Looking for Realistic Marriage Stories, Nothing Too Far-Fetched or Overly Sweet 求现实婚姻题材，不要太虚。也不用太甜
Translated by GPT-6 Luna
In this list
Reader notes translated by Google Translate
889
-
851
Ten Years After Our No-Frills Wedding 裸婚10年后
For ten years of marriage, Qin Xiaoxiao has been working toward buying a home and putting down roots. She and her husband scrimped and saved until they had 100,000 yuan, hoping to buy a secondhand house. Then her father-in-law fell seriously ill, and the medical bills wiped out every last penny. Their home-buying plans fell through, their hopes were crushed, and conflicts between the couple and between daughter-in-law and mother-in-law grew more frequent. She was desperate and full of regret. Bu
595Reads8.9Score104Shelves
-
852
The Goddess Is Pregnant, So I Went to Help Her Through It 女神怀孕了，我去帮忙养胎
The Goddess Is Pregnant, So I Went to Help Her Through It
271Reads—Score—Shelves
-
853
My Landlady Is Ten Years Older Than Me 我的房东姐姐比我大十岁
My Landlady Is Ten Years Older Than Me
75Reads—Score—Shelves
-
854
Reborn, I Watched My Family Fall Apart 重生后，我看着自己家家破人亡
After being reborn, I watched my family fall apart and die.
18Reads—Score—Shelves
-
855
Reborn to Study Medicine, My Wife from My Previous Life Becomes a Simp 重生学医，前世妻子成舔狗
Reborn to Study Medicine, My Wife from My Past Life Becomes a Devoted Follower
9Reads—Score—Shelves
-
856
Marriage: A Promise to Protect 婚姻，守护
Fang Ying and Liu Fan were the golden couple in everyone’s eyes back when they were students. Their marriage was even more enviable, but once they settled into the daily grind of meals and household chores, how could everything possibly go smoothly...?
970Reads—Score128Shelves
Reader note
-
857
You Broke Up With Me for Being Poor, So Why Are You Crying and Begging Me Now? 嫌我穷提分手，转头你哭着求我？
You dumped me for being poor, and now you come crying and begging me?
20Reads—Score—Shelves
-
858
I Farm the Hospital Like a Dungeon and Earn Coins to Support Mom 我把医院当副本刷，爆金币养阿妈
[Urban + light comedy + sweet romance + no System + family love + touching] [Outgoing female companion-care specialist vs. socially anxious male doctor] My name is Jiang Xiaoman, and I'm the best-looking companion-care specialist on this street. Today I landed a big job: Help an old man from the countryside get an appointment with Dr. Gu, the grim-faced “King of Hell.” I blocked the entrance half an hour early, but the old man promptly threw himself on the ground and threw a tantrum. Three m
4Reads6.7Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
859
Transmigrating to Ancient Times, I Lead My Tribe to Greatness 穿越远古，我带领部落崛起
I Transmigrated to Prehistoric Times and Led My Tribe to Rise
28Reads—Score—Shelves
-
860
I Do 我愿意
Ding Lan felt that her life had been terribly unlucky, and she'd rather spend the rest of it alone. Marriage and love weren't requirements for her life. She lived alone on a dark, desolate island, guarding the shattered remains of her life. Until Chi Yunsheng broke through her defenses and gave her a sense of security. At last, the migratory bird had found a tree where it could stay.
10Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
861
The Female CEO Fell for Me at My Interview, Then Became My Stepmother 面试那天被女总裁看上，结果她成了我后妈
The Female CEO Took a Liking to Me at My Interview, and Then She Became My Stepmother
5Reads—Score—Shelves
-
862
Trial Marriage 试用期夫妻
Two urbanites, shaped by their circumstances, age, and parents’ pressure to marry, embark on the road to blind dates and marriage. Their marry-first, fall-in-love-later, fast-food-style married life brings unexpected changes. They try out a couples’ course together. There’s no way he won’t fall for him.
13Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
863
A Lover's Perfume 情人的，香水味
The scent of her lover's perfume
2.8kReads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
864
Do Women Really Have to Quit Their Jobs to Stay Home and Have Children? 女性就一定要辞职在家生孩子吗？
Do women really have to quit their jobs, stay home, and have children?
—Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
865
At Thirty-Six, I’m Sorry, I Ruined Everything 三十六岁，抱歉，我全搞砸了
At thirty-six, I had become a complete joke. I’d been with my girlfriend, Lin Xue, for sixteen years. She stayed by my side as we struggled up from nothing until I became head of sales at my company, yet I came to resent her for growing old and being a nag. The night I got drunk at a business dinner, she clutched the pregnancy test she’d just taken and tried to talk to me about getting married. I found her annoying and shoved her to the ground. The back of her head struck the edge of the coffee
—Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
866
The Seventh Door of Mother 妈妈的第七扇门
For a long time, I never understood my mother’s past. This was the first time I had looked so deeply back on her life: one generation of women interpreting another. In the 1990s, my eighteen-year-old mother left a small mountain village in Nanyang and headed alone for the glittering city. A scrap of gum wrapper brought her face to face with the calamity of her life: Liu Dawang. And so the door to her fate opened. She made a living in urban villages and hotpot restaurants, leaning on her best fr
703Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
867
The Second Marriage 第二婚
Kang Shuting was raised by others from childhood. There are three sisters with three different surnames, and she is the least favored, the middle child. People starved of love are either fantasizing about finding someone to love, or fantasizing about being loved. At 35, after being passed over by one match after another, she dreams of spending a passionate night with a man she's meeting for only the second time. Could this new flutter in her heart be another false alarm? What should she do? He's
4Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
868
A Love That’s Real 确有情
[Part Two Has Been Updated] Yang Huiqing spent many years abroad. The first thing she did after returning home was insist on marrying Ji Qinglin. Just how little did the two of them know each other? They didn't meet until the day of their wedding photoshoot, and neither of them even had the other's contact information. She had assumed that in this marriage of convenience, forged for the benefit of their families, they would at most treat each other with polite respect. But who could have guessed
14.1kReads9.3Score1.5kShelves
Reader note
-
869
Living Together in Marriage 婚姻里的共居
For women, marriage is like a high-stakes gamble with no certain outcome. They stake their youth and surrender their fate, hoping luck will be on their side. No one can say what they’ll end up with: a “war without gunfire” full of hidden hurts, a metamorphosis like a butterfly emerging from its cocoon, or the gentle, unremarkable flow of days worn smooth by time. From two people to a family of four, through the endless cycle of meals and changing seasons, life beneath one roof is wrapped in swee
504Reads—Score103Shelves
Reader note
-
870
A Sour Story for Fujoshi 腐女酸文
Hello, everyone. I’m the author of this book, and also its protagonist: Yatou. This book tells the true story of my life. Every word comes from my own experience; nothing is fabricated or plagiarized. Over the years, I’ve weathered countless ups and downs and struggled through one storm after another. To make it this far feels like a hard-won miracle. Many people wonder about the meaning of the title, The Bitter Ramblings of a Fudanshi. It’s really a reflection of the first half of my life: “
7Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
871
I Accidentally Ended Up Getting a Marriage License with a Powerful CEO 误打误撞和豪门总裁领了证
Xia Xizhen took a photo of her blind date to the meeting, only to be dragged off to register their marriage instead. She thought they would live a simple life, like any ordinary family. But one problem after another soon came along. On the very first day after they registered, Shang Yiming demanded, “Who sent you?” Her mother-in-law gave her an ultimatum: have a child within three months or get out. Later, Xia Xizhen realized everything had been wrong from the start. She asked for a divorce, hop
125Reads7.1Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
872
On Our Blind Date, the Heir to a Wealthy Family Took Me to Register Our Marriage 相亲当天，豪门继承人拉着我领证
[Sweet romance + Marriage Before Love + male lead pretends to be a pig to eat the tiger] On the day of her blind date, Hai Tong impulsively married a stranger. She thought married life would be ordinary and built on mutual respect. Instead, her new husband turned out to be a clingy human piece of glue. What surprised her most was that whenever she ran into trouble, he would step in and resolve everything with ease. Whenever she asked about it, he always said he was just lucky, until one day she
184.7kReads9.5Score6.8kShelves
-
873
Possessing Jiang Xi 佔有姜西
[One-on-One Sweet Romance + Two Strong Leads + PDA-Filled Romance + Mutual Devotion] A job interview at a bar leads two people with nothing in common to meet for the first time. One is a private tutor, the other a cold-faced King of Hell. One does the flirting, the other does the pampering. Later, no one could have guessed that the elegant, aloof Qin Zhan would turn into a clingy burr. Their everyday life after getting together is even too much to watch... “Wifey...” “Hmm?” “Could you comfort me
48.9kReads9.5Score4.8kShelves
-
874
The In-Laws' Web of Schemes 婆家局中局
Tang Guo, the heroine, and Lu Ziming, the hero, marry just three months after meeting. Not long after the wedding, it comes to light that Lu Ziming owes 500,000 yuan in online loans. When his mother learns what happened, her first response is to demand that Tang Guo divorce Lu Ziming and to take their property deed. Everyone else reacts differently, each with their own agenda. It turns out that behind the facade of a loving family lie nothing but schemes and calculations. Tang Guo stands by Lu Z
2.3kReads—Score110Shelves
Reader note
-
875
Keep It Up and I’ll Spoil You 再作就宠你
[Marriage first, love later + devoted husband] (A mad, theatrical, scheming male lead vs. a cold, restrained, obsessive female lead) She works for Second Young Master Xiao. Position: Wife. Compensation: Salary + year-end bonus, paid vacation, and full benefits. Job duties: Handle all tasks that fall within the scope of a wife’s work, excluding sleeping together. She’s worked diligently for four years. She plans to stay until the contract expires, then find a new boss. But Second Young Master Xia
1.2kReads9.2Score100Shelves
-
876
My Scumbag Husband 渣男老公
New clothes are better than old, but old friends are better than new. Peng Chaoyang, you and I were in love, and I was even carrying your baby. But when your first love, who had been out of touch for years, returned from abroad to mourn, you were afraid of losing her again. Without a moment’s hesitation, you registered your marriage with her and transferred all your love to your lover. Luckily, I had a wealthy grandmother by my side, Mr. Peng’s own grandmother, who supported me with love and mon
22Reads7.0Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
877
The Biggest Hothead in Officialdom 官场第一愣头青
In the system, having powerful connections can provide welcome shelter. But sometimes, leaning on a powerful patron means being treated like a puppet, manipulated and controlled by others... Jiang Zhen initially refused to be controlled, but gradually changed his mind. He came to understand that Elder Xu's influence over him wasn't about control, but about guiding him as a person, beyond the rules of institutions and the conventions of the underworld. In the end, he deeply understood the career-
105.6kReads9.3Score6.6kShelves
Reader note
-
878
The 1990s: A Business Empire Built from Five Thousand 90年代：五千起步的商业帝国
[Stock Trading + Ancient Wisdom + Comeback + Entrepreneurship + Opportunities of the Era + Romance] In 1997, on the eve of the handover, Lin Tiebo entered the stock market at its peak with 5,000 yuan in his pocket. It was all the money he had, and his only hope of finding Xiaomei. The first time he made a move, people laughed at him in public for “not even understanding the rules.” Yet this outsider used ancient wisdom from works like the Biographies of Merchants to buy precisely at the bottom a
1.2kReads8.8Score100Shelves
Reader note
-
879
After the Divorce, My First Love and Ex-Boyfriend Won't Leave Me Alone 离婚后，初恋前男友上蹿又下跳
Please, I’m begging for comments and ratings! It’s been months since the story ended, and it still hasn’t received a score. (No ratings means no traffic, and no traffic means nobody reads or rates it... a vicious cycle.) This old flop author is practically coughing up blood. Please leave me some feedback! Even bad reviews are welcome! Thank you on my knees, Orz - Blurb: Xu Yuanchun’s first marriage lasted only a year and a half. Because she was infertile. So what? Infertility isn’t life-threaten
299Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
880
Chronicle of a Buried Cat 葬猫记
[Realistic fiction + adultery + a cast of villains] Su Yu’s pet cat of six years dies under mysterious circumstances. At the farewell ceremony, her husband, Li Jiawen, joins forces with a “pet funeral director” to cover up the cause of the cat’s death. Su Yu secretly investigates, only to discover the shameful secrets her husband has been hiding. A first love whose identity is too shameful to reveal, a carefully arranged stand-in, malicious people close at hand, and a revenge-seeker lurking in t
—Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
881
Walking Toward the Light 逐光而行
Li Tongguang is a full-time housewife, rejected by her husband and raising a daughter with a congenital illness. She spends her days rushing from one task to another, and has somehow ended up living a life as bitter as a weed. Her husband has a mistress? It doesn’t matter. A few more wrinkles have appeared on her face? That doesn’t matter either. She only cares about her child. If her daughter’s illness can be cured, she would gladly give up thirty years of her own life. Fortunately, fate takes
230Reads9.2Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
882
A Marriage Measured in Years 以年为单位的婚姻
A middle-aged couple with elders to care for and children to raise: Li Donghuai’s ambiguous relationship with another woman tears apart an already fragile marriage. Tan Limin gives up on her hopes and fantasies about marriage and starts a new business. Their daughter is a top student, while their son is a grade-schooler who struggles academically. An old car they traded in lands them in a mandatory cooling-off period before their divorce. In the end, after she stops expecting marriage to last fo
463Reads8.7Score—Shelves
-
883
We Agreed to Be DINKs, But My Husband Showed Up with His Pregnant Mistress and Her Child. I Smiled and Gathered Evidence 说好的丁克，老公却带怀孕的2+1上门，我微笑取证
We Agreed to Be Child-Free, but My Husband Showed Up with His Pregnant Side Piece. I Smiled and Gathered Evidence
2Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
884
A Cherished Silver Bracelet 珍藏一条银手链
As children, Zhang Min and Guo Tingting accidentally fell into the river while playing by the bank. Li Zewen rescued them. Years later, after graduating from college, Li Zewen became their teacher. Due to family circumstances, Zhang Min dropped out of high school in her second year and went to work. Years later, she became a sales representative at a valve factory, while Guo Tingting became a nurse at the county hospital. To their surprise, Li Zewen became the man her best friend was set up with
1Reads—Score—Shelves
-
885
A 200,000-Yuan Bride Price to Marry a Construction Worker 二十万彩礼，嫁给工地男
[The rating has only just opened and will rise] [Dowry Controversy] + [A Marriage Full of Misery] + [Multiple Male Leads] + [A Tense Push and Pull] + [Desperate, Obsessive Love] (Not reborn, not transmigrated, no golden finger) After more than six years of working, He Sui still hadn't paid off her online loans. Instead, her debt kept growing. Every New Year, her father nagged her about getting married until she was numb to it. Finally, He Sui steeled herself and got married. She had her own litt
493Reads8.1Score109Shelves
Reader note
-
886
Quick Transmigration: This Time, I Refuse to Be a Jerk! 快穿：这一世，拒绝当渣男！
(Quick transmigration / no fixed couple / fictional setting / pocket dimension / scumbag redemption) 1. An honest man in ancient times 2. An Eighties simp 3. A victim of the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law war 4. A dutiful son 5. A gambling addict 6. A golden phoenix who flies out of the mountains 7. An educated youth sent to the countryside 8. A younger sister living with her parents …
3.3kReads7.0Score141Shelves
Reader note
-
887
There’s Someone I Like 有喜欢的人
Zhou Jinchuan: I’d stopped believing in pure love, until you came along. Lin Weici: I’ve always firmly believed that you are love itself. I’ve never wavered.
51Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
888
The Husband Swap 换夫记
Xue Mingming married simply because she'd reached the right age, only to discover that her husband wasn't the right person for her. She settled into a life that felt like going through the motions. Then she crossed paths with Nie Qiyuan, a former high school classmate whose career was on the brink of bankruptcy and whose marriage was hanging by a thread, though neither recognized the other. How should these two married, middle-aged people handle their work, their lives, and their feelings??? A b
33.6kReads8.4Score3.2kShelves
Reader note
-
889
My Husband Held a Knife to My Throat on Our Wedding Anniversary 结婚纪念日丈夫用刀抵住我脖子
“On our third wedding anniversary, he held a knife to my throat in the Kizil Caves. ‘Hand over the phone Chen Zhongyun gave you.’ I smashed the phone and turned around to report all the evidence of his embezzlement, affairs, and murders. To get the evidence, he rammed me with his car, while his men dragged my mother into a secret detention ward...” An independent woman, a career professional, neither saintly nor submissive. She gets her scumbag husband sent to prison, then finds a younger collea
1Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note