Novels like Only Idle Mortals Dream of You
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- 151 A Broken Mirror Cannot Be Mended 破镜难重圆 Childhood sweethearts, married for ten years. Fu Shiyu came back with Shen Jiaman in his arms and forced Xia Ran to design her wedding dress. Xia Ran had poured her heart and soul into Fu Shiyu, yet could only watch helplessly as he caused their child’s death... Fu Shiyu, in the end, you and I were never meant to find happiness together. 22Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 152 This Is Awkward: My Ex-Wife Is Getting Married, and I Still Have to Serve at the Wedding 尴尬，前妻结婚我还要去婚宴上端盘子 How awkward. My ex-wife is getting married, and I still have to go serve food at her wedding banquet. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 153 The World’s First Bride 天下第一嫁 She was the greatest female scholar in the Celestial Dynasty and the first female official in the imperial court: Bai Suxuan. A merciless fire and the accusation that she had burned herself to death to evade punishment brought her back from hell. Three years later, she became Qin Jiu, the infamous demoness of the Tianchen Sect. She practices forbidden, heaven-defying arts, trains young men, seduces her imperial uncle, toys with powerful officials, brings down favored concubines, and bullies nobl 584Reads9.4Score10914d adds
- 154 Your Majesty, I Request to Be Stripped of My Title as Empress 陛下，臣妾自请废后 What kind of person was Nan Shanyi? The apple of the Nan family's eye, with the 700,000-strong Nanrong army behind her. She enjoyed a life of luxury, finer than that of the princesses in the palace. The Marquis of Wu'an had raised her well. She was a proper young lady, well-read and scholarly, gentle and composed, graceful and dignified. Like an orchid in a valley or a spring in the mountains, she was refined and proud. A noblewoman like her was born only once in a century. But Heaven was me 7.1kReads9.2Score71014d adds
- 155 Your Highness, the Crown Princess Doesn't Deserve to Die 殿下，太子妃罪不至死 [Make the scumbag suffer + never look back] The Crown Prince's first love dies, and his Crown Princess is accused of murder. He personally shoves her into the depths of despair, where she endures humiliation and torment. Three years later, the truth is bitterly ironic: his first love never died. Not only has she become the old emperor's favorite concubine, she's even given the scumbag Crown Prince a younger brother? The Crown Prince has been cuckolded, and now he regrets everything! Holding the 463Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 156 The Brocade Spring Boudoir 锦明春闺 [Second male lead takes the spotlight + ex-husband crawls over broken glass to win her back + love triangle drama + Mary Sue + real and fake heiresses + faithful to each other + sweet, satisfying romance] In her previous life, Ming Jin had her identity and name stolen. After finally making it home, she was rejected by her family and disliked by her fiancé. Even though she eventually got what she wanted, she ended up battered and bruised. As she lay dying, she thought that if she had another life 4.7kReads8.8Score40614d adds
- 157 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 1.3kReads6.5Score10014d adds
- 158 Love That Came Too Late 迟来的痴爱 Yan Xizhi had always loved someone, keeping her feelings locked away in her heart. She didn't dare reveal them. She thought the two of them could never be together and would never cross paths, but she never expected one incident to bring them together and make her his wife. He was cold and indifferent toward her, and even resented her. Later, a checkup revealed that she had terminal cancer. His first love happened to return from abroad around the same time, so she chose to divorce him. After the 126Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 159 To Win Back His Wife, the Reborn Prince Doesn’t Care About Losing Face 为追妻，重生王爷脸都不要了 Mo Beiheng, the Prince of Ruijing, was unloved by his father, lost his mother young, and was schemed against by his stepmother. Even his brothers wanted him dead. He never imagined that the beloved concubine he cherished above all would join forces with his seventh brother, who had been playing the fool, to bring about his death. After he died, his spirit wandered the capital. He saw the beloved woman he had treasured in the palm of his hand happily submitting beneath his seventh brother. He als 434Reads6.6Score10414d adds
- 160 What More Do You Want from Me? 你还要我怎样 She loved him, and he tortured her. She had secretly loved him for over ten years, but their love gradually faded away in a marriage that lasted less than two years... 115Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 161 Stop Tormenting Me, Your Majesty: Your Deposed Empress Is Your Precious Darling 皇上别虐了，废后是你的心肝宝 [Both leads are faithful to each other] She traveled a thousand miles to marry him. She gave him everything and helped him seize the throne. But once he wore the imperial robes, all she received was an edict deposing her as empress. When he viciously told her she wasn’t even worthy of dying, she saw in his icy eyes nothing but the deepest disgust and hatred. She finally understood: he had never loved her. With war raging everywhere, the army of Beichen breached the walls of Southern Shu. Dressed 2.6kReads8.3Score15314d adds
- 162 No More Fireworks Beneath the Stars 星辰下再无烟火 "Rekindled love + unrequited love + reunion after a long separation + devoted 1v1 romance + angst" After Xu Yan was abandoned by her birth mother, she became Xiang Xingchen's adoptive sister, though they shared no blood. From then on, the seeds of his secret love for her began to sprout. The back seat of his bicycle was hers alone. While she slept, he secretly asked her, “You're the girl I liked at first sight. When we grow up, will you be a good girl and marry me?” He told her she had never bee 477Reads7.3Score10314d adds
- 163 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 131Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 164 After Beating Her, the Bloodthirsty Prince Regretted It 暴打她后，嗜血王爷后悔了 For the sake of the woman he loved, he cruelly humiliated her, grinding her dignity and body beneath his heel until they were crushed to dust. He even ran a sword through her chest. As she lay near death, he curled his lips into a bewitching smile. “Let her live or die as she will. This prince doesn't care!” But when she resolutely left the prince's manor, he came to his senses. She ran, and he chased after her. “Wherever you go, this prince will go too!” She raised a knife, and he offered her h 4.5kReads8.7Score34714d adds
- 165 After His Wife Dies in a Fire With Their Child in Her Arms, Mr. Lu Goes Mad 夫人抱崽葬身火海后，陆总他疯了 [Angsty romance] + [win-her-back-at-all-costs] + [never forgive] + [no getting back together] + [obsessive] + [second male lead wins] Lu Hengnian hates Fu Xingran so much that he forces her to donate skin without anesthesia, slaps her, pushes her in front of a knife, and makes her give birth prematurely… When he has to choose between two lives at death’s door, he doesn’t hesitate to save his first love, abandoning her and their child to die. At last, he drives her to the brink. Yet through the v 1.1kReads8.5Score10114d adds
- 166 Alas, the Years Have Wasted My Love 奈何流年枉情深 “Manman, Jin Liang isn’t someone you can afford to love.” Three years ago, Xia Man ignored her father’s advice and stubbornly fell in love with Jin Liang. From then on, she flew straight into the flames, doomed to ruin. She endured humiliation and went to prison just to protect the person he held dearest. His heartlessness left her utterly despairing. After she was left battered and bruised, she stopped loving him. But he searched the ends of the earth for her, arriving before her, weary fro 551Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 167 A Heart Torn Without a Trace, an Endless Farewell 裂心无痕，终无期 She plunged a knife into her own heart and smiled with heartbreaking sadness. “If I cut out this heart that loves you, it won't hurt anymore.” Only then did Qi Liangnian understand what it meant to have your heart torn apart. It hurt so much... 390Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 168 The Illness Called Love 病名为爱 Lin Chi has cancer, and the doctor says she has only six months to live. As she grieves, Lu Shenyuan tells her he’ll give her a grand funeral. Sick with love for him, Lin Chi is willing to give him everything, even though her life is about to end. But all he gives her in return is, “Do you think you deserve me?” Whether or not they are a good match, she chooses to love him with all her heart. So when her time finally runs out, she can only forgive him for not loving her. 123Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 169 The Camellia Tree 山茶花树 “A Huai, the camellias on the mountain back home are blooming. I really wish you could go see them with me again.” “The camellias on the mountain bloom and wither, then bloom again, but the camellia in my heart will never fade.” 89Reads—Score—14d adds
- 170 After Torturing His Wife to Death, Young Master Chu Went Mad with Murderous Rage 虐死夫人后，楚少杀疯了 [Angsty romance + devoted couple + groveling for forgiveness + reborn]“I’m pregnant…” “Get rid of it!” Lu Yining thought she was marrying into happiness, but it turned out to be hell. One misunderstanding after another drove her into a corner. At last, she abandoned everything and left! When the conspiracy came to light, Chu Chenghao regretted everything. “I’ll make up for all the suffering you endured! I’ll protect you for the rest of your life!” Her gaze was icy. “Get lost!” This is the story 405Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 171 Dark Night Emperor 暗夜帝君 The Dark Night Emperor 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 172 Chi Changqiu 池长秋 Two men, tragic ending A story about two people who love each other but refuse to love each other, only to love each other forever in the end. Tonight, the wind howls and the rain pours. There is no moonlight. A little flower by the roadside bends beneath the gale meant for it, its stem snapping as it is buried in the world around it. When it was born, it was colorful and bright. Then its edges were worn away, its values twisted, and its soul destroyed, along with its flesh and bones. 47Reads—Score—14d adds
- 173 Little Mermaid, Be Good: Professor Fu’s Overwhelming Love 小人鱼乖乖，傅教授的强势宠爱 [Innocent, naive little mermaid × research scientist who uses her] [Both are each other’s one and only / angst / wife-chasing / tragic ending in the main story, happy ending in the bonus chapters / All technical details are fictional. Do not mistake them for reality!] Jia Qian, from the depths of the sea, believes she has found true love. She willingly sacrifices her pearl and enters into a mate contract with a human. She looks forward to the birth of their child and to a future with Fu Yanchen. 571Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 174 You Are the Only Light in My Life 你是我生命里唯一的光 You are the only light in my life 37Reads5.1Score—14d adds
- 175 A Youth Wasted 虚度一个青春 Wasting Away a Youth 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 176 Three Years as a Live-In Son-in-Law, Today I Lay Down My Armor and Return to the Sect 三年赘婿，今日卸甲归宗 Three Years as a Live-In Son-in-Law, Today I Lay Down My Armor and Return to the Sect 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 177 Calm Down, Dao Lord! I Forced the Wrong Person 道君息怒，我强制错人了 Jiang Lang was sickly from childhood. After he kicked the bucket, he got a chance to come back to life, on the condition that he transmigrate to a cultivation world and win over an aloof beauty. But just after he arrived, his busted System crashed. To hang on to his chance at resurrection, Jiang Lang relied on his own efforts and finally found his target! Shen Chuxue, a Dao Lord of Mount Shu, is as bright and clear as the moon. He is an utterly untouchable beauty. To save his life, Jiang Lang de 3.5kReads8.7Score67614d adds
- 178 Love Is Colder Than Death 爱比死更冷 Her father ruined his family for the sake of profit. Years later, he returned for revenge, and she was sold to him to pay off the debt. She thought he hated her to the core, never knowing he loved her with all his heart. When their child died in an accident, she lost the only reason she had to keep living. Like a fluttering butterfly, she leapt into the abyss. “Li Wenyi, do you like... this... ending...?” 442Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 179 After Driving His Wife to Her Death, the Cold CEO Went Mad 虐死夫人后冷少疯批了 [Angsty romance + physical and emotional torment + devoted to each other + possessive love + forced love + a groveling pursuit after the wife] Wu Ying and Leng Hanchuan had been in love for three years. To the world, they were a perfect couple, and he had once said he loved her more than life itself. But the day after their engagement, he threw his “life” into an insane asylum. Leng Hanchuan said, “A life for a life. From now on, you’ll spend every second regretting what you’ve done.” In the 772Reads8.4Score10314d adds
- 180 Forget Longing, Forget You 忘了相思忘了你 Qian Rong's love for Jin Hengbei is a conviction that even illness cannot destroy. 112Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 181 My Girlfriend Is Intersex 我的女友是雌雄同体 My Girlfriend Is Intersex —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 182 Red Roses in December 十二月的红玫瑰 (Dual male leads, angsty 1v1 romance, both devoted only to each other, bad ending, power couple, mutual salvation, pure love with plenty of heartbreak.) My dear Mr. Mo: I’m sorry. In the end, I failed to keep my promise to you and became a coward who fled this world. If you can forgive my selfishness and weakness, then when spring returns next year, please leave a bouquet of red roses at my grave. Choose the most beautiful one in the flower shop. I think I’ll be able to smell its fragrance. [Nei 70Reads8.6Score1214d adds
- 183 The Wolf and the Tuberose 狼与荼蘼 There's a scam in this world called Shen Muyan loving Su Qianyang. When the deception is exposed, he gradually closes in on her, baring his vicious fangs. His voice is gentle yet cruel. “A Yang, do you know a wolf's nature? Once its loyalty has been killed, all that remains is hatred!” When a wolf turns back, it's either to repay a kindness or to take revenge! Shen Muyan says he will repay Su Qianyang a hundredfold for the trap she laid for him! So he tortures her until she is utterly broken. * 416Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 184 Lovers’ Grudge: What Am I to You? 鸳鸯恨：与卿何欢 On their wedding night, he drove his sword through her chest. She gave a bitter smile. “Are you satisfied with this strike, Your Highness?” Within the confines of the deep palace compound, she schemes desperately to escape him, but he clips her wings and imprisons her body and soul. He forces a bowl of abortifacient down her throat, and her heart finally turns to ashes. At the Cliff of Despair, her white robes flutter as she leaps into the abyss. The wind carries away his heart-wrenching cries. 3.3kReads8.6Score32614d adds
- 185 Moonlight Stirs the Swan’s Grace 明月别枝惊鸿 [Historical romance + angsty love + winning back his wife after driving her away] Princess Anping Murong Huaiyue of Prince Yuan's residence was spoiled and willful from childhood. In her seventeen years, no one had ever dared defy her, until General of the Cavalry Yin Huai'an appeared. Murong Huaiyue fell in love with Yin Huai'an at first sight and took the initiative to confess her feelings. But Yin Huai'an didn't return them. To humiliate her, he even married her friend Qiu Yueming. Having 2kReads5.8Score10114d adds
- 186 I Spent 100,000 on My Girlfriend, and She Went to School as a Study Companion 我给女友花了十万，她去学校做伴读 I Spent 100,000 on My Girlfriend, and She Became a School Companion Reader 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 187 Loving You Is a Fool’s Dream 爱你是人间妄想 Mu Guicheng hated Shen Qing. At the height of his hatred, he wanted to cut her into a thousand pieces and reduce her bones to ashes. But later, when she turned to ash before his eyes, he would rather have his soul annihilated and suffer eternal ruin if only he could keep a wisp of hers… Shen Qing loved Mu Guicheng. She always thought he was her light, her faith, until the day she died and understood that, to her, he had always been nothing but hell. The man who gave her a ray of light in the end 382Reads7.4Score10614d adds
- 188 On Her Wedding Day, the Ruthless Prince of Zhennan Takes Her by Force 大婚当日，被疯批镇南王强取豪夺 [Completed!] The official ending is a tragic one! The bonus chapters have a happy ending! [Delicate, Stunning General's Legitimate Daughter + Mad, Obsessive Prince of a Different Surname] [Angst + Physical and Emotional Torture + Taking Her by Force + Both Untouched + Regretting Losing His Wife] Guan Wanwan, the legitimate daughter of General Guan, was once betrothed to Xiao Linzhi. At the time, he was a mere soldier under General Guan. The two promised that once he earned military honors, he wo 526Reads6.5Score10614d adds
- 189 After My Ex-Wife Left With Nothing, She Forced Me to Divide Our Assets Again and Wanted Me to Raise Another Man’s Child 前妻净身出户后，逼我重分财产，还想让我养别人的孩子 After my ex-wife walked away with nothing, she forced me to divide our assets again and even wanted me to raise someone else's child. 302Reads—Score614d adds
- 190 He Sent Her to the Crown Prince, Then Regretted It and Took Her Back by Force 亲手将她送太子，王爷后悔强夺回 Main story complete! Extras complete! The second male lead takes the crown in the main story! The extras offer a happy ending for some readers! [Angst + physical and emotional torment + possessive abduction + forced love + not mutually chaste] Sold to a brothel by her sister-in-law, Chu Niaoniao became the chosen plaything of Ji Xunzhi. He hired renowned masters to teach her music, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, and literature, and forced her to master dance and seduction. Yet he took eve 1.9kReads8.2Score12314d adds
- 191 After My White Moonlight Went to Prison, the CEO Made Me Pay With My Life 白月光入狱后，总裁让我拿命赔 After a car accident, Yan Yi’an testifies in court, sending the woman Zhou Xizhi treasures most to prison. In a single night, Yan Yi’an falls from heaven into hell. Fangcheng loses its dazzling movie star, and Imperial City No. 1 gains a lowly bar hostess. Zhou Xizhi keeps her locked by his side and torments her without end, all to make her atone... She tries to escape again and again, but never gets out of his grasp. Like a demon at her side, he warns her, “If you try to run again, I’ll break y 597Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 192 My Wife Had Twin Boys, but Only One Is Mine 老婆生了一对双胞胎儿子，但只有一个是我的 My wife gave birth to twin boys, but only one of them is mine. 41Reads—Score—14d adds
- 193 The Realm Is Yours, I Return to My Homeland 江山归你，我归故国 Synopsis: [Love at first sight + love unrequited + possessive forced marriage + tragic beauty + devoted to one another, both leads are sexually inexperienced] She is a beloved and honored princess, and he is a mighty general with countless victories to his name. She thought their lives would never cross, but after one breathtaking glimpse, he falls for her at first sight and uses his military power to force her to marry him. As a princess of the realm, she knows she has no freedom to choose whom 226Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 194 On the Day I Left the Brothel to Marry, the Emperor Seized Me and Made Me His Empress 青楼出嫁当天，皇帝抢我入宫为后 [Possessive Pursuit, Sweet and Exclusive Love, Devoted Husband, Both Leads Faithful, Rewind System, Groveling Redemption, Emperor Steals His Minister’s Wife] [Bewitchingly beautiful, irresistible heroine vs. workaholic, possessive emperor] Also known as: [Pregnant Consort Jumps from the Palace Tower, Possessive Emperor Breaks Down] Rong Hua’s life after transmigrating to ancient times was one twist after another. Her stepmother sold her to a brothel as soon as she arrived. After three years of h 540Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 195 Mr. Lu, Stop Hurting Her. Your Wife Is Getting Married 陆总别虐了，夫人要嫁人了 “Shen Muqing, if you want the title of Mrs. Lu, it's yours. I don't care. But if you want my heart...” “Maybe in your next life.” Throughout her three-year marriage to Lu Jingshen, Shen Muqing kept giving in, kept getting hurt, and kept loving him. Lu Jingshen thought he had never loved Shen Muqing. Lu Jingshen thought Shen Muqing loved him so much that she could never bear to leave. Lu Jingshen didn't know that at the end of humility comes acceptance. No matter how deep the love, it will eventu 332Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 196 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 282Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 197 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, 587Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 198 The Rest of My Life Is You 余生皆是你 It wasn’t until the moment she was shoved in front of a bullet meant for the woman he loved that Yan Xi finally believed she truly meant nothing to him… She had risked everything and given him all she had, but all he gave her in return was endless pain. He used her as a human shield for that woman and trampled all over her feelings. He even used her, pregnant with his child, to trade for his kidnapped fiancée. As she hung beneath the blazing sun, waiting for the organization to execute her, he w 270Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 199 Waiting for Wind and Rain, But Never for You 等风等雨，等不到你 Xu Zhengxi believed that as long as she held on, love and marriage would eventually lead her to brighter days. She gave up studying abroad, threw away her future, and abandoned her dreams, all to be the person he could confide in. He called her cruel and coldhearted. She once smiled and replied, “Because I love you.” Later, when her life hung by a thread, he remained as indifferent as ever. She took off her ring and returned it to him, smiling faintly. “Let’s get divorced.” She had compassio 312Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 200 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. 505Reads6.1Score—14d adds
