Novels like The Year I Died Was the Year I Loved You Most
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- 101 Thank You for Giving Me a Heart of Sorrow 谢你赠我一心伤 The most ridiculous thing in An Lingxi’s life was probably that she loved Xuanyuan Mo more than life itself, while Xuanyuan Mo thought of nothing but taking her life… 64Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 102 The Three-Coin Tea Grows Cold, While Hatred Burns 三文茶凉，恨字滚烫 The Tea Has Gone Cold, but the Word 'Hate' Still Burns 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 The Broth Boiled Dry, and the Dead Man She Awaited Came Back 清汤滚尽，她等的死人回来了 The Broth Boiled Dry, and the Dead Man She Was Waiting for Came Back 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 She Wielded a Blade for Ten Years, Then Drove It into His Heart 她打了十年刀，最后一把捅进了他心口 She wielded a blade for ten years, then plunged it into his heart. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 158,000: The Most Expensive Lesson My Daughter Will Ever Learn 十五万八，是我女儿这辈子最贵的一堂课 158,000 yuan: the most expensive lesson my daughter will ever learn. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 106 You Said Love Wouldn’t Hurt This Much 你说爱情那么伤 Shen Siting never imagined that Gu Xixi would die. He was furious at her schemes and hated her betrayal. He tortured her like a madman and drove her to flee. He thought all he felt for her was disgust and hatred, but the moment he found her body, his heart felt as if it had been torn apart. Blinded by hatred, he became a prisoner of love. How fortunate Shen Siting was, and yet how tragic; he was hateful, pitiful, and deserving of pity. An Yang said she cursed him to lose the person he loved fore 988Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 107 The Wind Kisses the White Rose 风吻白玫瑰 A cheerful girl with depression vs. a lonely, gentle top student Chen Yan meets a strange person at the hospital. That day, he sees many sides of her. One moment she is chatting away, the next she is silently crying. Since high school, she has called herself “Young Master Xiao Jiang” and become everyone’s mood-maker. Everyone thinks that is just who she is, but Chen Yan is the only one who has seen the side she keeps hidden. So he says, “Don’t be afraid. I’m here to save you.” He has seen her at 77Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 108 One Letter Left Behind 剩下一封信 [Main story complete] [Angst] [School-life tragedy] [Two top students] [One-on-one + childhood sweethearts] [Slight ensemble cast] Golden boy Shen Yuchuan vs. gentle girl Qiu Suian [Suisi, will you stay with me forever?] [I will.] . [Qiu Suian, may you live a long life.] [Shen Yuchuan, may you be safe and well year after year.] That summer was as lively as ever. Cicadas buzzed noisily, and the summer breeze brought nothing but heat. But to Shen Yuchuan, it felt like the depths of winter. He sta 687Reads6.6Score18814d adds
- 109 The Eighth Winter 第八年冬 The first time the sensitive Li Xiting fell in love, it was with Chen Nian, the boy who seemed to glow as he stood in the crowd. She carefully held on to every interest they shared, and eventually turned those interests into a goal: getting into Nan University and being with him. But life is always cruel. She got into Nan University, but she didn't get him. She was like Cinderella in a fairy tale, except she didn't have the right glass slipper. Without that slipper, she could never enter his wor 206Reads8.3Score10114d adds
- 110 The Tragedy of Chinese-Style Education 中式教育的可悲 In the end, that boy guarded her grave for the rest of his life and never married. In the end, that girl never escaped the prison that was her parents. He wanted to save her, but the girl was already beyond saving. If only things had gone a little differently, she could have lived. If only things had gone a little differently, he would have succeeded. At first, she sent him into the operating room, covered in blood and kneeling, pleading with the gods again and again. The news she received was t 107Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 Red Roses in December 十二月的红玫瑰 (Dual male leads, angsty 1v1 romance, both devoted only to each other, bad ending, power couple, mutual salvation, pure love with plenty of heartbreak.) My dear Mr. Mo: I’m sorry. In the end, I failed to keep my promise to you and became a coward who fled this world. If you can forgive my selfishness and weakness, then when spring returns next year, please leave a bouquet of red roses at my grave. Choose the most beautiful one in the flower shop. I think I’ll be able to smell its fragrance. [Nei 69Reads8.6Score1214d adds
- 112 The Boy I Found in the Heavy Snow Killed My Entire Family (II) 大雪捡来的少年，杀了我全家（二） The Boy I Rescued in the Snow Killed My Entire Family (II) 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 113 Aye, I'm Leaving 阿也，我走了 [Sensitive, self-conscious heroine x gentle, sunny hero] When Lin Zhiyou was six, her father died in a car accident, and her mother raised her alone. After her mother changed jobs, eighteen-year-old Lin Zhiyou transferred to Nancheng No. 1 High School. There, she met Jiang Ye... A sensitive, self-conscious girl falls in love with a gentle, sunny boy, but the wheels of fate have not turned in her favor... 34Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 114 I Don’t Want the Bellflowers Anymore 我不要桔梗花了 Yu Nianxu, Wei Mu is still here, still protecting you somewhere else. Wei Mu, don't go! Yu Nianxu, wake up! I'm still here. Wei Mu, I'm awake. Where are you? Wei Mu, I'm willing. Wei Mu, goodbye! I'll live well from now on. 156Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 115 With You Until Twenty-Nine 陪你到二十九岁 By Your Side Until You're Twenty-Nine 78Reads—Score214d adds
- 116 You, or Someone Like You 你或像你的人 Be. Documentary filmmaker × undercover police officer Xu Yuan had an accident while filming a documentary and woke up with amnesia. After that, she often dreamed of a mountain road she could never find her way off. A year later, Xu Yuan ran into her high school classmate, Zhou Yiran. She wanted to get closer to him because the scent of mint and orange he carried had appeared in her dreams countless times. Zhou Yiran had been secretly in love with Xu Yuan for nine years. At last, his wish came t 78Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 117 After He Called Off the Engagement, He Became Someone I Could Never Hope to Marry 退婚后，他成了我的高攀不起 After Our Engagement Was Called Off, He Became Someone I Could Never Hope to Reach —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 From Then On, the Moon Shone in My Eyes 从此眼中有明月 From Then On, the Moon Shone in Her Eyes 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 I Got Caught in the Rain in Your World 在你的世界淋过雨 Ji Linyu has always believed that her father used his power to frame the Ji family and force him to marry Zhou Jianyi. For six years, he has done nothing but use her and put on an act, all so he can bring down the Zhou family one day! The greatest pain of Zhou Jianyi's life is that her father has barely been laid to rest, her brother's death remains unexplained, her mother is hovering between life and death, and she herself is barely holding on. At her lowest point, Ji Linyu threatens to leave h 2.5kReads5.4Score15714d adds
- 120 After I Gave Up on Him, My Boyfriend Regretted It 我不要他后，男友后悔了 My boyfriend regretted it after I stopped wanting him 39Reads—Score414d adds
- 121 The Mad Crown Prince’s Cherished Captive 疯批皇兄的掌中娇 [A possessive, obsessive Crown Prince X a beautiful, delicate Princess] [The male lead is unhinged, obsessive, and fiercely controlling + the Princess is as sweet and delicate as her name suggests + she can never escape his grasp + both are virgins] Zhao Jiaojiao’s father was the top candidate in the palace examinations, and her mother was the daughter of a Minister of the Court of Justice. But before Zhao Jiaojiao was born, her father was framed by a villain and died in prison. The entire Zhao 154Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 122 He's Just a Fool 他只是个傻子 [Boys' Love / melodrama / happy ending / modern / angst / win-back romance / silly fool fiction] Qin Yun was deemed a failure and sent to a remote mountain village to oversee the management of a mine. There he met a fool. Though dim-witted, the fool was good at taking care of others. In this impoverished backwater, Qin Yun made a move on the only little fool he found tolerable to look at. But after hurting him recklessly again and again, Qin Yun never expected the fool to say he didn't love him 62Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 123 She Found Out She Was Having Quintuplets, but Her Billionaire Husband Wanted a Divorce 得知怀五胞胎，富豪老公却要离婚～ She Found Out She Was Having Quintuplets, but Her Billionaire Husband Wants a Divorce~ 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 124 Glacier Rose 冰川玫瑰 Glacial Rose 297Reads—Score10314d adds
- 125 Meeting You at the End of the World 在世界尽头遇见你 If life is a fleeting bloom, if it is destined to be scattered by the wind, I still won't regret the moment it blossomed. If this flowing air is the measure of your love for me, then let it bury me. To You, Who Have a Story in Your Heart, from Meeting You at the End of the World If every encounter in this world is a reunion after a long separation, then she must have followed fate's design to meet him at the end of the world. At their first meeting, he said, “I won't let a face as breathtaking a 618Reads9.2Score8914d adds
- 126 Sinful Love 罪爱 Chen Lin loves her. That is Ye Zhiqiu's only leverage for taking revenge on him. Making Chen Lin watch her die day by day is Ye Zhiqiu's way of getting even. Chen Lin: “Can you live for me?” Ye Zhiqiu: “No.” 157Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 127 Year After Year, May We Always Be Safe and Sound 年年岁岁，岁岁平安 [Childhood Sweethearts + Love Triangle + Long-Planned Scheme + Tragic Romance + Mutual Salvation + Coercive Love Triangle] Warning: Angst! Not for fans of the female lead! Jiang Niánsui and Jiang Yian were childhood sweethearts, close as could be, until the arrival of the Song family’s young master forced them apart. Behind his gloomy, scheming exterior lay a deep love for her. Song Jinian’s exclusive devotion and affection gradually drew Jiang Niánsui into his tender embrace. Her childhood swee 600Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 128 I Put My Parents' Retirement Savings Into My Own Account 我把父母的养老钱存进了自己账户 I Put My Parents' Retirement Savings in My Own Account 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 129 Loving You Until Thirty 爱你爱到三十岁 Lin Muran never imagined that, in the end, things would turn out so bleakly. If she had known, she would never have gone home with Luo Chen, no matter what. Five years may not seem long, but they're enough to leave a sincere heart shattered and a person so utterly destroyed that not even their ashes can be found. For the rest of her life, all she will see is herself. 105Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 130 Farewell, My Love. I Shall Yearn for You No More 与君别过，再不相思 It takes ten years to love someone, but only an instant to hate them... Song Lianxing watched helplessly as Murong Ze forced her to drink an abortion potion, killing their own child. He took the fetal remains to save the woman he loved... Song Lianxing said, “I hope you... don't regret this!” Murong Ze thought he would never regret it. But only when he watched Song Lianxing draw her last breath with his own eyes did he learn how to write the word “regret.” 243Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 131 I Swear by My Love, Though It Brings Me Sorrow 敬我相思不成悲 She was a peerlessly beautiful young woman, famous throughout the land, yet fate had placed her in a brothel. Meng Zhijun believed Murong Yan was the man meant for her. She endured humiliation and kept her head bowed, all so she could stay by his side. She thought they would grow old together. But the man she loved most broke her fingers and ruined her face. In the end, he carved the bones from her body, one by one, and made them into a shocking bone flute. “A Zhi, look. Your bones are perfect f 57Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 132 She Just Took 300,000 in Bride Price, and Now She's Living With a Black Man 刚收了30万彩礼，她就和黑人同居了 She Just Received 300,000 in Bride Price, and Now She's Living with a Black Man 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 133 Love So Deep, Desolation to the Bone 用情至深，刺骨荒凉 To save the woman he loved, she lay on the operating table and endured the agony of having her kidney removed. But she never imagined he could be cruel enough to have their child taken from her with his own hands, cause her parents’ deaths, and finally drive her to the end of her rope… 90Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 134 A Youth Wasted 虚度一个青春 Wasting Away a Youth 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 135 The Echo of a Secret Crush, and Then It Ends Badly 暗恋回声又be [A reckless, carefree young man vs. a sensitive, insecure girl] (Bad ending) One woman remains unmarried, trapped in the past. The other has a happy marriage and shines brightly. Zhao Huaili is a notorious playboy in Beicheng. He has an impossibly upright-looking face, yet lives a wild life. He may not be the darling of heaven, but he is surrounded by admirers. Lu Zhinan is the Lu family’s shameful illegitimate daughter. Bright-eyed and kind, she always gives people the impression of a girl with 631Reads8.7Score12014d adds
- 136 Goodbye Forever, Brother Bo 薄哥哥，再也不见了 [Heartbreaking] When she learned she had only a year to live, Bo Qingyuan fled, escaping the hell Bo Muchao had kept her in for six years. She was an unwanted extra, taken in when the Bo family adopted Bo Yinyin. For five years, she served as a bone marrow donor for Bo Yinyin. After Yinyin died, everyone called her a murderer and said she had to atone. Six years imprisoned, six years tormented. Surely she had paid for even the gravest sin by now? At the end of her life, she said, “Brother Bo, le 3.3kReads6.7Score29714d adds
- 137 Yu Dongbie 于冬别 [Signed for publication in simplified Chinese] Yu Zhe said he'd wait for her, and he would keep waiting. But Shi Taoning had no way out. She couldn't go back. 875Reads9.2Score25114d adds
- 138 What More Do You Want from Me? 你还要我怎样 She loved him, and he tortured her. She had secretly loved him for over ten years, but their love gradually faded away in a marriage that lasted less than two years... 113Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 139 He Lives in Heaven 他住在天堂里 [Signed for print publication] [He has loved her in secret for ten years, tragic ending + male lead dies of cancer + tearjerker campus romance] “The girl I’ve loved for ten years got married. I personally placed her hand in her future husband’s. The last time I called her by name was at her wedding.” Jiang Chi 670Reads8.4Score18314d adds
- 140 No More Fireworks Beneath the Stars 星辰下再无烟火 "Rekindled love + unrequited love + reunion after a long separation + devoted 1v1 romance + angst" After Xu Yan was abandoned by her birth mother, she became Xiang Xingchen's adoptive sister, though they shared no blood. From then on, the seeds of his secret love for her began to sprout. The back seat of his bicycle was hers alone. While she slept, he secretly asked her, “You're the girl I liked at first sight. When we grow up, will you be a good girl and marry me?” He told her she had never bee 475Reads7.3Score10314d adds
- 141 Mr. Bo, We’re Nothing but Strangers Now 薄先生，你我情同陌路 [Short Story Contest] After seven years of marriage, she has suffered endless torment at his hands. She has angina and only a year left to live, but he ignores it and plans to marry her younger sister. No one knows she is the real Mrs. Bo. Forced to kneel before her own sister and admit she is a shameless mistress seeking attention, she endures his bloodthirsty sneers and his endless humiliation and trampling of her dignity. After losing her child, she goes mad with despair and leaps from the up 135Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 142 Turns Out Every Ending Is Filled with Longing 原来结尾都相思 How do you hurt someone who loves you until they’re utterly broken? Perhaps you throw their love on the ground and trample it again and again, until it’s shattered, until it’s gone. 125Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 143 Waiting for Winter to End, Longing for Spring 等冬尽，盼春来 Youthful Heartbreak | BE Aesthetics | Mutual Redemption | Fated by Life and Death Lose 10 pounds just from reading this [Quiet, Resilient Girl × Wild, World-Weary School Bully] In 2012, in a seaside town, Jiang Sheng and Nan Siye meet in the rundown Nanyang residential compound. She is a silent lamb to the slaughter, bullied by her classmates. Her mother has left home to work, her father disappeared ten years ago and never returned, and she lives under someone else’s roof. He is the school bull 1.6kReads8.2Score49714d adds
- 144 Nothing Hurts More Than Loving You 最痛不过我爱你 Zhou Ansheng killed himself, just as she wished. He gave Mrs. Xiao's place to the woman he cherished most. She loved him for so many years, and lost everything: her self-respect and pride, her closest family, her family business, and even the child she had yet to carry to term... Blood from her wrists stained the flowers along the road to the underworld, and every blossom knew how deeply she had loved him! She said, “I hope there is no next life. I hope we never meet again. The most painful thin 26Reads5.4Score414d adds
- 145 After Recovering from Illness and Clearing My Name, the Madly Possessive Men Fell for Me 病弱洗白后，疯批攻们沦陷了 Lin Ji's System is a little unusual: it gives him no combat skills or golden finger, only "sickly points," the kind that make him cough up blood, faint, and pant after taking a single step. His missions are even more unusual: transmigrate into each world as a universally despised, villainous side character, then use this "sickly" buff to clear his name and stay alive at the hands of the male leads. System 007: "Host, the target's hatred is MAX! Quick, spend 50 points and have him cough up blood 1.1kReads6.3Score10914d adds
- 146 An Unbroken Bond 藕断丝连 Tangled Affection 327Reads—Score3214d adds
- 147 The Sun Will Shine When I Leave You 离开你，天才会晴 Once I leave you, the skies will clear. 560Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 Did You Know? Our Parting Is Forever 可知归期是永决 Dong Lean had loved Fo Xichao for ten years. At last, she got the marriage she had long awaited. Unfortunately, he hated her with all his heart. He took a new wife and humiliated Dong Lean at every turn. Her father tried to protect her, kneeling outside the prince's manor for a long time without rising, and paid for it with his life. That day, Dong Lean locked herself inside the courtyard and lit the firestarter on the table with her own hands. The blaze devoured the eaves. She stood amid the fl 918Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 149 Butterfly Whale 蝴蝶鲸鱼 “Don't be afraid. Even whales can lose their way at sea, but you have wings.” She was a whale, brave and brilliant, yet broken and lost. She lost her way, then grew wings. A butterfly whale, she would eventually break through the darkness, face the rising sun, and fly alone across the sea. 98Reads6.6Score10314d adds
- 150 Silent Rain 雨无声 A timid, insecure heroine with depression × a sunny, gentle, refined hero [Sweet and angsty, with a bad ending] [He saves her] After an accident turned Shi Yu’s world upside down, she shut herself away and never came back out. She never expected to meet that person. She thought their paths would part for good after high school graduation. Yet when they met again, she still couldn’t help paying attention to him. From then on, her world slowly brightened, and she found her salvation. Shen Jingyan 540Reads8.7Score10514d adds
