Novels like You Have the Wildest Tenderness in Me
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- 1 Heartbreak: The Madam Kneels Before President Fu's Tombstone in Remorse 虐心，夫人跪在傅总墓碑前忏悔 [Angst + Secret Crush + Taking the Blame + Marriage Before Love] To my wife: Yan Chu, I know how you must feel right now. I lied to you, but I don't regret it. This was the only way you could survive. Please forgive me for being so despicable. We met when we were eight. I saw the darkest moment of your life, and from then on, you took root and blossomed in my heart like a seed. On the day I returned to the country at sixteen, I heard your name over the phone. Nervous and apprehensive, I showed u 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 The Boy Next Door Favors the Transfer Student? His Childhood Sweetheart Is Done Chasing Him! 竹马偏爱转校生？青梅她不追了！ [Childhood sweethearts + devoted to each other + the man grovels to win her back + the heroine isn't blinded by love!] Liang Yuchen and Xu Yiqing grew up together as childhood sweethearts. He promised he would cherish her above everyone else for the rest of his life! So Xu Yiqing foolishly followed him year after year! That is, until a new transfer student arrived at school. The new girl was gentler, prettier, and more popular than she was! Then... The transfer student fell from the second floor 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 My Childhood-Friend School Hunk Doesn't Like Me?! 校草竹马竟然不喜欢我？！ [A melodramatic high school romance. The author loves this kind of story! The pursuit-and-redemption arc is a little rushed due to circumstances. The author has posted content warnings in the comments. Please read them before requesting anything or leaving a bad review!!!] [Pursuit and redemption + childhood sweethearts + angst before sweetness + devoted leads + happy ending] [The angst comes from one misunderstanding after another, not from a lack of love. The male lead has only ever loved the 154Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 4 Forever My Childhood Sweetheart 恋恋青梅 Sweethearts from Childhood 31Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Crossing the Line 越轨 Zhuang Yan was in a car accident! After waking from a three-year coma, Zhuang Yan lives for revenge! She won't let her ex-husband or his mistress off the hook! But why has some big shot set his sights on her while she's getting revenge? 10Reads9.3Score—14d adds
- 6 My Life Is Ten Thousand Springtimes of Splendor 我的生命是一万次的春和景明 My life is ten thousand springs of clear skies and bright days —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Addicted to the Bone: Mr. Lu Is Playing the Victim Again Today 蚀骨成瘾：陆总今天又在装可怜 Addictive to the Bone: Why Is Mr. Lu Pretending to Be Pitiful Again Today? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 After I Quit Being His Substitute, the CEO Chases Me to the Crematorium 不做替身后，霸总追妻火葬场了 Ye Fengyu thought she would be alone for the rest of her life, until she met Lu Siheng, the angel who came into her life. But a brief spell of happiness gave way to endless suffering. Lu Siheng refused to divorce her, yet tormented her again and again. In the end, Lu Siheng sent Ye Fengyu to prison just so she could take the blame for his unattainable first love. As the police led Ye Fengyu away, she turned back despondently. All she saw was Lu Siheng’s cold profile, with the woman beside him sm 41Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 The Night Hag's Ledger 母夜叉账本 The She-Devil's Ledger —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 I’m Sorry, I Hate Your Secret Crush 对不起，我讨厌你的暗恋 I'm Sorry, I Hate Your Secret Crush —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 I Love You Like My Life: The Domineering CEO's Kiss 爱你如命：霸道总裁吻上瘾 After suffering her mother's brutal death, her father's selfishness, her stepmother's abuse, and her sister's jealousy, Rong Xi keeps fighting against fate. When she returns after completing her studies, she breaks free from her prison-like shackles, only for her best friend's teasing to plunge her heart into an icy abyss once more... An elevator malfunction leaves her locked in a passionate embrace with Shao Nan. From then on, she cannot escape his clutches, yet he is surrounded by beautiful wo 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Goodbye, I Won't Love You Again 再见不会再爱你 Yan Mo spent fifteen years to get a divorce certificate. Looking at my diagnosis, which says I don’t have much time left, I’m giving you your freedom. I won’t cling to you anymore. Death isn’t frightening. What’s frightening is having given your true heart to the wrong love. After facing death bravely, what awaits Yan Mo? When I see you again, I won’t choose to love you. Mr. Song, you’re too late. 21Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 13 The Deadly Knot: The Knot I Tied, Her World 死扣：我盘的扣子，她的人间 The Knot I Tied: Her World —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Seventeen Minutes of Battery Life, Burning Through the Rest of My Ten Years 十七分钟的电量，耗尽我十年的余生 Seventeen Minutes of Battery Life, Burning Through the Rest of My Ten Years 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 The Substitute Bride's Cold, Delicate Wife Is Actually His White Moonlight 替嫁冷娇妻竟是白月光 [Angst First, Then Sweetness + Marriage Before Love + Heroine with a Secret Identity + Substitute] [Two Strong Leads] The male lead is a wealthy corporate heir, and the female lead is strong-willed. Xiao Beichen, heir to the Xiao family, watched his father grieve inconsolably a year after his mother's death. He was even afraid his father might follow her. Yet not two years later, his father happily welcomed his pregnant stepmother into the family and sent him abroad, where he stayed for fifteen 202Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 16 She Was the Only One Who Refused to Settle 唯独她不肯将就 She Alone Refuses to Settle 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Cold-Blooded CEO, I Can Never Love You Again 嗜血冷总，再也爱不起你 After going to prison, she never loved Leng Qianhan again. The man knelt before her, weeping and pleading. “Qingqian, for the sake of our child, give me a chance. Could you love me one more time? Our child has grown up without a father or mother. He needs a father's love and a mother's love. Let's give him a complete family. We can all be happy...” The woman immediately recoiled. “I don't have a child! My baby is dead. He died as soon as he was born. You cut him out of me and threw him in the tr 335Reads5.9Score1314d adds
- 18 After Her Release from Prison, the Powerful Men of the Capital Make Her Suffer in Body and Soul 出狱后，她被京圈大佬虐身又虐心 Jian Zishu had a very public crush on Qi Jingchen. Everyone in their social circle knew she was a toad lusting after a swan, shamelessly chasing Second Master Qi for three whole years. Second Master Qi was thoroughly annoyed and repulsed by her. He only refrained from making things ugly out of consideration for the Wen family’s reputation. Until Jian Zishu finally went too far and touched the man’s most forbidden sore spot. He personally sent her to prison... - After she got out, she didn’t dare 1.5kReads6.6Score10114d adds
- 19 Hengchang Pawnshop on Yong'an Street: The Private Ledger That Was Never Destroyed 永安街恒昌当：那本从未销过的私账 Hengchang Pawnshop on Yong'an Street: The Private Ledger That Was Never Written Off —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 I Played Coward for Half a Year, Then the Courtesan Next Door Ran Off with the Money 我装怂半年，隔壁花魁卷款跑了 I Played the Coward for Half a Year, and the Courtesan Next Door Ran Off with the Money —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Soft Candy Locks the Edge 软糖锁锋 Soft Candy Locks the Blade —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 A Home in the Next Life 下一世的家 Home in the Next Life —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Green Plum Soda 青梅苏打 Ninth-grade pianist vs. rebellious race-car driver The first part takes place on campus, the second in the city. Blurb One: The school organized a spring outing, and Luo Zhi used who knows how many tricks to get a seat beside Xu Zhiyuan. “Change the song.” Xu Zhiyuan asked what song he wanted to hear, just out of curiosity. The boy's lazy, casual voice reached her ears. “April Sky.” She typed in the title and clicked play. A line of small text beneath the song caught her eye. I'll be the most ar 867Reads8.2Score10014d adds
- 24 On Our Wedding Night, He Slaughtered My Entire Family. Later, He Knelt and Begged Me to Burn Him Alive 大婚夜，他屠我满门，后来跪着求我烧死他 On our wedding night, he slaughtered my entire family. Later, he knelt and begged me to burn him alive. 329Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 Love That Cuts to the Bone: The CEO’s Wife Seeking Atonement 蚀骨虐情，总裁的赎罪妻 [Angst + Captivity + Never Forgiven + All the Pain] Five years ago, ballet princess Su Nian’s career was cut short onstage, and all the evidence pointed to her best friend, perfumer Shen Qingshi. Lu Chenzhou saw it with his own eyes and personally sent her to prison. Five years later, when Shen Qingshi was released, freedom was not waiting for her. Instead, Lu Chenzhou had built her another cage. With a contract, he bound her to his side as his personal “atonement wife.” He stripped her of her d 1.7kReads—Score10014d adds
- 26 The Three-Coin Tea Grows Cold, While Hatred Burns 三文茶凉，恨字滚烫 The Tea Has Gone Cold, but the Word 'Hate' Still Burns 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 The Broth Boiled Dry, and the Dead Man She Awaited Came Back 清汤滚尽，她等的死人回来了 The Broth Boiled Dry, and the Dead Man She Was Waiting for Came Back 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 She Wielded a Blade for Ten Years, Then Drove It into His Heart 她打了十年刀，最后一把捅进了他心口 She wielded a blade for ten years, then plunged it into his heart. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 158,000: The Most Expensive Lesson My Daughter Will Ever Learn 十五万八，是我女儿这辈子最贵的一堂课 158,000 yuan: the most expensive lesson my daughter will ever learn. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Mr. Si, Your Wife Wants You to Act Like a Decent Human Being 司总，夫人求你做个人 When Qiao Yan was eight, a man rescued her from a beggars’ den, and she came to see him as her only light. But on her eighteenth birthday, a frame-up led the man to forcibly remove her corneas, leaving her blind. “You’re just a pet I keep, little thing. Who do you think you are to like me?” At last, after being tormented nearly to death time and again, Qiao Yan’s heart turns to ash. Yet every time she tries to escape, she is caught and brought back. He thinks she will always be his to keep in th 190Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 31 Late to Return, Late to Return, Nowhere to Call Home 迟归迟归无家可归 Ground down in the imperial palace, Xiao Chigui spends his life enduring hardship and drifting from place to place, never receiving even the slightest warmth. Xie Wangyan, whose power holds sway over an entire region, exhausts himself with longing, hoping only that his beloved will return. In the end, the promised day of return means never coming back at all. 339Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 A Love That Cuts to the Bone: The Madam Has Taken Her Own Life 蚀骨虐情，夫人已自尽 [Angst and heartbreak + no reconciliation after the breakup + the male lead gets a tragic ending] If there is a next life, I never want to fall in love with you again... Lin Shuyue married the man she loved most in this life, but on their wedding night, a basin of cold water drenched her from head to toe: he loved her older sister. He hated scheming people more than anything. So he tormented her, imprisoned her, and hated her. Again and again, he hurt her. Until, in the end, she lost their child 3.5kReads—Score12814d adds
- 33 Love in Longcheng: Young Master Fu's Bride of Atonement 龙城囚爱：傅少的赎罪新娘 “Both reborn” + “gut-wrenching angst” + “chasing his wife to the crematorium” + “substitute” + “imprisonment and miscarriage” + “happy ending.” When Su Nuan was ten, she saved Fu Hanchuan. But Fu Hanchuan mistook her for someone else, and for ten years, he gave all his tenderness to another woman. By a twist of fate, Su Nuan and Fu Hanchuan married ten years later, only for him to send her to prison, where she suffered three miscarriages. When Fu Hanchuan learned the truth, he knelt at Su Nuan’s 209Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Silken Threads of Love 锁情丝 [Historical Romance | Angst] Some Things Cannot Be Mended She had loved him for eight years, yet on their wedding day, he tortured her until she was barely recognizable. From that day on, he subjected her to excruciating torment, determined to keep it up until she died. When the truth came to light, he regretted everything and fell to his knees, humbly begging for forgiveness. Forgive him? What a joke! She said, “My hatred for you has long since seeped into my bones. Even if I ground you to dust 717Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 35 One Last Time, I Want You to See a Sunny Day 最后一次，我想让你看看晴天 One Last Time, I Want You to See a Sunny Day 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Her World Lasts Only Seven Seconds 她的世界只有七秒 Her World Lasts Only Seven Seconds 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 After He Died, I Made a Fortune Working at a Nightclub 他死后，我在夜场上班挣大钱 After He Died, I Made Big Money Working at Nightclubs 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Winning Over the Original Male Lead 撩原 [Bright, resilient childhood sweetheart X Proud, carefree scumbag childhood sweetheart] [She takes the lead, he indulges her; secret love comes true; low on groveling; both leads would die without romance!] Lu Zhuo was Xu Nian's scumbag childhood sweetheart, the one she secretly loved but lost to an unexpected rival. Seven years apart, and the once proud, carefree boy has become a playboy in the entertainment news, a shady back-alley businessman, and a sucker who gets fleeced at nightclubs? His 168Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 39 After the Divorce, Young Master Chu Smashed Six Washboards on His Knees 离婚后，楚少跪碎六个搓衣板 (A little angst is good for the soul + the husband has to grovel to win her back) Less than three years into their marriage, Chu Lingchuan decided to end their contractual marriage early. Time and again, Xia Chuchu watched him lose himself in a passionate affair with his unrequited love. Her heart twisted with pain as she signed the divorce papers through tears. Just then, she discovered she was two months pregnant. Chu Lingchuan said coldly, “Get rid of it!” At that moment, she heard her heart 89Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 40 I Designed Your Bride's Wedding Dress with My Own Hands 我亲手为你的新娘设计了婚纱 Cover image source: XHS, Snowy Day Originally titled “Out of Focus” A secret crush is one person out of focus; loving someone you can’t have is two people on parallel lines. When you appeared, the whole world went out of focus. The first time we met, I tripped in front of you. From then on, I’ve always stumbled right where you are. Jian Lushun, goodbye forever. 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Entangled by My Fiancé's Brooding Brother 缠她：被未婚夫的阴湿哥哥缠上了 [No holds barred] [A sinister, ruthless villainous man] [Rivals vying for her later] One woman, two men: a stubborn, resilient heroine versus a sinister, ruthless, calculating CEO brother versus his sunny, sharp-tongued, devoted younger brother Lin Du first met Zhou Yan in the third row by the window in their high school classroom. Sunlight fell on his eyelashes as he handed her a pen and said, "That's a lovely name. I'm Zhou Yan." She thought that was the beginning of a love story. Only later d 433Reads—Score18514d adds
- 42 Longing for Our Reunion Day After Day, Forgetting Each Other Year After Year 朝朝盼重逢，念念总相忘 [Angst, angst, angst! Extremely angsty, proceed with caution!] Five years ago The golden boy Ji Lingchuan knelt on the ground, desperately begging Xia Zhiyi not to leave him. But she coldly told him to get lost, then turned around and married someone else. Five years later The bar hostess Xia Zhiyi knelt before the untouchable Mr. Ji, fawning over him. He shoved her away, saying she was filthy. He hated her, bullied her, and was consumed by the desire to take revenge on her. But when he saw a li 710Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 43 After He Called Off the Engagement, He Became Someone I Could Never Hope to Marry 退婚后，他成了我的高攀不起 After Our Engagement Was Called Off, He Became Someone I Could Never Hope to Reach —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 The 101st Sunny-Day Doll 第101个晴天娃娃 The 101st Sunny-Day Doll 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 Captive Phoenix in His Arms: The Ruthless Emperor's Prisoner 俘凰入罗帷，狠戾帝君掌心囚 When the Cangxuan Kingdom fell, its legitimate eldest princess, once revered and surrounded by every luxury, was cast from her heavenly heights into the deepest hell. Chu Yan had once been held hostage in Cangxuan. When he was being humiliated, the kingdom’s eldest princess, Fan Hua, came to his rescue. They grew up together and fell in love, but a conspiracy made Chu Yan hate the entire Cangxuan royal family. After years of plotting, he destroyed her kingdom, trampled on her dignity, and forced 285Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 46 Bloodstained Roses on Our Wedding Anniversary 结婚纪念日的带血玫瑰花 The day I decided to divorce my husband, Gu Yuran, I caused a scene at the Gu family’s old mansion. Right in front of my husband, Gu Yuran, and my mother-in-law, I stuffed a mouthful of raw pig brains into the mouth of Xu Lu, Gu Yuran’s first love, his unattainable dream girl, and his CEO’s assistant. Then I flipped the dining table and, before Gu Yuran could even finish shouting at me, tossed down a divorce agreement. “I’ll leave with nothing. I agree!” 12Reads—Score214d adds
- 47 Making Dirty Money from Recycling? Today I Take No Pawns, Only Your Tears 回收挣黑心钱？今天不收典当，只收你的眼泪 Making dirty money from recycling? Today, I won't take your pawned goods. I'll take your tears. 41Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 After Torturing the Princess Consort to Death, the Regent Went Mad 虐死王妃后，摄政王他疯了 For his sake, she gave everything she had to keep him safe. She became the Feng family’s disgrace. But once he had secured his position as prince, he called her a canary he kept in a cage. He even said the child in her belly was a bastard. He said she had caused the death of the one he cherished most. He would keep her alive for all eternity, tormenting her and making her live in hell. She obediently stayed alive. Xuan Yuan Heng drove her toward death step by step, torturing her little by little 643Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 49 An Undying Love 痴爱不渝 Ning Wu loves Yan Xiao with all her heart, but Yan Xiao hates her to the core. For the sake of a promise Yan Xiao made as a boy, Ning Wu stakes everything on winning his love, only to lose in the end. In the final moments of her life, she watches Yan Xiao marry someone else before turning and walking away. What she doesn’t know is that after she leaves, Yan Xiao searches for her like a madman... 181Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 50 Consumed to the Bone 沉溺入骨 They agreed it would be a “business arrangement”: he would help her pay off fifty million in debt, and she would play along with his act. But Bo Nian couldn’t resist his good looks. She became addicted to him, only to discover that he was hiding a girl and protecting her fiercely. He even went so far as to take her bone marrow for that girl. Only then did Bo Nian face reality: she would never be able to warm his heart. He said, “I can’t be responsible for what happens to other people. Life and 655Reads8.2Score10314d adds
