Novels like The Plot Between Wood and Fire
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- 151 After Awakening Super-Senses, I Could Hear Everyone's Thoughts Across the City 觉醒超感后我听见了全城心声 After a car accident, Lu Chen wakes up to find that the world has changed: he can hear the thoughts of everyone in the city. On the subway, office workers pray for their bosses to go bankrupt; a neighbor’s wife has a crush on the delivery guy; even the beggar on the street is calculating how much money he can scam today... As thoughts surge into his mind like a flood, he realizes that the most terrifying thing isn’t lies, but the malice hidden behind people’s smiles. The only person who can hear 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 152 Lured to Northern Myanmar, Fleeing for My Life 被骗缅北，生死逃亡 If you have money, don’t go to the Golden Triangle. If you’re broke, stay away from northern Myanmar. Young and foolish, I strayed into the Mekong region, then returned home in a safe with a secret code. Don’t go to northern Myanmar! Don’t go to northern Myanmar! Don’t go to northern Myanmar! There are no high-paying jobs in northern Myanmar! And there certainly isn’t gold lying around everywhere! This is no paradise. It’s a place that breeds demons, the most real hell on earth... Originally tit 9.6kReads8.7Score656Shelves
- 153 Alone in Northern Myanmar, Saving a Million Compatriots 孤身闯缅北，拯救百万同胞 7.4kReads8.8Score446Shelves
- 154 Northern Myanmar: My Counterattack Begins on the Operating Table 缅北，从手术台上开始反杀 Northern Myanmar: A Fight Back That Begins on the Operating Table —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 155 The King of Warriors in Myanmar: Starting by Rescuing My Sister-in-Law 缅战兵王：从救小姨子开始 An accident leads Xiang Yunfeng to witness a sordid scene... His fiancée, Xiaozhen, has been cheating on him. In a moment of rage, Xiang Yunfeng kills her lover and ends up behind bars. He is forced to take part in “Qilin One,” an experiment to enhance the physiques of special forces soldiers. By chance, he gains the “Power of the Qilin” and becomes one of the chosen. In prison, Di Xiaoqing throws herself at him, hoping only to persuade him to go to northern Myanmar and search for her missing yo 136Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 156 I Can Edit the Genes of All Things 我能编辑万物基因 Volume Two is out! Title: I Was Just About to Destroy the World, So Why Did I Become Its Savior? No System + Tech-Focused + Wild Ideas + Modern Warfare What could you do if you developed a technology that let you edit genes without limits? Lin Yuan says, I could become the Creator, become a god! With the ability to edit genes, I could start by cloning myself and taking on all the biological abilities I wanted. If no creature had the ability I wanted, I could use existing genes to create new life 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 157 A Dreamlike Journey in Northern Myanmar 缅北梦幻之旅 Anti-fraud reminder: Northern Myanmar is no paradise! You arrive without knowing what Northern Myanmar is really like, then meet again as a wandering ghost! People are easily ruined by greed and by their own overconfidence. Stop thinking that jobs overseas pay well and that making money abroad is easy! If you think you can get rich without lifting a finger, remember: pies don't fall from the sky, only traps do! This is important, so I'll say it three times: Don't go to Northern Myanmar! Don't go 764Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 158 Lured to Southeast Asia, I Must Survive in Hell 被骗东南亚，我要在炼狱里活下去 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 289Reads—Score—Shelves
- 159 I Used a Criminal Investigation System to Clear My Mother's Name 我用刑侦系统为母翻案 Twelve years after my mother was wrongly killed, I received the pocket watch she had mailed me. It lets me see every lie, and has made me the number-one target of an entire criminal organization. —Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 160 All or Nothing: I, Lu Sanjiu, Am the Protagonist! 孤注：我陆三九，是主角！ (The protagonist knows when to yield and when to stand firm, is decisive in killing, and isn’t a saintly do-gooder or an idiot. This isn’t a story where he mindlessly steamrolls everyone. It’s a slow burn: he starts out playing the underdog and eventually becomes the boss. The writing is lighthearted, and the plot’s crises come thick and fast.) My name is Lu Sanjiu. When I opened my eyes again, I was in a scam compound in northern Myanmar. Showing courage, outsmarting others, putting on an act, 832Reads8.4Score112Shelves
- 161 The Mortician: The Truth Behind the Stolen Souls 入殓师：灵魂失窃真相 Me, an Embalmer: My Job Is to “Piece Together” the Dead I’m an embalmer. I put makeup on corpses so they can make their final journey with dignity. But starting last month, I noticed that something was missing from my “clients.” Not organs, not skin, but some kind of… invisible “part.” The beautiful forensic pathologist says I’m making things up, and the head of the criminal investigation team says I’m obstructing their work. Until they discover that no high-tech instrument can explain why the s 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 162 Three Months After Being Tricked into Typing Away in Northern Myanmar, I Ran into My Childhood Friend from the Same Village! 被骗缅北敲键盘三个月后，我遇到了同村发小！ Three months after I was tricked into going to northern Myanmar and forced to work at a keyboard, I ran into my childhood friend from the same village! 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 163 Kidnapped to Nanyang, I Became the Boss’s Favorite 我被绑到南洋，成了大佬的心尖宠 [Eight-year age gap + sweet romance] A true powerhouse meets a designer An intensely possessive Southeast Asian kingpin × his sweet, adorable designer wife Kidnapped while fleeing an arranged marriage! She wakes up in Southeast Asia! Xie Tian’s life is more dramatic than a soap opera! Her parents are dead, her inheritance has been seized, and her cruel uncle and aunt are planning to sell her to a bald old man in exchange for a bride price. Then, while fleeing her wedding, she gets kidnapped by m 68Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 164 I Asked You to Turn Around, Not Bring People to Clear My Blockage! 让你回个头，你带人疏通我？ [Martial fantasy + infinite-loop trials + rule-based killing games + ensemble cast + no mindless power fantasy + scheming, trope-subverting hero + themed pocket worlds] Unemployed wage slave Mu Chen's life rules: The later the night, the wilder you get. The more forbidden the fun, the better. Rules are there to test your limits. Teammates are there to take the fall for you. Never trust a warning that says "Do Not Look Back"... unless there's really something behind you. "Kid, you're walking —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 165 Urban Legends Invade: I Slay Demons with Divine Blessings 怪谈入侵：我用神明祝福斩鬼 From Chapter 102 onward, the story enters dungeons, with people from other worlds joining the main cast in them. The world within a world includes science fiction. Also known as: Gods and Ghosts Run Rampant: I Wield the Power of the Gods to Slay Ghosts [Fairly satisfying] [A whole lot of killing] [Chinese-style supernatural tales] [Legendary monsters] [System-driven] [System] [Urban supernatural powers] [Mystery] [Some Infinite Flow dungeons] [Slay Ghosts] [Slay the Gods] Do you believe ghost —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 166 The Rose Raised by a Southeast Asian Mad Dog Is Delicate and Alluring 东南亚疯狗养的玫瑰又娇又媚 The new book’s rating has just opened! It’ll go up! [Forced Love + Dirty Talk + Southeast Asian Crime Boss + A Groveling Pursuit + Rekindled Romance + Rough-and-Ready Romance] Southeast Asian mad-dog crime boss vs. a spoiled, capricious little darling After being framed, Xiao Xiao opens her eyes to find herself wearing nothing but underwear, up for auction. No matter what she offers, Ruan Huang, known as the Southeast Asian mad dog, won’t be swayed. After struggling in vain again and again, Xiao 4.6kReads8.5Score474Shelves
- 167 The Returnee from Hell 地狱归客 He once fell into the Inferno, enduring nine near-death trials amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. At last, he returned to the human world bearing the brands of Hell and the power to devour souls. That power can see through the hidden sins of sinners and turn their past misdeeds into pain they must suffer themselves. It is a “gift” Hell bestows upon its judges. The human world is no paradise. Evil lurks in the shadows of neon lights: a hypocritical principal who abused children is still 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 168 They Tricked Me into Becoming a Scam-Farm Slave, So I Bloodied the Whole Compound 我被骗去当猪仔，怒而血洗园区 Urban + Wild Imagination + Superpowers + Northern Myanmar + No Saintly Heroics + Decisive Violence + Sci-Fi + Inner-Earth Civilization [Supernatural Ability Users] [The Mysterious Bureau of Supernatural Affairs] [Starships Being Secretly Developed by Various Nations] [The Nantianmen Project] [It All Begins in the Bloody Hell of Northern Myanmar] After fighting his way out of a hellish compound, Wang Fei joins the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs, abbreviated as the Superpower Bureau. There, Wang F 239Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 169 The Logic Tuner of Fleeting Years 流年的逻辑调音师 The Logic of Passing Years: Book One, “The Tuner”; Book Two, “The Uncertainty Principle”; and Book Three, “Antarctica: Dome A” What if the constants of physics weren't eternal, but were chosen by the collective vote of eight billion people's “observations”? Chen Luoji, a PhD in theoretical physics, loses his academic career over a paper that was “too beautiful.” He returns to work as a physics teacher at a tutoring center while caring for his mother, who has Alzheimer's disease. One ordinary nig —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 170 After I Offended a Foreign Warlord, He Spoiled Me Rotten 错惹异国枭雄后，他把我宠上天 [Possessive love + Both first-timers + Not a strong female lead] Myanmar’s quagmire swallowed Song Wanning’s trip abroad. She wakes up trapped in a cage. Just as despair sets in, a wild gaze fixes on her. Moved by a moment of pity, he forcibly takes her back to his base and declares, “If I bought you, you’re mine!” With no hope of returning home, Song Wanning is forced to seek shelter under Khun Tai’s protection. He offers her safety, but also weaves a cage around her. In a foreign land, s 547Reads—Score—Shelves
- 171 Mirror City Loop 镜城循环 If you were trapped in the same day, would you go crazy, or turn it into a game you could beat? College student Lin Che chose the latter. By the 37th time he woke up on July 15, he couldn’t even be bothered to panic. Confessing to the principal in front of everyone, jumping from the fourth floor of an academic building to test the limits of physics, trying every flavor of instant noodles sold in every convenience store in town: he had turned the time loop into a massive open-world game. Then h 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 172 Tales of the Uncanny 诡话传说 “Hey, everyone, I’m here.” I pointed my phone camera at the abandoned village gate in front of me. The characters on the archway had long since blurred beyond recognition. All that remained was a sinister, rust-red color, splashed irregularly across the stone pillars like blood that had dried long ago. “See that color? Is it a good enough opening for the ‘Blood Axe’?” The comments immediately began to fly. [Sister Xue is charging into a new map!] [Just looking at this place gives me the creeps.] —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 173 Tricked by My Best Friend into Going to Myanmar's North to Make Fast Money 被闺蜜骗到缅北赚快钱 I wrote down this experience to warn everyone. There's a saying: You haven't been scammed because you haven't encountered the scam that's right for you. Zhou Chengcheng could have had a bright future, but the double blow of career and family troubles sent her down a path of no return. She trusted the person she had once trusted most and ruined her life. She was thrown into a living hell, where she witnessed humanity at its most twisted. These carefully tailored scams left no one able to escape. 135.2kReads9.1Score11.1kShelves
- 174 The Wooden Beauty Exploits Bugs in Horror Films to Become a Legend 木头美人，惊悚片里卡BUG封神 Lu Yao, the “wooden beauty” mocked across the internet, is blacklisted for her terrible acting and forced to enter the deadly National Fate Cinema. Audiences worldwide bet she won’t last three minutes. Her teammates see her as useless dead weight. The life-taking evil spirit picks her as its first “easy target.” But when mental corruption sweeps the whole place and the actors scream in despair, Lu Yao tilts her expressionless face and asks the ghost, “You’re crying so fake. Haven’t you eaten 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 175 The Nightmare Frontier 噩梦边境 Late at night, five people in a subway car were all plunged to the edge of a dream, trapped between life and death. And someone was already waiting for them there: a bizarre creature… 27Reads—Score—Shelves
- 176 A True Account of Northern Myanmar 缅北实录 Stay away from northern Myanmar! When someone tells you to go to northern Myanmar, think very carefully about it. Is death frightening? You might say, of course it is. But let me tell you this: Death is not frightening. In northern Myanmar, what’s more terrifying than death is being unable to live and unable to die. Electric shocks, water prisons, kidney harvesting, chopping people up to feed the fish... If you’re unlucky enough to suffer those inhuman forms of torture, I believe it will become 1.4kReads6.8Score102Shelves
- 177 My Husband Was Brutalized, So I Took Down the Telecom Scam Compound 老公被残害，我反手干爆电诈园区 [“Gourmet” story / strong female lead / play the pig to eat the tiger / ruthless and decisive / urban supernatural powers] They killed my man, then gave me three days to come up with 500,000. I laughed. The police said they “couldn’t do anything,” so I’ll just have to smash those bastards myself. The scam compound is my kitchen, and the villains are my ingredients. Kunsha’s enforcers are “fresh meat, just the way nature intended.” Suda You employees I’ve beaten up are “sashimi, easy to slice.” D 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 178 Dangerously Addictive: The Foreign Madman Demands Kisses Every Night 致命成瘾：异国疯批大佬夜夜索吻 [The rating just opened and will rise] [Mutual devotion + cross-border romance + coercive possession + obsessive powerful man + a mix of sweetness and angst + a groveling pursuit to win her back + size difference + happy ending] [The male lead is a genuine brute, no good guy, and not your typical domineering CEO. His eyes turn gold with his emotions, and his fighting ability is beyond normal. He’s devoted to one woman in body and heart, and dotes on her fiercely.] Barely had Lin Wangshu arrived 20.4kReads8.8Score2.2kShelves
- 179 Searching the Four Seas for My Phoenix: The Abandoned Consort Returns with Her Child to Upend the Realm 四海求凰：弃妃带崽掀江山 [Historical romance + angst + groveling pursuit + misunderstandings + political intrigue + turbulent times + beast-taming] The hero is a big bad wolf, and the heroine is a little white rabbit. But it turns out the wolf was never really a wolf, and the rabbit grows up to become queen of all beasts! The beginning is quite angsty, but later the hero has to grovel to win her back. The plot is intricate and full of twists. Thank you all for your support! She grew up with her childhood friend, Nan Yan —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 180 The Identity of the Dead 亡者身份 Introduction “R.I.P. A Hao (1995-2025)” A pop-up notification. A 24-hour countdown. His bank card is frozen, his kidney donor match is canceled, and the criminal underworld offers 500,000 for him. He has one day to bring himself back to life. Or his mother will be buried alongside the truth. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 181 One Man Takes Down Eastern Myanmar, Is This Really Just a Pretty Boy? 一个人干翻缅东，这真是小鲜肉？ [Beating Up Scammers] [System] [A Smart Protagonist] [Grows Stronger While Fighting, Eventually Dominates the World] In a parallel world, Zhou Qin becomes a young actor. With his reputation at home in tatters, he goes abroad to make a film, only to run into a scam ring posing as a production crew. At first, everyone thinks the young heartthrob is going to cry. Then the owner of the scam compound complains online: “Please, just hurry up and leave!” “Even mercenaries can't beat him. You call this 3.9kReads7.8Score327Shelves
- 182 The Years I Was Tricked into Going to Northern Myanmar 我被骗去缅北那几年 No matter the reason, I hope everyone stays away from northern Myanmar in this lifetime. Five years ago, an accident led to the person I loved most tricking me into going there. I endured torment like something out of hell and went through unimaginable hardships before I finally managed to escape and return home. Now I’m writing down my own experiences from those years when I was tricked into going to northern Myanmar, so everyone can understand just how terrifying the place really is… Note: Thi 1.1kReads8.8Score179Shelves
- 183 Brutal Possession: The Rugged Mercenary's Little Bunny 野蛮占有，糙汉佣兵的小白兔 [Also known as: The Mad Dog of Southeast Asia, Seizing the Beauty in His Arms] The title failed the site's review, so it had to be changed to this. [The Wealthy CEO] tag suddenly became incorrect and couldn't be changed back. [Brutish Soldier + Forceful Possession + Redemption + 1v1 + Both Pure + Four-Year Age Gap] [Bandit-like Mercenary × Gentle, Resilient Beauty] Xia Qing never imagined she'd one day be kidnapped and taken to a training ground full of armed soldiers, then chosen by a formidabl 11.6kReads8.8Score1.2kShelves
- 184 All or Nothing: From the Start, One Hundred Thousand War Gods Slaughter Their Way Through Northern Myanmar 孤注一掷：开局十万战神血洗缅北 Parallel world + passionate power fantasy + Northern Myanmar + organ harvesting + campus belle + 100,000 War Gods + ruthless killer + no saintly goody-two-shoes + saving people His girlfriend was tricked into traveling to Northern Myanmar and forced into telecom fraud. The gang leader demanded that Ye Tian pay 300,000 yuan to ransom her, or they would cut out her kidney... After activating the System and receiving 100,000 War Gods, Ye Tian rushed to Northern Myanmar overnight and slaughtered h 1kReads—Score115Shelves
- 185 The Second Book by Kuai He Bai Kai Shui 快喝白开水的第2本书 Liang Zhi transmigrated unexpectedly, only to open his eyes and discover he was in northern Myanmar! This place was known as a paradise for criminals. Even Sun Wukong would have to leave his golden cudgel behind if he came here. Luckily, he awakened a Crime System and immediately began climbing the ranks in northern Myanmar. … Many years later, he looked down at the Xia Nation police officers below and helplessly lit a cigarette. “Fine, I’ll come clean. I’m an undercover agent.” 33Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 186 The Rules of the Marshal's Household 大帅府的家规 [Republican-era household intrigue + revenge + two strong leads + doting husband + political schemes + breaking family rules] After her sister is brutally killed, Song Mo swallows her humiliation and enters the game as Marshal Xiao’s fourth concubine. The First Madam rules the household and imposes unreasonable rules to secure her position. The other concubines all submit. Song Mo plays the pig to eat the tiger, using her nights in the marshal’s bed to advance her plans step by step! She stirs t 1.5kReads—Score102Shelves
- 187 The Flower Stall at Dusk 暮色花摊 The Twilight Flower Stall series delves into the desires and costs hidden in the bustling streets of the Ming Dynasty. Every dusk, a mysterious flower stall quietly appears beneath a centuries-old pagoda tree, selling Heart's Desire Blossoms that grant wishes in exchange for one's deepest obsession. The stallkeeper, Taoyao, feels neither sorrow nor joy. She watches each transaction with cool detachment, explaining the flowers' meanings and their price, but never interfering with anyone's choice. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 188 Reborn After Being Buried Alive: Why Hasn't My Family Smiled Since? 活埋重生后，全家怎么不笑了 Reborn after being buried alive, why has my whole family stopped smiling? 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 189 The Blue-Eroded Script 蓝蚀字 When art becomes a murder weapon, poison flows through the pigments. This is a manhunt spanning chemistry, art, and criminal investigation. Poison can be sealed inside ancient pigment recipes; crimes can be concealed in the brushwork of paintings handed down through generations. When the final piece falls into place, will you see the complete picture of the truth, or another carefully painted disguise? 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 190 After Transmigrating, the Forensic County Magistrate Becomes a God! 穿越后，法医县令成神了！ After transmigrating, the county magistrate and forensic examiner became a god! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 191 The School Beauty Tricked Me into Going to Myanmar? I Activated the Suicide Squad System 校花骗我去缅甸？我开启死士系统 Lin Chen transmigrated to a parallel world and obtained a dead soldier System. He could summon dead soldiers of any gender, nationality, or skin color! Just then, the campus belle he had lost contact with for years called and invited him to start a business together in northern Myanmar. Was she too lonely on her own? Lin Chen didn't hesitate. If he chickened out, could he even call himself a man? He immediately told her to buy him a plane ticket, then headed there alone! Of course, did you think 4.9kReads7.2Score386Shelves
- 192 Tengwang Pavilion Time 滕王阁时间 The Pavilion of Prince Teng has always had only six floors. Yet ancient books mention a seventh. Lu Chuan was an ordinary historic-building restoration specialist at the pavilion, until one late night he saw something in the attic that should not have existed: a mural that changed before his eyes. The mural showed a passage from history. But when he looked again the next day, that passage had changed. From that moment on, Lu Chuan understood: the history of this world was not fixed. Someone was —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 193 The Silent Edge 无声的锋刃 Once the “brain” of the strongest special operations unit, he retired in bitter disappointment after a mission involving a high-level power struggle ended in failure. He became an ordinary police bomb-disposal expert in a major city. He thought he had left the storm behind, but it returned with even greater fury: undercurrents stirred in the city as international spies, financial predators, new forms of crime, and the shadows of his past converged. Forced to take up his “weapons” again, he now f 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 194 There’s Someone on My Back 我的背上有个人 I always thought I'd slept wrong. I tried medicated plasters and got X-rays, until I met an old man who said, "Young lady, someone has been riding on your back for nearly half a year. You need to send her on her way, right now..." —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 195 Don't Open Your Eyes Under the Blood Moon 血月下，别睁眼 [Slow-paced] + [Urban fantasy] On the night of the Ghost Festival, a red moon hung in the sky. The news said it was a once-in-a-century astronomical spectacle. I believed them. Then I noticed that in the photo of the moon on my phone, a dense crowd of “people” stood behind me. But there had clearly been no one else on the rooftop. Even stranger, people began vanishing mysteriously across the city the next day, yet none of the media mentioned it. The TV kept playing experts’ explanations on a lo —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 196 You Can't Escape My Grasp 难逃我掌心 In North Myanmar, a living hell, having your kidneys harvested isn't the cruelest thing. The truly horrifying fate is being turned into a living lotus of flesh... I only wanted to escape that den of demons, so I tried every trick to seduce him. I never expected him to follow me like a shadow, leaving me nowhere to run. The web he spun stretched to the ends of the earth, and into my heart. 78Reads9.0Score—Shelves
- 197 From the Start in Northern Myanmar, She Wipes Out Every Villain 开局缅北，她把恶人全噶了 [Patriotic + strong female lead + upright values + no CP + short story] She went on a business trip to Yunnan Province. She woke up and found herself in northern Myanmar. From the start, it was hell mode, but giving up was out of the question. She would level up, fight monsters, uncover the truth behind her being sold, and take down every last villain! (Warning: 1. If you want nonstop wish fulfillment, this may not be for you! The female lead grows stronger over time. At first she can only take 603Reads9.0Score—Shelves
- 198 The Women Who Were Scammed into Northern Myanmar 被骗去缅北的女人们 My new story is out! You can read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 3.1kReads6.5Score203Shelves
- 199 A Dark Kiss Beneath the Deep Lake 深湖之下的暗吻 On the glittering annual gala night at Xingguang Group, senior finance executive Lin Wei “accidentally” falls into a lake and dies. While sorting through her belongings, her younger sister Lin Yue finds a bloodstained encrypted USB drive. On the night she died, her sister sent one last message: “They’re here.” Lin Yue’s investigation hits a hidden reef. Witnesses are silenced one after another, and every lead is cut off. Then Song Feng, just back from studying abroad, enters her life with perfe 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 200 Armor Hero: After Signing the Overlord Contract, I No Longer Believe in the Light 铠甲：签完霸王合同后，我不信光 [Armor Hero 1 + Behind-the-scenes power plays + Mystery and the supernatural] Lin Yu transmigrates as the son of D City's richest man. He doesn't wear armor or fight supernatural beasts. He sets the rules, draws the game board, and manages the ledgers. Relying on connections, information asymmetry, and analytical skill, he turns the battlefield into a chessboard. Someone in the morgue's cold storage refuses to wake. Something in the depths of an abandoned well has been painted over and concealed 7Reads—Score—Shelves
