Novels like Life Is but a Dream
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- 51 My Fiancée's Lies 未婚妻的谎言 “Grandpa, I’ll take good care of Zhang Hui,” Zeng Rou said. Zhang Hui was the eldest grandson of the Zhang family of Modu. He and Zeng Rou were college classmates and a couple. They had agreed that after graduating, Zhang Hui would marry Zeng Rou, 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 52 A Man at Thirty: My Wife’s Troubles 男人三十：妻子的苦恼 This is the story of Peng Yigao and Qu Jinyu. Qu Jinyu had wanted to escape, but then she realized her husband, Peng Yigao, was no longer the man he used to be. That's right, he'd transmigrated into his body. Who would keep being a pushover after that? The blurb doesn't do it justice, but the story delivers. 1.5kReads7.5Score110Shelves
- 53 After My Wife Betrayed Me, I Chose the Right Path 妻子背叛后，我选择了正果 After working as a delivery driver for three years, I discovered that my wife had betrayed me and fallen for her company’s manager. I didn’t make a scene or try to stop her. I used the compensation from our home’s demolition to open a fruit shop. When she came crying and begged me to remarry her, I said just one word: No. 460Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 54 On My Birthday, My Wife Was with Her First Love 生日当天妻子和白月光在一起 His wife's old flame is back in the country, and that man, Ouyang Wenxuan, is also both her former sweetheart and her direct superior. His wife starts dropping by the old flame's office to give work updates all the time. What is Ouyang Wenxuan supposed to do...? 1.4kReads7.5Score103Shelves
- 55 My Wife's Betrayal 妻子的背叛 At thirty, my company has gone bankrupt and my family has fallen apart. What am I supposed to do now...? 165Reads8.7Score101Shelves
- 56 System: This Batch of Hosts Is Too Hard to Handle 系统：这届宿主太难带 (This is not a mindless wish-fulfillment novel. It subverts the usual tropes. After being reborn, the villain won't blindly trust the System, nor will he start slaughtering everyone from the very beginning. The protagonist's harem won't all accept him, and he won't mindlessly kill every heroine. Each heroine has her own fate and choices. If this isn't for you, feel free to move on.) Host, please act like a person! If you don't like the affection route, we can change your fate choices! What, that 613Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 57 A Man of Thirty 男人三十 My company went bankrupt, my wife cheated on me, and I'm saddled with a mountain of debt. What am I supposed to do? I remember a saying: either die in silence or erupt in silence. I refuse to let others toy with me. I'm determined to get revenge and rise again. Those who wronged me will learn the consequences. Those who betrayed me will pay the price. I'll take back twice what I'm owed. At thirty, a man's most exciting years are only just beginning! 98Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 58 Marriage! The Grave That Buries Me! 婚姻！埋葬我的坟墓！ One day, a small change at home aroused Qin Feng’s suspicions. That was when he learned that his family had long since fallen apart! Faced with his wife’s betrayal, what should he do? Are honest people just supposed to let themselves be bullied? No. Absolutely not! 1.4kReads6.6Score102Shelves
- 59 Life as a Neighbor to a Flight Attendant 和空姐做邻居的日子 (A realistic story with sweetness and heartbreak, vivid descriptions, explicit writing, and multiple heroines.) Five years after Chen Linfeng broke up with his first love, they meet again. She is now a cold, aloof female CEO. After five years as a low-ranking clerk, he is finally on the verge of promotion, but someone sets him up using a fake flight attendant, nearly ruining his career. After getting out, he soon meets a real flight attendant, a beautiful, aloof, wealthy woman who has just moved 443Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 60 A Date with the Campus Beauty's Twin Stand-In? Why Make Such a Fuss About the Difference? 双胞校花替身约会？分那么清干嘛 [Rebirth] [Mind Reading] [Done Being a Doormat] [Business Comeback] [Intense Push and Pull] In his previous life, Lin Xiu was a hopelessly devoted doormat. He worked part-time and scrimped and saved to support his girlfriend, campus beauty Wang Xiaoyuan. Only after he was framed and ruthlessly expelled from school did he learn that, to climb the social ladder and get close to a rich heir, Wang Xiaoyuan had repeatedly sent her twin sister, Wang Xiaoxian, to pose as her and go on dates with him! 2.7kReads8.5Score149Shelves
- 61 Borrowed Dignity, Then She Lost It 借来的体面，然后她弄丢了 Borrowed respectability, then she lost it 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 62 A Rich Second-Generation Heiress in a Female-Oriented Novel, Starting with My Childhood Friend, My Best Bro 女频富二代，从好兄弟青梅开始 [Urban] + [Female-Focused, Rich-Heir From the Start] + [Multiple Heroines] + [All Handcrafted] Qin Ze had been reincarnated before birth and spent eighteen years believing he’d been handed the easygoing rich-kid life: sit back, eat well, and do nothing. But lately, something felt off. His married cousin’s first love returned from abroad and put him through hell, yet she moved into his home and he still wouldn’t divorce his wife? His father’s childhood friend’s son fell for the daughter of his fa 145.8kReads6.8Score15.2kShelves
- 63 A Marriage of Spies 婚战谍中谍 This book contains toxic material. Readers who are not emotionally mature should read it with a guardian. Married readers should read it alone while their spouses are away. This story is entirely fictional, and all events are dramatized for the plot. Please don’t compare them to your own experiences, and remember to cultivate sound values, a healthy outlook on life, and a proper worldview. 14.7kReads8.6Score1.8kShelves
- 64 My Violent Childhood Sweetheart Loves Me Openly, and My Ex-Wife Regrets It and Weeps 暴力青梅高调爱，前妻后悔哭惨了 A car accident left him transmigrated as the ex-husband of Liu Ruyan, a rising business tycoon. Looking at the divorce papers in front of him, he couldn’t help recalling the miserable fate of the original owner, who had stubbornly refused to get divorced. With that in mind, Zhao Yumo quickly signed his name on the divorce papers. He wasn’t the original owner. He wasn’t all that attached to Liu Ruyan, so he wasn’t going to follow the plot and refuse the divorce at all costs. Nor was he one of tho 304Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 65 You Ran Away from Our Wedding, So I Walked Away. What Are You Regretting, Ex-Wife? 你逃婚我抽身，悔什么啊前妻 [Regret, chasing her husband, multiple heroines, multiple personalities, no cheating, hot-tempered, fighting fire with fire, divorce by chapter 8] After six years together and two years of marriage, Zhao Heng was eagerly looking forward to their long-awaited wedding ceremony. But his wife ran off because her sworn younger brother had been hospitalized in the ICU after drinking. Overcome with anger, Zhao Heng passed out. When he woke up, he had developed a second personality. “My name is Zhao 9.1kReads6.0Score685Shelves
- 66 I Want So Badly to Love This World 好想爱这个世界 (The style of The Tenants + urban tragic romance + realism + multiple female love interests + ensemble cast + bad ending + open ending) Life and death to the left, parting to the right. Gu Bei met several girls in his life. One clutched a marble for eight years, then crouched by a barbecue stall and grinned at him. “I was afraid you’d be lonely.” One left him a book before the train pulled away and said, “If one day you don’t want to wait anymore, you can come find me.” One stayed by his sid 34Reads—Score—Shelves
- 67 The Lies Behind the Mask 面具后面的谎言 My name is Zhang Wei, and I run a brick-and-mortar hardware store. Once, after having dinner with a client, I went with him to a nightclub. There I noticed that one of the promotional posters looked like my wife: the woman in it was wearing a rose mask. 44Reads—Score—Shelves
- 68 You Can Have Your First Love, I’m Going to Embrace the Whole World 白月光给你，我去拥抱全世界 [No rebirth, no System, no cultivation, no cheating; wife regrets it and pursues her husband, multiple female leads, love rivals everywhere, psychological manipulation] When her first love suddenly reappears, Su Rou secretly meets him for three months. How will Fang Yan, a shut-in, calmly gather evidence and turn the tables to secure a divorce? Bai Xian was dissatisfied with the male leads in current male-oriented stories on Tomato Novel. The pathetic male lead who signs an agreement and turns 1.2kReads6.5Score—Shelves
- 69 The Wife’s Mask 妻子的假面 His wife slips out to hotels and bars late at night. After looking into it, he discovers that beneath her gentle, virtuous exterior, she is hiding many secrets. After unmasking his wife, what should he do next... (P.S. No golden finger or supernatural abilities in this book, just the most genuine emotions.) 1.3kReads6.9Score100Shelves
- 70 The Wife's Mask: A Man's Revenge 妻子假面：男人的反击 On Qixi Festival, he suddenly received a promotion notice from the company. Overjoyed, he bought an expensive gift and hurried home to make his wife happy, only to be met with all kinds of disdain. But the moment his wife got up, he was horrified to discover a truth he could not accept. After learning what had really happened, he decided to take revenge! 1.6kReads5.9Score100Shelves
- 71 The Secrets of Marriage 婚姻密码 His wife's behavior keeps raising suspicions, and she may be cheating. Cao Ling is deeply conflicted. Swearing to uncover the mysterious mastermind behind it all, he stops hiding his true abilities... 265Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 72 You Cheated, So I Took Revenge for Five Years. Now I’ll Let You Go 你出轨我报复了5年，现在放过你 Cheng Yuan and his wife, Shen Xia, grew up together as childhood sweethearts and married after graduating from college. With help from both sets of parents and their connections, Cheng Yuan opened a real estate company, and business went smoothly. After graduating, his wife went straight into teaching at the university. When Cheng Yuan was thirty, he went to Liudu to develop a new housing project and stayed there for six months. After he returned, he sensed something was off with his wife. An in 965Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 73 After the Divorce, I Can Still Trade Up? 离婚后，居然还能以旧换新？ [Tycoon] + [System] + [Feel-good story] + [Lots of gorgeous women] Your wife suddenly wants a divorce? Chen Han says, “Divorce? Fine! You’re leaving with nothing! Don’t even think about taking a single cent!” On the first day after the divorce, his former father- and mother-in-law show up at his door with his sister-in-law. On the second day after the divorce, he runs into his ex-wife’s best friend. On the third day after the divorce... 1.2kReads7.2Score100Shelves
- 74 A Sleepless Night in Hangzhou 杭州夜未眠 After ten years of dating, seven years of marriage, and three years of failed IVF treatment, my wife, Lin Yue, took me to file for divorce on my thirtieth birthday. That day, I felt as though the whole world had abandoned me. But when I began to understand my ex-wife, Lin Yue, better, I realized things weren’t so simple. 1.7kReads8.9Score107Shelves
- 75 After Our Divorce, My Cold Wife Regretted It Until Her Heart Broke 我离婚后，高冷妻子后悔到心碎 [No doormat protagonist + No cheating wife + Not reborn + No System + No superpowers + Wife's regret-and-pursuit arc + Relentless pursuit of her husband] Chen Hao once believed that after seven years of love, they were each other's strongest support. He had given everything to love her and protect their relationship, believing their happiness would last forever. Was the seven-year itch really a thing? Or did his wife simply like the thrill of novelty and having an affair while married? Marrying 3.4kReads5.9Score157Shelves
- 76 The Live-In Son-in-Law's Revenge 上门女婿的复仇 Wang Hui fell gravely ill on the eve of the gaokao and failed to get into college. He stayed home to work the fields, while his family was left deeply in debt from paying for his treatment. To repay what they owed, his father planned to marry Wang Hui's younger sister off to Er Lazi, a good-for-nothing in their village. Left with no other choice, Wang Hui became a live-in son-in-law. His father-in-law's family was wealthy in town. Later, Wang Hui secretly checked his wife's WeChat and learned th 176Reads—Score—Shelves
- 77 The Temptation of My Wife’s Greed 妻心贪婪之诱惑 [No cheating, no System, multiple heroines, the husband-chasing crematorium] A “family portrait” of his wife and her boss, a parcel containing stockings, and a text message full of provocation. As someone who had transmigrated, Li Yixiang had thought he would live an ordinary life. He never imagined that... “Looks like my wife is cheating on me. She's even greedier than I thought.” “This isn't going to end here!” “If you don't understand polite language, I don't mind using my fists to teach you 3kReads6.8Score122Shelves
- 78 The Price of Marriage: A Wife's Secret 婚姻的代价妻子的隐秘 Li Zifan went to incredible lengths to win the heart of Lin Wan'er, the woman of his dreams. But just six months into their marriage, trouble keeps cropping up. Is his wife really cheating on him? And what will Li Zifan choose when he finally uncovers the truth? 4.2kReads7.9Score214Shelves
- 79 You Stabbed Me and Sent Me Off a Cliff for Your Benefactor. Why Try to Win Me Back After I Called Off the Engagement? 你为恩人捅我坠崖，退婚挽回啥 [Multiple heroines]+ [Deep regret]+ [The husband-chasing crematorium]+ [No System, not reborn]+ [Side characters have minds of their own; they're not props] Only after divorcing Jiang Cheng does Su Yun discover the cruel truth about the so-called man who saved her life! She desperately tries to win her husband back, but he grows more distant by the day. Jiang Cheng is surrounded by many beautiful women. Su Yun tries to squeeze her way in and earn a place at his side, only to realize she is becom 20.8kReads5.9Score687Shelves
- 80 You Stay with Your White Moonlight, Then Regret the Divorce and Desperately Try to Win Me Back 你陪白月光，离婚后疯狂后悔挽回 [#Male-oriented revenge + crazy ex-wife’s road to redemption + incubus + multiple heroines (campus belle + wealthy businesswoman + actress...) + intense face-slapping + the white moonlight becomes ashes] Lu Chenzhou discovers that his wife and her beloved Lin Mo have been shamelessly flirting. How could any man put up with that? He beats the cheating pair right in front of her, but his wife chooses her beloved instead. Heartbroken, Lu Chenzhou drinks himself into a stupor and runs into one of hi 1.6kReads5.3Score104Shelves
- 81 After the Divorce, the Beautiful CEO Regretted It Bitterly 离婚后，美女总裁悔断肠 [Tragic Romance] + [She Chases Him After Losing Him] + [Revenge]. Extremely heartbreaking in the early and middle portions, so be warned! Not recommended for readers with strong patriarchal views. Some kinds of love can only be proven precious by walking away. When she loved him, she hounded him relentlessly, breaking his heart until he could barely breathe. After he left, she came to her senses and spent the rest of her life in regret. Affection that comes too late is wor 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 82 A Forty-Year-Old Man 四十岁的男人 If his life had ended abruptly, Chu Fan's life would certainly have been a failure. His career had gone nowhere, his wife Chen Rou and his mother didn't get along, and his son was so mischievous that he was always getting into fights. Then one day, his wife called to say their son had been in a car accident while fighting with a classmate and needed a blood transfusion. The hospital was running low on blood, so Chu Fan went to donate. During the blood test, they discovered his son had type AB bl 120Reads—Score—Shelves
- 83 My Ex-Wife Vs. My Ex-Girlfriend: I Sit Back and Drink 前妻PK前女友，我在一旁喝大酒 [Urban] [Multiple Heroines] [Lighthearted Comedy] [Entirely Handmade] My name is Hao Qilai. My ex-girlfriend burned funeral offerings for me, and my ex-wife made me spend two years as a carrot inspector. Recently, I became a lifeguard at a seaside bathing beach, selling balloons on the side while collecting rent. I thought this was all life had in store for me, until the day I rescued my landlady and my ex-girlfriend. My ex-wife was there too. And things got even crazier: in the game I play, the 44Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 84 You Chose to Keep Your Male Best Friend Company, So Why Regret Breaking Up? 是你要陪男闺蜜，分手你后悔什么 [Gu Qingqing: Fan, from now on, put all the money you earn in my account. I'll keep it safe for you. Once you've saved 380,000, you can come ask for my hand in marriage.] So Chen Fan worked three jobs a day and slept only four hours a night. After five years, he'd saved 380,000 yuan, but Gu Qingqing came up with a new demand. [Gu Qingqing: Fan, my mom says we can't get married until you've bought a house.] Five years later, Chen Fan managed to buy a house, and even put only his girlfriend's name 510Reads6.7Score101Shelves
- 85 Sleepless Tonight 今晚无眠 I woke up to find myself married, with a beautiful wife and two daughters. But then my wife made me this request... 92Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 86 The Secret of a Perfect Wife 完美妻子的隐秘 A new story is out! You can read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 4.4kReads8.3Score361Shelves
- 87 My Wife's Secret: A Love I Can't Understand 娇妻的秘密，无法理解的爱 We had been married for two years, but my wife still wouldn't sleep with me. Then one day, I saw her go to a hotel alone while she was supposed to be at work, and discovered her shocking secret... 1kReads5.5Score100Shelves
- 88 Beyond the Walls, Where Do We Go? 围墙之外，何去何从 [No fixed couples, and readers with strong moral qualms should stay away! This novel loves pairing people in unexpected ways, and the ex-husband eventually becomes the son-in-law!] [All kinds of tangled relationships, mutual scheming, love and hate, but in the end everyone gets a happy ending!] [Everyone’s status gets reshuffled, and each person finds their own path to happiness! Hahaha~~] She watches her husband give her the green hat, then returns the favor in kind. Life is this thrilling, and 33Reads—Score—Shelves
- 89 Love Affairs in the Big City 大城情事 After my girlfriend and my best friend gave me a spectacular set of horns, I gritted my teeth and left my small town to make it in the big city. But as soon as I arrived at my new company, my coworkers started ostracizing me and setting me up... The big city is no paradise! It's a world of its own, full of all kinds of people and endless deception! As a nobody, I had to start out as a lowly network administrator, stumbling along until I finally built a small business of my own! But she was an ex 1.5kReads8.3Score134Shelves
- 90 My Wife's Secret Diary 娇妻的秘密日记 Two weeks ago, Xu Tao was sent south on a business trip by his boss. He was supposed to return home on the third of next month, but he finished work early, so he came back two days ahead of schedule. And it was those two days that led Xu Tao to discover his wife's hidden secret… 2.8kReads6.7Score134Shelves
- 91 A Turbulent Marriage 婚乱流年 [No Cheating] + [One Female Lead] + [Not a Power Fantasy] + [Light Mystery] + [A Touch of Angst] Bai Yu had just finished his work presentation at the company headquarters and returned home three days early. Hoping to surprise his wife, he instead found that she had mysteriously disappeared. As he searched everywhere, he unexpectedly found her phone in the car, and the chat history on it hit him like a bolt of lightning. She had gone out after receiving that message. She'd gone to meet that man 3kReads5.2Score157Shelves
- 92 You Take Care of Your Best Friend's Husband, and I'll Take Care of Your Best Friend 你照顾你闺蜜老公，我照顾你闺蜜 Jiang Yuan died in a car accident and returned reborn, determined to make the adulterous couple pay and trample underfoot everyone who had looked down on him. Watch me shake up the stock market. 937Reads6.5Score108Shelves
- 93 Urban: Marital Desire 都市：婚欲 [Urban life + romance] Cheng Yang once had a stable, happy family. But after his wife went away on a business trip, her friend Li Xiaoya came to him and revealed his wife's secret, setting off a chain of events… 5.7kReads7.6Score428Shelves
- 94 My Fiancée Faked Her Death to Escape Our Wedding, So I Married Her Older Sister on the Day of the Funeral 未婚妻装死逃婚，葬礼当天娶她姐 His older sister is cold and seductive, a peerless beauty who always acts aloof and superior, yet is warm inside... His younger sister is pretty and polished, a cute sweetheart with a strong possessive streak and a seriously tsundere personality... If you like the older sister, you have to be good and obey. Whatever she says goes. If you like the younger sister, you have to pamper her and put up with all her little tantrums. When his older sister gets angry, she makes him kneel. When his younger 498Reads6.8Score100Shelves
- 95 It’s Just a Fake Simp System, Why Are You Taking It Seriously? 一个假舔狗系统，你们还当真了？ Only after being reborn twice does the male lead realize that his wife has been keeping him imprisoned all along and even wants to kill him. Yet, despite suffering multiple miscarriages, she still insists on having a second child with him. Two beautiful, clingy white lotuses are secretly rebellious, and everything is part of a conspiracy. Imprisonment, psychiatric hospitals, System, rebirth, an anti-simp System, payback, conspiracies, a cast full of rebels, and a battle among multiple women: a 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 96 The Seven-Year Itch: Betrayal and Redemption 七年之痒：背叛与救赎 He Qingfeng had been married to his wife, Gu Manting, for seven years. His wife was beautiful and filial, their daughter lively and adorable, and He Qingfeng was successful in his career. They were the model couple in everyone’s eyes. But an unexpected discovery by a friend sent the life He Qingfeng had thought so happy plunging into an endless abyss. 68Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 97 A Book from Guanbei 关北的一本书 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 68Reads8.6Score101Shelves
- 98 We Aren't Even Married, So Why Would We Need to Sign Divorce Papers? 都没有结婚，哪需要签离婚协议 [No NTR + No System + No Spinelessness, No Dragging Things Out, No Forced Misunderstandings + Easygoing Pace with Satisfying Moments + No Cultivation] Only on his deathbed in his previous life did Jiang Tianchen learn that his adopted daughter was the child his wife Su Yan had conceived through IVF with her childhood sweetheart, Han Dong. He had spent his whole life raising their child. After being reborn, Jiang Tianchen discovered that he wasn’t infertile. Someone had secretly harmed him, leavi 34.2kReads6.5Score2kShelves
- 99 Reborn to Be the Most Dashing Man Alive 重生之我最风流 Fan Yibo is the son of Hangcheng's richest man. In his past life, he loved the wrong person. His wife beat him into a vegetative state to save her lover. Alone in his hospital bed, he watched as his wife and her lover seized his property, stole his family's fortune, and hurt the people he cared about. In the end, he died miserably in a nursing home. Reborn, he will make Ji Ruxue and her lover pay for their blood debt. 8.6kReads6.3Score566Shelves
- 100 My Life-Saving Deed Is Exposed, and My Ex-Wife and Her Best Friend Are Devastated 救命之恩曝光，前妻和闺蜜哭惨了 [Divorce from the start + wealthy male lead + regretful ex-wife pursues him + no cheating, no rebirth, no System] After five years of a marriage of convenience, Liu Ruoyan remains cold and distant toward Qin He. But Qin He thinks that since they have a son and a daughter, there's no harm in trying a little harder. After all, he was the one who fell in love first, and he had used his past kindness to secure this marriage. But as he waits and waits, she doesn't come around. Instead, he watches her 8.9kReads6.4Score640Shelves
