Novels like Undercover: Lost in the Shadows
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- 51 The Little Sunshine Is Selfish and Sharp-Tongued 小太阳她自私又毒舌 The Little Sun Is Selfish and Sharp-Tongued 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 After I Learned Her Secret, She Took Me to the Civil Affairs Bureau 我知道她的秘密后，她却带我去了民政局 After I Learned Her Secret, She Took Me to the Civil Affairs Bureau 1.5kReads—Score3314d adds
- 53 The Invincible Mountain Village Miracle Doctor 无敌山村神医 Feel-good medical fiction | Rags-to-riches comeback | Farming and fortune Xiang Yunfei, an orphan with an intellectual disability, had endured countless sneers. While helping a friend, he unexpectedly awakened a divine healer’s inheritance! One needle cures a hundred illnesses, one medicine brings the dead back to life! From then on, the village bully feared him, his neighbors respected him, and beautiful women fell for him! Put the worst troublemakers in their place, heal the sick and save live 8.3kReads8.9Score96714d adds
- 54 The Secret Histories of the Four Great Beauties 四大美人秘史 [The Four Beauties, classical historical romances, complete uncensored public-domain editions, stories of celebrated women in history, ancient tales] This complete collection contains the original, unabridged texts of The Romance of Xishi, The Romance of Wang Zhaojun, The Romance of Yang Guifei, and The Romance of Diaochan. It recounts the turbulent lives of the Four Beauties, whose beauty was said to make fish forget to swim, geese forget to fly, the moon hide, and flowers blush. Together, thes 526Reads9.2Score10014d adds
- 55 The Discarded Prince Is Granted a Marriage and Uses Technology to Strengthen the Nation 废物皇子被赐婚，用科技强国 For male readers: Top scientist Li Xiaoyun is brutally assassinated. In an instant, he transmigrates into the body of a useless prince, despised by the court and bullied by everyone. His start is a death sentence: Lin Wan'er, his beloved and future crown princess, runs away from their wedding in front of everyone. His birth mother, a former dynasty's princess, gives her life to protect him. The furious emperor exiles him to the freezing, desolate province of Huangzhou. He is called a vassal prin 6.8kReads9.3Score73914d adds
- 56 C-Rank Appraiser? I Command the Supreme Treasures of All Ages c级鉴宝？我执掌万代至尊 In the year 2012, a dark star hung in the sky, and dimensional rifts of every size tore open around the world, unleashing countless monsters. Human firearms barely harmed them. But Source Crystals began to grow all over the world, and people who came into contact with them started awakening special talents, giving humanity a way to fight back. Even so, humanity endured sixty years of darkness. It was only when the Twelve Kings of Mankind had fully come into their own that humans could stand toe 121Reads—Score414d adds
- 57 On My Wedding Day, My Fiancé Eloped Overnight with My Sister-in-Law, So I Chose Someone Better 大婚之日，未婚夫和嫂嫂连夜私奔，我另择良人 On my wedding day, my fiancé eloped with my sister-in-law in the middle of the night, so I chose someone else 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 The Age of Turmoil 折腾时代 Life is all about taking chances! In that restless age, Li Anran works in a big city, and her dream is about to come true. But when she returns to Qinzhou for a funeral, she's practically put under house arrest and told to stay and work in the small city. Zhang Huifei has the talent to get into one of China's top universities, but he unexpectedly fails the college entrance exam. To make sure his sister Li Anran can stay in Qinzhou without worries, he starts stirring things up... As a result, Li 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 The Village: Carefree Divine Healer 村野，逍遥神医 [Feel-Good Rural Fiction + Farming Your Way to Success] The meek old farmer Niu Dagen unexpectedly awakens the cultivation techniques from his past life! From then on, Niu Dagen coasts to success in the countryside, growing crops, building wealth, curing the sick, and face-slapping bullies. He lives a carefree life and turns a poor mountain village into a paradise on earth! See how Niu Dagen uses his heaven-defying cultivation techniques to enjoy a happy rural life that even the immortals envy! 488Reads7.7Score10614d adds
- 60 The Commandery Princess Is Reborn and Back for Revenge 郡主重生杀回来了 Zhang Jiayue, the Princess of Yufang, was talked into visiting the Sure-Win Gambling House by her half-brother and the Third Prince. She brought along her childhood friend Jiang Yunzhao. After winning at first, she began to lose and got hopelessly hooked, borrowing a million taels of silver. The gambling house came after her to collect, bringing down both the Prince’s and Marquis’s households. She was killed, too. Unable to let go, she was reborn on the road as the gambling house’s collectors cl 410Reads8.1Score10014d adds
- 61 Reborn in the Glory of a Golden Age 重生之盛世年华 (Rebirth + space + possessiveness + devoted couple + family life + slow-burn romance) She won the lottery for the first time, but one sentence from her own mother made her die of anger. When she opened her eyes again, she discovered she had been reborn at eighteen, in the college entrance exam hall, holding the exam papers her mother had forced her to fill out for four years. If you were reborn at eighteen, what would you do? Would you seize the opportunity and use your memories to become a self 1.1kReads—Score11314d adds
- 62 A Thousand Faces in One Performance 一戏千面 Stabbed through the heart by the master he revered most from the start, I somehow survived! Instead, I transmigrated to another world and awakened the [Thousand-Faced Divine Core]! [Divine Core awakened. Illusory Disguise activated!] [Warning: This Divine Core is widely recognized as the most useless. It can only change your appearance and has no offensive power!] Good-for-nothing? With a B-rank ferocious beast chasing me, I panicked on the spot. [Activating: Illusory Disguise!] [60% of spiritua 495Reads—Score9714d adds
- 63 Dreams of the Golden Vase 金瓶梦迷 The moon over Linqing shines on the Customs House sails Whose romance does the Qing River hide at night? Cooking smoke drifts over Zishi Street, through centuries gone by Who still awaits that unfinished fate? Embroidered shoes shatter the bluestone path The wine's fragrance has intoxicated countless eyes Lights flicker atop Lion Tower, like the passing years Who, behind the curtain, secretly clicks the abacus? Plum blossoms in a golden vase, who pities the ill-fated beauty? A pot of springtime 2.4kReads—Score17514d adds
- 64 Making the Most of a Life Full of Ups and Downs 玩转跌宕起伏的人生 [Traditional] [Period] [Romance] [Countryside] [Ensemble Cast] [Revenge] [The 1980s] [Strong Female Lead] [Comeback] [Inspirational]… Li Huiping was bright and talented, but while preparing for the high school entrance exam, she spent time tutoring Qiao Shan, the classmate she had a crush on, and lost the chance to prepare for the exam herself. As a result, she missed out on getting into a key high school. After the exams, Qiao Shan ignored her. Heartbroken, Huiping saw through men’s fickleness 219Reads8.4Score10614d adds
- 65 The Deadly Treasure Hunter 绝命大藏家 [Entirely handcrafted, with no AI involved + adapted from industry secrets + authentic antique appraisals with photos and text + a mogul’s redemption] After more than forty years in the antique trade, twenty-eight years robbing tombs, and fifteen years faking antiques, sixty-year-old Ma Wangye had finally washed his hands of the business and planned to enjoy his retirement. Who could have guessed that on New Year’s Eve, someone would kill him with a pickaxe in front of Old Wangye’s grave? His li 49.6kReads8.8Score5.7k14d adds
- 66 The Misadventures of a Cultivator 苦逼修仙传 Unable to visit a brothel, unable to die, he unexpectedly obtains a useless immortal artifact: "Young man! From this day forward, you will defy fate, crush every genius in your path, marry a beautiful, wealthy woman, and reach the pinnacle of life!!" From martial arts to qinggong, internal arts, heart sutras, flying on swords, riding dragons and treading on jiaolong, spiritual power, immortal arts... Not an invincible protagonist story, not mindless, not a System story, mostly lighthearted and f 876Reads—Score10514d adds
- 67 Grab It! If You Don’t Snatch the Golden Finger, Who Will? 抢啊！金手指都不抢，要留给谁？ She is Daipa, the strongest shaman of the Black Miao tribe. She can divine the future and is skilled in poisons and gu magic. Her moods are unpredictable, and a pure black kitten is always at her side. She is Gu Qingcheng, a timid educated youth sent to the countryside after being set up. Someone schemed to make her take another woman’s place as a bride, and she lost her life as a result. She is Ma Xiaotiao, an older single woman whom her relatives think will never get married. She has been stuc 369Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 The History of an Embroidered Bed 绣榻野史 “The Embroidered Couch” alludes to the secrets hidden deep within women's quarters and behind brocade curtains, while “Unofficial History” signals that this book recounts court intrigues and street-side tales absent from the official record, passed around by the common folk. Through the case of an honest family in Jiangnan forced into prostitution, the novel lays bare the dark picture of the Jiajing era of the Great Ming, where officials and merchants collude, corruption runs rampant, and the pe 1.6kReads—Score13414d adds
- 69 What Do You Mean, Wicked Heiress? That’s How We’ll Always Love Her 什么恶毒千金，那是我们永远爱她的心 What do you mean, wicked heiress? That's the heart that will always love her. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 Li Hongzhang: The Plasterer of the Qing Empire 李鸿章：大清帝国的裱糊匠 This is a sweeping historical portrait of Li Hongzhang's life, built around the metaphor of “learning to steer on a broken ship.” Beginning with a newborn's cries in the Li family home in Luzhou in 1823 and ending with his lonely final days at Xianliang Temple in 1901, the book follows the course of time to recreate the turbulent life of this high-ranking official of the late Qing. He was an ambitious scholar pursuing success in the imperial examinations, who honed his character under Zeng Guofa 3.9kReads7.9Score23514d adds
- 71 Reborn, Yet Still Unable to Escape That Freak 重生了还是摆脱不了那个变态 Even After Being Reborn, I Still Can’t Get Away from That Freak 33Reads—Score114d adds
- 72 Muscles and Heartbeats at the Gym: The Dumbbell 健身房的肌理与心跳之哑铃 Dumbbells: Muscle and Heartbeats at the Gym 1.8kReads—Score2214d adds
- 73 The Fanfic I Wrote Actually Replaced the Original!? 我写的同人文竟然代替了原著！？ The fanfiction I wrote actually replaced the original work!? 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 After the Divorce, Dr. Su Caught the Eye of a Powerful Man 离婚后，苏医生被大佬盯上了 [Season One of the motion comic is now available] [The early chapters focus on family disputes, with more emphasis on her career] [The male lead appears later] [It only gets better as the story goes] She's a cold, sharp cardiothoracic surgeon who wields a scalpel and is divorced with a child. He's a roguishly handsome power player with connections in both the underworld and the legitimate world. It was love at first sight for him, and he won't stop pursuing her. Then there's a gentle, refined yo 60.7kReads8.8Score6.9k14d adds
- 75 Dragon’s Roar in the Northern Frontier 朔北龙吟 Transmigrated into a frontier army scout, he found himself facing tens of thousands of Tiele cavalry from the start. A series of covert battles and mysteries unfolds around a royal secret: twenty years ago, someone tried to force the Grand Princess into marriage. The emperor enters the game himself, pitting his wits against all the powers at play. Schemes within schemes, plots within plots, each conspiracy linked to the next. See how the protagonist faces this treacherous crisis, growing from a 16.9kReads9.2Score1.9k14d adds
- 76 We’ll Break Up Eventually. Who Are You Talking About? 迟早要分——你说谁？ We’re Bound to Break Up Sooner or Later, Who Are You Talking About? 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 Taking My Sister-in-Law on the Path to Immortality 带嫂子修仙记 The rating has just been posted and will rise later. A mortal's journey, with steady growth. Sun Dongliang and his sister-in-law were sold together and sent deep into the mountains to toil. They were destined to be buried there for the rest of their lives. But he had a mysterious treasure bottle. It could automatically detect and capture spirit beasts! It could remove impurities and turn junk into treasure! His low-grade cultivation techniques could be directly enhanced into high-grade technique 26.7kReads8.5Score2k14d adds
- 78 Zuo Zongtang: The Late Qing Dynasty's Last Hawk 左宗棠：晚清最后的鹰派 At its heart, this book is about a practical-minded reformer amid the upheavals of the late Qing dynasty. Spanning the years from 1812 to 1885, it vividly portrays the extraordinary life of Zuo Zongtang, from a poor scholar in Xiangyin to a high-ranking provincial official. The book recounts his early studies of statecraft and his years of obscurity after failing the metropolitan examination three times. It also details his military career: raising the Chu Army to suppress the Taiping Rebellion 16.2kReads8.6Score90114d adds
- 79 I Thought I Was Here to Pick Up Girls, So How Did I End Up Cultivating Immortality? 说好泡妞，怎么修了仙 [Wish fulfillment + multiple female leads + dual cultivation + System + urban cultivation + no mindless decisions] (The rating just came out and will rise.) The last female Emperor of the Immortal Realm perishes. Her remnant soul drifts for thirteen thousand years before transforming into the “Love-and-Wealth Tycoon System” and binding itself to the destitute Lin Xu. The System alternately pressures and persuades him to approach one beautiful woman after another, tempering his cultivation throu 16.9kReads7.0Score1.8k14d adds
- 80 The Southern Border Witch Is So Possessive, She Wants to Marry Me the Moment We Meet 南疆巫女太偏执，奔现就要定终身 Lu Yan, a second-year college student, meets an online friend named A-Wu on an anonymous social platform in his spare time. They hit it off chatting through the screen. Lu Yan is only looking for a bit of entertainment, and casually says plenty of sweet, affectionate things, never imagining anyone would take them seriously. He never could have guessed that the girl on the other side of the screen came from an ancient Nuo-witch village in southern Xinjiang, cut off from the outside world. The vil 35Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 Back to the 1980s: From the Start, I Cut Ties with My Family 重回八零：开局断亲斩亲缘 Tang Guangyuan has suffered from asthma since childhood, enduring years of hardship and abuse at the hands of his family. After his biological mother beat his own son, who was not yet three years old, Tang resolutely cut ties with her entire family. Overcome with rage and resentment, he unexpectedly became reborn, his soul coming from his modern-day self in the future. After being reborn, Tang Guangyuan awakened the “Farming Spirit Spring System.” The spirit spring water not only cured his ast 682Reads—Score3814d adds
- 82 Urban: A Beautiful Mature Woman Sets Her Sights on Me from the Start 都市：开局美妇赖上我 [Urban dual cultivation + all the beauties + exhilarating plot + decisive and merciless + multiple heroines] Xu Xiaofan is devoted to his girlfriend, but one day, an alluring married woman unexpectedly invites him into her car. Inside, she tells him that his girlfriend has been sleeping with her husband. After learning that his girlfriend has betrayed him, Xu Xiaofan breaks up with her for good. No one knows that he is actually a hidden cultivator. After suffering heartbreak and humiliation, he 39.9kReads7.8Score3.5k14d adds
- 83 A Slacker at Work, Who Stumbled into the Rich-People Fast Lane 摆烂打工人，误闯富人赛道 A slacker office worker accidentally wanders into the rich kids’ world 69Reads—Score114d adds
- 84 Remembering the Years as the Seas Changed 沧海桑田忆年年 My father and Uncle Wang Si, whom he had begged for help from among the neighbors, rode along an unknown little road dusted with snow, just as dawn began to break. Their whips cracked through the silent morning with a crisp, swirling sound. One cart carried the last of our corn kernels in burlap sacks, a few battered water jars, and four large geese. The other held pots and pans, the furniture that was still usable, and some clothes that had been worn by who knew how many children. All the quilt 1.8kReads8.9Score13914d adds
- 85 A Love Story from Majia Village 马家庄的爱情故事 In a village so ordinary it could not be more ordinary, the hardworking bachelor Li Daqing and his neighbor Er Feng spend every day working in the fields, rising with the sun and resting at sundown. They have no extraordinary talents. With only their hands and their strength, they cultivate the barren land, filling their hardship-filled days with verdant growth in the courtyard and the warmth of everyday life. 9.4kReads8.7Score51614d adds
- 86 Reborn: A Sweet Campus Romance, A Different First Love 重生校园小甜文：换一个初恋 Reborn: A Sweet School Romance, A Different First Love 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 Reborn in 1990: From Having a Baby to Making My Way in the World 重生九零，从生娃开始闯荡江湖 [No goody-two-shoes] [Period] [Underworld] [Passionate] [Decisive and ruthless] [Multiple heroines + wish fulfillment] Xu Lin is reborn in the 1990s and activates the More Children, More Blessings System. 11.4kReads6.9Score81214d adds
- 88 Trembling Kisses in His Arms 于他怀中颤吻 [Unhinged, possessive young master × sweet girl who gets a thorough comeuppance after trying to seduce him] Fu Shaoting is at the very top of the powerful elite in the capital, with an arrogant, handsome face to match. Fang Tang had secretly loved him for eight years, and every time, she tried to come up with an excuse to cover it up. “I had no choice...” - When her lie was exposed, Fu Shaoting proposed a marriage of convenience, and Fang Tang agreed. He sneered: “So you can sleep with me and th 658Reads—Score10614d adds
- 89 The Square Dance Leader Returned to the Village and Accidentally Made the Whole Place Famous 广场舞领队回村，一不小心带火整个村子 The Square Dance Leader Returns to the Village and Accidentally Makes the Whole Village a Hit 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 The Righteous Sect's Leader Slacks Off, and the Female Demon Comes Knocking 正道第一宗摆烂，女魔头找上门了 [Defying the master and seducing the disciple + multiple heroines + a touch of yandere + System + daydream simulations + angst and sweetness, but overwhelmingly sweet] [Also known as: Daydream Simulation: Why Are the Fairies Showing Up at My Door?] My name is Xie Ci. I was raised by a beautiful master and grew up in the foremost sect of the righteous path. But my talent is mediocre. Okay, it's terrible. After eighteen years of cultivation, I'm only at the ninth level of Qi Refining and just can' 20Reads—Score114d adds
- 91 The Handsome Xiao Xian's Fifth Book 帅气的肖先的第5本书 A new work is out! You can read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy them. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 5.3kReads9.0Score44114d adds
- 92 Reborn in the 1980s! No Regrets!!! 重生八零！不留遗憾！！！ Reborn in 1980! No regrets!!! 331Reads—Score514d adds
- 93 Past and Present Lives, All to Meet My Soulmate 前世今生，只为遇见有缘人 Women's Fiction: The Son-in-Law Is Actually the Crown Prince. A spiritual spring space that heals illnesses, a widow's son-in-law who is the Crown Prince, immortal cultivation and farming to wealth, and a princess with two souls who shakes the world. A top police doctor from the 21st century ➜ a country widow raising three children. Her mother-in-law calls her a jinx and wants her dead. She saves a man, battered and covered in blood. He begs her to take him in. Taking pity on him, she has him s 4.8kReads9.5Score83614d adds
- 94 My Mom Regretted It After She Forced Me Into Prison 把我逼进监狱后我妈后悔了 After Driving Me Into Prison, My Mother Regretted It 2.3kReads—Score—14d adds
- 95 Touring Ancient Times with an Arsenal 带着军火逛古代 (Alternate history + multiple heroines + pocket dimension + modern weapons + conquest + unlimited supplies) In a chaotic age of famine, the harvest fails and people resort to eating their own children. I can travel between two worlds and have unlimited supplies and weapons. Watch me save the world and build a paradise where people can live in peace and prosperity. 12.8kReads7.9Score1.4k14d adds
- 96 The Carefree Mountain Village Divine Doctor 逍遥山村神医 [Alluring countryside, passionate sister-in-law, multiple heroines, rags-to-riches comeback] While in college, Fan Yunpeng offended the powerful and had one of his legs broken. He returned to his village and took up work as a pig castrator. Then, by a stroke of luck, he obtained an immortal inheritance and became a master healer. From then on, he soared to success... 10.5kReads8.9Score1.5k14d adds
- 97 God of Chaos! 混沌之神！ [This book is also known as: Nine Revolutions Profound Art | In the later stages, Xin Mo will overpower the Great Sage and Erlang, because he cultivates the complete Nine Revolutions Profound Art.] [An exceptionally long character-growth arc in the early stages] [Every five chapters form a little story arc. I put my heart into every word, and hope you enjoy it!] Civilization has fallen, a new age of chaos has begun, and humanity's darkest impulses spread without end... He emerged from the chaos 10.2kReads—Score86514d adds
- 98 Shining with Stars 闪耀含星 Reborn + space + special abilities + mutually devoted romance + stone gambling Hacker, beautiful pharmacist, military-family heiress vs. the mightiest soldier king For thirty-five years, her parents kept her under their thumb. They arranged for her to donate bone marrow to her cousin, causing her to miss the high school entrance exam. She became their favorite target for bullying. Every chore in the house, big or small, was dumped on her, and whenever anyone was in a bad mood, beatings and insul 3.5kReads8.3Score39614d adds
- 99 The Doomsday Survivor Transmigrates into a Pitiful Bride in the 1960s 末世苟王穿成六零替嫁小可怜 (Transmigration + period setting + both virgins + pocket dimension + military marriage) She was the most vengeful survivor in the apocalypse, but after someone close to her grievously wounded her, they threw her into a horde of zombies. She was the sidekick to the eldest daughter of the Qian family in the capital. Just because she was pretty, they poisoned her and deliberately fed her hormones, turning her into a fat, ugly scapegoat. Now the apocalypse’s most vengeful survivor has transmigrated 4.1kReads8.5Score42914d adds
- 100 In Search of Fate in the Weiwei Realm 寻命维维界 The protagonist, Liu Zhongyi, transmigrates to the world of Weiwei, where two great guardian gods descend from the heavens and identify him as the chosen one… In this world, cultivating immortality is forbidden. He must find five beautiful women, each associated with one of the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, and gain supernatural powers in order to save the world of Weiwei… This is a lighthearted comedy, full of foreshadowing, gripping twists, and constant surprises. Join 846Reads8.6Score—14d adds
