Novels like Urban: Marital Desire
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- 51 Me and My AI Colleagues 我和我的AI同事们 When your AI mirror is more professional, more emotionally stable, and more like “you” than you are, what do you have left? At Xianyue Technologies, everyone has a perfect copy of themselves: a “Mirror.” It attends meetings for you, socializes in your place, and is even more popular with your colleagues. During a brutal “dual-track test,” Lin Shu watched helplessly as 68% of people voted for her Mirror. Colleagues disappeared one after another, desks emptied and filled again, and the System sent 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 52 Capital Traps Me in a Cage, Unworthy of Love 资本画囚，我不配被爱 [Sweet at first, then angsty / domineering CEO / strong heroine / secret identity / he chases her after the breakup / mutual torment] "Want to be a heartbreaker? I'll teach you." A supposed car accident in a torrential downpour becomes Yu Xia's all-or-nothing ticket in. She is the "work of art" he personally refined, yet also the "variable" he cannot control. Chen Zhichang, the man who commands immense capital and a web of shadowy connections, is the only lever she can use to move the iceberg —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 53 My Mom Threatened to Die Unless I Married a Divorced Gold Digger with Two Kids 老妈以死相逼，让我娶离异带两娃捞女 Mom Threatens to Die Unless I Marry a Divorced Gold Digger with Two Kids 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 54 Reborn as Qi Tongwei: This Time, I Won't Kneel 重生祁同伟：这一世，我绝不下跪 [Reborn in the political arena + In the Name of the People + ruthless and decisive + iron will reforged] "Damn you, Heaven!" These were the final words of anti-drug hero Qi Tongwei as he roared before shooting himself, crushed beneath the weight of power. But Heaven really did give him another chance to say, "Damn you!" Beat Heaven by half a move? No. This time, I'm flipping the whole chessboard! 38Reads—Score—Shelves
- 55 A Lonely Guest Outside Gusu City 姑苏城外客愁新 There are no thrilling lives of transmigration or rebirth here, only the naked cruelty of the real world. There is no boundless magic from fantasy or immortal heroes, only the helplessness and sorrow of ordinary people struggling at the bottom. There is no romantic love between princesses and princes, only the unreachable fantasies and longings of ordinary nobodies. There are no glorious achievements by kings, nobles, generals, or ministers, only the desperate struggles and cries of common folk —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 56 Borrowed Dignity, Then She Lost It 借来的体面，然后她弄丢了 Borrowed respectability, then she lost it 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 57 A Love Affair Across Half a Lifetime 半世情缘 After a lifetime, the most painful thing is still parting. Chen Xiang has lived through love and affection, hardship and helplessness. Come along with this book, and let’s take a look at one man’s life so far. Who loves him? Whom does he love? Hardship and good fortune go hand in hand. Career and true love are both part of his life! What kind of lives do the people around him lead? This is a realistic story. Very realistic. 33Reads—Score—Shelves
- 58 This Girl Might Like Me 这女的可能喜欢我 “A playboy young master meets an elite female hooligan. Wang Gao has a new partner named Ding Maomao. She’s a real female hooligan, with a huge tattoo sleeve and a mouth that never stops swearing. Of course, even a female hooligan can’t resist a dashing, elegant, handsome, talented, fashionable, and free-spirited young artist like him. She keeps staring at the tattoo on his neck and constantly contrives coincidences, picking fights again and again just to get his attention. Finally, one day, she 34Reads9.4Score—Shelves
- 59 The Woman Who Sold Crystal Fox Talismans 卖水晶狐牌的女人 The Woman Who Sells Crystal Fox Talismans 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 60 Lost in Marriage: The Stranger in My Bed 婚姻迷途，枕边的陌生人 It had started out as an ordinary day. After finishing his work at the office, he came home early. His wedding anniversary with his wife was just a few days away, and he planned to buy her some gifts and surprise her. Hehe... 158Reads5.8Score—Shelves
- 61 The Rules of Love for Urban Men and Women 都市男女的恋爱法则 Gu Ziyi: An ENFP woman, sweet and innocent-looking on the outside, but sharp-tongued and fiery by nature. When she falls in love, she never thinks about the consequences and always ends up being taken advantage of. Though every relationship has ended in failure, she remains a romantic who believes in love. Will the man she meets this time turn out to be a good one…? Gao Yingzhen: A typical ISFJ man who finds it hard to open up, but once he lets someone into his heart, he holds nothing back. Bor 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 62 The Wind Blows Through Green Fields, Sweet as Can Be 风吹青禾有点甜 [Breast Specialist] VS [Divorced Chinese Literature Department Beauty]. [Sweet Romance]+ [Younger Man]+ [Second Marriage]+ [Second Male Lead Wins Her Back]. On the tenth anniversary of her wedding, Shen Qinghe was confronted by her husband's mistress. It turned out that the perfect husband in everyone's eyes had not only cheated on and betrayed her, but had also gotten the other woman pregnant. Furious, she divorced him, but her stress led to the discovery of breast nodules. Introduced by her be 650Reads8.4Score101Shelves
- 63 We’ll Always Love Our Innocent Selves Most 永远最爱懵懂的我们 Wang Yuxin, a post-85s college student and top Chinese-language major, is fair-skinned, beautiful, and exceptionally talented. Her admirers form a line all the way to the United Nations, but she always stays true to herself. Before long, she graduates and enters the workplace, gets married, becomes a mother, and turns into a housewife for the sake of her child. But she never loses herself. Instead, she works hard to improve, eventually becoming a writer! As she grows and takes on the arena of l 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 64 Derailment: An Inverted Palette 变轨：倒置的调色盘 [Not a feel-good story] [Not pure romance] People say that if the water from your heater keeps turning hot and cold, there’s probably another tap sharing the same supply. But if the water is always cold, the only explanation is that you may no longer be the one holding the controls. And if it suddenly gets scalding hot, the same may be true. 1.1kReads8.1Score100Shelves
- 65 My Best Buddy Asked Me to Test His Girlfriend 好哥们让我试探他女友 My Buddy Asked Me to Test His Girlfriend 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 66 Urban Fantasy: The System Unlocks Infinite Lives 都市脑洞：系统解锁无限人生 Li Ming was an unremarkable programmer in the city, living a quiet, uneventful life. But when the Brainstorming System arrived, his world was turned upside down. The System gave him all kinds of wild-idea challenges, and each one he completed rewarded him with a unique creative skill that opened up a new chapter in his life. From dazzling everyone with a magic trick at the company’s annual party to coming up with ingenious plans that turned the tide on projects, Li Ming rode the System’s power t 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 67 After Delivering Food to Ghosts, My Ratings Hit the Roof 给鬼送外卖后，好评率拉满 After my girlfriend dumps me, I bind to the Hundred Ghosts Delivery System. I deliver spicy hot pot to ghosts and buy funeral buns for underworld messengers, earning a 99% positive rating. Then my ex-girlfriend texts me in tears: “He's not human.” The next moment, the System sends me an order. The delivery address is her house. The note says: Bring an exorcism talisman. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 68 The K-Line Deceived Her K线骗了她 The K-Line Deceived Her 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 69 That Year, Because of the Campus Belle, I Ran Off to Guangdong to Become a Handsome Lad 那年因为校花，我跑路广东当靓仔 [Jianghu]+ [Workplace]+ [Romance]+ [No System]+ [Not reborn] [Based on the author’s real experiences working in Guangdong, this is a story about migrant workers in cities like Dongguan and Shenzhen. This is not a wish-fulfillment novel, so don’t read it if that’s not your thing!] In 1997, Zhang Zaiye, Li Yaocong, Jiang Xinyue, and others met while working summer jobs in Guangdong, and formed a deep friendship. At the time, Dongguan’s economy was growing at a breakneck pace. Workers poured in fr 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 70 The Corporate World: Mergers and Acquisitions 职场铭之并购江湖 (Workplace intrigue + business rivalry + workplace romance + turning one's life around) In Modu, you dream of owning a spacious home, driving a nice car, and having a beautiful, gracious partner. But you're just an ordinary office worker, an ordinary accountant. What can you do? The protagonist, Ren Jiaming, is in the same boat. Yet through luck and his own hard work, he weathers the deceit and rivalry of the business world and the ups and downs of romance, inching closer to that life day by day 159Reads—Score—Shelves
- 71 My Intern Girlfriend Is the CEO 我的实习期女友是总裁 Under pressure from his family to get married, Zou Heng is forced to go on a blind date before the Lunar New Year. He meets the bizarre Wang Min, who tells him, “I’ve been married before, and any child we have has to take my daughter’s surname.” Zou Heng promptly pays and leaves, refusing to be a sucker. Wanting his parents to be able to hold their heads high in the village, he rents out one of the company’s inconspicuous interns, Zhao Jing, to go home with him. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 72 The Door to Vault Three 三号库的门 The Door to Storage Room Three 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 73 2004: The Unforgettable, Passionate Years of Working Away from Home 2004，难忘的打工激情岁月 Since 2000, leaving home to find work and earn money has become a major trend. Guangdong Province, home to the country's largest concentration of migrant workers, is a paradise for those seeking to make a living. Beautiful women are everywhere, and it's also the easiest place to find a wife. But working for a living comes with its share of bitterness and hardship. Money isn't as easy to earn as people imagine. Some spend a whole year working just to cover the cost of traveling back and forth; ot 8.3kReads8.4Score745Shelves
- 74 The Women in My Office 我的办公室女人 Have you ever had a love so unforgettable it left its mark on your heart? Have you ever had a paradise of your own, hidden away from the world? Have many beautiful women ever crossed your path? Have you ever wanted to bow your head to life, or been seen as a good-for-nothing? But it doesn't matter. Years later, those people, those events, those outcomes… This is a story about one man and several women, a story about choices and life. Multiple heroines, pure wish fulfillment, so please don't 669Reads—Score—Shelves
- 75 The Library Falsely Accused Me of Sexual Harassment to Help Me Win a Graduate School Recommendation? Years Later, I’ll Be the One to Bury You 图书馆污蔑我性骚扰只为练就保研丹？多年后我替你收尸 The Library Falsely Accused Me of Sexual Harassment Just So I Could Refine a Graduate School Admission Pill? Years Later, I Came Back to Collect Your Body 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 76 Criminal Investigation: The Truth Behind the 180,000-Yuan Dowry Massacre 刑警追凶：18万彩礼灭门真相 Criminal Police Pursue a Murder Case: The Truth Behind a Family Massacre Over a 180,000-Yuan Bride Price 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 77 Rule Horror: Falsely Accused of Secretly Filming on the Subway, I Choose to Fight Back in Kind 规则怪谈：地铁被诬偷拍后，我选择以牙还牙 Rule Horror: Falsely Accused of Secretly Filming Someone on the Subway, I Choose to Fight Back in Kind —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 78 The Lilliputian Kingdom Inside a Delivery Box 快递盒里的小人国 The Little People in the Parcel 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 79 City's Bureau of Supernatural Creature Control 都市【诡妖监管局】 [Mystery + supernatural abilities + criminal investigations] How can the weakest kind of ability, mind-reading, shine at the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs, where gifted individuals abound? Though no one believes in the protagonist, they solve every cold case in record time. Join us as we lift the veil on ghosts and monsters and step into a whole new world! 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 80 I Transmigrated to the Past to Take Care of Se Deok-seon 穿越过去照顾成德善 [One male lead and one female lead, slice of life, no character bashing, and the original characters’ personalities are recreated as faithfully as possible. The plot changes considerably in the later chapters.] This is just an idle person’s fantasy. If I could go to their world one day, I wouldn’t want to turn their lives upside down. I’d just want to make them a little happier and live happily alongside them. My name is Liu Shuyu. I live in Phoenix Hall Alley in Shuangmen Dong, and I want to be 557Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 81 Rising Step by Step in Middle Age 人到中年：步步高升 Cheng Dawei has offended his beautiful boss and is constantly being targeted by her. He never expected that one good deed would turn his luck around and send him climbing the career ladder. From a nobody in the company whom everyone bullied, he rises to become the darling everyone fawns over and curries favor with... 823Reads8.7Score105Shelves
- 82 I Dumped That Man 甩了那个男人 She went from someone everyone envied as a winner in life to a laughingstock in an instant. Betrayal and belittlement made it seem as though a woman her age was worth nothing, but Bei An refused to let herself become a joke. As she returned to the workplace, she struggled to adjust, but along the way she became a career professional and found both friendship and love. 400Reads9.1Score100Shelves
- 83 What Female CEO? That’s My Wife! 什么女总裁？那是我老婆！ [Female CEO] + [Older woman-younger man romance] + [Everyday urban life] Surely you don’t have to give up money just to preserve a little dignity? Lu Yang is a college senior struggling to find a job. He becomes assistant to female CEO Song Siyu. As soon as he joins the company, he gets caught up in a power struggle. Lu Yang and Song Siyu fight side by side and win. Their feelings for each other slowly grow... 53Reads—Score—Shelves
- 84 Hooked on Acupressure 点穴成瘾 A contemporary urban political novel. It may suddenly bring tears to your eyes, then make you burst out laughing. You’ll feel indignant on behalf of the characters and so frustrated your chest aches, only for a sudden twist to lift your spirits. The plot is a thrilling roller-coaster ride. Everything in this story comes from what we see, hear, experience, and realize in real life. You’ll love it! 161Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 85 Reborn as a Layabout 重生之闲人一枚 Reborn and transmigrated into the turbulent era of reform and opening up in the 1980s, he uses a little bit of what he remembers to take part in the decades of change that follow. He only wanted to stay true to himself and enjoy a peaceful life, but before he knows it, he is standing atop the waves of the age. 587Reads7.5Score108Shelves
- 86 Sister Meng of Guancheng 莞城孟姐 [Turn of the century + Dongguan City + multiple women] That year, I headed south to find work. My goal was to earn enough to build a house back home, marry a wife, and have a chubby little boy. Sister Meng said that a real man should make a name for himself, keep several women by his side, and return home in glory. So I moved from one wealthy woman to another, searching for a way to climb my way up in life. 2.5kReads7.4Score152Shelves
- 87 The True Lord's Tale: Yang Jian 真君传：杨戬 [Dark fantasy + passionate action] He trains under a master and battles inner demons, uncovers mysteries in the void at Taoshan, and fights at the source of the rift in the heavens. He rescues his mother from the icy depths of Taoshan, reveals the ultimate secret of the jade pendant and dual weapons, and discovers what brings Nezha and Yang Jian together as sworn brothers. The story weaves four main threads: bloodline, weapons, time and space, and rescuing his mother. Investiture of the Gods is 45Reads—Score—Shelves
- 88 My Wife Didn't Reply for Three Minutes, So I Cut Ties with Her 媳妇三分钟不回我消息，我直接断绝关系 My Wife Didn’t Reply for Three Minutes, So I Cut Ties with Her on the Spot 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 89 You Promised a Singlehood Curse, So You Broke It with Physics? 说好单身诅咒，你用物理学破解？ [One Female Lead] [Daily Life] [Lighthearted] [Subverts Expectations] [No System] [Healing] [Top Student] [Youthful Campus] To fend off the advances of the neighboring class's heartthrob, Lin Xiaoman announces in front of everyone that she's cursed to fail her classes, and anyone who gets close to her will have bad luck. Little does she know that this outrageous lie, made up just to get her out of trouble, will be believed by Lu Xinghe, the icy top science student in their grade. He immediately —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 90 2015: Starting with an MCN 2015，从MCN开始 One day in late May 2015, Xu Chu had a dream. In it, he saw the next ten years of his life... The scenes from the dream remained crystal clear even after he woke up. Suddenly, he felt that perhaps he could change the way he lived and make a different life for himself. MCN + livestreaming, curated products + smart manufacturing, AI + humanoid robots This is not an influencer novel. The influencer elements in the early chapters are just the start of his career and a way to earn seed money. Afte 983Reads5.5Score104Shelves
- 91 The City’s Masked Man: Go Ahead, I’m Watching You Act 城市假面人，演，我看着你演 An ordinary person acts so convincingly that he could win an Oscar, living behind a mask as marriage, family, and career all deal him blow after blow. Like a cockroach, he is reborn against all odds. See how he copes with the chaos of everyday life and becomes a master of life's many skills! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 92 Beyond the Walls, Where Do We Go? 围墙之外，何去何从 [No fixed couples, and readers with strong moral qualms should stay away! This novel loves pairing people in unexpected ways, and the ex-husband eventually becomes the son-in-law!] [All kinds of tangled relationships, mutual scheming, love and hate, but in the end everyone gets a happy ending!] [Everyone’s status gets reshuffled, and each person finds their own path to happiness! Hahaha~~] She watches her husband give her the green hat, then returns the favor in kind. Life is this thrilling, and 33Reads—Score—Shelves
- 93 Life Is but a Dream 人生如梦 After his business failed, all the people around him kicked him while he was down. Even his wife did something that enraged him. From then on, he worked tirelessly to grow stronger, build a thriving business, and make a name for himself. 27.3kReads8.5Score1kShelves
- 94 Marriage Scam: My Wife's Heart Is a Mystery 婚骗：妻心如迷 The day before the wedding, his future mother-in-law suddenly demands additional expenses. Furious, he immediately calls off the wedding and demands the bride price back. But during their negotiations, he unexpectedly discovers another secret about his fiancée, one he simply cannot accept. Then he makes a bold decision... 146Reads—Score—Shelves
- 95 A Windfall Makes a Life 横财成就人生 One lucky blow brings him a windfall. The real problem is how to launder it into legitimate personal income. It's like telling one lie and needing a hundred more to cover it: the problems just keep snowballing. Watch how the protagonist gets himself out of this mess. 451Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 96 Forced to Divorce with Nothing, She Rose to the Top 被逼净身离婚后，她走上了巅峰 After her husband cheats, her in-laws turn against her, and she is eventually forced to leave with nothing. Now the dreamweaver must fight her way back from rock bottom and make that scoundrel and his family regret it, one step at a time... 1.6kReads6.7Score100Shelves
- 97 My Beijing Girl 我的北京女孩 A young man with nothing going for him can't move on after a breakup. When he accompanies a friend to Beijing, he encounters new things and new people... His life quietly changes course. What kind of love story will he find as he sets out to reclaim his dream? 135Reads—Score—Shelves
- 98 Reborn in a Sea of Desire 欲海重生 A city of desire, an ocean of desire, every kind of desire, a life driven by desire! Fate is ever-changing, often mysterious and cruelly capricious. Yang Wei, an outstanding student at the police academy, reached a turning point in his life just before graduation. Trying to help someone out, he got into an impromptu fight and accidentally crippled another person, costing him his police uniform! Yang Liu, Yang Wei's younger sister, was a promising university student. While tutoring to earn money, 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 99 Accused of Secretly Filming Someone on the Subway Because My Shoes Reflected Light? I’m Suing the Durable Shoe Factory! 地铁上因鞋子反光被诬陷偷拍？我把耐穿鞋厂告上法庭！ I was falsely accused of taking secret photos on the subway because my shoes were reflective. So I sued the shoe manufacturer for making them too durable! 355Reads—Score—Shelves
- 100 A Favoritism on Campus, Beyond the Campus Beauty 校园偏爱，落在校花之外 A Special Kind of Love on Campus, Beyond the Campus Belle —Reads—Score—Shelves
