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- 1 Facial Recognition Failed 人脸识别失败 Lin Xiao arrived at the village entrance late at night. The streetlights with facial recognition were broken, and in the darkness, she felt someone watching her. When she got home, she found her father’s dog, Heizi, dead at the door. There were marks around its neck, and its death had been disguised as illness. The local police station said her father had last appeared on the surveillance cameras on the back hill, then had “vanished into thin air.” 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 The Female Police Chief's Major Cases Series: Undercurrents 女公安局长大案系列之暗流 On a stormy night, two murder cases erupt at once in Handong Province. Criminal investigation captains Lu Chen and Chen Feng follow separate leads: one investigates a red ribbon on a wedding bed, the other a carcinogen in a teacup. The two trails converge on the same name. Gu Qingling. Thirty-one years old, a first-class merit recipient, and former commander of a special operations unit. Meanwhile, the real killer watches it all from the shadows. As the undercurrents of power swallow up every pi 3.5kReads—Score19514d adds
- 3 The Police Chief’s Shocking Crackdown on Organized Crime 公安局长惊天扫黑大案 Han Shuang arrives in Changhu City and takes up her new post. On her very first day, the heiress of Changhu Group dies under mysterious circumstances, and a forensic examiner carrying evidence climbs into a restricted area, their fate unknown. Wu Gang hides a blade behind his smile. Deputy Director Gou Jianxiao sets traps at every turn, while the three great families are entangled in a web of influence. With two capable women at her side, Han Shuang steps into this isolated city woven from power 6.4kReads7.5Score32414d adds
- 4 The Mastermind 谋局者 In 2000, my buddy and I went to Ruili on vacation, and got caught up in a scheme. I lost everything and wanted to end it all. My mentor saved me on a rooftop and taught me how to set up schemes. That was when I learned that there was a kind of person in this world called a master schemer. The Greed Scheme: He could help others make money, and he could help me make money too. The opportunity was right in front of me, and I couldn’t let it slip away. The Celebrity Scheme: You’re rich and important 72Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 5 Suspicious Homicide Cases: A Police Chief's Major Crimes Notebook 悬疑凶案：公安局长重案手记 An assassination attempt targeting the county magistrate ends with the accidental killing of the only daughter of Qingjiang's richest man. After five years as strangers, the husband and wife join forces again following their daughter's tragic death. The mother launches a forceful counterattack in politics, while the father brings the full weight of his business empire to bear. They swear to make the killers pay in blood. To crack the case, the female God of War Lu Qingshuang is parachuted into t 44.8kReads8.2Score2.9k14d adds
- 6 The Female Bureau Chief: Storms in the Crackdown on Organized Crime 女局长：扫黑风云 A gritty novel based on real events: criminal investigations, officialdom, deals, and power plays. Justice comes at the cost of blood, and the true enemy is always hidden in the deepest fog. 192Reads7.0Score4014d adds
- 7 The Devious Underworld: My Extraordinary Life 诡诈江湖：我的妖孽人生 [Historical Era, Urban Underworld, Eight Open and Hidden Sects, Strange Tales, Suspenseful Schemes, Northeast China Paranormal Events, Feuds Among the Wealthy] (Not mindless, no System, no golden finger, suspenseful counterattacks, cunning schemes, no romance, and heartbreak ahead!) Abducted at eight, he was rescued by bandits. After a chance escape, he wandered in the wilderness until he was taken in by a master of the Bee Sect, a swindler. That was how he stumbled into the jianghu. Nine years 20Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 8 Madam Director, a Major Anti-Crime Case! 女局长，扫黑连环大案！ Female Lead | Anti-Organized Crime | Anti-Drug Operations | Political Arena | Satisfying Revenge There’s no need to fear being pushed around, as long as you can turn things around! Anfu City, the most remote county in Yuzhou, faces the neighboring country’s Wu City across the Qing River. On her first day in office, Meng Yun doesn’t go to her office. She heads straight to the scene of a gunfight. Before the blood has even dried, she begins hunting down the perpetrators. 119Reads7.4Score3214d adds
- 9 Dark City Police: A Mysterious Case 暗城公安：悬疑迷案 Three days before the wedding, Wang Hao found his fiancée Li Yanchen’s body in a demolition zone. The ring was still there. She was already cold. He refused to look the other way and insisted on investigating the case himself. He was determined to tear the truth wide open, even if it meant turning the whole Dark City upside down. 9Reads—Score19514d adds
- 10 The Unrivaled Art 绝学无忧 Dear kindred spirits, hello! I am Mr. Qiankun. I wrote Peerless Wisdom Without Worry to promote the culture of China’s classical arts. I welcome all kindred spirits to follow my work. My book Peerless Wisdom Without Worry also carries on Chinese culture and creates classics of world civilization... My book Peerless Wisdom Without Worry also presents the ultimate wisdom for understanding every facet of life... My book Peerless Wisdom Without Worry is also a supreme work of wisdom that deciphers t 360Reads—Score14514d adds
- 11 Exiled to the Countryside, I Rose Rapidly Through the Ranks 发配乡下后，我的仕途一路狂飙 After the old Party secretary falls from power and his wife betrays him, Chen Yuan, once a top aide, never dreamed he'd be sent deep into the mountains to take a post at an abandoned resort that had been left undeveloped for years. In his memory, the place was a remote backwater where not even birds would shit. His career and marriage are both in ruins, and he thinks his life is completely over! However, during the new leader's first inspection after taking office, he specifically chooses the ab 53kReads8.5Score5k14d adds
- 12 The Mystery of Dingcheng 2 定城迷踪2 [Mind-Bending Mystery + Standalone Stories + Jaw-Dropping Twists] The second installment of "Unraveling the Truth". Behind every massacre, there is always an unseen hand, seemingly trying to expose the ugliest side of human nature. Children turned into pawns in their parents’ power games, victims who take up the butcher’s knife, ghosts wandering on rainy nights, missing human organs... Walking the boundary between day and night, seeing the warmth and coldness of this world, a ray of dawn will al 39.7kReads9.1Score2.8k14d adds
- 13 Snow Ashes Beneath the Setting Sun 雪烬残阳 In the winter of the fifteenth year of the Xuanyuan Dynasty, heavy snow blanketed the imperial city of Tianqi. Tea merchant Shen Mo enters the capital with a body weakened by illness and begins laying his plans at Wangji Pavilion. No one knows that this frail scholar is the sole survivor of the Shen family, executed to the last member fifteen years ago. Su Luoxue, mistress of Listening Snow Tower, infiltrates the palace as the daughter of a minister, seeking the truth behind her birth mother Con 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Criminal Investigation Partners: Special Case Unit 6 重案六组之刑侦之侣 They are criminal investigators, comrades-in-arms, each other's sharpest blade and strongest shield. Through the daily trials of life and death, and their quiet, unspoken understanding, a bond deeper than partnership slowly takes root. When reason clashes with emotion and duty intertwines with private desire, they choose to defend justice together and become each other's one and only home. 101Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Qingshi Mystery Files: The 13th Missing Person 青石悬疑档案：第13个失踪者 [Supernatural suspense] [Chinese-style horror] [Feng shui] [Folk customs] [Multiple heroines] Twelve people vanished within a year from the old office complex of Qingshi Mining Group. The official explanation was “voluntary resignation.” The local rumor was that they “went down the mine and never came back.” It wasn’t until the thirteenth person went missing that Shen Tinglan, deputy director of the group’s General Affairs Office, realized the disappearances were happening according to a list. H 1Reads—Score10814d adds
- 16 A Second Chance at an Official Career 涅槃官途 (The rating has just appeared and will keep rising. These are three completed, million-word political novels with high ratings, so please read with confidence. Feel free to share your valuable feedback: the author is always willing to listen.) This is a thoroughly authentic political novel, portraying every aspect of officialdom's human relations and social conventions, and revealing its culture and political maneuvering. The best part of the game is this: the people who set the traps still don' 321Reads7.1Score5714d adds
- 17 The Deputy Secretary on Temporary Assignment 挂职副书记 Zhuang Xiaobo, vice chairman of the Writers' Association, arrives in Jiangcheng on a transfer order and takes up a deputy secretary post overseeing cultural projects. With nothing but his pen, he pries open a web of corruption. His scholar's cunning cuts to the bone. With no powerful backer, he relies on ink and paper to fight his way through... 153Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 My Years as a Male Nanny 我做男保姆的那些年 [No harem, no cuckoldry, no invincibility. Urban slice of life + mystery. To be clear, this has mystery elements. Don’t read if that’s not your thing.] I only went to interview for a male nanny job, but after meeting the female employer, I was dragged into a room with eight doors, where I encountered all kinds of bizarre things. An ex-convict, a male model, a nun, a lawyer, a beautiful streamer, a UN expert, a rich second-generation heir, and a butcher: what will happen when all eight are trappe 35Reads—Score614d adds
- 19 A High-Ranking Official 大官 When the wind blows, which way you bend is the greatest test of a person's wisdom. Every choice lays the groundwork for the consequences to come. As time passes and causes and effects accumulate, some people find themselves riding the crest of the wave, while others leave the stage. The world is a game of chess, and every move counts. 98kReads8.4Score6.2k14d adds
- 20 Bone-Piercing Needle 透骨针 [Crime, ensemble cast, suspense] A suicide case amid a celebrity marriage sends shock waves through the online world. Behind the public scrutiny lies a revenge plot and fourteen years of waiting. The feelings born in the days of youth are tinged with tragedy. Through the notorious “Jujube Needle Hero” serial murder case, the story slowly reveals the shadows that darkened a group of teenagers as they grew up. Branded by their times, those boys and girls lead twisted lives, like stalks of wheat wi 11.4kReads8.9Score1.5k14d adds
- 21 A New Hire, and Now a Midlife Comeback System? 萌新入职，中年逆袭系统来了？ My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 3.1kReads8.9Score19014d adds
- 22 Forced to Divorce with Nothing, She Rose to the Top 被逼净身离婚后，她走上了巅峰 After her husband cheats, her in-laws turn against her, and she is eventually forced to leave with nothing. Now the dreamweaver must fight her way back from rock bottom and make that scoundrel and his family regret it, one step at a time... 1.6kReads6.7Score10014d adds
- 23 Anti-Corruption Bureau Chief: The Soldier King Is a Little Wild 扫黑局长：兵王有点野 Wujiang, a small county town carved up between two local kingpins. The first three predecessors: one went mad, one died, and one was silenced. The fourth is Lu Chuan. A former special forces soldier, he was still twisting people's necks on the training ground half a month ago. Now he wears a police uniform and holds a meeting for the whole team in the morgue of a funeral home. 25Reads—Score10914d adds
- 24 The Half-Soul Wasteland 半魂荒原 Alive, he takes revenge with his own hands. Dead, he rules the underworld. Who says you can’t start a business in the land of the dead? His teammates hail from different eras, each with their own talents. As long as they’re not completely dead, this bunch can tear the underworld apart! A true male lead is a male lead wherever he goes. No romance, just conquest! [Strategic mind games] [Male lead and ensemble cast] [No harem] [Long-term foreshadowing] —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 The Wind Rises: The Deer Call 大风起兮：呦呦鹿鸣 The Scales Tip Left, the People Turn Right Also known as "The Political Arena: Don't Mess with the Village Secretary" Ordered to take up a village post at his engagement banquet, he plans to build roads and help the villagers escape poverty, only to get caught up in the undercurrents of the political arena. He dares to talk back to leaders, take on the well-connected, and tackle the toughest challenges. Decisive and ruthless, he rises from a lowly village secretary to the very heart of power. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 A Ten-Year Secret Crush, Reunited at a Crime Scene 暗恋十年，重逢在案发现场 [Complete] [Post-marriage and child-rearing extras in progress] [Mutual crush] [Reunion after years apart] [Police captain] [Contrasting forensic pathologist] Shen Shiyin's boyfriend died in a car accident. At the crime scene, she ran into Lu Siyan, her former high school classmate. He was a criminal investigation captain who had been parachuted in from the provincial department. They had not seen each other in ten years. The reclusive boy from back then had become a brilliant detective who had 21.9kReads8.7Score2.6k14d adds
- 27 Drawn into the Game Right After Graduation: A Silent Contest 毕业即入局，无声的较量 (No System + No Golden Finger + Teamwork + Espionage + Counterintelligence) Don’t read it. Judging by the comments, everyone regrets reading it. Consider yourself warned. While others took civil service exams after graduation, I was secretly recruited as soon as I graduated and put in charge of cracking cases! The whole class of top students couldn’t crack a tough case, but I used details and logic to pinpoint the key clue in six minutes, leaving everyone else in the dust! I skipped the probati 12.3kReads8.9Score1.5k14d adds
- 28 A Clear Pool at a Single Thought 一念清泓 (The first two volumes are complete) [Large Ensemble Cast] [Romance] [One-on-One] [No System] [Traditional Xuanhuan] [Classic Mystery] [Everyday Life] [Few Fight Scenes] [Lots of Mind Games and Puzzles] Everyone in her sect says she has amnesia, often falling into a daze and talking nonsense. After transmigrating, she meets two people: one is love at first sight, a delight sent from heaven; the other is like a childhood sweetheart, reunited after a long separation. All she wants is to stay tuck 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Scheming in the Capital 京华嫡谋 At fifteen, Shen Mingyuan, a legitimate daughter from Jiangnan, returned to the capital at her father’s command. It looked as though she had come home to settle down, but in truth she was drawn into the power struggles of the Prime Minister’s household and the schemes of the court. Her father, Shen Yanzhi, treated her as a pawn to curry favor with Prince Jing, while her stepmother and half-sister repeatedly framed her. Meanwhile, clues to the truth behind her mother’s brutal death began to emerg 63.1kReads8.5Score5.2k14d adds
- 30 The Pinnacle of Power 权欲巅峰 Power at the Peak, also known as The Corrupt Official, is a sweeping novel about a cadre's growth and redemption. Born into a poor family, Song Ziwen rises step by step from a technician to a leadership position, but for a time loses his way amid power and temptation. After being transferred to the northwestern province, he comes to his senses. He visits remote mountain villages to learn about the hardships of the poor, leading the people in building roads, controlling floods, promoting educatio 45Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 31 A Bloody Road to Power 血色宦途 No System, and no wish-fulfillment fantasy. A bloodstained scrap of paper, the “ticket of admission” his father Qiu Guozheng passed to him with his dying breath, plunges Qiu Xingbang into the treacherous political arena, a veritable hell on earth. Driven by a thirst for vengeance, he sets out on a glittering yet perilous ladder to power. To the world, he is a modest, diligent rising star in politics. In secret, he is a hunter of revenge, advancing one careful step at a time. He navigates the for 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 County Case: The Frozen Village of Hanli 县案：冰冻寒荔村 Criminal investigation and suspense + school rooftop fall + cold case + restrained romance + rigorous deduction + no rivalry between women Su Nian, a senior high school student, leaps from the teaching building, shattering Lin Song County's tranquil facade. As criminal investigation captain, Lu Zheng pursues the truth behind her fall, only to become entangled in the unsolved case of the bones discovered in Hanli Village. Secrets from years ago slowly come to light: missing funds, dismemberment —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 The Pinnacle of Power: A Rising Career in Government 权利巅峰：官场之青云仕途 One day, he was implicated in a scandal and demoted from the county committee to a remote border town. Former colleagues turned a cold shoulder, his girlfriend abandoned him, and his future was in ruins. No one knew that, at the lowest point of his life, he would meet a blue-robed old Taoist in the streets and receive guidance from a master. From then on, he would break deadlocks with strategy and navigate the political arena with intelligence, using his deep cunning and far-reaching vision to 13.3kReads7.6Score1.1k14d adds
- 34 My Addictive Days at the Urban Development Investment Company 我在城投的那些沉迷日子 My Days Lost in the City Investment Company is a series of novels that offers a profound look at the real-world challenges facing local government investment companies and the moral choices people must make. Through the intertwined lives of four protagonists, it exposes the institutional loopholes and glimmers of humanity behind the entanglement of power and profit, issuing a heartfelt call for integrity and moral awakening. Part One (Chapters 1–53) follows Lin Feng, an idealistic university gr 143Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Reborn: From Live-in Son-in-Law to Ruler of the World 重生从赘婿到权倾天下 Cheng Li, a poor-born young man, is reborn on the day his life takes a decisive turn. Faced with an offer of a contractual marriage from the cool and beautiful senior student Liu Xu, he signs without hesitation. In this life, he casts aside pointless pride, relying on the Liu family’s influence while staying true to himself. He starts out in one of the poorest townships in western Hunan. Building roads, developing cities, alleviating poverty, and breaking through deadlocks, he stands firm agains 31kReads7.6Score3.1k14d adds
- 36 The Sin Factory 饲罪工厂 A fairy-tale murder case rocks Ning City! A golden ribbon is wound around the victim’s neck, a blood-painted copy of The Emperor’s New Clothes rests on their knees, and the ink on a card marked with a strange symbol is still wet. The killer is caught at the scene, yet vehemently denies any connection to the crime scene, which looks like something out of a dark fairy-tale book! As Detective Du Ran leads his team in a deep investigation, every clue sends a chill down their spines: a red-clad chi 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Racing Up the Road to Power, Starting as a Village Cadre 权路狂飙，从驻村干部开始 At the seventh bend on the road through Qinghe Town, in the pouring rain, Lin Shen grips the steering wheel as mud churns beneath him. A single Investigation Report sets this small-town official's fate spinning in reverse. From the poverty-relief ledgers of Shuanglingou to the hidden flow of rare earths through modern agricultural greenhouses, from black-gold fragments at the mining site to secret transaction books in a locked room at the county committee compound, Lin Shen must fight his way th 28Reads—Score1114d adds
- 38 Climbing the Official Ladder: From Assistant to the Finance Bureau Director 官梯：从财政局局长助理开始 A new novel from the author of Officially, an old hand. Everyone is welcome to come read it. Thank you for your support! Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to make every story a good one! 111Reads—Score11714d adds
- 39 Strange Tales from the Tomb Passage 墓道诡事 Zhao Wenyu, heir to a family of antique experts, sets out with a group of disciples from the fields of civil engineering, logistics, and commerce in search of the Duke's Sword, which could change the Zhao family's fate. Along the way, they encounter a series of bizarre events and unravel many mysteries... 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Red Bauhinia 红色羊蹄甲 On the streets of Nanbin Special Economic Zone, red bauhinia flowers bloom all year round, bearing witness to the city’s transformation and the footsteps of those who chase their dreams. After graduating from college, Gao Mingyuan arrives in this land full of promise. From the confusion of job hunting as a newcomer to the workplace, to persevering in the publishing industry, and then breaking through into entrepreneurship, every step he takes beats in time with the pulse of the Special Zone. Th 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 After Sending My Husband to a Psychiatric Hospital 把丈夫送进精神病院后 When I received my husband Zhou Huai’s psychiatric diagnosis, I sobbed so hard my whole body shook. Only I knew those were tears of excitement. After all, I was the one who had slipped drugs into his coffee every day for the past six months. He had it coming. His diary was filled with plans to use psychological manipulation to drive me to suicide and inherit the billions my parents left behind. I had him committed to the most heavily guarded psychiatric hospital in the city, thinking I’d won. U 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 The Foolish Young Miracle Doctor 傻小子神医 The novel begins with a car accident bringing them together, and a miraculous medical skill sparking affection... Their story is full of twists and wonder. Dear readers, let us begin with the young, foolish miracle doctor Su Jinchen, the eightieth-generation heir to an ancient family of traditional healers! 38Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 The Pinnacle of Power: The Crackdown on Organized Crime 权力巅峰之破局者：扫黑风暴 Wang Xiaolin is greeted with a carefully orchestrated welcome gift! She is forced to investigate the Old Town Redevelopment Project herself. As the investigation deepens, the clues point to her secret boyfriend, his mother, and the best friend she has had for twenty years. A game of intrigue that began with a conspiracy. 543Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 From Police Officer to Chief of Criminal Investigations 从警员到刑侦总队长 Over the course of 21 years, a police officer rises from rank-and-file constable to head of a provincial criminal investigation division. In the 45 years of his life, he takes on one major case after another, advancing from a constable to a member of the criminal investigation team. 66Reads—Score10914d adds
- 45 I Asked You to Solve the Case, Not Share Your Criminal Know-How! 让你破案，你搁这分享犯罪经验？ The rating just came out, so it’ll rise! A max-level big shot is reborn as a young policewoman and solves cases online! Top hacker and underground mercenary Song Qianxia transmigrates into a timid, meek trainee police officer who gets pushed around by everyone in the criminal investigation division of the city police department?! A string of locked-room murders has left the entire department in despair, while the criminal psychology experts are at a loss. Song Qianxia yawns. “Is this case really 44.8kReads8.1Score6.6k14d adds
- 46 A Step into the Past: The Calamity of the Shadowless Realm 寻秦记：无间劫 The gears of history turned once more, unseen by all. Xiang Shaolong, who had lived in seclusion for twenty years, saw his peaceful life shattered by two shadows from different eras: his former disciple, Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng, sent cavalry after him, while a new transmigrator named Ken invaded with future technology. A manhunt that would decide the fate of an empire began. Yet Xiang Shaolong soon discovered that the deadliest blade came from within his own bloodline. Jing Jun, a top assassin 908Reads—Score10614d adds
- 47 Cold Case Reopened: I Pursue the Killer After My Son Goes Missing 悬案重启：儿子失踪后我拼命追凶 Six years ago, Lin Yan, an adorable six-year-old boy, mysteriously vanished overnight. His mother, Li Muzi, went gray with worry in a single night. Everyone urged her to let go, have another child, and start over. Later, she quit her job as a full-time homemaker, got divorced, studied for the police academy entrance exam, and joined the city bureau after graduating. Could she finally solve this case, which she had painstakingly pursued, buried in the files, and forgotten by everyone for six year 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 After My Girlfriend Betrayed Me, I Rose Through Officialdom 女友背叛之后我逆袭仕途 [Political Intrigue + Satisfying Story + Multiple Women + No Rebirth + No System] (Important, I'll say it three times: his girlfriend betrayed him, but he was not cuckolded.) Zhu Jianhua never imagined that his promotion was part of a huge conspiracy... It was all to give the incoming leader a show of force and eliminate Zhu as a threat. A conspiracy brought the two of them together. From misunderstanding to growing closer, two hearts began to draw near... The road to the pinnacle of a political 19.9kReads8.3Score1.7k14d adds
- 49 Reborn in 1998: I Can Replay Crime Scene Footage 重生98：我能回放案发录像 107Reads—Score314d adds
- 50 Prophecy Is No Crime 预言无罪 [Criminal investigations] + [No System, no brainless characters] Ten years ago, a psychopathic killer called Blackface escaped capture. Ten years later, Blackface is back. If I tell you who the killer is, can you figure out how the crimes were committed? Who deserves to die, and who doesn’t? The White Witch’s daughter awakens from the darkness. Faced with the trials of human nature and the law, what will she choose? A series of major cases, each intricately connected. Just how powerful can Black 3kReads8.8Score33014d adds
