Novels like The Unruly Boy
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Unruly Boy, best match first.
- 1 My Utopian Girl 我的乌托邦女孩 Original title: My Utopian Girl [Workplace business rivalry + tearjerker + close to everyday life + everyday comedy] A love story between a penniless male protagonist and a stunning female CEO. What is love? It's the answer we've always been searching for. From fearing that his poverty would keep him from reaching her heart to transforming himself and holding her tight, what exactly did Xinyi go through... 173Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 2 I'll Remember You, Then Love Someone Else 我会记得你，然后爱别人 Everyone has a story of their own. We are all people with stories to tell. At the beginning of a story, everyone is a stranger. By the end, everything has settled into place. This book collects nearly twenty brand-new stories by Guandong Yeke. The stories are full of twists and tenderness, and the profound, thought-provoking insights they inspire may bring you to tears before you even realize it. May your life be blessed with flowers in spring and the moon in autumn, cool breezes in summer and s 67Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 3 Great Tang: An Immortal Army from the Start 大唐：开局一支不死军 Li Yi transmigrated to the Great Tang and became the son of Prince Qin. After earning military honors, he was named a Grand General of the Agile Cavalry, only to be betrayed by villains and condemned to watch more than a hundred thousand soldiers perish in Xiliang. As flames blazed across the sky, his System awakened, and he crawled out of a mountain of corpses... Two years later! The barbarians swept south and invaded, the land lay in ruins, and darkness was about to descend on the Central Plai 156Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 4 Burying Myself in Love 以身葬爱 Burying Love with My Life 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 My Girlfriend and Sister-in-Law Are Both Gold-Digging Teases 女朋友和小姨子是绿茶婊 My Girlfriend and Sister-in-Law Are Green Tea Bitches —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 The Crazy Women 疯狂的女人们 Crazy Women —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Lovers and Beloveds 情人爱人 Lovers and Sweethearts 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 A Man at Forty 男人四十 If it hadn’t been for a spur-of-the-moment paternity test, Fang Hao would have gone on believing he was the happiest man in the world. His wife was Jiangdong City’s most beautiful woman, they had a pair of fraternal twins, a car and a house, and he was a resident doctor at the People’s Hospital. But the paternity test revealed that the twins had two different fathers: one was him, and the other was another man. 266Reads7.6Score10014d adds
- 9 Why Are You Messing with Him? His Backing Is Far Too Powerful 你惹他干嘛，他背后靠山太大了 An invincible divine being descends upon the city. All living things revere me like a god. Heroes and warlords alike bow before me, while prodigies tremble. I wear a black Ferragamo suit with a little red flower tucked at an angle. When people say my name, they call me Mr. Qin: a legendary figure, blazing with passion and glory! 46Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 10 Singing for a Living in a World of Immortals 我在修仙世界卖唱讨生活 I sang “Tears Behind Bars” in the prison cell and “Ten Kneels for Father and Mother” for the demon lord. Don't think I'm all that impressive. I'm just trying to stay alive. I've been kind my whole life and never done a single bad thing, yet none of life's hardships have spared me. The world is a fine place, but I won't be coming back in my next life. A kind young man had hoped to spend an ordinary life singing for a living. But after being deceived and betrayed time and again, he was led down a 1.1kReads8.9Score12214d adds
- 11 My Childhood Sweetheart of Seven Years Is Marrying My Best Friend 相恋七年的青梅，她要嫁给我的好兄弟 My childhood sweetheart of seven years is going to marry my good friend. 217Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Special Forces: I Made a Grenade from the Start 特种兵：开局捏了一颗手雷 From the start, Lin Yang transmigrates into a combined special forces world and gets trapped by terrorists in a jewelry store while taking part in the special forces selection process. At a critical moment, he awakens the golden finger every transmigrator needs. From then on, he gradually grows into a sharp sword protecting his country. He forms a legendary squad to guard his country through the darkness and watch over the dawn! (The story moves a little fast at first, updates ten thousand words 5.1kReads8.9Score32314d adds
- 13 Peerless 绝世无双 What? You’re saying League of Legends is a 5v5 game? Hasn’t it always been a 1v9 game? Xia Xin’s face turned grave… Were we really playing the same game…? This is a lighthearted, fun story with plenty of wish fulfillment, and there’s absolutely nothing upsetting in it. Even if there’s a tiny bit of angst early on, you can read on to the end without worry. It absolutely has a happy ending for everyone!!! Keep reading, and you’ll discover a whole new kind of excitement. 12.2kReads9.0Score81014d adds
- 14 The Undercover Agent Returns, and Security Exposes His Scars 卧底回归，一身疤痕被安检曝光了 Shen Shao is unexpectedly reborn in a parallel world and becomes an undercover agent for the military. He is ordered to investigate the leader of the international criminal organization K2. During his time undercover, he even rises to become the organization’s second-in-command. But during the final arrest operation, a bomb suddenly explodes. Several shrapnel fragments lodge in his body, leaving Shen Shao gravely wounded. With no other choice, he leaves the military and returns home. Just as She 1.9kReads7.8Score17514d adds
- 15 My Fatal Charmer 我的红颜祸水 On the night the 2015 college entrance exam results became available, the whole family gathered around the computer to wait for the scores. We’d agreed that whoever scored higher, my younger sister or me, would go to college. The other would go with our father to find odd jobs at construction sites and earn money. My mother, stepfather, half-sister, and I all watched the screen. My sister scored 612, and I scored 540. But no one knew that I’d gotten zero on the Chinese exam. I’d turned in a blan 18.4kReads9.2Score1.8k14d adds
- 16 My Landlady 我的房客大小姐 After getting dumped, a young man with nothing to his name left the city and opened an inn in Dali. His life took an unexpected turn, and amid romance and scenic beauty, a tangled love story unfolded. 2.6kReads9.4Score17814d adds
- 17 I Dumped the Cheating Princess and Chose the Noble Girl Next Door 放弃出轨长公主，改选青梅世家女 Alternate Wei-Jin setting + nested “chase your husband to the crematorium” plots + a transmigrated book character taking over the role of a living King of Hell + the second female lead rises to the top + the consort prince usurps the throne Chen Qian accidentally transmigrates into a third-rate historical romance novel, becoming a cuckolded consort prince whose wife, the woman he married, kills him by cutting out his heart and draining its blood. See how the protagonist, Chen Qian, escapes the o 1.3kReads—Score—14d adds
- 18 My Vain Wife Cheated, So I Turned Around and Made Her Untouchable 虚荣妻子出轨我转身让她高不可攀 Ye Chen never imagined that his wife of more than ten years would cheat on him. When he saw her get out of a BMW and act intimately with the man behind the wheel, he was so shocked he could barely think. Even less did Ye Chen expect his second wife to still be pining for the one who got away, or that, worst of all, that man would come back. Ye Chen, an ordinary wage earner, had always thought his life was happy and complete. He had a beautiful, capable wife and a clever, sweet, adorable daughter 15.9kReads7.4Score1.1k14d adds
- 19 The God of War's Daddy 战神奶爸 [A complete, top-quality novel, pure thrills from start to finish] The moment he walks out of prison, the entire world will tremble! He carries a blood feud, and he will unleash a storm of blood and vengeance! To everyone who deceived me, betrayed me, and hurt me: are you afraid yet? Don't be... I'm not going to let any of you get away with it!!! 86.6kReads9.2Score10.1k14d adds
- 20 Betrayed by Every Woman, He Reveals His Memories and the World Weeps 众女背叛，记忆曝光后世人哭泣 Ye Changge, the most powerful villain across the Three Realms, Six Paths, and countless planes. He betrayed his word and killed his mentor. He subdued the Buddha, slaughtered monks across the land, and committed every imaginable evil. With a wave of his hand, he wiped out countless lives and plunged the world into chaos. At last, just as Ye Changge was about to break through, the ten heroines turned against him at the last moment. They joined forces with the Chosen One and powerful figures from 9.5kReads9.0Score1.3k14d adds
- 21 Tales of Lijiang 丽江往事 The company went bankrupt, and at the same time we hit the seven-year itch. My wife tricked me into handing over all our assets by pretending we were getting a divorce. As soon as we left the civil affairs bureau, she got into the car of an old friend of mine. The two of them were planning a vacation in Thailand. When I got home, my former in-laws shut me out... 37.9kReads9.3Score4.2k14d adds
- 22 Reborn: Escaping a Telecom Scam Compound in Northern Myanmar 缅北电诈园重生逃亡记 Reborn and Escaping a Telecom Fraud Compound in Northern Myanmar —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Taboo of the Living 活人禁忌 When I was nine, I found myself in mortal danger! To save me, my grandfather made a decision that would change my life forever... 16kReads9.2Score2.2k14d adds
- 24 The Empress Gets Her Revenge on the Spot 皇后有仇当场报 The Empress Gets Her Revenge on the Spot 236Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 He Found My Suicide Note 他捡到了我的遗书 He Found My Suicide Note 496Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Invisible Tenderness! 看不见的温柔！ Invisible Tenderness! 691Reads—Score614d adds
- 27 My Husband and Mother-in-Law Set Me Up, and I Snapped 被丈夫和婆婆算计，我怒了 My Husband and Mother-in-Law Set Me Up, and I Snapped 222Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 In This Life, Would You Still Want to Be with Me? 这一世，你还愿意和我在一起吗？ In This Life, Are You Still Willing to Be with Me? 212Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 In This Life, I Just Want to Treat You a Little Better! 这一世，我只想对你更好一些！ In this life, I just want to treat you even better! 734Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 The Man Who Hauled Provisions Was Made a Prince, While I Was Stripped of My Command 运粮草的被封王，我却被夺了兵权 The Man Who Hauled Supplies Was Made a King, While I Was Stripped of My Command 791Reads—Score414d adds
- 31 Reborn: My Super-Sweet Superstar Girlfriend Pursues Me 重生：我被超甜的大明星女友倒追 [A sweet romance, one heroine, a golden finger. The plot can be ignored; it's all about the couple's interactions.] Su Chen has a beautiful girl-next-door who's like an older sister to him. She's a top-tier star. She's gorgeous, aloof, and unbelievably good at fighting. In front of her, Su Chen is like a mouse facing a cat, completely under her thumb. As they grew up, she got even more mischievous. One time, while drunk, she took him to the civil affairs bureau and sweet-talked him into it. When 11.1kReads9.2Score1.2k14d adds
- 32 The Complete National Physician 全职国医 Fang Han, a graduating senior at a traditional Chinese medicine college, originally wanted nothing more than to be a handsome doctor who kept to himself, marry a pretty wife, and become a chief physician before retirement. He never expected to accidentally become the youngest master physician in the country. This is the story of a young doctor who grows with the help of a System! It’s also the story of an ordinary person who grows into a great healer devoted to all living beings! 30.5kReads9.3Score3.7k14d adds
- 33 Lone Wanderer 孤行者 An abandoned “simpleton” takes his first bold step, and a brilliant, shining life begins to unfold. Life’s wonders are not made up of laughter alone. There are far more tears along the way, but come rain or shine, he presses on and grows stronger! 215.3kReads9.4Score18.4k14d adds
- 34 Ancestor! You're Choosing Consorts? A History Cheat Is Here! 祖宗诶！选妃呢？历史作弊器来喽 If you could transmigrate through time and change history, what would you do? "I'd tell the Yongzheng Emperor to stop picking consorts! The West was industrializing at the same time. If he'd worked harder, gotten his act together, and focused more on science, we'd be the ones working four days on, three days off by now!" "If I could transmigrate to the Ming Dynasty, I'd make sure Zhu Qizhen never took the throne. Then maybe the Ming wouldn't have fallen! Long live the Ming for a thousand gener 4.7kReads9.2Score47914d adds
- 35 Back to Field: Ten Suicide Notes Revealed, Leaving the Entire Internet in Tears 蘑菇屋：十封遗书曝光，泪崩全网 Season 6 of Yearning for Life premiered. As soon as everyone arrived, they were stunned by the beautiful scenery. Before long, they discovered a strange little cabin. Inside, they found ten letters. The first read: “Nuan Nuan, the flowers on the island have bloomed. That means I’ve come to see you…” Lin Feng The whole internet buzzed: Had Lin Feng come to the island to pursue Nuan Nuan? Who was this Lin Feng? They read the second letter, then the third… all the way to the tenth. Only then did th 2.7kReads9.1Score31814d adds
- 36 The Memory Trial: The Moment the Nation Wept for Him 记忆审判：那一刻，全国为他痛哭 [Narcotics Police] [Anti-Drug Campaign] [Narcotics Officer] [Sacrifice] A scarecrow stands in the wilderness, shielding the endless expanse behind it. In early autumn, ten years after he left home, he asked someone to place his final wish in your hands. The fire he lit never went out. Only the one who kept watch has gone. The national emblem on his cap is like his name: “Please bury it with me.” Birds sweep across the blank spaces of time, like a long story waking from beneath the dust. His eyes 5kReads9.2Score70114d adds
- 37 EN The Gravekeeper of Great Xia 大夏守墓人 Ten years ago, after three consecutive days of blood moons, ghosts, gods, strange-eyed beings, and eerie tales began arriving one after another… As the mysterious and the occult descended upon the human world. As terror and despair roamed the land. As human beings, should we kneel and bow our heads, break down in tears, or…draw our blades? This is a brand-new era. And this era belongs to the supernaturals! After stepping through the door to the supernatural, Su Bai saw a whole new world. And i 36.8kReads9.0Score4.7k14d adds
- 38 Heroes Without Regrets in Shanghai by Night 夜上海之英雄无悔 Lin Ge is a pilot. While flying along the Hump Route, he unexpectedly transmigrates to Shanghai in 1936. He fights against Japan’s ambitions of aggression, reunites with the woman he loves, Bai Wei, and becomes entangled in complicated romantic relationships with the wealthy daughters of Shanghai’s elite. Lin Ge comes from 2036, but after transmigrating to the Shanghai of 1936, he encounters a host of time travelers lying low. The currents are rising, and the fate of the nation is shifting. 205Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 King of the Wilderness 荒野之王 On the deserted National Highway 318, a beautiful young woman flagged down Cang Yunfeng’s car. Any seasoned driver who regularly traveled through Tibet would know what was going on... 96.7kReads9.5Score9.2k14d adds
- 40 Divine-Grade 神品 Three Law Secret Realms have appeared in the underground city of the East Sea, sparking a fierce scramble among countless factions. The reason is that the protagonist possesses the divine ability to make his words come true! He can complete alchemy and artifact crafting with just a thought. And since he also has an immortal artifact, he joins the competition for the secret realms! 366Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 He’s Clearly Powerful, Yet He Insists on Messing with His Loli Master 这个人明明很强却偏要坑萝莉师傅 Archmage Lin En transmigrated to another world. To keep the gods from treating him like a crop to be harvested, he disguised himself as a mage apprentice in Winter Spring Valley and decided to stay under the radar until he reached max level. But who could have guessed that his loli master could hear his thoughts? “Disciple, what do you think of this forbidden spell of mine?” [Kindergarten-level stuff. I don't even know if one splash of water could hurt anyone.] “Disciple, with five hundred more 31.2kReads9.6Score3.4k14d adds
- 42 The Mars Era: Road to Venus 火星纪元：金星之路 An ancient alien spacecraft is discovered in a crater on Venus. The mysterious X Organization plots to seize the planet, while Factory 18 wants to use Venus as a dumping ground for waste. Yet atop the clouds of Venus stands an airship academy called Cloudtop Academy, a hallowed school dreamed of by students across the solar system. At last, traveling from Mars to Venus, they witness the planet's land and oceans. 62Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 My Landlord Is a Pop Idol 我的房东是偶像歌手 Gu Zhinan transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes an online novelist. Could his beautiful landlady really be a washed-up idol singer? One day, she leaves her guitar in the living room... "I can't write songs. I'm just a novelist. I was only messing around." That is, until his landlady is left stunned by the song Gu Zhinan wrote. "Didn't you say you couldn't write songs?" "I know a little, I know a little." 52.4kReads9.2Score5.8k14d adds
- 44 The One Without Desires 无念者 [Signed for print publication] [Chinese-style superpowers] [One heroine] “Hey! No using Hidden Spirits in front of ordinary people!” “What are ordinary people?” “Just regular people. They call them Muggles in the West.” “And what are Hidden Spirits?” “Superpowers. We call them Hidden Spirits in China.” When you discover the hidden truth of this world, will you choose to join? Or expose it? 34.2kReads9.3Score3.5k14d adds
- 45 Where the Sword Rises, Storms Gather 剑起风云 In these turbulent times, it is not the world that is in chaos, but people’s hearts. The Gu family, loyal servants of the Tianfeng Kingdom, are heroes through and through. But fate is fickle. The heir to this illustrious military family spent twenty years in a daze, becoming the target of countless whispered insults and mockery. Then, on the young heir’s twentieth birthday, memories of his previous life suddenly returned. What troubles him most is realizing he seems to have done a lot of foolish 47.3kReads9.0Score5k14d adds
- 46 On the Day of the Wake, My Sisters-in-Law Put Me on the Throne 守灵当天，我被众嫂嫂推上皇位 [Alternate Dynasty + Transmigration + War + Political Intrigue + Ensemble Cast + The Golden Finger Has Been Cut in Half] A high school boy named Tian Shu wakes up one morning in an ancient funeral hall. His widowed sisters-in-law swarm around him, showering him with care. In a feudal age of chaos, the powerful clans hold sway. The System is practically useless, and each sister-in-law has her own agenda. Born into a poor family, can he defy fate, change his destiny, command a vast empire, and mak 4.8kReads8.8Score19514d adds
- 47 EN Unsheathed 剑来 The world is vast, and anything is possible. I, Chen Ping’an, have but one sword. With it, I can move mountains, overturn seas, subdue demons, suppress devils, command gods, pluck stars, sever rivers, level cities, and split the heavens! 36.9kReads9.7Score1.1k14d adds
- 48 I’m the Only One in the World Without Powers 全世界只有我没有异能 The apocalypse arrives, and after destruction comes new life. Everyone gains special abilities, while Li Chang'an, who has none, lives like a beast. Some teach him to be kind to others; others teach him to fight his way to a better world. Little by little, he comes to believe that there is light even in the darkness. Though the road is hard, he still wants to become one of the strongest, standing at the very top. But one day, the light vanishes before his eyes. 5kReads9.4Score79914d adds
- 49 The Campus Belle Has Always Been Devoted to Me, Because I Raised Her 校花始终如一，因为是我养的 [Romantic Everyday Life] [Nurturing] [Multiple Love Interests] [Daily Life] [Light Novel] [No Love Rivals] [Super Sweet, No Angst] [Happy Ending] For the sake of his first love, his ex-girlfriend runs away from their wedding on the spot and indirectly causes his parents’ deaths. He thinks his life has turned completely bleak, until a twist of fate leads a girl with absolutely no common sense to take him home. Only then does he realize just how many wonderful girls are already in his life. His ch 86kReads9.4Score9.5k14d adds
- 50 The Tide Between Beijing and Hong Kong 京港澜渡 [The rating just opened, slowly climbing] [Hong Kong old-money style vs. Beijing political circles] [Intrigue and covert battles among the wealthy] [High-IQ business and romance] [Slow burn, not a fast-paced power fantasy; feel free to skip chapters] Four pairs of hunters, four hunts. The rain pours over Hong Kong. Come enjoy a TVB-style romance, business-war, and suspense drama! Sweet nothings go beyond “Stay a little longer” and “I adore you” to include “I’m crazy about you.” Duplicity is the 8.5kReads8.9Score77514d adds
