Novels like The Wife at Thirty
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Wife at Thirty, best match first.
- 151 Husband and Wife at the Factory 工厂里的夫妻 Chen Yishan’s husband, Sun Hai, was good for nothing, leaving her to shoulder the entire financial burden of the family. To improve their circumstances, she decided to leave her six-year-old son, Sun Dabao, in the care of her parents-in-law, then go to Guangdong with her cousin to work in a factory. 7.8kReads9.1Score52514d adds
- 152 My Aunt Is Eighteen Years Older Than Me 阿姨比我大了十八岁 [This is an everyday romance between a male protagonist and an older woman. There’s a significant age gap, so please don’t read if that’s not your thing.] That year, we both got into university. I was eighteen, and so were you. A sudden car accident separated us forever. When I was reborn, you were still waiting. You are mature and steady, elegant and beautiful. 1.9kReads9.0Score26114d adds
- 153 My Sister-in-Law Turned Sickly Obsessed, So I Took Shelter at My Beautiful Aunt's Home 嫂子竟成病娇，我去美姨家避风头 [Yandere] [System] [The Heroine's Regretful Pursuit] You've seen a simp, right? If simping for one person makes you a simp, what about simping for three? Well, Gu Yanzhi is exactly that kind of guy. For three years, he's been simping for three people at once, and every one of them has an extraordinary background… Click in and witness Gu Yanzhi's glorious journey. 4.8kReads8.6Score36914d adds
- 154 I Brought a Billion Home and Now I'm Lying Flat 我带着十个亿，回老家躺平了 At twenty-eight, Lin Chen hits rock bottom in a single day. His company lays him off, his girlfriend of three years dumps him for being broke, then turns around and gets into a rich second-generation heir’s BMW. Even his landlord throws his belongings out of the rental apartment in the middle of the night. Just as he’s at the end of his rope, a bank text suddenly pops up: [1,000,000,000.00 yuan has been deposited into your account] To hell with 996! To hell with buying a house or a car! Lin Chen 83.4kReads6.4Score2.4k14d adds
- 155 A Happy Country Life 幸福的乡村 [Comedy + lighthearted + feel-good power fantasy + urban + rural] He Huan returns in triumph, leaves the special organization, and goes back to his village. He keeps a low profile and settles down to an ordinary, peaceful life! He helps the disadvantaged and works with the villagers to build prosperity! But what he doesn't expect is that a crisis is about to come crashing down on him! 6.5kReads8.7Score51114d adds
- 156 A Down-and-Out Life: Chen Chu Rises 落魄人生之陈楚崛起 [Moral Ambiguity + Goddess Collector + Forest Lumberjack + Peerless Divine Arts + Making Money Through Deception + Hundred-Billion Business Empire + Alternate Dimensions + Parallel Universes + Time Travel + Mysterious Alien Planet + The Extravagant Second District of the Human World + Mysterious Underground Third District + Comedy + Laying Low to Grow Strong] Inside the ring's spatial realm, he accidentally discovers alternate dimensions, parallel universes, time travel, and a mysterious alien p 1.1kReads8.0Score—14d adds
- 157 Everyday Life in the City: A Rich Heir in Beijing 都市日常：富二代在京城 "Love in the Mortal World: My Wild Wife in the Capital" My name is Tang Feng. I used to be a combat sports athlete and achieved some impressive results. After retiring, I started a new life. I came to the capital to experience life, embarking on a winding, realistic, and thrilling journey. From the start, I shared a rental apartment. The landlady would later become my wife. She was beautiful and wild. 2kReads8.7Score14314d adds
- 158 A Lifetime of Humiliation, All for the Day of Reckoning 半生忍辱只等清算时刻 As a child, he lost his mother, who called him a good-for-nothing, and his father, who was useless alive. He barely survived the beatings and abuse from his stepfather and the others. Later, he discovered that his father hadn't actually died by suicide. He endured countless humiliations, and over 37 years, through patience and cunning, rose from an insignificant nobody to a wealthy power broker. He pulled off a breathtaking comeback! He spent half his life enduring humiliation, not just to survi 32Reads—Score—14d adds
- 159 The Widow Boss's Heart 寡妇老板娘的心思 My new work is here! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support gives me the motivation to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 582Reads—Score—14d adds
- 160 Those Years Working in Lingnan 岭南打工那些年 This work is a realistic urban novel based on my own experience of heading south to Guangdong for work in the late 1980s. It might be more accurate to call it a memoir of migrant work than a novel. The characters are all based on my colleagues, fellow villagers, and friends I knew well! I chose to write in the first person so that everyone in these pages would feel vivid and real, with a soul of their own. I hope readers will find the voice warm and familiar as they read or listen in their spare 18.7kReads9.3Score1.7k14d adds
- 161 Suzhou, Who Did You Give Your Tenderness To? 苏州，你的温柔给了谁 If not for that company-mandated health checkup, perhaps I would have married her! But it was precisely because of that checkup arranged by the company that I chose to break up with her! 789Reads8.2Score10914d adds
- 162 A Few Jokes 笑话数则 A collection of jokes 132Reads—Score1414d adds
- 163 I'll Wait for You Amid Wine, Women, and Moonlit Nights 我在风花雪月中等你 After a night of partying, he accidentally answered the campus belle's call, and she latched onto him as her boyfriend... Just then, his ex-girlfriend, who had been abroad for years, came looking for him again in a Maybach... And that's not all. The professional female gamer who dominates onstage turns out to be a socially anxious introvert in private, and she's even willing to give up her career for me... The editor who knows me best actually suggested that we elope together... What should I do 748Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 164 I Got a Marriage License with the Cold, Aloof Teacher, and the Whole School Was Shocked 和高冷女教师领证，全校都惊了 [Daily Sign-In] + [Stunning Professor] + [Feel-Good Story] + [Everyday Life] + [Romance] An accident at his graduation ceremony brings Lu Fan together with a peerlessly beautiful professor. They get married, and he unexpectedly gets a sign-in System, setting him on the path to the pinnacle of life! “Ding! Host signed in at the wallet and received a massive 3-million-yuan family business start-up fund!” “Ding! Host signed in on his wife and received 36 Ways to Easily Handle Bai Fengyi!!” 4kReads8.5Score32214d adds
- 165 Reborn: You Keep Grinding, I'll Take It Easy 重生：你们卷，我躺赢 Period setting + no System + one female lead + chips + lithography machines + smartphones + Bitcoin + new energy vehicles + game development + esports + internet + AI + data services + real estate + business warfare + face-slapping Reborn in 2008, he had only a few hundred yuan in his pocket. That year, Bitcoin was still worth less than a cent, Jensen Huang was still selling graphics cards, no one knew what AI was, the mobile gaming market was a blue ocean, the golden decade for real estate had 682Reads7.0Score22014d adds
- 166 A Motherless Child, Cared for by His Sister-in-Law 没妈的孩子，嫂子疼 [Period drama + No System or storage space] After my adoptive parents died in a car accident, my older brother Zhang Dakui and I depended on each other. Ever since Dakui brought my sister-in-law Liu Chunmei home, our lives changed. And so did my life... 98Reads6.2Score11214d adds
- 167 After Losing My Job, I Took Odd Jobs in Xiaoqi 失业后，在小气打零工 His wife betrays him, and his career hits a dead end. Ye Feng becomes a part-time massage therapist. After his first client arrives, Ye Feng's life takes a strange and unpredictable turn. There is no System in this book...! 8.2kReads6.8Score49814d adds
- 168 My Man Cheated with My Best Friend, and Now He’s Desperate to Win Me Back 男人出轨闺蜜，我转身他追疯了 My Man Cheated with My Best Friend. I Walked Away, and Now He’s Desperate to Get Me Back 329Reads—Score414d adds
- 169 Skewers Are All Delicious, Book 19 串串都很香第19本书 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 246Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 170 Married the Wrong White Moonlight, Now Worth Hundreds of Billions and Reunited with My Childhood Sweetheart 错娶白月光，坐拥千亿遇青梅 [No System + Not Reborn + Multiple Heroines + She Chases Him + Lighthearted Comedy + Sweet and Angsty] For the sake of an unattainable dream girl, Zhao Chang’an cruelly turned down his devoted childhood sweetheart. He spent his entire fortune marrying his dream girl, only to be repaid with a heartless betrayal. After hitting rock bottom, Zhao Chang’an fought his way up, eventually gaining control of hundreds of billions in capital and becoming the power behind a top conglomerate. On the day he r 27Reads—Score514d adds
- 171 Divorcing with Terminal Cancer 癌症晚期离婚 [Everyday life + heartwarming + despair + one heroine + moving + relentless misfortune + no System + mother-daughter conflict + villains growing old + standing up to everyone + siblings + food lovers] Originally titled My Wife Divorced Me When I Had Terminal Cancer, Then My Mother-in-Law Knocked at Midnight Programmer Chen Xun often worked overtime and smoked. He developed terminal lung cancer, with only six months left to live. Not wanting to burden anyone, Chen Xun chose to divorce his wife an 19kReads9.1Score1.6k14d adds
- 172 Kisses on a Beijing Night 京夜有吻 The rating was just posted, so don't worry about it! [Unrequited Love | Mutual Pining After Reunion | Powerful Family Background] Xiao Ning had received praise her whole life. She came from a good family, did well in school, had a successful career, and had the face of everyone's first love. With her parents' protection and support, as well as her own hard work, she rose higher and higher, with nothing but smooth sailing ahead. The one place she hit a wall was marriage, which plunged her into de 11.3kReads8.9Score1k14d adds
- 173 Among the Mountains 山野间 [Countryside + Miracle Doctor + Farming + Getting Rich] Baichuan Village was nestled between beautiful mountains and clear waters. Yet all the men from its poor mountain valley had gone away to work. Those left behind were either lazy or wicked, along with one big fool: Li Dazhu. By a twist of fate, the simple-minded Li Dazhu was bitten by a strange snake and swallowed a fire toad. He suddenly came to his senses and, on top of that, unexpectedly obtained an ancient book. Once a fool who had live 7.2kReads9.2Score86614d adds
- 174 Tokyo: After the Madam Apologized, My Boarding Life Began 东京：太太道歉后，寄宿生活开始 My new work is out! You can find 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! 881Reads6.1Score10214d adds
- 175 My Stories of Macau's Stormy Underworld 我的澳门风云故事 Once you've been to Macau, it's yours for life! What kind of city is A-Ma-Gau? Why are so many people obsessed with it? What kind of tumultuous life awaits a naive young woman who ventures into Macau alone? Here, stories unfold every day, and miracles happen every day. In these most authentic stories, you'll see human nature at its rawest, the most insatiable desires, and the cheapest emotions. Welcome to my life in Macau. 26kReads8.9Score1.7k14d adds
- 176 Tales of a Con Artist 老千故事 Su Qing challenges the legendary gambler Mei Luo, hoping to avoid falling into someone else's trap. But her actions lead to her father's tragic death, and Su Qing herself is left in grave danger. After repeatedly risking her life, she sees the good and evil, and the injustices, in the world. To survive and avenge her father, Su Qing pushes herself to the limit again and again, ultimately escaping death by a hair. 151Reads—Score1214d adds
- 177 The Dragon Rules the Four Seas 龙御四海 This book is also known as Dragon Ruling the Four Seas. High-octane wish fulfillment, the return of a powerhouse, and a hot-blooded miracle doctor. After three years of being treated like a doormat, my sister-in-law tricked me into going to her room... Chu Yang spent three years as a live-in son-in-law, only to be divorced and humiliated by his ex-wife, thrown out of her home, and beaten so badly he ended up hospitalized. But then he unexpectedly awakened the Dragon Gate legacy passed down by hi 619Reads8.9Score14914d adds
- 178 Huo Lan Dao Feng’s 67th Book 火岚刀锋第67本书 A new work is here! You can read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy them. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 8Reads—Score1514d adds
- 179 My Novel Is Also My Third Book 我的小说也的第3本书 2kReads7.4Score28314d adds
- 180 The Pretty Widow of Peach Blossom Creek, Loved by a Young Man 桃花溪的俏寡妇，小年轻爱上她 The night twenty-two-year-old Li Yuchuan returned to his village, he stumbled upon a woman bathing by Peach Blossom Creek. In the moonlight, her skin glowed white. Water slid from her collarbone to the small of her back. She tipped her head back to toss her hair, then flicked out her tongue to lick a drop of water from the corner of her mouth. That one little movement nearly made his soul fly away. Later, he learned she was the “jinx” everyone in the village talked about. Jiang Yuwei. Thirty-fiv 3kReads—Score17114d adds
- 181 Carefree in the Workplace 职场逍遥 His career is going nowhere, his wife has betrayed him, and his family is in trouble. As Li Henshui, whose past is shrouded in mystery, faces the darkest moment of his life, see how an ordinary man turns the tables, thrives at work, and finds love by his side. 1.8kReads9.3Score37514d adds
- 182 The First Book by Blood Rose Shy 血色玫瑰shy的第一本书 [Tokyo apocalypse + more children, more blessings + a huge cast of female characters + ruthless decisiveness + mythology descends + putting profit first] Jiang Chen is a Chinese student studying in Japan, but the campus belle's pranks always leave him in a state of utter chaos... He never imagined the apocalypse would arrive without warning... 1.3kReads6.7Score17814d adds
- 183 I Became a Billionaire, but They Sent Me to a Mental Hospital 成了亿万富翁，我却被送进精神病 In the early 1980s, Dugu Feng's father lost his iron rice bowl, and the family was so poor they could barely put food on the table. With no other choice, Dugu Feng gritted his teeth and took his whole family out to do backbreaking labor, starting by taking on the small construction jobs no one else wanted from contractors. He was an honest man who never cut corners, and his work was excellent. Little by little, he made a name for himself in the trade. From a small-time contractor to founding a 253Reads7.7Score12414d adds
- 184 No Lamps, No Moon, So What? 无灯无月又何妨 If two hearts understand each other, what need have they for lamps or moonlight? If one day we’re caught in the same snow, then we’ll have shared a lifetime of gray hair. Even if we lived together in perfect harmony, there would still be regrets! May you weather every storm and still keep the light in your eyes, never straying from your original purpose. 35Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 185 After My Wife Died, My Life Soared Against the Odds 老婆去世后，我的人生逆风飞扬 My name is Shu Shuang. Shu as in “comfortable,” and Shuang as in “refreshing.” I was twelve when both my parents died, and Cheng Yexiang raised me. When I was twenty-one, Cheng Yexiang’s eldest daughter, Cheng Ke, who was the same age as me, married me. After Cheng Ke and I got married, we opened a small shop in the city called Keshuang Supermarket. Three months later, she died in a tragic car accident. I felt as though the sky had fallen. Life no longer seemed worth living. Cheng Yexiang had lo 12.5kReads8.8Score1.1k14d adds
- 186 My Sister-in-Law's Youth 嫂子的青春 Su Pingping had a happy, loving family, but after her husband died, everything changed dramatically. Having endured the hardships of life and the confusion of love, her attitude toward romance gradually... 4.4kReads6.4Score34914d adds
- 187 My Urban Soulmate 都市之我的红颜知己 What nobody knew was that the younger aunt was actually the eldest daughter of the Lin family of Yanjing, one of the most powerful families. Back then, Lin Xiaoxiao's mother, Shangguan Xi, the eldest daughter of the Shangguan family, and Su Buwei's mother, Murong Xue, had been the closest of friends at university… 193Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 188 Chen Wei, Village Doctor 乡村神医陈伟 [Countryside + Miracle Doctor + Urban Cultivation + Farming] Chen Wei was beaten into an idiot while in college and returned to his village in despair. He relied entirely on the care of his neighbor’s sister-in-law, until he unexpectedly obtained an immortal inheritance. From then on, he healed the sick and saved lives, farmed and raised livestock, and founded a company, steadily climbing to the pinnacle of life. 1.7kReads7.5Score18214d adds
- 189 An Unforgettable Romance at the Factory 工厂里的难忘爱情 Xu Bo heads to the city to find work, where he meets a girl from a neighboring village. They travel to the city together and find jobs. At the factory, the female boss takes a liking to him, and from then on, good fortune keeps coming his way. He rises from a workshop worker to workshop supervisor, and eventually is forced to start his own factory. His life becomes anything but ordinary. This is a story that feels grounded in real life, with sorrow and joy, laughter and tears. The plot never dra 44kReads9.0Score2.2k14d adds
- 190 Restless Youth: My 18 Online Girlfriends 躁动青春，我的18个女网友 Youth is a time of passion and endless possibilities. Every heroine has a colorful story to tell! A female boss who is hesitant yet brave, a bold but helpless female colleague, a mysterious and caring older woman… 3kReads6.9Score22414d adds
- 191 After Holding My Big Sister-in-Law, Are You Going to Start Building a Crime Empire? 抱着大嫂后，你要开始黑道发家？ 3.8kReads8.3Score31714d adds
- 192 Li Dazhuang, the Miracle Doctor of the Village 妙手村医李大壮 [Countryside + Miracle Doctor] Mogutun is nestled between mountains and water, with beautiful scenery and clear streams. All the village’s young men have gone away to work, leaving only the fool Li Dazhuang behind in this remote mountain village... 3.6kReads8.7Score38114d adds
- 193 My 23-Year-Old Northeastern Chinese CEO 我的23岁东北女总裁 Multiple heroines, wish fulfillment. A true top-tier hunter always appears to be the prey. Who’s the real prey? After his girlfriend cheats on him, he plans to get revenge on the rival who stole both his patent and his girlfriend. His target is Su Qing, a university professor. But the professor turns the tables and “gets revenge” on him instead. His phone rings. It’s the woman who treated him like a pawn and sacrificed him at the negotiating table just that afternoon, Lin Zhixia. “Come work with 10.8kReads8.5Score86414d adds
- 194 The Awakening of a Middle-Aged Woman 一个中年女人的觉醒 [Family of Origin vs. the Fortress of Marriage] Chen Qingchen, an only child, is madly in love. She steals her household register and marries Lin Jiaxin, a man from a poor family who has made it on his own, unaware of what awaits her: a sharp-tongued mother-in-law who makes her life difficult, her father’s sudden death, her mother being forced out of the home, and underhanded attacks at work. When she hits rock bottom, two women become her lifelines. Her tough mother stands firmly behind her, wh 7.8kReads8.5Score75014d adds
- 195 The Peril of a Beautiful Wife 艳妻劫 Zhang Qi ran an ordinary medical clinic. His life was simple but happy, thanks to his captivating wife. That is, until he noticed that she seemed to have some unusual male friends on the side. When he confronted her, she flatly denied it and threw her weight around. Even his own parents questioned his unreasonable behavior. At forty, he found himself lost, wondering how to face his life and marriage. Should he fight back, or get to the bottom of the truth… 41.9kReads7.8Score2.4k14d adds
- 196 Su Goudan’s Incredible Life 苏狗蛋的妖孽人生 Multiple heroines + cultivation + ruthless action + steamrolling every obstacle + modern city transforms into an ancient-style world + ruling for all eternity, with no angst and no goody-two-shoes nonsense!!! After the foolish Su Junlin, also known as Su Goudan, unexpectedly awakens, he begins cultivating immortality. With the one he loves by his side, he cuts a bloody swath through the Myriad Worlds, killing gods when he meets them and destroying Buddhas when he sees them… 3.6kReads8.5Score44914d adds
- 197 My Stunning Boss 我的绝色女老板 A new work is here! You can read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy them. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 3.9kReads8.6Score53314d adds
- 198 The Bride's Secret Identity Can No Longer Stay Hidden 替嫁新娘的马甲偷偷藏不住 [Underdog comeback + adored by everyone + domineering CEO + married first, fall in love later + livestreaming + secret identities] [Pure-hearted beauty with both brains and looks VS a cold yet devoted domineering CEO] As an adopted daughter, she was forced by her mother and elder sister to marry into the Huo family as a stand-in bride. A lonely orphan with no one to rely on and a comatose man who’d suffered a terrible accident: they really were a perfect match! But she never expected that... Aft 1.2kReads9.2Score34014d adds
- 199 I Only Wanted to Build a Million-Dollar Business, but My Wife’s Affair Made Me a Billionaire CEO 我本只想做个千万老板，老婆出轨让我变成亿万总裁 All I wanted was to become a millionaire, but my wife’s affair turned me into a billionaire CEO. 45Reads—Score—14d adds
- 200 Chaos! Utter Chaos! The More Chaos, the Better! 乱！都乱！乱点好啊！ [A wild, passionate power fantasy for adult readers] Chu Tian finally scraped together enough for the bride price and prepared to get married, never dreaming that it was all a scheme. The so-called marriage was nothing more than a plot to get their hands on his bride price. Through a twist of fate, Chu Tian acquired the Disease-Devouring System. When a beautiful CEO learned that Chu Tian possessed peerless medical skills, she publicly confessed her love for him at the hospital, becoming his stea 22kReads7.6Score1.8k14d adds
