Novels like The Wolf: A Northeast Gangster
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- 1 Vocational High School Jianghu 职高江湖 In a corner of a bustling city, this vocational high school is a miniature society. Its students come from every social stratum, with different family backgrounds and life experiences. Rapid social change and a clash of cultures have swept through the campus, creating an atmosphere where the drive to succeed exists alongside the spread of bad influences. The school administration works hard to maintain order, but complicated relationships and cliques make vocational school life full of challenge —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 The Number One Underworld Boss 黑道天下第一 My new work is here! You’re welcome to check it out on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 17Reads—Score114d adds
- 3 Buying Watermelons from the Start: I Began by Playing a Gang Boss and Controlling Ghosts 开局买瓜从扮演黑帮老大开始驭鬼 Ghostly energy resurges, and forbidden zones for the living appear! Liu Qiang is a university student at a finance college. One day, he went out to buy a watermelon and unexpectedly obtained the [Strongest Role-Playing System]. Playing a crime boss: “Can’t tell if this melon’s ripe just by looking. Let’s crack it open and see.” Playing a hearse driver: “480 kph? I wonder if that guy on Mount Akina can get a car with a top speed of 240 kph up to 480.” And so... Ghost melon seller: “I thought he w 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Objections Overruled 反对无效 [Power fantasy + crime + passion + Hong Kong action movies + no saintly protagonists + no melodrama] Woohoo! Tell me, does this feel good or what? In a dark world, they’ll defy the world and pay an unimaginable price, shouldering the burden of keeping the world’s order intact. (This novel is entirely the author’s own original creation. Do not learn from or imitate it.) He Jifeng: “I’ve got plenty of people. It’s fine.” Yao Zixuan: “I’ve got plenty of connections. I’m not afraid.” Chen Yi: “I’ve 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Bloodshed and the Rise of a Young Man 血染，少年崛起 (This work is set in a fictional world and contains science fiction elements.) This is a story about brotherhood and the code of the underworld... Do good people really get what they deserve? Do so-called bad people have their own reasons...? In these chaotic times, perhaps the only way forward is to join the underworld. The saying that good and evil are always repaid in the end is nothing but words meant to comfort people. Before true power, perhaps we are no more than ants. Perhaps only after 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 A Wealthy Northeastern Big Brother Falls for a Pure Southern Sweetheart 东北土豪大哥爱上南方清纯小白兔 A hot-tempered, loyal puppy of an attacker versus a pitiful, timid little rabbit of a lover “Song Yu’an, have you lost your mind? I’m your man, got it? If you get hurt, come home and tell me!” Hao Fugui gritted his teeth as he looked at the person in his arms, eyes red from crying and heartbreakingly vulnerable. His own heart was about to shatter. Song Yu’an: “Do you love me?” Hao Fugui: “I’d give you my life!” 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 A Northeast Veteran's Comeback in 1995 东北老炮儿的重回95年逆袭路 At 38, Li Xiangyang was a miserable office drone in 2025. After dying suddenly from a stroke, he found himself back in Shenyang in 1995, inhabiting his high-school self, “Li Gousheng.” In his previous life, his father had been laid off, his mother had worked herself to the bone, and he had amounted to nothing. Those regrets were the deepest scars in his heart. With the secrets of the times from the Shenyang Gazetteer etched into his mind and a head start on state-owned enterprise reform, the boo 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Small-Town Nobody: Reunited After a Thousand Years 小人物：重逢千年 The underworld is mine to rule! I’m Xu Jian, an insignificant nobody from Licheng. I thought I’d spend my whole life that way. Fortunately, I met a group of brothers who would stick by me through life and death. Since the turn of the century, we’ve fought across the north and south, east and west. A young man should set his sights high, mount a fine steed, and ride across the plains. Over twenty years of trials and storms, I rose from the bottom of society to build an empire in the north! A thou 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 I’ve Got the Northeastern Tycoon Wrapped Around My Finger 东北霸总被我吊成翘嘴 Shian, who had grown up in the north, was brought south to live by a deep-thinking elder. The year he began making plans to return to his hometown, he met Hu Xin, his other half. From then on, his mission began: to save Hu Xin, and to save himself! “CEO, that expression you're making looks just like a kind of fish.” “What kind of fish?” “A gar...” 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 An Underworld Odyssey: Is This Really the Right Path? 黑道征途，这条路真的对吗！ My name is Jiang Cheng. The Cheng in my name means “to become a god,” and I became the god of the underworld. The road here was grueling. My brothers and I all got the lives we wanted, but when I finally reached the top and watched my old brothers get arrested or cut down one by one, I fell into deep thought. Was this road really the right one? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Look, That's the World Beyond the Heavens 你看那叫，天外天 (This isn't a wish-fulfillment story, but one about an ordinary man's rise) (This story is completely made up! Don't overthink it!) A tribute to the classics: Brothers, let's go! A student at a university in Northeast China, he grows step by step into a local power player! Through connections, brotherhood, fate, and his own efforts! He bursts onto the scene and takes command of an entire region! Thousands roar his name: Beyond the Heavens! 101Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 12 I Accidentally Brought Home a Northeastern Foreign Guy 不小心捡了个东北小老外回家 My new work is out! You can 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! 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 The Jianghu of Those Years 那些年的江湖 Quiet! Class is about to begin!!! At Uncle Two's shout, the hall and the streets packed with people fell completely silent. Just then, the young crowd parted, making way without being told. Wen Hua walked through, hearing his brothers call out to him as he passed. “Brother Hua!” “Greetings, Brother Hua.” 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 A Life Gone Awry 错乱的人生路 This book tells the story of a young man from a county town in the 1990s who accidentally ends up on a path that was never meant to be his. The old days of the underworld are gone. (This story is entirely fictional. Do not take it as fact.) The book warns readers never to set foot on such a path, no matter what. Good and evil bring their own consequences, and fortune and misfortune follow one another. You must bear the consequences yourself; no one can do it for you. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Those Years, Those People, Those Things in the Underworld! 黑道那些年，那些人，那些事儿！ Someone once said, “The jianghu isn’t about fighting and killing. It’s about human relationships and worldly wisdom.” Countless people have quoted this line and hailed it as a classic. I picked it up from a TV drama, and it went to my head. But without fighting and killing, is the jianghu still the jianghu? Fighting and killing are the price of admission to the jianghu. Coercion and enticement are the means of making your way in it. Human relationships and worldly wisdom are the art of ruling 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 The 1970s: I Shot a Man-Eating Tiger and Married a Female Educated Youth from the Northeast 七零：一枪干死东北虎娶妻女知青 [Period setting + countryside + mountain hunting + female sent-down youth + fishing + beachcombing + pocket dimension] Xiao Jingshan wakes up to find himself reborn in 1975, the day before he was due to leave the city and work in a remote border region. He has just awakened his farm-space golden finger when his animalistic uncles show up to seize his house and his job assignment. With his golden finger in hand, Xiao Jingshan flips the table and refuses to play along with these beasts. He sell 189Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 17 Northeast China: Tales from 1975 1975年的东北往事 Adapted from a true story set in Northeast China, with a touch of romanticism. The characters are mostly drawn from real life, yet rise above it. They are ordinary people who work hard. In them, we see reflections of our grandparents, our parents, and even ourselves. 10.4kReads7.6Score71014d adds
- 18 Reborn, I Rejected the Capital's Saintly Heir and Married a Northeastern Tycoon Instead 重生拒绝京圈佛子，换婚东北霸总 [Swapping husbands + heroine and second male lead reborn + marriage first, love later + some ensemble cast] [Aloof, robot-like short-drama director × funny, sincere Northeastern CEO] In her previous life, Song Zhixu chose to marry into the capital’s elite, wedding a Buddhist-minded heir. She thought their similar personalities would let them spend their lives together in mutual respect. Instead, he cheated on her with his childhood sweetheart and even tried to take her life. When she opened her 19.2kReads8.9Score3.3k14d adds
- 19 The Black Son of Heaven 黑天子 [Realistic Underworld + Everyone Is Smart + First-Person] An unconventional workplace in a bygone era, where people deal in social connections as well as bloodshed. This “workplace” is hidden behind two veils. One is called the world beyond the law, and the other is called the underworld. My name is Chen Chunsheng, a survivor who experienced both worlds firsthand. 30Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 20 I Tore Open the City's Dark Curtain 我撕开了都市黑幕 [Ensemble cast + underworld] This isn’t a power fantasy or a mindless story. Every character is fleshed out, and there are no absolute heroes or villains. People can be good and evil alike. All that matters is human nature and self-interest. If that bothers you, don’t read. A seemingly ordinary workplace dispute pushes a group of everyday people into the eye of the storm. Caught in the depths of this vast, dark whirlpool, where will they go from here? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 The Northeast Cutie's Mission: Keep the CEO from Falling in Love 东北萌妹有责霸总不坠爱河 Also known as My Cure for Crazy Is Crazier The Chatterbox Takes Down the Ice-Cold CEO [Comedy] [Feel-Good Revenge] [Book Transmigration] [Romance-Averse] A cute Northeastern girl transmigrates into an angsty CEO romance and rewrites Spoiled by CEO Gu Like His Own Life as CEO Gu Hates His Wife Like His Own Life. A few classic quotes: Butler: You're the first girl CEO Gu has ever brought home. Heroine: What, did your CEO used to bring home guys? Hero: Little thing, would you be interested in being 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 The Thug Gets Out of Prison 暴徒出狱 Before I went to prison, I was a big shot everyone feared. After getting out, I wanted to live a different kind of life. I just wanted to be an ordinary person, live a quiet life, and work hard to make money. I was ready to let bygones be bygones. But I wanted to let them go, and they kept pushing me. So I had no choice but to fight back with everything I had. 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Shan Jin Underworld: I Took Down the Whole Jianghu 山晋黑道，我打爆了江湖 [Underworld, passionate, multiple heroines, first-person] My name is Xu Haoqiang. I live in Longcheng, Shan Jin, a coal-producing region. In 1997, at the age of twenty, I joined the underworld. I let money do the talking, and even the truth has to bow its head. I let the rules of the underworld do the talking, and both the legitimate and criminal worlds have to make way. From there, my influence spread across Shan Jin and beyond… 861Reads6.4Score10314d adds
- 24 Seventy Years in a Northeastern Family 东北人家的七十年 Based on real events, with artistic embellishments. In these people, we see our grandparents’ generation, our parents’ generation, and ourselves. This story of striving on the black soil is filled with the resilience and wisdom of ordinary people in a momentous era. 1.7kReads8.2Score12514d adds
- 25 I Just Transmigrated, and Now I'm a Gang Boss 刚穿越，就成了帮派大佬 It all starts with a misunderstanding. The gravely wounded Blackwater Gang boss points at Su Ye and says, “He... he stabbed me in the stomach. Kill him...” The hard-of-hearing underlings interrupt the boss mid-sentence: “Got it. He'll take your place. Boss, go in peace. We'll help him rise to power and kill your enemies.” The boss is so angry he dies on the spot, and Su Ye somehow goes from an ordinary passerby to the boss of a local power. 139Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 He and His Thousand Brothers 他和他的一千个兄弟 A sweeping crackdown on organized crime by the municipal Party committee and government brought Kangcheng ten years of peace. But after a decade, criminal forces sprang up like mushrooms after rain and returned in force. A breakup, having his identity stolen in the college entrance exam, and a construction boss’s schemes led Chen Li’an to give up on making an honest living. In the end, he went down a path of no return, turning against society. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 I Heard I'm Not Stupid Anymore, and Now Every Woman in the Village Is Acting Dumb 听说俺不傻了，全村女人都傻了 (Original title: Reborn as the Village Guardian, Doted on by Every Auntie and Sister-in-Law) A post-95 office drone finds himself in the body of Meng Daniu, a fool. Some people mock him, while others pity him. But he heads into the mountains to hunt and take revenge on his enemies, leading his whole family to a life of plenty. 4.6kReads7.9Score1.1k14d adds
- 28 Storm over Binhai 滨海风云 The jianghu isn't about fighting and killing. It's about human relationships and worldly wisdom. The underworld isn't about fighting and killing either. It's just a way for people to make a living by going down a dark path. Chen Mu, an orphan, was just an ordinary food delivery driver. One late-night delivery brought him together with Chu Wanyin, who had been hurt by love. At the same time, his biological father came looking for him. Liu Xie, also an orphan, chose a path entirely different from 32Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Honor Among Gangsters 黑道有义 My new work is out! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Northeastern China in 1979 1979年东北往事 In the late autumn of 1979, twenty-year-old Liu Xiaocui was sexually assaulted one night. The news spread through every village for miles. Her husband’s family called off the engagement, rumors ran wild, and everyone said she was “immoral,” “ruined by a man,” and “no longer pure.” In an era when a woman’s reputation was worth more than her life, something like this could make it seem as if her whole life was over. 5.8kReads6.9Score33614d adds
- 31 The Jianghu in Its True Colors 江湖本色 [New book: River Dragon on the Loose] Many years ago, a group of cocky young boys smoked cigarettes that cost just a few yuan a pack and talked big about their dreams. Longing for the day they would grow up, they shouted, “Our future is bright!” Looking back in an instant, the old street is still there, and the stars shine as they always did. But are the brothers from those days still the same? A man remains a boy until the day he dies! Just like youthful passion, it may cool, but it never dies! 982Reads7.2Score10214d adds
- 32 A Little Deer from the South, Warmed into a Mink in the Northeast 南方小鹿，东北暖成貂 After her parents died suddenly, Lin Luxi was left not with warmth and affection, but with greedy relatives like wolves and tigers and suffocating schemes. Once she heard the truth about their plans to seize her inheritance and arrange a marriage for profit at the funeral hall, the seemingly gentle Lin Luxi made the most decisive choice: run! She flew alone to a distant, icy city, where, amid a raging snowstorm, she crashed straight into the arms of a northeastern man named Shen Kuo. Like a walk 1kReads6.9Score10114d adds
- 33 The 11th Book by Qu Shen 去甚第11本书 That year, the train bound for Guancheng became the turning point that changed his life. No one could have guessed that from then on, he would set out on a road of no return, one all his own. Years later, there was only one thing he wanted to say to that city... 34Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 The Dragon City Kingpin 龙城枭雄 At the end of the last century, Longcheng was a haven for countless criminal gangs, and most of its people were driven onto a path of no return... In that era of flashing blades and bloody battles, a man named Yao Chutian unleashed a storm of bloodshed and chaos. 5Reads—Score114d adds
- 35 Northeast China in the Old Days: Married from the Start, Double the Joy 东北年代：开局结婚，双倍快乐 Back in the era when educated youth were sent to the countryside, Zhou Ming awakened an Upgrade System. To give her and the others a better life, Zhou Ming stopped hiding what he could do. He conducted research in a production brigade in Northeast China, working both in the fields and up in the mountains. While everyone else was still worrying about making ends meet, he was already living the kind of life people decades later would envy and covet! 3Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 36 Tales from the Northeast: Outwitting My Wicked Mother-in-Law 东北往事：和恶婆婆斗智斗勇 This is a true story. In it are the faces of our parents' generation, our childhood, our friends, our youth, and all the years we've lived through. 701Reads—Score10114d adds
- 37 Sparks Among the Waves of Wheat 麦浪里的星火 In 1983, in Liushutun, on the Jizhong Plain, the winds of reform swept into this isolated village. Seventeen-year-old Lin Qiusui was facing the hardest choice of her life. The household responsibility system brought more than the division of land; it also stirred up hidden currents within the three-generation Lin family. The sparks from Grandpa Lin Mancangs pipe as he tapped it against the edge of the kang, her father Lin Jianguo’s hunched back in the family’s assigned fields, and her little sis 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Southern Sweetheart: The Northeastern Tycoon Wants to Win Her Over 南方小甜豆：东北霸总求上位 Ji Mengxi is finally going to meet the master she’s been pining for in her game. The good news: her master is incredibly handsome. The bad news: they’re meeting for the first time at a bathhouse. She thought he’d be a gentle, reserved, icy male beauty. In reality, he’s a sunny, goofy Northeastern boss with a thick local accent. Ji Mengxi isn’t intimidated. She can tame even the fiercest, dirtiest troublemaker into a golden-shaded cat, and this man is so gentle at heart it hurts. She thought 65Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 She Clears Out Her Family's Fortune, Then Takes Her Darling Beauty and the Weasel Immortal to the Countryside for Some Gossip 搬空家产，娇美人带黄仙下乡吃瓜 [Fictional period setting + pet weasel spirit + curvy capitalist heiress + clearing out the family fortune + sent to the countryside in Northeast China + everyday family life] A curvy, seemingly delicate, yet all-capable drought demoness × a scheming, merit-rich, love-struck, rugged country man Not much feng shui, mostly everyday family life. When Jiang Yutang woke up, her whole world had collapsed. She had gone from a feared drought demoness to a capitalist heiress in a vegetative state, and 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Author Jiang Bula's Tenth Book 作者姜不辣第10本书 She never dreamed that in just one morning, she and her husband would be parted forever by death! At thirty-two, Yu Changping became a widow. Being a widow is hard! Being a young widow is even harder! Being a young, beautiful widow is harder still! Being a young, beautiful widow with four children is practically eighty-one levels of hardship! Life is a journey, from beginning to end. Going around in circles, stumbling over hills and hollows. 784Reads9.1Score10014d adds
- 41 The Underworld: From Low-Level Thug to Godfather 黑手：从沙场小弟到江湖教父 [Modern city + underworld + multiple heroines + business rivalry + romance + powerful protagonist] Born at the bottom of society, his only choice is to defy fate and change his destiny. From the day he first wielded the butcher's knife, he could only kill gods when he met them and slay demons when they crossed his path. Then two beautiful women from Xiguan appeared: one wanted his heart, the other wanted him… [Urban power struggles + hard-core business warfare + fated romance] is a novel weaving 92Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 The Dragon Rises in the Martial World: A Father's Promise 龙起江湖·父诺 The Dragon Rises in the Martial World: A Father's Promise 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 Blood Prison's Mad Overlord 血狱狂枭 The down-and-out youth Zhao Tian suffered the slaughter of his entire family as a boy. After vanishing for many years, he returned to exact revenge, rise to power, establish the Blood Prison, and dominate the world. With a band of brothers who would lay down their lives for him, he embarked on one journey after another, stirring up waves of bloodshed across the martial world… 15.7kReads8.5Score1.1k14d adds
- 44 Rise to the Top of the Underworld! 引领黑道巅峰！ [Power fantasy] + [Undercover agent] + [Clash of black and white] + [Decisive and ruthless] + [No System] + [Patriotic] Three years, then another three years, and another three years! Jiang Wuqing, you’re a cop! No! I’m the gang’s top enforcer! If you weren’t a cop, why wouldn’t they arrest you when they took down the gang? I play both sides! Years later… Please, when you take them down, take me with them. I can’t take it anymore! There’s really no crime left anywhere in the world. I’ 853Reads6.9Score10614d adds
- 45 Underworld Lust and Sin: The Twisted Life After My Fall 黑道孽欲：黑化后的妖孽人生 (Urban slice of life + lives consumed by desire + grounded and down-to-earth + multiple heroines + no brainless decisions + no melodrama + no cultivation + no System) What did an ordinary person at the bottom of society go through to end up on a one-way road into the underworld? If someone picks a fight, hit back. Life and death are no big deal! The plot is full of twists and turns, and relentlessly probes the human condition! So good it’ll make you pound your bed in a frenzy! If you love this k 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 When a Northeastern Tough Guy Transmigrates 当东北大老爷们遇上穿越 A reserved southern man, born and raised in ancient times, happens to meet a blunt, big-hearted Northeastern man who transmigrated here. When a man from his husband’s family confesses his love, he says something subtle like, “I have feelings for you.” But this guy doesn’t. He walks right up to him like a complete blockhead and says: “I’m sweet on you. You tell me, are you sweet on me too?” 64Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 1991: I Become the Richest Man in Coal City 年代1991：我在煤城当首富 In 1990, in a coal city in Northeast China, Bai Hongguang, a discharged reconnaissance soldier, returns home. His whole family is crammed into a tiny house. His father is an ordinary mine worker, his younger siblings are still hungry and needy, and they're so poor they can barely afford to eat! Then he unexpectedly activates his personal System. Protecting his family and following the rules unlocks enhanced combat skills and the ability to anticipate danger, while scarce coal coupons and connect 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 The Underworld Boss Through My Eyes 我眼中的江湖大哥 When Zheng Hao stood up for his ex-girlfriend, Gu Xin, he took down Chengbei Laosi, a small-time thug with a bit of a reputation, twice. His own name soon began to rise. Later, he became enemies with Jin Changxu, a Korean-Chinese gangster, and beat up Chen Jianjun, an old-time thug who had just gotten out of prison. One brutal fight after another turned Zheng Hao into the big brother everyone talked about. But the arrival of Zhou Yunkang, son of veteran boss Zhou Wandai, presents Zheng Hao and h 13Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 49 Underworld Tales: One Hand Shrouds the Heavens 黑道往事之只手遮天 [Realistic, not overpowered, no harem, no System, not reborn] A novel about the southern underworld, telling the story of several young men who avenge their brother and gradually rise to become crime bosses. Whether it is the underworld or organized crime, it is all just a game of chess, a set of rules, fraught with danger and human cunning, and driven by power and desire. Behind the bustling city lies a shadowy underworld filled with darkness and desire, where power and money intertwine, and te 413Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 50 Love and Lust with a Wild Northeastern Woman 东北女人癫癫的情爱 [Northeast China in the 1980s] [Rural Development] [Romance] [A Fierce Wife Like a Bandit] [A Wild Wife] [The Older Generation's Scandalous Affairs] [A Dashing Past] Zhang Changyao brought home a woman with a child on the way. Had she been defiled, or was there more to the story? The rivalry between an old flame and a new love left the unmarried young men in the little mountain village in agony. The woman seemed harmless, but she turned out to be a hidden master. After ten months, the truth fina 19.6kReads8.5Score86014d adds
