Novels like Qiao Mu Has a Forest
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- 51 Basking in the Sun 阳光普照 A story about choosing what to do when an unbreakable love rekindles after a long separation. Jiang Mao sees Zhao Pingrang again at the end of summer, nine years after they parted, in a client's office building. That day, as she leaves the building, she sees a delivery truck unloading at the entrance. That is how she catches sight of Zhao Pingrang. 10Reads9.2Score—14d adds
- 52 The Contract Marriage Player's Handbook 契婚玩家手册 [Standalone stories + no overarching plot + marriage first, love later + winning back a wife + punishing scumbags + everyday life + healing] Forty-three love stories about marriage. Using the unconventional “contract marriage” as a starting point, these stories explore relationships and the love and regrets of adulthood. They don’t exploit anxieties and confusion about marriage, but focus on personal growth and positive emotional journeys. There’s sweetness and heartbreak, topics to discuss 25Reads9.3Score—14d adds
- 53 Making My Dad Get a Colonoscopy 逼我爸去做肠镜 I Forced My Dad to Get a Colonoscopy —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 My Factory Romance After College Graduation 大学毕业之我的厂区爱情故事 My new work is here! Everyone is welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 Damn It, I Just Wanted to Write a Novel, and Now I'm Bound to a System 靠北了，写个小说还能绑定系统 Cui Dafu is a determined online novelist with a burning dream of writing, but reality is harsh. He has poured his heart into seven or eight novels, and every single one has flopped. His girlfriend, Ji Taimei, once joined him out of pure love and steadfastly supported his dream of becoming a novelist. Even when money was tight, she never complained about supporting him for two years. But time flew by, and a string of failures over those two years not only dealt Cui Dafu blow after blow, but also 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 My Ex-Wife Lent Money to Her Brother, So I Cut Ties with Her 前妻把钱借给弟弟，我直接断绝关系 My Ex-Wife Lent Her Brother Money, So I Cut Ties with Her 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 She Lent Money to Her Brother, So I Cut Ties with Her 女人把钱借给弟弟，我直接断绝关系 She lent money to her younger brother, so I cut ties with her. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 The Apocalypse Arrives, and My System Is Doubao 末世来临，我的系统是豆包 The Apocalypse Arrives, and My System Is Doubao 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 I Just Go Wild for My Wife 我直接嗨老婆 Illustrator with Quantum Social Interaction Syndrome x talkative, chatty pediatrician If Shen Yun had come over the first time and asked whether she wanted to get married, Jiang Dingding would have thrown him out. But he asked, “Want to come work at my place?” Jiang Dingding: “I might be up for that.” 189Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 Living Apart 分居 Ji Shu got married and had a child before realizing she'd chosen a man who couldn't shoulder any responsibility. She took her child back to her hometown alone and began living separately from him. She thought returning to the countryside would ease some of the pressure, but she hadn't counted on her mother's constant nagging, her lack of income, and her poor health. One hardship after another became more than she could bear... At the lowest point in her life, she met Fu Yu, the legendary “king o 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 Our Little Journey to Find Love 我们的追爱小时光 [Childhood sweetheart and first love + sweet romance + flirtatious banter + intense push and pull + equally matched leads + helping each other succeed] [Devoted, scheming, and talented male lead + spirited, stubborn fashion designer female lead] She frantically lifted the covers and let out a startled cry. “Awake?” The handsome man slowly opened his eyes and smiled at her. “Who are you? Why am I here? You, you, you didn’t...” She clutched the covers tight and peppered him with questions. “Didn’t —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 I Opened My Eyes Twenty Years Ago, on My Wedding Day with My Husband 睁眼回到二十年前，和老公婚礼上 In their previous lives, she and he both dropped out of school at a young age, and their family was left destitute when their daughter became seriously ill. After a gas explosion shocked the entire city, she found him, still looking young and green, at the modest wedding they had held twenty years earlier. She made a pact with him: no physical contact until they had officially registered their marriage. They overcame every obstacle and fought their way forward, finally seeing a brighter future i —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 When Passion Ignites 炽热心动时 [School Life, Urban, Realistic Tone, Both Leads Are Each Other’s Only Love] “Choosing not to love you is painful. Choosing to love you seems even more painful.” Every encounter has meaning. Love with all your heart. Think of it as a sweet, gentle story about ordinary people finding happiness in real life. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 Ordinary Is Best 平凡才是真 Life gives us more than experiences; it leaves its mark on us as we grow. When we were young, many of us felt lost and unsure of where to go. But after weathering countless storms, we learned to accept, understand, and embrace our ordinary selves, and to become the best versions of who we are. For the first two or three years after Mo Ran started working, she felt adrift. Faced with the challenges of the workplace, complicated relationships, and the pressures of everyday life, she gradually lost 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 A Romance That Began with a Blind Date 一场相亲开始的恋爱 After graduating from college, Yang Yu went on one blind date after another under her mother's relentless pressure. "What do you think of Mr. Wu, the landlord?" "Too fat." "What about Mr. Xu, the business owner?" "Too scrawny." "And Mr. Xu, the civil servant?" "He looks kind of vicious." "Why don't you just come home? You'd be better off as a nun." Later, undeterred, Yang Yu's mother went to great lengths to find her the N+1st blind date candidate. When Yang Yu returned home, she had changed her 3.6kReads8.7Score37914d adds
- 66 Manman’s Journey to Happiness 漫漫要幸福 Marriage first, love later, a devoted couple, an uncaring family back home, and an unwelcoming in-law family: even a terrible hand can be played well. See how the heroine, Zhong Manman, turns her life around. My new work is out! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 Love on a Blank Page 白纸恋爱 [Clearheaded, Kindhearted, Healing Angel vs. Slow-to-Warm, Sensitive Puppy] [Long-Planned Love | He Secretly Loves Her | Healing and Redemption] On the day the college entrance exams ended, her social media feed filled with relationship announcements. Shi Yuan, who had been single for eighteen years, decided she wanted to date. She put up a post on the confession wall looking for someone, never expecting anyone to actually contact her. Chen Zui had never dated before. He was as awkward as a pen —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 A Perfectly Sunny Day 熙阳正好 It begins with love at first sight, and grows through the quiet passage of time. This is not a story of thunderbolts and flames. It’s about how two independent souls gradually come to see each other as they truly are through a series of perfectly timed encounters: his effortless command of his profession, her fierce passion when creating; his attentiveness etched into his bones, her tenderness hidden beneath her easygoing nature. When Yangyang’s “yang” meets Jingxi’s “xi,” it is like sunlight 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 Three Generations 叁代人 [Liu Haifeng's fourteenth novel] Three generations make up half of modern history. The story begins in 1938, the second year of the War of Resistance Against Japan, and tells the different fates of three generations of the Liu family from the perspective of grand historical and global visions. It closely links the twists and turns of individual lives with the development of the nation and the times, exploring the missions and limitations faced by each generation, from individuals to the nation a 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 Eight Years of Marriage, and He Still Says I'm Overthinking 结婚八年，他总说我想多了 [Strong Female Lead] [Groveling Ex] [Revenge and Punishment] [Clear-Eyed Heroine] [Divorce] [Satisfying Read] [Scumbag] [Other Woman] [Emotional Cheating] [Based on a True Story] Eight years into our marriage, the phrase Lu Chengze said to me most often was: “You're overthinking it.” The long hair of another woman in the passenger seat? I was overthinking it. The perfume smell that lingered in the car for days? I was overthinking it. The 5,200 yuan he sent his “big sister” on Valentine's Day? 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 My Wife Hasn't Replied in Two and a Half Years, So I Divorced Her 老婆两年半年没回消息，我直接离婚 My Wife Hasn't Replied in Two and a Half Years, So I Divorced Her on the Spot —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 My Flash-Marriage Husband's Love Has Me Spoiled and Proud 闪婚老公的爱让我恃宠而骄 She, Xu Mengyao, a cool, beautiful woman who was once the goddess of first love in everyone's eyes, planned to marry her boyfriend of four years, Chen Hao, after becoming pregnant. But his mother broke them up. He, Li Yuanjun, a warm-hearted man, met Xu Mengyao, a bridesmaid, at a friend's wedding, and fell for her at first sight. Handsome and sunny, Li Yuanjun eventually won Xu Mengyao over with his sincerity. A month later, they had a whirlwind wedding and registered their marriage. After the 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 More Than Physical Attraction 不止生理性喜欢 Inspired by real events. Ensemble cast. A realistic story of love and marriage. Fine, nuanced writing, not a typical web novel. I hope this will prompt girls to give some thought to ambiguous relationships between men and women. If you like it, please give me a higher rating, add it to your favorites, and leave a comment 😘😘😘 Before turning twenty-five, Xu Yu'an wanted to find someone to do “that thing” with. She found a man online and got it done. Afterward, though, she ended up in the hospital. 46Reads8.1Score10614d adds
- 74 Bad Mother 坏妈妈 My new work is now available! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 1.2kReads9.1Score11514d adds
- 75 Pampered to the Heavens in My Second Marriage 二婚也被宠上天 This is a book about life. . The protagonist has no golden finger and no extraordinary talents. She is simply an ordinary woman who loves life and longs for love. . I'd like to call this book “An Adult's Fairy Tale of Love.” This million-word story includes the real-life experiences of many of my friends. So most of it is realistic, with a little artistic embellishment and invention. . Before you open this book, I want you to know that this isn't the kind of wish-fulfillment story that's popular 15Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 76 The Warm, Bustling Days 热气腾腾的日子 When they first got married, Lan Xin was a newlywed daughter-in-law who called her mother-in-law “Mom” so affectionately. But as time went on, she endured her mother-in-law’s utter lack of social skills, selfishness, two-faced behavior, endless nitpicking, and extreme control. She could no longer bring herself to be affectionate toward her. Life remained bustling and lively, but her heart grew colder by the day… Even the easy “Mom” that had once slipped so naturally from her lips eventually beca 2.9kReads9.0Score26014d adds
- 77 Everyone Knows Captain Hang Likes Doctor Lin 全世界都知道航队长喜欢林博士 A genius in behavioral trace analysis VS a stubborn special police officer who hates evil Before the match Duan Muhang: “You’re just a little girl. Don’t go telling me what to do!” Lin Wei: “You can’t even beat a little girl. Why are you acting like such a big shot?” After the match Duan Muhang: “Wei, what do you think of this case?” Lin Wei: “How would a little girl like me dare tell you what to do?” 40Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 78 Twenty Years of Marriage 结婚20年 The familiar hurts of marriage, the casual disdain, indifference, and manipulation... They have the power to wear away even stone, drop by drop... Watch as three middle-aged couples, Chen Zhu and Fang Wenqing, Hong Chunying and Ji Changhua, and Ren Yan and Yu Bin, fight their way out of their emotional dead ends... 865Reads8.1Score10314d adds
- 79 A Substitute? So Are You 替身？你也是 A Substitute? So Are You 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 80 My Best Friend Was Doing Just Fine Being Poor, So How Did You Get Rich? 闺蜜穷的好好的，你怎么就富了呢？ Your best friend was doing just fine being poor, so how come you got rich? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 If Only You'd Look at Me a Little More 如果你能多看我一眼 Based on the author's real-life experiences. Any similarities are purely plagiarism. Can childhood sweethearts really lose out to someone who appears by fate? He came riding a bamboo hobbyhorse, circling the bed and playing with green plums. The year Lin Xi met He Shi, she was ten years old, an arrogant little top student. One radiant glance from her, and all the world's beauty faded to dust. The year Lin Xi met Yu Chao, she was eighteen, a loser who had failed the college entrance exam. He was 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 82 In No Time at All 三下五除二 Dr. Xiao He has become especially warm and friendly lately. Everyone knows why. In a life where every moment feels dull, I met the one person who makes it interesting. A warmhearted screenwriter who loves cooking * a hardworking doctor who loves tagging along for meals. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 101 Blind Dates 101次相亲 Urban light comedy + healing realism + delicious food and beautiful scenery + a woman’s growth Chen Xiaomo is a 26-year-old unmarried woman living in a second-tier city. After earning a graduate degree from a non-elite university, she finds a job as a non-tenure-track English instructor at a university. Then begins her romantic, fantastical, and heart-pounding journey through blind dates... 75Reads9.1Score—14d adds
- 84 A Heart-Pounding Marriage 怦然婚动 [Everyday life + Marriage Before Love + mutual devotion] Childhood friends Shatang and Shen Jingmo were both still single as they neared thirty. With their families playing matchmaker, they got married. On the day they registered their marriage, while they were having their full-body checkups, Shatang cornered Shen Jingmo against the wall. “Dr. Shen, would you like me to examine you now, or tonight?” The man trapped against the wall raised his brows slightly and replied in a husky voice, “Now is 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 That Boy Was My First Love 那个男孩，是我初恋 ❗️❗️❗️Dating in your teens may be wrong, but first love is never a mistake. Pen pals, QQ, school arts festivals, basketball, little handheld phones, red date rice balls... This is a story about first love. Deng Yang and Zhang Yan: three years of first love, and never a reunion. The streets they walked side by side, the hands they held, and their first kiss tasting of cake became the gentlest echoes in their memories of days gone by. People say first love is a regret born of youthful chaos. But w 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 First Love, No Goodbyes! 初恋，不说再见！ A lawyer and designer pairing, chronicling the everyday lives of ordinary office workers. There is no angst throughout, and the story progresses at a steady pace. Readers who prefer fast-paced power fantasies should give it a miss. Two people who liked each other missed their chance to confess because of a series of misunderstandings, and years passed before they met again. When they finally did, Gu Jin realized just how badly she had been mistaken. When you like someone, you really do like the 32Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 He Married a Sweet Young Wife 12 Years His Junior, and Now He Only Wants Babies 娶了小12岁的娇妻，他只想生崽 No transmigration, no wild imagination, and nothing unrealistic. The heroine is an orphan who studies piano and is a Scorpio. The hero is a rich second-generation heir in the arts industry and a Sagittarius. They get married out of spite. A realistic, ordinary married life. Two people who seem untouched by ordinary life learn to live like a normal married couple. 73Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 Marriage and Mother-in-Law Battles: Endless Fun 婚后与婆斗，其乐无穷 [A revenge story packed with nonstop catfights!] When it comes to pregnancy, even the wisest, most well-read woman cannot truly understand the dangers involved until she has experienced it herself. As an experienced mother-in-law, Zhao Lanzhi has given birth to three sons and cared for two daughters-in-law during their postpartum recovery. Naturally, she understands this... But when a single remark from her can stir up conflict between in-laws, spouses, and sisters, and Su Lin refuses her hint t —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 How Do I Tell You That You’re My Greatest Regret? 该怎么告诉你，我的遗憾是你 This story draws on the real experiences of countless college graduates who broke up as soon as they left school. It portrays the tender romances torn apart by fierce competition for jobs and the weight of family expectations, every word striking at the regrets that haunt new graduates. At a campus recruitment talk, Su Wan and Lu Yu fell for each other at first sight. They made it through their college days side by side, lived together, and promised to build a life in the same city. Kissing bene 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 A Life of Mingzhe 明哲一生 Gu Mingyu is an executive assistant at Qihua Industries, while Song Zhe is the refined, handsome new manager of the engineering department. Brought together by fate, they share similar temperaments and are drawn to each other. But the road to love is not smooth. When people from their pasts keep appearing, they choose to let go and move on. Through moments of joy and sorrow, through life’s partings and reunions, they remain steadfast in choosing to share life’s ups and downs together. 95Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 Playing Deaf and Dumb 【装聋作哑】 [Print edition signed, with a web drama adaptation] [Older man/younger woman, small-town romance, imperfect characters, 1v1, happy ending, short story] All those feelings they couldn't put into words kept piling up inside them, turning into stones that were deaf and mute. Zhou Ya x Fang Long 1.4kReads8.7Score22914d adds
- 92 The Quiet Little Town 小城悠悠 [One-on-one romance + marriage first, love later + married life + sweet romance with no angst] Yang Jingwen, a 27-year-old woman who was considered past her prime for marriage, lost her job. Disheartened, she returned to her hometown, where her family kept pressuring her to get married. So Yang Jingwen got married on a whim. Every encounter in life is carefully arranged by fate. 2.8kReads8.4Score25714d adds
- 93 My Warmhearted Mr. 我的暖心先生 Heartbroken Song Xianyun fell into the arms of Gu Yunzhou, who had always loved her. He loved her with all his heart, while she kept him at arm’s length. When he uncovered the secret buried in her heart, he resolutely left for a distant place. Only after he was gone did she finally realize how she felt. Then a maritime disaster left him missing, and everyone said he was dead. Only she believed that a man who loved her so deeply would never abandon her and leave on his own. After overcoming count 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 A Warm Summer in the Countryside 阡陌暖夏 [Firefighter × nurse] [Cozy, love at first sight, sweet romance, a simple and peaceful life] A firefighter came to the medical college today to teach the students about fire safety. Gu Ruoyun took one look at the firefighter on stage and realized he was exactly her type. As he was leaving, she chased after him to ask for his WeChat, but he turned her down. They met again at a restaurant, where she also met his parents. And after that… [I'm terrible at writing blurbs, so please head straight to 623Reads—Score10814d adds
- 95 Jian Xin’s Choice 简馨的选择 Jian Xin, an employee at an accounting firm, is delayed by a flight and lands on a rainy night in Ancheng. Mistaking Cheng Geng for a driver of an unlicensed car, she meets him again through work, and they become a couple. Later, work brings her unexpectedly back into contact with Xiang Haichao, whom she met once five years earlier. With his dogged, competitive nature, Xiang Haichao keeps fighting for her, leaving Jian Xin emotionally conflicted time and again. The contrasting personalities of t 391Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 Jiahe Wanggang, Goodbye Forever 嘉禾望岗，再也不见 This urban romance drama focuses on the struggles of real life. The story begins at a wedding banquet that falls apart over the bride price. The staggering difference between 38,000 yuan and 388,000 yuan thrusts Chen Rui and Lin Xiaowen, two young people who once loved each other, into the center of a media storm. Beset by family pressure and online harassment, their love goes from their first meeting at Jiahe Wanggang subway station to pledging themselves to each other by the Pearl River, befor 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 The Whole World Is Being With You (Commemorative Edition) 和你在一起才是全世界（纪念版） The most wonderful thing in the world is meeting someone when you’re young and still being together ten years later. When I met Lin Zhiyi, he was a senior and I was a sophomore. Back then, neither of us had any experience with love. I teased him for being in a “twilight romance,” but he said, “Our best days are just beginning.” From then on, we leveled up together, tackling one challenge after another in love. But even two people who love each other deeply are bound to argue after spending enoug 59Reads9.2Score—14d adds
- 98 Chunshu at Dusk 椿树暮云 Zhou Qiang is a single father and the owner of Dream-Seeking Café. At twenty-two, he thought he was embarking on a scandalous, once-in-a-lifetime romance with an older woman. After finally overcoming their age difference and society's prejudice, he won her heart. But fate is impossible to predict. His childhood friend was injured because of him, then left without a word and went far away. His wife died unexpectedly after a medical accident, leaving Zhou Qiang to raise their two children alone. H —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 A Long Summer in a Dream 梦里长夏 A Long Summer in My Dreams —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 100 Breaking Free 逃离束缚 Su Yu and Tang Yilan met on a blind date arranged by their university professor. After spending some time together, they both decided they liked each other, so they went to meet each other’s parents. At first, everything seemed to go smoothly, but after they got married, they argued over whether to rent a place of their own. Su Yu also has an older brother, Su Lun, who has been married to Zhao Yanan for years, but still has no children of his own. After finally getting married, Tang Yilan reali 1Reads—Score—14d adds
