Novels like In the 1980s, an Old Man Leaves the Siheyuan to Win Olympic Gold for Hong Kong
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- 1 Reborn in 1996: My Money-Making Schemes Are a Little Wild 重生1996，搞钱路子有点野 This reborn man will stop at nothing to make money. He even became an internationally wanted fugitive for a time. Some say he's a swindler and a cheat who commits every kind of evil, and that shooting him ten times wouldn't be enough. Others say he single-handedly drove the country's comprehensive development, earning himself a place in the history books... 17.1kReads8.1Score1.6k14d adds
- 2 A Medical Doctor Transmigrates into a Poor Family and Takes on the Ming Dynasty Exams 医学博士穿越寒门，勇闯大明科举 A clinical medicine PhD from a prestigious university finds himself in the tenth year of the Hongzhi reign of the Ming Dynasty, reborn as a poor scholar in Huguang. His grandmother and mother are widows. His two older brothers are ambitious but want everything for nothing, yet neither can find a wife. His younger sister is a scheming girl who devotes herself to scraping together her own dowry. For Shen Qing, his expertise is completely out of place, and all his studies are useless here. The only 1.1kReads7.1Score10214d adds
- 3 The Imperial Exams: Even a Farmer’s Son Can Rise to the Highest Ranks 科举：农家子也能笔落朱紫 (Born into the body of a newborn; no System; alternate history) First the imperial exams, then court intrigue. He began his studies at seven, but didn't pass the metropolitan exam as a second-tier jinshi until he was thirty-three. Thanks to an unexpected opportunity, he stayed in the capital for a government post. Before he could make a name for himself in the capital, the opportunity he'd seized fell through. He had just arranged for his eldest daughter to marry a colleague's son when he was ab 1.2kReads6.2Score10314d adds
- 4 I Got a Law Insignia from the Start, but I Didn’t Hand It Over to the Government 开局获得法则铭牌，我没上交国家 A murder case makes it impossible for Jiang Jie to survive in the real world, while a rule-inscribed token gives him the ability to travel in and out of another world. See how Jiang Jie uses the power of that other world to punish the injustices he has suffered and witnessed, and bring “justice” back to the world. 8.1kReads6.2Score67314d adds
- 5 Starting with the Expeditionary Army's Cannon Fodder Regiment 从远征军炮灰团开始 A chance to make up for the regrets of the War of Resistance. The fighting in Europe didn’t last long enough, so let’s make it drag on a little longer. We can’t let the whole world suffer while we’re the only ones who get the short end of the stick. Only by throwing the enemy into chaos can we find an opening. An unconventional path to development for a small, sparsely populated nation. 3.7kReads6.9Score21814d adds
- 6 Hong Kong Island, 1981 港岛1981 Following a fellow villager who worked as a snakehead, they slipped into the water under cover of night. The river was icy cold, making them tremble all over, but no one dared make a sound. Across the water, orange lights shimmered dimly through the mist, like ghost fires from another world. There was no one on the shore. By the time they crawled out, their legs were weak. Soaked to the skin and gasping for breath, they looked like fish hauled onto land. The British Hong Kong government announce 27.6kReads7.3Score2.5k14d adds
- 7 Ripping Into Public Intellectuals and Professors, I Savage Every Zombie 怒怼公知教授，狂批所有僵尸 My new work is out! You can read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy them. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 1.3kReads9.0Score10114d adds
- 8 Making a Living in the World of the Living 我在阳间混日子 My life has been one misfortune after another. I’ve lived worse than a dog, and just when things were finally looking up, someone told me I was born with a child’s fate and wouldn’t live past eighteen. I was also missing a soul, which made me a complete idiot! Half human, half ghost? A born menace. Then, after suffering a devastating loss, my Third Eye opened! I finally understood: to make the most of my limited lifespan, I followed my dad, who could bring ruin to heaven, earth, and even the air 54.7kReads8.7Score4.2k14d adds
- 9 Transmigrating as Fang Zhongyong, Face-Slapping Wang Anshi! 穿越方仲永，打脸王安石！ Wang Anshi made his name as a young man with his timeless essay, “On Zhong Yong,” burying his fellow townsman and contemporary Fang Zhongyong so thoroughly that he couldn't crawl back out for a thousand years. “Wait, is he crazy? Ancient writers usually used the past to comment on the present. They should at least wait until the person's dead before passing judgment! Who passes judgment on someone who's still alive? What did he do to you?” Fang Zhongyong transmigrates into this world, only to ha 22.7kReads7.9Score1.9k14d adds
- 10 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Zhang Ergou's Cultivation Chronicles 凡人修仙：张二狗修仙记 [Cultivation, martial arts, multiple female leads] A classic fantasy with a slow burn and a captivating story. It follows Zhang Ergou, who accidentally eats an old black dog that has become a spirit, and sets out on the path of cultivation. 3.7kReads8.8Score37114d adds
- 11 The Great Xia Blood Oath 大夏血誓 The Great Xia Blood Oath 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 The Biography of Huo Qubing: A Triumph at Langjuxu 霍去病传：封狼居胥 The Legend of Huo Qubing: Sealing the Wolf Juxu Mountain 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 The Fake Warlord 冒牌军阀 A modern military academy graduate transmigrates to another world’s pale blue planet, assumes the identity of a centurion, and flees for his life while taking in deserters. By impersonating various officials, he gradually builds a superpower and rises to the pinnacle of life... 497Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 14 A Worker’s Twelve Hours 打工人的十二时辰 A Worker's Twelve Double Hours 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Reborn: The Corpse Walks Through Ten Thousand Worlds 重生之尸行万界 My new work is here! You're welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 The Years of My Struggle 我的奋斗年代 An accident gave Lin Sen memories of parts of his own future. As he explored these memories and watched reality change around him, Lin Sen, who had only wanted to live out his life in peace, somehow rose to heights he had never dreamed he could reach. 3.3kReads8.2Score23914d adds
- 17 Reborn in the Great Song: My BMW Got a Parking Ticket in Kaifeng 重生大宋：我的宝马在开封府被贴条了 Reborn in the Great Song: My BMW Got a Parking Ticket in Kaifeng Prefecture 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 The Green Satchel Medical Text: A Divine Doctor in the City 青囊医书之都市医仙 In a materialistic society, people resort to any means to fight over their own interests. The book's rich knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine is its greatest draw. What you see may not be the truth. People live behind masks, and only when those masks come off do you see how appalling things are beneath the glamorous surface. The person you trust most can hurt you the deepest. And those you look down on, or feel are beneath your company, may be the very people who help you the most. Human n 24.2kReads9.1Score3k14d adds
- 19 Inventor of the Spring and Autumn Period 春秋发明家 (Historical) (Transmigration) (No System) (Inventory Space) (Spring and Autumn and Warring States period) (Farming) A bolt of lightning split two worlds apart. Mu Lei, the least favored illegitimate son of low status in the state of Xing, was struck by lightning at the age of five. His mother died a tragic death, and he was thrown into a silkworm house to fend for himself. No one knew that from that day on, whenever he fell asleep at night, he would transmigrate to the modern world three thous 748Reads8.4Score10014d adds
- 20 Traveling Between Two Worlds: I’m Really Not Crazy! 两界穿梭：我真的不是疯子啊！ One night after evening study, Jiang Ming discovered he could travel back and forth between reality and Taifu, but there was a catch. His body behaved exactly the same in both worlds. After he caused a scene in class, he was sent to a psychiatric hospital. In Taifu, he was a direct descendant of the strongest clan in all the heavens. In reality, he was just an ordinary young man diagnosed with mental illness. The two worlds were completely separate, yet they shared the same body and the same pa —Reads—Score30614d adds
- 21 I Found a Diary Full of Regrets 捡到一本遗憾日记 Jiang Yuan finds a diary of regrets written by someone unknown. It mentions only a few vague events from the future, but as Jiang Yuan waits for them to unfold, he finds himself rising to the pinnacle of success without even realizing it. 12.1kReads8.5Score69614d adds
- 22 A Birth Certificate Stamped with “Troublemaker” 出生证上盖了个“麻烦制造机”的钢印 A birth certificate stamped with the words “troublemaker.” 32Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 After Becoming a Simp, I Found Out the CEO Could Hear My Thoughts 穿成舔狗后，美女总裁偷听我心声 Author transmigrates into a book, his inner thoughts broadcast for all to hear, a feel-good wealthy-family fantasy, a double-female love rivalry, face-slapping and scum-bashing, world-creation powers, sweet romance and mutual flirting, and urban supernatural abilities! On a stormy night, the author transmigrates into a book as the Chu family's good-for-nothing live-in son-in-law and awakens world-creation powers. He also obtains the ancient cultivation technique Azure Emperor’s Art from an inher 36Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 24 Absolute Power in the Political Arena 官场之绝对权力 My new work is out! You can 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! 14.3kReads7.8Score76514d adds
- 25 Darksteel Armor God: The Azure Martial Era 玄铁甲神：苍武纪元 Divine Black-Iron Armor: The Cangwu Era —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 My Dad's Taking the Imperial Exams on My Dime, and Somehow He Became a Grand Chancellor 爹去科举啃我老，不知不觉成阁老 [Imperial Exams + Court Politics + Farming + Alternate History + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Daily Life + Lighthearted + Role Reversal + More Comedy Early On + Political Scheming in the Middle] The early chapters are all about the laughs. After that, the story gradually shifts toward political scheming. Rich kid Fang Yan and his Chinese literature professor father transmigrate together in a two-person package. Fang Yan figures he can coast on his father's vast knowledge and become a successful off 45.7kReads8.4Score5.2k14d adds
- 27 The American Dream Begins with Delivering Takeout to a Student's Mom 美国梦从给陪读妈妈送外卖开始 [Urban slice of life + life in America + studying abroad + working part-time + Yale + realistic fiction + lawyer + outlaw] It all began with a food delivery to a mother who had come along to support her child studying abroad. Behind that door, fate opened up an entirely different path for him. He stopped poring over dictionaries and began studying the codes of human nature and desire. He entered the sealed-off conference rooms of elite law firms, the lavish banquets of Asian chambers of commerce 2.9kReads8.6Score16714d adds
- 28 I’m a Courier in Beiyang 我在北洋当骑手 Chen Mo, a delivery rider, races into the path of a car on a stormy night over a five-yuan-and-two-fen “on-time guarantee” order. When he opens his eyes again, it’s 1903, and he’s become “Zhang the Lumpy,” the most hated man in a bandit den in western Liaoning: the young Zhang Zuolin. Facing a chaotic world, a brutal leader, and fellow bandits who only know how to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs, Chen Mo clutches the twenty-three copper coins he has left and falls into deep thought. Eve 1.3kReads—Score—14d adds
- 29 They Looked Down on Me for Impersonating a Battalion Commander, So Why Are You Crying Now That I've Led the Army North? 冒充营长不待见，率军北上你哭啥 [The rating just came out and will rise soon. If you don’t like it, just curse me out.] After surviving the bloodbath of the Eastern Front, Chen Zheng and his childhood friend Yang Ergou are lucky enough to make it out alive. To stay alive, Chen Zheng impersonates Lin An, a Nationalist battalion commander, and uses his borrowed authority to raise an army. The bald man in the rear isn’t pleased: “I don’t understand. Why does he have an army of twenty thousand? What is he up to!” So Chen Zheng dec 11.9kReads8.2Score77614d adds
- 30 Everyone Suffers, But I Copy Martial Arts and Dominate the School 人人受尽折磨，唯独我复制武学横推全校 On the first day Wei Han was sent to a school for internet addiction, he discovered something. As long as he put himself in someone else’s shoes, he could instantly learn their martial arts. The instructor’s combat skills? Watch them once, and they’re mine. The mysterious assassin’s techniques? Experience them once, and they’re mine. … In this hellhole, where electricity was used to correct students and fists determined the pecking order, Wei Han kept learning other people’s skills and growing 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 I Fight Demons with Song Alone: The Voice of Song System 抗魔我只靠唱的：歌声嘹亮系统 I Fight Demons by Singing: The Resounding Song System —Reads—Score114d adds
- 32 At the End of the Star Tracks: Long Time No See, Lin Zhiyuan 星轨尽头：别来无恙，林之鸢 At the End of the Star Track: Long Time No See, Lin Zhiyuan 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 The Spy War: A Matter of Life and Death 谍战之生死较量 Autumn 1937. A rainy night. After a burst of gunfire, in a warehouse in a Shikumen building in the French Concession, Sun Shi'an quietly opened his eyes beneath the dim lights, fighting through the agony in his body. Everything in his field of vision was blood red. More than a dozen bodies lay scattered across the floor. His wife, and fellow comrade, Zhang Mei, lay on top of him, her eyes wide with shock and disbelief. At the entrance, several figures in black raincoats trained their submachine 138Reads—Score11014d adds
- 34 A Silent Tongue, A Stunning Presence: The Sharp-Tongued System of the Mute Prince 哑舌惊鸿，哑世子的毒舌系统 Mute Tongue, Stunning Talent: The Sharp-Tongued System of the Mute Prince —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 I Became a Cannon-Fodder NPC, So I Turned Around and Took Down the Male Lead Who Transmigrated into a Book 穿成炮灰NPC，我反手干翻穿书男主 After Becoming a Cannon-Fodder NPC, I Turned Around and Took Down the Male Lead Who Transmigrated into a Book 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Madam Lu Keeps Her Cards Close and Walks Away Unscathed 陆太太她拿稳三分，全身而退 Mrs. Lu Keeps Her Cards Close and Makes a Clean Getaway —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 After Becoming the Cannon Fodder in a Torment Novel, I Became Everyone's White Moonlight 穿成虐文炮灰后，我成了所有人的白月光 After Becoming a Sacrificial Character in an Angsty Novel, I Became Everyone’s Beloved —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 War of Resistance: I Didn't Transmigrate for Nothing If I Don't Kill a Million Japs 抗战：不杀百万头鬼子不白穿越了 He transmigrated by accident, and the Japanese invaders were running rampant. What could Liu Wu do? History showed him the way. Establish a base! Develop farming and build up the military industry! Take down the collaborators, kill the Japanese, and crack down on the landlords. Finally: “College student, from now on, you are in command of the entire division's artillery.” The college student: “Prepare for eight-round rapid fire! Wipe out the Japanese! Fire deep into enemy territory! Fire!” The f 220Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 39 Neighbors in the Ancient City 古城邻里 A new work is here! Come read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Set in Yuhè Courtyard, the central compound of Qinghuai Lane in an ancient riverside city in southern China, this novel traces a century of ups and downs among several longtime residents and their neighbors. Through their stories, it captures the changes in the city from the early years after liberation to the present day, the younger generation’s outlook on life amid a market economy, the bustle of its streets and lanes 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Your Highness, He (She) Only Wants a Divorce: A Straight Man's Guide to Surviving the Inner Palace 王爷，他（她）只想和离——一个直男的深宅生存指南 My Lord, He (or She) Only Wants a Divorce: A Straight Man’s Guide to Surviving in the Inner Chambers —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 I Take Trillions of Netizens Back to the Eighties to Rebuild the Nation’s Heavy Industry 带万亿网友回八零，重铸大国重工 [Industrial powerhouse + period setting + livestreaming + no heroine] After transmigrating to the Great Northwest in 1980, Lin Xi didn’t want to spend his life as a mere draftsman. When Mr. Qian tried to recruit him, he replied with astonishing boldness: “I’m not going to the design office. I want to make money at the labor services company!” He knew that without money, wind tunnels would shut down, projects would be cut, and the nation’s master craftsmen wouldn’t even be able to afford a new pa 67.1kReads9.2Score9.2k14d adds
- 42 Lord of the Oak 橡木之主 My name is Oak, and I’m seventeen. My ducal father is very open-minded. He always calls me “the little son who likes running off into the woods.” My older brother and sister are hopeless romantics who spend every day thinking about dating handsome men and beautiful women. My only wish is that nobody discovers the oak grove to the east is my secret domain. There’s an ancient oak tree there, the oldest of them all. I named it Wood. Today, as I leaned against it and daydreamed like I always do, I h 3.6kReads8.0Score37314d adds
- 43 The Day We Divorced, I Was Pregnant with Twins. My Ex Begged Me to Remarry, So I Sent Him to Prison 离婚当天，我怀了双胞胎，前夫跪求复婚被我送进监狱 On the Day of My Divorce, I Found Out I Was Having Twins. My Ex-Husband Begged Me to Remarry Him, So I Sent Him to Prison 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 The Game Is Only Half Finished, and the Entire Internet Is Begging for an Update! 游戏只做一半，全网跪求更新！ [Game Development]+ [Original Games]+ [Lighthearted Comedy]+ [Subverting Expectations] Jiang Bo transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes the owner of a game company on the verge of bankruptcy. He awakens the [Anticipation System]. As long as he keeps players on tenterhooks and gets them excited, he'll earn even more rewards! From then on, Jiang Bo takes a one-way road: he makes games, but only makes half of each one! But do you think he makes shoddy, unfinished games? No! Everything he rele 81.1kReads8.4Score8.3k14d adds
- 45 You Sent Me to Infiltrate, and I Cleaned Out Old Rice? 让你去潜伏，你把老米搬空了？ [Undercover in America] [AIC Agent] [Cutting-Edge Technology] [Rivalry Between Great Powers] “Boss, if you don’t close the net soon, I’m going to end up as head of AIC!” Lin Feng is reborn in 1949, awakens the Super Undercover System, and becomes an agent for America’s AIC. On the surface, he is the most hard-line hawkish agent, constantly targeting Xia Country. Behind the scenes, he takes Uncle Sam’s funding and promptly strips the enemy of everything they own. Fighter jet blueprints, top-secr 267.2kReads8.5Score23k14d adds
- 46 All Bark, Weak Knees: The Unhinged Villain Is Hooked 嘴硬腿软，疯批反派被钓上瘾了 [Obsessive, Possessive Power Broker vs. Deliciously Pretty, High-Maintenance Softie] On her ninth transmigration into a book, Ruan Anning chooses the mission “get killed.” The moment she opens her eyes, she sees the unhinged villain who has killed her eight times already causing trouble. Ruan Anning immediately shouts, “Stop! If you’re going to kill him, you’ll have to kill me first!” (Come on, come on! Give me a stab! Please!) The villain puts away his knife and replies, “...As you command, You 2Reads6.5Score10514d adds
- 47 A Turbulent Marriage 婚乱流年 [No Cheating] + [One Female Lead] + [Not a Power Fantasy] + [Light Mystery] + [A Touch of Angst] Bai Yu had just finished his work presentation at the company headquarters and returned home three days early. Hoping to surprise his wife, he instead found that she had mysteriously disappeared. As he searched everywhere, he unexpectedly found her phone in the car, and the chat history on it hit him like a bolt of lightning. She had gone out after receiving that message. She'd gone to meet that man 3kReads5.2Score15414d adds
- 48 The Final Trial on the Path to Immortality: I Was Bound to a System and Transmigrated 前途道生终极关，我被系统绑定穿越了 The Ultimate Trial on the Road to Immortality: I Was Bound to a System and Transmigrated —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 The Forensic Concubine: The Deposed Empress Rises from the Ashes, and the Tyrant Begs to Reconcile 法医庶女：废后涅槃，暴君跪求复合 The Forensic Concubine: The Deposed Empress Rises from the Ashes, and the Tyrant Begs for Reconciliation —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 I Made a Cage of Broken Bones, and Regretted It Only at Death 折骨为笼，至死方悔 I Bent Bones into a Cage, and Regretted It Only at Death's Door 17Reads—Score—14d adds
