-waste yards, antique street stalls, scrap-buying stations, and more. The experiences of his past life taught Chang Shun a truth more commonplace than any other: money can't buy everything! But without money, you can't take a single step! Reborn with experience living in demolition zones, all he wants is to start making money... 16.1kReads8.4Score1.6k14d adds
- 190 My Second Brother: Two Young Men Venture into the Northeast 我的二哥之二小闯东北 My second older brother ran away from home when he was twelve, heading northeast with a child from the neighbors’ family. The two of them endured countless hardships to make it there, only to find themselves in the wolf’s den and the tiger’s lair. And so began a story no one could ever forget. 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 191 Imperial Green Jade in One Hand, a Beauty at My Side 左手帝王绿，右手美人腰 Urban Fantasy + Stone Gambling + Crown Prince + Politics + Revenge + Schemes + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Mature Heroine A man needs unexpected riches to get rich, and a horse needs extra feed at night to grow fat. A priceless dragon-stone imperial-green Pixiu handpiece arrives by express delivery, and a bank text alerts Ye Qing that two hundred million yuan has landed in his account. But Ye Qing feels no excitement at this windfall from the heavens, because it is his master calling for help. To 63.9kReads9.3Score2.8k14d adds
- 192 Soul Transmigration into a Penniless Man: I Brew My Way to Wealth 魂穿穷酸汉：我靠酿酒富甲一方 Reborn as a Penniless Man: I Build a Fortune Through Brewing —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 193 With X-Ray Vision, I Conquer the Antiques World Through Appraisal 透视后，我靠鉴宝称霸古玩界 After his family's business went bankrupt, Li Jin went overnight from a rich second-generation heir to a down-on-his-luck young master, learning the true nature of human relationships. A six-eyed dzi bead that his friends had conned him into buying at an exorbitant price turned out to be a wondrous artifact. It introduced Li Jin to the Ancestral Shaman Scripture and gave him the power to see through things. From then on, Li Jin began a legendary life. He spent his free time hunting for bargains 6.5kReads8.8Score89814d adds
- 194 Osmanthus-Scented Wine, Love Deepened by Time 桂香浸酒，岁月沉情 Osmanthus-scented wine, emotions deepened by time 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 195 The Creaking Next Door 隔壁的吱呀声 The Creaking Sounds Next Door 10Reads—Score13414d adds
- 196 I Caught a Tiger and Raised It Like a Cat 抓个老虎当猫养 I Caught a Tiger and Raised It Like a Cat 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 197 The Empress’s Personal Little Strategist 女帝的贴身小军师 The Empress's Personal Little Strategist 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 198 Putting the President on Trial 审判总统 Put the President on Trial —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 199 Rescuing Zhao by Besieging Wei: A Surprise Attack on Black Wolf Mountain 围魏救赵，奇袭黑狼山 Besiege Wei to rescue Zhao, launch a surprise attack on Black Wolf Mountain —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 200 I Became a Refugee, Found a Wife, and Built the Great Yan Kingdom 穿成流民捡个妻，反手建个大炎国 Reborn as a refugee, I find a wife and build the Great Yan Kingdom 9Reads—Score—14d adds
