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- 51 Who Says These Evil Spirits Are Fierce? I Specialize in Taking Down the Worst! 谁说这邪祟凶？我专治大凶之物！ [No female lead] [Decisive and ruthless] [Unlimited growth] [Slow burn] “You all call it an evil spirit, but I say it's clearly a good omen!” “Do you really think I don't know whether it can help me cultivate?” “Hand it over to me!!!” Shan Liang wiped the drool from the corner of his mouth and strode forward with a knife... Evil spirit: “Don't come any closer!!!” 42.1kReads9.1Score3.7kShelves
- 52 When the Pear Blossoms Bloom 梨花绽放时 She has almond-shaped eyes, peachy cheeks, and a delicate, adorable look; He wears plain clothes, with dark hair and an exceptional air about him; Her life has been full of hardship, yet she remains kind and good-hearted; He has won countless honors on the battlefield and commands awe wherever he goes; What sparks will fly when these two meet? 975Reads8.7Score115Shelves
- 53 Upside-Down Dragon 颠阳倒龙 Upside-Down Yang, Dragon Reversed 32Reads—Score—Shelves
- 54 Period: Pretty Educated Youths Have All Come to My Backyard 年代：漂亮女知青都进了我家后院 (No System, no space, a satisfying period novel, a new work from a veteran author) Chen Junsheng wakes up and finds himself back in 1981, at the turning point of his fate. He comes first in the county in the college entrance exam preliminary selection, only for someone else to take his place? He’ll take it back! His family has four female educated youths with powerful connections, and you expect him to start from nothing and keep his head down? No way! A man won’t grow rich without a windf 46.4kReads9.0Score4.3kShelves
- 55 Love Vanished with the Wind, Leaving No Trace! 归爱随风，无觅处！ Love returns with the wind, but there's nowhere to find it! 173Reads—Score—Shelves
- 56 A Goddess Falls to Earth and Promises You a Lifetime 神落凡尘，许卿一生 A god falls to the mortal world and promises you a lifetime. 50Reads—Score—Shelves
- 57 Twin Lotuses on the Wangchuan River (Part One) 忘川河上并蒂莲（上） Twin Lotuses on the River of Forgetfulness (Part 1) 101Reads—Score—Shelves
- 58 Twin Lotuses on the Wangchuan River (Part Two) 忘川河上并蒂莲（下） Twin Lotuses on the River of Forgetfulness (Part 2) 30Reads—Score—Shelves
- 59 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... 10.1kReads8.9Score1.5kShelves
- 60 Long-Planned: The Chief Councilor’s Daily Devotion to His Wife 蓄谋已久：首辅大人的宠妻日常 “The rating just came out, so it’ll go up later.” Sweet, delicate beauty × scheming powerful official. A marriage that turns into tooth-achingly sweet love! “The aloof beauty comes down from her pedestal of her own accord.” A spring palace painting leads to “bedroom lessons,” and the heart-fluttering moments just won’t stop! Reading guide: Both leads are virgins, happy ending, sweet romance with no angst, sugar from beginning to end! Qin Nuan married Shen Yanqing, the Chief Minister who was the 31.3kReads8.9Score2.9kShelves
- 61 Five Corpses in the Cellar 地窖里的五具尸体 Five Bodies in the Cellar 932Reads—Score—Shelves
- 62 Undercover: Lost in the Shadows 潜伏:暗影迷途 While searching for his missing older sister, Chen Feng is silenced by those who want him dead. Reborn for reasons he cannot explain, he finds himself with an extraordinary range of abilities: medicine, mystic arts, feng shui, face reading... Even his luck with women takes a strange turn. By chance, Chen Feng saves a powerful underworld woman. To find his sister, he uses her trust to infiltrate a deeply concealed criminal organization. Circumstances force him to climb its ranks, step by step, un 2.3kReads7.0Score275Shelves
- 63 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 181Reads8.4Score106Shelves
- 64 My Husband Faked Infertility to Steal My Family’s Fortune, So I Fought Back 老公假装不孕夺我家产，我绝地反击 My husband pretended to be infertile to steal my family’s fortune. I fought back against all odds. 1.6kReads—Score—Shelves
- 65 Tales of the Qingshui River 清水河往事 Zhao Xinran was once a young high school teacher. He left the classroom to take the civil service exam and became the mayor of a town. Thanks to his dedication and strong results, he was promoted to director of a county bureau, and eventually became the director of a municipal department. Two female students worked under him, one specializing in the humanities and the other in the sciences. Both made significant contributions to their hometowns, earning Zhao Xinran political achievements while d 677Reads—Score—Shelves
- 66 Mr. Zhou, Too Late 迟来的周先生 [Bold and passionate heiress vs. taciturn, devoted, domineering CEO] Jian Cheng had spent all twenty-four years of her life entangled with Zhou Yufeng. But with only three months to go before their wedding, Jian Cheng suddenly called it off. The reason? Zhou Yufeng thought she was vicious and couldn’t tolerate his mistress. Everyone thought she was just making a scene and would come crawling back to beg for a reconciliation in a couple of days. Zhou Yufeng thought so too. Until, at the Zhou fami 55.3kReads9.3Score5.5kShelves
- 67 My Sect Ordered Me to Marry, So I Activated an Infinite Exchange System 宗门强令娶妻，激活无限兑换系统 [“Good-for-nothing’s comeback” + “System exchange” + “Marriage and growth” + “Play the pig to eat the tiger”] The sect orders an old man in his seventies to take a wife, and he activates the Marriage and Longevity System! A different kind of System, a different kind of thrill! While everyone else has to grovel to survive and grow, the protagonist insists on fighting back, soaring through the skies on his sword. Immortality is no longer a dream. 3.4kReads6.4Score304Shelves
- 68 From the Start, I Drew a Barren Field: I Rise by Slaying Insects 开局抽到废田：我靠杀虫逆袭宗门 [Cautious cultivation + farming + earning spirit stones + no System + no harem]. Important things bear repeating: this is a cautious cultivation story, a farming story, and the protagonist is the sort who will keep hiding and playing it safe until the end of time. If that's not your thing, please don't click in. The heavens collapse, countless realms sink into ruin, and all living beings are but ants swept along by the tides. Even the Supreme Immortal Emperor cannot escape the fate of being cons 2.5kReads—Score192Shelves
- 69 My Little Sister Fubao, After Her Husband Died 我妹福宝，死了老公之后 My Sister Fubao, After Her Husband Dies 3.6kReads—Score—Shelves
- 70 The Rouge Spinster 胭脂剩女 Through the emotional journey of Yang Jingjing, a single woman past the age traditionally considered ideal for marriage, the story offers glimpses of every facet of society and the warmth and coldness of human life, exposing the ugliness and greed of human nature. Full of twists and turns, it paints a penetrating portrait of the realities faced by women like her. 1.8kReads—Score142Shelves
- 71 The Contract Wife, The Ice-Cold CEO Falls Hard 替嫁契约妻，高冷禁欲总裁沦陷 Forced by her adoptive parents, Xia Yutong takes the place of her arrogant, overbearing stepsister and marries Lu Yunfei, a notorious playboy caught up in one scandal after another. But the wedding takes a shocking turn. The man who comes to escort her home is not the playboy Lu Yunfei, but Lu Yanci, the feared devil of the business world. He runs the vast Lu business empire, wields enormous power, and is ruthless in his methods. He is aloof, chaste, and indifferent to women. On their wedding ni 13kReads6.8Score893Shelves
- 72 Hehuan Sect: Deep Blue Lets Me Add Points Until I Become the Demonic Path's Leader 合欢宗：深蓝加点被逼成魔道魁首 Everyone condemns those who practice the Yin-Yang Dual Cultivation Art as depraved and lecherous. But no one knows that I was born less gifted than others, and can only sustain my life through the union of yin and yang. As a disciple of the Hehuan Hall of the Hehuan Sect, I awakened a Deep Blue enhancement panel. The righteous sects close in, my fellow disciples turn on one another, and the ambitious Gu Yue Fang Yuan waits for his chance to strike. To find a chance at survival, I travel far to Q 1.2kReads—Score211Shelves
- 73 I Saved a Stunning Beauty, and She Tried to Hack Me with a Knife by the Bed 救了绝色美女，她在床边拿刀砍我 Chu Lingtian is a legendary man known as the "Grim Reaper Wolf King." He returns to the city for a top-secret mission, never imagining that on his very first day back, he will spend the night with a beautiful woman named Liu Bingxue. Afterward, Liu Bingxue takes him home and passes him off as her boyfriend. But it turns out she has a twin sister, Liu Huohuo. The older sister is cold and aloof, while the younger is uninhibited. Sharing a room with these twin beauties is certainly thrilling. After 11.7kReads8.7Score1.1kShelves
- 74 Three Kingdoms: I Am the True Imperial Uncle, Reviving the Han Dynasty for Three Generations 三国：我，真皇叔，三兴大汉 [Three Kingdoms] [Invincible] [Warring for supremacy] [The real imperial uncle] [System] Do all dynasties perish because they grow weak, while the Han alone falls because it is strong? After four hundred years, beacons of war burn across the land. Everything lies in ruin, and the people wail in misery. Thirteen provinces are strewn with bones, so numerous that even the fertile fields beside the roads cannot contain them. Some maneuver through the world of politics, while others roam as heroes wi 42.4kReads9.3Score3kShelves
- 75 A Guide to Cultivation Civilization: Prologue 2, A Lonely Road to Immortality 修真文明指南——序章2，仙途陌路 A Guide to Cultivation Civilization: Prologue 2, The Immortal Path Diverges 768Reads—Score105Shelves
- 76 The Strange Tales of Mortal Life: Li Longbiao 浮生乱象之李龙彪 I'm the scum at the bottom of society, the trash you all talk about. I don't have much education, money, status, a house, a car, or a wife. I'm a single man, just some hoodlum. It's not my fault I ended up this way. When I was a kid, I had big dreams and ambitions, too. I wanted to study hard, get into a good university, then find work in the city and become a respectable office worker. But the cruel realities of life shattered every one of those beautiful dreams. Through its portrayal of Li Lon 1.8kReads—Score144Shelves
- 77 A Strange Haha 奇怪的哈哈 In Wuyun Country, there’s this strange girl who’s always running into bizarre things in her everyday life. Yet in every one of these strange encounters, she somehow meets someone who loves her beyond measure. Isn’t that strange? 136Reads—Score—Shelves
- 78 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 1.9kReads8.9Score163Shelves
- 79 Black Gauze and Rouge 乌纱与胭脂 Human nature is like the sun: impossible to look at directly. Many people appear charming and refined on the surface, but strip away the facade and you’ll see human nature laid bare. By portraying the real chaos of society, this work exposes the evil and filth within human nature and calls on people to choose kindness and uphold social decency. 7.3kReads—Score464Shelves
- 80 This Pregnancy Romance Is Completely Unhinged 这个好孕文太颠了 This pregnancy story is completely wild. 668Reads—Score—Shelves
- 81 Iron-Blooded War of Resistance: The Spoiled Quartermaster Awakens a Divine Machine 铁血抗战：纨绔军需官觉醒神机 [“War of Resistance, 1937” + “Divine Machine System” + “Hardcore War Against Japan” + “Burma-Yunnan Front”] Every inch of land is soaked in blood! Antique shop owner Chu Yun transmigrates into Chen Jiaju, a quartermaster in the 69th Provisional Division. Though born a spoiled rich boy, he raises a force and joins the main battlefield of the war against Japan. Fighting alongside troops from all walks of life, they pit their flesh and blood against the Japanese army to the bitter end, turning ever 4.2kReads6.4Score293Shelves
- 82 War God Possessed: I Transmigrated to 1937 to Fight the Japanese 战神附体：穿越到1937打鬼子 “As long as Hunanese remain, China will never fall!” During the eight years of resistance against Japan, the Nationalist government conscripted about 14 million people nationwide. Hunan contributed nearly 2.1 million, or 15% of the total. More than 600,000 Hunanese soldiers on the front lines were killed, wounded, or went missing. About 300,000 were killed, accounting for one-quarter of all Nationalist soldiers killed on the front lines, the highest death toll of any province. Over the eight yea 3.2kReads5.9Score192Shelves
- 83 War of Resistance: Sending a Japanese Major to Meet Amaterasu from the Start 抗战：开局送鬼子少佐见天照大神 Lao Ma, an armored corps veteran, is caught in a temporal mishap and transmigrates to 1941, a year engulfed in war, landing right in the middle of a Japanese encirclement. Gunfire erupts all around him as the enemy’s footsteps and battle cries close in. Stranded in an unfamiliar era without the modern armored equipment he knows, he has only his past combat experience and a soldier’s iron will. In this desperate fight for survival, Lao Ma begins an unknown journey of resistance. 7.1kReads8.7Score603Shelves
- 84 Reborn with a Child, I Married a Cold Military Doctor from a Prestigious Family 重生后，带娃嫁世家高冷军医 [Reborn + adorable child + military marriage + true love + revenge + face-slapping] After being reborn, Su Ying’s first move is to divorce her husband. Her scumbag husband, Du Zhenyong, wants to have the best of both worlds and refuses to let her go. She takes her 38 yuan and chases after him to the military base, where she meets the aloof military doctor Gu Nanchen. With his help, Su Ying gets away from her scumbag husband. But the prestigious Gu family refuses to let Gu Nanchen marry a woman w 24kReads8.9Score1.8kShelves
- 85 Back from Northern Myanmar, I Marry a Beijing Tycoon 缅北归来，我嫁给京圈大佬 [Forced Marriage + Powerful Tycoon’s Relentless Pursuit + Sweet Age-Gap Romance] After her boyfriend betrays her, Li Shiqi is sold to northern Myanmar. In her darkest hour, she happens upon Mu Tingye, the capital’s most powerful business tycoon, and only then manages to escape. Having fled a living hell, she is instead forced into marriage by the aloof, celibate business magnate. At first, Mu Tingye only wants to keep her under his thumb. But before long, he falls head over heels and spoils her 207Reads—Score—Shelves
- 86 A Tangled Web of Sin 孽乱 A baffling case. One stunning woman after another. A young man from a small town is framed and thrown into prison. How does he rise to the top, step by step, and become a powerful local magnate? Awake, he commands the world; drunk, he rests in the arms of beauties. Chen Fan does it all. A short drama adaptation of this book is now available. Its title is Beauty in Bloom: My Fatal Attraction. Please watch and support it. Thank you! 142.4kReads9.1Score13.3kShelves
- 87 After the Cicadas Sing Comes the Plum Rain 蝉鸣过后是梅雨 [Ensemble Cast at School | Slow-Burn Bittersweet Romance | Fated Bond | Gentle Girl, Troubled Boy | Realistic | Happy Ending] On the first day of school, Xia Shanshan's red-lacquered bicycle was stolen. She crouched beneath a camphor tree and cried. On the third floor, someone folded her orange candy wrapper in half, then in half again. Later, she met Fu Siyun. The boy leaned against the wall, looking carefree as he teased her softly: “Are you afraid of me, senior?” She ran from him for three y 3.2kReads9.3Score337Shelves
- 88 The Country Doctor’s Good Life 乡村神医好快活 [Rural Miracle Doctor + Little Guy’s Rise to Success + Business Fortune] To protect Xu Taohua, Song Qian offends Wang Mazi and is thrown into a cave in the wilderness. By a twist of fate, he encounters the Lotus Immortal Empress and receives her legacy. To help Song Qian return her to the world of cultivation, the Lotus Immortal Empress expends her strength to pass on all the cultivation she has accumulated in her lifetime. With this legacy, Song Qian begins his path to turning his life around. 52.4kReads8.9Score3.1kShelves
- 89 At 43, I Awakened After Being Fired! 43岁，被开除后觉醒了！ At 43, I Awakened After Getting Fired! 5.1kReads—Score—Shelves
- 90 Arriving in Southern Ming, an Engineering Student Crushes the Qing and Restores China 来到南明，工科生横扫满清复华夏 In the first year of the Hongguang reign, Jiangnan is on the verge of falling. The realm is shattered, and the people are displaced. A modern engineering expert unexpectedly arrives in the storm-tossed chaos of the Southern Ming. The land is divided among warlords, powerful enemies press at its borders, and the old and new dynasties take turns on the stage. He has no peerless martial arts, but he possesses engineering, manufacturing, and scientific knowledge far ahead of his time. He gathers dis 1.1kReads—Score103Shelves
- 91 An Engineering Student Ventures into the Late Ming 工科小伙闯明末 A middle-aged bachelor, beaten down by society and thwarted at every turn in the modern world, with no connections to his name but plenty of knowledge and ability, is accidentally transported to the Chongzhen era at the end of the Ming dynasty. Relying on his modern knowledge while adapting to the era’s actual technological and industrial capabilities, he works hard to quietly change history and prevent China’s decline. 2.8kReads7.8Score196Shelves
- 92 The Abstinent Tycoon Is Addicted to Me 禁欲大佬对我上瘾 [1v1 sweet romance + both leads are devoted to each other + powerful man lowers his head] After getting drunk, Sheng Yanxi accidentally wandered into the presidential suite of Ling Jingchen, the fearsome “tyrant” of Hancheng. After one reckless night, she woke up, saw the outline of the man beside her, and was scared out of her wits. It was Ling Jingchen! The cold-faced tyrant whose slightest stomp could make all of Hancheng tremble! While he was still asleep, she fled in a panic. Ling Jingchen 3kReads—Score132Shelves
- 93 Underworld Tyrant: Those Who Follow Me Prosper, Those Who Oppose Me Perish! 黑道暴君：顺我者昌，逆我者亡！ [Class Beauty, I’m out of prison. You’ll pay for what you did!] Framed by the class beauty he loved, Wang Erchui was wrongfully imprisoned for three years. The misery of prison transformed the once-ordinary boy into a hardened man. But it was only after getting out and seeking revenge that he gradually realized there was a terrifying story behind it all. The truth was, it wasn’t that love affair that had ruined his life. It was a vast, carefully woven web of darkness. His enemies had already ris 9.4kReads8.9Score578Shelves
- 94 On Our Wedding Night, My Comatose Husband Put His Arm Around My Waist 新婚夜，植物人老公搂住我的腰 [Marriage First, Love Later + Sweet Romance + Age Gap + Husband Chasing His Wife + Both Chaste] Tong Yao is forced to take her twin sister’s place and marry Gu Jingchen, a former business tycoon who is now in a vegetative state. The whole city pities her, believing she will spend her life as a wife in name only. But on their wedding night, the sleeping man suddenly wraps an arm around her waist. The once decisive king of the business world wakes up and takes back his immense power. Everyone wait 3.6kReads6.6Score283Shelves
- 95 A Guide to Cultivation Civilization: Prologue 1, The Prelude to the Mystic Thunder 修真文明指南——序章1，玄雷前传 A Guide to Cultivation Civilization: Prologue 1, The Prelude to Xuan Lei 2.2kReads—Score130Shelves
- 96 Soft and Fragrant in His Arms, the Capital’s Princeling Falls for Her 香软入怀，京圈太子爷沦陷了 Soft and Sweet in His Arms, the Capital’s Top Heir Falls for Her 16.1kReads—Score291Shelves
- 97 Lu Xueqi, Vocational School Student 中专生陆雪琪 Lu Xueqi, the Vocational School Student 1.8kReads—Score—Shelves
- 98 The Girl of My Dreams Is Just Old, Not Dead 白月光只是老了，不是死了 The woman you can never forget has simply grown old. She hasn’t died. 6.2kReads—Score102Shelves
- 99 After I Married the Jerk into a Rich Family, His Whole Family Regretted It 将渣男送进豪门后，他全家后悔了 After I married the scumbag off to a wealthy family, his whole family regretted it. 8.1kReads—Score140Shelves
- 100 Everyone Avoids the Troublemaking Girls, but I Take Them All In 世人皆避精神小妹我尽数收留 Spiritual little sisters, yoga pants: which one can make you stop in your tracks? ...Stop looking, this is the one! To give everyone a good show, I spent 6,000 yuan to live with a spiritual little sister for a month, together around the clock. What? You say that's still not enough? Then how about adding a System, too!? Gu Xingchen transmigrates back ten years and uses his System to turn his life around. Every spiritual little sister in the county follows him... Their world is on guard against th 45.2kReads6.1Score2.9kShelves
