Novels like The Fox Takes a Wife
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- 101 I Am a Young Master of the Tang Dynasty 我乃大唐公子 A remote ancient town seals away a thousand-year-old ghost. When I set foot in this land, the seal breaks, and a tragic love spanning a thousand years begins. “Hello, young master.” “Goodbye, young master.” 156Reads8.2Score104Shelves
- 102 A Fated Bond from a Past Life: Lord Yan's Sweet Little Wife Is Soft and Fragrant 前世宿缘，阎爷的小娇妻又香又软 A touch of the supernatural, true love, sweet romance, one-on-one. The male lead is the King of Hell, and the female lead's identity is a secret. Nangong Liuli accidentally had her three life-kindling flames extinguished by her best friend. The next day, as expected, she started seeing ghosts. Her grandfather, a member of the Taoist Association, gave her a dragon-patterned jade pendant, and then she began dreaming of a mysterious man. She couldn't make out his face, but she heard his domineering 37Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 103 Lord Ghost King, Please Spare Me 鬼王大人求放过 The road of reincarnation stretches on, and the human world rises and falls. Looking back, love and hate are hard to let go of, an obsession that will never rest. Su Yan, a rich second-generation heir pressured by his family to come home and take over the family business, lost access to his credit cards and had no choice but to slink back to China. Before he was trapped for good, he arranged a trip to an ancient town with his friends. He never expected one strange thing after another to happ 73Reads—Score—Shelves
- 104 The Bewitching Snake Husband Is So Hard to Handle 妖孽蛇夫太难缠 Of all people, why do I have to bear a snake’s child...? 270Reads8.4Score100Shelves
- 105 A Fox-Born Daughter, the Snake King’s Wife 狐生女，蛇王妻 [First-Person Supernatural Fiction + Snake Husband + Marriage First, Love Later] Eighteen years ago, my father set a fire in the fields and accidentally burned a litter of fox cubs to death. On my parents’ wedding day, the cubs’ father came for revenge. It broke into the bridal chamber and violated my mother. Just six months later, I was born. I’m that fox’s daughter, and I’ve been fair-skinned and beautiful since childhood. When I turned eighteen, my body fully matured and began giving off a st 340Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 106 The Cold-Blooded Snake Lord Won’t Let Go, Coaxing His Sweetheart into a Life of Passion 冷血蛇尊太缠人，哄诱娇娇入红尘 The rating just came out, so it's a little low. I promise the story is good! [One-on-one, happy ending, both leads are pure, sweet romance, comedy, love-hate relationship, proud and spirited demon princess × crazy, cunning, cold-blooded Demon Lord, possessive. It gets very sweet and very doting later, so it's well worth reading.] * The little demon Xingmi, with her meager spiritual power, is targeted by a cold-blooded Snake Lord. He possesses her fiercely in her dreams. Xingmi has always been te 577Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 107 The Snake King's Consort 蛇王妃 I am an ill-fated woman. The day I was born, a flood swept through hundreds of miles in every direction, wiping out all the livestock. The villagers bullied and insulted me, calling me the serpent king’s wife. When my parents died under mysterious circumstances, I had no choice but to leave my hometown and embark on a one-way path to slay demons and exorcise evil. The demonic shadows of the Eastern Sea, the legends of mirages, terrifying butterfly curses, and those hidden villages scattered acro 72Reads9.2Score—Shelves
- 108 The Snake King Has His Eyes on Me 蛇王惹上身 I was pushed off a cliff. The good news was that I didn't fall to my death, and my boyfriend and best friend hadn't killed me. The bad news was that although I was still alive, I had landed in something even more terrifying than death: a nest of snakes... 259Reads8.2Score102Shelves
- 109 The Snake Bride 蛇娶妻 [Supernatural + Devoted Husband + Pure Romance + Sweet Love + Wild Imagination] She was betrothed to the Snake King at birth, branded as his snake bride. Before she turned twenty-four, the Snake King would force her to marry him. Her grandfather said the Shen family owed the Snake King a debt, and that only marrying him could save her life... 1.5kReads9.1Score144Shelves
- 110 The Dragon King's Beloved Wife 龙王娇妻 On my eighteenth birthday, my great-grandfather called me back to the old family home and told me to stay the night. I woke in the middle of the night to find myself wearing a red wedding dress. The terrifying part was that there was a monster beside me. It looked like an immortal, but it was obviously not human... 210Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 111 Doted on Too Much by My Nonhuman Husband 被非人老公过分宠爱 [Satisfying romance + sweet doting love + supernatural + scheming] Because of my unusual constitution and fate, my grandfather arranged a marriage for me before he died. He only appears at night, and loves kissing, cuddling, and lifting me up in his arms! And wherever he appears, all sorts of bizarre events follow! It wasn’t until the very end that I discovered he had been with me because... 118Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 112 The Snake Immortal in Chains 锁蛇仙 When I was five, I accidentally awakened the Snake Immortal that my family had imprisoned for a thousand years. My family said I was cursed, that the Snake Immortal would take revenge on me and bring misfortune to the whole clan. But I had never even seen the Snake Immortal, and I had never brought any disaster upon my family. Before Grandma died, she gave me our family's heirloom bracelet. Strange things began happening soon after: my cousin suddenly went mad, Grandma's body vanished, and a hug 429Reads9.0Score101Shelves
- 113 Married to a Fox 嫁狐 The sins of my ancestors came back to haunt me. To save my life, Great-Auntie invited a fox spirit to protect me. But who knew this fox spirit wasn’t here to protect me at all, but to kill me... 411Reads8.9Score100Shelves
- 114 The Snake Immortal's Bride 蛇仙娶亲 My grandfather was a snake catcher. After taking too many lives, he angered a great serpent cultivating in the mountains. On the day I was born, both my grandfather and my father died in the jaws of a snake. On my nineteenth birthday, the great serpent appeared again to make me pay the blood debt. It was the immortal spirit worshipped by my great-aunt who saved me from the serpent's jaws. I thought his arrival was my salvation, but instead he swept me into another whirlpool of fate. “Gu An Nian, 1.8kReads9.1Score139Shelves
- 115 Fox Mountain Ritual 狐山祭 I was a child brought home by a wildcat. Little did I know that my arrival would bring my family an inescapable run of bad luck. Later, by a strange twist of fate, I was taken in by a fox immortal as graceful as jade and brought to his immortal mountain. From then on, I became the temple maiden who guarded his shrine. “Lingcai, Lingcai. It means lively and brilliant, full of spirit; it also means all living things, flourishing in their splendor. In the broadest sense or the narrowest, it is all 276Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 116 The King of the Underworld's Beloved 地府鬼君的心尖宠 [Sweet romance, 1v1, adored by everyone, supernatural, strong heroine] Also known as “I Run an Inn in the Underworld.” The general manager of the Afterlife Inn is a troublemaker across all three realms, so infamous that even the King of Hell would rather avoid her. She often sends the Underworld gifts like arson and missing-person cases, leaving everyone on edge. One day, the seal on the netherworld weakened. Someone who should have been reduced to ashes a thousand years ago came stumbling out 60Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 117 Sacrificed to the Mad Underworld King, I Somehow Have to Write Every Day? 被献祭给疯批冥王他竟然每天让我写作？ I Was Sacrificed to a Deranged King of the Underworld, and He Makes Me Write Every Day? 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 118 The Yin-Yang Medium 阴阳女先生 Ever since I was born, the villagers have called me an ill-fated loner. Anyone who stays with me is doomed to bad luck and an early death. My grandmother, a yin-yang medium, defied Heaven to change my fate and keep me alive. Little did she know that this would set me on another road of no return. Cursed, solitary, cold-hearted, and loveless, I am a female yin-yang master. Let me guide you through the yin and yang of this world. 567Reads—Score—Shelves
- 119 Dreams of a Fleeting Life, Half a Lifetime of Love 浮生梦语，半生缘 At the age of twenty-two, I came down with a persistent high fever and kept having the same dream. In it, I wore a wedding dress and waited for my betrothed. “You’re finally back.” The man who haunted my dreams night after night was tender beyond words. My condition worsened until my life hung by a thread. A fortune-teller said I had to find my lost soul or I would never recover. Across past and present lives, was I the one the Lord of the Underworld loved? At our wedding in the underworld, ten —Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 120 Professor Lu Is a Snake 陆教授他是蛇 [Two male leads + sweet romance + a little angst + past and present lives] Professor Lu of Mengjiang University has always been known for his coldness and sharp tongue. Then one day, he suddenly changes? Just moments ago, he had publicly lambasted Jian Yu in front of everyone! He insulted him, docked his points, and nearly nailed him to Meng University's pillar of shame... He almost made the poor kid cry. But later, he can't take his eyes off him... He wants to get close to Jian Yu, take him out 68Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 121 I Accidentally Provoked the Bewitching Snake Lord 误惹妖孽蛇尊 Overnight, she transmigrates and accidentally gets involved with a wickedly handsome Snake King. From then on, Xia Qinghuan's life becomes a series of spicy, sour, and fiery adventures! That kind of thrill… It's truly hard to put into words! Xia Qinghuan's old philosophy of life: Men? Flirt with them! Good food? Enjoy it! Money? Make off with it! Now: Men? Masters! Good food? For her master to enjoy! Money? Hand it all over! 706Reads6.7Score102Shelves
- 122 The Fox Tomb’s Fragrant Secret 狐墓生香 [Sweet and angsty] [Mystery] [Supernatural] [Heroine grows stronger] I was born from a corpse. To save me, my grandfather went to our ancestral grave and took an empty spirit tablet. His dying wish was for me to marry the person represented by that empty tablet on my twentieth birthday. Otherwise, he said, he wouldn't rest in peace! But who could have known that someone would claim the tablet, and a handsome white fox would suddenly appear? To stay alive, I was forced onto the path of spirit-med 229Reads—Score—Shelves
- 123 My Husband Lives in the Underworld 我的老公在冥界 Chu Mo, the Judge of the Underworld, falls in love with Mu Xiaoqiao, a third-year university student. Hei Yao is a sharp-tongued black cat: What seemed to be an accidental bond was actually the beginning of an emotional entanglement spanning a thousand years… Qiao Mu, a princess sent to the Southern Dynasty as a bride to secure an alliance; Chu Mo, a general of the Northern Dynasty; Bai Li, a mutated chicken. In a turbulent age of nations on the brink of collapse and bodies strewn across the 37Reads—Score—Shelves
- 124 After My Snake CEO’s Career Crashed, He Coaxed Me into His Arms 霸总蛇夫塌房后，哄诱我入怀 What do you do when your husband is a hopeless romantic? Don't ask! Just spoil him, of course! [A double-standard, loyal-dog, hopelessly lovesick CEO & a sweet, clever, shy little wife! One-on-one, absolutely possessive, and sickeningly sweet! He pursued her after plotting it all out for ages.] Mu Zhenzhen loves little animals. It's just a pity that her own home is so "poor" that there's a draft coming in from every side. She can only afford to keep a pet for half a month before eating it! "Li 93Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 125 My Fox Is My Husband 我的狐狸是夫君 As a seasoned single woman, I once happened to find a white “cat.” I thought I could finally enjoy a happy life with just the two of us, but someone pointed out that what I’d found was a fox! Ever since the fox showed up, I’ve been dreaming every night, and the same man appears in every dream! Then the fox suddenly transformed into a human, and he looked exactly like the man in my dreams! He was also a dark, scheming man who could drive anyone up the wall! I thought I could get rid of this fox s 7Reads7.9Score—Shelves
- 126 After Coming of Age, I Became the Snake Lord’s Most Beloved 成年后，我成了蛇君大人的心头肉 People from Northeast China don’t eat wild animals. The big ones are too strong to beat, and the little ones are all spirits! But my great-great-grandfather refused to believe it and caught a giant snake. From then on, strange things kept happening to the Shen family for generations. Then, when I turned eighteen, I learned firsthand what it meant to pay for his actions… 451Reads8.8Score104Shelves
- 127 The Snake-Skin Wedding Dress 蛇皮嫁衣 When I was three, burns covered my body and my life hung by a thread. My grandmother saved me by peeling off a snake’s skin. From then on, I had an invisible ghost husband by my side... He said he had given me my life, and that since I had worn his snakeskin wedding dress, I belonged to him. If I dared so much as interact with another man, he would punish me harshly and kill my entire family. I carefully made it to the age of twenty, but still broke the taboo! An old Taoist priest came to the vi 599Reads8.9Score102Shelves
- 128 The Snake’s Bride 蛇缠女 [Mystery] [Sweet and bittersweet] [Strong heroine] [Supernatural] Ever since I was born, I’ve been cursed as a snake’s daughter and a bringer of misfortune. Eighteen years ago, a great white snake killed my family. Eighteen years later, the snake came to collect its debt and made me its spirit medium to pay it back. From then on, I began encountering all kinds of strange events. Why had the bones in the coffin vanished? And what did the snake totem on the coffin lid mean? When the Seven Fiends A 337Reads8.8Score102Shelves
- 129 Raising Great Demons at the Museum 我在博物馆养大妖 Restore the most dilapidated paintings, and keep the wildest man. Pressed by financial difficulties, Le Ying took up her family's traditional craft and became a calligraphy and painting restorer at a museum. While restoring paintings, she also took in several spirits and raised a one-legged great demon. Somehow, she ended up on a path to success in both her career and love life. A cross-species romance between a spiritual-energy flatterer and a proud, obsessive divine bird. 32Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 130 A Fated Reunion: My Husband, the King of the Underworld 再生缘：我的冥王夫君 Chen Xue had been frail and sickly since childhood. Just when she had finally grown up, her breathtaking beauty aroused the jealousy of her legitimate elder sister. She thought she was doomed to die, until she met a man. He leaned close to her ear and said, “Be my woman, and I'll protect you.” From then on, everyone who bullied Zhu Chenxue either died or was left crippled. Every night, ambiguous sounds came from Zhu Chenxue's bedroom. “Don't do this...” 134Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 131 Something's Off About My Immortals 我的仙家不太对 As an ordinary Chinese literature student at Nancheng University, Lin Wei just wants to keep her “spirit-attracting constitution” out of sight and maintain a normal life with part-time jobs and the peachwood beads Grandma gave her. That is, until the night in the old dormitory building, when she is rescued from the brink of death by Hu Yueqing, who claims to be a “fox immortal in training.” “Want to live? Then enter a spirit-medium pact with me and become my disciple.” The cool, handsome Fox I 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 132 Goddess Reborn, Snake Immortal Wife 神女转世，蛇仙妻 An early work, an experiment. A girl born under an ill-starred fate, destined to be a goddess, with two immortals, a snake and a fox, circling around her, while the Ghost King of Kunlun fights to protect her to the death. I was born with a snake-shaped tattoo. It brought me plenty of benefits, but also some unpleasant consequences. My parents never let me get too close to boys, but when I hit puberty, I still broke that rule. Ever since then, a man has appeared in my dreams every single night... 7Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 133 The Serpent’s Curse 蛇咒 The day I was born, my grandparents were skinned alive. Every branch around us was crawling with writhing, jubilant snakes. They said I would be next. To stay alive, I had no choice but to give myself to him. The secrets of the blood-stained garment and the snake curse became the things I most wanted to uncover. I thought I existed only to help him forge the blood garment, but when life and death hung in the balance, he held me tight. “Song Youyou, you will always be mine!” 134Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 134 Oh No! I Married a Sweet Wife, and Now I Can’t Hide My Serpent Tail 糟糕！娶了娇甜妻后蛇尾藏不住了 Sweet romance, both virgins, obsessive love, metaphysics: “Adorable, sweet little wife × cold, aloof, obsessive snake CEO” Jiang Mitian was thrown out of her home by her scumbag father. Homeless and hunted, she was saved at the brink of death by a handsome stranger. With nowhere else to go, she had to follow him home. Who knew he’d feed her and help her with her card during the day, then rub her legs and cling to her for kisses at night! A clever little woman appeared by the side of the aloof, h 107Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 135 Ghost King: His Spoiling Hurts a Little 鬼王大人：宠的有点疼 (Romance + Scheming Male Lead + School Life + Mutual Devotion + Not a Horror Story) Every night, a man pins Shen Youyou beneath him. He whispers, “Have my child!” Shen Youyou: “Sir, what do you want? I'll do anything, just please leave me alone.” The man: “I want you.” “There are countless women in the world. Why fixate on me?” “Don't talk!” You're the only one who can do this. Shen Youyou was speechless. What exactly did he want from her? Note: There's no misunderstanding in this story. And if 262Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 136 Dragon Scales Covering the Bed [Mystery] 龙鳞满床「悬疑」 [Female-oriented novel] My name is Ning Xi. I was an abandoned baby my mother found by a creek. The centenarian old shamaness who lives on Toukan Mountain read my bones and declared that I was the Dragon King's daughter. I thought it was just superstition. Dragons and Dragon Kings don't exist. I'm a firm materialist, after all. But on the day of my college entrance exams, I saw a red carp turn into a dragon right before my eyes… 1.8kReads9.1Score255Shelves
- 137 The Dragon King’s Wife, Life After Life 生生世世龙王妻 A terrible drought struck the village, so the village chief invited an old Taoist priest to perform a rainmaking ritual. The priest brought a marriage contract, and I was chosen to be offered as a sacrifice to the Divine Dragon Lord. On the night of the full moon, the villagers tied me up, stuffed me into a bridal sedan chair, and sent me to the Dragon King Temple behind the village. From then on, I became the wife of an ancient divine dragon. 64Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 138 A Life-and-Death Pact Between the King of Hell and Me 我和冥王的生死契约 "Half mystery + half comedy + the worlds of yin and yang + a male lead who is a cunning, devoted deity of the underworld + a kind, steadfast, brave mortal heroine + every character is clever" One lottery ticket, one contract, and from that moment on, my three souls and seven spirits belonged to him. I took something that was never mine, so I have to do good deeds, travel between the worlds of yin and yang, give away all my money, risk my life to repay him, and even give myself to him… He laid on 516Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 139 On Our Wedding Night, My Scheming Husband Held Me and Whispered Sweetly 新婚夜，腹黑老公抱着我低声轻哄 My name is Lu Xiyu, and I come from a family of haunted-house sleep testers. I once took a high-paying job: spend one night sleeping in a hilltop villa, and walk away with a hefty fee. Who could have guessed that testing the bed would turn into being bedded? There really was a ghost in that huge villa bed! It feared neither daylight nor talismans, and kept me entangled with it until dawn! 27Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 140 Walking with the Fox 遇狐行 I was born with a fate blessed by the heavens, but one of my seven souls was stolen at birth. Countless lonely ghosts coveted my destiny. When I was nine, I unexpectedly gained a pair of eyes that could see through ghosts and gods. But those coveted eyes plunged me into an endless hell. Someone told me that if I wanted to survive, I had to go to Qingyun Mountain and seek divine protection. If I succeeded, I would be safe for the rest of my life. If I failed, misfortune would follow me wherever I 224Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 141 A Thousand-Year Contract: The Underworld King Comes Calling 契约千年：冥王老公找上门 He was born on the day of the Ghost Festival. His parents died when he was young, leaving him to depend on his grandfather. From childhood, Chen Qing'an had a pair of unusual eyes that let him discern yin from yang and see ghosts and monsters. On the day his grandfather died, a red moon hung in the sky. To free themselves from misfortune, the villagers offered him as a sacrifice to the “Ghost King.” But the one they summoned was none other than Jun Xuanxiao, the formidable King of the Underworld 117Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 142 The Snake Immortal of Changbai Mountain: My Spirit Hall Protects the Living 长白山蛇仙：我的出马堂守人间 Before she died, Grandma found me a Snake Immortal for a husband, saying he could extend my life. But he’d lost all his spiritual power, and the way to prolong my life turned out to be… intimate contact? Each time our spirit pact resonates, he regains a little spiritual power, and I live one more day. From shy resistance to actively asking for more, the bond between us grows ever deeper. Ghostly figures on campus, corpse poison in Changbai, the Snake Clan hunting us down… Behind the evil spirits 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 143 Help! I'm the King of the Underworld's One True Love 救命！我竟是冥王的白月光 [Supernatural mystery, lighthearted comedy] On the night of the Ghost Festival “Y-You... who are you, exactly? Are you human? Or a ghost? Y-You saved me, so you... you must be a good ghost, right?” Xi Zhuo replied in a ghostly voice, “Madam, don’t you remember me?” Chen Nianqiao screamed in terror. “Who’s your wife?! You still haven’t answered my question! Where’s my best friend, Hu Xiaoqian? Did you eat her or something?” Xi Zhuo ignored Nianqiao’s questions. He simply declared, “I am your husb 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 144 I Mistook My Blind Date and Ended Up Marrying a Snake 相亲认错人，我闪婚了一条蛇 Eighteen years ago, the villagers tore down the archway carved with a giant snake for money and burned the coffin beneath it. Afterward, a snake calamity struck the village. My grandfather threw newborn me into the snake-burning pit, saving the whole village from disaster. The summer I turned eighteen, the village party secretary tricked me into coming back. Because another snake calamity had struck the village. The party secretary said that throwing me into the snake-burning pit once more would 162Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 145 The King of Hell Takes a Wife 阎王娶妻 A startled cry in my dream shattered that enchanting spring reverie. My name is Luo Ning. A spring dream stirred memories hidden in my mind, memories that should never have been awakened... 185Reads—Score—Shelves
- 146 Born Under the Yin Sign, Wed to the King of the Underworld 阴女命，嫁冥王 A revised edition of Unending Ghostly Bonds, ten years in the making! After three years together, her boyfriend actually handed her over to the neighbor next door! From then on, she was haunted by sleep paralysis every night. In the darkness, a pair of icy hands roamed over her, and the Ghost King took her completely for himself. She tried to escape, only to realize she'd sunk deep into the mire of fate. In fear and despair, she gradually uncovered the shocking secrets hidden behind the underwor 208Reads—Score—Shelves
- 147 A Dragon’s Life with You 龙生有你 The snake immortal insists on becoming my patron immortal and wants me to love him deeply, but in my dreams, fragments of a strange memory keep resurfacing. It seems closely tied to both his origins and mine, where love intertwines with mystery… 103Reads—Score—Shelves
- 148 After Marrying the Ghost King 嫁给鬼王后 Beloved by all + funny + lighthearted After being hounded by relatives to get married and losing her job, Bai Ziyan had no choice but to find some man by the roadside and marry him. As a bonus, she got a high-paying job. But there's something eerie about both this husband and this job... Bai Ziyan: Why are they all looking at me like that? Li Heng: Because you're beautiful. Bai Ziyan: ... Bai Ziyan: I'm going to a class reunion. I'll be out for a while. Li Heng: Wait. As soon as he spoke, 8Reads7.5Score—Shelves
- 149 The Fox Lord's Darling: I Came from the Screen 狐君的掌心娇：我从银幕来 Lin Wanxing stayed up all night watching an old fox-demon movie. Just as she was sighing over the tragic ending of the doomed little fox demon, she opened her eyes and found herself in the movie as that very character. Even more outrageous, the thousand-year-old Fox Lord, who should have had nothing to do with her, was holding her in his arms. His voice was low and heated. “My precious darling, now that you’ve come out of the screen, you’re not allowed to go back.” It turned out that she had bee —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 150 The King of the Underworld Has Fallen Deeply in Love with Me 冥王对我情根深种 I was born at an hour and moment of yin, with an utterly yin constitution. My parents both died when I was young, and the villagers all called me a jinx, saying I had caused their deaths. I grew up relying on my grandmother. Then, when I was ten, I came down with a serious illness… (Double male leads! Super sweet!) 5Reads—Score—Shelves
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