Novels like Taking the Vows
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Taking the Vows, best match first.
- 151 With Terminal Bone Cancer, I Was Driven to Despair by My Cheating Husband 骨癌晚期，我被出轨丈夫逼上绝路 Jiang Shaocheng cheated on me, but I was dying. A pregnant woman moved into our home. I shoved her, and he had me locked up. My bone cancer flared up, the pain unbearable, but I could hear him fooling around with her outside. When she went into labor, they took me away to give her a blood transfusion. I couldn’t hold on any longer. I died on the operating table. By the time they found me, my body had gone cold. I was dead, but Jiang Shaocheng went mad. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 152 My Husband Lost His Memory After a Car Accident 老公车祸后失忆了 Han Ziyou and I grew up together. He once loved me with all his heart and wanted to lay the very best the world had to offer at my feet. But then he forgot. He fell in love with someone younger and more radiant. Until one day, he got into a car accident while protecting her and suffered a head injury that left him with amnesia. His memories stopped ten years ago. Ten years ago, when he loved me more than anything. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 153 Terminally Ill, I Heard My Scumbag Husband Suddenly Say He Loved Me 身患绝症，渣男老公突然说爱我 During the five years Gu Yanshen and I were entangled, he treated me as a stepping stone for his career, trampling on my talent without a second thought. He sold my paintings for a fortune, but credited them to his innocent-seeming junior sister. He drove me to a mental breakdown, and I slit my wrists to kill myself. He only sneered and called me a drama queen. In the end, my heart grew cold, and I chose to divorce him. But on the day he signed the divorce papers, he got into a car accident and 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 154 After Awakening as a Stand-In, I Beat the Scumbag to a Pulp 替身觉醒后我暴打渣男 After five years together, all I had to show for it was the title of substitute. “Ran-jie came back and reached out to you herself. Why haven’t you dumped Yun Jiuxi yet?” Hidden behind the rooftop door, I listened to their conversation, stunned. “Are you that worried for me?” “Hey, I just don’t want Ran-jie to get jealous.” “Yeah, but now isn’t the time.” He blew out a ring of smoke, his voice cold and casual. “I’m not ready to let her go yet.” “As long as she behaves, there’s no reason I can’t 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 155 After She Died, the Entertainment Industry Came Crashing Down 她死后，娱乐圈的天塌了 I’m dead. But your nightmare has only just begun. I’m dead, but I’m still watching you. 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 156 An Unbroken Bond 藕断丝连 Tangled Affection 327Reads—Score3214d adds
- 157 Entangled in Spring's Passion, Secretly Enchanted! 春色缠人，暗里着迷！ [Devoted to each other] [1v1] [Gorgeous heroine] [Rich-family revenge] [Playing the fool to catch the tiger] [Happy ending] A brilliant, scheming little siren vs. a restrained, composed beauty on a high peak When Xiao Zhuo first meets her, he ignores her completely and treats her fake, pretentious older sister with tenderness instead. Su Tangchao sneers. She loves seeing a cool, noble, unattainable man go crazy for her. Later, Su Tangchao discovers he's hard to win over and even harder to shake 5kReads8.9Score38614d adds
- 158 Jiang Chuze, I Won’t Love You Anymore 江楚泽，我不会爱你了 Everyone knows that An Ruoxuan, the beautiful eldest daughter of the An family in Xingdu, chased after the cold-faced young master of the Jiang family in Beicheng from the time they were children. She tried every way she could to cling to him, earning a reputation as his little shadow and a stalker. But then the aloof young master got together with Su Munan, An Ruoxuan's best friend... Eight years later, Jiang Chuze turned around and married An Ruoxuan. She thought she was going to heaven, but i 1.5kReads8.5Score10114d adds
- 159 Haunting My Dreams 魂牵梦萦 He was the moon in the heavens, hanging high and bright. She thought she could carefully guard this secret seed of love and keep it from sprouting, but day after day spent together had allowed it to grow into a towering tree. When her love became bone-deep and impossible to suppress, she had no choice but to reach out and bring the divine one down to earth. 8.2kReads9.1Score59514d adds
- 160 Deep in Love, Yet Unaware 情深且不知 [Tragic Romance] He was the man who killed my father, and I hated him with all my heart. In the end, I discovered I had hated the wrong person. The daughter of a bandit chief happened to save a scholar, and from then on, she gave him her heart. But her wedding night became the night her family was slaughtered. Her beloved, once the person closest to her, had become her father's killer! He was an emperor, cold and indifferent. He unexpectedly fell in love with her, yet could only push her further 67Reads7.8Score514d adds
- 161 The Day I Regained My Hearing Was the Day We Broke Up: My Ex-Husband’s Long Road to Winning Me Back 复聪之日，亦是决裂之时：前夫，你的追妻路漫漫 Five years ago, I became completely deaf and mute while saving Gu Peichen. “When I thought Heaven had finally taken pity on me and let me hear again, I was planning to surprise him. But in front of everyone at the company, he said he’d had enough.” Gu Peichen’s expression darkened. “Enough! I’ve had enough of you clinging to me. I’ve done all I can to take care of you. What more do you want from me?” I remembered him holding me and saying, “Wanw an, I’ll take care of you for the rest of my life. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 162 The Lotus Fragrance Fades in Autumn 1 红藕香残玉簟秋1 [Addictive sweet-and-angsty historical romance + political intrigue + dramatic twists + an emperor’s love + past and present lives + mad, devoted hero] Yuan Jiu was born in the Heavenly Prison and has been plagued by nightmares since birth. In her dreams, there is always a dashing young man racing through a raging inferno. He gallops toward her, murderous intent surging from him, and a three-foot sword pierces her chest. She has died countless times in her dreams, yet she has never been able to 111Reads7.9Score—14d adds
- 163 Scumbag CEO, I Don’t Deserve Your Devotion 渣总你的深情我不配 [Physical and Emotional Torment + No Reconciliation] Jiang Li loved Fu Jinyan with all her heart. She once believed he would be her whole world, but he was the one who sent her to prison. She suffered every humiliation behind bars and was left unrecognizable. She thought getting out would mean a fresh start. But fate had never been kind to her. After her release, Fu Jinyan dragged her into another abyss, tormenting her like a plaything. In despair, she gritted her teeth and said: “Fu Jinyan, if 8.5kReads8.5Score50114d adds
- 164 One Man, One Minister 一人臣 In everyone’s eyes, Ji Ya was a brutal, debauched empress. To the great general Mo Lengzun, she was also a scheming, selfish, and sinister villain! But none of them knew she was terminally ill and had little time left... Everything she did was for the people of Donghao. Even as she died, everyone still hated her... 241Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 165 There Is No Her in This World Anymore 世间再无她 [Angsty romance + obsessive love + the groveling ex’s road to redemption] “Bo Sihan, please believe me. I didn’t do it. I didn’t kill Xia Wei.” Wen Yan kneels and begs him, but the man kicks her away. “Get out!” To avenge the woman he loves, he personally sends Wen Yan to prison for five years. With red-rimmed eyes, Wen Yan asks him, “If you learn the truth one day, will you regret what you’ve done today?” He answers furiously, “Even if you die, I’ll never regret it!” But the moment Bo Sihan le 7.6kReads6.7Score18114d adds
- 166 Block Me, Then Hold Me Close 拉黑我，抱紧我 #UnhingedAndPerverse Everyone knows Lu Chenzhou is the ruthless, heartless king of the business world. Nobody knows he’s been my secret boyfriend for five years, so humble that he doesn’t even dare post about me on social media. Until that day, when he personally signed the contract to acquire my father’s company and watched my entire family, with nowhere else to turn, kneel before him. “Shi Nian, beg me.” He gripped my chin, not a trace of warmth in his eyes. I smiled. Right in front of him 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 167 After Losing My Memory, I Dumped My Scumbag Husband 失忆后，我踹掉了渣男老公 After Losing My Memory, I Dumped My Scumbag Husband 74Reads—Score614d adds
- 168 Three Years as a Live-In Son-in-Law, Today I Lay Down My Armor and Return to the Sect 三年赘婿，今日卸甲归宗 Three Years as a Live-In Son-in-Law, Today I Lay Down My Armor and Return to the Sect 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 169 Wanwan Meets Shi 绾绾遇上时 (Devoted to each other, age gap. Shi Yu × Jiang Wan, a third-generation red princeling from Beijing × a sweet, delicate girl from a water town. The story of the secondary couple, the older brother and sister, begins around Chapter 60.) Nineteen-year-old Jiang Wan was the picture of a sweet, soft-spoken girl from a water town. She was 165 centimeters tall, with luminous fair skin, a classic oval face, and big, bright, watery eyes. When the nineteen-year-old smiled, she was sunny and radiant, like 15.6kReads9.1Score1.7k14d adds
- 170 She Came Back After I Tore Up My Dead Wife's Photograph 撕碎亡妻遗照后，她回来了 After She Tore Up Her Late Wife’s Portrait, She Came Back 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 171 The Powerful Tycoon of Beijing Waited All Night at the Civil Affairs Bureau for Me, His Twice-Married Bride 京圈大佬在民政局等一夜二婚的我 After something terrible happened to her as a child, 26-year-old Jiang Wan Ning developed a fear of men. She didn't want her parents to worry, so she could only enter a marriage of convenience. After a year, she divorced and married up, and her fear of men was cured. Lu Jingshen, 35, was transferred to Wanan City to take up a leadership position. The youngest and most doted-on in his family, he had always made them worry about his marriage. They never expected him to marry a divorced woman! The 13.5kReads9.1Score1.4k14d adds
- 172 The Boy I Found in the Heavy Snow Killed My Entire Family 大雪捡来的少年，杀了我全家 The Boy I Rescued in the Snow Killed My Entire Family 1.5kReads—Score—14d adds
- 173 The Powerful He Family CEO Spoils His Stunning Young Wife 高门贺行长强宠绝色小娇妻 [Pretend gentleman President He & genuine seductress dance student] He falls for her after spoiling her + class divide + powerful family [kept woman + winning her back + both leads have no past relationships] Proud as an eagle at first, humble as a dog later [In a word: He’s at the top of the pyramid, so climb onto his shoulders and take in the view beside him] Rumor had it that Mr. He, the untouchable man who never got involved with women, was keeping a delicate little songbird. He Junyan doted 7.4kReads9.1Score70014d adds
- 174 Muddy Waters 泥泞 Lin Ruan is Jiangcheng’s most notorious cripple. People trample on her and look down on her, until she rises in status through her child, wins Gu Minxing’s favor, and becomes the envy of everyone as Mrs. Gu. Only later does Lin Ruan realize that he was never her refuge. He is the harbinger of her doom. He wants her to submit willingly, to beg at his feet. 19kReads9.2Score2k14d adds
- 175 Boss, We're Not Close 领导，我们不熟 When they first met, he was the vibrant boy next door, and she was a sensitive, insecure girl who knew little of the world. Song Jinyan would grin and call Su Niannian “Little Stutterer,” and he would also patiently tutor her in her studies. When they met again, he was an ambitious senior leader, and she was an earnest staff member. Su Niannian thought Song Jinyan had long since forgotten the girl next door, until one day after an event, a drunk Song Jinyan stopped her in the corridor and asked 9kReads9.1Score1.1k14d adds
- 176 On the Seventh Day After My Death, He Dug Up My Grave 死后第七天，他刨开了我的坟 On the seventh day after my death, he dug up my grave. 70Reads—Score—14d adds
- 177 You Don't Understand the Joys of Being the Villainess 女配的快乐你不懂 [Signed] After Binding with a System, I Flirt with Men in Novel Worlds Under Different Identities No morals? What are morals? Can you eat them? 166Reads8.9Score1214d adds
- 178 Please Don't Hate Me 求你别讨厌我 [Fake transmigration into a book + reborn + pitiful, obsessive male supporting character + wicked, scheming female supporting character + male lead gets put through the wringer] (The kind that hurts your heart to see the male lead suffer!) (Romance-focused) Jian Ning has the bad luck to transmigrate into a book as the wicked female supporting character, destined to be hacked to pieces by Shen Yan, the villainous male supporting character! After failing twice to win over the male lead and being k 3.6kReads8.0Score18514d adds
- 179 Alas, the Years Have Wasted My Love 奈何流年枉情深 “Manman, Jin Liang isn’t someone you can afford to love.” Three years ago, Xia Man ignored her father’s advice and stubbornly fell in love with Jin Liang. From then on, she flew straight into the flames, doomed to ruin. She endured humiliation and went to prison just to protect the person he held dearest. His heartlessness left her utterly despairing. After she was left battered and bruised, she stopped loving him. But he searched the ends of the earth for her, arriving before her, weary fro 551Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 180 Falling for His Deep Love 沦陷他情深 [Short drama now available] Bai Xiaofan thought she would live out her life in quiet simplicity, until one rainy night, when a man's arrival disrupted the peaceful life she had known. 4.1kReads8.8Score35414d adds
- 181 The Headless Corpse in the Wilderness: A Deadly Game Among the Elite 荒野无头尸：豪门索命局 Headless Corpse in the Wilderness: A Deadly Game in a Wealthy Family 4Reads—Score114d adds
- 182 After I Left the Band, the Lead Singer Quit 我退队后，主唱他不干了 Everyone in the band knew I’d been chasing Xu Jinan for four years. I was once a top student at a prestigious music conservatory, but I was content just to be his guitarist. In our fourth year, Xu Jinan brought back a sweet-looking girl. “From today on, Mi Band will have two lead singers.” After seeing just how much Xu Jinan doted on Chen Keke, I finally gave up. I submitted my resignation to our manager and, with my cancer diagnosis in hand, left for another country. Xu Jinan thought I’d stay b 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 183 Caged Gardenia Beneath the Ashen Moon 烬月囚栀 Caged Gardenia Beneath the Ember Moon 35Reads—Score214d adds
- 184 Mad Beauty! The Boyfriend I Stole 疯批美人！抢来的男朋友 The male lead gets tortured; the heroine is awful, and there’s no attempt to redeem her. Original title: Crazy Beauty! The Boyfriend I Stole As the eldest daughter of the Bai family, one of Pingcheng’s four great families, Bai Ciyue has more money than she could ever spend. What she wants is more love than she could ever have. If she can’t get it, she’ll take it. There’s a “kind” in Bai Ciyue’s name, probably because her parents wanted her to be kind and benevolent. But Bai Ciyue grew up to be t 1.3kReads8.7Score10714d adds
- 185 Online Dating the Cold, Handsome Campus Hunk: The Scheming Gold Digger Takes the Crown 网恋清冷校草，恶毒捞女配上位 Online Dating the Cool, Distant Campus Hunk: The Scheming Gold Digger Claims Her Place 452Reads—Score114d adds
- 186 After Abandoning Her Husband and Child for Forty Years, She Died in a Garbage Heap on a Snowy Night 抛夫弃子四十年，雪夜死在垃圾堆 After abandoning her husband and child for forty years, she died in a snowstorm among the trash. 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 187 A Tenant of the Underworld 在地府做钉子户 To sever a doomed bond, Xie Lingzhi hid in the Underworld for a hundred years, even declaring that she wouldn’t leave until she’d stayed for five hundred. The King of Hell couldn’t meet his KPI, so he came over in a huff, then left again. He found her even more troublesome than the Great Sage Sun, who had destroyed the Book of Life and Death. In a fit of anger, he cut off her provisions. With no other choice, Xie Lingzhi set up a stall on Ghost Street, but wound up bringing Liang Chuanhui back w 67Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 188 One Glance, and I'm Smitten Again 一眼又着迷 (Publication deal signed!) A wealthy only daughter from Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai vs. the eldest grandson of a prominent Beijing family Surgeon * Prosecutor As an only daughter from Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai, Jiang Mingzhu grew up cherished by her family. The hardest thing she ever went through was being forced to break up with Fu Yusen at university. Four years later, they meet again. When Fu Yusen finally learns the truth behind their breakup, he understands what Jiang Mingzhu mean 137.9kReads8.8Score19.3k14d adds
- 189 For the Rest of My Life, Loving You Is My Illness 余生，爱你成疾 Eleven years ago, Lu Tingchen promised that Su Nian would be the only woman in his life. Eleven years later, he had become the powerful president of the Lu Corporation, surrounded by countless beautiful women. She was nothing but his gravely ill, worn-out wife, forced to watch him fool around outside their marriage for three years. When his mistress got pregnant and moved into their home, Su Nian became the clingy nuisance everyone accused of refusing to divorce him. “Lu Tingchen, you said I wou 289Reads6.6Score10114d adds
- 190 After Tormenting Me, the CEO Shamelessly Chases His Wife 虐完我，总裁追妻不要脸 [Angsty, passionate romance] Forced into marriage, three years as husband and wife, and she was nothing but a stand-in for a living corpse. When the truth came out, Lin Qingwan’s heart turned to ash. After a car accident, Mo Zhen Ting finally understood his own heart: the one he had always loved was his wife. He enjoyed hurting his wife, but now he must chase her through hell. Can he still win back the woman he loves? “Take care, President Mo...” 303Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 191 The Moon Pierces the Bones 月入骨 [Gentle, socially anxious beauty who commands Gu VS domineering, scheming CEO sugar daddy] The Fu family of Nanzhou stood at the pinnacle of high society. A privileged man kept a woman by his side, her classically elegant, gentle features making her a rare beauty. Fu Che didn't know that when this gentle woman asked him to keep her, she wasn't asking for the usual financial support. She wanted to be sustained by his blood. When the time came for them to part ways, Ning Xiyue drew a firm line bet 1.7kReads9.2Score15614d adds
- 192 The Rest of His Life as a Kept Man 软饭男的后半生 The Rest of a Kept Man's Life 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 193 North of Beicheng, the Sea Has Yet to Sleep 北城以北海未眠 Ever since she was twelve, she had followed him around, always calling him “Brother Beicheng.” There was no turning back time. All the years had left her with were coldness and cruelty. She lost a kidney, and she lost her child. In the midst of that terrible fire, she watched the man she loved most carry another woman away. As she closed her eyes, she thought, Gu Beicheng, if I could turn back time, I would never have met you. 505Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 194 We’re All Supporting Characters in This Story 故事里面的我们都是配角 The first time she noticed him, his eyes were lowered, a smile playing on his lips as he said in a low voice, “Little girl.” The second time, he gave her a note that read, “A full stomach leads to lust.” He gave her a knowing smile and asked what she thought of the phrase. “Sounds good,” she said. … And what happened next? Well, her secret crush came true, and they rekindled their love, but in the end, it still couldn’t withstand the cruel joke fate played on them… A short angst story about un 61Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 195 Who Says Longing Is Silent? 谁说思念无声 She knelt in the pouring rain, begging him to give her father a proper burial. All she got in return was: “You should've been the one to die!” Her hatred burned fiercely, while her love slowly faded away. She said, “I spent my whole life loving you, but you hurt me, hated me, and ruined my life. You said I owed you. Now I've paid you back!” A knife pierced her chest. She smiled, proud and desolate. “Don't cry at my grave. You'll soil my path to the afterlife!” 165Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 196 Soul-Locking Fog: I Love Her with His Memories 浓雾锁魂：我带着他的记忆爱着她 The girl he fell for was the daughter of “his” wife. Chen Luo had lived for eighteen years without ever experiencing joy, anger, sorrow, or happiness. A dense fog lay locked in his mind, concealing the memories of a man who had been dead for eighteen years. Then he met Du Xiaoyu in the library. The instant he saw the jade pendant around her neck, he blurted out a name: “Xiao’er.” Du Xiaoyu didn’t know he was calling her mother. She knew even less that her father’s memories, all his love, and all 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 197 Soft Bones 软骨 [Pseudo-taboo + possessiveness + long-planned scheme + ten-year age gap + older man/younger woman romance + revenge + sweet romance + equally matched leads] [Falsely obedient black-lotus heiress VS aloof, refined, secretly passionate mogul] When Shi Qian was five, someone locked her in a dilapidated house as a cruel prank, nearly costing her life. Yan Chi rescued her. The boy in a white shirt bent down toward her. “Big brother’s here to take you home.” Later, after an accident, Yan Chi grew to h 196Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 198 You Committed a Crime in the Name of Love 你在爱情里犯了罪 [Angst first, sweetness later + wealthy CEO] Before the divorce, he sent her to a mental hospital for the sake of a scheming woman, where she was tortured relentlessly. He said, “Su Jinye, the law won't punish you severely, but I can!” She knelt and begged him, “Please let me go. I'll divorce you and never show up again!” After the divorce, he suddenly blocks her path when she tries to leave, doing everything he can to please her. He says, “Honey, where are you going to leave me?” She smiles bri 1.1kReads8.5Score10214d adds
- 199 Brother, the Rain Has Stopped 哥哥，雨停了 [Chi Nian × Jiang Shi] I held a bouquet of roses, wanting to give them to the brother I loved most. Sadly, I never got the chance... In 2007, I saw my brother for the first time. The young man stood by the window, looking relaxed as the bow in his hand played a beautiful melody. In 2010, the rain stopped, and my brother left. In 2012, my brother promised that the following summer he would return to Beicheng and never leave me again. In 2013, the white flower pinned to my chest kept reminding me 310Reads8.7Score10114d adds
- 200 The Sect’s Beloved Little Junior Sister: The Max-Level Expert Comes Down the Mountain 宗门团宠小师妹：满级大佬下山了 The Sect's Beloved Little Junior Sister: A Max-Level Expert Comes Down from the Mountain 10Reads—Score—14d adds
