Novels like Blind Date? What's the Rush!
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- 51 After Marriage, the Tide Rises 婚后潮起 [Married first, fell in love later; no angst, sweet romance; a strong heroine with a solid sense of self; an upright, open-minded hero] Zhou Ying thought she had few emotional needs, but Qi Tianye’s thoughtfulness and tenderness gradually wore down her defenses. In the end, she still fell for him. Qi Tianye had always thought he would only fall in love once in his life. He had never imagined that another woman could find her way into his heart. “Do you believe in love at first sight?” “No.” “Wh 2.1kReads—Score162Shelves
- 52 A True Heart Forged in Fire 烈火铸真心 What should newlyweds’ life together be like? Inseparable. After three years of a long-distance relationship, Li Xintong finally put an end to the separation and married. She looked forward to the wonderful life they would share, but Zhang Yanping’s unusual profession got in the way. Zhang Yanping is a handsome firefighter, and he even has two more words in front of his title: Party member! At work, he is the very model of dedication and excellence, earning a thumbs-up from everyone who knows hi 232Reads9.1Score—Shelves
- 53 The Wicked Ex-Girlfriend of the Fake Amnesiac Young Master 穿成假冒失忆太子爷的恶毒前女友 [Formidable Yet Softhearted Little Bunny × Clingy Beijing Heir | Cold-Faced Underwear Washer | Powerful Man Bows His Head | Happy Ending] After transmigrating into a book, Lin Shuwan became the girlfriend of Fu Yeting, the amnesiac heir. In the original story, she was obsessed with sex and forced the male lead to have sex with her every night. Later, because of a family feud, she tried to set him on fire and kill him. She also forced him to make his arranged fiancée get an abortion, killing the 41Reads—Score—Shelves
- 54 My Wife Doesn't Love Me 我太太不爱我 Story highlights: A whirlwind marriage without love, a real married couple who don't sleep in separate rooms. Neither gives an inch. Their lives are a chaotic mess, and being married feels like a constant battle. It's utterly exhausting. The male lead seems gentle, mild-mannered, and refined, but he's actually scheming and full of tricks. The female lead is a bad-tempered young lady. She may lose when it comes to scheming, but she can win in a fight. Her combat skills are off the charts. When sh 55.4kReads8.4Score3.9kShelves
- 55 Neither Storm Nor Sunshine! 也无风雨也无晴！ Marriage Before Love, a realistic urban romance about everyday married life! Su Qin and Zhou Xinping marry after being introduced through a matchmaking arrangement, and they bicker constantly. Just as Su Qin feels disappointed and lost, a new dawn arrives. She discovers that her husband truly cares for her, and together they take on a new stage of life! 411Reads—Score—Shelves
- 56 Three Years After Faking My Death, My One True Love Is Married 死遁三年，白月光已婚 [Marriage first, love later + both leads have no past romantic entanglements + powerful family background + age gap + intense romantic tension][On-location weather reporter ✖️ powerful man in government] Because she loves the wilderness and the wind, Lu Jinqiu stands in the middle of a typhoon, clinging to the principle, “Life is nothing but scallions, ginger, and garlic. Be a little scallion-smart, ginger up a little, and if all else fails, garlic it.” And so, muddling through, she spends three 354Reads—Score108Shelves
- 57 The Nest of Passion 热巢 Xiang Zhen could give Zhong Yi everything except fidelity and marriage, so she took the riches she had earned in exchange for ten years of her youth and disappeared from his life. Later, she started dating someone new, named Xiang Zhen: a younger man who had secretly loved her for years. He was wonderful in every way, except he didn’t like her calling out his name when the lights were off... 10.9kReads8.2Score1.2kShelves
- 58 Miss Cheng, Do You Plan to Stay Single Forever? 程小姐，你打算一直单身吗？ [Elite Family] [Cute Child] [Workplace] [My Life Is on the Line, and My Rich Boyfriend Has a Secret Identity] [Stay Single or Become a Rich Wife? That's the Question] [Clearheaded, well-behaved female engineer * sharp-tongued, flirtatious heir cast out by a wealthy family] [He nearly cost her life back then. For the rest of his life, all he wants is her.] Volume One, Seven Days of Grace: The leads reunite overseas because a piece of equipment needs servicing. Over the course of just seven days, 282Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 59 My Everyday Life After a Whirlwind Marriage 我的闪婚日常 [One-on-one sweet romance + everyday life + flash marriage + married first, fall in love later + older woman/younger man + devoted couple + love at first sight + affection that grows over time] As the saying goes, a toothache isn't an illness, but when it hurts, it can feel like the end of the world. Zhao Nanxing had never taken that saying seriously. Now she was lying in the clinic, clutching her cheek in agony. She eyed the dentist's ridiculously handsome face with suspicion, but finally breat 902Reads9.0Score100Shelves
- 60 When Ji Comes, Make Yourself at Home 季来之，则安之 As the empire teeters on the brink of collapse, Ji Shuhe sees through her fiancé’s false affection and turns around to marry Ji Bai. She intends for them to spend their lives treating each other with polite respect, but finds herself falling deeper and deeper under his doting care... 121Reads—Score—Shelves
- 61 Yun He of the Post-80s Generation 八零后的云禾 A story of an ordinary person from the bottom rung striving to rise, a youth that can only be remembered and never spoken of, and an all-or-nothing gamble whose outcome is unknown. A life in this world, half hardship and half sweetness. [I’m committed to telling every story well. Your subscriptions are what make it possible for me to tell them.] 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 62 A Hibiscus Love Story 木槿之恋 The tangled loves and hatreds of three couples: Mu Jin and Zhang Chaoyang, Wen Qiongfang and Lin Shiyuan, and Fang Yuan and Peng Guangyuan. How long can love last? What holds a family together? Love, marriage, family, and money intertwine in an intense tangle of feelings and desire. Who is right? Who is wrong? Fate lends a hand in everything, yet every choice is our own… There are no perfectly faithful couples here, only human nature. 21.3kReads9.3Score2.6kShelves
- 63 A Love to Remember 倾程之恋 [Gentle Girl x Cool, Reserved Doctor] (They choose each other + sweet everyday romance + age gap + no angst) Because of one person, you fall in love with an entire city. A love that unfolds little by little is beautiful. No grand gestures, no endless arguments, just two people choosing each other and understanding one another. “Professor, do you have a girlfriend?” a pretty student asks boldly. “The professor doesn’t have a girlfriend. He has a fiancée,” Ye Huaizhi replies impassively, casting 412Reads7.8Score101Shelves
- 64 Together Beneath the Clock Flowers 时钟花的相伴 [No System, No Rebirth] + [Everyday Cohabitation] + [One Female Lead] + [Childhood Sweethearts] + [Multiple Perspectives, Ensemble Cast, and Romance] + [Grounded in Reality] Related by blood? Sure, we're a little close, but the Marriage Law allows it!!! Xiang Gu turned twenty-two, and the very next day, on Tong Mengmeng's twenty-second birthday, they got their marriage licenses. Love between childhood sweethearts isn't a matter of falling for each other over time. It's love at first sight, with 13Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 65 Ten Miles of Red Wedding Finery: The Story of Ming Wan 十里红妆：明妧传 Transmigration takes skill, and surviving an inner-court battle takes acting talent. She arrives with peerless medical skills and follows the rule: if no one offends me, I won’t offend them. Unfortunately, she has a vicious aunt on one side and fake-sweet sisters on the other. They scheme against her, steal her fiancé, then turn around and accuse her of pretending to be stupid to run away from the wedding? Bullying, poisoning, and framing her come one after another! If there’s no avoiding them, 344Reads8.8Score136Shelves
- 66 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
- 67 Thanks to My Ex-Husband, the CEO Came Knocking 托前夫的福，霸总找上门 This is the first time in my life I've had anything to do with a rich person, and I have my husband to thank for it. Lin Yuting is cooking at home when a strikingly handsome man knocks on her door. He says, “Your husband stole my wife, so...” After sizing him up, Lin Yuting replies, “Whatever you want to do, I'll cooperate!” 229Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 68 A Kiss in the Mirror 镜中吻 The proud, unruly heir to a wealthy family x the guarded, clear-headed beauty on a high peak [Both are each other's first and only + The favored child of heaven bows to love x The master strategist is shaken by love + Possessiveness x Controlling nature] Yun Cen and Pei Ji were widely regarded in Beijing's elite circles as a beauty on a high peak paired with the moon in the sky. A few people also warned Pei Ji, "Your wife is ruthless. For the sake of profit, she drove a knife into her own siblin 63Reads—Score—Shelves
- 69 My Heart Fluttered, So I Made a Move! 心动了，行动了！ Title: My Heart’s Racing, So I’m Making a Move! Also known as Adult Love: Flirting with Passion and Desire. [Urban life + Workplace + Contemporary romance + Sweet romance + Mutual devotion + Happy ending + Strong female lead + Two powerful leads] Starting from nothing, she grew from a saleswoman into a domineering CEO. Rising from humble beginnings, a bar singer became a legendary singer and award-winning actor. They met when they had nothing. After one passionate night, she ran away. Ten years 1.2kReads9.0Score118Shelves
- 70 A Secret Crush: As Bittersweet as a Song 暗恋啊，它酸涩如歌 [Contract marriage + married first, love later + groveling for your wife] Xia Zhiyuan and Lu Ang were a fake married couple brought together by a debt of gratitude between their fathers. They agreed to divorce when the time was right. Their contract stipulated that they could not interfere in each other’s private lives, and that they had to play the loving couple in front of their elders. Lu Ang had a beloved woman for whom he would give everything. They were deeply in love, while Xia Zhiyuan w 4.7kReads8.1Score426Shelves
- 71 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. 427Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 72 Quanman’s Driverless Car 泉漫的无人车 Lin Quanm an happened to meet Ye Bingqin, a charming, shameless, ridiculously wealthy playboy. She went with her boss to meet an investor, only to find that their backers were Ye Bingqin and his friend Guan Che. Guan Che immediately put Lin Quanm an and the others in their place, making them wait for nearly two hours without saying a word. Furious, she walked over to the pool table and smiled sweetly. “Mr. Guan, how about we make a bet? Give me a chance to play a game with you.” Guan Che pointed 1.4kReads9.2Score171Shelves
- 73 The Meaning of Mountains and Rivers in Yanzhi 砚知山河意 The marriage between Song Zhiyi, the Foreign Ministry’s chief interpreter, and Huo Yanli, the heir to one of the capital’s most powerful families, began with an arrangement made by their elders. She agreed to fulfill her grandfather’s dying wish; he did it to ease the pressure from his family. Bound by a marriage contract, they were strangers under the same roof. She carried on her parents’ unfulfilled ideals, moving through war zones and using language to defuse conflict; he navigated the world 194.4kReads8.3Score31.6kShelves
- 74 My Blind Date Is So Handsome 相亲对象长得很帅 [Quiet, reserved schoolteacher × gentle, secretly passionate doctor] Su Wen agrees to a blind date on a whim, just to see how it goes. To her surprise, her date is incredibly handsome. She has never thought of herself as someone who cares about looks, but she is momentarily bewitched and agrees when he suggests they keep seeing each other. Seeing the gentle young woman before him, Zhou Huaian proposes that they take things further, intending to win her over slowly. Then he sees her chatting happ 5.9kReads9.0Score556Shelves
- 75 A Different Kind of Youth 不一样的青春味道 Everything came so suddenly, as brief as dew... But she had to learn to accept the unexpected losses life brings: spilled milk, a lost wallet, a friendship broken, a lover gone astray... Overnight, her stable career was swept into a tangled struggle of competing interests, and she nearly lost her job... In a single day, the boyfriend she had loved for years turned and walked away, with a reason that sounded so noble... In an instant, one look seemed to last a lifetime. You suddenly appeared befo 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 76 You Came to Me on a Sunny Day 你从晴天来 4.1kReads9.2Score339Shelves
- 77 A Lucky, Prosperous New Millennium 千禧年顺风顺水顺财神 [Everyday life / personal growth / lighthearted / family and neighborhood life] In elementary school, Ouyang Jingshu wrestled with the dreaded subject of math every day. In middle and high school, she took part-time jobs to earn a little money. Her family ran an ordinary small business. Who could have guessed that good fortune would find her at university? Write the character for “demolish,” and gold by the thousand! What do you do after getting rich? What else? You settle down and live your ord 3.8kReads8.8Score259Shelves
- 78 Fate Is a Sunny Day 缘是晴天 Memories of youth, growing up, and heartbreak, buried by time and kept close to the heart. May the love shared by Xie Qiyuan and Jiang Ziqing touch your heart. Because they loved each other so deeply back then, their love turned into countless tears. Even so, at a fork in the road with no hope in sight, they would keep waiting for him to come. 24Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 79 The Chinese Bodyguard 国产保镖 59Reads6.3Score877Shelves
- 80 An Ill-Matched Marriage 不般配的婚姻 After Cheng Ruojia, a small-town girl, married her boss, Tang Yixuan, she spent the next ten years as a housewife, looking after Tang Yixuan and their daughter, Tang Qi. But as Tang Yixuan's business grew and his handsome looks drew attention, a marital crisis crept closer and closer... 695Reads5.8Score—Shelves
- 81 Young Master Li's Unmatched Devotion to His Wife 厉少宠妻至上 “Honey...” “Easy, I’m here...” The most powerful and distinguished man in Yuncheng carefully applies ointment to her, but his words are domineering and icy. “I won’t let anyone who hurt you get away with it!” Jian An’an is at a loss. She only took a tumble on the stairs by accident. The next day, the stairs are replaced with a ramp and covered with Persian carpeting. After an accident brings Jian An’an into an unexpected encounter with the famous, dazzling Young Master Li, the whole city knows t 697Reads8.9Score203Shelves
- 82 Half-Ripe: Divorce to Become Lovers 半熟：离婚做情人 [Chasing his wife after divorce + Business startup romance] If they can’t be husband and wife, they can be lovers on solid ground. Pei Shujun and Pei Junxing met on a blind date and married in a flash. Before they’d even gotten to know each other properly, they had a son, then divorced on the day he turned one. Two years later, Pei Shujun sets out to start a business and tries to hitch a ride, calling in favors and pulling strings. It turns out the car is driven by her ex-husband! 7.9kReads9.0Score643Shelves
- 83 A Love Story in Chaoshan 潮汕情事 In the old homes of Chaoshan lie the wildest lives and the warmest hearts. In the 1970s and 80s, a group of Chaoshan people who refused to give up fought their way through poverty, loved through storms, and lived by the bonds between people. Some dared to fight and forge ahead, dragging their lives up out of the mud. Others were loyal and true, unwilling to betray anyone even when it cost them. Love brought tangled relationships, family brought its share of strain, and neighbors argued, but when 396Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 84 Captain Tan and I Ran Toward Each Other 我与谭队长双向奔赴 Original title: Love at First Sight, Love Returned [Beautiful, captivating high school English teacher Xia Yan x wealthy, handsome criminal police captain Tan Zhengdong] [Modern romance + love at first sight + mutual devotion] Xia Yan had always longed for a love that went both ways. At a blind date she had only agreed to out of politeness, she fell for the dashing criminal police captain Tan Zhengdong at first sight. Their relationship quickly grew closer, and they began a sweet, inseparable ro 8.5kReads9.2Score911Shelves
- 85 Before Him, After You 在他之前，在你之后 “Maybe you think too highly of me,” she said. He looked into her eyes. “No one is loved because they’re that wonderful.” “Then why?” “Because they’re the right fit!” 1.4kReads9.2Score161Shelves
- 86 Miss Snail Who Doesn’t Want to Work Hard 不想努力的蜗牛小姐 The series comic drama adapted from this novel, "Miss Snail Charges Ahead", is now available to watch on Fanqie and Hongguo. Du Xiaona is a sophisticated, self-serving young woman. To escape her birth family, she tricks her parents into giving her money to buy a house, then orchestrates a blind date, an engagement, and a broken engagement in quick succession... Du Xiaona had planned to stay single for life, but circumstances involving both her parents and herself draw her into one scheme and pre 9.6kReads8.9Score918Shelves
- 87 A Springtime Gamble 春日豪赌 By day, Liang Shu is a beautiful lecturer in a university mathematics department. By night, she’s a champion poker player in Shanghai’s elite Texas Hold’em circles, undefeated at every table. Who needs a man? I’m better off on my own! While abroad, Liang Shu suddenly runs into criminals. Desperate for protection, she offers to win a game for a domineering CEO in exchange for a “tactical nap.” But once she’s done, she tosses him aside, leaving him wanting more. The CEO keeps approaching her and c 6.1kReads9.3Score624Shelves
- 88 Let You Scheme Your Way into My Heart 许你算计我的心 Xu Yuan had a firm goal from the age of twelve. Ten years later, she would leave the Xu family and be free as a bird, with no one left to bully her. Everyone thought that Xu Yuan, with her pure and pretty looks, was a well-behaved girl who let others walk all over her. Then, at sixteen, she held a knife to her sister's throat and said viciously, "Try messing with me again, and we'll both go down together." Every step she took was calculated. Everything she did was for one purpose: to save he 9kReads9.2Score1.1kShelves
- 89 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 518Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 90 A Romance at a Shenzhen Factory 深圳工厂情缘 My new story is here! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 3kReads8.9Score217Shelves
- 91 At Dusk, the Child Returns 暮时子归 [Print edition now available] “Did you know Lin Daiyu is supposed to be paired with Sun Wukong? Nuwa arranged this ‘wood-and-stone bond’ as the destined match of the Goddess of the Xiao River and the Great Sage Equal to Heaven.” Xiao Xiang has had enough of drifting around and wants to go back to her hometown and live off her family. But the place is a complete mess, and there's nowhere for her to stay. Then there's that crafty Great Sage with eight hundred tricks up his sleeve, constantly makin 158Reads—Score—Shelves
- 92 Where Can I Find a Beauty? 何处有佳人 Hao Jia is an ordinary girl, living an ordinary life and following the expected path. She’s just one step away from completing the usual milestones of blind dates, marriage, and having a child when an unexpected accident disrupts her plans and sends her life down a different track. Ye Yiheng is a brilliant scholar pursuing both a master’s and a doctorate, and a gentle, refined practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine. He and his girlfriend were together from school uniforms to wedding gowns, 25.6kReads9.0Score3kShelves
- 93 Ha, Ha, My Dear You 呵呵，亲爱的你 To make a name for herself in a top-tier city, she has to give her all at work. Wen Yijia is so busy that she doesn't even have time to catch her boyfriend cheating. After crying over a breakup, she puts on a face mask, drinks a glass of red wine, and wakes up the next day as a polished city beauty. Her laid-back motto: If love doesn't happen, so be it. At least I can stay gorgeous. 3.1kReads9.3Score257Shelves
- 94 Late at Night, I Fell Under His Spell 深夜，对他着了魔 Their late-night story… It’s thought-provoking, and leaves you filled with regret. Was she too devoted, or was he too heartless? What can you even say about love? 229Reads—Score—Shelves
- 95 Summer Blossom Tea 夏花茶 [Long-Plotting Romance + Blunt Secret Crush + She Pursues Him + Age Gap + Sweet Romance] When Su Tong entered Wu Shiqian’s field of vision, she also stirred up his stagnant, lifeless routine. What Wu Shiqian didn’t know was that the young woman had been planning to win him over for a long time. A man worn out by both love and life had no chance of resisting a vibrant young woman as passionate as midsummer. The rare times Wu Shiqian ever “surrendered without a fight” in his life were all for Su T 1.2kReads9.4Score118Shelves
- 96 Make You Secretly Fall for Me 诱你暗恋，喜欢我 Make You Secretly Fall for Me, and Like Me 153Reads—Score—Shelves
- 97 After Being Driven Mad, She Took Revenge on Her Whole Family 被逼成疯批后，她报复了全家 [Revenge] [Both Leads Are Each Other's First] [Redemption] [Feel-Good Story] [Happy Ending] To seize the Su family's wealth, Chen Wei, a man who married into the family for money, plotted to kill his father-in-law and mother-in-law, then pushed his wife down the stairs. His daughter, Su Ying, had the surname Su, not Chen. To him, that was a disgrace. Her very existence constantly reminded him of the humiliating days he had spent in the Su family. So he wanted to get rid of her as soon as possibl 7.8kReads8.3Score495Shelves
- 98 Improper 不轨 Sheng Fang was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. He could have anything he wanted and make the world dance to his tune. That was until he met Suo Ning, a real tough nut to crack. She was stubborn and impossible to please. Not only did she refuse to take him seriously, she ground his pride into the dirt. Suo Ning: “If you want to play around, find someone else.” The young master scoffed. “You’re the only one I’m after.” Someone asked what Sheng Fang saw in Suo Ning that made him chase after 595Reads9.1Score106Shelves
- 99 Warm Sun in Winter, Sweet Candy in Summer 冬有暖阳夏有糖 The modern-day version: She always thought he was a pretty face, all show and no substance. She never imagined his shirt hid a six-pack. Tang Jinhua discovered that her husband was a treasure! Xu Jiayun’s energetic tigress of a wife cured his insomnia completely. He couldn’t help marveling at how wonderful it was to be young, and her energy also breathed new life into him. The literary version: He was the blazing sun, and she was sugar. Together they protected the world, yet forgot how much they 618Reads9.1Score117Shelves
- 100 Murder in the Inner Quarters 闺中煞 The Jiang family's third branch had a daughter, radiant and resplendent. With a single essay on the strategies of statecraft, she stunned the entire land of Qibei. In her early years, she was forced to marry a widower, and her mother wept herself to an early grave. Later, she fell into the hands of a eunuch. Her father went to the capital again and again for her, only to meet a horrific end, torn apart by five horses. What does it mean for a family to be ruined? What does it mean for everyone t 390Reads8.7Score103Shelves
