Novels like I've Had a Crush on You for Years, and You're Not Getting Away
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- 1 Making Money Off Project Gossip 我在项目八卦中吃瓜赚钱 A blind date? Another blind date? Yu Qiuyu has no interest in blind dates. She wants to pursue her dream of becoming a freelance artist. But through a twist of fate, she follows her best friend back to Nan Province and joins the unfamiliar Greater Bay project. Wait... Could listening to gossip actually make money? One day, Yu Yingqiu has made money, bought a house, and even found herself a boyfriend... Should she quit to chase her dream, or keep enjoying life while listening to gossip? 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 I Went Twenty Thousand Yuan Into Debt for Her, and She Sold Me to Northern Myanmar 我为她负债二十万，她把我卖到缅北 I went twenty thousand yuan into debt for her, and she sold me off to northern Myanmar —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Assistant Yu Doesn't Know How Irresistible She Is, and Director Sheng Falls for Her 余助理撩人不自知，盛总监沦陷了 Who says I can’t make it as a headhunter? I’m not only good at hunting talent, I’m good at stealing hearts, too! Yu Xiao’an comes from an ordinary family, but after her father is injured at work, she has to shoulder the burden of supporting them while still young. Household expenses and her younger brother’s university tuition leave her constantly struggling to make ends meet. While other girls rush to buy makeup and new clothes and dress up after payday, she scrimps and saves, sometimes even fa 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Parenting Consultant 育儿咨询师 After earning her master’s degree, Li Xin found herself with an uncertain career outlook. While preparing for a baby with her husband, Xiao Yu, she was overwhelmed by the conflicting advice on raising children. Determined to offer reliable information, she decided to become a parenting consultant. After trying out other careers in Guangzhou, she resolved to launch her own parenting-consulting business. Along the way, she encountered partners who were and weren’t on the same wavelength, as well a 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 With No One to Back Me, I Tread Carefully Through the Workplace 无靠山：我在职场步步蛰伏 He endured poverty and contempt from a young age, and saw through life's fickleness early on. A powerless young man from a poor family lies low, biding his time and working his way forward one step at a time. He excels at calculating interests, understands the power games of the workplace, and navigates the benefits and costs of human relationships on every side. The whirlpool of fame and fortune offers countless temptations, and countless people lose themselves in it. Only by holding fast to yo 5.7kReads—Score49714d adds
- 6 Think Being a Team Leader Makes You Special? You Stole My Girlfriend! 线长很了不起？抢我女朋友！ So What If You're the Line Supervisor? You Stole My Girlfriend! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 I Slept With the Director to Get Promoted, and My Best Friend Sent the Video to the Entire Company 我为了升职睡了总监，闺蜜把视频发给了全公司 I slept with the director to get promoted, and my best friend sent the video to the entire company 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Never Mess with the Computer Repair Guy! 千万别得罪修电脑的！ Never, ever offend the guy who fixes your computer! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 The Perfect Match 顶级合拍 [Mature Man and Woman] [Both Are Not Virgins] [Flirtatious Push and Pull] [Happy Ending] Two souls who are exceptionally well matched in every way collide, and their extreme rationality and restraint spark the most intense chemistry. The ultimate flirtation beneath a professional facade, and a rational person’s irrational surrender. The main story is very sweet, with the occasional brief bout of angst quickly resolved. At its heart are efficient communication between two people who actually spea —Reads—Score114d adds
- 10 Endless Money: Wait, You Can Make Money from That Too?! 钱途无量：不是吧？这也能赚钱！ Lin Mu is certain of one thing: with a mechanical engineering degree from a non-elite university, he won’t find a decent job in an age when degrees have lost their value. Then, when he’s so broke he has nowhere left to turn, something appears in his mind. There’s no flashy interface or beginner’s gift pack, just a cold, precise AI voice promising to help him make money. How are you supposed to use a System that can’t just hand you cash? Maybe he can start by getting a job with its help and worki —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 I Am the Queen: My Fashion Empire, My Rules 我就是女王：我的时尚帝国我做主 An epic growth story about powerful women, with no romance. Follow the genius designer Xu Mingwei as she starts from scratch and fights her way through a century of monopolies and a siege by powerful capital. No romantic golden finger, just hard-nosed business warfare, exceptional craftsmanship, and strategic maneuvering. She joins forces with investors, master artisans, and a ruthless operations expert to form a dream team. From battles over raw materials and plagiarism lawsuits to secret clash 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Reborn as a Housewife: This Time, I'm Taking Charge! 主妇重生：姐这次做女强！ 1. The story leans toward realism. Since the heroine has neither a career nor financial resources to support her, she starts out at a disadvantage, so things aren't especially satisfying at first; 2. [Rebirth + System + Workplace/Entrepreneurship] In her previous life, Lu Yao was hurt by her family and murdered by her husband and his mistress. After being reborn, she decisively divorces her husband, has an abortion, sends her ex-husband to prison, and cuts ties with her family. She devotes herse 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Legend of Good Deeds: The Sage’s Wealth-Building Code 善行传奇：贤者的财富密码 No System, no awakening, no superpowers. A series of small stories paints a picture of life in all its variety, showing that true happiness comes from helping others and staying true to your values. By treating people well, Xianyu finds one opportunity after another. Fresh out of high school, he relies entirely on his own hard work and perseverance, taking things one step at a time until he becomes a Korean millionaire. The plot moves quickly. It can be an inspirational story, a satisfying power —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 A Spring Romance Found in a Book 婚以读春恋 1 The next time she saw Ding Yi was at a matchmaking party disguised as a birthday celebration. She knew that everyone there was a suitable marriage prospect, carefully selected by her father. She would marry one of them. One promising young man after another came forward to ask her to dance, while the man in the corner played the piano, lost in his own world. The dreamy light illuminated his bowed profile and long, slender fingers. The melody flowed like silk, as if it were playing just for her 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Starting Life Over: Making the Right Choices in Guangzhou 重启人生：我在羊城做对选择题 The moment Chen Mo opens his eyes, he is back at the lowest point in his life: fresh out of college and just starting his career in Yangcheng. In his previous life, he was full of dreams, but his humble background made him insecure, his indecisiveness led him astray, and he put his trust in the wrong people. After ten years of struggling in the cutthroat internet giant Xingyao Technology, he ended up laid off, deeply in debt, and abandoned by everyone. This time, with ten years of bitter lessons 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 The Wicked Commander of the Guochao PR Department 国潮公关部的恶女司令 [Women’s growth + workplace ensemble + team spirit + niche professions + comeback and face-slapping + business warfare] “I’m not fighting tooth and nail to win. I just refuse to accept defeat.” Yan Yue is a formidable career woman known as a “villainess.” She leaves a fashion magazine to become PR director at DOM, a streetwear brand rooted in Chinese culture. Despite the title, she’s actually a one-woman department. She thought she could ride the wave of a new era, but reality turns out to be no 9Reads9.0Score—14d adds
- 17 He Liu Si’s Diary 何柳丝的日记 [Realistic fiction + independent heroine + make money first + true-to-life] He Liusi, 23 years old, as tough as a weed. She dropped out of high school and tried to elope, but it fell through, so she learned her lesson. She quietly saved 270,000 yuan without telling anyone. But then her boss tried to take her clients, her mentor tried to hold her back, and a new factory was waiting for her to build it from the ground up, all by herself. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 The Fate-Reversing Manual 逆命宝典 A young man facing a midlife crisis, with nowhere left to turn, happens upon an extraordinary opportunity on a rooftop. He steps back into the workplace, rises through the ranks, and eventually reaches the pinnacle of power. But is that really the end of the story? 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 I'm Not a Caged Bird 我不是笼中鸟 Su Yi marries Gu Suian, a wealthy young man from the capital, so she can stay on at the National Institute of Physics. Unfortunately, their marriage lasts only a year and a half… After their divorce, they go their separate ways. They think they’ll never see each other again, but two years later, they meet once more. Gu Suian launches an all-out campaign to win his wife back, while Dr. Su carefully dodges and hides from him. In short, this is the story of a brilliant physicist who gives up a weal 165Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 20 They Sent You to Experience the Mortal World, but You Went to Reform the Workplace 让你红尘历练，你去整顿职场 After presiding over the Qingwei Sect’s Hall of Discipline for three thousand years, the stern and impartial Immortal Luo Tian, Li Dengxian, was banished to the mortal realm by his master to learn about human nature, because he lacked tact. System: “Host’s emotional intelligence score detected: -999. Initial occupation locked: food delivery rider.” From then on, the mortal realm had a delivery rider with a very unusual style. An old woman suffers a heart attack and collapses? He casually uses im —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Moon-Gazing in the Ruins 废墟里赏月 [An ordinary wage slave VS workplace demons] [Realistic fiction · heart-wrenching · healing · the working life of ordinary people] What’s it like to get your company blacklisted by a platform just days after joining? Shi Ye, a worker who has internalized workplace anxiety to the point that it’s in her DNA, will tell you from personal experience: you feel so guilty you torment yourself day and night, drown your sorrows in alcohol, then mistake a handsome stranger for someone else and sob to him 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Reborn as a Cunning Office Drone, I Put Every Know-It-All in Their Place 重生腹黑社畜，专治各种不服 [Reborn in the Workplace + Anti-PUA + Turning the Tables on Moral Blackmail + Cunning Hero + No Tolerance for Naysayers + Pure Satisfaction] [The Workplace Guide to Ruthlessness] Ma Guangcai was an honest, overworked wage slave who worked himself to death in his previous life. Director Wang Lei, a master of PUA, worked him like a pack mule, and HR even misspelled his name as “Ma Hucai” and couldn’t be bothered to fix it! Reborn, he returns to the starting point where he was exploited. This time, —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Decal Worker 贴花女工 Tags: Modern romance + workplace + office romance + strong heroine + taking down scumbags + ensemble cast + secret crush + spoiled brat + suspense + crime-solving This story is set in the post-pandemic era, amid escalating trade wars and the push for dual circulation in domestic and international markets, as businesses upgrade and transform. It follows a group of decal-decorating women at an eccentric ceramics factory. In a world of scheming, cliques, jealousy, and fierce wits, how do they manag 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 Goodnight, Mr. Fei 吻安，我的费先生 Ren Jia'er always thought of herself as a modern woman who put her career above love, until she met Fei Lingnan. Fei Lingnan despised office romances. He thought anyone who looked for love at work had a pig for a brain, until Ren Jia'er came along. “My boss says I seduced his best manager and told me to quit,” Ren Jia'er said, feeling wronged. “Um... why do I feel like I'm the one who seduced you?” Fei Lingnan replied with a smug grin. “I've seen shameless people, but never anyone as shameless a 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 She Is Above the Clouds 她在云端 Love or career: which would you choose? In the financial hub of the 21st century, known as the age of paper gold, everyone thinks they’re just one step away from success. Jiang He is a coolheaded, perceptive girl from an ordinary background. Through her own hard work, she gets a foot in the door at a prestigious securities group, while her other foot steps into the elite social circle of upClass. With keen insight and ability, she presses on along a thorny path, yearning for success and dreami 43Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 26 The Company Said, 'Cut Pay to Save Jobs.' So I Counted Who Got Laid Off 公司说“降薪保岗位”，我统计了被裁的都是什么人 The company said, “We’re cutting pay to save jobs.” So I tallied up who got laid off 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Dan Shuyi's Office Werewolf Game: From Invisible to Queen of the Rules 单书意的职场狼人杀：从隐形人到规则女王 Shan Shuyi’s workplace game of Werewolf: from invisible nobody to queen of the rules 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 Dan Shuyi: You Can't Afford My Name 单书意：我的名字，你们买不起 Shan Shuyi: You can’t afford my name —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 I Turned My Boss's Empty Talk into ASMR 我把领导的废话做成了ASMR I turned my boss’s empty blather into ASMR 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 A Good Girl Is No Lamb 乖乖女从不是羔羊 In the summer of 2007, after graduating from college, Li Kele went to the coast and got a job at a factory. But life began making her pay the price of growing up: leaving home, heartbreak, unemployment… What was she supposed to do? Amid betrayal and schemes, she stumbled her way toward maturity. The workplace taught her many things, and so did the boys and girls who came into her life. Kele, keep moving forward. Don’t look back. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Rising Step by Step in Middle Age 人到中年：步步高升 Cheng Dawei has offended his beautiful boss and is constantly being targeted by her. He never expected that one good deed would turn his luck around and send him climbing the career ladder. From a nobody in the company whom everyone bullied, he rises to become the darling everyone fawns over and curries favor with... 823Reads8.7Score10514d adds
- 32 The Imperfect Winner 不完美赢家 “Beauty is a sin. Ambition is armor.” Lin Luo'an is a “black lotus” who clawed her way up from a small county town. She saves herself time and again, climbing higher step by step, crossing class barriers to become a renowned crisis PR queen. She knows how to turn accusations back on their accusers and trample her enemies underfoot. Until she meets Shen Keyu, who is even more pragmatic than she is. Shen Keyu clawed his way up to become a rising elite. On the surface, he seems bland and harmless; 538Reads7.3Score10414d adds
- 33 The Tenderness of My Natural Enemy 天敌的温柔 Jiang Zhuxi is a rising star in the workplace. She believes in hard work and playing by the rules. To survive in a complex professional world, she relies on her expertise and resilience. Even if you’re her senior, if you break the rules or exploit loopholes, she’ll deal with you swiftly and without mercy. Zhang Min’er, a self-made founder, is different. She rose to success in business through tact and ruthlessness. You could call her an old witch to her face, but if you can be of use to her, she 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Shining Bright in the World We Love 在热爱的世界，闪闪发光 [Love at First Sight] [A Long-Planned Scheme] [Aloof Legal Elite VS Newcomer to the Workplace] Chen Anyu is a new-media editor with a secret identity and a million followers. She can uncover the mysteries behind any case on her own. Her real life, however, is a little more melodramatic: an accountant at a small company, she fights back with all her might against workplace bullying, only to be beaten and abused before being forced out of her job. She makes a new plan and enters the legal professi 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Rise Up, Professional Rose! 逆袭吧！职业玫瑰 [A comeback! A workplace rose strikes back from the brink!] “Once I get into grad school, will my life finally be stable?” Lin Yue stared at her acceptance letter, feeling lost. Her best friend Su Yao fought her way into a major corporation, only to face harassment from her boss, have her proposal stolen, and become everyone's scapegoat! “New hires are supposed to drink with clients?” Su Yao sneered, recording evidence. One whistleblower letter went straight to the chairman's office! Lin Yue gav 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 I'm the Only One at the Company Actually Following the Stupid Orders 全公司只有我在认真执行愚蠢命令 I’m the only one in the whole company actually following the stupid orders —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 I'm the Grand Prize at the Company Annual Gala 公司年会的特等奖是我 I won the grand prize at the company’s annual party 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 The Company Made Me the Fall Guy, So I Livestreamed a Law Lesson and Sent Them to Prison 公司拿我顶罪，我直播普法送他们坐牢 My Company Made Me Take the Fall, So I Livestreamed a Lesson in the Law and Sent Them to Prison 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 The No-Overtime Association 不加班协会 The No Overtime Association —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Rule Disqualified 规则失格 “In this place, feelings are a burden, and rules are weapons. My first mistake was thinking work meant getting things done. The first lesson I learned was that survival meant knowing how to deal with people.” When a trivial meeting title got me publicly used as a “prop” by a drunken third-in-command looking to make an example of someone, I didn’t feel wronged. I simply felt the rules’ icy touch. My name is Chen Xu, and I’m a newcomer who only wants to do a good job. In that moment, I had an epip 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Who Says You’re Destined for an Ordinary Life? 谁说你此生注定平凡 [Younger man + healing + mutual secret crush] [Not a wish-fulfillment story + design industry + cozy everyday life] [Simple, straightforward older single woman × sincere, clear-eyed fresh graduate] [At the breaking point in her career, almost driven mad × spirited and boundless] [A perfect complement + helping each other succeed] Xu Shan may be getting on in years, but she’s simple and straightforward, not a schemer, a little goofy, and rather rough around the edges. Liang Yao is new to the worl 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Gen Z Takes Over the Workplace: You Think You Can Steal My Million-Yuan Sales Crown Just Because Someone's Got Your Back? 00后整顿职场，仗着有人抢我百万销冠？ A Post-00s Worker Takes On the Workplace, Just Because Someone Wants to Steal My Million-Yuan Top-Seller Crown? 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 The Corporate World: Mergers and Acquisitions 职场铭之并购江湖 (Workplace intrigue + business rivalry + workplace romance + turning one's life around) In Modu, you dream of owning a spacious home, driving a nice car, and having a beautiful, gracious partner. But you're just an ordinary office worker, an ordinary accountant. What can you do? The protagonist, Ren Jiaming, is in the same boat. Yet through luck and his own hard work, he weathers the deceit and rivalry of the business world and the ups and downs of romance, inching closer to that life day by day 159Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Seduction by Rose Perfume 诱吻香水玫瑰 Proud, stunning beauty vs. easygoing, refined rogue [human-interest reporter × pharmaceutical CEO × flirtatious push and pull × both sexually inexperienced × secret crush] Wen Youning is the TV station's resident beauty, with no shortage of admirers. After an unfortunate encounter with a persistent admirer, she starts receiving flowers and gifts every day and can't take it anymore. Just then, she runs into her best friend's handsome older brother and pulls him in to help. Taking his hand, she li 521Reads8.4Score10214d adds
- 45 I Can Use Cheats to Sell Houses 我卖房子能开挂 Zhao Peng is a recent college graduate. After three months working at a real estate agency without closing a single deal, he suddenly gets a System that can provide information about properties and clients. Mansions worth tens of millions, entire floors of office buildings, and dozens of retail units are all his for the taking in minutes. 141Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 46 Winter Plum Blossoms in Bloom 盛开的冬梅花 I was your best friend, and you cheated on me with my boyfriend. After her boyfriend and best friend secretly sleep together, Du Dongmei drowns her sorrows at a bar and meets Chen Zhiwei, a rich heir. A turbulent romance begins. “What do you mean, you’re giving me money? Do you think I’m a gigolo?” Chen Zhiwei is stunned, his mouth hanging open. “Isn’t that what you are? What, you want to extort more from me? This is all I have.” Du Dongmei’s heart pounds as guilt washes over her. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 She Tore Up More Than Just the Non-Compete Agreement 她撕掉的不仅是竞业协议 What she tore up was more than just a non-compete agreement 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Scarlet Lips 烈焰红唇 After eight years on the job, Chen Dalong is still just an office clerk. He gets caught up in a power struggle among the company’s top executives and becomes a pawn. Then his wife cheats on him, his friends betray him, and his future looks bleak. But after he inadvertently helps his female boss, a shake-up in personnel changes everything... He rises through the ranks and becomes the most sought-after man around! 217Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 A Ten-Degree Temperature Difference 十度温差 Moving from a first-tier city to a second-tier one meant a temperature difference of just ten degrees. But moving from a private company to a state-owned enterprise meant a journey of more than a thousand miles. Xu Man had felt lost and wavered... Yet she dared to brave the countercurrent and forge a new path, ultimately finding success and, quite by chance, meeting Mr. Right. 544Reads8.9Score10714d adds
- 50 Reborn, I Became an Intangible Cultural Heritage Star Through Chaozhou Embroidery 重生后我靠潮绣成了非遗顶流 [Career-driven heroine + equally matched leads + she is reborn, he transmigrates + taking the initiative to turn the tide + a fashion-obsessed, lovesick CEO falls for me + intangible cultural heritage] This is a story steeped in Chaoshan charm: distinctive architecture, delicious food, local customs... (Everyone is welcome to visit the Chaoshan region. The food is great, and there's plenty to see and do!) In her previous life, the Xu family’s embroidery workshop was neglected and on the verge of 12Reads—Score—14d adds
