Novels like The City Mender
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The City Mender, best match first.
- 101 Spring Tea Party 春天茶话会 My client lives across the hall, and he even takes out my trash for me. A workplace and daily-life sitcom about city professionals who love and fight each other. A light, easy read that doesn't make you think too hard! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 102 After Maxing Out My Audacity, I Became a Natural Disaster 豪意值拉满后，我成了人间天灾 The more humiliating the moment, the greater his power. One finger can suppress a catastrophe. After Lin Zhao awakened his System, he discovered that the more people mocked him, the more calamities he could seal away. At the military training showcase, the whole school laughed at him for acting like a chuuni. The Heavenly Gate split open, and he sealed it with one finger. At the cafeteria counter, everyone thought he had gone crazy. When the Mirror Ghost reached out, he sealed the calamity with 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 Shocking: A Confession Letter Sent to the Wrong CEO 震惊：开局表白信，错发女总裁 [Strong Female Lead + Sweet Romance + System + Comedy] After waking up, Lin Feng transmigrates to a parallel world, only to discover that its technology and entertainment industries are incredibly underdeveloped. Things that were commonplace in his old world are luxuries here. Even worse, his boss is a total tigress! She’s fierce to everyone every day, but through a strange twist of fate, Lin Feng accidentally sends her a text confessing his feelings! Female CEO: Lin Feng, get to my office, now! 42Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 1983: From Street Vendor to Multinational Tycoon 1983：从摆地摊到跨国首富 I was dealt a terrible hand, but I'll defy fate and turn my life around! Reborn in 1983, Chen Weidong returns to the turning point of his life. In his previous life, he died with his name unjustly tarnished. This time, he swears to rewrite it all! Starting with a clothing workshop on the verge of bankruptcy, he faces malicious suppression from competitors and layer upon layer of policy restrictions. But with vision and courage far ahead of his time, he starts out selling goods at a street stall —Reads—Score114d adds
- 105 A Boy Grows Up Overnight During the Pandemic 疫情下，一夜长大的少年 Eighteen-year-old Li Zihao had been blessed with everyone’s love and a wealthy family. He excelled at school and was tall, bright, and handsome. But when the COVID outbreak suddenly hit Hubei in 2020, his family’s world was turned upside down. Within days, his grandparents and parents all died, leaving him alone in a hospital corridor, keeping watch over the cold bodies of the four people dearest to him... It was then that Zihao met Zhang Xinyu, a gentle, beautiful classmate whose mother was a d 4Reads—Score114d adds
- 106 The Hunter Game: A Game Within a Game 猎人游戏：局中之局 They’re used to treating others as prey. But what happens when the tables turn? Everyone has something they want to protect, but once they’re caught in a game called “profit,” can anyone truly stay out of it? This is a story about headhunters, but it’s about much more than that. Cross-border mergers and acquisitions, IPO turmoil, power succession, staged accidents... Every move is controlled from behind the scenes. The moment a pawn realizes it is a pawn, the counterattack begins! (A modern work 4Reads—Score114d adds
- 107 Workplace Revenge: My Boss and Colleagues Joined Forces Against Me, So I Took the Whole Company Down 职场复仇：上司下属联手算计，我让整个公司陪葬 Workplace Revenge: When My Boss and Subordinates Joined Forces to Set Me Up, I Took the Whole Company Down with Me 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 An Illustrated Guide to Love 爱情图鉴 Changing jobs is risky, and changing careers calls for caution. The workplace is a battlefield, and though victories and defeats are part of the game, should you really quit just because things don't go your way? Meng Chunqiu is a 29-year-old office worker in the city. She has no connections and lives in someone else's city, far from her parents' love, with no husband or boyfriend to protect her. Her boss can't stand her, her colleagues have ulterior motives, and the partner organization she wor 2.8kReads9.2Score27014d adds
- 109 Wine and Beauty Are Irresistible 酒色撩人 Urban Life + Romance + Flirtation + Ex-Girlfriend Regrets It + One Female Lead (Not a wish-fulfillment story. No formulaic tropes, plot-focused, and slow-paced. Read with caution if that’s not your thing!) Money gives a man courage, and only a man with courage dares to chase women. A poor young man has a one-night stand and unexpectedly becomes a father. He then falls in love with a rich heiress. And so begins a hilarious, heartwarming tale! 372Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 110 Love When the Skies Clear After the Rain 爱在雨过天青时 [Male lead from a wealthy family, domineering CEO, underdog heroine's rise, love at first sight, secret crush, second male lead gets the girl, heroine doesn't look back, ultra-sweet and doting! Workplace comeback] [She is a gifted oil painter who rises to become a goddess of the jewelry design world!] [He is Deng Tianqing, the handsome young heir to the Deng Group, who has spent three years pining for the woman he met only once!] He said, “Liking someone means letting yourself go, but loving th 2Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 111 The Mo Family’s Female Artisan Rules the Cybersecurity World with Her Siegecraft 墨家女匠靠守城术称霸网安圈 Mo Wei wakes up in an ancient city of ingenious mechanisms from two thousand years ago and becomes the most mysterious intern at a modern cybersecurity company. Others look at code; she looks at the city gates. Others search for vulnerabilities; she first asks, “Who's guarding this gate?” The cold-faced CEO Shen Yan initially only wants to drive her away. Later, he becomes the one who takes her home in the rain, waits downstairs for her in the morning, and is the first to stand up for her when s 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 The Official's Cauldron 官鼎 A photograph set off quite a stir. Wu Kejun thought it was just a coincidence, but little did he know that behind it lay a massive conspiracy. He thought he could control his own life, but in the end, others still pulled the strings. How can he break free from adversity? How can he evade the hidden hands around him? It’s a question with a distinctly philosophical edge... 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 113 A Salaryman’s Springtime 社畜的春天 A virgin college student and office drone has barely set foot in another city when a flight attendant mistakes him for someone else and takes him to bed. Then a wealthy young woman pursues him relentlessly, and a tycoon mistakes him for the son who died in a car accident... Is this an opportunity, or a disaster? Behind his life on easy mode, danger follows like a shadow. He dances on the edge of a knife, and one careless move could doom him forever... 6Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 114 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
- 115 The Pinnacle of Power: Rising from a Secretary's Desk! 权利巅峰：从秘书开始崛起！ His boss makes things difficult for him at work, while his future mother-in-law demands an astronomical bride price and says he's not good enough. In an instant, Lin Qiang feels his life is hopeless. Disheartened, he plans to quit after finishing his final overseas assignment. Who knew fate had a twist in store! By chance, Lin Qiang rescues a top big shot holding a flag in a car accident, and from then on his career takes off! His beautiful boss reaches out to make peace? His ex regrets every 361Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 116 From Involution to Lying Flat: A Corporate Drone’s Path to Enlightenment 从内卷到躺平：大厂社畜修行记 This is a story with a healing touch. From overwork to lying flat: A tale of a corporate drone’s journey at a major internet company, chronicling the endless grind of modern laid-off tech workers! Will you choose a cat-like approach to finding a job, a dog-like approach to working, or a Buddhist approach and lie flat? Between striving to get ahead and simply showing up to work, what will you choose? Join the cool and aloof Chi Mai as she explores modern city life and the path to healing yourself 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 117 Guangzhou Almost Got Snow 广州差点飘雪 A hidden heiress is cheated on by a gold-digging man who plans to leave her with nothing, only for her to give him a brutal face-slapping in return... My new work is out! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 With Cheats Enabled, I Married My Ex-Girlfriend, the Bossy CEO 开挂的我娶了霸道总裁前女友 (The new book has a low rating, but don't worry!) (The reconciliation plot has been extensively revised and expanded.) [Urban tycoon + one heroine + super sweet romance + fast-paced + pure wish fulfillment + business warfare] Xu Liang, a young man making it on his own in Shanghai, lost his job. After much difficulty, he found a new one. Only to discover that his new boss was his ex-girlfriend, whom he had broken up with three years ago??? Xu Liang: Didn’t you say your family ran a little groce 1.6kReads7.5Score10314d adds
- 119 I Married a Stunning Older Woman, and I'm Over the Moon 娶个绝色大姐做媳妇，我乐疯了 [Marriage first, love later + never go back to an ex + sweet romance + king of entertainment] When his girlfriend cheats with her first love, Jiang Nan promptly breaks up with her and marries a woman seventeen years older than him. A woman three years older brings good fortune, one ten years older brings a fortune, so what does one seventeen years older bring...? (Fellow cultivators, how about a sweet romance with an older woman?) 6.1kReads7.0Score64014d adds
- 120 A Rich Beauty Forces Me to Live Off Her, and the Goddess Is So Weird 白富美逼我软饭硬吃，女神很抽象 (An unusual genre, not a traditional urban web novel. There’s lots of buildup, and it’s a slow burn.) “Come on, are you going to take the easy ride or not?” “I’ve got a stomach of iron. I like things tough, ” The woman raised an eyebrow scornfully. “I’ve got a big deal here. Tonight, for every billion you give me, I’ll give you a billion back. Here’s your chance to rethink what you just said.” “You’re playing dirty… Oh my god, this is delicious.” When Long Yin finally returned after being missin 198Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 A Midnight Romance 深夜情缘 Fang Nan's girlfriend of two years was pregnant with another man's child. Furious, he got into a car accident on a rainy night and crossed paths with a beautiful senior executive at a company. From then on, he was caught up in an utterly unbelievable tangle of love and revenge… 152Reads7.2Score10314d adds
- 122 Brilliant Darkness 璀璨的灰暗 Life stretches on, one wrong turn after another. But with the future still unwritten, how can you know the road beneath your feet is the wrong one? A nobody from the bottom of society carves out a brilliant and extraordinary life with his own flesh and blood! 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 123 A Peach Blossom Calamity at Peach Blossom Crossing 桃花渡上桃花劫 Taohua Ferry is a famous town in the Jiangnan water country. A family surnamed Su lives there. Word has it that hundreds of years ago, the Su family was a renowned official clan, with members serving as high-ranking officials at court in every generation. They even produced two top scholars and a prime minister! But in this generation, their sole grandson, Su Butong, suffered a car accident during a manhunt and was left with brain damage, making him seem like a complete fool... 22Reads—Score614d adds
- 124 After the Year-End Bonus Was Canceled, My Boss Knelt Outside My Door 年终奖取消后，老板在我家门口跪下了 After the Year-End Bonus Was Canceled, My Boss Knelt Outside My House 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 125 My Perfect Attendance Bonus Became a Project Bonus, and I Was Slammed on the Headlines 全勤奖改项目奖金，我被骂上头条 They Replaced Perfect Attendance Bonuses with Project Bonuses, and I Got Blasted All Over the Headlines —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 After My Credit Was Stolen, I Slacked Off, and My Toxic Coworkers All Lost It 功劳被抢后我摆烂了，极品同事集体破防 After My Achievements Were Stolen, I Started Slacking Off and My Toxic Coworkers Totally Lost It 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 127 The Ice-Cold CEO's Tenderness Toward Me 冰山美女总裁对我的温柔 Lin Fei never expected that after getting drunk for the first time... After more than twenty years of being single, he woke up the next day with a legal wife. And not just any wife: she was a rich, beautiful heiress. Honey, if you keep picking on me, I... I might just fight back. Honey, don't... Don't! I was wrong, I was wrong. 953Reads6.4Score10314d adds
- 128 The Dragonlike Son-in-Law 狂婿如龙 I endured three years as a live-in son-in-law, tasting every bitterness and sweetness life had to offer! Now the furious dragon opens its eyes, and I’ll shoulder every grudge and every tangled affair! I trace a vermilion mark against the wind and snow. In this life, I refuse to be ordinary! 273Reads8.7Score10214d adds
- 129 My Five Years as a Drifter in Guangzhou 广漂的那五年 A detailed look at the five years after college graduation, spent struggling to make a living in the bustling city of Guangzhou. How did a complete novice gradually grow stronger, step by step? As we make our way along the paths of love and career, each of us has a story to tell... After five years of weathering life's hardships, we'll grow stronger at last! It's time to turn the tables!!! A new author with a new book: My Five Years Drifting in Guangzhou. I've got a story. 206Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 130 From the Start, I Have a Wife 开局一个老婆 [One heroine + yandere + a male lead who lives off his wife] A useless male lead in a story where the woman is strong. Li Yang, a homebody from the 21st century, never expected to transmigrate to a strange world filled with different races, bizarre levels, and skills. The strangest thing was that he couldn’t cultivate at all and could only become his wife’s plaything… The heroine is cynical and resentful of the world. The male lead is gentle and indecisive. 38Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 131 I Dumped That Man 甩了那个男人 She went from someone everyone envied as a winner in life to a laughingstock in an instant. Betrayal and belittlement made it seem as though a woman her age was worth nothing, but Bei An refused to let herself become a joke. As she returned to the workplace, she struggled to adjust, but along the way she became a career professional and found both friendship and love. 400Reads9.1Score10014d adds
- 132 My 25-Year-Old Domineering CEO 我的25岁女霸总 Female lead's daily life + domineering female CEO + campus beauty pursues him + traditional urban setting + no System + no brainless antics (also known as My 25-Year-Old Female CEO) People often say that behind every successful man is a successful woman. Well, I have Dabo, too! Wait, what? I get dumped right from the start, and my ex-girlfriend's campus-beauty sister is happy about it? Why? Lin Yuxi: "Brother-in-law, even if everyone in the world stops believing in you, please remember that Xiao 13Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 133 What Female CEO? That’s My Wife! 什么女总裁？那是我老婆！ [Female CEO] + [Older woman-younger man romance] + [Everyday urban life] Surely you don’t have to give up money just to preserve a little dignity? Lu Yang is a college senior struggling to find a job. He becomes assistant to female CEO Song Siyu. As soon as he joins the company, he gets caught up in a power struggle. Lu Yang and Song Siyu fight side by side and win. Their feelings for each other slowly grow... 53Reads—Score—14d adds
- 134 Little Wu in Shenzhen 小武在深圳 [Urban life + wage work + martial arts + betrayal + no holier-than-thou protagonist + no doormat + no brainless decisions + realism + humor + intelligence] Xiao Wu in Shenzhen is a long novel divided into five volumes by year. It tells the story of the male protagonist, Ying Xiaowu, born in 1985, and the five years he spent working and living in Shenzhen. In 2015, he left his hometown of Wuxue for Shenzhen for the first time. Confident that his talents in both the literary and martial arts coul 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 135 The Microexpression Queen 微表情女王 The protagonist is Lin Hui, a young woman from the countryside. She has the innate ability to read microexpressions, and her frank, optimistic nature is sure to make you laugh. Follow her journey from a migrant worker in Shanghai to founding a company and taking it public. She uses her microexpression-reading ability to power her way to success at work, while navigating hilarious life as a migrant in Shanghai, a push-and-pull romance with an aloof CEO, and the challenges of founding her own comp —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 136 The Wife I Met at the Civil Affairs Bureau Turned Out to Be a Millionaire 民政局捡到的老婆竟然是个富婆 Zhao Muyuan was delivering divorce papers to his boss when he found himself a wife outside the Civil Affairs Bureau. “Why do you carry your household registration booklet around with you?” Xiang Qiu was at a loss for words. Zhao Muyuan held the booklet, eagerly waiting for her to act on impulse. “Congratulations, you are now legally married.” 1.7kReads6.6Score24714d adds
- 137 Dad of Triplets: My Childhood Sweetheart Is So Proud 奶爸：一胎三宝，青梅竹马很傲娇 Goddess CEO + System + Dad Life + Tycoon + Sweet Romance + Everyday Life After Lin Xuan broke up with the lovesick campus belle! A paternity test suddenly landed in his lap! His childhood sweetheart, a goddess CEO, came knocking! From then on, everyone condemned him! But when faced with the doubts of the outside world, the System activated… Lin Xuan gave a cold laugh. You're all nobodies. My wife is the CEO of a multinational conglomerate! Goddess CEO: Don't get the wrong idea. My husband is t 240Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 138 This Life Is Over, I'll Be a Leader in the Next 这辈子就这样了，下辈子当领导 Two minutes after Fang Leilei died, she came back to life on the spot and was sent straight back to the day of her new-hire military training. One familiar, youthful face after another. Back then, he hadn't become a department manager yet. Back then, she hadn't stabbed me in the back yet. Ah! Isn't that my dream man?! He married a scheming woman in my past life, so it's my turn to have him in this one! Just look at me, Fang Leilei: my career was a mess and my love life was a disaster in my last 19Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 139 After I Was Made Redundant, My Former Company Begged Me to Return and Put Out the Fire 被优化后，前司跪求我回去救火 After I Was Laid Off, My Former Company Begged Me to Return and Put Out the Fires 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 140 A Cigarette 一支烟 I stood up and staggered toward the exit. I struggled to push away each person who came to help me. I didn't take the elevator. Step by step, I climbed the stairs to the rooftop. When I pushed open the rooftop door, a hint of late autumn's cool breeze brushed my face. The light was so bright that I had to squint. I could clearly see her. Across the rooftop stood a long-haired girl. She said, “Could I have a cigarette?” If you're willing, I'll love you forever. If you're not, I'll choose to pine 89Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 Bold Pursuit, Secret Indulgence 强撩与暗宠 On one side, his female boss pulls him into an emotional tug-of-war. On the other, the female dean offers him a healing companionship. Caught between them, he doesn't want to give up his stable job, but he can't bear to let go of the peace and comfort she brings, either. Choosing between them becomes his greatest dilemma. 4.7kReads7.1Score42514d adds
- 142 Bargaining Chips on the Road to Promotion 升职路上的筹码 Song Minghui is like a spider at the center of a web, maintaining relationships with three women in different ways. A 26-year-old workplace newcomer, a 35-year-old sales director, and a 41-year-old corporate executive: the web is beginning to unravel as its three “bargaining chips” awaken. - The rules of survival in the workplace's dark forest - How the “prey” turns the tables from a male perspective - The growth of three women, from being used to awakening - Emotional manipulation and counterma 2.2kReads6.3Score13014d adds
- 143 Rising to the Top, I Marry a Super-Rich Beauty at First Sight 青云直上，闪婚超级白富美 Desperate to cover his mother's medical bills, heartbroken Ling Yun grits his teeth and tears down an ad offering a hefty reward for a child! Little does he expect the advertiser to be legitimate. A stunning, ultra-rich beauty comes knocking, leaving him no choice but to take both the money and the beauty... 3.2kReads8.3Score51114d adds
- 144 The Goddess CEO Became My Wife After I Tricked Her with a Fake Invitation 女神总裁媳妇儿，是假请柬骗来的 [One Heroine + Marriage First, Love Later + Sweet Romance] After losing a game of dares, Xia Xuan accepted his punishment: deliver fake wedding invitations to Hangcheng's ten wealthiest people. One of them read: Groom: Xia Xuan Bride: Chen Qingyan By a stroke of luck, it ended up in the hands of Chen Qingyan, a rising star in Longguo's business world. Looking at her own name on the fake invitation, Chen Qingyan's lips curled into a strange smile. A cute little puppy has come right to my door. No 1.2kReads7.4Score10114d adds
- 145 Ten Miles of Red Finery: Not a Single Sedan Chair Can Be Left Behind 十里红妆：一抬都不能少 "Three million. Sign it." She replied with four words: "The shop is not for sale." Her grandmother had passed away, leaving behind a bridal finery shop, twelve volumes of manuscripts, and a grand sedan chair for a wedding procession, its gold leaf only half applied. Everyone urged her to take the money and leave. Only the lawyer told her, "The will says the shop goes to you. If you don't claim it within sixty days, it goes to someone else." So she went to claim it. When buying the shop didn't wo 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 146 My Top-Tier Divine Pets 我的极品神宠 Just as the college entrance exams are about to begin, Xue Han transmigrates to a world ruled by summoners. He discovers that he has a golden finger: he can summon nine pets of all different forms, each one stunningly beautiful. What? You have a Mythic pet too? Sorry, all nine of mine are Mythic. Why are my Mythic pets stronger than yours? Sorry, every one of mine is a divine beast! See how Xue Han sweeps all before him in a world where summoners reign supreme! 85Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 147 Waiting for the Wind in Guangzhou 羊城等风来 (This is not a cuckold story.) (This is not a wish-fulfillment story.) My childhood sweetheart, whom I’d been married to for a year, divorced me and made me take the blame for the breakup! I let you fly free, and I’ll bear the pain! Then a mysterious young girl barged into my life. From that moment on, the wheels of fate began to turn, and I gradually fell into one trap and conspiracy after another. Can ordinary people really never defeat the authorities? 79Reads5.0Score—14d adds
- 148 Sick with Secret Love: My Boss's Hidden Tender Care 暗恋成疾，上司的隐秘关怀 [Reunion After Years Apart + One-on-One Romance, Both Each Other’s First + The Pursuit of the Wife After the Divorce] Back in their student days, Lin Shuangshuang pursued Zhou Shi with all her heart. He always met her with cold indifference. Later, Lin Shuangshuang discovered that Zhou Shi already had someone he loved. Her passionate heart cooled, and she decided to let go and stop pursuing him. Six years later, they met again. Zhou Shi had become Lin Shuangshuang’s boss. He realized she had gro 1.6kReads8.1Score10614d adds
- 149 My Stunning 27-Year-Old CEO 我的27岁倾世女总裁 Someone once asked, “What is the meaning of life?” I said, “The meaning of life is that you don’t need to go looking for its ‘meaning.’ We live in this dazzling, bewildering world, beneath oceans of stars and skies full of constellations. Meaning lies in the process of slowly beginning to shine.” Someone else asked, “What about love? What is it?” Love... might put out the light of your star, but someone will always come along to illuminate your world. My name is Zhou Dongli. Through my story, I’ 733Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 150 Designing Love: My Dream Guy Insists We Get Married 设计爱情！男神非要跟我结婚 [A designer's workplace romance and daily life + women's workplace story + escaping a small town] [Sweet romance + one-on-one pairing + no angst + no misunderstandings + no golden finger + no face-slapping] [Scheming architectural designer + naive newcomer to the workplace] Architectural designer Lu Yuan is known in the industry as an irresistible dreamboat of a designer. Every project he designs becomes a hit, and people never stop talking about his work. But nobody could have guessed that behi 4Reads—Score—14d adds
