Novels like Please Give Me One Last Cigarette Tonight
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- 101 I Owe My Ex-Wife Two Million 欠了前妻二百万 On a sunny afternoon, I’ll brew a cup of green tea and pretend to be deep in thought as I reminisce, remembering what has already passed, yet is still happening… 135Reads7.3Score11614d adds
- 102 My Small-Town Girlfriend 我的小城女友 No matter how long people live in a big city, they eventually return to a small town. Xiyang, a genius who made his fortune through stock trading, finds his life going nowhere after his girlfriend cheats on him and his career hits a wall. He leaves Chengdu, a city full of memories, and returns to his hometown, where he meets the girl who will become his small-town girlfriend. This is an ordinary book, but the small-town life it tells of is anything but ordinary. 66Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 The Negative-Equity Lovers 负资产恋人 (A work of realism. The story starts slowly, but its impact builds.) A middle-class man in his thirties is hit by the property bubble’s collapse. With his assets shrinking and his marriage all but over, I had planned to give up and lie flat in this city. Until one day, Lin Shu, a fragile-looking college girl full of contradictions, barged into my chaotic life under the guise of a mysterious tenant. She’s sensitive and vulnerable, yet has an instinct for influencer culture that runs deep. To put 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 Every Time I Wake from a Dream 在每一个梦醒时分 [Beautiful women] + [Marriage] + [Life] + [Female streamers] + [Female CEOs] + [Tenants] + [Romance] + [Realism] I wanted to change the title to My Hangzhou Girl: A Heart Understood Without a Word. What a shame… A single man past his prime, recently divorced, feels the pressure of life and family weighing on him and wants to get away for a bit. So he drives to Hangzhou alone. In this city, his fate takes a miraculous turn, and the pure flower of love blooms once more. P.S. This is a warm, healin 38Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 105 The Mysterious Therapist 神秘理疗师 Nanpai Shisan, ancient medical arts and secret techniques passed down by his grandfather. He not only knows the Ten Lost Needle Techniques, but also possesses an extraordinary skill known as the “Mysterious Healing Therapy”... To survive, I set out alone for Yanjing City... 42Reads—Score—14d adds
- 106 My Foresight into the Future Reveals Cause and Effect 我的未来感知能看透因果 With a single bow before the Buddha, Qin Xian glimpsed his future at forty: a rented apartment in the Magic City, a body wracked with illness, parents disappointed in him, and no one by his side. He couldn't keep grinding anymore. He really couldn't. With his compensation money and a body in poor health, he fled back to his hometown in northern Jiangsu. Faced with his mother's relentless pressure to get married, all he wanted was to lie flat for a while. But the “future perception” golden finger 50.4kReads7.7Score2.9k14d adds
- 107 I’ll Love and Cherish You for a Lifetime 许你一世宠爱 [Lighthearted Slice of Life] + [One Female Lead] + [No System] + [Entrepreneurship] + [Sweet Romance] On the first day of school, Su Mufeng meets the beautiful new transfer student seated beside him. That encounter binds their lives together, intertwining their fates. Under Zhao Luoyi’s influence, the side of Su Mufeng he had kept buried deep in his heart gradually comes to light. He stops hiding his most tender feelings and becomes his truest self. And so, from the moment he meets Zhao Luoyi, h 787Reads7.1Score10014d adds
- 108 My Girl from Zhaoqing 我的肇庆姑娘 [Childhood Sweethearts]+ [Older Sister]+ [Girlfriend Appears Out of Nowhere] Most people think Shanghai is an oppressive city because they walk along the Bund or down Nanjing West Road, crowded with foreigners, and see all the glittering bustle around them, yet feel they have no part in it. This is the story of a drifting man who escapes Shanghai and eventually finds his happy ending. 498Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 Fading Lights Upon the Sea 海上灯火阑珊 This is a story about music, dreams, and love. Yang Cheng, a musician who left his hometown of Shanghai for Beijing, staking everything on his dream, was crushed by powerful industry interests, betrayed by his lover, and had his work stolen. His heart completely broken, he slunk back home. After withdrawing from the noise and ruins of the music scene, he couldn't bring himself to return to his family and lived alone in a rented place, sinking into despair. In the apartment he shared with others, 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 110 My 26-Year-Old Female Roommate: A Butterfly Flaps Its Wings 我的26岁女房客:蝴蝶振翅 In the original story, Le Yao is the character who leaves readers with the deepest regret, because Zhao Yang never truly saw her. She was pregnant with his child, but had no way to prove it, and so lost her only chance to be seen. The original Zhao Yang wasn't really a scumbag, either. He simply hadn't found his sense of responsibility. Later, Mi Cai gave him the motivation to change, but that motivation came from outside, because he was always chasing after her. To Zhao Yang, Mi Cai was like th 577Reads—Score13214d adds
- 111 My Nanjing Years 我的南京往事 [Older Woman]+ [Rich Heiress]+ [Returnee CEO] What is love? Perhaps it is a past one cannot revisit, or perhaps it is the confusion of struggling and wavering only to end up with nothing. It is not here, and nowhere can it be found. 463Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 112 Urban: After I Leave, You Have to Live Well! 都市:我走后,你一定要好好的! [Male-oriented + urban romance + heartbreak + soul-crushing drama + short story] One month before the college entrance exams. Su Yang goes to the hospital for a checkup, only to be told by the doctor that he has just three months to live. He doesn’t want to worry anyone, and doesn’t even tell his childhood friend, Liu Xue. He just wants to leave this world quietly, all alone. But Su Yang has long been part of Liu Xue’s plans for the future. When she frantically finds him... Su Yang: “Liu Xue, I’ 54Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 113 Life Is but a Dream 人生如梦 After his business failed, all the people around him kicked him while he was down. Even his wife did something that enraged him. From then on, he worked tirelessly to grow stronger, build a thriving business, and make a name for himself. 27.3kReads8.5Score1k14d adds
- 114 You Wait Until You’re Dying to Call Me Brother? Sorry, We’re Strangers 快死了才叫哥哥?对不起我们不熟 [Showbiz + One True Heroine + Everyone Gets Their Comeuppance] Chen He risked his life to save his five younger sisters from a flash flood, only to be swept away by the torrent himself. When he woke up in the hospital, no one was by his side, and he was told he had bone cancer, with just one year left to live. Then the Chen family announced that he was a fake young master who had been switched at birth more than twenty years ago. His adoptive parents and sisters detested him, threw him out, and 327Reads6.6Score11114d adds
- 115 My 26-Year-Old Roommate: Returning to the Beginning to Continue the Story 我的26岁女房客之重回开始续写 The pristine, transparent Sky City has long since crumbled into ruins and gradually faded from my sight. I haven't seen it in many years. There were too many regrets in the past. Countless times, I let valuable opportunities pass me by without a second thought. By the time I matured, I realized I could no longer face the pain in my heart. When I woke up, I was surprised to find I had been reborn on the day Le Yao had an abortion, the day the story began. This time, I hope to make up for every re 3.5kReads9.4Score30814d adds
- 116 I Have One Month to Live, and the Whole World Is Telling Me to Die 只剩一个月命,全世界人喊我去死 (Anthology + multiple stories + major heartbreak + bring tissues) Xiang Jin’an valued his family and friends above everything else. And every one of them hoped he would die!!! At sixteen, he was diagnosed with terminal cancer. When they learned he was going to die, his family and friends said: His father: “Hurry up and die. Then I won’t have to beat you every day. I’m exhausted too, so it’d be a relief if you died!!!” His mother: “When you’re about to die, don’t do it at home. It’ll bring bad lu 7Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 117 I Never Meant to Become a Landlord 我真没想当房东 [Slow Burn + No Idiocy + No System + Realistic] Five years of waiting ended with the other person saying, “Let's break up.” Then a girl suddenly showed up at my house, asking to rent a room. And she was beautiful, too. I hadn't wanted to say yes, but the girl was so pushy. 751Reads6.2Score10514d adds
- 118 Piercing Through Time: The Old Era, Stealing Fire, No Return 刺穿异时光:旧纪元,盗火,无归 Earth is dead. From the Solar System to Laniakea, this corner of the universe has finally found peace. Lin Qi’s legendary life begins in its final ten chapters. Only then will his little universe erupt. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 He's Gone! 他不在了! When Gu Chang’an was three, his father remarried and his mother left. His family was shattered, and so was he. From then on, home was no longer Gu Chang’an’s harbor or his refuge from the storm. When he felt wronged, he had nowhere to hide. Until Ding Tingting appeared. She was like a beam of light shining down on Gu Chang’an… 716Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 120 Love Is Simple 爱很简单 Before I became a billionaire, I was always searching for love. What is love? I hope you can find the answer in this book. This book is about love, desire, life, philosophy, gender equality, and society's discrimination against women... 40Reads—Score314d adds
- 121 The Days We Spent Running with the Wrong Crowd 那些年混过的日子 Young and reckless, we chased nothing but our ideals. The storms we weathered in those years, the roads we walked together, and the days we spent making our way through life. The old generation's feuds and entanglements, the younger generation's rivalries: an unknown nobody gradually grows stronger, overcoming hardship after hardship without ever giving up. 3.8kReads7.2Score17814d adds
- 122 Those Who Came and Went Through My Life 生命里来回过的人 There’s always a book whose every word strikes a chord. The moment you open it, people from the past and long-buried events slowly surface through its pages, like a long-overdue reunion. The joys and regrets, heartaches and lingering goodbyes hidden away in the years gently unfold between the lines. Before long, your eyes are brimming with tears. It turns out some memories have never really gone away. For: Everyone who has passed through my life 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 123 Late-Stage Pancreatic Cancer: The Truth Comes Out, and They Regret It Too Late 胰脏病晚期,真相曝光他们追悔莫 [Everyone’s Regret + BE + Healing (Heartbreaking) + Pure Urban Drama!!] No one wants to die. It’s just that I’ve stopped caring about the world. Shortly before his twenty-first birthday, Sang Yan learned that he had late-stage pancreatic cancer. “Have your family spend more time with you. You might make it through the winter.” The doctor’s words plunged him into despair… The creator is merciless. Simply being alive has always been painful enough for Sang Yan. Since childhood, he had done everyth 93Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 124 Pleasant Goat and Beautiful Goat 喜羊羊与美羊羊 [A tearjerker novel. If you don't want to get struck down in one blow, get your mindset ready before diving in!] My name is Xu Kun. I like singing, dancing, and rap. No, I just lied... My name is Xi Yangyang. I like Mei Yangyang. P.S. This book is also titled Let Me See You Through Your Final Journey. 91Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 125 The Will Goes Public, and Bai Lu Breaks Down in Tears After Learning the Truth! 遗嘱曝光,得知真相后白露泪崩! [Feel-good revenge fantasy, no System + one heroine + delicate emotions + a few tearjerking moments] After transmigrating, Chen Chen amasses an unprecedented fortune! He also meets the light of his life, Bai Mengyan. Keeping his identity secret, Chen Chen shares an ordinary, happy life with Bai Mengyan... But fate has other plans: Chen Chen is diagnosed with a terminal illness and has little time left. For the sake of the woman he loves, he leaves without saying goodbye. Yet during the five year —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 The Women I Loved Back Then 那些年,我爱过的女人 After five years together, my girlfriend gets pregnant by her married male boss. Heartbroken, I unexpectedly meet a beautiful CEO. Amid tangled relationships and clashes in the business world, can I learn to believe in love again and turn my life around? 2.7kReads9.1Score33314d adds
- 127 Heavenly Dao: I Grant You a Hundred Days in This Body to Settle Your Mortal Affairs 天道:允你百日身,了却凡尘事 If you were peerless in cultivation and had a lifespan of over a thousand years, but suddenly learned you had only a hundred days left, what would you do? A century after transmigrating, Wang Shun had already become humanity's fifth strongest fighter. After another century, he finally led humanity to victory in the first invasion from another world. But before he could spend time with the people he loved, the Heavenly Dao told him that a second invasion was coming! And this time, prot 1.9kReads8.2Score14314d adds
- 128 The Leisurely Life After Financial Freedom 财富自由后的悠闲生活 [No System + Urban Entrepreneurship + Traditional] In the spring of 2010, Lu Dalang, a senior at an agricultural university, was about to graduate. His girlfriend, Qian Mei, wanted to return to her hometown, where her parents had already arranged a job for her and she had familiar connections. Lu Dalang, determined to pursue his own future, angrily headed to the provincial capital. His girlfriend left him with one condition: “Buy a house, and come get me so we can live in the provincial capital. 4kReads8.2Score15014d adds
- 129 I'll Wait for You Amid Wine, Women, and Moonlit Nights 我在风花雪月中等你 After a night of partying, he accidentally answered the campus belle's call, and she latched onto him as her boyfriend... Just then, his ex-girlfriend, who had been abroad for years, came looking for him again in a Maybach... And that's not all. The professional female gamer who dominates onstage turns out to be a socially anxious introvert in private, and she's even willing to give up her career for me... The editor who knows me best actually suggested that we elope together... What should I do 748Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 130 My Bionic Girlfriend 我的仿生女友 (Very sweet and full of everyday moments, but a warning: there’s a major tearjerker later on.) Lu Ren, a 26-year-old shut-in writer, encounters a mechanical bionic girl outside his rental apartment. No one knows where she came from. She can become a red-haired beauty, a white-haired ice queen, a domineering female CEO, or a sweet girl next door. She can even effortlessly pull off the look of anime characters. From then on, Lu Ren’s life undergoes a complete transformation. Yes, his bionic girlfr 228Reads8.7Score2914d adds
- 131 My Last Two Months: I Want to Say a Proper Goodbye to the World 最后两个月,我想与世界好好告别 At eighteen, in the prime of my youth, I was diagnosed with a terminal illness. I had only two months left to live. But I couldn't bear to leave my loving parents, my doting grandparents, or the friends and family I cherished most… Since I couldn't change the fact that I was going to die, I wanted to choose how to spend the final stretch of my life. I'd make the most of my last two months in this world and say a proper goodbye to it. 1.3kReads8.7Score10314d adds
- 132 Burying Myself in Love 以身葬爱 Burying Love with My Life 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 133 The Crazy Women 疯狂的女人们 Crazy Women —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 134 In a World with You, I Never Want to Wake Up 有你的世界我不想醒 [Happily completed] “Silly Lan, what's there to cry about? As long as I'm still alive, and as long as you still want me around, I'll always stay by your side. I'll always be your best friend. I promise.” “Xiao Cao, if I ever fall asleep and can't wake up, just like you, you have to tell me, ‘I miss you so much,’ okay?” This world is full of illusions. Only pain never lies. All I want to say is: What's so bad about a world of illusions? When I was helpless and down on my luck, with no hope left f 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 135 A Love Story in Bincheng 滨城的爱情故事 (Urban) + (romance) + (multiple male leads) + (a little sweet) + (one heroine)... “Let's break up!” Ling Lei was already numb. Cheng Wenxi's figure slumped as he disappeared into the sunset. Through tear-blurred eyes, she remembered the past, then turned to see her sleeping child and her ordinary husband, Wang Keyan, scrolling through short videos. She put on her headphones in the dark. In the window's reflection, she smiled. A forty-year-old woman listening to music really is beautiful. 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 136 Hello, Mr. Doraemon 你好,哆啦A梦先生 I had only wanted to live an easy, carefree life as an ordinary person. But when my childhood sweetheart and first CEO girlfriend married someone else for the sake of profit, and my beautiful second girlfriend, a painter, sacrificed herself for power, I realized I couldn't keep being a pushover. I had to fight back! When I finally stood at the top of the pyramid, I gave life a resounding shout... 1.8kReads8.7Score19714d adds
- 137 You Are the Fireworks of This World 你是人间烟火 One rainy night, while I was out delivering food, a beautiful woman in a luxury car knocked me down. Little did I know, that would be the start of our fateful connection. She was incredibly apologetic: she gave me money, apologized, and left me her contact information. But then, somehow, I ended up getting beaten up because of it. Furious, I swore that if I ever saw her again, I’d demand to know why! But fate had other plans. When we met again, who would have thought it had all been predestined? 20.2kReads8.6Score2.1k14d adds
- 138 From the Start, I Risked My Life Against Drug Dealers, Bringing Hundreds of Millions to Tears 开局跟毒贩以命换命,数亿人泪崩 An He saves a little girl and gets hit by a semi-truck, awakening a life simulator. The scenes from his simulated lives are also connected to the Myriad Worlds, where they are livestreamed. [The first time, in 1999, he was the son of anti-narcotics officers. He watched his parents die before his eyes, then his whole family was relentlessly hunted by drug traffickers.] [To protect his family, An He walked straight into the trap and faced the traffickers alone, trading his life for theirs.] [He ma 6.3kReads8.9Score1.1k14d adds
- 139 Hated by Everyone in Life, I Became Their Beloved After Death 生前万人嫌,死后却成了白月光 [Redemption] [Sweet Romance] [Healing] Senior high school student Chen Shu suddenly gains a superpower: he will be eighteen forever. He starts by using his power to enjoy a free feast of rare delicacies. Then he meets a girl on a bridge who is about to take her own life. With his superpower, he begins a romance with her... One that will never end. 1.7kReads8.7Score15014d adds
- 140 Lovers and Beloveds 情人爱人 Lovers and Sweethearts 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 On My Twenty-Sixth Birthday, I Received a Terminal Diagnosis 二十六岁那天,我收到了绝症通知书 On my twenty-sixth birthday, I received the news that I had a terminal illness. 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 142 Don’t Ask Me to Forgive You. I Just Want to Die with Dignity 别求我原谅,我只想从容赴死 [Regret and remorse] [No forgiveness] [Extreme sports] [Livestream] [Protagonist dies] Lu He enjoyed less than a month of happiness in the first half of his life. His mother became a vegetable, and they blamed him. The family business was struggling, and they blamed him. Even when his adopted younger brother only got a minor scrape, they blamed him. And now, ALS had come for him too. He was about to die. Why should he still be sensible and obedient, constantly making things difficult for himself 1.1kReads8.5Score10314d adds
- 143 I Was a Dragon, but Became a Live-In Son-in-Law 我本狂龙,却做了赘婿 Shu Mu Chen, code-named “Mad Dragon,” thirty years old, at the peak of his prime. As the captain of a mysterious special forces unit, he retires for the sake of a promise Three months later, he willingly becomes the live-in son-in-law of the Murong family, one of Yanjing's most powerful families. The eldest daughter, Murong Chun Xue, ---the domineering CEO's husband... Special note: This is not a System novel. Please don't flame it if it's not your thing. 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 Your Majesty, I Take My Leave 女帝,臣退了 The Empress as a child: Brother, where are you taking me to play today? The grown-up Empress: Regent, it’s time for you to step down! I’m taking the throne myself! “Your Majesty, I’m stepping down!” “With this step, I step down for the rest of my life.” “Get out!” “Right away!” The Regent looked up, then turned and left. “Ding-dong!” At the sound, his comeback began! Years later, the Empress, heavily pregnant, grabbed the Regent by the ear. “And this is the compensation you promised me?!” 383Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 145 A Wife’s Heart Is a Sea of Sorrow 娇妻心似海之沉沦 A middle-aged man’s marital crisis. A torn stocking in the bathroom shatters Chen Fan’s happy life. Has his young, beautiful wife, Wang Bingyu, really betrayed him? Seeing the bald man standing beside his wife in a photo, Chen Fan decides to take furious revenge, only to fall into another carefully laid trap of hers... 269Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 146 The Most Realistic Cultivation 最真实修仙 [Heartbreak + Hellish Trials + Weak Beginnings + Cultivation + Realism + Most Miserable Protagonist + Immortality] Qin Feng has no protagonist aura, no golden finger, and no so-called heavenly luck. In this cruel world of cultivation, he lives worse than a dog every day. A man’s knees are worth their weight in gold, but Qin Feng has none to spare. He can only beg for his life to eke out a wretched existence. This is the most realistic story of an ordinary man cultivating immortality, seeking ete 167Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 147 You Could Have Been a Respectable Boss, but You Chose to Be a Jerk 正经老板不当,你非要去做渣男 Title: You Could Be a Respectable Boss, So Why Become a Heartless Player? Also known as: Reborn as a Boss, So What If I’m a Little Heartless? Chen Dong, a longtime office worker, somehow returned to ten years earlier. With no particular skills, he unexpectedly bound himself to an entrepreneurship and wealth-building System. From then on, he stopped working for other people. Once he became a boss, he discovered that people seemed to like him a whole lot more. All the beauties 3.3kReads7.1Score18214d adds
- 148 She Realized She Was the Replacement, and the Stunning CEO Broke Down in Tears 发现自己才是替身,绝美总裁泪崩 [Wife-Chasing Regret + Everyday Romance + Lighthearted + Power Fantasy + No NTR] [The rating just came out, it’ll climb soon] Everyone who knew them was aware that Gu Bei was the stand-in Su Yang had found for her first love. The more dazzling Su Yang, CEO of the Su Group, became, the more people looked down on Gu Bei. But in less than a year, people had started to envy Su Yang instead. That was because Gu Bei was a flawless stand-in and the perfect partner. Even her best friends secretly tried 2.3kReads8.1Score10314d adds
- 149 I Become a Villain and Get Dumped? Me: Dump Me, Dump Me! 成为反派被退婚?我:退退退! Shen Chong transmigrates into the world of a novel and becomes a top-tier villainous rich second-generation heir. He obtains a Survival System: as long as he follows the plot and stays alive, he can earn a huge number of rewards. But what he never expected was that every heroine could hear his inner thoughts. [The first heroine is a lovesick idiot. Good thing she called off the engagement. Stay away, stay away!] [Big Sister Li Yu is so beautiful, but she’s a traitor and a pathetic simp. Not for 493Reads7.8Score—14d adds
- 150 My 23-Year-Old Landlady 我的23岁女房客 [Multiple heroines + not reborn + no System + urban slice of life + not a power fantasy + slow burn + a little angst + lots of sweetness] After breaking up with my first love, I stayed in one city for six years. Then I ran into the heiress Ye Xin at a bar. On New Year’s Eve, she told me she was pregnant. With my child? What kind of nonsense is that? I, Chen Mo, have always held my liquor well. I’ve never… I looked at everyone with an innocent expression and hurried to explain, “This has nothing 1.9kReads8.1Score13114d adds

















































