Novels like The Relentless Downpour
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- 1 Bedside Therapy for Love 陪睡治爱 Two people who are both cold toward love, yet somehow always spark a fiery passion together. One suffers from insomnia, the other is impotent. Two adults, locked in an unconventional and utterly unabashed battle of wills... 172Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 2 Endless Spring Days 春日茫茫 [College romance between an older woman and a younger man, everyday life, sweet romance] A sweet younger man whose looks are completely at odds with his personality × a gentle, poised, gorgeous older woman Jiang Xing never expected that an utterly ordinary evening after work, spent evading someone who was following her, would end with her gaining a boyfriend. At first glance, he seems fierce and unapproachable. But once she gets to know him, she can’t help falling for him. Please leave a review 30Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 3 Transmigrated to Marry a Sweet Young Wolfdog 穿越之再嫁小狼狗 [Transmigration + historical setting + ordinary life + face-slapping + daily life + building a fortune + raising kids] [Straightforward, clever, kindhearted and attentive transmigrator heroine × devoted local man who dotes on his wife and gets things done. A simple, heartwarming story of everyday life in an ancient town.] Su Yan nearly drowns. The good news is that she transmigrates; the bad news is that she ends up with a truly awful family. An evil mother-in-law, a scheming cousin, a spiteful 709Reads7.0Score10114d adds
- 4 A Tomboy's Guide to Buying a Home 女汉子买房记 Gu Cancan was a tough, no-nonsense woman. Just when she had introduced her boyfriend to her parents and was ready to buy a house and get married, he dumped her. The worst part was that he immediately started dating one of her coworkers. They worked at the same company, so she had to see them every day, and it made her furious. She decided to buy a place of her own, and by chance mistook the wealthy Ma Lie for a real estate agent. The two of them soon embarked on a loving relationship... 1.4kReads9.1Score18514d adds
- 5 101 Blind Dates 101次相亲 Urban light comedy + healing realism + delicious food and beautiful scenery + a woman’s growth Chen Xiaomo is a 26-year-old unmarried woman living in a second-tier city. After earning a graduate degree from a non-elite university, she finds a job as a non-tenure-track English instructor at a university. Then begins her romantic, fantastical, and heart-pounding journey through blind dates... 75Reads9.1Score—14d adds
- 6 Open All Night 今夜不打烊 Seduction + Instinctive Attraction + Unrequited Love Comes True + Reunion After Years Apart Shen Sui'an’s life checklist: Build a career √ Find love ×, until a misdiagnosed “terminal illness” in her senior year shattered all her plans. New checklist: Skip class and travel √ Get drunk and doodle √ Zone out √ ...and have a relationship with a clearly defined expiration date. Her ideal candidate? She had it down to a science: Looks that grow on you √ Alluring voice √ Easily bored √ Extensive dating 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 The Adorable Baby in the CEO Novel Has to Stay Cute Every Day 穿成霸总文萌宝每天都要保持可爱 Gu Leyuan transmigrates and suspects she’s landed in an old-school domineering-CEO romance. Her biological mother is the tragic heroine who ran off while pregnant, and her biological father is the sole heir to the Good Group. Their forbidden romance, condemned by fate itself, has met with opposition from everyone. The story begins with the domineering CEO being thrown out of his home. With all their food, drink, and daily needs covered by their landlady auntie, Gu Leyuan watches her unreliable 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 After Winning the Lottery, I Chose to Retire in Comfort 中大奖后我选择退休养老 [No romance + female protagonist + satisfying read + food + healing] After her company went bankrupt, her rent came due, and her landlord kicked her out, Su Yunyi felt the last fifty yuan in her pocket and decided to take a chance on a lottery ticket. To her surprise, she won fifty million! After claiming her prize, Su Yunyi decided to retire on the spot, buy a small villa with a yard, and live the dream life she'd only ever dared to imagine. 591Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 9 The Year She Got Married, She Was Thirty-Three 结婚那年，她三十三岁 On the day Luo Chan went to register her marriage with her childhood friend, she was stabbed for no reason. Fresh out of the hospital, she showed up with hair that hadn't been washed in seven days, so greasy it could fry an egg and plastered tightly to her scalp. The staff eyed her suspiciously and repeatedly asked if she was mentally sound, until she showed them her CPA certificate. The legally issued marriage certificate was bright red. The photo of her on it was so ugly it was painful to look 709Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 10 So Sweet! The Mad God of War Prince Cooks for Me 甜！疯批战神王爷为我洗手做羹汤 [Traditional historical romance + no System + food + devoted love + mutual firsts + size difference] [Food-averse magistrate’s daughter ✖️ mad war-god prince] When Wen He learned that her father had died from exhaustion after defending the city for six days and six nights, all the strength seemed to drain from her body. At first, grief made every mouthful of rice porridge feel like a knife in her throat, and her brocade quilt like a freezing pool. But before long, she couldn’t sleep even whe 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Transmigrate to Farm the Land: A Farmer’s Daughter and a Hunter Make Ends Meet 穿越种田，农女和猎户的养家日常 (Transmigration, farming, no golden finger, a slow and steady pace, love growing over time, a simple and cozy life, and everyday family affairs.) * Also known as: Springtime in the Fields * The story stays in a small mountain village. There will be no trips to big cities or the capital! * The heroine is no peerless beauty, just an ordinary person. * Ji Wenhe, an ordinary office worker, wakes up one day to find she has transmigrated. Their poverty is beyond words: a cold, bare cave, not a decent 351Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 12 An Old Salty Fish 一条老咸鱼 Lin Xiaohui is an older single woman. At first, she works as a PE teacher at a private school in a small county town in her hometown, earning a modest salary. After passing the civil service exam, she switches into clapback mode: We were all people for the first time, so why should I have to put up with you? The story starts at a leisurely pace and focuses on everyday life. Later, it centers on leveling up as she tackles challenges in the workplace! 159Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 13 A Love That Lasts 爱恋悠长 [Reunion after a long separation] [Celebrity and civilian] [No mindless drama] [The push and pull of adult relationships] Cheng Jinyu met Xu Fanjing when she was ten. Those four years were the comfort that sustained her for the rest of her life. At fourteen, after recovering from a serious fever, she found that Xu Fanjing had moved away. At eighteen, her mother died, leaving her utterly alone in the world. At twenty-six, they meet again. Xu Fanjing is now a top-tier star. Cheng Jinyu has nothing 243Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 The Sun and the Stars 骄阳与星 My name is Chen Yang. Chen, as in striving to escape the dust of the world; Yang, as in turning toward the sun. As I struggled to break free from the ways of the world, I met the sun that drew me into it. My name is Cheng Xing. Cheng, as in a bright future; Xing, as in countless stars. As I toiled toward my future, I saw, amid the ordinary world, a star that shone for no one but itself. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Radiant as the Morning Light 灿如晨曦 Synopsis: Twenty-two years of loving care from her adoptive parents, plus twenty-two years of yearning to find their daughter, make Shen Xi the apple of both couples’ eyes. Two years of silent devotion, plus two years of quiet waiting, finally give Luo Chen the chance to step in and help her. Bathed in his sunshine-like warmth, she smiles like a flower in bloom. How can she repay the boundless love of her adoptive parents? How can she return the deep affection of her birth parents? 2Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 16 The Age of Their Happiness 她们的幸福时代 A coming-of-age memory for those born in the 1960s. In 1986, the youngest daughter of the celebrated Guo family graduates from university and returns home in triumph, only to face a string of family upheavals: her eldest sister's divorce, her second sister's pregnancy before marriage and her boyfriend's imprisonment, and the revelation that her own love rival is actually her “missing sister”... Watch as the sisters lean on and comfort one another, wade through life's muddy waters, find happiness 131Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 17 Foot Massage Is a Way, Technique Is a Method: Follow the Way of Nature 足道也是道手法也是法道法自然 A young man’s journey through love brings surprises and disappointments, laughter, and moments that leave him wanting to cry but unable to shed a tear. What is love, really… Perhaps it means being together forever, or perhaps it means having loved once. The answer lies in the hearts of all you fellow cultivators… —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 The Strange Life of Jin Xiaoli 金小鲤的奇异生活 During the summer after her final year of high school, Jin Xiaoli gets a spiritual spring, and her mother's illness is cured. She spends her days gardening, playing with cats, and studying. Life is blissful. Sure, she runs into little bumps now and then, but she's already got a golden finger, so there's no need to complain. No matter what, she has to keep giving it her all every day! 334Reads8.7Score10214d adds
- 19 I Flash-Married a Tycoon's Son, and Now He Begs for Affection Every Day Back in My Village 闪婚豪门公子，回村后他日日求宠 [One devoted couple, 1v1 + marriage first, love later + witty, affectionate relationship + warm and healing + everyday family life + adorable cutie] A rich woman who keeps forgetting she's rich ✖️ a sweet, naive young master Lin Chule finally gets married in a whirlwind romance after her eighty-eighth blind date, just to have someone keep her company and claim her inheritance. Now that she's rich, who'd keep working that lousy job? Lin Chule decides to take her new husband back to her rural h 962Reads6.8Score10214d adds
- 20 A Physician Couple's Handbook from Ancient Times 古代夫妻行医手札 [Farming + Traditional Chinese Medicine expertise + no System + building wealth + devoted sweet romance] Bai Ying, a modern master’s graduate in traditional Chinese medicine and gynecology, opens her eyes to find herself an orphan living in a leaky thatched hut in Niujiao’ao. She starts out in hell mode: the house is bare, the damp cold has seeped into her bones, and her pockets are emptier than her stomach. No System? No pocket dimension? Bai Ying calmly taps her head. No problem. The Treatise 2.3kReads8.4Score28414d adds
- 21 Don’t Leave Me in a Hell on Earth Without You 别把我丢在没有你的人间炼狱 Don't leave me in a living hell without you. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 The Fragrance of Tea: The Shopkeeper’s Wife Seeks a Husband 茶韵飘香：掌柜娘子要招婿 Married first, love later, food and everyday life, devoted husband, raising children Ji Yunshu took Qin Lang as a live-in husband, originally just to have a man to support the household. She never expected him not only to be strong, but to cherish her like the apple of his eye. When she wanted to start a tea-ticket business, he went to the docks to establish his reputation and become her strongest support. When she wanted to learn the finest tea-roasting techniques, he trained his hands at the M 600Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Six Sisters: Liu Meixin’s Very Different Life 六姊妹之刘美心的别样人生 The period drama Six Sisters is currently airing. As I watched, I couldn't help feeling that the fate of the six sisters' mother, Liu Meixin, was unfair. Never mind how hard life was in that era: simply giving birth to six children as a woman already made her exceptional. It was no easy feat. And yet her life was full of misfortune. So I dared to imagine that, even if we couldn't change the era she was born in, we could give her a powerful mindset: one that was confident, independent, and ahead 193Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 24 Transmigration: A Post-Apocalyptic Woman's Daily Life in Ancient Times 穿越：末世女的古代日常 [Transmigration + supernatural powers + love after marriage + sweet romance + cozy daily life + both leads are each other's first + few awful characters!] Xia Yan struggled to survive in the apocalypse for five years. At last, while gathering supplies, she was surrounded by zombies. Abandoned by her teammates as she tried to escape, she had no choice but to blow herself up. Then she transmigrated to ancient times and became a young bride forced to marry in someone else's place to bring good fort 1.5kReads8.8Score12014d adds
- 25 The No-Drama Casebook 不抓马风云事件簿 A healing little ray of sunshine and a devoted, faithful boyfriend: twenty years of ups and downs, the secretly affectionate couple! The woman isn’t called Keyun or Xiyun. Her name is Tan Yun. The man isn’t called Lifeng or Mufeng. His name is Lu Feng. There’s no earth-shattering first meeting, no all-powerful golden finger, and no melodramatic, messy entanglements, just twenty years of enduring devotion and favor. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 A Carefree Heiress Transmigrates to Ancient Times for a Life of Leisure 佛系大小姐穿越古代悠闲生活 [A gentle, heartwarming little romance] [No inner-household scheming] [Modern woman transmigrates to the past] [Native male lead] [Fictional setting] [The historical backdrop draws on the Wei, Jin, and Northern and Southern Dynasties, with some elements from the Han, Sui, and Tang dynasties. The timeline is ancient and the front lines stretch far, all to make it easier for the author to make things up~~] [There is a System, but it appears late and doesn't play a major role.] A modern heiress wit 2.9kReads9.0Score23914d adds
- 27 Transmigrated Into a 1960s Novel: The Spoiled, Pretty Salted Fish Wins 穿书六零：极品俏咸鱼躺赢了 [Period Setting + Transmigrating into a Book + Personal Space + Reborn + Contrast] [Content warning: The heroine is lazy and greedy, a total slacker and a nasty piece of work] A 21st-century wage slave, diligent and devoted to her job, spent her days eating, sleeping, and tightening screws. After ten years of hard work and frugal living, she finally saved enough for a down payment on a house. Before she could spend the money, she suddenly died at her workplace. What a raw deal! Fortunately, heav 1.8kReads6.6Score10314d adds
- 28 Zhao Jiji’s Love Story After Divorce 赵吉吉离婚后的爱情故事 To be loved is an extension of self-love! I thought I'd shut myself off from love for good, but I never expected to meet him in my forties... After her son takes the college entrance exam, Zhao Jiji divorces her ex-husband. She delivers food, works as a real estate agent and caregiver, and writes novels, doing her best to make a life for herself. While working as a caregiver, she meets a man she once went on a blind date with, and the two begin a beautiful relationship. 71Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 I Really Don't Want to Be Reborn! 我是真的不想重生啊！ Her life was going smoothly, with both parents by her side. Li Zhi thought she hardly fit the criteria for being reborn, but somehow, some mechanism sent her back to 2005. She could only pound the ground in frustration. She was already an economically independent convenience store owner, so why was she back to being a broke student who had to hold out her hand and wait for pocket money from her parents?! Whatever. She had no grand ambitions. First, she'd win the lottery and achieve financial fre 378Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 The Brother I Mistakenly Took Home Turns Out to Be My Tycoon Boss's Brother 抱错弟弟他亲哥竟是我的财阀老板 A sweet, everyday romance that unfolds at a gentle pace. The sugary main story is complete, and the bonus chapters are ongoing~ [Role Reversal in a Mix-Up at Birth] [Everyday Sweet Romance] [Powerful CEO from a Wealthy Family] [Involuntary Attraction] [Both Each Other's First] [One-Year Age Gap] [Clearheaded Office Worker] [Lighthearted, Sweet Romance] [CEO's Secretary] The rating just came out, and it's still going up~ P.S. This isn't a pairing with the "younger brother". It's a pairing with th 58.8kReads7.4Score4.9k14d adds
- 31 A Summer Obsession 热夏迷恋 [Cultured and aloof x slow-to-warm, sweet and gentle] [Two top students x sweet romance x devoted couple, both each other's first] [He falls for her in secret x college life] Qin Wanqiao has been single for eighteen years. Just one month into college, rumors are already spreading around campus that the school's heartthrob is pursuing her. Flustered and at a loss, she tries to avoid him, but somehow she runs into him everywhere. One day, she can't help asking, “Jiang Xu, do you like me?” Jiang Xu 329Reads7.9Score10214d adds
- 32 Don't Touch My Piano 别碰我的钢琴 Don't Touch My Piano 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 After Starting University, I Fell in Love with the Perfect Senior 上大学后，我爱上了完美学姐 [Easygoing daily life] + [Warm and sweet] + [One heroine] Lin Mu has been single since birth. After starting university, he happens to meet a perfect upperclassman. His youthful heart stirs, and he decides to date her properly and finally end his lifelong single streak. What Lin Mu never expected was that just as he was preparing to pursue the perfect upperclassman, she turned out to be interested in him too. And so their love story began. “What did you say? The campus beauty Su Xiaoyu suddenly 55Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Mr. Ye and Me 我和叶先生 First person / shifts in perspective / slice-of-life diary format Who gets married at such a young age? Me? Well, then, no problem. Disclaimer: This story isn’t based on real people. Anyone who sees themselves in it is asking for trouble. P.S. This story was written in August 2021 and completed in September 2022. I dedicate it to the people I love. 299Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 35 The Evil of a Lady 淑女之恶 A cool-headed, rational older woman and her younger, dog-like boyfriend join forces in this power couple romance, with plenty of sweetness in store! 18Reads9.5Score—14d adds
- 36 Auntie, I Want a Job. Give Me a Chance 阿姨，我想工作，给我一个机会 At last, love and career are both flourishing! [Urban] + [Romance] + [Slice of Life] + [Boys' Love] With every date, he gains real-world experience in getting along with friends; In every scene, his feelings deepen and love grows. He grows and levels up, one step at a time; He gets to know his friends, one by one. A 25-year-old playboy navigating the workplace, with no shortage of emotional intelligence. An unexpectedly fun story, with a fresh, lighthearted feel. 37Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 At 21, I Worked Every Kind of Odd Job at the Bottom of Society 21岁，我打遍了底层的各种零工 For four years, I've been trying to cure an incurable illness by working odd jobs. [A slice-of-life story, light comedy, nothing too dark, personal growth, and a comeback. Give it a try...] Everyone cries at some point in their twenties. I'm no exception. What about you? Have you found a job? How is it going? At an age when our ambitions reach for the sky, I want to be the master of my own life. If I work fast enough, even the capitalists can't keep up with me! In the bustling city, everyone in 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 I Might Fall in Love with You 我可能会爱你 At thirty-four, Zhang Xiaonan, an older unmarried woman, finally got married. She hadn't wanted to. She'd already decided to spend her whole life alone. But life is unpredictable: she went on a blind date with a real catch, and married him. After breaking up with his first love, Liu Wenjing thought he would never date or marry again. Then he met an older woman who didn't want a bride price, a house, or a car, and didn't even want him to love her. He figured people had to get married eventually, 3.6kReads8.8Score28614d adds
- 39 Little Seedling Beneath the Shade 树荫下的小禾苗 Miao Yihe loses part of her memory in a car accident, including memories of her high school deskmate, who always looked out for her. But the connection between two people never really goes away. After all the twists and turns, they meet again. Lin Mingyue says he's the shade beneath a vast forest; Miao Yihe says she's a little seedling striving to grow. It was all meant to be. Lin Mingyue cherishes his little seedling, and she loves and supports herself too. They don't ask for much: a cozy littl 164Reads9.4Score—14d adds
- 40 The 1970s: I Married a Truck Driver and Gave Up Trying 七零：嫁给大车司机摆烂了 No rebirth or transmigration + prophetic dreams + an upgradeable pocket dimension (appears later) Hu Huizhi is a typical self-interested person. All she wants is to marry a city man and get access to state-supplied grain, while making sure her descendants have as few obstacles as possible. The first time Wang Xuyang met Hu Huizhi, he knew exactly what kind of person she was. So what? Ambition is an admirable trait. Two people who think alike and share the same values join hands to make their way 5.3kReads6.7Score35914d adds
- 41 Li Yunxian’s Microfiction Collection 李昀鲜微小说集 The famous writer Wang Meng believes that flash fiction is a kind of sensitivity: it captures a novel in a single point, an image, a contrast, an exclamation, or a fleeting moment, revealing a flash of wisdom, a touch of beauty, a thought-provoking scene, or a fresh idea. 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 An Unplugged Relationship 不插电关系 [Sharp-tongued, clear-eyed engineer × restrained, secretly passionate tycoon. First physical, then emotional.] A battle of wills between two mature adults!!! The first time they met, Lin Xuan was in her living room, taking off her bra in front of a strange man. The man, Bai Xingyuan, was impeccably mannered and restrained, keeping his eyes averted as propriety demanded. But his gaze remained fixed on her, burning her for a moment. The second time they met, he was dropping off slippers for a fri 777Reads8.1Score10214d adds
- 43 Will I Be Left with Nothing? I'll Marry the Toughest Hunter in the Village 被吃绝户？我嫁全村最猛猎户糙汉 (A heartwarming story of getting rich: adorable kids, sweet romance, and a devoted husband! Stop asking if the child is the male lead's. No, no, and no!) The moment Li Yunxiu opens her eyes, she finds herself an orphan whose relatives have squandered her inheritance. Her aunt's family is about to sell her to a human trafficker, so with no other choice, she has to accept an arranged marriage. Her reputation has been ruined, and people say she brings death to her parents. Her aunt's family even co 1.5kReads9.1Score17214d adds
- 44 On My First Day at Work, My Boss Told Me to Get Lost? 入职第一天，顶头上司让我滚？ Armed with a two-year college degree, Shen Mingya fought tooth and nail to get into one of the country’s top advertising agencies, convinced she’d found the one lifeline that could save her future. But on her first day, Zhang Zhuoyu, the icy-eyed head of planning, saw right through her mediocrity. At an interview, every word he said cut deep: “Find another job while you still can. This place isn’t for you.” He mocked her coldly when they crossed paths in the elevator and put her down at every tu 94Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 After Meeting 20 Matchmaking Prospects, I Got Married in a Flash 见了20个相亲对象后，我闪婚了 Before the New Year holiday, Su Tiantian was lured home with the promise of 200,000 yuan. The village really was handing out money from the sale of land, and they really did want to trick her into coming home early. Waiting for her was a steady stream of blind dates. There are all kinds of people in the world, and her parade of prospective matches left her laughing and crying in equal measure. She saw all sorts of human behavior, then got married on a whim. The blind dates were a beginning, and 2.3kReads8.6Score17014d adds
- 46 After a Blind Date, My Online Crush Got Me Wrapped Around His Finger 相亲后我被网恋对象拿住了 [Blind date + CEO + adorable contrast + online romance comes true + love at first sight + mutual devotion] Bonus chapters updated. A sweet everyday romance with no misunderstandings or melodrama. To appease her parents, Li Yue went on a blind date barefaced and dressed in sportswear. She never expected her date to be the high school senior who had been the crush of so many girls. It seemed her heart had been set alight once again. What Li Yue didn’t know was that Ning Yang had arranged the enti 118Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 47 After the Wedding, President Lu's System Goes Haywire 新婚后，路总的程序紊乱了 Marriage Before Love | Slow-Burn Romance | Clear-Headed Heroine vs. Stubborn CEO | Sweet Everyday Life Lu Yanzheng, head of the Langna Group, is worth hundreds of billions. He’s marrying me only to improve his company’s image with my respectable background. Our prenuptial agreement spells it out clearly: A monthly salary of 500,000 yuan, and a marriage lasting at least two years. Neither of us may develop romantic feelings for the other. Break the rules, and pay an astronomical penalty. Fine. I, 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 I Married My Best Friend’s Boyfriend 我嫁给了闺蜜的男友 They were high school classmates. She was an ugly duckling living under someone else’s roof, while her best friend was an elegant swan, high above everyone else. After dating the swan for a long time, he told the ugly duckling that she was the one he loved. This book tells the story of their love, friendship, and family ties in their youth. 129Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 Your Every Need, My Every Care 唯你周全 Fast-paced, sweet and cozy romance / no awful antagonists, no ridiculously doting side characters, no betrayal / flirtatious push and pull in the early stages; the heroine goes after what she wants, and finds success in love, school, her career, and her side hustles. Happy ending / heroine is sanguine. Luo Jin is lively, cheerful, and a good student, and she's great at fending off unwanted suitors. But she catches the eye of Zhou Yanshen, the young CEO of White Night Tech. She thought they had n 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 Love Is Mutual 爱是彼此 Male lead: Can I just say that I’m not a good person in the traditional sense? Female lead: I’m a university lecturer, just an ordinary woman. I don’t care about the darkness in your past. I just want to be in love with the person you are now. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
