Novels like Adrift in a Sea of People
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- 1 Fairy Records: The Romance Chapter 仙女录天情篇 My new work is here! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 48Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 The Pagoda Tree Apartments 槐树公寓 Sophora Apartment —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 An Endless Summer Beneath the Camphor Trees 香樟下的未尽夏日 An Endless Summer Beneath the Camphor Trees —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 In the World of One Piece, What’s with This Magic Academy System? 人在海贼，魔法学院系统什么鬼？ [One Piece] [Hogwarts] [Magic] [Behind the Scenes] In the Sea Circle Calendar year 1503, Su Rui’s physical body transmigrated to the turbulent world of pirates. That very day, a new possibility emerged on these seas. For the power that came with Su Rui was something entirely new: magic!!! From then on, the world’s course changed, and the compass of fate went haywire. Up next: Gryffindor honors graduate and user of high-level destructive magic, Shanks! The kindest Hufflepuff upperclassman, a serv 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Black Seal 黑玺 The boy's story was steeped in torrential rain. Anger was a flame that burned through the night, and loneliness was a shadow stretched long beneath the moon. The boy had been provoked. In the cold, rainy night, he swore an oath. (I was provoked too. This time, I'll make sure to write it well.) —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 After Binding the Aloof Swordmaster, He Started Seducing Me? 绑了高岭之花剑修后，他却反过来勾引我？ After I kidnapped the aloof sword cultivator, why did he turn around and seduce me? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 The Sword's Spirit Across Three Lifetimes 剑魄三生 For seven days, she wept blood. Then she offered herself to the furnace, melting her soul into the sword. From then on, the sword “Longing Through the Ages” passed through a thousand years, waiting for him to be reborn and turn back to recognize the blade that held all the longing of her life. Yun Zhao gripped her hammer. Starting with mending pots and repairing plows, she could hammer all sorts of things into shape: rough farm tools, sharp kitchen knives, even decorative swords commissioned by —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 I Was Once the Only Wildflower in a Rose Garden 我曾是玫瑰园里唯一一朵野花 I'm a "monster" who can't inherit my loved one's ability. Tracing a love story in the memoirs of my ordinary life would be absurd. It was more like meeting someone headed the same way as I was, swept along by time, and walking a few extra steps together. Now it's time to say goodbye. I don't dare ask them to stay, so all I can do is give them a proper farewell. Life is shaped by countless forks in the road, and right now we're simply standing at a point where we have no choice but to say goodbye —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 This School Is Surprisingly Decent 这破学校能处 In a cultivation world where spiritual artifacts reign supreme, powerful cultivators dismiss the Art of Implements as a heretical path, believing that only high-grade spiritual artifacts can commune with Heaven and Earth. On the surface, Zhiyuan Academy is a run-down “scrap recycling center,” but in truth, it is the legacy site of the ancient Five Elements Sect of Implements. It takes in only the “useless” people rejected by the mainstream, from noblewomen with blocked meridians to orphaned surv —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Basic Giant God 基本巨神 An ordinary person from Earth accidentally falls into the world of cultivation, acquires a Spirit God Body, and awakens seven spiritual roots. From then on, he embarks on the path of cultivation. With a vast, mysterious little tower and a body filled with primordial chaos, a person’s life lasts a mere hundred years. Every moment counts. If there are no saints in this world, then I’ll become one. If there are no gods in this world, then I’ll become a giant god! [No System, traditional fantasy, gr —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Embers of the Eerie Night 诡夜余烬 The world is divided into the human realm and the eerie realm. The barrier that once kept them apart has broken, and corrosive eerie energy is pouring into the human world, spawning all kinds of monsters and making life harder for humanity. Chu Jin is an exorcist who specializes in fighting monsters. After a desperate battle, a mysterious Flame Emblem brings him back to life, but he becomes an outcast, neither fully human nor fully eerie, with no heartbeat. He must evade the humans who hunt him 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Reincarnated as a Little Girl, and You’re Calling Me a Mafia Princess? 穿成萝莉，你说我是黑帮大小姐？ She transmigrates into a wildly popular male-oriented novel as Lin Baiwei, the biological daughter of a mob boss. And what a disastrous start! She dies in a deserted alley right from the start, becoming a frail, white-haired little girl. The Villain-Saving System sends her to rescue all kinds of villains, but why do they all seem to want to lock her up and keep her by their side? Wait, how is this plot getting more and more ridiculous? Why has the original host turned into a girl too? And why is 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Transmigration: Saving My Short-Lived One True Love 穿越：拯救我的短命白月光 [Transmigration to a school setting * redemption * personal growth * a little imagination. Beware: no golden finger, no System.] Li Qinghuan has a secret: she likes Gu Yixing. But she has never told him. When she was twenty-five, she heard that he had taken his own life. She thought they would be like two intersecting lines: after crossing paths, they would go their separate ways and finish walking the roads they were meant to walk in this life. But fate played a joke on her. A car accident se 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Clan System: Building the Strongest High Martial Family 家族系统，打造高武最强家族 [No Female Lead + Advanced Martial Arts + Family Clan + System + Decisive and Ruthless] The protagonist may not have the strong sense of justice found in other stories. To him, the family always comes first. Jiang Poyun, former head of the Jiang family, is ambushed by bandits and dies of his injuries. With the Zhou and Wang families eyeing them covetously, the new head, just sixteen years old, kills both family heads with two punches, then personally executes the bandit leader to avenge his fath 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Restarting Life as the World Collapses 从世界坍塌开始重启人生 The news of his parents' deaths arrived before the college entrance exam. It was not until a bizarre typhoon struck that Su Mo slowly began to uncover the truth about this world. His peaceful life was shattered. Gods from ancient myths and totemic beasts recorded in old texts emerged. Beneath the influence of these supernatural forces, how could the ordinary young man Su Mo and his childhood friend survive? When darkness swallowed the earth, bringing hurricanes, tsunamis, earthquakes, and subter —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 After Going Bankrupt, My Ex-Girlfriend Made Me Her Sugar Baby 破产后，我被前女友潜规则了 Du Shiying was the pure-hearted campus belle Zhao Chen had once kept as a sugar baby. When he first pursued her, he was used to throwing money around: 10,000 yuan for calling him “hubby,” 20,000 for having a meal together, and 30,000 for taking a photo together. Du Shiying was proud and aloof, and naturally looked down on Zhao Chen’s outrageous demands. Later, when an elder in Du Shiying’s family fell ill, Zhao Chen waved his hand. “500,000 yuan, and be my girlfriend.” Then the Zhao family went 382Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 17 The Day She Begged Me to Return to the Sect, I Was Already the Rival Sect’s Top Disciple 她跪求我回宗门那天，我已是敌宗首席 The Day She Begged Me to Return to the Sect, I Was Already the Enemy Sect’s Chief Disciple —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 My Wife Thought I Couldn’t Write Poetry, Until She Learned I’d Brought Li Bai Out of Retirement... 妻子嫌我不会作诗，知道我搬出了李白…… My Wife Complained That I Couldn’t Write Poetry. Then She Found Out I’d Brought Out Li Bai... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 You’d Kill Me for the Sake of My Enemy? 你为了我的仇人要杀我？ You’re going to kill me for the sake of my enemy? 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 After My Cultivation Was Destroyed, I Slaughtered the Entire Sect Right in Front of Her 修为被废后，我当着她的面屠了整个宗门 After My Cultivation Was Destroyed, I Slaughtered the Entire Sect Right in Front of Her —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 After Her Beloved Died, I Stopped Pretending 她心上人死后，我不装了 After the Man She Loved Died, I Stopped Pretending 1.2kReads—Score—14d adds
- 22 All Laws Return to the Ancestor 万法归祖 Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation Gu Chen slept for three thousand years. When he awoke, he discovered he had long since become an ancient demon lord whom the orthodox sects' historical records claimed to have destroyed. His former nominal disciple had become a grandmaster of the orthodox path, while the demonic arts Gu Chen had casually created had been reworked by the great sects and revered as supreme inheritances. Yet all cultivation arts originated in his lineage. Every time a cultivator i 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Three Years Without Finishing a Race, Now I’m Rebuilding a Racing Empire 三年未完赛，我重新拼凑赛车帝国 Bayanbulak, at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains, 2,300 meters above sea level. Here lies the most dangerous stage of China's rally championship: Harsala Gorge. Twenty years ago, a driver named Lu Zhenhai plunged off a cliff at Turn 17. The race officials' report blamed “brake failure.” In his route notes, he had left behind a single line: “Something is wrong with this turn. Be careful.” No one believed him. Twenty years later, his son Lu Ming drives an old Subaru pieced together from parts 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 Cultivation? Even Dogs Won't Do It! If Dogs Won't, Then I Will 修仙？狗都不修！狗不修我修 My new work is here! Feel free to check it out 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! I transmigrate into a cultivation world, where everyone else is killing themselves to outdo one another, while all I want is to lie flat. But the System won't let me rest. The more I resist, the better the rewards. Cultivation? Not even a dog would cultivate! If the dog won't do it, then I'll do it. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 Repaying the Stars 偿还星辰 The price is impossible to reverse. This is the iron law of the world, and he wrote that law with his own hands. The seals are loosening, layer by layer. Beyond them, beings from outside the realm have opened their eyes. Someone in the Administration's archives has been waiting for him for thirty years, and hollow-eyed men in black have begun appearing at the school gates... Meanwhile, by Wang Mang's side, his sunny, practical-minded brother Xu Zixuan insists that the three of them can solve any 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Deadly Temptation: The Young Lady Gets Her Way with Her Beauty 致命诱宠：大小姐恃美行凶 [Dazzling, spoiled heiress × fake bodyguard, real heir; simmering tension and face-slapping comeuppance] While everyone thought the eldest daughter of the Li family couldn't get over her trashy ex, Li Xingyan was busy flirting with her bodyguard. At their first meeting, she thought Ming Ye was innocent and easy to tease, so she shamelessly flirted with him, relying on her pretty face. The more Ming Ye treated her like a dangerous menace, the less she could suppress the wicked streak inside her. 70Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Farewell on the Jade Steps 玉阶辞 Prologue “A Farewell on Jade Steps” Violet lightning bites the jade hairpin; jade tears pierce the night’s pounding cloth. A furrowed brow in swaddling clothes, still not awake. Who can judge? The bamboo horse cracks its green jade; snow buries it deep. Iron riders batter the spirit of Wu’s gardens; bones lie in heaps. Blood drips onto the jade before the steps, colder than a broken ring. In a prosperous age, a lone lamp sways, casting the emperor’s shadow. None can overcome it. The transfer of 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 Taking the Throne: I Helped My Childhood Sweetheart Become Empress 临朝：我助青梅当女帝 [Empress + Love Triangle + No System + Political Intrigue + Not Overpowered + Definitely Complete] After the Marquis of Dingnan, once renowned for its military achievements, fell from favor overnight following its defeat in the Southern Frontier, even the Chancellor's household regretted its engagement and called off the marriage. But this gave Zhao Xi, the future Empress, her chance: she brought the young heir of the Marquis of Dingnan into her own residence. From then on, Qin Yu, a peerless st 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 I Level Up Alone in the Apocalypse 我独自在末世升级 A global catastrophe struck without warning. A meteorite destroyed a city and shattered order, forcing humanity to retreat to its last refuge and cling to life. Mu Men transmigrated from another world and unexpectedly awakened a mysterious talent: with a touch, he could absorb energy. His bones were rebuilt, his cells evolved, and from the lowest rung of society, struggling to survive in the apocalypse, he gradually carved out a survival code of his own. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 I Ascended to Godhood at the End of the Road 我在路的尽头封神 The gods above stand at the pinnacle of humanity, ruling over all living beings with a single thought! Everyone has their own path, and along the way, they will experience all kinds of things. I wonder, which path is the ultimate one for everyone? Which path is the goal all living beings long for? All beings seek the Dao; I shall forge my own. I will walk to the end of the path and see the answer to all creation. At the end of the path, I shall attain godhood! Meeting is fate. May everyone readi —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 The Manor Shrouded in Mist 迷雾笼罩的庄园 In this paradise-like estate, sordid deals that make one's blood run cold play out day after day, concealing countless unknown secrets and crimes. Ning Yuan, Li Qiao'er, Tong Xiaoling, Kang Yan... Each of these vibrant young people is a victim beneath the estate's glittering surface. Some sink into this dark swamp, while others turn the tables and survive against all odds. Gao Jun, Li San'er, Jia Xiaoyun... They collude with the powerful, grab what they want through trickery and force, scorn mor 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 From the Gray Zone 来自灰区 Yesterday, she was happily celebrating being single, but today she and her ten-year best friend are suffering from the seven-year itch? Yesterday, she was walking arm in arm with her ten-year best friend, but today they’re arguing over who should go to their child’s parent-teacher meeting? Yesterday, she had a crush on her dream guy but didn’t dare make a move, and today her ten-year best friend is dragging her along to answer the nation’s call? Han Zainuan suddenly found herself trapped in an e 405Reads8.7Score11114d adds
- 33 After We Move In Together, the Flight Attendant Offers Herself to Me 同居后，空姐对我以身相许 A pure, sweet little romance… The leads are experts at trading barbs. Those watching their blood sugar should be careful. If you don't like it, please don't flame. Jiang Bei is a young gynecologist at the city hospital; Meng Yao is a beautiful flight attendant who has just completed her probation. They meet because of a misunderstanding, and by a twist of fate, Meng Yao ends up moving into Jiang Bei's home. As time passes, they fall for each other… But how will the sadness of the girl' 27.2kReads7.7Score1.9k14d adds
- 34 Dr. Shi’s Runaway Crush 施医生的在逃Crush [Gentle, fatherly doctor seme & sly, flirtatious layabout uke] [Older man/younger man] [Slow-burn romance] In the cardiac surgery department, where disinfectant fills the air and lives hang in the balance, Shi Hanyu is known as a cold, brilliant prodigy. But an unexpected reunion shatters the order of his icy world. Deep inside a bar awash with neon lights, Xu Luo, the medical prodigy he once admired, pursued, and finally buried deep in his heart, has become a layabout drifting through the hazy 150Reads—Score10014d adds
- 35 Cultivation Through Merit: I Reached Golden Core in Just a Hundred Years! 果位修仙：我百年速通金丹！ [Immortal Cultivation Through Attaining Dao Fruits] + [Multiple Paths of Cultivation] The Azure Nether World. The realms of cultivation are Embryonic Breath, Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Violet Palace, Golden Core, and Dao Embryo. Cultivators must choose a path and devote themselves to advancing along it, absorbing the essence of heaven and earth to prove their own Dao. In this world, the gap between upper and lower cultivators is like the distance between heaven and earth. It is the 27.9kReads7.1Score2.5k14d adds
- 36 You Asked Me to Catch Ghosts, So I Ground Them to Dust? 让你捉鬼，你直接挫骨扬灰？ [No CP + Creepy Games + Supernatural + Infinite Flow + Hilarious + Ghost Collecting + Sunny, Cheerful Girl] You're a ghost, the customers are ghosts, and even the teacher is a ghost! Lines of text appeared before the eyes of a miserable college student working part-time: [Milk Tea Shop Customer A: Clingy Milk Tea Monster] [They tend to show up unpredictably in all kinds of milk tea shops, asking the staff in sweet voices for QQ Meimei Pearl Milk Tea that's so delicious it's explosive.] [Threat l 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Military Maiden Era: Why Are All My Military Maidens Losers? 军娘纪元：怎么我的军娘都是败犬 After transmigrating to a future where competitive military girls had taken the world by storm, Su Bei dreamed of signing a legendary military girl and reaching the peak of life. Reality hit him hard instead Hannah, the “Black Lightning,” had off-the-charts armor stats but was sidelined into underground matches because her tactics were outdated. Former ace commander Marshall had top-notch management skills but ended up cleaning toilets after refusing to take part in shady dealings. And then ther 10.7kReads8.5Score1.1k14d adds
- 38 After Games Invaded, I Became a Top-Tier Star in the Horror Game World 游戏入侵后我成了惊悚游戏顶流 [The rating just came in and will rise] No CP + Infinite Flow + Strong Female Lead + No romance. The instances include survival, role-playing, urban legends, and more. Shen Youqing had a perfect life by worldly standards. A beautiful face, a high income, and a handsome fiancé. Yet she found it all incredibly dull. That is, until... “Ding-dong! The universe’s most popular ‘Zeus Game’ officially launches on Earth today!” “Kill the inhuman creature hiding among you to qualify for the game!” Watchi 261Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 39 Bedridden for Ten Years, She Dies Miserably! Grandma Chen Is Reborn in the 1980s 卧床十年惨死！陈老太重生八零 [Feel-good power fantasy + Family life + Rebirth in a bygone era + A touch of ensemble cast + Putting scumbags in their place + Rural life] Granny Chen was reborn on the day her third daughter was being forced by her husband to marry a fool. Of course, she refused to agree this time. First, she called off the engagement, then dealt with her abusive husband and unfilial children. She started by giving them a few slaps and refused to spoil them for even a moment. And that wicked mother-in-law who 8.9kReads8.8Score69614d adds
- 40 A Little Late for Romance 稍晚浪漫 (Youth + powerful CEO's secret love + reunion after years apart + love triangle + open-ending aesthetic) When Gu Cang, president of Lianqiang Group, spots the name “Man Duoduo” on a résumé, long-buried memories come surging back. He discreetly arranges for her to join the company, bringing the girl he once watched from afar face-to-face with him again, completely unprepared. But he has shed his youthful innocence and become a deep, formidable man, making him seem like a stranger to her. At the —Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 41 Slacking Off at School? I Turn Around and Shock Tsinghua and Peking University! 摆烂上学？反手震惊清北！ [Elite connections + System + Slacking off + Comedy + Lighthearted + Everyday life + Urban + Campus] Gu Chen’s life motto: If there’s a blessing to enjoy, I’ll enjoy it to the fullest. If there’s trouble, let someone else handle it. He thinks he can lie flat and coast through life, but instead he gets into Qingbei University and runs out of money! Just as he curses his unfair fate, a voice rings out: [Ding! The Ultimate Slacker System has bound itself to you!] “Congratulations on getting into co 362Reads7.6Score10014d adds
- 42 Reclaiming My Body! The Immortal Sect's Dark Moonlight Is Trapped in a Love Rivalry 夺回身体！仙门黑月光身陷修罗场 [Major groveling arc + rivals fighting for her + heroine stands alone + heroine ascends on her own + she will never forgive] Right after regaining her body, Ji Mingshu is told she's the vicious supporting character in a novel about a woman loved by everyone. She refuses to believe it. But her master is cold and biased, her disciple betrays his teacher, and her childhood friend turns against her... It turns out the impostor who possessed her for two years used her body to show off and commit ever 77Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 43 Imprisoned by Falling Light 坠光为牢 Born into an ordinary family, Su Luoyao carries the hopes of her entire family as she enters Shengying, an elite university where she feels out of place amid wealth and power. Jiang Xubai, a predator at the top of the university’s social hierarchy, sees her as an amusing “caged bird.” His attitude swings between mocking and isolating her and stepping in to protect her. Armed with determination and talent, Su Luoyao not only creates astonishing work through one clash and collaboration after anoth 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Reborn in the Northwest: An Eight-Year-Old Boy Becomes the Family's Pillar 重生西北八五八岁小哥挑起顶梁柱 [Northwest China + 1985 + rural life + reborn + realistic + not especially feel-good + light ensemble + everyday family life] The protagonist is only eight, so giving him a rebirth setup provides at least a little of a golden finger. Otherwise, he really wouldn’t stand a chance. After He Jianjun and his wife died, they left behind four young children. Their uncle and aunt sold them all for money. Some died, some went mad, and not one of them met a happy end. Fortunately, the eldest son was rebor 79Reads7.5Score114d adds
- 45 Death Exam in the Apocalypse: From the Start, Choose One of Three, Angel or Succubus 末世死考：开局天使魅魔三选一 (The rating just came out, so it will go up later.) "Listen carefully. You have five cans of beef. Which of the following three options would you choose?" "A: Defeat an Angel of Judgment." "B: Help a succubus who just became an alchemist test out her new potions." "C: Survive for five minutes while being hunted by a woman in red." The apocalyptic death exam game has arrived, and death exams can begin at any moment! Endless bizarre monsters are devouring humanity, and the survivors can only searc 514.7kReads7.0Score61.5k14d adds
- 46 Our Long River of Years 我们的岁月长河 Our Long River of Years is divided into three parts. Following the ordinary lives of three generations of Zhao Jiafu’s family, railway workers, it spans from the 1950s to the 2020s. It recounts the joys and sorrows, happiness and heartbreak, and everyday troubles experienced by the three generations of the Zhao family and the ordinary people around them over the long river of time. It depicts the turbulent lives of ordinary people as the times change and society develops. Time flows like a river 180Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 The Spoiled Cannon Fodder Won’t Behave, So the Unhinged One Makes Her Cry in Seconds 作精炮灰不乖，疯批分分钟弄哭你 [Dual Male Leads + The Second Male Lead Takes Over + Dual Awakening + Sweet, Flirty Indulgence + On-Screen Comments + Obsessive, All-Consuming Love] [Pretty, Scheming White Lotus Cannon Fodder Bottom × Cold, Awakened, Dark, Yandere Villain Top] Lu Xingyun is a white lotus cannon-fodder character whose role is to help the sweet romance develop. Most of the time, he spends his days sabotaging himself and tormenting the protagonist bottom, like clocking in for a job as an overworked lackey. One day 1.3kReads8.8Score19914d adds
- 48 Life Afloat on the Riverbank 江岸浮生 [Contemporary realism + period chronicle + rural ensemble cast + women’s struggles] Spanning half a century of rural China, this book tells the story of three generations of women on the Jianghan Plain. Caught in the tides of history and the shackles of their families of origin, each struggles against fate in her own way and faces her inner demons, ultimately learning to live for herself. (I’m only here to tell the story as it is. I won’t give the characters perfect personalities. I’ll portray h 541Reads8.5Score10614d adds
- 49 Harry Potter: Xiaoyu's Everyday Adventures at Hogwarts hp：小玉在霍格沃兹的冒险日常 [Learning magic + adventure + everyday life + lighthearted and heartwarming + friendship for everyone] In the world of Jackie Chan Adventures, Jade, a member of the Dragon Team who fought alongside Uncle, received a mysterious letter of acceptance from Hogwarts one day. A born adventurer who loved exploring, she didn't hesitate to embark on this magical journey and enter the ancient school to learn how to become a witch, even though it gave Uncle quite a headache. But the world always followed 7.8kReads7.6Score1.1k14d adds
- 50 After Bankruptcy, I Won It All Back by Running a Street Stall 破产后，我靠摆摊夺回一切 [This story is adapted from real events and is published with the protagonist's consent.] He was fearless, fighting his way up from the bottom to the pinnacle, only to be betrayed by everyone when their interests were at stake. He cherished his wife above all else and did everything he could to protect her and their children, but... Husband and wife are birds of the same forest, yet when disaster strikes, each flies away alone. In the face of material interests, deep love is ultimately worth too 183Reads6.7Score—14d adds
