Novels like I Just Want to Live Quietly, Eat My Fill, and Wait to Die
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as I Just Want to Live Quietly, Eat My Fill, and Wait to Die, best match first.
- 101 Cultivating the Dao in a Beijing Courtyard: Are None of My Roommates Human? 四合院修道:我的室友都不是人? Lin Chen has a master's degree in cultural relic restoration. He was chased by urban management officers while running a stall at the antiques market, and his restoration videos on Douyin had only 50 likes, all from classmates showing their support. He'd hoped to make some extra money drawing talismans and quietly lie flat. Instead, he rented a courtyard house and ended up with roommates, each more outrageous than the last: The girl who plays the zither can hear people's heartbeats. The first 80Reads—Score—14d adds
- 102 Finding True Love Inside and Outside Marriage in Midlife 人到中年婚姻内外寻找真爱 Yang Duo is a flower in full bloom. Though she’s forty, she’s still young and beautiful. A woman in pursuit of true love, she yearns for romance and has spent her life exploring and experiencing it. A passionate love affair that nearly cost her life in her youth, a joyless marriage in middle age, and an unexpected encounter outside her marriage: whenever she falls for someone, she loves with wild abandon and suffers heartbreak that tears her apart. Her three close friends have very different l 637Reads8.7Score10114d adds
- 103 Great-Aunt Xile's Happy Life 姑奶奶喜乐的幸福生活 Home is a sheltered harbor, and family is always there to support you. This is a story about three generations of the Song family living happily in an old building on Tianjin's Five Avenues. It features Tianjin's delicious food, as well as the family's joys and sorrows over the past thirty years. 698Reads9.1Score10414d adds
- 104 A Temporary Romance at the Factory! 工厂里的临时爱情! Wang Dali had just left his rural hometown to find work in the city. After his night shift, he returned to his rented room. As he snapped the key in the lock, he heard a woman's cries from inside. From that day on, life opened up an entirely new world for him. Every day that followed was an adventure. 297Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 105 Back to 2001: Allocate Points and Level Up 重回2001加点升级 [Reborn + Pocket Dimension + Status Panel + Proficiency + Daily Life + Cultivation] Luo Zhengyang, a middle-aged man, was laid off and returned to his hometown after many years away. When he woke up one morning, the world had changed, and he was back at the start of middle school in 2001. Then, by chance, he awakened an attribute panel that let him add points, record skills, and continuously raise their levels through practice. Luo Zhengyang realized that the things he had cared about in his pre 5.5kReads7.2Score29614d adds
- 106 I Won Ten Million from the Lottery from the Start. Whoever Wants This Job Can Have It 开局中奖一千万,这班谁爱上谁上 [Gorgeous heiress]+ [Financial freedom]+ [Face-slapping the ex]+ [Rags-to-riches comeback]+ [Lucky life] A fortune falls from the sky: Wang Cheng wins ten million yuan in the lottery, stands up to a spiteful manager, and face-slaps his ex, who only cares about money. Who could have guessed that the perfectly in-sync teammate who fought alongside him in the King’s Canyon would turn out to be the heiress of Bincheng’s richest family when they finally met in person? From the virtual canyon to real 946Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 107 The Legend of the Top Salesperson 销冠传奇 No connections, only a shadow. But competition cannot be stopped. In an age when there are too many people chasing too few opportunities, you have to compete constantly to claim your share of the resources, with no end in sight... 1.2kReads8.9Score10714d adds
- 108 The Husband Rules 老公最大 The campus belle, the top student, and the domineering CEO. This is the love story of Li Luoluo and He Kuang. Li Luoluo runs into He Kuang at her best friend's home, where a drunk He Kuang forcibly steals her first kiss. That unexpected encounter brings them together, taking them from bickering enemies to lovers. Their relationship begins by chance, caught between society's prejudice and the relentless advances of rivals, while danger and intrigue swirl through the business world. Li Luoluo does 658Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 109 My Nearly Forty CEO Wife 我的奔四总裁小娇妻 The second volume is out now. Come back for more! Follow the author's page and add the book to your library so you won't lose track of it!!! I'm Ma Ming, male, 21, and currently a university student. I can do 600 push-ups in one go. I can do 500 sit-ups in one go. I run every day to stay fit, and I'm good at both singing and dancing. I can down five large glasses of beer, eight glasses of red wine, and three glasses of whiskey in one sitting... “Let's not get sidetracked. Here's the deal: I have 3.9kReads9.4Score24414d adds
- 110 An Ordinary Family 平凡一家人 Every era in which an ordinary family lives is unique and impossible to repeat. The hardships of difficult times, the years of struggle and deprivation, the pain that cannot be put into words, and the fiery passion of a new age, the spirit of never giving up and striving onward, the stories of joy and sorrow: all shine brightly through every ordinary day. Life is the passing down of the human spirit. Everyone in an ordinary family has something worth preserving and building upon. Life is a flame 3.3kReads8.9Score28314d adds
- 111 Dotting-Dad: From the Start, I Own a Restaurant 宠妻奶爸:开局一家美食餐厅 P.S. This is a sweet story about a devoted dad, food, and everyday life. No brainless showing off and face-slapping, and no mindless tycoon antics. After getting drunk over his failed startup, Su Feng unexpectedly met a treasure of a woman who looked like a goddess! When they met again, she brought him two adorable twin baby girls, and he gained a magical Super Dad Cooking System. Su Feng: “Make a fortune? Open a chain of restaurants? No need. I just want to provide for Youchu and my two preciou 1.7kReads9.2Score11514d adds
- 112 My Parents Are a Handful, Can They Let the Counselor Have Some Peace? 活爹活妈,让辅导员安生会吧 [No System, pure urban campus life, the heroine can wait until later, not a power fantasy, not a power fantasy, not a power fantasy] I’ve been working as a graduate student counselor since I was in grad school. I never imagined it would be so hard to pass the counselor exam. After finally getting the job, this bunch of little troublemakers won’t give me a moment’s peace. All I want is to lie flat in peace. Could you please stop giving me so much trouble? 3.4kReads9.2Score23714d adds
- 113 Young Master! Young Master?? Young Master!!! 少爷!少爷??少爷!!! A preposterous encounter, and a journey of two hearts finding their way to each other! The contract blessed by the god of fate had already spelled it out: Instructions for Renting a Boyfriend: If your heart starts racing, there are no refunds. You accept all consequences! 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 A Tackle Shop by the Sea 海边有家渔具店 (The first few chapters lay the groundwork for the family background and relationships. The fishing adventure begins in Chapter Eight! This is a laid-back fishing story that builds a utopia for fishing enthusiasts.) Shi Tian, a rich second-generation heir, gets hooked after a shady app mysteriously appears on his phone. With all kinds of fishing talents carefully training him, he strays farther and farther down the path of becoming a crafty fishing fiend! Shui Bi Zhang: I spent half a year turni 5kReads8.9Score29114d adds
- 115 My Dad Owns a Coal Mine 我爹是个煤老板 My dad owns a coal mine, so I, Li Heijin, have never had to worry about money! Apart from money, my greatest ambition is to have a little culture, or at least look like a cultured person! 2.4kReads8.7Score10614d adds
- 116 Global Sign-In: I Became a Travel Mogul 签到全球:我成了旅游大亨 [A travel novel with plenty of interesting facts] Recently unemployed Chen Hao sets off on a journey with just 100 yuan in cash. On a flight to Xiamen, he awakens the Global Travel Sign-In System. All he has to do is sign in in each city to receive a travel fund, and completing System missions earns him even better rewards! From then on, Chen Hao sets out to conquer the world. He has a wonderful encounter in Xiamen, heads to Quanzhou to see the Eastern port city Marco Polo wrote about, strolls a 1kReads8.5Score10814d adds
- 117 The Art of the Deal: You Dumped Me for Being Poor? Why Are You Crying Now? 商猎:嫌我穷?分手后你哭什么? [Urban] [Slice of Life] [Miracle Doctor] [Tycoon] [No System] [Hacker] [Big Shot] Eight years of devotion earned him only the words, “Let’s break up.” Eight years of giving meant nothing next to a whisper from her new love. He was the “Wolf King,” yet on a late night in 2013, the woman he loved most stabbed him in the back. Seven billionaires are fighting to marry off their daughters? A mysterious old man cries out, “You look so much like him”? Mu Feng couldn’t care less. All he knew was that th 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 Divorcing with Terminal Cancer 癌症晚期离婚 [Everyday life + heartwarming + despair + one heroine + moving + relentless misfortune + no System + mother-daughter conflict + villains growing old + standing up to everyone + siblings + food lovers] Originally titled My Wife Divorced Me When I Had Terminal Cancer, Then My Mother-in-Law Knocked at Midnight Programmer Chen Xun often worked overtime and smoked. He developed terminal lung cancer, with only six months left to live. Not wanting to burden anyone, Chen Xun chose to divorce his wife an 19kReads9.1Score1.6k14d adds
- 119 Reborn in 2015: Setting Out Again on the Road to Fortune 重生2015财富之路再出发 Zhu Mosi, who lived a lonely and impoverished life, is reborn in 2015. With only a little knowledge of the stock market, he goes from an ordinary oil-field worker to financial freedom, making up for every regret and embarking on a new life rich in both wealth and happiness. 16Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 120 Feeling Anxious? I Found Healing in a Country Courtyard 你焦虑了吗?我在农村小院治愈了 At 44, I take the blame and get disciplined. My promotion is gone. My wife's job is unstable, and she's always on edge. My son is hooked on online games, and his grades leave a lot to be desired. I rent a place with a courtyard in the suburbs. I work in the CBD by day, then come back to the village at night to raise chickens, walk the dog, and grow vegetables. The neighbors say I look like an idiot turning over the soil. But idiots don't have to take the blame for anyone anymore. I raise chicken 43Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 Li Tiezhu, the Immortal Doctor with Divine Eyes 神瞳仙医李铁柱 Countryside + Divine Doctor + Invincible + Farming + Pure Satisfaction After a blind man is beaten, he suddenly awakens to his powers and conquers Huaguo, the West, the island nation, and the hidden realms, eventually reaching the Immortal Realm. Many years later, when someone asks him why he became an immortal, all he can say is, “I’d rather give up being the Immortal Emperor and return to the village where I grew up.” 1.1kReads7.4Score14614d adds
- 122 Transmigrate and Flee the Famine, Farming to Bring Good Fortune to the Whole Family 穿越逃荒,种田旺全家 [No Pocket Dimension + No Awful Relatives + Fleeing Famine + Farming + Everyday Family Life + The Whole Family Working Together Toward a Better Future] A PhD in agricultural science wakes up in the body of a farm girl. Nestled between mountains and water, her village is hit by both drought and earthquakes. Her family is loving, and there are no awful relatives. The thousands-of-miles journey to escape famine is fraught with danger. She farms and does business, leading her whole family to a bette 3.7kReads8.3Score32814d adds
- 123 Big Brother! If You Dare to Date, I'll Break Your Legs 哥!你敢早恋,我打断你腿 [Unrelated by blood + a tsundere, stubborn younger sister] Su Xiao is reborn, returning to the day after their parents' deaths when he and his younger sister, Su Wanning, were sent to live with different relatives. In his previous life, the two siblings were separated just like that, and never contacted each other again. When they met again, Su Wanning had become a little box. Reborn into this life, Su Xiao swears that he will never let anyone take his sister away. In front of everyone, Su Xiao 154.9kReads8.8Score18.7k14d adds
- 124 Goddess Yang Chengcheng's Journey to the Mortal World 女神杨橙橙凡间降落之路 Female lead: Yang Chengcheng. Male lead: Yun Feng. This story is divided into three volumes. Volume One has ten chapters. Three years after Yang Chengcheng and Yun Feng break up, Yang Chengcheng meets Yang Long on a blind date. After a series of upheavals in his family, Yang Long’s sincerity finally moves her, and the two get married. Volume Two is told through flashbacks. At seventeen, Yang Chengcheng meets Yun Fengye, an art studio teacher. They are drawn to each other and fall in love. They s 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 125 I Am the Heavenly Physician 我是天医 Ye Qingyun had a chance to stay on at the hospital, but someone pulled strings behind the scenes. Now he faces a string of problems: should he keep practicing medicine or give it up? Just then, the System arrived! 412Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 126 I Can Fight Disease Monsters One-on-One 我能和疾病怪一对一战斗 Wang Xu can see disease monsters: things like the Common Cold Monster, the Adultery Monster, a Level 100 Infertility Monster, the Left General of the Uremia Army, the Level 100 Late-Stage Liver Cancer General, and the Breast Cancer Army’s Prince Who Guards the Nation... He can fight these disease monsters one-on-one. Victory can earn him medicinal ingredients, skills, equipment, experience, and more... Experience lets him level up, improve his attributes, grow stronger, learn skills, and equip g 6.5kReads8.7Score54914d adds
- 127 The City's Ultimate Player in Love 都市情场高高手 Lao Liu, an urban office worker, unexpectedly runs into the girl he had a crush on as a teenager. After much hesitation, he decides to pursue his youthful dream. Through a twist of fate, he ends up meeting his dream girl’s cousin by accident. Caught between the two women, he is confused and carried away by his feelings, yet too timid to act... 445Reads9.4Score10514d adds
- 128 When the Clouds Part, the Moon Appears 云开见月 The protagonist had a miserable childhood. Raised by the whole village, he grew up experiencing firsthand the harsh rule that the weak get bullied. He fought his way through life with his fists, developing a fiercely defiant personality. Later, a benefactor took him under their wing and helped him work hard, and he eventually made something of himself and got into a top university. As an adult, he became lost and insecure in the face of harsh reality. In the end, he settled into an ordinary life 15.8kReads9.4Score1.9k14d adds
- 129 The Matchmaker’s Comic and Tragic Fate 红娘啼笑因缘 A matchmaker who transmigrated, still so young and already arranging marriages. What a farcical situation! The matchmaker Hongniang in the Peking opera The Story of the Western Wing is famous for helping lovers find happiness. Could a real-life matchmaker actually be the reincarnation of the Hongniang from The Story of the Western Wing? Can the Book of Changes really predict love and marriage? 9Reads7.0Score114d adds
- 130 The City's Miracle Physician 都市奇门医圣 Intern doctor Ye Haoxuan unexpectedly comes across an ancient book containing the legacy of mystical arts and medicine. From then on, his life takes an extraordinary turn. He heals people with silver needles and exorcises ghosts with magic, devoting himself to helping the world while enjoying a carefree life in the city! 4.2kReads8.7Score39014d adds
- 131 Neither Storm Nor Sunshine! 也无风雨也无晴! Marriage Before Love, a realistic urban romance about everyday married life! Su Qin and Zhou Xinping marry after being introduced through a matchmaking arrangement, and they bicker constantly. Just as Su Qin feels disappointed and lost, a new dawn arrives. She discovers that her husband truly cares for her, and together they take on a new stage of life! 418Reads—Score—14d adds
- 132 My Laid-Back Days at Love Apartment 在爱情公寓的咸鱼日常 [Love Apartment + slice of life + original female protagonist] P.S. The story starts with Season 1. No canon couples will be broken up. The female protagonist is original, and the early plot changes are relatively minor. The System doesn't appear in the main story, only in bonus chapters. After returning to early 2008, just before graduating from college, Bai Yu thought she had simply been reborn. But she'd also gained a bunch of older cousins: the seven Xiao Hei brothers from Love Apartment. Af 10kReads8.7Score69514d adds
- 133 I Won Fifty Million After Quitting My Job 离职后,我中了五千万 Liu Wei, an overworked wage slave, had been exploited by his supervisor for far too long. In a fit of anger, he quit his job. On the way, he bought a few lottery tickets and won fifty million. He never expected his life to take such a turn. From then on, luck was always on his side, and he became a walking good-luck charm. In Macau, he could bet on the right number. Even when buying a house, he could win a prize... It seemed as though luck surrounded him. Even the tiniest odds became highly favo 21.4kReads8.7Score1.2k14d adds
- 134 The Tycoon Who Started by Donating Blood 神豪从献血开始 For twenty years, Jiang En has lived with reverence in his heart, always believing that the gods are watching from above and that one should obey the law and keep to one's place. Whenever disaster struck, he was willing to do what little he could to help. Unfortunately, after entering the workforce, he spent years struggling through one setback after another. After donating blood, while in a daze, he stumbled upon the road to wealth… He 5.8kReads9.0Score23314d adds
- 135 Surviving in a Martial Arts World 在武侠世界求生 Surviving in a Martial Arts World 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 136 A Working Stiff's Little Journal 打工小记 Urban daily life + earning a living through hard work + multiple heroines + healing The story of an ordinary wage earner: from drifting to Guangzhou to drifting to Beijing, from Shaoxing to Foshan and then to Majiaqiao in Beijing. Fifteen years in all. See how a worker at the bottom makes his way through life... I went south at fifteen and drifted north at thirty. The fiercest gamble of my life took fifteen years to pay for. Over those fifteen years, I worked in an electronics factory, served 43Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 I Really Want to Be a Lazy Fish 好想当一只咸鱼 (The new chapter's rating is a little low! I'm begging you all for your support!) A story about a guy who just wants to slack off... Zhang Jun is reborn. He has no System... but he does have both disaster and good fortune as attributes... Now that he's reborn, why keep working like a drudge? All he wants is to slack off, but an invisible hand keeps pushing him forward... 556Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 138 I'm a Traditional Medicine Streamer, Master of the I Ching, Physiognomy, Feng Shui, and Martial Arts 我中医主播精通周易面相风水国术 The renowned Zhouyi expert and feng shui master Li Changsheng transmigrates to a parallel world. He becomes a pitiful orphan who has relied on his grandfather for as long as he can remember. In this world, traditional Chinese medicine and herbal remedies vanished more than five hundred years ago. But his grandfather has a dream: to revive traditional Chinese medicine. Li Changsheng has read the book The Heavenly Healer’s Secret Realm tens of thousands of times since childhood. His grandfather ho 4.8kReads8.9Score75414d adds
- 139 The Abandoned Heir of a Powerful Family: He Is Xingyu, She Is Qiu 豪门弃子之:他是星宇,她是秋 This story is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Pei Xingyu is the illegitimate son of Pei Changqing and a foreign model. His mother took the money and returned to her home country as soon as she gave birth, never appearing again. His father never took responsibility for him, leaving him to be raised by a nanny. He grew up facing discrimination and humiliation. His life was always surrounded by malice. The label “illegitimate son” clung to him li 54Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 140 The System Ran Away, So I Built an Aviation Empire on My Own 系统跑路了,靠自己建立航空帝国 A System from the start, only for it to run away later? So I have to do everything myself? Come on, System, everyone else starts with a skyscraper and a few hundred million. I’m left to do it all on my own. I know everything about staffing, administration, dispatch, ground services, maintenance, and air traffic control. The only thing I can’t do is fly a plane. Now this is what a truly competent chairman looks like. Let me lead the company, step by step, toward greatness. The ultimate goal: to b 4.4kReads9.1Score25214d adds
- 141 Genius Divine Doctor in the City 天才神医混都市 His medical skills are so astounding that he can bring the dead back to life and regenerate flesh from bone. His martial prowess is terrifying, and he can kill without anyone noticing. Crushing rich, handsome playboys and stomping on trust-fund kids is no big deal to him! 9.3kReads9.0Score1.4k14d adds
- 142 Getting By in a Period-Era Novel 我在年代文里混日子 Transmigrate into a book + period setting + everyday family life + a touch of fantasy Hu Yan realized she seemed to have been reborn and transmigrated. She’d become a character in an old period novel she had read long ago. Oh, the story had already ended. She was a peripheral character, even less important than a walk-on. Her family’s four lovely daughters were living miserable lives. She didn’t have the heroine’s portable dimension or special aura. But she did have her own little stroke of luck 197Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 143 Reborn in 1993: Call Me a Corporate-Grade Scumbag 重生1993:请叫我企业级渣男 At a celebration banquet, Wang Wei, who had successfully shorted the stock of a certain beverage company, joked that if Heaven gave him another chance, he would never be a financial speculator again. Building real businesses would be his only goal. When he wakes up, Heaven grants his wish: he has returned to 1993, to the crossroads in life he faced when he went on a blind date. This time, he turns down his blind date first and chooses another path to fortune. I’m a businessman, not a scumbag who 4.6kReads8.9Score41714d adds
- 144 I Refuse to Marry into a Wealthy Family. I'll Take My Child and Marry a Country Man 拒入豪门,我带娃嫁给乡下人 An IT engineer from a small town studies hard, works diligently, turns down a wealthy family’s marriage proposal, and goes abroad to study. Even after unexpectedly becoming a single mother, she never stops growing. She makes a dazzling transformation into an investment banking star… The only thing that drives her crazy is the child’s father, a young man from a small town who’s two years younger than her. He pursues her relentlessly, but what can she do? Love isn’t something you can achieve just 847Reads8.9Score10314d adds
- 145 All the Fish the CEO Raised Have Run Away 总裁养的鱼都跑了 Years later, a reserved, socially awkward lawyer who has no interest in dating or marriage reunites with a cold, aloof CEO who is a robot and knows nothing about love. They save each other. Two people who are both hopeless with feelings stumble along, bringing warmth to one another. The heroine's former company CEO has always thought of himself as a player. Arrogant and overconfident, he assumed every woman was a fish in his pond, ready for him to pick. But when he finally wants to choose, he di 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 146 My Landlord Has Multiple Personalities, and They All Want Me to Support Them 房东是多重人格,还想全员倒贴 [For male readers: four personalities + one female lead + no System + not reborn + true love + love triangle drama + everyday-life sweetness] Ye Shu is so broke after graduation that he's nearly sleeping under a bridge, when a windfall drops into his lap: he gets to move into a luxury mansion for just 800 yuan a month! His landlady, An Suxue, clutches a carrot-shaped pillow and timidly hands him the contract. “My only condition... is that you're okay with me ‘changing into someone else’ every no 44.9kReads9.3Score4.7k14d adds
- 147 Laid-Back Days in Miststone Forest 雾石森林的悠哉日常 [Healing]+ [A life like Stardew Valley]+ [Slow-paced] [No cheap tricks, no melodrama. This book is for everyone who hasn't yet had the chance to truly live.] Important note: No CP, no CP! I wasn't going to spoil anything, but then I noticed Tomato had tagged this as “Ancient Romance” and “Fantasy Romance,” which left me baffled. There are men in the story, and some of them develop feelings for the heroine. Isn't that perfectly natural? But it doesn't mean they're a couple. At the age of seventy 3.4kReads6.6Score47914d adds
- 148 How My Road Trip with My Nemesis Took the Internet by Storm 我和冤家自驾游爆红全网这件事 The Story of My Road Trip with My Nemesis Going Viral Across the Internet 48Reads—Score—14d adds
- 149 Yun Zhong Bai He's Second Book 云衷白鹤的第2本书 [Highly Anticipated] [Officialdom Power Fantasy] [No NTR, No Major Angst] Song Yu comes from humble beginnings, knows where to draw the line, and understands people inside and out. Step by step, he stays true to himself and reads the situation, navigating between all sides. With talent and perseverance, he steadily advances along his career in government. See how the protagonist wins his superiors' favor, is repeatedly entrusted with major responsibilities, and gradually opens the door to an eve 55.7kReads8.5Score2.9k14d adds
- 150 The Alleyway: From Little Rascal to Science Top Scorer 小巷人家:从皮猴子到理科状元的逆袭之路! By chance, I ended up in the world of A Love for Dilemma and became the son of the feisty Song Ying. They say a feisty woman is brave, her feisty husband is cunning, and their son knows how to work with them. Under those circumstances, our family finally got a two-bedroom staff apartment at Suzhou No. 2 Cotton Mill. Next door lived the family of Zhuang Xiaoting, the person I would love most in my life. Huang Ling and Zhuang Chaoying’s tangled joys and sorrows were set to get back on track throug 702Reads7.0Score—14d adds

















































