Novels like All Things Return to Dust
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- 51 Three Years, Eleven Pages: Don’t Cry When You Finish 三年，十一页，看完别哭 Three years, eleven pages. Don't cry when you finish reading. 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 Closest Yet Most Distant: You and Me 至近至疏【你我】 How did the confident and lovable Huo Qingqing go from a cheerful, optimistic, sincere, and self-assured girl to a pessimistic, dispirited woman? For her, this marriage has offered a little uncertain love, but far more exhaustion and suffering. She doesn’t regret not calling off the wedding while she was in the bridal car, but she is increasingly convinced of one thing: a lack of affection can perhaps be overcome, a lack of money can be remedied, incompatible looks can be ignored, and excessive 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 The Keeper of Obsessions 执念司 [Hot-tempered, amnesiac, mature beauty × all-round powerhouse who cries easily] She is Bai Yu, head of the Department of Obsessions, tasked with harvesting the obsessions of the living, yet she has become the greatest obsession in all three realms. Three hundred years ago, she crawled out of a mountain of corpses and blood, having lost all her memories; Three hundred years later, she found a badly injured “pretty boy,” Huo Yunchuan, by the sea. She meant to steal his soul, but he stole her life- 95Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 54 Longing for the North, Holding the South 恋北怀南 [Destined love + younger man + she’s not his first, he’s never been with anyone + devoted to each other] [Objective, levelheaded designer vs. steady, struggling college student] [Three times the age gap] [No unexpected twists] [Genuine diagnosis] Note: [Bad ending] [Not written for fans of the male lead] [A fleeting romance] That young man was just like her when she was young. Stubborn and determined, convinced that youth meant following your heart. It all began with an unintentional gesture on 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 Nine Encounters at Hukou 九遇湖口 Jiuyu Village was once a poor little hamlet. A few years ago, it seized an opportunity to develop tourism and became a famous destination. But in recent years, rumors of a “water monster” have surfaced, and since then, Jiuyu Village seems to have reverted to the backward little village it once was... Pei Jian, heir to the Pei family, secretly searches for an ancient treasure left behind by his ancestors to save his family. Following a map, he arrives at the mouth of Jiuyu Lake. There, he meets a 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 I’m Dying of Cancer, So Why Are My Seven Sisters Crying? 我癌症要死了而已，七个姐姐哭啥 [Also known as: My Seven Sisters Call Me Ungrateful, But They’re the Ungrateful Ones]“Seven sisters, that’s enough…” “You call me ungrateful? You’re the ungrateful ones! Mom and Dad only had me because they wanted a boy, but that wasn’t my fault. I felt guilty about it growing up, and once I made money from my company, I treated you well enough.” “You borrowed money, asked me to buy you cars, and even when you borrowed hundreds of thousands to buy a house, I never asked you to pay me back. I fun 130Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 Block Me, Then Hold Me Close 拉黑我，抱紧我 #UnhingedAndPerverse Everyone knows Lu Chenzhou is the ruthless, heartless king of the business world. Nobody knows he’s been my secret boyfriend for five years, so humble that he doesn’t even dare post about me on social media. Until that day, when he personally signed the contract to acquire my father’s company and watched my entire family, with nowhere else to turn, kneel before him. “Shi Nian, beg me.” He gripped my chin, not a trace of warmth in his eyes. I smiled. Right in front of him 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 Love Broken at Quicksand River 情断流沙河 Love Ends at Quicksand River 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 Day and Night, Stars and River 日昼星河 “Qiu Liang, you don’t love me at all!” Qing Yao was the person Qiu Liang loved with all his heart, but those were also the last words Qing Yao ever said to him. The regret in love isn’t that it has something to do with you, but that it has nothing to do with me anymore… 13Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 60 The Flowers Faded Before Spring Arrived 未见春来花已逝 [The main story has a tragic ending; the bonus chapters have a happy ending. Both are complete.] [Pure love + romance + angst + school life + a touch of ensemble cast + slice-of-life + depressed heroine Gu Xihuan and sunny hero Liang Suian] Gu Xihuan thought she would remain in pain like this forever, until the day she died. After entering Ling'an No. 1 High School, she meets many kind and lovable classmates. Most of all, there is Liang Suian, her friendly deskmate and class president, whose 437Reads6.4Score10214d adds
- 61 Dad, This Time I'm the One Standing You Up 老爸，这次换我放你鸽子 Dad, this time I'm the one standing you up. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 Goodnight, Little Caterpillar 晚安毛毛虫 A tragic romance with sweetness first, then heartbreak. Read with caution. She gets a message saying her husband is having sex with a young woman. She storms into the hotel, beats up the mistress, then beats up her husband. In her fury, she suffers a miscarriage too. After enduring the pain of losing her child, she asks for a divorce and threatens to hurt herself if he refuses. After they divorce, the second male lead, who has remained faithful to her for twenty years, launches his pursuit, whil 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 The Surprise Attack Through Ziwugu Valley 子午谷奇袭 The Surprise Attack at Ziwugu 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 Crime Investigation Notes 刑侦笔记 Twenty years ago, a series of bizarre murders involving shadowy figures shocked the entire city of S. Twenty years later, the descendants of the victims meet by chance. After solving a series of mysterious cases together, the male and female leads form a deep bond and join forces to pursue their shared goal: solving the Shadow Case. The wilderness villa streamer case, the parrot’s accusation of murder, the fortune-teller who used deception to kill… The shadow has appeared again. What is the thin 142Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 65 After Fifteen Years Away, I Returned Home to Find a Fake Heiress 流浪十五年，归家竟成冒牌千金 [True heiress] [Family bonds] [Campus] [Angst for the protagonist] [Little girl] [No CP: mutual friendship, one-sided romantic feelings] In this sin-filled world, a little girl who should never have been alive is born into the Bai family of Kyoto, like a little angel. Until the age of three, Bai Ranran is treasured as her parents’ little princess and grows up under the loving care of her brothers. After she turns three, however, an act of kindness brings betrayal and kidnapping in return. Innoce 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 Jinli: The Gardenias Haven't Fallen Asleep 烬璃：栀子未眠 Jin Li: The Gardenia Has Yet to Sleep 24Reads—Score114d adds
- 67 Love Tilted at 36 Degrees 36度倾斜的爱 A heartbreaking angst novel, so tragic it'll bring tears to your eyes. The second male lead repeatedly forces himself on the heroine, kissing her and cruelly taking the upper hand. The male lead does nothing but kneel and cry. The heroine is unable to escape the entanglement and tribulations of love in either of her two lives. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 Bandit Love: Her and Him 匪爱：她与他 1v3, realistic, not a wish-fulfillment story, very slow burn, tragic romance + age gap + coercion + bittersweetness + happy ending He is her fiance's younger brother, and she is the childhood sweetheart his brother broke off his engagement with. By a cruel twist of fate, he has become a dangerously addictive sweetness to her, while she is the one and only person he cannot live without. Bound by reality, they cannot be together. Her family arranges blind dates, and she thinks she can escape this 48Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 My Love Is Real, and So Is My Desire to Kill You 爱是真的，想杀你也是真的 My Love Is Real, and So Is My Desire to Kill You 31Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 The Marriage We Missed 错过的婚姻 The wave of educated youths returning to the cities tore two people in love apart. Liu Yumei, a country girl, became pregnant before marriage and tried to hang herself, but survived. Her sister-in-law then sold her to human traffickers, who married her off to a man in the mountains. The educated youth Fang Shengqiang lost his memory in a car accident and missed his chance to be with Yumei. He married a rich woman and, with his wife’s support, became a corporate highflier. Liu Yumei became the w 236Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 A Tender Love, Etched Deep in Our School Days 校缘中，柔情刻骨 After returning to China, Bei Miao, a brilliant young man who graduated from a prestigious American university, meets Luo Xiaoxue, a beautiful and kind-hearted girl. They fall for each other at first sight. What kind of sparks will fly in their ordinary lives when they put their Armor Hero identities aside and reunite in a peaceful era, free of alien beasts causing trouble, in an entirely new way...? 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 No Return Before the Year’s End 值岁无还期 Who understands the struggles of two lonely souls hidden beneath the splendor of the capital? Their hometowns are obsessions, their memories are shackles. For two people steeped in hardship, even living a decent life has become an impossible dream... They warm each other in boundless loneliness, becoming one another's only support. The road ahead is bitterly cold, but thankfully, though life is hard to endure, they have each other to walk beside them, somehow making it through one difficult stre 34Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 Su Chen's Rise from the Ashes 苏辰的逆袭人生 A betrayal drove him and his mother to the brink of despair, making survival his sole obsession. He lay low in the dust, hiding every trace of his misery, and relied on sheer determination to push through every shadow in his path. The struggles no one knew about and the unexpected glimmers of light eventually helped him break free from the shackles of fate. His rise to power conceals too many untold stories. 88Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 Nirvana: Journey to the Isle in the River 涅槃：走向在河之洲 (An interschool secret-crush story. Come see whether it’s to your taste.) Is it a crime to love Shen Tingzhou? Why did this sincere secret crush become a joke? Is it a crime to want to become a better person? Why have all my efforts been in vain? Is it a crime to long for someone’s true affection? Why do those smiles conceal betrayal and scheming, again and again? Yes, she is guilty. From the moment she bubbled in the wrong answer on her test sheet, she was already beyond forgiveness. 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 I Pray the Gods Will Protect Her 我祈神明庇佑她 [Tragic ending] [A sweetly innocent, deaf figure model × a careful, restrained delinquent with a checkered past] [Both pure in love + age gap + love at first sight + healing] Qi Zhen is the most notorious hoodlum in the old town. Just hearing his name is enough to make the authorities in their peaked caps fret. Until he turned thirty, he figured he’d just live one day at a time. But after meeting that girl, everything changed. He wanted to live a long, long life so he could always take care of h 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 I Am His Vermilion Mole for All Eternity 我是他永生永世的朱砂痣 [Age gap | Devastating BE | Fate across two lifetimes | Realistic angsty romance | Ye-Tai relationship | Male Ye, female Tai | Love grows over time | School life | Former girlfriends] Falling in love with someone you can't spend your life with is perfectly ordinary in this world. If you've fallen for someone like that too, leave the ending to fate. What belongs to you won't escape you, and reaching for what isn't yours is needless. I, Wu Xile, am eighteen and grew up in a broken single-parent f 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 Drinking Addiction, Like a Carp 饮瘾如鲤 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 He Cast Me into Hell 他将我扔向地狱 He Threw Me Into Hell 262Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 Weeds in a Glass Greenhouse 玻璃温室里的杂草 He was groomed to inherit the family fortune; she was cast aside from the moment she was born. He was a cunning fox; she was a stray cat who seemed pitiful. He was a cold-blooded man with unfathomable schemes; she was a parasite who played the fool to outwit her prey. She pretended to be a sweet, scheming girl, while he was mercilessly sharp-tongued. Neither had wanted to get entangled, yet they ended up bound together for life. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 80 The Emperor's Lament 帝王之殇 The Emperor's Tragedy 17Reads—Score114d adds
- 81 Candy with a Tangy Bite 糖果偏酸 (The main story is complete.) The domineering, impossibly cool school bully vs. the beautiful, strong-willed, wounded little bookworm. School life, healing, and mutual secret crushes. Chutang was being bullied at school. The day she met Jihuai was the start of autumn. She was sixteen that year. Jihuai saved her, perhaps because he felt sorry for her. “You don't need to stick your nose into my business.” “Hey, I'm the one who helped you.” Desperate for a meal, Chutang shamelessly followed Jihu 89Reads—Score414d adds
- 82 Wei Qisu 惟七溯 She was born with the Heart of Ten Thousand Blossoms, the most precious secret of the Se Xian Clan. The Celestial Emperor imprisoned her in the Ninth Heaven, binding her with the Milky Way and caging her in clouds and rosy mists. Then War God Zhan Qi cleaved open the gates of heaven with his giant axe. At the sight of his resolute gaze, she turned into a rain of countless blossoms and scattered across the world. A hundred years passed. She awoke once more at the Source of Life, but had forgotten 15Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 83 Eight Lives of Tormented Love: Missing Each Other in Every Life 八世虐恋：世世错过 Eight lifetimes of heartbreaking love, meeting only to miss each other time and again! Separated by the divide between immortals and demons and set against each other by their nations, they are left with a lifetime of regrets thanks to schemes and prejudice. In their eighth life, Su Qingyan, reborn to take revenge, joins forces with Xiao Che, a powerful regent, to break through the traps and bring corrupt officials to justice. Their story turns from a devastatingly tragic ending to a happy one, 131Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 I'm Sorry! Thank You 对不起！谢谢你 She slowly lay on her side on the marble bench. She took off the scarf around her neck and covered one eye with it, then curled up slightly, still lying on her side, with her legs pressed tightly together. Through a narrow gap in the scarf, she gazed at the sky, her eyes hollow, as if all life had left them. A cold wind swept past, ruffling her hair. People passing by occasionally glanced at her, but she didn't react. Then a piercing beam of light fell on her eyes. She raised a hand slightly to 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 Spoiled and Swayed: I’m Determined to Win Over My Bankrupt Ex-Wife! 豢养诱哄：破产前妻我宠定你了！ [Cool-Tempered, Wealthy-Heir Surgeon × Sweet, Down-and-Out Heiress from a Bankrupt Family] + [Both Chaste + Mild Angst + Second-Chance Romance + Intense Push and Pull + The Ex-Husband's Regret Comes Too Late] Yin Xi Yan never imagined that on the very first day she returned to China, she would be abducted and forced to repay her bankrupt father's debts after he took his own life, delivered straight to her ex-husband Jin Yan Lun's bed. “Since I've bought you, do your duty tonight.” She trembled a 962Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 86 At Thirty-Six, I Finally Dumped That Good-for-Nothing Scumbag 三十六岁，我终于甩掉了烂人渣男 At thirty-six, I finally dumped my worthless scumbag boyfriend 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 He Thought I'd Left 他以为我走了 He Thought I Was Gone 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 Is It a Crime to Love Shen Tingzhou? 喜欢沈庭洲，有罪吗？ Come take a look! Don’t pass by without stopping! Immerse yourself in the pain of failing the high school entrance exam and ending up at a different school from the person you secretly love. A heads-up: The male lead appears only as an illusion throughout the story. He shows up only in the heroine’s memories, in other people’s words, and on her phone. To all you lovely readers who enjoy bittersweet unrequited-love stories, I’m sorry ꒦ິ^꒦ິ This is a genuinely heart-wrenching story of unrequited l —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 Don't Bother Me While I'm Dying, I Just Want to Leave in Peace 别打扰快死的我，只想安静的离开 "Jiang Yuan, think it over carefully. Even if chemotherapy can't cure you, it could extend your life by three years!" "Doctor, how long do I have if I don't undergo chemotherapy?" "Three to six months." "Thank you, Doctor. Please prescribe some painkillers for me. I won't have chemotherapy." "Why? You're still young, and medical science is advancing quickly. There may be a breakthrough in three years!" Jiang Yuan shook his head, calm and composed. "I'm afraid that if I go see Grandpa in three ye 170Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 The Qipao Beauty Falls into a Shura Field 旗袍美人，情陷修罗场 “A charming young woman who studies classical texts x a shrewd, profit-driven businessman” An elegant beauty in a qipao x domineering CEO Xie Yanzhi x a younger, unruly upstart Chu Xiao x refined professor Qin Yuan x mixed-race playboy Han Yizhou x aloof movie star Lu Xumo x ruthless foreigner Li Huade… These male leads have already appeared. Su Wan wears a moon-white qipao with a thin cardigan over it, its lines accentuating her graceful figure. A string of pearls adorns her long, swanlike ne 44Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 Reborn as My Childhood Sweetheart's Moonlight 重生之我成为青梅的白月光 In my previous life, I was a wealthy heiress who fell in love with my childhood sweetheart. But he joined forces with human traffickers and sold me into the mountains. Only later did I learn that someone loved me more than life itself. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 Flowers Bloom Among the Ashes 灰烬生花 [Playboy CEO x cold, world-weary woman] [Redemption | cold, world-weary woman | happy ending] Everyone in their circle says that Fang Junchi’s lover, Jiang Runian, must be someone extraordinary to have stayed by his side for so long. But when Si Rang first sees Jiang Runian, he’s deeply disappointed. She’s plain-looking and cold. He can’t stand people like her. So when his good friend Fang Junchi abandons her, he isn’t surprised at all. But why, the more time he spends with her, the harder it be 58Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 Three Lives in One Coffin 三世同棺 (No harem, no invincible protagonist, no System) At the end of the Anping era, Emperor Suihe passed away. His second son, Min Yuexing, seized sole control of the government, allied with the barbarians, and drenched the dynasty in blood. After purging the old guard in a single year, he immediately began a relentless hunt for the Jiang clan. Jiang Zhou was still a child, but his parents fought to protect him and get him out... On the verge of death, he grasped the only lifeline he could find. He d 40Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 She Went Mad With Regret After I Was Diagnosed With Late-Stage Stomach Cancer 我胃癌晚期后，她悔疯了 My girlfriend said she wanted to know what it felt like to be a female boss. Without a second thought, I transferred the company into her name. A reporter asked who she was most grateful to on her journey, but she nestled in the arms of a sweet-talking man and smiled coyly. “Big sister, of course I had to help you. It hurts my heart to see you struggle~” I curled up in my hospital bed, the diagnosis of stomach cancer glaring in my hands. Only later did I learn that the sweet-talking man had appr 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 I’ll Make You All Regret This for the Rest of Your Lives! 我要让你们全都抱憾终生！ Bound to a System, Su Xu's mission is to enter different worlds and play pivotal roles, using the most devastating farewells to trigger an emotional upheaval in those around her. The System asks her: How can you maximize efficiency? Su Xu's answer: Become the brightest sun in their lives, then let that light go out completely just as it reaches its peak. And so... In the world of Demon Slayer, she is the stepsister who comes to the Kamado family’s aid in their darkest hour. After they promise to 38Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 The Girl Who Never Existed, and the Memories We Shared 不存在的女孩，以及你我的记忆 A bleak student life, a dark personality, and the loss of my last job: who wouldn’t be crushed with all of that happening at once? As if dealing with all that weren’t enough, I now have another huge problem: a set of memories suddenly appeared in my mind, both familiar and strange. I’ve had enough. Isn’t made-up memory stuff the most despair-inducing thing of all? Honestly, this life would be better off ending... Heaven never listened to a single one of my wishes. But this time, it heard the com 873Reads8.7Score19214d adds
- 97 Parting from You in This Life 与君生别离 Parting from You in This Life 50Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 Yi Shuo, the Han Dynasty’s Female Physician, and Huo Qubing, the Champion Marquis 大汉女国医义妁与冠军侯霍去病 A story of mutual devotion, the Han Dynasty, Records of the Grand Historian, Book of Han, historical research, imagination, political intrigue, period drama, 1v1 romance, Huo Qubing, Emperor Wu of Han, the Xiongnu, medicine, childhood friends, and a female physician. This is not a wish-fulfillment story. Yi Shuo was the first female imperial physician in Chinese history to be recorded in the annals. There is no record of Huo Qubing having a wife, but records do mention that he had a son. The Han 147Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 [Behold the Green Ravine] 【瞻彼淇奥】 “You have your path, and I have mine.” That year, he was the man she was willing to give up her surname to marry. At first, everything went too smoothly, so much so that it sometimes felt like a dream. It wasn't until a bucket of cold water was thrown over her that it began to feel real. After that, the road ahead was full of hardships… 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 100 The Agent Princess Wants a Divorce 特工王妃要休夫 Gu Lingxi, the top special agent, dies in an explosion during a mission! After transmigrating to another world, watch as Gu Lingxi stands up for the weak original owner and thrashes her wicked mother and daughter, those white lotus flowers! With a magical space at her disposal, she’s ready to thrive in another world, and can choose from all kinds of handsome men! But a certain calculating prince won’t stop clinging to her! He scowls: “I forbid it!” She snaps back: “I’ll write you ten thousand di 22Reads6.6Score—14d adds
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