Novels like Please Give Me One Last Cigarette Tonight
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- 1 My Roommate Has a Split Personality 我的双重人格女房客 After spending two and a half years behind bars, a young man with nothing to his name is released from prison and sees the dark, unjust reality for what it is. He works hard to make something of himself, hoping to carve out a chance to survive in the wilds of Hangzhou. There's a rich beauty who wants to take him in, his closest friend since high school, and a charismatic bar owner. What kind of life is this? 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Roommates, Sequel: Our Unforgettable Regrets 房客续写之我们的意难平 This is not a feel-good power fantasy. The male lead is an original character. Don't read if that's not your thing. Chen Xi, a transmigrator, enters the world of Roommates and meets the characters from the book. He's just an ordinary person who can't escape the world of Roommates, can't find himself, and can't reach the land of freedom. So this book won't have the typical power fantasy plot of a transmigrator dominating the business world. At its heart, it's still a story about an ordinary perso —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 My Wisteria Girl 我的凌霄花女孩 [Urban Romance] [Multiple Heroines] [Redemption] [Career] Two rains of farewell changed Chu Huai's life forever. Faced with a choice, he decided to stay and look after his brother's younger sister, giving up both love and his studies. “Chu Huai... You dare say you don't love me anymore? If you dare say you don't love me anymore, then I won't love you for the rest of my life either!” “Xiao Yao, I don't love you anymore...” Five years passed in a flash. Then he was suddenly dumped by his beau —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 My Girlfriend Is All Natural 我的女友纯天然 By the stream, beneath a big tree, I stand at the peak of the mountain, pondering what love is. Is it the last cigarette, smoked down to the end? Or a flame that can never quite catch fire? I pray, yearn, and search in my heart for the most beautiful scene and the purest, most natural feeling. 46Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 5 From the Start, After the Breakup: I Brought a Strange Woman Home 开局分手：带陌生女人回家 [In the style of My 26-Year-Old Female Tenant] [No System] [Realistic Fiction] [Tragic Ending] [First Person] After reading My 26-Year-Old Female Tenant, I decided to finish the novel I'd been planning for a long time. I'm a new author, and I hope you enjoy it… Title: Where Time Flows Softly, A Dream of Mortal Life —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 After Meeting My Online Date in Person, the Goddess Fell for Me 网友奔现后，女神对我动情了 A true story about youth, love, friendship, deception, money, and striving. In this city, perhaps a man has to be with several women before he can mature; Under this night sky, perhaps a woman has to experience more men before she can find a place to call home. 1.2kReads—Score8814d adds
- 7 A Fated Match and a Jade Pendant: Love That Defies Destiny 玉佩良缘：打破宿命的爱恋 A Fated Love Through a Jade Pendant: A Romance That Defies Destiny —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 I Took a Part-Time Designated Driver Job and Met a Stunning Beauty 兼职跑代驾遇到极品美女 I work part-time as a designated driver at a nightclub. I never expected my very first customer to be my hot female boss, and in the end, she even…? 371Reads—Score3514d adds
- 9 Make a Wish to the End of the World 对着末日许愿 No System, not a wish-fulfillment story, pure love in the apocalypse “So beautiful,” I thought, raising my camera without thinking to capture the scene. But my hands stopped halfway, and I lowered it again. Who could I share it with? Suddenly, the moment didn't seem so beautiful anymore. If you'd been there, maybe I would've been braver, Jiang Lan. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 You Think You Can Just Quit After Earning Enough? Who Said You Could Resign? 赚够了就收手？同意你离职了吗？ [Unhinged characters] + [multiple female leads] + [daily life] + [women pursuing the man] + [lighthearted] + [comedy] “Hello. The employee you are trying to reach has left the company. Please stop calling.” But the four beautiful bosses all say, “Cui Li, your contract ending doesn't mean you can leave.” For his younger sister's sake, Cui Li sets out to make a quick buck. Just when he thinks it's all over and he's about to embark on a free life, he realizes this is only a new beginning. What is i 2.5kReads8.2Score14014d adds
- 11 My Future Superstar Roommate 我的未来大歌星室友 [Healing + Everyday Life + Sweet Romance + No Major Angst + Not a Power Fantasy] A sweet first love, a playful tenant, and a gentle older sister. The most useless male lead is mired in emotional turmoil, finding redemption and healing step by step in a sweet yet fulfilling romance. Perhaps one day in the future, you’ll climb that rugged yet dazzling island, follow the path to the lighthouse, and find the soul that belongs to you. When that day comes, remember to bring me along. I want to wear a 175Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 12 Love in the Mortal World, Joy and Sorrow in This Fleeting Life 红尘爱恋，浮世悲欢 An unexpected encounter amid the bustle of everyday life binds two people, both steeped in the ordinary, tightly together. They find warmth in each other’s arms amid the surging tides of this fickle world, and taste every sorrow and joy as time wears them down. They once believed love was a boat that could carry them through life’s storms, only to glimpse the deep wounds behind romance amid daily necessities and wind, frost, rain, and snow. In this vast, turbulent world, meetings and partings —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 My Girl from Porcelain City 我的瓷都姑娘 My new work is out! You’re welcome to 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! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 My Pure and Beautiful Heiress 我的清纯大小姐 The hardest things to forget are the ones you never thought about, yet can never forget! A car accident during the summer before my senior year of high school left me with amnesia. To escape my confusion, I boarded a train to Lhasa alone. I thought it would be an ordinary trip, but then I met a girl on the train who would heal me for the rest of my life... This is the story of a lost boy with amnesia searching for redemption, and finding love during his four years at university. 3Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 15 My 26-Year-Old Girlfriend 我的26岁女朋友 [The Landlady-style]+ [Urban Romance]+ [Everyday City Life]+ [A Touch of Angst] When my girlfriend suddenly broke up with me for no reason, I had no choice but to leave the city where I’d spent the past two years and start over. On a road trip to Tibet, I came across a beautiful woman with a flat tire. Figuring I might as well help, I changed it for her. Tibet is a place that can cleanse the soul. Here, I learned to slow down and accept things as they came. Just as I was trying to start a new re 68Reads6.1Score814d adds
- 16 Wife: My Husband Is a Scumbag, a Hopeless Good-for-Nothing 妻子：老公是人渣，烂泥扶不上墙 [High Martial Arts + Ten Thousand Races + Passion + Invincibility + Wife's Side of the Story] The variety show Let's Get Divorced has taken the internet by storm. Li Menglan, the youngest and most beautiful richest person in Xiazhou, goes on the show and demands a divorce from her husband! “My husband turned my parents against me and made them hide away in the countryside, where they can't even enjoy a decent retirement!” “He turned my little sister against me and stopped her from going to schoo 160Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 17 Please Stand in the Sunlight 请站在阳光下 Synopsis: Modern romance, urban workplace, love that grows over time After graduating from high school in her final year, the heroine drops out and starts working at a jade company to help support her family. Later, after the company manager makes improper advances, she accepts the hero’s financial support and returns to school. In her spare time, she studies jade and occasionally helps him with whatever she can. The hero teaches her how to conduct herself and handle things, and gradually falls 96Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 18 My Girl in the Woods 我的林中姑娘 [Based on real life] + [Urban] + [Detailed] + [Romance] + [Entrepreneurship] + [Tanks] + [Not a power fantasy] Cold winds blow through the valley of despair, while a beautiful woman helps you find your way back! A 26-year-old man strikes out in love and hits a wall when he tries to start a business? No problem, a rich heiress will get drunk with him at a bar! A piano teacher will help him cultivate his artistic sensibilities! A master's graduate who studied abroad will teach him how to start a b 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 My Five Loves 我的五种爱情 A story about a tenant, one female lead, a tragic romance, and regrets. Ever since Mu Cheng took in a down-on-her-luck heiress, his life, once as still as dead water, began to burn with passion. A mature beauty, a domineering female CEO, a sweet little bunny, and a crazy girl all make their entrances one after another. In short, how could life get any more exhilarating? 925Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 20 My Beijing Girl 我的北京姑娘 If you love someone, take them to Beijing. It is the heart of the country, where they can see all the splendor the world has to offer... If you hate someone, leave them in Beijing. That city is cold enough for them to hide every burden in their heart… I reveled in the city's splendor at night, never understanding why anyone would stay in Beijing. After seven years, my relationship fell apart, and only then did I begin to see that I had nothing. Her arrival saved me. She was the kindest girl 524Reads7.7Score10114d adds
- 21 Only After I Died Did My Wife Begin to Regret It 我死后，妻子才开始后悔 [Angst + Tragic Literary Fiction + Rebirth + Redemption by Those Around Him + Slice of Life] Absolutely worth reading. You won’t regret diving in! We met when we were eighteen, got married at twenty-two, and when she was twenty-five, her childhood sweetheart returned to the country. I asked for a divorce. Someone asked if I was okay with it. I thought for a moment and said, “She never loved me in the first place. What is there to be okay or not okay with? In this story called redemption, I was a 138Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 22 My Perfect Girlfriend and Sidekick 我的极品跟班女友 A “personal attendant” is what you might call a young master’s page or a maid who serves him closely in ancient times. Lin Wushi serves Ji Mu, a noble young master of Nanjin. While gaming, he meets a girl with a mature, alluring voice, and they arrange to meet in person. But who could have guessed that this girl is the most powerful little princess in all of Nanjin? And he falls in love with her attendant... 5Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 23 Lover with a Pure Heart 素心恋人 You’re the person I love most. For you, I could deceive anyone in the world, even myself. That’s how desperately I love you. Even if you have to lie to me, please keep it up a little longer, and make the lie a little more convincing... 273Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 24 Thank You for Loving Me 谢谢你爱着我 After my first love broke up with me and told me the cruel truth, I followed in her footsteps to Shanghai. Sadly, I still couldn’t win back our innocent love. Fueled by resentment and a desire to succeed, I struggled for eight years in Shanghai, yet still ended up living like a joke. When she and the others began entering my life one by one, I started to question my resolve... 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 The South-Facing Window 朝南的窗 He saved half a year’s worth of food money to buy a hard-seat train ticket for a three-day, three-night journey, setting off to keep a date that might never have a happy ending. One was a socially anxious young man who practiced his greeting over and over beneath the starry sky of the Gobi Desert. The other was a girl who used her composure to shut out the world in the humid south. Four thousand one hundred kilometers: the longest diagonal on a map, and the full distance between two people who d —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 My Tenant Is Actually the Campus Beauty 租客竟然是校花 [Urban Slice of Life, Campus Romance, Campus Beauty, No Harem, Realistic Romance, Mutual Devotion, Sweet Romance] Lin Yifan got dumped... But you can't hang yourself from just one tree. He rented his apartment to the campus beauty, Qin Muxue. The two gradually developed feelings for each other... Then he learned the truth behind his first love's breakup with him... As the girl of his dreams faded away... As time stood still... As a boy grew into a man, how would he choose between loving and bein 18Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 27 Jiangzuo Has a Utopia 江左有个乌托邦 [Roommate-style romance] + [Heartwarming] + [Everyday urban life] + [Later twists] A young man returns home after military service, only to find a pampered young lady with a powerful background by the side of the road? His ex-girlfriend, who went overseas, returns at just this moment? Will he have to say goodbye to the exotic beauty he met by chance on the western Sichuan plateau? From the mountain city to western Sichuan, what words could possibly describe all the upheavals along the way? “I’m 858Reads7.2Score11014d adds
- 28 A Diao 阿刁 My name is A Diao. I have no parents, and I don't know when I was born. I depend on the blind Lin Aiyun, and in my life she plays the role of a mother. But she never lets me call her Mom. Because when I came into her life, she had already lost her husband, and then she lost her son too... 36Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 29 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
- 30 Spring Blossoms, Autumn Fades 春花秋逝 (Not a wish-fulfillment story, no transmigration, realistic, about an ordinary person struggling to survive in the cracks. Don’t read if that’s not your thing.) Since you all want to kill me, I’ll start by eloping with your daughters!! 561Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 31 I Want So Badly to Love This World 好想爱这个世界 (The style of The Tenants + urban tragic romance + realism + multiple female love interests + ensemble cast + bad ending + open ending) Life and death to the left, parting to the right. Gu Bei met several girls in his life. One clutched a marble for eight years, then crouched by a barbecue stall and grinned at him. “I was afraid you’d be lonely.” One left him a book before the train pulled away and said, “If one day you don’t want to wait anymore, you can come find me.” One stayed by his sid 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Through the Roaring Crowd 穿过人声鼎沸 After breaking up with the girlfriend he’d been entangled with for six years, he went on to let down the woman who loved him deeply. Then, in one drunken, reckless moment, he mistakenly took her for his ex? After deciding to leave her world, he unexpectedly meets a direct female superior who gets under his skin like no one ever has before... This is the story of a scumbag’s romantic entanglements... and a journey of growth as he learns to face his own heart. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 The 17 Years I Was Entangled with My First Love 我和白月光纠缠的17年 This story takes some patience to read. There is no harem, just pure love, and it has a tragic ending. The plot takes a while to unfold because I wanted to tell it in detail. This book is better suited to readers who enjoy a slower pace… 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Chongqing, the Youth I Left Behind 重庆，我留下的青春 Five years of love shattered like porcelain, and my career plummeted along with it. Just when my life was at its darkest, a ray of light shone in, dazzling beyond belief. In this harsh, realistic world, can I still stay true to myself?… 1.7kReads8.7Score12014d adds
- 35 Marriage Partners 婚姻合伙人 I have a very beautiful wife. In the eyes of everyone around us, she’s the perfect wife, a dutiful daughter-in-law, and my ideal match. Her career is even going better than mine. By all conventional wisdom, anyone would be more than content with a wife like her, but I can’t stop thinking about divorcing her… 3kReads8.7Score25014d adds
- 36 At 26, Shenzhen Owed Me a Home 26岁那年，深圳欠我一个家 #Realistic Heartbreak Romance #Love in an Urban Village #First Person #Growth and Redemption #Ensemble Cast #No Harem My name is Chen Yang. I'm 26, and the day I was laid off in Shenzhen, I had just 347 yuan and 80 cents in my pocket. I returned to the urban village of Minzhi. Before I could even figure out how I'd survive the next day, someone pounded on my door. My landlady, Su Lanxin, stood outside in a navy-blue suit, with a presence as direct and imposing as Shennan Avenue. She said the pro 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 The Seven-Year Itch: If You Won't Marry Me, Just You Wait 七年之痒，你不娶我，等着瞧 [In the vast sea, what is love? It makes people pledge their lives to one another. The world holds countless trials, but none is harder to overcome than love. In this immense world, amid the shifting tides of business, women are every bit as capable as men.] Li Tianyou and Zhang Ruolin met and fell in love in college. After weathering the seven-year itch, just as they were about to discuss marriage, an accident turned them into strangers, and they each set out on a different path. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 City of Rage 怒火都市 Once a darling of heaven, he has fallen to the life of an ordinary street dweller. He gives up on himself and chooses to lie flat, never expecting that, by chance, he will uncover the truth behind a decade-old case closely connected to him, one that led to the deaths of his classmate and the classmate’s entire family. Determined to win justice for the innocent victims, he once again enters a thrilling battle of wits and power against a vast interest group... 1.9kReads9.1Score24014d adds
- 39 We Fell in Love in a Parallel Universe 我们在平行时空相爱 I had a very, very long dream. I dreamed that every grain of sand on that beach replayed my past. Then, suddenly, another wave carried me to a parallel world. There, I seemed to see someone much like me, someone who also had memories I could never forget, day or night... 540Reads9.4Score10314d adds
- 40 Three Years, Eleven Pages: Don’t Cry When You Finish 三年，十一页，看完别哭 Three years, eleven pages. Don't cry when you finish reading. 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 My Five Years as a Drifter in Guangzhou 广漂的那五年 A detailed look at the five years after college graduation, spent struggling to make a living in the bustling city of Guangzhou. How did a complete novice gradually grow stronger, step by step? As we make our way along the paths of love and career, each of us has a story to tell... After five years of weathering life's hardships, we'll grow stronger at last! It's time to turn the tables!!! A new author with a new book: My Five Years Drifting in Guangzhou. I've got a story. 206Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 42 I Learned to Love You in a Southern City 我在南方的城学会爱你 The seven-year itch came to an end beneath the blazing afternoon sun. I thought my life was about to enter a long winter, but little did I know it was the beginning of a new one. When it comes to learning how to love you, I have used every bit of my ingenuity. 3.5kReads8.8Score26814d adds
- 43 My 27-Year-Old Landlady 我的27岁女租客 Jiang Xun, a documentary filmmaker, lost everything overnight: His girlfriend married someone else, his brother ran off, his grandfather passed away, and he was left with a debt of over a million yuan. His only remaining asset was an old Western-style house in Hangzhou inherited from his grandfather, but it came with a tenant who refused to leave. Chu Ran was 27, proud, stubborn, and exceptionally skilled at her work. She was a rich heiress, but refused to take over the family business, choosin —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Menace to the City: The Wicked Rogue 祸害都市：邪骨风流 [Mastermind and Poison Strategist] [His Enemy’s Daughters Have Come of Age] He went into hiding for 10 years! Now he returns to avenge his parents, who were driven to jump from a building! His enemy’s daughters turn out to be breathtaking beauties, and there are two of them! Ten years ago, Su Dong went into hiding, gave up his place at Harvard University, and enrolled in an elite military academy. He became a special forces soldier, then honed his physique in underground boxing rings after retir 1.2kReads6.3Score10514d adds
- 45 Damn, This Woman Is Fierce 卧槽，这个女人有点狠 Title: My Love Is Hidden in the Blade Lu Yuwen was the sidekick brought up by Ji Chen, the pampered young master of Nanjin, and was practically half an adopted son of the Ji family. Lu Yuwen had always lived a life of wine and luxury, until Ji Chen sent a woman to his home. His carefree days were over from that moment on... This woman was vicious. She tried to kill him from the start... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 The Promise Between Me and the Goddess 我和女神有个约定 Also known as: "My Number 14 Pet Shop" A stubborn woman barged into my life. She could have stayed a goddess, but instead she insisted on living under the same roof as me... I love listening to G.E.M.’s song “Bubble.” Whenever it comes on, I listen closely to every word she sings. Bubbles in the sunlight are colorful, just like how I was happy even as I was being deceived. Why dwell on right and wrong in your lies, when you still love me? Beautiful bubbles, though they flare up for only an insta 1.2kReads8.3Score10814d adds
- 47 My 26-Year-Old Rich Woman 我的26岁富婆 “Everyday realism” + “A small-town underdog’s rise” + “A wealthy woman’s tangled past” This story follows Qi Lan, a down-on-his-luck young man from a small town, and the strange experiences he shares with Chen Cheng, a wealthy 26-year-old woman. My name is Qi Lan. I never imagined that I’d get rich overnight. A cold, wealthy woman has somehow moved into my house. What am I supposed to do? What’s more, I’m a pure-hearted virgin. Surely I can’t be expected to offer myself to her? As an upstanding 1.2kReads8.9Score11114d adds
- 48 Your Shanghai, My Westside 我的城西，你的上海 #Tearjerker Fiction #Realistic Fiction #Urban Romance #Heartbreak and Healing #Stories from the Margins He's a delivery driver living in a subdivided room in the western part of the city. She's a designer in an office tower in the Guomao district. One glance on a rooftop, and she bends down to step into his world, but his insecurity makes him push her away again and again. She quietly submits his work to publishers and draws up plans for a bookstore. In Suzhou, she writes to tell him, “I've wai 79Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 Apocalypse: Emerging from the Underground City 末世：走出地下城 [No System + No Superpowers + No Harem + No Zombies + Apocalypse + Ensemble Cast + Not a Power Fantasy + Don’t Read If You Mind] Eighty years into the apocalypse, humanity scrapes by in underground cities... Among them are a pair of siblings, though they might be an older sister and younger brother... His name is Chen Ping’an, and her name is Ji Qinghan... He talks a lot; she barely says a word... He isn’t good at much, while she’s a formidable fighter... He treats her like a younger sister, and 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 My Love, from Chongqing to Shenzhen 我的爱从重庆到深圳 One heroine, multiple supporting female characters A sugary-sweet romance + sunny outlook + everyday love + plenty of affection On the train home for the New Year, the male lead, Ma Xuan, meets a stunning beauty. He never expects that a devastating snowstorm will bring them together, leaving their train stranded on the tracks for three or four days. The story begins in the train car where he and the beauty are traveling. Though the two outstanding young people love each other, they must both f 56Reads9.1Score—14d adds
