Novels like An Illustrated Guide to Love
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- 1 Keep Climbing, Ge Muzi! 向上吧，葛木子！ “Ge Muzi, sales is all about performance. If you want a say, beat the top seller. Do you have the guts?” “Kid, you're still too green! Nobody will negotiate a group purchase with you unless you offer at least a ten percent discount.” “You're just a rookie, and you think you can talk big and take me down? Must've eaten too many monkey head mushrooms!” “Muzi, give it up. I really don't see a future for you at this company. You've got no chance!” Are newcomers born to be looked down on and dismiss 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Miss Qin, You Have to Take Responsibility for Me 秦小姐，你要对我负责 After her younger boyfriend cheats on her, Qin Yue, a hopeless romantic, turns around and has a one-night stand, giving her first time to a strange man. After more than thirty years of abstinence, Liang Jingzhi finally gets a taste of the good life, only to wake up and find that the woman has vanished without a trace. When they meet again, he’s her superior and she’s his subordinate. Everyone calls her a player, while they think he hates women. How will the wheels of fate begin to turn? Content 26Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 My Wife Says I’m No Match for Her Male Assistant. I’ll Make Sure She Can Never Reach Me 老婆嫌我不如她的男助理，我让她高攀不起 My wife said I couldn't compare to her male assistant, so I made myself someone she could never hope to reach. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 A Female Coworker Falsely Accused Me of Secretly Filming Her and Forced Me to Kneel 女同事诬陷我偷拍逼我下跪 A female coworker falsely accused me of secretly photographing her and forced me to kneel. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 A Laid-Back Spinster Reincarnates as Everyone's Favorite 佛系剩女魂穿成香饽饽 In her previous life, she was an ordinary thirty-year-old single woman. A homebody with a laid-back attitude, she had no experience with romance. Then, for no apparent reason, her soul ended up in a beautiful girl's body. At first, she planned to keep living as laid-back as she had in her previous life. But her school wouldn't let her stay under the radar. Though she'd never even played basketball, she was picked for the team. The campus heartthrob everyone adored put her through brutal training —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 They Stole My Proposal and Fired Me? I Took Control of the Group Instead 被抢方案开除？我反手掌控集团 They Stole My Proposal and Fired Me? I Took Control of the Group Instead 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 My Fully Paid-Off Premarital Home Became My In-Laws’ Free Hotel 我婚前全款房，成了婆家免费旅馆 The House I Bought Outright Before Marriage Became My In-Laws’ Free Hotel —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 My Performance Review Is Livestreamed to the Entire Internet 我的绩效面谈是全网直播 My performance review was livestreamed across the internet 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 The Bank Gave Me an Extra 900,000 Yuan and Said, 'Once You Leave the Counter, It's Not Our Problem' 银行多给我90万，说离柜概不负责 The Bank Gave Me an Extra 900,000 Yuan and Said, “Once You Leave the Counter, It’s Not Our Responsibility” 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 I Wished for My Smiling-Tiger Coworker to Tell Only the Truth, Then Personally Ruined My Husband’s Career 许愿让笑面虎同事只说真话后，我亲手毁掉了老公的前程 After I wished for my smiling-tiger coworker to tell only the truth, I personally ruined my husband's career. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 The Distance Between Our Hearts 爱的行距 Gu Yunlan joins Jiushi Group as a novel editor in the Original Content Department. With no foothold in the company, she faces a tangled internal situation. She wants neither to pick sides nor to offend the three vice presidents, but her refusal to choose still earns her enemies. As she becomes someone the others wary of, she meets Fang Hao, the content director of the Original Content Department. Both are passionate and stubborn, and neither wants to get dragged into internal battles. They just 1.3kReads9.3Score—Shelves
- 12 The Tenderness of My Natural Enemy 天敌的温柔 Jiang Zhuxi is a rising star in the workplace. She believes in hard work and playing by the rules. To survive in a complex professional world, she relies on her expertise and resilience. Even if you’re her senior, if you break the rules or exploit loopholes, she’ll deal with you swiftly and without mercy. Zhang Min’er, a self-made founder, is different. She rose to success in business through tact and ruthlessness. You could call her an old witch to her face, but if you can be of use to her, she 25Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 I'm a Female Programmer 我是程序媛 Yuan Chunxiao loves programming and is determined to become the best programmer in China. But the world of code ultimately belongs to men. She stumbles her way into the workplace, facing suspicion, betrayal, and having her work credited to others. Even after repeated disappointments, she never loses sight of her original dream. In the end, she grows into an accomplished professional woman and finds a love that is her equal. 121Reads9.2Score—Shelves
- 14 Good Things Are Coming, Miss Lin 好事降林小姐 Lin Long is a minor employee at an auction house. Though she has dreams, she's afraid to pursue them. A delivery errand brings her into contact with the general manager, Lu Haiyi, and leaves a deep impression on him. When they meet again, Lu Haiyi sees the courage and talent hidden behind Lin Long's impulsiveness, and handpicks her for the autumn auction acquisition team. The opportunity helps Lin Long see the direction her career should take. Lin Long's work acquiring pieces for auction is abou 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Evening Breeze over Cang Harbor: Professor Fang Doesn’t Charge for Field Research 沧港晚风：方老师不收调研费 [Clearheaded, levelheaded teacher × emotionally intelligent hotel executive] The thing Fang Nian regrets most in her life is fleeing back to her hometown and asking her best friend to pass just four words to Qin Yu: "Let him go." She thought she would never see him again. When she travels to Southeast Asia to pursue a promotion, Fang Nian discovers that the project's sole point of contact is Qin Yu, the general manager overseeing the hotel's construction. She keeps things strictly professional. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Legend of Good Deeds: The Sage’s Wealth-Building Code 善行传奇：贤者的财富密码 No System, no awakening, no superpowers. A series of small stories paints a picture of life in all its variety, showing that true happiness comes from helping others and staying true to your values. By treating people well, Xianyu finds one opportunity after another. Fresh out of high school, he relies entirely on his own hard work and perseverance, taking things one step at a time until he becomes a Korean millionaire. The plot moves quickly. It can be an inspirational story, a satisfying power —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Goodnight, Mr. Fei 吻安，我的费先生 Ren Jia'er always thought of herself as a modern woman who put her career above love, until she met Fei Lingnan. Fei Lingnan despised office romances. He thought anyone who looked for love at work had a pig for a brain, until Ren Jia'er came along. “My boss says I seduced his best manager and told me to quit,” Ren Jia'er said, feeling wronged. “Um... why do I feel like I'm the one who seduced you?” Fei Lingnan replied with a smug grin. “I've seen shameless people, but never anyone as shameless a 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 She Is Above the Clouds 她在云端 Love or career: which would you choose? In the financial hub of the 21st century, known as the age of paper gold, everyone thinks they’re just one step away from success. Jiang He is a coolheaded, perceptive girl from an ordinary background. Through her own hard work, she gets a foot in the door at a prestigious securities group, while her other foot steps into the elite social circle of upClass. With keen insight and ability, she presses on along a thorny path, yearning for success and dreami 43Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 19 A Guide to the Workplace 职场图鉴 [Long-planned scheme + Betrayed male lead + Fashion mogul + Female lead finds redemption] After graduating from university, Wang Dijia stayed in the big city of Xishi to build a life for herself. Five years later, she had finally saved enough for a down payment on a home. Just as she was looking forward to marrying the boyfriend she had been with for seven years, he betrayed her. Her parents took her down payment to buy a house for her younger brother, and because her boyfriend had stolen compan 8Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 20 A Spring Romance Found in a Book 婚以读春恋 1 The next time she saw Ding Yi was at a matchmaking party disguised as a birthday celebration. She knew that everyone there was a suitable marriage prospect, carefully selected by her father. She would marry one of them. One promising young man after another came forward to ask her to dance, while the man in the corner played the piano, lost in his own world. The dreamy light illuminated his bowed profile and long, slender fingers. The melody flowed like silk, as if it were playing just for her 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 Half a City's Worth of Mountain Scenery 半城山色 Half the City in Mountain Scenery: A rebellious story about a middle-aged woman. At 39, Ni Han is trapped in a mediocre, lifeless existence. Then 24-year-old Xiao Shan gently enters her barren world. A world-weary woman and a healing young man: their forbidden love catches fire. And then there is another shadow in her life, her best friend Xiao Lei. Her care for Ni Han has long gone beyond friendship, becoming an almost obsessive possessiveness and attachment. On one side is the light illuminati 202Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 22 Easy There, CEO: I've Already Fallen for You 霸总轻点撩，小女已沦陷 Even a stunning beauty can be cheated on. She had thought their love would last from school uniforms to wedding gowns. The irony was that, after all those years together, he said she didn't know how to be romantic. Could being beautiful really be a mistake? With her gorgeous, alluring looks, she hated it too! From childhood onward, people either suppressed and blacklisted her for no good reason, or women looked down on her and men treated her like a busty airhead. At long last, she found a bos 74Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Falling for My Bad Big Brother 爱上坏哥哥 If tomorrow were the end of the world, what would you most want to do? She must have been crazy. All she wanted was to be with the person she loved most, and that person wasn't her boyfriend. It was her boyfriend's older brother. He was clearly a terrible person, a shameless playboy, and he didn't even remember forcing a kiss on her seven years ago. He had even brazenly admitted that he had approached her with ulterior motives and treated her like a pawn. So why had she still fallen for him? Why 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 The Imperfect Winner 不完美赢家 “Beauty is a sin. Ambition is armor.” Lin Luo'an is a “black lotus” who clawed her way up from a small county town. She saves herself time and again, climbing higher step by step, crossing class barriers to become a renowned crisis PR queen. She knows how to turn accusations back on their accusers and trample her enemies underfoot. Until she meets Shen Keyu, who is even more pragmatic than she is. Shen Keyu clawed his way up to become a rising elite. On the surface, he seems bland and harmless; 556Reads7.3Score104Shelves
- 25 Mr. Situ Has Been Plotting This for a Long Time 司徒总他蓄谋已久 Situ Xu, the eldest son of the Situ family in the capital, falls for a girl with no family connections, no status, and a single-parent upbringing. Knowing their relationship seems impossible, he deliberately enters the game and plots for years. An Shining has always known that people say a couple should be evenly matched in family background and status. She knows their relationship is impossible, and has never dared to hope for more. But love always comes without warning, then takes hold of your 108Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 Grateful for Your Kindness 承蒙盛意 One is a frigid, aloof boss; the other is an ambitious assistant who strives to get ahead. A secret office romance, and a story of two people saving each other. When Meng Qin suddenly changes and leaves, she sets out alone on a thousand-mile journey just to find him. When the woman he loves deeply meets with misfortune, and rumors about her spread throughout the city, how will he help her rise again amid the storm? 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 Hormones Can't Read 荷尔蒙不识字 The first time Zhao Mu met Han Yan, he looked at her with a teasing smile. “You’re the third person to bring me documents in the past two weeks. Didn’t your boss tell you whether you’re here to deliver paperwork or bring a little warmth?” “Guess what happened to the two before you?” Later, Zhao Mu watched as Han Yan learned to drink with clients, learned to smoke, learned to handle social engagements, yet never once crossed the line or asked him for anything. Until the two of them got drunk that 3.7kReads8.2Score385Shelves
- 28 Reborn as a Cunning Office Drone, I Put Every Know-It-All in Their Place 重生腹黑社畜，专治各种不服 [Reborn in the Workplace + Anti-PUA + Turning the Tables on Moral Blackmail + Cunning Hero + No Tolerance for Naysayers + Pure Satisfaction] [The Workplace Guide to Ruthlessness] Ma Guangcai was an honest, overworked wage slave who worked himself to death in his previous life. Director Wang Lei, a master of PUA, worked him like a pack mule, and HR even misspelled his name as “Ma Hucai” and couldn’t be bothered to fix it! Reborn, he returns to the starting point where he was exploited. This time, —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 An HR Diary HR日记 [A sharp and capable HR manager vs. a wise, deeply devoted CEO] [From a newcomer at a major corporation to a seasoned HR professional, this is a thoughtful look at how women can make their mark in the workplace! Career first, romance second, with a moving and realistic story free of melodrama. 1v1 + devoted to each other + workplace drama] What kind of people does the workplace need? Who can stay undefeated at work, and who will leave in disappointment? Su Yun and her husband, Xue Zhong, went fr 171Reads9.2Score—Shelves
- 30 The Company Said, 'Cut Pay to Save Jobs.' So I Counted Who Got Laid Off 公司说“降薪保岗位”，我统计了被裁的都是什么人 The company said, “We’re cutting pay to save jobs.” So I tallied up who got laid off 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 Dan Shuyi's Office Werewolf Game: From Invisible to Queen of the Rules 单书意的职场狼人杀：从隐形人到规则女王 Shan Shuyi’s workplace game of Werewolf: from invisible nobody to queen of the rules —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 Dan Shuyi: You Can't Afford My Name 单书意：我的名字，你们买不起 Shan Shuyi: You can’t afford my name —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 I Turned My Boss's Empty Talk into ASMR 我把领导的废话做成了ASMR I turned my boss’s empty blather into ASMR 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 A Ten-Degree Temperature Difference 十度温差 Moving from a first-tier city to a second-tier one meant a temperature difference of just ten degrees. But moving from a private company to a state-owned enterprise meant a journey of more than a thousand miles. Xu Man had felt lost and wavered... Yet she dared to brave the countercurrent and forge a new path, ultimately finding success and, quite by chance, meeting Mr. Right. 552Reads8.9Score107Shelves
- 35 A Heartbeat Beyond Calculation 算不尽心动 [A battle of equals + reunion after a long separation + love that goes unrequited] Lin Zhixu is a cool, beautiful, and brilliant quantitative trader who has made her own place in the highest echelons of finance. She spends her days navigating high-pressure rivalries and contests for fame and fortune, living with sharp clarity and never showing a weakness. Focused entirely on reaching the top of her career, she keeps her ambition hidden and shoulders every burden and lonely moment alone. Her pr 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 A Workplace Beauty: Lin Qian’s Brilliant Journey 职场丽影：林浅的璀璨征途 [Women's Fiction + Personal Growth + Comeback + Healing + Inspirational + Realistic + Everyday Urban Life + Bittersweet, Then Sweet] Lin Qian is 33 this year. Though she was born into an ordinary family, her determined nature helped her overcome every obstacle and establish herself in a top-tier city. She has a respectable job, a sensible son, and a husband with whom she gets along well enough. She thought life would continue steadily along like this, but she never expected fate's wheels to quie —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 The Fate-Reversing Manual 逆命宝典 A young man facing a midlife crisis, with nowhere left to turn, happens upon an extraordinary opportunity on a rooftop. He steps back into the workplace, rises through the ranks, and eventually reaches the pinnacle of power. But is that really the end of the story? 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 I'm the Only One at the Company Actually Following the Stupid Orders 全公司只有我在认真执行愚蠢命令 I’m the only one in the whole company actually following the stupid orders —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 I'm the Grand Prize at the Company Annual Gala 公司年会的特等奖是我 I won the grand prize at the company’s annual party —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 The Company Made Me the Fall Guy, So I Livestreamed a Law Lesson and Sent Them to Prison 公司拿我顶罪，我直播普法送他们坐牢 My Company Made Me Take the Fall, So I Livestreamed a Lesson in the Law and Sent Them to Prison 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 The No-Overtime Association 不加班协会 The No Overtime Association —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 The Mo Family’s Female Artisan Rules the Cybersecurity World with Her Siegecraft 墨家女匠靠守城术称霸网安圈 Mo Wei wakes up in an ancient city of ingenious mechanisms from two thousand years ago and becomes the most mysterious intern at a modern cybersecurity company. Others look at code; she looks at the city gates. Others search for vulnerabilities; she first asks, “Who's guarding this gate?” The cold-faced CEO Shen Yan initially only wants to drive her away. Later, he becomes the one who takes her home in the rain, waits downstairs for her in the morning, and is the first to stand up for her when s 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 The Day When the Days Were Long and the Nights Short 昼长夜短的那天 Completed · [Scheming Approach to a Spoiled Rich Second-Generation Heir VS A Rational, Restrained Female Investment Manager] [CEO + Business Warfare + Push and Pull + Devoted to His Wife + HE] A new hire showed up in Antai’s investment and financing department. To everyone’s surprise, it was Shan Jialin, the notorious spoiled young master of the Shan family. To his face, everyone called him Mr. Shan; behind his back, they complained that he had a pile of scandals and knew nothing about real est 27Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 The Trade Route 商路风云 Late at night, Chen Yifan brings his drunk female boss back to his place. Her arrival changes his future. A misunderstanding leads to a devastating revenge, but strangely enough, he uses that very revenge to rise to the pinnacle of life... 216Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 45 His Personal Translator 他的贴身翻译 [Chinese-French man + Chinese woman translator] [Road-trip romance + wild and sensual] She had known him for only three days when she got into his car. Though he was from France, he had an East Asian face. He said he was Chinese and had come to China to search for his family. That was why Lin Xi agreed to travel with him. “I have just one question. Why did you insist on having a woman accompany you?” “Does that really matter?” “Of course it matters!” Lin Xi felt that Jacques had never been compl 192Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 46 When a Wage Slave Gets a Golden Finger 当打工人有了金手指 A born wage slave gets a golden finger, and from then on, the sky's the limit. Lin Xi was a born wage slave, driven to despair every day by the endless questions about prices. But then one day, she suddenly became able to see the wholesale prices of products and information about their factories. What could that mean for someone working in procurement? Obviously, commissions piling up beyond count, and a network of contacts built little by little. Just watch as this born wage slave gradually bec 5.9kReads8.7Score484Shelves
- 47 Before My Sixth Breakup 在第六次失恋前 When Wang Yalei and Old Shu stroll hand in hand, they have no idea that their relationship will end with a text message just half a month later. From her first year of college to the year she turns thirty, this is her fifth heartbreak. A woman who could have been a big brother's woman gradually accepts that her fate is to be the big brother among women. Big brothers have their own fate, too. She must face her work, take responsibility, cherish her friendships, and only then comes the love that c 160Reads9.4Score—Shelves
- 48 The Vanity Fair: Complete Edition 名利场(全集) 480Reads9.2Score101Shelves
- 49 The Perfect Lover 最合适的爱人 At first, Qiao’s father seems like he’s not very bright, but he’s actually the real hidden powerhouse, the mastermind behind every event. People call him the modern-day Yue Buqun. Many readers wonder why a tycoon worth hundreds of billions seems so clueless. It’s all foreshadowing for later in the story. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 Fishing for the Moon 捞月记 [Grounded and realistic, imperfect characters, long-planned romance, not a sugary wish-fulfillment story, but with a happy ending] [A clear-eyed Cinderella + an unconventional rich heir] On the day she agreed to be with Xu Weisen, Lin Zhiwan thought: Life is only a little over thirty thousand days. When it’s over, we become a handful of dust in a small box, scattered by the wind. So why not be brave and let herself suffer for love at least once? After all, memories aren’t erased; they’re sealed 100Reads6.8Score—Shelves
