Novels like Building 21 Doesn't Exist
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- 101 Don't Mess with This Fiery Wife 爆辣媳妇就惹我 [Reborn + space + adored by everyone + hopeless flirt + sharp tongue + goofy friends] The cool and confident Qian Ge is an outstanding student, effortlessly excellent at everything. She was destined for an extraordinary life, but after one move, everything slowly began to change: her parents, her friends, even herself... What is really going on? When Lu Qianye is reborn, has her luck been stolen? Why have her parents been sick for so long without getting better? Is she facing a life-or-death cri —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 102 The Prince Dotes on Me, the CEO Pursues Me 王爷宠我，总裁追我 On one side is her older brother, Prince Jing Xiao Jue, who commands a mighty army. On the other is Shen Zhiyan, the adorable new intern at her company. One jade pendant, one transmigration, back and forth between two worlds, and feelings beyond control. Help! I have both an ancient power-wielding brother and a modern puppy-like younger brother! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 Half-Ghost Awakening: My Ghost Hand Devours All Ghosts 半鬼觉醒：我的鬼手吞噬万鬼 [Cultivation] + [A decisive, ruthless protagonist] + [Two equally formidable leads] After transmigrating into an age of chaos where humans and ghosts coexist, Lin Ye has barely opened his eyes when his father drags him into a ghost-sealing ruin! Surrounded by evil ghosts and on the verge of death, he seizes an ancient severed arm covered in silver patterns. His left arm instantly transforms into a ghost hand: devour the power of ten thousand ghosts and forge a half-ghost body! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 The Stove Keeper: My Barbecue Stall Purifies the Supernatural 守灶人：我的烧烤摊能净化诡异 #Supernatural #Mystery #Destiny #Comeback #Passion #Celestial Master #Breaking Boundaries #Family Bonds. An entirely original story, with heart, warmth, logic, and plenty of satisfying moments! For generations, the Zhang family has guarded the hearth. They aren’t protecting the everyday comforts of mortal life, but the bronze gate that seals away countless ghosts. On the night of the full moon, the supernatural breaks through the boundary. My adoptive parents are captured, and the Chu family fac 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 My Whole Family Are Big Shots, but I’m the Only Good-for-Nothing 全家大佬，就我是废柴 The good news: I’ve transmigrated to a high-martial world, and my whole family is made up of max-level powerhouses from the start! The bad news: I’m the only good-for-nothing, and they’re always pretending to be ordinary people around me. Then disaster struck our family, and my second brother, the best fighter under heaven; my eldest brother, head of the Daoist sects; my third sister, the martial arts leader; and my parents, who roamed the world and were said to have reached the peak of martia 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 106 After Joining the Company, I Found Out My Vampire Boss Wants to Squeeze Me Dry 入职后发现，血族老板想榨干我 After starting the job, I discovered my vampire boss wants to drain me dry. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 The Mad Vampire’s Silver Weapon 疯批血族的银色武器 The Silver Weapon of a Mad Vampire —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 After My Divorce, I Turned Around and Hired a Male Model 被离婚后，我转头包养男模 After My Divorce, I Turned Around and Hired a Male Model 1Reads—Score114d adds
- 109 Zhaichen: A Sword Strike Through the Mystic Dust 昭尘：剑斩玄尘 [Transmigrate + reborn + no System + not a wish-fulfillment story + slow burn + xianxia + coming of age] He forced his nearly exhausted body to the courtyard and sank into the old rocking chair. A voice kept reminding him: He couldn’t sleep yet. Li’er hadn’t woken up. He still hadn’t seen his master... He couldn’t sleep yet. And so he stayed awake in the courtyard, forcing himself to hold on through the entire night. At dawn the next day, Xuan Li slowly opened his eyes. Before him was the fami 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 110 Heavenly Dao Bug Management Bureau 天道漏洞管理局 At the secret agency that keeps three thousand pocket worlds running, the “Heavenly Dao Bug Management Bureau,” Su Li is a low-level civil servant who spends her days dealing with abacuses, legal codes, and mountains of “System anomaly reports.” Her job? Investigating illegal Systems that infest romance worlds, disguising fraud as a “golden finger.” The tortured love stories, sweeping rebirth-and-revenge tales, and unforgettable replacement romances that others find so moving... In Su Li's eyes, —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 The Body Is More Honest Than the Mind 身体比大脑诚实 The Body Is More Honest Than the Brain —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 The Cage of Human Consciousness 人类意识囚笼 I am Subject Alpha, the museum’s most precious exhibit: the last pure human consciousness. Countless people from the future come to watch me every day and mock my “primitive emotions.” The only one keeping me company is an AI robot named Stardust. Whenever I’m on the verge of breaking down, it silently hands me an energy shot. Until one day, a little girl pointed at me and said, “Mom, that robot looks like it’s crying.” The museum director suddenly shut off every camera and knelt before me. “Sir —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 113 After I Transmigrated Into a Book, My White Lotus Sister Was Stunned 穿书后白莲花妹妹傻眼了 After transmigrating into a book, her white-lotus little sister is dumbfounded. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 I Became a God in a False Space-Time 我在虚假的时空成神 [Urban high martial arts, superpowers + Eastern fantasy + spiritual qi revival + reincarnation] That enormous gate in my dreams: where is it, really? A phone call from my late father: what is going on? The toll of a bell that feels both distant and close: what does it mean? Monsters have appeared across the world. How can humanity fight them? The toll of a colossal bell echoed across the world, and a sudden spiritual rain fell for half a month. Spiritual qi revived, and monsters arose. Countless —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 Slaying Demons with Nothing but Throwing Knives 斩妖，我只用飞刀 Ten years down and out, yet my flying daggers are still sharp. I slay demons in the mortal world, and I was invincible all along! On a snowy night in the small Liang Kingdom, when the talented scholar Li Xunhuan downed his nineteenth cup of wine in a brothel, two pieces of news reached him: His father, the Duke Who Guards the Nation, had died suddenly, and his childhood sweetheart, Empress Lin Yuwei, had gone mad. Ten years ago, his family drove him away. He abandoned his career and the woman he 278Reads—Score—14d adds
- 116 From Humble Beginnings to Regent: I Renounced Power and Traveled the Nine Provinces with My Beloved 从寒门到摄政，弃权携美游九州 In the final years of the Daye era, the Sui dynasty was on the brink of collapse, and flames of war spread across the land. The realm was divided among rival warlords, while orthodox and heretical martial sects fought without cease. Fragments of the Nine Provinces Cauldron, a secret treasure of the Sui court, emerged, sending all under heaven scrambling to claim them! Lu Yan, a modern all-around elite, transmigrated into Xiao Che, a dying commoner in the final years of the Sui dynasty. With a so 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 117 A General in Her Best Friend's Body Goes on a Rampage in the Capital 将军魂穿闺蜜，杀疯京城 [Strong heroine, devoted male lead, mostly wholesome] [Straight-talking female general x protective, devoted crown prince] In the thirteenth year of the Da Ji era, the capital's two great beauties, Xie Shu is ambushed at a mountain pass and encounters Song Zhao, who has fallen off a cliff while worshipping Buddha... When Xie Shu wakes again, she finds herself in Song Zhao's body. Facing the Marquis of Mighty Valor's manor, a den of demons and monsters, Xie Shu uses her own blunt, forceful method 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 Reborn, I Still Spoil You 重生后还惯着你 In his previous life, Lu Xubai was a loser bound hand and foot by his own indulgence. He spoiled Xia Wanqing until she became a thorn in his side. When she wanted shares in his company, he transferred them without hesitation. When she wanted to push out a business partner, he worked through the night to pave the way for her. Even when her sister, Xia Wanzhi, made unreasonable demands, he agreed to them one by one for her sake. But his wholehearted indulgence only raised two venomous snakes. When 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 There’s a Spirit Next Door: My Rental Is Always Full 隔墙有灵：我租的房子住满了人 Spirits Behind the Walls: My Rental House Is Full of People Fresh out of college and looking to save money, Lin Nianwan moves into a cheap handshake apartment building in an urban village. On the very night she moves in, strange knocking begins on the wall right on schedule: three knocks at a time, followed by indistinct whispers. Then the whispers seep straight into her mind, as if trying to convey some secret message, but she has no idea what they mean. After enduring the disturbance for hal 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 120 The Qinghe Lineage of the Confucian School 儒林支派清河衍 [Campus life + modern romance + reunion + comedy + ensemble cast] (If you want to skip the campus section, read through Chapter 1, then start at Chapter 71.) Five years ago, Lu Qingheng rescued Su Yanzhi. They spent a while together at Lu Qingheng’s bar, healing and saving each other. Later, she disappeared for four years. When they met again, she had become the secretary to his half-brother. He wants to find out what happened, and along the way he uncovers many truths. He aches for everything s —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 Tracing the Past to Repay Love: Bai Xie's Fate-Binding Pavilion 溯世还情：白邪的渡缘阁 Back in Chapter 19! {Chapters 25 and 26 made me cry so hard} I was just an ordinary person in an ordinary class, having an extraordinary dream, when my ferocious teacher interrupted me and deliberately made things difficult. Only after I got home did I discover that a spirit named Xiao Qing had somehow appeared. She was incredibly powerful, and I knew this wasn't a dream. The next day at school, I thoroughly humiliated my enemy. After class, I happened to run into Su Wan, the girl I had owed so —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 122 From Prisoner to Emperor of an Enemy Nation (I Transmigrated Into a Book) 从阶下囚到敌国之帝(我穿书了) From Prisoner to Emperor of an Enemy Nation (I Transmigrated into a Book) —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 123 The Replacement Plan 替代计划 The Replacement Plan 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 124 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—14d adds
- 125 I Earn My Living Expenses at University 我在大学赚生活费 I Earn My Living Expenses at University 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 Old Codger’s Fishing Diary 老登钓鱼日记 Everyman’s tale + dark humor + wild fishing + survival + plot + romance A middle-aged man tears up his divorce certificate and mixes it into his groundbait, swearing he’ll remarry his wife once he catches a ten-jin (five-kilogram) mandarin fish. Instead, he accidentally exposes a pollution scandal by the reservoir and becomes the internet’s favorite “hardcore old geezer.” This is an absurdist realist odyssey about fighting life with a fishing rod and stubbornly defending what’s clean. Core Setup 45Reads—Score—14d adds
- 127 The Ninefold Cosmic Dimension 九重空间宇宙 Wang Chen, whose life has been full of misfortune, unexpectedly enters the Eighth Universe, the Tianyuan Universe. There, he joins a small sect, where everyone treats him with such kindness that he finally finds a sense of home. Yet it seems fate has not finished with him: he loses everything once more. From then on, he gives everything he has to reclaim what he lost, and gradually uncovers the secrets of the Ninth Universe, the Prison Spirit Universe! 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 128 Her Leaving Was an Avalanche Long in the Making 她的离开是一场蓄谋已久的雪崩 Her departure was an avalanche long in the making —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 129 After Winning Over Four Little Girls, I Chose Her? 四个萝莉攻略后，我选择了她？ After winning over four little girls, I chose her? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 I, Zhu Youxiao, CEO of the Great Ming 我朱由校，大明CEO Workplace drone Zhu Youjiao was reborn as the Tianqi Emperor of the Ming dynasty. He had planned to slack off and retire early, but one wild move after another sent the Ming dynasty hurtling down the road to modern industrial civilization, with no turning back. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 Chu Yun Returns to the Ruins 楚云归墟 In the clouds of Chu Mountain, a jade flute lies hidden; he is half a wanderer of the martial world, half a court immortal. Six letters leave his origins a mystery; only after entering the ruins does he understand how vast the world is. On the remote edge of the Eastern Wilderness, a young shopkeeper hears whispers from the Abyssal Ruins at night. Behind Third Brother’s smiling face lies a secret spanning countless ages. The legend of Mu Yunfeng awakens once more. Six letters, each one a clu 3Reads—Score114d adds
- 132 After Menopause, the Trillionaire CEO Went Mad for Me 绝经后，千亿霸总为我疯魔 After Menopause, the Trillionaire Tycoon Went Mad for Me 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 133 With Me Around, You Won't Ascend by Draining Others! 有我在，你们别想靠采补飞升！ Xu Qingyi, a beautiful office worker who loves reading trashy novels, gets transported into The Xia Couple, the book she just finished! After binding herself to a Plot Purification System, she learns she must complete various missions to purify the novel’s plot before she can return to the real world. Xu Qingyi becomes a “plot purifier,” taking on the original protagonists and dismantling one outrageous trap after another, all while finding sweet love... Workplace life meets immortal cultivation —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 134 After Winning by Sleeping Enough, the Heir Won’t Leave Me Alone 睡够就能赢后，世子他赖上我了 After Sleeping Her Way to Victory, the Heir Apparent Clings to Me —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 135 Linlin Returns, and She'll Never Forgive Them 林林归来她绝不原谅 The cold wind swept across the rooftop and into her collar. A hand shoved her over the edge... Her soul drifted above the city for three years. She watched her enemy take everything that should have belonged to her, then push things even further. Her nails dug into her palm. Her hypocritical older brother wanted to swallow up the family fortune? She’d watch him become a prisoner. As for everyone who’d kicked her when she was down, she’d come knocking on their doors one by one, carrying the “debt 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 136 Prison Mark 囚纹 Chen Mo is a boy who scrapes by collecting discarded junk. He was born able to see the eerie beings hidden from ordinary people, and these “things” desire him with near-insatiable greed. One stormy night, the strange incense burning in a ruined temple, an admission letter from the “Xuanmen Cultivation Academy,” and a copper coin stamped with the character “Prison” tear his bleak life apart. The coin merges with the birthmark on his wrist and transforms into a living “Prison Mark.” A flood of fra 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 Good-for-Nothing Ling Xian: Scaling the Summit on Ice 废柴凌仙：执冰踏巅 The Good-for-Nothing Ling Xian: Wielding Ice to Reach the Summit —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 Sister-Obsessed Gangster: My Rival Is a Rookie Cop 妹控黑帮：我的对手是小女警 From loan shark to the godfather of Guanyin City, Zhang Shubai used his wits to take down drug lords and drive Chen Dong, the owner of the Jian Gong Group, to his death. He took over the company and reached the top overnight! Ruthless beyond compare, he protected only his younger sister, becoming someone no one in the city dared to cross. But Ye Mumian, a rookie policewoman, doggedly pursued him, swearing to bring him to justice. Yet after one clash after another, she fell for the tenderness in 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 139 The Cultivation Master Who Rules the City 玩转都市的修真大佬 In a modern city starved of spiritual energy, Ye Bufan accidentally shatters his core, yet in the depths of despair glimpses a new path: using the spiritual energy of heaven and earth as his bones, the righteous spirit in people’s hearts as his blood, and the warmth of everyday life as his soul, he forges an unprecedented path of cultivation through the “Three Energies.” 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 140 I Became the Literary Star of a Martial General’s Clan 我成长为武将世家的文曲星 What is a Star of Literature? A poet whose fame resounds throughout the land? Perhaps that's what you and Song Yi thought, too? Your support is what motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 75Reads—Score314d adds
- 141 Broke and Unable to Go Home for New Year, a Top-Tier Star Takes Me Home 过年没钱回家，顶流少妇带我回家 With just twenty days until Lunar New Year, I couldn’t even afford a train ticket home. Then, by chance, I ran into Yang Mi, a celebrity who had just gotten divorced. She took me straight to register our marriage and slapped the red marriage certificate down in front of me. “You’re my legal husband now.” From the start, I got a million-yuan transfer, the keys to a mansion, and a Porsche Cayenne. “Take me and Xiao Nuomi to your hometown for New Year. We’ll shut everyone up.” When I drove the Caye 221Reads6.8Score20614d adds
- 142 Reborn: Back to the 2022 World Cup 重生之回到2022年世界杯 When Zhou Lin wakes up, he discovers that he has returned to the eve of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. In his previous life, he was destitute and drowning in debt. Now, with only 20,000 yuan in savings, he faces a choice that could change everything: follow the same old path, or risk it all to make the football miracles he remembers come true? From Saudi Arabia's stunning upset over Argentina to Portugal and Spain's epic draws, and Morocco's spectacular underdog run... Like a strategist hidden ben 69Reads—Score—14d adds
- 143 Mystic Sect Son-in-Law: After Contracting with a Nine-Tailed Fox Immortal, I Went on a Rampage 玄门赘婿：契约九尾狐仙后杀疯了 In a modern metropolis, spiritual qi revival is underway and the mystic sects are rising again. Qin Feng, the live-in son-in-law of the Su family of Jinling, has endured three years of humiliation beneath the name of a good-for-nothing, all to protect his comatose mother. After an unexpected humiliation, he accidentally touches a Five Immortals altar sealed for a century, deep in the cellar of the Su family's ancestral home. To gain a slim chance of saving his mother, Qin Feng makes a symbiotic 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 The Fifteenth Wedding 第十五次婚礼 The Fifteenth Wedding 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 145 Dancing Phoenix in the Nine Palaces: The Sea King's Livestream 凤舞九阙：海王直播进行时 I transmigrated into the most rakish princess in ancient times, armed with a “Player System.” My mission was to win over four men: the sinister, volatile Crown Prince; the gentle, refined Imperial Tutor; the cool, devoted guard; and my former husband, the cold-faced man with a soft heart. I planned to have my fun, steal their hearts, and wrap things up quickly. But each one was harder to handle than the last. The Crown Prince threatened to kill me, yet his eyes held an obsession spanning past a 24Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 146 The Man in Debt 欠债的男人 His name is Kugua. Short on funds for a major business deal, he met a man who could help him raise money through an introduction from his wife. But that man sued him, and he spent more than ten years behind bars. When he got out, he discovered that his company had been taken over by his wife’s family and his mother-in-law, while he was saddled with enormous debts. Kugua went out to find odd jobs, but ended up at his own company. He discovered that his wife was selling the factory equipment as sc 3Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 147 The Day She Came, I Was Rotting in the Mud 她来那天，我正烂在泥里 The day she came, I was rotting in the mud. 622Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 Master of Yin-Yang Talismans 阴阳符咒师 Liang Cha, a young city dweller, was an ordinary fisherman by the river. By chance, he caught a magical carp that could travel between two worlds. Moved by compassion, he set it free, and from then on good fortune followed him. On his way home, he encountered a gravely wounded old man, received a mysterious wooden token, and unexpectedly opened the door to the path of cultivation. He devoted himself to mastering cultivation arts and talisman-making, journeyed to famous mountains and hidden cave 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 149 Dreamscape Redemption: Huan Yang 梦境救赎，欢阳 It is now 2056. Thanks to technological advances, ZM Entertainment has created an app that lets people download and create dream worlds. But as more and more people choose to stay in their dreams, society descends into chaos. Even after the government shuts down ZM Entertainment, people continue downloading the app through illegal means, and many remain trapped in their dreams. The government therefore establishes a Space-Time Administration, tasked with entering the app and waking them up. You, —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 150 The Saint Returns: The One I Love Is Her Doppelganger 圣女归来：我爱的竟是她的分身 The Saintess Returns: The One I Loved Was Actually Her Clone 56Reads—Score11314d adds
