Novels like My Tenant's Dream
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as My Tenant's Dream, best match first.
- 101 My 26-Year-Old Landlady from Singapore 我的26岁新加坡女房东 (Working and starting a business overseas, period setting, romance, schemes, realism, drama, business warfare) The protagonist works in Lion City. The good news is that his landlady is a beautiful Chinese-British woman, but one piece of bad news follows another... In the middle of the night, he overhears strange noises coming from his landlady's room next door... While fleeing, he is rescued by a nurse who shares his rental... In a foreign country, everything is unknown... Also known as Kicked O 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 102 Beijing Elite: The Heiress of a Top Tycoon Family Forces the Untouchable Heartthrob to Marry Her 京圈：顶级豪门千金强娶高岭之花 [Beijing elite families + contemporary romance + a fated, heartbreaking love like an intense Korean drama] Past and present lives, protecting each other. She isn’t the chosen princess. She is the king who defies fate to rewrite his destiny for him. Three thousand years ago, she was a princess of Qi, and he was the crown prince of Zhou. When Luoyi fell, he took the blades meant for her and knelt amid the rebel army. She wept all night on the city wall, her black hair turning white as snow. Three 27Reads—Score—Shelves
- 103 The Girl from the North 北方姑娘 His girlfriend of three years at university suddenly disappeared, and from then on he lost all hope in life, spending every day in loneliness. When his lease ran out, his new roommate turned out to be the girl he’d secretly admired as a boy. And she’d become his new boss, too? What sparks will fly between this disheartened man and the woman who is cold on the outside but warm within? And how will the glimmers of light that keep appearing in his world change him? The urban wish-fulfillment no 136Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 104 Everyday Life in Dai Jia Lane 戴家巷的人间烟火 2018, Chongqing, Daijia Lane. When the fog rolled in from the Jialing River, nine wounded people came into the same alley from different directions. An orphaned writer is afraid to let anyone know who he is. A bar owner uses passion to fight back against the world's disappointments. A gang leader has turned his conscience into guilt. A girl from the mountains fleeing an arranged marriage hides her calluses in her palm. Two lovers who eloped are so poor they have nothing but each other. A 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 105 Love in the Mortal World, Joy and Sorrow in This Fleeting Life 红尘爱恋，浮世悲欢 An unexpected encounter amid the bustle of everyday life binds two people, both steeped in the ordinary, tightly together. They find warmth in each other’s arms amid the surging tides of this fickle world, and taste every sorrow and joy as time wears them down. They once believed love was a boat that could carry them through life’s storms, only to glimpse the deep wounds behind romance amid daily necessities and wind, frost, rain, and snow. In this vast, turbulent world, meetings and partings —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 106 My Ink-Wash Beauty Teacher 我的粉墨女老师 What! You want me to be the boss? I have to outwit beautiful teachers at school and scheme against business rivals. Let’s see how I cleverly navigate every situation. It all started with one remark from my cousin. 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 107 The Women Who Walked Beside Me Through the Years 那些陪我走过红尘岁月的女人 This book is also known as My Twenty-Six-Year-Old Boss. How does a country boy rise up from the very bottom as a wage laborer? Step by step, he makes his way through Guangdong, battles it out in Shanghai, and heads to northern Myanmar. The road is perilous, the struggles fierce, but beauty blooms along the way. With charming women by his side, he ultimately reaches the pinnacle of life! That day, in that year, as my young self boarded the train south with the girl I loved, I knew that an unknown 952Reads8.7Score120Shelves
- 108 The Alluring Scent of Flowers 花香诱人 Qin Yue, a young man with no family or support, lives in the mountains. By chance, he acquires extraordinary medical and martial arts skills, and is no longer weak and frail. I won't spare a single person who ever bullied me! And I won't let down anyone who has ever shown me kindness, either. Fenglin Village may be poor, but it's a mountain village full of beautiful women. Qin Yue had hoped to live peacefully in the mountains, using his medical skills and staying out of the world's affairs! But 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 109 My Five Loves 我的五种爱情 A story about a tenant, one female lead, a tragic romance, and regrets. Ever since Mu Cheng took in a down-on-her-luck heiress, his life, once as still as dead water, began to burn with passion. A mature beauty, a domineering female CEO, a sweet little bunny, and a crazy girl all make their entrances one after another. In short, how could life get any more exhilarating? 950Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 110 May the Sun Always Shine Bright 希望阳光永远都炽热 A castoff banished by his corporation to the Western District has a one-night stand, only to be relentlessly pursued by a beauty. Then, through a bizarre twist of fate, he even ends up at the police station. Ever since he got involved with this woman, not a single day has gone smoothly! "I'll pay you. Can you just leave?" "No!" Is it really so hard for me to be a true believer in pure love? 223Reads—Score—Shelves
- 111 After the Divorce, They Help Me Reach for the Sky 离婚后，她们扶我青云志 [Urban Slice of Life + Working-Class Life + Love and Family + Hands-On Dad + Underdog’s Rise] Love is like a game of chess: once you make a move, there’s no turning back. Life is unpredictable, and partings and reunions are left to fate. Cherish true love, for once you part, you may never meet again! When the glamour fades, who will still hold your hand? Amid the endless stream of passersby, who will remain unforgettable? I was just one of countless migrant workers in Shenzhen. After years of wo 8.6kReads8.7Score674Shelves
- 112 Every One of My Mom's Best Friends Is a Stunning Beauty 我妈的闺蜜们个个风华绝代 [Overpowered wish-fulfillment + urban cultivation + no heroine + play the pig to eat the tiger] After ten years in the mountains, he returns in triumph, having mastered both medicine and martial arts! “You big shot in the capital, are you ready? I'll use your head to pay tribute at my adoptive parents' graves, so their spirits in heaven can rest in peace.” “And what about my mother's friends, my aunties? How have you all been?” “Ten years ago, you treated me as your own and gave me a happy child 147Reads—Score—Shelves
- 113 My Cool and Aloof College Counselor 我的高冷辅导员 [Older woman-younger man romance + mutual salvation + restrained, healing love] Everyone thought I wasn't good enough for Mu Xue, the cool and gentle counselor. She was the only light in my life. So I bet everything on myself and fought my way upward, all for the chance to stand by her side in the future. When Mu Xue's eyes reddened and she said, “Enough.” I pulled her tightly into my arms. “It's not enough. Falling in love with you is the greatest thing I've ever done, Liu Che.” 40Reads5.6Score—Shelves
- 114 The Stunning Female Boss 绝色美女上司 The down-on-his-luck boss Yi Ke is a walking disaster. As soon as he starts at his new company, he discovers that his female supervisor is the stunning beauty he once offended. Even worse, he accidentally uncovers her private secret. But after that, his luck with women takes a turn for the better, and he learns to thrive amid the ever-changing city. Against all kinds of opponents, he faces beauty traps, sowing discord, elaborate schemes, hiding the truth in plain sight, faking his own death, sli 2.3kReads6.3Score141Shelves
- 115 Bait in the Mortal World: My Stunning Post-2000 Girlfriend 红尘诱饵，我的零零后绝色女友 All the beautiful things in the world are baits of earthly temptation, luring and spurring us onward without regret! My name is Xiao Qiuchi. I was born in 2000, and I'm a college student who returned to school after leaving the military. My father once told me, “A man has to work hard, become strong, and make money. If you have no money or ability, then no matter how well you treat a woman, in her eyes your tenderness is worth less than a dog's. You can pour your heart out to her, and she still 46Reads—Score—Shelves
- 116 My Heart Was a Barren Hill, Until You Made It Bloom 心有荒丘，遇见你才温柔 Li Muyang, the youngest head of the emergency department, was abandoned by his mother at the age of eight with the words, “Mom’s going to buy some oranges.” From then on, he locked away his heart and shut out love, becoming the coldest lone wolf in the entire hospital. Then Chen Xi, a gentle piano teacher, appeared like a ray of light, breaking into his desolate world. When he hit rock bottom, she came with a bag of oranges and softly said, “Only those with bitterness in their hearts long for s 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 117 My Girl from Zhaoqing 我的肇庆姑娘 [Childhood Sweethearts]+ [Older Sister]+ [Girlfriend Appears Out of Nowhere] Most people think Shanghai is an oppressive city because they walk along the Bund or down Nanjing West Road, crowded with foreigners, and see all the glittering bustle around them, yet feel they have no part in it. This is the story of a drifting man who escapes Shanghai and eventually finds his happy ending. 525Reads—Score—Shelves
- 118 My Nanjing Years 我的南京往事 [Older Woman]+ [Rich Heiress]+ [Returnee CEO] What is love? Perhaps it is a past one cannot revisit, or perhaps it is the confusion of struggling and wavering only to end up with nothing. It is not here, and nowhere can it be found. 456Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 119 The Legend of a Single Father 未婚爸爸的传奇 I, Nan Pai Shisan, retired from the special forces brigade of a special operations unit in Tibet and returned home. But during an extraordinary journey, I rescued Murong Xiaoxiao, the eldest daughter of a Yanjing family. While we were in a mysterious cave, we accidentally stumbled into a secret chamber and found ourselves inside the illusory image of the Nine Heavens Goddess. She asked me to help raise her son... And so my legendary story began... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 120 My Wuhan Girl 我的武汉姑娘 I promised her a better future. The love and passion I felt for her back then were the truest, purest feelings I'd ever had as a man. And now... Originally titled The Death of a Wuhan Virgin 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 121 I Want So Badly to Love This World 好想爱这个世界 (The style of The Tenants + urban tragic romance + realism + multiple female love interests + ensemble cast + bad ending + open ending) Life and death to the left, parting to the right. Gu Bei met several girls in his life. One clutched a marble for eight years, then crouched by a barbecue stall and grinned at him. “I was afraid you’d be lonely.” One left him a book before the train pulled away and said, “If one day you don’t want to wait anymore, you can come find me.” One stayed by his sid 34Reads—Score—Shelves
- 122 Lives Left Behind in Nanjing 那些离开南京的生活 Truthfully, I never thought of leaving this city. Those moments of unspeakable loneliness, the people who left, the girl with the high ponytail, all the memories have kept me trapped here. Perhaps I should live a different way. Hello, Nanjing. Goodbye, Nanjing. 1.3kReads8.4Score100Shelves
- 123 My Days Living with a Flight Attendant 空姐与我同居的日子 After getting dumped, I went to a bar to drink my sorrows away, only to be “rescued” and taken home by a flight attendant… 2.2kReads8.4Score228Shelves
- 124 My Beijing Girl 我的北京姑娘 If you love someone, take them to Beijing. It is the heart of the country, where they can see all the splendor the world has to offer... If you hate someone, leave them in Beijing. That city is cold enough for them to hide every burden in their heart… I reveled in the city's splendor at night, never understanding why anyone would stay in Beijing. After seven years, my relationship fell apart, and only then did I begin to see that I had nothing. Her arrival saved me. She was the kindest girl 534Reads7.7Score101Shelves
- 125 Tibet: I Fell in Love with the Wind of Namcha Barwa 西藏：我爱上了南迦巴瓦的风 [Roommate-style story] + [Childhood Friends] + [Heiress] + [Beautiful Ex-Girlfriend] + [Love Rival Showdown] Male-oriented, male-oriented, male-oriented "Wang Dong, clear out your desk and go take care of your resignation paperwork." After working for five years, Wang Dong was fired by his unscrupulous boss. He had been praised by everyone to the highest heights, only to be hurled down hard. That night, he came across a video of Tibet. "Screw this company, I'm going to Tibet!" In Tibet, his chil 2.1kReads—Score234Shelves
- 126 Xi'an, I Gave You My Youth 西安，我把青春献给你 After failing the civil service exam, a young man from a small village has nowhere else to turn, so he heads to Xi’an. By a twist of fate, he meets the woman who will be entangled with him for the rest of his life. He overcomes one obstacle after another, building everything from nothing. As he grows and builds his business, love and heartbreak, temptation and profit, human nature and inner conflict all take turns playing out. Wei Yang fights his way through every challenge, writing a remarkable 1.8kReads8.6Score233Shelves
- 127 When the Wind Dies, Evening Falls 风停夕落 Also known as: “My Hangzhou Girlfriend” and “When the Wind Dies Down at Dusk” [Double Success in Love and Career] + [Playboy Turns Over a New Leaf] + [Mutual Pursuit] + [Multiple Female Leads] + [Secret Crush] + [Healing] After Qi Feng is laid off and fired, he can no longer put up with his family pressuring him to marry. He leaves Nanchang for Hangzhou to make a living. On the highway in the middle of the night, a luxury car suddenly swerves in beside him, instantly jolting him awake. After a l 2.4kReads8.1Score232Shelves
- 128 After Awakening Mind Reading, My Aloof Wife Shows Her True Colors 觉醒读心术后，高冷老婆原形毕露 The new book has a low rating, so try reading the first two chapters before judging. [Sweet romance + pure love + a touch of whimsy + one heroine + mutual devotion] After two years of marriage, Lu Chuan still thought he’d married an unapproachable, icy female professor. They were strangers under the same roof, and he’d finally had enough and asked for a divorce. Just before they signed the papers, he unexpectedly awakened the ability to read minds! His wife, calmly handing him the agreement in p 76.9kReads7.0Score17.4kShelves
- 129 Mysteries of the Deserted Island: Final Judgment 诡秘荒岛：终焉审判 [No System + Deserted Island + Age Gap + Survival + Power Struggles + Romance + Suspense + Science Fiction] For special reasons, Lin Yunshen, a special forces soldier discharged from the military, catches the eye of Bai Yushuang, a beautiful, older businesswoman from Shencheng. She hires him as her personal assistant, though his real job is to be her bodyguard. During the May Day holiday, the beautiful boss asks him to accompany her on an international cruise abroad. But that night, deep in the 1kReads6.7Score101Shelves
- 130 Every Time I Wake from a Dream 在每一个梦醒时分 [Beautiful women] + [Marriage] + [Life] + [Female streamers] + [Female CEOs] + [Tenants] + [Romance] + [Realism] I wanted to change the title to My Hangzhou Girl: A Heart Understood Without a Word. What a shame… A single man past his prime, recently divorced, feels the pressure of life and family weighing on him and wants to get away for a bit. So he drives to Hangzhou alone. In this city, his fate takes a miraculous turn, and the pure flower of love blooms once more. P.S. This is a warm, healin 36Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 131 Transmigrate to the Republican Era, Marry a Beautiful Wife, and from the Start, a Beauty Becomes My Undoing 穿越民国娶美妻，开局红颜成祸水 [Transmigration + Alternate History + Farming + Republican Era + Power Struggles + Political Intrigue + Romance] Ding Muyang, a college student tired of working himself to the bone, returns to his mountain hometown. After dying in a car accident, he transmigrates to the Republican era and becomes a fearsome general with the same name. But before he can celebrate, his beautiful wife comes home in tears. It turns out his superior, Tang Jiyao, the Yunnan warlord, has long coveted her. That day, he 1kReads—Score102Shelves
- 132 My Feisty Female Boss 我的刁蛮女上司 [An audiobook adaptation with the same title is now available on all major audiobook platforms. Search for the book title on any of them to listen!] A tree without bark is doomed, but a person without shame is invincible. The cutthroat world of business, shielding my shrewish female boss from all kinds of unspoken rules, dazzling nightlife, a meteoric career, bees and butterflies, come on over and take a look. Heh heh, here I come... 601Reads6.0Score101Shelves
- 133 My Girl from Lhasa 我的拉萨姑娘 [Roommate Vibes] [Pure Love, Bad Ending] [Urban Coming of Age] [Multiple Heroines] [Folk Guitar] [Lhasa, Tibet] [Idealism] [Realistic] After his childhood friend dies in a fire, Xia Tian takes his friend's ashes to Lhasa. By chance, he meets a group of idealistic young people... They open bars and inns in Lhasa, planting the ideals in their hearts deep into every inch of Tibetan soil. Facing the sky and earth, they cry out, "Long live ideals! Long live youth!" This is an urban romance novel abo 282Reads—Score—Shelves
- 134 My Life After Escaping to Lijiang 我逃离到丽江的生活 A disillusioned young man at the lowest point in his life drifts from city to city, enduring one hardship after another. At last, he and a friend embark on a journey of redemption. When they reach the dreamlike city of Lijiang, he encounters a curious connection spanning three thousand kilometers and meets all kinds of fascinating people. His ordinary life takes a turn, and a story of love and hate quietly begins to unfold. 302Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 135 Half-Foolish Immortal Doctor 半傻医仙 Half sober and half drunk, half fool and half immortal, he roams the mortal world. He punishes the wicked, helps the weak, and saves all living beings. The world laughs at me for being mad, while I laugh at the world for failing to see. Beautiful women are as lovely as flowers, and youth is full of promise. With his God of War brothers and passionate women, he lives freely and follows his heart, making the most of his time in this world. Jiang Fan, a young man from Mount Shu, was beaten into a m 18Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 136 At Last, It’s My Turn to Rise to the Top 这次可算轮到我上位了 (The second male lead takes the top spot) At seventeen, I was lucky enough to meet Xia Han. He fulfilled every fantasy I had about love. But it was only love. At eighteen, I saved Song Yi'an on my way home. He was so pure, so untainted. But I was already mired in the mud. At twenty, I met He Dong. A truly, truly awful person. I told him everything about myself, thinking he would save me. But he was an abyss. So I kept moving forward, again and again. I was always searching for love, but only rea —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 137 Ladies, Please Leave Me Alone! 女人们，放过我吧！ In a single day, I lost my job, got scammed, and went through a breakup. I was also kicked out of my home. At rock bottom, I was too ashamed to return to my hometown, so I could only look for a cheap place to rent. I tried to get back on my feet in this city. But I never expected to run into three women again. 1.5kReads8.4Score114Shelves
- 138 My Girlfriend Has a Mental Illness 我的精神病女朋友 [Based on a true story] [No System] [Realistic] [Tragedy] After being fired, Luo Yuan takes a job at an old psychiatric hospital, but a mute girl nearly costs him his life. The beautiful vice president of a top-tier hospital outside the city often comes looking for him and takes a special interest in him. A mysterious young woman appears out of nowhere, seemingly connected to his past. Three women from vastly different walks of life are all closely bound to him. In the end, everyone is trapped i 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 139 The Girl Who Sat Beside Me at Seventeen 我的17岁同桌姑娘 "The Tenant"- "Youthful Bad Ending"- "Realistic Romance"- [Pure Love, Bad Ending] A down-on-his-luck young man whose life isn’t going well unexpectedly receives a wedding invitation from his first love. The moment he sees her name, the youth he thought long dead comes alive again in his memories. That summer, she suddenly burst into his lush, innocent youth, leaving behind a vivid, colorful scar and making the boy’s entire adolescence unforgettable. 65Reads—Score—Shelves
- 140 Marriage Partners 婚姻合伙人 I have a very beautiful wife. In the eyes of everyone around us, she’s the perfect wife, a dutiful daughter-in-law, and my ideal match. Her career is even going better than mine. By all conventional wisdom, anyone would be more than content with a wife like her, but I can’t stop thinking about divorcing her… 3kReads8.7Score244Shelves
- 141 My Days Living with the Nightclub Goddess 我和夜店女神同居的日子 [Not reborn]+ [Not a wish-fulfillment story]+ [No System]+ [Urban romance]+ [Multiple heroines] I just graduated this year. Before graduation, my girlfriend dumped me, so I went to a bar to drown my sorrows. But when a friend acted on impulse, I got dragged into a dispute, setting off a chain of events. How is a fresh-faced college graduate like me supposed to handle all this? I met a beautiful girl at the bar. What might happen between us? The first problem after graduation is finding a place t 26Reads—Score—Shelves
- 142 Next Stop, Pengcheng Square 下一站，彭城广场 The Underground City Museum in downtown Pengcheng is a magical place. After visiting, some people find they can travel between the past and present. One ancient city, three historical eras, and a group of hardworking, kind people. Shaobing, rice noodles, and lamb kebabs; frog-fish soup and clay-pot chicken. 1.8kReads9.3Score303Shelves
- 143 Urban: I Asked You to Pretend to Be My Son, but You Want to Be My Son-in-Law 都市：让你假扮我儿子，你想当我女婿 Lin Xu initially refused to be someone else’s son. But the person who asked him was a beautiful young widow who had been alone for over a decade. There was also a cold-as-ice CEO older sister at home. A mischievous student younger sister. And a flirtatious, mature bad-girl younger sister. Add a monthly salary of 300,000 and the status of a rich young master from a prestigious family. Maybe being someone else’s son isn’t so bad after all? “Dear mother, I bow to you!” 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 144 My Perfect Girlfriend and Sidekick 我的极品跟班女友 A “personal attendant” is what you might call a young master’s page or a maid who serves him closely in ancient times. Lin Wushi serves Ji Mu, a noble young master of Nanjin. While gaming, he meets a girl with a mature, alluring voice, and they arrange to meet in person. But who could have guessed that this girl is the most powerful little princess in all of Nanjin? And he falls in love with her attendant... 5Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 145 Fading Lights Upon the Sea 海上灯火阑珊 This is a story about music, dreams, and love. Yang Cheng, a musician who left his hometown of Shanghai for Beijing, staking everything on his dream, was crushed by powerful industry interests, betrayed by his lover, and had his work stolen. His heart completely broken, he slunk back home. After withdrawing from the noise and ruins of the music scene, he couldn't bring himself to return to his family and lived alone in a rented place, sinking into despair. In the apartment he shared with others, 26Reads—Score—Shelves
- 146 The Dream-Chasing Woman 追梦的女人 This story explores the emotional lives of ordinary people and how to face the unavoidable realities of life, such as affairs and infidelity. How can we cherish true love, genuine affection, and friendship? How can we find them? Time is the best healer. It can make everything fade into calm. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 147 My Five Years as a Drifter in Guangzhou 广漂的那五年 A detailed look at the five years after college graduation, spent struggling to make a living in the bustling city of Guangzhou. How did a complete novice gradually grow stronger, step by step? As we make our way along the paths of love and career, each of us has a story to tell... After five years of weathering life's hardships, we'll grow stronger at last! It's time to turn the tables!!! A new author with a new book: My Five Years Drifting in Guangzhou. I've got a story. 211Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 148 My 26-Year-Old Female Boss 我的26岁女上司 His new boss is a young beauty who insists he come to the office to give her a work report … This story is a little funny and a little entertaining… 218Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 149 I Think You'll Love Me 我想你会爱我 Also known as: I'm a dog who likes to peek at other people's happiness After three years delivering takeout, my first love dumped me. Then I met the girl I had admired since I was young, but still found no one to love me... A young man struggles to survive in a city ruled by desire. Which path is truly meant for him? When I met you, I thought, you would love me. 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 150 A Love Story in Bincheng 滨城的爱情故事 (Urban) + (romance) + (multiple male leads) + (a little sweet) + (one heroine)... “Let's break up!” Ling Lei was already numb. Cheng Wenxi's figure slumped as he disappeared into the sunset. Through tear-blurred eyes, she remembered the past, then turned to see her sleeping child and her ordinary husband, Wang Keyan, scrolling through short videos. She put on her headphones in the dark. In the window's reflection, she smiled. A forty-year-old woman listening to music really is beautiful. 15Reads—Score—Shelves
