Novels like The Fake Live-In Son-in-Law
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- 51 When the Music Ends, We Part: Part One 曲终人散第一部 The protagonist, Chongzi, is a terrible person! Because of relevant laws and regulations, I can't fully write about just how terrible he is. So the ending he gets is only to be expected. This is an ordinary, unremarkable story, not a power fantasy and unrelated to transmigration. It's so ordinary you could see something like it happening in everyday life. It might not be very appealing, but the author did their best. This is the best I can do. If you think it's decent, look for the second book, 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 The Growth and Promotion of a Workplace Newcomer 一个职场新人的成长与晋升 [Female coming-of-age + workplace + class disparity + romance] Lin Xiaomi is a post-90s woman with a master’s degree who doesn’t know who her father is. Her grades were average throughout school, and even after finally earning a postgraduate degree and going abroad to polish her résumé, she still met with defeat after defeat when graduation came: The national civil service exam: She lost to a cold and didn’t even make it into the exam hall. The provincial civil service exam: She failed the writt 142Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 53 Shadows over Jiangwan: The Hidden Genetic Code 江湾谍影之基因暗码 A blend of everyday life, espionage, and university life. The story begins when researcher Zhao Jingqing discovers a walking 500,000 yuan. Along the way, it features Go, gaming, the day-to-day life of researchers, and the development of academic disciplines, with the main plot centered on genetic weapons. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 Chasing Girls: A Crazy Romance 追女仔之反斗情缘 [Wooing Women + Pranks and Laughs + Wits and Nerve + Laugh-Out-Loud Fun + Light Novel + A Life of Comedy] Hong Kong in the 1980s. Advertising wunderkind Cheng Lang boasts in Lan Kwai Fong that he can win over the most beautiful woman in all of Hong Kong in three sentences. Instead, radio host Lin Wanqing humiliates him in public. And it gets even worse: the very next day, she moves into the apartment across from his. From glue smeared by the doorway to water balloons hung in the elevator and pub —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 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
- 56 What a Shock! My Deadbeat Dad's Misfortune Made Me Rich, Raking in Billions 惊！渣爹倒霉我发财，狂赚百亿 Period drama, transmigration into a book, a precious daughter, everyday urban life, family squabbles, outsmarting a scumbag dad, getting rich with ease, regret arc, campus youth, best friends, top student The heroine transmigrates from 2024 into a book set in 2003 and gets bound to a System where her scumbag dad's bad luck means her good fortune. She outsmarts her awful father and gets rich without lifting a finger. The heroine's biological father favors sons over daughters. He's the richest man 64Reads—Score314d adds
- 57 The Perfect College Guy? It's All Just for Show 完美男大？不过逢场作戏 [Childhood Friend, Halfway] vs. [Sudden Arrival, Halfway] + [High School Campus] + [Super Sweet] + [One Female Lead] (A word of warning: Treat the author like a workhorse on a production team. The author left an oath in the very first paragraph of this book and wants to push their limits.) Zhao Lu looked at the file of the junior student in front of her. Former name: Liu Xingyu. Her thoughts flashed back to her first year of college, when she had met a younger guy online. At that moment, she rea 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 The Unusual Her 非正常的她 He Nian met Shen Du when she was feeling lost. He appeared, then left, like a warm, fragrant breeze passing through her quiet world and stirring the lake of her heart~ 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 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
- 60 In Tribute to Our Middle-Aged Years 致敬我们的中年岁月 This is a contemporary urban novel inspired by and shaped from real life. There are no golden fingers, supernatural powers, or wild flights of fancy. Readers who enjoy realistic urban life are welcome to read and follow along. Yao Chen and Piao Zong were classmates in middle school, good friends and close buddies, but they fell out over love. Ten years ago, Piao Zong took advantage of the situation and violated Yao Chen’s wife, Bai Jingjing, who died by suicide after being dishonored. The two me 59Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 In Those Ordinary Days 那些平凡的生活里 Those trivial things, small as sesame seeds, really happened. Those hatreds were etched into my heart. Each of those nights filled with joy and sorrow seemed longer than the last. So what? I still have to grit my teeth and keep going. I have to let go of the past that needs forgetting, piece together whatever life I can, and find a way to live with some dignity! 12Reads—Score314d adds
- 62 The Fleas 跳蚤们 The Fleas is a crime novel about the struggles and ambitions of new Chinese immigrants in Flushing and Manhattan, New York. Set in the early twenty-first century, it follows three ordinary men, Li Xiaodong, Gao Wanli, and Xie Yuan, who came to America as immigrants, undocumented migrants, and international students. Through starkly realistic storytelling, it portrays their hardships and desires as they confront the challenges of building new lives overseas, revealing the difficulties of immigran 7Reads9.5Score314d adds
- 63 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
- 64 The Little Things in a Programmer's Life 程序员的那点事 [Urban Workplace + Lighthearted Comedy + Everyday Life + No Harem + Sweet Couple + Healing Romance + No Angst] Ordinary days make up an extraordinary life. Not everyone is as perfect as the protagonists in wish-fulfillment novels. Just like developing a game, everyone has a story of their own. Everyone has strengths and flaws, and the protagonist is no exception. Everyone has moments of happiness, sadness, gratitude, and anger. In life, you may run into people you dislike, but you might also mee 250Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 65 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
- 66 I Met a Female CEO on the Rooftop, and She Turned Out to Be My Old Desk Mate 天台遇女总裁，竟是我的老同桌 The rating just came out, and it will rise. No System, no transmigration, no being reborn. In Shangjing, newly laid off, he planned to mope on the rooftop, but instead ran into the company's new beautiful CEO. His cheeky sarcasm was caught on the spot, and he thought he was done for. Who knew the aloof CEO was actually his high school desk mate, the girl who used to stand in punishment with him and sneak bites of instant noodles! Unemployed one moment, promoted to CEO's assistant the next, with 5.1kReads6.2Score30614d adds
- 67 After Slacking Off for Over a Decade, Dad Carried Me to a Winning Life 摆烂十多年，老爹带我躺赢人生 On the day my high school entrance exams ended, I squatted at the mouth of an alley, eating instant noodles. The kid next door had gotten into the county's best high school, so his mom bought him a new phone. I asked my dad, “When is our family going to amount to something?” My dad sat with one leg crossed over the other, cracking sunflower seeds without even looking up. “Amount to something? We already have.” “What do we have?” He flicked his ash, as casually as if he were talking about the 331Reads7.3Score12814d adds
- 68 The Delusional Mom's Career Makeover 中二妈妈职场变形记 A Chuunibyou Mom's Workplace Makeover —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 Half a Life as a Boy 男孩子的半生 It's strange, they say that those with no close relatives are destined for a hard life. Zihan never knew who his father was, and when he was six, his mother secretly hopped on a train and ran off to Shandong. From then on, Zihan was raised by his grandmother. She was running a steamed-bun shop with his eldest aunt, so neither of them really had time to look after him. When he reached school age, his uncle by marriage rode an old bicycle, taking Zihan and his older sister to preschool. From then —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 Fired for Refusing to Frame Patients, I Became a Lawyer and Took Down My Former Hospital 不会坑病人被开除，转行当律师闪击前医院 He refused to mistreat patients and got fired, so he switched careers to become a lawyer and launched an attack on his former hospital. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 My Years as a Drifter in Zhengzhou 我的郑漂那些年 What is it like for a country boy fresh out of college to fall in love with a local young woman from a family that got rich from demolition in an unfamiliar provincial capital? This book tells a story drawn from real experience... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 Housewife: My Husband Wants a Divorce 家庭主妇：老公想离婚 Chen Mofei is the head of the hospital's gynecology department, and Tao Yan is a housewife. They were once a harmonious couple, but Tao Yan has a sharp tongue and a kind heart. Her cutting, hurtful words repeatedly push her husband's patience to the limit... The messy, petty troubles of ordinary people! The story takes its time getting going. I hope you'll enjoy it! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 The Rules of Love for Urban Men and Women 都市男女的恋爱法则 Gu Ziyi: An ENFP woman, sweet and innocent-looking on the outside, but sharp-tongued and fiery by nature. When she falls in love, she never thinks about the consequences and always ends up being taken advantage of. Though every relationship has ended in failure, she remains a romantic who believes in love. Will the man she meets this time turn out to be a good one…? Gao Yingzhen: A typical ISFJ man who finds it hard to open up, but once he lets someone into his heart, he holds nothing back. Bor 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 His Puppy-Dog Eyes 他的狗狗眼 [Younger man’s secret crush + grown-up flirtation and entanglement + an affectionate puppy who loves to cuddle] [Sincere, green-tea-flavored veterinarian × beautiful top student and lead singer of a band] “Big Sis, you’re the only one with the key to this collar. If I could, I’d hope you never opened it for the rest of your life, because I only want to be your good little dog, and yours alone.” 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 My Wife Didn't Reply for Three Minutes, So I Cut Ties with Her 媳妇三分钟不回我消息，我直接断绝关系 My Wife Didn’t Reply for Three Minutes, So I Cut Ties with Her on the Spot 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 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
- 77 After We Moved In Together, I Won Over the Stunning Boss Lady 同居后，我拿下了极品老板娘 I always thought there were plenty of outrageous people and outrageous things in this world. I just never imagined that one day I’d encounter an outrageous person and go through something outrageous myself. My name is Jiang Chen, and I’m a dirt-poor driver. My boss is Xu Chuan, the head of an engineering company. One day, Xu Chuan asked me to move into his huge villa and look after his wife. Before long, I discovered that this was a grand conspiracy Xu Chuan had devised for his own selfish ends. 2.6kReads6.6Score23914d adds
- 78 Too Difficult to Say 难以启齿 I never imagined my marriage would turn into a carefully plotted murder. With a huge accidental-death insurance policy and a wife who can't have children, what will the husband who swore to love me forever choose to do? As “accidents” keep happening, I gradually uncover the truth: my husband and his lover have conspired to take my life. I begin my revenge, sending the scumbag and his mistress to prison to be reformed. When it's all over, I have completely lost faith in love. But then a tall, acc 6kReads9.0Score57514d adds
- 79 Official Killer 官杀 The collapse of his marriage, the depths of lost love, and the ugliness of human nature push Wei Donglin to the brink of a breakdown time and again, leaving him wanting to kill! Under pressure from powerful forces, Wei Donglin has considered turning to the dark side. But the righteous path through this world is fraught with hardship. Once you step into the vat of corruption, there is no escaping the bloodshed of officialdom and the underworld... Gather the world’s righteous strength, reveal a he 21Reads9.1Score—14d adds
- 80 By the Time She Came to Her Senses, I Was Already Gone! 待她醒悟过来，我早已不在！ “If one day we both stand beneath the same falling snow, then in this life, we can say we've grown old together.” “If love between two people is to last, why should it matter that they can't be together every day?” Yuan Xia and Su Mu were childhood sweethearts, a couple others envied. One heart gave everything to the other without asking for anything in return. But endless selfless devotion only makes the other person take it for granted. If they don't cherish each other, then one day their rela 179Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 Clear-Eyed in the Mortal World: I Pretend to Be Mediocre in the Cubicle 人间清醒：我在格子间装平庸 Ouyang Bei was a graduate of a prestigious university, yet he was content to work as a sales representative at a company. He seemed to lack ambition, but few people understood his world. The trials of society can slowly strip the innocence from a green young man. Beneath an appearance of maturity, loneliness begins... Perhaps you will find a reflection of yourself here. 44Reads—Score114d adds
- 82 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
- 83 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
- 84 I Thought We Were Bros, but You Want Me to Have Your Baby 拿你当兄弟，你想让我生孩子 [Slice of Life]+ [Lighthearted]+ [One Female Lead]+ [No System] After half a lifetime of getting nowhere, unable to afford a home or get married, he was then hit by a car. Only after experiencing the warmth and coldness of human nature did Qin Huai finally realize that the best girl had been by his side all along. He just hadn't cherished her... Reborn once, he was going to rewrite everything! 1. Why work for someone else when starting a business is so much better? 2. Shi Huahua deserves to be c 340Reads8.4Score10114d adds
- 85 Fragrant Across the Land: Blossoms in Jinguancheng 花重锦官城之飘香万里 When Lu Yang was seven, his parents died in a landslide. From then on, he and his sister relied on their elderly grandparents, and their grandparents on them. Years later, he deliberately failed the college entrance exam. Then, with a hundred yuan he had borrowed, he set off alone for Jincheng, the provincial capital. And so began his arduous yet extraordinary life. 172Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 86 A Forty-Year-Old Divorcée's Comeback: Starting Over After Divorce 四十岁弃妇逆袭，离婚后重启人生 [Divorce / Light Mystery / Second Marriage / A Middle-Aged Woman's Comeback] After graduating from college, forty-year-old Yao Qing married her “decent man” upperclassman and devoted eighteen years of her youth to her family. She served her husband, raised their daughter, and cared for her ailing in-laws, yet they treated her like a free maid. She thought her selfless sacrifices would earn her gratitude. Instead, she was hit with a devastating shock. Trapped inside a closet, she was forced to 198Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 87 Teacher, Can We Be Together? 老师，我们能在一起吗？ Liang Chen, a loser about to graduate from college, is harassed relentlessly by a group of beautiful women. The only one he truly loves is Teacher Lin Wenfang. But after she is abused by a scumbag, Teacher Lin gets drawn into Liang Chen's love life and can't pull herself free... 89Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 My Cool and Aloof Junior, Age 21 我的21岁清冷学妹 When I first met Gu Yue, I didn’t feel anything special. I just thought we might become friends, nothing more. But later, Gu Yue became the one exception in my life. Years later, I was driving with her in the passenger seat. As familiar streets passed outside the window, I suddenly remembered when we had just made our relationship official, and couldn’t help smiling. She asked curiously why I was smiling. I said, “Nothing. I was just thinking about when we first got together. Back then, I was al 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 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
- 90 The Dong Clan 董氏 [Hardcore business battles] [Strategic mind games] [Brilliant heroine and intellectual duels] [Financial espionage] [Strong opponents] [Professionally detailed] [Ensemble cast] [Revenge] [Underdog comeback] The queen of finance, winning by lying flat? No, she chooses to flip the table. Dong Qianhuan, the campus belle of KY University, appears to lie flat and coast through life, but in private she is the sole heir to a trillion-yuan empire. When international tycoons decimate her family, her bes 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 The End of Bad Luck 倒霉尽头 “Hi, I’m the man you slept with last night.” When Ji Yunyun saw the WeChat message, she nearly dropped her phone. Yesterday had been the worst day of her life: someone stole her project proposal, her boyfriend cheated on her, and her nemesis suddenly became her boss. That night, she went to a bar to drink her troubles away, then stumbled home in a haze. When she woke up the next morning, she found herself in the bed of a strange man. She thought she could keep the whole thing buried, until he me 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 Reborn as Qi Tongwei: This Time, I Won't Kneel 重生祁同伟：这一世，我绝不下跪 [Reborn in the political arena + In the Name of the People + ruthless and decisive + iron will reforged] "Damn you, Heaven!" These were the final words of anti-drug hero Qi Tongwei as he roared before shooting himself, crushed beneath the weight of power. But Heaven really did give him another chance to say, "Damn you!" Beat Heaven by half a move? No. This time, I'm flipping the whole chessboard! 46Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 A New Book by The Jasmine Blossoms Again by the Window 窗前的茉莉花又开了的新书 In the 1980s and 1990s, the only way for children from the countryside to land a secure job and become urban residents was to pass the entrance exams. Yue'er was one of them. The road to an education was long. Her childhood sweetheart turned into a stranger, her husband passed away, and she faced betrayal and false accusations... How many years of ups and downs in the business world? Life is like a dream. What is there to seek? Like a jasmine flower in the wind and rain, Yue'er swayed precarious 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 I'll Wait for You in Shanghai 我在上海等你邂逅 [Literary fiction. A period romance.] On New Year's Eve, beneath a moonless, windy sky, I was sleeping under a bridge while fleeing an arranged marriage when two petty thieves stabbed a hole in my backside, leaving me covered in blood. I ran for my life, only to be chased into a dead end. Just as I was on the brink of death, despairing, a light suddenly appeared, and a door opened behind me. Stumbling, I plunged through that door and encountered the plum blossom of my life, landing in her ninete 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 Beyond the Walls, Where Do We Go? 围墙之外，何去何从 [No fixed couples, and readers with strong moral qualms should stay away! This novel loves pairing people in unexpected ways, and the ex-husband eventually becomes the son-in-law!] [All kinds of tangled relationships, mutual scheming, love and hate, but in the end everyone gets a happy ending!] [Everyone’s status gets reshuffled, and each person finds their own path to happiness! Hahaha~~] She watches her husband give her the green hat, then returns the favor in kind. Life is this thrilling, and 31Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 My Girlfriend Dumped Me? I Turned Around and Won Over Her Gorgeous Best Friend 女友抛弃我？反手泡走她校花闺蜜 [Relatively realistic / urban romance / not a power fantasy / multiple female leads / not a harem] After Yang Zixuan is dumped unilaterally by his icy, unattainable dream girl, Lin Shuyue, he unexpectedly unlocks the bizarre trait of being a “romance-repellent”: On the day his ex, Lin Shuyue, gets married, he brings someone along and pretends she's his new girlfriend, only to discover that the wedding is fake, but the way she looks at him is real. His sharp-tongued friend Xia Yan scolds him whil —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 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
- 98 Reborn as an Airline Captain: My Cheating Ex Begs to Get Back Together 重生机长：出轨女友跪求复合 In his previous life, Lu Zeyan was the youngest five-star captain in the country. But his flight-attendant wife, who was cheating on him, joined forces with a corrupt superior to frame him. In the end, he died in the flames of a deliberately caused air disaster. When he opened his eyes, he was reborn seven days before his wedding. This time, he put away all his tenderness and became an absolute force in control, soaring above the clouds. His cheating girlfriend cries and begs to get back togethe —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 After Tricking and Pressuring My Ex into Having Someone Else's Baby, I Disappeared and Ran 哄骗怂恿前女友生下别人孩子后，我失联跑路了 After tricking and persuading my ex-girlfriend to give birth to another man’s child, I cut off contact and ran away. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 100 Repayment Countdown 还款倒计时 Countdown to Repayment tells the story of Chen Yizhou, an ordinary man struggling between desire and reality. Chen Yizhou is an average office worker in Jiangcheng, working hard to make ends meet. He and his wife and son squeeze into an old rental apartment, living a simple but warm life. At a class reunion, Zhao Yu, the class heartthrob, paints a startup dream so alluring that Chen Yizhou is drawn in. Trying to raise the investment money, he plunges into the world of online loans. Then Zhao Yu 1Reads—Score—14d adds
