Novels like Mr. Ji's Innocent Convict Wife
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- 1 He Said That Even Dead Wood Will Bloom Again in Spring 他说枯木终逢春 [Short tragedy warning: sweet at first, then heartbreaking. Read with caution if that’s not for you.] [One-on-one romance] [The opening is a little slow; the best parts come later]“I stood at the edge of time and space and looked into the haze deep in your eyes. It told me what you wanted, so I went and found it for you.” [Two strong leads × saving each other × contrasting personalities × devoted to each other × fictional setting] [Overwhelmingly sweet] “Xu Yu, do you believe dead wood can bloom —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 The Mad Tyrant Would Trade His Empire to Make Me Look Back 疯批暴君拿江山换我回头 [Possessive pursuit + forced love + unrequited love + a legendary groveling chase + bad ending + physical and emotional torment + alternate setting + angst + corruption + revenge] [The unyielding princess of a fallen kingdom + the new king, cruel and unrestrained] When they first met, she was an unloved princess confined to the cold palace, and he was a Liang spy being hunted. She handed him half a pastry. “When people are hungry, they have to eat.” She casually said he was like a wolf, and he n 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Love as Deep as Ever, Like an Old Dream 刻骨相思如旧梦 The delicate dice are carved with red beans, a token of lovesickness that pierces the heart. Do you know? Once, she thought that marrying him would be the beginning of her happiness. But later, she realized that marrying him was the beginning of her misery. Once, she thought that if they couldn’t live in love, at least they could die together. But later, she realized just how terribly wrong she had been. At the ends of the earth, each living their own life, all that remains is the bone-deep long 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 After Falling into Debt, I Was Forced to Become His Precious Darling 欠债后，被迫成为他的心尖宠 [Overbearing CEO + domineering possession + long-laid plans] (A mix of angst and sweetness, with domineering possession and a marriage that turns into love) Liang Yin’s father owed thirty million yuan and was forced to send her to Qin Xiao’s bed. Qin Xiao was the sort of man who always liked to stay in control. He hated letting anyone else take the initiative. Liang Yin hated him but could do nothing about it, so all she could do was fight for as much freedom as she could get. When they met agai 95Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 I Brewed Sour Wine for Eight Years, and She Smashed It 我酿了八年酸酒，她替我砸了 I Fermented Sour Wine for Eight Years, and She Smashed It for Me —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 His Wife Vanished for Three Years, and Lord Fu Searches the World in a Frenzy! 夫人失踪三年，傅爷全球疯找！ “I was wrong. I don’t like Fu Yanzhou. I’m not worthy of liking him...” The three years Cheng Zheng spent in high school were a nightmare, and for the next seven years, she continued to live in its shadow. Fu Yanzhou and Yu Xiangxiang, meanwhile, remained untouchable, high above her. They made her so insecure she was afraid to hold her head up when she walked. Yu Xiangxiang even stole her identity and took her place at the university she had earned admission to. Ten years later, Cheng Zheng deci 48Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 7 Sleepless Through the Endless Night 夜未央无眠 When I met Mu Lanyou, my sister and I had already been begging along the streets for a whole year. He took us in. I thought I'd be grateful to him for the rest of my life. Until I saw my sister's corpse. I went mad. “Is this what you meant when you said you'd protect us?” He stared at me without a word. Later, I wrapped my hands around his throat. “So you knew she'd die, and you still sent her?” On that final day, the sword came straight at me. Fine, Mu Lanyou. I don't owe you anything anymore. 18Reads—Score214d adds
- 8 We Took Different Roads, Yet Reached the Same End 我们，殊途同归 [Short Story Collection] 11 stories. Remember. In this noisy age, we bloom, wither, go our separate ways, and pass through long summers and deep winters. But believe this: there is still light at the end, and once, despite taking different paths, we all found our way to the same place. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 The Stand-In Has Turned Dark 替身已黑化 —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Snow City, Happy New Year 雪城，新年快乐 “Happy New Year.” Those were the last words Lin’s dad ever said to Aunt Shu Qing. When I was eleven, I spent the liveliest New Year’s Eve of my life in the 808 Compound. But from then on, no New Year ever measured up to that one. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Tonight, Let’s Sink Into Ruin Together 今夜与你共沉沦 Tang Siying is sure she won’t live much longer, because Ji Chenyu hates her and wants nothing more than to kill her. He keeps her captive, tormenting, trampling on, and humiliating her because she is so hateful. Until one day, he discovers he hated the wrong person... 87Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 12 Chang'an Sand: Lift the Lid Only When It Rattles 长安砂—盖子响了才掀 Chang'an Sha: Only Lift the Lid When It Starts to Rattle 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 The Old Robe in the Snow, Which I Wore for Sixteen Years 雪中那件旧袍子，我穿了十六年 That Old Robe in the Snow, I Wore It for Sixteen Years —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 The Prison of No Return 不归狱 When she first fell in love, Jiang Yaoyao trapped herself in a prison of her own making. For years, she was consumed by an obsessive, hopeless hope, her fixation growing stronger by the day. But... the more she loved him, the more Ren Zhixun seemed to despise her. Even so, Jiang Yaoyao’s love for him never faded. If anything, every setback only made her more determined! She poured all her attention and affection into Ren Zhixun alone, until she could no longer see anyone else behind her... It wa —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 After Our Divorce, the Heir Who Hated Me to the Bone Went Mad 和离后，厌我入骨的世子疯了 I was betrothed to the Duke’s household from childhood. When I came of age, I married Shen Yan, who suffered from a mental disability. For the three years of our marriage, he hated me to the bone. He wouldn’t even let me touch him, let alone share his bed. That is, until he met my cousin. In her presence, he was as docile as a puppy and gave her all his affection. Again and again, he shoved me away in annoyance. I understood: he loved her. And I was tired, too. I no longer wanted to look after h 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 The Night Hag's Ledger 母夜叉账本 The She-Devil's Ledger —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 A Boat Untethered from the Past 前尘不系舟 Dropped. Dropped, this has been dropped. Dropped, this has been dropped. Dropped, this has been dropped. Dropped, this has been dropped. Dropped, this has been dropped. Dropped, this has been dropped. 30Reads—Score314d adds
- 18 The Green Tea’s Favor 绿茶的眷顾 Green Tea's Favor —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 She Died in That Great Snowstorm 她在那场大雪里死去 Lin Qingyan died that winter. The killer was Shen Ruyan. To get revenge, Ji Nanzhou used every despicable means at his disposal to hurt Shen Ruyan. He sent her to prison and made her the plaything of anyone who wanted her. And that still wasn't enough. He even destroyed her family, leaving her to wander the glittering city like a stray dog, with nowhere to turn. But in the end, in this game of madness and evil, love and hate, Mr. Ji lost completely. When he finally looked back, the person he lov 1.3kReads5.4Score—14d adds
- 20 I'll Still Love You Years from Now 哪怕多年以后还爱你 “Business is business, whoever it’s with. How much per time?” he asked casually, lighting a cigarette. Zhou He kept her head down and replied with utter seriousness, “You saved me. How could I let you come out at a loss?” He raised an eyebrow, watching her with keen interest. Meeting his gaze, Zhou He said sincerely, “With your looks, you could rise to the top anywhere. I’m penniless and have nothing to my name, so naturally I can’t let myself sully you.” She once thought he was the light shini 384Reads8.8Score10014d adds
- 21 So Heartbreaking! Young Master Song, Please Accept My Condolences: Your Wife Is Really Dead 虐！宋少请节哀：夫人真的死了 Ruan Jin'an was married to Song Tingen for five years and suffered one humiliation after another. When he brought the woman he loved to the Song family home, Ruan Jin'an finally gave up on him. After tearing into the fake innocent, she set Song Tingen's villa on fire and vanished from his world. Song Tingen had always believed that Qin Muxuan, who saved him when they were young, was the one he loved. But after Ruan Jin'an died, he went mad. 36Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 22 After Refusing to Become a Concubine, I Became the Crown Prince's Secondary Consort 拒绝做妾后我成了太子侧妃 A lowly servant, she could only look up to her master from afar. Qingwu's greatest wish in life was to stay by her master's side, but she never expected that her master would personally send her away... 563Reads5.5Score11414d adds
- 23 I Learned to Grow Up After Losing Everything 我从失去后学会了懂事 I Learned to Grow Up After Losing You 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 I Promise You an Abyss 许你万丈深渊 Love can be so deep it feels like suffering. Yi Qing loved Jian Xingzhi so much that she gave him everything. Jian Xingzhi hated Yi Qing so much that he destroyed everything she had. “Jian Xingzhi, if the water in this bottle could be put back, I would forgive you.”, Yi Qing —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 I Fell into the Love Trap I Wove Myself 我陷入亲手织的爱情陷阱 I Fell into the Love Trap I Wove Myself —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 The Deadly Knot: The Knot I Tied, Her World 死扣：我盘的扣子，她的人间 The Knot I Tied: Her World —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 The Stand-In Bride: Young Master Fu Realizes His Mistake 替嫁娇妻：傅少知错了 [Marriage first, love later + husband chases wife to win her back + the powerful one bows his head + scheming male lead + age gap] Her half-sister fell into a coma, and everyone said Lin Qingyan was responsible. “If anything happens to Wanwan, you’ll pay for it with your life!” From that moment on, Fu Jinyan began tormenting her without end. In the end, even he couldn’t tell whether it was revenge or possessiveness driving him. When his fiancée woke up, Lin Qingyan willingly stepped aside for he 1.3kReads8.2Score10714d adds
- 28 Love That Cuts to the Bone: I Won’t Be a Jerk This Time! 蚀骨危情：这次我不会做渣男了！ Jian Tong and Shen Xiujin transmigrated into the past. In this life, Shen Xiujin cherishes Jian Tong deeply, and Jian Tong loves him just as much. But... can they really end up together? Perhaps there are countless possibilities... 825Reads—Score10514d adds
- 29 A Game of Chess, Not a Marriage: Your Highness, Go Easy on Me 是棋非妻，太子殿下轻点虐 Heart-wrenching physical and emotional torment + both leads remain faithful + a groveling pursuit + adorable baby + happy ending She was the second daughter of the Chancellor’s household, a pawn used by her older sister to “ward off misfortune.” He was the Crown Prince of the Great Ning dynasty, in love with the Chancellor’s eldest daughter. The two people who could never have become husband and wife were made into a family by a prophecy from the Imperial Astronomical Bureau. She married him for 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 After My Husband and His First Love Drove Our Son to His Death, I Went on a Rampage 老公和初恋逼死儿子后，我杀疯了 After my husband and his first love drove our son to his death, I went on a killing spree 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 After His Canary Slashed Her Wrists, Gu Couldn’t Stop Crying 金丝雀割腕后，顾总他哭了 [Both leads have past sexual experience, but neither is completely innocent ➕ faux forbidden romance ➕ first love ➕ rival men vying for her ➕ groveling after losing her] In Wei Yue’s first year of college, her family was struck by disaster. Her scumbag father ran off with his mistress, taking all the family’s savings. Unable to bear the blow, her mother took her own life in despair. Wei Yue only found out when she came home for the holidays. To raise money for the funeral, Wei Yue was willin 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Seventeen Minutes of Battery Life, Burning Through the Rest of My Ten Years 十七分钟的电量，耗尽我十年的余生 Seventeen Minutes of Battery Life, Burning Through the Rest of My Ten Years 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 True Love Without Regret 真爱无悔 True Love Without Regrets —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 She Was the Only One Who Refused to Settle 唯独她不肯将就 She Alone Refuses to Settle 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 It Hurts Too Much. Let’s Not Meet in Our Next Life 太痛了，下辈子我们别见了 It hurt too much. Let's not meet in our next life. 20.2kReads—Score10614d adds
- 36 From the Start, I Was Told to Donate a Kidney. The Tragic-Novel Heroine Refuses 开局被要求捐肾，虐文女主不干了 [1v1 + devoted to each other + tragic-romance heroine and minor male character awaken to their circumstances + System] If the heroines in tragic romances woke up to the truth, would they still choose to suffer? No. Absolutely not, says Lu Nanqing, firmly refusing. She swiftly refuses to donate a kidney, then gets divorced overnight. She exposes her scheming stepsister's ugly true colors. She takes on everyone and refuses to be controlled by her biological father any longer. She tramples the scum 36Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 37 The Bullies Are Having a Field Day 霸凌者在狂欢 “Hey, have you heard? That unlucky kid from Class Nine pissed off Qi Suo. He pinned them down and slapped them around until their nose was bleeding everywhere.” He used to squeeze glue into my wounds, take nude photos of me to make money, and kick me into a cesspit. Now the school bully who did all that has fallen in love with me? Should I be grateful, or should I be devastated? Later, he admitted to my face that he loved me. He was determined not to let anyone bully me, a pitiful wretch covered 520Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Thorns and the Silver Crown 荆棘与银冠 Thorns and the Silver Crown 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Hengchang Pawnshop on Yong'an Street: The Private Ledger That Was Never Destroyed 永安街恒昌当：那本从未销过的私账 Hengchang Pawnshop on Yong'an Street: The Private Ledger That Was Never Written Off —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 I Played Coward for Half a Year, Then the Courtesan Next Door Ran Off with the Money 我装怂半年，隔壁花魁卷款跑了 I Played the Coward for Half a Year, and the Courtesan Next Door Ran Off with the Money —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Soft Candy Locks the Edge 软糖锁锋 Soft Candy Locks the Blade —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 When Our Daughter Died, My Husband Was Paying Off His First Love’s Debts 女儿惨死时，老公正替白月光还债 When our daughter died a tragic death, my husband was paying off his first love’s debts —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 Reborn, I Tear Apart the Fake Heiress Who Stole My Husband 重生后我手撕抢我老公的假千金 Reborn, I tore apart the fake heiress who tried to steal my husband 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 The Ex-Wife Chase From Hell: A Complete Short Story in Every Chapter 追妻火葬场，一章一个完结短故事 [The wife-chasing crematorium + one-chapter endings + angsty or cathartic angst + first-person narration + a different story in every chapter + cheating + mistresses + regret] The first story: I was married to my husband for ten years. He was a renowned young entrepreneur, and I was the wife he kept tucked away at home. Everyone envied me for marrying so well. Only I knew he had long since star 121Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 There Came a Day When We Never Met Again 后来我们再无相见之日 [Content warning: This story is mildly angsty, a bittersweet coming-of-age romance with a tragic ending. If you enjoy stories about the pain of youth, read on.] (Main story complete) Twenty-year-old Ye Yufan never imagined that at twenty-five, she would hate rainy days so much. Just as Jiang Lechi at twenty never imagined that, at twenty-five, Ye Yufan still wouldn’t have gotten over him. Jiang Lechi: “I’m sorry, Ye Yufan. I broke my promise. I’m the one who lied.” Li Shushu: “Yezi, take care of 44Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 The Southern Wind Whispers as Dusk Fades, Entwining Us in Endless Passion 南风辞暮尽缠绵 After years apart, Nan Muchi has become notorious, reduced to a life as lowly as an ant. Though she's a disgraced outcast wherever she goes, the powerful Third Young Master Huo dotes on her like no one else. People say that in all of Nandu, only Nan Muchi can keep the Huo family's heir in check. The Third Young Master Huo stands at the pinnacle of power, handsome and dashing, with beautiful women at his side, yet even all that soft, fragrant beauty is never enough... “Don't you all start. She's 682Reads8.3Score10014d adds
- 47 The Light of the Thirteenth Month 第十三月的光明 Hello, my name is Ji Xiaochuan! Hello, my name is Su Li! From now on, I'll call you Su Pear, sweet and juicy! Ji Xiaochuan, look! The light is here. My light is here! Little Pear, if there's another life, I'll spend it making it up to you! Ji Xiaochuan, if I could do it all over again, maybe I'd choose never to meet you! I walked through a dark abyss, and seemed to smell something rotten. Instinctively, I looked back. Countless wolves and tigers charged toward me, their sharp fangs 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 After Reuniting Years Later, I Thought We'd Be Together 久别重逢后，原以为我们会在一起 “Sensitive girl | Devoted boy” “Reunion after years apart | Mutual secret crushes | Bittersweet campus romance” The first time Ye An saw Ji Nian, he knew their paths would cross more than once. But so many hardships kept him from being there for her throughout her childhood. The girl became the only light in the boy’s darkest days. At last, after overcoming countless obstacles, he returned as a transfer student and saw her again. But she… She seemed different. Everything about her had changed. W 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 The Three-Coin Tea Grows Cold, While Hatred Burns 三文茶凉，恨字滚烫 The Tea Has Gone Cold, but the Word 'Hate' Still Burns 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 The Broth Boiled Dry, and the Dead Man She Awaited Came Back 清汤滚尽，她等的死人回来了 The Broth Boiled Dry, and the Dead Man She Was Waiting for Came Back 1Reads—Score—14d adds
