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- 1 Period: On My Wedding Night, I Became the Laughingstock of the Village 年代：新婚夜，我沦为全村笑柄 On his wedding night, the bride ran off, and the whole village laughed at him. Li Gang was ready to die. He remembered Yang Xiaoya, the girl by the woodpile when he was ten. He had promised to marry her, but now he wasn’t even a real man. With fifty yuan in his pocket, he went to Shandong. He meant to find that girl, but instead met an old man at a construction site. The old man taught him a martial art. A few months later, Gangzi burst into tears: he knew he was working again. He returned to th 205.6kReads7.8Score13.6k14d adds
- 2 The Apricot Blossoms Fall and Bloom Again 杏花落了又开 In 1998, in Xinghuatan, the wastrel Wang Qiang wins the prettiest girl, Ruoling, with nothing but a comb. After they marry, he continues his philandering. Ruoling endures years of tears and betrayal before finally divorcing him and marrying the carpenter Xie Wenlin, who has waited half his life for her. She brings her children with her. From blazing flames to dying embers, from dependence to independence. Ruoling opens a restaurant, raises her children, and pulls her life out of the mud with her 50Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 The Unoccupied Basement Level One 无人的负一楼 The Empty Basement Level One —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 The Doll That Turns Its Head 会转头的布偶 The Doll That Turns Its Head —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 After a Rich Woman Takes a Liking to Me, I Cross the Red-Light District to Save You 被富婆看上后，穿过红灯区救你 In the city's dampest, darkest corners, the neon never sleeps. At thirty-two, Wang Laowu arrives in this unfamiliar city carrying his mother's dying wish and a mountain of debt. He rents an unfinished apartment on the top floor of the red-light district. Every night, he has to cross the corridor drenched in pink light, listen to the sweet calls of the women, and clutch the only coins in his pocket. Then he sees her: the girl who never approaches customers, with the clear eyes of a student still 389Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Love Song of the Immortal Isles 仙岛恋曲 After a breakup, college student Lin Xuefei gets drunk and jumps into a river, only to transmigrate eight hundred years into the past, where he meets a red-robed fairy on Eight Immortals Island. When the Queen Mother learns what happened, she summons the fairy back and punishes her. The next time they meet, Lin Xuefei follows the fairy’s instructions and works hard to transform the village, turning Eight Immortals Island into a paradise on earth. While bringing investors in to develop the island 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 A Utopia for Women 女人的乌托邦 Liu Xiaocui, the beauty of Taocun, marries Zhao Dabao of Huaicun. Burdened by the high bride price, they take out a usurious loan they cannot repay, and Dabao is driven to drink pesticide and die. To save money, Xiaocui’s shrewd father-in-law, Zhao Yougen, encourages the brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law to swap partners. After the wedding, one unexpected event after another unfolds... 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 The Divine Whip Is Unstoppable 神鞭所向无敌 Wu Chu grew up in a den of tigers. One night, he dreamed of obtaining a divine whip, only to lose it again. After patiently seeking instruction, he mastered extraordinary martial arts. Humble by nature, he played dumb wherever he went, earning the nickname “Dull Demon King.” Later, the divine whip returned to him, and he finally got to show his skills against his enemies. Wielding the whip, he was invincible... 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Period: He's Set His Sights on the Village Chief's Daughter 年代：他盯上村长闺女 In 1982, in a mountain village in Northeast China, 26-year-old Cuier was widowed and raising a child. She suffered constant abuse at the hands of villains and could only endure it to protect her daughter. Her late husband’s younger brother, Erjun, returned home after leaving the army. Upright and resolute, he repeatedly stepped in to protect his sister-in-law. They warmed one another through hardship, and feelings quietly blossomed between them. At last, they had something to look forward to. Bu 9.1kReads7.9Score54914d adds
- 10 Reborn in Northeast China, I Can Somehow Control Water 重生东北我竟然能控水 Lin Yao returned to 1988. An accidental near-drowning gave him the ability to control water, but it couldn't change how his family saw him or undo his mother's abandonment. If that's how things are, then I'll make it on my own. Poverty and prejudice can't hold me back. With my supernatural ability, I'll build a network and gather followers, thriving in both business and politics. When I advance, I benefit the people; when I retreat, I still have more than enough to live comfortably. At last, I'v 45.1kReads8.1Score4.1k14d adds
- 11 I Started a Company Where No One Has to Work 创业开了家不用上班的公司 After Du Tao was framed and forced to leave his job, he started his own business and opened a company where nobody had to go to work. A traffic accident brought him, by chance, into contact with Li Mimi, the daughter of Dongsha Province's richest man. He also unexpectedly gained the ability to see the future. Li Zunhai, Dongsha's richest man, cares deeply about social status and refuses to accept a poor nobody like Du Tao. Unwilling to live off his girlfriend, Du Tao uses his powers to conquer t 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 The Secret of Huaxi, Part Two 花溪的秘密【二】 [1970s] [No golden finger] [Everyday life] [Sweet romance] [Nurturing] In his previous life, the ascetic Gao Minghai broke his vows at the age of 38 and fell in love with someone he should not and could not love. He became hopelessly devoted, obsessive and wild, doing everything he could to win her, then doing everything he could to keep her. Reborn, he goes searching for her across mountains and rivers when he is just twenty, gently coaxing her to his side. Only when he hears her sweetly call h 11.3kReads8.8Score79314d adds
- 13 These Five Powerhouses Are All at My Feet 这五位大佬，全是我裙下臣 [One heroine, multiple love interests + strong female lead + everyone loves her + feel-good power fantasy + all characters are virgins + sweet, indulgent romance + love rivalry] Su Yuntang: I’m only here to complete a mission. I never meant to become a player with a harem. Pei Shizhao: Tangtang, I’ll give you my military tally. Just don’t leave. Wen Cichuan: Atang, if you don’t like this kingdom, I’ll burn it down right now. Shen Yi’an: Tangtang! I don’t want to be a prince anymore. I want to el 376Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 After Going on a Variety Show Following My Divorce, I Went Viral and Took Down My Ex-Husband 离婚上综艺后，我全网爆红虐前夫 After Going on a Variety Show Following My Divorce, I Went Viral Nationwide and Tormented My Ex-Husband —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 After Three Years of Marrying Up, I Saw Through the Wealthy Family's Scam and Divorced 高嫁三年，我看清豪门骗局后离婚 Three Years Into My Marriage to a Wealthy Family, I Saw Through Their Scam and Divorced —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 During the Divorce Cooling-Off Period, the Ice-Cold CEO Fell in Love 离婚冷静期，冰山总裁动了情 During the Divorce Cooling-Off Period, the Ice-Cold CEO Fell in Love 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 The Inconceivable Reflection 匪夷所思的倒影 The Baffling Reflection —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 The Day After Our Divorce, My Ex-Husband Knelt and Begged Me to Come Home 离婚次日，前夫跪着求我回家 The Day After Our Divorce, My Ex-Husband Knelt and Begged Me to Come Home —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 The Cold Roommate’s Seductive Trap 高冷室友的钓系陷阱 The Cold Roommate’s Seductive Trap 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 A Reborn Young Master of the Capital's Journey as a Fortune-Teller 重生京城大少的神棍之旅 Period setting + rebirth + free shopping + fortune-telling + personal space + identity swap + one female lead Wang Kai was reborn! The bad news: he had taken over the body of someone else who had also been reborn, and become a son nobody loved. The good news: he wasn’t their biological son. The bad news: an enemy agent had stolen his original identity. The good news: he had originally been a young master from the capital. Pan Mingzhi: Comrade Wang, are my wife and child still alive? Wang Kai: A 20.7kReads7.9Score1.4k14d adds
- 21 Your Majesty the Empress, This Eunuch Wants to Marry You 女皇陛下，奴才要娶你 Zhao Zilong transmigrates to the Great Yan Empire and, by a twist of fate, becomes a fake eunuch. Murong Wushuang of Great Yan follows the late emperor's decree and disguises herself as a man to become emperor. What will happen when a fake emperor meets a fake eunuch? See how Zhao Zilong rises above all others in ancient society and lives as a carefree hero. In the end, he not only unifies the realm, but also wins the beauty's heart, reaching the pinnacle of life! 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 The Insurance Saleswoman 保险公司的女业务员 Her name is Chen Xi. She dropped out of high school early and entered the workforce at a young age. She wanted to find a factory job and live a steady life, but she couldn't escape the factory supervisor's unwelcome advances. Unwilling to put up with it, she quit without hesitation and ventured into the insurance industry. With no connections and no tricks, she relies only on hard work and determination. An ordinary girl's life: she has to carve out her own path. The names in this story are use 2.1kReads7.2Score10014d adds
- 23 The Great Yong's First Empress and Medicine Merchant 大庸第一女皇药商 [Fictional ancient setting] [Strong female lead] [Soul transmigration] Tang Yiru, daughter of the Great Yong's famed physician and top scholar Tang Wenxu, transmigrates into a farming family. The original owner had a brown birthmark and was forced by her stepmother to marry a lame hunter. After enduring terrible abuse, she died beneath a fire poker. Now inhabiting her body, Tang Yiru awakens the Cloudmist Mountain realm her father left behind, accompanied by a thousand-year-old lotus spirit. She 182Reads8.8Score10414d adds
- 24 Light Breeze's 24th Book 淡淡清风第24本书 College student Su Tie is crippled by someone and sent back to his village, where he unexpectedly inherits the legacy of a goddess. He gains heaven-defying cultivation arts, top-tier medical skills, yin-yang techniques, talismans and curses, and can do just about anything. The young man makes a comeback and climbs step by step to the peak of his life. 44Reads6.1Score10914d adds
- 25 The 1970s' Mad Village Girl: From the Start, She Beats Up an Entire Gang of Human Traffickers 七零疯批村姑，开局锤爆人贩一窝 [Farming + Period Piece + Feel-Good Story + Love Grows Over Time + Both Reborn + Pocket Dimension + Raising Kids + Building Wealth] Jiang Sui is reborn, armed with a cleaver and ready to put every troublemaker in their place. Want to sell the three siblings? She’ll have them all thrown in jail. Want to take advantage of her? First, see if the cleaver in her hand agrees. Ruin her reputation? What reputation? Oh my, she actually has a reputation? With a pocket dimension at her disposal, Jiang Sui 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 That Year, I Was Sixteen 那年拾六岁 When Li Shanyue was sixteen, her family traded her to Zhang Debiao from the neighboring village for three thousand yuan and two pigs. Zhang Debiao was a widower with two children. Everyone in the village said marrying him was Li Shanyue's fate. Li Shanyue didn't believe in fate. She smiled as she brought Zhang Debiao water and cooked his meals, cared for his two children as if they were her own, and kept the house spotless. Everyone thought she had accepted her lot. Zhang Debiao ended up wit 994Reads—Score11214d adds
- 27 Water Willow 水性杨花儿 (The rating was just added and will rise. It's already going up!) Neighbor Guo Hongmei ran off with another man? What? That man is Yang Hua'er's husband, Zhao Dashan? Talk about gossip coming right back to bite you. They say nine out of ten people born in the Year of the Sheep are fated to have a hard life, but Yang Hua'er doesn't believe in fate. Even without a man, she can still make a warm and happy life for herself. 10.1kReads8.2Score65814d adds
- 28 I Spurn Beauty and Vow to Slay My Foes, Near or Far 不恋红颜，立志诛敌，远近必诛 This is no tale of cultivating immortality, but of ordinary people in the mortal world. A single Peach Blossom Haven is enough to let him focus on nothing else. But when he returns to the world of mortals, he encounters even more beautiful women, stirring the pent-up feelings in Lei Manyu's heart. All his boundless affections are found in the warmth of their embrace. Bring them along, set out on a journey, and wipe out the Japanese invaders! Hunt them down, near or far. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Tales of Xizhou in the 1980s 80年代西州往事 This is a story about youth, and a story about growing up. It is filled with passionate brotherhood, the innocent love of childhood sweethearts, clashes of steel in the streets and alleys, and the struggles and choices people face in the tides of a changing era. Most importantly, it captures the warmth unique to that time: the unreserved sincerity between people, a purity that seems almost like a luxury today. 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Reborn in a Desperate World, I Save Lives with Medicine! 胎穿绝境求生，我靠医术济苍生！ [Reborn in the womb] [Master physician] [Ancient setting] [Slow burn] In his previous life, Tang Wenxu was an unfulfilled veteran of traditional Chinese medicine. Handsome and talented, with superb medical skills, he refused to curry favor with the powerful and was always generous to others, yet lived in poverty all his life. His mother and younger brother died of tuberculosis. Though he had the medical skills to help them, he was powerless to save them. At the age of eighty-six, he closed his e 275Reads9.1Score14814d adds
- 31 Reborn in 1998: My Five Sisters Are in Their Prime 重生1998，五个姐姐芳华正茂 (Reborn + Revenge + Feel-Good + Building Wealth) In his previous life, Lin Jiabao had a great hand, but played it terribly. He had his parents' love and the affection of his five older sisters, and he was a hard worker too. He even landed a government job in the provincial capital. But his wife, Sun Rourou, tricked him into raising another man's child and bled his entire family dry. His life couldn't have been more miserable... When he opened his eyes again, he had returned to 1998, to the very 3.1kReads9.3Score41014d adds
- 32 My Mother and I Are Both Remarried 我和我妈，都是二婚 When my mom was young, my dad tricked her into coming all the way from afar to be his second wife. Before she knew it, she'd become the stepmother of a brother and sister. After having a child of her own, my mom realized that my dad didn't cherish her as much as she'd thought. But by then, she couldn't escape. Being a stepmother was hard, and my mom had to use all her wits to contend with a big family. To secure her place in the household, she even brought over her own niece to marry her stepson 5.3kReads9.1Score58614d adds
- 33 Li Ergou and the Landlord’s Women 李二狗和地主家的女人们 (Good news! The comic drama adapted from this novel, The Courtyard of War, is now online. Check it out!) Li Ergou is a penniless nobody who happens to enter a landlord’s manor. Through a twist of fate, he becomes its steward and gets caught up in a number of stories with the landlord’s women. After the landlord dies, Li Ergou becomes the manor’s de facto master. He actively supports land reform, leads everyone in fighting the Japanese invaders and rooting out traitors, and throws his support beh 40kReads8.2Score2.4k14d adds
- 34 Reborn in the 1970s: After Divorcing, I Cleared Out My In-Laws’ Home and Went to the Countryside 重生七零：离婚搬空婆家去下乡 [1970s Setting, Rebirth Power Fantasy, Spirit Spring Space, Making a Fortune, Miracle Doctor, Revenge] Synopsis: On the sixteenth day of her marriage, Xiao Mandong grabbed a thermos full of boiling water and smashed it over her cheating husband and widowed sister-in-law on the bed! In her previous life, she had given everything to support the Lu family, only to have her child switched, her loved ones die tragically, and herself left to die alone with terminal lung cancer. Reborn, she refused to 5.4kReads6.5Score60214d adds
- 35 A Bitter Girl’s Rebirth 苦妹之涅槃重生 Inside Ku Mei’s five-year-old body lived the soul of someone who had died with a heart full of hatred. Reborn, she faced a spiteful grandmother who beat and berated her, a cold grandfather who enabled the abuse, and a mother who could only weep helplessly. Ku Mei concealed her boundless hatred and memories of her past life, pretending to be timid as she carefully plotted her every move. She outsmarted her relatives and broke free of her shackles, starting with a bottle of chili sauce from the mi 121Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 I Took the Twins When We Divorced, and My Ex-Husband Begged to Claim Them 离婚带走龙凤胎，前夫跪求认娃 I Took Our Twins When I Divorced Him, and My Ex-Husband Knelt to Claim Them 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 My Beautiful Girlfriend in Dongguan 东莞漂亮女友 #Multiple Heroines #Illustrated #Rags-to-Riches Comeback #Mature Women #Jianghu Thrills #Streetwise Romance #Urban Love, Body and Soul In a village in Guangdong Province in the 1990s, Liu Zhenhui, a naive young man who has failed his college entrance exams, hits rock bottom. By chance, he glimpses the hidden charms of the stunning Sister Fang, who shamelessly teases him and gets him all worked up. Just as a scandal erupts in the village, he and his childhood friend set off for Dongguan in the de 1.6kReads—Score11114d adds
- 38 Fireworks Across a Thousand Miles 跨越千里的烟火 Fireworks Across a Thousand Miles —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Dusty Tales from the 318 Sichuan-Tibet Highway 318川藏线上的风尘往事 Broke female travelers + Highway 318 + Sichuan-Tibet route + hitchhiking + road trip + finding a wife My company was laying people off, and I was one of them. As if things weren't bad enough, my wife ran off with someone else. Down in the dumps, I headed west toward Tibet. This is the story of a beat-up camper van, the Sichuan-Tibet stretch of Highway 318, and more than thirty women with nowhere else to turn. Every one of their stories is more exciting than my miserable life. 33.6kReads8.2Score2.2k14d adds
- 40 Vine Demon: Taoist, Don't You Dare Die 藤妖：道士，你别死 Vine Demon: Taoist, Don't Die 138Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Taking Root in the Mud 泥泞生根 Taking Root in the Mud —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 The Darling of the Seventies and Her Wild, Rugged Husband 七零娇娇，野性糙汉强宠妻 [Period setting + rugged hero + sweet romance + no rebirth, transmigration, or golden finger] [Height difference + off-the-charts tension] Just two days after Chen Xiang married into the Zhao family, her husband died, and the people of Zhao Village branded her a “jinx.” Her in-laws turned against her without a second thought and even tried to force her into marriage with an old widower from the neighboring village in exchange for money. In the depths of despair one night, a scorching, rough hand 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 Liu Xiaocui, the Village Girl of the 1980s 八零村妹刘小翠 She has barely gotten over a scumbag who deceived her in love when her own father sells her to an old widower. What should she do? Beat the scumbag senseless. And I'm done being your daughter. She heads to the city, but gets harassed by hooligans along the way and almost loses her life. As long as I'm still alive, Liu Xiaocui, you'd all better watch out. Once she reaches the city, local bullies try to crush her business as soon as she starts out. You've got powerful connections, do you? I 159Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 The Hardest Part of Life Is Gritting Your Teeth and Carrying On 最深的人间，是咬牙活着 The Hardest Part of Life Is Clenching Your Teeth and Carrying On 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 My Mother, Wang Juzhen 俺娘王菊珍 [Based on real life + hardship + historical era + the struggles and perseverance of ordinary people at the bottom of society] This is not a feel-good power fantasy. The protagonist of this book is my beloved and respected great-grandmother, a poor old woman who struggled through the surging tide of an era. Wang Juzhen never had an easy life. Her parents starved to death while fleeing famine, her own sister sold her for a mouthful of grain, and a landlord lusted after her. Only Wang Long gave her 109Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Reborn in 1978: Don't Even Think About Stealing My Life Again 重生1978，别再想偷我的人生 [This is a long novel about fated cycles of reincarnation across several lifetimes. No transmigration with memories, no System. Each volume is a complete story of its own: Volume One: Years Like a Song, a 1978 college entrance exam rebirth story. Later volumes include the flames of war in the Republican era.] In her previous life, she studied day and night beneath a kerosene lamp, tirelessly preparing for the college entrance exam. In the end, the acceptance letter went to someone else. In 1978, 192Reads—Score10214d adds
- 47 Reborn in the Tang Dynasty: The Corrupted Legitimate Daughter Is the Villain 重生唐朝：黑化嫡女，我是反派 Xue Wan tried to hang herself, but survived. The first thing she did after waking was hide a pair of scissors in her sleeve. Her stepmother, Madam Zhao, thought she was still the same soft touch anyone could bully, while her younger sister, Xue Ning, looked forward to watching her kneel in the ancestral hall until dawn. But they didn’t know that the body had already changed hands. Zhang Li had spent more than a decade fighting office politics in her previous life; dealing with the petty schemes 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Spring Sunshine Over the Countryside 暖春照乡野 [Village Life]+ [Period]+ [Rugged Man]+ [Family Life]+ [Angst Before Romance]... Yang Wei’s elder brother, Yang Ming, died unexpectedly, leaving his widowed sister-in-law to raise him all alone! Now that her younger brother-in-law is grown, will Chuntao remarry, choose to spend her life with Yang Wei, or grow old alone? What will Yang Wei decide? What does his father think? What do Chuntao’s parents say? A whole host of questions now stand before them! But those are only minor problems. The real 84Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 49 San Biaozi 三彪子 In 1980, in Kaoshan Village on the banks of the Songhua River, the Gao family’s fifth child is born. Dubbed “San Biaozi” because he is a bit dim, he grows up amid poverty and gossip. His mother bears the painful memory of having been assaulted, while his father quietly shoulders the burden of their broken family. San Biaozi drifts through life in a daze, but after a string of fires, people begin to suspect him of arson. While working the night shift guarding the grain depot, he learns to smoke. 751Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 A Shooting Star Streaks By, Leaving Traces on the Years 流星划过，岁月有痕 This is a powerful work that deeply portrays the intertwined paths of growth for the post-80s generation and the changes of the times. The story follows its protagonist, Zhao Fei, from his green and innocent days in middle school, through the passionate years of university, and into the struggles and discoveries of life after graduation. It delicately depicts how Zhao Fei and his generation search for themselves and realize their worth amid the currents of the times, while also reflecting the sw 11Reads—Score—14d adds
