Novels like The Prefect Waited Six Years, but I Married a Fool
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- 101 Invisibility Battle Armor: The Fall of the Fu Family 隐身战甲—付家覆灭 Invisibility Armor: The Fall of the Fu Family 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 102 Becoming a Top-Tier Talent While Studying in the Land of the Free 留学霉国成为高端人才 Studying in the United States and becoming a high-end talent 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 103 Bang Bang, If This Place Won't Have Me, There's Always Somewhere That Will 乓乓，此处不留爷自有留爷处 Clang, clang! If this place won't have me, there's always somewhere else that will. 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 104 Memories Awaken, and I Rise to the Top of the Police Force 觉醒记忆重现，登顶警界无人能及 Objects tainted by sin all bear invisible traces. He was once the least noticeable intern: mediocre, quiet, and, in everyone’s eyes, the team’s outsider. Until one day, he gained the ability to “see” the secrets criminals could never tell. He rose from the dust, following the traces of sin as his clues and wielding the truth as his blade, tearing away every disguise one step at a time. People call him a “great detective,” but no one knows that the longer he gazes into the abyss, the deeper its u 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 105 A Meaningless Journey 无意义的旅行 “No heroine,” “ensemble cast,” “alchemy,” “another world.” Travel itself has no meaning; it is merely a journey from the starting point back to the starting point. But for the things you might see along the way, would you be willing to set off on a meaningless journey? In this world shrouded in mysterious forces, alchemical formulae have become a means of advancing civilization. One day, a young man wakes with no memories and begins the ordinary life he longs for. “Is this world really this absu 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 106 Stealth Armor: Helping the Huo Corporation Survive the Crisis 隐身战甲—帮助霍氏公司度过危机 Stealth Armor: Helping the Huo Corporation Weather a Crisis 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 107 Everyone’s Surviving the Supernatural: I’m the Hidden Prophet 全民诡异求生：我是隐藏预言家 [Strong Female Lead + Powerhouse Heroine + Mind Games + Awakening] “Are you a seer?” “No.” “Then how did you know Tang Yue was an impostor?” Wen Yixiu smiled but didn’t answer. She couldn’t. Her talent was called “Copycat,” the only one of its kind, hidden at the System level. When the real seer investigated someone, she automatically copied their ability. From that moment on, there were two seers in the game. One in the open, one in the shadows. The one in the open drew the fire. The o 249Reads—Score120Shelves
- 108 From the Start, One Ball: Others Struggle to Survive, I Plan for Growth 开局一个球，他人求生，我谋发展 Everyone on Earth is pulled into a survival game in a post-apocalyptic star domain. Billions of people land at random and randomly receive a single item or one inactive ability. They are all trapped in a desperate world of scarce supplies, rampant alien beasts, and relentless disasters. Everyone has one goal: to stay alive. To that end, they compete ruthlessly, loot, fight, betray one another, and do whatever it takes to survive. Only the protagonist, Zheng Zhiyuan, is bound to the [Planet Evolu 88Reads—Score—Shelves
- 109 Don't Go Upstairs Late at Night 深夜别上楼 A ghostly figure in an old building late at night, and the little ghost chasing me turns out to be my savior… At two in the morning, I came back from working overtime to the old building where I’d lived for three years. Every motion-sensor light in the building was off. With every step I took upstairs, a faint, barefoot footstep followed behind me. I turned around. No one was there. At the turn on the third floor, a child’s voice whispered in my ear: “Big sister, don’t go upstairs.” —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 110 A Survival Guide to the Late Ming: From the Start, I Pretend to Be a County Magistrate 明末生存指南：开局假冒知县 [Just Started Getting Ratings] [Multi-Character Dialogue] [Late Ming] [Rise to Power] [Farming] [Dual Transmigration] [Wild Imagination] Lin Mancang transmigrates, starting out as a lowly page. Before his young master can even take up his post, he is shot dead by bandits. Taking the young master's appointment papers, Lin Mancang impersonates him and becomes a county magistrate. But the county seat is crumbling, nine out of ten homes stand empty, and food and money are scarce. By chance, he obtai 5.2kReads8.0Score537Shelves
- 111 Stealth Armor: Purging the Demonic Heart 隐身战甲—祛除魔心 Stealth Armor: Exorcising the Demonic Heart 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 112 Emotional Counterbalance: I Became Everyone’s Rock 情绪对冲：我成全员主心骨 I publicly confessed to the aloof top student by reading her a paper full of corrections, and became a laughingstock across campus. No one knew that the more flustered she got, the faster my bank balance grew. Other tycoons show off by throwing money around. I corner the heroines, then offer them a way out and cash in. I pointed out a data flaw to the tsundere campus belle, and she asked me through red-rimmed eyes, “How do you even remember that?” An offbeat influencer's livestream went off the 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 113 Mrs. Lu, I’m Done Holding On 陆太太，不熬了 Mrs. Lu, No More Staying Up 30Reads—Score—Shelves
- 114 Reborn: Hey, Ghost! Join Me as I Command the World 重生归来：嘿！鬼！伴我定乾坤 (Before Chapter 200, this story uses the Haunted Cave System. After Chapter 221, I try to develop a new realm: the Cycle of Time, the Realm of Life and Decline. This realm combines the laws of life and death, the laws of reincarnation, and the protagonist's own laws. My writing skills are limited, so I haven't described some of the finer details. I hope you'll be understanding and continue to support me!) Li Yunluo was a top student in the modern world who died suddenly from overwork and transmi 60Reads—Score—Shelves
- 115 Doomsday Descends: I Calculate a New World with a Pencil 末日降临：我靠铅笔算出新世界 In 2080, comet fragments tore through Earth. A forty-meter tsunami swallowed Donggang City in an instant, and billions perished. While others relied on AI and brain-computer interfaces to save them, Qin Hanming needed only a pencil: to calculate tsunami speeds, mine-shaft load limits, and spaceship fuel valves. As the whole world waited to die, he alone used a pencil to usher in a new era: stockpiling supplies, expanding his team, building underground city-states, exploring the new Earth, and es 206Reads—Score—Shelves
- 116 The Final Years of the Great Yong: A True Record 大雍末年：实录 [Traditional cultivation and political intrigue, no transmigration, no System, no golden finger. Meticulously researched setting and dialogue that feels like people speaking in the original Chinese.] Wu Zheng was once a constable, but an accidental turn led him onto the path of immortality. He once wielded the power of the imperial court to repel demon beasts, and within a sect, he protected all living beings. But when the beasts retreated, people’s hearts began to stir. He saw the political mac 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 117 Legends of the Storms in Jiuzhou Yunhua 3 九州云华风雨传说3 Legends of Wind and Rain in Jiuzhou Yunhua 3 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 118 The Yin-Yang Twin Emperors 阴阳双帝 [Cyberpunk City] [Power Progression] [High-Octane] [Dark Jungle] [Ruthless Protagonist] Yun Ming is an ordinary undercover police officer from Blue Star. Life has dealt him plenty of hardships, but he has a beautiful wife who loves him with all her heart: Ye Linghan. She is the only thing that keeps him going through his bitter life. But a cataclysmic event that threatens the fate of the universe changes his life forever. That day, Ye Linghan disappeared, and every trace of her vanished f 2.4kReads—Score—Shelves
- 119 When Heroes Gather: The Yang Yi Chronicles 风云际会：杨仪传 A failed scholar makes a trip to the capital and recovers the memories of his past life. A despondent, helpless heroine, an ambitious empress, a scheming witch, a fairy with peerless cultivation, a shrewd constable, a bloodthirsty assassin... Countless beauties gather around you, united by a common ideal. Yet the role you must play is neither the emperor who rules all under heaven nor the martial arts overlord celebrated throughout the jianghu. Behold these splendid lands, so captivating that co 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 120 The God the Whole Internet Is Searching For Turns Out to Be a Lowly Errand Boy in Showbiz 全网疯找的神，竟是娱圈打杂小弟 The god the whole internet has been desperately searching for turns out to be a lowly errand boy in showbiz 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 121 A Suffocating Fog of Mystery 窒息迷云 While investigating an illegal gambling ring operating in an abandoned mansion, police officer Chu Xiaonian accidentally discovers a secret passage beneath the building. Searching inside, he finds a skeleton and eventually confirms that it belongs to his sister, Chu Yang, who disappeared twenty years ago. The discovery reopens a notorious cold case and makes headlines once more. Meanwhile, the victim’s only son, Chu Ming, is a successful urban professional who has spent years convinced that his 492Reads—Score102Shelves
- 122 Is It Possible That You’re All Sick? 有没有一种可能，你们都有病？ Zhou Yi transmigrates to a world of cultivation. On his first day there, he discovers that everyone’s logic is incredibly strange. His master tells him: “The first step in cultivation is to sever your worldly ties.” Zhou Yi: “How do I do that?” His master pulls out a knife: “Literally.” Zhou Yi: “???????” Every day at three in the morning, his senior brother stands on the mountaintop and yells: “My fate is mine to decide, not Heaven’s!” Zhou Yi asks him why. Senior Brother: “Because I have to go —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 123 The Delightful Oddities Happening Around Me 身边的那些开心异事 The Happy, Curious Happenings Around Me 27Reads—Score—Shelves
- 124 Tide of Pus 脓潮 [No System + No Rebirth + Hard-Core City Defense + Worldbuilding Foreshadowing] Low-level filth beasts shouldn't have eyes. Three days after he encountered one, people began dying in that city. His adoptive father pressed a pocket watch into his hand and managed to say just one thing: "Take this to Yunqi." Inside the watch was a secret that even monsters couldn't digest. 27Reads—Score—Shelves
- 125 Supreme Mad God 无上狂神 Volume Two, the world of Journey to the West, is now underway! The young Su Chen pretended to be a fool for ten years, then awakened his Heaven-Devouring and Immortal bloodlines! He also acquired the Hongmeng Heaven-Devouring Pagoda to rule the world, the peerless Ten Thousand Dragons Seal to command the dragons, and opened nine Dantians and condensed nine clones. Seeking the truth of his origins, he treads the firmament, battles across myriad domains, and breaks through the heavens. With the be 201Reads—Score—Shelves
- 126 The Black Market’s Literary Giant: Where Can You Run?! 黑市大文豪之哪里逃？！ He was a literature lover, and he dreamed of becoming a great writer! But fate had other plans. He wanted to help the older neighbor who was struggling financially, and he also wanted to help his stepfather, who had failed in business but treated him with genuine kindness... Unfortunately, the one thing he excelled at could only come in handy somewhere else... Will fate ever give him a break? We’ll just have to wait and see... 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 127 After I Became the Prince's Substitute Bride, I Dismantled His Estate 穿成替嫁王妃后，我拆了王府 After transmigrating into the role of a princess consort in a political marriage, I tore the prince's manor apart. 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 128 Winning Over Ma Wencai in the Butterfly Lovers World 在梁祝世界攻略马文才 After entering the world of Butterfly Lovers, the System pointed to a cold-faced villain: [See him? That’s Ma Wencai.] [He’s the biggest obstacle to a happy ending for Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai.] Xie Qingyan nodded. Since he was the main villain, she would just have to... [Take him out?] [Win him over!] Xie Qingyan boldly said what she was thinking, startling the System: [Host, that’s a very dangerous idea!] [Can’t you just stick to winning the villain over?] But Ma Wencai’s gaze grew more 3.2kReads9.3Score264Shelves
- 129 The Tale of a Confucian Scholar's Immortal Cultivation 儒生修仙传 Tomato Original, traditional cultivation, Eastern fantasy [Ordinary Mortal, Decisive and Ruthless, Cunning, Playing the Pig to Eat the Tiger] A scholar with no prospects in the imperial examinations might as well cultivate immortality. A scholar who had hoped to continue taking the imperial examinations ended up as an inconspicuous aide in the county office, burying himself in case files every day and thinking that his life would amount to nothing but exhausting paperwork. Who could have guesse 326Reads—Score—Shelves
- 130 After Being Reborn, I Made the Signatory Take Back Their Words in Person 重生后，我让签字的人亲口撤回 After being reborn, I made the person who signed it withdraw it in person. 401Reads—Score—Shelves
- 131 Five Elements Grotto-Heaven: I Cultivate in Secret and Become an Immortal Through the Eight Trigrams 五行洞天，我靠八卦苟成仙 Portable grotto-heaven + mortal cultivation + divination + alchemy + artifact crafting + spirit insects + spirit beasts. After inheriting the legacy of his ancestor, King Wen of Zhou, Ji Chang, he comprehends the Art of the Zhou Yi Eight Trigrams, allowing him to discern opportunities, locate dragon veins and auspicious sites, and see fortune and misfortune at a glance. He gradually unlocks a portable Five-Element Grotto-Heaven secret realm! Its area keeps expanding, and the flow of time within 127Reads—Score271Shelves
- 132 Number 1500: Space Visitor 编号1500：空间访客 (Not nonsensical, not a wish-fulfillment story. Both leads are strong, devoted to each other, and cunning.) There are 10,000 spaces in the world. Each space has seven transmigrators and one space administrator. The story unfolds in Space 1500. Explaining the world is too boring. Let's jump straight into exploring and scheming in Space 1500. Good luck, transmigrator! 95Reads—Score—Shelves
- 133 Tear Up the Script! I Transmigrated into a Book and Reclaimed My Tycoon Family's Power 撕烂剧本！穿书的我夺回豪门权柄 Tear Up the Script! I Transmigrated into a Book and Took Back the Power of the Billionaire Family 23Reads—Score—Shelves
- 134 I Devour All Things and Rise to the Top of the Heavens Through Feedback 吞噬万物我靠反馈登顶诸天 An overworked factory hand transmigrates into the body of a good-for-nothing disciple and awakens the Devour All Things System! Plants and herbs, pills, monsters and enemies, treasures and techniques: whatever he devours makes him stronger, letting him fuse them straight into Heaven-ranked martial skills and high-grade spiritual treasures! He hides his strength in the outer sect and trounces the sect’s geniuses. Eight grand elders compete to take him as their disciple and give him divine weapons 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 135 Plunge! 坠！ I was born in a small city blanketed in coal dust. By chance, I reunited with the girl who had once lived next door, whom I hadn't seen in many years. There were many versions of the rumors about her past, and it was hard to tell truth from fiction. This time, she slowly told her own story. I had just finished reading Fallen. Her life had some similarities to Mo Huai's in the book, but the differences between them were fundamental. I wrote down this memory not to compare whose fate was more trag 99Reads—Score—Shelves
- 136 Reborn in the 1980s: I Became a World-Famous Doctor Through Chinese Medicine 重生八零我靠中医绝世医名震天下 Reborn in the 1980s, a story of traditional Chinese medicine saving lives, face-slapping satisfaction, rural revitalization, fame in the city, and the passing down of traditional Chinese medicine. Grounded in professional expertise, not quackery; packed with satisfying moments without resorting to melodrama. It balances real-life resonance with cultural heritage. Its core tone is heartwarming healing, satisfying triumph, and professional expertise. It does not smear Western medicine or indulge i 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 137 Chronicles of the Red Sash 绾红记 Chronicles of Crimson Silk 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 138 Kill That Tomato Writer 杀死那个番茄作家 [Many years later, facing the firing squad, Kareni Na Ka will recall the afternoon when I dragged him into the book.] “Can I really write the blurb like this...?” “Tsk, I’m imitating One Hundred Years of Solitude.” “Who even reads One Hundred Years of Solitude these days? Do you read it?” “Then... should we change it?” “Never mind, let’s keep it. Nobody reads blurbs anyway.” 1.7kReads—Score155Shelves
- 139 The Book of Fated Bonds 兰因簿 [Underworld Temp Worker + Civil Service Bureaucrat + Yin-Yang Romance] Do you think Fengdu opens its gates to the human world only on the Ghost Festival? It doesn't. The gates of the netherworld don't wait for any one particular festival. They stand open every day, day and night. Do you think that once you cross the Naihe Bridge and drink a bowl of Meng Po's soup, all love, hate, and longing will vanish without a trace? That's not true either. Countless obsessions will wander the depths of 30Reads—Score—Shelves
- 140 A Sweet Embrace 软糖入怀 Ruan Ruan + Lu Zeyan Modern romance + mature leads + city life + workplace romance To thank Lu Zeyan, Ruan Ruan invited him to dinner. After having a little to drink, she worked up the courage to ask what he liked about her. Lu Zeyan leaned close to her ear and whispered, “I like how pure you are, how soft you are. I've liked you since the first time I saw you.” —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 141 A Lifetime of Political Scheming 半生权弈 All nine of her sisters had passed away, leaving Zhao Daqiao alone. Her mother had cracked her head open begging, just to get her into the Reform Team. When her best friend got pregnant before marriage, Zhao Daqiao was powerless to help, and the two fell out. She thought that treating her friend with sincerity would mend the rift between them, never knowing that betrayal, denunciations, and crackdowns would follow one after another from that day on. It started with a basket of eggs. She was corn 28Reads—Score—Shelves
- 142 A Strange Immortal Fate: The Good-for-Nothing Without a Spiritual Root Turns His Life Around 奇仙缘：无灵根废柴的逆转之路 [New release] + [Fantasy with a System] + [Laugh-out-loud fun] + [One heroine] Su Qingxuan, a humble errand boy of the Qingfeng Sect, was born without a spiritual root. Amid the crowd’s scorn, he unexpectedly found an immortal gourd and became bound to a System! Later, a mysterious voice in a secret realm told him that he wasn’t actually without a spiritual root. He had the legendary… spiritual root. The little System is adorable and mischievous, and always good for a laugh. A fox demon at t 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 143 A Cross Mark in the Palm of My Hand 掌心有十字纹 Other people turn their imaginings into stories. I only write about things that really happened to me. My name is Song San. I served in the military, worked as a section chief, and spent three years in a vegetative state. After waking up, I opened a traditional Chinese medicine clinic. A sign outside read: Fortune-telling, feng shui, and difficult medical cases also welcome. Some call me a miracle doctor; others call me a charlatan. Only I know that I learned everything I can do during those thr 763Reads8.9Score133Shelves
- 144 Strange Tales of the Mountain Village: The Drought Demon and the Drought 山村异闻录之旱魃与旱灾 Strange Tales from the Mountain Village: The Drought Demon and the Drought —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 145 The Record of Crossing the Dusty World by Boat 参舟渡尘录 The martial arts of the world are a mirror of the heart. But what about Lu Jinghe? He's just a shopkeeper selling paper offerings. When he was seventeen, his father disappeared, leaving behind only a two-hundred-year-old account book. Later, when the paper shop burned down, he learned the truth: It wasn't an account book at all. It was the Chart of the Hidden Boat, concealing the dynasty's secrets and the world's greatest treasure. The problem was, the book was gone. And to make matters worse, h 29Reads—Score—Shelves
- 146 Unbelievable: My Love Rival Takes Me Around Beating Up Scumbags 离谱：情敌带我到处虐渣 [爽 and satisfying] [No saintly protagonist] [Multiple female leads] [Decisive and ruthless] The protagonist's group enjoys gossip and has no desire to hurt anyone, yet they get caught up in a series of plots and schemes. To protect themselves, they have no choice but to fight back, step by step embarking on the path to becoming powerful. At first, the group is weak and often bullied. Later, they grow strong and become rulers of their own domain. 1.7kReads8.3Score104Shelves
- 147 The Arrogant Farm Girl Will Turn the Tables 狂妄农女要翻天 Farming with a pocket dimension, cultivating immortality amid chaos. The heroine rises from a farmer’s daughter to become the empress of the world. She’s wild, truly wild. Known as the Little Tyrant of Qianlan, she never lets a corpse grow cold. Because her pocket dimension likes its corpses fresh. After arriving in ancient times, she accidentally activates a pocket dimension, but it needs corpses to level up. Anyone who betrays her becomes fertilizer for the pocket dimension. The same goes for 456Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 148 The Journey of Tianhen 天痕行 [Traditional Xuanhuan] [Exploration and Travel] [Heavenly Marks and Wonders] [Ensemble Cast and Friendship] [No System] [Coming of Age] [The World Unfolds Gradually] On the Tianhen Continent, humans and demons coexist, and the ancient world has left countless traces behind. Some traces endure through the ages, bearing powers and mysteries all their own. They are known as Heavenly Marks. Some spend their entire lives in pursuit of them, while others fight over them without end. But no matter how 19Reads—Score122Shelves
- 149 I Helped My Relatives Escape the Zombie Horde, But They Still Keep Pressuring Me to Marry and Have Kids 我帮亲戚们躲过了丧尸潮，但他们还是催婚催生 I Helped My Relatives Escape the Zombie Horde, but They Still Keep Pressuring Me to Get Married and Have Kids 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 150 You Lured Home a Little Wife with a Bottle of Soda? 你用一瓶汽水拐回一个小老婆？ (One heroine + mutual salvation + lighthearted comedy with no angst + gradual yandere development + sweet everyday romance + happy ending) Rest assured, this one's guaranteed to be sweet. (This is a brand-new book, so please, everyone, don't let it pile up in your reading list. It'll get buried to death (ToT)) The first twenty years of Gu Hui's life were shrouded in an endless rainy season, but he fought to become a ray of sunshine breaking through the clouds of Hangzhou's plum rains. Then, one 32Reads—Score103Shelves
