Novels like Tales from the Countryside: One Ghost Story Per Chapter
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- 151 I Was Ready to Prove the Saying 'Never Look Down on a Poor Young Man' Wrong, Then Found Out My Fiancée Was My Childhood Sweetheart 准备莫欺少年穷发现未婚妻是青梅 [Multiple Heroines] [Passionate Supernatural Martial Arts] [Academy Setting] [Light Novel] [No Toxic Drama or Angst] A century after the Great Cataclysm, the Federation was founded. Civilization rebuilt itself from the brink of destruction, and city-states rose again from the ruins. In Year 496 of the Federation, inside the humble workshop of an 'ordinary alchemist': "There's another path: artificial gods, Original Sin armaments, the [Fallen Angel]." "Hey, Old Yang, is that really something you 502Reads—Score11714d adds
- 152 Chronicles of Strange Tales from Jiuzhou 九州怪谈录 Every mountain and river in this land conceals secrets unknown to most. When night falls, the eerie tales that have lain dormant through the ages quietly awaken... From the boundless snowy plains of the Northeast to the damp, rainy lanes of Lingnan, from the desolate Gobi of the Northwest to the secluded waterways of Jiangnan, every region has given rise to its own strange lore. A shaman's whispers echo beneath Changbai Mountain, the corpse-driving bells of western Hunan pierce the thick fog, ee 112Reads—Score—14d adds
- 153 The Strange Tales of Yishan 沂山诡异录 [Supernatural horror] [Romance] [Dark humor] [Thrilling and stirring] [A short, intense read]: My name is Chen Mo. Twenty years ago, my childhood friend Li Dong nearly drowned in a rainstorm. After being rescued, his personality changed drastically, and his whole family moved away, leaving behind only a mysterious stone. Twenty years later, my father falls gravely ill, and I return to my hometown of Yishan. An anonymous package arrives soon after, containing that very stone. My father identifi 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 154 Yi Fanchen 亦凡尘 Mei Yifan has five-element waste spiritual roots, a talent universally deemed worthless in the cultivation world. At the Spirit Testing Platform, five pillars of light rise just a foot high. The entire crowd laughs: “A waste-rooted nobody dares come to the Xuantian Sword Sect?” They don't know that a black lotus lies within him: the only Primordial Chaos spiritual root in a million years. They also don't know that a shoddy tower, notorious for bringing disaster, lives in his Violet Mansion. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 155 Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio: The Paper Bride 聊斋灵异故事：纸妻 Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio: The Paper Wife 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 156 Don't Look Down, There's a Ghost Beneath You 别低头，地下有鬼 Don't Look Down, There's a Ghost Below —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 157 Paranormal Ghost Story: The Lingering Yin Debt 灵异鬼故事：残阴债 A Ghost Story: The Lingering Yin Debt 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 158 Don't Touch That Red Coffin 别碰那口红棺 Don't Touch That Red Coffin 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 159 The Fallen Star’s Path 殒星之路 [Two Powerful Leads + Life-or-Death Competition + Memory Loss and Recovery + Multiple Identities + Academy] The Fallen Star Competition has opened once again, but this time it has undergone sweeping changes compared to previous editions. The contestants now possess “phantom power,” something past competitors never had, and the live broadcast System, which had been cut off, has resumed. “The winner of the Fallen Star Competition can have everything.” In every world where the broadcast can be watc 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 160 The Cage of Human Consciousness 人类意识囚笼 I am Subject Alpha, the museum’s most precious exhibit: the last pure human consciousness. Countless people from the future come to watch me every day and mock my “primitive emotions.” The only one keeping me company is an AI robot named Stardust. Whenever I’m on the verge of breaking down, it silently hands me an energy shot. Until one day, a little girl pointed at me and said, “Mom, that robot looks like it’s crying.” The museum director suddenly shut off every camera and knelt before me. “Sir —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 161 After I Transmigrated Into a Book, My White Lotus Sister Was Stunned 穿书后白莲花妹妹傻眼了 After transmigrating into a book, her white-lotus little sister is dumbfounded. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 162 The Reborn Legitimate Daughter Goes on a Rampage, and the Abstinent Regent Begs Her Every Night 重生嫡女杀疯了禁欲摄政王夜夜哄 In her previous life, Shen Zhuohua, the legitimate daughter of the Duke Who Guards the Nation, was tricked by her stepmother and raised in the countryside for ten years. When she returned to the capital, she believed her stepmother was kind and her younger sister was good-hearted. She had no idea she had already walked into a death trap. Her maternal family was slaughtered, her personal maid died a horrible death, and on her wedding night, her husband forced her to drink poisoned wine with his o 2.8kReads—Score32814d adds
- 163 Chronicles of the Northern and Southern Jianghu 南北江湖录 When Qin Shi Huang unified the land, he standardized the written language and the width of cart axles, bringing a qualitative leap to the martial arts of the realm. After the Five Barbarians ravaged China, many martial arts traditions were lost among the people. In this chaotic age, who can "make the righteous path their very bones and blood, and act for all under heaven!" 17Reads—Score114d adds
- 164 Afterlife Notes: The Eyeless Locust Tree Maiden Bonus Story: Blood Silkworm Thread 还魂笔记之无眼槐娘番外：血蚕丝 Afterlife Notes: The Eyeless Locust Tree Maiden Bonus Story: Blood Cocoon Silk 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 165 Afterlife Notes Bonus Story: The Corpse Stitcher 还魂笔记番外篇：缝尸匠 Afterlife Notes: Bonus Story: The Corpse Stitcher 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 166 Battling the Strange: A Thousand Autumns 2, Longing Through the Flowering Season 斗诡千秋2花期意难平 My name is Ai Dong. Everyone else calls me a convict. Why must sheep huddle inside their pens on the grasslands at night? Because what lies beyond the fence is no longer just a legend. The danger is real. Demons, fiends, ghosts, and monsters are no longer creatures from myths. They lurk in the darkness, watching and waiting. When humanity lost its kindness and the world turned cruel, a Heavenly Road that had been closed for a hundred years suddenly descended upon the mortal world. Take eight hu —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 167 The Noble Lady and Me, Back from the Eastern Front 贵族千金与东线归来的我 [Multiple heroines] [Slice of life] [War] Fifty thousand men went to the Eastern Front. Fewer than eight thousand came back alive. Henry was one of those eight thousand. An orphan, he was thrown into battle before he could graduate from military academy. After he managed to survive, his superiors gave him a medal, the rank of second lieutenant, and a mission: Go to the western fortress city of Waldenburg and “look after” the daughter of a general under house arrest. Before he left, an intelligen 160Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 168 The Exquisite Brothel 唯美淫墟 Warning: This novel is a magical-realist social drama that uses the supernatural to expose how people are dehumanized by today's warped exam-driven education system. It contains biting satire and sharp criticism, which may be controversial or upsetting. Please read with care. “The harm caused by the eight-legged essay was equal to that of burning books, and its destruction of talent was worse than the slaughter outside Xianyang.” Fan Jin, from The Scholars, had his flesh, blood, and soul draine 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 169 The Black Lotus Zhen Huan: Kicking Aside the Scoundrel Emperor to Rule in Her Own Right 黑莲花甄嬛：踹开渣帝，自立为皇 Having seen the vast skies and boundless lands of the modern world, Zhen Huan can no longer bear waiting for life or death behind the vermilion walls. On the first night after being reborn in the Forbidden City, she gazes at her youthful reflection in the mirror, and a thought spreads like wildfire: If I cannot return to that age of freedom, then I will build a city of freedom here with my own hands. In this life, she will no longer fight the concubines or pine after romantic love. She will turn 41Reads—Score—14d adds
- 170 A Mortal's Cultivation Through a Hundred Lifetimes 凡人百世修 A rainy night in the city. Delivery rider Ye Tian has a broken leg. A rich heir presses his face underfoot and sneers, asking whether an ant knows its place. Ye Tian says nothing. He is simply leafing through the memories of his ninety-nine past lives. In his first life, he was a Northern Song judicial commissioner who solved cases like a god. In his second, he was a Ming Dynasty imperial guard, ruthless and decisive. In his third, he was a wandering starfarer who wiped out a whole clan with a s 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 171 Slaying Demons with Nothing but Throwing Knives 斩妖，我只用飞刀 Ten years down and out, yet my flying daggers are still sharp. I slay demons in the mortal world, and I was invincible all along! On a snowy night in the small Liang Kingdom, when the talented scholar Li Xunhuan downed his nineteenth cup of wine in a brothel, two pieces of news reached him: His father, the Duke Who Guards the Nation, had died suddenly, and his childhood sweetheart, Empress Lin Yuwei, had gone mad. Ten years ago, his family drove him away. He abandoned his career and the woman he 271Reads—Score—14d adds
- 172 Alien Insect Queen 异星虫母 My name is Li Tianling, and I’m an utterly ordinary college student. When I woke up one day, I found myself in an unknown world. My body seemed to have changed for some reason: it could “melt” and absorb all kinds of substances. The parts that melted off my body even turned into bugs, which could split into different species and obey my commands. After escaping the place where I’d awakened, I made my way into a forest, where there seemed to be even greater dangers. How was I supposed to survive. 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 173 Sprunki: The Misfit Who Defies Labels sprunki：不被定型的异类 A Sprunki fanfic. Blood and death blanket this land, while the clouds of war drift over the city. Gray, the embodiment of a demon, scrapes by in the city's shadows. He's weak, so very weak... The supernatural, the uncanny, the gods, Golden Men, sinners, and a corrupt government of the original humans, “I offer you everything I have in exchange for your protection.” “Granted.” Under the protection of Black, whose moods swing wildly, and Wenda, whose mental state is unstable, Gray is safe, for now 87Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 174 Tales of Folk Monsters: Ghosts and the Supernatural! 民间怪谈录，灵异鬼怪！ A forbidden book recording eerie tales and strange rumors from Chinese folk tradition · Wet footprints in an old house late at night · A stranger in an ancestral mirror · Footprints walking backward on the seventh night after a death · A packed audience in an abandoned theater What makes this book special: · Each story stands on its own · Based on real folk legends · Authentic Chinese horror atmosphere · Short and gripping, perfect for reading on the go Reading warnings: · Best read during the d 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 175 Wind Rider: The All-Around Divine Doctor of the City 御风者：都市全能神医 Duan Lang, an impoverished student of traditional Chinese medicine, believes in the existence of cultivators and persists in his own training. By chance, he develops true qi during class, setting off an extraordinary journey that changes his fate. He acts as a shield for the pure-hearted campus belle, becomes acquainted with a mature female CEO while rescuing a beauty, treats an alluring teacher, and helps a beautiful special forces soldier return to the battlefield… All kinds of gorgeous women 50Reads—Score—14d adds
- 176 The Return of the Venerable Lord: Sweeping Across the Myriad Worlds 宸尊归来：横扫诸天万界 Zheng Yechen, the Supreme Lord of Wuji, was betrayed by both his beloved wife and his closest friend during his tribulation to become a god. His body and soul were destroyed, leaving only a wisp of his soul to fall onto Blue Star and enter the body of a young man who had just been hunted down and killed. His divine soul was damaged, leaving him dazed and confused for three years. During that time, he became a spineless live-in son-in-law, until his wife forced him to divorce her. Then his soul r 4Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 177 Single Peak 单峰 In the martial world, everyone is fated to a short life This story has two protagonists, one in the north and one in the south, whose lives echo one another from afar. The plot unfolds layer by layer, and the story has been a long time in the making, so it takes its time. The world is vast, and there is no mindless padding, so read with confidence! The Beitang swordsman Liao Wuhen travels alone across the martial world, north and south, seeking the killer who took the life of the woman he loved 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 178 Reborn Lady Official: I Enter the Game, Move the Pieces, and Protect My Family and Country 女官重生，入局执棋护家国 In her previous life, Hong De, the innocent daughter of a Minister of State, admired the Third Prince and gave him all the annotated military texts her father treasured, helping him win the position of heir. But on the eve of their wedding, the Third Prince and her closest friend conspired to frame her, accusing the Hong family of colluding with the enemy. Her entire family was executed, and she was forced to drink poison before her body was discarded in a dry well. When she opened her eyes agai —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 179 Wasn’t I Supposed to Be in Qi Refining? Why Did I Contract Four Divine Beasts? 说好炼气期，咋契约了四大神兽？ On my first day in the cultivation world, the System told me to choose a divine beast as my mount. I chose “pig” instead, and the whole crowd burst out laughing. Then the Demon Lord led an army of thousands to attack. The little pig beneath me lazily stretched out a hoof, and four towering phantoms of divine beasts emerged from the clouds. The Demon Lord fell to his knees, mount and all, in terror. “Father!” 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 180 Return to the North: A Lifetime of Watching Through Wind and Snow 望北归：风雪中的半生守望 In 1957, Soviet engineer Andrei was ordered to return home, leaving behind divorce papers and an unborn child. Amid the fractures of the times and society’s prejudice, Nian Suwan raised her foreign-looking son, Hua Zi, alone. When she was desperate, Doctor He Xiangming offered her and the child shelter through marriage, and the two supported each other through the long years that followed. More than thirty years later, the Soviet Union collapsed, and Andrei returned in disgrace, hoping to make a 5Reads—Score114d adds
- 181 Lord of the Dustbound Cosmos 尘缘宙主 [Modern urban romance + fantasy + destiny + unexpectedly awakened talent + golden finger | No System] Life in the mortal world passes by in peace and quiet. Han Yuxuan is an ordinary man from Earth. He only wants to live a peaceful life, protect the woman he loves, and treasure the simple joys of the present. Then a sudden car accident leaves him on the verge of death, awakening a supernatural ability that lets him switch between human and cat forms. With a precious storage treasure at his side, 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 182 I Earn KPIs in the Underworld 我在阴间赚KPI I woke up after death and found myself working a job in the underworld. Other people’s KPIs are about sales. Mine is about doing evil. Driving people to despair, creating betrayal, harvesting fear: that’s the real currency of the underworld. Rank at the bottom? Your soul gets obliterated. Then I discovered that the reward for becoming the top salesperson is taking the King of Hell’s place. Looking at the evil ghost coworkers around me, willing to do anything for their performance reviews, I smil —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 183 The Sound and Shape of All Things: The Sound Thief 万物声形：窃声者 [Single Female Lead + No Romance + Strong Career Focus + Character Growth] Have you ever wondered if the world we rely on to survive is merely an illusion, like a grand symphony? Chen Yin, an audio engineering prodigy with perfect pitch, accidentally triggers the “ghost frequency” of a Warring States-era pitch pipe during an archaeological excavation. To her ears, walls turn transparent, and the inner structures of matter unfold like a three-dimensional audio spectrum. For the first time, she he 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 184 The River of Qi and Blood 气血仙河 The first season of the animated series is out. Search for the same title on Hongguo or Tomato to watch it. A high schooler in the apocalypse encounters an alien invasion, then suddenly discovers that his planet is an abandoned cultivation world. He revives its history, returns to cultivation, leads his people onto the path of cultivation once more, and uncovers secrets about the planet that grow deeper and deeper… 66Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 185 The Price of Fame 流量的代价 The Price of Going Viral —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 186 Notes on Returning Souls: The Eyeless Huai Tree Maiden 还魂笔记之无眼槐娘 The plum rains have swollen every brick in Green Tile Alley. When Lin Yan grips her grandmother’s death notice and opens the door to the old house, the sixty-year-old locust tree in the courtyard seems to be watching her through its cracked bark. The year her great-great-grandmother planted it, three children went missing from the alley. During all the years her grandmother kept watch over it, she would bury bloodstained silver locks beneath its roots in the dead of night. The last page of her g 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 187 Tales of the Uncanny in Jiangnan 江南诡事录 I was born in an old town in Jiangnan, and from childhood I loved hanging around beneath the eaves of the old teahouse. I would listen as Zhou the Blind sipped his strong tea and spun yarn after yarn, recounting the strange tales he had heard over most of his life. Half of what this book records came from the stories passed by word of mouth beneath the teahouse storyteller’s gavel; the other half came from what I saw and heard as I grew up wandering the streets and alleys of Jiangnan. Now the te 13Reads—Score314d adds
- 188 Midnight Terror: Tales of the Supernatural 午夜惊魂：民间鬼事录 [Folk Taboos + Rural Ghost Stories + Episodic Tales + Chilling on Second Thought] The village elders say that some things are better believed than dismissed. Liu Er, a bachelor, picked up a red wedding dress. That very night, he heard the sound of a suona, and a faceless bride knocked on his door and said, “Liu Er, I’ve come to marry you.” Before a dead person is buried, the guiding candle at the head of the coffin must never go out. Old Liu Guang died, the candle went out, and a crack appeared 4kReads—Score16814d adds
- 189 This Is Hilarious, I Pretended to Be a Male Student and Fooled the Dynasty’s Top Scholar 笑死，我装男学生骗疯当朝状元 [Female disguise + revenge by a legitimate daughter + absurd twists + political schemes and sweet romance + mutual salvation] (Former title: The Red Silk Mix-Up: I Deceived the Top Scholar for Three Whole Years) (Note: The heroine doesn't coast through an effortless power fantasy! There are moments of restraint, emotional pain, and tension. The tone is light and funny.) Fifteen-year-old Su Qingluan witnesses her entire family being slaughtered. After narrowly escaping, she cuts her hair, binds h 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 190 It Wasn’t a Dream: Motherland, Let’s Cultivate Immortality Together 原来不是梦：祖国，咱们一起修仙 When the cultivation world mocked her as a rootless weed, the voice of her motherland reached across time and space: “Fellow countrywoman, we’re bringing you home.” A young woman carrying the wisdom of Chinese technology starts her cultivation journey anew in another world. The ancient legacy she gives back will become the spark that keeps a civilization alive. As both worlds face peril, aid spanning the stars and the bond she shares with her peerless cultivation partner together write a legend 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 191 President, Pursue Her Boldly 总裁大胆追 One unforgettable glimpse five years ago, and from then on, the girl could see no one but him. She chased after him with all her might, but the boy had a childhood sweetheart. After they were forced to break up, she launched an all-out pursuit. But once he recovered from his heartbreak, he left without a second glance. Five years later, the humble CEO and shadowy underworld boss is back, acting cute and begging to get back together. The young woman turns away haughtily: “I don’t take back old fl —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 192 Strange Little Tales from the Urban-Rural Fringe 城乡结合灵异小故事 This collection of little supernatural tales is drawn from stories told by elderly villagers and young people. It's hard to tell what's true and what's not, so just enjoy them as little stories to pass the time over tea. 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 193 When the Wind Shatters the Clouds 风破云兮 My new work is out! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 194 With a Hide Drum and a Spirit Dance, I Summon the Hu and Huang Spirits 拿皮鼓，跳大神，我请胡黄 [The Earliest and Purest Supernatural Tales] [Rituals and Chants for Spirit-Medium Ceremonies] [Anatomizing Fate, Destiny, and Reincarnation] [Ensemble Cast, Reasons to Fight] I'm a spirit medium. More accurately, I'm a little con artist. After Old Crooked-Eye picked me up one night when I was a child, he gave me the name Xiao Ye. But Xiao couldn't be a surname, so I changed my family name to Xiao. From then on, Old Crooked-Eye and I made our living by swindling people. I thought we'd go on like 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 195 After the Divorce, I Took Over His Company 离婚后，我接管了他的公司 [Reborn + contemporary business world + wealthy family + strong heroine + sweet on the outside, ruthless within + mutual salvation] In her previous life, Shen Zhiwei never understood, even on her deathbed, why Lu Chenzhou, who clearly loved her, refused to hand her the divorce papers. Only after he died did she learn that he hadn’t written the agreement. Someone else had forced it on him. He didn’t give it to her not because he didn’t want a divorce, but because he knew she would die if they div —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 196 Spring Breeze Cannot Reach the Dream Behind the Beaded Curtain 春风不渡垂帘梦 [The martial world and the imperial court, an ensemble cast, each seeking their own redemption] After his entire family is slaughtered in a single night, he carries the burden of vengeance and plots one world-shaking scheme after another, overturning the realm and splitting it in two. War drives her from her homeland into the Central Plains, where she wanders the martial world alone. Because he once kicked open a door for her, she becomes a prisoner of love, searching for him thousands of times 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 197 Reborn in My Second Year of High School: I Stockpile the Era’s Fortune by Trading Stocks 重生高二：我靠炒股囤积时代红利 A down-and-out forty-year-old man is reborn in a high school classroom in the year 2000, carrying twenty years of intact memories. Starting with five thousand yuan in New Year money, he storms into the stock market, seizes every opportunity the times have to offer, and quietly builds a top-tier business empire. This time, he won't let anyone slip away. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 198 The Birth of the End, the End of Everything 终末的诞生，一切的终点 [High-Octane Apocalypse + Born Divine + Decisive and Ruthless + No Goody-Two-Shoes]… 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 199 The Indra's Net Calamity 因陀罗网劫 A world where everything becomes an object, and nothing can “coexist.” I serve in the Spirit Consolation Bureau, while a great sage insists I become Sun Wukong. (Serious fantasy + philosophical allegory + tragic ensemble epic + Journey to the West derivative + urban supernatural powers + grand worldbuilding + the Twelve Perfect Aspects) An unconventional Journey to the West derivative. After Sun Wukong escapes the Indra's Net at the Tathagata's preaching altar, he hides among the coral rocks of 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 200 Strange Phenomena Return: I Grow Stronger as My Mind Breaks 诡异复苏从精神崩坏开始变强 [Eerie] + [Golden Finger] + [Suspense] + [Corruption] + [A Touch of Horror] + [Mental Instability] The real world is being infiltrated and eroded by an invisible, “Eerie” force. Ordinary people cannot sense it, but those with sensitive minds, such as people with mental illness, or those caught up in certain events, can be drawn into it. Chen Mo’s [Quartet] is both a means of fighting the Eerie and a beacon that attracts it. Chen Mo: Since none of you understand plain speech, I happen to know a t 1Reads—Score—14d adds
