Novels like The Seven-Year Itch: If You Won't Marry Me, Just You Wait
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- 1 The Immortality Tree Beneath the Cliff 悬崖下的长生树 My parents divorced, my family fell apart, and I had no one but my grandmother to rely on. With an uncertain future and a confusing school life, could I turn things around? One encounter after another, countless heartwarming stories, and friendships and love intertwining over the years. My name is Liu Changsheng. This is my story. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 The One I Love Most Is Her 最爱的人是她 [Landlord] + [CEO] + [Realistic] + [No Harem] + [A Little Heartbreak] + [Urban Romance] On a dark, stormy night, I ran into her again. “It's just a guitar. Seriously? You even followed me?” The rain kept pouring, but she denied following me. I couldn't get a cab in this downpour. Maybe I should graciously let her drive me home... Because of a guitar, she and I kept trying to outsmart each other. I just don't get it. You're a big-time landlord and CEO, so why are you so hung up on my guitar? Don' 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Make a Wish to the End of the World 对着末日许愿 No System, not a wish-fulfillment story, pure love in the apocalypse “So beautiful,” I thought, raising my camera without thinking to capture the scene. But my hands stopped halfway, and I lowered it again. Who could I share it with? Suddenly, the moment didn't seem so beautiful anymore. If you'd been there, maybe I would've been braver, Jiang Lan. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Farewell After the Snowfall 在这场雪后告别 This was something I wrote when I was young. Looking back at it is so embarrassing... I can’t delete it, so just pretend I never wrote it... If I get the chance, I’ll definitely rewrite it into a normal version. It’s making my toes curl... (Can’t they add a delete option already!!!) 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 A Love That Lasted Three Years 三年一场爱 [Lighthearted + High School Campus + One-on-One Romance + Secret Crush + Sweet First, Then Angsty] Sharp-tongued, outwardly warm but inwardly cold boy × sharp-tongued, outwardly aloof and inwardly cold girl Two cold people become each other's one and only, and each other's exception. At the start of high school, Wan Xiaguang happened to spot Wu Ruiyao sitting among a crowd, chatting and laughing. With one glance, he saw that the girl, like him, wasn't truly happy. He wanted to get closer to her 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Lover with a Pure Heart 素心恋人 You’re the person I love most. For you, I could deceive anyone in the world, even myself. That’s how desperately I love you. Even if you have to lie to me, please keep it up a little longer, and make the lie a little more convincing... 273Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 7 Storm over the Cold Sea 冷海风云 “I have carefully trained you. You must serve the people. You must show no mercy to your enemies. You must be loyal to this country, and do everything in your power to protect it, because you are a statesman of unparalleled distinction.” 45Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 8 My Pure and Beautiful Heiress 我的清纯大小姐 The hardest things to forget are the ones you never thought about, yet can never forget! A car accident during the summer before my senior year of high school left me with amnesia. To escape my confusion, I boarded a train to Lhasa alone. I thought it would be an ordinary trip, but then I met a girl on the train who would heal me for the rest of my life... This is the story of a lost boy with amnesia searching for redemption, and finding love during his four years at university. 3Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 9 Days Spent Counting Flowers in the Human World 在人间数花的日子 Two stories in this book are complete so far: “Lilac” and “Yearning.” The new story, “Entwined Branches,” is currently in progress... Mystery, romance, and the supernatural, without dramatic twists and turns, just a gentle flow; It seems to show an unreal side of the human world, yet the beauty in people’s hearts shines into reality; In the end, it is still the real side of the human world, and a flower grown from that world. Flower by flower, they weave together this complicated, colorful worl —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Terminal Cancer: I Want to Live for Myself 癌症晚期,我想为自己而活 After learning he didn't have much time left, Xie Yu decided to settle things with his past. When faced with a breakup, he calmly agreed. When two women came to blows, he told them he was ill. One stayed, while the other left. But after he moved to another city, someone began searching for him like a madwoman. 90Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 The Soulful Wife: The CEO Is Forceful and Suspicious 盛魂妙妻之总裁大人强势多心 [Wife-Doting + Obsessive Love + Domineering CEO] [An occasional little white rabbit of a heroine + an obsessive, overbearing hero] After three years abroad, Luo Tianwu returned to discover that her best friend had been having an affair with her husband. Heartbroken, she was devastated. Ye Feng was five years older than Luo Tianwu, and though they had never had anything to do with each other before, a chance encounter sparked an unexpected attraction. She never knew love could heal wounds, nor th —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 So You Live in My Heart 原来你住在我心里 So You’ve Been Living in My Heart All Along —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 In Tribute to Our Middle-Aged Years 致敬我们的中年岁月 This is a contemporary urban novel inspired by and shaped from real life. There are no golden fingers, supernatural powers, or wild flights of fancy. Readers who enjoy realistic urban life are welcome to read and follow along. Yao Chen and Piao Zong were classmates in middle school, good friends and close buddies, but they fell out over love. Ten years ago, Piao Zong took advantage of the situation and violated Yao Chen’s wife, Bai Jingjing, who died by suicide after being dishonored. The two me 59Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Loving You More and More 越来越爱 Goodbye may mean never seeing you again. In my dreams of endless years of war, I always see you, alone on the cliff; Half of it is longing, half of it is love, and the more I long, the more I love. In the blink of an eye, ten years have passed. Everything has changed, and I have returned… [Lucky to have met you, grateful our paths crossed, and thankful for your companionship all this way.] 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 He Says He Can't Forget Me 他说对我念念不忘 [Mature, capable detective × gorgeous flower shop owner] [Protective, fatherly type / reunion / mutual devotion / angsty romance / both leads are inexperienced / happy ending] Five years ago, Lin Mumu chose to leave without a word after her family went through a sudden upheaval. Gu Jie, her boyfriend, never stopped searching for her. Five years later, Captain Gu, now a detective, finally finds Lin Mumu at the B City Public Security Bureau. They have barely had time to savor the sweetness of thei 14Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 16 I Buried a Thousand Past Lives 我埋葬了一千个过往 A thousand people, a thousand pasts. Every person who dies leaves behind a life as beautiful as a painted scroll. When I unfold that scroll as a funeral director, the colors of their lives will fill the whole world. And it all begins with a beautiful young girl. She made me bury my entire future. Between life and death, I gained a great deal and lost a great deal. So I decided to write a novel about the weight of life, one that we can understand, and that will help us find the tenderness and won 4Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 17 Rise and Ruin 荣枯 This is the story of the first generation, perhaps even the very first true migrant worker to leave the countryside and make a living in the city after China's reform and opening-up. It's a story filled with bitterness and tears, but also with a spirit of self-reliance and an unyielding refusal to admit defeat. [Period drama] Previously titled “The Burning Years.” One summer afternoon, two men led him away from the wheat fields. From then on, his hometown became a place that a man named Yan Dong 36Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 18 My Life Before Thirty 我的30岁以前 My beloved ex-girlfriend got married and had a child, and I didn’t have the courage to slash her tires and crash the wedding. Then, by chance, I rescued two beautiful women, and the tangled threads of fate began to unfold. I refuse to spend my whole life as an ordinary man. I want to take the best grandmother in the world traveling. I want to protect the little sister I care about most. I want to marry the woman who loves me most... I want so much, but I’m just an ordinary person. My name is Jia 1.3kReads8.5Score11714d adds
- 19 My Life After Escaping to Lijiang 我逃离到丽江的生活 A disillusioned young man at the lowest point in his life drifts from city to city, enduring one hardship after another. At last, he and a friend embark on a journey of redemption. When they reach the dreamlike city of Lijiang, he encounters a curious connection spanning three thousand kilometers and meets all kinds of fascinating people. His ordinary life takes a turn, and a story of love and hate quietly begins to unfold. 303Reads8.3Score2314d adds
- 20 My Beijing Girl 我的北京姑娘 If you love someone, take them to Beijing. It is the heart of the country, where they can see all the splendor the world has to offer... If you hate someone, leave them in Beijing. That city is cold enough for them to hide every burden in their heart… I reveled in the city's splendor at night, never understanding why anyone would stay in Beijing. After seven years, my relationship fell apart, and only then did I begin to see that I had nothing. Her arrival saved me. She was the kindest girl 524Reads7.7Score10114d adds
- 21 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
- 22 A Small-Town Story at Full Speed 小城故事一路狂奔 Having grown up without a father's love, he once had a happy family and a steady career. Then, out of nowhere, he got divorced, lost his job, and was plagued by nightmares. His life hit rock bottom. At his lowest point, he chose to start a business and met her while she was working a part-time job. Fate had other plans: after a change in her mother's identity came to light, she became a wealthy heiress. He raced toward love, never wavering in his devotion despite repeated romantic setbacks. On —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Spring Blossoms, Autumn Fades 春花秋逝 (Not a wish-fulfillment story, no transmigration, realistic, about an ordinary person struggling to survive in the cracks. Don’t read if that’s not your thing.) Since you all want to kill me, I’ll start by eloping with your daughters!! 561Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 24 Saving Our Marriage Starts with Divorce 保卫婚姻从离婚开始 [No System, No Transmigration, Two Heroines, Marital and Workplace Rivalries, Male Lead’s Rise] This novel was originally titled "Protecting a Marriage Starts with Divorce". The second installment, "You’re My Wife, So Who Else Would I Spoil?", is currently being written. Stay tuned! Su Yuchen and Cheng Yao are an ordinary married couple. After entering married life, conflicts over family and careers eventually trigger a marital crisis. Their stubborn refusal to back down pushes them toward divor 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 System Trap: A Tragic Ballad of a Koi Spirit and a Transmigrator 系统陷阱:锦鲤妖与穿越者的悲歌 System Trap: A Tragic Ballad of a Koi Spirit and a Transmigrator —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 My Girlfriend Dumped Me? I Turned Around and Won Over Her Gorgeous Best Friend 女友抛弃我?反手泡走她校花闺蜜 [Relatively realistic / urban romance / not a power fantasy / multiple female leads / not a harem] After Yang Zixuan is dumped unilaterally by his icy, unattainable dream girl, Lin Shuyue, he unexpectedly unlocks the bizarre trait of being a “romance-repellent”: On the day his ex, Lin Shuyue, gets married, he brings someone along and pretends she's his new girlfriend, only to discover that the wedding is fake, but the way she looks at him is real. His sharp-tongued friend Xia Yan scolds him whil —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Xuanhuan: After I Leave, I Hope Everyone Will Be All Right! 玄幻:我走后,大家都要好好的! [Emotional Fantasy + Angst + Too Late for Regrets + Invincible Protagonist] Nine hundred years have passed, and Su Ran has become the strongest person on the Tianyun Continent. But the time he agreed upon with the System has arrived. He has only a hundred days left to live. No matter how reluctant he is, he must say goodbye to those who have been by his side day and night, and those he wanted to protect. Until the day he leaves for good. His eldest disciple, Ping An: “Master, the ones who suffer 24Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 28 A Diao 阿刁 My name is A Diao. I have no parents, and I don't know when I was born. I depend on the blind Lin Aiyun, and in my life she plays the role of a mother. But she never lets me call her Mom. Because when I came into her life, she had already lost her husband, and then she lost her son too... 36Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 29 Tears in the Feathers 羽中泪 The heroine had been an insecure girl since childhood. She couldn't speak, her classmates bullied her, and her family didn't love her. She grew up in pain... Then, at nineteen, unable to endure her classmates' pranks any longer, she climbed to the rooftop and jumped, ending her life... But her death was not the end. In “heaven,” she met someone who would become the turning point that redeemed her fate... [Cool, aloof divine official × gloomy female ghost] [Happy ending] [A collision between hea —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 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
- 31 Boss, I'm Really Innocent! 大佬,我真是纯的! Original title: Is That Sea Still the Sea? [Extreme melodrama + Not a chaste pairing + No CP + No female lead + Extreme yandere + Revenge on scumbags] Four years ago, he was cruelly abandoned by a scummy lover and endured bullying and electric torture. Four years later, he became a powerful man's precious darling, able to turn the entire country upside down with a single command. This time, I'll keep my promise. A devoted-dog romance, where the loyal dog finally gets his moment to shine! "I'll s 47Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 32 Dad, This Time I'm the One Standing You Up 老爸,这次换我放你鸽子 Dad, this time I'm the one standing you up. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 My Five Loves 我的五种爱情 A story about a tenant, one female lead, a tragic romance, and regrets. Ever since Mu Cheng took in a down-on-her-luck heiress, his life, once as still as dead water, began to burn with passion. A mature beauty, a domineering female CEO, a sweet little bunny, and a crazy girl all make their entrances one after another. In short, how could life get any more exhilarating? 925Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 34 I Want to See Her 【我想见见她】 BE / angst / modern romance / campus / pure love “Xu Guannan x Xia Ying” Before I leave, I want to see her... She likes blue. She likes Fulilian. I want to... take her to Hitachi Seaside Park in Japan. I hear it's covered in nemophila, a sea of blue flowers. 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 In Uniform, Yet Unable to Save the One Beside Me 一身警服,难渡枕边人 A police uniform, but he can’t bring the woman beside him to justice. 41Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Let's Not Talk About Love 不谈爱情 Don't Talk About Love is a purely fictional serialized novel. The novel tells of the inner torment of Zhao Xiaosong, a middle-aged man who works at Shenfeng Tire Factory and suffers from cerebral atrophy. It portrays his resentment, anxiety, loneliness, helplessness, despair, selfishness, longing, and, finally, his struggle... The story begins in the 1990s. Zhao Xiaosong, a country bumpkin from that era, is lucky enough to become a tire-molding worker at Shenfeng Tire Factory in Jiaoshi. Back 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 The Girl Who Chased Me Has Just Been Reborn 追我的那女孩刚重生回来 [Slice of Life]+ [Girl Pursues Boy]+ [Both Reborn]+ [Two Female Leads] In March, the rebellious girl in Chen Mo’s class transformed into a hopeless romantic and barged into his world. Given another chance, all she wanted was to love him with everything she had. Her name was An Nuan, and she had been Chen Mo’s first love in both lifetimes… She said, “A-Mo, in this life, those irresistible eyes of yours are only allowed to gaze lovingly at me.” Three months later, Chen Mo was reborn too, regai 1.1kReads8.0Score10314d adds
- 38 When Chaoge Returns to the Evening Strings 朝歌归夕弦 “She is the wife I proclaimed to all the world. I insist on protecting her. What can you do about it?” He pulled her behind him and spoke defiantly to the person before them. His tall frame blocked her view and sheltered her beneath his wings. Though she couldn't see the expression on the other person's face, she was sure her own looked awful. You have to be kidding. This ruthless, corrupt official, surrounded by countless women, actually likes me? Is this another test? Has he figured out who I 7Reads—Score114d adds
- 39 Please Give Me One Last Cigarette Tonight 请给我今晚的最后一支烟 [Everyday life, down-to-earth, romance.] “I used to think my life would just stay this way. I figured I might as well give up and let everything fall apart. But after falling apart for long enough, I realized I really am a complete wreck.” “Actually, no one is a lost cause. And neither are you.” 1.4kReads8.8Score10014d adds
- 40 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
- 41 On the Night I Nearly Bled to Death in Childbirth, My Husband Claimed He’d Fallen for Someone He Shouldn’t Love 难产血崩夜,夫君自称爱上不该爱的人 On the Night I Nearly Bled to Death in Childbirth, My Husband Claimed He’d Fallen for Someone He Shouldn’t Love 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 I Want So Badly to Love This World 好想爱这个世界 (The style of The Tenants + urban tragic romance + realism + multiple female love interests + ensemble cast + bad ending + open ending) Life and death to the left, parting to the right. Gu Bei met several girls in his life. One clutched a marble for eight years, then crouched by a barbecue stall and grinned at him. “I was afraid you’d be lonely.” One left him a book before the train pulled away and said, “If one day you don’t want to wait anymore, you can come find me.” One stayed by his sid 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 My Miss Tulip 我的郁金香小姐 She and I were both residents near this stretch of Tulip Road. We breathed the same air, loved the season when the tulips bloomed, and hated the dust kicked up by the dry summer weather. Though we had never once said “hello” or “goodbye” to each other, we had truly shared joy and sorrow here. At last, one day, I called her Miss Tulip, and she called me Mr. Badou... 260Reads9.5Score—14d adds
- 44 Official Fortune: Soaring to the Top 官运:扶摇职上 When Chen Fu makes a delivery to his wife Luo Yao's shop, he unexpectedly sees something he shouldn't have. After a huge fight with his wife, he decides, for the sake of their marriage, to rethink his career. As he makes his way through the workplace, he gradually discovers a side of his wife he never knew existed... 191Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 45 Marriage Partners 婚姻合伙人 I have a very beautiful wife. In the eyes of everyone around us, she’s the perfect wife, a dutiful daughter-in-law, and my ideal match. Her career is even going better than mine. By all conventional wisdom, anyone would be more than content with a wife like her, but I can’t stop thinking about divorcing her… 3kReads8.7Score25014d adds
- 46 The Three Beauties of the Su Family 苏家三美 [Contemporary Urban Fiction + Uplifting + Down-to-Earth] The love stories of three sisters: Marrying up, marrying on equal terms, or marrying down? What does it really take to marry happily? If you've run out of shows to watch lately, come read my book! Reading it is just like binge-watching a TV series. You'll definitely fall in love with the three beautiful Su sisters! Su Yimei marries into a wealthy family. She's a clever, strong female lead, and I'll do her justice! Su Ermei is physically di 1.2kReads8.8Score11414d adds
- 47 After the Werewolf Princess Lost Her Heart, the Entire Vampire Clan Was Wiped Out 狼人公主心死后,吸血鬼全族被团灭 After the Werewolf Princess’s Heart Dies, the Entire Vampire Clan Is Wiped Out 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 After Failing to Get Our Marriage License for the 99th Time, I Left Him 第99次领证失败后,我不要他了 After Failing to Get Our Marriage License for the 99th Time, I Gave Up on Him 21Reads—Score114d adds
- 49 My Husband Faked Being Under a Love Curse, Then Cried When I Actually Cursed Him 夫君谎称中情蛊,真给他下又悔哭 My husband pretended he was under a love curse. When I actually cursed him, he cried and regretted it. 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 The Real Heiress Faked Her Death on Tomb-Sweeping Day, and the One Who Used Her as a Shield Regretted It in Tears 真千金清明死遁,拿她挡灾的人悔哭了 The Real Heiress Faked Her Death on Tomb-Sweeping Day, and the One Who Used Her as a Human Shield Regretted It 4Reads—Score—14d adds

















































