Novels Like Early Jinjiang Stories 类似早期晋江文

1. 51 明 An Honest Person Doesn't Keep a Secret Crush 明人不搞暗恋 Li Huaisha李怀沙Two Male Leads287k WordsCompleted [Print edition officially signed] Homeless, I Was Taken In and Raised by My Archrival Original title: No Secret Crushes for Honest People Campus romance + secret crush + happy ending + rivals to lovers + growing up together + third-person narration Benevolent, compassionate top VS unruly, stubborn, insecure bottom My father didn’t care for me, my mother didn’t love me, and somehow I got saddled with the blame. After my landlord kicked me out, I stood alone on the street and began to questio 24.1kReads9.5Score4.3kShelves
2. 52 情 A Guide to Sweet Talk 情话指南 Li Huaisha李怀沙Two Male Leads302k WordsCompleted A flirtatious green-tea beauty who barely speaks vs. a slightly dim-witted, spoiled puppy The serious blurb: My beloved is perfect in every way. His only flaw is that he doesn’t love me. As a veteran simp, I spent ten thousand yuan to bring my beloved home and keep him. I have to pamper him and give him his allowance on time, or he’ll stage a dramatic runaway. One day, I really ran out of money and couldn’t give him his allowance. Would he still stay by my side? As it turned out, he had more mo 7.4kReads9.2Score807Shelves
3. 53 春 Prisoner of Spring 春日俘虏 Li Huaisha李怀沙Two Male Leads242k WordsCompleted How do you ask an aloof heartthrob for a divorce? Marriage before love + HE + Mutual secret crushes + Bittersweet push and pull + Both pure + Taking what you want by force Scheming, doting, fiercely possessive husband-type seme x Sweet, naturally airheaded celebrity uke Rumor has it that Qin Yanqing married into the Qu family for money. After marrying into the family, he seized its fortune, locked up Young Master Qu, and tormented him day and night. Then Qin Yanqing publicly boosted a young 3.8kReads9.3Score526Shelves
4. 54 野 Wild Taming 野性驯养 Li Huaisha李怀沙Two Male Leads353k WordsCompleted The physical edition of Yanziqi is now available on all platforms. The wicked get their comeuppance. A cunning, cold-hearted crown prince x a volatile, insecure, sickly bottom Mutual torment + rekindled romance + melodrama + suspenseful twists + 1v1 + coercive love When Liang Yan was a child, his father brought home another boy. The boy looked like a beggar, hardly spoke, and was painfully thin. His father told him the boy would be his companion in study: he was quiet and would become his best f 15.8kReads9.5Score2.7kShelves
5. 55 被 Delusion of Being Loved 被爱妄想 Li Huaisha李怀沙Two Male Leads233k WordsCompleted [Signed for print publication] Sister-in-law, open the door. It’s your brother-in-law Powerful coercion + unconventional happy ending + ultimate love triangle drama + unhinged characters + groveling redemption + melodrama galore + substitute romance A cruel, unhinged, sickly scumbag top VS a cool, ruthless bottom who delusionally believes he’s loved I catered to his every whim and granted his every request. He mocked and tormented me at every turn. But I stayed by his side, never leaving no 5.4kReads9.4Score699Shelves
6. 56 泛 Daydreams Run Wild 泛滥白日梦 Li Huaisha李怀沙Two Male Leads190k WordsCompleted #He told me he loved me 365 times, but not a single one was true# Rekindled romance / loving and hurting each other / a balanced mix of sweet and angsty / HE / groveling to win her back / slight sci-fi Flirtatious, spoiled crown prince vs. cold, withdrawn patient Amnesiac, goofy at first, then a sickly, possessive puppy-like lover vs. aloof genius beauty I found a little dog in a garbage dump. Later, he became my boyfriend. The handsome guy hauling bricks at the construction site is my boyfrie 269Reads9.4Score106Shelves
7. 57 给 Be Good for Me 给我乖 Li Huaisha李怀沙Two Male Leads227k WordsCompleted He came from the depths of the rainbow, and wherever he went, it was summer. Reborn + happy ending + moderate sweetness and angst + one-on-one romance + over-the-top drama galore + a real-life fairy tale A rebirth story! An ensemble cast! A coming-of-age tale! No trigger warnings, because there are land mines everywhere! A sharp-tongued, obnoxious, promising, straightforward pursuer versus a pliable, money-loving, pitiful love interest My childhood sweetheart’s father told me, “Here’s five m 1.6kReads9.4Score279Shelves
8. 58 花 Flowers Bloom in Their Own Time, Decay in Silence 花开有时，颓靡无声 Shui Qiancheng水千丞Two Male Leads202k WordsCompleted [A scheming, icy beauty as the dominant partner x an innocent, flirtatious young master as the submissive partner] [Two male leads + historical romance + scheming characters + tragic romance] Born with a silver spoon in his mouth, Jin Xiaobao is a pampered young master who has never lifted a finger or learned a thing about farming. By chance, he saves Huai En, a mysterious and cunning young beauty. At a single glance, Young Master Jin decides that Huai En is his “bride,” then showers him with at 4.9kReads9.2Score996Shelves

   Reader note

   Shui Qiancheng's books are either similar to other works or are old-fashioned Jinjiang novels; Tomato is still too authoritative.

9. 59 逐 Pursuing the King 逐王 Shui Qiancheng水千丞Two Male Leads1.0M WordsCompleted A power struggle paved with blades, fought by an ambitious man A path of revenge, carved through every obstacle by an ordinary man A journey to restore order, with a statesman ready for war at dawn A mission to save the world, pursued by an idealist who will never break, no matter how many times he dies 6.6kReads9.1Score1.6kShelves
10. 60 灰 The Gray-Haired Uncle and the Mixed-Race Prince 灰大叔与混血王子 Shui Qiancheng水千丞Two Male Leads210k WordsCompleted Ding Xiaowei is a single father who works himself to the bone to give his daughter a better life. One moment of greed leads him to bring home an injured, seemingly wealthy unlucky guy he found by the sea, hoping for a classic tale of a rich man falling on hard times and rewarding his rescuer with a fortune. Who knew the unlucky guy would be handsome, considerate, a great cook, and good with kids? Apart from not being a woman, he seems pretty much perfect. Their peaceful days look as though they 6.7kReads9.3Score1.6kShelves
11. 61 全 Global Live Broadcast 全球实况 Shui Qiancheng水千丞Sci-Fi & Apocalypse565k WordsOngoing The apocalyptic war and its accompanying disasters killed 90% of the world’s population. The survivors endured a long nuclear winter in underground shelters, then struggled to begin rebuilding human civilization amid the ruins. This was an era of high technology and low productivity. The scarcity of both material goods and spiritual fulfillment in the real world drove people to seek refuge in virtual worlds. Livestreamed reality shows became the most popular form of entertainment, as well as a w 10.1kReads9.2Score1.3kShelves
12. 62 穿 Trapped in a Cultivation Love Triangle, the Powerful Men All Want to Play Me 穿进修仙修罗场大佬们都想套路我 Anzai Xiao Baibai安仔小白白Fantastical Romance562k WordsOngoing Content warnings: Not a strong female lead, not a power fantasy, slow burn, male lead-focused, romance (inspired by old-school Taiwanese idol dramas), otome [Serious cultivation story + ordinary-looking heroine + multiple male leads + romantic rivalries + love growing over time] Yu Sulan, a conscientious ordinary office worker, unexpectedly transmigrated to another world and spent fifteen years in a daze. She had planned to keep her head down and muddle through life, but one day, a prodigy of t 417Reads—Score102Shelves
13. 63 卷 The Hardcore Overachiever Builds a Civilization in the Stone Age 卷王在石器时代搞基建 Little Orange of the Future未来小橙Historical896k WordsOngoing Li Juanjuan woke from a faint and found his hands and ankles tightly bound with coarse vines. A thick wooden pole, knotted with bumps of bark, had been mercilessly thrust through the gap between his bound limbs, folding his whole body in half and leaving him swaying in midair. At that moment, he looked just like a famous Cantonese dish: roast suckling pig. The kind that's about to go into the oven. 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A time-travel, infrastructure-building, and expansion-themed storyline, with a steadily unfolding plot that's sure to be exciting and not to be missed 😄.

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