Novels like The Wild Boy and the Wild Lily
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Wild Boy and the Wild Lily, best match first.
- 151 I Let My Guard Down! My Childhood Friend Has Me Wrapped Around Her Finger! 大意了！被青梅女孩套牢了！ [Reborn] [Childhood Friend and Campus Belle] [Slow-Burn Romance] [Super Sweet Romance] [Everyday Campus Life] The summer of 2018 was the most beautiful summer of all… After taking two devastating blows from love and family, Ling Chuan is reborn one month before the 2018 college entrance exam. In this life, Ling Chuan decides he won’t be a lovesick doormat anymore! His former girlfriend, Shang Youyou, who abandoned him in his previous life, is standing right in front of him, demanding an explanat 314Reads8.5Score10014d adds
- 152 The Newlywed Young Widow 新婚小寡妇 In the winter of 1976, Li Yanmei was newly married when her husband died. Branded a “husband-killing” jinx, she was pregnant when her cruel in-laws threw her out with nothing. On a stormy night, she gave birth in a melon shed. Starving and freezing, she swallowed the slur “loose woman” along with her tears. For the little one in her arms, she wiped away her tears and turned humiliation into a stepping stone. She went from selling goods at a black-market stall to reclaiming land for farming, from 1.6kReads6.5Score11014d adds
- 153 Five-Sugar Sweetness, Drunken Bliss 五分糖沉酣 [Arrogant, cocky heartthrob VS sweet-tempered little darling] [Childhood sweethearts + secret crush turns mutual + both devoted to each other + doting, flirtatious romance] Qi Heng is a born champion, famous for his arrogance among Beicheng’s wealthy elite. He has just one rule for deciding whether to show someone respect: it depends on his mood! Aside from his temper, the young master is top-tier in every way. He was the top science-stream scorer on the college entrance exam, and his bewitching 7.4kReads8.9Score90914d adds
- 154 The Plains' True Colors 平原底色 Beginning in the twenty-first century, this novel follows Fang Lizhu, a child of the post-80s generation growing up in the rural Jianghan Plain of central China. Through Fang Lizhu's education, work, and the many people he meets and events he experiences, the novel portrays how life has changed for people across the plains since the start of the new century. It also depicts the many ways ordinary people respond to sweeping changes in a new era and a shifting social landscape: the choices they ma 17Reads—Score11414d adds
- 155 So What If He's the Campus Heartthrob? I Woke Up and Stopped Chasing Him 校草又怎样，恋爱脑清醒后不追了 [Devoted to each other + one-on-one romance + school life + coming of age + groveling after losing her] Gu Yitang had a dream that wasn't quite a nightmare. In it, she married the boy she had always loved, her childhood friend. Then the nightmare began. The life that followed wasn't what she had imagined, and she was plunged into endless panic. So she did everything she could to save herself, determined not to repeat the dream's mistakes. She stopped orbiting Xia Zhihe and began to step outside 240Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 156 You Like Me Too, Don’t You? 你也很喜欢我吧！ Lin Muruo wakes up in a hospital room in 2018, but her memories are frozen on the bloody car crash on the night of her divorce in 2025. Even stranger, her sworn enemy and husband, Ling Yunbo, storms in on a leg encased in a cast. His eyes hold a weariness and scrutiny she can't understand. They have both been reborn, carrying the souls and scars of 2025 in their 2018 bodies as they continue to fight and test each other. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 157 My First Love 我的初恋情人 I met Yu on an early spring day. It was overcast and windy. He was passing by my house just as I came out of the yard. Our eyes met, and his lit up at once. He stopped in his tracks. My face flushed, and I lowered my head to look at my old cloth shoes, with my toes poking out. My family was so poor that my clothes were covered in patches. Yu didn’t seem to care about my shabby clothes. He kept walking, glancing back at my face. I didn’t know who he was or what he was doing in our village. But a 137Reads—Score714d adds
- 158 The Campus Heartthrob and His Sweet Childhood Friend 校草竹马，甜宠青梅娇妻 A stunning childhood sweetheart who can be sweet or sassy × A gentle, scheming school heartthrob who grew up with her “My Zai Zai, I'll give you anything you want. Everything is yours, and so am I.” Duan Yinglin has eyes only for her, carefully drawing her into his arms step by step. Everyone at Tongcheng High says Duan Yinglin is refined and aloof, always distant yet polite. He's an untouchable beauty no one can win over. Then Su Ranran comes along and breaks the ice. “Is this gentle, handsome 1kReads9.2Score14814d adds
- 159 A Starry Path, Warm and Bright 星途暖暖 Cool and aloof heartthrob Yu Xingyu is a member of the esports club and a top-tier jungler with incredible skills. His motto: “In esports, there’s no acting and no romance.” Literature freshman Li Nuannuan is a little fan who can only play Angela. A show match brings them together. What amusing things will happen between them? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 160 My Strategist Helps Me Woo the Campus Beauty, But She's the Campus Beauty Herself 军师助我撩校花，但她是校花本人 [One heroine + not reborn + no System + wealthy campus beauty + everyday romance] After cutting ties with a bad woman, Su Yang decides to shut his heart away. But an online friend who claims to be a romance expert coaxes and tricks Su Yang into trying to win over Nan Xiyao, the aloof campus beauty no one dares approach. Strangely enough, with this “strategist’s” help, Su Yang really does make progress with Nan Xiyao. It would hardly be surprising if they ended up dating. But what if the strategi 12.5kReads8.6Score2k14d adds
- 161 Childhood Friends to Sweethearts? Ten Years of Friendship, Changed Just Like That! 发小变青梅？十年友谊说变就变！ [Childhood Friends] [Romance] [Sweet Romance] [Everyday Life] [School Life] [Lighthearted] Qin Zhi had a childhood friend. They went to school together, played together, and grew up together, as close as siblings. Then, in their third year of middle school, his friend's family moved far away. They never saw each other again, and three years passed. When they met again, the lively, outgoing “Brother Qiu” who used to take Qin Zhi everywhere had become a girl with hair down to her waist. Qin Zhi: “ 7.3kReads9.2Score94114d adds
- 162 From Ancient Times to the Modern Age: The Willful Young Lady of the 1960s 古穿今：六十年代任性大小姐 [Childhood sweethearts / gentle male lead and lively female lead / no golden finger, black market / ancient-to-modern transmigration / past and present lives / coming-of-age romance] In her past life, she was a sheltered young lady, and he was a stern, aloof scholar who, unable to pass the imperial exams, became her family’s tutor. The court was in turmoil. When Yun’an City, where the young lady lived, fell, enemy troops stormed in to burn, kill, and plunder. Her family abandoned her because she 5.1kReads8.7Score47914d adds
- 163 Shi Shun's Growth 石顺的成长 About Growth At the foot of the Dabie Mountains, a young man named Shi Shun journeys forward, one step at a time. Over the first half of his life, he experiences sincere family affection, treasures friendships forged through hardship, encounters tender love, and strives to build an ordinary career. He grows from a naive, awkward youth into a steady and responsible man, tempering his character amid the everyday bustle of life and coming to understand what life means through the companionship of 4Reads—Score114d adds
- 164 Deeply in Love with Wanqiu 深爱婉秋 Every boy and girl going through adolescence, even ordinary people like us, will eventually meet their other half. Every love story begins differently, but each beginning is beautiful. If we consistently treat the people around us well, you will discover that over the long years, every moment of love and every little piece of everyday life is worth cherishing, recording, and reminiscing about. Life blossoms through the turning of the seasons. Winter is loneliness, summer is separation, and sprin 34Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 165 Dazzling Dance Steps, A Badge Held Dear 灼灼舞步，念念警徽 The score has just come out and will gradually rise [Cold-Faced Detective × Sweet, Gentle Dancer | Jealous, Devoted Love] A terrifying late-night rideshare ride. She presses the emergency button, and the man who breaks down the door to save her is her childhood friend, whom she hasn’t seen in ten years, now the city’s coldest police captain. Radiating menace, he pins the criminal to the ground, then takes off his uniform and wraps it around her trembling shoulders. “You can cry now.” * The “cold 2.8kReads8.2Score23514d adds
- 166 I'll Think of You, Whenever You Return 念你，不论归期 [A handsome, scheming school bully vs. a gentle-looking little goddess] [Childhood sweethearts] [Sweet school romance] The second year of high school had barely begun when news spread that a transfer student was coming. Lin Yan was a well-known figure at school, but naturally, he didn’t care about things like that. “What did you say?” The moment he heard her name, Lin Yan was stunned. He stood up, ready to go find her, but the homeroom teacher blocked his way. The new transfer student wasn’t jus 915Reads9.0Score11614d adds
- 167 Feeling Anxious? I Found Healing in a Country Courtyard 你焦虑了吗？我在农村小院治愈了 At 44, I take the blame and get disciplined. My promotion is gone. My wife's job is unstable, and she's always on edge. My son is hooked on online games, and his grades leave a lot to be desired. I rent a place with a courtyard in the suburbs. I work in the CBD by day, then come back to the village at night to raise chickens, walk the dog, and grow vegetables. The neighbors say I look like an idiot turning over the soil. But idiots don't have to take the blame for anyone anymore. I raise chicken 43Reads—Score—14d adds
- 168 His Bride-to-Be Ran Away on Their Wedding Day, So the Oil-Pressing Beauty Put on Her Wedding Dress in a Fury 大婚女友跑路，榨油西施怒披嫁衣 The fool Jin Dapeng was an orphan picked up by the Daoist priest Jin. After becoming mentally disabled in his sophomore year of college, he was bullied relentlessly in the village. By chance, he unlocks supernatural powers and becomes a master of both medicine and martial arts. From then on, he rises to the pinnacle of life and soars to success... 170Reads—Score—14d adds
- 169 The Stubborn Childhood Friend: Brother Lu Was the One Who Fell First 嘴硬青梅：是陆哥他先动的心 [A new author and a new novel. Not a wish-fulfillment story, no System, no one reborn.] [Both leads are inexperienced in love; one-on-one romance, a little angst and lots of sweetness, with a focus on everyday life.] [Everyday life, Chinese-style school setting.] When Lin Jing starts at Experimental Middle School, she has two wishes. First, she hopes no one finds out that the aloof heartthrob Lin Yi is her older brother! Second, she wants to stay far away from Lu Yun. She manages to keep her fir 67Reads—Score—14d adds
- 170 Secret Seduction! Why Is the Gloomy School Bully Crying in Such a Hurry Again? 暗诱！阴郁校霸怎么又急哭了 [Mutual healing! Mutual secret crushes!] Shi Man has the stigma of being the daughter of a mistress. She’s good at studying, gets good grades, and is beautiful, yet she’s a cold-blooded girl with no heart. To escape the shackles imposed by her biological parents, she lives on her own. She never expected to witness the school bully’s brutal violence on her very first day after transferring! Jing Xing, the feared school bully of Jinping No. 1 High School, is ruthless, decisive, and keeps his dista 3.5kReads9.1Score42814d adds
- 171 Brother Childhood Friend, Your Cool-Guy Persona Has Crumbled 竹马哥哥，你的高冷人设崩塌啦 [Early work, read with caution] Rumor had it that the most handsome boy at No. 1 High School was aloof and indifferent to girls. He’d been admitted to the country’s top university in his first year of high school, and had won countless prizes in all kinds of competitions. Anyone who’d met him up close described him in four words: “Impossible to catch up to.” So why was there always a beautiful, sweet-voiced little fairy by his side? It took half a semester for everyone to realize that they’d bee 481Reads9.1Score10014d adds
- 172 Be Good and Give In 听话，乖乖就范 [Sweet romance + childhood sweethearts + secret crush + two top students] A transfer student arrived at Nancheng No. 1 High School. Someone revealed that they’d seen the transfer student working at a coffee shop over the summer! Xie Shiyu, a senior, was handsome, smart, and from a good family. He was also aloof and cold, the sort of person you could admire from afar but never approach. In everyone’s eyes, these two belonged to separate worlds, with no connection whatsoever. Until one day. Someo 22.5kReads9.1Score3.7k14d adds
- 173 The Countryside Village 乡野山村 (Countryside + fool + miracle doctor + farming + cultivation + getting rich) Wang Dazhuang, a college student from Taohua Village, was beaten into an idiot by the village bully over a dispute involving his ancestral home. While gathering herbs in the mountains for his beautiful sister-in-law, he stumbled upon the village chief’s secret affair and accidentally fell down a waterfall. He gained a Qilin physique and inherited the legacy of the Immortal Doctor. From then on, he began his rise to the 3.8kReads8.9Score49814d adds
- 174 The School Belle Said She Was Too Tsundere, Then Fell into My Arms Begging for a Hug 校花说自己太傲娇扑进怀里求抱抱 (Hey, you handsome guys and gorgeous gals! The rating just came out, so it’s low for now. It’ll go up later.) [Beautiful, aching romance + pure love + one heroine + laid-back daily life + no System, no rebirth] Scheming campus heartthrob Lu Baian vs. proud, tsundere campus beauty Xu Yao. That summer, Lu Baian met Xu Yao for the first time. Everyone else saw her as a cool, aloof campus beauty, so lovely it hurt to look at her. But in front of him alone, she was a “stubborn tsundere.” For the tw 348Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 175 Taking the Initiative to Get Closer to You 向你主动靠近 Top student Yuan Lai transferred to Beicheng with her mother. Before moving there, her family strictly warned her not to get into fights and to behave like a good, well-behaved girl, even though she’d been a force to be reckoned with back in Nancheng. She could be a good girl and still fight. All she asked was that people leave her alone. She didn’t expect her friends to discover what she was capable of. Zhou Yunan looked at Yuan Lai, whose gentle, pretty features were typical of girls from Nanc 290Reads8.6Score10614d adds
- 176 The Sweet, Soft, and Mischievous Childhood Friend of a Top Student 学神竹马的甜软小作精 [Bright, spoiled little princess × Cool, aloof, scheming heartthrob] 1. Lin Yumian, the cool, aloof top student: quiet, handsome, great at sports, and raised on the competition circuit. He looks like he stepped straight out of a comic, but he only cares about his studies and pays no attention to the world around him. Everyone sighed: What a shame! 2. Tong Hua, the school beauty at the neighboring school, is known as a “pretty face.” People say she's got nothing but stunning looks and is best at 986Reads9.1Score11314d adds
- 177 The Cool Childhood Friend and His Sweet Little Crush 高冷竹马的乖乖小青梅 [Childhood sweethearts + doting romance with no angst + a hint of secret identities] Mu Qiusang and Gu Zixian grew up together. When Gu Zixian was four, he met newborn Mu Qiusang. Seeing how soft and adorable she was, he decided he would protect her, and eventually even spirited her away to live in his own home... From the time Mu Qiusang could remember, she loved running after Gu Zixian. At first, she only thought, This big brother is so handsome. Her closeness to him as she grew up came from t 1.6kReads9.0Score15814d adds
- 178 Little Green Plum, Your Childhood Sweetheart Is Fighting Again 小青梅，竹马他又打架了 [1V1, mutually faithful, childhood sweethearts] Sweet, gentle little troublemaker X wild, loyal puppy-like boy Everyone knew that Meng Gui was the piece of candy in Gu Qi's world. But in their first year of middle school, he ran off, leaving his candy behind, and vanished without a trace. One day, a sweet and adorable girl transferred to Hongdu High School. On her very first day, the wild school bully who gave the teachers headaches and whom nobody dared to mess with was actually beaten up by he 1.2kReads8.4Score14414d adds
- 179 Transmigrated Doctor: The Powerful Minister’s Most Treasured One 穿越医妃：权臣大人心尖宠 After an explosion, modern-day doctor Su Yuan transmigrates to ancient times, only to be told right away that she has been assigned to serve as a maid in the household of Chief Councillor Xie Xu. How will Dr. Su Yuan use her medical skills to find a place for herself in this ancient world? And what will happen between her and Chief Councillor Xie Xu? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 180 A Farmhouse Inn for All Realms 诸天农家乐 Wang Dazhu is a simple young man running Dazhu Farmstay on the outskirts of the city. Business is dismal, and the place is on the verge of closing. Even Ahuang, the watchdog, has learned to sigh. Then one night, as Wang Dazhu squats by the vegetable patch, worrying over a plate of vegetables dipped in sauce, he suddenly hears a ding Host meets the requirements. The Myriad Worlds Node System has been activated. Your farmstay will become a transfer station connecting all worlds! From then on, ever 32Reads8.3Score114d adds
- 181 The Carefree Divine Healer Li Gangpao 逍遥神医李钢炮 Ever since Li Gangpao inherited a legacy of medical skills, all the villagers left behind have come to him for treatment... With heaven-defying medical skills and divine techniques, he becomes a rural miracle doctor everyone envies. 1.8kReads8.0Score16814d adds
- 182 Lan the Demon Hunter 捉妖人蓝 This world is home to demons, ghosts, and true cultivators. A top cultivator died at the hands of a tree demon that should never have been able to kill him. The bodies of seven drowned students all pointed with their right hands toward the same spot beneath the water. In a desolate mountain, the powers of the Earth God, Mountain God, River Goddess, and City God all answered to the same woman. Lan Yifang had seen plenty of things like these. Before dealing with anything strange, he always made 13Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 183 Spoiled Rotten: My Possessive Childhood Sweetheart Keeps Fighting to Claim Me 溺爱成瘾：偏执竹马他又争又抢 [Childhood friends | Wealthy family | Mutual devotion | Everyone’s darling | No rebirth] Radiant, pampered little princess x possessive, obsessive heir In their previous life, twenty-year-old Jiang Yan took his own life at the grave of the girl he loved. “Little Fish, wait for me in our next life.” “And one more thing: I love you.” Jiang Yan, heir to the family, had a bad temper and was rebellious by nature. He’d never listened to anyone since he was a child. Except for the youngest daughter of 230Reads—Score—14d adds
- 184 Only After Being Reborn Did I Understand the Ways of Older Women 重生了才懂阿姨们的道 The bankrupt machinery tycoon was delivering food when he choked to death on an Australian lobster. Reborn at the time of his university graduation in 1996, he discovered that his miserable life had started over. Heh! This time, I won’t hold back. Forget talent and technical genius: with the beautiful aunties giving me their full support, I’ll charge ahead as hard as I can! Only an idiot wouldn’t play along. I’ll happily make my way to the top of the world. It couldn’t be more satisfying. 1kReads—Score—14d adds
- 185 The Country Doctor King 乡野小医王 After suffering a setback in love, Chen Yang returns home in low spirits and becomes a barefoot village doctor in Qinghe Village on Yunwu Mountain, hoping only to live a quiet life. Unexpectedly, he awakens the legacy of an immortal-world ancestor, unlocking extraordinary abilities. His miraculous arts defy the laws of life and death, bringing the dead back to life and healing even the most hopeless injuries. He can cure every stubborn illness in the surrounding villages with ease. Supreme culti 13kReads9.0Score1.1k14d adds
- 186 Who Says Childhood Sweethearts Are Meant to Be Together? 谁说青梅竹马，天生一对 Who Says Childhood Sweethearts Are Destined to Be Together? 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 187 Love Flows Like a Gentle Stream 爱意如细水长流 [Both are inexperienced + two top students + childhood sweethearts + from high school to college + sweet, heart-fluttering romance] [Beautiful, sweet-tempered classical dancer VS refined, free-spirited financial whiz] Ning Zhi has a childhood friend she grew up with. He’s tall, handsome, and fit, with plenty of money, a brilliant mind, and great people skills. Most importantly, he treats her wonderfully, pampering and indulging her in every way. Ning Zhi depends on him so much, and likes him mor 8.4kReads9.1Score1.2k14d adds
- 188 My Novel Is Also My Third Book 我的小说也的第3本书 2kReads7.4Score28314d adds
- 189 Reborn in 1976: The Village Belle Clings to Me from the Start 重生1976，开局村花赖上我 [Educated-youth story + not a wish-fulfillment tale + everyday life + reborn + master of laying low + witty and irreverent] Read with caution. In his previous life, after returning to the city, he went to college, pursued scientific research, and won award after award. But an accident left him reborn as an educated youth in a small village. This time around, he only wants to put down roots in the village and live a quiet life. But you can’t hide a pearl in the mud. He ends up making an even bigg 3.5kReads8.7Score17014d adds
- 190 Stars in the Passage of Time 时光里的星星 A mutual secret crush, and two hearts finding their way to each other. Li Zixin and Du Yichen go from high school to college, weathering secret crushes, misunderstandings, and forgiveness before finally reaching a happy ending! This is a story about youth, love, and dreams. In the long river of time, their love shines like the stars in the sky, forever bright and never fading. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 191 The Dust of Mortal Life 尘事 This book chronicles a family across a hundred years. An illiterate country woman is forced to abandon her newborn child, then wanders from place to place amid the chaos of a turbulent era, struggling to survive in the cracks. Told as a work of documentary fiction, this story depicts the joys and sorrows of several generations of an ordinary family, bringing a long-buried past to light. Let posterity decide who was right and who was wrong! 2kReads8.9Score18014d adds
- 192 If I Could Start Over, I Know I’d Love You 如果可以重来，我想我一定会爱你 [No angst, no love rivals, just everyday romance.] At first, neither Ye Xizhou nor He Nian felt anything for Xu Ran when they met him. To Ye Xizhou, Xu Ran was a childhood friend who had suddenly appeared in her life. He threw her routine into disarray and barged into her world without warning. But after the childhood friend she'd once hated so much had barged into her life, he now wanted to leave just as abruptly... Ye Xizhou wouldn't allow it. She wouldn't let Xu Ran leave as carefree as the p 3.1kReads8.8Score23414d adds
- 193 The Rugged Man Next Door Is Too Wild, and the Village Beauty Blushes in His Embrace 隔壁糙汉太野，村花害羞怀里娇 [Rugged Hero + Pure Romance + Marriage Before Love + Sizzling Chemistry + Sweet Married Life + Building a Fortune] [Delicate Village Beauty VS Cold, Rugged Neighbor] The night Song Qingshan returned to the village, he heard cries coming from next door before he had even entered his own home. He climbed onto a haystack and stole a peek. Poor Wen Sui was bent over a millstone, being beaten. She trembled with pain and sobbed pitifully, looking utterly heartbreaking. The sight set Song Qingshan’s bl 18.2kReads6.6Score65714d adds
- 194 My Blind Date Is My First Love's Ex-Girlfriend. Is That Right? 相亲对象是初恋前女友，这对吗？ [Slice of Life] [One Female Lead] [Romance] What’s it like to go on a blind date and find out your first love is your ex-girlfriend? Cheng Mo stared at that familiar face, almost wondering if he was dreaming. He had thought it would be nothing more than a brief encounter, and that he and Ruan Wan would never cross paths again in this lifetime. Perhaps fate began anew with those words. “It’s raining. Let me take you home.” “Thanks. I’d appreciate that.” “...Would you like to come in for a whi 3.5kReads8.7Score41314d adds
- 195 The Childhood-Friend Side Character Goes Public with Her Top-Tier Star Childhood Friend on a Dating Show 青梅女配在恋综和顶流竹马官宣 [Radiant, vivacious childhood sweetheart x aloof, possessive childhood friend] [Childhood sweethearts + a touch of second-chance romance + sweet and doting + reality dating show] After awakening to the truth, Shen Luxi discovers she is the villainess in a sweet romance novel. To save herself, she first distances herself from her childhood friend, the male lead, then joins a show to help him and the heroine get together. But the harder she tries, the more the male lead clings to her. Even the sh 7.5kReads8.2Score86714d adds
- 196 Rural Sisters-in-Law 农村妯娌 This is a story of war and peace between two women, and also a miniature epic chronicling the transformation of rural China from collectivization to the modern era. When the well in Liuxi Village was filled in and running water reached every home, the women who had once argued, wept, and whispered secrets beside that well proved through their lives that time can bury old grudges, and that a resilient spirit can blossom in the soil. 2.3kReads7.1Score26214d adds
- 197 After Bankruptcy, My Ancestors Forced Me to Farm and Reclaim Wasteland 破产后，祖宗逼我种地开荒 After Chen Yu goes bankrupt, he's forced to sell off the family assets and return to his hometown in the countryside. By chance, he inherits a legacy from his ancestors and is made to farm and reclaim wasteland for planting trees. Unexpectedly, in the process of farming through both hardship and joy, he carves out an entirely new path. From then on, he embarks on another entrepreneurial journey and leads the people of his hometown to prosperity. 364Reads—Score—14d adds
- 198 The Timid Childhood Friend He Spoils Is Just Too Sweet 他要宠坏的青梅小怂包，超级甜 One day, the heartthrob of No. 1 High School suddenly had a beautiful, brilliant younger sister. Someone challenged him: "You don't have some other kind of feelings for your sister, do you?" He pressed his lips into a thin line. "Could you make that any more ridiculous?" Later, someone teased him again: "You can't honestly say you don't have any designs on your sister, can you?" He blurted out, "So what if I do?" And so, harboring impure intentions, he pulled her into his arms when she was a fre 979Reads9.4Score15914d adds
- 199 Love Among the Mountains and Rivers 山水情 (Urban slice of life, inspirational growth, a nostalgic era, rich in detail) The beauty of mountains and rivers, the many faces of humanity, the fickleness of the world. The protagonist, Jiang Nan, knows right from wrong and values loyalty and affection. He grows from a poor boy who suffers humiliation into a fine young man admired by everyone. This story is grounded in real life, with family bonds, friendship, romance, and a deep love for his hometown. He leads the villagers to prosperity, ris 14.1kReads9.1Score1.5k14d adds
- 200 The Sun and Moon in the Steamer 蒸屉里的日月 Set against the changes sweeping the northern countryside in the 1990s, this story follows an ordinary rural woman as she spends half her life juggling household chores, conflicts with her sisters-in-law, small business ventures, and her children’s education. With only an elementary-school education, she supports her family with her skill at making steamed buns, putting her son through college and helping him build a life of his own. She lives through the transition from earthen houses to brick 307Reads—Score—14d adds
