Novels like Son-in-Law: I’m Really Not an Idiot Anymore
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- 1 My Arrogant 28-Year-Old Female CEO 我的28岁傲娇女总裁 He's a lowly security guard, but also a peerless master, and his life is the stuff of legends. One midnight, his arrogant, tsundere female boss, drunk out of her mind, forcibly clings to him, then turns around and insults him for being a broke loser! 1.3kReads8.9Score228Shelves
- 2 Just Out of Prison, and My Fiancée Is Marrying My Enemy 刚出狱，未婚妻就要与仇人结婚 Three years ago, Ye Fei's mother was hit by a car while saving his fiancée. Her family abandoned her while she was critically ill, and Ye Fei gave everything he had for her, only to be framed by his enemy and sent to prison. Three years later, he inherits the legacy of a Divine Doctor and gets out of prison to seek revenge. But his fiancée is about to marry his enemy... 7.5kReads8.9Score998Shelves
- 3 From the Start, I Inherited the Dragon God’s Legacy! 开局，获得龙神传承！ Zhang Dahai, a simpleton, is thrown into the river in a fit of rage after offending Wang Fugui… Unexpectedly, he gains the legacy of the Mountain God, mastering the Spirit Rain Art with his left hand and the Earth-Prospecting Technique with his right. He commands the wind and rain and makes waves wherever he goes. 1kReads9.0Score231Shelves
- 4 Dream of the Red Chamber: Second Sister-in-Law Lian, Your Younger Brother-in-Law Is Here to Treat You 红楼琏二嫂子小叔子给你瞧病来了 Ladies and sisters of the Red Chamber, I’m here! Whatever you planned to do, you won’t be doing it anymore. I’ll do everything I can to thwart your wishes and fulfill my own selfish desires. Sorry, I’m a selfish man. Hahaha... 941Reads—Score100Shelves
- 5 The Little Miracle Doctor of Peach Spring Village 桃源乡村小神医 Young Bai Yunfei saves a beauty, only to be framed and harmed. Surviving a great calamity brings good fortune: he learns a heaven-defying cultivation technique and masters miraculous medical skills. From then on, he rises against all odds. He repays kindness and takes revenge! 4.4kReads8.5Score459Shelves
- 6 A Woman Is Like Jade 女人如玉 Jade must be carved to become a treasure. A woman who has been shaped into one can make a man like me unable to resist. This is the story of a man truly becoming a man. 71Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 7 The Full-Time Live-In Son-in-Law 全职赘婿 I married my goddess of a boss and joined her wealthy family as a live-in son-in-law. A cushy life fell right into my lap, and before I was even twenty-five, I was already coasting through life. Think it's easy? Living off someone else is a skill! 75Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 8 Urban: Invincible After Coming Down the Mountain, Senior Sister, Don't Get Any Ideas! 都市：下山无敌，师姐别乱来啊！ (Urban cultivation + overpowered hero + satisfying revenge + multiple heroines + no humiliation + blood mist style + kill, kill, kill!) Wang Feng has spent his whole life being humiliated. His mother has terminal cancer, his sister was assaulted at home, and his ex-girlfriend ran off with a rich second-generation heir, leaving him thoroughly cuckolded. Just as Wang Feng loses all hope in life, a mysterious old man takes him to the Kunlun Mountains to cultivate. Two and a half years later, Wang F 3.8kReads7.7Score609Shelves
- 9 Hell's Berserker 地狱狂兵 Zheng Yuan accidentally obtains the Hand of Hell, born from ten thousand years of resentment. From then on, he tramples the War Gods, crushes the young tyrants, and turns the world upside down. 243Reads7.7Score—Shelves
- 10 A Country Doctor's Art of Reading Qi 乡村医生望气之术 (Rural life + miracle doctor + underdog’s rise + ...) Zhang Xiaoshan, an ordinary mountain villager, unexpectedly obtains The Essentials of the Eight Mysterious Scriptures. From then on, he rises to the top and lives a wonderful life. 50Reads—Score109Shelves
- 11 The Miracle Doctor of the Fishing Village 渔村神医 A country boy with unmatched talent in medicine and physiognomy treats the sick and saves lives, builds his fortune, and transforms a poor coastal village into a prosperous home. He is the ideal man and every girl's idol. What more could anyone ask of life? 6.6kReads9.0Score922Shelves
- 12 Brother Er Gou Is a Good Person 二狗哥哥是好人 [Urban + family + entertaining + original] Yuan Ergou comes to the city, and wealthy, beautiful CEOs can't stop falling for him! I'm Yuan Ergou. The village chief framed me, leaving me no choice but to leave my home behind. Su Muqing, you want me to work as your bodyguard for free? Don't forget, your sister Su Muxue is aloof and single. Lin Yaqing, you're only twenty-six and already a principal. Is that really appropriate? Shouldn't you start a family first? I'm Yuan Ergou, young and full of lif 477Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 I Asked You to Cultivate Duality with Me, So How Did You Become a Saint in One Day? 让你与本尊双修，你咋一日入圣了 [Single Heroine]+ [Empress]+ [Special Physique]+ [Feel-Good Power Fantasy]. Wei Haoran was happily slacking off at home, until one day, he awakened. For the sake of a beautiful older sister... no, for the sake of a fine man’s ambition to roam the world, a thunderous boom shook the sky, and the Director of the Imperial Observatory made a dazzling entrance. Newly appointed to his post, Wei Haoran had planned to capture the Demon Lord. But to his surprise, he discovered that the Demon Lord was an u 160Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 My Spoiled, Bossy Female CEO 我的刁蛮女总裁 He doesn't know what love is. When one relationship after another comes his way unexpectedly, he decides to choose one and love wholeheartedly. Yet whenever he feels happiness is just around the corner, he discovers that it's nothing more than a cruel joke played by fate. Swept along by destiny, he wanders through a life of hardship before returning to where he began, only to find that nothing has changed. The confusion of being human, the anguish of loving someone you cannot have: perhaps life 57Reads9.0Score—Shelves
- 15 You Are the Fireworks of This World 你是人间烟火 One rainy night, while I was out delivering food, a beautiful woman in a luxury car knocked me down. Little did I know, that would be the start of our fateful connection. She was incredibly apologetic: she gave me money, apologized, and left me her contact information. But then, somehow, I ended up getting beaten up because of it. Furious, I swore that if I ever saw her again, I’d demand to know why! But fate had other plans. When we met again, who would have thought it had all been predestined? 20.2kReads8.6Score2.1kShelves
- 16 A Book That Continues the Spring and Autumn Annals 续写春秋的一本书 A new work is out! You can read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy them. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 10.7kReads9.2Score902Shelves
- 17 The Invincible War Dragon of the Mountain Village 山村无敌战龙 Everyone in Qingshan Village knows that Chen Dong is an idiot. Until one day, the wealthy family’s Dragon Commander, who had been a fool for three years, awakens once more. The remote mountain village is thrown into an uproar... 6kReads9.2Score873Shelves
- 18 Not a Centipede's First Book 不是蜈蚣的第一本书 A poor young man was beaten until his face was covered in pockmarks for the sake of his girlfriend, then fired from the hospital and sent back to his village. Half a year later, when he makes his grand return, the world will be at his feet! … Bai Feng: “I’m opening a traditional Chinese medicine clinic to promote our nation’s medical arts and culture. What can you ants do about it?” 242Reads9.1Score105Shelves
- 19 The Gifted Young Miracle Doctor of the Desolate Village 荒村妖孽小神医 [Countryside + Miracle Doctor + Fool] Liu Chen’s parents died when he was young, leaving him and his younger sister to depend on each other. Life was hard, but through sheer effort, Liu Chen still managed to get into a prestigious university. Then he caught his ex-girlfriend cheating with her lover, and they beat him so badly that he suffered brain damage. Before long, everyone for miles around knew him as Big Hairy, the village fool. Fortunately, he inherited the legacy of a Medicine Sovereign, 4kReads9.1Score592Shelves
- 20 The Legend of Guo Jing, Huang Rong, and Lu Wende in Xiangyang 射雕襄阳黄蓉吕文德传 In the late Southern Song, the corrupt official Lü Wende makes life difficult for Guo Jing and Huang Rong at every turn… 122Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 21 The Beautiful Leader's Personal Secretary 美女领导的私人秘书 [Entry in the January 2020 Silver Ticket Contest] By chance, Zhao Ming saved the life of a divorced female mine manager. She offered him a permanent position, a promotion to supervisor, and even her beautiful daughter’s hand in marriage. Zhao Ming shook his head. No, plenty of people are after me. I can’t hang myself from just one tree. His new book, The Wealthy Family’s Dad, is now a hit! Same modern setting, a whole new kind of excitement. Readers are welcome to check it out. 8kReads9.0Score866Shelves
- 22 The Beautiful CEO’s Personal Bodyguard 美女总裁身边的贴身保镖 He was the Great Xia Kingdom’s sharpest weapon abroad, the world’s number-one assassin, and the head of the Dark Guard Hall, the foremost of the four Dragon Soul Halls. Yet while returning from a mission, he died in a plane crash. No one knew that his death was a carefully planned suicide, meant to bring him home after fifteen years away so he could look after the little sister he had never met. To give his lonely sister a warm home and a comfortable life, he became the personal bodyguard of a b 50kReads8.8Score3.5kShelves
- 23 The Little Immortal Doctor of the Mountain Village 山村小仙医 (Countryside + Divine Doctor + Spatial Dimension + Farming) He is the only fool in the village, acting dazed and silly every day and often getting mocked by the village women. After an unexpected awakening grants him extraordinary abilities, he starts treating the sick and saving lives in the village. When word of his reputation spreads, people flock to him from far and wide… 22.1kReads9.1Score1.3kShelves
- 24 The Ultimate Country Doctor 乡村极品神医 Xu Fang suddenly returned to his hometown after disappearing for six years, only to find a newly appointed female village chief living at his home. Xu Fang decided to help her develop the mountain village. With his exceptional skills, he gradually transformed the once-impoverished village into a prosperous place. 1.1kReads9.2Score1.1kShelves
- 25 The Live-In Son-in-Law Runs Wild: You’ve Punched a Hole in the Sky! 上门狂婿：天都被你捅破了！ (I'm not good at writing blurbs, and I don't know how to hook readers in three chapters. All I can say is that each chapter is more exciting than the last. Friends, stay a while and give it a read!) [No Frustrating Setbacks + Invincible Lead + No Saintly Hypocrisy + Not a Monk + Multiple Heroines + Miracle Doctor + Tycoon + Countryside + Urban Cultivation + Master Descends from the Mountain + War God Live-in Son-in-Law] The plot avoids the usual clichés! The tone is funny and lighthearted! The s 160Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 The Female CEO’s Close-Protection King 女总裁的近身兵王 A retired soldier king returns to city life and, through a twist of fate, becomes a beautiful CEO’s bodyguard. He was once a revered master, but now he spends every day worrying about the CEO’s paycheck. Watch as this legendary soldier king rises from the ashes and returns to the top! 886Reads9.2Score624Shelves
- 27 Exiled to the Border, the Criminal Wife Clears the Wasteland and Raises a God of War 发配边关，罪妻开荒养出战神 [Life on the frontier + wood affinity + beast taming + doting husband + fiercely protective + pioneering and farming + sweet romance + two strong, straightforward leads + contrasting couples] Great Jing has suffered drought for two years running. Food shortages are widespread, and war has engulfed Liaodong. Su He, a logistics worker from the apocalypse, transmigrates into the body of a maid enslaved for a crime and is sent to become the wife of a military household. Her fellow convict women do t 146.5kReads9.0Score136.3kShelves
- 28 Wicked Disciple, You’re Going to Be a Father 孽徒你要当爹了 Thank you all, my dear readers, for your support and love! This is a long traditional fantasy romance, so please be a little patient with it! But I promise to update every day! This book is all about a lighthearted, hilarious, and invincible adventure! There's no System, no heart-wrenching angst, and no saintly do-gooder! There won't be too much tedious detail about cultivation realms! Even when the realms are broadly outlined, they don't seem to have much to do with the protagonist. After all, 3.4kReads8.6Score389Shelves
- 29 From the Start, I Was Cyberbullied: Then I Threw the Boomerang Right Back 开局被网暴：反手就扔出回旋镖 Ye Feng was a security guard at a subway station. One day, he was targeted by an online mob after dragging a young woman off the train for disrupting public order and endangering the safety of other passengers. “Is that guard even human?” “He seems like he has violent tendencies.” “That guard is a freak.” “…” The influencer lawyer Sister Yan even declared, “Security guards have no law enforcement authority. Even if she were killing and burning, the guard would have no right to stop her.” One day —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 Data Bloodwolf's Seventh Book 数据血狼的第7本书 [Decisive and Ruthless Male Lead + Growing to Invincibility Alongside the Heroines + Master + Senior Sisters + Wei Wu Style + Heroines Involved Almost Throughout] Three years ago, Ye Xingchen was betrayed by his childhood sweetheart and barely escaped with his life. Three years later, Ye Xingchen returns in triumph, unmatched in both medicine and martial arts! Together with those who truly love him, he will claim dominion over the world. 874Reads8.9Score147Shelves
- 31 The All-Powerful, Invincible Medicine Saint 全能无敌医圣 [A finished classic you don't want to miss] Lu Fan, the village fool, had endured the contempt of his neighbors for years. Then, by a stroke of luck, he obtained the Dragon King Art and became an all-powerful miracle doctor. From then on, he made his fortune and enjoyed the good life. 1.6kReads9.3Score697Shelves
- 32 From the Start, I Married the Village Belle 山村开局娶村花 [Rural Life + Miracle Doctor] The beautiful Shen Xiangyu fell gravely ill and was abandoned by her gambling-addict husband. Lin Yun traded a few acres of land for Shen Xiangyu, the village’s most beautiful woman. Everyone thought it would end in tragedy, but Lin Yun unexpectedly awakened his ancestors’ legacy, the Nine Heavens Immortal Spirit Art, and began his rise to success! From then on, Shen Xiangyu and Lin Yun lived a life of happiness beyond anyone’s imagining! “Xiangyu, I’m going to spoi 4.4kReads9.3Score977Shelves
- 33 The Little Divine Doctor Comes Down the Mountain: My Wife Has an Icy Spirit Body 下山小神医：我的玄冰灵体老婆 [Passionate action and ruthless combat + invincible protagonist + no saintly behavior + one female lead + satisfying power fantasy] A renowned miracle doctor has barely come down from the mountain when he saves a beauty, then spends a night of passion aboard a boat with a goddess. When she wakes, she says, “From now on, I’m your woman. You have to take responsibility for me and marry me!” It turns out that after that night, the goddess fell in love with him... 19.3kReads9.3Score1.2kShelves
- 34 My Sister Cried Because We're Poor! 姐姐哭了，因为穷！ My Older Sister Cried Because We Were Poor! 76Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 From the Start, I Refuse to Be a Simp: I Relaunch Chinese Pop Music at Its Peak 开局不当舔狗，反手重启华流巅峰 [Slice of life + entertainment industry + no System + campus beauty + sweet romance + slow burn] To his utter surprise, Zhou Zhifei, a singer who was never famous, transmigrates to Planet Earth. He has barely woken up in his university dorm when he sees the explosive diary of his former self, a hopeless simp. Sycophants don't get a house. Nice guys come after dogs. “What exactly do you mean? You were the one who chased after me first. How can you just say you're done? Zhou Zhifei, have you even 19.6kReads8.3Score1.5kShelves
- 36 The Rustic Little Miracle Doctor 乡野小医神 [Countryside + miracle doctor + getting rich + farming + multiple heroines] Liu Ping'an of Qingshui Village gets beaten up for protecting his neighbor, but the misfortune turns out to be a blessing in disguise. From then on, he grows crops, raises fish, develops hot springs, builds a resort, and promotes tourism, transforming impoverished Qingshui Village into a thriving place. After that, Liu Ping'an enjoys a comfortable life in the countryside... 33.7kReads9.1Score2.1kShelves
- 37 The Peach Blossom Village Doctor 桃花乡医 Luo Xiaohu is beaten into an idiot by his rival in love, then receives the Human Emperor's legacy and rises to the top, looking down on all living beings. I don't care how powerful you are, how rich you are, or how high your cultivation reaches: don't come mouthing off to me. I can save you, and I can kill you. 9.1kReads9.1Score760Shelves
- 38 The Pinnacle of Power: A Young Eagle on the Official Path 权利巅峰之官道天骄 The long road through officialdom is riddled with deadly traps, but it also holds the most beautiful encounters. Reborn Jiang Wendong: can he evade those deadly traps and stride boldly onward? 28.7kReads9.3Score3.2kShelves
- 39 The Women I Loved Back Then 那些年，我爱过的女人 After five years together, my girlfriend gets pregnant by her married male boss. Heartbroken, I unexpectedly meet a beautiful CEO. Amid tangled relationships and clashes in the business world, can I learn to believe in love again and turn my life around? 2.7kReads9.1Score333Shelves
- 40 Reborn as the Useless Crown Prince 重生之废物皇太子 Li Jian, a demobilized soldier, is unexpectedly reborn as a disgraced crown prince. He had hoped to stay out of the struggle for power and live a quiet life, keeping his true abilities hidden. But with the other princes constantly bearing down on him, he has no choice but to fight back. He beats the chief minister and kicks the General Who Guards the Nation into submission, bringing the entire court to heel. An enemy princess secretly sends him flirtatious glances, and he goes on to build his ca 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 I Became the Wicked Stepmother of Three Sweet Kids 穿成三个乖乖崽的恶毒后娘 [Space + Adorable Kids + Sweet Romance + Feel-Good] Hua Qianmian was a space-wielding esper in a modern special abilities department. She died in an accident on a mission and transmigrated into another world, inhabiting the body of a stepmother with the same name. Her former self was lazy, greedy, and shameless, with a worldview that beggared belief. Looking at three sweet children who were so well-behaved they broke her heart, and a mother-in-law who genuinely stood up for her, she decided to 4.9kReads9.3Score798Shelves
- 42 Seduction 风骚 [Rural life + miraculous doctor + face-slapping] Ye Xiaofan put his girlfriend through college, only for her to betray him and team up with her lover to throw him off a cliff... By a stroke of luck, Ye Xiaofan gained the inheritance of a miraculous doctor. From then on, he embarked on a path of revenge and a dramatic rise to success! 7.9kReads9.1Score777Shelves
- 43 I’m Just a Nobody, but They Insist I’m a Miracle Doctor 我就一小吊丝，她们非说我是神医 Divine Doctor + Multiple Heroines + Reverse System + Feel-Good Power Fantasy I’m just a massage therapist. My girlfriend had only just dumped me when a businesswoman showed up and insisted I was a miracle doctor. 1.1kReads—Score102Shelves
- 44 You Said We’d Focus on Technology, Yet You’ve Been Secretly Raising Dragons 说好拼科技，你们居然偷偷养龙 Qin Shi transmigrated into a dragon and handed himself over to the government so he could make a living. Just then, a secret realm appeared beyond the heavens, and the consciousness of Blue Star manifested, calling on every nation to explore it. Countries raced to develop high-tech weapons, while the Dragon Kingdom poured its resources into raising a dragon. On the day the secret realm opened, the other countries sent out high-tech weapons, including steel mechs, super soldiers, intelligent mach 265Reads7.1Score101Shelves
- 45 The Divine Doctor Dragon Son-in-Law: After Being Kicked Out, I Shocked the World 神医龙婿：被赶出门后我震惊全球 Three years ago, I became the Lin family's live-in son-in-law. They called me useless, a good-for-nothing, and said I was worth less than a dog. My wife gave me cold looks, my mother-in-law mocked me, and the whole family trampled me underfoot. Then, on the day we divorced, my identity as a miracle doctor was exposed. With golden needles, I could save the world; my medical skills were peerless! Everyone who once looked down on me fell to their knees and begged for mercy! My wife, who had once ab —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 Lingyuan: Ling Chen 灵渊之地凌辰 When heaven and earth first formed, chaos had yet to divide. Spirit and Abyss came into being together, giving rise to all things. Spirit was the source of life, while the Abyss was the foundation of all laws. Only through their balance did the Three Realms and Six Paths emerge, with countless races standing side by side. But the balance between Spirit and Abyss was lost, and order collapsed. In the primordial war, the gods fell and Spirit and Abyss shattered, becoming countless secret realms sc 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 Among the Mountains 山野间 [Countryside + Miracle Doctor + Farming + Getting Rich] Baichuan Village was nestled between beautiful mountains and clear waters. Yet all the men from its poor mountain valley had gone away to work. Those left behind were either lazy or wicked, along with one big fool: Li Dazhu. By a twist of fate, the simple-minded Li Dazhu was bitten by a strange snake and swallowed a fire toad. He suddenly came to his senses and, on top of that, unexpectedly obtained an ancient book. Once a fool who had live 7.2kReads9.2Score866Shelves
- 48 Always Coldhearted, How Could I Ever Speak of Deep Love? 向来凉薄，何言情深 The day Lu Yanqian jumped to her death, Huo Jincheng was lost in a world of wine and lights. She loved him, giving everything she had without hesitation. He hated her, destroying everything without hesitation. Later, in a life without her, he grew used to being alone. Through the long years, he had no one but himself to walk beside him. I once thought loving you was only an act, but it turned out I was already incurably ill, loving you to the bone. Lu Yanqian, I regret it. 2.7kReads8.2Score115Shelves
- 49 Reborn in 1980: I Lead My Whole Family to Prosperity 重生之1980年我带全家奔小康 Jiang Yuanchao died. After forty years of struggle, from being laid off in the 1980s to becoming an IT magnate in the internet age, he had witnessed the opportunities of every era and tasted the bitterness of missing his chance. On Lunar New Year’s Eve in 2026, a sudden heart attack struck him at the New Year’s Eve dinner table in his own villa. In his hand was a red envelope he hadn’t had the chance to give his grandson. When he opened his eyes again, he was back in 1980, the year he turned twe 28Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 A Village in the Mountains 山间野村 Read the first three chapters. If you don’t like it, come yell at me. [Rural miracle doctor + urban cultivation + farming and getting rich + multiple female leads] After Wang Dachun’s parents died in an accident, they left behind a sister with an intellectual disability. The siblings depended on each other, struggling through a life of poverty, never having enough to eat or warm clothes to wear, and being looked down on since childhood. When the village bully targeted his sister, Wang Dachun had 14.5kReads9.1Score1.7kShelves
