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- 51 My First Love, the CEO, or an AI Puppy Boy? 初恋总裁还是AI奶狗 [Not AI or web fiction. High-IQ mind games, steamy and intensely sweet, clear-headed heroine, four men competing for her, suspenseful and funny.] [The first volume will end in four more chapters. If there are enough comments, the author may write a second volume about married life.] A neuroscience PhD returns home and joins a pharmaceutical startup, where she gets both a free luxury home and an annual salary in the millions. The owner of the house asks her to test an AI robot, but she never expe 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 52 The Meaning of Happiness 幸福的标准 Ye Han and He Junshan are, in everyone’s eyes, the perfect love story from campus to the altar. But how can a marriage keep feelings safe from the wear and tear of everyday life? Even their careers are gradually facing new crises… 64Reads—Score—Shelves
- 53 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 70.3kReads8.5Score5.8kShelves
- 54 His Puppy-Dog Eyes 他的狗狗眼 [Younger man’s secret crush + grown-up flirtation and entanglement + an affectionate puppy who loves to cuddle] [Sincere, green-tea-flavored veterinarian × beautiful top student and lead singer of a band] “Big Sis, you’re the only one with the key to this collar. If I could, I’d hope you never opened it for the rest of your life, because I only want to be your good little dog, and yours alone.” 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 55 Reborn, I Advised the Doctor to Stop Drinking 重生后，我劝医生别酗酒 (The book got zero reads in the store at both 80,000 and 200,000 words. Why not give it a look?) [Slow-burn romance + small-town life + one heroine + no mass-produced sugary romance] A few months ago. “Boss Gu, you have no right to stop me from drinking.” “Boss Gu, my business is none of yours.” “If you keep bothering me, I’ll call the police.” A few months later. “If you could go back to the past with your memories intact, what would you do?” The woman in a white coat beside him suddenly asked 1Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 56 After Going Bankrupt, I Became the Female CEO's Special Assistant 破产后，我成了女总裁的特别助理 A bankrupt young master vs. an icy female CEO. He came to Yun Jing to investigate the cause of his father's death. She uses him to stabilize the boardroom. A partnership built on mutual exploitation, from the archives to the boardroom, from buried cases to life-or-death struggles, from testing each other to fighting side by side. Twenty-five years of old scores, two generations of grudges. He takes a knife for her, and she helps him turn the tables. Love between equals is the most moving of all. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 57 The Scrap Collector's Fourth Book 收破烂捡破的第4本书 48Reads—Score—Shelves
- 58 A Retail Investor's Road to Growth 一个散户的成长之路 Li Xin enters the stock market with a dream, and after an auspicious start, fate strikes him a crushing blow. Hunted by capital's financial giants, he loses everything. Lost and despairing, he becomes the student of a retired master, honing his skills in technical analysis and insight into human nature as he vows to make a comeback in the unpredictable world of stocks. From then on, he navigates the hell of candlestick charts and the depths of human nature. He must face the ruthless schemes of 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 59 My Blind Date Is Actually a University Counselor? 相亲对象居然是大学导员？ [Feel-Good Story + Sweet Romance + Older Woman/Younger Man + Workplace + Easygoing Daily Life + No System] Right after graduating, Shen Yan's dad forced him into a blind date. Shen Yan planned to go through the motions and get it over with, but the woman he was supposed to marry turned out to be Zhao Jinshu, the university counselor who had supervised him for two years! The two began pretending to be a couple for their own benefit. While fake-dating his counselor, Shen Yan set the workplace stra 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 60 Romance of the Three Jin States 三晋演义 Goujian endured hardship and humiliation until he could destroy Wu and establish his hegemony, bringing an end to the Jin state's century-long dominance and shocking the entire kingdom. As Duke Jizao and chief minister Zhiyao desperately sought a way to restore Jin, Zhao Wuxu proposed reclaiming the lands of the Fan and Zhonghang clans to strengthen the ducal house. This triggered a fierce struggle over land among the four families of Zhi, Zhao, Wei, and Han, plunging the Jin dukes into decline 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 61 The Door to Vault Three 三号库的门 The Door to Storage Room Three 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 62 The Bottomless Cave of West Mountain 西山无底洞 A county Party secretary beloved by the people mysteriously disappears, and a trail of suspicious clues sets off a series of thrilling, convoluted events. With its broad scope and diverse cast, this novel portrays vivid scenes from society and lifelike characters. 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 63 We Are Each Other's Time 我们互为时光 You are the road I have walked, and I am the poem you have read. Lin Zhixia and Cheng Yan, from the age of eighteen to thirty-eight. One went to Beijing, while the other stayed in the county town. One became a journalist, the other a photographer. One lost herself in marriage, while the other found herself again as she cared for her mother. Twenty years: Fourteen handwritten letters One hundred and thirty-two photographs Countless late-night phone calls That same photograph together every Spr 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 64 18 Ways to Make Money in 2025 2025赚到钱的18种方式 18 Ways to Make Money in 2025 —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 65 The Unconventional Zoo 不正经动物园 Lin Qi has just graduated from college when he inherits his family's island zoo. He expects a peaceful, leisurely life, but every animal in the zoo has gone completely off the rails. The tiger, king of beasts, doesn't hunt its prey. Instead, it clings to a Tibetan Mastiff and begs for affection every day. The seemingly lazy cat stays up all night, hopelessly addicted to mobile games. A gorilla has become a cat's caretaker and is such a skilled streamer that its broadcasts attract countless fans. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 66 I Owe My Ex-Wife Two Million 欠了前妻二百万 On a sunny afternoon, I’ll brew a cup of green tea and pretend to be deep in thought as I reminisce, remembering what has already passed, yet is still happening… 137Reads7.3Score116Shelves
- 67 Let’s Get Married 让我们拼个婚吧 A sweet, low-key story about everyday life in the city~ One true love each, no angst, no N Note: The rating is low because there aren’t many readers (╥_╥) At twenty-six, Zhang Yu has an ordinary, stable job and just wants to live a carefree life. But his family keeps pressuring him to get married and setting him up on one blind date after another. These dates, driven by money and self-interest, repeatedly shatter the romantic idealism of a man who has never been in love. He feels numb, even help 559Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 68 The Reborn Spendthrift and His May-December Romance 败家子重生之老牛吃嫩草 Gao Yan’s father was the boss of a private engineering company in Jiang City, and his mother owned a chain of three supermarkets. Their family assets totaled over ten million, making them one of the wealthiest families in the city. Even a family like theirs was eventually ruined by Gao Yan. Gao Yan dropped out of high school in his senior year after getting into fights. He entered the workforce at twenty, fell in with a bunch of bad friends, and spent his days hanging around entertainment venues 221Reads—Score—Shelves
- 69 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—Score—Shelves
- 70 After Getting Fired, I Maxed Out God-Tier Traits Just by Breathing 开除后，我靠呼吸刷爆神级词条 Just after getting laid off, I was told that my breathing could put labels on anything? Stick “Indestructible” on a pair of flip-flops and they can go toe-to-toe with a Ferrari. Stick “Never Misses” on a slingshot and you can knock a rich kid’s drone out of the sky from three blocks away. Stick “Friend to Animals” on the stray dog downstairs, and the next day every cat and dog in the neighborhood will come guard my home. - Ex-girlfriend: Lu Chen, I was wrong. Let’s get back together! - Me: Oh, l 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 71 My Best Friend's Dad Got Married 《闺蜜的老爸结婚了》 My Best Friend's Dad Got Married 97Reads—Score—Shelves
- 72 Transmigrate Into a Pathetic Starlet, and My Courage Explodes 穿成窝囊废女明星，直接勇气大爆发 Transmigrating as a spineless actress, she unleashes a burst of courage right away 112Reads—Score—Shelves
- 73 I Lay Low in a Rented Room, Trading Stocks, and Became the World's Richest 苟在出租屋炒股，我成了全球首富 After losing his job, Lu Chen awakened a talent and kept his head down trading stocks from his rental apartment. From then on, he began a triumphant run of crushing quantitative funds, top market speculators, and Wall Street, ultimately becoming the richest man in the world! 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 74 I Asked You to Deliver Takeout, Not to Make the Female CEO Eat Out of Your Hand! 让你送外卖，没让你拿捏女总裁！ [System + urban comeback + cozy daily life + no angst] Song Ning was a food delivery rider struggling to survive in a big city. He thought he would spend his whole life as a busy little “worker ant.” That was until the day he awakened the “Reward Good, Punish Evil System.” Help an old lady cross the street? Get 10,000 yuan in cash! Save an elderly man who suddenly falls ill? Get 100,000 yuan in cash, plus god-tier medical skills! Feed a stray cat? Get 30,000 yuan in cash and the ability to —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 75 Love Affairs in the Big City 大城情事 After my girlfriend and my best friend gave me a spectacular set of horns, I gritted my teeth and left my small town to make it in the big city. But as soon as I arrived at my new company, my coworkers started ostracizing me and setting me up... The big city is no paradise! It's a world of its own, full of all kinds of people and endless deception! As a nobody, I had to start out as a lowly network administrator, stumbling along until I finally built a small business of my own! But she was an ex 1.5kReads8.3Score133Shelves
- 76 Graduated into Unemployment, Then I Met You 毕业即失业，还好遇到你 Three months since graduation, the job search stretches on and on. Her best friend criticizes her, her mother keeps nagging. Where can she find a way forward? By chance, she joins a job-hunting group and meets a kind-hearted man. Fate brings them together, and their feelings quietly grow. He helps her find work, and she braves a gauntlet of interviews. Liu Ruyan is scheming, arrogant, and overbearing. The male lead protects the heroine, but hides that he is a CEO. The heroine doesn’t know who he 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 77 Reborn in 2002: I Won’t Become the Richest Man 重生2002，我不做首富 [Reborn in 2002]+ [A flood of memories]+ [Everyday life]+ [Building the nation through industry]+ [Web fiction superstar]+ [Patriotic] When Yan He woke up, he had returned to 2002, the year he started seventh grade. Reliving his youthful days, he battled against the current, and forged a very different life. 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 78 My Life After Escaping to Lijiang 我逃离到丽江的生活 A disillusioned young man at the lowest point in his life drifts from city to city, enduring one hardship after another. At last, he and a friend embark on a journey of redemption. When they reach the dreamlike city of Lijiang, he encounters a curious connection spanning three thousand kilometers and meets all kinds of fascinating people. His ordinary life takes a turn, and a story of love and hate quietly begins to unfold. 302Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 79 I'm a Celestial Immortal, So Why Am I So Obsessed with Making Money? 明明是地仙，偏偏爱搞钱 My name is Zhao Qingyue, a former advertising-office wage slave crushed by my mortgage. My new boss, Xiao Xiaowei, is an Earth Immortal who has lived for over a thousand years. She can stop time with a single finger and make vengeful ghosts vanish with a stomp. But her favorite pastime is snapping up discounted potatoes for 99 cents a pound in the neighborhood group-buy chat. Ever since I started working for her, my worldview has suffered a catastrophic fracture every day: Other people use talis 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 80 The Long Summer 悠长夏季 The quiet, secluded town of Guanhai welcomed two strange young men one after the other. From then on, the monotonous life of an eighteen-year-old high school girl was filled with laughter… But all good things must come to an end, and eventually they had to leave… Many years later, they unexpectedly met again, but everything had changed… 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 81 Perfect Revenge: Please Follow My Script and Die 完美复仇：请按我的剧本赴死 What you see is coincidence. What I write down is inevitable. They think they won because they believe they’re clever, not knowing it was a plot I had written long ago. Every betrayal, every moment of triumph, was a script I handed them. Fang Wen has returned from the shadows for one reason: to invite his enemies onto the stage, one by one, and watch them laugh, watch them gloat, then watch them step toward the ending he has arranged. You think you’re in control? No, you’re just an actor. And th 16.4kReads8.3Score1.3kShelves
- 82 After a Rear-End Collision, the Campus Belle Made an Outrageous Demand 追尾后，校花竟提出过分要求 (No System) (Cozy everyday life) (Sweet romance) (One female lead) After finishing the college entrance exams, Zhuang Shuai finally got into Yucheng University, the school of his dreams. The day before registration, Zhuang Shuai was riding a shared electric bike when he accidentally crashed into a Maserati worth two million yuan. To his surprise, the woman who owned the car made him a shocking demand… 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 83 Shenxian Yang's 43rd Book 神仙洋第43本书 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! 328Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 84 Rising to the Top of the Jianghu in '95 九五江湖上位 Night falls, and the lights of Victoria Harbour come on one by one, dyeing the water a shimmering gold. But deep inside Kowloon Walled City, there isn’t a single proper streetlamp. Zhou Quan squats in a cramped stairwell, clutching half a stale pineapple bun and washing it down with a bottle of flat Vita Soy for dinner. The corridor reeks of a mixture of damp, mold, and the bitter Chinese herbs simmering next door. Together, these smells make up the air he has known for eighteen years, so famili 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 85 We Said It Was a Fake Marriage, So No Falling in Love 说了假结婚，我们不许谈恋爱 [Urban]+ [Everyday Life]+ [One Female Lead]+ [Romance] Shen Qing was sixteen that year and had just started high school. Because he was so good at soccer, he accidentally kicked over a cup of bubble tea belonging to his classmate Xie Wanning. Knowing he was in the wrong, he sincerely apologized afterward. He thought that would be the end of it, but the girl held a grudge, and he soon realized he couldn't escape her. Later, when the school investigated students dating, they even mistook the two o 287Reads—Score—Shelves
- 86 Love Is Simple 爱很简单 Before I became a billionaire, I was always searching for love. What is love? I hope you can find the answer in this book. This book is about love, desire, life, philosophy, gender equality, and society's discrimination against women... 45Reads—Score—Shelves
- 87 My Small-Town Girlfriend 我的小城女友 No matter how long people live in a big city, they eventually return to a small town. Xiyang, a genius who made his fortune through stock trading, finds his life going nowhere after his girlfriend cheats on him and his career hits a wall. He leaves Chengdu, a city full of memories, and returns to his hometown, where he meets the girl who will become his small-town girlfriend. This is an ordinary book, but the small-town life it tells of is anything but ordinary. 69Reads—Score—Shelves
- 88 May the Sun Always Shine Bright 希望阳光永远都炽热 A castoff banished by his corporation to the Western District has a one-night stand, only to be relentlessly pursued by a beauty. Then, through a bizarre twist of fate, he even ends up at the police station. Ever since he got involved with this woman, not a single day has gone smoothly! "I'll pay you. Can you just leave?" "No!" Is it really so hard for me to be a true believer in pure love? 213Reads—Score—Shelves
- 89 From the Start, I Confess to the School Beauty, and the Comeback System Arrives Early 开局表白校花，逆袭系统来早了 [Lighthearted daily life] + [Multiple heroines] + [Middle-Aged Comeback System] + [Campus] Come on, man! The college entrance exams are over, and I just confessed to my first love. I’d only just taken my childhood sweetheart’s soft, fair hand when this Comeback System thing showed up. What the heck? [At thirty-six, your marriage has failed. Standing at a crossroads in your life, you remember the decision you made as a teenager that you would regret for the rest of your life. If you’d known thing 13Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 90 At 21, I Worked Every Kind of Odd Job at the Bottom of Society 21岁，我打遍了底层的各种零工 For four years, I've been trying to cure an incurable illness by working odd jobs. [A slice-of-life story, light comedy, nothing too dark, personal growth, and a comeback. Give it a try...] Everyone cries at some point in their twenties. I'm no exception. What about you? Have you found a job? How is it going? At an age when our ambitions reach for the sky, I want to be the master of my own life. If I work fast enough, even the capitalists can't keep up with me! In the bustling city, everyone in 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 91 The Leisurely Life After Financial Freedom 财富自由后的悠闲生活 [No System + Urban Entrepreneurship + Traditional] In the spring of 2010, Lu Dalang, a senior at an agricultural university, was about to graduate. His girlfriend, Qian Mei, wanted to return to her hometown, where her parents had already arranged a job for her and she had familiar connections. Lu Dalang, determined to pursue his own future, angrily headed to the provincial capital. His girlfriend left him with one condition: “Buy a house, and come get me so we can live in the provincial capital. 3.8kReads8.2Score151Shelves
- 92 Lin Hua's Fourth Book 林华的华的第4本书 37Reads—Score—Shelves
- 93 Reborn with a Terminal Illness, I Won’t Treat It This Time 绝症重生后，这病我不治了 One-on-one warmth and everyday life + leisurely travel [A heads-up: no backstabbing or face-slapping, no domineering CEO or powerhouse heroine, and no sweeping aside all opposition. This is a pure slice-of-life story.] In her previous life, Qiao Qian was diagnosed with an illness and diligently followed her treatment, but sadly, it did little good. Later, she decided to spend what time she had left seeing the world, only to get into a car accident… After being reborn, Qiao Qian decided not to se —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 94 Shameless! Two Liang 无耻！二两 From the start, he’s streaking across a desolate mountain! Lin Erliang awakens the Old Sixth Ambush System. Following the righteous path to cultivation means certain death; only underhanded ambushes can make him invincible! A brick to strike down prodigies, a sack to tie up sages! A thousand years of death to shatter their resolve, underhanded arts to subdue ten thousand sects! While others play fair, he specializes in sneak attacks! While others cultivate the Great Way, he cultivates shameles 1.3kReads—Score145Shelves
- 95 I Returned to School After Graduation to Work as a Security Guard, and My Teacher Became My Wife 毕业回校做保安，老师变老婆 [Urban slice of life, school life, sweet romance, light comedy, one female lead] As the saying goes, college graduates these days go straight into unemployment. Vocational colleges are everywhere, bachelor's degrees are a dime a dozen, and a good bachelor's degree is said to be no worse than a vocational degree. Gu Chang Geng didn't realize how true that was until he graduated. His parents had always told him that if he didn't study hard, he wouldn't be able to find a job. Only now did he realiz 2.7kReads6.1Score209Shelves
- 96 Reborn: The Gilded Years 重生之鎏金岁月 Also known as: Reborn: Saving My One True Love with AI Li Heng was reborn. Back in 2011, he was still a handsome eighth-grader. He had no money or power, just an offline version of DeepSeek and a nightmare he couldn't forget. In his previous life, a girl took the brunt of everything for him and died that summer during their ninth-grade year. He remembered her open eyes for fifteen years. This time, he swore he would save her. But what he hadn't expected was this: The childhood friend who used to 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 97 Capital Rewind: I Was a Stock Market God at Ten 资本回溯：我十岁已是股神 Ten-year-old Lin Mo wakes up to find himself back on the eve of the 2008 financial crisis. Drawing on memories from his previous life, while his classmates are still doing addition and subtraction, he quietly starts investing in gold and stocks destined to soar, determined to turn his family's fortunes around. But his immense wealth brings one problem after another: his parents' suspicions, his teacher's scrutiny, and his relatives' probing questions. As everyone tries to uncover the secret behi 74Reads—Score—Shelves
- 98 The Hidden Merchant of the City 都市隐商 Chen Jiadong, are you stupid? You can't even tell a million from ten thousand? If you want to die, don't drag everyone else down with you. Even if you sold everything you own, you couldn't pay it back. You're fired. Hello, is this Mr. Chen Jiadong? I'm calling from Zixing Technology to inform you that you need to attend the shareholders' meeting tomorrow. What? The company committed fraud? It's blown up! Good thing I sold the company. Then I bought it back. So the company's fraud case was a mist 45Reads—Score—Shelves
- 99 Dongguan: A Dusty Romance 东莞尘缘 Dongguan is a city full of memories, holding the youth and stories of countless young men and women. You’re only young once, so do you still remember the women who appeared in your youth? 4.2kReads7.8Score360Shelves
- 100 Stock Trading Simulator: From 8,000 Yuan to 1 Trillion 炒股模拟盘：从八千块赚到一万亿 I woke up reborn in 2018, carrying ten years of future memories back to the stock market. In six years, I’ll turn 200,000 yuan into a fortune. This time, I’m going to win back everything I lost! (Based on a true story, retracing the trading path of the Beijing Trader.) 215Reads—Score—Shelves
