Novels like Only Idle Mortals Dream of You
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- 1 No More Years to Look Back On 再无岁月可回首 To save him, Sheng Qiao had nearly drained every last drop of blood from her body. But in the end, for the sake of another woman, he wanted to drain her blood, take her kidney, and torture her until she was covered in wounds. “Sheng Qiao, you’re so vicious that even touching you disgusts me,” Li Chenlan said. Three years ago, Li Chenlan pinned the cold-faced young woman against the wall. “Qiaoqiao, can I sleep in our bed tonight instead of on the washboard?” Three years ago, he treated her like 583Reads6.6Score102Shelves
- 2 When My Wife Is Gone, My Life Comes to an End 妻长绝，浮生歇 Su Youwei always thought Lin Huanjing loved her, until their wedding anniversary, when she accidentally discovered that he had carefully plotted her death. Ever since she met him, she had been gravely ill. After all these years, there was no cure for her. He wanted her dead, and she accepted it. When the bullet pierced her heart, she finally understood: after spending her whole life loving him, she could not even get a single tear from him in the end. 75Reads5.1Score—Shelves
- 3 Shocking! I'm the Mad Regent's Ex-Wife 震惊！疯批摄政王的发妻竟然是我 When the son causes trouble, his mother pays the price. Yan Wan never expected that she would run into the regent himself. This time, her son had really gone too far. She tried to escape several times, but failed, and her son was even kidnapped. Yan Wan packed her bags and gritted her teeth as she entered the regent's manor, where she became his little cook. Who knew the regent's manor would be crawling with monsters and demons, with a whole bunch of women fighting over one man? Doudou: Mother, 90Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 4 A Concubine's Love Is Hard to Win Back 小妾难再爱 Liu Yan’er’s greatest dream was to spend her whole life with Shangguan Ling, the two of them belonging only to each other. But after he passed the imperial examinations and earned a position, everything changed. Not only did he take a new wife, he demoted Liu Yan’er to concubine. In the Shangguan household, she suffered constant torment and grew physically and emotionally exhausted. Her youthful dream had shattered. When she tried to leave, dragging her ailing body along, he said… 88Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 A Tormented Romance Between Human and Ghost: The Wife in the Red Jacket 人鬼虐恋之红褂妻 A Tormented Love Between Human and Ghosts: The Wife in the Red Jacket 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Love Lingers Amid the Fireworks 烟花深处情不眠 Everyone knew she loved him to the very depths of her soul, clinging desperately to her position as the Young Marshal's wife, even though she spent every night alone. He had always believed that for the rest of her life, she would look up to him and never have eyes for anyone else. Until one day, she woke up having forgotten everything from her past. The only person she remembered was the boy who had once lived next door when she was young. At last, the Young Marshal panicked... 20Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 7 The Bitter Oranges of Beihuai 北淮有枳 Also known as: After the Political Marriage, the Princess and the Second Male Lead Get Their Happy Ending Princess sent to marry into enemy nation vs. enemy nation’s crown prince, BE [Angst + trash male lead + not both first-timers + female general + princess] Bei Qihuai: Crown Prince of Beichen. Nan Zhi: Princess of Nanzhao. Forced into a political marriage, she endured humiliation and kept silent for the sake of her younger sister back in Nanzhao, for her own survival, and for revenge. For his 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 My Heart Remains as It Was 妾心如故 He hated her. In a single night, he slaughtered her entire family. He hated her, and wanted nothing more than to torture her to death, drawing blood from her heart every day for the woman he cherished. But when he used the same hands stained with her family’s blood to kill her child, she laughed bitterly, and her black hair turned white overnight. This time, she was the one who hated him, but he was the one who regretted it. “Ling Yumo, this hatred has seeped into my blood and carved itself into 55Reads5.7Score—Shelves
- 9 Second Marriage, Cherished Wife: Master Fu Is Jealous Again 二婚成宠：夫人，傅爷又在吃醋了 On the cliff, the kidnappers held knives to her and his first love's throats. “You can only choose one.” “I choose her.” The man pointed at his first love. Song Xiyan's voice trembled. “...Fu Xilin, I'm pregnant.” Fu Xilin looked down at her coldly. “A Xue is afraid of heights.” ...Many years later. They say Fu Xilin, the most untouchable man in Ancheng, is always lingering outside his ex-wife's door, indulging her without limits even though she never gives him a second glance. They say that on 13Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 10 Fate Deals Me a Love Trap 风月赐我相思局 Before their wedding, he told her that he would take her as his consort and give her the rank of princess consort, but nothing more. But he had no idea that she would offer him her life with her own hands, so he could save the woman he loved, risking everything just to spend what little time she had left by his side. At the end of her life, she looked at his seemingly panicked face with sorrowful eyes and smiled. “Mo Yuan, in the next life, I only wish we’d never met!” 53Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 11 Captive Love: Mr. Gu's Darling 蚀骨囚宠：顾总的掌中娇 He used their marriage as an excuse to keep her by his side, forceful and domineering. He told her that for the rest of her life, she would owe him two lives. During their five years of marriage, Gu Ye tormented Shi Zhizhi until she was barely recognizable. Staying alive became her only bottom line. When he ruthlessly destroyed that last boundary too, Shi Zhizhi laughed through her tears: “Gu Ye, if there’s another life, I’ll never love you again!” Shi Zhizhi died, and Gu Ye was the one who kill 89Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 12 A Bridal Procession Ten Miles Long, Yet Time Turns My Hair Gray 十里红妆催华发 She may have a face just like hers, but she was the one he loved, and I was the one who died for him... 49Reads5.6Score—Shelves
- 13 A Tortured Love Between Human and Ghost: The Bricklayer 人鬼虐恋之泥瓦匠 A Tragic Love Between a Man and a Ghost: The Bricklayer —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 In the Name of Love 以爱之名 Shen Moran thought she was living a happy life. She had a husband who loved her and a family who adored her. But everything changed overnight. Her father was accused of leaking trade secrets and sentenced to ten years in prison. The accuser was none other than the husband who had promised to love her forever. That day, Shen Moran’s world came crashing down. The husband she loved so deeply became a complete stranger overnight. He deceived her, lied to her, and tormented her. He said the cruelest 39Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 15 I Loved You Until My Hair Turned White 我慕君心雪白头 She loved him so much, but he never saw it. He only misunderstood her and hurt her again and again, with his own hands, while watching others hurt her too… He put her life at risk, made her lose their child, and let the person she hated most humiliate and bully her. Even when she went mad, he still refused to let her go… He simply watched her suffer and watched her hurt. If she ever gets another chance, she will never love him again! 50Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 16 A Love So Deep, a Longing Unforgotten 情深不解相思意 In his eyes, she was the most despicable of princess consorts. He carved out her heart and drove nails into her bones. But when she really died, his heart had nowhere left to call home... 26Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 17 Married by Contract, His Sweet Little Wife Is Pretending to Be Good Again 契约成婚，他的小娇妻又在扮乖 [Marriage first, love later + healing + groveling chase] Lin Mian returns after being missing for ten years and, as promised, marries Li Xiao, the second young master of the illustrious Li family of Jing City. There's no wedding, no congratulations. Just a cold contract slapped in front of her: two years, each getting what they need. Lin Mian plays the perfect little wife, acting cute and obedient to make him fall for her. Just as feelings begin to blossom between them, an unexpected incident oc 33Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Divorced CEO, Love That Never Fades 离婚总裁，情深不悔 At sixteen, she secretly sold her jewelry to pay the hefty tuition fees for the nineteen-year-old him to study abroad. At twenty, he returned from studying in the United States, only to learn that he was the heir to the Tang family of Shenyang. By then, the childhood friend who had weathered so much with him was already by his side. At twenty-one, she learned that family pressure had forced him to break up with his childhood friend. Thinking they might otherwise miss each other for a lifetime, s 1.1kReads7.5Score104Shelves
- 19 When the Splendor Faded, Half the City Was Left in Ruins 繁华落尽半城殇 He told her, “Jinxiu, I will marry no one but you in this life. When I return from Jiangnan, I’ll give you a magnificent wedding.” But all that happiness was destroyed by a cruel conspiracy. On the day of his wedding, her blood was drained from her body, and she barely survived. With the splendor gone and half the city in mourning, she still died in his arms. Ling Su, may the rest of your life be peaceful. Let’s meet again in our next life... 118Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 20 The Consort Slit Her Throat on the City Wall, and the Coldhearted Crown Prince Begged Her to Forgive Him 娘娘自刎城墙，阴冷太子跪求原谅 [Palace intrigue + household intrigue + groveling pursuit + clear-headed heroine + second male lead can read minds and eventually wins her over + both are virgins (the heroine uses a character's body until she escapes that identity and regains her real body)] To marry Yuwen Jin, Liu Qingdai willingly became a substitute, disguised herself as a man to help him quell rebellions and eliminate his enemies, and aided him in ascending to the position of crown prince. Everyone said Liu Qingdai was hope 10Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 21 Thank You for Giving Me a Heart of Sorrow 谢你赠我一心伤 The most ridiculous thing in An Lingxi’s life was probably that she loved Xuanyuan Mo more than life itself, while Xuanyuan Mo thought of nothing but taking her life… 62Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 22 Captive Phoenix in His Arms: The Ruthless Emperor's Prisoner 俘凰入罗帷，狠戾帝君掌心囚 When the Cangxuan Kingdom fell, its legitimate eldest princess, once revered and surrounded by every luxury, was cast from her heavenly heights into the deepest hell. Chu Yan had once been held hostage in Cangxuan. When he was being humiliated, the kingdom’s eldest princess, Fan Hua, came to his rescue. They grew up together and fell in love, but a conspiracy made Chu Yan hate the entire Cangxuan royal family. After years of plotting, he destroyed her kingdom, trampled on her dignity, and forced 309Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 23 You Are My Fated Calamity 你是我命定的劫 Su Qian vanished without a trace, dead or alive. All that remained at the crime scene was half a forearm... He said, “Su Qian, you have no one to blame but yourself. You did too many terrible things and left yourself no way out.” In the mouth of the true culprit, all of it was dismissed with a casual, “You got what you deserved.” On a rainy night, sitting in her wheelchair and watching a truck race toward her, she laughed softly. “Shen Yihan, at last I can stop loving you...” 189Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 24 I Give You My Life, Never Betraying Our Love 倾我一世，不负相思 She loved him with all her heart and insisted on marrying him. Who could have known that he wanted her dead? To save the woman he loved, he needed the child in her womb as medicine. In the end, he put her in a coffin and suffocated her alive. Only then did she realize she had loved the wrong man. If she gets another life, she will never meet him or fall in love with him again! 68Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 25 The Whole World Knows I Love You 全世界都知道我爱你 Everyone knew Gu Sihan loved Ye Nanfeng, and everyone knew Ye Nanfeng loved Tang Xuerou. But that did nothing to weaken Gu Sihan's resolve to love Ye Nanfeng. Loving him was like an addiction she couldn't kick. Gu Sihan screamed hysterically, “She's the one with a wicked heart! She got what she deserved!” Ye Nanfeng gripped her throat viciously. “A vicious woman like you being violated? Now that's what you... deserve!” That day, he pushed her into a hell from which there was no return. Later, sh 105Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 26 Strangers for the Rest of Our Lives 此生陌路不复 When Chu Junmo forcibly tears open her wound, leaving it drenched in blood, Li Fuyi knows she must pay for the crime she committed at eighteen. Because of him, she found the light; because of him, she descended into eternal night. There are no winners in this battle. There are only two people doomed to endless ruin. 594Reads8.2Score102Shelves
- 27 Me, Hiding in the Sofa 藏在沙发里的我 Me, Hiding in the Sofa 4.5kReads—Score158Shelves
- 28 After the Cowardly Hu Slave Is Reborn, the Regent Gets a Brutal Beating 怯懦胡奴重生后，摄政王被虐惨了 [Dual male leads + reborn twice + 1v1] [Western Regions slave boy x Prince Regent of Jing] [Cool and aloof heartthrob bottom x Gentle, scheming, devoted top] [Sweet and angsty + a long road to winning back his love + love and hate + rekindled romance + political intrigue + foreshadowing and twists] In his previous life, Nian Li, a Hu slave from the Western Regions, believed he had won the Prince Regent’s heart. After giving him everything, body and soul, he learned that to the Prince Reg 136Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 After He Died, He Sent Me Forty-Seven Love Letters 他死后，给我寄来四十七封情书 After He Died, He Sent Me Forty-Seven Love Letters 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 Fish Do Not Venture into Deep Woods 鱼不赴深林 Fish Don't Head for the Deep Woods 45Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 We Owe Each Other Nothing in This Life. Let's Not Meet Again in the Next 今生互不相欠，来世不必再见 No rebirth, no golden finger, tragic romance, bad ending The heroine is an orphan. The hero is a ruthless rich heir. Zhong Jiani: “Can you look into the truth?” Murong Yudi: “I did. It was you.” “You hurt my younger sister and my cousin. I could forgive you for those things, but this...” “How am I supposed to believe you about this...?” Zhong Jiani: “Does it even matter anymore? You broke my hand to avenge your sister and my leg to avenge your cousin.” “Does it still matter whether I did it 153Reads5.7Score—Shelves
- 32 Farewell, My Love. I Shall Yearn for You No More 与君别过，再不相思 It takes ten years to love someone, but only an instant to hate them... Song Lianxing watched helplessly as Murong Ze forced her to drink an abortion potion, killing their own child. He took the fetal remains to save the woman he loved... Song Lianxing said, “I hope you... don't regret this!” Murong Ze thought he would never regret it. But only when he watched Song Lianxing draw her last breath with his own eyes did he learn how to write the word “regret.” 242Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 33 The Emperor Is Heartless, So What Can the Heart Do? 帝王无情，心又奈何 After ten years of devoted love, what he gave her was not an empress’s coronation, but the execution of her entire family. The whole residence was drenched in blood. Standing in a pool of blood, she held a sword to his chest and demanded, “Did you ever love me, even a little?” He drove the sword into her heart inch by inch, his expression cold and ruthless. “What do you think?!” He didn’t know that for him, she would have smiled as she drank poison and willingly shattered herself to pieces. Than 127Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 34 Love So Deep, Desolation to the Bone 用情至深，刺骨荒凉 To save the woman he loved, she lay on the operating table and endured the agony of having her kidney removed. But she never imagined he could be cruel enough to have their child taken from her with his own hands, cause her parents’ deaths, and finally drive her to the end of her rope… 86Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 35 Young Master Mo, Stop Tormenting Her. This Time, Your Wife Is Really Dead 墨少别虐了，夫人这次真死了 [Both leads are sexually pure + angsty love + obsessive possessiveness] Jiang Yue endures a lame leg, jumping from a building, fighting vicious dogs, and injections for an artificial heart until the truth finally comes to light. In the end, the obsessive Mo Chen strokes the diamond ring on his hand and murmurs to himself, “We’ll be together forever!” 59Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 36 The Road Ahead Is One of Heartbreak 此去离殇 “You never deserved to be my wife.” Once, she had loved him with all her heart, only to be met with his cold rejection. Time passed, and she died before his eyes. All the love she had never gotten to confess became a sharp sword plunging into his heart… 238Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 37 A Cool Breeze Rises 萧萧凉风生 I love the wind! The wind is free, boundless, and unfettered. It can turn the leaves, lift a skirt, and travel the world. But I’m trapped in my own endless darkness, locked inside a prison of my own making. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 He Chose His One True Love, and Now He Has the Nerve to Ask Me to Stay? 他选择白月光，还有脸求我别离开？ I am the adopted daughter of the Lin family, Jinghai's wealthiest family, and the fiancée of Lin Han, the Lin family's eldest son. Ten years ago, both my parents died, and I was adopted by Lin Zhendong, my father's best friend. Lin Zhendong adored me. In front of everyone, he announced that he would hold a wedding for Lin Han and me on my twentieth birthday, one that would dazzle the whole world. But I knew that day would never come. Because Lin Han's one true love, Zheng Qian, had returned to t 31Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 A Marriage That Eats Away at the Bones 蚀骨囚婚 Fang Yuanshuang chased Duan Hancheng for years, throwing herself into the flames like a moth, only to be utterly destroyed. Not only was she branded jealous and murderous, she also lost her status as everyone’s darling. After leaving for three years, she endured every hardship and lost the right to look up to him. - But when she got engaged to someone else and was about to walk down the aisle, Duan Hancheng finally came to his senses. He used every means at his disposal to force a ring onto 155Reads5.2Score—Shelves
- 40 The Spring My Lover Left in My Eyes 眼睛是爱人留下的春 The eyes are the spring left behind by a lover 112Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 Reborn to Sever Ties 重生之斩缘 Bai Wanruo hesitated for a long time before finally deciding to give birth to the child on the day he got married. His bride was at the door, ready for their wedding night. She was struggling through childbirth, with death close at hand. Compared to the life he ruined, wasn't making him suffer once before she died the least she could do? May they never meet again in their next lives. 1kReads8.2Score104Shelves
- 42 Did You Know? Our Parting Is Forever 可知归期是永决 Dong Lean had loved Fo Xichao for ten years. At last, she got the marriage she had long awaited. Unfortunately, he hated her with all his heart. He took a new wife and humiliated Dong Lean at every turn. Her father tried to protect her, kneeling outside the prince's manor for a long time without rising, and paid for it with his life. That day, Dong Lean locked herself inside the courtyard and lit the firestarter on the table with her own hands. The blaze devoured the eaves. She stood amid the fl 921Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 43 A Lifetime of Regrets, A Heart Still Unable to Let Go 负尽流年意难平 In a world of ice and snow, a bridal procession stretches for miles. The ruler of Dongli marries a new queen, and the whole nation celebrates. But the new queen is nothing more than a substitute. Everyone knows that Xiao Zhan, to honor the late Princess Li, has gathered women from across the land who resemble her and keeps them in the inner palace. I am the only exception. Is it coincidence, or conspiracy? As the truths deliberately buried begin to surface, layer by layer, and the feuds between 23Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 44 I Hid My Looks for Three Years, Then Stunned the Whole School at Graduation 扮丑三年，毕业典礼我惊艳全校 I Pretended to Be Ugly for Three Years. At Graduation, I Dazzled the Entire School 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 Late to Return, Late to Return, Nowhere to Call Home 迟归迟归无家可归 Ground down in the imperial palace, Xiao Chigui spends his life enduring hardship and drifting from place to place, never receiving even the slightest warmth. Xie Wangyan, whose power holds sway over an entire region, exhausts himself with longing, hoping only that his beloved will return. In the end, the promised day of return means never coming back at all. 343Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 Reborn as a Slave, I Drive the Obsessive Emperor to Madness 重生为奴，偏执帝王为我疯魔 [Not your typical palace intrigue; romance takes center stage, with little palace scheming. A historical romance about a domineering CEO chasing his wife, with plenty of angst] In her previous life, she married into the Eastern Palace and gave Pei Yan her whole heart. He ignored her, devoted only to the woman he cherished. A cruel twist of fate led to her untimely death. Three years later, she is reborn as the young palace maid who once served her personally. Pei Yan, now emperor, keeps her by 51Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 A Worthy Minister Is Hard to Find 良臣难为 [Historical Romance + Ensemble Cast + Tragic Love + Fateful Misunderstandings + Imperial Court and Nobility + Love of Country and Family + Tearjerker + Bad Ending] I am the empress of a nation. Everyone who sees me bows respectfully and greets me with, “May the Empress be well.” Because my surname is Shen. My father, Shen Nian, died on the battlefield, his body never found. My mother died by suicide after him. My eldest brother held Yumen Pass for forty-five days against a hundredfold enemy forc 385Reads9.4Score100Shelves
- 48 Hard to Reach 难攀 [Both leads are inexperienced + sweet and angsty romance + regret and groveling, beautiful little flirt x icy domineering CEO] Nie Sangsang had been with Fu Jinzhou for three years, always sweet and agreeable. But Fu Jinzhou didn’t love her. In his heart, he still cherished his unattainable first love. Who could put up with that? If you run fast enough, no one can hurt you! Once she came to her senses, Nie Sangsang promptly broke up with him and left that very night. After all, making money is m 94Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 49 My Fiancé Died Before Me and Never Changed His Heart, While I Changed Mine After I Died 未婚夫原来死得比我早还没变心，而我死了就变心 My fiancé turned out to have died before me and never stopped loving me, while I changed my heart after he died 151Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 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
