Novels like My Heart Burned to Ashes, Yet I Still Smile Beneath the Trees
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as My Heart Burned to Ashes, Yet I Still Smile Beneath the Trees, best match first.
- 1 The Red Lotus 红衣菡萏 [Overworked Office Drone] + [Household Intrigue] + [Xianxia] Haha, cultivating immortality really can take you to the heavens. But you still have to be careful up there. As a newcomer, you’re bound to end up in a lousy position. At best, you’ll be a servant to some immortal master, or a maid. You have to spend your days working like an ox or horse and build up enough merit before you can become an immortal master yourself. But poor Chun Chong Chong was so unlucky that before she could even start —Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 2 Hate Me, My Lord, and Cast Aside Your Red Finery 恨别君心弃红妆 She once risked everything to protect him, but in the end, he killed her family, slaughtered her comrades, and married someone else. He said, “The thousands of lives lost to bloodshed are the hundred-mile bridal procession I promised you.” 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Prelude to the End of the World: A Lifetime of Wandering 灭世序曲：花费一生的漂泊之旅 A servant, ignored and crushed by poverty. A legend, celebrated and burdened by glory. A pet, kept for amusement. A leader with absolute sway. A savior who rescues the world. A demon who brings the world to the brink of extinction. Is there a role among them that you play? “Yes. I play them all.” 21Reads—Score114d adds
- 4 I Wrote Down My Patient’s Instructions but Forgot Mom’s Medicine 记下了病人医嘱，却忘了妈妈的药 She wrote down the patient's instructions, but forgot Mom's medicine. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Reborn, I Decided to Stay Away from My Scumbag Husband 重活一世，我决定远离渣男老公 Reborn, I Decided to Stay Away from My Scumbag Husband 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 The Witch's Crimson Eyes 魔女的赤瞳 (Note: dark themes + villain protagonist + cold and detached + invincible) The strongest humanoid war machine is reborn a thousand years later, carrying out its former master's mission to create a new world... Will its heartless, indifferent soul bring calamity upon the world... Faced with disaster, how will people respond to the crisis... What will the lonely, heartless girl seek to find... 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Traveling Through Time and Space to Atone 穿梭异时空赎罪 With no one to love or cherish her, the healer Huan Xishi is bullied and humiliated by the world. She wants everyone under heaven to die with her! As a healer, Huan Xishi concocts forbidden drugs and grows so crazed that she forces people to test them. Ye Muchen willingly becomes her test subject. When Huan Xishi finally fails, she realizes her feelings, but he has already left her forever. The medicine spirit helps her atone! 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 System Trap: A Tragic Ballad of a Koi Spirit and a Transmigrator 系统陷阱：锦鲤妖与穿越者的悲歌 System Trap: A Tragic Ballad of a Koi Spirit and a Transmigrator —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 I'll Wait for You at the End of the World 世界尽头等到你 From Qing Lin Zhichu, author of The Book of Cangbi and A Song That Toppled the World, comes a modern tragic romance! The man she loved went to his death with another woman six years ago, leaving her alone to face the aftermath. The man who loved her grew up by her side, married her, and claimed her as his own, yet never won her heart. The years slipped away in vain, and you lost your chance with the woman of your dreams. In a daze, Qiao Luo once again sees, beyond the swaying willow branches of 51Reads9.2Score514d adds
- 10 Prisoner of Love! Crazy Huo Forces His Love on Me 囚爱之徒！疯批霍爷强制爱 Original title: Captive to Love An angsty romance. The male lead is a ruthless, unstable man who forces his love on the heroine, then desperately tries to win her back. Readers who only like couples who have been faithful to each other should steer clear. If it’s not for you, don’t read it. Content warnings: A powerful man and a vulnerable woman, a truly evil character, genuine punishment, criminal underworld, and a story that may challenge your values. One conspiracy, two people entangled. C 23Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 11 Not Bothering You Is My Final Kindness 不打扰，是我最后的温柔 You are the one poison I can never quit. For you, I am willing to pay with my life, just to keep you safe. 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 The Alarm Clock Hasn’t Stopped Yet 闹钟还没停 The Alarm Hasn't Stopped Yet 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Before the Typhoon Hits 在台风来之前 Shen Yifei was lost in him for three years. Those around them were certain she was nothing more than a minor accessory to his power. She never protested, never spoke up. Three years of infatuation, erased in a single morning. His tenderness was her only comfort in the depths of despair, and also a scheme he had quietly laid over the course of many years. Love is the greatest illusion. Some bury their deep devotion in silence, while others weave a net of tenderness with 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Red Walls and Green Tiles 红墙碧瓦 He forced her into his harem! But their relationship ended abruptly after just three months! They loved, resented, and hated each other, and promised to meet again in another life! He swore before the imperial throne: “As long as I am emperor, even for a single day, you will be my empress.” He lived a wild, carefree life, yet carried a quiet fragrance in his sleeves. Their love, however, was a dead end, destined to come to nothing. Everyone knows Liu Liangnü, but no one calls her Empress Xia 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 I Earn 130,000 a Year, Yet I Signed My Son Up for a 70,000-Yuan Course 年入13万，我给儿子报了7万的班 I Earn 130,000 a Year, Yet I Signed My Son Up for a 70,000 Class 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Whose Waiting Blooms Like a Flower 谁的等待，恰似花开 Lin Yixin was just an ordinary woman in the bustling mortal world. Before she met Shao Chuyi, she had a respectable job, a seemingly happy family, and, like many girls, a past she could look back on fondly. A love affair during college had come out of nowhere, yet she had buried it deep in her heart and could never let it go. No one knows where love begins, but once it does, it runs deep. In the fleeting years, some things came to an end and others found their happy endings. Yet for Lin Yixin, s —Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 17 She Lost Her Memory and Became Half-Demon; His Soul-Burning Heartfire Turned on Him 她失忆沦为半妖，他心焰灼魂反噬 [Obsessive, Aloof, Unhinged Male Lead + Resilient, Deeply Insecure Female Lead Who Says One Thing and Means Another + Frozen Wasteland + Twisted Fate + Mysterious Cultivation + Happy Ending] She found a half-demon girl with amnesia in the snow and brought her home. With enchanting green eyes, the girl could barely remember her own name. She often gazed at his heart and said, "There's a fire in there. It's so warm, it makes me want to cry." But Ban Moshang had guarded that heartflame with guilt 41Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 A Tormented Love Affair: My Lady Says There's No Going Back 虐恋情深，夫人她说回不去了 [Angst All the Way + Male Lead Gets Hurt + From Weak to Strong Female Lead + No Getting Back Together] Her parents’ favoritism and lack of understanding pushed her step by step into the abyss. “Isn’t it just one kidney? Are you really so heartless that you’d let your sister die?” Shen Qian Ci heard those words of emotional blackmail, and her heart grew cold, on the verge of breaking. But her fiancé, Shi Nanchen, was the very person who had pushed her onto the operating table. Horror! Disbelief! 74Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 19 Mom, Can I Stop Being Human? 妈妈，我能不能不当人了？ Mom, can I stop being human? 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Tonsure on Our Silver Anniversary: She Cut Off 27 Years of Worldly Ties with Compassion 银婚剃度：她用慈悲斩断27年尘缘 Taking the Tonsure on Their Silver Anniversary: She Used Compassion to Sever 27 Years of Worldly Ties 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 A Bridal Procession Ten Miles Long, Yet Time Turns My Hair Gray 十里红妆催华发 She may have a face just like hers, but she was the one he loved, and I was the one who died for him... 49Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 22 A Tender Love Like the Sea, All for Nothing 温情似海终成空 Gu Yunqing loved Min Lü for seven years, giving him everything, and remained stubbornly devoted to him until the very end of her life. Min Lü hated Gu Yunqing for seven years, but when faced with her death, he finally understood that his love had been hidden deep within him all along. “The greatest distance in the world is probably this... You’re looking for me, while I’m right by your side, and yet you can’t see me.” 76Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 23 Loving You in Secret Was My Choice 暗恋你，是我的选择 [Lin Mengchu: sweet and adorable on the outside, rational and clear-headed top student on the inside VS Gu Shiyi: seemingly roguish and rakish, but actually a warmhearted, devoted voice actor] It’s a BE, a BE, a BE. We’re saying it three times because it’s important!!! The tags may say youthful sweet romance, but that doesn’t change the fact that the ending is an absolute BE! School life in the first half, life in society in the second. Though we’ve never met, I’ve been in love with you for 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 After My Mission Failed, I Died. He Regretted It, but It Was Too Late 攻略失败后我噶了，他悔了却太迟 After My Romance Mission Failed, I Died. He Regretted It, But It Was Too Late. 49Reads—Score114d adds
- 25 After He Died, He Sent Me Forty-Seven Love Letters 他死后，给我寄来四十七封情书 After He Died, He Sent Me Forty-Seven Love Letters 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 The Superpowered CEO Is Both Sweet and Wild as He Pursues His Wife from a Past Life 异能总裁又奶又狼攻略前世之妻 [Angst-filled romance + old-school style + pure-love devotee] Working hard to finish the story... Immortality is hard to attain in this world; only true love can last forever. 1Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 27 After the Divorce, My Ex-Husband Begged Me to Let Go of My Hatred 离婚后，前夫跪求我放下仇恨 Leng Mo is the domineering CEO of Changfeng Group in Lingxiao City, while Su Li is an ordinary college student. They should have had nothing to do with each other, but a car accident brought them together. A contract, a three-year agreement: they would remain free and stay out of each other’s way. Little did they know that the conspiracy behind the battle for the Yipinxiang secret recipe from eighteen years ago was about to be exposed. Su Li’s connection to Yipinxiang is also gradually coming to 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 Step by Step Into a Trap 步步为陷 She plans her every move; he loves her with all his heart. On their wedding night, she doesn't get the groom she was waiting for. Instead, she's sent to prison, because the deceased was the man who saved her life and whom he intended to repay by marrying her. She ignores him, keeps her distance, and vows to solve the case and prove her innocence. He humiliates her and treats her coldly, yet is captivated by her unparalleled talent for solving crimes. A pair of mandarin ducks weeping blood, eerie 156Reads9.3Score10914d adds
- 29 Stop Begging, Young Master of the Rich Family. We Don't Know Each Other! 别求了，豪门太子爷，我们不熟！ [Second Male Lead Takes the Lead + Mature Romance + Groveling to Win Her Back, But She Won’t Return + Intense Push and Pull] [Clear-Headed, Independent Lawyer × Powerful Man with a Surprising Side] On the day Zhou Mo was betrayed by a client and her case fell apart, she was approached by Liang Mingqian. Though they had only just met, Liang Mingqian asked, “Should I call you Doctor Zhou or Lawyer Zhou?” No one knew why she had abandoned medicine for law, or what secret lay behind the scar on her 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 A Cage That Eats Away at the Soul 蚀骨囚笼 [Obsessive CEO + maximum angst + vengeful, powerful heroine + no getting back together] A word of warning: this book is extremely angsty. If you can’t handle that, don’t read it. The rest of the story follows the heroine as she is reborn, fights her way to the top, and mercilessly takes revenge on the hero. If you love angst, dive in! Who doesn’t know how terrifying the Mu family prison is? Anyone who goes in comes out barely alive. Yet Bai Shu survived there for five years, enduring an abdomina 1.9kReads8.0Score10114d adds
- 31 In Uniform, Yet Unable to Save the One Beside Me 一身警服，难渡枕边人 A police uniform, but he can’t bring the woman beside him to justice. 41Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 When the Stars Fall in Full Bloom 如遇满星落 As the stars fall, everything is full. 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 Mr. Li, This Is Where We Part Ways 李先生，我们就到这了 [Tragic romance] + [No getting back together after the breakup] A car accident changes the fate of two people. She is just about to achieve a fairy-tale romance, and his cold heart is just about to melt for her. Then, in an instant, everything returns to square one. They become enemies, and their love collapses in a moment. What twists of fate await them now… 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 President Lu, Miss Liang Has Disappeared 陆总，梁小姐消失了 Liang Ji never imagined that the one time she gave in to her own selfish impulse, she would take an innocent life. It brought her life back into contact with the boy she had secretly loved for years, but he was no longer the person who had lit up her bleak youth. Whenever he saw her, his face was full of disgust. Lu Huaijing’s beloved died in an accident caused by Liang Ji. Wanting to punish her in his own way, he agreed to a loveless marriage with her. A contractual relationship, brought about 125Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 President Gu, What Am I to You? 顾总，对你而言我算什么 [Domineering, possessive, scheming Gu Che vs. sweet, gentle, obedient Lin Ning] Lin Ning’s voice trembled. “If you don’t love me, why did you marry me?” Gu Che mocked himself: How could she know whether he loved her? Gu Che sneered. “For fun.” Those two words pierced Lin Ning’s heart. “In that case, if you don’t love me and I don’t love you, then you’ll have to pay to sleep with me. Twenty thousand each time.” Gu Che’s face darkened. How ridiculous, saying he didn’t love her. Was she really degr 259Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Cold-Blooded CEO, I Can Never Love You Again 嗜血冷总，再也爱不起你 After going to prison, she never loved Leng Qianhan again. The man knelt before her, weeping and pleading. “Qingqian, for the sake of our child, give me a chance. Could you love me one more time? Our child has grown up without a father or mother. He needs a father's love and a mother's love. Let's give him a complete family. We can all be happy...” The woman immediately recoiled. “I don't have a child! My baby is dead. He died as soon as he was born. You cut him out of me and threw him in the tr 335Reads5.9Score1314d adds
- 37 Though My Love Runs Deep, I Won't Turn Back 虽情深，不回头 Though our love runs deep, I will not turn back 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 A Lifetime of Regrets, A Heart Still Unable to Let Go 负尽流年意难平 In a world of ice and snow, a bridal procession stretches for miles. The ruler of Dongli marries a new queen, and the whole nation celebrates. But the new queen is nothing more than a substitute. Everyone knows that Xiao Zhan, to honor the late Princess Li, has gathered women from across the land who resemble her and keeps them in the inner palace. I am the only exception. Is it coincidence, or conspiracy? As the truths deliberately buried begin to surface, layer by layer, and the feuds between 23Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 39 Mr. Qi, Loving You Is a Living Hell 祁先生，爱你是人间炼狱 The story begins with the words, “This woman is yours.” Then Jiang Zhiyu is framed by Qi Han’s fiancée, who hires an assassin to kill him. Because of this, Qi Han destroys the Jiang family and sends her brother to prison. In the end, does he love her, or does he just feel guilty? Let’s find out. 178Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 40 The Top-Student Younger Brother: Overwhelmingly Cherished, Overwhelmingly Tormented, Burning Like Fire 学霸弟弟，巨宠巨虐，炙热如火 Older woman-younger man romance + domineering CEO with an overwhelming need to possess + gentle older woman + angsty romance + sweet romance + forced love + celibate type A 24-year-old younger man, kissing her every day and loving her every night. The sweeter it is at first, the more heartbreaking it will be later. After several brushes with death, he falls into a coma after a car accident and loses his memory. Will he still remember the woman he once loved and their child? "Marry me in a month. 5Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 41 What We Have Is No Coincidence 我们之间不是偶然 Love spoken aloud is still love, and so are the feelings kept secret. From the moment we met, our story was never a coincidence. "Mutual Wounds" Like snow-capped mountains and a long street, we melt away when the sun rises. Some feelings are doomed from the start, and some people are destined to part from the moment they meet. “Niannian, haven’t you always wondered how your dad died?” Li Nian always thought the Ji family was her and her mother’s salvation from a life of hardship. She never knew 42Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 My Life Before Thirty 我的30岁以前 My beloved ex-girlfriend got married and had a child, and I didn’t have the courage to slash her tires and crash the wedding. Then, by chance, I rescued two beautiful women, and the tangled threads of fate began to unfold. I refuse to spend my whole life as an ordinary man. I want to take the best grandmother in the world traveling. I want to protect the little sister I care about most. I want to marry the woman who loves me most... I want so much, but I’m just an ordinary person. My name is Jia 1.3kReads8.5Score11714d adds
- 43 Don’t Run After Flirting, the Yandere CEO Can’t Take It 撩完别跑，病娇霸总受不了 College student Li Chenzhou has a daughter. For her sake, she has no choice but to become Mu Qianfan’s secret lover. Mu Qianfan hates her for having no shame, for loving money more than life, and, most of all, for her face. But when the truth comes to light, Mu Qianfan suddenly realizes he has been hating the wrong person all along. He wants to start over, only to discover there’s no turning back. 82Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 44 At the Class Reunion, My Wife Sat on the Property Deputy Manager's Lap, and the Whole Class Called Me Cheap 同学聚会，老婆坐在物业副总腿上，全班说我小气 At the Class Reunion, My Wife Sat on the Property Management Deputy Director's Lap, and the Whole Class Called Me Stingy 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 When We Divorced, I Made Her Kneel and Pay Me Back 离婚时，我让她跪着还 When We Divorced, I Made Her Kneel to Pay Me Back 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 If I Had Never Loved You 若我不曾爱过你 The new book, Love's Lies, is now available. Please show it your support. Thank you so much. Qin Ke once loved Ye Ling as much as life itself, but Ye Ling grew tired of their eight years together and found someone new. Heartbroken, she walked away with nothing, leaving cleanly and decisively. Ye Ling came to regret it and always thought Qin Ke would come back, but he never imagined he would spend the rest of his life waiting in vain for the two of them to be together. Once some hearts have died, 33Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 47 After Being Betrothed to the God of War, I Lay Low in a Villa 赐婚战神后我苟在别院 A gentle, resilient princess + a cold, ruthless general + a mild-mannered imperial brother Love after marriage, domineering pursuit, mutually devoted, angsty at first, then he turns into a clingy big puppy. Six-year age gap. A great beauty was overlooked in the palace: Xiao Mingyue, the late emperor's daughter born to a concubine. She seemed as delicate as a flower, but was actually resilient and clever. For ten years in the Cold Palace, she protected her mother and younger brother and kept her 966Reads—Score11214d adds
- 48 Everyone Thinks I'm Shen Qingyan's Weakness 所有人都以为我是沈青砚的软肋 Everyone Thinks I'm Shen Qingyan's Weakness 2.4kReads—Score—14d adds
- 49 Xi Yu's Ordeal: He Regretted Changing His Fated Love Trial 熙瑜有劫：逆改情劫后，他后悔了 Xiyu's Trial: After He Changed the Course of Their Love Tribulation, He Regretted It 32Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 Shorting My Best Friend at 30X Leverage, My Ex-Girlfriend at 60X 30倍杠杆做空闺蜜，我60倍杠杆做空前女友 I shorted my best friend with 30x leverage. I shorted my ex-girlfriend with 60x leverage. 11Reads—Score—14d adds
