Novels like My Childhood Friend Ascended the Throne
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- 151 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
- 152 A Tender Love, Etched Deep in Our School Days 校缘中,柔情刻骨 After returning to China, Bei Miao, a brilliant young man who graduated from a prestigious American university, meets Luo Xiaoxue, a beautiful and kind-hearted girl. They fall for each other at first sight. What kind of sparks will fly in their ordinary lives when they put their Armor Hero identities aside and reunite in a peaceful era, free of alien beasts causing trouble, in an entirely new way...? 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 153 Tales from the Late Tang 晚唐遗事 After transmigrating as Huang Chao’s empress, Shen Shu has the script in hand and knows the brutal end awaiting him. She tries to find a glimmer of humanity in the man destined to be reviled for all eternity, in the narrow spaces between the cracks of history. Will she redeem him, conspire with him, or fall with him amid a romance stained red with blood? In the tyrant’s palm, she composes a doomed love song amid the flames of war. 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 154 The CEO Becomes a Lame Little Man, and the Younger Movie Emperor Takes Him Home 总裁沦落小瘸子,年下影帝抱回家 [Two male leads + partly set in the entertainment industry + mutual salvation + happy ending + mild angst] Qin Chuan = company president + elite professional + calm and rational – (a real person with extreme paranoid schizophrenia). Shen Shi = beautiful pursuer + irresistible charmer + younger wolfdog who confesses every day + endless public displays of affection – (an extremely stubborn hardhead). Qin Chuan is the president of a game technology company. Though he’s always been a workaholic, he 700Reads8.5Score11614d adds
- 155 I Give You My Life, Never Betraying Our Love 倾我一世,不负相思 She loved him with all her heart and insisted on marrying him. Who could have known that he wanted her dead? To save the woman he loved, he needed the child in her womb as medicine. In the end, he put her in a coffin and suffocated her alive. Only then did she realize she had loved the wrong man. If she gets another life, she will never meet him or fall in love with him again! 74Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 156 The Years They Loved Each Other 他们相爱的那些年 Everyone in Nancheng knows that Wen Wan is the happiest princess in the city, adored by Lu Zhiyan, a decisive and ruthless man who gets things done. Everyone also knows that Wen Wan looks just like Lu Zhiyan’s ex-girlfriend, Bai Xi. Five years ago, Wen Wan was driven out of the Lu family villa in disgrace. The happy years they had shared became a blade after blade piercing her heart. Five years later, Wen Wan seals away her feelings and focuses on her career, finally becoming a CEO and brutally 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 157 My Childhood Sweetheart, the Crown Prince, Was Lured Away by an Enemy Princess 青梅竹马的太子夫君,被敌国公主勾跑了 My childhood sweetheart, Crown Prince husband Rong Yu, knocked me off my horse with a spear, its sharp tip aimed at my throat. He used that familiar red-tasseled spear to warn me to stay away from the exotic beauty he had just brought back. Only then did I understand the saying from those romance stories: a beautiful beginning can end in heartbreak. But I'm no delicate young lady who'll hide in her room and cry. I'll return the favor with that spear, then go back to the frontier where I belong. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 158 One Last Time, I Want You to See a Sunny Day 最后一次,我想让你看看晴天 One Last Time, I Want You to See a Sunny Day 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 159 Her World Lasts Only Seven Seconds 她的世界只有七秒 Her World Lasts Only Seven Seconds 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 160 One Day as the Emperor's Consort, Never Bowing Low: The Cuckoo's Blood-Tinged Cry 一朝侍帝未折腰,杜鹃啼血 The final book in the series about Han Zigao and Emperor Wen of Chen as its two male leads. This story is heartbreaking from beginning to end, detailing the tragic ending of both protagonists. The third male lead is Chen Xu, Prince of Ancheng. The execution of Hou Andu finally made him resolve to stop being the weapon used to kill others. He resolutely abandoned him, leaving him truly alone in Taicheng. When was it that the gray-white moonlight revealed the bone-deep chill of the palace walls, w 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 161 A White-Haired Handsome Guy Is Chasing Me 白毛帅哥后面追 [Omegaverse romance + slow burn + bad ending + devoted to each other] Xu Qi thinks there’s nothing in this world that can move him, whether it’s a person or an event. Even if a relative died, it wouldn’t mean much to him. After all, they were only relatives in name, and he felt nothing for them. They were like strangers, strangers who would only hold him back from his future. But if the day ever came when someone he cared about had to leave, he hoped they would come back to see him one last time 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 162 Take Her to Register the Marriage! The Abstinent CEO Begs Her for Affection, Eyes Red 拉她领证!禁欲霸总红着眼求她宠 [Male lead gets hurt + angst + reunion after years apart + rekindled love + love grows over time + painful romance + happy ending] A deeply devoted, self-effacing, love-struck male lead vs. a cold, stubborn, fiercely independent female lead Young Master Qi, a famous CEO in the business world, was strikingly handsome and came from a distinguished family. Five years ago, he knelt humbly for love, causing a sensation across the city. On the day of his engagement, he was cruelly dumped. She joined f 478Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 163 Flowers of the Rear Courtyard 后庭花 [Scheming Prince]+ [Princess of a Fallen Kingdom]+ [Tragic Romance]+ [Bad Ending]+ [Li Er and Xiao Yang] A gender-swapped Li-Yang story, modeled on the tale of Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, and Consort Yang. She was the empire's little princess, bright and lively, adored by everyone. He was an illegitimate son of the prince's household whose origins were unknown, scheming and brooding, bent only on reaching the pinnacle of power and washing away his humiliation. He approached her, used 508Reads8.3Score10314d adds
- 164 After Being Reborn, I’m Done Pretending 重生后,我不装了 At seventeen, I married Xie Wei, just as I had always wished. But I had stolen this marriage from the woman he loved most. Then, during the palace coup, I was struck down by a rain of arrows. He rushed toward me without a thought for his own safety, as if he wanted to die with me. At last, I was certain: he loved me. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 165 The Abandoned Empress of the Cold Palace Is Done 冷宫废后不干了 I rose to the height of power, only to be tricked into the Cold Palace, suffer a miscarriage, and lose my memory? When I woke, I discovered that my rival in love was weeping and begging forgiveness, my mother-in-law was kneeling and pleading for mercy, and the scoundrel emperor was sobbing as he admitted his mistakes. I pretend to have amnesia and act fragile, watching them panic and grovel as I carefully plot my every move, all for the day I settle the score! Now that I’ve claimed the throne, w 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 166 Baby, You’re So Seductive, I Want to Kiss You: The Fake Heiress Is Forced to Fall in Love! 宝宝好欲想亲,假千金被强制爱! Fake heiress vs. possessive, unhinged brother | 1v1 forced romance | Love and hate intertwined She was the Zhou family’s fake heiress, raised by them for eighteen years, and she’d called him “Big Brother” countless times. He exposed her true identity and cast her into the abyss, then forcibly kept her by his side when she had nowhere else to turn, swearing he would lock her there for the rest of her life. Love was obsession, possession, and the stubborn resolve to never let go, even if she hat 1.2kReads—Score—14d adds
- 167 The System Forces Me to Save the Tyrant, but the History Books Say I'm Doomed to Die 系统逼我拯救暴君可史书说我必死 Hot-tempered, scheming, sharp-tongued crown prince × soft, adorable, money-loving, lecherous transmigrated princess Transmigrate into a book #System #Tragedy #Palace Intrigue and Nobility #Redemption #The Beauty of a Bad Ending #Obsessive Tyrant #Fated Love #White Moonlight #When the Wall Falls, Everyone Pushes I was bound to the “Wise Ruler Development System.” My mission was to change the tyrant Mo Chenyuan for the better, prevent him from turning evil, and help him make his mark in history. T 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 168 The Duke of Zhen's Divorce Decree Made Me Empress 镇国公一纸休书,我当上了皇后 I'm a pomegranate spirit. To repay a debt of gratitude, I married a great hero. He guarded the frontier, while I spent four years as a wife in name only. I never imagined he'd send me a divorce letter for the sake of his love rival. “Help me marry her, or I'll have no choice but to divorce you.” But as soon as he said those words, the green tea schemer turned on him, leaving him disgraced and ruined on his return to the capital. With the blood from my heart in my hand, I smiled as I watched him 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 169 President Fan, Stop Tormenting Me. Your Wife Is Already Married 繁总别虐了,夫人已嫁人 [Angsty Romance + CEO + Dark Obsession + Everyone Chases Their Wife Into the Crematorium] Three years ago, she fell in love at first sight with the refined and mature Fan Ye. She gave him her whole heart and doggedly pursued him, until at last they were married. She thought she had found her happily ever after. Three years later, the Yu family went bankrupt, her mother died and her father was gone, her brother was badly injured, and Fan Ye forced her to leave with nothing. She finally understood 1.2kReads8.7Score10514d adds
- 170 [Falling Blossoms Know My Heart] 【落花知我意】 [Devoted Prince x Noblewoman] [Historical Romance Tragedy | Childhood Sweethearts, Bad Ending | Court Intrigue and Palace Schemes] Princess Jialing Shen Wan is the cherished jewel of the Shen family. As children, they caught fish together on spring days and gathered around the stove to boil snow on winter nights. Within the palace walls, she and Song Jinghan vowed to spend their lives together. But then the winds of fate shifted. Her cousin, who had returned after years away, stirred up trouble 65Reads—Score—14d adds
- 171 The Heartbeat from a Past Life: A Fang, You Shouldn't Have Lied to Me 前世的心跳,阿昉你不该骗我 The Heartbeats of Our Past Life: A Fang, You Shouldn’t Have Lied to Me —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 172 The Legend of Anle 安乐传 A new book. It has some flaws, but they’re easy enough to overlook. Sweet at first, then heartbreaking + no getting back together + making the villains pay Princess Anle’s life was so miserable that it felt like a dream. She gave her whole heart and got nothing but scars in return. After two years, her passionate love finally turned to ashes. She would rather die than be his wife again. There was no love left between them, only hatred, and they would fight to the death. Before she died, she said 56Reads—Score—14d adds
- 173 Building a House in the Countryside 农村自建房 A super-angsty tragedy based on real events. My new work is here! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 174 Quick Transmigration: After Breaking Up Couples, Everyone Gets Hurt 快穿:拆CP后,全员皆虐 [Quick Transmigration + No Fixed Couple + A Touch of Harem Appeal + Breaking Up Canon Couples + Angst] Zhang Junmei was accidentally killed by the heroine of a book, only to learn that she had been nothing but a stepping stone for the book's hero and heroine. In a fit of anger, she bound herself to a System and entered the books as women who loved the hero without hope, vowing to break up the canon couples. But why did everything get more and more painful as she went along? The people who loved 337Reads—Score—14d adds
- 175 The 101st Sunny-Day Doll 第101个晴天娃娃 The 101st Sunny-Day Doll 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 176 The Light That Once Shone on Me: Regrets 《那道曾经照亮我的光》遗憾 The Light That Once Shone on Me: Regrets 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 177 The Ninth Autumn 第九个秋 [Innocent and carefree Mi Yicheng vs. taciturn Shen Jingjun] Everyone talks about meeting again in the next life, but he is a firm materialist. Love may bring partings and reunions, but there is no next life. On a rainy autumn day, Mi Yicheng waits beneath her office building for the rain to stop. As she gazes at the curtain of rain before her, an image of Shen Jingjun comes to mind. The dashing young man in a dark blue jacket stands across the road, smiling at her. He waves, the corners of hi 77Reads—Score—14d adds
- 178 Three Years After I Transmigrated, the City Lord Became My Prisoner 穿越3年后,城主成我阶下囚 Content warning: This is a revenge story with a tragic romance. The male lead seeks redemption. It includes injury, imprisonment, and whipping, so proceed with caution. The leads are bitter enemies bound by fate, in both this life and their past lives. Angst and heartbreak, both leads are strong and devoted to each other, happy ending Proud, aloof Emperor Star VS revenge-driven Seven Killings queen In her first life, Yun Shuyue fell blindly in love with Huo Chenfeng. Little did she know the ma 1.2kReads8.1Score10314d adds
- 179 Two Hearts, Three Minds 两意三心 [Pure historical tragedy + no golden finger, no transmigration, no rebirth + 1v3, female lead is not a virgin] Neither the male nor the female lead is perfect. One is unruly and arrogant, the other insecure and timid, and both have their own character arcs. The cast is richly developed, with distinct personalities. She was nothing but the unloved daughter of a low-ranking sixth-grade official. Her father showed her no affection, her mother did not love her, and her younger sister bullied her 618Reads8.2Score10114d adds
- 180 After Losing My Job, I Left with Nothing. Now My Ex-Wife Begs Me to Remarry Her 失业后,我净身出户,前妻跪求复婚 After Losing My Job, I Left With Nothing, and My Ex-Wife Begged Me to Remarry Her 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 181 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
- 182 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
- 183 I Brought Him Back to Life, but He Called Me Selfish 我复活了他,他却说我自私 I Brought Him Back to Life, but He Called Me Selfish —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 184 Jinli: The Gardenias Haven't Fallen Asleep 烬璃:栀子未眠 Jin Li: The Gardenia Has Yet to Sleep 24Reads—Score114d adds
- 185 Goodnight, Little Caterpillar 晚安毛毛虫 A tragic romance with sweetness first, then heartbreak. Read with caution. She gets a message saying her husband is having sex with a young woman. She storms into the hotel, beats up the mistress, then beats up her husband. In her fury, she suffers a miscarriage too. After enduring the pain of losing her child, she asks for a divorce and threatens to hurt herself if he refuses. After they divorce, the second male lead, who has remained faithful to her for twenty years, launches his pursuit, whil 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 186 The Bright Moon Keeps You Company 明月伴君 One day, high school student Si Yue suddenly finds herself in a cultivation world, where she becomes a good-for-nothing who can't cultivate. She has a crush on the chosen genius Xie Jing, but their difference in status makes her too shy to confess. She thinks that if she stays by his side, her young hero will eventually accept her. But things don't go as she hoped: Xie Jing's childhood dream girl, Jing Huan, appears. The dream girl is a heaven-blessed beauty, exceptionally talented and stunningl 255Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 187 After the Class Reunion, She Knelt and Begged Me Not to Divorce Her 同学聚会后,她跪着求我别离婚 After the Class Reunion, She Begged Me on Her Knees Not to Divorce Her 40Reads—Score—14d adds
- 188 The CEO Called Me High-Maintenance When He Dumped Me, So I Married His Uncle 总裁分手说我矫情,我转身嫁他小叔 The CEO Called Me Hysterical When He Broke Up With Me, So I Turned Around and Married His Uncle 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 189 After Mr. Zhou Spoiled His Canary Rotten 金丝雀被周先生惯坏以后 [Bittersweet Pursuit | Love Amidst Hatred | Angst Before Love | The Powerful One Gets on His Knees] At eighteen, Ye Yutang knocked on Zhou Zhenglin’s car window to pay off gambling debts. The craziest man in Hong Kong City became her sugar daddy. He gave her money and crushed every bit of defiance in her. She eloped with the driver, but their train was stopped as soon as it left Hong Kong City. Right in front of her, he broke two of the driver’s fingers, then wiped away her tears with a bloodsta 1.1kReads—Score11514d adds
- 190 My Love Is Real, and So Is My Desire to Kill You 爱是真的,想杀你也是真的 My Love Is Real, and So Is My Desire to Kill You 39Reads—Score114d adds
- 191 I Took in a Foolish Prince as My Live-In Son-in-Law 捡个傻王爷做赘婿 I Picked Up a Foolish Prince to Be My Live-In Son-in-Law 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 192 The Road Ahead Is Hard 荨路难 “Emperor and consort” “Angst” “Daughter of a great clan” “Young emperor” “Childhood sweethearts” “Both pure” In all my life, the most naive thing I ever did was believe that there could be a way for both sides to win on the chessboard. 3.6kReads8.1Score22414d adds
- 193 Alas, the Present! 叹今朝! [Historical Fiction Only + No System or Golden Finger + Palace Intrigue and Political Scheming + Court Conflicts + Inspirational Strong Female Lead’s Growth] Key point: The heroine suffers terribly, and the story is very angsty. Read with caution! Mu Zhaozhao is the eldest daughter of the Chancellor’s household, but no one has cared about her since she was little. Her birth parents consider her a bringer of bad luck and leave her to fend for herself in the most remote courtyard of the residence. 404Reads—Score—14d adds
- 194 Consumed to the Bone 沉溺入骨 They agreed it would be a “business arrangement”: he would help her pay off fifty million in debt, and she would play along with his act. But Bo Nian couldn’t resist his good looks. She became addicted to him, only to discover that he was hiding a girl and protecting her fiercely. He even went so far as to take her bone marrow for that girl. Only then did Bo Nian face reality: she would never be able to warm his heart. He said, “I can’t be responsible for what happens to other people. Life and 637Reads8.2Score10314d adds
- 195 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 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 196 The Stunning, Fiesty Favorite Consort: The Tyrant Is Addicted to Spoiling Her 绝美宠妃太刁蛮,暴君自虐宠上瘾 663Reads8.9Score10114d adds
- 197 Cinnabar Etched into My Bones 《朱砂烙骨》 Cinnabar Branded on the Bone 75Reads—Score—14d adds
- 198 After Mom Hanged Herself With a Blood Vine, Dad Married His Mistress 妈用血藤上吊后,我爸娶了小三 After Mom Hanged Herself with a Bloodvine, Dad Married His Mistress 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 199 Disciple, Your Master Cultivates the Path of Unfeeling 徒儿,为师修的是无情道 [Female teacher, male student + angsty romance + power struggles + corruption + devoted to each other] (The Demon Realm's princess who cultivates the heartless path & the Celestial prince who descends to the mortal realm to undergo tribulation) Shocking! The brooding male supporting characters want to steal the spotlight, but the male lead is a hopeless romantic! She is the Demon Realm's princess, a Western Regions dancer, and the much-revered Immortal of a Thousand Faces. Aloof and proud, she i 102Reads—Score—14d adds
- 200 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



















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