Novels like You Already Knew the Answer
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- 51 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
- 52 An Immortal Beyond Thought 念中异仙 Simplified characters like hua, lei, hao, chen, luo, bi, xiu, and hong. Corresponding to various supernatural abilities. The size of the heart gates corresponding to the alternate-dimensional universes within the sea of consciousness in the heart sea awakened a peculiar method of cultivation for Fu Xihua. The extraordinary growth of Fu Xihua and Shi Xingchen, the restoration of humanity's glory, and the cycles of karma and reincarnation throughout the long history of the eight great universes. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 53 Quick Transmigration: Don’t Panic, I’m Just a Prop 快穿：别慌，我只是个道具 Jiang Yanli was once a top world-corrector from a higher-dimensional world. When a mission went disastrously wrong, her body exploded into atoms, and her soul was stuffed inside a broken mirror. The System tells her that if she wants to come back to life, it’s simple: travel into various collapsing worlds as an “item,” keep correcting them, help cannon-fodder Hosts defy fate, and collect emotional points and destiny points. Jiang Yanli looks at the sobbing servant-girl side character in the mi —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 54 Love and Xu Sanduo 恋与许三多 He always thought he was just a little slower, a little clumsier, someone who needed others to wait for him. But later, Cheng Cai would look back, Gao Cheng would spare him an extra glance, Wu Liuyi would chew him out harder than anyone yet never truly let go, Yuan Lang would single him out from the crowd, and Wu Zhe would know where he was stuck without making him finish a sentence. Xu Sanduo was still Xu Sanduo: clumsy, stubborn, set in his ways, unable to say anything smooth and unsure what t 235Reads—Score—Shelves
- 55 Calm and Carefree 雲淡風輕 A bunch of idle fellows with peerless martial arts, who lack ambition and have no desire to improve, head to the northeast, establish Changbai Mountain Manor, and live out their lives in peaceful contentment. Yanshan Ying, Lin Xiaochong, and Zheng Chenggong eventually become immortals. 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 56 A Road Through the Ashes 灰烬拾路 [Transmigration + Superpowers + No harem + Commoner protagonist] Have you ever seen a cloudless blue sky suddenly swallowed by gray? Have you ever seen people walk into the fog and vanish without a sound? Have you ever seen the powerful slaughter the weak with abandon after order collapses? —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 57 Night God Wanderer 夜神漫游者 “Your shadow is awakening into a god.” After failing his seventh job interview, Chen Xing's shadow stood up. It said, “Admit it. You're useless.” He wasn't crazy. He'd simply awakened. All over the city, the streets after dark were crawling with emotional entities that had “come to life”: parrots shrieking about their salaries, fog that made it impossible to choose even a cup of instant noodles, and an exhausted Shiba Inu sprawled on the ground, refusing to move. Four young people branded “fai 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 58 A Heart of Wisdom Turned to Ashes 慧心成灰 A meeting born of two souls resonating amid the misty rain of Jiangnan ultimately burned into ashes that could never be extinguished for the rest of their lives. Written by Huixin Chenghui, Ink Ashes is a contemporary Jiangnan love story, heartbreakingly beautiful and based 1:1 on a real-life case. Set against the worlds of Yixing calligraphy, painting, and Yixing clay teapots, and secondary education in Hangzhou, it portrays an ultimate clash between idealism and realism. Zhang Mingmou, a gift —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 59 From the Start, I Have Yin-Yang Eyes: I'm the Strongest Ghost-Hunting Taoist 开局阴阳眼，我是最强捉鬼道长 Down-on-his-luck young Daoist Li Xuanli unexpectedly gains the “Netherworld Eye,” which lets him see yin and yang, witness life and death, and pierce illusions. He only wants to lie low and get by at the temple, but he is dragged into a shocking conspiracy that threatens to overturn the mortal world. Forced to join forces with a ghostly princess, a scheming poison master, and an unparalleled demoness, he reshapes the laws of heaven and earth amid the clash between good and evil. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 60 A Love-Triangle Showdown? No! That's Just My Playbook! 修罗场？不！那只是我的套路！ [A Host of Mature Beauties] [Lolis] [Multiple Heroines] [System] [Evolution] [Wish-Fulfillment] Qin Mo transmigrates to another world and gets a System he considers exceptionally talented. As he grows, he encounters all kinds of events and experiences. Beautiful women of every kind appear one after another, each bringing temptation closer. His nominal older sister smiles coyly. “Little brat, don’t tell me you don’t like me?” His sweet, clingy nominal younger sister tugs at his sleeve. “Big 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 61 Orange and White 橙与白 Orange and White —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 62 Slay Nine Demons to Save My Mom. What Does It Matter If I Disappear? 斩九妖，救我妈，就算消失又何妨 Humanity is utterly wiped out, and the Demon Saint Xuantian ascends to the throne of the Emperor, treading upon my mother’s blood. As I lie dying, the Return-to-Origin Jade Pendant my mother left me suddenly shines. Lin Sheng carries the bloody vendetta of the apocalypse with him as he travels back in time to the end of the Primordial Era. This is the year before the Demon Saint takes that final step on the path to becoming Emperor. Reborn, he has only one obsession: stop the Demon Saint from —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 63 Long Songs on the Apricot Shore 杏岸长歌 Long Synopsis of Green Apricot Ferry The Wangchuan River outside Qingshi Town connects the villages on both banks. But because lonely spirits and resentful wraiths have gathered on its riverbed, mist shrouds it all year round and its waters are treacherous. Only the Ferrywoman rows a small wooden boat across the river. She takes no money, only the season’s green apricots. The apricots hold the pure yang energy of spring, which can dispel the river’s turbulence and resentment and keep the crossi —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 64 Urban High Martial: Thunder and Water Dual Sovereigns Fight the Three Kingdoms Soul Travelers 都市高武：雷水双尊伐三国魂穿者 This is way too ridiculous. I drank too much and went off topic while writing... Blue Star was struck by a cataclysm, bringing human civilization to the brink of extinction. In the cities, humanity survives by relying on the strongest warriors to defend the Ten Ultimate Safe Zones, clinging to life and banding together against their enemies. A wave of Three Kingdoms transmigrations swept across Blue Star, turning the Ten Zones in the cities into battlegrounds where heroes fought for supremacy. F —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 65 Eleven Lifetimes of Reincarnation: My Spatial Storage Fills an Entire City 十一世轮回：空间囤满整个城 October 12, 2047 (This story is entirely fictional and has no connection to reality). Seven days before the apocalypse, the protagonist, Yu Yue, is 25 years old and an ordinary office worker who lives off his parents. His family bought him a car and a house, and he was all set to coast through life... On the day the apocalypse arrives, 99.9% of the world's population disappears. Only 0.1% survive, a mere ten million people. Yu Yue died in each of his first ten apocalyptic cycles. Every time, he —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 66 Office of Unusual Creatures 异闻生物事务所 [Eerie] [Anomalies] [Suspense] [No female lead for now] As everyone knows, urban legends are real. The horror stories you scroll past online may one day come true right beside you... In Binhai City, at Yiwen Investigations, private detective Bie Yuanyi investigates the truth behind his parents’ disappearance years ago. The agency is the only wealth and clue his parents left him, along with countless strange contained objects and even a living anomaly. Anomalies are monsters born from the human h 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 67 Rewriting Bad Endings Is My Specialty 改写BE，我是专业的 Quick Transmigration + Comeback + System + Feel-Good Fiction + Light Comedy I’m Lin Wan. I’ve been trapped by a buggy System and keep getting thrown into bad-ending stories as cannon fodder. Sometimes I’m a stepping stone whose spiritual roots are stolen; other times I’m a tool sacrificed for the male and female leads’ romance. They play out their fated love, while I die horribly in one loop after another. But they don’t know that every death becomes my strongest save point! When I returned for —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 68 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
- 69 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
- 70 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
- 71 Number 0001 编号0001 No. 0001 —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 72 Rules of Horror: The School Dormitory 规则怪谈•校园宿舍篇 Rules of the Strange: Campus Dormitory Edition 58Reads—Score—Shelves
- 73 Rules of Horror: The Horror Livestream That Won't Turn Off 规则怪谈•关不掉的恐怖直播间 Rules of the Strange: The Horror Livestream That Won't Turn Off —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 74 Meowgic AFK: Reborn as a Calico, I Feast My Way to Godhood 喵法躺赢：重生三花我靠干饭成神 Title: Nap Your Way to Victory with Meow Magic: Reborn as a Calico, I Become a God by Feasting Office worker Lin Mo stays up until three in the morning, finishing the eighth revision of a proposal. Looking at his long-haired calico, Huajuan, who does nothing but eat and sleep, he can't help asking the question that's been weighing on his soul: "How come that cat has such a better life than me?" The next second, his vision goes black. When he opens his eyes again, he's actually become Huajuan. H 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 75 The Moon and the Lotus, United as One 棣月同心 Wang Hedi thought things had ended between him and Shen Yue, but the red thread of fate connected them once again. This is something like what might happen in a parallel universe. Please don't project any of the characters' actions onto the real people. I hope the two of them continue to do well. 13Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 76 Private Files: My Late Wife's Memoir of Revenge 私人档案亡妻回忆录复仇 The true account of an ER doctor hunting a killer. His wife, a police officer, is murdered while working a case late at night. The killer removes her organs with professional medical precision, leaving a tangled trail of clues. Doctor Xiao Yuan is devastated by the loss of his beloved wife. After the official investigation repeatedly hits dead ends, he abandons his faith as a healer and ventures into the city's dark corners. His former brothers are caught in a dilemma, while an underground web o 2.5kReads—Score237Shelves
- 77 Senior Brother, Stop Acting Up 师兄啊，不要犯病了 I write about an ordinary person who can't tell reality from illusion, lost in despair and confusion, whose weak heart gradually grows strong. By the end, the protagonist has become powerful, but gone mad as well. I'm no genius, just an ordinary person. I can't write elegant dialogue, or capture what being in love feels like. I just happen to enjoy fantasizing. Life is so exhausting! 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 78 Deadly Escape 致命逃生 At just eighteen years old, the male lead, Li Zixuan, is diagnosed with a rare hereditary disease. The doctor even declares that he has only three months to live, and Li Zixuan's life instantly hits rock bottom. What chills him even more is that his uncle and aunt, who see him as a burden, throw him out without hesitation as soon as they hear the news. Abandoned by his family and suffering from a terminal illness, he is convinced that death is inevitable when his phone suddenly vibrates. An unex 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 79 Transmigrated to the Cultivation World, and My Cheat's Backer Turns Out to Be the Heavenly Dao! 穿越修仙界，我的外挂靠山竟是天道！ I transmigrated into the cultivation world, and my cheat's backer turned out to be the Heavenly Dao! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 80 The Ghost-Taming Case 驭鬼案 [Ghosts + Urban + Unorthodox Path + Female Ghosts + Harem] Can a Taoist master command ghosts? Can humans and ghosts stop being enemies? Can ghosts be good or bad?! At the end of the Yuan dynasty, a hundred years ago, Ying Yu, a thousand-year-old ghost king and a notorious prisoner of the underworld, caused an uprising in an attempt to escape. Zhu, a body of extreme yin nurtured by the underworld, used himself to reinforce the chains of the Demon-Suppressing Tower and bind Ying Yu inside once mo —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 81 My Old Man Is No Ordinary Guy 我家老登不简单 Urban + Sci-Fi + Entrepreneurship + Pure Romance An unemployed, divorced food-delivery uncle × an alien AI No godlike superpowers, just a brain with maxed-out predictive abilities A lifetime's worth of hard-won experience at the bottom of society is all the capital he needs to turn things around People used to say I couldn't keep up with the times Now, through my own efforts, I'm changing how ordinary people survive Xiao Qi: I can only help you think things through Yang Lu: Then start by helping 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 82 The Realm of Imbalance 失衡之界 [Extreme Heat Apocalypse] [No System] [Growing Supernatural Powers] [A Family of Three Struggles to Survive] Daylight has become a forbidden zone, forcing survivors underground, where they fight tooth and nail for a mouthful of water or a place to shelter. But when Lu Mingyuan was on the verge of death, he gained the ability to transfer heat. A piece of scorching-hot metal can condense into clean water in his hands. Wrap a discarded iron pipe in ice, and it can pierce the beasts charging at him. 94Reads—Score—Shelves
- 83 I Cultivate by Going Crazy! 我靠发疯修炼！ Everyone says emotions are poison, and that cultivation requires severing all feelings and desires. Lin Ziqiu wore an emotion suppressor for over a decade, living like a corpse. On the day of the academy test, he crushed the suppressor with one hand. His emotions erupted, his cultivation soared, and everyone present fell to their knees. Later, he used the seven emotions and six desires to punch through the heavens of the Path of Ruthlessness. Others cultivate ruthlessness; he cultivates the huma —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 84 She Burst into My Youth During My Final Year of High School 高三最后一年，她闯进了我的青春 Senior year, the final year of high school. It should have been a time to study hard and prepare for the college entrance exams, but Lu Qian fell for his classmate Bai An. She was a light that made no sense, piercing his once peaceful life as if it were only natural, barging into his youth with both force and tenderness. That summer of ceaseless cicada calls and autumn of falling leaves, Lu Qian made a decision that defied all reason: Even if the road ahead was uncertain, even if they were desti 136Reads—Score108Shelves
- 85 After Awakening, She Crushes Her Scumbag Husband and Turns His Life into a Battleground 觉醒后吊打渣夫哥，她修罗场了 (Adapted from the TV drama Spring Flower, Autumn Moon) [Transmigrate into a book + fake siblings + righteous and evil factions clash] Lei Lei (played by Zhao Lusi) is a lively, quirky modern girl. In this technologically advanced age, transmigration novels are everywhere online. Through a transmigration company called Zhong Su Shu, anyone can pay to transmigrate to ancient times. Eager to experience transmigration for herself, Lei Lei spends 20,000 yuan and transmigrates into a fictional martial 290Reads—Score—Shelves
- 86 Invincible, Starting from the Sword Qi Great Wall 无敌从剑气长城开始 At sixteen, Lin Bei carried out his mother’s dying wish and spent months hiking to this Sword Qi Great Wall, which had stood for eight hundred years. At its foot lay a wasteland strewn with bones; atop it were old soldiers drowning themselves in drink and revelry. His only goal was A Liang, who had guarded the wall and drunk for eight hundred years. “My mother sent me. She said you owe her a drink.” A Liang’s wine flask paused in his hand. He looked at the boy, battered all over but with eyes as 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 87 Reincarnation? I'm an Old Hand at This 轮回？这我熟啊 Alpha male lead + feel-good power fantasy + secret identity revealed and amnesia + reincarnation setting + everyone has special powers = reincarnation? I'm an expert at this! One night during his junior year, the "hero" Wu Ni sees an unbelievably awful web series adapted from a novel. Furious, he opens the comments, only to find everyone discussing the original novel instead. The next day, he wakes up lying on the ground. What is going on?? After living here for a while, he seems to realize that 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 88 Sentenced to Death? I Surround the Imperial City and Demand My Father Abdicate 赐死？反手兵围皇城，请父皇退位 Qin Yuan is the ninth prince of the Great Yuan Dynasty, a transmigrator. Before transmigrating, his original self had suffered constant abuse from his stepmother in the palace because his birth mother came from a lowly background. From the start, he was framed for forging an imperial edict and murdering his own brother. The furious old emperor stripped him of his status as a prince and banished him to Youzhou, a bitterly cold region in the far north, to defend against the Northern Di. He barely 2.2kReads—Score126Shelves
- 89 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
- 90 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
- 91 A Match Made in Heaven: My Mother-in-Law Is My Wingwoman 天作之合：丈母娘是我的恋爱助攻 [Sweet Romance + Healing + Comedy + Absurd Humor + Handsome Hairdresser x Hilarious Saleswoman] Lu Qing butchered her own hair, so she showed up with a head full of wild curls and met Fu Ting, the most handsome hairdresser around. As Lu Qing watched Fu Ting struggle to hold back his laughter while cutting her hair, she was so embarrassed she could have dug a whole castle with her toes. Ah! Ah! Ah! Lu Qing thought, I’ll have to avoid this street from now on! As luck would have it, Fu Ting unexpec 407Reads—Score—Shelves
- 92 The Black Lotus’s Heartburning Tale 黑莲花焚心记 [Multiple Love Interests + Love and Hate Entwined + A Villain’s True Love + Face-Slapping + Scheming Heroine + Taking Down Scumbags] [Reborn, Sharp-Witted Palace Maid VS. Mastermind Eunuch of the Ninth Rank VS. All-Powerful Regent] She was the disgraced empress, pierced through the heart by her own son’s sword. Her blood stained her phoenix robe as she watched the young emperor on the throne turn and walk away, never looking back. When she opened her eyes again, she was twenty-four, still Ye Yao 12Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 93 Captain of a Fallen Organization: I Draw Cards to Restore Its Glory 落魄组织船长，抽卡重振光辉 [A rough draft by a beginner author] [Lots of inspiration borrowed] [Lighthearted and funny] He just wanted to use the restroom. After his airport flight was delayed for five hours, Chen Du followed a passerby dressed like a pirate into the restroom. And then... one step landed him in another world, where he became the captain of the Homebound. The good news: his crew were fiercely loyal. The bad news: there were only two and a half of them. A captain with amnesia, a cultivation-world helmsman w —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 94 In the Apocalypse, My Dual-Power Wife Climbs to the Top of the Rankings 末日双系异能榜上老婆冲巅峰 Ye Peitian has dual abilities: immortality and sand control. Chu Qianxun has a purification ability. This is a fanfiction based on the original novel, The Demon Seeds Descend. I'm a beginner and love this author's writing so much that I wanted to write fanfiction. Please forgive my poor writing, and I hope you readers will be understanding. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 95 I Was Supposed to Transmigrate, So How Did I Become a Female Official? 不是穿越吗？怎么逆袭成女官了 [Female Powerhouse in a Battle of Wits | No Romance | Transmigration | Female-Led Political Intrigue | Officialdom | Female Official The heroine isn't a self-sacrificing saint. She's highly intelligent and cuts a bloody path through the world.] On her first day after transmigrating into the body of a farmer's daughter, Jiang Shuyun finds herself burdened with a debt of three shi of grain. Her father has a broken leg, her younger brother is still a child, and Village Head Zhang is using a writte —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 96 The Heavens and Earth of Jiuzhou Shatter 九州天地碎 Ten thousand years ago, the first War Between Heaven and Earth ended with the extinction of the Dragon Clan and the gods freeing humanity. Eight thousand years ago, humanity and the gods fought the second War Between Heaven and Earth. Today, eight thousand years later, the third war is about to erupt amid mounting conflict and hatred. The gods of the celestial realm reign supreme, while the humans of the mortal realm have become little more than food for spiritual power. The spirits of the Drago —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 97 A Sea of Cosmos Flowers 波斯菊花海 Shen Qian lost his mother when he was young, before he was old enough to understand what had happened. Then his father died an unnatural death. His life had been cruelly unlucky, and Ning Chiyu was there for him through those unbearable, painful experiences. But reality could not be avoided, and the two were suddenly separated. Years later, because students living away from their registered hometowns were not allowed to take the college entrance exam, Shen Qian transferred back to his hometown t 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 98 Confess Again on the Eighth Day 星期八再告白 Confess Again on the Eighth Day 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 99 Tales of the Chinese Banyan Blossom 刺桐花事 Quanzhou, Southern Song dynasty. A moonlit night of flowers. A sixteen-year-old camp prostitute is dragged before a hall full of powerful officials and ordered to calculate thirty-seven sets of accounts for ships leaving port. If she fails, she’ll have to serve them wine tonight. She doesn’t touch the abacus. In the time it takes to drink half a cup of tea, she gives them 111 figures, all accurate to the last coin. Then she turns a page in the ledger and says, “My lord, these books are short by 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 100 Running Into Your Arms 奔向怀抱 Youth is a memory; the height of summer witnessed their meeting, their growing closer, and their falling in love. “Hello, my name is Huaiyu. It comes from the saying, ‘Cherish jade of virtue, and be a gentleman of grace.’” For her, that year was both a misfortune and a blessing: she met him. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
