Novels like Time Turns Back, and I Meet You Again
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- 51 The River Moon Shines on the Early Years 江月照初年 Seven years of devotion and giving still couldn't compete with half a month after his first love came back... Heartbroken, Jiang Yan resolves to leave, and Su Jingyao, who is obsessed with her first love, begins to panic... Only when her first love's true, ugly nature is revealed does she wake up and realize how badly she's messed up... By the time she understands how much she loves Jiang Yan, it's too late... The man who once loved her for seven years has left her forever... [Winning Him Back] 2.4kReads8.1Score10114d adds
- 52 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
- 53 The Embroidered Uniform Guard I Once Pursued Has Plenty of Secret Identities 我倒追过的锦衣卫大人马甲多多 [Transmigration + devoted to each other] [She runs off pregnant + heroine stands on her own + hero struggles to win her back] [Sweet, spicy, or angsty] What? An arranged marriage? She’s a modern-day chef. Why should she let people from ancient times decide whom she marries? Classic moment one: “Xiahou Jin, I... I embroidered a sachet for you. I hope you’ll accept it.” Xiahou Jin: Turns and walks away with a cold expression. Classic moment two: “Xiahou Jin, do you like the love song I prepared fo 188Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 54 A Cool Breeze Rises 萧萧凉风生 I love the wind! The wind is free, boundless, and unfettered. It can turn the leaves, lift a skirt, and travel the world. But I’m trapped in my own endless darkness, locked inside a prison of my own making. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 The Emperor's Lament 帝王之殇 The Emperor's Tragedy 17Reads—Score114d adds
- 56 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
- 57 He Said, "Don't Love Me, It Won't End Well" 他说别爱我没结果 He Said, Don't Fall for Me, It Won't End Well 198Reads—Score214d adds
- 58 Letting Go 割愛 [Short tragic ending + obsessive male lead] After my mother remarried, my stepbrother, who shared neither parent with me, was always finding new ways to bully me. But after our parents died, he changed completely. He stopped bullying me and instead stayed by my side, taking care of me without ever giving up on me. It was as if he’d become a different person. 62Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 59 Tortured Love 虐恋 As she teetered between life and death, Wen Xingyi wanted to tell the girl she had been at eighteen: Don’t secretly draw that man. Don’t write so many diary entries about him. And above all, don’t fall in love with him. Because that man was a demon all along. 215Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 60 My Childhood Friend Ascended the Throne 我的竹马登基了 [Comedy + Zhihu-style storytelling + Ridiculous antics + Strong Male and Female Leads + Childhood Sweethearts + A Little Angst] My name is Gu Xiang, and I’m a celebrated female general. Qi Yan and I have been at odds since we were children. He’s a petty man who loves to kick people when they’re down. As for why Qi Yan loves picking on me so much, it’s because he’s jealous of me. Jealous because everyone loves me and even the flowers bloom when they see me. Chapter excerpt: “Qi Yan, what do you 853Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 61 Reborn, I’m Forced to Become the Possessive Tycoon’s Dearest Love 重生后，被迫成为偏执大佬心尖宠 [Lighthearted everyday life + devoted husband + a little angst + secret identities + System] In her previous life, Lu Ansheng died with regrets, wishing she had apologized to Feng Lihan. Reborn in the year she married him, she spoiled her husband and crushed the scumbags with wild abandon! But the Husband-Chasing System didn’t think she was doing enough, and coached her through all sorts of tricks every day! At a party, the True Love System said: “Send Feng Lihan a picture of a little rabbit say 25Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 62 That Little Alley 那条小巷子 [Redemption + mutual pining + school life + angst + tragic ending] [One longs for the warmth of a home × one hopes to escape the control of her family] In the autumn of 2010, Xu Mo dragged her suitcase into that narrow alley. It was long and deep, and that year she was lost in its shadows. In the alley, she met Jiang Jiahe feeding the cats. That day, Jiang Jiahe helped her find a home. Secret love is a privilege reserved for cowards, and Xu Mo was a coward! She clung to that privilege until th 838Reads8.5Score19914d adds
- 63 The Crumbling Shack 小破屋 Lu Lingchuan says nothing. He just keeps finding his wife a job, standing up for her, making her life better, and buying her delicious food. When his father asks why he treats Zhou Sui'an so well, Lu Lingchuan says, “I feel sorry for him.” There's a ramshackle hut on the back hill of Taoyun Village. A disabled man with a limp lives there. He's handsome and refined, but because of his family background, the villagers ostracize him. Even the children bully him. With no one to stand up for him, he' 235Reads8.7Score11114d adds
- 64 I Designed Your Bride's Wedding Dress with My Own Hands 我亲手为你的新娘设计了婚纱 Cover image source: XHS, Snowy Day Originally titled “Out of Focus” A secret crush is one person out of focus; loving someone you can’t have is two people on parallel lines. When you appeared, the whole world went out of focus. The first time we met, I tripped in front of you. From then on, I’ve always stumbled right where you are. Jian Lushun, goodbye forever. 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 Parting from You in This Life 与君生别离 Parting from You in This Life 50Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 Meeting You Was Painful, Too 与你相遇亦是痛苦 When they met again, Wen Xiaoxiao suppressed the overwhelming hatred in her eyes and only wanted to pass Ye Yuchen by and let them each live in peace. But he grabbed her arm. “Can we talk? I’m sorry. I was young and foolish back then. Could you give me a chance to make it up to you?” She gave a bitter smile. “Make it up to me? Can you give me back my education, my health, my family?” Ye Yuchen failed to hold on to Wen Xiaoxiao, just as Wen Xiaoxiao had once knelt in the pouring rain and failed t 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 I Want to Live Well 我想好好的活着 I had never met a boy like him before. His features were delicate, and his pale complexion seemed almost unreal. His long, curled lashes lowered over deep eyes that looked as if they held countless stories. Anyone who saw him couldn’t help taking a second look. He was a transfer student. From the day he stepped into our classroom, the girls went wild, and even the boys were scrambling to be his friend. The nightmare began the day I met him. On graduation day, I clenched my fists, worked up my ne 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 Twelve Years of Marriage, and I Was Just a Cover for the Man He Loved Most 十二年婚姻，我只是他最爱男人的挡箭牌 Twelve Years of Marriage, and I Was Only a Shield for the Man He Loved Most 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 Kim Eun-ning’s First Book 金恩宁的第一本书 Arrogant, unhinged wealthy heir + beautiful, strong, tragic top student + dog-training romance + chasing his wife to the crematorium Supporting couple: a rabid mad dog who refuses to let go + a delicate, graceful beauty like a white jade pearl The young master’s malice always comes out of nowhere, and his love is just a passing whim. He once lazily exhaled smoke and said, “It was just something stupid I said on a whim.” He also once stood there with red-rimmed eyes, using every means at his disp 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 On the Night I Nearly Bled to Death in Childbirth, My Husband Claimed He’d Fallen for Someone He Shouldn’t Love 难产血崩夜，夫君自称爱上不该爱的人 On the Night I Nearly Bled to Death in Childbirth, My Husband Claimed He’d Fallen for Someone He Shouldn’t Love 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 A Solitary Goose in the Southern Song: One Wing Crosses Ten Thousand Leagues of Sea 南宋孤鸿影：片翼横渡万重溟 When he was fourteen, he crawled out of a city consumed by flames, carrying half of a broken jade pendant against his chest and gripping his father's old saber. For a hundred years afterward, that saber stood between heaven and earth, between all things and all people. He had the power to save the world. But he couldn't protect the girl he met in the flames, no matter how desperately he tried. “You want to save the world you cannot see,” she said. “I want to save the people right in front of m 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 The Girl Who Sat Beside Me at Seventeen 我的17岁同桌姑娘 "The Tenant"- "Youthful Bad Ending"- "Realistic Romance"- [Pure Love, Bad Ending] A down-on-his-luck young man whose life isn’t going well unexpectedly receives a wedding invitation from his first love. The moment he sees her name, the youth he thought long dead comes alive again in his memories. That summer, she suddenly burst into his lush, innocent youth, leaving behind a vivid, colorful scar and making the boy’s entire adolescence unforgettable. 63Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 The Day His White Moonlight Returned, the Substitute Died in the Downpour 白月光回国那天，替身死在了那场暴雨里 The day his first love returned home, his stand-in died in the torrential rain 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 There’s No Going Back Ever Again 再也回不去了】 [Heartbreaking throughout | No redemption | No getting back together after a breakup | The perpetrator’s remorse, from their perspective] There are no hysterical accusations, no shouting matches. All of Su Nian’s pain has become involuntary physical reactions. Convulsions, vomiting, screaming, fainting. This is her cruelest and most helpless accusation against Lin Xi. Lin Xi remembered the last words Su Nian said to her until the day she died. She said, “Lin Xi, go. Seeing you hurts.” 1.9kReads—Score14414d adds
- 75 I Don't Regret Our Parting, Only That It Came Too Soon 不恨离别，只恨匆匆 The Imperial City is ancient and mysterious. Behind its red walls and yellow-tiled roofs lie countless secrets and sorrows unknown to the world. “Flowers bloom and fade behind the silent courtyard gate; two beauties stand side by side beneath the jade pavilion. They long to speak of affairs within the palace, but dare not say a word in front of the parrot.” This is a simple story told by three women of the inner palace, each with a very different fate, as they recount their own loves and heartbr 37Reads—Score10114d adds
- 76 Love at First Sight: Growing Old Together with You 一见钟情之与你白首 Lin Xue transmigrated into the body of a little girl in another world. By chance, she saved Mo Wuchen, who had been reborn before his cultivation was crippled, and changed his fate. Together, they pressed onward, unafraid of wind or rain, rising to the pinnacle of this world. It was love at first sight, then understanding and love, until they pledged to grow old together... 35Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 77 After the Werewolf Princess Lost Her Heart, the Entire Vampire Clan Was Wiped Out 狼人公主心死后，吸血鬼全族被团灭 After the Werewolf Princess’s Heart Dies, the Entire Vampire Clan Is Wiped Out 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 After Failing to Get Our Marriage License for the 99th Time, I Left Him 第99次领证失败后，我不要他了 After Failing to Get Our Marriage License for the 99th Time, I Gave Up on Him 21Reads—Score114d adds
- 79 My Husband Faked Being Under a Love Curse, Then Cried When I Actually Cursed Him 夫君谎称中情蛊，真给他下又悔哭 My husband pretended he was under a love curse. When I actually cursed him, he cried and regretted it. 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 80 The Real Heiress Faked Her Death on Tomb-Sweeping Day, and the One Who Used Her as a Shield Regretted It in Tears 真千金清明死遁，拿她挡灾的人悔哭了 The Real Heiress Faked Her Death on Tomb-Sweeping Day, and the One Who Used Her as a Human Shield Regretted It 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 She Died the Year the Begonias Bloomed Best 她死在海棠开的最好的那年 She Died in the Year the Begonias Bloomed Best 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 82 The Demon King’s Witch Consort 妖王殿下的巫女妃 A witch was pushed into the Cave of Rebirth by her master and was reborn in the body of a human witch. After thousands of years of upheaval, she still looked exactly the same. She had never been interested in life, but in the new century she finally developed a slight interest in it, making a living by telling fortunes and resolving paranormal cases. Just as she was making a fortune, she unexpectedly transmigrated to another world. By chance, she inadvertently offended the Northern King's Venera 39Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 83 The Light of the Thirteenth Month 第十三月的光明 Hello, my name is Ji Xiaochuan! Hello, my name is Su Li! From now on, I'll call you Su Pear, sweet and juicy! Ji Xiaochuan, look! The light is here. My light is here! Little Pear, if there's another life, I'll spend it making it up to you! Ji Xiaochuan, if I could do it all over again, maybe I'd choose never to meet you! I walked through a dark abyss, and seemed to smell something rotten. Instinctively, I looked back. Countless wolves and tigers charged toward me, their sharp fangs 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 You Still Haven't Confessed to Me 你还没跟我告白 [Hot-tempered, possessive troubled boy & sweet, gentle girl] A tragic ending, an angsty campus romance. When they first met, Chi Wen was an exemplary student at No. 16 High School, excelling in both academics and conduct. Bian Qingye, meanwhile, was the fearsome “Ye-ge” from the vocational school next door. Everyone said he was exactly what his name suggested: wild, and wild in everything he did. He changed girlfriends faster than he changed clothes. At that age, what girl wouldn’t want to leav 62Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 85 My Best Friend Got Pregnant by a Black Man, Then Blamed Her Ex-Boyfriend 闺蜜与黑人交往意外怀孕，赖上了前男友 My Best Friend Accidentally Got Pregnant by a Black Man, Then Tried to Pin It on Her Ex —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 This Is Awkward: My Ex-Wife Is Getting Married, and I Still Have to Serve at the Wedding 尴尬，前妻结婚我还要去婚宴上端盘子 How awkward. My ex-wife is getting married, and I still have to go serve food at her wedding banquet. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 When the Golden Rain Trees Bloom 栾树花开 Campus tragedy × mutual healing An ordinary girl with heart disease × a dazzling young artist In 2014, during high school, an ordinary girl who had been abandoned by her parents and suffered from heart disease since childhood met Li Yi’an beneath a golden rain tree at a bus stop. He was eighteen, full of youthful spirit, and dazzling with his sketchpad. After all our twists and turns, you had already taken root and blossomed in my life, 95Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 The Poisonous Consort Is Irresistible: After Being Reborn, the Celibate Prince Wants to Break His Vow 毒妃太撩，重生后禁欲王爷想破戒 In her previous life, she was blind to have married that polished scoundrel. The legitimate daughter of the Chancellor’s family, she was cheated on and saw her entire family wiped out. Her fate was so outrageous it could shake heaven and earth! Reborn, she kicks the scumbag to the curb, takes on the scheming green tea, and ventures into the world with her medical skills. Changing her fate against the odds is Ye Qingge’s mission in this life! But how can she repay the deep love she owes from her 1Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 89 I Think It Takes Immense Courage to Love You 我想，爱你需要巨大的勇气 [First person, short story, school life, mutual salvation] Beneath the shell of friendship, my love for Jiang Ke'er grew day by day. When we met again, I had only one thought: To get close to her, to kiss her. To hold on to her. Just like before. 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 Transmigrated Into a Book, This Cannon Fodder Wins the Villain's Favor to Survive 穿书，炮灰靠攻略反派好感值活命 Transmigrate into a book, marry first and fall in love later, doting romance, devoted husband. No one is more unlucky than Mu Xiaoxiao. She can get struck by lightning even on a sunny day. Waking up to find herself transmigrated into a novel as the vicious second female lead would have been bad enough, but this character, who shares her name, has just lost her innocence after being used as an antidote. “It was an accident. You don’t have to take it to heart.” “If you feel bad about it, give me a 13Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 91 Drugged and Forced to Marry in Her Sister’s Place on Her Wedding Day: Why Are You Crying Now That She’s Remarried? 大婚日被下药替嫁，改嫁你哭啥 Drugged and Forced Into a Substitute Marriage on My Wedding Day: Why Are You Crying Now That I’ve Married Someone Else? 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 The Reborn Little Wife of the Obsessive Tycoon Is Sweet and Daring 偏执大佬的重生小娇妻甜又飒 [Secret identities + reborn + two equally strong leads + sweet romance + only ever been with each other] In her past life, her adoptive parents schemed to take her family’s wealth, while the fake heiress stole her identity. After suffering a head injury, she became mentally impaired and helped them in their schemes. In the end, she and the man she’d hurt died together in a fire. This time, she returned with all her memories, determined to crush the villains and make it up to the man who loved he 32Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 93 The CEO Regretted It After His Poor Little Darling Left 小可怜离开后总裁后悔了 [Heartless, domineering scumbag top x gentle, down-on-his-luck young master and mute bottom] Si Jinhan thought the most humiliating thing in his life was that his family had found him a mute wife. The little mute had no idea how much he hated him and gave him his whole heart, while Si Jinhan went out of his way to bully him. “You think I'd marry you? I could have anyone at my side, anyone but a mute like you!” The little mute was foolish, but he had a good memory. He remembered every word Si Jin 1.1kReads5.8Score10014d adds
- 94 Sacrifice in the Darkroom 暗室的献祭 A car accident: Shen Mi struck and killed two-year-old Meng Xuan. Guilt and self-reproach swallowed her whole, and she disappeared. When she woke again, she was in a lightless basement. Handcuffed by her left hand, she faced Meng Xuan's memorial portrait on the wall. The man keeping her prisoner was Meng Xuan's father, Meng Yu. “I want you to live in torment. I want you to wish you were dead.” A razor blade sliced her wrist, a toothpick pierced beneath her fingernail, and a cigarette burned her 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 He Knows He Was Wrong 他知道错了 [Bullying + tragic ending + coercive love + mutual devotion] That year, at the park, she found a place in Jiang Ye's heart. But in Su Yin's heart, he was a demon, a nightmare. When they first met in the classroom, Jiang Ye said to Su Yin, “I don't want anything in particular. I just think my dull, boring life might finally get a little more interesting. We have plenty of time!” He had no idea those words would mark the beginning of Su Yin's nightmare, pushing her into an endless abyss! . 1.5kReads8.1Score10314d adds
- 96 You Build the Ladder, I Deliver the Face-Slapping, and My Scumbag Husband Gets Tormented 你搭梯，我打脸，渣夫被虐哭了 Reborn, Lu Zhu decides to put an end to the persona she had before. From now on, she will be herself and do whatever makes her happy. She face-slaps the scumbag and the scheming white lotus, then bundles up her wicked younger cousin and sends her to her scumbag ex-husband, so the three of them can be stuck together for all eternity. She takes satisfying revenge on those who hurt her and delivers painful face-slaps, sending all her enemies from her previous life packing. At last, her whole family 295Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 97 Strangers for the Rest of Our Lives 此生陌路不复 When Chu Junmo forcibly tears open her wound, leaving it drenched in blood, Li Fuyi knows she must pay for the crime she committed at eighteen. Because of him, she found the light; because of him, she descended into eternal night. There are no winners in this battle. There are only two people doomed to endless ruin. 606Reads8.2Score10214d adds
- 98 Escape from Moore Manor 逃出摩尔庄园 Escape from Mole Manor —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 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
- 100 Longing for Yun's Return 念云归 [Angsty! Angsty! Angsty! Short tragic historical romance, princess sent abroad for a political marriage] Huan Yun’s childhood name was Yun’er. From the time she was little, her mother held her close and softly sang, “Yun’er, come home. Yun’er, come home.” Yun’er never went anywhere. Mother, why do you sigh like that? In the sixteenth year of Jianzhao, Huan Yun passed away quietly in the Wuyou Palace. Mother, you don’t know. Yun’er can never return home again... 294Reads8.4Score—14d adds
