Novels like Back from the Military, and You're Rising Through the Ranks?
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- 1 So Satisfying! I Reincarnated as a Doormat and Started Going Wild and Giving Up 爽翻天！穿成受气包开始发疯摆烂 [Transmigration + unhinged fiction + no romance + no moral compass] Zhu Yu had spent her whole life being pushed around in the modern world. After she transmigrates into a novel about a doormat, everyone there is just as cruel to her. Having endured their abuse for far too long, this time she refuses to put up with it and takes everyone down without discrimination. Her parents dote on her younger brother to an extreme while abusing Zhu Yu. She won't take it anymore, and slaps them right back. He —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Two Million in Bride Price, and I Brought Home a Living Ancestor 彩礼200万，娶回个祖宗 Two Million in Bride Price, and I Married a Little Tyrant 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 The Male Student Failed the Exam, and His Parents Blamed Me for Giving Him a Zongzi 男学生落榜，家长怪我给他顶粽子 A Male Student Failed His Exams, and His Parents Blamed Me for Giving Him a Zongzi as a Stand-In 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Three Sentences That Made the System Spend Money on Me 三句话，让系统为我花钱 Yi Zhaozhao lost her job. Before she even had time to worry, the System bound itself to her. “Binding quest activated. Host, spend 100,000 yuan within one minute!” The good news: She lost her job, but got bound to a System. The bad news: The System's quest has started, and she doesn't think she can finish it. Yi Zhaozhao's eyes darted around... “Congratulations, Host! You completed the quest within the time limit. Your 100,000-yuan reward has been credited!” Host... spend 100 million yuan! H 180Reads6.1Score10014d adds
- 5 She Plays the Pig to Eat the Tiger, Then Goes on a Rampage 她扮猪吃虎杀疯了 Strong female lead, ultra-satisfying story, revenge served every time She lets people push her around to her face, but behind the scenes, she's the kind of ruthless woman who makes her enemies flee in the middle of the night. If anyone messes with me, I'll make sure they disappear for good. This time, she stops pretending! After wiping the knife clean, the girl put it back in the kitchen and walked over to the man. She slowly sat down on the sofa. She tilted her head and smiled, her voice playfu —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 The Struggling Salaryman's Comeback 苦逼打工仔的逆袭 Deng Xian was born in a mountain village in southwest China and made a living repairing appliances. After being looked down on and underpaid time and again, he came to understand that skill could keep him alive, but rules determined his dignity. Armed with an old computer and the determination to learn programming from scratch, he moved to the city and joined Hesheng Electrical, starting at the very bottom as a factory worker. He refused to take shortcuts, focusing on just two things: breaking d 24Reads—Score314d adds
- 7 I’m Just a Grunt, and You Want Me to Become the Dragon King? 我一打工仔，你让我去当龙王？ Day laborer Doubao lives on Blue Star, in the crisis-ridden Yanlong Republic Federation. Overwork and cutthroat competition are rampant, public resources are unevenly distributed, nihilism is spreading, and online memes are everywhere. The country has long since strayed from the founding ideals of its forebears. His only comfort is devouring every kind of wish-fulfillment novel and using terrible memes to blow off steam. He dreams of becoming the Dragon King from those novels: showing off and fa 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Clear-Eyed and Self-Serving: You Looked Down on Me Then, Now You're Not Worthy of Me 清醒利己：昔你轻我今你高攀不起 Gu Huai was once looked down on by his girlfriend and drained by his own family. In the end, he died bitter and forgotten at the bottom of society. Reborn in a single moment, he returns to the turning point of his fate. This time, he'll shatter every chain and rewrite his life! Watch as he uses his foresight to turn the financial markets upside down and earn his first fortune; Watch as he builds a business empire, conquering key industries like mobile internet, new energy, and semiconductors; Wa 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 After the Campus Beauty Cheated on Me, I Went and Won Over Her Best Friend 《被校花绿了后，我反手拿下她闺蜜》 After the Campus Belle Cheated on Me, I Went After Her Best Friend 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 My Boyfriend Reported Me for Driving Without a License, So I Pulled Out My Driver's License 男友举报我无证驾驶，我反手掏出驾驶证 My Boyfriend Reported Me for Driving Without a License, So I Pulled Out My Driver's License 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Officialdom: From Beat Cop to the Pinnacle of Power 官场：从基层民警到权势巅峰 After being shot three times and having his credit stolen, Li Ming is reborn in the body of military officer Su Mingyang. Starting out as a junior police officer, Su Mingyang draws on his memories from his past life to earn one major merit after another. He rewrites his fate and rises to the very pinnacle of power! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Rule Horror: I Go Undercover Among the Eerie Things 规则怪谈：我在诡异里当卧底 When other people enter a rule-based horror scenario, they're all on edge, desperately fighting to survive. A top-tier genius player is accidentally dragged into a scenario, only to awaken the server's one and only hidden identity: an undercover agent in the strange tales! From the start, he's bound to a max-level talent: [Rule Analysis and Exploiting Loopholes]. While other players tremble before rules that mean certain death, the whole situation takes a sharp turn when it comes to him: Rule: “ 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Slay the Gods: The Master of Deception, Fooling His Way to Slay Every God 斩神：老六影帝，骗斩万神 The Divine Court descends upon the world, and mist shrouds the land. Night Watchers fight back in a bloody struggle, while the gods treat all mortals like dogs. This is the brutal reality of the God-Slaying world, but Lu Chen is determined to be the wild card who throws the whole game into chaos. On the surface, he's the least serious member of the Night Watchers: greedy, cowardly, slick-tongued, and quicker than anyone to run from danger. He talks nonsense all day and serves as the team's comic 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 I Transmigrated into My Enemy's Body, and Went on a Rampage 穿越到仇人身体里，我杀疯了 I transmigrated into my enemy’s body, and now I’m on a rampage. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 After My Spiritual Root Was Destroyed, the Sect Master Begged Me to Return 被废灵根后，宗主跪求我回归 After My Spiritual Root Was Destroyed, the Sect Master Begged Me to Return —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Countryside: My Carefree Life 乡村：我的逍遥人生 [Countryside + building wealth] After drifting around for three years, Lin Feng resolutely gave up his city job and plunged into Baishui Village, a place short on supplies. The villagers all laughed that his education had made him stupid. Only Lin Feng silently picked up a hoe. He took on village bullies, claimed barren hills, worked the tidal flats, and stocked fishponds… What others saw as a poor backwater was a gold mine in Lin Feng’s eyes. He tore down ramshackle mud houses, built grand vill 1.9kReads7.1Score15014d adds
- 17 Transmigrated as a Scumbag, but With Amnesia: A Lovely Wife and Cute Kids from the Start 穿越渣男还失忆，娇妻萌娃神开局 Man: His wife drugs him, then makes him sign an agreement to leave with nothing. When Song Yu opens his eyes, he finds himself in this nightmare of a situation from the start! If he makes a move, his identity might be exposed. But if he does nothing, is he supposed to watch happiness slip away? Woman: One cup of drugged wine, and who knows whether I’ve won or lost?! Is he dead, or has he changed? That familiar scent still lingers at the tip of her nose. Lin Yuwei longs for his tenderness, cheris 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Perhaps I’ll Live a Life of Romance in This One 此生或许风流 Love is something everyone has to experience in their lifetime. Some end up with the one they love by their side, some spend their lives alone, and others become carefree womanizers. What will become of Meng Haokong? This story has one heroine, or none at all. 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 A Thousand Dreams, One Return 千梦归一 Thirty-eight years old, with nothing to show for it. Chen Mo has always been best at one thing: dreaming. Ever since childhood, he's had the same kind of dream every night: he enters someone else's body and lives someone else's life. Sometimes he's a general, sometimes an emperor, and sometimes a stranger no one knows. When he wakes, his whole body feels weak, as if he's been drained. The doctors say there's nothing wrong with him, and he can't explain it himself. P.S. Then one day, a white- 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 A Big-Mouthed Official 碎嘴子当官 No ridiculous drama, no infighting, no schemes, no framing others. Relaxing and stress-free from start to finish, with down-to-earth dialogue and laughs in every chapter. The only highly irreverent yet exceptionally realistic and hilarious light political comedy on the whole internet. Written by Lao Mudao. 5.7kReads7.1Score64314d adds
- 21 In the Name of the People: I, Zhao Dehan, Just Want to Lie Flat 名义：我赵德汉只想躺平 He transmigrated into another world as Zhao Dehan, a greedy little official. After spending his previous life slaving away, all he wanted was to lie flat. But some people just wouldn’t let him lie flat. Damn it! I’m done playing along with you. I have a cheat! He took all the money out of the villa and left behind only a picture of a long-mouthed monkey. The plan to catch Hou Liangping red-handed failed. With information so badly mismatched and Ding Yizhen missing, a bunch of old-timers in Hando 3.5kReads5.7Score10614d adds
- 22 After My Coworker Wrote Me to Death Nine Times, I Beat Him to a Pulp 被同事写死九次后我打爆了他 [Metafiction + hilarious meme references + revenge after dying nine times] At 3:47 a.m., I died suddenly. When I woke up, I had become the protagonist of my coworker Liu Yan’s story. He said, “You’re the protagonist. I’ll give you a golden finger.” I said, “Sure.” Then he wrote me to death. Once. Twice. Three times… On the ninth time, I finally snapped: “Liu Yan, just you wait. Once I break through the fourth wall, I’m going to beat you to a pulp!” —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Reborn in Officialdom: I Alone Command the World 重生官场，独掌一方乾坤 [Reborn + Tycoon + Officialdom + Period Piece + System + Extremely Satisfying] Chen Ming was reborn in 1982 as the county magistrate of “Fuyu” County and bound to the [Wish for What I Want] System. As long as he wants it, anything in the world can be his! Everyone called him the “Chosen County Magistrate.” When “Fuyu” County became an international metropolis, everyone wanted to know his secret. Standing atop the city, Chen Ming said just one thing: “This power was given by the people. I wield t 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 The Official’s Path: Taking Charge of the World 官途：执掌天下 With county elections approaching, an unexpected incident throws the beautiful county magistrate Song Yan’s plans into disarray. To calm the storm, she arranges for her driver, Chen Qingshan, to become her son-in-law. From there, Chen Qingshan embarks on an official career and rises to command the world. 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 The Office Scapegoat Strikes Back: I Got the Credit-Stealing Coworker Fired 职场“背锅侠”反击战：我让抢功同事丢了工作 The Workplace Scapegoat Strikes Back: I Got the Colleague Who Stole My Credit Fired —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 The God of War Returns: A Citywide Road to Revenge 战神归来：都市复仇之路 The God of War Returns: A Path of Revenge in the City —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 The Stay-at-Home Mom Strikes Back: From Abandoned Wife to CEO Worth Millions 全职妈妈的逆袭：从家庭弃妇到千万女总裁 A Stay-at-Home Mom’s Rise: From Abandoned Housewife to CEO of a Multimillion-Dollar Company —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 Caged Pet: The CEO’s Captive Finally Awakens 囚宠：总裁的笼中雀醒了 The Caged Pet: The CEO’s Captive Has Awoken —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 After Failing My Tribulation, I Became the Three Realms’ Worst-Rated Reviewer 渡劫失败后，我成了三界差评师 After Failing My Tribulation, I Became the Three Realms’ Worst-Rated Reviewer —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Kicked Out of the Billionaire Family, I Became the Godfather of Finance 被赶出豪门后，我成了金融教父 After Being Kicked Out of the Wealthy Family, I Became the Godfather of Finance —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Five Years After His Death, He Sent Me Back to the Night Before the Murder 他死后五年，送我回命案前夜 Five Years After He Died, He Sent Me Back to the Night Before the Murder —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 After My Release, I Could No Longer Keep My Bitcoin a Secret 出狱后我的比特币藏不住了 At eighteen, Chen Feng sold a house he owned and spent nine million yuan on 2,250 bitcoins. But not long after buying them, he stood up for his girlfriend in a bar and was sentenced to eight years in prison. Seven and a half years later, Chen Feng walked out of prison with his release papers in hand. His girlfriend had long since married someone else. His brothers all had their own agendas, and his father believed he had squandered all the money from the house. No one knew that the bitcoins he h 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 I Earn 2,500 a Day, So I Rented a Trillionaire CEO? 日薪两千五，我租了千亿女总裁？ [Lighthearted Wish-Fulfillment] + [Reborn Heroine Pursues Her Husband] + [Romance and Encouragement] + [One Heroine, Increasingly Sweet] + [Face-Slapping Relatives] + [Dotes on His Little Sister and Repays His Parents] “The bride price is 880,000, and you have to take my daughter’s surname.” Under pressure to get married, Chen Mo was forced to go on a blind date before the New Year. But he ran into an utterly unreasonable woman. He paid only for his own coffee and walked away, refusing to be mad 31.4kReads8.8Score4k14d adds
- 34 Reborn as an Airline Captain: My Cheating Ex Begs to Get Back Together 重生机长：出轨女友跪求复合 In his previous life, Lu Zeyan was the youngest five-star captain in the country. But his flight-attendant wife, who was cheating on him, joined forces with a corrupt superior to frame him. In the end, he died in the flames of a deliberately caused air disaster. When he opened his eyes, he was reborn seven days before his wedding. This time, he put away all his tenderness and became an absolute force in control, soaring above the clouds. His cheating girlfriend cries and begs to get back togethe —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Officialdom: From Sitting on the Bench to Commanding the World 官场：从枯坐冷板凳到执掌乾坤 Xiao Ran’s life takes a sudden turn. Stripped of his power, he is banished to a backwater post, and his girlfriend betrays him for the sake of her own future. Just when all hope seems lost, he meets the hidden powerhouse Old Wang, who passes on everything he knows. Xiao Ran masters an elite set of skills for navigating power games, needing no outside help whatsoever. No need to build alliances or flatter anyone. With a public file and a few old calendars, he can decipher the secrets of power a 38Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 The Laws of Power: A Discarded Son-in-Law's Road to Success 权力法则，废婿的青云之路 A flood changes Chen Fei’s fate. The son-in-law everyone sees as a loser is the apple of his superiors’ eyes. As he makes his way through the long road of officialdom, he relies on exceptional courage and wisdom to navigate the rules of power, ultimately rising to prominence. 2.3kReads7.4Score23514d adds
- 37 The Emperor at a Tech Giant 朕在大厂 Emperor Jiajing woke up to find himself a P6 programmer at a major internet company. No jade pendant, no guards, just product requirements, OKRs, and KPIs. But Chen Xu soon realized that this office building was even more like a forbidden palace than the Forbidden City. The KTV was the Palace of Heavenly Purity, the PMO was the Grand Secretariat, and every promotion review was a bloodless coup. And the skills he had been best at in his previous life, reading people's minds, balancing factions, a —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 The Office Flower in the Sea of Power 权力官海厅里厅花 “If Wei Yan won't lower the Qin army's flag, then I, Laozi, won't let Diao Qingyun go either!” The sea of officialdom is full of ups and downs and endless rivalries. A minor official makes a big splash from the start, and a marriage alliance carries him straight to the pinnacle of power. The year is 2030, and the setting is Qinzhou Province. Wei Yan puts down roots in a prosperous region, while Diao Qingyun advances through the ranks. Together they form a pincer, facing an “utterly vicious” and —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Reborn: I Make Waves in Officialdom 重生：我在官场呼风唤雨 [Politics + powerful connections + no doormat hero + clever + turns the tide] [The appeal: turbulent political winds, deceit and intrigue between people, and life-or-death struggles for power] The road to power is treacherous, with a new storm at every step. There are ten ranks in the official hierarchy, each separated by a vast gulf. The victor becomes king, the loser is forgotten. Who will command the world? Song Hualun, a scion of a fallen noble family, is reborn into the family's finest hour 343Reads8.0Score10814d adds
- 40 Nothing Much Today: Zhou Yuan and Su Wan 今日无事，周远和苏晚 Multiverse theory. Zhou Yuan's character is modeled on Shen Congwen, while Su Wan's is modeled on Lin Huiyin. Most of Volumes One through Four are short stories, while Volume Five is a full-length novel about events in a parallel universe. 1Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 41 Reborn: Rising Through the Ranks 重生之官道逆袭 In 1998, Zhou Nian began his career as a township official. He was 22 that year, fresh out of school and assigned to Qingquan Town. The town’s deputy mayor, Zhao Zhigang, was very friendly toward him and often said, “Xiao Zhou, work with me. You’ve got a bright future.” Zhou Nian just smiled. He went to the villages when needed and got on with his work. He didn’t know why, but he always had a hunch that a heavy rainstorm would hit in a few months, so the levees needed to be reinforced in adva —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 The Road to Office and Commerce: My Wife and Child Are in a Parallel World 官路商途：妻儿却在平行时空 A lone wolf in the political arena, unstoppable on the official path: Zhang Ping, a minor county government clerk reborn, rises steadily through the ranks with his fragmentary memories of the future. He maneuvers across the political landscape and amasses tremendous power, yet remains utterly alone. When the timelines converge, he would rather give up his empire than seize back the life that belongs to him! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 The Heavenly Path of Officialdom 官道天途 Ye Tian, a top Wall Street financial prodigy, can see the future course of the economy. Reborn with memories of the future and financial expertise, he carries the dream of making his country strong. He makes use of his family’s resources without relying on them, honing his skills from the ground up... 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Climbing the Ladder: I Really Want to Get Ahead 步步高升：我真是太想进步了 Gao Sheng majored in Chinese Language and Literature. In college, he was a class officer, presented a polished image, earned excellent grades, and joined the Communist Party. During the 2010 graduation season, he landed a job at Bingzhou Industrial Investment Group, a state-owned enterprise under the provincial capital in his hometown. Coming from a rural background, he thought that joining a state-owned enterprise would let him put his outstanding abilities to use and build a brilliant future. 131Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 I Stopped My Niece from Dropping Out to Become an Influencer, and She Pushed Me Down the Stairs. Reborn, I Let Her Do Whatever She Wants 阻止侄女退学当网红后被她推下楼，重生后我直接不管了 After I stopped my niece from dropping out of school to become an influencer, she pushed me down the stairs. Reborn, I simply stopped interfering. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Deadly Restricted Zone: A Diary of Complicity with Dangerous Criminals 致命禁区：与危险分子们的共犯日记 Deadly Forbidden Zone: An Accomplice's Diary with Dangerous Criminals 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 The System Forces Me to Win Over the Villain, but He Can Read Minds 系统逼我攻略反派，结果反派他有读心术 The System Forces Me to Win Over the Villain, but He Can Read Minds —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 The Substitute’s Wicked Disciple: The Cool and Aloof Master Is the Real Psychopath 替身孽徒：清冷师尊他才是真疯批 The Substitute's Wicked Disciple: That Aloof Master Is the Real Psychopath —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 Wanted Worldwide: My Partner Is a Mad Genius Villain 全球通缉：我的搭档是疯批高智商反派 Globally Wanted: My Partner Is a Psychopathic, Highly Intelligent Villain —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 The Top Player on the Server Is My Archenemy (Esports) 全服第一是我死对头（电竞） The Number One Player on the Server Is My Archrival (Esports) 1Reads—Score—14d adds
