Novels like Holding a Wisp of Moonlight
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Holding a Wisp of Moonlight, best match first.
- 101 The Tragedy of Chinese-Style Education 中式教育的可悲 In the end, that boy guarded her grave for the rest of his life and never married. In the end, that girl never escaped the prison that was her parents. He wanted to save her, but the girl was already beyond saving. If only things had gone a little differently, she could have lived. If only things had gone a little differently, he would have succeeded. At first, she sent him into the operating room, covered in blood and kneeling, pleading with the gods again and again. The news she received was t 107Reads—Score—14d adds
- 102 After Prison, Mr. Fu Pursues Me to Torture Me Relentlessly 出狱后，被傅总追着疯狂虐 [Angst and heartbreak + replacement romance + dual personalities + the second male lead takes the lead + no getting back together] On the very day Mu Ran married Fu Xiuyun, he personally sent her to prison. That year, Mu Ran's older sister died saving her. Her sister's only wish was for Mu Ran to love Fu Xiuyun on her behalf. “Fu Xiuyun, I told you, I never wanted to marry you!” To Fu Xiuyun, Mu Ran's feeble defense was nothing but a dishonest excuse. [The male lead is extremely obsessive, unhin 512Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 103 The Lovestruck Beauty, a Fake Heiress, Is Spoiled by Dr. Shi 病娇美人假千金，被时医生宠爆 [Wealthy Family + Fake and Real Heiresses + Reborn + Devoted Couple + Sickly Beauty + Winning Back His Wife] [Delicate, Frail Fake Heiress VS Distinguished, Steady Surgeon] After living in the same home for over twenty years, Yun Shu was suddenly told she was a fake heiress. She felt as if the sky had fallen. With her congenital heart disease, where could she go from here? When the real heiress returned, she was thrown out. Reborn, she reclaimed her jade pendant and unexpectedly gained a heali 2.3kReads7.7Score21214d adds
- 104 The Rough-and-Ready Man and His Sweet Little Darling 糙汉和他的小娇软 (The rating is still low because it just came out. A few more ratings will help!) [Rugged, fatherly company boss + proud, sweet dance teacher] [Both inexperienced in love + sweet romance + eight-year age gap + height and build difference + frail heroine + she has her own career but isn’t a career-focused powerhouse] [She pursues him at first + a little groveling from him later] Eight years ago, Su Shangbei was kidnapped. Just as she was losing hope, Jin Feng rescued her. But that night was such 2kReads8.2Score36014d adds
- 105 Captive Phoenix in His Arms: The Ruthless Emperor's Prisoner 俘凰入罗帷，狠戾帝君掌心囚 When the Cangxuan Kingdom fell, its legitimate eldest princess, once revered and surrounded by every luxury, was cast from her heavenly heights into the deepest hell. Chu Yan had once been held hostage in Cangxuan. When he was being humiliated, the kingdom’s eldest princess, Fan Hua, came to his rescue. They grew up together and fell in love, but a conspiracy made Chu Yan hate the entire Cangxuan royal family. After years of plotting, he destroyed her kingdom, trampled on her dignity, and forced 248Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 106 When Will I Finally See Daylight? 我什么时候能等到天光大亮 133Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 Help! Mr. Fu's Frail Wife Has Gone on a Rampage 救命！傅总家的病秧子夫人杀疯了 [Marriage first, love later + one-on-one, both devoted to each other + sweet romance] [Beautiful, powerful, tragic, and dangerously unhinged sickly girl vs. noble, devoted, top-tier powerful man] The Shen family has a second daughter with a short life expectancy, Shen Qingyao. Born sickly, she is timid and weak. The first time they meet, Fu Shisi sees the supposedly timid, weak invalid smiling as she plunges a knife into someone's chest. Then she looks at him with her big, pretty eyes and asks t 1.4kReads7.2Score10214d adds
- 108 The Porcelain Doll Beneath a Clear Sky 晴空瓷娃娃 [A mogul in the Republican-era food industry + secret identities vs. an abandoned, pitiful little girl with osteogenesis imperfecta + crybaby + soft and sweet. The leads are devoted only to each other!!!] Scene One: “Chenchen, go. Please, we can't afford to raise you anymore.” “Okay...” Scene Two: “You've got all sorts of problems. You tear up if someone so much as bumps you.” “I'm fine...” Scene Three: “Your name is Chen Chen? Your parents must hope you'll stay untouched by the dust of the worl 570Reads8.8Score10414d adds
- 109 Aye, I'm Leaving 阿也，我走了 [Sensitive, self-conscious heroine x gentle, sunny hero] When Lin Zhiyou was six, her father died in a car accident, and her mother raised her alone. After her mother changed jobs, eighteen-year-old Lin Zhiyou transferred to Nancheng No. 1 High School. There, she met Jiang Ye... A sensitive, self-conscious girl falls in love with a gentle, sunny boy, but the wheels of fate have not turned in her favor... 34Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 110 Year After Year, May We Always Be Safe and Sound 年年岁岁，岁岁平安 [Childhood Sweethearts + Love Triangle + Long-Planned Scheme + Tragic Romance + Mutual Salvation + Coercive Love Triangle] Warning: Angst! Not for fans of the female lead! Jiang Niánsui and Jiang Yian were childhood sweethearts, close as could be, until the arrival of the Song family’s young master forced them apart. Behind his gloomy, scheming exterior lay a deep love for her. Song Jinian’s exclusive devotion and affection gradually drew Jiang Niánsui into his tender embrace. Her childhood swee 571Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 111 After Dating Three Black Men, She Returned Home and Married an Honest Man for a Bride Price of 280,000 交往过三个黑人，回乡二十八万彩礼嫁给老实人 —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 He's Just a Fool 他只是个傻子 [Boys' Love / melodrama / happy ending / modern / angst / win-back romance / silly fool fiction] Qin Yun was deemed a failure and sent to a remote mountain village to oversee the management of a mine. There he met a fool. Though dim-witted, the fool was good at taking care of others. In this impoverished backwater, Qin Yun made a move on the only little fool he found tolerable to look at. But after hurting him recklessly again and again, Qin Yun never expected the fool to say he didn't love him 62Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 113 CEO, Your Wife Says She'll Pay with Her Life 总裁，夫人说她以命相抵了 [Physical and emotional torment + a repentant husband chasing his wife + younger, possessive obsessive love + tragic ending, no reconciliation] After a car accident, he lost the child he had with his lover. Grieving the loss of his child, Gong Yin blamed it all on Weisheng Luobai. He destroyed her family, crippled her right hand, and ended her path to becoming a champion. Weisheng Luobai, once a gifted young woman who had made a name for herself in the capital, became a servant to his lover. 237Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 One Letter Left Behind 剩下一封信 [Main story complete] [Angst] [School-life tragedy] [Two top students] [One-on-one + childhood sweethearts] [Slight ensemble cast] Golden boy Shen Yuchuan vs. gentle girl Qiu Suian [Suisi, will you stay with me forever?] [I will.] . [Qiu Suian, may you live a long life.] [Shen Yuchuan, may you be safe and well year after year.] That summer was as lively as ever. Cicadas buzzed noisily, and the summer breeze brought nothing but heat. But to Shen Yuchuan, it felt like the depths of winter. He sta 677Reads6.6Score19114d adds
- 115 A Winter’s Last Letter 冬日遗书 [Mutual Secret Crush + Angst + Youth and School Life + Both Leads Die | Slow-Burn Style | Hero's Secret-Crush Diary] When Fang Li was sixteen, her mother remarried, and she transferred to Nanshi No. 1 High School. There she met Jiang Zheng, the “bad boy” everyone talked about. As she got to know him, she realized this quiet boy wasn't as bad as everyone said. On the contrary, he was wonderful. So wonderful that Fang Li would never forget him for the rest of her life. The boy wasn't a savior, but 2.3kReads8.2Score63114d adds
- 116 Eleven Years of Tides 十一年潮汐 Male lead: Jiang Yusen (attending physician) Female lead: Shen Xiaxing (investment bank vice president) [Medical Romance / CEO Romance / Reunion After Years Apart / Meeting at the Top / First Love / Secret Crush / Workplace Romance] [A note before reading: Eleven Years of Tides is not a fast-paced wish-fulfillment story packed with gratifying moments. It explores family, friendship, love, careers, and more.] Eleven years passed like the ebb and flow of the tides, washing away promises from the 1.2kReads8.4Score11414d adds
- 117 May You Be Safe 望汝安 “You pushed me into the abyss, and you still think I could love you?” “Chen Si, I don't love you.” “Ji Sian, you have to love me. You can only love me.” This is the story of a bully falling in love with the person he bullied. One act of kindness from Ji Sian pushed her into an endless abyss. If she could turn back time, she would wish she had never met a boy named Chen Si... P.S. The male lead is not a virgin. If that's not your thing, please move along. 5.6kReads8.6Score27114d adds
- 118 Daybreak Came, and I Couldn’t Find You 天亮了，我找不到你了 139Reads—Score114d adds
- 119 We Were Never Meant to Meet Again 相逢相聚本无期 46Reads—Score114d adds
- 120 Let the World Know My Love 将爱意宣之于众 [Happy Ending] [Mutual Firsts] [School Life] [Mutual Pursuit] When Su Lening first transferred to the school, Xie Chen heard everyone around him praising her and tossed off a casual, “What’s that got to do with me?” But his bold declaration didn’t last long before he had to eat his words. “How could it have nothing to do with me? She’s my future girlfriend, my future wife. We’re very much connected.” And so everyone watched as the school’s top student and heartthrob, who was rumored to keep a pr 282Reads8.7Score10714d adds
- 121 Her White Dress 她的白纱裙 [Cool girl + oblivious male lead + unrequited love + campus + mild angst] Ye Junqing comes from a poor family. With the help of Mu Chen, the favored son of heaven, she gradually emerges from the darkness, but in the end, they never get together. A story of unrequited love. At the beginning, he ruffles her hair. "Then it's a promise. We'll go see the sea together." At the end, he stands alone in the sea breeze, tears tracing his cheeks. "Junqing, where are you? Won't you come back to me?" 38Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 122 The Wind Kisses the White Rose 风吻白玫瑰 A cheerful girl with depression vs. a lonely, gentle top student Chen Yan meets a strange person at the hospital. That day, he sees many sides of her. One moment she is chatting away, the next she is silently crying. Since high school, she has called herself “Young Master Xiao Jiang” and become everyone’s mood-maker. Everyone thinks that is just who she is, but Chen Yan is the only one who has seen the side she keeps hidden. So he says, “Don’t be afraid. I’m here to save you.” He has seen her at 77Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 123 A Worthy Minister Is Hard to Find 良臣难为 [Historical Romance + Ensemble Cast + Tragic Love + Fateful Misunderstandings + Imperial Court and Nobility + Love of Country and Family + Tearjerker + Bad Ending] I am the empress of a nation. Everyone who sees me bows respectfully and greets me with, “May the Empress be well.” Because my surname is Shen. My father, Shen Nian, died on the battlefield, his body never found. My mother died by suicide after him. My eldest brother held Yumen Pass for forty-five days against a hundredfold enemy forc 376Reads9.4Score10014d adds
- 124 Beautiful Years 景年 [Angst! Angst! Angst! Angst!] My name is Jiang Nian. I was born in the height of summer and died in the depths of winter. Fate was always fleeting, and even meeting you was a blessing. We were destined to meet in this life, but not to be together. May we continue our bond in the next. The debts of this life must be repaid in this life. On the road to the afterlife, don’t look back. May we have a better fate and grow old together in the next life! I still remember the words Lin Anjing said to 496Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 125 Brother, I’m Done Getting Treatment 哥哥，我不治了 1.4kReads—Score7614d adds
- 126 Sacrifice to Spring 祭春天 In the first spring after the college entrance exams, Yu Xiaoxiao is sitting in the library at Peking University when it suddenly dawns on her: that pitch-black night when he laughed until he couldn’t breathe, he was crying. [Love at first sight + mutual healing + angsty campus romance, tragic ending] Gentle boy who pretends to be a school bully × girl who pretends to be aloof but is really a top student [Boy pursues girl + devoted one-on-one romance + the clear-headed one falls hard + equal par 913Reads8.9Score19714d adds
- 127 Brother, the Rain Has Stopped 哥哥，雨停了 [Chi Nian × Jiang Shi] I held a bouquet of roses, wanting to give them to the brother I loved most. Sadly, I never got the chance... In 2007, I saw my brother for the first time. The young man stood by the window, looking relaxed as the bow in his hand played a beautiful melody. In 2010, the rain stopped, and my brother left. In 2012, my brother promised that the following summer he would return to Beicheng and never leave me again. In 2013, the white flower pinned to my chest kept reminding me 310Reads8.7Score10114d adds
- 128 He's Always So Good at Sweet-Talking Her 他惯会哄她 [Two Top Students x Childhood Friends x Mutual Devotion x Tragedy] Sunny ray of sunshine x Double-Standard Top Student Jiang Shiyuan was the brightest sun in Pei Zhiheng's world. They made many promises at seventeen, but the words "I'll be with you forever" were buried along with her in late autumn. The plane tree leaves had yet to fall from the branches in late autumn when Jiang Shiyuan's life came to an end. [My name is Jiang Shiyuan. Shi, as in time, and Yuan, as in wish. Pei Zhiheng.] [J 754Reads8.0Score10014d adds
- 129 Baby, You’re So Seductive, I Want to Kiss You: The Fake Heiress Is Forced to Fall in Love! 宝宝好欲想亲，假千金被强制爱！ Fake heiress vs. possessive, unhinged brother | 1v1 forced romance | Love and hate intertwined She was the Zhou family’s fake heiress, raised by them for eighteen years, and she’d called him “Big Brother” countless times. He exposed her true identity and cast her into the abyss, then forcibly kept her by his side when she had nowhere else to turn, swearing he would lock her there for the rest of her life. Love was obsession, possession, and the stubborn resolve to never let go, even if she hat 1.2kReads—Score—14d adds
- 130 Stuck at Seventeen 停留十七岁那年 [Campus romance × Youth × Mutual unrequited love × Heartbreak] Cold, rebellious boy × Sweet, well-behaved honor student * [Xie Yixiao was born wild and unruly, proud and untamed. Yet somehow, this boy fell in love with a good student from a broken home, a quiet, sweet, and sensible girl.] * [Ye Mian came from an incomplete family. Her parents weren't around when she was growing up. Then, when she was six, she learned that both of them had died. She was raised by her grandmother.] * [To part beca 2.7kReads7.2Score26114d adds
- 131 With You Until Twenty-Nine 陪你到二十九岁 78Reads—Score214d adds
- 132 The Wind Will Remember Him for Me 风会替我记住他 [School life + mutual crushes + healing + Be] Don't look at my embarrassing past. Don't make me beg you. “Gentle and sensitive” Qi Zhiyou x “sunny and outgoing” Cheng Weizhui Ten years after Qi Zhiyou died, Cheng Weizhui learned of her death. He spent a year in a daze before finally taking his own life. Scenes from his life replayed in his mind. Early autumn. When they first met, he had smiled and asked her, “What are you doing here?” Later, at a temple, he had sincerely prayed, “May my girl liv 53Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 133 His Love Is Fierce Yet Tender 他的爱，是铁血柔情 32Reads—Score114d adds
- 134 She Wants to Lie Flat? Lord Pei Snuffs His Cigarette, Grabs Her by the Waist, and Forces Her to Keep Living 她躺平？裴爷掐烟锁腰硬把命续上 [Independent, sensitive, outspoken kitten × cool, steady, supportive powerhouse (daddy-type older man)] On a snowy night at the start of the year, Chu You wrote a line in her notebook: “I hope I can die quietly, alone, by the end of the year.” She was the only daughter of the Chu family. Her parents had died young, leaving behind only the company they'd devoted half their lives to building. She'd fought tooth and nail to build a business empire, only to end up frail and sickly. So she said, “Fri 3.1kReads8.4Score31414d adds
- 135 See You Tomorrow, Monday 周一，明天见 [A short bad-ending story. Readers who can't handle angst, beware.] Xu Qingze was Zhou Yi’s boyfriend. He was in a car accident abroad. Everyone told Zhou Yi he was dead, but she stubbornly refused to believe it. She cried herself blind, ruined her health, and clung to life by a thread. Just as Zhou Yi was about to die, Xu Qingze came back. With a warm smile, he held out his hand to Zhou Yi. “Hello, my name is Xu Qingze.” Zhou Yi: Xu Qingze, how dare you forget me. But I’m glad you forgot me. ( 2.3kReads8.1Score45914d adds
- 136 One Last Rainfall Before We Part 最后一阵诉别雨 [Mutual pining | A little campus romance | Short BE | Male lead dies, female lead finds peace] The sky waits for the rain, and I wait for you. Song Ting'an never got to see his rain. From that song by Jay Chou, with lyrics by Vincent Fang. “The sky waits for the rain, and I wait for you.” He listened to it again and again. Song Tianqing, the character in Song Ting'an's book, got to meet his Yue Yuyu. But Song Ting'an never got to meet his Li Yanyu. His chance of survival was only twenty perc 387Reads8.0Score12814d adds
- 137 A Youth Wasted 虚度一个青春 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 Peace and Prosperity in a Flourishing Age 河清海晏时和岁丰 Changning was never destined to know peace. War will not let this age find peace, either. I will be the hero of this age and forge a new world. I will play a game of strategy, using the lives of everyone on the board to pave a road to a golden age. I am leaving. I will resign from the palace and go. Xiao Mingyan: I am the princess of Great Xiao. Since I have enjoyed the offerings of the people, I must shoulder a great responsibility. I am on the board, but I will not let others manipulate me. I 115Reads—Score—14d adds
- 139 He Lives in Heaven 他住在天堂里 [Signed for print publication] [He has loved her in secret for ten years, tragic ending + male lead dies of cancer + tearjerker campus romance] “The girl I’ve loved for ten years got married. I personally placed her hand in her future husband’s. The last time I called her by name was at her wedding.” Jiang Chi 658Reads8.4Score18214d adds
- 140 Mr. Lu, Stop Hurting Her. Your Wife Is Getting Married 陆总别虐了，夫人要嫁人了 “Shen Muqing, if you want the title of Mrs. Lu, it's yours. I don't care. But if you want my heart...” “Maybe in your next life.” Throughout her three-year marriage to Lu Jingshen, Shen Muqing kept giving in, kept getting hurt, and kept loving him. Lu Jingshen thought he had never loved Shen Muqing. Lu Jingshen thought Shen Muqing loved him so much that she could never bear to leave. Lu Jingshen didn't know that at the end of humility comes acceptance. No matter how deep the love, it will eventu 334Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 141 A Month Before Our Wedding, I Caught My Fiancée and Her Best Friend in a Hotel Secret 结婚前一个月，我在酒店撞见未婚妻和她闺蜜的秘密 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 142 Neither Family nor Stranger 非亲非故非陌生 For thirteen years, Song Li endured He Qian’s torment and humiliation, walking on eggshells every single day. The truth finally came to light in the year He Qian loved her most, but by then, nothing could change Song Li’s resolve to die... Only when He Qian held the blood-soaked woman in his arms did he truly understand what despair meant. 6.4kReads8.8Score26914d adds
- 143 My Girlfriend Is Intersex 我的女友是雌雄同体 —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 Back to High School to Woo the School Bully 重回高中撩校霸 [Campus life + sweet romance + reborn + mind-reading] Su Le discovered she had returned to her high school days, with no golden finger and no System. She wanted to work hard and get ahead, but she wasn’t very bright. So she started a husband-raising plan. She persuaded the school bully to break up, study, start a company, and make money, while she slacked off at every opportunity. Under her constant persuasion, the school bully turned into a top student. At last, her husband became a big shot. H 517Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 145 Letters Beneath the Moss 苔痕信札 Anti-narcotics officer × doctor | Realistic tragic romance | Sweetness with a hidden sting The snowy mountains can't hear the world's whispered secrets, and the sea breeze can't hear the promises that were never kept. The gods can hear promises made at the edge of the world, but they won't grant them. “If we ever fight, give me a mint.” “What do you mean?” “It means I've forgiven you.” “What if you're the one in the wrong?” “Give me one, too,” Song Qingye said with a smile. “Then I'll know to a 1.9kReads8.8Score52314d adds
- 146 The Boy I Found in the Heavy Snow Killed My Entire Family (II) 大雪捡来的少年，杀了我全家（二） 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 She Said She Loved the Sea 她说喜欢海 Lin Chiyu, the fish in a pond that longs for its old depths, a caged bird yearning for its old forest. She suffers from depression, and her mother favors boys over girls. Her mother only cares about whether her younger brother likes or needs something, never considering Lin Chiyu at all. Just like this ordinary bowl of egg noodles. Someone enveloped in darkness doesn't yearn for the light. [Contains a relationship between two men. Read with caution.] 1.1kReads8.9Score19514d adds
- 148 After I Died, Everyone Was Left to Regret It 我死后，全员火葬场 37Reads—Score214d adds
- 149 The Frail Beauty Is Spoiled Rotten by Master Ci 病弱小美人儿被辞爷宠坏了 [Both leads have only ever been with each other + six-year age gap + sweet romance] Delicate, sickly beauty vs. cool, laid-back, secretly cunning man The year both her parents died, an accident brought her to Ji Wen Ci. She thought she would have to live under someone else’s roof, but instead, Ji Wen Ci spoiled her like a princess. Everyone said Gu Zhixi was Ji Wen Ci’s plaything, never knowing that he gladly bowed to her and surrendered to her completely. A little scene The mischievous little t 1.2kReads8.2Score10114d adds
- 150 A Regrettable Outcome 遗憾成局 A wild, carefree boy vs. a cool, well-behaved girl [School life + city life + unrequited love] [Bad ending] The rain in Beicheng was warm and stifling. That year, she was seventeen and he was eighteen. "…I want to get…a tattoo." Wen Yuyan's slender fingers clutched the hem of her clothes, her voice trembling. Qi Yue leaned closer, smiling. "Good students aren't supposed to get tattoos." His teasing voice and warm breath washed over her. The following winter, a heavy snowfall blanketed Beiche 277Reads8.4Score—14d adds
