Novels like A Brief Marriage
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as A Brief Marriage, best match first.
- 51 He Came Along, and It Was Like Being Intoxicated by the World 他来恰似人间中毒 Shiyi loved with humility, fearlessness, and despair. In the end, she lost her body and her life. In this heart-wrenching love affair, blades flashed without end, and no one could win. The ending was tragic because she realized the truth too late, while Lou Qianhua had understood it all too clearly from the very beginning. 111Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 52 You Were a Beautiful Absurdity 你是人间荒唐一场 The thing Lu Qingye wants most in this life is to one day drive the sickly Mu Jingchi to his grave! Theatrical young woman VS refined, wealthy tycoon. An alternate-history Republic of China setting 936Reads8.5Score104Shelves
- 53 I Love You, I Deserve to Die 我爱你，我该死 Song Xixi spent more than a decade loving a man. In the end, she died at the hands of the person she loved most. He wanted her kidney, and she gave it to him. He wanted her life, and she gave it to him. He wanted her to turn back and love him once more, but she knew there was no going back... 159Reads5.0Score—Shelves
- 54 I Only Hope We Won't Know Each Other in the Next Life 惟愿来生不相识 On the seventh day after her father's death, she learned she had terminal stomach cancer. Seven months pregnant, she begged him not to make her donate blood to his first love, but he cruelly shoved her to the ground anyway. She would never forget the icy look in his eyes... He thought the document she sent him would be divorce papers. He never imagined it would be her last letter... 78Reads5.8Score—Shelves
- 55 Last Night's Stars, Last Night's Breeze 昨夜星辰昨夜风 After a car accident, I somehow became the culprit who killed my younger sister! To avenge her, Ji Sichen cruelly took the baby I'd carried for ten months and imprisoned me! “Please, let me see my baby, even just once...” His cold, curt reply struck like a slap: “You're nothing but a murderer. You don't deserve to be his mother!” 7Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 56 Drunken Marriage 醉婚 Jing Yao never took his childhood betrothal seriously. At school, he had a flashy romance that ended without a happy ending. Under pressure from his family, he eventually proposed marriage to Chu Xi. After they married, they settled into an ordinary life, raising a daughter. To outsiders, their relationship was steady, their home harmonious, and they were the model couple among their friends. Like fish in water, only the couple themselves knew whether their marriage was warm or cold. Chu Xi had 11.4kReads7.3Score709Shelves
- 57 The Substitute Game 替身游戏 [Mutual stand-ins + heroine with a secret identity + hero willing to be a stand-in for love] [Cold, proud CEO x forthright, unhinged heiress] “Shen Yan, Xixi is back. This is over between us.” “No, we can’t get divorced. A Sheng, I can’t live without you!” “You should be grateful for that face of yours!” “You should be too.” Who would have thought that when Shen Yan said she couldn’t live without Gu Shengting, she meant she couldn’t live without his face? As for what came later, Gu Shengting rea 75Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 58 You Are My Constellation of Stars 你是我的万千星辰 She had admired him for years, always hoping her devotion would earn her more in return. But in the end, she realized that love has nothing to do with how hard you try. He always thought she merely admired him, not that she loved him. By the time he realized the truth, she had already decided to walk away. Only then did he understand that, in his eyes, she had always been the brightest star. 58Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 59 Clouds Veil the Vermilion Tower 云锁朱楼 The second time Mu Yun embroidered her wedding dress, her husband, Zhu Lou, found her and demanded coldly, “Madam Mu, have you forgotten that you're a wife of the Zhu family?” “No! I'm not!” What did it mean to be a wife of the Zhu family? It was a death sentence! A story about the hardships of marriage, the struggles of life, and the pain of living. A thoroughly unhappy read. The male lead is not chaste, so proceed with caution if that bothers you! It's not a satisfying or empowering story. It' 711Reads8.8Score100Shelves
- 60 After the Substitute Marriage, Young Master Fei Realized He Was the Stand-In 替嫁后费少发现自己才是替身 [Mutual Substitutes + Sweet at First, Angsty Then Devoted to His Wife + Strong Female Lead with Secret Identities (The Top Hacker Calls Her Boss + The Boxing Champion Is Her Underling + A Master Surgeon)] He thought the person who saved him was her older sister, so he did everything he could to make life difficult for her, the substitute bride. She thought the heart of the person she loved had been transplanted into him, so she did everything she could to stay by his side. So who is whose substi 64Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 61 Late at Night, I Fell into the Cold Abyss of Your Heart 深夜，堕入你凉薄的深渊 Three years ago, their marriage was a cruel act of coercion and conquest. After losing her child and being torn from the one she loved, Su Liyue learned that she was merely a dead woman’s substitute. She burned their ill-fated relationship to the ground. Only after losing her did Qin Yanfeng realize that he loved her to the depths of his soul. He was consumed by regret and went mad with grief. Three years later, the familiar woman returned, but she was no longer his Yue’er... 94Reads7.5Score—Shelves
- 62 An Unending Entanglement 纠缠未休 [Rekindled love + runaway pregnancy + 1v1 + devoted to each other + angst first, sweetness later] [Cool, aloof goddess × devoted, dignified CEO] (not a wish-fulfillment story) The male lead thinks he can’t have the woman he loves. The female lead wants to love him but doesn’t dare (she keeps her feelings to herself at first, but opens up later). They reunite right from the start. Jiang Zhiyi has been gone for three years, but not a single day has passed when she hasn’t loved Xu Yinghuai. She f 1.2kReads7.3Score102Shelves
- 63 The Young Lady Is a Real Show-Off 大小姐是个秀儿 The eldest daughter of the Tang Chancellor’s household was sent to the Qiang Kingdom as a hostage when she was young, and returned ten years later with an arrogant, spoiled, and utterly unruly temperament. When she spots the powerful and handsome Prince Jing, she declares in front of the people of the capital, “You look exactly to my taste. Figure out how to fall madly in love with me.” One day, Prince Jing sees the she-devil treating a handsome man tenderly. Then he notices that the man’s featu 88Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 64 My Flash-Married Husband Is Too Popular 闪婚老公太抢手 He'd been single for five years, and his parents were pressuring him to get married. She was a newcomer to the workforce, fresh out of college. One night, after working overtime, she came home to find her boyfriend kissing and embracing her best friend, so she broke up with him on the spot. Since you're unmarried and I'm unattached, why don't we try getting married? “As my wife, you should fulfill your duties.” “There are three ways to be unfilial, and having no heir is the worst. I married you 1.1kReads8.7Score103Shelves
- 65 Han Jinshen, We Lost Our Baby! 韩晋深，我们的孩子没了！ On the day of the first snowfall, Han Jinshen received two packages. One contained the ashes of the baby in Wan Yin’s womb. The other contained… Wan Yin’s ashes… Cradling the ashes of mother and child, Han Jinshen began to vomit blood! 1.2kReads7.0Score—Shelves
- 66 I Lost My Chance to Become a Mother to Save Him, but He Had a Child with Someone Else 为了救他我失去当妈妈的机会，他却和别人有了孩子 I lost my chance to become a mother to save him, but he had a child with someone else 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 67 Mr. Fu, Your Wife Was Tortured to Death by You 傅总，夫人被你虐死了 [Obsessive love + Imprisonment + Angst before sweetness + The husband’s long road to winning her back + The heroine awakens] She was clearly the one who had saved Fu Yechen’s life, yet someone else stole her identity, making her the enemy who had killed his mother. To take revenge on her, he imprisoned and tortured her. Only when her memories gradually returned did he begin his long, desperate pursuit to win her back. “Have you heard? Young Master Fu just spent 300 million on his wife, buying th 208Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 68 A Winding Road to Marriage 蔓蔓婚路 Have you ever woken up in an unfamiliar hotel room and found a stranger lying beside you? In the fifth year of her marriage, after her relationship fell apart, she was forced to attend a blind date dinner. For the first time in her life, she got drunk in front of a strange man. But they had only talked for ten minutes. How could there be any feelings between them? Wait a minute, wasn’t he the man she was supposed to meet on the blind date? With a face so devastatingly handsome, he made her wonde 871Reads9.0Score100Shelves
- 69 Mr. Bo, We’re Nothing but Strangers Now 薄先生，你我情同陌路 [Short Story Contest] After seven years of marriage, she has suffered endless torment at his hands. She has angina and only a year left to live, but he ignores it and plans to marry her younger sister. No one knows she is the real Mrs. Bo. Forced to kneel before her own sister and admit she is a shameless mistress seeking attention, she endures his bloodthirsty sneers and his endless humiliation and trampling of her dignity. After losing her child, she goes mad with despair and leaps from the up 127Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 70 You Never Once Chose Me 你从不曾偏爱我 Throughout their three years of marriage, she kept hoping he would turn around and look at her. But his heart belonged only to the woman he cherished most. When he caused their child’s death, she turned away in despair. Yet he grabbed her hand and said, “I don’t want a divorce!” 79Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 71 I Put My Parents' Retirement Savings Into My Own Account 我把父母的养老钱存进了自己账户 I Put My Parents' Retirement Savings in My Own Account 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 72 Mr. Shen, Stop Tormenting Me. Please Let Me Go! 沈先生别虐了，请放我走！ A car accident changed both their fates. After humiliating her in every possible way, he finally realized that he was the biggest joke of all! Miss Qiao, is it too late for me to pursue you now? Mr. Shen, please let me go! 998Reads7.2Score101Shelves
- 73 Tearing My Heart Apart for You 为你撕心裂爱 What does it mean to love deeply? To be doomed beyond redemption, or ground to dust? Ruan Zhenzhen's heart died at the moment she lay dying, her child was lost, and her grandfather was grieved to death. After rising from the ashes, the man who regretted everything knelt before her and begged for forgiveness. But how can a dead heart come back to life? “Huo Sinian, the only way I'll forgive you is if you die!” 204Reads5.7Score—Shelves
- 74 My Lord, Grant Me a Lovesick Gu 请君赐我相思蛊 When they were young, Jun Wuye and Yun Ji both believed in love. She once vowed to live and die with him, but love could never overcome schemes and deceit. One misunderstanding, and they were parted for life. Her family was destroyed, her brother was brutally killed, her child miscarried, and both her legs were crippled. “Jun Wuye, did you ever love me at all?” On the city wall, dressed in a wedding gown red as blood, she spoke in a voice full of grief. He slashed her wedding gown with his sword 88Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 75 Red Eyes Across the Street, Vermilion Outshines Snow 隔街红眼，朱砂胜雪 Red eyes across the street, cinnabar brighter than snow. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 76 I Promise You a Lifetime of Longing 许你一生长相思 Xu Nuannuan is mute. At eighteen, Mu Sibai brings her back from the countryside. Overnight, she goes from a country girl to the envy of every woman in the capital: Mrs. Mu. She is mute, and also a spare bone marrow donor Mu Sibai keeps for the woman he loves. Two years after arriving at the Mu family home, she finally understands that the man has given her nothing but coldness and cruelty. On a bitterly cold night, Xu Nuannuan takes a knife and, with tears of blood streaming down her face, plung 549Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 77 Forced to Donate Bone Marrow While Pregnant, We Both Died 怀孕后被迫捐献骨髓，一尸两命 Jiang Nuan never imagined that her love with Gu Fengmian was all part of a scheme, designed to make her willingly donate bone marrow to Gu Fengmian’s first love. When she learned the truth, she wanted to fight back, but she had no power or influence. In the end, she died on the operating table, taking two lives with her. Three years later, a woman named An An stirred up the waters in Jing City. In the end, she chose the most brutal way to take her enemies down with her. 400Reads—Score—Shelves
- 78 A Marriage in Ruins: Wife Dead, Child Gone, and CEO Li Has Lost His Mind! 替嫁成殇：妻亡子逝，厉总疯了！ A Marriage of Substitution, A Wife Dead and a Son Gone, Mr. Li Has Lost His Mind! 245Reads—Score—Shelves
- 79 A Kiss After the Wedding 婚后热吻 [Pregnant and married in a whirlwind, marriage before love, love grows over time, both leads are sexually inexperienced, sweet and flirtatious romance] [Soft, sweet beauty from the capital’s elite circles × arrogant CEO who falls for her on his own] A chaotic night at a hotel. Jian Anwan becomes involved with Xiao Chuyi, the most powerful man in the capital’s elite circles. And that means Jian Anwan is carrying his child. Xiao Chuyi is an aloof, highborn CEO who keeps his distance from women 437Reads8.1Score100Shelves
- 80 A Lifetime Facing the Evening 一生向晚 Lin Weiran once loved someone so deeply that she was left with nothing and her heart turned to ashes. Only on the day she finally became his wife did Lin Weiran fully understand that she had already lost this marriage before it even began. Later, Qi Xiangwan drove her family to ruin and left her with nothing. To win back the woman he loved, Lin Weiran was treated as a bargaining chip and handed over to another man. But only when she vanished from his world completely did Qi Xiangwan finally wake 54Reads5.6Score—Shelves
- 81 The Lies of Love 爱情的谎言 Lu Wanwan had been married for two years, but still hadn’t gotten pregnant. She secretly got tested without telling her husband, only to discover that he had been swapping her vitamins for medication that caused infertility. The reason was that the man he truly loved was someone else. She was merely a stand-in, unfit to bear his child. As she agonized over confronting her husband, the true love who had disappeared for years suddenly came back. 208Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 82 Be Good, Sign the Prenup and We'll Get Our Marriage License 乖，签了婚前协议书，我们就领证 Synopsis [top-tier wealthy family + marriage first, love later + domineering male lead who spoils her endlessly + both leads are devoted to each other] To spare her family any more suffering, Shi Nan agrees to marry into the Qin family for a bride price of one million. She knows Qin Yan doesn't like her, so she works hard to earn money and pay off her debt, hoping to divorce him as soon as possible. Until one day, someone bullies her and brings tears to her eyes. Qin Yan pulls her into his arms 1.8kReads9.1Score277Shelves
- 83 The Young Master Bo's Canary Has Run Away Again 薄少的金丝雀又跑了 [Mild Angst]+ [The Husband’s Long Road to Redemption]+ [Rekindled Romance]+ [Happy Ending] Fang Minghuan had been Bo Yanting’s kept woman for two years. When she learned he was about to get engaged, she went to demand an explanation, only to overhear what he really thought of her. It turned out that in his eyes, Fang Minghuan had always been a cheap, money-grubbing woman who would stop at nothing to sleep her way to the top. Her heart died, and she broke up with him, hoping they could part on go 3.5kReads8.6Score220Shelves
- 84 One Fleeting Glance, and I Knew Love Had Faded 蓦然一顾知阑珊 She married him without hesitation in the prime of her life, but couldn't escape the seven-year itch. As her life entered its final countdown, she could no longer find the young man who had once loved her so deeply. She devoted her entire life to him, and only at the very end did he finally realize what he had lost... 59Reads5.6Score—Shelves
- 85 Mr. He, Stop Torturing Me. Your Wife Is Really Dead This Time 贺总别虐了，夫人这次真的死了 Two years ago, she was found guilty of deliberately injuring the woman he loved. So he sent her to prison, crippled one of her legs, and crushed all her pride. Two years later, she believes she has escaped from hell and vows never to have anything to do with him again. But it turns out the Devil of Hell would never let her go so easily. 52Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 86 You Are on the Cliff 你在悬崖上 Ji Wujing stayed with Ye Lansheng for seven years, without a name or a place in his life. When she was young and naive, she fell in love with him and foolishly dreamed of becoming his bride. But she no longer wants that. All she wants is to leave him in the best way possible. 4kReads9.0Score397Shelves
- 87 During the Divorce Cooling-Off Period, She Chases Her Husband to the Crematorium 离婚冷静期，她追夫火葬场 Synopsis: [Secret identities + Substitute + First love + Marriage before love + Mutual salvation + Husband-chasing crematorium] (The male lead suffers in the early part, then she chases after him. This is very male-lead-focused, so don't read it if you can't handle that! It's not a mindless power fantasy; the male lead is genuinely lowly and self-effacing at first!) A cool, aloof CEO with a host of secret identities × Jian Qingya, a genius jewelry designer A blind date brings the two together in 428Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 88 After I Got Out of Prison, My Mad Brother Begged Me to Come Back 出狱后，疯批哥哥跪求我回头 Gu Ran, the eldest daughter of the Gu family, is set up and spends one wild night with Gu Mochen, the man who is her brother in name only. Then he personally sends her to prison. She is sentenced to life, but the sentence changes when the woman he loves desperately needs a blood transfusion. “Trade your blood for your freedom. How about it?” So she agrees to donate blood in exchange for a reduced sentence. Three years behind bars bring the loss of her child, along with the wanton trampling of he 1.3kReads6.5Score100Shelves
- 89 Mr. Li, Stop Torturing Her. Your Wife Wants Nothing More Than to Die 黎总别虐了，夫人她一心求死 [Angst + the regretful chase for a lost wife] Chu Sisi was wrongly imprisoned for three years before being released. She thought she could start her life over. But her parents abandoned her, her younger sister framed her, and her beloved fiancé made her, a murderer, atone for her crimes. She was no longer the lofty young lady of the Chu family. She had even become someone else’s plaything. After watching her best friend die right in front of her and losing her child, she jumped from the twenty-s 273Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 90 A Deadly Relationship 致命关系 [Angst all the way; searching for sweetness among the heartbreak] The moment Mu Yunqi abandoned Ye Nan, his punishment began. He knew how cruel the experiments on “Patient Zero” were, but when he saw her tortured until she was barely human, it felt as if his heart and guts were being torn out. He regretted it. “Give her back to me.” “Give her back? Mr. Mu, you gave her away with your own hands. You can’t just take her back.” Forced to become a test subject, she was powerless to protect herself, 604Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 91 If I Had Never Loved You 若我不曾爱过你 The new book, Love's Lies, is now available. Please show it your support. Thank you so much. Qin Ke once loved Ye Ling as much as life itself, but Ye Ling grew tired of their eight years together and found someone new. Heartbroken, she walked away with nothing, leaving cleanly and decisively. Ye Ling came to regret it and always thought Qin Ke would come back, but he never imagined he would spend the rest of his life waiting in vain for the two of them to be together. Once some hearts have died, 33Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 92 Wild Passion 野欢 A patient, scheming heroine versus a proud, sharp-tongued hero - No one knows where Shi Huan came from. After entering the Jiang family, the first thing she did was push the pregnant Second Young Madam down the stairs. Then she forced Jiang Hesheng to marry her with a paternity test report. She lost her reputation, but got what she wanted. “You lowly servant, you shameless whore! Trying to use a child to climb the social ladder? Take a look at yourself! The Second Young Master doesn't care about 4.8kReads9.0Score459Shelves
- 93 Stop Kneeling, CEO! Your Stand-In Ex-Wife Doesn't Want to Remarry! 别跪了霸总，替身前妻不想复婚！ [Substitute bride + marriage first, love later + pregnant and on the run + happy ending] The male lead has a first love. Li Yue and Cheng Qing have been married for five years, and she has suffered two miscarriages. She thinks her body is the problem, never suspecting that Cheng Qing had someone drug her. He doesn’t want her to have a child of the Cheng family because his heart has always belonged to someone else. When that woman returns, Li Yue finally learns that she has been nothing but a sub 234Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 94 No One Sleeps Tonight 今夜无人入眠 Xu Qingqie always thought his marriage to Li Simei was just a convenient arrangement at the right time. But she often looked at him with the hopeful eyes of a wife waiting for her husband, and little by little he began to think that maybe things could go on like this. It wasn’t that he had fallen for her. He just pitied her. Until one day, he realized Li Simei had never truly entered into their marriage, nor given him her heart. His rival, Xu Chuang, whom he looked down on and considered inferio 19.8kReads8.8Score3.2kShelves
- 95 After His Wife Died Giving Birth to Twins, Gu Went Mad 夫人一尸两命后顾爷他疯了 [Everyone’s Favorite + Secret Identities + Two Powerhouses + Genius + Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger] After returning in triumph, she earned the nickname “Madwoman.” She was ruthless, obsessive, and never cared about the consequences. The male lead, Fifth Master Gu, was calculating and shrewd, with connections everywhere. When he met the crazy female lead, the two crazies fell for each other. Both leads are absolute powerhouses, with secret identities that seem impossible to uncover. The story is 40Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 96 After His Wife Left, He Found the Pregnancy Test and Broke Down 太太走后，贺总发现验孕单哭疯 [Childhood Sweethearts, The Pursuit of His Wife, 1V1, Both Pure] [Gorgeous, charismatic businesswoman and tycoon VS blind, self-destructive young master] On the very day Cheng Zhiyuan is told she's pregnant with twins, He Jinzhou hands her divorce papers and gives her three hundred million as a breakup settlement. His first love has returned to the country! Cheng Zhiyuan doesn't cry or make a scene. She takes the money and moves out of their marital home with her head held high. But He Jinzhou i 12.8kReads8.5Score1.8kShelves
- 97 Becoming Six Male Leads' Substitute? I Volunteer! 当六个男主的替身？我是自愿的！ [No CP + heartless heroine shines on her own + everyone gets their comeuppance] Su Ci is a stunning beauty whom everyone adores, yet she willingly became a stand-in for six men. Everyone looked down on Su Ci for it, but she secretly squeezed the stack of bank cards they'd just given her and smiled brightly. “Thanks, darling! Come again soon~” The taciturn CEO has stomach problems, so she stays home, washes her hands, and lovingly cooks for him. The cold, clingy doctor suffers from skin hunger, s 87Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 98 Chronicles of a Madcap Jianghu in the 21st Century 世纪疯癫江湖录 Chronicles of a Mad Jianghu in the Century 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 99 If I’d Never Loved You 如果从没爱过你 For three years, despite bearing the weight of everyone’s scorn, Yan Xiaoan did only one thing: no matter what the outside world said, she loved a man named Lu Yun Zhan with unwavering devotion every single day. She loved him too deeply, yet she knew she was close to breaking. In the end, Lu Yun Zhan fell in love with the woman he had always looked down on, and bowed his proud head for her. 1.6kReads8.8Score101Shelves
- 100 North of Beicheng, the Sea Has Yet to Sleep 北城以北海未眠 Ever since she was twelve, she had followed him around, always calling him “Brother Beicheng.” There was no turning back time. All the years had left her with were coldness and cruelty. She lost a kidney, and she lost her child. In the midst of that terrible fire, she watched the man she loved most carry another woman away. As she closed her eyes, she thought, Gu Beicheng, if I could turn back time, I would never have met you. 522Reads6.1Score—Shelves
