Novels like Office Schemes: Mr. CEO, Don’t Kiss Me
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Office Schemes: Mr. CEO, Don’t Kiss Me, best match first.
- 51 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... 823Reads8.7Score105Shelves
- 52 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 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 53 Grateful for Your Kindness 承蒙盛意 One is a frigid, aloof boss; the other is an ambitious assistant who strives to get ahead. A secret office romance, and a story of two people saving each other. When Meng Qin suddenly changes and leaves, she sets out alone on a thousand-mile journey just to find him. When the woman he loves deeply meets with misfortune, and rumors about her spread throughout the city, how will he help her rise again amid the storm? 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 54 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—Shelves
- 55 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—Shelves
- 56 I'm a Female Programmer 我是程序媛 Yuan Chunxiao loves programming and is determined to become the best programmer in China. But the world of code ultimately belongs to men. She stumbles her way into the workplace, facing suspicion, betrayal, and having her work credited to others. Even after repeated disappointments, she never loses sight of her original dream. In the end, she grows into an accomplished professional woman and finds a love that is her equal. 121Reads9.2Score—Shelves
- 57 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—Shelves
- 58 The Love Life of a Career Goddess 职场女神的爱情 The workplace romance hit The Ming Dynasty Royal Consort by Lian Jing Zhuyi! Originally titled Scheming in the Office, it stars Ying Cai'er and Wang Yaoqing and is based on the novel behind the TV drama A Skillful Job. A sunny, handsome lawyer versus a poised, capable career woman. In a workplace rife with power plays and competing interests, I only want to win your heart. 61Reads9.2Score—Shelves
- 59 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—Shelves
- 60 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—Shelves
- 61 The Little Things About Life in the Workplace 职场江湖那点事儿 After more than 30 years in the workplace, facing the trials of six industries and honing his skills in state-owned, foreign-funded, and private enterprises, the author accumulated a wealth of firsthand material and work notes through corporate management and career consulting. And so this book was born. The book takes the perspective of a newcomer growing in the workplace, exploring how to adapt, cope, and think. It considers how to survive in an unfamiliar work environment as quickly as possi 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 62 The Legend of This Person 斯人传 [Modern setting, urban life, state-owned enterprise, workplace, marriage, public sector, uplifting, slice of life] Zheng Yiming has been through more than his share of melodramatic misfortunes. Every experience has shaped his values and the principles that help him thrive in society. A grassroots employee at a state-owned enterprise, he has no connections to rely on, yet establishes himself at thirty and begins to stand out. By forty, he has found his purpose and climbed to the pinnacle of power 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 63 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—Shelves
- 64 She Uses AI to Take Down Workplace Deadbeats 她靠AI：手撕职场老赖 Urban workplace + empowering female lead + AI golden finger + workplace comeback + taking down deadbeat debtors + working-class underdog makes good + light comedy + workplace survival guide Duan Xiaomo clutched her crumpled 500 yuan and stared at the expired pickled vegetables HR manager Wang Meili had thrown at her. She was close to tears with rage. After two years of overtime and taking the blame countless times, was this all her severance was worth? And they still wanted her to sign a trap of —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 65 The End of Bad Luck 倒霉尽头 “Hi, I’m the man you slept with last night.” When Ji Yunyun saw the WeChat message, she nearly dropped her phone. Yesterday had been the worst day of her life: someone stole her project proposal, her boyfriend cheated on her, and her nemesis suddenly became her boss. That night, she went to a bar to drink her troubles away, then stumbled home in a haze. When she woke up the next morning, she found herself in the bed of a strange man. She thought she could keep the whole thing buried, until he me 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 66 Twenty Years in Dongguan 东莞二十年 A tribute to the workers of the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. The protagonist starts out as a naive young newcomer, then grows amid the undercurrents of workplace power struggles and rises above the competition to become an executive at a Taiwanese-owned company. Later, he leaves to start his own business, facing hardship after hardship in the cutthroat world of commerce, as well as twists and secrets in his personal love life. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 67 The White Road: Lessons from an AI Business War 白色之路，人工智能商战启示录 He was set up, lost his job in middle age, saw his marriage fail, had his assets wiped out, and faced age discrimination at work. The protagonist gets hit by every kind of bad luck. See how he rises from having nothing to turn the tables, achieve even greater success in his career, and build a happy life. 2Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 68 Wang Xiaomi’s Springtime 王小米也有春天 Wang Xiaomi, the protagonist, is an ordinary college graduate. Unlike traditional heroines, she's completely unremarkable, and it is through her ordinary perspective that we follow her rise in the workplace. She brings warmth to those around her with her kindness, and her outgoing, carefree personality leads her through all the sweet and bitter ups and downs of life. Through her own hard work, Wang Xiaomi finally reaps the rewards of a decade's effort, becoming a workplace winner and finding bot 22Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 69 The Growth and Promotion of a Workplace Newcomer 一个职场新人的成长与晋升 [Female coming-of-age + workplace + class disparity + romance] Lin Xiaomi is a post-90s woman with a master’s degree who doesn’t know who her father is. Her grades were average throughout school, and even after finally earning a postgraduate degree and going abroad to polish her résumé, she still met with defeat after defeat when graduation came: The national civil service exam: She lost to a cold and didn’t even make it into the exam hall. The provincial civil service exam: She failed the writt 142Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 70 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—Shelves
- 71 The Girl Who Waited for the Wind 等风的女孩 When fate and choice collide, the dilemma of choosing between an ex and a current lover, between love and financial security, is everywhere. The unbelievably domineering ex can unlock countless astonishing abilities and even defy fate. Could faking his death make him seem even more devoted? The current lover, a novice in the business world, may seem good for nothing, yet he fights through every obstacle, boldly promising her a kingdom and swearing he will marry no one but her! “Your fate is mine —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 72 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—Shelves
- 73 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—Shelves
- 74 Television Station: Directors and Producers 电视台：编导和导播 Workplace fiction + industry realism + a quiet epic + detail-driven realism + the aesthetics of burnout + everyday existentialism + professionalism At Huaguang TV Station, time is measured in “broadcast cycles,” not calendar days. Every day, director-writer Song Lin revises the wording of the “Happiness Index” report, changing “steady improvement” to “ongoing optimization.” Meanwhile, broadcast director Su Yuan times every shot in the live broadcast down to the second. Their workplace is made u —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 75 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! 213Reads—Score—Shelves
- 76 After Reading His Mind, I Got the CEO Wrapped Around My Finger 读心后，霸总被我拿捏了 Qi Wan is a chatty slacker at Die Shan Design, lounging around and munching sunflower seeds on the surface, while secretly possessing incredible talent. Xie Chi is a reclusive, mysterious boss who fears socializing but controls everything. She can hear his innermost thoughts, like the sound of his heartbeat: “If she comes any closer, I'm done for.” When colleagues dump work on her, directors try to suppress her, and her ex threatens her, she hits back with face-slapping comebacks. From plagiaris 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 77 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—Shelves
- 78 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—Shelves
- 79 Do You Know How a Romance Scam Starts at a Blind Date? “你知道相亲局里的杀猪盘，是怎么开场的？” “Do you know how a romance scam at a matchmaking date gets started?” 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 80 The Trade Route 商路风云 Late at night, Chen Yifan brings his drunk female boss back to his place. Her arrival changes his future. A misunderstanding leads to a devastating revenge, but strangely enough, he uses that very revenge to rise to the pinnacle of life... 211Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 81 Let's Stop Here. Any More Love Would Be Impolite 到此为止吧，再爱就不礼貌了 (Multiple heroines, no System, no golden finger, workplace, romantic tension) A down-on-his-luck young man works at a beauty salon. One night, he accidentally discovers an indecent video of his beautiful boss, and from then on, the course of his life changes. When fortune finally turns in his favor, he doesn't forget the beautiful colleagues he's left behind. He leads them all to happy lives. 64Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 82 I Ran Into My Ex on the Day I Went Bankrupt 破产当天碰到了前男友 Older male and female leads; neither is a virgin; one-on-one romance. She had spent five and a half years building a business, only to be hit by a pandemic that came once in decades and dragged on for more than three years, sending the entire industry into a massive downturn. Just when things finally seemed to be looking up, she got cheated again, leaving her cash flow in tatters. She was three million in debt, her company had shut down, and on the day she went bankrupt, with her hair a mess and 1.8kReads8.3Score166Shelves
- 83 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—Shelves
- 84 The Vanity Fair: Complete Edition 名利场(全集) 441Reads9.2Score101Shelves
- 85 The Seven Weapons of the Workplace: The Coolest PPT 职场七种武器之酷炫PPT The Seven Weapons of the Workplace: Cool PPTs 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 86 From Looking Down on My Boss to Becoming Just Like Him 从鄙视老板，到成为老板一样的人 From Despising My Boss to Becoming Just Like Him —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 87 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—Shelves
- 88 A History of the Death of Idealism 理想主义消亡史 [No transmigration], [No cheats or System], [Realistic], [No feel-good wish fulfillment], [Deep-dive into the inside story], [Scheming] Medical investment is an obscure industry with a lot of hidden complexities. Yan Hui is a professional in the field, as well as an idealist. But as time goes by and circumstances change, his life and work gradually slip beyond his control. (A song will be included in the author’s notes for each chapter. It will relate to the chapter, directly or indirectly, obje 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 89 My Years at a Foreign Company 我的外企岁月 On a battlefield without gunfire, enemies are everywhere. In a workplace without compassion, everyone is a schemer. And in a game of love where feelings have no place, who can find even a little warmth… Gao Ge is like a little lion, fighting her way through a foreign company, charging ahead and getting battered along the way. Only in the end does she realize she’s really a little deer, the one who can run wild in his heart. 726Reads9.3Score129Shelves
- 90 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—Shelves
- 91 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—Shelves
- 92 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—Shelves
- 93 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. 400Reads9.1Score100Shelves
- 94 The Law of Arrogance 傲慢法则 [The Law of Arrogance, Everyone Is Evil] Threatening the rich is like taking their lives; challenging the poor’s worldview is like digging up their ancestors’ graves. The basic rules of this world have never changed. Yu Huanxi firmly believes that if you’re not sitting at the table, you’ll end up on the menu. In the past, she was Fengcheng’s top “freelance tour guide and scalper.” She could swallow her pride, start a group brawl, and shamelessly refuse to back down. Now she’s the lowest-ranking 454Reads8.9Score107Shelves
- 95 A Double Win at Work and in Love: Rising from the Bottom to Become a Top-Tier Star 职场情场双开挂，从底层杀成顶流 He has tasted every flavor of life and seen the vicissitudes of the world! When Song Yichen first enters society, he suffers setback after setback amid the open and covert attacks of office politics, yet rises again and again. He transforms from an innocent newcomer into a polished professional who knows when to advance and when to hold back, keeping his true abilities hidden. Through the highs and lows of love, he sees how warmly or coldly people can treat one another. Torn between love and bet 2.4kReads—Score117Shelves
- 96 The Beautiful Bank President Fell in Love with Me 美女行长爱上我 (The rating just came out, so it should rise later.) Zhou Yi'an, a low-ranking bank clerk with no connections or backing, spent three years at a branch enduring bullying and scorn. After a branch meeting one day, he unexpectedly met Song Yaning, the city branch president, in the elevator. He thought it would be no more than a brief encounter in his life. Little did he know that from that day on, his fate would quietly take a new turn. Mysterious transfer orders, exceptional promotions, and envy- 78.4kReads8.8Score5.2kShelves
- 97 I'll Still Love You Years from Now 哪怕多年以后还爱你 “Business is business, whoever it’s with. How much per time?” he asked casually, lighting a cigarette. Zhou He kept her head down and replied with utter seriousness, “You saved me. How could I let you come out at a loss?” He raised an eyebrow, watching her with keen interest. Meeting his gaze, Zhou He said sincerely, “With your looks, you could rise to the top anywhere. I’m penniless and have nothing to my name, so naturally I can’t let myself sully you.” She once thought he was the light shini 384Reads8.8Score100Shelves
- 98 Don't Move 站住别动 A “romantic encounter” sparked by a wedding banquet teaches us not to skimp on the cash gift. Once you eat with the gusto of someone who can swallow mountains and rivers, good luck will follow. What is there to fear from a dream man? Even the most aloof person can't resist the warmth and tenderness of everyday life. See how the unassuming Yuan Chun wins over the superstar who's “immune to women.” 646Reads9.0Score—Shelves
- 99 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. 149Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 100 How to Live with Mental Illness 精神病的活法 In 2021, my mental health started to deteriorate. After taking medication for five years, I developed bipolar disorder, and I feel like I’m falling apart more and more. I’m writing this book just to give myself something to do, something to keep me going. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
