Novels like The Price Tag
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- 51 Temp Worker at the Civil Affairs Bureau: I Turn Around and Deregister a Ghost God 民政局临时工，反手注销诡神 Chen Zhibai is a temporary employee at the Civil Affairs Bureau, in charge of records for the dead. One day, he saw his own name on a list of people to be deregistered. Applicant: The Ghost God. Reason for deregistration: Occupying a living person's household registration. Result: Return the name within three days. From that day on, vengeful ghosts claiming kinship, evil gods showing up at his door, and ghost gods seeking registration all landed on Chen Zhibai's desk. Other people kill ghost 2Reads—Score19814d adds
- 52 Seven-Day Soul-Returning Office 七日回魂事务所 The male lead inherits a mysterious funeral shop and gains the ability to bring the dead back for seven days, allowing them to fulfill their final wishes. But he is drawn into a great secret surrounding the boundary between life and death. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 The Bell in the Old Building 旧楼铃音 The Bell Tones of the Old Building —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 Haunting Demolition: Strange Tales from a Mountain Village 拆迁诡事：山村怪谈 What seemed like an ordinary demolition project unearthed a Ming Dynasty coffin sealed away for hundreds of years. A woman from the Republican era wanders the lanes of Qing Alley, an ancient corpse sprints through the rain at night, a strange little braid clings to people and demands their lives, and the Shen family's treasure has vanished without a trace... One eerie tale follows another, each bizarre incident linked to the next. This chilling Chinese-style horror seeps into your very soul, and —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 My Wife Drowned in Knee-Deep Water 妻子溺亡在膝盖深的水里 A wife drowned in water only knee-deep. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 The Missing Tenth Page 消失的第十页 When book editor Su Wen receives a rare encyclopedia left behind by her late father, she discovers that page 10 is missing from every edition. A secret spanning twenty years gradually comes to light... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 Interstellar Treasure-Hunting Livestream System 星际寻宝直播系统 Updates have resumed. This is the Earth arc, with each installment telling a standalone story, eventually leading to the stars and beyond. Ancient martial arts, exploration, treasure hunting, technology, and cultivation. A life-or-death expedition spanning Earth's civilization and the secrets of the stars is about to begin. 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 A Retired Cop's Story: Wolf Menace 退休警察故事：狼患 A Retired Police Officer's Story: Wolf Trouble —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 The First Day After the Substitute Died 替身死后的第一天 The First Day After the Substitute Died —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 Police Academy Rookie Turns into a Human Nuclear Bomb, Leaving Criminals in Tears 警校新生化身人形核弹，犯罪分子都哭了 [Crime Investigation and Deduction + Incredibly Satisfying Cases + Cool-Headed Heroine + Golden Finger] I’m reborn? Caught up in a murder case? I’m a cop. What have I got to worry about? Qin Tian is a rookie cop who transmigrates to a parallel world and gets a Police God System. All he has to do is sign in at the scenes of different kinds of cases to gain brand-new skills. Every case he solves also earns him an extra special reward! Profiling: reconstructing crime scenes! Master marksman: take a 78Reads6.6Score814d adds
- 61 The Big Shot Only Wants to Enjoy Retirement 大佬她只想过退休生活 [Sweet Romance | Mystery | Powerful Leads | Mutual Devotion] Mo Can was kidnapped at the age of three and adopted from an orphanage at ten by Yang Weiguo, a border anti-drug police officer. After her adoptive father died in the line of duty and her grandparents passed away one after another, she became the Yang family’s sole heir. After graduating from police academy, she made a decision that left everyone stunned: she returned to Yuhuang Mountain to run a country inn. Feeding chickens and ducks —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 At the Crime Scene, a Prompt Appears Above the Victim’s Head 命案现场，死者头顶飘出提示框 [System-focused] [Crime solving] [Urban] Three months into the job, Gu Bei, a trainee forensic technician, was examining a hanging scene when a line of blood-red words appeared out of thin air above the victim’s head: [She didn’t tie the knot]. Using the bizarre clue, Gu Bei applied his forensic knowledge to reconstruct the scene and expose the truth behind the staged suicide. Then came [It fell twice] on the face of a car-crash victim, and [Died before the fire] on a charred body at a fire scen 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 My Family Vanished After the Car Crash 车祸后我的家人都消失了 My Family Disappeared After the Car Accident 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 The Fake Heiress Takes Control of Yin and Yang and Goes on a Killing Spree 假千金她执掌阴阳后杀疯了 The day the Jiang family's real heiress returns, everyone expects Jiang Wu, the fake heiress, to be thrown out of the wealthy family. Her parents resent her for taking someone else's place, her brother calls her ungrateful, her fiancé breaks off their engagement in public, and the entire internet accuses her of stealing another girl's life. But no one knows that Jiang Wu has already died once. In her previous life, her yang fate was stolen, her yin bones were carved out, and her destiny was s 1kReads—Score17914d adds
- 65 Mind-Reading Detective: The Killer Without a Trace 读心神探：无证之凶 A body without a wound, a crime scene splattered with someone else’s blood, and a wedding ring that appeared out of nowhere. The bizarre murder at the Feng family compound in Yuezhou leaves the police force’s two top investigators, Ren Jie and Song Zhun, at a dead end. With no other choice, they turn to Dong Yiting, a psychological analyst with an almost uncanny eye for detail. She can spot everything others overlook: the time hidden in footprints, the past etched into scars, and the cracks in h —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 The Life Thief: Secrets of the Time Pawnshop 窃命者：时间典当行的秘密 Lu Ming believed the power of retrospection he had traded his future for was his only hope of finding his sister. He followed the clues and fought the vast organization known as Ouroboros, gradually uncovering a terrifying ritual that collected time. He thought he was the hunter, the savior. Then he stood at the heart of the ritual and saw the same power of time flowing in his sister's eyes. Every search had been in vain. Every effort had been a sacrifice. The fate he fought against was one he h —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 The Missing Pages of History 史阙 Time flows like water, never resting, never stopping. The world's obsessions surge like a tide, throwing the river of time and space into chaos. Some defy the natural order, trying to rewrite the years and throw the world into turmoil; Others hold fast to the rules, facing eerie shadows to defend the source of time and space. Ordinary books conceal countless rifts. Strangers who meet on unfamiliar paths become companions, while obsessions and rules clash without end. The path of order is thorny —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 Grading Essays, I Uncovered a Murder from Three Years Ago 批阅作文，我查出了三年前的人命 Chen Mo, a Chinese teacher, discovered a murder case in an essay. A student described in detail how a girl from the same school had been bullied to death three years ago. The victim was the older sister of Su Qing, the transfer student in his class. When he started investigating, the principal handed him a thick red envelope. “Mr. Chen, let the past lie quietly. This is the ‘rational good.’” His mother was gravely ill and urgently needed money. And the fate of whistleblowers? Shen Xiao, the form —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 Binhai City Crime Files 滨城罪案 [Bincheng Crime Cases / Urban Criminal Investigation / Humanity Shrouded in Fog / Chilling Suspense / Multi-Case Series] Bincheng is rainy and foggy, with a river winding through the city and dampness hanging over the night. Every downpour seems to wash something away: Some hide their wounds, some erase their traces, and some sink their crimes to the riverbed. The alleys of the old district, abandoned factories, bridges stretching into the night, and ordinary people who keep silent... One murd 107Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 The Seven Sins Prison: I Survive by Keeping a Low Profile 七恶囚笼：我靠普通苟活 When I signed the contract, all I noticed were the six words: “Bonuses have no upper limit.” Now I’m locked inside a nine-story cage. The other seven people all seem to be more disturbing than the last. One decided he was a god on the very first day. Another was so hungry he’d eat absolutely anything. One could only serve the most primitive desires of animals. No one told me why those bizarre English words were printed on our backs. No one told me why someone as ordinary as me was chosen. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 The Belongings Organizer: I Received My Own Belongings 遗物整理师：我收到了自己的遗物 [Urban Mystery | Death Prediction | Episodic Stories | One Female Lead] On his first independent case, Xu Chi receives a box of his own personal effects. A keychain he'd used for three years, a phone that had cracked that very morning, and an authorization letter bearing his own signature. The time of death listed on the inventory is seven days away. There is only one additional request: "Before my mother comes to claim my things, retrieve the photo on the phone." But his phone is safe in his ha —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 From the Start, I Was Crippled, but I Survived by Devouring Spirit Runes 开局被废，吞噬灵纹活下去 He transmigrated into the body of a sixteen-year-old servant, only to be hunted down from the start. Lu Chen discovered that a fragment hidden inside him could devour spirit marks. It was something his mother had left in his body, and something everyone was searching for. But every time it devoured a mark, there was a price to pay. His lifespan was counting down, his enemies were on his heels, and the steward was investigating the origin of the mark on his body. And the secret hidden deep within —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 Night In, Day Out 夜入白出 [Thriller and Horror + Infinite-Flow + Mystery and Deduction + Exploring Strange Realms + Supernatural + Time Loops + The Emotions of Life] The night wind blows. Lie down and sleep. Don’t open your eyes, and no ghosts will appear. If you do open them, look beside the bed: a hand is among the books. Look by the window: a head with no eyes is staring at the bed. Lu Chen, Ye Xiaoqian, Wu Ziyu, Xu Zhuang, and Hu Yingying accidentally touched an old book filled with ghost stories about wronged souls. 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 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—14d adds
- 75 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 65Reads—Score314d adds
- 76 The Germaphobic Detective Is Dragged into a Mechanical Killing Trap by His Mad-Dog Deputy 洁癖探长被疯狗副手拽入机械杀阵 A fastidious detective is dragged into a mechanical killing trap by his rabid deputy. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 Every Beginning Has a Cause, Every Rebirth Its Consequence 终始有因，轮回有果 This is a mystery novel. There is no paranormal content. The 1997 Asian financial crisis had a severe impact on every aspect of life for the people of Thailand. As the financial tycoon Soros plundered the economy, a series of stories that should never have happened began to unfold. Their effects can still be felt today. This novel follows two high school students whose misguided actions during the financial crisis set off a chain reaction, ultimately leading to a terrible catastrophe. Even twent 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 A Terrifying Journey West: Chasing Killers Across Seven Cities 惊悚西行：我在七城追凶的诡异事 [Mystery + wild imagination + folk customs + strong female lead] In a Dong village, the village elder is found dead in the drum tower in the middle of the night, while a mad girl mutters, “Sax Sui has come.” Deep in western Hunan, Nuo opera performers go missing one after another, and an eerie smile shows beneath their blue-faced, fanged masks. What secrets lie behind Grandma's death? 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 The Housewife Detective Case Files 名侦探主妇事件簿 After her husband cheats, a housewife unexpectedly discovers she has a talent for detective work? Join a famous Japanese high school detective and a certain compensated-dating girl detective to crack a baffling cold case!! Watch me turn my life around and rewrite my destiny against all odds! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 80 The Shackles of Misty Alley 雾巷枷锁 A corpse is found in an ancient well, reopening an old case. A butterfly jade pendant binds the fates of Chen Ci, a writer who has spent seven years pursuing the killer, and Lu Zheng, a detective hemmed in by the rules. Symbol-filled notes, torn field records, a second skeleton of unknown identity... Amid the fog of the narrow alleys, the two go from opposition to partnership, closing in step by step on the truth: a loan-sharking gang has colluded with senior figures at the police bureau. As sec —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 Nine-Pearl Powder 九珠散 During the Republican era, my great-grandfather was lured by members of the Fu family into exploring the Song Dynasty tomb in Luoyang and an underground ancient tomb beneath a temple on Mount Jiuhua. There, he accidentally discovered a mysterious Buddhist bead. Years later, in 2002, the same kind of bead appeared again in a Six Dynasties tomb beneath an abandoned chemical plant in Nanjing. In 2003, I found my great-grandfather's notes and two Buddhist beads back in my hometown. Gradually, I real —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 82 Nighttime Mysteries of the Divine Capital 神都夜疑录 In the late Tang, strange cases erupt one after another. Lu Mingyuan, head of the Unusual Affairs Bureau and a former judicial investigator at the Dali Temple, teams up with Lin Suwen, a gifted female coroner, to handle bizarre unsolved cases such as “the ghost ship that claims lives” and “the fox spirit that steals souls.” Together, they follow every clue to unravel mysteries of the human heart beneath a veil of spirits and monsters, and expose the power struggles behind the scenes. Keywords: h —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 I, a Criminal Mastermind, Became the Nightmare of London's Criminals 犯罪天才的我成为伦敦罪犯的梦魇 [Dual Male Leads + High Intelligence + Handsome Men + Victorian England Setting] Ewan Montague, the youngest professor in Cambridge's criminology department, is hired as a special consultant to Scotland Yard. He solves countless cold cases and mysteries, but at the same time, a brilliant criminal known as the Jubilee Line Butcher begins his activities. The two seem to be locked in a fierce rivalry. Or perhaps they are simply two identities belonging to the same person. 64Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 The Seventy-First Knife Scar 第七十一道刀痕 The Seventy-First Knife Mark —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 I'm a Handsome College Guy Who Slaughters the Supernatural to Prove the Way of the Weird 我帅逼男大爆杀诡异，以证诡道 Unlucky from the start: an old hag drained him three times. This pure-hearted, handsome college hunk slaughters the uncanny, devouring every one he kills. His do-gooder teammate: “The uncanny have their reasons. We should help them change...” Zhu Zhen: “Help the uncanny change? I’ll cut you down first.” By devouring the uncanny and stealing their abilities, his appearance gradually fades away, until he becomes something more terrifying than the uncanny themselves. When the realms of gods and dem —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 The Forbidden Records of Mist City 雾城禁录 Gray mist descends, splitting the city into a patchwork of night-time forbidden zones. Monsters roam. Those who open the door live; those who hesitate die. Lin Zhou has no special bloodline or cheat. His only advantage is that he can see the rules on the other side of the door. Yet every time he opens a door, the city loses a little more time. The Seventh City isn’t growing stronger. It’s mortgaging its future. When the forbidden zones stop disappearing, the records begin to shift, and time n —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 National Security Bureau: Rapid Response Unit 国安局：快速反应小组 A hard-hitting crime novel with every kind of case you could want, one case per volume. Ensemble cast + no romance + no emotional subplots + standalone investigations + no idiotic characters. Cases involve murder, smuggling, drugs, undercover operations, counterterrorism, and more. The cases are intricately connected and full of twists. Until the very end, no one knows how the killer committed the crimes. See how the members of the rapid response team match wits with the criminals and ultimately 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 What Happened That Night 那一个晚上的事 A former couple reunites ten years after they separated. That day, the man's wife has gone back to her hometown, and the woman's husband is away on a business trip in Beijing. The man takes the woman home, but just as the bedroom light goes out, her husband knocks on the door... The next day, the woman's husband is stabbed to death with the fruit knife he brought himself. The man turns himself in, but the woman claims she killed her husband. Xu Changsheng, a young criminal investigator, joins th 268Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 Low-IQ Crime: The Sanjiangkou Mystery Returns 低智商犯罪：三江口迷局再起 Six months after the turmoil at Sanjiangkou subsided, bumbling thieves Fang Chao and Liu Zhi are up to no good again, blundering into one major case after another. The laid-back detective Zhang Yi'ang returns in a time of crisis and joins forces with the police team, navigating a world of wily businessmen and corrupt officials. Four factions maneuver in the shadows as one absurd crime after another erupts, exposing layer upon layer of organized crime and corruption through the comical bustle of 81Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 I’m Just an Auxiliary Police Officer. You Want Me to Investigate a Case? 我只是个辅警，你让我查案？ A short crime-solving novel with a single male protagonist and a series-of-cases format. There’s nothing but cases to solve! It’s that simple: just pick whichever case you want to read. You don’t have to worry about the plots not connecting. Chapters without titles are part of the main storyline. You can skip them without affecting your enjoyment. 100Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 Believe Me: I’m a Detective, Not a Madman 相信我：我是神探不是神经病 I am a brilliant detective, but people often mistake me for a lunatic. In this seemingly ordinary world, I have a perception unlike anyone else's. I can see things you can't. I can also hear sounds you can't. Somewhere beyond sight, a mysterious force seems to be guiding me. Whenever I find myself at a loss, that force shines like a beacon, lighting my way and helping me find direction through the fog. And yet, nobody understands me. They all say I have schizophrenia, and believe that everything 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 The Taxidermist 标本师 A woman's skinned corpse was discovered on the roof of an office building, her body wrapped in layers of plastic wrap. The police suspected that the victim had conspired with her killer to take her own life. Meanwhile, fingerprints found on a hand at the crime scene revealed that each of its five fingers belonged to a different person. All five were involved in last year's murder case. Wang Chi, who solved that case, was transferred out of the police force after being suspected of having mental 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 The Huazhuang River Mystery 花庄河迷案 (No romance) (No angst) (No sweetness). Read with caution if that bothers you. A father and son reunite after years apart. A carefully plotted murder, over two decades of hatred: it all unfolds at a school with more than a century of history. As the saying goes, “No one knows a century-old school until a case breaks, then the whole world hears of it.” In this story, you’ll find yourself and me, along with human nature that is impossible to see through or explain. 38Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 Between the Truths 真相之间 [The Most Realistic Hard-Core Crime Investigation] A theatrical edition, this is a documentary-style crime-solving novel. It has no flashy prose, and the cases, protagonist, villains, and supporting characters are all based on real-life counterparts. With crime-solving methods grounded in reality, step-by-step plotting, and conflicts between characters, the story gradually moves toward the truth. An accidental suicide draws Yuan Muye and the other members of the criminal investigation brigade i 4Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 95 Cavities 1 龋齿1 In short, tooth decay means cavities: the progressive destruction of the hard tissues of a tooth, an irreversible form of damage. The human heart is much the same. When it is hurt, the wound takes deep root and cannot be erased, slowly eating away at it... 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 The Calamity Watcher 灾厄守局人 Tang Fan, an overworked corporate drone who transmigrated after dying suddenly, only wanted to keep his head down in the apocalypse, take it easy, develop quietly, and stay alive. Instead, he accidentally became bound to Zi Ling, a Nether Edict-class strange being who slumbered in a burial ground and suppressed the Dark Nether Lord. Everyone feared strange entities for their bloodthirsty nature, but this Nether Edict-class terror, powerful enough to overturn heaven and earth, showed him extraord —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 The Ashen Bone Gambit 烬骨弈局 Three years undercover in a den of poison, and the moment the net was about to close, the ledger still hadn't been recovered. The countdown to the expendable pawn order had already begun. The person issuing commands was hiding inside the System, and he didn't want Shen Nianzu to make it out of that final night alive. File 05 points to the Northern Border. Zhong Yanping's old gun is still in locker 404. Ayi has been undercover in the pharmacy for seven years, waiting for someone to come to her w 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 The Intruder's Mystery 闯入者的谜局 A place that appeared out of nowhere... Or perhaps it wasn't the place that appeared out of nowhere, but you. Zhang Tian suddenly jolted in surprise and found himself inside a decaying house with six other people. What on earth was going on here? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 At Midnight Every Day, Someone Disappears from the City 每天零点，城市少一个人 [Mystery and wild ideas + urban supernatural powers + no System + one heroine + ensemble cast] Linjiang City has a rule no one knows about: every day at midnight, one person disappears from the city. They don't die. They're erased completely. They vanish from photographs and records, and even their parents forget they ever gave birth to them. The only person who can still remember the vanished is Zhou Wang, who restores memorial portraits at a funeral home. At exactly midnight, a portrait of an 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 100 Echoes Beyond the Rules 规则之上的回响 In one sentence: When the whole world is “formatted” by a game of the gods, I'm the only one who can see the bugs in its rules. They treat me like an ant, never realizing that I'm the one hiding behind the code, smiling as I press “Delete.” · Key attractions: A battle of wits combining “infinite-flow” with “rules-based horror”; an unconventional NPC's rise to power; vividly visualized live streams from the instances; patriotic feeling and a passionate ensemble cast. The protagonist, Shen Yan, us —Reads—Score—14d adds
