Novels like I'll Wait for You in Xi'an
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- 51 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 2.4kReads8.1Score22914d adds
- 52 Please Don't Make Me Remember Those Things 请别让我想起那些事 [Urban]+ [One Female Lead]+ [Sweet Romance]+ [Nostalgic Memories]+ [A Realistic Life Story] Youth is something we can never return to, and regrets are things we can never undo. What happened between us in those years lives on in our memories of youth. The regrets we shared kept us from letting go for years. We could only live our quiet, uneventful lives, each in our own way, and bury our deepest pain in the innermost corners of our hearts. Only in the end did we realize it was all just a story. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 The Person I Rescued in the No-Man's-Land Turned Out to Be a Cool, Aloof CEO 无人区救下的人，竟是清冷女总裁 [Detailed everyday life] + [female CEO] + [heiress] + [first love] (A slow-burn story focused on everyone's growth, with even the supporting characters given distinct personalities) With 500,000 yuan in debt, a father who gambles, and a mother in the hospital, I fled to a remote wilderness area, where I unexpectedly rescued a cool, aloof woman driving a luxury car worth over a million yuan. After returning to the city, I started paying off my debts by setting up a street stall. I turned my lif 12.5kReads8.8Score1.3k14d adds
- 54 You Asked for a Love Story, but I Wrote the Female Tenant 让你写爱情，你写女房客 [A note from the author: I’m a fan of My 26-Year-Old Female Roommate. I’ll introduce you to a different Zhaoyang and a different story in a new way.] Zhaoyang wakes up to find he has transmigrated to a parallel world and is competing in a novel-writing contest. The theme this time is love. Zhaoyang decides to write his own love story all over again: Jian Wei, entangled with him for half a lifetime before they finally part as strangers; Mi Cai, whose dance binds two hearts for life; Le Yao, you a 53Reads—Score314d adds
- 55 Adrift in the City: I Don’t Want to Just Deliver Food 都市漂泊：我不想只送外卖 My startup in Shenzhen failed spectacularly, leaving me buried in debt and working as a food delivery rider. At a roadside fruit stall, I run into a girl who drives a Mercedes G-Class. One unexpected incident sparks an uproar across the internet. The gulf between our social standings, the feelings neither of us can let go of, and a tug-of-war between love and hate: in this city, it all begins quietly… 31Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 My Stunning Female Tenant 我的绝色女房客 [First love] + [Goddess] + [Roommate] + [Sister-in-law] + [Down-on-his-luck man’s comeback] After a night of passion at a hotel, his sister-in-law drops out of the sky. A broke young man gets stuck with her, and a beauty decides on the spot that they should live together. Is it a honey trap or a lucky encounter? He even finds his dream goddess’s underwear downstairs in his apartment complex. Could it help him become the next Ximen Qing? The life of a down-on-his-luck office worker quietly takes 241Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 A Mayfly in Amber 琥珀中的蜉蝣 Amber preserves time, and seals away mayflies. Three talented young women meet at Yanyuan. A classmate steals the fruits of one woman's painstaking work. Her best friend sees everything, yet chooses to stay silent. Overnight, the course of their lives changes completely. One becomes a pregnant student who drops out and vanishes into the crowd. One becomes a celebrated author, rising to fame through plagiarism. One becomes a scholar, spending her days regretting her choices from behind a lectern. 112Reads—Score40114d adds
- 58 Waiting for You in a World of Romance: Yang Sisi's Story 我在风花雪月里等你杨思思篇 “Hello, one inn, one city, a lifetime spent waiting for just one person… Dali, I’m waiting for you amid the wind, flowers, snow, and moonlight. Welcome to our inn. Feel free to ask us anything…” My vision instantly blurred. In that moment, looking through the city’s “wind, flowers, snow, and moonlight,” I seemed to see what she would be like at nearly thirty. That was precisely the best time of my life, and the choice between two cities! 433Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 Reborn as a Tenant: Mastering the Art of Living 重生房客，做生活的高手 Le Yao cups my face in both hands, tears of reluctance shining in her eyes. She forces a smile and says, “Zhaoyang, I'm leaving... This time, I'm really leaving... I can't walk the road ahead with you anymore, because you have your own light, one that can guide you forward no matter how dark the path gets.” “Good... good... I'm leaving... Be good!” 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 She and the City Like a Lonely Island 她与孤岛般的城 His fiancée left on the eve of their engagement. Five years later, she returned with an invitation... His lover’s lies still lingered in the warmth beside his pillow, while the blade of betrayal was already at his back. He plunged into three successive abysses, his faith shattered. Until a solitary beam of light cut through the darkness. Not to save him, but to burn alongside him. Together, they forged a staircase from the ruins, one step, one mark at a time, crushing the shackles of the past be 13Reads—Score114d adds
- 61 The BMW Girl Who Falsely Accused Me of Hitting Her 被我碰瓷的宝马女孩 After getting dumped at graduation, I fell for a girl with a BMW On the day I graduated from college, I bought a ring and planned to propose to my girlfriend. Instead, she dumped me in front of everyone, turning my proposal into a breakup... After a night of drinking, I was walking down the street when a red BMW X6 came straight toward me. I couldn’t dodge in time and fell to the ground... A beautiful woman got out of the car… She asked where it hurt. Clutching my chest, I said, “My heart h 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 After Trading With Mortals for Nine Years, I Saved Enough to Be Reborn 与凡人交易九年，我攒够资本重生 The story was inspired by a song by a band, by the memories we shared many years ago, and also by the 2022 TV series of the same name, adapted from Hikaru Utada’s “First Love.” And so I thought: I’d turn that song into a story. There’s a small town called Wan’an, where a little shop can help people make their wishes come true. Each of the shop’s owners has made a deal with a god: they must make deals with a hundred ordinary people and help them fulfill their wishes. The rewards they earn, includ 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 Love Too Deep to Cross, Hatred and Passion Become a Prison 情深不渡，爱恨成囚 When love runs too deep yet has no way forward, a person cannot be redeemed. And when love and hate become intertwined, they make people prisoners of their emotions, unable to find freedom in body or mind. Every story deserves to be told well. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 Fallen Blossoms Bid the Trees Farewell 落花辞树 [Not Reborn]+ [No System]+ [Realistic]+ [Slow-Paced]+ [Everyday Life]+ [Redemption] “Why! Why are you treating me this way? Why do you keep bullying me!” I roared in anguish. I pounded the wall with all my strength. My hands were already mangled and bloody, but I couldn’t feel the slightest pain. In the dim room, the wall was covered in dark, blackish bloodstains. With one last punch, my fist slammed into the wall with a violent impact, and I crumpled to the floor. A tearing pain stabbed through —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 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 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 Overnight, I Became the Dream of Girls Around the World 一夜之间，我竟成了全球少女的梦 After a failed suicide attempt, Yang Yu accidentally activates the Useless System and suddenly discovers that the more absurd and outrageous his actions are, the faster his Absurdity Points rise! These points can also be exchanged for various add-on systems: the “Love Master,” the legendary “Jiahao” with maxed-out destructive power, and the most irresistible “Divine Looks”… With the System’s help, he gets secretly filmed by passersby, and the videos go viral across the internet, sweeping the cou 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 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 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 Final Chapter: Protecting the One I Love 棍式终章：守护心爱之人 [First-person POV + multiple heroines + modern urban setting + realism + healing + pure love + not a power fantasy + no System + not reborn] The rain in Hangzhou is always bone-chillingly cold. Shen Yi abandoned me at the East Railway Station. I watched her drive away in a Porsche. My senior brother died in a car accident, and the martial arts school was on the verge of collapse. I spent my days drinking and smoking in a rundown shack. I thought my life would be like an unvisited grave in this c 2Reads—Score114d adds
- 69 The Evening Breeze at Twenty-Six 二十六岁的晚风 A story about young people caught between a small town in Jiangnan and their hometown, drifting back and forth, struggling, and finding ways to heal. It has the texture of everyday life, the passion and regret of tangled love and hate, and the dull ache of ideals colliding with reality. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 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—14d adds
- 71 My 27-Year-Old Landlady 我的27岁女租客 Jiang Xun, a documentary filmmaker, lost everything overnight: His girlfriend married someone else, his brother ran off, his grandfather passed away, and he was left with a debt of over a million yuan. His only remaining asset was an old Western-style house in Hangzhou inherited from his grandfather, but it came with a tenant who refused to leave. Chu Ran was 27, proud, stubborn, and exceptionally skilled at her work. She was a rich heiress, but refused to take over the family business, choosin —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 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 68Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 Daily Intelligence: My System Is Acting Up, What Should I Do? 每日情报：系统不正经，怎么办？ My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 3.6kReads6.9Score37314d adds
- 74 Old Dreams of Xi'an: Me and That Actress 西安旧梦，我和那个女明星 [Urban daily life] [No angst] [Celebrity couple] [Healing story] A realistic slice-of-life story. Read with caution if that's not your thing. Synopsis: I took my sister's ashes to see the sea. On the speeding train bound for Qingdao, I met Tang Yu, a celebrity with depression. Two lonely hearts crossed paths again in Xi'an. Lin Xiaomi's unexpected arrival wove a love triangle and made their relationship even more complicated. With the help of my rich second-generation friend Qin Chao and his con 2kReads8.2Score17514d adds
- 75 My Free-Rent Tenant 我的免费女房客 After graduating from college, Zhou Yang worked in the planning department of Hongli Mall. In a residential neighborhood, he rented a two-bedroom apartment from Li Xiuhong, the tenant who had been subletting it. Although money was tight, he found a simple satisfaction in life. After the landlady, Su Wei, returned from the United States and took back her property from Li Xiuhong, she got into one unpleasant dispute after another with her tenant, Zhou Yang. From then on, things spiraled out of co 42Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 After Meeting My Online Date in Person, the Goddess Fell for Me 网友奔现后，女神对我动情了 A true story about youth, love, friendship, deception, money, and striving. In this city, perhaps a man has to be with several women before he can mature; Under this night sky, perhaps a woman has to experience more men before she can find a place to call home. 1.2kReads—Score—14d adds
- 77 A Fated Match and a Jade Pendant: Love That Defies Destiny 玉佩良缘：打破宿命的爱恋 A Fated Love Through a Jade Pendant: A Romance That Defies Destiny —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 I Took a Part-Time Designated Driver Job and Met a Stunning Beauty 兼职跑代驾遇到极品美女 I work part-time as a designated driver at a nightclub. I never expected my very first customer to be my hot female boss, and in the end, she even…? 371Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 I Thought I Had Caught Summer 我以为抓住了夏天 Qin Ye, a sophomore in the arts and athletics class, thinks youth is all about skipping class, playing video games, and goofing off with his childhood friend Zhang Yang. That changes when the transfer student Chen Zui, giving a speech in the sunlight at the flag-raising ceremony, catches his eye. Cool and dazzling, she is the top student in the school. He is an athlete who has long been at the bottom of his class. The two should have had nothing to do with each other, but a chance encounter in w 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 80 Gazing at the Spring Waters 望春波 As the city lights come on and night falls, men and women from all walks of life take the stage. See how a playboy and a widow, a tenderhearted man and a fiery woman join hands to compose a moving melody of love and hate. 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 I Was Putty in the Hands of a Stunning, Seven-Years-Older Tour Guide in Black Stockings 我被大七岁极品黑丝女导游拿捏了 (I ended this book early because it wasn't very popular, and I felt the writing wasn't very good and was too idealistic and unrealistic. I'm getting ready to write a new book. Please consider supporting it, thank you!) After Lu Yuan developed tuberculous pleurisy, the school worried it might be contagious and didn't let him take part in the senior-year internship it had arranged. He stayed at home for over half a year, barely going out at all. Finally, encouraged by his family, Lu Yuan decided t 6Reads—Score314d adds
- 82 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—Score23614d adds
- 83 My Beautiful Beloved 我的倾城佳人 The down-on-his-luck male lead may be poor, but he's got a strong sense of justice. Somehow, he ends up meeting several lovely women. One night, he knocks on a widow's door just to borrow a pack of sanitary pads for a girl. He thinks his luck with women has finally turned, only to discover she's gay! When will the male lead finally find a girlfriend? Or will he just keep going farther down the road of lifelong singleness? 2.5kReads8.7Score14914d adds
- 84 The Story of Jian Wei from My 26-Year-Old Landlady 我的26岁女房客之简薇故事 My name is Jian Wei. Zhaoyang and I fell in love at university. We loved each other deeply, as if our love would last until the end of time. But even we could not withstand the trials brought on by our families’ interference. In the end, my own straying led us further and further apart! I admit it: I lost my way and wasn’t strong enough. I missed out on the most beautiful love and lost to someone who came later. No matter how unwilling I was to accept it, I still couldn’t change reality. The mor 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 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 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 My Divine Skill Requires a Kiss from My Older Sister 我的神功需要姐姐的吻 Jiang Tian, a young man from the countryside, has no choice but to head to the city to make a living. He faces one difficulty after another, until, at the end of his rope, he discovers he has the ability to see with the Heavenly Eye and master the Huang Family’s Thirteen Arts. Tempered by the complexities of city life, he eventually becomes a true man and gives the sisters who helped him master the Huang Family’s Thirteen Arts a place to stand tall. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 My Days in Dongguan 我在东莞那些日子 [This novel could almost be considered a true account. To get the whole story, the novice author spent a week eating barbecue at the subject’s barbecue stall. Other than the names, almost everything in the novel is true.] After graduating from vocational school in 2012, I couldn’t find a suitable job right away. Later, a fellow townsman referred me to a job, so I went to Shenzhen on my own, then eventually made my way to a private club in Dongguan to work. During that time, I met all kinds of pe 59Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 Sky City: My Down-and-Out Heiress 天空的城：我的落魄大小姐 A fan-written continuation of My 26-Year-Old Female Tenant: Lonely Sail on an Island! [Sweet Everyday Life] + [Making Dreams Come True] In truth, each person is an island, alone for most of their life. People come and go, but one day, someone will arrive with a seed and put down roots for good... 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 Dragon City Is Vast, Yet There Is No Room for Us 龙城很大，却容不下你我 [Love story + ensemble cast + sweet and angsty romance] Chai He, a young man from a small town, is blindsided when his girlfriend Qin Ye breaks up with him. As he tries to win her back, he meets the lively and adorable Ye Zhi and the sexy, sophisticated Li Xian. Surrounded by incomparable beauties, he faces a rocky, difficult journey in love. In the end, his girlfriend Qin Ye makes an unexpected choice, leaving everyone deeply moved… 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 My 26 Male Housemates Are All Eighteen 我的26个男房客，通通十八岁 [Women’s power fantasy + Every man competes for her + She keeps herself untouched] The real deal: every eighteen-year-old guy is in love with me. What a rush! My sister died saving Youyue, a grief that would always haunt her. Before she passed, she asked Youyue to look after her underage child. When she saw the innocent young man’s gaze shift from admiration to love, she panicked and fled to the big city. As soon as she arrived, she met a vulnerable young man who needed saving... While I was sti 32Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 Half a Veil of Silk, a Lifetime of Love 半壶纱，一生情 Buddha says that the first cry of life means we are destined to suffer in this world. Perhaps life is a sad song, and all our struggles and stubborn persistence amount to nothing more than savoring the little moments of joy and beauty mixed in with the bitterness. Who could know that life is as brief as a blade of grass, that the years make us old, and that a smile can bring our worldly ties to an end... “Lin Jinwen, stay away from my daughters! I will never let them marry you! You can forget ab 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 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? 235Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 My 27-Year-Old Female Teacher 我的27岁女老师 [Based on real events] [Older woman-younger man romance] [Two female leads] [Realistic fiction] [No System] A new author with a new book. The rating just came out, but it’ll go up soon~ Based on the author’s own experiences, with pictures of some events in the comments. A realistic look at everyday life as a Chinese master’s and doctoral student. Before starting graduate school, Jiang Huai suddenly found himself surrounded by beautiful women! His underclassman Qiu Yuchang came right out and con 10.8kReads6.9Score77614d adds
- 94 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… 3kReads8.7Score25014d adds
- 95 My 26th Boyfriend 我的第26个男朋友 [No CP + Female-Oriented Power Fantasy + Harem Rivalry + Everyone's Favorite] In this bustling city, I'm an independent, take-charge heroine. I won't let romance tie me down; I only pursue my own happiness and satisfaction. My life is full of temptation and wild indulgence, enough to make anyone's heart race, but I always stay clearheaded and rational. I know that's the only way to survive in this challenging world. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 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… 2.2kReads8.4Score22614d adds
- 97 Trap Showdown 陷阱对决 [No brainless wish fulfillment + logic + battle of wits + a little golden finger + making money + undercover work] A relatively slow burn. If you're impatient and like brainless power fantasies, this isn't for you! A peacekeeping soldier is set to transfer to a civilian post as a senior warrant officer, but before he can even report for duty, he's framed for murder. The evidence is conclusive, and he's doomed! See how he fights his way out of a desperate situation and makes his mark in both the 3Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 98 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 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 Transmigrating to Ancient Times, I Marry a Beautiful Young Lady and Storm the Imperial Palace 穿越古代，娶漂亮的小娘子闯皇宫 [No System + Transmigration + Feel-Good Novel + Plot-Driven] I transmigrated to an ancient world where people can cultivate and lived with my childhood sweetheart, Wen Anning, until we were eighteen. Then one day, Wen Anning started looking at me differently, and she couldn’t hold back any longer... (For the details, please read the story.) Cultivation levels: Dao Inquiry (perceiving the laws of heaven and earth) → Dao Attainment (condensing a Dao seed) → Dao Union (resonating with heaven and ea —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 100 In a Parallel Universe, She Still Dreams of Becoming a Superstar 平行时空里，仍想成为大明星的她 [Showbiz + no System + heroine Le Yao (not fanfiction) + everyday urban life + mutual healing + no angst] “Someone like me belongs in heaven, right?” “After all, for someone like me, this world is hell.” After struggling with bipolar disorder for eight years, Lin Zhen dies despite medical efforts after taking an overdose of medication. But he unexpectedly transmigrates to another parallel world and enters another version of his own body. Born into a top-tier wealthy family, he stands at the very 69Reads6.4Score—14d adds
