Novels like Self-Restrained, Tradition-Bound Eldest Son from Shandong ✘ Unrestrained, Outspoken Only Son from Chaoshan
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- 1 The Love-Hate Relationship Between a Hater and Their Idol: Some People Fall in Love While Hating! 黑粉和正主的相爱相杀——有些人，黑着黑着就爱上了！ The love-hate relationship between a hater and the celebrity they target: sometimes, the more you hate someone, the more you fall for them! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Iron Horses and Icy Rivers, All for You 铁马冰河，皆是你 Iron-clad steeds and icy rivers visit my dreams. You are the iron steed, and you are the icy river, too. Xin Qiji and Liu Rushi, historical figures from eras three hundred years apart, become husband and wife in this book. It turns the lives of historical figures into fiction. Young Xin Qiji honors his ancestors' teachings, hones his sword, and rallies loyal men, leading the Flying Tiger Army to resist the Jin and reclaim lost lands. After crossing south to join the Song, he submits his proposal —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 The Star-Gathering Seer Watches the Rabbit 集星知者旁观兔 A record of the Jixing team's everyday lives. It usually covers the many troublesome, tricky commissions they take on, as well as events on campus. Sometimes it also includes amusing incidents from their travels and side stories about other characters. The story unfolds through everyday life, with no specific main plot. The author's writing isn't very good, either. It's a story that's almost certain never to be finished, and updates are often interrupted. 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 I Went on a Rampage After Landing in a Vampire Family 穿到吸血家庭后我杀疯了 After Transmigrating into a Family of Vampires, I Went on a Rampage —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Love That Never Disappeared 未曾消失的爱 Su Lixian, the cherished daughter of the Su family, is arranged by her father to marry Lu Mochen. But she has no intention of accepting this so-called “family alliance.” As they get to know each other, Lu Mochen's own secret comes to light: his heart has long belonged to a girl named Hua Ruli. Yet the gulf between their families stands like a wall, keeping them apart under the rules of matching social status. Both grew up with their lives dictated by their families. In love, they want to follow —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 The System Forces Me to Write a 2,000-Word Novel Every Day 系统强迫我每天写2000字小说 While sleeping, Hu Luanyu accidentally woke up with a crick in his neck and fell from a bed two meters off the ground. The accident activated a writing System. He thought he could use it to earn a million a year, but then he was told the System’s task was to make its Host write at least two thousand words of fiction every day, or else scrub toilets and shovel manure! With no other choice, Hu Luanyu racked his brains and poured out every thought in his head, finally managing to write 365 words in 28Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 The Demon-Hunting Detective 猎诡神探 [Interstellar abduction + supernatural resurgence + survival in another world + battles of wits + campus ghost hunting] An unexpected “interstellar abduction” hurled young treasure hunter Zhou Youwei into a perilous otherworld. Here, neon-lit cities intertwine with eerie shadows, and rule-bound monsters lurk beneath the everyday. Penniless and with no one to turn to, he was forced to earn a place in Red City and admission to Lingyi Middle School by taking on a “ghost-hunting” bounty. He thought —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Fu Zhairen's Life as a Wage Slave 符斋仁的打工人生 Fu Zhairen's Life as a Wage Earner —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 A Match Made in Heaven: My Mother-in-Law Is My Wingwoman 天作之合：丈母娘是我的恋爱助攻 [Sweet Romance + Healing + Comedy + Absurd Humor + Handsome Hairdresser x Hilarious Saleswoman] Lu Qing butchered her own hair, so she showed up with a head full of wild curls and met Fu Ting, the most handsome hairdresser around. As Lu Qing watched Fu Ting struggle to hold back his laughter while cutting her hair, she was so embarrassed she could have dug a whole castle with her toes. Ah! Ah! Ah! Lu Qing thought, I’ll have to avoid this street from now on! As luck would have it, Fu Ting unexpec 407Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Gravity Falls: The Multiverse of Three 怪诞小镇：叁之多维宇宙 “See you next summer.” We’ve waited four years to hear those words... For various reasons, the twin siblings Dipper and Mabel return to Gravity Falls three years later. In just three years, they’ve both become teenagers. With their sixteenth birthdays approaching, they plan to celebrate in Gravity Falls. But in a forgotten corner, the scheme of the triangular being Bill Cipher is quietly unfolding... 27Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 I Rise to Godhood in Thirty-Six Nights 我在三十六夜逆袭成神 (A laid-back heroine transforms into a powerful leading lady; the boss falls for me) Tear open the void of night and unlock everyone's heart. What would you do if you received a mysterious invitation? My name is Song Tan. I'm an ordinary office worker, and one day I accidentally wandered into a game... Instance One: Extreme Race (Complete) Instance Two: Night Banquet at the Demon Castle (Complete) Instance Three: Hopscotch (Complete) Instance Four: Deadly Reality Show (Complete) Instance Five: D 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 The CEO Sister Started Chasing Me from the Start, and I Had No Chance 开局被总裁姐姐倒追，我没招了 [Strong heroine] [Chasing her husband] [Older woman and younger man] [Slightly yandere] [A little sweet] Jiang Yanzhou weaves a net of three million in debt, trapping Li Xinghe, who has nowhere left to turn, in his arms. She presses forward step by step, while he retreats at every turn. From resistance to surrender, from fear to surrendering himself, and then… “Big sister, does your list of rules… include loving me?” “Of course. It includes every part of you.” 100Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 13 A Kitten Turns Into a Little Bird and Wants to Fly? Three CEOs Go Wild Chasing Her! 奶猫变小雀想飞？三个总裁疯追！ [Possessive devotion × fierce rivalry for her love × real and fake heiresses × secret identity reveals + happy ending] Ling Yiwu was a novelist who quietly wrote her stories. In everyone's eyes, she was nothing more than an ordinary little cat. Then Gu Jiu returned, remembering the confession she had made when they were young, and lifted her out of the dust with his own hands, turning her into a top-tier star admired by everyone. He tossed out a cool remark: “You're my cat, and I'm the only one 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 A Single Thought, a Thousand Years of Mistakes: She Is Both Buddha and Demon! 一念千年错，佛魔皆由她！ One fleeting thought can bring a thousand years of error. She makes both Buddha and demon! 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 The Long Night's Slumber 长眠夜色 Driven to the brink, humanity forged blades from bone and offered blood as a sacrifice to hunt down the blood-devouring beasts ravaging the world. The trust forged in battle and the bonds shared between life and death still couldn’t withstand fate’s backlash. They burned through their passion, going from fighting side by side to taking separate paths. In the end, the beasts were slain, and every last person died. No one returned. Only the endless night remained, burying all their love, hatred, a —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Reagent Protocol 试剂指令 Four apparent suicides. Four dead, all connected to an old case from three years ago. Under pressure to solve it before the deadline, police captain Wu Jiang discovers that all the evidence points to a chemical agent that should not exist. When he tries to trace its source, an order from his superiors, resistance from the school, and the victims’ silence intertwine into a vast web. Wherever the agent flows, secrets dissolve on their own. And the one flaw Wu Jiang has found points straight to the 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 The Dream of the Realm's Return 界梦归王 I was born with no aptitude for cultivation, and the whole village mocked me as a good-for-nothing. Then I secretly discovered that I wasn’t unable to cultivate at all. My talent was heaven-defying, and my dream artifact was so bizarre that even the elders feared it. My parents hid the truth from me for over a decade. I wasn’t weak. I was too powerful, powerful enough to be hunted by the whole world. Black mist coils around me, red threads conceal their sharp edges. One dream can devour the dre —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Ghostbusting Agency, 驱鬼事务所， Do you believe that ghosts exist in this world...? During a holiday, Zhang Mengye got the sudden urge to go exploring and investigate a recent horror rumor: the vanished Zero Train. What followed was the opening of a door to a whole new world. After exploring the Zero Train, Zhang Mengye and the three others witnessed genuine supernatural phenomena, and they would go on to encounter many more events like it. A wandering girl in white, a wedding that never existed, a face-cutting demon, a golden 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 Doomsday Arrives 末日驾临 Zhang Haiping never imagined that darkness would suddenly engulf the campus during an otherwise ordinary evening study session. All sorts of urban legends began to awaken, turning the campus into a slaughterhouse. At the critical moment, Zhang Haiping and his friends Xu Dehao and Qiu Ming fought with all their might and killed the Slit-Mouthed Woman, buying themselves a brief respite. But now that the apocalypse had arrived, could they keep surviving? Where had all those ghosts and monsters come 1.2kReads—Score115Shelves
- 20 Testing the Sword, Asking About Spring and Autumn 试剑问春秋 [Secret identity + two equally powerful leads + coming-of-age romance + both angst and sweetness] The only true goddess in the world vs. a gentle, secretly flirtatious fox of a male lead. A love reborn across past lives and this one. After you are reborn, I will do only three things: First, restore your memories. Second, restore your divine power. Third, unite the Calamity Immortal Realm. Also known as: “After I started cultivating, my firearms got MVP, and I became a freeloader who wins by doin —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 The Male Lead Died Suddenly, What Does That Have to Do with Me? 男主意外猝死，关我啥事儿？ Romance will probably only show up in some of the more varied short arcs or certain domain-based instances. The romance tag is there because the author accidentally selected the wrong tag. I mistook it for danmei, so please keep that in mind if you want to avoid it. This is a double-yuri story. I'm so sorry ߹ ߹ —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Urban Doppelganger Files: I Am the Chosen One of the Multiverse 都市伪人异闻录之我是位面之子 Have you ever wished for an invincible System to fall into your lap? Have you ever wondered about the baffling things people around you do, questioned the outrageous news you see online, or feared the demons and monsters of legend? Have you ever dreamed of alien civilizations out in the universe? All around us, countless “impostors” live among us, hiding in human society with all kinds of motives. After an unforgettable camping trip, Wen Ming, a high school graduate about to start college, opene —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Watching Chang'an's Flowers with You 与君看尽长安花 See All the Flowers of Chang'an with You 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Making Myself a God: I Make Humanity Worship Me 造神，我让人类信仰我 Shen Mu transmigrated after dying suddenly, waking with the taste of dirt in his mouth. The gods of this world were dead, prayers went unanswered, and they piled up into disasters: wheat strangled people, safety starved them to death, and fear drove people to hack one another apart. He discovered he could “see” the power of faith and handle divine disasters like programming. He took no followers, held no rituals, and taught for free. All he wanted was for people to be able to stand and speak. B —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 The Road to Transformation: A Glorious Turn from the Old Me to the New 蜕变之路：从旧我到新我的华丽转 (No female lead, not a wish-fulfillment story, no formulaic plot, no harem, not overpowered, not brainless, and there is a System. Read at your own discretion if any of that bothers you.) We all go from being a good-for-nothing to a complete loser, then back to who we were, only better. The process is painful, and we may face discrimination and bullying, but we can't give up, because we still have dreams left to fulfill and must keep moving forward! (We firmly oppose bullying in every form. Let' —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 Master, Being Invincible Is Really Lonely 师父，无敌真的很寂寞 Transmigration + martial arts + invincibility + play the pig to eat the tiger + comedy + memes While playing a wuxia single-player game, Luo Fan, a university student from the twenty-first century, unexpectedly rolled an incredible trait. His joy turned to tragedy when he choked to death on a dry steamed bun. When he woke again, he had transmigrated into the body of a little beggar in a strange world. Having choked to death in his previous life, he swore he would chew slowly from now on. But hi 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 I Deliver Takeout, and a Natural Disaster Possesses Me from the Start 送外卖的我，开局被天灾附身 This story has no System, and you’ll need to use your head while reading. If that’s not for you, don’t come in. A strange food delivery order awakens the disaster-class supernatural entity Rahu inside delivery driver Jiang Huai. To avoid being assimilated by the disaster-class Rahu and losing his soul, he is forced to embark on the path of becoming a spiritual arts practitioner. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 How Dare You! Are You Dating Your Sister’s Rival in Love? 大胆！跟姐姐的情敌恋爱了？ [Huo Yan × Shen Yi | Obsessive Wealthy Tycoon × Resilient Fallen Heiress | A Push and Pull in a Foreign Land | Imprisonment | Obsession | Doting on His Wife | Groveling to Win Her Back | Reconciliation After a Breakup | Tragic Romance | Love and Hate | Wealthy Family | Power and Influence] Years later, Shen Yi reflected: “Fate. Once, we were worlds apart, yet from the moment we met, our lives became entangled.” After her father remarried, Shen Yi fell out with her family and went to England to s —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 I Farmed in the Three Kingdoms, Then My Wife Disappeared 我在三国种田，然后老婆没了 I transmigrated to the Three Kingdoms and became a farmer. All I wanted was to tend my little plot of land and have a wife to keep me warm at night. My wife fell over the wall and crushed my vegetable seedlings. She said she’d pay me back tenfold, then paid me back by becoming my wife. We planted peach trees, raised chickens and ducks, and promised to open a tavern someday. Just as life was starting to feel like a proper life war came sweeping through. When I transmigrated back again, she was al 405Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 The Little Stars in My Life 生命里的星光点点 I thought the first person I met in the best years of my life would be the sunshine of my days, shining brightly throughout my whole life. But as I grew older, I realized that the one who could truly stay by my side forever wasn't that dazzling sunshine, but the stars in the corner, twinkling softly at any time and in any place... “Do you know what you did last night when you were drunk?” “What?” “You said you liked me, and...” Jiyang deliberately drew out the last word, piquing my curiosity —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 Reborn, I Become the Cold and Arrogant Emperor’s Archrival 重生后，我化身冷傲大帝的死对头 [Two male leads + transmigration and rebirth + love and hate + imperial intrigue + winning back his love + deadly temptation + Western fantasy] In his first life, Lin Xiao was a lowly slave. After being reborn into his second life, he discovered that the most precious place atop the grand palace hall bore his face. It seemed the entire palace had been built for him! Lin Xiao, still doing backbreaking labor, was stunned. Who had carved his face up there? Could it... have been the cold, merciless 225Reads8.5Score100Shelves
- 32 The Abacus Claims Lives! The Double-Sided Legend of the Medical Clinic 算珠夺命！医馆的双面传奇 By day, he’s a doctor who’ll chase you all the way home over a single missing coin. By night, he puts on his dark crystal glasses and becomes a harbinger of death. Han Yan, the second young master of the Han family, was the only one to survive the massacre that wiped them out. He masterminded the destruction of his own family. When the imperial court sent soldiers to investigate, they pursued their quarry into a dark alley, then vanished without a sound. He keeps accounts with an abacus in his l 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 Criminals? What Criminals? This Is a Iron Rice Bowl! 犯人？哪有犯人？这叫铁饭碗！ [Urban Superpowers] [Supernatural Invasion] [No Harem] [Building an Organization] The inner world invades. Mutated monsters and terrorist organizations are throwing the world into chaos. By a twist of fate, Li Feng awakens supernatural powers and becomes the warden of a prison. He captures monsters, locks up supernatural criminals, and uses their abilities to bring in even more prisoners. At first, Li Feng thinks his parents' deaths were just an accident. He never expects that supernatural forc —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 Dreams and Distant Shores: A Dream of Love 梦和远方情之梦 I've loved youth romance novels for a long time, and finally decided to write this one. It doesn't have much in the way of a strong plot, but overall it's pure romance. The story is planned as a series, with this being the first book. I'll write fanfiction in other genres later to complete the series, so I hope you'll support me. The earlier chapters were written a while ago, when my writing was still immature, and a lot of parts were poorly done, to the point that they may feel rather childish —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 One Trip Into the Mountains Set Me on the Path to Immortality 一次入山，走上了凡人修仙路 The Taotie Keeper's Handbook The Seal-Elder pronounced coldly, “A mixed spiritual root. Your future is hopeless.” Lin Feng, a menial worker at the Demon Suppression Bureau, squatted in the pigsty, scrubbing the back of the most useless Ironclad Boar in town. Everyone laughed at him for raising a worthless beast. Then a line of golden text appeared before his eyes: [Ironclad Boar: Ancient Taotie bloodline (sealed), can devour all things and evolve.] A sixth-grade demon beast attacked the city. 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 After Tomorrow: I’m Just a Passing Newbie 明日之后：我只是个路过的小萌新 [No System + No Transmigration + Plot-Focused] My name is Liu Xiaoyu. I'm a survivor... more or less. It's been three years since the infection outbreak, and I've been trapped in this city for all of them. I dealt with the infected every day, but a radio made me slip up. I was scratched, but I didn't tell anyone, because the radio carried news of a human stronghold where anti-infection drugs were available. So I set out with three companions to leave the city. I never expected to be the onl 101Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 The August That Lost Its Voice 失语的八月 August Without Words A socially anxious girl meets a sunshine-bright chatterbox on a rooftop. A secret sketchbook with no faces and a melted orange candy reveal the scars and resilience of two souls. They take their scars as proof, pledge an unbreakable friendship, and promise to face the future together. Our scars are proof: our friendship will never fade. 27Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 You Said She Was Supposed to Be Yandere, So What’s with This Clingy Kitten? 说好的病娇呢，这粘人小猫咪是什么鬼 Wasn’t she supposed to be a yandere? What’s with this clingy little kitty? 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 My Best Friend Wants to Compete with Empress Ma for Favor. Now That I’m Reborn, I Won’t Stop Her 闺蜜要和马皇后争宠，重生归来我不劝了 My best friend wants to compete with Empress Ma for the emperor’s favor. Now that I’m reborn, I won’t talk her out of it. 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 Seven Months, a Lifetime of Longing for Me 七个月，换我余生想念 “The Dharma is no Dharma; emptiness, too, is not empty.” Nothing in this world is fixed, and neither emptiness nor form is the ultimate truth. The story of Li Xinghe and Song Qingmeng is a cultivation of “gain” and “loss.” She gave him a seven-month dream; he will carry that dream with him for the rest of his life. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 Beastfolk Assassin, Double the Deadliness: Wind, Frost, and Mist Seal the Abyssal Prison 兽人刺客双绝：以风声霜雾封渊狱 The Cangyue Ancestral Tree sustains all races, and engraves their bloodlines into the fate of every living thing. Commoners receive gray tokens; royalty take the Green Vine Path. Borderland folk risk their lives to defend the gorge, while nobles in the Holy City allocate medicine, food, roads, and military honors according to bloodline. During a patrol through Riftwind Gorge, half of a bloodstained low-grade travel token is found hanging from a broken plank bridge. Flock after flock of wind hawk —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 Taking Root Within, Entering the Dao Through the Mortal World 以身为种，红尘入道 After his spiritual roots were destroyed and his Dao heart shattered, Su Xiaofan, the teahouse owner, unexpectedly activated the Mortal World System. I'll cultivate and prove the Dao amid the hustle and bustle of the mortal world! I'll show everyone that you can attain sainthood and prove the Dao even in the mortal world! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 Youth Without a Speck of Dust 青春之莫染尘埃 I am Mo Chen. Nothing earth-shattering ever happened in my life. No one ever liked me, and I never liked anyone else. Because of my family, I was always insecure. Sometimes I was even afraid to speak up. I dropped out during the first semester of ninth grade. There was no strange reason behind it. No one beat me up or bullied me. I was just lonely. Whenever I saw other people walking around in groups of two or three, I would feel inexplicably empty. Then I went to a vocational school. Life there 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 The Book of Luo: The Lord of Clouds 洛书：云君篇 [Fictional dynasty + xianxia + martial arts world + mystery + political intrigue + horror] I’m already a beggar, and you’re telling me I’m a Duke? Fifty-nine years ago, northern foreign tribes seized the Han realm and enslaved its people. Ten heroes rose up, took up arms, drove out the Northern Mang, and reclaimed their homeland. They established a system of nine kings and one emperor to rule the realm together, allowing the Han people to rise again. Fifty-nine years later, the realm seems peace 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 Fantasy Great Tang: I, Li Taibai, Slay the Heavens with My Sword 玄幻大唐：我，李太白，剑斩诸天 [Fantasy Tang Dynasty + Unrivaled Swordsmanship + Pure Wish Fulfillment + Face-Slapping Comeback + High-Octane Passion] Li Taibai, a young man from the modern era, arrives in a fantasy Tang Dynasty where martial mystic power and literary mystic energy reign supreme! He originally hoped to inherit the literary tradition, uphold justice with his writing, and enter the court to serve the emperor. But the shackles of the decaying aristocracy bind him fast, and the powerful noble clans join forces to 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 I Work in HR in Ancient Times 我在古代做HR Historical Romance, Wild Imagination, Transmigration, Workplace, Comedy, Happy Ending Xiao Shi, an HR professional, has ten years of experience under his belt. After years of trials and tribulations, he has worked at a foreign company that stifled its employees, a private company that pinched pennies and ground people down, and a state-owned enterprise rife with office politics and backstabbing. Then one day, after his boss ordered him to revise a project proposal for the umpteenth time, he fina —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 The Child Who Never Grew Up 永远长不大的孩子 Liang Yue was an abandoned baby who grew up in an orphanage. She was plain-looking, of average intelligence, and soft-spoken. Timid and kind, she was bullied by others, until she met that person and her life changed beyond recognition... 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 The Quick-Transmigration Heroine Goes on a Killing Spree: Trash, Stay Out of Her Way 快穿女主杀疯了渣渣回避 Qian Duoduo is a ruthless fighter who carved her way through the apocalypse. Her only goal in quick transmigration is to make money, earn stability points, and awaken my Gu Chengze. System 007: Host, the target is using cheat codes! Qian Duoduo: Chop him down. System 007: Host, the world's Heavenly Dao is blocking the way! Qian Duoduo: Crush it. Across three thousand planes, she kills any god or Buddha who gets in her way. Luck thieves, fake prodigies, and practitioners of crooked arts all meet 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 Quick Transmigration: The Space-Time Administration Is Mine Now 快穿之时空管理局归我了 # Female-oriented, no romance. I'll do my best to avoid making the heroine seem like a helpless flower or a brainless fool. No rivalry between women. The plot gets pretty wild, and comments are welcome. Every comment matters! I don't delete comments, except those involving major issues like national reunification or ethnic unity. If I don't reply right away, it's only because I haven't seen your comment yet. #Shocking! Shi An'an was chosen by the quick transmigration System to become Time and S 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 Eternal Starry Sky: Starting with Wild Puppy Milk 永恒星空，从野生狗奶开始 Ye Cheng has five admission letters to top-tier universities, yet he turns around and enrolls in a vocational college? After passing out in the rain, he suddenly awakens. Is the shocking secret hidden behind his cultivation technique connected to his grandfather’s death? What dark secrets lie in his senior’s past? What crisis lurks behind the Solar System’s false prosperity? All kinds of unanswered mysteries await Ye Cheng. The story of Luo Feng’s ancestors from ten thousand years ago has been p —Reads—Score—Shelves
