Novels like Menace to the City: The Wicked Rogue
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- 101 Doctors Wield Knives, So How Dare You Cheat on Me? 医生是拿刀的，你敢出轨欺我 (Please stop reporting this. It’s already finished.) Cheng Mo is an orphan who worked hard to get through college and became a doctor at the county hospital. His wife, Lin Tong, is a county government employee. They’ve been married for seven years and have a five-year-old daughter, Cheng Bao. Lately, he’s noticed his wife keeps working overtime. He has no proof, but in the adult world, some things go without saying. He had already gathered the evidence and planned to divorce her amicably. But ju 75Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 102 Getting Something for Nothing 不捞而获 When 36-year-old divorced “ordinary gold digger” Sun Xiao decides to use a zero-cost “karate” playbook to extract resources from worthwhile men, she must remain coldly rational as she carefully screens each target. Otherwise, her six-million-yuan safety net will eventually run dry. Meanwhile, a deadly game far beyond the limits of her understanding is quietly closing in on the everyday life she thinks is safe: a counter-harvest orchestrated by a true high-level predator. 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 We Both Transmigrated, So Why Did I Only Make It Halfway? 都是穿越，凭什么我只穿一半 A graduation short film brings Li Ran, who had already settled into an ordinary life, officially into the dazzling and unpredictable entertainment industry. A low-budget movie puts Li Ran, now in the entertainment industry, on the road to the top. As fame comes, friendship, love, and scheming all come rushing at Li Ran. Staying true to himself, Li Ran vows to edit together an entertainment career of his own. 8.3kReads8.3Score43914d adds
- 104 Shenzhen Stories: Sister Ji 深圳往事霁姐 You resent that I was born too soon; I resent that you were born too late. Though we could not live at the same time, we can still share a grave. Mo Chou happens to meet Wu Zhiji, a beautiful, kind-hearted young widow ten years her senior. Was it that love came too early, before she knew how to cherish it, or that by the time she learned to love, they had become strangers? Disclaimer: The locations, people, companies, and events in this book are unrelated to real life! 56Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 105 A Ten-Year Dream in the Officialdom 十年官场梦 What ordinary people see as a grassroots success story may actually be nothing more than a pawn in the hands of powerful figures, sent out to fight on their behalf. To make the pawn serve its purpose, those figures grant it a measure of power and status for a time. Perhaps that's all a grassroots rise to success really is. The protagonist, Chi Mingyu, may be just such a pawn. During the ten years after leaving university and entering public service, he once enjoyed great success. But in the end, 9Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 106 Us in Xiangyang Lane 向阳里的我们 [#Real life, #warm neighborhood stories, #healing family bonds, #raising a child and turning life around] Delivery worker Wang Xiaojun had a pain he couldn't put into words: his six-year-old son Xiaobao lived in his own world, like a star. One moment of carelessness nearly resulted in Xiaobao getting lost, sending the entire Xingfuli residential community into chaos. The incident tore open the cracks in Wang Xiaojun and his wife Li Xiujuan's strained marriage, while also revealing the troubles 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 Bullied by My Boss, My Aunt Helps Me Fight Back 被上司欺压，阿姨带你去反扑 During a round of layoffs at the company, Xia Zhan was abandoned by the leader he trusted most, something he never saw coming. But Xia Zhan refused to give up. He teamed up with Hou Xiaotian and planned his moves step by step. Watch Xia Zhan enjoy life in the workplace. 377Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 I Only Wanted My 10,000 Yuan Back 我本来只想要回一万块 I used to be just an ordinary programmer. In 2019, I moved to Chengdu and joined a company that didn’t look like much, but would change the course of my life. At first, I thought I’d simply run into a poorly managed small company that couldn’t keep its promises: my probation period dragged on, my salary was changed, they failed to pay my social insurance, mishandled my housing fund, and kept putting off raises until next month, the second half of the year, year-end, or after the company reforme 11Reads8.5Score114d adds
- 109 Forty and Bewildered: A Single Mother and a Shattered Elite 四十有惑：单亲妈妈与破碎精英 At forty, all that remains of his life is a countdown. With a promise to meet again at seventy, she tries to bring light to his shattered world. Shi Xiaoran, a divorced mother, discovers on her first day at her new job that her boss is a “monster”: he gives her lessons, assigns her homework, and treats her as his successor. Only later does she learn that this elite managing director, whom his subordinates call “Jiang the Butcher,” is trapped by a fortune told twenty-two years ago. Paroxetine is —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 110 Piercing Through Time: The Old Era, Stealing Fire, No Return 刺穿异时光：旧纪元，盗火，无归 Earth is dead. From the Solar System to Laniakea, this corner of the universe has finally found peace. Lin Qi’s legendary life begins in its final ten chapters. Only then will his little universe erupt. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 Abyssal Apocalypse: The Strongest Esper Is Still in Prison! 深渊末世：最强异能者还在坐牢！ Also known as: The Strongest Me Will Speedrun the Abyss in Block Form! [Strongest esper] [Spatial block] [One heroine] [Imprisonment] The apocalypse descends upon the world, and the strongest spatial esper, hailed as humanity's savior, is swallowed by the Abyss and remains missing to this day. … When Lin Xiao wakes up, he finds himself trapped inside a sealed block. His activity is limited to a single cubic meter, which is bad enough, but even worse, the metal block holding him is indestructible —Reads—Score17314d adds
- 112 Searching for Love in the Mortal World 尘世寻爱 At the end of the twentieth century, Momo always looked at the reasonable and unreasonable aspects of the world from the perspective of a bystander, living carelessly like a rogue. It wasn't until she met Li Fan, a married woman, and Duoduo that she truly entered the real world. But the cruelty of reality, and the enormous gulf between it and her inner world, made it impossible for her to adapt... 4.8kReads—Score20714d adds
- 113 My Spoiled, Bossy Female CEO 我的刁蛮女总裁 He doesn't know what love is. When one relationship after another comes his way unexpectedly, he decides to choose one and love wholeheartedly. Yet whenever he feels happiness is just around the corner, he discovers that it's nothing more than a cruel joke played by fate. Swept along by destiny, he wanders through a life of hardship before returning to where he began, only to find that nothing has changed. The confusion of being human, the anguish of loving someone you cannot have: perhaps life 57Reads9.0Score—14d adds
- 114 The Long Summer 悠长夏季 The quiet, secluded town of Guanhai welcomed two strange young men one after the other. From then on, the monotonous life of an eighteen-year-old high school girl was filled with laughter… But all good things must come to an end, and eventually they had to leave… Many years later, they unexpectedly met again, but everything had changed… 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 The Hidden Wife 隐妻 [The comic adaptation is now available! Tap “Adaptation Theater” in the lower-right corner of any page of this book to watch instantly. The original novel and short drama each have their own appeal. Share it with your friends!] No rebirth, no transmigration, and no System golden finger, just the true golden years of an entire generation! Having fled an arranged marriage, he joins the tide of migrant workers heading south. In a southern metropolis brimming with both opportunity and challenges, he 790Reads6.2Score10014d adds
- 116 The Country Bumpkin's Immortal Path Defying Heaven 乡村傻子逆天仙途 After Jiang Dongming was pushed off a cliff by his best friend and spent three years in a daze, he wakes to find himself with a paralyzed factory-director wife and a quirky sister-in-law who spends all day causing trouble. With nothing but bare walls at home and his parents suffering humiliation, he is fortunate enough to inherit an immortal art. From then on, he soars to success and rules the city. 6.8kReads8.9Score92814d adds
- 117 Aunt Mei 媚姨 Male Lead: Ding Yuan Female Lead: Liu Meiyi No one is reborn, and there is no System. This is an era of struggle belonging to the older generation! That year, Ding Yuan earned top marks in the imperial examinations, only to have his life stolen from him when his stepmother conspired with her family to switch his results. His father, unaware of the truth, set out on a rainy night to sell goods in the mountains and raise money for Ding Yuan to retake the exams. But the tractor overturned in a ravi 5.6kReads8.8Score47914d adds
- 118 Transmigrating into Bright Sword: Laplace's Ghost Gun 穿越亮剑，拉普拉斯的幽灵之枪 [Don't Call Me a Sharpshooter, Call Me the God of Guns!] [War of Resistance] [Espionage] Xu Jinhuan transmigrates into Bright Sword and awakens the combat talent [Laplace's Ghost Gun]. He is, without a doubt, the strongest God of Guns! He joins the New First Regiment and establishes the Wolf Fang Special Forces. He bombards Sakamoto, takes out Yamazaki, and downs a Japanese warplane with two shots! He creates the Black-and-Red Ledger, drawing up lists of Japanese troops and traitors! Called upon 262Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 A Love Triangle in Marriage 婚姻里的三角恋 [Contemporary realistic fiction + the married life of ordinary people in Beijing + love triangles in marriage + real struggles] Bai Xue and Wang Yang are a young married couple living in Beijing. Wang Yang is a typical “phoenix man,” a country boy who made it big in the city. After ten years of marriage, he cheats on her. After they divorce, Bai Xue meets another man, and her new life begins… What makes this book special: A woman faces betrayal in her marriage, but after the hardship comes 1.6kReads8.8Score15414d adds
- 120 He Spent a Fortune Building a Pay-to-Fish Pond, and the Female Angler Wept and Begged to Take It Over 巨资打造黑坑，女钓手哭着跪求盘 [Black-pit pond + System fish farm + giant catches + fishing fanatics + multiple heroines + fish pics and pretty pictures + entirely handmade] Chen Guang transmigrated into the body of a hapless guy who’d spent ten million to lease an 800-mu fishpond. It wouldn’t have been so bad if the guy had been rich, but after leasing the pond, he had only a little over a hundred thousand left, not even enough to buy fingerlings. Having inherited an 800-mu fishpond, he had no choice but to stay and raise fi 5.4kReads7.5Score44114d adds
- 121 A False Marriage 假嫁 Lang Xi, a businesswoman bent on revenge, is willing to put herself in harm’s way and marry her enemy’s son, Liu Ze. But Liu Ze cheats on her repeatedly during their marriage. Hounded by her mother-in-law and locked in a bitter struggle with his mistress, Lang Xi joins forces with her biological father, Liu Huazi, to avenge her mother and reclaim her grandfather’s estate. Lang Xi’s monologue: After I married into this family, my mother-in-law hit me, my husband hit me, and even his mistress hit 142Reads—Score1014d adds
- 122 Don’t Mess With Me, There’s a Martial God Inside Me 别惹我，我体内藏着个武神 [Urban Fantasy] + [Two Souls in One Body, Light Mystery] + [Healing Daily Life] + [Sweet Romance, One Female Lead] He Ci is a mechanic who runs his family's auto repair shop. One day, a soul from another world suddenly appears inside him, and a series of identity crises gradually unravel. It turns out the repair shop is connected to another world. A young woman comes by every day to bring him soup and paint. She's exceptionally perceptive, but never asks about his secrets. The two gradually grow 56Reads—Score—14d adds
- 123 Foolish Mother 傻娘 My father was dead, my mother had gone mad. The day I came home, I saw someone destroying it... 43.1kReads9.0Score1.3k14d adds
- 124 Overnight, the Uncle's Life Bounced Back from Rock Bottom 一夜之间，大叔的生活触底反弹 Gao Weiguo, a middle-aged man born in the 1970s, had thought he would retire from his insurance company in quiet mediocrity. Little did he know that an opportunity that suddenly came his way would completely change his life… 3.9kReads8.7Score30714d adds
- 125 My AI Girlfriend Takes Me Online to Cultivate Immortality AI女友，带我在线修仙 In a cultivation world drained of spiritual energy, the internet awakens computational power, and cultivators begin frantically stockpiling graphics cards to prolong their lives. A wage slave finds his grandfather’s glass dragonfly eyes, and an AI female ghost moves into his phone. From then on, he embarks on a cyber-cultivation journey fueled by charging up through video games and cultivating with data, while also taking down a transnational evil-cultivation syndicate along the way. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 Competing for Affection in a World with More Women Than Men 在女多男少世界被争宠 [The audiobook is now available, and the animated series is coming soon. Quality guaranteed, brothers, let's go~~] [Duck soup aroma + girl pursues boy + everyday life + brainless feel-good fun + chaotic antics] Ling Feng was an utterly ordinary office drone. After working overtime day after day, his vision suddenly went black, and he transmigrated to a world with an imbalanced gender ratio… 27.1kReads7.6Score2.3k14d adds
- 127 A Good Match Has Yet to Be Found 良辰未许人 On her thirty-second birthday, Liang Chen met Chen Qian in person after chatting online for three days. She expected another case of someone looking better in photos, but her ideal type was sitting right across from her: a year younger, tall and handsome, romantic and funny. Even the curve of his smile was exactly to her taste. They fell passionately in love in no time. But amid all the sweetness, they both found themselves wondering: One of us is beautiful and clever, the other is gentle and ha 52Reads—Score—14d adds
- 128 The Women Who Love Me 爱我的女人们 After chatting with his wife, Li Bufan closed WeChat and went back to revising his manuscript on the computer. Suddenly, his head buzzed. His vision went black and white, and then he felt himself caught in a gigantic whirlpool, spinning wildly. For a brief moment, it was as if he had entered a faster-than-light tunnel, surrounded by dazzling lights of every color. The miraculous sensation lasted only a moment, and soon he came to his senses. But as Li Bufan gazed at the familiar mahogany desk in 30Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 129 The Chinese Bodyguard 国产保镖 54Reads6.3Score87714d adds
- 130 The Hidden Gem at the Blind Date 相亲场上的宝藏女孩 The Hidden Gem at the Matchmaking Event 112Reads—Score414d adds
- 131 Her Secret Thoughts: A Young Man’s Hidden Diary in a Small Village 致她的心事：小村青年的隐秘日记 No formulaic plot | Not a wish-fulfillment novel | Realistic fiction | Zhou Zhiqiang grows up amid poverty and chaos in her birth family, with her father instilling in her the survival rule that “you have to please people to survive.” She gets into college and lands a job at a bank. A well-off man, Ke Qingyan, pursues her, but as the truth about her family comes out, she gradually loses her self-respect and her relationship. Later, burdened with debt, she returns to her hometown and, under he 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 132 Eight Years at My Side, and All I Got Was a Heart-Rending Betrayal 八年枕边人，换我一场彻骨背叛 After eight years by my side, you repaid me with a betrayal that cut to the bone. 151Reads—Score—14d adds
- 133 Reborn, I Still Can't Resist Thigh-Highs 重生的我，还是拒绝不了黑丝 [Urban Campus] [Everyday Romance] [Multiple Heroines] [Womanizer] [Older Women] [School Beauties] [Best Friends] [Flight Attendants] [Thigh-Highs] [Wish Fulfillment] Put aside your urge to help others and respect their fate. In this life, Liu Jianing chose not to step in and save someone. Since he had been given another chance at life, he was going to enjoy it properly. “Darling... you’re the one I love most... but they’re my wings too...” 595Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 134 Daily Intel: I Get the Aloof Landlady Under My Thumb from the Start 每日情报：开局拿捏高冷女房东 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novels. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is my motivation to write, and I will strive to tell every story well! 8.8kReads6.4Score67214d adds
- 135 A Book That Continues the Spring and Autumn Annals 续写春秋的一本书 A new work is out! You can read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy them. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 10.7kReads9.2Score90214d adds
- 136 Every Chinese Person Is a Member of My Family 凡是华夏人，皆是我的家族成员 [Ensemble cast + System + lighthearted cultivation] Lin Chen transmigrated to the cultivation world and spent a full ten years just to draw qi into his body. A low-grade five-element spiritual root, universally recognized as a useless talent in the cultivation world. An outer-sect menial servant of Qingyun Sect, with a daily chore of hauling spirit beast dung. The day he awakened, a luminous display exploded in his mind: Earth was being devoured by demonic energy, and Huaxia had only ten years 3Reads—Score114d adds
- 137 Storm Over Luocheng 洛城风云起 [Urban Romance + Business Warfare + Multiple Heroines + No System] "Do you still want to tonight?" Her question was so direct that I was momentarily at a loss for words. The campus belle has already driven three men to their deaths. Why are you still getting involved with her? At the crucial moment, Sun Tao stopped me. Returning to the place where it all began, I only wanted to put an end to my youthful regrets with the campus belle who had been such a knockout back then. I had no idea she was a 23.9kReads8.3Score3k14d adds
- 138 The Evening Breeze Never Asks When You'll Return 晚风不问归期 In a bustling, noisy city, Lu Ze is a struggling programmer, weighed down by heartbreak and the pressures of daily life. Lost and lonely, he no longer knows where he is headed. This is a story about loss and growth, a journey through love and self-redemption. Perhaps we have all lost our way in the evening breeze, but there will always be a light waiting to guide you home. 211Reads—Score—14d adds
- 139 The Days We Spent Running with the Wrong Crowd 那些年混过的日子 Young and reckless, we chased nothing but our ideals. The storms we weathered in those years, the roads we walked together, and the days we spent making our way through life. The old generation's feuds and entanglements, the younger generation's rivalries: an unknown nobody gradually grows stronger, overcoming hardship after hardship without ever giving up. 3.8kReads7.2Score17814d adds
- 140 My Blind Date Is My First Love's Ex-Girlfriend. Is That Right? 相亲对象是初恋前女友，这对吗？ [Slice of Life] [One Female Lead] [Romance] What’s it like to go on a blind date and find out your first love is your ex-girlfriend? Cheng Mo stared at that familiar face, almost wondering if he was dreaming. He had thought it would be nothing more than a brief encounter, and that he and Ruan Wan would never cross paths again in this lifetime. Perhaps fate began anew with those words. “It’s raining. Let me take you home.” “Thanks. I’d appreciate that.” “...Would you like to come in for a whi 3.5kReads8.7Score41314d adds
- 141 The Intelligence King of Shanghai: My System Takes Weekends Off 沪市情报王：我的系统周末双休 [The reviews are just coming in, so the rating is a little low, but there are 8,000 words a day! Read without worry!] [If your System sent you three tips on time every weekday, what would you do?] [What? You’re asking why the System doesn’t send tips on weekends? Because the System has weekends off!] On the first day of term, Zhou Ye found a Qianlong Tongbao coin in his dorm room, and his life was transformed from that moment on. [Today’s tip 1: The winning number at the welcome party is 047. Wi 2.2kReads6.3Score15514d adds
- 142 Searching for You in Miancheng 我在木棉城中寻你 That day, the sudden breakup of the girl he secretly loved gave the down-and-out young man new hope. But after waking from a dream, the first novel he had ever written quietly changed the course of his life. Beneath the kapok trees of Guangzhou, a story of youth and love is unfolding. 6.9kReads8.4Score81914d adds
- 143 Apocalypse: More Children, More Blessings, and the White Beauties Live It Up 末世：多子多福，白妞享福了 Li Fan transmigrates as a slave in a Western wasteland world, owned by a pair of white sisters. His body is so weak he simply can't take it. Fortunately, he awakens the Book of a Hundred Lives. Whenever he dies, he can start over from the beginning, and even distribute points to improve himself. Life One: Dies at the younger sister's hands. Life Two: Gets caught up in the consequences of getting the older sister pregnant and dies again. Life Three, Life Four… Starting over again and again, a 31.4kReads8.0Score3.4k14d adds
- 144 After My Wife Went on a Seven-Day Trip with Her Best Friend 老婆和闺蜜去七天旅游后 After My Wife and Her Best Friend Went on a Seven-Day Trip 439Reads—Score—14d adds
- 145 Like a Dream, Like an Order 如梦如令 [Modern romance + powerful leads + urban life + marriage and relationships + workplace + business rivalry] Song Linbi lifted her chin. The breeze kept teasing the wisps of hair on her forehead until they finally gave in to temptation and softly brushed her playful cheek. “Did you have a good time tonight, Professor Song?” Lin Yilai gently brushed away the breeze, which had lingered on her face, captivated by her beauty. His fingertips traced her chin and lips, then he pressed a deep, lingering k 13Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 146 Reborn in 2008: Finding the Campus Belle Under the Rubble from the Start 重生08年：开局废墟底下捡校花 [Rebirth + Comeback + Period Setting + Business Rivalry + Everyday Life] [Complete, with 8 endings. The author sincerely hopes readers will be satisfied.] [Chapters 88 and 89 are exclusive to the beta route and correspond to its ending. Feel free to skip them if you don't like them.] Song Zhan opened his eyes to find himself back on a snowy night in 2008. In his previous life, he was a down-and-out editor scraping by in Beijing. He missed his childhood sweetheart, let his family down, and was ev 2.8kReads8.0Score31114d adds
- 147 Reborn in 2010: How Can an Ordinary Guy Turn His Life Around? 重生2010，草根该怎么逆袭？ Chen Mo had spent half his life down on his luck. Now, reborn with endless regrets, he returned to 2010. Given a chance to start over, how could someone like him, with no connections or resources, turn his life around? Back at nineteen, he had just five thousand yuan in seed money. In his previous life, he had struggled at the bottom, achieved nothing, and suffered through the harshness of reality. This time, armed with memories of the future, he would rise from humble beginnings and seize every 28Reads—Score10414d adds
- 148 I Got a Girlfriend Behind My Sister’s Back, and She’s Her Best Friend 背着亲姐脱单了，对象还是她闺蜜 [One Female Lead] [Everyday Life] [Romance] Shen Qiu has followed his two older sisters around since he was little. One is his biological sister, and the other is her best friend. Years later, when Shen Qiu sees his sister’s best friend again, she tells him, “Actually, I’m a lesbian.” What?! No way! How could my beloved Wan Ning be a lesbian?! Later... “Wan Ning, want to get something to eat?” “Wan Ning, let’s go out for a walk today?” “Wan Ning, I’m not a kid anymore.” Gu Wanning can’t make sen 1.8kReads8.9Score17814d adds
- 149 After the Divorce, I Fell for My Sister-in-Law 离婚后，爱上了小姨子 [Multiple heroines + urban life + workplace + comeback + twins + mystery of birth] Mu Yan is a live-in son-in-law, but after his business venture fails, the Lan family looks down on him. His wife, Lan Xin, chooses to divorce him, while her twin sister, Lan Rui, reveals her feelings and stands by Mu Yan through everything. They weather storms, endure heartache, clear up misunderstandings, and finally find happiness together. 843Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 150 Men’s Forbidden Zone 男人禁区 A wisp of fragrance brushed gently across Zhang Yijin's face. “Ah, where am I?” A beautiful young woman lay in Zhang Yijin's arms, smiling at him. “Brother Jin, we're in a hotel room.” “What? No way. How did we end up together?” Looking at his ex-wife's best friend, Zhang Yijin was completely bewildered. “You got drunk, so I brought you to the hotel!” As she spoke, the beauty leaned close to Zhang Yijin's ear and whispered softly. Suddenly, Zhang Yijin remembered his situation: he had cancer, hi 16Reads8.5Score—14d adds
