Novels like Temporary Contract
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- 51 Heartboard 心盘 I transmigrated to another world, going from a real estate tycoon to a deserter and cannon fodder. The gods see me as a pawn, and the powerful treat me like an ant. But that's fine. I'll show them what it means to crush them with a higher level of understanding. My magic is insight and analysis; my divine art is the reconstruction of rules. In this world where strength reigns supreme, I, Colin, will use the top-tier strategic skills I honed in my previous life to redefine power and the rules of 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 52 After Becoming a Cannon Fodder, I Save the Villain the Laid-Back Way 穿成炮灰后我佛系拯救反派 [Two male leads + both characters' first love + one-on-one romance + older top + six-year age gap + sweet romance] [Gentle, easygoing sunshine bottom × seemingly half-dead, fatherly CEO top] Before his death, Xu Shi devoted himself to research. Just after making a breakthrough, he was diagnosed with a terminal illness! He thought his short life was about to end, but unexpectedly, he transmigrated into a book! Swept along with the wave of transmigrators, Xu Shi became a nameless background extra 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 53 Gentle as Jade 温润如玉 This book is also known as "The Everyday World, Where Ordinary Hearts Find Comfort". From a junior supervisor in the hot spring department to an executive at a major corporation, Chen Chen thought he had made it. Until someone told him: “You don’t deserve it.” He turns and walks away, with the woman who gave up everything for him following behind. A little shop, a perfect couple. It turns out the best kind of love isn’t found at the top, but in the warmth of everyday life. 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 54 The World of Deception 骗局世界 “Whoever you are, make sure you remember every word I'm about to say. This world is a deception. Everyone is a puppet on a string. You must find...” “Let's forget what that lunatic just said. This world is perfectly normal. There's no deception, no puppets on strings. Everything is real. Everything is fate...” 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 55 Autumn Wind Rises, Autumn Wind Falls 秋风起，秋风落 Meng Ranqiu, a bank teller in a small town, runs into Xu Qingfeng, her longtime crush from her youth and a rising bank president. Before she can even begin a secret romance, they both fall into a lake. At the brink of death, she transmigrates into another, 2.0 version of the story. In this one, Ranqiu gets her wish and marries Xu Qingfeng, only to be dealt a crushing blow on their wedding night: Xu Qingfeng is in his ex’s bed. Her obsession carries her into another transmigration. Can she find h —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 56 I Devoured the Gods Whole 诸神被我，生吞活剥 Welcome to the most awesome county in the world: Divine County! Divine County is so beautiful... Oh, hey, isn't that the Divine King? Let's take a look at the Divine Official in the distance, folks Watch him team up with someone to smash It to pieces. "Come on, children "Come and eat me and It alive." —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 57 Mock My Degree? I’m the Lead Corresponding Author of a Top Journal 笑我水硕？我是顶刊首席通讯作者 Dedicated to the semiconductor field, with a focus on the core area of four-dimensional compute-in-memory. No romance, no everyday life, and nothing but professional semiconductor research from start to finish. This is a technical, dry, and in-depth read, written for fellow enthusiasts. As overseas giants monopolize core semiconductor technologies and chokehold restrictions strangle development, Jin Yunyao leads her team into the fray. With the decisiveness and strategic vision of a leader, she 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 58 I’m an Introvert, Not Socially Anxious. I Have the Ultimate Comeback Artist I人不社恐，我有最强嘴替 Socially anxious softie × AI talking-doll sidekick, a face-slapping comeback story! Hounded at her door by a toxic ex who won’t leave her alone? The doll takes center stage and tears into him until he runs for the hills! An office tyrant steals her work and smears her name? Code + evidence + AI: a triple strike that exposes him on the spot! She used to be tongue-tied and let everyone walk all over her. Now AI fights back for her. With her own inventions, she turns her weakness into her most powe —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 59 I Became an Emperor by Scrounging Meals: Every Immortal Here Is My Sustenance 蹭饭成帝：在座诸仙，皆是养料 Feast Your Way to Emperor: All the Immortals Here Are My Nourishment [Play the pig to eat the tiger + Become a god through eating + Crush the heavens] My name is Zhen Qian, the legitimate son of the Zhen family, and a good-for-nothing born without a spiritual root. My entire family is made up of prodigies, and I alone am an ordinary mortal, destined to live less than a hundred years and get by until I die. That is, until the day a bowl of leftovers at Guanxiang Tower earned me the Ten Thousand S 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 60 The Immortal Maiden Who Saved Me Has a Note Saying She Wants to Drain My Essence 救我的仙子，备注里说要采补我 The Immortal Maiden Who Saved Me Has a Note Saying She Plans to Drain My Essence —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 61 Peerless Gods and Demons 绝世之神魔天下 Above the River of Forgetfulness, beneath the mulberry trees, half is light and half is shadow. With a single thought, one becomes a god. A spear crashes like thunder, sweeping away demons and monsters, protecting all under heaven, and following the righteous path to the Dao. With a single thought, one becomes a demon. The sword dances in a wild frost, sweeping across the eight directions, making gods and men weep, and ending war through slaughter. With a single thought, love runs deep. Heroe —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 62 The Rich Man's Private Prey: I Fake Insanity to Escape and Strike Back 富豪的私人猎物：我装疯逃并反杀 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 63 The Art of Doing Nothing 摆烂为上 A new book. My writing isn’t very good yet ૮◍⁰ᯅ⁰◍ა (Not a power fantasy!!!) Also, the tags are wrong: this isn’t romance! There’s probably only one main character, Yin Xingxue (my brain glitched). “Not invincible, ten main characters, no romance (there might be some in the extras) + other worlds + finding an heir + System (with romance) + this isn’t the kind of slacking off you think it is” After taking revenge, Yin Xingxue breaks through to the Main God realm and should have been able to inheri —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 64 Are You Saying My Affection Meter Maxed Out Right After I Started Winning You Over? 你是说我刚攻略爱意就满格？ [Fantasy xianxia + devoted couples + anti-romance-targeting + fake System + ensemble cast + chosen geniuses] The Six Stars of the Southern Dipper: Sui Man (outsider romance-targeter + genius sword cultivator) × Xie Hanzhou (two souls in one body): a love born of bitter hatred, a saint's selfish desire (his affection is already maxed out as soon as she targets him, a Mobius loop) Jing Xu (genius senior disciple + hopelessly dense about romance) × Sang Lingye (healer + timid girl who can't recogni 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 65 Amoria 亚莫里亚 [Technological Civilization vs. Immortal Civilization]+ [Transmigration]+ [War for Supremacy] On a planet called Gaia, humanity finally achieved unity after a long and devastating world war. Eighty-five years later, a baby boy was found by Qian Xuelan, the supreme commander of the three armies in the Eastern District, who raised him as her own. In the blink of an eye, he was old enough to start high school. One day, a mysterious girl appeared, gravely wounded, and changed everything for him. The —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 66 I’m Playing the Innocent Flower Just to Expose Their Crimes 我学小白花样只为揭穿他们的罪证 I’m Playing the Sweet, Innocent Girl Only to Expose Their Crimes —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 67 The Justice Mosquito: A Deadly, Twisted Romance 正义蚊士：索命孽缘 The Just Mosquito: A Deadly, Ill-Fated Romance —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 68 Hard to Return in Early Autumn 初秋难归 The next time I heard from Chen Yanchu, he had become a trainee, while I was still studying at a middle school in Nangui County. After the high school entrance exams, I was lucky enough to get into Chen Yanchu’s school and become his junior. By then, he was already in his final year. The time he spent preparing for his exams was probably when I was closest to him. But the feelings of young love are a secret too difficult to put into words… As the years passed, I suddenly realized that Chen Yanch 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 69 Emergency Cases from Ten Thousand Demons Valley 万妖谷急诊实录 The previous Guardian of the Boundary welded the world shut. I stitched it back to life. Gout? Just uric acid crystals. Plague? Nothing but a viral infection. The line on the Winged Serpent King’s heart had snapped eight hundred years ago? I built a bypass and gave it a new line. They say welding it shut is safest. I insist on stitching it back together. If the stitches fail, we all die together. If they hold, then you’ll have truly lived through these eight hundred years. I’m Chen Du, the 13 —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 70 After Becoming the Wicked Supporting Lady, I Set My Sights on the Villain 穿成恶毒女配后，我赖定反派 On my first day after transmigrating into a book, I lashed the villain across the back. System: Keep going! Don’t stop! Me: You got it. I called him a bastard while draping a fox-fur cloak over his shoulders. He completely lost it. “Whose side are you on?!” Me: “Yours. You have to stay alive, I haven’t finished my mission yet.” —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 71 Starlight Falls on Autumn Wind Alley 星光落进秋风巷 [Famous Star]+ [Boy Next Door] VS [Novelist as a Side Gig]+ [Childhood Tagalong] What does it feel like when someone who was once within arm's reach becomes so hard to meet? Shen Qiumu knows the answer better than anyone, and it hurts more than anyone could imagine. The little girl who used to follow Chen Jiayou around, calling him “Brother Xiaoyou,” grew up into a young woman who politely called him “Brother Jiayou.” During the more than ten years they spent growing up apart, Shen Qiumu was tra —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 72 Livestreaming Across the Internet: From the Start, I Run into Two Fools 全网直播：开局遇上卧龙凤雏 [Livestreaming + showbiz + no romance + lighthearted + a touch of the supernatural (no horror, the author gets scared too)] He Qing was a cultivator in the apocalypse. After failing to ascend to immortality, she accidentally entered the cycle of time and space. If she completes ten quick transmigrations, she’ll get another chance to ascend. In her tenth life, she becomes a star with the same name, hunted by the entire internet. Through livestreaming, she defies fate and shocks everyone. A danger —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 73 Three Tribulations in the Mortal World 凡尘三劫 Did ancient times also have exorbitant bride prices? Mortgages and car loans? Anxiety over raising children? When the scholar Lin Yan asked for his beloved's hand in marriage, her family demanded eighty strings of cash, a house in town, and a pair of oxen and horses! If he couldn't provide them, he couldn't marry the woman he loved! For the sake of their marriage, he took on debt and labored through half his life; For the sake of their family, she lived frugally and waited patiently. Mortgages, —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 74 Serpent Lord: Enter My Mountain and Be My Slave 蛇主：入我山，为我奴 [Dual Perspectives] [Mad Demon Lord] [Absolute Domination] [Coercive Love] [Substitute] Everyone thinks I kept Liu Ergou because I mistook him for my old friend A Zhao. How laughable. I know better than anyone. His looks are different, his temperament is different. He's soft-hearted and timid, afraid of pain. From beginning to end, he is not my A Zhao. But so what? A Zhao is dead. Year after year, not even his bones remain. The living cannot be kept, and obsession cannot be quelled. So I'll —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 75 The Vengeful Spirit Ferry: Granny Fox Immortal Helps Me Strike It Rich 冤魂渡：狐仙奶奶带我发大财 Supernatural Suspense + Comedy + Money-Grubbing Comeback + Episodic Format My shrine was smashed, and I was so broke I had to chew rotten vegetables! Then I ran into a fox immortal granny who called me her 'good grandson.' I negotiated a 'profit split' with her. I earned my first fortune by helping spirits cross over, then rose to become the top immortal in Fengtian! Others help spirits cross over to build virtue; I do it to make a fortune. Who could have guessed that, along the way, I'd get cau 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 76 The Crown Prince's Guilty Slave Won't Pretend Anymore 东宫罪奴她不装了 [Historical Romance, Strong Female Lead, Political Intrigue] [No Transmigration, No Rebirth, No Golden Finger] Ten years ago, the mother of Chu Zhao, legitimate daughter of the Zhenbei Marquis General's household, was falsely accused of poisoning Noble Consort An and died by suicide, her name stained with injustice. Ten years later, Chu Zhao assumed the name Lin Yun and infiltrated the Eastern Palace as a lowly maid, all to uncover the truth behind what happened. She kept her head down and pla —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 77 Qing Jian Meets the Underworld Messenger 青简遇阴差 A modern office-drone underworld clerk rants nonstop about workplace KPIs, while an ancient historian watches the gossip of reincarnation unfold online. One bizarre soul case after another lays bare the many faces of humanity beneath the karmic workings of Heaven's law. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 78 Inkstone Embers 砚烬 Yan Jin —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 79 Dreams Burn Across the Three Realms 三界梦烬 The author is updating at a rapid pace. Everyone is welcome to share their thoughts! This book is about to reach its grand finale! An impostor has appeared in the Realm of Pure Sorrow! When the great dream burns to ashes, they will rewrite the final outcome with their own hands. 224Reads—Score139Shelves
- 80 Bear Bro's Paranormal Investigation Agency 2 熊哥诡异调查所2 Bear Bro's Paranormal Investigation Office 2 is the sequel to Bear Bro's Paranormal Investigation Office. It continues the immersive first-person narration, combining real-world crimes with folk tales of the uncanny, and focuses on psychological horror grounded in realism. The Paranormal Investigation Office never runs out of cases. A missing-girl case sets the story in motion. Someone steals a dead person's account and uses it to pose as them online, carefully luring unsuspecting users into a 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 81 Yongjia, the Berserker 狂人战士永迦 In his twenties, Sun Wu lives an ordinary life. Then a phantom beast, a dragon, attacks the city. As flames engulf him, he gains the ability to transform into the Berserker Warrior Yongjia. Through one battle after another, he learns of two major forces of evil: the Jibeixi Empire and the Erge Organization. His close friend from hundreds of millions of years ago has become an agent of the Jibeixi Empire, while the Erge Organization was founded by humans hundreds of millions of years ago. Later, 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 82 When the Wind Rises, Souls Break on the Road Home 风起之时，魂断归途 If you were lucky enough to glimpse a fragment of the future, and every thread led to destruction, what would a young man choose? A girl burdened with the hatred of her homeland and family, and a boy whose origins are unknown: what choices will the two of them face in this cruel world? —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 83 I'm Just a Novelist, Why Are You Sending Me to Fight Dragons? 我就一小说家，你让我去打恶龙？ (Synopsis to be revised) (Primarily female-female + ensemble cast + no System + occasionally lighthearted + alternate world + infinite flow) In my previous life, I was reborn. In the life before that, I was just a lazy person who loved novels but had yet to make a career of it. In my previous life, I brought countless story tropes with me when I crossed over into a world with no web novels, only literary fiction. "Lin Lu, what would you say is the secret to your success? How did you come up with 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 84 Suspended for Saving a Patient, I Turned Around and Put the Hospital Troublemaker in the Dock 救人被停职，我反手把医闹送上被告席 I Was Suspended for Saving a Patient, So I Turned Around and Put the Hospital Troublemaker in the Defendant's Seat —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 85 You Can't Even Pick Breakfast, and You Expect Me to Lead the National Team to Victory? 选个早餐都费劲，你让我带国足夺冠？ You Struggle to Pick Breakfast, and You Expect Me to Lead the National Soccer Team to Victory? —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 86 What PhD? She's a Legendary Delivery Rider 什么女博士，她是传奇外卖员 What Female PhD? She's a Legendary Food Delivery Rider —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 87 I Failed My Residency Assessment, So I Became the Dean's Private Secretary 规培考核没过，我转身做了院长的私人秘书 I Failed My Residency Assessment, So I Turned Around and Became the Hospital Director's Private Secretary —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 88 After My Best Friend Stole My Boyfriend, I Made Her Call Me for Emergency Consults Every Day 闺蜜抢我男友后，我天天喊她急会诊 After My Best Friend Stole My Boyfriend, I Started Calling Her for Emergency Consults Every Day —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 89 Secretly Keeping You in My Heart 偷偷放心上 When Gu Xiang was sixteen, she moved with her parents from a tiny county town to a major new-tier city. She discovered what the world beyond her hometown was like. She also met the boy who had kept her warm ever since: Song Ming. She could never forget how, beneath his usual carefree, rebellious exterior, he had such a gentle heart. Little did she know that he had reserved all his special affection for Gu Xiang alone. After an unexpected turn of events, she had no choice but to return to her hom 97Reads—Score—Shelves
- 90 A Guide to Raising a Harem Favorite from an Abandoned Consort 冷宫废妃万人迷养成指南 [Unconventional, trope-subverting palace intrigue + no romance + saving the world] On the very first day after Jiang Lan transmigrated, someone falsely accused her and had her banished to the Cold Palace. Even a lowly woman of the Jiang family, exiled to the Cold Palace, could bully her without fear. Fortunately, she was bound to a System. Using her golden finger, she earned the Empress Dowager's trust and brought down the Noble Consort. But only after the Shen family fell did she learn that thi —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 91 Dreams of a Captive God 囚神梦念 Fate is inescapable for a lifetime; forever, a prisoner and slave. To look to the gods is to chase an illusion; becoming a savior is no easy feat. A hundred dreams, not one comes true; in the end, you become the Demon Lord. Who has ever been free of greed? Countless desires are hard to satisfy. There is no way to free the gods from their prison; do not covet dreams and desires. (Xi Xu Yi Ye, Xi Yi Ye) 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 92 Those Years I Discussed the Dao with My Inner Demon 我与心魔论道那些年 Gu Yan transmigrated to the cultivation world three thousand years ago, and has been stuck in the Enlightenment Realm for all three thousand years. Other people awaken their Dao Seeds in just three days. It took him three thousand years. Others inscribe Dao Marks through insight. He does it by arguing with his inner demon. Others face a near-certain death during the Heart Demon Tribulation. He raised his inner demon as a roommate. One day, his inner demon suddenly handed him a cup of tea. “ —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 93 The Ghost Valley Master's Record of Saving the World 鬼谷子渡世录 In the east, the Xu family reads the stars; in the west, the Li family studies feng shui; in the south, the Xie family practices divination; in the north, the Wang family reads bones; and in the central region, the Qimen school commands the strange arts. All five schools trace their origins to Guigu, but after branching off and specializing, each lost sight of the whole. Xu Tianxi, a veteran of a reconnaissance company, returns to his hometown after leaving the army. The moment he opens the doo 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 94 After Leaving the Mountain: The Young Mystic Has No Respect for the Rules 出山后：小玄师不讲武德 This is the original old version. Treat it as a dumping ground or draft for keeping track of the series. If I run out of inspiration or forget a character's personality, I can come here and look it up. It has some overlap with the main work, but not much. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 95 Before the Final Cycle: Prelude 末终回轮前传 If you enjoy this series, you can search for The Final Cycle. This story mainly follows Chen Mo's perspective as he explores the world's deepest secrets. Hope you enjoy reading! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 96 A 14-Year Age Gap, and My “Little Brother” Is Engaged 14岁年龄差，我的“弟弟”未婚 They may not be related by blood, but she’s watched this kid grow up ever since he was little. So why has this boy, fourteen years her junior, suddenly proposed to her? She’s only just managed to move on from her last relationship. The last thing she wants is to fall into the trap of love again. What? Now the guy she used to have a thing with is suddenly showering her with attention? What is even going on? “Since you don’t like him either, and I need to steer clear of my ex, why don’t we just g 36Reads—Score—Shelves
- 97 The Little Sun and Her Grump 小太阳和她的不高兴 [Angst with sweetness + fast-paced + mutual devotion + mutual healing] [A taciturn heiress who seems cold but is warm inside x a cheerful, sunny, youthful girl] [Depression x heart disease] Jing Yan, the heiress to a powerful conglomerate, is determined to die. She tries to jump from the hospital rooftop, but is unexpectedly saved by a girl in a patient gown who appears out of nowhere. “Hold on tight...” “Are you crazy? If you do that, you’ll...” Afterward, through a series of coincidences, Jin 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 98 Oh My God! I Transmigrated into a Dragon Girl Villain?! 天哪！我竟然穿越成了龙娘反派？ (Light Novel + Lighthearted Comedy + Wildly Imaginative Alternate History) I was once a struggling novelist on Earth. It was only thanks to my breakout hit, The Rise of the Dragon Empire, that I gained a little fame. After finishing the book, I hoped to write something new and make a little more money. Who could have guessed… I'd end up getting “lucky” and transmigrating to another world? And here's the kicker: I transmigrated into the world I'd written, and became the book's female protagonist, 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 99 Amid the Rain and Mist of the Pavilion 楼台烟雨中 A journey of cultivation that begins clumsily Female lead: Bu Cangtai, my sister Tai, childhood name Ting Ting, nickname Silly Tai. A wolf who has always believed she was human. Male lead: Lou Sike, a nine-headed golden-winged roc. Before she met Lou Sike, she thought that having a full stomach was all that mattered. After she met Lou Sike, she saw how his heart and eyes overflowed with compassion for all living things. Eating her fill kept her alive and satisfied her hunger. But living could no 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 100 When Sparks Fly 针尖与麦芒 One-on-one pairing / Both pure and devoted / Two male leads / A little sweet All characters are adults. After entering high school, top students Chen He and Xu Zehui, rivals who had never met before, ended up in the same class and sitting at the same desk. From then on, every exam became a silent war, and these two men with completely different personalities finally found worthy opponents in each other. The night before college entrance exam registration, Chen He asked Xu Zehui to meet, saying h —Reads—Score—Shelves
