Novels like Old Town Mysteries, Volume Two
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- 151 The Mad Consort by Proxy: Prince, I Hope You're Well 《替嫁疯妃，王爷别来无恙》 My Replacement Bride Is a Madwoman, Stay Away, Prince! 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 152 Delivery Rider, Where’s My Takeout? It’s in Prison. Please 骑手我外卖在哪？外卖在牢里，请 [Short drama adaptation released] [Livestream antics] [Lighthearted comedy] [So funny I’m laughing my ass off] Jiang Chen transmigrated to a parallel world and joined a reality show. By random draw, he got a job as a food delivery rider. Carrying two boxes of [everyday umbrellas], Jiang Chen knocked on a customer’s door. Female customer: “You’re late! Because you’re late, my place reeks of flowers!” Jiang Chen gave it a careful sniff. “Nice!” Female customer: “No discussion. I’m filing a complai 11kReads8.8Score999Shelves
- 153 After Offering Herself to Settle His Debt, the Celibate Heir Can't Stop Kissing Her 以身抵债后，禁欲太子爷吻她上瘾 [Love after marriage + powerful man bows to love + age gap + both pure + steady, slow-burn romance] Fang Ran got drunk and spent a night in passionate embraces with a stranger in a hotel bed. The next morning, she slipped away while he was still asleep. Later, Fang Ran crashed into a globally limited-edition luxury car. She went to discuss compensation with the owner, only to discover he was the stranger from that night. His true identity was Han Yanzhou, the prince of Haicheng. He demanded 13.1 7.7kReads—Score828Shelves
- 154 I'm Paralyzed, So How Could I Be the Butcher of the Night? 我都瘫痪了，怎么会是黑夜屠夫？ Gu Yang had a successful career and a happy family, but a car accident suddenly left him in a vegetative state. His mind, however, remained perfectly clear. In the endless darkness, he finally learned the secret behind the accident. On a night filled with anger and despair, he fused with his own shadow and became a butcher of the night! And after killing someone, he could even steal their lifespan, heal his body, and spend points on skills! A top detective, a medium, occult practitioners, and ma 34.9kReads7.6Score3.1kShelves
- 155 One Little Pout, and the Whole World Spoils This Adorable Baby 小嘴一瘪，萌宝被四海八荒团宠了 [Beloved adorable child + multiple secret identities + resource pocket dimension + invincible backers + farming and infrastructure building + fantasy comedy] “Waaah T﹏T, I’m only two! I don’t want to be the village chief!” “No way, Lord Xiaojiu! The hole you dug gushes with spring water, the rice seedlings you planted bear grain in half a month, iron sand flows from the mountain you opened, and everyone praises the bandits you wiped out... If you won’t be village chief, who would dare take the j 5.4kReads9.5Score862Shelves
- 156 Reborn in the 1980s! No Regrets!!! 重生八零！不留遗憾！！！ Reborn in 1980! No regrets!!! 336Reads—Score—Shelves
- 157 Hilarious Heavenly Court: My Mouth Has Been Blessed 爆笑天庭：我的嘴开过光 [Everyone’s Darling + Jinxed Tongue + Sibling Shenanigans + Best Friends + Gossip-Watching + System + Learning Skills] [No Romance] [Comedy] Reborn as Nezha’s little sister, I thought I could just lie flat and enjoy being everyone’s favorite. But the moment I opened my mouth, Dad lost his beard. I opened it again, and the Southern Heavenly Gate came crashing down. The whole Heavenly Court thought my brother did it. Nezha: Go ahead and cause trouble, sis. I’ll take the blame! Li Jing: Don’t 1.1kReads—Score106Shelves
- 158 Livestream Fortune-Telling: The Genuine Heiress Becomes Everyone’s Favorite 直播算命：玄学真千金成团宠了 [Livestreaming + beloved by everyone + no romance + goofy comedy] Just after Su Xuanxuan turned eighteen, her master kicked her down the mountain, claiming it was time for her to gain experience. Who could have guessed that as soon as she left the mountain, she’d end up at the police station? One moment, the officers were giving her a lesson in science; the next, they were questioning reality. Su Xuanxuan’s second client turned out to be her own eldest brother. She was just wondering why she’d r 6kReads9.2Score789Shelves
- 159 Shocking! After Transmigrating into a Book, I Became the Child's Mother 惊爆！穿书后我成了孩子他妈 Original title: The 1980s: Commander, Your Baby Is from Ten Years in the Future [Period drama transmigration + marriage first, love later + family life + adorable baby + marriage to bring good fortune] The instant she receives her college admission letter, Qi Shiyu finds herself standing at the gates of a school in 1985. She's become a high school senior, with only three months left before the college entrance exams. She's transmigrated into a book. She thought she'd been cast as an insignifican 31.1kReads7.9Score4.9kShelves
- 160 Everyone's Gossiping: The General's Little Cotton Jacket Has a Leak 全员吃瓜：将军的小棉袄漏风了 [Mind Reading + Gossip + Everyone's Favorite + No Romance + Lighthearted + Hilarious] Gossiping got me killed, so the underworld compensated me with a giant loudspeaker that broadcasts my thoughts! My name is Gu Niannian, a veteran gossip lover. I died at twenty-two after watching a wife and her husband's mistress tear into each other, when a flying high heel hit me squarely in the head. A rookie Grim Reaper fumbled and took the wrong soul. To make amends, the scheming King of Hell handed me the 6.1kReads8.8Score669Shelves
- 161 The Ultimate Village Doctor 极品村神医 [Rural miracle doctor + get rich + farming] Ye Xiaofan has terminal cancer and thinks he doesn’t have long to live. By a twist of fate, he recovers and gains peerless medical skills and an immortal cultivation art. He can cure any rare or difficult illness with ease, and he’s not afraid to take on anyone, face-slapping expert after expert. Watch as this ordinary man climbs, step by step, to the peak of life... 2kReads8.9Score316Shelves
- 162 Immortal King, Please Hurry Back! 仙王，求求您快回去吧 To better temper himself in the mortal world, a generation's Immortal King entered a world in the Age of Declining Magic. Little did he know that once he went, he would never want to return. "Immortal King, have you had your fun? If you have, hurry back! The Immortal Realm can't do without you!" "No way. There are no short videos or games in the Immortal Realm. I've spent billions of years there. I've had enough!" "I want to see for myself what this world has that's worth staying for!" From then 12.1kReads9.2Score1kShelves
- 163 Followed by Ghosts 与鬼随行 Immersive, terrifying, and packed with suspenseful mystery and deduction. I have a strange world, and I want to take you there! After the college entrance exams, I took a fatal blow meant for my friend and lost my sight. By chance, I ended up at a bizarre vocational college. My classmates are dying one after another under strange circumstances, and there seems to be a much bigger secret behind it all. This world seems so strange... so strange... I have to solve the mind-bending challenges one by 2.6kReads—Score245Shelves
- 164 A Fleeting Moment 寸阴 [Infinite-loop adventure in the early stages + an intelligent villain + detailed supporting characters + haven't figured out the later stages yet ^_^] Urging someone to study medicine is a recipe for disaster! Even with a golden finger, you still can't overcome human nature! So let it go. Take off that white coat, as if shedding the shackles weighing you down, only to fall into a cycle, an apparently endless loop. Within the cycle of 2015, you uncover a shocking secret from hundreds of years ago 6.2kReads—Score503Shelves
- 165 Innkeeper, Don't Think You Can Escape: The CEO's Runaway Pregnancy 民宿老板别想逃：女总裁的“带球跑” The B&B Owner Can't Get Away: The CEO's "Pregnant and on the Run" Romance 183Reads—Score—Shelves
- 166 Blazing Wilds Forbidden Zone: The Beautiful and Dashing Senior 《炽野禁区：学姐她美又飒》 Blazing Wilderness Forbidden Zone: The Senior Is Beautiful and Daring 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 167 Our Sect Is Dirt Poor, but the Disciples Are Rolling in Money 宗门一贫如洗，弟子富得流油 [Transmigration + no System + no harem + lighthearted + martial world] “Want to become an inner sect disciple? With free room and board?” Unable to resist the temptation, Jin Xiaochuan charged straight into the Nine-Story Tower, only to discover that it was a demonic sect officially registered with the authorities. 62.7kReads8.7Score4.4kShelves
- 168 After Three Years as a Widow, I Took Grandma to Join My Officer Husband 守寡三年我带奶奶投奔军官老公啦 The short drama is now streaming: The Lucky Wife of the 1970s: Her Tomb Raider Secret Identity Is Out! [Cold, tough military officer × female tomb raider, who later joins a research institute to serve her country] [Alternate-history military marriage + tomb-raiding System + married first, love later + raising kids + mind-reading + one-on-one, both leads inexperienced in love + nine-year age gap] [Reader's guide: The early chapters have a few plot holes, and the story is a silly comedy with no lo 10.9kReads8.6Score1.2kShelves
- 169 It's Sesame. He Added Sesame 是芝麻，他在加了芝麻 [Cultivation World + Food + Ensemble Cast + No Toxicity + Lighthearted Comedy + No Female Lead + No Harem + No Angst] After transmigrating into a cultivation world as a menial disciple of the Wudao Sect, he awakens the Culinary Dao System. The entire sect goes crazy competing for a taste of his cooking. From menial disciples and outer- and inner-sect disciples to personal disciples, elders, and ancestors, everyone gets involved. Their tricks are endless. No one is more shameless than the next. T 460Reads—Score102Shelves
- 170 EN Journey to the West: Master Wants to Tell Another Story 西游：师父又要讲故事了 [Type]: Journey to the West / historical Xuanzang / retracing the Journey to the West / Buddhist cultivation / not the Primordial World / only a great calamity setting / no conspiracy-driven plot. Guanyin Bodhisattva had been having a terrible headache lately. A great calamity was about to begin, and the Buddha had ordered him to find a Pilgrim and bring him to the Western Heaven to undertake the Journey to the West. Everything had originally been arranged. But this Pilgrim seemed a little stran 128.2kReads9.3Score13.3kShelves
- 171 The Ancestor's Parody of Versailles: A Lecture Hall of Laughter 百家笑谭老祖宗的凡尔赛讲堂 Emergency report! Emergency report! The Chinese cultural heritage system has triggered a Level Three Red Alert! The meeting room at the Heavenly Dao Administration was in chaos. Three curves plunged on the holographic display: The first line, labeled [System Comprehension], had fallen from 85% in the Tang Dynasty to 32% in the 21st century. The second line, labeled [Integrity Index], had gone from the dazzling galaxy of the "Hundred Schools of Thought" era to today's scattered "quotes from fa 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 172 My Sect Has Eleven Graves 我的门派有十一座坟 Fantasy and the supernatural, with a lighthearted, humorous tone and a touch of horror. My name is Zhang Shiyi. I have ten senior brothers, so my name is Zhang Shiyi. But all ten of my senior brothers are dead. They’re lying in the graves outside. What? My master? He’s dead too. The biggest, roundest grave is his. Haha~ Well, congratulations, then~ Get ready to sing: Congratulations, congratulations, congratulations to you, hey! Congratulations, congratulations to you~ 25kReads9.1Score2.1kShelves
- 173 The Streamer Does a Good Deed Every Day, Sending Criminals to Prison for Life 主播日行一善，罪犯牢底坐穿 [Livestream] [Comedy] [Living King of Hell] [No heroine] Originally titled: This Kindhearted Streamer Makes Even Satan Offer Him a Cigarette Su Chen, who transmigrates from a parallel world, gets bound to a Good Samaritan System. His whole thing is being kindhearted! One day, while Livestreaming, he’s suddenly stopped by a deaf-mute person on the roadside. The person pulls out a phone, opens a payment code, and asks for a donation. The people nearby gesture to Su Chen, warning him that the deaf- 5.5kReads9.0Score598Shelves
- 174 The Prosperous Era's Medical Detective 盛世谋医神探 Tang Wei, a top modern forensic pathologist, unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of an ancient criminal's daughter who shares her name. The original Tang Wei's family was confiscated after her father became embroiled in an imperial examination cheating scandal. She was reduced to a government servant and took her own life in despair. When Tang Wei wakes up, she is immediately trapped in a desperate situation: her status as a government servant leaves her as lowly as dust, and the shadow of 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 175 She’s Short on Money in the Five Elements 她五行缺钱【玄学】 Jiang Yi was kidnapped at the age of five and unexpectedly became the 108th successor of an obscure Daoist temple. The one who raised her and taught her everything was a wisp of the temple’s founding matriarch’s soul, which had remained inside her memorial tablet. Her temple was nothing more than a ramshackle shack made from discarded boards that mountain hunters didn’t want. It had no running water or electricity. Even dog-litter mushrooms grew between the floorboards. After they came down the 931Reads9.4Score198Shelves
- 176 The Meal on the Plate: The Execution Ground, They Watch You, They Remember 盘中餐：刑场——它们看着你，它们记得 The Meal on the Plate: The Execution Ground: They Watch You, They Remember 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 177 I'm Dead! Bajie Works with His Old Flame at Huaguoshan Tourism 笑死！八戒在花果山文旅和旧情人上班 I’m dead! Bajie is working at Huaguoshan Tourist Resort with his old flame. 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 178 The Blood-Red Wedding Dress: My Five-Hundred-Year-Old Ghost Girlfriend 血色嫁衣我的五百岁女鬼女友 A female ghost in a blood-red wedding dress! A sinister plot that extinguished all humanity! A meeting five hundred years in the making: she came back in this life for you! Young Gu Linchuan secluded himself in Jiangnan to prepare for his exams, only to encounter Rong Qianlu, a five-hundred-year-old female ghost dressed in a blood-red wedding gown. Her family was slaughtered when she was alive, turning her into a vengeful spirit, but Gu Linchuan’s gentleness brought out her vulnerable side. The 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 179 Officer Lu's Journal 小陆警官的手记 Lu Chengwen: I'm a detective. I only believe in evidence. Lin Xiao: I can feel corpses talking. Lu Chengwen: Say that again? Lin Xiao: The corpse says it wants to go home. Lu Chengwen: ...Fine. Lead the way. Author: If you two keep chatting, the readers will all go next door to read romance ◉‿◉ 317Reads—Score—Shelves
- 180 Hilarious! I Mistook an Evil God's Curse for an Ultimate Move and Trained with It 搞笑！我把邪神诅咒误当大招练了 [Trope Subversion]+ [Invincible Unhinged Comedy]+ [Absolutely Hilarious]+ [A Mentally Ill Author’s Wild Imagination] What the heck? Zhang Yi'ang feels like the heavens are messing with him. He tried practicing a cultivation technique, only to accidentally learn an Evil God’s curse. First ultimate move: The Zhang family is stronger than the Li family, so you can only attack people surnamed Li. But how many people in the world are actually named Li? Second ultimate move: Stay completely still, but 5.2kReads8.2Score441Shelves
- 181 The Supernatural Constable Gu Tiandao 灵异捕快古天刀 The winding smoke of everyday life rises through the city's urban villages, concealing countless human joys and sorrows, while wronged spirits of the dead roam the streets. Gu Tiandao, a food delivery rider, unexpectedly gains the ability to communicate with spirits and ends up moonlighting as a paranormal detective. He has to keep up with the rent, deliver food, and put up with his station manager exploiting him, all while handling one bizarre case after another: unjustly dead spirits, lingeri 46Reads—Score—Shelves
- 182 Goofy Livestream: You Call This a Public Affairs Program? 沙雕直播：你管这叫民生节目？ [Absurd and chaotic + System + ridiculous news + livestreaming + current affairs + turning everyone's world upside down + a little entertainment] The long-running public affairs program Family is about to be taken off the air. But after rookie reporter Lu Yun takes over, the show goes completely off the rails! Shocking! A couple secretly gets married and goes home with their marriage certificate to break the news, only to discover the boyfriend is an illegitimate son! Tragic! A college student h 105kReads9.4Score12.9kShelves
- 183 Collection of Two Forgettings: Records of an Unknown Daoist Couple Among Clouds and Waters 两忘集——无名道侣云水录 The Collection of Two Forgotten: The Unnamed Daoist Couple's Record of Clouds and Waters 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 184 Forgotten River Teahouse: Ghost Stories Galore at the Ghost Festival Teahouse 忘川茶寮——中元茶寮鬼话连篇 Wangchuan Teahouse: Ghost Stories Galore at the Zhongyuan Teahouse 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 185 My Scrap Recycling System: It Turns Out to Be a Mouth 我的废品回收系统：竟然是一张嘴 [Comedy + Dumpster Diving + Everyday Life + System + Urban + Wild Imagination + Realistic + Hilarious + Tycoon + Scrap Collecting + Recycling + Getting Rich + Multiple Heroines] Everyone else's Systems are lifeless, but my System, Li Ran's, is alive: a pair of bright red lips. Ever since she came into my life, things have gradually started getting better. Comedy, a System, everyday life, dumpster diving, and meeting all sorts of women: that's Li Ran's daily life. I'm a handsome 32-year-old guy w 600Reads—Score102Shelves
- 186 The Pig Who Couldn’t Escape Gao Laozhuang: Bajie Works Like a Beast at Gao Laozhuang 逃不出高老庄的猪，八戒在高老庄当牛马 The pig who can't escape Gao Laozhuang: Bajie works like a beast of burden at Gao Laozhuang 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 187 A Country Bumpkin Comes to the City, Nothing Is Off-Limits 山炮进城，百无禁忌 Dapao guards the village. Evil spirits stay away, and a hundred ghosts give it a wide berth! Chen Dapao was born and his parents died. At four, he sent off all twenty-four members of his clan. Raised on meals provided by the villagers, he leaves for the city after guarding his village for eighteen years... His motto in life: Make money, make money, and make more money; chase women, chase women, and chase more women... Now, please join us in enjoying this rare and refreshingly unconventional nove 10.6kReads8.8Score958Shelves
- 188 Tokyo: From the Start, I Save a Kimono-Clad Beauty and Win Over All of Tokyo 东京：开局救下和服美人，我熟韵满东京 Tokyo: From the Start, I Save a Beauty in a Kimono and Become a Master of Mature Charms Across Tokyo 38Reads—Score—Shelves
- 189 I'm Just a Police Intern, I Really Didn't Mean to Solve the Case 我就一实习警察，真没想破案啊 [Crime Investigation + Mystery + Deduction + Case-of-the-Week + Transmigration + A Little Romance] Su Xiaoxiao died in a car accident and transmigrated into the body of a rookie police officer. With barely a roof over her head, she discovered that her eyes had gained a special ability: she could see bad things that were about to happen. Hey, young master, whatever you do, don't turn left when you go out. Hey, mom, keep a close eye on your child. Oh no, Master, put on your bulletproof vest before 25.5kReads9.1Score3.6kShelves
- 190 Insulting People Makes Me Stronger 怼人就能变强 [Unbeatable Tycoon + Hilarious Comedy, Wildly Satisfying and Sharp!] The protagonist receives the “Sharp-Tongued Tycoon System.” He speaks his mind and stands up for what's right, tearing into everything he can't stand! With the light of righteousness on his side, he becomes the richest person in the world! 3.3kReads8.8Score393Shelves
- 191 Online Romance Turns Real: Is the Rich Lady Actually a Male Streamer? 网恋奔现：富婆竟是男主播？ Qin Fei, a male college student majoring in broadcasting, eagerly went to meet the “rich older sister” he'd been dating online. But waiting at the bus stop was the washed-up, sleazy streamer Ju Huatai, driving a Ferrari and holding a bouquet. “I've already booked a room. Since we're here...” “Get lost, you disgusting pervert!!!” A chaotic, disastrous meet-up brought together two people who had nothing to do with each other. It also led Qin Fei into the world of livestreaming, where one hilarious 2.6kReads8.2Score167Shelves
- 192 Reborn in 2000: I Single-Handedly Carried Chinese Entertainment 重生2000：一人扛起内娱 (Rebirth, showbiz, a legendary debut album, female lead Liu Qianqian) With his debut album, he became a legend and a young king of Mandopop. His second album made the gods retreat, establishing him as a king of mainland China. His third swept East Asia, making him Asia's pop king. His fourth pushed into Europe and America, earning him the title of mysterious magician from the East... A down-and-out bar singer was reborn from 2024 into the turn-of-the-century year 2000. That year, he was stil 33.5kReads8.6Score2.1kShelves
- 193 Paper Effigies and the Yin Shop (Part One) 纸扎阴铺(一) Paper Effigies and the Yin Shop (1) 19Reads—Score—Shelves
- 194 In 1998, I Saw the Future at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative 1998年，我在供销社看见未来 In 1998, I Saw the Future at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 195 Oh No, Even the Great Sage, Sun Wukong, Wants to Eat Tang Monk! 完蛋了，齐天大圣孙悟空也想吃唐僧肉 Oh no, even the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, Sun Wukong, wants to eat Tang Monk's flesh. 160Reads—Score—Shelves
- 196 After I Transmigrated into a Book, I Plucked the Male Lead’s Halo Bare 穿书后，我把男主光环薅秃了 [1V1 ultra-sweet + goofy humor and meme references + showbiz + variety shows + face-slapping + career growth] [Unhinged, laid-back showbiz CEO VS upright, brooding law lecturer] Wen Muyun transmigrates into a book. She becomes the brainless, vicious female side character in a domineering CEO novel, obsessed with the male lead and scheming against the heroine. In the end, her father dies, she goes mad, and her company goes bankrupt. Wen Muyun: I’m checking out and doing nothing. Let the cap 6.4kReads—Score727Shelves
- 197 Me, a Slacker Livestreamer: I’ll Log Off Once I’ve Made 200 我，摆烂主播，挣够两百就下播 Su Yu unlocks the [Slacker System] and becomes a streamer. Once he earns 200 in tips, he can end the stream and claim a generous reward. Love songs too boring? One performance of "The Most Dazzling Ethnic Style" kicks off a square-dancing craze! The audience got cheated on? One rendition of "Happy Breakup" wakes countless lovesick fools up to reality! The songs are too easy? A Peking opera performance of "The Drunken Concubine" leaves the whole crowd stunned! But every time the audience finishes 4.5kReads8.9Score406Shelves
- 198 Hong Kong Crossover: I’m the Big Winner 港综：我是大赢家 Ding! You have a new mission. Become famous throughout the city? Too easy. You know Wu Song, right? Watch me spill blood at Mandarin Duck Tower. Ding! You have a new mission. Become a billionaire, a legend of the underworld, and a powerbroker who rules over all? Yikes... Should I study the life of Lai Hao or Al Capone? Never mind. New place, new game plan. I’d better get some startup capital first... 95kReads9.2Score7.2kShelves
- 199 The Lu Family’s Eldest Daughter Is Back After Ten Years in Prison 坐了10年牢的陆家大姑娘回来了 Lu Xiaoxia, who is serving a prison sentence, is reborn at the age of 19, on the very day her stepmother gives her to a scumbag as a present. Having killed, done time, and fought for her life against prison bullies, Lu Xiaoxia starts dishing out payback from the start. The scumbag is right outside the door? She cripples him right from the start. Her stepmother schemes to squeeze every last bit of value out of her? She makes her pay back every cent, with interest. The house is crawling with monst 36.8kReads9.1Score4.9kShelves
- 200 Lord: I Build a Realistic Gaming Empire 领主：我打造真实游戏帝国 [Territory Lord Farming] + [The Fourth Calamity] + [Building an Empire Through Management Games] The world is shrouded in darkness and rife with war. Tens of thousands of territory lords battle over land and resources. But Chen Yu is different from them. While others are busy fighting, he’s busy building dungeons and luring adventurers from other worlds in to challenge them. [Happy Landlord] [Resident Evil] [Dungeon Fighter Online] [Audition] [PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds]… One dungeon after a 18.5kReads8.8Score1.5kShelves
