Novels like Secrets in the Rose Villa
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- 101 My Flash-Marriage Husband's Love Has Me Spoiled and Proud 闪婚老公的爱让我恃宠而骄 She, Xu Mengyao, a cool, beautiful woman who was once the goddess of first love in everyone's eyes, planned to marry her boyfriend of four years, Chen Hao, after becoming pregnant. But his mother broke them up. He, Li Yuanjun, a warm-hearted man, met Xu Mengyao, a bridesmaid, at a friend's wedding, and fell for her at first sight. Handsome and sunny, Li Yuanjun eventually won Xu Mengyao over with his sincerity. A month later, they had a whirlwind wedding and registered their marriage. After the 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 102 She and Her Eating Disorder 她与厌食症 [Adapted from the author’s personal experience] 2019, senior year of high school: I start losing weight. 2020, the “results”: 168 cm tall, 42 kg. 2022: Binge eating, a sharp weight gain, dropping out of school, and admission to a psychiatric hospital. 2023: Moping around at home, bored out of my mind, I start documenting my struggle with food, body-image anxiety, my family of origin, and even fate itself. 2026: Life is slowly getting better. Looking back on that time, I’m still grateful for my o 34Reads—Score—Shelves
- 103 Who Hasn’t Dated a Jerk or Two? Growing Up 谁不经历几个渣男：长大成人 Who doesn’t have to go through a few jerks on the way to growing up? This book explores women’s emotional growth. Drawing mostly on the author’s own experiences and reflections on love, and shaped with literary embellishment, it presents five stages of women’s emotional growth in the hope of offering a little guidance to women who feel lost. 122Reads—Score—Shelves
- 104 A Book by Old Third from the Mountain Village 山村老三的一本书 After a rural boy is betrayed by his girlfriend, he inherits the legacy of a god and gains all kinds of incredible abilities: a spiritual spring, cultivation techniques, X-ray vision, shapeshifting, a pocket dimension, and the power to communicate with animals. He quickly rises to prominence in his hometown... 880Reads8.8Score105Shelves
- 105 Director Wang's Four Fires 王局长的四把火 Director Wang’s Four Fires —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 106 A Widow Is Hard to Woo: The Toughest Brute Insists on Marrying Into Her Family 寡妇难撩：最猛糙汉非要倒插门 Career-driven heroine // adorable kids // farming, raising pigs, and falling in love // two strong leads // helping each other succeed // sweet romance A story about a beautiful, self-reliant young widow and a rough-and-tumble butcher. No rebirth, no golden finger, just a heartwarming tale of country life and getting rich in the old days. · Qiu Hong becomes a widow overnight. With no other choice, she takes her two children back to her late parents' home on New Year's Eve and becomes neighbors w 268Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 107 The Drama Queen Mother-in-Law and Daughter-in-Law 戏精婆媳 A fresh-faced workplace newcomer and a seasoned career woman fight tooth and nail at work, then carry their feud home with them. Cheng Junyi watches the two of them coldly. They aren’t related by blood, but they’re both cut from the same cloth, so neither has any grounds to criticize the other. He decides to sit back and let them wear each other down. 132Reads8.2Score103Shelves
- 108 Miracle Doctor, the Women in This Upscale Community Won't Leave Me Alone 神医，高档小区女业主们缠上我 [Multiple Heroines, No System, No Suffering for the MC, Sudden Wealth] After misfortune struck his family, Lin Feng, a down-on-his-luck doctor at a community clinic, accidentally came across an ancient scroll. Suddenly, a book spirit appeared in his mind. With peerless medical skills and martial arts, he caused a sensation throughout the Jinyuan residential complex. Divine Doctor Lin: “I can improve my physique...” The women who owned homes in this upscale community all flocked to him... Lin Fen 145Reads—Score—Shelves
- 109 The Wolf: A Northeast Gangster 狼性：东北老炮儿 The men of Northeast China are wolves, with wildness in their very bones. The old-school tough guys of the Northeast are a pack of wolves, with an untamed stubbornness running through their veins. I want to tell the story of this pack of wolves, and share it with everyone, because they embody the mark of an era. 275Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 110 The Great Country Doctor 乡野大神医 After graduating from college, orphan Chen Xiaobei can’t afford an internship at a big hospital, so he’s assigned to a village as a humble village doctor. But because he’s so handsome, Chen Ergou from the village takes a fancy to him and tries to use him to have a child. Chen Xiaobei goes to the arranged meeting, but an accident occurs. The jade pendant he’s worn since childhood gives him the legacy of a divine physician, and he begins a carefree life as the village’s most powerful man. From t 579Reads8.9Score123Shelves
- 111 Living Is About More Than Just Staying Alive 人活着不光要活下去 Being alive isn't just about staying alive 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 112 Ma Dao's Failed Attempt 马稻不成功 In the eyes of refined scholars, the countryside is a place of poetry and picturesque dreams, a source of inspiration for verse and visions of faraway places. But for those born and raised there, it means the weary lot of facing the earth from dawn till dusk, and the countless absurdities that accumulate over the years. The ugly faces forged by hardship, the secrets hidden before the sun sets: Ma Dao handles them all with ease! 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 113 After Twenty Years of Toil, I’m Done Being Your Family’s Workhorse 操劳二十年！不再当你家的牛马了 [Reborn in the 1970s + Feel-Good Revenge + No Golden Finger + Everyday Life + Ordinary People + Family Affairs] In her previous life, Ye Yating was naive and clueless. Her adoptive mother married her off to a remote backwater, and Ye Yating spent years believing her husband's honeyed words and thinking he truly loved her. No matter how badly her mother-in-law tormented her or how often her husband beat her, a few sweet words from him were enough to make her forgive him without complaint. Even af 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 114 A Capable Village Belle and Her Good-for-Nothing Live-In Son-in-Law 能干村花和她的窝囊倒插门 Zhao Hua is the capable, no-nonsense village beauty of Taiping Village. She supports her family with a small shop, while her adoptive parents hope she'll marry a man who can support them in their old age. A scandalous affair involving a potential match ruins the marriage prospects outright. Unable to find a man willing to marry into her family, she chooses the impoverished Li boy who lives behind her house. His family is buried in debt, he's timid by nature and always lowers his head when troubl 3.8kReads—Score125Shelves
- 115 Silly Dacheng, Come Up the Mountain with Me 傻大成，陪我上山 Wolong Village is a tiny mountain village with seven parts mountains, two parts water, and only one part farmland. The people are simple, and the scenery is picturesque, but the village is terribly poor. The men have all left to work elsewhere to make a living, leaving behind only the elderly, children, and women, along with one simple-minded young man. Life is unbearably hard... Then Li Dacheng, the simple-minded young man, unexpectedly inherits an unparalleled legacy. He transforms with the fi 12.4kReads8.7Score1.3kShelves
- 116 The Wild Boy of the Countryside 山野浑小子 Lin Sheng, a country boy, was knocked into a lake by the vicious village chief. He thought he was doomed, but instead he encountered a fallen Medicine God. Not only did he gain the Medicine God’s golden body, he also fused with a rare treasure from the Three Realms. From then on, the country bumpkin began his incredible comeback! Got an injustice to settle? Go to Brother Sheng, who loves beating up the children of villains. Having a hard time making ends meet? Go to Brother Sheng, and he’ll put 184Reads9.1Score109Shelves
- 117 The Top-Ranked Streamer's Comeback 榜一逆袭 Lin Yuan is a college graduate from a farming family. With no job after graduation, he reluctantly becomes a delivery courier. On his very first day taking orders, someone kicks him hard. Later, after being betrayed in love, he scrimps and saves to spend money tipping a livestreamer, becoming her top supporter. After struggling through it all, he successfully combines modern logistics with rural e-commerce, going from a courier who gets kicked around to the person his whole village needs most. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 118 The Mountain Village Miracle Doctor 山村神医 Li Yu, a seemingly foolish young man of mysterious origins, is framed by the village bully for peeping on a widow while she bathed. By chance, he merges with the Sealed Jade and awakens. From then on, he leaps from obscurity to become a miraculous young doctor. His main job is healing the sick, saving lives, and raising ducks, and he can even bring the dead back to life and restore flesh to bare bones. His side job is dealing with anyone who refuses to behave. Whether you’re rich and powerful or 508Reads8.9Score104Shelves
- 119 A Book by Tui Chuang Wang Yue 推窗望岳的一本书 My new work is here! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 2.3kReads8.9Score286Shelves
- 120 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 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 121 Suspended in Desire 悬浮迷情 Celebrity architect Lu Haotian walks away from the security of a stable job and starts an architectural firm with partners who share his dreams. As they pursue success, they struggle against all kinds of unspoken industry rules. In the end, both Lu and his main partners are diagnosed with serious illnesses. His lover marries far away, and his family leaves him. Utterly despairing, he leaps toward the blue sky from the dreamlike pavilion he built himself. Ai Wen, a young architect fresh out of co 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 122 Running Toward the Exit 寻着出口奔跑 In life, everyone has to grow sharp horns and iron hooves, and put on armor. Even if you’re weak, you have to try to become stronger. There are too many things in this world that can hurt you. Even if you never learn to hurt others, you must learn to protect yourself, so you can protect the people you care about. No matter how many difficulties you face, don’t back down. Summon every last bit of fighting spirit and make sure those who have always wanted to see you fail never get the satisfaction 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 123 The Fool Is Reborn, and His Mother-in-Law Digs Wild Vegetables for Him 傻子重生丈母娘挖野菜给我吃 The author welcomes feedback, so feel free to comment anytime. [Handwritten only + reborn + pocket dimension + multiple heroines + System + revenge + face-slapping] Ma Linye was once the village’s famous hunter. After an accident left him mentally impaired, his wife left him, and only his mother-in-law was willing to care for him. After being reborn, he learns the truth and shows how a fool takes revenge. 15Reads—Score100Shelves
- 124 Lin Xiaomin’s Old Days in the Village 村姑林小敏的旧时光 A girl's coming-of-age story in a rural family bound by feudal traditions. Her father calls her a slut, and her best friend betrays her. Family, friendship, love... If she isn't defeated, she will be reborn. 137Reads—Score—Shelves
- 125 The One Who Blows Away the Ashes 吹灰的人 “I slept with twenty-one men before I had enough money to spend without worrying.” At two in the morning, Lin Xiao, a girl who had just lost her job, came across this post. The poster’s profile picture was exactly the same as that of the person she was dating online. She thought it was a coincidence. Then she discovered that a woman named Yu Fei seemed to know all her secrets, including ones she didn’t even know herself. Yu Fei said, “You’ll walk the same road I did. But I came back so you wo 76Reads—Score135Shelves
- 126 After My Husband's Death, the Domineering CEO Fell for Me, a Mom With a Child 亡夫后，霸道总裁爱上了带娃的我 At thirty-eight, Yang Mengmeng is a widow who stands on her own two feet. She shoulders the burden of raising her two children by herself. Perhaps because she cannot forget her late husband, she never remarries. Instead, she goes into the mountains to gather and trade wild goods. Only she knows how hard it is for a young woman to run a business. Then one day, she accidentally enters the wrong hotel room, and everything changes... 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 127 How Am I Supposed to Live? 我该怎么活 How should I live? 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 128 Mountain Flowers Face the Sea Trees 山花对海树 Mountain Flowers Facing Sea Trees 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 129 The Female Village Chief's Closest Confidant 女村书的贴身红人 Mu Chenfeng looked at the poor little mountain village where he had been raised and vowed to lead everyone there out of poverty and toward prosperity. His ideal was beautiful, but reality was a blade. See how he transforms this backward little village into the greatest village in the world... 7.4kReads9.2Score1kShelves
- 130 A Love Story in Chaoshan 潮汕情事 In the old homes of Chaoshan lie the wildest lives and the warmest hearts. In the 1970s and 80s, a group of Chaoshan people who refused to give up fought their way through poverty, loved through storms, and lived by the bonds between people. Some dared to fight and forge ahead, dragging their lives up out of the mud. Others were loyal and true, unwilling to betray anyone even when it cost them. Love brought tangled relationships, family brought its share of strain, and neighbors argued, but when 396Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 131 The Bittersweet Trials of Marrying Far from Home 远嫁的那些酸甜苦辣 Marrying far from home is a gamble. You may never feel at home with your in-laws, yet be unable to return to your own family. Amid the chaos of childbirth, raising a child, and life with a second baby, marriage becomes a mirror that reflects the most honest truths about human nature. Marital happiness has nothing to do with whether you marry far from home. It depends on whether the person you marry truly loves you and understands you. The joys and sorrows of marrying far away are part of the exp 2.3kReads8.2Score125Shelves
- 132 The Wild Boy and the Wild Lily 野小子与野百合 A little guide to this book: The pacing is slow, and the story leans toward an ensemble coming-of-age tale set in a bygone era. The children grow up step by step, becoming lovely, brave, and brilliant adults~ From elementary school through the teenage years of middle and high school, then reuniting after years apart and falling in love. Each part takes up roughly half the book. If you don’t like a slow pace, think carefully before diving in. If you do, come join us for a look through Yaoyao’s co 720Reads8.6Score106Shelves
- 133 A Season of Green, with Drizzling Rain 见青时节疏雨绵绵 The first time Guo Shuyu, the daughter of a landlord, saw Xu Jianqing, the beggar, he was beating his wife, a hulking man like a black bear. Guo Shuyu thought any man would be better than that black bear. Better to be anyone’s wife than Xu Jianqing’s. How pitiful to be scolded and beaten every day. But life is full of surprises, and the Matchmaker in the Moon muddles the red threads. Some inexplicable stroke of bad luck sent everything awry. Like a thunderclap from a clear sky, Guo Shuyu married 49Reads—Score—Shelves
- 134 Nothing Major in Life 人生无大事 I was born in the abyss and raised in the netherworld. Lost, struggling, helpless, despairing. The hardships along the way shaped my body and mind. When everything had finally calmed down, when spring had come and flowers were blooming, when everything was just right, I finally reached the most important moment of my life. 3.8kReads8.1Score409Shelves
- 135 Breaking Free 逃离束缚 Su Yu and Tang Yilan met on a blind date arranged by their university professor. After spending some time together, they both decided they liked each other, so they went to meet each other’s parents. At first, everything seemed to go smoothly, but after they got married, they argued over whether to rent a place of their own. Su Yu also has an older brother, Su Lun, who has been married to Zhao Yanan for years, but still has no children of his own. After finally getting married, Tang Yilan reali 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 136 You Can Be Poor, but You Mustn’t Be Dirty 人可以穷，但不能脏 You can be poor, but you can't be dirty. 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 137 My Five Sisters Raised Me, So I Bought Each of Them a House 五个姐姐养大我，我送每人一套房 When I was seven, Mom and Dad were gone. My five older sisters took turns raising me. The eldest dropped out of school to work a sewing machine. The second scavenged rotten vegetables at the market. The third earned money competing in tournaments. The fourth never had an entry labeled “for herself” in her ledger. The fifth cut off her long braids and sold them for eight yuan to pay my tuition. Chen Zi'en lived next door. He was the school bully, feared by everyone. He'd never lost a fight, but 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 138 The Country Bumpkin's Immortal Path Defying Heaven 乡村傻子逆天仙途 After Jiang Dongming was pushed off a cliff by his best friend and spent three years in a daze, he wakes to find himself with a paralyzed factory-director wife and a quirky sister-in-law who spends all day causing trouble. With nothing but bare walls at home and his parents suffering humiliation, he is fortunate enough to inherit an immortal art. From then on, he soars to success and rules the city. 6.8kReads8.9Score916Shelves
- 139 My 18th Book: I Love Pickled Mustard Greens with Pork 我爱榨菜肉第18本书 Yi Yunfei was knocked unconscious by a creditor while protecting his sister-in-law, but in a dream, the Ethereal Immortal bestowed an inheritance upon him! He gained medical skills, inner strength, and X-ray vision. He even plans to pretend to be a fool. How will he play the pig to eat the tiger from here on? 432Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 140 The Wild Donkey of the Mountain Village 山村猛驴 After his stunning fiancée, Chu Shishi, breaks off their engagement, she decides to make it up to Li Menglü, a country boy from a small village, by introducing him to Leng Yanqiu, the most beautiful woman in the neighboring village. She never expects Li Menglü and Leng Yanqiu to fall genuinely in love so quickly. Li Menglü also awakens an inheritance of the Immortal Dao. In this world, one mighty country boy is about to take command of the winds and clouds! [A New Year’s masterpiece from a veter 1.6kReads9.1Score260Shelves
- 141 Our Long River of Years 我们的岁月长河 Our Long River of Years is divided into three parts. Following the ordinary lives of three generations of Zhao Jiafu’s family, railway workers, it spans from the 1950s to the 2020s. It recounts the joys and sorrows, happiness and heartbreak, and everyday troubles experienced by the three generations of the Zhao family and the ordinary people around them over the long river of time. It depicts the turbulent lives of ordinary people as the times change and society develops. Time flows like a river 180Reads—Score—Shelves
- 142 Love and Lust with a Wild Northeastern Woman 东北女人癫癫的情爱 [Northeast China in the 1980s] [Rural Development] [Romance] [A Fierce Wife Like a Bandit] [A Wild Wife] [The Older Generation's Scandalous Affairs] [A Dashing Past] Zhang Changyao brought home a woman with a child on the way. Had she been defiled, or was there more to the story? The rivalry between an old flame and a new love left the unmarried young men in the little mountain village in agony. The woman seemed harmless, but she turned out to be a hidden master. After ten months, the truth fina 19.7kReads8.5Score869Shelves
- 143 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 161Reads—Score—Shelves
- 144 Memoirs of the Glazed World 琉璃世界回忆录 [An ensemble story about real life, not a wish-fulfillment story, not a romance, no golden finger, and no absolute main character] Some people are born into privilege, while others are born to toil. The world of Liuli has three parallel layers, each with clearly divided levels of wealth and living conditions. When a mysterious virus that makes no distinction between people strikes, what will become of humanity in these different environments? In terms of economic cost, treating one critically i —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 145 Death Penalty Rose 死刑玫瑰 A revenge story, rural romance, life as a migrant worker, the tricks of the city, and the good and evil in human nature. Rose was a country girl. At eighteen, she went away with a relative to find work, only to be sold. From then on, her life was full of twists and turns. She missed out on true love, fell into a den of wolves, and wished she were dead. When Rose disappeared, Chen Shuang searched frantically for her, but never found the woman he loved. Following one small lead nearly got him beat 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 146 Transmigration: I’m Crushing My Scumbag Ex in a Parallel World 穿越：我在平行世界爆虐渣男前夫 (Soul transmigration and a creative premise + healing from childhood family trauma) One morning, Tang Wanwan wakes up and discovers she has transmigrated... The wounds inflicted by your birth family must be healed within that family. Love is a kind of redemption, a light that gathers lost time. Somehow, it was all destined to be. She is financially independent, beautiful, and sophisticated. He is handsome and wickedly charming, but hopelessly addicted to gambling. It was love at first sight. She 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 147 800 Reasons to Want a Divorce 想离婚的800个理由 Everyone has countless moments after getting married when they feel like getting a divorce. If they don’t, it must be because they’re in love. And if they do end up divorcing, that doesn’t necessarily mean they stopped loving each other. 6Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 148 From the Start, I Sold Beer, and a Goddess Undercover Agent Took Out the Hitmen 开局卖啤酒，女神卧底坑杀手 Volume One: How Many Undercover Agents Are There? (Realistic Arc) [Undercover agents + goddess + no saintly heroine or simping + realism + values + intelligence] [No simps, white lotuses, self-righteous do-gooders, or scheming green-tea girls] [No sugary romance or obsessive romance fantasies, and no white-porridge sisters or cake sisters] (Read the realistic arc first, then the wild-imagination arc. It's funny and fun!) A major city in the south is a city that never sleeps. At ten at night, the 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 149 A Happy Life in the Countryside 乡村之幸福生活 He transmigrates into the world of Rural Love. He marries Wang Xiaomeng. He develops Ivory Mountain Village. As for the village’s four notorious characters... He makes up for some of the people and events that he believes he can change. But sometimes, he has no choice but to use... 5.1kReads8.2Score201Shelves
- 150 Light Breeze's 24th Book 淡淡清风第24本书 College student Su Tie is crippled by someone and sent back to his village, where he unexpectedly inherits the legacy of a goddess. He gains heaven-defying cultivation arts, top-tier medical skills, yin-yang techniques, talismans and curses, and can do just about anything. The young man makes a comeback and climbs step by step to the peak of his life. 44Reads6.1Score109Shelves
