Novels like My Husband Comes Knocking at Midnight
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- 51 My Betrothed Is the King of the Underworld 结婚对象是冥王 I thought my life would be just like any ordinary girl's: a simple life, marriage, and children. Then an accident happened, and before I had time to think it through, I married into the underworld to save my life. Now I have to face a stone-cold man every day, and in his heart, I'll never be the only one. 27Reads—Score—Shelves
- 52 Luring Her into Sweet Surrender: The CEO's Snake-Husband Bride 诱她沉欢，霸总蛇夫的冲喜新娘 He Huan encountered a spirit snake transforming into a dragon, and that very night, it wrapped itself around her. It took full advantage of her, then shamelessly claimed it was repaying a debt of gratitude. He Huan suffered in silence as the snake clung to her. After her fiancé cheated on her with her despicable stepsister, she married Long Tingye, the notorious playboy of the capital, in a fit of anger. She had heard that Long Tingye had accidentally fallen into the water three years ago and be 47Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 53 My Husband Lives in the Underworld 我的老公在冥界 Chu Mo, the Judge of the Underworld, falls in love with Mu Xiaoqiao, a third-year university student. Hei Yao is a sharp-tongued black cat: What seemed to be an accidental bond was actually the beginning of an emotional entanglement spanning a thousand years… Qiao Mu, a princess sent to the Southern Dynasty as a bride to secure an alliance; Chu Mo, a general of the Northern Dynasty; Bai Li, a mutated chicken. In a turbulent age of nations on the brink of collapse and bodies strewn across the 37Reads—Score—Shelves
- 54 Pleasure with a Snake 与蛇欢 When I was eight, my father burned a nest of snakes, and the whole Su family suffered retribution. To save my life, I was forced to make a marriage pact with a Fox Immortal. Now that I'm eighteen, a snake has forcibly destroyed my engagement and demanded that I become his wife and spirit medium. Karmic debts must be repaid, and love and resentment are tangled together. Caught between two immortal beings, I have nowhere to turn. Infant spirits come for my life, and people are sacrificed to serve 111Reads9.0Score—Shelves
- 55 Ensnared by a Snake: My Husband Dotes on Me and Won’t Let Go 遇蛇：夫君他又宠又撩 [Romantic suspense + mild supernatural elements + both leads are chaste + sweet romance + mutual devotion + 1v1 + episodic short stories] Synopsis: On the fourteenth day of the seventh month, I was born under an ill omen. My grandmother bared her teeth and glared at me, calling me a curse who had killed one of her loved ones. In her rage, she tried to kill me by smashing me to the ground, but my maternal grandmother, a temple priestess, risked her life to save me. Eighteen years later, my grandm 92Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 56 The Yama King's Wife: Living Sacrifice 阎王妻：活祭 Every five years, the village offers a living person as a sacrifice to the gods. It has to be an unmarried young woman who is still pure. The year I turned seventeen, the Heavenly God chose me as the sacrifice... 60Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 57 I Ferry Souls in the Underworld 我是冥界运魂人 [Standalone Stories + Mild Horror + Folk Legends + Not a Female Powerhouse] When I was born, a fortune-teller said my fate belonged to fire and that I would bring harm to my parents, so they sent me to live with my grandfather in the countryside. Grandfather told me I was someone who wandered between life and death, able to communicate with the living and the dead and guide spirits onward. I suspected the old man had lost his mind, until one day the guardian spirit of our home manifested and tol 45Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 58 Marry the Phoenix, You! Go Cook Me a Couple of Dishes 嫁凤，你，去给我炒两个菜 [The heroine is clever, neither a saint nor an idiot. The hero isn’t aloof or short-tempered. Lots of jokes, a mutually faithful couple, happy endings for everyone, causes revealed after effects, no substitute trope, a little angst for the hero but none for the heroine, with a touch of past and present lives.] Warnings: The heroine is a strong woman with a feminist outlook, and there are lots of jokes. The romance between the leads has little to do with their past and present lives, but those li 209Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 59 Goddess Reborn, Snake Immortal Wife 神女转世，蛇仙妻 An early work, an experiment. A girl born under an ill-starred fate, destined to be a goddess, with two immortals, a snake and a fox, circling around her, while the Ghost King of Kunlun fights to protect her to the death. I was born with a snake-shaped tattoo. It brought me plenty of benefits, but also some unpleasant consequences. My parents never let me get too close to boys, but when I hit puberty, I still broke that rule. Ever since then, a man has appeared in my dreams every single night... 7Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 60 A Life-and-Death Pact Between the King of Hell and Me 我和冥王的生死契约 "Half mystery + half comedy + the worlds of yin and yang + a male lead who is a cunning, devoted deity of the underworld + a kind, steadfast, brave mortal heroine + every character is clever" One lottery ticket, one contract, and from that moment on, my three souls and seven spirits belonged to him. I took something that was never mine, so I have to do good deeds, travel between the worlds of yin and yang, give away all my money, risk my life to repay him, and even give myself to him… He laid on 516Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 61 Reborn as the Netherworld King: He's Impossible to Flirt With 重生之冥王大人太难撩 "New book out now, come on in and show your support!" [A supernatural story disguised as romance] [A male lead who doesn't understand love but still dotes on her X a clever, flirtatious female lead] Lu Xinyue spent her whole life being foolish, only to end up murdered by the man she loved. But she is reborn. After her rebirth, the world seems different. There's a blood ruyi that bewitches people, a giant carp that eats humans, an orphanage from a hundred years ago, a village in Shanyin where eve 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 62 The Dragon-Taming Bride 镇龙妻 [From home feng shui to esoteric arts, from attracting wealth and changing your fortune to reading faces and understanding people, improve your luck through the lens of metaphysics.] Fifty years ago, my grandfather forcibly pierced an underground dragon vein to find a feng shui treasure site, changing the fortunes and fate of our Zhou family. Fifty years later, a blood-soaked man showed up at our door, saying he wanted to marry into the Zhou family! The Nine Purple Li Fire cycle, the Witch’s Sun 304Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 63 The King of Hell Takes a Wife 阎王娶妻 A startled cry in my dream shattered that enchanting spring reverie. My name is Luo Ning. A spring dream stirred memories hidden in my mind, memories that should never have been awakened... 185Reads—Score—Shelves
- 64 Me, a College Girl: Feasting by Day, Eating Ghosts by Night 我，女大，白天干饭，晚上吃鬼 [Completed] The arrogant Ghost King vs. the forthright college girl, Chinese horror + supernatural + suspense + folk taboos. Have you ever seen an inflated human skin race you? Have you ever encountered a dead person whose mouth gaped wider than a washbasin? Have you ever come across a headless corpse that wanted to hug you? I’ve seen all of them. My name is Qin Sang, a college girl who eats ghosts. But you don’t have to be afraid of me. I’m human, but… the one beside me isn’t. It all began whe 57Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 65 A Dragon’s Life with You 龙生有你 The snake immortal insists on becoming my patron immortal and wants me to love him deeply, but in my dreams, fragments of a strange memory keep resurfacing. It seems closely tied to both his origins and mine, where love intertwines with mystery… 103Reads—Score—Shelves
- 66 He Works in Finance in the Underworld 他在地府当财务 {One-on-one romance, two male leads. Whoever you are, you’re the only one I’ll ever love.} In the autumn of 1937, the Great Emperor Tianqi Rensheng descended to the mortal realm against the objections of the Three Pure Ones, especially the Heavenly Worthy of Primordial Beginning. The following spring, the Great Emperor Tianqi Rensheng suffered a cultivation deviation, fell into the demonic path, and was struck down by heavenly retribution. Heavenly Worthy of Primordial 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 67 The Stunning Snake Lord Is So Cute and Sweet, I Can't Let Go 绝色蛇君又萌又糯，让我爱不释手 [Yandere + Overprotective Love + Chasing His Wife to the Crematorium + Transmigration] [A soft, adorable little snake king vs. a proud, fierce heroine] Jiang Ling accidentally puts on a strange ring. From that day on, she dreams every night of a giant snake coiling around her, starting at her feet and winding all the way up. For someone as terrified of snakes as she is, it’s a horrifying nightmare. Later, she discovers that this isn’t a dream at all. It’s real. A golden snake is coiling around h 132Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 68 My Ghost Marriage Husband Is the King of Hell 冥婚老公是阎王 Yin Qing, an ordinary college student, was worried about finding a job after graduation. But after an uncanny trip back to her hometown, she found herself bound in a ghost marriage to the King of the Underworld! From then on, strange events came one after another. To uncover the secret behind the curse that had plagued the Yin family for generations, Yin Qing resolutely joined the Special Abilities Divisio 805Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 69 The Underworld Lord Takes a Bride, Ten Thousand Ghosts Pay Homage 冥君娶亲，万鬼朝拜 My name is Mu Xiaolan. My birth was blamed for the deaths of my grandparents, and when I was six, both my parents passed away too. The villagers considered me cursed. I wanted to die at my parents’ graves, but at the last moment, an immortal saved me. He called himself Master Beicang, took me back to his sect to learn cultivation, and forbade me from descending the mountain before I turned eighteen. At last, I was allowed to leave the mountain at eighteen. My first assignment was to deal with th 153Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 70 Day Ghost, Night Husband 昼鬼夜夫 Falling in love with two souls sharing the same body: by day, he is cruel and domineering; at night, he is gentle and devoted. And could his secret really have everything to do with me? Through a series of mishaps, I became betrothed to a simple-minded man as a child. At first, I could barely hide my dislike. But little by little, I came to understand him, discovering tenderness and kindness in someone who didn’t seem particularly bright. When we reunited years later, the simple-minded boy had c 1.8kReads9.0Score153Shelves
- 71 The Snake King's Beloved Wife: The Hilarious Little Queen 蛇王宠妻：爆笑小王后 Her name was Su Beibei, and it already sounded like she was destined for bad luck. Sure enough, her life was just as unlucky as her name! Good grief, all she did was enjoy the exhilaration of flying downhill at full speed from a snowy mountaintop. Did she really have to fly all the way into some ancient kingdom from an unknown era? “Ah! Help!” Su Beibei screamed as she fell. 203Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 72 Immortal Who Chases the Yin 逐阴仙 At seven, I encountered an evil spirit, and yin energy came knocking. My dead great-uncle beckoned me, but he appeared out of nowhere and gently stopped me from taking one fatal step. His name was Xie Changli, an unknown wandering spirit who stayed by my side as I grew up and protected me for years. At seventeen, I lost my protective talisman. We met again in a desperate situation, a red thread winding around my finger as the bell rang to drive away evil. He had always been cool and distant, u 28Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 73 The Underworld King Heard His Wife's Thoughts and Went Mad 冥王听到夫人的心声气疯了 Su Nian's pitch-black eyes met Ji Shen's, and in an instant, he had entered her heart. Blackness, endless blackness. Ji Shen took a few steps forward, then saw a red flower of the other shore standing there. “What is this?” Ji Shen gazed at the flower and slowly reached out to touch it. ‘Don't touch it! It's poisonous!’ A clear voice rang through the darkness. At the warning, Ji Shen immediately pulled his hand back and looked around, but he couldn't see anyone. “Who are you? Show yourself!” Onl 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 74 Hail the Corpse Ancestor: My Wife Has Married into the Underworld 尸祖在上：娇妻亿嫁冥界 [Yandere corpse ancestor × teasing little troublemaker] They say Boyou, the corpse ancestor of the Netherworld, is cruel and heartless, but no one knows about the pathological possessiveness hidden beneath his outward appearance. He spies on her, schemes against her, and even hurts himself to play the victim, all to make her fall for him. She keeps causing trouble to make him hate her, only to bring disaster down on herself. On an utterly ordinary night in the Netherworld, a certain corpse ances 286Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 75 The Underworld King's Beloved Consort 冥王殿下的宠妃 I went back to my hometown with my boyfriend of one year, never imagining he'd offer me up as a sacrifice. When I opened my eyes again, I had become the wife of the King of the Underworld. This handsome, supreme Lord of the Underworld threatened to strangle me at the drop of a hat. He pressed his thin lips together. “Just obey me, and I'll protect you for the rest of your life.” When I tried to get away from him, I ran into a snow monster while making my escape. Just when I thought I was about t 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 76 The Coffin Bride 棺材娘子 I spent summer vacation helping Grandpa look after his paper effigy shop. But then an unexpected visitor showed up and asked me to paint eyes and eyebrows on a paper figure. I never imagined that painting its eyes could give it a soul. That very night, the person in the painting appeared in my dreams and demanded my life... 269Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 77 The Ghost King Clings to Me: The Coffin Man Climbs into My Bed 鬼王缠身：棺人榻上来 I was born with pure yin, making me a walking piece of Tang Monk's flesh to ghosts and monsters. I was destined to die young. A fortune-teller said that if I wanted to survive, I had to enter into a ghost marriage with the Ghost King. On our wedding day, a blood moon hung high overhead. A hundred ghosts carried the bridal sedan, and the Ghost King and I consummated our marriage in a night of passion. From then on, a new presence remained by my side… In a world where flesh and time exist, the Bud 444Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 78 Lord of the Underworld, Your Queen Is Absolutely Badass! 冥君大人，您的冥后飒爆了！ Black Impermanence: My Lord, Miss Li went out to fight someone. She wants me and Little White to go back her up! Mo Tingchen: What can you two do to help? Get the Ten Yama Kings, and Ox-Head and Horse-Face too! White Impermanence: My Lord, Miss Li says she’s going to exorcise some demons. She might not come home tonight. Mo Tingchen: Not come home tonight? Exorcising demons? My wife has to handle all this herself? What exactly am I feeding you all for, hmm? The ghosts: Lord of the Underworld, yo 1.4kReads6.6Score229Shelves
- 79 Sacrificed to the Mad Underworld King, I Somehow Have to Write Every Day? 被献祭给疯批冥王他竟然每天让我写作？ I Was Sacrificed to a Deranged King of the Underworld, and He Makes Me Write Every Day? 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 80 The Ghost King Husband’s One and Only 我被鬼王老公独宠了 [Love at first sight, destined lovers, sweet romance, protective older-man type] [An age gap of over 2,000 years when he’s a ghost] [A 12-year age gap when he’s human] A doting, thousand-year-old Ghost King who’s aloof around others but loves acting cute in front of his wife, a hopeless romantic x an adorable, hopelessly devoted husband Xuan Ming has been dead for 3,000 years. In the year he turns 3,000, he must find the person destined for him and make them fall in love with him, or he’ll be re 925Reads8.4Score157Shelves
- 81 The Snake Bridegroom 蛇婿 I was cut from the belly of a corpse, a child born of the dead, a jinx everyone despised. Misfortune followed me from childhood, yet Grandma said I had a noble destiny and limitless prospects. Then I was kidnapped and taken into the mountains, where a golden serpent coiled around me. From that moment on, strange events never stopped, and I began to challenge fate itself… 99Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 82 The Fox Immortal Descends: A Cursed Fox's Fate 狐仙降世：诡命狐缘 On the day she was born, a blind old fortune-teller declared that Bai Xiao was destined to a life of extreme yin: “This girl won’t live past eight. At eighteen, she’ll be beset by a hundred ghosts and meet certain death.” She refused to believe him and stubbornly made it to eighteen. But the year she turned eighteen, she watched with her own eyes as her grandmother climbed out of her coffin, intending to bury her alive and take her along as a funeral offering… “Xiao Xiao, come with Grandma…” As 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 83 The Transmigrated Bride of the King of Hell 阎王的穿越新娘 Ye Nanchu died, but the King of Hell inexplicably let her be reborn. Fine. He was handsome, and she was a sucker for good looks. She’d accept it. He declared, “I love eating little girls like you, all soft and fair. But if you enter the underworld and become my wife, I’ll let you eat the legs first. I’ll just have the internal organs.” But everyone across the Three Realms knew he had guarded her through nine cycles of reincarnation, and spent his days enduring the punishment of having molten cop 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 84 Married to a Dragon: The Passionate Dragon King's Beloved Wife 嫁给龙，深情龙王的小娇妻 What? After getting married, I suddenly found out that my husband was not human! He was a dragon from legend! Mo Nian was completely stunned. How could that be possible? A certain dragon blinked his innocent eyes. “Honey, you’ll still love me just like before, right?” “Yun Yichen! How many secrets are you still keeping from me?” Mo Nian planted her hands on her hips and let out a furious roar. “I’m the legendary Dragon King. That’s really all there is to it,” Yun Yichen confessed honestly. Mo Ni 41Reads—Score—Shelves
- 85 This Ghost Husband Is Pretty Handsome 这个鬼夫有点帅 One day, while catching ghosts, I accidentally got involved with a male ghost. From then on, my days became a scorching, ghostly affair. Pinned against the wall, the ghost's hands wandered all over me. “Darling, I like this.” Pinned to the bed, the ghost gave me a seductive look. “Baby.” What the heck...? Hey, hey, hey, that's enough! Climbing mountains of corpses and wading through seas of blood is one thing, and letting you cop a feel every now and then is bad enough, but now you want to make. 58Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 86 An Unbroken Serpent Marriage: The Snake Lord Is Too Fierce 阴缘不断：蛇夫太凶猛 When I was ten, I hurt a snake. More than a decade later, it came back for revenge, and strange things began happening around me… It all began that night when I caught a ride with the guy of my dreams… 67Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 87 My Husband Comes from the Underworld 我的夫君他来自地府 I've been unlucky since I was little. I'm said to bring misfortune to my husband and children, and my father even used me to pay off a debt of yin energy he owed. When I came of age, he showed up to make me honor the contract we made back then. After that, my mother was near death, my father disappeared, and one friend after another ran into trouble... 48Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 88 The Ultimate Husband 最强老公 A fierce husband, seven nights of passion, a spirit fetus conceived in secret, a Chi dragon blood ring... A family that crawled out of a tomb offered me as a sacrifice to the Emperor. From then on, I wandered between the worlds of yin and yang, no longer welcome among the living. 1kReads8.3Score113Shelves
- 89 The River God's Bride 河神新娘 A sacrificial rite brings the young girl Chu Xiyan together with the River God, setting in motion a deeply moving love story. They save one another and help each other become whole, enduring the tangled joys and sorrows of love and hate... 171Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 90 Your Husband, the King of the Underworld, Is Online 您的老公冥王已上线 A User Manual for the King of the Underworld: 1. Feed him. Even if you have to go hungry, never let him go hungry. 2. Flatter him, and stroke him the right way. 3. Soothe him. No matter who's at fault, it's always yours. 4. Let him pinch, knead, and hug you as much as he likes. Don't resist! 5. When he asks if you love him, don't hesitate, don't waver, and don't tell him quietly. Say, “I love you!” In short: After spending three years as a wandering soul, I met a fake reaper. He was imposing, do 166Reads9.1Score—Shelves
- 91 Doted on Too Much by My Nonhuman Husband 被非人老公过分宠爱 [Satisfying romance + sweet doting love + supernatural + scheming] Because of my unusual constitution and fate, my grandfather arranged a marriage for me before he died. He only appears at night, and loves kissing, cuddling, and lifting me up in his arms! And wherever he appears, all sorts of bizarre events follow! It wasn’t until the very end that I discovered he had been with me because... 118Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 92 The Peerless Snake Husband’s Darling Is Tormenting Ghosts Again 绝世蛇夫掌心的小娇娇又在虐鬼了 “Be good. I'll come keep you company every night from now on.” When I was eighteen, the man from my dreams suddenly appeared in real life. I knew then that something was terribly wrong. Just before my mother was due to give birth to me, a devastating flood struck. She was submerged in the floodwaters, with no midwife or doctor to help her. The only one by her side was a pitch-black python. After I was born, I dreamed of a mesmerizing man every year on my birthday. On the night I turned eighteen, 20Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 93 Help! My Yandere Ghost Husband Imprisons Me Every Night 救命！我被病娇鬼夫夜夜囚禁了 [Obsessive, gloomy ghost of a man + anguish and sweetness intertwined + past and present lives + devoted couple + happy ending + supernatural horror] I put on lipstick on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and suddenly a blue-black hand reached out of the mirror! A handsome man in red grabbed my wrist and smiled. “I’ve finally found you, my wife. You were born when the gates of the underworld opened. You can’t escape.” He was madly possessive, his desire to own me eating away at my very 52Reads—Score—Shelves
- 94 After Our Divorce, He Saw My Posthumous Painting at the Palace Banquet 和离后，他在宫宴上看我的遗画 After Our Divorce, He Gazed at My Posthumous Painting at the Palace Banquet 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 95 After I Was Drowned in a Pond, My Husband Went Mad 被沉塘后，夫君他疯了 After I Was Drowned in a Pond, My Husband Went Mad 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 96 Sang Luo's Farewell 桑落辞 Sang Luo Ci 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 97 The Day He Burned Me Alive, He Had Only Three Months Left 烧死我那天，他只剩三个月命 The Day He Burned Me to Death, He Had Only Three Months Left to Live 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 98 After I Left, My Ex-Husband's Empire Crumbled 我走后，前夫的江山塌了 After I Left, My Ex-Husband's Empire Crumbled 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 99 Sorrow Beneath the Eaves 檐下殇 Sorrow Beneath the Eaves 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 100 Alluring Demon Aura: The Yandere Demon Husband Begs for Mercy 妖气撩人，病娇妖夫求放过 [Sickeningly sweet + hilarious supernatural comedy + monster inn] He Muxue is a laid-back demon hunter who lives by the principle, “If demons leave me alone, I’ll leave them alone.” But then a thousand-year-old demon starts haunting her in her dreams. Her peachwood sword and demon-catching talismans are useless against him. How could a demon hunter like her get entangled with a demon, let alone end up pregnant with his child… He is ruthless and decisive, cold and merciless, yet he has fallen dee 90Reads8.9Score—Shelves
