Novels like Just Dumped, I Turn Around and Pass the Civil Service Exam to Work in Her Hometown
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- 1 Rising Through the Ranks of Officialdom 官路之扶摇直上 First-rate talent goes into politics, second-rate talent goes into business, and third-rate talent goes to university. After graduating from a third-rate university, Li Yanzhe resolutely decided to take the civil service exam so he could follow in his girlfriend's footsteps. Despite the disapproving looks from his family, friends, and girlfriend, he went to Daxing County, reputed to be the poorest county in Huaguo, and became a grassroots civil servant. After a chance encounter with a benefactor 557Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 2 I'm a Veteran Driver 我是一个老司机 My name is Li Chenxi. I’m a veteran driver who spent my entire career behind the wheel for several leaders, setting a record of 30 years of accident-free driving. But recently, I hit a snag: I drove my car off a sheer cliff. The car was wrecked, but I survived and ended up in a vegetative state. My mind, however, never stopped working. With nothing to do lying in bed, I dream every day, at night and even during the day. The strangest, and most frequent, are three daytime daydreams: I dream that 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 The Officialdom Watcher 官察者 The journey of an “officialdom observer” is a practice with no end. It begins with the anxiety of being “observed,” moves on to the strategic contest of “observing one another,” and culminates in the awakening of “self-observation.” This is not merely a matter of climbing the ranks, but also of honing the mind. Along the way, the most precious thing isn’t a letter of appointment. It’s finally learning to set your own standards amid the clamor of the system. Those standards can measure both the h 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Reaching for the Clouds: When My Patron Fell, I Rose from the Bottom 问鼎青云：靠山倒了我从基层逆袭 Ding Changlin has been having terrible luck lately, though it has nothing to do with his abilities. A cold, beautiful woman has mistaken him for a murder suspect and won't stop hounding him... 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 The Ferry of Xin Yu 馨语渡 A white snake undergoing tribulation is struck by heavenly lightning. Rescued by the Goddess Nuwa, she becomes Wang Yuxin, a ferryman in the human world, guiding the wronged spirits and debtors left behind one by one. She gathers merit and awaits the day she can complete her cultivation and ascend to immortality. Along the way, she encounters Lei Yunzheng, the Netherworld Ghost Emperor and Vermilion Bird, who incites Qing Luoyi (Azure Dragon), Bai Wangchuan (White Tiger), and Xu Jiuwu (Black Tor 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Love Across Two Timelines 双时空的爱恋 Love Across Two Timelines —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Mirror Black 镜黑 Mirror Black —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 The Debt of Silence 无声债 The Silent Debt —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Mad Words and Wild Tales: The Years the Wind Blew By 疯言风语之风过那些年 My new work is here! You're welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 A Young Wanderer in Search of Immortality 长生少年游 With bare hands, she holds a lotus aloft; with light steps, she treads the highest heavens. Her rainbow robes trail broad sashes, fluttering as she ascends toward the sky. She stills her mind and casts off worldly thoughts; the Great Way becomes clear of its own accord. Having grasped the principles of the Mysterious Gate, my path to immortality may endure. This novel conceals the Great Way to immortality. Dear readers, how much you understand depends entirely on your destiny. If you gain someth —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 A Career in Politics: The Ambitious Man’s Rise 官场人生之鸿鹄逆袭 Lin Tian is down on his luck at work, and when he gets home, he receives a “surprise” from his wife! When life hits rock bottom, what is there left to fear? Just as he loses all hope, he unexpectedly uses his remarkable medical skills to save a mysterious powerful figure… 142Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 Rising Up from the Grassroots as a Civil Servant 从基层公务员开始奋起 In his previous life, Liu Feng was cheated out of first place in the civil service selection exam and spent thirty years as a grassroots contract worker, never getting a permanent position. Now that he's been given another chance at life, he vows to trample fate beneath his feet! 471Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 13 My Wicked Mother-in-Law Tore the Family Apart, So I Made Them All Regret It 恶婆婆搅家，我让她全家肠子悔青 Before we got married, we agreed that we wouldn't live with my mother-in-law, but my husband brought her over without asking me. My mother-in-law had Helicobacter pylori, yet she chewed up leftover food and fed it to our daughter. She wanted another baby and secretly fed our daughter a large dose of sleeping pills. For the sake of giving her daughter a complete family, Tian Jing repeatedly asked her husband to send his mother back to the countryside. But Zhao Minghui kept putting it off. He even 32.4kReads8.8Score1.6kShelves
- 14 She Married Someone Else, So I Rose to the Top of Officialdom 她嫁他人我走上仕途巅峰 On the day they broke up, his girlfriend married someone else. Lin Haoyu stood outside a wedding in the county seat, watching the woman who had once promised him forever walk toward another man in her wedding dress. He didn’t make a scene or cry. He turned and walked through the doors of the township government. He would stay and work his way up from the bottom. In this unfamiliar small town, he met Jiang Lan, who loved fiercely and hated fiercely, and the warmhearted Sister Zhao Min. He also 715Reads—Score102Shelves
- 15 Love in the Wumeng Mountains 乌蒙山爱情 My new work is out! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 The 4 A.M. Produce Market: She Sells Cheap Vegetables for Three Years, Hiding the Hopes of an Entire Village 凌晨4点的菜市场：她卖3年便宜菜，背后藏着全村的希望 The Vegetable Market at 4 A.M.: She sells cheap produce for three years, with the hopes of an entire village resting on her shoulders —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Flowers Bloom in the Deepening Night 花开夜色浓 Li Mokai, born into the lower class, and Wang Linlin, the heiress of a wealthy family, are forced apart by their vast class differences and the schemes and coercion of rich young heir Shen Zaiyu. Five years later, Li Mokai returns in force and embarks on a path of revenge and a search for love. The two endure betrayal, crises, and trials of life and death, before their story ends in tragedy, capturing a profound love that transcends class and even death. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 The Distant Mountains Are Calling 那远山在呼唤 The Distant Mountains Are Calling —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 The Official’s Handbook 仕途宝典 With the support and guidance of mentors and friends, Qian Zhenxing quickly grows and matures, setting sail on a long voyage through the political arena! Read it and you'll come away with plenty to learn: the art of working overtime, understanding your superiors' intentions, joining a faction, and gaining power by stepping back... 65Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Forged in Adversity: Starting from Zero 逆境铸金：从零开始 Poxiao Village was where Zhang Xiaoqiang's dreams took flight. This novel tells the story of how an ordinary college-graduate village official gradually grew into a pioneer of reform, using his wisdom and courage to write an extraordinary chapter in his life. Zhang Xiaoqiang is an idealistic young man, brimming with passion and deeply devoted to his hometown. From his start as a college-graduate village official, he becomes a township head, rises to deputy head of the county Party committee's O —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 I Can See Returns, and I'm Unrivaled in Wealth and Power 能看见回报率，我权财无双 The day my girlfriend got the job she wanted, she dumped me for being poor. That night, though, I discovered I could see the wealth and fortune of people and projects. What looked like a mess to everyone else was, in my eyes, a chance to turn things around. In a fruit orchard whose produce wouldn’t sell, I saw that the real problem wasn’t the harvest, but a missed sales opportunity. In an unfinished building no one dared touch, I found the key to getting construction started again. Even with th 685Reads6.1Score102Shelves
- 22 The Road to Power 官途 This novel portrays ten years in the official career of the high-ranking official Li Xiangdong. Spanning economically moderately developed regions, remote and impoverished areas, and prosperous developed regions, it follows the protagonist as he faces the varied crises and challenges brought on by different places and positions. A realistic web novel. 1.4kReads6.9Score138Shelves
- 23 Officialdom: From Deputy Township Chief to the Pinnacle of Power 官场：从副乡级到权力巅峰 How does a farmer's son reach the pinnacle of power? Through sheer tactics. How does a low-level official break through the odds and rise to the top? Through integrity. Let the curtain rise: I'll command the winds and clouds of the political world. When I look back, the mountains and rivers will lie beneath my feet. My name is Chen Zhuoran, and I'm writing the story of my political career. 733Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 24 A Rising Star in Officialdom 官场新贵 After graduating from college, Yu Fan planned to start a business with his classmates. But his father used the promise of a “secure government job” to send him straight to the township government office. In his twenties, full of ambition and eager to make his mark, Yu Fan saw his entrepreneurial dreams abruptly cut short. Resentful, he entered the world of officialdom. How far can he go with the label of a “nepotism hire” hanging over him? 834Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 25 Reborn: Reaching the Peak of Officialdom 重生之宦海巅峰 [Reborn in the Political Arena + Grassroots Civil Servant + Thrilling Power Fantasy + Pinnacle of Power] Back in 1990, Wang Guofei, a graduate of Jing City University, resolves to change his fate. Armed with knowledge of what lies ahead, he blazes a path to the top through the treacherous world of politics. Become a senior official? That’s not enough. He wants to make money, too. So Wang Guofei starts walking the path others have taken, leaving them nowhere to go. 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 The Remarkable Life of an '80s Woman 一个80后女人的精彩人生 Yang Xia, who grew up in the countryside, has been through two painful marriages, both of them so bizarre and tumultuous that she suffered terribly and endured countless hardships. Later, her second husband got caught up in a lawsuit and was arrested and sent to prison. With nowhere left for her in the village, Yang Xia had no choice but to go alone to the provincial capital to find work. But just after arriving, she lost her child. Desperate to find them, she had no choice but to stay in the 587Reads7.6Score140Shelves
- 27 Above the Black Soil 黑土之上 Above the Black Soil is the second book in Qingzhou’s Hungry Liang’s anti-crime trilogy. After taking the first book’s flaws into account, such as its overly fast pace and reliance on a single case thread, the author developed the framework and wrote this second book. Preparations took about half a month, and the story was pieced together using several real-life cases. This story is entirely fictional; any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 Cherished, Then Gone Without a Word 偏爱不辞而别 A Love That Never Says Goodbye 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Goddaughter 干女儿 Goddaughter 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 The Passionate Years Begin in 1997 激情年代从1997开始 A story about the growth of a country boy, waiting for you to read! The golden age: rising slowly from the bottom. Finding love and breaking through society's prejudice! Brotherhood, building a business empire together and standing by each other through life and death! 53Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 A Sword Against Evil Sweeps Through Qingzhou 扫黑利剑破青州 This book is the first work in Qingzhou E Le Liang's anti-crime trilogy. It's their first time writing a book, so the writing is limited, and the story is under 100,000 words. The pacing is somewhat fast, and the plot mainly revolves around the Qingzhou case. Please forgive any shortcomings. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 Thinking of Wanqing at Dusk 黄昏念晚晴 This is a long novel about loneliness and emotional struggles in old age. The protagonist, Zhang Licheng, retires at sixty, looking forward to spending his leisurely later years with his wife. But not long after retiring, he receives divorce papers. For the next three years, he lives alone in a tiny apartment, shifting from “At last, some peace and quiet” to “It’s so quiet, it’s making me uneasy.” His bed is always cold, his meals are always makeshift, and when he wakes in the night, he can only 105Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 The Monk Who Left the Clergy 还俗僧 His name is Zhang Xiao Mo. An orphan from a farming family in the Central Plains, he was fifteen when both his parents died. A monastery in the mountains took him in. His head was shaved, he donned a monk’s robe, and he was given the Buddhist name Sheng Xian. From then on, his life was meant to be one of lamps and ancient Buddhas, morning bells and evening drums, until one night, the whistle of a train down the mountain reached his ears, and his heart never found peace again. At eighteen, he lef 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 Thinking of Wanqing at Dusk: Sequel 黄昏念晚晴：续 This is a work of realism that confronts the dilemma of elder care in China. Zhang Licheng is sixty-eight, has been retired for eight years, and has lived alone for five. His knees are shot, and he can no longer climb high places. Old Wu across the hall has a wife to help him out of the car. Zhang has no one. His monthly pension is ten thousand yuan, but medicine and groceries keep getting more expensive. What he fears most is falling ill: one illness could wipe out half a year's pension. Back 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 My Legendary Glory Crystal Flower 我的传奇荣耀水晶花 Ye Chen had once been a top student. After graduating from college, he found himself frustrated in government service and went into business instead. Ten years into his business career, at a crucial crossroads in his life, he happened to come across Li Jingjing on QQ Moments. She had already become a first-rate idol in the entertainment industry. They had been high school classmates, and Li Jingjing had secretly loved him back then. Even after he rejected her confession, she had never forgotten 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 The Peak of Politics: Starting in the Demolition Office After Being Demoted 官场巅峰，从被贬拆迁办开始 The political arena has always been a battlefield. Power, money, and sex can ruin an ordinary man, but they can also make a strong one. Zhao Yu graduated from a prestigious university and served in southern Tibet for three years. Just as he entered government service, he hit the lowest point of his life, getting assigned to the toughest, most exhausting, and most dangerous street-level demolition office. His wife set him up with a scandal, but the misfortune turned out to be a blessing, and he r 138Reads9.2Score—Shelves
- 37 A Clash of Power 权力对决 After someone else takes the position he earned at the Bureau of Construction, Ma Changtian follows his female superior to the countryside, where he begins a struggle against fate. Money, beauty, and the undercurrents of corruption test Ma Changtian as he fights his way upstream. Should he advance or retreat? A battle for life and death is drawing near... 41Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 38 Rising Through the Ranks: Starting as a Township Chief 平步青云：从乡长开始 Wu Zheng, a cadre reassigned to a new post, faced a hostile welcome on his very first day as township chief. Using his iron-fisted methods, he launched a determined counterattack, climbed one step at a time, and rose to the pinnacle of power. As he advanced, the daughter of a high-ranking official became his confidante, while a group CEO became his close friend. Together, they worked to give ordinary people a better life. 144Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 39 No Regrets in Serving the People 为民无悔 Love brought upheaval; I left the faith behind for a new path. A strange past emerged, and my journey through love was tangled with complications. The waves are fierce. How can I ride them and break through the currents? Love is tangled. Where can I find my way home? My strange past only brings more uncertainty. After years of hardship, I finally found the dignity I once sought, but by then, the satisfaction I had hoped for was gone. What remained in my heart was countless ordinary people, yet I 50Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 40 Rising Through the Ranks of Officialdom 官场之青云直上 He was promoted and appointed, only to be sent to a remote mountain township in the middle of nowhere. Was it a demotion, or was there another assignment? Ouyang Ming upheld his sense of justice and fought for the people. He cleared away the fog, broke through the deadlock, stood out, navigated political intrigue, and punished lawbreakers. Righteous and fearless, Ouyang Ming climbed step by step toward the peak of his life. 215Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 A Weathered Political Career 沧桑官途 Without attaching himself to power, and without using it to bully others, Gong Zheng unexpectedly embarked on a career in public service. Starting by taking the fall for the county Party secretary, he skillfully leveraged every opportunity and rose steadily through the ranks, while also experiencing the ups and downs of officialdom... 293Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 The Ups and Downs of the Official Road 官道起伏 When money, power, beautiful women, darkness, and light become intertwined, when Liu Fusheng is brought back to life by a spring dream, and steps once more into the familiar world of officialdom, will he be able to break free from the invisible web woven around him and embrace a different fate? Welcome to this urban political novel. This is a different kind of rise and fall in the world of officialdom, pure and classic, taking you on a different journey through political life. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 The Secretarial Official's Rise 小秘官途 After being pushed aside, a junior secretary sets out on the path to rising to power... 268Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 44 The Unorthodox Sword on the Road to Officialdom 仕途之剑走偏锋 While others are scrambling to transfer into city government offices, he chooses to head down to the grassroots level, moving from the top to the bottom. In truth, he is taking this unconventional path to make himself stronger. This is a comeback story set in the world of politics. A man from humble beginnings relies on his own intelligence and courage to overcome obstacle after obstacle on his career path, ultimately becoming a talented young leader in charge of an entire region... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 From Odd Jobs to the Top of a Small Town 从打工开始走向小城巅峰 As long as you are kind and hardworking, Heaven will surely look favorably upon you. This book tells the inspiring story of Lin Feng, a laborer who endures a life full of twists and hardships, from being laid off by a state-owned enterprise and going out to find work to making a stunning comeback as a county Party secretary. It vividly portrays the many facets of life. 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 The Sorrow of Warmth 温暖之殇 This full-length novel, A Warmth That Hurts, follows Xu Mengyun and his wife Mu Yufang, their daughter, and his sworn brother as they struggle to make ends meet after being laid off. After a lottery win, they experience dramatic ups and downs amid the tumult of the world. Grounded in tenderness, the story depicts the small, beautiful moments of everyday life, yet conceals sudden regrets beneath its warmth. It weaves comfort and pain together to reveal the most honest face of life. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 A Flower Blooms on the Official Path 官路生花 Believe in me, and you’ll profit. Doubt me, and you’ll regret it! The world is a chessboard, and I am a piece. With brilliant moves, I’ll break the deadlock and show what I can do! Will this helpless office drone live an ordinary, mediocre life, or break through the ranks and climb higher step by step? If he hadn’t kissed a girl with a face full of pimples during a game of truth or dare, Wang Qin might have been forced to resign. Who would’ve thought one game could bring such good fortune and se 1.2kReads8.8Score101Shelves
- 48 Six Words to Let Go, Then Turn Away with Grace 六字释怀，优雅转身 Six characters to let go, then turn away with grace. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 The Wound of Marriage: My Wife's Lies 婚姻之殇：妻子的谎言 Love is simple. Being in love is hard. Two strangers can meet, come to know each other, and stay together for life. Their love may gradually grow dull and cold, or it may remain warm and tender. It all comes down to a single thought. 14Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 50 The Gold-Hunting Crocodile 猎金巨鳄 The Golden Crocodile is the final book in my anti-crime trilogy. Building on the first two books, this is my first time weaving romance into the story. Whether it’s the brotherly bonds among the main cast or the love between the three couples, it’s all new territory for me. The plot keeps up the high pressure of the previous books, but this time there are more twists and conflicts, and it’s closer to real life. While planning and writing, I also spoke with some people who had been scammed and in 2Reads—Score—Shelves
