Novels like My Name Is Wang Zengsong
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as My Name Is Wang Zengsong, best match first.
- 1 The Song of Life 人生之歌 Centered on the decades-long life of Huang Wenbin and his family, this novel vividly portrays their family’s troubled fate, joys and sorrows, partings and reunions, and tangled loves and hatreds. Through their story, we see Huang Wenbin and his family’s inspiring journey, as well as the warmth and coldness of human relationships in the real world. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 A Cage of Desire 欲望牢笼 Based on true events, this story follows Li Nan, who has long struggled with the burdens of her family of origin. After unexpectedly having her material desires fulfilled time and again, she gradually loses herself and becomes increasingly consumed by greed, until her bubble finally bursts and she plummets to rock bottom overnight. Li Nan will pay a heavy price for the mistakes she has made, and a long journey of redemption begins. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Crossroads in Marriage 婚姻岔路口 Marital bliss doesn't necessarily last a lifetime, and a virtuous wife may not be what she seems. Spouses should trust each other, but sometimes that trust becomes leverage for betrayal. When Sun Jian noticed something strange about his wife, he realized she was hiding a great many secrets. 12Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 4 This AI Is No Ordinary One: It Directly Rewrites Fate 这个AI可不简单直接改写命运 This AI is no ordinary tool. It directly rewrites fate. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 The Hidden Truth About My Ex-Wife 前妻隐秘的真相 The sudden divorce proposal from his wife completely upended Chen Xuan’s life. After their divorce, one secret after another from his wife’s past came to light. As Chen Xuan investigated the secrets she had left behind, a new lease on life awaited him in both his personal and professional life... 658Reads7.1Score10114d adds
- 6 Tempest in the Business World: A Game of Gratitude and Revenge 商海风云：恩仇之局 Jiang He and Hu Kai were college roommates, sharing the bunk bed in their dorm. After graduation, they started a business together. Both fell in love with Chen Hong, but her heart always belonged to Jiang He. As their company grew, tensions arose between the two men. Hu Kai framed Jiang He, forcing him to leave the company, then used underhanded means to marry Chen Hong. Jiang He faked his death and fled to the United States. Decades later, the company Hu Kai took over has become a nationally re —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 I Suddenly Had a Baby with My Beautiful Boss 突然和美女上司有了娃 Chen Yang is just an ordinary office worker. His ex-wife cheated on him, divorced him, and tricked him into taking out fraudulent loans, nearly destroying his family! At the lowest point of his life, the company's stunning CEO suddenly tells him that he's the father of her child and asks him to donate bone marrow to save his daughter... 3.3kReads8.1Score57114d adds
- 8 You Called Me a Simp Back Then. Now I'm Gone, So Why Are You Crying? 当初骂我是舔狗，我走你哭什么 When Su Mo woke up, he had been reborn in 2008. He had spent ten years fawning over the campus belle. This time, he decided he would never make the same mistake again. But when the campus belle, Liu Yanran, saw how drastically Su Mo’s attitude had changed, she panicked. “Su Mo, you weren’t like this before!” “What do you care what I was like before, or what I’m like now? Does your family own the Pacific Ocean? Why are you sticking your nose into everything?” “Su Mo, how can you talk to me like t 4Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 9 King of the Reverse Scales 逆鳞之王 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 The Watcher in the Wheat Fields 麦苗田里的守望者 I'll never forget that rainy summer night. The rain had turned the village's dirt roads to mud. One step could sink you in up to your calves. Clutching half a candle, I hurried home, stumbling through the muck, my heart pounding like I had a rabid rabbit inside me. Mom had promised she'd be home before dark, but it was already nine o'clock. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 After the Divorce, My Ex-Wife Won’t Leave Me Alone 离婚后，前妻纠缠不休 Because his rival coveted his wife's beauty, Fu Yi was framed and thrown into prison. There, he unexpectedly obtained a cultivation inheritance. From then on, fortune after fortune came his way, along with one romantic encounter after another. Just then, his ex-wife, who had once treated him with indifference, came looking for him. “What’s your relationship with that woman?...” 124Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 12 Love Goes Left, Marriage Goes Right 爱情向左，婚姻向右 An affair destroyed a happy, loving family. I’m no saint, and I can’t repay betrayal with kindness. Faced with my wife’s betrayal, I resolutely embarked on the path of revenge. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Jian Yu’s Absurd Daily Life 简玉的离谱日常 Jian Yu is a wild country girl with "funny" written right into her DNA. These are true stories from Jian Yu's life and work... Open this book and get ready to laugh until you crow. After all, no one can stop this wild girl from turning everyday life into one never-ending comedy. Her thought process is always outlandish, and her hands and feet are always half a beat ahead of her brain. She can turn the most ordinary days into a commotion that makes the neighbors and her friends laugh like flowers 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Six Years of Marriage 结婚六年 After six years of marriage, his wife betrays him and his child leaves him. With his life at rock bottom, he borrows schemes, luck, and momentum, striking back three times with overwhelming force. Everything that was taken from him, he’ll take back, every last bit. If fate treats you unfairly, defy heaven and change your destiny. Borrow life to forge your fortune. Those who obey heaven and accept their fate grieve. Those who defy heaven and fight their fate grow strong! 1.2kReads8.2Score10614d adds
- 15 My Wife Has Billions, Yet I Collect Scrap in a Three-Wheeler 老婆百亿家产，我却开三轮收废品 [One heroine only] + [No System] + [No rebirth tropes] + [Highly inspirational story] + [Passionate jianghu adventure] Zhang Nan is cruelly dumped by his girlfriend of three years over a problem in the bedroom. Desperate, he jumps into the sea to end his life, only to be rescued. While drowning his sorrows in alcohol, he has an unexpected encounter with a stunning woman CEO worth billions, drawing him into a string of conflicts. By chance, the police recruit him as an undercover agent, but throu 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Divorced from the Start: My Family Gives Me 2 Billion in Pocket Money 开局被离婚：家里给我20亿零花钱 Fang Zhi, heir to one of the world's wealthiest families, only wants to live an ordinary life. But when his wife asks for a divorce, he finally awakens... “Since I was born extraordinary, why insist on being ordinary?” The moment Fang Zhi awakens, the whole world trembles beneath his feet... 496Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 17 Now That I'm Reborn, Who Doesn't Have a Perfect Life? 都重生了，谁还没有完美人生 [Reborn] + [Multiple heroines] + [University] + [Campus belles] + [No System]... In his previous life, Huang Chenxing lived numb and unfeeling, just like most corporate drones. This time, he’s returned to the springtime of his life at eighteen. He has to make up for his regrets: his first love, the one he could never forget. He’s determined to change his fate. This time, he’ll make his life truly extraordinary. 855Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 18 Flowers Bloom in the Clouds 云展花开 Amid the bustle and desire of a prosperous city, a gripping tale begins. This book takes you through the twists and turns of romance, the high stakes of business warfare, the complexity of human nature, and the arduous struggle to cross the barriers between social classes. Leng Hao is a mysterious, resolute man who commands the business world, yet hides a past no one knows. Cui Xinyi is beautiful and intelligent, and her arrival is like a ray of light entering Leng Hao’s world. Their love sways 130Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 19 Every Beginning and Ending Is Because of You 缘起缘落皆有你 With their wedding just around the corner, his fiancée leaves for another country. A life of ups and downs, hardship, confusion, complicated emotions, and career and personal challenges begins. He waits, gives up, pursues, and loses. Every twist and turn of fate leads back to you. 353Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 20 I Want to Be Wild 我欲狂野 How wild and explosive can a man's transformation through power and desire really be? He was once a promising young official. At thirty, he found himself trapped in the purgatory of officialdom and business. Stripped of his position and betrayed by both his beautiful wife and his best friend, he thought he was doomed to become a disposable pawn. But then, by chance, he met the most stunning beauty in the entire city, setting off one breathtaking battle after another over power and desire... From 497Reads6.2Score10014d adds
- 21 The River at the Village Entrance 村口那条河 I once thought this river would flow forever, until that summer, when it carried away every secret and brought new stories in their place. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 My Beijing Girl 我的北京女孩 A young man with nothing going for him can't move on after a breakup. When he accompanies a friend to Beijing, he encounters new things and new people... His life quietly changes course. What kind of love story will he find as he sets out to reclaim his dream? 127Reads—Score1314d adds
- 23 A Small-Town Story at Full Speed 小城故事一路狂奔 Having grown up without a father's love, he once had a happy family and a steady career. Then, out of nowhere, he got divorced, lost his job, and was plagued by nightmares. His life hit rock bottom. At his lowest point, he chose to start a business and met her while she was working a part-time job. Fate had other plans: after a change in her mother's identity came to light, she became a wealthy heiress. He raced toward love, never wavering in his devotion despite repeated romantic setbacks. On —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 The Runaway Housewife 逃跑的家庭主妇 At forty, Su Meng was manipulated by her husband into having a second child. Her younger daughter’s birth was an impulsive decision, and the start of a nightmarish life. Standing on the balcony of her home on the eighteenth floor, she suddenly thought that jumping might be the only way to find true release… The loneliness, helplessness, pessimism, despair, and weariness with everything made her realize she was ill, seriously ill. And the only thing that might cure her was to run away… Escape, ge 1kReads—Score10214d adds
- 25 A Lonely Guest Outside Gusu City 姑苏城外客愁新 There are no thrilling lives of transmigration or rebirth here, only the naked cruelty of the real world. There is no boundless magic from fantasy or immortal heroes, only the helplessness and sorrow of ordinary people struggling at the bottom. There is no romantic love between princesses and princes, only the unreachable fantasies and longings of ordinary nobodies. There are no glorious achievements by kings, nobles, generals, or ministers, only the desperate struggles and cries of common folk —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 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
- 27 A Media Veteran's Career Change in a New Era 传媒老兵降维求职记 If you're looking for a job, about to start looking, or planning to switch jobs, this one's for you! This novel is based on real people's experiences of falling into job-hunting traps. It's practically an online job seeker's guide to spotting scams and avoiding pitfalls. Read Tomato Novel and learn how to protect yourself from fraud. It's fun and useful, a win-win. Dong Shizhang and Zong Jinli's media company is on the verge of collapse, and the online loans they took out are coming due. With no 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 After I Was Reborn, I Took My Enemy's Grand Prize 重生后，拿走仇人的大奖 [Tycoon fantasy + everyday life + characters with brains] Yang Ze, reborn in the past: “Bro, did you know you won a hundred million in the lottery in your previous life?” “What? You want to know why you won't win this time?” “Because I claimed it for you. How else would I have money to invest and achieve financial freedom?” 2kReads7.0Score11414d adds
- 29 A Comeback: The Most Thrilling Lives Belong to Those Who Never Give Up! 逆袭，不服输的人生最精彩！ Hua Feng was on the verge of reaching the pinnacle of his life. But overnight, not only did his beautiful wife run off with a pretty boy, the woman also made off with the millions he had scraped together through countless hardships, leaving nothing but a complete mess... Life’s dramatic ups and downs came far too quickly. He could only start over from scratch! Want to laugh at me? Get lost! What, you want me to back down? Who do you think you are? Keep dreaming! Watch as a man who has hit rock b 117Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Betrayal: My Wife’s Lies 背叛：妻子的谎言 After an impulsive flash marriage, I married a beautiful, wealthy woman. I never imagined she would go behind my back… 82Reads6.8Score10014d adds
- 31 Lost in Marriage: The Stranger in My Bed 婚姻迷途，枕边的陌生人 It had started out as an ordinary day. After finishing his work at the office, he came home early. His wedding anniversary with his wife was just a few days away, and he planned to buy her some gifts and surprise her. Hehe... 158Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 32 Simmering Tears to Brew Youth 轻煮眼泪熬青春 In the 1980s, an accident changed the fate of a beautiful fifteen-year-old girl forever. Family, love, and friendship backed her into a dead end. She went far away from home and met an overbearing CEO who loved her. Their love began a journey of mutual healing, as their lives unfolded through streaks of blood and warmth, peeling back the bittersweet layers like an onion. 59Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 33 The Joys and Sorrows of Life and Death 生死欢戚 At death’s door from terminal illness, a middle-aged man is struck by lightning and reduced to a fragment of a soul. He enters the body of a junior high school student whose soul was also damaged by lightning... Qi Yiyang: Why do you think people are alive? Wei Zhengkun: What brings on a question like that, young man? Qi Yiyang: I just think life is hard for so many people! If their lives stopped, then everything would be over, and they wouldn’t have to suffer or toil anymore! Life has no meanin 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 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
- 35 A Humble Family's Road to Success 寒门青云 Tang Lin, a retired special forces soldier codenamed “Reaper’s Eye,” returns to city life. By a stroke of luck, his new female boss hires him as her personal driver. From then on, his career takes off, and within a few years he becomes a dazzling, top-tier rising star... 5.6kReads8.5Score83414d adds
- 36 The Billionaire Heiress Breaks Out of School 亿万富姐闯出校门 ★Modern romance★Devoted husband★Sweet romance★Two male leads★The one he never forgot Xia Xiaoyi, a super-handsome man who stood 185 centimeters tall, met Jin Sha, a wealthy girl he fell in love with at first sight, at a job fair. He pursued her relentlessly and finally won her heart. After they married, the two lived a blissfully sweet life… The appearance of the handsome Wu Tian brought a crisis to Xia Xiaoyi and Jin Sha’s marriage. Wu Tian tried every means to get Jin Sha, even resorting to bl 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 A Sleepless Night in Hangzhou 杭州夜未眠 After ten years of dating, seven years of marriage, and three years of failed IVF treatment, my wife, Lin Yue, took me to file for divorce on my thirtieth birthday. That day, I felt as though the whole world had abandoned me. But when I began to understand my ex-wife, Lin Yue, better, I realized things weren’t so simple. 1.7kReads8.9Score10814d adds
- 38 Reborn in My Senior Year, and Suddenly Surrounded by Beautiful Girls! 重生高三，身边竟多了好多美女！ Rebirth + High School + University + Making Money + Entrepreneurship What would happen if you were reborn in high school? This is a fresh start for a 40-year-old unemployed man in 2024. It's also the carefree life of a high school senior in 2004. 62Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 39 Lost at Thirty 三十岁的迷途 People suffer because they are never satisfied. Why am I suffering? I don’t know. I have a beautiful wife, Zeng Rou, who works as a doctor in the hospital’s internal medicine department. We have a large house. My father-in-law is an executive at a steel mill, and my mother-in-law is a hospital vice president. Our family gets along well. What could I possibly be dissatisfied with? I run a trading company that supplies the steel mill. Thanks to my father-in-law, business is booming. Then, in 2008, 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 A Collection of Modern Shanghai Stories 上海现代故事集 Volume Two: A New Shanghai Mom. She has a second child, a son and a daughter, though her daughter’s troubles in middle school already have her at her wits’ end. She used to think she’d be happy as long as she had a modestly comfortable life, and at least she could count on her husband. But then her deranged sister-in-law shows up and turns both families’ lives into a complete mess! Volume One: An only daughter who has been abroad for twenty years rushes back to Shanghai to claim her grandmother 204Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Reborn: Good Girls, I'm Really Not Someone You Want to Mess With 重生：好女孩，我真的惹不起 [Urban slice of life]+ [Reborn]+ [Multiple heroines]+ [Not much of a conscience]+ [No System] Liu Chuanfeng had achieved modest success as an entrepreneur, but after a bad girl toyed with his feelings, he was reborn on a rainy night, back to the day after submitting his college preferences. He had just turned down a confession from Zhang Jingyi, the most beautiful girl at school, and his reason was: “Zhang Jingyi is a good girl. I can't afford to mess with her.” “In this life, I'm destined not t 60Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 42 The College Loser's Comeback 大学校渣逆袭记 Poor young Gao Xiaojian secretly loves Zhao Lusi, the daughter of the richest man in the country. At university, a moment of lust leads him to make a mistake, and he suffers relentless bullying from his wealthy classmates before fighting back. By sheer coincidence, he becomes the son-in-law handpicked by the richest man and unexpectedly inherits his fortune. He navigates the ups and downs of the business world and the tangled love and hatred of wealthy heiresses like Feng Yuanyuan, eventually ri —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 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 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 The Urban Immortal Doctor and Divine Son-in-Law 都市仙医神婿 An immortal honored as the Venerable One is reborn with regrets from his past life. When he wakes, he finds a wife as beautiful as a goddess. “Ye Xuan, please stop hitting me!” The story begins with this slap... 642Reads8.0Score10514d adds
- 45 You Want Me to Donate a Kidney to My Brother with Kidney Failure? Dream On 逼我给尿毒症大哥换肾？想得美 [This book has been adapted into a short drama: Reborn, I Won't Be the Family's Scapegoat. I'll Become a Fishing Ground Owner and Make My Own Way] [Urban Farming] "Dad, we're both your biological sons. Why do you treat us differently? Can't you be fair? When we were young, my big brother needed a kidney transplant, so you forced me to give him one of mine. You said he had a bright future and needed to go to college. But what about me? Ever since then, I've had no strength. I can barely lift a bu 1.3kReads8.2Score11414d adds
- 46 The City’s Masked Man: Go Ahead, I’m Watching You Act 城市假面人，演，我看着你演 An ordinary person acts so convincingly that he could win an Oscar, living behind a mask as marriage, family, and career all deal him blow after blow. Like a cockroach, he is reborn against all odds. See how he copes with the chaos of everyday life and becomes a master of life's many skills! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Fallen into the Mortal World 坠落红尘间 His father is critically ill, and she can’t scrape together the money to save him. A poor college girl grits her teeth and steps into the late-night world of KTV! She masks her youth with cigarettes and alcohol, trading her dignity for medical bills. Can she make it to the end of this road? Will she succumb to the temptations of the neon lights? 87Reads—Score614d adds
- 48 A Lawyer and His Three Women 一个律师和他的三个女人 Romance + law + workplace Lin Fan entered Xingzhou's top law firm with dreams of upholding the law, unaware that beneath his mentor Zhou Mingli's refined facade lay nothing but dirty dealings. He became mired in a world of lust: Bai Lu, the infatuated receptionist, sacrificed herself to him and turned him into a slave to desire; Zhao Ya, the heiress to a wealthy family, lured him into a life of extravagant pleasures and dragged him into a criminal maelstrom. As he walked the line between money, 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 Running Toward the Far Side of the Mountain 向山那边奔跑 Why we recommend it: This is an uplifting novel for young readers... A story that helps children develop a better understanding of growing up. Life is full of all kinds of challenges, and this book teaches readers how to think clearly and face them with optimism and a positive attitude… Synopsis: The protagonist, Xiaoyong, grew up without a father, born at the foot of the mountains and subjected to endless humiliation. He has many battles of wits along the way. The brief time he spends livin 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 The Mangroves and Lychee Fragrance Bay 红树林与荔香湾 [Troubled families + drifting careers + tangled romances + unpredictable personalities + tragedy] [A realist tragedy! Readers looking for feel-good wish fulfillment, stay away.] A group of young people who chose the wrong majors and ended up in the wrong fields! In reality, ideals beckon; in pursuit of ideals, reality pulls you back. How do you reconcile the two? Is a person’s misfortune caused by their circumstances, their personality, or fate? Two young women stood before Wu Yifan. Anxious and 10Reads—Score—14d adds
