Novels like That Bittersweet Love
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as That Bittersweet Love, best match first.
- 151 After Five Years as a Wife in Name Only, I’m Reborn, Taking My Child, and Getting Divorced. It Feels So Good 守活寡五年，重生带崽离婚真香了 (Military romance + period setting + regretful pursuit + rival suitors, second male lead gets the girl. Come on in!) In her previous life, Jiang Suisui ignored everyone’s objections and married Song Yun’an, the aloof flower of the military. She always thought that falling in love after marriage could be lovely. After all, you had to take a bite to find out whether a forcibly picked melon was sweet. She never expected that some people were cold-hearted by nature, impossible to warm no matter what 93Reads—Score—14d adds
- 152 In the End, Deep Love Leaves Nothing but Heartbreak 情深终负尽 After five years of dating and three years of marriage, Qin Yue underwent IVF more than a dozen times, but in the end Gu Yanzhi still rejected her. “You can't have children. You're not fit to be my wife.” Later, Gu Yanzhi saw another man tenderly holding Qin Yue, whose belly was swollen with pregnancy... 174Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 153 My Scumbag Husband Gets His Marriage License with His True Love, So I Marry a Powerful Man 渣夫领证白月光，我转身嫁给大佬 [Clear-Headed Female Lead + Cheating Husband Begs for Her Back + Cold, Powerful Tycoon Dotes Only on His Wife] One-Sentence Summary: On their wedding night, her cheating husband marries his first love, so she marries a tycoon. He ends up kneeling and begging her to take him back. Everyone in their circle knew Lin Xi had loved Mu Sihua for seven years, only to be humiliated with his demand that she bear him a son before he would register their marriage. On their wedding night, her scumbag husband 737Reads—Score3814d adds
- 154 Let Time Be Our Matchmaker, and My Life Be My Vow 时间为媒，余生为聘 Childhood Sweethearts + Bratty Kid + Married Life (This isn't a wish-fulfillment story or a sugary romance. The entire novel is about the petty details of everyday life, so please think twice before reading if that's not your thing.) Before Zheng Xiao was even born, her mother had arranged a betrothal for her with a close friend from her hometown. As a result, Zheng Xiao married Huang Zhengyi as soon as she graduated from college. They soon had a child, but because they never lived on their own 3.9kReads8.7Score36714d adds
- 155 A Sickly Body, a Guilty Love 病骨罪情 (The Ex-Wife’s Pursuit: A Living Hell + Second Male Lead Takes the Crown + No Getting Back Together) When Song Ci was young, she saved someone. Later, that person sent her to prison over nothing more than a single word from his first love. After she was released, torment and humiliation followed one after another. When he threw away her mother’s ashes, Song Ci had lost everything. At last, she learned her lesson. Her brain had been badly injured, and she was slowly starting to forget him. But he 1.1kReads8.2Score10114d adds
- 156 Yun He of the Post-80s Generation 八零后的云禾 A story of an ordinary person from the bottom rung striving to rise, a youth that can only be remembered and never spoken of, and an all-or-nothing gamble whose outcome is unknown. A life in this world, half hardship and half sweetness. [I’m committed to telling every story well. Your subscriptions are what make it possible for me to tell them.] 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 157 A Hibiscus Love Story 木槿之恋 The tangled loves and hatreds of three couples: Mu Jin and Zhang Chaoyang, Wen Qiongfang and Lin Shiyuan, and Fang Yuan and Peng Guangyuan. How long can love last? What holds a family together? Love, marriage, family, and money intertwine in an intense tangle of feelings and desire. Who is right? Who is wrong? Fate lends a hand in everything, yet every choice is our own… There are no perfectly faithful couples here, only human nature. 20.9kReads9.3Score2.5k14d adds
- 158 A Love to Remember 倾程之恋 [Gentle Girl x Cool, Reserved Doctor] (They choose each other + sweet everyday romance + age gap + no angst) Because of one person, you fall in love with an entire city. A love that unfolds little by little is beautiful. No grand gestures, no endless arguments, just two people choosing each other and understanding one another. “Professor, do you have a girlfriend?” a pretty student asks boldly. “The professor doesn’t have a girlfriend. He has a fiancée,” Ye Huaizhi replies impassively, casting 409Reads7.8Score10114d adds
- 159 Chi Changqiu 池长秋 Two men, tragic ending A story about two people who love each other but refuse to love each other, only to love each other forever in the end. Tonight, the wind howls and the rain pours. There is no moonlight. A little flower by the roadside bends beneath the gale meant for it, its stem snapping as it is buried in the world around it. When it was born, it was colorful and bright. Then its edges were worn away, its values twisted, and its soul destroyed, along with its flesh and bones. 47Reads—Score—14d adds
- 160 Qin Zheng 秦峥 He loves her. She is the eternal sun in his heart. For a long time, he was too insecure to look directly at her dazzling light. When the sun finally shone on him, he hesitated and wavered, but in the end, he couldn’t resist the love in his heart. He drew her into his arms. At last, she became the sun that shone for him alone. 3.2kReads9.3Score24614d adds
- 161 Lost in Tenderness 沉溺温柔 [Sweet romance + second male lead takes the lead + no rekindling after a breakup + the scumbag gets his comeuppance + both leads are inexperienced] [Cool beauty Shen Jin, eldest daughter of the Shen family, × gentle and cunning Master Jing] Shen Jin gave him six years of her youth, but never won his heart. She left without hesitation. She turned around and fell in love, never realizing that she was gradually stepping into one man’s trap. Who can tell me why the gentle big brother next door tu 115Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 162 One Fleeting Glance, and I Knew Love Had Faded 蓦然一顾知阑珊 She married him without hesitation in the prime of her life, but couldn't escape the seven-year itch. As her life entered its final countdown, she could no longer find the young man who had once loved her so deeply. She devoted her entire life to him, and only at the very end did he finally realize what he had lost... 57Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 163 The Woman Who Destroyed Her Family 把家毁了的女人 The Woman Who Ruined Her Family, also known as The Reckless Woman Truck Escort. This is the story of Yang Xu, an ordinary woman whose laughably absurd behavior turns her life into a complete mess. She’ll make you laugh, but you’ll also find her infuriating, pitiable, and hard to forgive... The writing is witty and humorous, and the story moves quickly. I hope you enjoy it! 690Reads8.6Score10214d adds
- 164 A Romance at a Shenzhen Factory 深圳工厂情缘 My new story is here! You’re welcome to 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! 3kReads8.9Score21814d adds
- 165 We Agreed to Go to a Junior College Together, So How Did You End Up at a 211 University? 说好一起大专，怎么你上211了 When life hit the reset button, Chen Jing returned to 2009 and found himself standing once more at a crossroads. The memories of his past life were still vivid, a life of failure that had followed him all the way to the end. Now Heaven had given Chen Jing another chance to choose. On one side was a friend who dragged him down; on the other was his childhood sweetheart, utterly disappointed in him but still hoping he would change. This time, Chen Jing wouldn’t choose wrong. In this life, he would 17kReads7.6Score1.5k14d adds
- 166 Alas, the Present! 叹今朝！ [Historical Fiction Only + No System or Golden Finger + Palace Intrigue and Political Scheming + Court Conflicts + Inspirational Strong Female Lead’s Growth] Key point: The heroine suffers terribly, and the story is very angsty. Read with caution! Mu Zhaozhao is the eldest daughter of the Chancellor’s household, but no one has cared about her since she was little. Her birth parents consider her a bringer of bad luck and leave her to fend for herself in the most remote courtyard of the residence. 404Reads—Score—14d adds
- 167 Thanks to My Ex-Husband, the CEO Came Knocking 托前夫的福，霸总找上门 This is the first time in my life I've had anything to do with a rich person, and I have my husband to thank for it. Lin Yuting is cooking at home when a strikingly handsome man knocks on her door. He says, “Your husband stole my wife, so...” After sizing him up, Lin Yuting replies, “Whatever you want to do, I'll cooperate!” 228Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 168 Waiting Half a Year for You 等你半年 [Campus Youth + Online Romance + Tragic Ending] [Cold, Distant Junior × Obsessive Senior] She spent her entire youth loving one person, only to lose herself waiting for him. When she was sixteen, Lu Xingchen told Lin Chuxia, “This star is called Chuxia.” She believed him. She waited three years and sent more than four hundred messages. He never replied to a single one. Later, he found someone else. He made their relationship public, flaunted his affection, and called someone else “baby.” He 48Reads—Score—14d adds
- 169 If I Could Start Over, I Would Hope Never to Meet You Again 要是能重来，我希望不再遇到你 If I could do it all over again, I hope I wouldn't meet you again. 170Reads—Score414d adds
- 170 Regret After the Broken Mirror 破镜之悔 Regrets After the Broken Mirror 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 171 After Losing My Memory, I Dumped My Scumbag Husband 失忆后，我踹掉了渣男老公 After Losing My Memory, I Dumped My Scumbag Husband 74Reads—Score614d adds
- 172 Making a Living in Chang'an 穿到长安城养家糊口 The Qiang flute plays bright melodies, while Hu music stirs dancers to their feet. The streets of Chang'an teem with carriages and horses, and visitors crowd together like a woven tapestry. An Tanyin arrives from another world and becomes the eldest daughter of the An family, a Han-Hu family in Chang'an. All she wants is to live peacefully in this vast city with her younger brother and sister. Both her parents are dead, yet even her meager inheritance draws covetous eyes. She lives by the princi 741Reads8.8Score10014d adds
- 173 The Stunning Little Fox Spirit Wins the Prince's Heart 绝色小妖精撩人，王爷一整个爱住 [Curvy, Beautiful Daughter of a Fallen General × Dark, Ruthless, Devoted Prince] [Love After Marriage + Business-Savvy Heroine + Revenge + Runaway Pregnancy and Reunion + Captivity] A resilient, clever beauty dances with an obsessive, domineering prince. Transmigration, forced possession, she runs and he pursues, old-school melodrama. Reader discretion advised: highly addictive. At first, the heroine has a sallow complexion but an incredible figure: voluptuous, alluring, and very good at seduci 1.9kReads8.9Score14314d adds
- 174 After I Died, They All Went Mad with Regret 我死后，他们全悔疯了 After I Died, They All Regretted It 192Reads—Score414d adds
- 175 Only After Dawn Did I Learn My Husband's Secret 破晓之后，才知丈夫的秘密 Only After Dawn Did I Learn My Husband's Secret —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 176 Mom, I'll Protect You from Now On 妈妈，以后儿子保护你 Mom, Your Son Will Protect You from Now On 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 177 The Sun Will Shine When I Leave You 离开你，天才会晴 Once I leave you, the skies will clear. 560Reads—Score—14d adds
- 178 With You Until Twenty-Nine 陪你到二十九岁 By Your Side Until You're Twenty-Nine 78Reads—Score214d adds
- 179 Silent Rain 雨无声 A timid, insecure heroine with depression × a sunny, gentle, refined hero [Sweet and angsty, with a bad ending] [He saves her] After an accident turned Shi Yu’s world upside down, she shut herself away and never came back out. She never expected to meet that person. She thought their paths would part for good after high school graduation. Yet when they met again, she still couldn’t help paying attention to him. From then on, her world slowly brightened, and she found her salvation. Shen Jingyan 540Reads8.7Score10514d adds
- 180 A Bone-Deep Seduction 蚀骨诱哄 “Big brother, could you be gentle with me just once...” “Sure. How would you like that? Cut off a finger, pull out your nails, or roll across a bed of nails? If you hurt someone, you have to pay the price!” Shen Changmu looked with utter disgust at the woman writhing on the floor, her whole body trembling with pain. She was the wife his grandfather had forced him to marry. He didn't love her, though he couldn't deny that she knew exactly how to seduce him, tempting him again and again until he 1.9kReads6.0Score10214d adds
- 181 The Years They Loved Each Other 他们相爱的那些年 Everyone in Nancheng knows that Wen Wan is the happiest princess in the city, adored by Lu Zhiyan, a decisive and ruthless man who gets things done. Everyone also knows that Wen Wan looks just like Lu Zhiyan’s ex-girlfriend, Bai Xi. Five years ago, Wen Wan was driven out of the Lu family villa in disgrace. The happy years they had shared became a blade after blade piercing her heart. Five years later, Wen Wan seals away her feelings and focuses on her career, finally becoming a CEO and brutally 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 182 I Saved Him, but No One Saved Me 渡他，无人渡我 I’ll save you, though no one will save me. 1.7kReads—Score—14d adds
- 183 You Came to Me on a Sunny Day 你从晴天来 4kReads9.2Score31914d adds
- 184 Ending My Secret Crush, I Became Someone Else's White Moonlight 暗恋终止，成为他人白月光 [Second male lead takes the lead + secret love + pursuing his wife after losing her, but she never turns back + reunion after years apart + sweet CEO romance] Xia Annuo fell in love with the man who was her brother in name only. She kept her girlish feelings hidden, never daring to reveal them, because she knew he didn’t love her. The things Lu Ziqi often said to Xia Annuo were, “Don’t follow me. Stop bothering me. Can’t you be quiet for once?” Just as he wished, Xia Annuo gradually drifted f 115Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 185 A Good Match Has Yet to Be Found 良辰未许人 On her thirty-second birthday, Liang Chen met Chen Qian in person after chatting online for three days. She expected another case of someone looking better in photos, but her ideal type was sitting right across from her: a year younger, tall and handsome, romantic and funny. Even the curve of his smile was exactly to her taste. They fell passionately in love in no time. But amid all the sweetness, they both found themselves wondering: One of us is beautiful and clever, the other is gentle and ha 52Reads—Score—14d adds
- 186 The Young Master Childhood Friend Searches the Internet for His One True Love, Who's Delivering His Takeout 竹马少爷全网找白月光，正在给他送外卖 The young master is searching the entire internet for his childhood sweetheart, who's currently delivering food to him. 103Reads—Score314d adds
- 187 The Chinese Bodyguard 国产保镖 54Reads6.3Score87714d adds
- 188 My Younger Brother Actually Followed Me Here 我的弟弟竟然跟过来了 Two male leads, brothers who live next door. They meet by chance on a wall, and together see things through to the end. If lots of people want to read it, I'll write my next book from the younger brother's perspective. This one is mainly told from the older brother's perspective, with him as the pursuer. 4Reads—Score114d adds
- 189 At Seventeen, He Told Me Love Means Letting Go 17岁的他告诉我，爱是放手 At seventeen, he told me that love means letting go. 333Reads—Score114d adds
- 190 We Love Each Other, Yet We Both Despise Each Other 相爱两相厌 At twenty, Yuan Lu fell in love so deeply it left her battered and broken. She loved Jiang Ren so much that she tattooed his name on herself with indelible ink, so much that she went against convention and became unbearable to others. Her love surged like a tide, drowning her and hurting everyone around her. She thought that if she pursued him hard enough, she could win his heart. Little did she know that from the very beginning, he had never cared about her. Only when the truth came out did she 3.3kReads8.6Score22914d adds
- 191 You Spent a Lifetime Hating the One Who Fought with Everything They Had to Love You 你用一辈子的恨，防了一个拼了命爱你的人 You spent a lifetime of hatred guarding yourself against someone who was willing to give everything to love you. 457Reads—Score314d adds
- 192 Reborn in the 1980s: No More Playing the Saint 重生八零之不做圣母 In her previous life, Yu Xiling died of cancer at a young age. Though her father and brothers were alive, she might as well have been all alone. Words like repaying kindness and making sacrifices defined her whole life. In the name of gratitude, her younger sister died at just four years old, her mother passed away, and in the end, the strain cost her her own life. Reborn at the age of twelve, Yu Xiling decides to be selfish for once. No matter how great a debt of gratitude may be, she only want 284Reads7.7Score10514d adds
- 193 The West Wind Is Cruel 西风恶 She swallows her grievances and compromises against her will, her heart full of resentment. She longs for what she cannot have, powerless as fate keeps her apart from the one she loves. Though this is a love story, the plot is dull and uneventful, with little flavor. Look closely, and you'll find more bitterness than sweetness. A realistic tragic romance: not sweet, not satisfying, and not cathartic. Many different lives, and many different kinds of misery. A pure historical romance, with both l 763Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 194 In the Gentle Flow of Time, I Wish You a Lifetime of Peace 时光清浅许你一世安然 Time will show you just how important it is to have someone emotionally steady by your side. Shi Ran waited six years, but in the end, she still didn't get a wedding dress. Heartbroken and disillusioned, she decisively chose to marry Dr. Xu, who was eager to start a family. That night, beneath a torrential downpour, a casual glance from him stirred his heart and unsettled his thoughts, until he entrusted her with the rest of his life. The married life of a southern girl (a petite little potato) 8.6kReads9.2Score70614d adds
- 195 Better Late Than Never. There's Still a Long Road Ahead 迟到但无妨，来日且方长 Chu Mingxi thinks of herself as a piece of charcoal and Li Cheng as a spark. Only when she meets Li Cheng does she grow warm and begin to shine. She was late to their promise, but in the days ahead, she’ll make a living from the simple pleasures of life and find love through poetry. She once thought beauty lay in partings and reunions, but in the end, even life’s everyday necessities are poetry. 512Reads9.4Score—14d adds
- 196 Liu Cheapskate’s Daily Life 刘抠门的日常生活 [Period drama, not reborn, no transmigration, no golden finger] Liu Xiaoyun has been stingy since she was little. Her family is poor, but not so poor that they can't afford food. She's the stingiest one in the family, and her mother dreams of marrying her off. Better to have her make life difficult for someone else's family than their own. Read on to see how Liu Xiaoyun makes married life a roaring success. 12kReads8.6Score1k14d adds
- 197 After My Husband Cheated, I Left Him Without Hesitation and Married a Divorcé 老公出轨后，果断离开嫁二婚 [Second male lead wins her heart + husband’s pursuit and regret + male lead is chaste, female lead is not + taking down scumbags] After He Wan died, she transmigrated. She spent eight years redeeming this world’s great villain, and eventually married him. She thought that was the happy ending, but in their third year of marriage, the villain cheated on her. Only later did she learn that the other woman had also transmigrated here. She was a player on a mission to win him over. “Mu Huaian, I want 214Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 198 They've Got It All Under Control Ta手拿把掐 Shen Qing has no grand ambitions. She’s young, but all she wants is to take it easy. She doesn’t really care whether her guesthouse makes money, as long as she has enough to eat, warm clothes, and a good night’s sleep. That is, until she meets Xu Wang in a town called Zaosheng, where there isn’t a single jujube tree. He can do just about anything under the sun... The first time they meet, he’s a tricycle driver giving people rides, and his bizarre driving nearly throws her out of the vehicle. Th 547Reads8.7Score11214d adds
- 199 I Lost My Chance to Become a Mother to Save Him, but He Had a Child with Someone Else 为了救他我失去当妈妈的机会，他却和别人有了孩子 I lost my chance to become a mother to save him, but he had a child with someone else 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 200 Listening to Rain Studio 听雨工作室 Tingyu Studio —Reads—Score—14d adds
