Novels like The Price Tag
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- 151 Who Wrote His Crime? 谁书其罪 A single imperial decree can decide who lives and dies. A page from an old archive can rewrite the fate of the court. Sixteen years after the new dynasty was founded, the common people praised the fairness of the civil service exams. Yet every high-ranking official in the court owed their position to a rigged cheating scandal. Shen Qingwu is merely the lowliest document-restoration clerk in the Qingjian Bureau, but from the grain of paper, old ink, and forged seals, she can make witnesses “kille —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 152 The Human Soul 人魄 The Human Soul 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 153 Never-Ending Plum Blossoms 梅完梅了 Years ago, the powerful businesswoman Dong Zhenzhu was brutally murdered in her home. Mei Changqing, who had only just joined the police force, accidentally caught a glimpse of the culprit's back during an emergency assignment, but an unexpected mishap let the killer slip away. In the end, the police closed the case as a suicide. Years later, after weathering all kinds of hardships, Mei Changqing is no longer the inexperienced young officer he once was. He has become a middle-aged man with a bee 2Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 154 Broken Bones, Unasked Pain 残骨问痛 Everyone says the dead cannot lie, but no one knows that the dead are the best at crying out in pain. Whatever her fingertips touch, the dead person's pain becomes her own. Qing Luan measures the human heart by pain and uses broken bodies as blades to cut open the empire's secrets. Those hands have touched countless cold bones and tasted every hardship in the world, until she met Xiao Qi. He is always smiling as he fingers a flower, a blade hidden in his sleeve. His face is kind to everyone, but 88Reads—Score16614d adds
- 155 Dreams and Shadows of Wushuang 巫霜梦影 Twenty years ago, Zhang Baisui, an adviser in Tangyuan County, swindled the court out of two hundred thousand taels of silver meant for the construction of the Five Elements Pagoda. He joined forces with the bandits of Wuyin Mountain to rob the pagoda funds at the Du Family Inn. After dividing the spoils, they vanished into the martial world. Linghua, the sole survivor of the great pagoda-silver robbery, grew up plagued by nightmares. When she awoke, she could remember only a beautiful landscape 10Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 156 Yangcheng's Ten Great Unsolved Cases 阳城十大奇案 [The sequel to The Ten Great Mysteries of Yao City is here! Written by a real person, not AI, with a gripping plot] A horrific case involving confinement and the massacre of an entire family shatters Yangcheng’s peace of many years. Every member of the victimized family, young and old, male and female, was subjected to unspeakable cruelty and slaughter! What kind of brazen criminal organization could commit such heinous crimes? And how could they escape justice for so long, forcing Yangcheng pol 114Reads—Score—14d adds
- 157 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—14d adds
- 158 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—14d adds
- 159 Six Dolls on a Rainy Day 雨天的六个娃娃 Six Dolls on a Rainy Day —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 160 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? 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 161 Criminal Investigation: A Shocking Bloodbath 刑侦之惊天血案 [A roguish detective X a beautiful mortician. Amid a shocking string of murders, only love can bring us peace.] [Crime investigation + suspense + deduction + mind games + two powerful leads + revenge + redemption] Five years ago, Nan Shu walked away from a shocking dismemberment case. She gave up on herself and has carried a deep-seated grudge ever since, all so she could slay the evil dragon with her own hands. But in this perilous case, Lu Yiheng, the deputy captain of the criminal investigati 2Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 162 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—14d adds
- 163 Kiss Me as the Storm Draws Near 暴雨将至时吻你 [Sharp-tongued yet soft-hearted criminal investigation captain vs. reborn queen of the night|Two Alphas clash|A tense push and pull] When Meng Chengxiao first saw Chen Xi at a bar, she was being harassed by a few drunks and crying pitifully. His cousin was so smitten, he looked ready to tear out his own heart and give it to her. But on a stormy night, he saw it with his own eyes: the delicate young woman he’d thought so helpless ground her slender toe into a thug’s throat and took down six armed 889Reads8.2Score10514d adds
- 164 The Truth in the Ruins 废墟里的真相 Ganzhou is a city where prosperity and decay intertwine, its secrets hidden in every street and alley, unknown to all. Yu Lin is an ordinary beggar, living a life everyone overlooks and spending his days wandering the city's darkest corners. Yet Yu Lin has extraordinary powers of observation and deduction, often spotting the truth hidden in people's most casual gestures. One cold, snowy night, a bizarre murder takes place in Ganzhou. A man is found dead inside his own wardrobe, wearing a strange 6Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 165 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—14d adds
- 166 My Embalming Notes with the Agent 我和代行者的入殓手记 [Thrills + Heartwarming Moments + Redemption + Past and Present Lives] Do you believe someone could wait a hundred years for you? Bai Yan doesn’t. She’s just a junior makeup artist at a funeral home. Her only real skill is pretending she can’t see ghosts. But one early morning, she personally transfers a man’s seal onto herself. He lived to be 129, owes a life, and demands she repay him by doing ten things. This isn’t an evil spirit haunting her. It’s a madman who waited a hundred years for the —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 167 My Wife Is a Snake 我的老婆是条蛇 When I was born, nine snakes were coiled around the roof beams. They called it Nine Dragons Sending a Son, and it meant I’d face eighty-one calamities before turning nine. If I could get through them, I’d enjoy great wealth and success. To keep me alive, my grandfather made me marry a snake as my wife. He also had me marry into someone else’s family and take their surname… 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 168 I Delivered Food to the Dead 23 Times. The 24th Recipient Was Me 我给死人送了23次外卖，第24次收件人是我自己 I Delivered Takeout to the Dead 23 Times. The 24th Recipient Was Me 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 169 After My Sister Vanished, My Prosthetic Eye Started Sounding the Alarm 妹妹失踪后，我的义眼开始报警 Synopsis [Urban action and adventure + anti-scam survival + suspense] Former special police officer Jiang Che's younger sister, Jiang Yao, was lured by a high-paying job offer to the “Jinlan Federation” in Southeast Asia. He goes undercover alone to Blackstone Valley to search for clues. The tactical lens over his right eye can map the terrain, but it can't stop bullets. At the compound, he meets Cheng Ye, an imprisoned programmer; Wen Xi, an undercover female doctor; and Lao Zhong, an informant 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 170 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 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 171 I Run a Lifestyle Channel in a Horror Game 我在惊悚游戏里当生活区UP主 With 1.2 million yuan in debt, Lin Bei gets dragged into a horror game. While others flee, I film; while others scream, I livestream. The head nurse is chasing me with a knife? Perfect footage! Zombies are closing in? Let's dance together. I edit terrifying scenarios into comedy shows, pay off my debts with tips, and clear stages by putting on a show. The ghosts become my cast, and the audience becomes my backup. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 172 Murder in Doubt 谋杀疑云 In September 2006, the body of a young man was discovered in an abandoned villa on the outskirts of town. His hands were tied, and his body was kneeling. The killer had been careful and left no traces. Before long, another young man’s body was found. The method of murder was almost identical. But as the police continued their investigation, Captain Ma Wenchao gradually began to suspect someone he knew well. Yet that person had a perfect alibi for every one of the crimes. 118Reads—Score—14d adds
- 173 Psychological Crime: Death's Forewarning 心理罪：死亡预告 “Li Fei, you’ll be dead in ten days.” A text message from the future draws Li Fei, reassigned to the archives because of his odd personality, into a decade-old cold case. Impossible crimes keep unfolding, and one hidden secret after another comes to light. The past collides with the future, life intertwines with death, and the web of fate begins to spread. Who will have the last laugh? 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 174 Reborn in the Future: Fighting Back Against an Alien Invasion 重生未来：逆袭外星入侵 Reborn in the Future: Fighting Back Against an Alien Invasion 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 175 The Rise of the Immortal Clan: A Family Legend 仙族崛起：家族传奇 The Rise of the Immortal Clan: A Family Legend —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 176 Shadow Powers: Guardian of the City 影子异能：都市守护者 Shadow Powers: Urban Guardians 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 177 The Immortal Path of Theater: A Bizarre Legend 戏道仙途：怪诞传奇 The Way of the Immortals: Strange and Bizarre Legends 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 178 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—14d adds
- 179 The Seven-Day Mystery: Countdown to Judgment 七日迷局：审判倒计时 [When death becomes a bargaining chip in solving a mystery, would you wager your life to uncover the truth?] When Lu Chen received the last message from his missing sister, the phone screen was flashing a blood-red countdown: 7:00:00. The moment he stepped into the isolated island’s ancient castle, the iron gate slammed shut. Static crackled from an old radio: “Welcome to the 307th trial. Find the killer, or everyone will be buried here.” In the sealed dining room, seven wax figures represented 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 180 City Detective: Solving Cases Made Me Rich 都市神探：我靠破案致富奔小康 Lin Dong is an ordinary but confident and self-reliant young man who graduated with a civil engineering degree from a disreputable college. By chance, he gains a golden finger: the Wild Detective Training System. While investigating his first case, he awakens a second golden finger: the “Soul Portraitist.” With these two golden fingers, Lin Dong goes from working as a carpenter on construction sites to solving one case after another, earning rewards such as money and skills and building a pros 724Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 181 I Said I'd Collect Scrap, Not Solve Cases This Well 说好的收破烂，结果这么会破案 [Two powerful leads + devoted to each other + the supernatural + solving crimes + special affection + a touch of ensemble cast] A beautiful, formidable antique shop owner vs. a beautiful, tragic, formidable, unhinged CEO Wen Ci is the famously eccentric owner of a shop on Antique Street. She only takes goods from the dead. Jiang Yuhuai is the business world’s living King of Hell: signing contracts with his left hand and handling guns with his right. The two people who should never have crossed p 100Reads—Score—14d adds
- 182 Twilight Fairy Tale: The Scarlet Prelude to a Deathly Performance 暮色童话：死亡剧目的猩红前奏 Dark fairy tale, Infinite Flow, Cthulhu. Baisha kept having the same dream: a girl in a red hood falling from a church spire. Until she appeared before her, barefoot, gazing up, tears in her eyes… Only when every fairy tale had become a nightmare, and every effort led only to ruin, did Baisha finally understand: so-called hope was merely a bubble whose story had already been written; so-called salvation was nothing but a more splendid despair. This is a performance for the Sleeping God. This is 38Reads—Score—14d adds
- 183 Reborn as the Villainess Cannon Fodder, She Becomes the Mastermind Behind the Murders 穿成炮灰恶女，她干成凶案主理人 [Procedural crime drama + Female lead solves cases + One heroine, two love interests, two endings + Love triangle showdown] [Alluring policewoman × Ex-boyfriend in government service and from a powerful family × University professor] Zhuang Yanzhen transmigrated into a book, becoming the villainous supporting female character in a campus novel. But what did it mean that the book had already ended by the time she arrived? No System, no main plot, and she still had to struggle through choosing her 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 184 Case Files Group 3 档案组3 [Horror + mystery + deduction] (This story is entirely fictional.) With Wen Licheng joining the archives team, they face a series of unprecedented challenges. A bizarre string of murders shatters the peace of Xueyang City. The victims come from all walks of life, yet their deaths share an eerily similar pattern. Liu Yumin leads the members of the archives team as they swiftly throw themselves into the investigation. Archives Team 3 takes you into a world of mystery, danger, and warmth. Follow 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 185 Archives Unit 4 档案组4 [Horror + Suspense + Mystery] (This work is entirely fictional.) As we peeled back the layers of one mysterious case after another and searched for the truth, we journeyed through the first three installments of The Archives Team. Every case was a contest of wits and courage, and every investigation offered a profound glimpse into the good and evil of human nature. Now The Archives Team 4 is about to begin a new chapter, taking everyone once more into a world shrouded in mystery and challenges. 2Reads—Score214d adds
- 186 Oh No, the Unluckiest Girl Is Heaven's Own Daughter 夭寿了，倒霉蛋居然是天道亲闺女 # Oh No, the Unlucky One Is the Heavenly Dao’s Own Daughter Su Xiaoxiao died in the most ridiculous way imaginable: she choked on mouthwash! The moment she arrived in the underworld, she got VIP treatment. The King of Hell greeted her in person and dropped a bombshell: “You’re the Heavenly Dao’s own daughter. Someone stole your fate, which is why you’ve had ten years of bad luck!” To get her fate back, she signs a contract to become a ferryman, equipped with yin-yang eyes to guide the dead. O —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 187 A Socially Disastrous Smart Mouth Teams Up with a Madman to Crack Supernatural Cases 社死嘴炮带疯批，玄瞳破诡案 Solving Cases with Sharp Words, Loving My Wife with Madness While others solve cases with brute force, Ye Shaohuan relies on sharp words and his Mystic Eye: “I can see every little thought in the killer's mind!” A hotpot restaurant in Rongcheng hides a psychic node, a card table aboard a cruise ship conceals a deadly trap, and a strangled ghost in the Tang imperial palace hides a symmetrical code. He uses chili oil to break illusions and mahjong to unravel formations, silencing his superiors wit —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 188 Infinite Games: Magical Quick Transmigration Through Independent Worlds 无限游戏：独立世界的神奇快穿 University student He Zhiyu accidentally joins an unlimited quick-transmigration game. Every player has a spirit deity, and each adventure in a different instance gives them a new identity. They must complete the instance’s missions to escape. Completing missions earns points and rewards, and points can be exchanged for items in the spirit deity’s space to help clear the game. In the instances, He Zhiyu meets many companions who fight alongside him. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 189 Goodnight, Niuniu 晚安，妞妞 “Be good, Niuniu. It's time for bed.” Every nightfall, this gentle goodnight was part of the nightly routine Chen's wife shared with her three-year-old daughter, Niuniu. In everyone's eyes, Lin Wan, who had just moved in, was a kind, quiet, and even rather pitiful woman. She had just lost her own daughter. So when Mrs. Chen hurried to her door late one night, begging Lin Wan to look after Niuniu for the night, the trust seemed only natural. The lights went out. That was when the story truly bega —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 190 Cultivating Immortality Is No Match for Battling Weirdos 修仙不如斗奇葩 After transmigrating into the world of immortal cultivation, Lu Mingzhao wants only to stay alive and quietly pursue longevity. Unfortunately, everyone in his sect is a “drama queen”: his senior brother writes a blood letter for love, his second senior sister chases someone down with a blade over a romantic debt, his third martial uncle and the Demon Venerable accuse each other of being hopeless romantics, and his sect leader master elopes in the middle of the night, leaving a mess behind... Fac —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 191 The Whole Village Took a Tree as Their Godmother, Only to Discover a Thousand-Year Pact 全村认树做干娘，却发现千年契约 (The real-life inspiration for this ancient camphor tree truly exists.) Since childhood, Zhao Xun had regarded the ancient camphor tree at the entrance to his village as family. As his eighteenth birthday drew near, he received a bizarre message consisting of just three words: Don't come back. But a clue about his father, who had been missing for years, suddenly surfaced, and the red mark on his wrist was creeping toward his heart day by day. He had no choice but to return to Zhao Family Village 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 192 A Report on the Zero Chance of Murder During Holidays 关于节假日杀人可能性为零的报告 A Report on the Zero Probability of Holiday Murders 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 193 Xu Xiake's Travelogue: Strange Tales from Guizhou 徐霞客游记，黔中异闻录 Xu Xiake's Travel Notes, Strange Tales from the Heart of Guizhou 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 194 Orders Must Be Followed 令行有则 Pei Lingze, a clerk from Shazhou, is quick with both his tongue and his hands. Zhao Che, a Judicial Review official at the Court of Judicial Review, seems levelheaded but holds a grudge. An old coffin unearthed by the wind and sand sets them on a path through salt marshes, snowy mountains, and Jiangnan. One case follows another, and every clue points to the military provisions that vanished without a trace nine years ago. 42Reads—Score—14d adds
- 195 My Game Isn't That Scary, Really 我的游戏真没那么吓人 I hate horror. The hurried footsteps racing up behind me, the soft whispers circling my ears that send chills down my spine… Every bit of it. I hate it all. I hate it so much that once it reaches a certain point, I throw up. But I’m a horror game developer. So, since I’m not cut out for this, I’ve decided to quit. And yet… [Congratulations! You have activated the Horror Game Developer System] No, I don’t want it. Let me quit. ※Warning: Your world may undergo some changes. This is the story of a 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 196 Years on the Police Beat: Setting Out in 1983 警途岁月：从八三出发 Zhou Jianshe had spent his whole life being a pushover. The day after he retired, he suffered a heart attack, and when he opened his eyes, he was back in 1983, once again twenty-one years old and freshly graduated from the police academy. The major cases and cold cases he failed to solve in his previous life, he closed one by one with his own hands this time. In this life, he would no longer be a pushover. 47Reads—Score414d adds
- 197 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—14d adds
- 198 Criminal Investigation Consultant Lin Chen 刑侦顾问林辰 Lin Chen, the youngest criminal psychology professor at the provincial public security department, suffered a fatal setback at the peak of his career. A profile that was supposedly one hundred percent accurate sent an innocent courier to prison, while the real killer struck again ten months later. He tore up the honors he had earned over ten years with his own hands, wrote the words “resigning to take responsibility,” and disappeared for three whole months. When he resurfaced, he had become the 281Reads—Score—14d adds
- 199 The Chinatown Case Files 唐人街探案实集 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 200 Detective Jia 贾案侦探 [Mystery + detective + case-solving + deduction + no System + mind-bending cases + steadily unfolding plot] A locked-room murder leads to an antiques donation case from years ago. A ruthless killer lurking in the shadows carefully assassinates the people who know what the police have discovered, cutting off every lead. But evidence of a crime never disappears, and the law's net may be wide, but no criminal can slip through forever. 26Reads—Score—14d adds
