Novels like The Trouble with Keeping Pets
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- 101 Help! My Mortal Enemy Forced Me to Marry Him 救命！我被死对头给强娶了 [Completed + two male leads + love and hate + mild coercion + younger man + one-on-one + fictional setting] [Hot-tempered, sharp-tongued, narcissistic top scholar × possessive, puppy-like regent, who later turns rabid] (The main story has a tragic ending; the extras have a happy ending. Sweet with angst, angsty with sweetness.) Alternate title: Bewitched By imperial decree, Xu Ci went from a high-ranking official to a plaything kept beneath another man's body. It all began when the all-powerful 109Reads—Score—14d adds
- 102 Loving You Like the First Day 爱你如初 Five years ago, he had no choice but to leave, drifting through foreign streets, alone and destitute. Five years later, he returned home, only to find that the other man was already married. Since you won’t let me go, I’ll spend the little time I have left by your side, until the very end. I love you, just as I did back then. 7Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 103 Giving My Husband His Freedom, Along with His First Love 成全老公，和他的白月光 [Male-Male Romance + Marriage Before Love + Workplace Romance + Husband Chases His Ex in Desperation + Rekindled Love + HE] (Important! Important! This is a male-male romance novel. No offense intended to readers of straight romance, but please make sure you know what you’re getting into before you start! Please stop reading once you’ve finished! I’m begging you!) Yu Qingli knew Ji Yan had feelings for someone else, but so what? The two of them were never going to end up together. For six yea 1.4kReads7.5Score10314d adds
- 104 After Torturing Him in Body and Soul, the Crown Prince Regretted Everything 虐身虐心后，太子他悔不当初 The Lovesick Emperor vs. the Cool Chancellor [Madness and obsession.] After the crown prince ascends the throne, the first person he moves against is his former, deeply revered tutor, the current chancellor, Shen Yunchuan. “You really chose him? What does he have that I don't? Why? Why must everyone betray me?” Shen Yunchuan gently caresses his face. “I'm sorry.” “This is what you owe me, Shen Yunchuan. Just you wait. I won't let you have your way with anything you care about or anything you wan 118Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 The Blade in My Palm 掌心之刃 “I will protect him forever! I'll shield him from all filth and slaughter, and become the sharpest blade in his hand!” For the sake of a promise made in his youth, Mu Zixing spent seven years, driven by fierce courage, a measure of obsession, and the purest love of a young man, turning himself into a vicious, ruthless, utterly loyal mad dog. He stands steadfastly by Lei Shao's side, baring his sharp fangs at anyone who dares try to hurt him! But later, Mu Zixing learns the truth: Lei Shao has 92Reads9.0Score—14d adds
- 106 Big Brother Will Take You Home 哥哥带你回家 121Reads—Score10114d adds
- 107 Entrusted to the Wind 寄于风 Little sunshine Huai Zhi (bottom) and the human icebox Yan Zhuo (top) Huai Zhi and Yan Zhuo grew up together and were the pride of their generation, always taking first and second place in their grade. Huai Zhi was mischievous and always getting into trouble as a child, but he listened especially well to Yan Zhuo and was afraid of making him angry. Huai Zhi: “Mad again? Better cheer you up.” _ Huai Zhi: I'm sorry, don't be mad. When the wind blows, I'll be there to coax you. Many years later, 197Reads8.0Score10814d adds
- 108 We Who Were Killed by the World 被世界杀死的我们 We Who Were Killed by the World 114Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 I’d Rather Die So You Can Follow Me in Death 用死换你殉情也好 He was once the Supreme Emperor, yet he personally killed the only person he ever loved. There were no bones left at the mass grave. In the inner palace, he dreamed of her more than two thousand times over six years. His empire fell, and all its splendor came to nothing. He gave his life to atone, hoping only to reunite with her in another life. Dynasties changed and years passed. The world had long since become a different place. On a bustling street, two little children came hand in hand. The 779Reads—Score10214d adds
- 110 Everyone in This Story Is Crazy. Please, Won't You Kill Me? 全文疯批，请杀了我好吗 [Power couple + Mutually faithful] [Angst early on, more angst in the middle, the male lead turns into a lovesick puppy later; tragic ending, but with rebirth] The pursuer thinks the pursued betrayed him. The pursued spends two years hiding away, then gets caught and brought back. The pursuer starts beating and tormenting him in every way, and even brings his fiancée to see him. She'll stop at nothing and wants to kill him every day. After enduring endless humiliation, Bai Feiying tries to escap 2kReads9.0Score26414d adds
- 111 A Thousand Dead Bones Beneath Her Makeup 妆成万骨枯 When Feng Lichen first met Jun Huai, he was merely a prince being used by others. When they met again, Feng Lichen had become an emperor who ruled the world. Whenever Feng Lichen saw Jun Huai, he called him “Huaihuai” and could hardly resist throwing himself into his arms. But Jun Huai despised him. Whenever Feng Lichen offered him his sincere affection, all he received in return was a cold stare and scorn. Jun Huai's innate loyalty made Feng Lichen love and hate him at once. He couldn't bear to 257Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 112 Love Came Too Late and Too Strong, but I Can Never Have It Again 迟来的爱太深重，可惜再也要不了 (Two male leads + angsty story + heartbreaking + urban) How could you fall in love with me? “I tried to hold myself back.” (It wasn't that I fell in love with you. You were the one who put an end to my reason.) When I realized you loved me, it was already too late. I could no longer accept it. The person you love most is right beside you, yet you can't feel his love for you. What you thought was devotion is actually separated by an intangible, impassable chasm. 578Reads—Score10114d adds
- 113 After Sending Me to Prison, I Drove My Jerk Ex-Husband Insane 送我入狱后，我把渣总虐疯了 This is the story of a CEO who wanted to force someone to love him, but was sent to prison and eventually gave up hope. A heartbroken, hopeless bottom × an oblivious top who doesn’t realize he’s in love Two years ago, Gu Jinbei personally sent Chi Mo to prison for illegal confinement, turning him from the powerful CEO of the Chi Group into a convict. Two years later, when they met again, Chi Mo was a convict with nothing, while Gu Jinbei had become the powerful heir apparent of the capital. Desp 3.2kReads8.4Score26314d adds
- 114 I Promise You a Love as Deep as the Sea 许你深情深似海 Luo Ji was a ray of light in Shen Yi’s dark childhood. But after Shen Ge ruthlessly stole that light away, it became the arrow that wounded him most deeply. One misunderstanding, three years of torment, and everyone took their turn trampling him until he was utterly ruined. When Luo Ji finally learned the truth, he held his battered heart close and stopped believing in love. Shen Yi: “Once you’re dead, I won’t love you anymore.” 404Reads8.4Score10414d adds
- 115 Master of His Bed, Light of His Chongli 他的枕席之主，他的重黎之光 [One-on-one romance, both leads sexually inexperienced, physical and emotional angst, uniforms, a light sci-fi space setting, slight coercion, false replacement] Nan Li looked up at Lu Lin, a tear rolling down her cheek. “Lu Lin, please let me go...” A few bolts of lightning flashed across the horizon. The tear caught their light as it fell into Lu Lin's heart, shattering his memories. “Kill me, and I'll let you go!” A short story with a short blurb. 24Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 116 A Disobedient Shadow Guard? His Master Says He Needs Discipline 暗卫不乖？主人说他欠管教 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 9kReads8.6Score65914d adds
- 117 I Kneel Before the Crown, Yet My Sister Hates Me to the Bone 跪奉冠冕，姐姐恨我入骨 [Wealthy-family feuds + psychological control + unequal status + physical and emotional torment] When Jiang Yun was five, she watched with her own eyes as her mother was carried away. She saw her father holding Jiang Sheng, while the woman who had wrecked their family moved into the Jiang household. Her father felt guilty and tried to make it up to Jiang Yun in every possible way, but the good times didn't last. That woman got pregnant. Jiang Yun knew it. All that talk about having no choice, 2.8kReads6.4Score16914d adds
- 118 Hush, Let Me Save You 嘘，让我拯救你 [Dual Male Leads + Angsty Suffering Bottom + Bittersweet Romance + Healing + Mutual Firsts + HE] A self-conscious, depressed, pitiful bottom VS an overbearing, theatrical, love-struck top Xu Han × Cheng Yu Synopsis: Xu Han is insecure, sensitive, timid, and meek. His social life is painfully lonely. But he wasn’t always like this. Once, he was just like an ordinary person. He was introverted, but he had close friends and a healthy social life. Then his friend left. Later, someone spent four year 643Reads8.7Score10714d adds
- 119 I Have Never Truly Lived 我从未真正的活过 [Pure despair | Ultimate tragedy | No redemption | Suffocating from beginning to end | No twists, no rebirth, no coming to terms] Diagnosed with moderate depression and bipolar disorder at the age of twelve, a boy spends ten years learning one thing: how to hide his own death perfectly in the middle of a crowd. This is not a story about fighting back. There is no comeback, no redemption, and no one opening the door at the last moment. It is a story about “not existing.” When no one has ever tru 5.8kReads6.9Score1.1k14d adds
- 120 Discipline: Bai Ye (Whump Version) 训诫：白夜（虐身版） Discipline: Bai Ye (Angst and Abuse Edition) —Reads—Score11914d adds
- 121 The Prince Becomes a Slave, and the Regent Goes Too Far 皇子为奴，摄政王他欺人太甚 [Male/male romance + ancient political intrigue + physical and emotional angst + equally matched leads] Cold, ruthless, and suspicious Regent, devoted in love x a patient, seemingly obedient prince with ambitions Xiao Chengjing treated Chi Yan'an, the young prince sent to him as a slave, like a plaything and ground him into the dirt. He watched him crawl meekly and hold his tongue, yet failed to see the ambition and cunning beneath those clear eyes. As a spy, he had to tread carefully. One wron 1.7kReads6.5Score14314d adds
- 122 The Blind Consort 盲妃 On the wedding day of Li Wenxing, the notorious and merciless general, and Jiang Yan, the beautiful blind young master of the Jiang family, every citizen in the city kept their doors shut and dared not step outside. The streets were empty and lifeless. Jiang Yan had loved Li Wenxing for thirteen years. He had thought Li’s promise to love him faithfully was sincere, never imagining that Li not only didn’t love him, but had long since given his heart to someone else and hated Jiang to the bone. Af 352Reads6.9Score10014d adds
- 123 An Unequal A/O Relationship 不对等的AO关系 [Two male leads / ABO / angst first, then doting / angst / chasing your wife to the crematorium / sweet young spouse / older top] [The more arrogant the Alpha is at first, the worse he’ll suffer when he chases after his sweet young spouse later!] Niannian is a 21-year-old Omega from a small town, working at a themed hotel in a big city. After being set up without realizing it, he crosses paths with He Tianyang, the top Alpha heir to a mining conglomerate. Innocent Niannian is mistaken for a sche 521Reads—Score—14d adds
- 124 A Crown That Resounds Across the World 冠鸣天下 [Dashing heroine who saves the world X lovesick, powerful yet tragic leader of the Demon Cult] [She Chases Him to His Doom + Forceful Possession Later On + Three Men and One Woman + Chaste Men, Non-Chaste Woman + Martial Arts (Light Fantasy)] [Content warning: old-school angst! This is a story about driving a madman to fall for her, then killing him with her own hands to carve out his heart and save the man she loves. Expect physical and emotional torment!] Lu Guanming (the heroine) is forced in 113Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 125 Captive Phoenix in His Arms: The Ruthless Emperor's Prisoner 俘凰入罗帷，狠戾帝君掌心囚 When the Cangxuan Kingdom fell, its legitimate eldest princess, once revered and surrounded by every luxury, was cast from her heavenly heights into the deepest hell. Chu Yan had once been held hostage in Cangxuan. When he was being humiliated, the kingdom’s eldest princess, Fan Hua, came to his rescue. They grew up together and fell in love, but a conspiracy made Chu Yan hate the entire Cangxuan royal family. After years of plotting, he destroyed her kingdom, trampled on her dignity, and forced 285Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 126 The Noble Emperor Fears Being Cast Aside by His Lord Every Day 高贵帝君每天都怕被主上扔了 Five hundred years ago, before the ancient ten-tailed divine fox Jing Heng ascended to the God Realm, he saved a gravely wounded young man. To repay him, the young man served Jing Heng as a personal slave for five hundred years. Five hundred years later, the young man learned that he was Jun Qi, the bloodline of the late Divine Emperor. After Jun Qi ascended the throne as Divine Emperor, Jing Heng was sentenced to nine Heaven-Slaying Arrows on the charge of treason. No one had ever survived bein 1.4kReads8.6Score16314d adds
- 127 Hello, My Love 你好，我的爱 The Place He Returns To: Sequel (Part Two) If you can’t handle an unresolved ending, don’t read this! Don’t read this! Don’t read this! It’ll turn your whole worldview upside down! This is meant to have a happy ending, though a few parts feel forced. The protagonist is a hopeless romantic. If you can’t accept that, stay away! Thank you for reading! Song Qing never left, but he said it was all just a competition. What is he hiding? I refuse to believe it. I search desperately. Will things ultimat 8Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 128 The Breeze Never Reaches Mozi Mountain 清风不至莫子山 Between father and son, and between master and disciple, there is physical and emotional torment, as well as sternness and tenderness. The conflicts between Meng Buzhi and his son, Meng Xubai, and the mutual salvation between Meng Buzhi and his disciple, Mo Zishan, make this a story about food, growing up, and love~ The breeze may be gone, but it lives on. 2.9kReads—Score22314d adds
- 129 The Final Seventy Days 最后七十天 [Two male leads + tragic ending + unrequited love + healing + quiet everyday life] [Gentle older brother Shen Qingzhou & Huang Yixing, who has albinism] After growing up wild and free in the countryside for twelve years, he was suddenly told he was an illegitimate child. Less than two days after his mother died, Shen Qingzhou was taken to live in the city by his biological father. Six years later, he was diagnosed with terminal stomach cancer. His final wish in life was to return to the pla 220Reads8.1Score10014d adds
- 130 Before He Dies, He Wants to Give Up His Allergen 临死前，他要戒掉过敏源 [Male-male romance + angst + late-blooming devotion + the hero’s long road to winning him back] Shen Pei’an was ill. On his birthday, the doctor told him he didn’t have much longer to live. He hadn’t planned to hide it. He meant to wait until Ren Xu had celebrated his birthday with him, then tell him the truth. But the big star Ren Xu never came. All Shen Pei’an got was a birthday cake that would trigger his allergies. He was twenty-eight. It was his ninth year in love with Ren Xu. There would 1.1kReads6.6Score10114d adds
- 131 A Love Wasted 枉惜 [One-on-one, both devoted only to each other + physical and emotional angst + heartbreak from start to finish + everyone gets a bad ending] A scheming top who keeps his talents hidden × a beautiful bottom who plays dumb to outwit others (This story puts the bottom through anguish from start to finish and is extremely unfriendly to fans of bottoms. Enter with caution!) Everyone knew that the apple of Prince Jing'an's eye was a blind zither player named Liu Xi. Even Liu Xi himself believed it. B 116Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 132 No Such Person Exists 杳无此人 [Undercover Assassin vs. Narcotics Detective] “Jinchen, after I’m gone, I’m entrusting my sister to you.” “Don’t tell her what happened to me. She cries at the drop of a hat, and if she finds out, she’ll cry her head off.” “Yu Jinyan, you big liar! Now that you’re gone, who’s going to protect me? I have no family left…” The day after Yu Jinyan died, Yu Jinchu vanished without a trace, as if she had disappeared from the face of the earth. Jiang Jinchen searched for her like a madman. Seven years 340Reads—Score12514d adds
- 133 Deep Captivity 深囚 [Two male leads] [Historical romance] [Bad ending] [Possessive, domineering, devoted top × cool, gentle, scheming bottom] Ling Wang has nothing and no one. The only thing he wants is his senior brother, Baili Heng. He gives it everything he has and pours out his heart, yet still cannot win his love. Through endless cycles of reincarnation, this remains his sole goal. Ling Wang believes that if he keeps reviewing what happened and avoids every turning point, he’ll finally be able to have him. 111Reads—Score—14d adds
- 134 Captive Paper Cranes 囚禁千纸鹤 Tearjerker, tearjerker, tearjerker!!! Important things should be said three times. If you don't like it, don't read! Lin He: “I once folded my whole heart into the wings of a paper crane, writing your name stroke by stroke, thinking that if I gathered enough longing, the wind would carry me to your side. But I forgot that you stood so high and so far away. My wings were too light to bear the weight of my love, and even my courage to approach you was slowly worn away by the wind. I could only sta 653Reads—Score—14d adds
- 135 You Are the Sunshine of My World 你是我世界的骄阳 [Heartbreaking + Bad Ending] Blurb One: Shi Fan was born on Children's Day, yet grew up in the mire. He longed for a glimmer of light, for someone to free him from the shackles of fate, for someone to heal his shattered heart. Blurb Two: Would you let me carve out the cinnabar mole in your heart and take its place? ----- Jiang Chenrui When a sunny school bully meets a boy whose heart is in pieces, can he lead him out of the abyss? 64Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 136 Mu Jinru Rufeng: General Mu Held Hostage in an Enemy Kingdom 沐瑾如枫之沐将军敌国为质 “A hostage general and the young lady of the Minister’s residence A princess and her devoted guard” Torture his body and break his heart! Whippings and imprisonment! After General Mu, victorious in a hundred battles, conquered thirty-two cities of Yan, the emperor of the Celestial Dynasty sealed his inner power and sent him to Gulan as a hostage. The extravagant, debauched princess had him forcibly dragged to her residence. She forced him into black iron shackles, locked him in a dungeon, made h 1kReads8.0Score10014d adds
- 137 My Lord, I Know I Was Wrong. Please Punish Me 王爷，属下知错了，求您惩罚 Dual Male Leads + Amnesia + Two Emperors + Mild Physical Abuse + Alternate Setting [Aloof and dislikes trouble in public, but extremely possessive toward his love interest, the shou × Decisive and ruthless in public, but a loyal and obedient puppy toward his love interest, the gong] The gong has multiple identities. His name is not the only thing that changes. There is a secondary couple with the same surname. Proceed with caution if that's not your thing. Ling Quan had thought he would neve 301Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 138 Addicted to the Pain 痛瘾沉溺 Former title: Sinking into an Addiction [Two male leads + love after an arranged marriage + powerful pursuer + coercion + both are devoted only to each other + madman + scheming + melodrama + bad ending] [A twisted, dark, unhinged crown prince seme × a cold-faced but warm-hearted, aloof, beautiful actor uke] . As a child, he was bitten by a vicious dog. As an adult, he married one. Qi Zhuo has attracted psychos since he was little. None of his admirers, from childhood to adulthood, have ever b 1.2kReads8.7Score12214d adds
- 139 Hengchang Pawnshop on Yong'an Street: The Private Ledger That Was Never Destroyed 永安街恒昌当：那本从未销过的私账 Hengchang Pawnshop on Yong'an Street: The Private Ledger That Was Never Written Off —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 140 I Played Coward for Half a Year, Then the Courtesan Next Door Ran Off with the Money 我装怂半年，隔壁花魁卷款跑了 I Played the Coward for Half a Year, and the Courtesan Next Door Ran Off with the Money —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 Soft Candy Locks the Edge 软糖锁锋 Soft Candy Locks the Blade —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 142 The One Thing I Wanted to Record Before I Died 死前，我唯一想记录的 I fell in love with my non-blood-related older brother, but he found me disgusting and sent me to a conversion therapy center. After I got out, my mental state deteriorated day by day, and in the end, before I died, I wrote this 3.2kReads8.1Score66714d adds
- 143 Forced into a Political Marriage, She Becomes the Enemy Emperor's Cherished Favorite 被逼和亲，敌国帝王日日独宠 Two male leads + equally matched + kings + enemy-country general + opposing sides + a little angst early on + devoted husband pursues his wife A general tasked with defending his city is forced to marry into an enemy nation. Unheard of and utterly absurd! The humiliation is unbearable! How could Mu Qianchen not hate it? Yet Ye Xiaoxian had seen him only once, from afar, years ago, and had held him in his heart for six years without ever forgetting him. For that one glance, he was willing to wait 532Reads8.9Score10314d adds
- 144 My Identity Is a Mystery, and My Immortal Lord Father Dotes on Me 身份成迷，仙君爹爹狠狠疼 [Father-son affection + brotherly affection + two male leads + happy ending] [Sweet and angsty, with a happy ending. The author has a lot of peculiar tastes. If you can’t accept them, just read it a few more times and you’ll get used to them.] The little son of an immortal lord was kidnapped by a river demon when he was young. After enduring countless hardships, he finally returned home, only to discover that thirty thousand years had passed! And the younger son who came home had another hidden 1.3kReads7.1Score10514d adds
- 145 The Movie Star's Cat Is Missing 影帝的猫丢了 [Dual Male Leads, Mortal Enemies, Entertainment Industry, Secret Crush] Third-rate actor Xu Jingjiu unexpectedly turns into the cat of his mortal enemy, movie emperor Yan Qiaozhou, and is taken home by him. On the first day, Xu Jingjiu is sent to the pet hospital by his enemy and almost gets neutered. On the second day, his enemy gives him a little female cat. On the third day, Xu Jingjiu catches his enemy badmouthing him on Weibo. On the fourth day, Xu Jingjiu unexpectedly discovers that his en 34Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 146 Your Fox Across Past and Present Lives 前世今生你的狐 (Two male leads + angst + tragic ending + unforgettable heartbreak. I was crying as I wrote this T﹏T. This is my first story, so please share your thoughts!) What is the pain of longing? It is nothing but a thousand years of devoted love. Parted in their past lives, they meet again a thousand years later. Reborn, Qing Mojiao walks all the way from Nanyue to Beiping. After five years, he finally finds his king, only to be repeatedly deceived by the one he loves and humiliated like a plaything. On 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 After Imprisoning the Woman He Loved, Lord Bo Regretted It Too Late 囚禁所爱后，薄爷他悔不当初 [Male-male romance + both leads are pure + forced love + confinement + possessiveness + sickly bottom + crematorium-style regret] Lu Yunzhi died in the year Bo Yanchen hated him most... Bo Yanchen: “Lu Yunzhi, save An Ran, and I'll give you everything you want.” Lu Yunzhi gave a bitter smile. “There's no need.” He turned and walked away, never to return! The photograph he kept close to his chest fell to the ground. On the back, several lines of writing stood out clearly. “Bo Yanchen, I paid for 6.1kReads8.1Score41714d adds
- 148 Twisted Coercion 畸形强制 The rating just came out. It’ll go up later. “No one ever taught me what love was, so after that day, I always thought I hated you. Only later did I realize I loved you so much that it hurt.” [One-on-one romance, both leads are each other’s only partner, obsessive love and control are very intense! Includes confinement scenes] Unhinged biological heir gong X aloof, seemingly perfect adopted heir shou The shou seems universally disliked but is actually universally adored Shen Ji had no grand ambi 485Reads8.7Score10214d adds
- 149 Seven Years of Obsession: The Possessive Young Master Loses His Sincere Little Houseboy 七年执念，偏执少爷弄丢真心小家奴 Seven Years of Obsession: The Possessive Young Master Loses His True-Hearted House Slave 395Reads—Score514d adds
- 150 I Want to Leave 我想走 After ten years of marriage on paper, Yu Shuyi still couldn’t make it to the end of the contract. At first, he begged his husband to look at him, just once. Later, he begged his husband to come home and have a meal with him. In the end, he begged him to let him go. He said there was a saying: Better a brief pain than a long one. So I’ve let myself go. Please let go of me, too. I’m not asking you to love me or forgive me. I’m only asking you to let me go. Don’t save me anymore… Setting: Same-sex 4.2kReads8.4Score39914d adds
