Novels like Republican-Era Mystery: As You Wish
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- 1 A Noble Husband at Home 家有贵夫 [Adapted from The Republic of China Detective, with an original female lead who ships couples. The female lead's pairing is undecided, and may or may not happen, with a man or a woman.] A pairing is guaranteed: Lu Yichu (Qiao Chusheng & Lu Yao) Author's note: 1. I can't write detective stories. The plot is mostly the same as the original drama, but more condensed and with some changes. The story will focus on romance later on, with the investigation parts omitted. Please read with caution if thi 77Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Qiao Chusheng, Wait for Me 乔楚生你等等我 My new work is out! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 588Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 At Last, I Said I Love You 终于说出我爱你 My new work is here! You can head over to Tomato Novel to read it. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Republican-Era Detective: The Beloved Young Master 民国奇探之团宠小少爷 I won't break up Lu Yao and Detective Qiao. I love them too much. Lu Anhe is a pampered young master from the modern world, with blond hair and blue eyes. He is born into Lu Yao's family as his adorable little brother, along with his very own System. From then on, Shanghai has its most shameless “third wheel.” He ships the couple so enthusiastically that everyone in Shanghai knows about it: “The way Detective Qiao looks at my brother is pure, bone-deep love!” He is fiercely protective. Anyone wh 76Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Republican-Era Detective: Finding Lost Love 民囯奇探:寻回失去的爱 The ending of A League of Nobleman left me unsatisfied. How could the clever young master have left so passively? He must come back to find the love he lost. Qiao Chusheng's first half of life was so bitter, so let the rest of it be sweet. A romance centered on two male leads. 58Reads—Score21614d adds
- 6 Republican-Era Detective: Qiao Si, I Fell for You at First Sight 民国奇探之乔四,我对你见色起意 A fanfic based on Republic of China Detective. Lu and Qiao make a great pairing, but since Bai Youning is in the story, this features an original female lead paired with Qiao Chusheng. The heroine and Qiao Si are cut from the same cloth, and she's a bit unhinged, the sort who's sweet on the outside but dark within. I rewatched the show and felt sorry for Qiao Si, all alone and always looking out for those two troublemakers, so I created a heroine who can stand by Fourth Master through thick and 100Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Republican-Era Detective: Reborn in a Parallel World as Chu Yao 民国奇探:重生之平行楚垚 Not long after Lu Yao left in his previous life, Shanghai was engulfed in war. He spent his entire life trying to return, but never made it back to Shanghai and never saw Qiao Chusheng again. After a life full of regrets came to an end, Lu Yao awoke to find he had been reborn in the year they first met. From what he could gather, things seemed different this time around. Whatever happened, he would never leave Qiao Chusheng again… (The backstory is in the short story with the same title, also on 365Reads—Score10214d adds
- 8 A Missed Detective Story Fanfic: My Beloved Yaoyao 民国奇探同人【垚垚吾妻】 Come on in if you ship Chu Yao! The cases from the show are recreated, so you can follow along even if you’ve forgotten the plot. Qiao Sanye, the most feared of Shanghai’s Eight Great Kings, and Lu Yao, a six-foot-two genius detective who’s obsessed with money. In just three words: sweet, sweet, sweet! (I wrote this fanfic to make up for Qiao and Lu’s bittersweet ending, for myself and all my fellow Chu Yao shippers.) 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Reborn: Detective Qiao Doesn't Want a Bad Ending 重生之乔探长不想BE [Rebirth + feel-good wish fulfillment + sweet romance + unrelated to history] He was shot in a vital spot while protecting his boss, and only understood what mattered in life and love as he lay dying. As if Heaven took pity on him, he was given the chance to start over and live the life he wanted! 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Republican-Era Detective: My Luck Is Maxed Out, So I Rewrite the Script 民国奇探:幸运值拉满我改写剧本 Lu Yao wakes with the memory of a book. In the story, Qiao Chusheng dies in the thirty-fourth year of the Republic of China, coughing up blood and dying in Paris. But it is now August 16 of the fourteenth year of the Republic of China, just after the Mid-Autumn Festival. Someone has died at the Nie residence’s new home, and Qiao Chusheng is leading the police to Lu Yao’s door. They are still just “Mr. Lu” and “Detective Qiao.” They have yet to taste the pan-fried buns on Xiafei Road, or be left 4kReads—Score1k14d adds
- 11 The Republic of China Detective: I Was Reborn 民国奇探之我重生了 After Lu Yao and Bai Youning left Shanghai, turmoil engulfed the country. Qiao Chusheng joined the army, and the two were separated for more than ten years. In a battle shortly before the founding of New China, Qiao Chusheng was killed. Unable to accept the truth, Lu Yao returned to Shanghai and died of grief… A brilliant light shone down. Lu Yao opened his eyes. “Have I been reborn?” 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 The Republic-Era Sleuth: A Pillow of Red Silk 民国奇探:枕红妆 Qiao Chusheng, we both made it through these troubled times. 441Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 13 Republican-Era Detective: Saving Qiao Chusheng 民国奇探:救赎乔楚生 Also known as "Thorny Roses and the Moon over the Police Station". OOC. Shanghai, 1921. After years studying abroad, Bai Nian'an earns dual doctorates in medicine and law and ends her long academic journey by returning to the homeland she left behind. As soon as she arrives at the French Concession wharf, she unexpectedly reunites with Qiao Chusheng, whom she has not seen in seven years. The boy she once rescued in the slums has become the renowned Fourth Master Qiao of the police station. “Qiao 59Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Republican-Era Mystery: Awakening 民国奇探:醒来 “I want to travel the world with the person I love.” Qiao Chusheng ▪ Su Xiazhi “Whoever is in love should share their fate with the one they love.” ◆ Completed 2021.01.31 ◆ Signed 2020.05.22 ◆ First published 2020.05.06 241Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 15 Republican-Era Detective: Beyond the Clouds 民国奇探:隔烟云 [A Qiao Chusheng fanfic with a female lead] [Qiao Chusheng, one of Shanghai’s Eight Great Gangland Enforcers and a detective × Bai Mingsu, a stunning forensic doctor and founder of the Qinglong Gang] [Reunion after years apart, chasing his wife after losing her, one-on-one romance] Two years ago, Bai Mingsu suddenly broke off their engagement and left Shanghai. Qiao Chusheng spent the next six months drinking heavily. Even after a rival gang beat him bloody at the Paramount, he refused to admit 440Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 16 Republican-Era Detective: With a Title to My Name, I Can Afford to Be Petty 民国奇探之我有名份我就多嗔 Everyone on the Shanghai Bund knows that Qiao Chusheng has a brilliant detective who is always by his side. Wherever Lu Yao goes, you can be sure Qiao Chusheng is within three steps. Even a selfish egoist can change for love. Lu Yao: “Didn't you say he once helped you? I'll do my best to help you repay him.” Even Fourth Master Qiao of Shanghai has a weakness of his own. Qiao Chusheng: “He's my young love. I'm willing to spend the years ahead by his side.” All sweetness, no angst. Read with confi 1.9kReads8.5Score25814d adds
- 17 Republican-Era Mystery: Chu Yao All the Way 民国奇探:一路楚垚 Dual male leads~ If only Fourth Master Qiao had been a little braver back then~ Or if it had been Qiao who shared a rental with Lu Santu and spent every day with him… Would things have ended differently… 593Reads8.5Score10214d adds
- 18 Republican-Era Detective: Yaoyao, My Wife 民国奇探之垚垚,吾妻 In the fourteenth year of the Republic, Qiao Chusheng met the person he wanted to protect for the rest of his life. But the fortune-teller said his Santu would live to ninety, blessed with both wealth and good fortune, and surrounded by a house full of descendants. He himself had nothing but a wretched life to his name, so clearly there was no place for him in Santu’s future. He arranged everything for his Santu, but somehow, it all changed... 1.1kReads8.7Score14614d adds
- 19 Republican-Era Detective: Fourth Master Qiao’s Dearest Love 民国奇探之乔四爷的心尖宠 The Shanghai of the Republic of China era was a place of intrigue and upheaval. Word had it that the once-mighty Boss Bai had dragged a gangster into the police force and made him a detective… “Old man, this uniform really doesn’t suit me. Sitting around the station all day, I keep wanting to grab my gun.” Qiao Chusheng planned to coast for a few days and get himself fired, then return to his old life in the underworld. Who knew that on his very first day, he’d run into an interesting fellow on 464Reads8.9Score10414d adds
- 20 Film and TV Crossover: Night After Night, Like a Dream 综影视:夜夙如梦 A journey through all kinds of feel-good dramas: however satisfying you want it, that’s how it’ll be; however sweet you want it, that’s how it’ll go. Breaking up canon couples. If you don’t like it, please don’t flame me. World 1: Vincenzo (✔) World 2: Descendants of the Sun (✔) World 3: Lighter & Princess (dropped) World 4: Fireworks of My Heart (currently underway) 223Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 A Strange Case in Republican-Era China: Meeting Again 民国奇探之再相逢 After arriving in Paris, Lu Yao and You Ning put on quite a show of domestic bliss. Their marriage had been arranged as a transaction from the start. Once Bai Laoda and the people Lu Miao had sent to keep an eye on them were gone, the two settled into their own quiet, uneventful lives. You Ning was busy every day, studying French and socializing. Lu Yao was busy too: he took up the violin, and after learning to play Salut d'Amour, he turned to painting. The person he painted most often was the o 237Reads8.9Score10114d adds
- 22 The Inverted System 踪影视之颠倒系统 After binding to the Reversal System, every character undergoes a complete reversal. 553Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Republican-Era Detective: Fourth Master Qiao Thrives in Turbulent Times 民国奇探:乔四爷,乱世逢生 Synopsis One: Qiao Chusheng always says he’s doomed to a miserable life, while Lu Yao will live to be ninety-nine. Lu Yao thinks that if this is fate, then he’ll have to change Qiao Chusheng’s. Who says no one can survive in troubled times? The Republic of China is a world in flux, and such times are bound to produce heroes. From police detective to warlord, Shanghai to Chongqing to Yan’an... If the gods answer his prayers, Qiao Chusheng will live to a hundred, blessed with both fortune and pros 105Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 The Strange Tales of the Republic: Lu Yao Is Reborn 民国奇探之路垚重生 After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Lu Yao returns from London to Shanghai and learns that Qiao Chusheng has died in battle. After seeing the letter and watch Qiao Chusheng left behind, he dies of grief. When he opens his eyes again, he finds himself back on the day they first met. He decides that this time, he will stay with Qiao Chusheng for the rest of their lives. Having realized his feelings in his previous life, he must be a little braver and more direct, and prevent the 741Reads8.9Score10514d adds
- 25 Republican-Era Detective: Lu Yao Is My Sister-in-Law 民国奇探之路垚是我嫂子 Just graduated and preparing for the civil service exams in the 21st century, Liang Chen transmigrated to Shanghai in 1925 after watching a drama, where she became embroiled in a story with a trio. As a CP fan, surely it can't hurt to bring the couple I ship together, right? P.S. The story mostly follows the original plot, with one additional character. Case order: The Mirror Murder The Missing Tram The Hangman Murders The Vampire Murders Fire Kiss The Porcelain Carver's Fury The Blood-Red Bell 462Reads8.5Score10214d adds
- 26 World-Hopping: The System Bound the Wrong Person, Then Abandoned Me! 综穿之系统绑错人,还抛弃了我! A muddleheaded System bound itself to the wrong person, so Xia Qiu can only travel to various small worlds and live well as all kinds of supporting characters. Some worlds may have CPs. Four Seasons Sister in Empresses in the Palace The princess sent to marry for peace in A Journey to Love. A lone girl in Mysterious Lotus Casebook. 753Reads6.6Score10314d adds
- 27 After Meeting You in the World of Film and TV 综影视遇见你之后 My new story next door is now open for business. After meeting you, even time turned sweet She loves handsome men, and wants them even more First love letter: Republican-Era Detective, pairing with Lu Yao Second love letter: Love O2O, pairing with Xiao Nai Third love letter: Le Coup de Foudre, pairing with Ji Xiangkong Fourth love letter: Go Go Squid!, pairing with Wu Bai Fifth love letter: Find Yourself, 1kReads—Score—14d adds
- 28 The CPs We Can Never Move On From 那些走不出的cp们 To read the one you want, just select that volume. These are all pairings the author personally ships. Volume 1: Li Ran x Shen Yao from The Hope Volume 2: Qiao Chusheng x Lu Yao from My Roommate Is a Detective (This one isn’t very complete, so feel free to skip it. Volumes 1 and 3 are written with more care and are more complete, so you can read those.) Volume 3: Zheng Bei x Gu Yiran from The Snow Maze 546Reads7.4Score10114d adds
- 29 Empresses in the Palace: Cui Guo, the Honest One, Claims All the Favor 甄嬛传:老实人翠果,独占恩宠 On the bustling avenue, Cui Guo’s moment of kindness earned her a promise from Consort Wan, once the emperor’s most favored woman: “Your kindness will be rewarded.” Words spoken become fate. After months of copying sutras and praying for blessings, Consort Wan’s completed scriptures carried a thread of spiritual power. Her words brought Cui Guo the emperor’s undivided favor. Reading Guide: Cui Guo x the Emperor: a gullible heroine who panics at the slightest trouble x a coldhearted feudal empe 17.7kReads9.0Score1.6k14d adds
- 30 Film and TV Crossover: Starting with Dream of the Red Chamber 综影视:从红楼梦开始 [Crossover with film and television; female/male leads; quick transmigration; fast-paced plot; some characters may be out of character; protagonist is an indifferent sort] The System captured a suitable soul, ID 0731. Gentle, subdued, low on energy, but rare in quality. Twenty-six-year-old Chen Mo lost his job, had his soul captured by the System, and began a quick-transmigration journey. But why isn't this System issuing any missions? Chen Mo can only make things up as he goes. World One: Dream 951Reads—Score12614d adds
- 31 This Side Character Shouldn’t Be This Beautiful 这是炮灰不该有的美貌 A collection of stories based on various dramas. Whether there’s a pairing depends on my mood. 9.7kReads8.3Score72314d adds
- 32 Film and TV Crossover: May We Grow Old Together 综影视之愿白首 If fate brings us together, we’re bound to have an ending! 930Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 33 Tomb Raiding: Clouds of Color, Moonlight Companion 盗墓:彩云伴月 Fanfiction based on The Grave Robbers' Chronicles, fulfilling Pangzi's unfulfilled wish. After transmigrating, I unexpectedly became Yun Cai. All I want is to live a good life. I thought I'd long since stopped caring about the dreams of the past. Yet little by little, I found myself drawn to the Iron Triangle all over again. 398Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 34 Lan Xichen: A Thousand Miles to the Cloud Recesses, My Heart Belongs to You 蓝曦臣:万里赴泽芜,心悦之 A journey of ten thousand miles to Ze Wu, with a heart full of love Original female protagonist, paired with Lan Xichen I originally wanted to call it “A Heart Full of Love for Ze Wu,” but the System said the name was already taken... 3.2kReads8.9Score29014d adds
- 35 Empresses in the Palace: A Tapestry of Beauty 甄嬛传:一揽芳华 A story about a female lead who uses her knowledge of the plot to survive until the end and become empress dowager. Of course, watching the drama unfold and vying for favor are part of the deal. 984Reads7.7Score10214d adds
- 36 Film and TV Crossover: I’ve Taken in the Obsessive Second Male Lead 综影视:我签收了偏执男二 (Currently reading Pursuit of Jade) (Don’t read this if you’re only interested in the female lead in the first world! You’ll all criticize me, and I can’t take it! I’m so worked up I’m running around like a madwoman.) Ling Feiyan has a mission: enter various TV dramas, change the male leads’ fates, and give those tragic second male leads a sweet romance. As a psychologist, Ling Feiyan is full of confidence, but runs into trouble from the start. Who’s going to tell her that this painfully greasy 440Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 37 Ferrying Souls: The Journey Home 灵魂摆渡之归途 I transmigrated into the world of Soul Ferry. I inherited my late parents' internet cafe. Numbers keep flashing through my mind. I travel into terrifying, despair-filled worlds. I gain powers on par with ghosts and gods. None of this is a coincidence. It is a homecoming, already set in motion. Read the story to find out more... [Everyday Life + Cheerful Male Lead + Making Up for Regrets] 3.6kReads8.8Score22214d adds
- 38 Film and TV Crossover: Xu Nian's Transmigration Journey 综影视:许念的穿越之旅 Members can unlock extra chapters with coins. World 1: My Dear, Liar, cp: Ou Qiang (complete) World 2: The Legend of Chusen, cp: Lin Jingyu (complete) World 3: The Bones 2, cp: Li Xuekai (complete) World 4: The Thunder, cp: Li Fei (complete) World 5: Blue Flame Assault, cp: Xiang Yu (complete) World 6: The New Border Town Prodigal, cp: Fu Hongxue (complete) World 7: Love Like the Galaxy, cp: Liang Qiuqi (complete) World 8: The Bones, cp: Ying Ming (complete) World 9: Under the Skin, cp: Shen Yi 318Reads5.4Score10114d adds
- 39 Quick Transmigration Through Film and TV: My System Is Part-Time 影视快穿,我的系统是兼职 Tong Yao is chosen by a multi-universe drama System and bound to it to complete missions. A part-time System: just set aside two hours to complete a world based on a TV drama. Complete missions to earn amazing rewards! [Empresses in the Palace] Gua 6 [My Fair Princess] Han Xiang [Fated to Love You] Anna [Ode to Joy] Fan Shengmei [Empresses in the Palace: I Am the Empress Dowager] Wuya Chengbi [The Smiling, Proud Wanderer] Dongfang Bubai [Scarlet Heart] Maertai Ruoxi [Dreams Link] Lv Ping [Romanc 64Reads9.1Score—14d adds
- 40 New Return of the Pearl Princess: Yes, Your Highness 清穿新还珠之【公主,臣遵旨】 [⭐Series One⭐] Damn it, she’s transmigrated into the biological younger sister of the Fifth Prince! Heaven really wants her dead! She knows how tragic the Fifth Prince’s mother’s life was. The Fifth Prince himself might not know, but how could a modern woman like her not know? Damn it! Xing Rong (that woman definitely has something seriously wrong with her) doesn’t know how crazy the Fifth Prince is about romance, and neither do Xing Rong and the Fifth Prince’s children. But how could she not kn 1.7kReads9.1Score13314d adds
- 41 Film and TV Crossover: A Galaxy of Stars 综影视:星河万里 The Unchained Love arc is also updating now! HP / Hikaru no Go coming soon If you can think of it, she can win them over. She blazes through one dramatic entanglement after another without slowing down. The heroine is scheming, and the Academy owes her an Oscar. A beauty from the south, radiant as peach blossoms. This story is all about sweetness. As autumn dusk cools, with ten thousand miles of starry sky, may you have joy and peace, and may I promise you eternal safety. My Roommate Is a Detect 1.6kReads6.0Score10114d adds
- 42 Film and TV Crossover: A Declaration of Judgment 综影视:审判宣言 There are many worlds from Joy of Life, especially later on. I’m particularly fond of Li Chengze, so feel free to skip those parts or just pick a few to read if that bothers you. As for the protagonists, each world has a different one. They aren’t the same person: some are men, some are women, and there may be two in a world, but never so many that things get confusing. That should make the story easier to follow. The main purpose is to make peace with my own regrets and speak up for certain c 1.3kReads7.2Score10014d adds
- 43 A Warm Autumn Breeze Blows Through the Lin Family’s Lane 小巷人家之秋风送暖入林家 A Little Alleyway + New Member of the Main Cast: Song Nuannuan Song Nuan, a worker born in the 2000s, transmigrates into A Little Alleyway and becomes Song Ying’s daughter. Having never watched the show, what fun new events will she bring to the original story? ⚠️⚠️⚠️Note⚠️⚠️⚠️ The Wolong-Fengchu couple is split up, and Huang Ling and Zhuang Chaoying get divorced. Don’t read if you don’t like that! Reader advisory: The heroine has no golden finger, and she hasn’t watched the show or read the no 3.9kReads9.2Score28114d adds
- 44 Farming in the Mountains, I Snagged a Good Man 在山上种田,拐到一个好男人 When Lu Shuyi turned thirty, she had saved up one million yuan. She quit her job without a second thought, returned to the mountains of her hometown, and began her “retirement life.” Her days of eating, drinking, and farming catch the attention of a little yellow dog, and, by extension, its owner. From then on, her days are filled with eating, drinking, farming, and a little flirting. 3.6kReads9.1Score30514d adds
- 45 My Life as Empress Dowager in the Brain-Dead World of My Fair Princess 还珠格格之我在脑残的世界当太后 Xiao Yanzi can't learn the rules? For real? I don't believe it! Ziwei Flower, Nostril Kang, and Char Siu Wu can go act like idiots all they want, but don't you dare bully my little Qing'er! This book is going to put the main cast through the wringer. If you dislike the main cast, or are a die-hard fan of theirs, read with caution! If it's not for you, just scroll on by! 826Reads6.9Score29014d adds
- 46 A Breeze Through the World of Film and TV 综影视一缕清风 After the Venerable God Qingfeng was awakened, he began a journey through space and time across various minor worlds. By chance, he changed their original plots and destinies, breaking the restraints that bound them and turning them into independent worlds. Along the way, he earned merit bestowed by the worlds and found sweet romance, while also dismantling the schemes of old geezers who wanted to freeload off his merit. The characters have different personalities in each minor world, and the ma 1.6kReads7.1Score10214d adds
- 47 Wuxia Crossover: I Open a Clinic in Xueyue City and Become a Saintly Healer! 综武:雪月城开医馆,治病成圣! Ye Lin transmigrated to a world of martial arts and awakened the Divine Healer System. From the start, he gained max-level medical skills and became a legendary miracle doctor! Every time he treated a patient, he earned merit points and rewards. "Ding! The Host treated Yao Yue and completed a System mission. Reward: 10,000 merit points and the System reward, Heaven-Swallowing Devil Art!" "Ding! The Host treated Si Lili and completed a mission. Reward: 10,000 merit points and the System reward, N 941Reads7.6Score14314d adds
- 48 Deep in Debt Across Film and TV Worlds 综影视负债累累 After fulfilling her wish and staying by her father's side for his entire life, Furong personally accompanied him along the road to the afterlife. As she watched him finish his bowl of Meng Po's soup and felt her soul grow clear and weightless, she suddenly remembered that, in order to return to her father sooner, she still owed the Heavenly Dao Daddy a whole bottle of Heavenly Dao origin threads!!! Great! The burden of her massive debt sent Furong, who had been thinking of taking it easy, rushi 3.7kReads7.0Score10514d adds
- 49 Harry Potter: The Black Family Has an Heir 【HP】布莱克家有继承人了 [Alioth Black (original female lead, does not transmigrate) × Draco Malfoy] A sweet, mostly everyday romance. The relationship is smooth sailing, and neither lead will suffer. (They're both dear to the author.) I'll do my best to keep them in character and save everyone from getting killed off. The heroine will interact with the trio, and following the original plot is unavoidable. The heroine is not a villainess. There is no house prejudice or blood-status discrimination! She grew up in a happy 8kReads8.6Score1.1k14d adds
- 50 I Transmigrated to the Han Dynasty, and Huo Qubing Is My Brother 穿越汉朝,霍去病是我哥 No romance, no ambiguous relationships, just farming and infrastructure building “The theory that Huo Qubing was killed by Emperor Wu of Han” is a rumor I quoted in the novel, not a view I personally agree with. In the later story, I’ll use Huo Guang’s observations to disprove it step by step, ultimately returning to the accepted historical account that “Huo Qubing died of illness.” I simply wanted to use a narrative approach of “introducing a rumor first, then clarifying it through the story.” 5.7kReads9.1Score52114d adds

















































