Novels like A Ghostly Life, Smiling as I Forget
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- 101 No Childhood Sweetheart in Siberia 西伯利亚没有青梅 #ChildhoodSweethearts #GrovelingEx #MaleLeadMakesAReversal #SweetRomance When she was three, Ma Yi tricked her into drinking “green tea,” and she held a grudge for twenty years. For twenty thousand yuan, Ma Yi is forced to call her “Daddy” and help sabotage her blind dates. Everyone laughs that they're like sworn enemies, until one night when she's burning up with fever and her scalding tears fall onto his collarbone. “Ma Yi, how long am I going to hate you?” Later, the radio stations are all bu 6Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 102 Liu Bei Transmigrates into King Zhou 刘备穿越成纣王 The rating is low because it was only recently released. The story is definitely good, so read with confidence. Liu Bei has become King Zhou? That means he's the ruler of all under Heaven from the start. His enemy is the Western Zhou, renowned for its benevolence. Liu Bei couldn't help smiling. “Why am I being challenged in the one thing I'm best at?” Then memories of King Zhou flooded Liu Bei's mind, and he exclaimed in alarm, “Wait! This isn't the Shang and Zhou dynasties from history. There a 927Reads5.9Score10514d adds
- 103 Wang Benye's Dreamspace 忘本爷的造梦空间 [Spatial fantasy + modern-day imaginative fiction + suspense + everyday family life + brotherhood + a nobody awakens + no brainless wish fulfillment + no invincibility + terrible father] Penniless and down on his luck, ignored by all; two souls dream of vengeance beneath the snow. Back from the dream realm, he becomes a hero. Who doesn’t know this ungrateful man? It all comes down to one dream, turning the tables when things seem most hopeless Friends, let me ask you something: “Do you believe 895Reads9.6Score10514d adds
- 104 I Transmigrated to the Cultivation World and Was Rescued by Bandits from the Start 穿越修仙界的我开局被劫匪救下了 There are a million goofy protagonists, Half of them are on Tomato Novel. But this protagonist's something else, He's even got an ending theme! Xiao Zhu died in a poorly finished novel that vanished along with its author's account, leaving behind nothing but the empty title of “Master of the Martial Way of Faith.” When he opened his eyes again, he had become a frail, unarmed boy in a cultivation world, surrounded by the ruins of a village slaughtered by monsters. The former master of the Martial 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 Hundredfold Returns: My Deadbeat System Can Lie Flat 百倍返还：我的冤种系统能躺平 My new work is out! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 106 My Life Turned Around When an Older Woman Wanted to Marry Me 人生开挂从大龄女要嫁我开始 Life Gets a Cheat Mode When an Older Woman Wants to Marry Me 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 I’m Bound to a Foolish System 我绑定了个傻子系统 I Bound Myself to a Dumb System 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 I Became the Villain’s Mother 我穿成了反派他娘 I Became the Villain’s Mother —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 The System Sent Me to Be a Simp 我被系统派去当舔狗 The System Sent Me to Be a Simp —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 110 Doing Science in the Cultivation World 我在修真界搞科研 Doing Scientific Research in the Cultivation World —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 In the 1970s, I Took a Supermarket to the Countryside 七零之我带着超市下乡 In the 1970s, I Took a Supermarket to the Countryside 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 I Became the Dowager Empress Who Held the Court in Her Grip 我成了权倾朝野的太后 I Became the Empress Dowager Who Held the Court in Her Grasp 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 113 The Noble Consort Is a Double Agent 贵妃是双面间谍 The Noble Consort Is a Double Agent —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 I Pretended to Be Poor for Three Years, and They Really Think I’m a Pushover 我装穷装了三年，他们真以为我是软柿子了 I Pretended to Be Poor for Three Years, and They Really Thought I Was an Easy Target 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 Sixty Years Later, I Became My Mother-in-Law’s “Replacement” 六十年后，我成了婆婆的“替身” Sixty Years Later, I Became My Mother-in-Law’s “Replacement” 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 116 Life After Retirement for a Max-Level Expert 满级大佬退休后的生活 Life After Retirement for a Max-Level Expert —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 117 From the Start, I Opened a Box Containing Myself, and the Demons Lost It 开局开盒自己，妖魔全破防了 [Hilarious Absurdity × Unhinged Shenanigans × Anti-Trope × Invincible Protagonist] I, Lu Wang, am eighteen, and I doxxed myself on a demon forum. All you demon dads, I'm at Building 4, Apartment 404, Xingfuli. Panda blood, crunchy texture. First come, first served! The demons laughed. “This bait post is so fake.” So I hit back with a perfectly self-consistent smear campaign: I claimed the Holy Maiden visited a club for male escorts and the Demon Lord was being kept by Red Sister. That day, 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 After the Heart Transplant, I Woke Up in My Enemy’s Body 换心之后，我在仇人身体里醒来 After a Heart Transplant, I Woke Up in My Enemy’s Body —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 My System Is a Pervert 我的系统是个变态 My System Is a Pervert —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 120 Undercover in the Billionaire Circle 我在富豪圈当卧底 I Went Undercover in the Billionaire Circle —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 The Real Heiress Is a National Defense Student 真千金是国防生 The Real Heiress Is a National Defense Student 261Reads—Score314d adds
- 122 Eight Million to Settle Twenty Years of Grudges 八百万买断二十年恩怨 Eight Million to Settle Twenty Years of Grudges —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 123 I Can’t Wait Any Longer, I’m About to Become a Mom 等不起了，我马上要当妈妈了 I Can’t Wait Any Longer, I’m About to Become a Mother 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 124 Cultivating the Dao on the Clock, I Ascended to Become the Only True Immortal of This Age 摸鱼悟道，我飞升为当世唯一真仙 Wei Xinxin, thirty-two, was an office worker at an ordinary company, an utterly unremarkable middle-aged man. One day, while slacking off at work as usual, he pondered the ultimate meaning of life. By sheer chance, he resonated with the Heavenly Dao, comprehended it in an instant, and ascended on the spot. Heavenly flowers rained down, golden lotuses sprang from the earth, and Laozi (Li Er) himself came to welcome him. But Wei Xinxin refused to ascend to the immortal realm. He wanted to finish o 9Reads—Score114d adds
- 125 I Set the Rules, and Three Thousand Divine Transformation Maidens 规则被我定，三千化神女 P.S. This book has no set main plot. I write whatever comes to mind. It's all about absurd comedy, so don't read if that's not your thing! Good news: I'm invincible! I can decree the rules of the heavens and all worlds with a single word, and even the Tomato novel platform's reviewers have to follow my rules! Bad news: I have butterfingers! One slip of the hand or tongue, and everything turns into a mortifying disaster. From me to the greats of the heavens and all worlds, we're all so embarrass —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 Street Girl Versus Yoga Pants, I Watch from the Sidelines 精神小妹大战瑜伽裤，我冷眼旁观 [The rating just came in, and it’ll rise later] [Drama queen] + [witty and funny] + [a look into a new social circle] + [Indian old turtle dove] + [Siberian old crab] Yoga pants from the outer counties: “This caviar isn’t even beluga!” “And this steak isn’t Kobe beef!” “When are you going to trade this dump for a mansion? When are you finally ordering that Porsche?” “I married you to enjoy the good life, not to suffer with you. I want a divorce!” Drama queen: “Wow, Uncle, the chicken leg rice yo 8.2kReads6.8Score69914d adds
- 127 The Great Celestial Demolition Crew 西拆记：天庭最牛拆迁别动队 The westbound civil service exam squad is here! I’m getting a government job along the Journey to the West! The Tightening Spell means: “A secure position, permanent status, and a raise!” Master Three Demolitions, Sun Wukong the Demolisher, Zhu Bajie the Demolition Expert, Sha Wujing the Demolitionist, plus a big dog that specializes in biting people below the belt, form Heaven’s mightiest demolition squad. They mark out circles in the Hall of Miraculous Heaven and write “Demolish” along the wes 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 128 I Couldn’t Get a Divorce, but He Spoiled Me Like Heaven 休书要不到，倒被他宠上天 [Marriage Before Love | Powerful Minister Begs Her Not to Leave | Obsessive, Possessive × Black Lotus Drama Queen | Sweet Romance and Push-and-Pull] Shen Tinglan transmigrates into a book and becomes the wicked, domineering wife of Pei Du, the capital’s notorious “Living King of Hell.” The System tells her: Get a divorce letter, and you can return to the modern world with a retirement fund of one billion! Overjoyed, Shen Tinglan goes into full drama-queen mode: Pei Du is ambushed, and his stepmo 950Reads6.4Score18014d adds
- 129 I Transmigrated as a Sister-Obsessed Brother and Unlocked Cheat Powers 穿越，身为扶弟魔的我开挂了 Alternate history + transmigration + comedy + absurdity + strong female lead. Synopsis: Ye Zhiyu smiles as radiantly as a mountain flower, putting her arms around the man who stands just below The Outcast and above everyone else. “Your Highness, Prince Zhao, you’re so powerful now. What kind of official post are you going to give me?” “I plan to make you Princess Consort of Zhao.” “Smack!” In a fit of rage, Ye Zhiyu gives the man in front of her a hard slap. “Have you lost your mind? I’m your si 141Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 Transmigrate into a Fantasy World: I Slay My Way Through the Heavens from Good-for-Nothing to Legend 穿越玄幻：我从废柴杀穿诸天 (Comedy, punchlines, and a goofy cast, all in a lighthearted and cheerful story. I'm just starting out as a novelist, so I'd be very grateful if you could leave me your valuable feedback. And if you could spare a moment to rate the book, I'd be much obliged! Many thanks! Many thanks! Many thanks!!!) Lin Feng, a 996 wage slave from the 21st century, transmigrates to another world at the worst possible moment. In his past life, he bowed his head and toiled through life's hardships. In this life, h 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 If I'm Not Wild, I'm No Sun Wukong 不狂就不叫孙悟空 Who doesn't know the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, Sun Wukong? In the highest heavens, he commands an army of a million and is invincible among them! The Great Sage Equal to Heaven has returned. Though I wear a golden headband, I am still the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, Sun Wukong! Of course I'm wild and arrogant. If I weren't, I wouldn't be Sun Wukong. 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 132 I’m Warning You! I’m Not Responsible If You Laugh Until You Spit 我警告你！笑喷我可不不负责哦 [Hilarious comedy + infinite worlds + no scruples + mind-bending madness + episodic stories] [Reader’s guide: Complete, so read without worry!] ⚠️ This is a miraculous dish made by stewing extra-spicy stinky tofu with durian, sprinkling it with popping candy, and then blasting it in a pressure cooker. It hits your nose hard and burns your eyes, but once you’ve tasted it, you can’t get enough. This “stinky tofu” of a story invites readers with unusual tastes to give it a try. ⚠️ Logic is dead, ma 11.8kReads7.5Score84714d adds
- 133 The Ugly Deity Returns to Earth to Cultivate, Hunted by the Police 丑尊地球重修被警追 Zhang Quanliang is an unbelievably ugly, sleazy Immortal Venerable. After robbing the mischievous old boy Taishang Laojun, he goes on to rob a gang of fraudsters from the Western Buddhist Sect. After an accident leaves him sealed off from his cultivation, he arrives on Earth with the Howling Celestial Dog he stole and kicks off an unconventional, hilarious journey of cultivation. 39Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 134 Reborn: My Nemesis and I Are No Longer Related by Blood 重生之，和死对头没有血缘关系了 [Reborn + real and fake heiresses + childhood friends + personal growth] Sensitive young lady VS sharp-tongued but warm-hearted young master Wang Songyi is a fake heiress who was reborn, but no one killed her. She brought about her own downfall. In this life, she wants nothing. She just wants to live a good life. But her sharp-tongued, universally disliked former cousin keeps popping up in front of her. He even insists on pretending to date her to fend off pressure to get married. She really do 47Reads—Score—14d adds
- 135 This Monk Seeks Death, but the Gods and Buddhas of the Heavens Beg Him to Stop 贫僧求死，诸天神佛劝我别闹 Go on a pilgrimage? Not happening. I'm the leader of the Celestial Master Sect. You want me to become a monk? If Guanyin comes, I'll call her big sister. If the Buddha comes, I'll invite him to eat meat. Bajie asks me, “Master, are you a monk or a Taoist priest?” I reply, “If the Dao is in your heart, then you're a Taoist priest.” Wukong asks, “Then are we still going on the pilgrimage?” I reply, “The pilgrimage is work. Becoming an immortal is life.” 311Reads—Score—14d adds
- 136 Not One of My Harem Consorts Is Normal 朕的后宫妃子，没一个正常人 The campus beauty, Han Yufei, wished to transmigrate into a harem. She planned to lie flat and become the most pampered consort in the land, but from the start, she was beaten with a board and bound to a ridiculous Beating System! Every beating dramatically boosts her cultivation. No need for painstaking practice: getting beaten is all it takes to level up! Meanwhile, Wang Zhiwei, the boy she had publicly humiliated, transmigrated by chance, ascended the throne, and awakened the Emperor System. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 The Bizarre Little Town I Bought for 250 250淘到的怪奇小镇 Open World ✖️ Infinite Transmigration Want to party with famous figures like Li Bai and Einstein? Warning! This book is full of Easter eggs! Hold on tight! The miserable coder Zhen Tianzhen accidentally falls into a town of famous figures beneath a glass dome, beginning his “Ridiculous Life 2.0.” Here, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei come from parallel universes and don’t even know one another. Li Bai is lovesick and crying as he gets drunk, Confucius is fretting over parenting problems, and eve 333Reads9.3Score—14d adds
- 138 A Vice Raid at the Hehuan Sect? I Flew Off on My Sword with the Escorts 合欢宗扫黄？我御剑带技师跑路 The world has mutated, and all of humanity has put on an immortal-cultivation filter! Taking the bus is now “riding a mechanical spirit beast,” buying a lottery ticket is “competing for a Heavenly Dao token,” and taking the civil service exam is a “spiritual aptitude assessment.” More absurdly, foot-bath shops call themselves the “Hehuan Sect,” and anyone caught by the Enforcement Hall gets locked up at the Reflection Cliff, aka the detention center! Recently dumped Lin An watched these delusion 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 139 The Supreme Trash Talker 嘴炮至尊 The Mouthy Supreme is a hilarious xianxia novel. From the start, Chen Pi, a streetwise hoodlum, swallows the Nine-Aperture Stone, a divine artifact for cursing people, and turns the human world upside down with his tongue: he scams people out of flatbreads, blows up a sewage truck, and curses a captain of the guards unconscious, earning himself the nickname “Even Dogs Hate Him.” Burdened with a debt of affection sealed by candied hawthorns, he becomes a disciple and founds the Mouth Cannon Sect. 55Reads—Score214d adds
- 140 Xuande Gate Showdown from the Start? I Brought Out a Gatling Gun 开局玄武门对掏？我拿出了加特林 [Lighthearted comedy + scheming + sneaky tricks + conquest + shamelessness + pure power fantasy] … Wang Bin transmigrates to the Great Xia Dynasty, where he is framed for drugging and defiling a princess. At the critical moment, he awakens the Make People So Mad They Could Die System. As long as he makes someone furious... he can obtain high-tech weapons, from ordinary AKs to Iron Man armor, and everything in between... … So Wang Bin becomes a modern internet troll, irritating everyone with meme 18Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 141 Journey to the West: How Tang Sanzang Was Forced to Become Tang Sanzang the Grave-Digger 西游之唐三藏被逼成唐三葬了 [No System + A Genuine Good-for-Nothing + Cultivation Through Blind Practice + Not a Primordial World Story + Slaying Through the Eighty-One Tribulations] Qi Tian, a good-for-nothing, transmigrates to the world of Journey to the West. After waiting for months without a System appearing, he decides to follow the plot and try to become the Victorious Fighting Buddha. But after encountering one man-eating monster after another, Qi Tian discovers that the swordsmanship he's been practicing blindly i 370Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 142 After Tang Sanzang Kicked Me Out, I Joined Wutian on His Journey for the Scriptures 被唐僧赶走之后我陪无天去取经 A modern office drone transmigrates into the body of Sun Wukong, the Great Sage Equal to Heaven. Before he can even celebrate, he faces the prospect of being kicked out by Tang Sanzang. The reason? He killed a few bandits. Sun Wukong is secretly thrilled: What kind of amazing deal is this? He hasn't even been made to wear the Golden Fillet, and he doesn't have to be anyone's workhorse. He's free! Freedom is great, but he still needs to eat! Just then, Wutian makes him an offer: “Sun Wukong, work 38Reads—Score—14d adds
- 143 Black Rain at the End of the World: I Awaken as a Joyfully Unhinged Madman 末世黑雨，我觉醒成欢乐疯批 Apocalypse + wild imagination + absurd fights + unhinged protagonist + dark humor + intelligent villains + carefree plot + no holier-than-thou hero I'm Chen Cang, a high school student who was bullied for three years. To stay alive, I gave up on the college entrance exam and fled back to my hometown. But my parents were gone, my home was gone, and the apocalypse had arrived! While everyone else got bound to a System, I found enlightenment at Longchang and awakened a factor ability. Others fight 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 The Young White-Haired Mystic Granny Goes on a Rampage in Showbiz! 玄学年轻白发癫姥在娱乐圈疯杀！ [Sichuan-Chongqing edition] [Absurd comedy + bizarre relationship dynamics + feng shui and the supernatural + fake and real heiresses + going crazy + face-slapping + parody] A soft, adorable, easygoing yet unhinged feng shui master × a cold-on-the-outside, goofy-on-the-inside, doom-struck unhinged heir to a wealthy family. Two unhinged souls, perfectly matched by fate! A ridiculous, irreverent face-slapping story about growing stronger. Get ready for a wild ride~ No one knows she’s a hidden m 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 145 Journey to the West: Jailbreak, Refusing the Pilgrimage and Crushing the Gods 西游越狱：拒绝取经打爆满天神佛 Journey to the West Jailbreak: Sun Wukong! Refuses the pilgrimage and smashes the gods and Buddhas across the heavens. On the very first day Sun Wukong leapt from a stone, he awakened the [Primordial Jailbreak System]. He refuses to take a master, refuses to wreak havoc in Heaven, and refuses to go on the pilgrimage. Instead, he locks every god, Buddha, demon, and monster in the System prison, gaining cultivation, techniques, and magical treasures as he fights his way from prisoner to supreme ru 236Reads—Score—14d adds
- 146 Sun Wukong: Trapped on the Day of Havoc in Heaven 孙悟空：我困在大闹天宫那一天 The hundredth time I shoved my Golden Cudgel into the Hall of Miraculous Clouds, even the Jade Emperor's glass lamp was too tired to shatter again. “Monkey! Are you ever going to stop?” The Jade Emperor tossed aside his crown, bloodshot eyes showing the toll of countless sleepless nights. “You've stripped my peach garden bare three times already!” The Queen Mother shrank into her throne. “This time, are you going to kick the left side or the right? Just get it over with!” Only the Buddha's colos 45Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 The Living King of Hell of the Yin-Yang Realm 阴阳界活阎王 Evil spirits: “Hell is empty, and devils walk among us!” Unorthodox cultivators: “Compared to him, I’m just a rookie!” Righteous cultivators: “Who let him cultivate?!” Li Dao: “Ahem, let me clear things up. I did all those things... just kidding.” 203Reads—Score1814d adds
- 148 I’m Not a Proper Taoist Priest 我不是正经道士 [Comedy + System + Urban Supernatural + Power Fantasy + Blind-Box Draws + Absurd Items] Chen Dagen: System, where’s my Five-Thunder Divine Spell? System: It missed. Chen Dagen: Where’s my Tianpeng Ruler? System: In your hand, the yellow one. Chen Dagen: Isn’t this a tape measure?! System: The Tianpeng Ruler is a Taoist artifact for suppressing evil. If it has markings and can measure things, it’s a Tianpeng Ruler. Chen Dagen: …Then explain why the blind box gave me The Care of Sows After Farrowi 135Reads—Score11014d adds
- 149 From the Start, I Had My Brother Try It First to See If There Were Any Side Effects 开局让兄弟先试下有没有副作用 [Try Not to Laugh] [High-Martial-Arts Setting] [System] [Transmigration] [Not Invincible] Jiang Xi... where is this? Where's my System? System, get out here, quick! I can't take this anymore! [Ding! Binding failed...] “Li Hao, be good and take this medicine.” Li Hao, who was as furious as if he'd been fitted with an engine, roared: “Jiang Xi, I treated you like a brother, and you treat me like some guy living the good life?” Meanwhile, Jiang Xi was circling around the pond like a little submarin 122Reads—Score514d adds
- 150 Cooking Snow Beneath the Pines, Listening to the Years Flow By 松间煮雪听流年 (Invincible protagonist, satisfying contrast, everyone gets a happy ending, absolutely no angst) Deep in Mount Taixu stands a nameless little temple. The old Taoist who lives there does little each day beyond sweeping snow, brewing tea, and listening to the wind. Then one day, a badly wounded nine-tailed fox tumbles through the temple gate. The old Taoist sighs, pulls a sword sealed away for a thousand years from his sleeve, then turns around, chops some firewood, and brews the fox a cup of tea. 148Reads—Score—14d adds
