Novels like I'll Wait for You in Xi'an
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as I'll Wait for You in Xi'an, best match first.
- 1 After I Stood Up for Someone, the Girl Next Door Wanted Me to Confess 见义勇为后，路人女主想让我告白 [No System] + [Not reborn] + [Lighthearted everyday life] + [No angst or tragedy] + [Tenants] + [Cute fangirl] I stepped in to help someone in trouble, only for a beautiful woman to extort me. Just when I finally got rid of her, a new tenant moved into my rental apartment. She turned out to be a cold and beautiful woman who immediately wanted to lay down three rules for living together. When I tried to demand an explanation, I nearly got kicked out! She thinks she can make me bow down just by fl —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 A Companion Through Time 时光伴侣 A realistic slice-of-life story about city life and romance. Childhood sweethearts, a cool beauty, a mature and cultured woman, a first love... The everyday romantic stories of handsome male lead Yang Fan and several stunning beauties. The memories time leaves us deserve to be savored, one by one. —Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 3 They Went Mad After I Faked My Death for Three Years 假死三年，她们都疯了 The fire three years ago burned away my face. The staged car crash burned away my name. I thought that if I “died,” those filthy secrets would be buried forever, and the women in my life could go on living cleanly. But I never imagined that my “death” would drive them mad. Jiang Li, a law firm partner, has spent three years taking only one case: proving I’m not dead. Wen Yining, a mute illustrator, had her voice poisoned away by her own father because she saw something she shouldn’t have. Song Z 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 The Beautiful Landlady: A Love Story with Her Tenant 美女房东：与男租客的感情史 She is Chen Fangfei, a beautiful divorced landlady who owns several properties. Tenants come and go, but she has a well-practiced playbook: she pinpoints each man's weakness and draws them in one by one with tenderness, affection, or even money. The cash-strapped college student, the manager whose career has hit a rough patch, the heartbroken designer, the lonely musician, the rational divorce lawyer... They have all been her prey. She never gives her heart, much less steps into marriage. She si —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 The Life I Passed By 我路过的人生 A boy with no one to rely on stumbles forward through the mire of his upbringing. He once walked alone through a long darkness, burdened by regret and loneliness, struggling with self-doubt and the cruelty of others. A child without an umbrella can only run as hard as he can. In the end, he chooses to piece himself together while adrift and heal himself amid the wreckage, making peace with fate in his own way and finally giving himself the acceptance he deserves, though long overdue. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 My Floral Designer 我的花艺小姐 The rundown tavern owner Xiang Yang lives lost in folk songs, trapped by his past. Then he meets Mujin, a florist and sunny young woman who uses “look ahead” to avoid facing what lies behind her. Can two wounded souls become each other's only salvation? 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 I Lost the Girl Who Loved Me Most 我弄丢了最爱我的女孩 I Lost the Girl Who Loved Me Most 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 To the Only Once in Our Youth 致我们那仅有一次的青春 Set against the backdrop of youth, this story follows a group of young people as they grow and chase their dreams in Beiping. Whether shaped by their personalities or arranged by fate, each of them finds themselves in a different and entertaining story. The road ahead is long, but it shines too. May they return from hardship still young at heart. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 We Never Got Together: New Year's Day, 2006 2006年初一我们终究没在一起 Autumn, 2006. The first-year middle school classroom was packed with students. Lin Xi was popular, gentle, and radiant, like a beam of light. She took the initiative to shine on Wang Ming, a quiet, withdrawn boy with no one by his side. Their young hearts fell for each other without reservation. They loved each other deeply, but pride, misunderstandings, and not knowing how to love led them to hurt each other again and again. From the butterflies of their first meeting in seventh grade, they jou —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 The Story of Me and the Older Girl Next Door 我和邻居姐姐的故事 As far back as I can remember, Sister Qiu'er has always been part of my life. We lived in the same apartment block, on the same floor, at opposite ends of the same corridor. So naturally, we had known each other since childhood. You could say we grew up together. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 New to Shengjing: Is That Really Her Neighbor? 初到盛京：邻居竟是她？ A high-and-mighty female neighbor unexpectedly drops into the life of a man who lives alone? The night scenery of Shengjing, the evening breeze along the Hun River. A renovation leads to an awkward encounter! He only wanted a quiet life, but an unexpected guest sends ripples through his peaceful routine!! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 My 26-Year-Old Female Tenant: The Reverse Timeline 我的26岁女房客之逆位时空 What will happen when Zhaoyang, whose story has already reached a perfect ending, affects another version of himself in a parallel world where his story has yet to begin? Faced with four very different paths in life, each marked by regret, struggle, ordinary days, or redemption, what choice will he make? 61Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 After Yu Wei Enters the No-Man's-Land 余味在进入无人区后续 The sequel to The Person Who Loved Me Most in the World. New readers can jump right in without affecting their enjoyment of the story. The shackles of Yu Wei's family background and the devastation of tangled emotions have drained him of all strength. He flees the noisy world and plunges into a desolate no-man's-land. Here, there are no complicated hearts, only sandstorms, wilderness, and unknown dangers. In the utter solitude of this natural wasteland, he struggles against hunger and bitter col 27Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 I'm the Unluckiest Rich Second-Generation Heir in History 我是史上最惨富二代 A feel-good power fantasy! A feel-good power fantasy! A truly satisfying one! Maybe…, 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Love, Almost There 爱，似有非有 "In 1995, at the station in the airport," a familiar melody began to play softly. Through the window, I caught sight of her at the bus stop. My heart clenched, as if it had suddenly skipped a beat. She was as cool and ethereal as a moonlit fairy. It wasn't until she boarded and quietly sat beside me that I came back to my senses. Ten Years, Your Backpack, Under the Fuji Mountain: Love Is Destined —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Springtime for the Debtor 负债人的春天 In this day and age, most single men find themselves in the awkward position of “chatting freely with married women, watching what you say to older single women, and being too afraid to talk to the girl you like!”... After suffering a double blow to my love life and career and saddling myself with enormous debts, I made a spur-of-the-moment decision to cycle to and from work. Like a stone tossed into still water, it set the gears of fate turning quietly. When everything had settled and sunlight 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Chen Mo's Coffee Stain 陈默的咖啡渍 Chen Mo once thought his life would be nothing but the endless clatter of keyboards in an office tower. Reports were tossed carelessly onto his desk, his coworkers casually passed their responsibilities to him, and he was like a waterlogged sponge, quietly absorbing every grievance. He even waited until the stars came out before daring to leave work. Then, one Wednesday, Su Qing appeared in the break room. She crouched down to scrub at a stubborn coffee stain and said, “It’s enough if we get to 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 The Girl I Met in Tibet That Year 那年我在西藏遇到的她 “Urban slice of life” “She chases him, with relentless push and pull” “One female lead” On the long journey of life, everyone who comes into my life leaves me with different memories, but in the end, we always part ways. Every relationship has taught me that without enough money, love is nothing but wishful thinking... At twenty-five, Chen Jingze is betrayed by his girlfriend of five years. After an argument, they break up. Once he has calmed down, he decides to leave Shanghai and head to Tibet, 193Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 19 The Day I Won the Lottery, the Doctor Said I Was Dying! 中奖那天，医生说我快死了！ Shi Ming always thought the best thing about the lottery was the time before the numbers were drawn. Before the draw, anyone could be the owner of five million. Afterward, most people would get the same notice from fate: Sorry, you’re still as poor as ever. But this time, it seemed fate had played the wrong joke. 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 My Post-2000s Girlfriend 我的零零后女友 After a breakup, I spent two years going downhill. One crazy night after drinking, a beautiful woman got pregnant with my child, and from then on, she wouldn't leave me alone! Out for a stroll, I happened to save a beautiful female CEO. I never expected her to be my neighbor, and that's how our tangled love-hate story began! 119Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 My Imperfect Girlfriend 我的不完美女友 [One heroine + no harem + wish-fulfillment + a touch of angst] A down-on-his-luck young man is forced to break up with his girlfriend, then gets fired just as his career starts to take off. Thinking his miserable life has already hit a dead end, he unexpectedly crosses paths with a female CEO who has returned from overseas. He thinks love has finally found him, but little does he know this is only the beginning of his romantic misadventures. Come on, I’m really not a playboy. I’m just a little t 61Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Before I Met You 在我遇到你之前 When my ex-girlfriend walks back onto my campus, all the love and resentment of the past come surging back. She still cares for me, but buries every feeling deep inside and refuses to speak up again. The campus belle, admired by everyone, also quietly keeps her secret crush to herself, never letting it show. In the noisy classroom, our shoulders brush in the hallway. Two unspoken affections quietly linger through the days of youth. All those silent stirrings and irreparable regrets are frozen in 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Dali, Don't Forget Me Tonight 大理，今夜别将我遗忘 Dali is a place of romance and chance encounters. An inn brings together stories and dreams. After being cheated on, Gu Shanshan decides to go to Dali to heal her broken heart. She never expects to run into Yan Yifei as soon as she arrives. All of Gu Shanshan's money is stolen by Yan Yifei's girlfriend, Li Xiaocui, so... Gu Shanshan begins plotting revenge against Yan Yifei. She never expects to end up falling for him herself. 200Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 24 Guarding a Lonely City 守一座孤城 Gu Cheng once had a happy family and a wife who loved him. Then one day, he caught her cheating with his best friend. In a single night, both love and friendship slipped away from him. It takes ten thousand steps to climb from hell to heaven, but only one to fall from heaven to hell. Standing at the crossroads of his life, where should he go from here...? 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 The Women Who Rented Rooms From Me Back Then 那些年的女房客们 Love has three kinds of pain: loving someone you can’t have, having someone and failing to cherish them, and having someone you don’t love. Sadly, I’ve been through all three. I once took off my studded leather jacket and vowed to work hard for her, only to discover she was already gone from my world... 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 My Sweet Online Girlfriend Is Actually My Cold and Beautiful Boss 网恋甜妹竟是我那冷艳的女上司 In the game, she’s his wife. At work, he’s her subordinate. He doesn’t know she’s acting. She doesn’t know whether he really loves her. In this city of desire, beautiful women are everywhere. Watch how Zhouzhou uses one secret identity after another to keep Jiangjiang firmly in her grasp. 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 Sugar-Heart Chocolate 糖心的巧克力 I’m just an ordinary person, an ordinary young lover of the arts. I don’t have the literary talent of the morning sun, but I dream of finding a rainbow of my own. My life is simple, yet full of color. If you’re interested, then take a look at my spring, my midsummer, my withering autumn, and my bleak winter. I found a hint of spring, and before I knew it, summer had arrived. Spring and summer were lovely, but they weren’t real, because I’d already —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 Those Years with My Amazing Girlfriends 那些年我的极品女友们 A loser in a quiet, ordinary second-tier city finds love. Just then, his gentle moonlight returns from abroad. How will he choose? A million-follower influencer x a fiery rich heiress x a gentle moonlight. Which one will it be: her, or her, or her? Stay tuned!!! No money from the start? Don't panic, your domineering big sister is on her way. Head to the main story!!! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 I Met the Cold Heiress of a Billionaire at a Five-Million-Yuan Funeral 因500万葬礼结识首富高冷千金 [Multiple heroines] [Hilarious everyday life] [Urban romance] [Happy and tragic endings] [Healing] The first web novel about a funeral planner, breaking new ground in the genre. A 5-million-yuan funeral brings him together with the daughter of a billionaire and a female CEO. Then a 70,000-yuan guitar draws the attention of a rock-loving school beauty, while a top designer in France can't stop thinking about him... What exactly does a 5-million-yuan funeral look like? Will the heroine see her dec —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 My Beloved Girl from Changsha 我心爱的长沙姑娘 People feel happiest when they're drawing close to happiness, yet when they get close, they start worrying about losing it... So, what is love? Perhaps love is like a prism, refracting different colors from different angles. It can be the anchor of a life, or a lesson in growing up. Maybe what matters isn't how we define it, but how, through our collisions with another soul, we come to understand ourselves and the world. (This is not a wish-fulfillment story. If you find it heartbreaking, please 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 My Girlfriend Cheated on Her Birthday, So I Left for Dali 女友生日夜出轨，我转身去了大理 [Urban Slice of Life] [Half Sweet, Half Heartbreaking] Someone gets proposed to in Dali, while someone else breaks up in Chongqing. Someone walks toward happiness in a wedding dress, while someone else finally sees the truth about the person beside them on the busiest day of their life. Some fall in love in the wind. Others say goodbye beneath the lights. From Dali to Chongqing, from a camera to a photography studio, from being looked down on to slowly turning things around. This time, I won't r 729Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 After Sleeping with the Wrong Person, the Assassin Fell for Me 睡错人后，杀手小姐爱上我 [Urban slice of life] [Female tenant] [Multiple one-on-one romances] [Love triangle drama] [First-person narration] [Not formulaic] I swear I didn't mean to sleep with her. I had no idea what was going on. Ye Qin disappeared without a trace. The person I love most killed the person I once loved most. My old house was taken over, and a woman named Tang Yuan barged into my life. From then on, nothing was ever the same. Did I really do it that night? Who is the person I love? And who loves me most? 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 When the Dusty Underdog Rises, She Happens to Look Back 尘埃逆袭时，她恰好回头 The city's most beautiful teacher, a lively beauty from a university campus, an elite graduate of a prestigious school, and a used-car dealership employee: a modern romance featuring one male lead and multiple female leads! Don't worry if things are tough from the start. Hang in there, and a vast fortune will be waiting for you! 52Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 My Playful Girl Next Door 我的俏皮女邻居 [Female celebrity]+ [One female lead]+ [First love]+ [Beautiful neighbor]+ [A realistic story] Shanghai: a city I once considered taboo. After breaking up with my rich heiress girlfriend, I began to fall apart. By chance, I met a beautiful neighbor. I sang, she called the police, and later she healed the wounds in my heart. I call her my goddess. She calls me an idiot. I'm not an idiot. I just want to give her the whole world. My ex-girlfriend who returned from overseas, a female CEO of a listed 33Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 Love That Cuts to the Bone: The CEO’s Substitute Bride 蚀骨危爱：总裁的替身新娘 —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 A Wonderful City Life, Starting with Meeting a Rich Older Woman 美好的都市人生，从遇见富婆开始 When she appeared, she was holding a bouquet of white roses and wearing an ivory dress. She was so cool and aloof, she seemed not to belong to this world. Later, she added me on WeChat and said, “If you get the job, remember to tell me.” I thought her appearance in my life was just a coincidence, until she kept “happening to be in the neighborhood” and kept offering me opportunities whenever I was in trouble. Only then did I learn her name was Shen Xingtu, a wealthy, beautiful, highly educated w 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 My Girlfriend Is a Rich Heiress 我的女友千金小姐 (Urban slice of life + realism + feel-good story + lighthearted and fun + a little angst + various aspects of society) An utterly ordinary man unexpectedly finds love several times... He goes through ups and downs, breaking up and getting back together... Several women become entangled with him for half his life... Love when you're young is often especially pure and simple. Sometimes your heart skips a beat without warning, for no complicated reason, and you throw yourself into it wholeheartedly 297Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 My Girl in the Woods 我的林中姑娘 [Based on real life] + [Urban] + [Detailed] + [Romance] + [Entrepreneurship] + [Tanks] + [Not a power fantasy] Cold winds blow through the valley of despair, while a beautiful woman helps you find your way back! A 26-year-old man strikes out in love and hits a wall when he tries to start a business? No problem, a rich heiress will get drunk with him at a bar! A piano teacher will help him cultivate his artistic sensibilities! A master's graduate who studied abroad will teach him how to start a b 23Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 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 1.7kReads8.6Score222Shelves
- 40 The South-Facing Window 朝南的窗 He saved half a year’s worth of food money to buy a hard-seat train ticket for a three-day, three-night journey, setting off to keep a date that might never have a happy ending. One was a socially anxious young man who practiced his greeting over and over beneath the starry sky of the Gobi Desert. The other was a girl who used her composure to shut out the world in the humid south. Four thousand one hundred kilometers: the longest diagonal on a map, and the full distance between two people who d —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 Through the Roaring Crowd 穿过人声鼎沸 After breaking up with the girlfriend he’d been entangled with for six years, he went on to let down the woman who loved him deeply. Then, in one drunken, reckless moment, he mistakenly took her for his ex? After deciding to leave her world, he unexpectedly meets a direct female superior who gets under his skin like no one ever has before... This is the story of a scumbag’s romantic entanglements... and a journey of growth as he learns to face his own heart. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 After We Broke Up, My Ex-Girlfriend Hid Her Pregnancy and Married Someone Else 分手后，前女友藏起孕肚嫁他人 After my ex-girlfriend got married, she posted a photo of her baby on her social media. I just had to reply, “How come the baby doesn’t look like me?” Her husband took it seriously and got a paternity test. Then something horrifying happened! The baby really isn’t her husband’s, but it isn’t mine either! What should I do? Her husband is downstairs at my place, holding a cleaver… 492Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 43 Qingdao, Please Forget Me Tonight 青岛，今夜请将我遗忘 Someone once asked me what kind of city Qingdao is. I said it's a city by the sea. The truth is, it's just like any other city. If you want a better life, you have to work hard for it. Nothing in this world comes for free, and neither does a love that lasts. Going your separate ways and wishing each other well can be a kind of release, too. 170Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 Goodbye! My 32 Ex-Girlfriends 再见！我的32个前女友 Qi Yu, a car salesman, finally had a real “adventure” after selling a car. A car can be a young man’s mustang, a middle-aged person’s family, or an old person’s twilight years. It can also be a vessel for life, even the story of a person’s whole life. Qi Yu sells a car, setting off a chain of emotional entanglements... 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 My Green Years: Those Fleeting Days 我的青葱岁月之匆匆那年 Liu Xin, a high school student from a poor family, excels in her studies and is positive, optimistic, confident, and kind. In her senior year, she falls for her new physics teacher, Ren Ran, a tall, charismatic, witty, and erudite man. Because of him, she turns down a confession from a boy in her village. With Teacher Ren Ran’s help and encouragement, Liu Xin gets into a top university. At the time, her family is facing numerous financial difficulties: her father has a terminal illness, her moth 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 My 26-Year-Old Qingdao Girl 我的26岁青岛女孩 “A guy should always be good to himself. You don't need to demand that she work harder or strive for success. You just hope she'll spend more time with you.” “But if she can't even give you her company, then you need to take good care of yourself. Keep your body strong, travel across mountains and rivers, embrace all the beauty of the world, and never lose a man's boundless ambition.” This was my first time in Qingdao. Three months ago, my wife and I had a fight. Her best friend's husband had b 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 Falling Leaves of the Wutong Tree 梧桐树叶的落下 A love story between a down-on-his-luck young master and a young woman in government service. “Plant the phoenix trees, and you’ll come back.”, Shen Xingyu “Let me think about it... Well, I suppose I can do you the favor of marrying you!”, Qian Qiuwu One leaf reveals the phoenix tree; my heart is filled with you. On a moonlit campus path, a withered yellow leaf brings together two young hearts. He is a gentle yet steadfast young master, driving away her fears in the darkness and treasuring the t 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 The New Miss in the Ancient City 古城里的新小姐 After Gao Ran broke up with his girlfriend, he fell for a con artist who left him with nothing, both in money and love. Just then, his ex-girlfriend suddenly came back to tell him she was pregnant. Life is like a maze. Some people wander in circles and end up back where they started, while others struggle with all their might yet never make any progress... 84Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 49 Reborn in Senior Year: A Struggling Student's Comeback to a Top University 重生高三，学渣开挂逆袭985 That year, I studied civil engineering while you studied dance. I thought our paths had parted for good, but who knew we'd run into each other in a private room... When he woke up, Zhu Dachang found himself back in the exam hall for his senior year of high school, twenty years earlier. He was completely stunned... 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 Strange Scenes Witnessed Over Thirty Years 三十年目睹之怪现状 Born in the 1960s, Uncle Zheng is clever and kind, yet always gets bullied. Unable to stand the people and things around him, he fights back, only to end up battered and bruised time and again. After his father, who works at the local police station, alters his age to make him two years younger, Uncle Zheng finally fits in with the generation born in the 1970s, and his life gets back on track. He is an only child and spent most of his childhood with his father. His mother is an ordinary farmer, —Reads—Score—Shelves
