Novels like Clear-Eyed in the Mortal World: I Pretend to Be Mediocre in the Cubicle
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- 151 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
- 152 After Helping Her Sickly Husband Pass the Imperial Exams, She Became Rich Beyond Measure 哄着病娇夫君科举后，她腰缠万贯 [Unhinged Love Interest + Golden Finger + Food + Sweet Romance + One-on-One, Both Pure in Love] Office worker He Zhizhi transmigrates! She has somehow transmigrated into the body of...a woman who was bought as a bride! Her younger brother-in-law is frail, and their home is bare of everything. He Zhizhi declares solemnly, “It's no big deal. Stay calm, and we can win.” So she farms, runs a street stall, and buys a shop. In the end, she even puts a top scholar through his exams! She thought she cou 1.1kReads8.5Score101Shelves
- 153 Since I'm Reborn, I Might as Well Enjoy Myself 既然重生了，那就尽情爽吧 331Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 154 Reborn from the Cocoon: Lin Yu’s Comeback 破茧重生，林宇的逆袭 The protagonist is a devout Buddhist who values loyalty and honor, and is also innovative and bold. He struggles to make his way in the garment industry. In 2004, he saw an opportunity and proposed that his company purchase digital textile printers from the Sun Country, helping it take the lead in the digital printing field. He later went into business for himself, and things went smoothly from the start. But fate had other plans: his manager betrayed him and took all his clients, the market shi 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 155 My Years in the Wedding Business 我干婚庆这些年 [Life's Big Events + Wedding Industry + Northeastern Comedy + Everyday Family Life + Rich Older Women + Older Sisters] Jin Ge is a male makeup artist and photographer. After personally reporting his biological father and sending him to prison, he returned to his hometown to protect his mother from his father's enemies. He took over the family wedding business, and because of his professional makeup skills, many couples hired him to handle their weddings. The work also gave him a chance to see wh 8.6kReads8.8Score962Shelves
- 156 I Brought a Billion Home and Now I'm Lying Flat 我带着十个亿，回老家躺平了 At twenty-eight, Lin Chen hits rock bottom in a single day. His company lays him off, his girlfriend of three years dumps him for being broke, then turns around and gets into a rich second-generation heir’s BMW. Even his landlord throws his belongings out of the rental apartment in the middle of the night. Just as he’s at the end of his rope, a bank text suddenly pops up: [1,000,000,000.00 yuan has been deposited into your account] To hell with 996! To hell with buying a house or a car! Lin Chen 75.2kReads6.4Score2.2kShelves
- 157 Little Seedling Beneath the Shade 树荫下的小禾苗 Miao Yihe loses part of her memory in a car accident, including memories of her high school deskmate, who always looked out for her. But the connection between two people never really goes away. After all the twists and turns, they meet again. Lin Mingyue says he's the shade beneath a vast forest; Miao Yihe says she's a little seedling striving to grow. It was all meant to be. Lin Mingyue cherishes his little seedling, and she loves and supports herself too. They don't ask for much: a cozy littl 166Reads9.4Score—Shelves
- 158 Laojun Cave on Huangmao Mountain 黄茂山老君洞 Huangmaoshan Laojun Cave 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 159 I Married My Best Friend’s Boyfriend 我嫁给了闺蜜的男友 They were high school classmates. She was an ugly duckling living under someone else’s roof, while her best friend was an elegant swan, high above everyone else. After dating the swan for a long time, he told the ugly duckling that she was the one he loved. This book tells the story of their love, friendship, and family ties in their youth. 134Reads—Score—Shelves
- 160 On the First Day of School, the Stunning Campus Belle Fell for Me! 开学第一天，绝美校花爱上我！ My name is Lin Feng, and I’m an ordinary guy. But ever since I started school, one good thing after another has come my way. Watch me make waves at university. When the campus belle confesses to me, I hardly know how to handle it... 17.8kReads8.6Score1.3kShelves
- 161 The Winners' Club 赢家俱乐部 He can predict the outcome of a match with near-perfect accuracy. But if the stake is your conscience, would you still place a bet? A born cardsharp, the likes of whom appear only once in a thousand years, spends the rest of his life trying to atone for the crimes he committed before becoming a crime boss. Does that make him a good person? A group of nobodies, caught up in gambling and the underworld, find the good and evil in human nature magnified. How should they choose, how should they liv 137Reads—Score—Shelves
- 162 What Does It Have to Do with You? 有半毛钱关系吗？ What’s it to me? What’s it to you? It’s nobody’s business! These three phrases are all you need to put an end to overthinking! What’s it got to do with you? What’s it got to do with me? What’s it got to do with anyone? Whenever you face a person or a situation, just ask yourself these three questions, and there won’t be a problem. May everyone live true to themselves, independent and beautiful! A coming-of-age story about four girls with very different personalities. This isn’t a story. It’s bas 90Reads9.5Score—Shelves
- 163 The Stunning Goddess Is Sweet and Regal, and She's Flirting with Me Again 绝美女神又甜又御，又在偷撩我了 [Radiant goddess pursues and teases him + Childhood sweetheart regrets it for life + He never looks back + One heroine + Healing romance + Sweet couple moments + A little spice] [No System, no golden finger, no rebirth + The everyday romance and entrepreneurial journey of the leads] Ten years of affection are dismissed with a single remark: “I’ve known plenty of people for ten years.” Only after his dignity is trampled does Lin Yu finally come to his senses. He buys a plane ticket and sets out t 1.8kReads8.6Score143Shelves
- 164 Reborn: I Just Want to Make Money 重生：只想搞钱 [Reborn + Daily Life + Lighthearted + Fun + Making Money + Building] Lu Yi is reborn, and uses his foresight as a golden finger to make money like crazy. Uses a game cheat to get things started. Then cashes in on another round of compensation from a demolition project. Wait, this jade pendant is about to skyrocket in value! He runs into the campus belle he used to grovel after. What are you, anyway? Get lost! Reborn once, all he wants is to make money. Women will only slow him down. Just kee 122Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 165 Transmigrated as a Maid, I Get Rich by Doing Hair and Makeup to Buy My Freedom 穿成小丫鬟，靠梳妆赎身暴富 Reading Guide: [Not a wish-fulfillment story + alternate Northern Song setting + a touch of ensemble cast + everyday commerce + a touch of household intrigue + family life + slice of life] Lin Fengsui transmigrates to the Northern Song dynasty as an eight-year-old girl, and lands the position of a hereditary servant in the prefect’s residence. Her mother is a cook in the kitchen, her father is a junior clerk in the accounts office, and she has an older sister who is an embroiderer, two years her 85.9kReads9.1Score13.6kShelves
- 166 Searching for Love in the Mortal World 尘世寻爱 At the end of the twentieth century, Momo always looked at the reasonable and unreasonable aspects of the world from the perspective of a bystander, living carelessly like a rogue. It wasn't until she met Li Fan, a married woman, and Duoduo that she truly entered the real world. But the cruelty of reality, and the enormous gulf between it and her inner world, made it impossible for her to adapt... 4.5kReads—Score210Shelves
- 167 A Servant’s Nature 奴才本性 In Lin Bin’s eyes, Zhou Mingchen had three different faces. One was the impeccably proper man he usually was, responsible and dependable in both word and deed. Another was the servant who followed her around, as doglike as they came. She’d heard there was a third side to him, one that relied on his master’s power to throw his weight around, though few people had seen it. All three faces revealed his nature as a servant, and yet he was her husband... The heroine transmigrates and has the original 2.1kReads8.7Score174Shelves
- 168 After High School Graduation, I Activated the Self-Discipline System 高中毕业后，我激活了自律系统 After being reborn, he activates a System? All he wanted was to quietly achieve financial freedom, slack off every day, and enjoy life. He racks up achievements! But an unexpected announcement shatters his peaceful life. Good grief! I'm the village chief now?! With the villagers and family members watching expectantly, Su He takes over as village chief. Years later, in the United Nations General Assembly hall, Su He declares passionately: “Our next goal is to buy the White House and turn it into 1.1kReads8.9Score107Shelves
- 169 An Auditor’s Daily Life Back in the Village, Living Off His Parents 审计狗回村啃老日常 [Healing country life + everyday moments + sweet romance + anti-hustle culture + childhood friends] Looking at a health check report with more abnormal results than an audit, Li Ruisheng suddenly burst out laughing. This wasn't a health report at all, it was a workplace edition of Death Note! In a daze, Li Ruisheng seemed to see Grandpa lounging in a rocking chair beneath the grapevines. The sweet aroma of grapes from her memories wafted over, and the recollection of a gentle summer day filled 1.4kReads8.3Score120Shelves
- 170 I Gave My Teacher 5,000 Yuan from the Start 开局就给老师扔了5000元 [Urban] [No System] [Everyday Life] [Romance] [Reborn] (This is a slow-burn novel with a measured pace and quite a few hints and plot threads. Readers who prefer a fast pace may want to think twice before diving in.) Yu Yan was reborn on the day before he won a major prize ten years ago. He’d planned to live this life quietly and peacefully. But… His romantic luck in this life was downright ridiculous. The spy girl next door is actually a T? I caught the school belle cheating? Wait, I have a fia 58Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 171 Please, Five Beautiful Employees, Stop Competing So Hard 求求五个美女员工别卷啦 Urban harem + lighthearted comedy + sweet romance + tycoon + light business elements + high martial arts New title: I'm Not the CEO of a Tech Company The first volume focuses mainly on romance, following the protagonist's funny, lighthearted everyday life with five beautiful employees. The second volume broadens the world, introducing one of the Three Great Mountains, the academic elite, alongside the romance. The third volume establishes the novel's central perspective: history belongs to the p 24Reads—Score—Shelves
- 172 My Proposal Failed, but I Became a Dad 求婚失败喜当爹 (Urban slice of life / one heroine / winning back his wife / adorable child / a touch of angst / rekindled love) Xiao Ran suffered two blows at once: his marriage proposal was rejected, and he caught his girlfriend flirting with her boss. On the night he got drunk in despair, he accidentally hurt the girl who had secretly loved him for years. The girl whose heart he had broken then vanished from his world completely. Xiao Ran thought time would heal everything, until they met again four years la 528Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 173 Reborn with Heart Disease: I Want to Keep Dad Away from Cancer 心脏病重生，我要爸爸远离癌症 The terrible news came one after another: heartbreak, her father’s death, and then the dog she’d raised for ten years died of illness. In just three and a half years, Liu Lingmei fell from heaven into a pit of mud, shattered into pieces. A long period of silence didn’t heal her wounds. It only made her heart worse. Given another chance at life, she would make sure you stayed far away from cancer and escaped the family’s inherited nightmare. She would save you, herself, and your love. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 174 The Rules of the Children's Home 儿女家的规矩 To help their children raise the grandchildren, a couple in their sixties were forced to live apart. From the day Zhao Youlin moved to the city to help care for his son's child, he became a “guest” in his son's home. A man from a small town, he couldn't fit into life in the big city. He had to speak softly, keep the TV muted, and even watch his son's expression before giving his grandson a piece of meat... Though Zhao Youlin was careful about everything, he still couldn't avoid falling into conf 10.6kReads8.5Score510Shelves
- 175 Middle Age: City of Desire 人到中年：欲望之都 [Urban] + [Everyday Life] + [Special Agent] + [Sound Values] The story begins when the male lead, Li Wujiao, retires from service and comes home late at night, hoping to surprise his wife. Instead, he discovers that his wife, Jiang Zhirou, hasn't come home, and someone is harassing her... What? You say your grandfather was once a big shot in the Magic City? And your father is a financial tycoon there, too? No need to panic... Watch a retired agent prove that retirement hasn't dulled his skills. 6.5kReads9.0Score681Shelves
- 176 My Angel Investor Is My Adorable Husband 天使投资人是我的小娇夫 Told from the heroine's perspective, this story follows her journey from an innocent, inexperienced newcomer to the working world to a successful professional woman. Fang Yuwei and the hero, Lin Peifeng, meet on campus. He falls for her at first sight and takes care of her and stays by her side, but Lin Peifeng's identity is not so simple. As the heroine makes her way through the workplace, she encounters all kinds of unwritten rules, both obvious and hidden. She changes jobs several times and m —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 177 After She Dumped Me, My Girlfriend Became the Lead Dancer 甩了我之后，女友成了首席舞者 Betrayed by Fang Xiaohui, the ballet goddess who had been his girlfriend and the love of his life for seven years, Jin Jian loses the stable job he was about to land just before graduation. He has to start struggling to make a living on his own. Along the way, he meets wealthy heiress Xia Xueyi, shares a home with Ouyang Qing, his close friend's girlfriend, and falls in love with Bai Xiaotian, a classmate from police academy. This is the story of a boy growing into a man. There are a thousand di 718Reads8.7Score104Shelves
- 178 A True-Love Warrior's Adventures in Society 纯爱战神社会历险记 Beijing suburbs, 2006. A beat-up van, a guy at the wheel, the school beauty in the front seat, and 17-year-old Chen Mo in the back. He didn't dare look at her. All he could do was breathe in the scent of cream-cake shampoo in her hair. Whenever the van jolted, her hair brushed his face, and he sat rigid, afraid to move. Back then, he thought liking someone was enough. Then the school beauty pulled out a brand-new tarot deck and asked him to read her love fortune. He thought she was finally looki 13Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 179 I Jumped Off a Building, and You Tell Me the System Just Arrived? 跳楼了，你告诉我系统来了？ [System] + [Getting Rich] + [Single Heroine] + [Everyday Life] + [Travel] + [Gourmet] + [Ensemble Cast] The day he found himself ten million yuan in debt, Chen Jun leaped from a rooftop. “Ding! Loan Repayment System binding...” A translucent panel appeared out of nowhere before his eyes, clearly displaying a single line: Every time the Host borrows money, the full amount, principal and interest, will be returned to the Host’s account when the loan is repaid. From that day on, he started borrowin 454Reads—Score—Shelves
- 180 Psychological Counselor: I Have a System of the People’s Wishes 心理咨询师：我有众生愿系统 A newly qualified therapist comes into the world with a rosy view of humanity. A powerful official’s son blocks him from getting a job, and he is smeared for standing up for justice. With no clients coming to his counseling room, he has no choice but to remake songs from Blue Star to make ends meet. In this bustling world, people are swept along by their desires. He takes on human traffickers, battles scam gangs, and rescues girls who have been drugged... Watch as he becomes a master of micro-ex 113Reads—Score—Shelves
- 181 Let Me Build You a Home 我来给你装个家 Who would lose the house they worked so hard to earn just because they fell in love? Jiang Ning. Who would scrimp on everything, from food and clothes to housing and travel, just because they fell in love? Yang Wu. They were both willing to do it for each other. The road may have been hard, but together they were always happy. In the end, they found a home and a life together, sharing three meals a day through all four seasons. 1.5kReads9.4Score149Shelves
- 182 Great-Aunt Xile's Happy Life 姑奶奶喜乐的幸福生活 Home is a sheltered harbor, and family is always there to support you. This is a story about three generations of the Song family living happily in an old building on Tianjin's Five Avenues. It features Tianjin's delicious food, as well as the family's joys and sorrows over the past thirty years. 780Reads9.1Score104Shelves
- 183 Summer Tangerine Through the Seasons 夏橘的春夏秋冬 On a bright morning, a girl named Xia Ju transferred to a new school. Teacher: “Gu Bei, she’ll be your new deskmate from now on.” The boy nodded. Xia Ju looked at him. He was an exceptionally handsome boy. From that day on, the two of them were never apart again. A sweet romance from school days to the wedding aisle. 19Reads—Score—Shelves
- 184 Half a Life Adrift, Half a Life at Peace 半生浪荡半生安 Half a Life of Wildness, Half a Life of Peace 44Reads—Score—Shelves
- 185 My Years as a Migrant Worker in Shenzhen 我在深圳打工那些年 Two AI comic adaptations of this book are already online, and a third is in production. In 1997, I was 17, carrying 300 yuan as I left my hometown in Hunan and headed south to Shenzhen alone. With no skills and no temporary residence permit, I was chased by security patrols, turned away by factories, left hungry, and forced to spend nights hiding in a cemetery. I went from a penniless kid to a sewing-machine operator at a handbag factory, then seized the opportunities of the times, opened a shop 18.7kReads8.8Score1.5kShelves
- 186 The Art of Not Competing 不争之争 This book says that, in the end, it doesn’t matter whether you fight for something or not. Just be yourself! The ancients said, “Because he contends with no one, no one in the world can contend with him.” Chinese people place greater value on not contending... Not contending brings peace of mind, the source of all strength, like the sea... In modern society, even not contending can be seen as a kind of struggle, born of helplessness... 18Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 187 Everyone Transmigrates! I Raise City Beasts in the Apocalypse 全民穿越！我在末日世界养城兽 [Apocalypse + Multiple Heroines + City Beasts] Lin Feng discovered that he had transmigrated. The survivors had formed a series of escape groups and were fleeing in an unknown direction. The good news was that he was an Awakened, in a central position within the group, with beautiful women constantly at his side. The bad news was that he had awakened a useless beast-taming ability, and his bonded beast was a little turtle with no combat ability whatsoever. Now he had been kicked out of the inner 116kReads6.7Score10.1kShelves
- 188 On the Day of My Interview, the Female CEO Took Me Straight Home 面试当天，女总裁直接带我回家 When Chen Yi woke up, the woman from the night before had already left. He was getting dressed and preparing to leave the hotel when he suddenly noticed a stack of hundred-yuan bills on the bedside table! What was going on? What did that woman take him for? She'd actually paid him afterward! Remembering that he had a job interview today, Chen Yi had no time to think it over. He hurriedly stuffed the money into his pocket and headed straight to the company. Little did he know that the female CEO 3.9kReads8.6Score264Shelves
- 189 Overnight, the Uncle's Life Bounced Back from Rock Bottom 一夜之间，大叔的生活触底反弹 Gao Weiguo, a middle-aged man born in the 1970s, had thought he would retire from his insurance company in quiet mediocrity. Little did he know that an opportunity that suddenly came his way would completely change his life… 4kReads8.7Score290Shelves
- 190 The Bad Girl Won't Redeem Herself 渣女不洗白 Whose youth is free of scars? Who hasn’t smiled while crying inside? But flowers bloom beyond the mountain, and beautiful scenery stretches beyond every hurdle! Life is precious, so don’t waste it! To those of us who never got to be young properly back then! “Why are you here?” “Because I know my girl wants to try flying. And I want her to know that I’ve never been a cage keeping her from spreading her wings. I’m the tree she can always come home to, the safe harbor where she can rest, and the p 152Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 191 Hated by Everyone in Life, I Became Their Beloved After Death 生前万人嫌，死后却成了白月光 [Redemption] [Sweet Romance] [Healing] Senior high school student Chen Shu suddenly gains a superpower: he will be eighteen forever. He starts by using his power to enjoy a free feast of rare delicacies. Then he meets a girl on a bridge who is about to take her own life. With his superpower, he begins a romance with her... One that will never end. 1.8kReads8.7Score158Shelves
- 192 Don’t Mess With Me, There’s a Martial God Inside Me 别惹我，我体内藏着个武神 [Urban Fantasy] + [Two Souls in One Body, Light Mystery] + [Healing Daily Life] + [Sweet Romance, One Female Lead] He Ci is a mechanic who runs his family's auto repair shop. One day, a soul from another world suddenly appears inside him, and a series of identity crises gradually unravel. It turns out the repair shop is connected to another world. A young woman comes by every day to bring him soup and paint. She's exceptionally perceptive, but never asks about his secrets. The two gradually grow 49Reads—Score—Shelves
- 193 I Somehow Got My Hands Around My Career and My Treacherous Wife 一不小心，拿捏职场和背叛夫人 His wife betrayed him, then joined forces with others to take Chen Sijie’s life. Heaven gives Chen Sijie a chance to be reborn. This time, he will build a successful career and have beautiful women by his side, while taking down workplace bullies and He Qianqian, the woman who betrayed him. 735Reads—Score102Shelves
- 194 The Sassy Sister and Her Rascally Husband 飒姐，痞夫 A female surgeon and a male psychologist find their way to each other. At their first meeting, he lets himself into her home and says, “You take care of the outside, and I'll take care of the inside.” She is bold and spirited, but carries hidden wounds. He is a roguish ray of sunshine who openly warms and heals her. You head west to conquer, while I rely on Nan; we seem completely mismatched, going in opposite directions. He had loved her for a long time, through all the days no one knew about. 426Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 195 Four Beauties of the Bureau 机关四美图 In the cafeteria of a government office in a small county town, amid the idle gossip over tea and meals, they were labeled as failures: divorced, raising children alone, and stumbling through the mire of life. They rebuilt order amid the wreckage and became their own shelter through every storm. Beneath the lamplight late at night, they soothed their children to sleep while planning the next day's schedule. Before the morning alarm rang, breakfast was already prepared. They were no longer anyon 100Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 196 The Struggling Underclassman I Took In Is Actually a Hidden Gem 收留的落难学妹，居然是宝藏女孩 #Campus #SweetRomance #Healing #LivingTogether #Redemption #EverydayLife #Romance #GrowingUp At an internet cafe in the early hours of the morning, Li Youran found a homeless girl. Little did he know that finding her would mean finding someone to spend his whole life with. From fellow townspeople to old flames, from the girl who would be his girlfriend to the woman who is now his wife, Youran and serenity through the years… 415Reads—Score—Shelves
- 197 The Wang Family in the 1990s 老王家的九十年代 (Period setting + courtyard homes + ordinary folks + small businesses) After reading Reborn in the 1960s: Back at the Factory as a Cook, you can treat this book as a sequel, but it also works fine on its own. Against the backdrop of state-owned enterprises going into decline in the 1990s, the everyday lives of a young couple serve as the thread connecting a colorful cast of ordinary people and their bustling neighborhood. There are local police officers, state-enterprise employees, people with r 3.6kReads8.9Score270Shelves
- 198 Love with All Your Heart 尽情去爱吧 Based on a true story, newly rated. A literary gem, finely written, not a web novel. When desire and morality collide, human weakness becomes a blade that wounds others. The Peking University campus is merely the story’s starting point. The Beijing financial world is where the real story unfolds. The author graduated with an undergraduate degree from Peking University’s Department of Physics. 33.1kReads8.7Score1.9kShelves
- 199 The Girl I Loved and My Childhood Friend 我与白月光和青梅 The protagonist is a rich second-generation heir from the start. I’m not good at writing introductions. This story focuses mainly on romance and human nature, with a little entrepreneurship. His first love marries him because of real-life difficulties. After the wedding, he discovers she has always loved someone else. He mistakes a transaction for love. She mistakes love for a life. Years later, his childhood sweetheart appears out of nowhere. The story focuses on relationships between men and w 1.7kReads8.1Score111Shelves
- 200 After Being Reborn, I Only Want to Achieve Financial Freedom 重生后的我只想实现财富自由 He worked hard until he was thirty-seven, yet still lived in a shabby old apartment of barely sixty square meters. His once-radiant wife had also been worn down by the hardships of life. Even his retired parents were still working, just to help support him. After getting drunk, Chen Mo was reborn at the age of twenty-two. The only thought in his mind when he opened his eyes was to achieve financial freedom. 3.5kReads7.1Score217Shelves
