Novels like I Learned to Love You in a Southern City
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- 151 Ten Years of Devotion, All for Nothing 十年守护终成空 [The ex’s regret-and-pursuit arc] “Someday you’ll understand: sincerity has never won anyone’s heart. Only playing the game gets results.” “The story begins with a pure-love warrior charging into battle for love.” “But in the end, the one who loves more is usually the first to shed tears.” Jiang Ran spent ten whole years by Liu Qing’an’s side. When she said she wanted to become a superstar, he was willing to hold back his own brilliance and stay behind the scenes for her. But in the end, he nev 242Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 152 Transmigrated and Reborn: They Say I'm Kind of Strong 穿越重生：她们说我有点强 [Superpowers] + [Transmigrate and Be Reborn] + [Tycoon] + [Playboy's Training Manual] + [Funny] + [Green Tea Conquest] + [Multiple Heroines] Xu Xiaoming was reborn into his college years. By chance, he was chosen as a master by the alien Mi Huizi and gained Superpowers! This changed Xu Xiaoming, who had once been dull and honest! He decided that in this life, he would rise from a nobody to a filthy-rich big shot, someone others could only look up to! He would make the class beauty who used t 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 153 Love and Hate Rise With the Wind 进蜕之爱恨随风起 As school draws to a close, you find an unexpected love that comes to nothing. Your hopes for life after graduation are replaced by one setback after another. You need to work hard. If you earn ten million a year, you’ll have no trouble finding someone! But in the end, reality tramples your hopes. Love slips away, lost to your own lumbering cluelessness! Heaven and earth are merciless, but people have hearts. People may have hearts, but you have no interest. The wind is silent; the trees do not 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 154 A Book That Continues the Spring and Autumn Annals 续写春秋的一本书 A new work is out! You can read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy them. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 10.7kReads9.2Score90214d adds
- 155 The Supreme God King in the City 至尊神王在都市 (My new book has reached 1.4 million words and is still updating. It's an apocalyptic zombie story that turns the usual tropes on their head, with an intelligent plot that follows the logic of real life. Fellow readers who are interested can click my profile picture and check it out. Thanks so much! "I Really Don't Want an Apocalypse" is also known as "The Zombies Came, but My Apocalypse Wasn't Like the Web Novels") [Urban Cultivation + Superpowers + Alien Technology + Invincible] What would you 465Reads5.0Score10014d adds
- 156 Let’s Get Married Right After Graduation 毕业就结婚吧 I was still a sophomore in college when, out of nowhere, I ended up with a twenty-year-old fiancée. When she came to my house for the first time, my father asked me to show her around. But as soon as we were alone, she insisted on seeing my bedroom... (This novel is complete at over a million characters, so you can read with confidence.) 1.8kReads7.2Score18914d adds
- 157 My Small-Town Girlfriend 我的小城女友 No matter how long people live in a big city, they eventually return to a small town. Xiyang, a genius who made his fortune through stock trading, finds his life going nowhere after his girlfriend cheats on him and his career hits a wall. He leaves Chengdu, a city full of memories, and returns to his hometown, where he meets the girl who will become his small-town girlfriend. This is an ordinary book, but the small-town life it tells of is anything but ordinary. 66Reads—Score—14d adds
- 158 Those Years as a Young Hooligan 小痞子的那些年 The strong grow stronger when challenged. The weak are only more wounded by defeat. Growing-up memories of people born in the 1970s and 1980s, and the distinctive flavor of Sichuan and Chongqing in the 1990s. Amidst a deep nostalgia for the era, see how wild grass grows. This book is full of nostalgia and offers an unvarnished glimpse of ordinary life. Looking back, you finally understand: those who master themselves are strong, and those who know themselves are wise. 1.7kReads8.9Score17614d adds
- 159 You Chose the Green Tea Boy, So Why Are You Crying Now That I've Left? 你选绿茶男，我离开你哭啥 [Reborn + no System + one female lead + satisfying revenge] Lin Yuze never imagined he would be reborn. In his previous life, he had loved Liu Ling’er with all his heart. “Yuze, he’s sick right now. I need to go take care of him.” “Yuze, be reasonable. Seriously, he’s a person, and stomach pain can kill you.” “Yuze, can we postpone the engagement banquet for a few days? He says he’s in a bad mood and wants me to keep him company.” “...” The day Liu Ling’er walked away from their engagement cerem 62Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 160 The More Joy, the Greater the Sorrow 乐极生悲 Pride Comes Before a Fall 3Reads—Score114d adds
- 161 After the Divorce, I Fell in Love with My Foolish Ex-Husband 离婚后，我爱上了痴傻前夫 After five years of struggling, Qi Yu finally managed to break free of Shen Nanzhou and could say goodbye to him once and for all. But before he had time to celebrate, disaster struck. Shen Nanzhou had gone stupid saving his life. With no other choice, Qi Yu had to take home the man he’d only just escaped from less than half a day earlier. Qi Yu once said he could never bring himself to like Shen Nanzhou, not in this lifetime. He never expected to get such a brutal taste of his own words. 1.3kReads9.3Score14314d adds
- 162 Dongguan: A Dusty Romance 东莞尘缘 Dongguan is a city full of memories, holding the youth and stories of countless young men and women. You’re only young once, so do you still remember the women who appeared in your youth? 4.6kReads7.8Score38314d adds
- 163 Reborn: You Can't Imagine Life Surrounded by Beautiful Women 重生，美女如云的生活你想象不到 27.1kReads8.2Score1.9k14d adds
- 164 After the Divorce, My Ex-Wife's Mortal Enemy Wants to Keep Me! 离婚后，前妻死对头要要养我！ A lovesick dog gets nothing in the end. In his previous life, Hao Wentao gave everything to love Fu Changqing, only to end up with nothing but a divorce that left him penniless and a ban from the entire industry. Reborn, Hao Wentao decisively cuts ties with Fu Changqing and uses the knowledge he gained in his previous life to make plans in entertainment, short-form video, AI, and other industries... But the women around him seem to have gone crazy and are all flocking to him. What would you do i 68Reads—Score—14d adds
- 165 The Female Vice President's Little Man 女副总裁的小男人 Murong Chunxue, vice president of a publicly traded company, and the eldest daughter of the Murong family. She is also its heir. But when it comes to love, a man hurt her while she was studying for her master’s degree, leaving her afraid to love again… Then she met Nanpai Shisan, a special forces soldier who had returned from retirement, and fell hopelessly in love… 75Reads—Score—14d adds
- 166 My Nanjing Years 我的南京往事 [Older Woman]+ [Rich Heiress]+ [Returnee CEO] What is love? Perhaps it is a past one cannot revisit, or perhaps it is the confusion of struggling and wavering only to end up with nothing. It is not here, and nowhere can it be found. 463Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 167 Shenzhen Stories: Sister Ji 深圳往事霁姐 You resent that I was born too soon; I resent that you were born too late. Though we could not live at the same time, we can still share a grave. Mo Chou happens to meet Wu Zhiji, a beautiful, kind-hearted young widow ten years her senior. Was it that love came too early, before she knew how to cherish it, or that by the time she learned to love, they had become strangers? Disclaimer: The locations, people, companies, and events in this book are unrelated to real life! 56Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 168 Life Sharing an Apartment on the Seventh Floor in Chengdu 在成都七楼合租的日子 A slow-paced, realistic story with no System, no power fantasy, no harem, and one female lead. It blends urban everyday life, ordinary men and women, work and daily living, and friendship, romance, and family bonds. In Chengdu, a city where bustling old neighborhoods meet the modern metropolis, Wu Fan and Ye Yali’s paths cross when they become roommates. The story begins in the summer of 2005... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 169 We Fell in Love in a Parallel Universe 我们在平行时空相爱 I had a very, very long dream. I dreamed that every grain of sand on that beach replayed my past. Then, suddenly, another wave carried me to a parallel world. There, I seemed to see someone much like me, someone who also had memories I could never forget, day or night... 540Reads9.4Score10314d adds
- 170 A Wife’s Heart Is a Sea of Sorrow 娇妻心似海之沉沦 A middle-aged man’s marital crisis. A torn stocking in the bathroom shatters Chen Fan’s happy life. Has his young, beautiful wife, Wang Bingyu, really betrayed him? Seeing the bald man standing beside his wife in a photo, Chen Fan decides to take furious revenge, only to fall into another carefully laid trap of hers... 269Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 171 I Set Up a Fortune-Telling Stall: I See the Secrets of Heaven and Become a God 开局摆摊算命，我看尽天机封神 “This stall offers bone reading, face reading, feng shui consultations, and even ghostwriting for elementary school summer homework. Readings are fifty, disaster prevention is two hundred. Scan to pay, no fooling young or old.” He Xiaoxian is a seasoned charlatan at Linjiang Night Market. After blood splashed onto his family’s heirloom bronze mirror and opened his third eye, he gained the supernatural ability to see everyone’s fate. The only side effect is that whenever he reveals the secrets —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 172 By the Time She Came to Her Senses and Turned Back, My Heart Had Gone Cold 待她醒悟回头，我已心冷不在 [Reborn + Everyday Romance + Not for Everyone] Ten years of pursuit brought him a five-year failed marriage. At last, before he died, Su Chen understood: love that goes unanswered, love given one-sidedly, never ends well. He thought he had come to this realization too late. But when he opened his eyes, Su Chen discovered he had been reborn ten years in the past. In this life, he wouldn't pursue her again. He didn't want that marriage to happen all over. One day, Gu Yixin, his childhood sweet 1.6kReads8.9Score12114d adds
- 173 Suzhou, Who Did You Give Your Tenderness To? 苏州，你的温柔给了谁 If not for that company-mandated health checkup, perhaps I would have married her! But it was precisely because of that checkup arranged by the company that I chose to break up with her! 789Reads8.2Score10914d adds
- 174 The Winners' Club 赢家俱乐部 He can predict the outcome of a match with near-perfect accuracy. But if the stake is your conscience, would you still place a bet? A born cardsharp, the likes of whom appear only once in a thousand years, spends the rest of his life trying to atone for the crimes he committed before becoming a crime boss. Does that make him a good person? A group of nobodies, caught up in gambling and the underworld, find the good and evil in human nature magnified. How should they choose, how should they liv 121Reads—Score—14d adds
- 175 An Ordinary Person's Unordinary Journey Through Life 平凡人不甘平凡的人生路 An ordinary person’s life has its occasional ups and downs, but where does a life without guidance lead? After three years working in a factory, a twist of fate sends him into real estate brokerage! He grows immensely proud after enjoying some of the real estate boom. But after the tide goes out, how will he face the decline and deal with family, love, and friendship? This is your story, and it’s mine too. So I’ve heard... 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 176 My Nearly Forty CEO Wife 我的奔四总裁小娇妻 The second volume is out now. Come back for more! Follow the author's page and add the book to your library so you won't lose track of it!!! I'm Ma Ming, male, 21, and currently a university student. I can do 600 push-ups in one go. I can do 500 sit-ups in one go. I run every day to stay fit, and I'm good at both singing and dancing. I can down five large glasses of beer, eight glasses of red wine, and three glasses of whiskey in one sitting... “Let's not get sidetracked. Here's the deal: I have 4kReads9.4Score25114d adds
- 177 Piercing Through Time: The Old Era, Stealing Fire, No Return 刺穿异时光：旧纪元，盗火，无归 Earth is dead. From the Solar System to Laniakea, this corner of the universe has finally found peace. Lin Qi’s legendary life begins in its final ten chapters. Only then will his little universe erupt. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 178 I'll Wait for You in Xi'an 我在西安等你 When the male lead, Ling Fei, had nothing to his name, he met two women who made him their whole world. With their help, Ling Fei rose to the pinnacle of the business world. Yet he failed to cherish them, becoming entangled with several other women around him. After all the hardships, will happiness or regret be what awaits him...? That, too, is his own choice. 10.1kReads8.8Score94014d adds
- 179 They Stole My Credit, So I Slacked Off and Made the Whole Industry Panic 抢我功绩？我摆烂后卷哭全行业 When your boss takes credit for your work, when the results of your all-nighters become someone else's reward, what do you do? Lin Zhou's answer: he slacks off on the spot! He refuses 996 work schedules and empty promises, and vanishes the moment quitting time comes. Everyone thinks he's washed up, but little do they know that the instant he smashes the sign proclaiming him a "workaholic," he awakens the [Anti-Grind God-Tier System]! The harder he slacks off, the bigger the rewards! He uses a te —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 180 I Gave Up When You Wouldn't Give Me the Time of Day, Now the School Belle Cries and Won't Let Me Leave 舔不动我放手，校花哭了不让走 [Reborn + Romance + Entrepreneurship + One Female Lead] Also known as: They Said I Was Worse Than a Dog, So I Stopped Chasing Her. Why Are You Crying? She said, “A nice guy ranks below a dog.” “You want to be my lapdog? Know your place.” Later, she said, “I wasn’t deliberately waiting for him. I just realized I couldn’t bring myself to like anyone else.” Ye Zhou sneered. He would never believe her again. In his previous life, his family had been ruined, and it had all happened because he loved h 160Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 181 I Took Over a Female Tenant’s Body, and Le Dawan Is My Wife 魂穿女房客，乐大腕是我老婆 [No Harem] + [No System] + [Urban Romance] + [My 26-Year-Old Female Tenant] + [Business] “To the world, you’re a nuisance. To me, you are the whole world, Le Yao.” I’m one of the many fans of My 26-Year-Old Female Tenant. I reread it and finished it over the past few days. The original was so wonderfully written, and so heartbreaking. For a while, I couldn’t move on. I felt like I had to write something to put my world back in order. They had once floated together on a sea without starlight, lik 2.8kReads8.1Score21214d adds
- 182 After High School Graduation, I Activated the Self-Discipline System 高中毕业后，我激活了自律系统 After being reborn, he activates a System? All he wanted was to quietly achieve financial freedom, slack off every day, and enjoy life. He racks up achievements! But an unexpected announcement shatters his peaceful life. Good grief! I'm the village chief now?! With the villagers and family members watching expectantly, Su He takes over as village chief. Years later, in the United Nations General Assembly hall, Su He declares passionately: “Our next goal is to buy the White House and turn it into 1.2kReads8.9Score10714d adds
- 183 Hello, Mr. Doraemon 你好，哆啦A梦先生 I had only wanted to live an easy, carefree life as an ordinary person. But when my childhood sweetheart and first CEO girlfriend married someone else for the sake of profit, and my beautiful second girlfriend, a painter, sacrificed herself for power, I realized I couldn't keep being a pushover. I had to fight back! When I finally stood at the top of the pyramid, I gave life a resounding shout... 1.8kReads8.7Score19714d adds
- 184 Fading Lights Upon the Sea 海上灯火阑珊 This is a story about music, dreams, and love. Yang Cheng, a musician who left his hometown of Shanghai for Beijing, staking everything on his dream, was crushed by powerful industry interests, betrayed by his lover, and had his work stolen. His heart completely broken, he slunk back home. After withdrawing from the noise and ruins of the music scene, he couldn't bring himself to return to his family and lived alone in a rented place, sinking into despair. In the apartment he shared with others, 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 185 The Husband-Chasing Ex Regrets It Too Late, But My Love Never Wavers 追夫火葬场，此生不渝 (Emotional Turmoil) + (Angst Before Sweetness) + (Revenge Angst) + (No Getting Back Together) + (Packed with Comedy and Cathartic Moments) (Please don't take things out of context after reading only part of the story.) If you have strong feelings about emotional fidelity, I recommend reading the author's note about the novel first. I put it in Chapter 60. Long before I fell in love with you, I already knew you never thought you could love me. Not even for a moment. And yet I kept loving you so s 7.3kReads5.4Score—14d adds
- 186 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
- 187 Three Years of Marriage Without a Touch, So Why Are You Crying After the Divorce? 结婚三年不让碰，离婚后你哭什么 My new fantasy novel about a love that comes back too late is out! If, like me, you enjoy stories where the man chases after the woman, come check it out~ No System + a love-too-late chase + multiple heroines Synopsis of the first arc: Jiang Ning: Li Xi, I've told you that I'll never have your children in this life. Don't even think about it! Before the divorce, Jiang Ning was so cold and heartless toward Li Xi. But when Li Xi asked for a divorce and turned around to embrace his junior scho 234Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 188 My Angel Investor Is My Adorable Husband 天使投资人是我的小娇夫 Told from the heroine's perspective, this story follows her journey from an innocent, inexperienced newcomer to the working world to a successful professional woman. Fang Yuwei and the hero, Lin Peifeng, meet on campus. He falls for her at first sight and takes care of her and stays by her side, but Lin Peifeng's identity is not so simple. As the heroine makes her way through the workplace, she encounters all kinds of unwritten rules, both obvious and hidden. She changes jobs several times and m 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 189 The 365-Day Relentless Dating Plan 365天疯狂相亲计划 [Modern romance + lifelong single + falling in love + dating pitfalls] On her 29th birthday, Mu Chen makes a vow: she’ll get married before she turns 30. Having been single her whole life, she sets out on a long search for love, rushing from one blind date to the next. What will happen as she searches for Mr. Right? Stay tuned. 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 190 The Hidden Wife 隐妻 [The comic adaptation is now available! Tap “Adaptation Theater” in the lower-right corner of any page of this book to watch instantly. The original novel and short drama each have their own appeal. Share it with your friends!] No rebirth, no transmigration, and no System golden finger, just the true golden years of an entire generation! Having fled an arranged marriage, he joins the tide of migrant workers heading south. In a southern metropolis brimming with both opportunity and challenges, he 790Reads6.2Score10014d adds
- 191 The Workplace: Auntie Sent Me Undercover 职场：阿姨派我做卧底 Hou Xiaoqiang is caught cheating by his wife in bed, making Chen Sijie and Qian Guozhong, who work at the same company, feel that a storm is coming. Everything grows more mysterious. Watch Chen Sijie find his footing in this bizarre workplace…! 250Reads—Score—14d adds
- 192 Reporting, Madam: Mr. Mo Is Really Dead This Time 报告夫人，墨总他这次真死了 [Chasing her husband to win him back + heartbreak + reborn + male lead abuses female lead] “Mo Yunchen, go to hell!” She drove a dagger into his chest and walked away with a smile. He had late-stage lung cancer, yet cut off his own leg for her. She said, “I'll love you only when you're dead.” She watched as her own beloved, the man she had always cherished, had his bone marrow extracted, his fingers broken, and was whipped, before being thrown alive into a snake pit to be devoured. Tears of regr 119Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 193 The Tail Fire Tiger and Kui Wood Wolf 尾火虎奎木狼 As the old saying goes: Reading ten thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles; traveling ten thousand miles is not as good as meeting countless people; meeting countless people is not as good as spending every day with masters; and having an expert show you the way is not as good as reaching enlightenment on your own. Over the years, I’ve read plenty of books, traveled many roads, met many people, and experienced many things. I’ve also spent time with masters, and gained a fe 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 194 Reborn, I Quit Chasing Her. Now the Campus Goddess Is Panicking 重生拒舔，女神校花她急了 [Not a single heroine, read at your own risk] Chen Qingzhou is reborn at the confession scene twenty years earlier, just after the college entrance exams. The moment he opens his eyes, the campus belle he spent nine years fawning over in his previous life rejects him again. “I like you, but not enough.” “Try a little harder, and maybe I’ll fall for you.” “If I ever date anyone, I’ll definitely choose you.” “My studies come first. I don’t want to date.” “Chen Qingzhou, this is my boyfriend. Come 627Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 195 Kunlun Hero 昆仑侠 Where there are people, there are martial circles; where there are martial circles, there is crime; and where there is crime, there are heroes. Kunlun Knight is an ancient Chinese title praising heroes of peerless martial skill and boundless righteousness. Liu Kunlun got his name because, the year his parents went to Xinjiang to pick cotton, they gave birth to him at the foot of the Kunlun Mountains along the way. 5.2kReads9.1Score58414d adds
- 196 Even Years of Devotion Can't Compare to His First Love, So I Let Go 久伴不及白月光，我选择放手 In Shanghai, Xiao Ya, the cool and beautiful CEO of the Xiao Group, looked down on Li Mufeng, the man her grandfather had arranged for her to marry. Three years later, her first love returned from abroad, and a divorce agreement sent the two their separate ways. Little did she know that after the divorce, Li Mufeng would unexpectedly save a tycoon's daughter, who fell in love with him at first sight... 1.5kReads6.0Score10014d adds
- 197 Reborn, Who Would Choose You Now? 重生后，谁还选你啊 [Urban Daily Life] + [Campus Belle] + [He Chased Her, Now She Regrets It] Don’t want to date in high school? Afraid it’ll affect your studies? Wake up. She just doesn’t want to date you. Lu Chen is reborn at the moment he confesses to Su Muqing, the aloof campus belle, in high school. Just as he remembers, she rejects him again. Su Muqing thinks Lu Chen will do what he always does and come running back the next day, eagerly trying to win her favor and begging to stay by her side. But she’s wrong 2kReads—Score10514d adds
- 198 Women on the Career Ladder 职场路上的女人们 Amid the shifting tides of the crowded world, people are always boarding ships and leaving them behind. When they came riding the waves, they carried unspoken obsessions. When they turned away, the hems of their robes swept up the stars, while the warmth frozen in their palms seeped forever into the course of the voyage. 859Reads7.1Score10414d adds
- 199 I Somehow Got My Hands Around My Career and My Treacherous Wife 一不小心，拿捏职场和背叛夫人 His wife betrayed him, then joined forces with others to take Chen Sijie’s life. Heaven gives Chen Sijie a chance to be reborn. This time, he will build a successful career and have beautiful women by his side, while taking down workplace bullies and He Qianqian, the woman who betrayed him. 739Reads—Score10214d adds
- 200 My 26-Year-Old Female Roommate: A Butterfly Flaps Its Wings 我的26岁女房客：蝴蝶振翅 In the original story, Le Yao is the character who leaves readers with the deepest regret, because Zhao Yang never truly saw her. She was pregnant with his child, but had no way to prove it, and so lost her only chance to be seen. The original Zhao Yang wasn't really a scumbag, either. He simply hadn't found his sense of responsibility. Later, Mi Cai gave him the motivation to change, but that motivation came from outside, because he was always chasing after her. To Zhao Yang, Mi Cai was like th 577Reads—Score13214d adds
