Novels like Before the Egret Was Born
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- 51 Fourteen Letters 十四封信 Ruan Shengsheng × Zhou Mingsen (The contents of the fourteen letters are on Weibo ♥) Ruan Shengsheng had already come to accept death in peace, but his arrival made her begin to fear her own disappearance. He said, “Shengsheng, don’t cry. I’ll always be by your side.” She said, “I went to the temple to pray for your safety for the rest of your life.” At the very end, he held her hand tightly. Tears slid down his cheeks and fell onto their clasped hands. Summer in Yuncheng ended, and their s 993Reads8.4Score34314d adds
- 52 Tragic! She Died the Day His One True Love Returned Home 虐！她死在了他白月光回国的当天 Heartbreaking! She died the day his beloved returned from abroad. 472Reads—Score814d adds
- 53 Stop Tormenting Me, Your Majesty: Your Deposed Empress Is Your Precious Darling 皇上别虐了，废后是你的心肝宝 [Both leads are faithful to each other] She traveled a thousand miles to marry him. She gave him everything and helped him seize the throne. But once he wore the imperial robes, all she received was an edict deposing her as empress. When he viciously told her she wasn’t even worthy of dying, she saw in his icy eyes nothing but the deepest disgust and hatred. She finally understood: he had never loved her. With war raging everywhere, the army of Beichen breached the walls of Southern Shu. Dressed 2.6kReads8.3Score15314d adds
- 54 After We Broke Up, He Saw Her on a Blind Date and Rushed Straight to the Crematorium 分手后见她相亲，大佬秒到火葬场 [An Unconventional “Chasing His Wife to the Crematorium” Story + Reuniting After a Breakup] Tang Xi had a crush on Qu Jiangyan, a rakish orthopedic surgeon. After finally winning him over, she devoted herself to making their relationship work. They shared plenty of sweet moments, until her birthday. In a lively private room, Qu Jiangyan’s friends teased him: “Tang Xi used to chase after you like a lovesick puppy. You’ve been pretty into her this past year too. When are you making it official?” 10kReads7.9Score46414d adds
- 55 He's a Master at Acting Obedient 他惯会装乖 [Print edition now available] [Healing × Love That Grows Over Time × Tragic Romance × Mutual Devotion] Cool, gentle heroine × Aloof, unapproachable top student They overcame the distance and endured the years. But her boy was forever left behind in that snowy winter, forever twenty-two, in the prime of his life, forever on the day they were supposed to register their marriage. [“This time, don't break your promise again, you little liar.” “Why did you break your promise again? You little liar.”] 981Reads9.3Score18814d adds
- 56 An’an Never Grows Up 安安长不大 He was Xu Shuyan, the top student in his year and the school’s untouchable heartthrob. He was naturally aloof, wanted nothing to do with people, and always kept to himself. One day, in a torrential downpour, with lights blazing all around, he sat quietly on a stool outside the door, drenched to the skin. She couldn’t understand why, so she held an umbrella over him and took him somewhere out of the rain. After that day, she began bringing him breakfast, walking to and from school with him, and d 990Reads9.0Score19914d adds
- 57 Mu Sinan 暮思南 Blurb drafted on 2022.10.6. [At last, dawn arrives, and she lies buried in the earth as it breaks.] On her barren, cracked land, he planted sunflowers for her with his own hands. She had been in the dark for so long that she had forgotten what it felt like to be bathed in light. Then one day, she finally found the sun. It shone on her for so long that she foolishly began to think she could make it her own. But she forgot: the sun and she belonged to different worlds. When she was eighteen, s 1.2kReads9.3Score31414d adds
- 58 Back to Senior Year: This Time, I Want It All 重回高三，这一次我全都要 [Slice of life + One heroine + High school romance + Top student + Career + Positive and uplifting] After a life spent going nowhere, Lu Xiangyang is reborn 103 days before the college entrance exam. Standing once more at the crossroads of his life, he looks back on all the regrets of his previous life. Lu Xiangyang can’t help but grin! If you run out of money, you can earn more. But if you lose your conscience... you can earn even more. “This time, I want it all: education, career, love, a 38.4kReads8.7Score2.5k14d adds
- 59 The Blue Gum Tree Waits in Vain for the Mistletoe Bird 蓝桉等不到释槐鸟 “If I loved you a little less, would I be able to say a little more to you?” The girl, Ru An, had a secret crush on Lin Fu, the brightest star in school. She loved writing in her diary. Over her three years of high school, she filled five diaries. Not once did she mention Lin Fu by name, yet every line was about him. She described Lin Fu as full of life and spirit, but couldn't find a single word that suited herself. She had always lived by the rules, following the same routine. The only courage 16.6kReads9.0Score3.1k14d adds
- 60 Caught You, Scaredy-Cat! 抓住你啦，胆小鬼！ Now being published in print! [Secret crush becomes true love + healing + devoted to each other + light ensemble cast] Sensitive, gentle cat girl VS sunny, healing puppy boy The day Xu Zhiyu first met Lin Qingyan, he took away the kitten she'd found first and left her with a heart fluttering in the sunshine. Xu Zhiyu was a timid coward, only daring to quietly express her feelings where he couldn't see. Lin Qingyan found it strange. Why was a cup of cold medicine waiting on his desk whenever h 5kReads9.3Score89314d adds
- 61 Butterfly Shadows Return to Dust: My Husband's Enemy Seizes Me by Force 蝶影归尘：丈夫的的仇人对我强娶豪夺 Butterfly Shadows Return to Dust: My Husband's Enemy Forces Me into Marriage 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 Mr. Lu, Are You Satisfied Now That She’s Dead? 陆先生，她死了你可满意 “Mr. Lu, are you satisfied now that she's dead?” Sang Yuwan looked at him coldly. She truly wished she could kill the despicable man standing before her with her own hands. “Who are you trying to fool? You think putting her photo on some random urn makes it her? Ridiculous!” Lu Cichuan's eyes were faintly red as he stared fixedly at Sang Yuwan, as if he could still brazenly torment Li Mo as long as Sang Yuwan said she wasn't dead. But... Sang Yuwan was gone. That was true. 3.2kReads6.6Score29814d adds
- 63 Three Years After My Death, the Mad Young Marshal Dug Up My Grave 死后第三年，疯批少帅掘了我的坟 Three Years After My Death, the Mad Young Marshal Dug Up My Grave 128Reads—Score214d adds
- 64 Collarbones Locked Away: A Republican-Era Woman's Confession 深宅锁骨—一个民国女人的自白 A Locked Collarbone: The Confession of a Woman from Republican-Era China 38Reads—Score114d adds
- 65 Seeing Spring 见春天 See Springtime 312Reads—Score2014d adds
- 66 Bloodstained, a Wild Rose with an Unyielding Spirit 血染，傲骨野玫瑰 [Women's Fiction] Important note: The heroine is not actually Xi Lianyue. This will be explained later. Because she looked like someone else, she was made to take the blame. Four years in prison were not enough. Even after her release, she still couldn't escape the mire of reality. She was forced into a pond of piranhas, used as a live test subject, made to fight Tibetan mastiffs, and had both legs broken. After all the persecution, the truth was finally revealed piece by piece. The men who had 4.4kReads9.0Score42314d adds
- 67 Mr. Gu, Please Stop Torturing Me. Your Wife Is Dying 顾总求你别虐，夫人她快死了 Complete [Angst and suffering + obsessive possessiveness + a groveling pursuit after the breakup] Su Jiameng saves Gu Chengli twice: first by carrying him out of a fire, then by donating bone marrow to cure his leukemia. In return, he tells her, “I'll make you wish you were dead!” Gu Chengli is convinced she killed the woman he loved. He hates the autistic son she gave birth to and resents her for taking the place of Mrs. Gu! Only when she jumps from a towering building does he realize that the 13.5kReads8.5Score1.1k14d adds
- 68 You Chose to Keep Your Sworn Brother Company, So Why Regret the Divorce? 是你要陪干弟弟，离婚又后悔什么 [No cheating, no rebirth, no System, heroine regrets everything and desperately pursues her husband] From their school days to their marriage, Zhao Qingfeng always thought he had the perfect life. His beautiful wife, Bai Xiaoxing, was breathtaking, and their daughter was sweet and obedient. He figured he must have saved the galaxy in his past life to be blessed with such happiness in this one. But everything began to change when Bai Xiaoxing's sworn younger brother entered the picture. The y 37kReads7.7Score2.5k14d adds
- 69 He Got Together with His "Buddy," So I Chose to Walk Away 他跟“哥们”好上了，我选择退出 He Got Together with His "Buddy," So I Chose to Walk Away 38Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 Hello, Ghost Bride. I Think We've Met Somewhere Before 你好阴婚娘子，我好像在哪见过你 [White Moonlight + Local Legends + A Dream of Yellow Millet] Jiang Chen was born in the yin year, on the Ghost Festival, at the yin hour. He was born with an ill-fated destiny and a heavy yin aura. Rumor had it that he had caused his parents' deaths. To ward off the calamity fated to befall him when he came of age, he had no choice but to enter into a ghost marriage. But the bride from this ghost marriage looked more and more familiar to him. It was as if he'd seen her somewhere before. 2.4kReads—Score17214d adds
- 71 Meeting Summer 见夏天 Xia Linxi x Tang Yu Xia Linxi is a sophomore with excellent grades and impeccable conduct. Tang Yu is a carefree bar singer. They’re worlds apart, with nothing in common. No one could have imagined that one day the two of them would end up together. In a dark alley, Xia Linxi saw Tang Yu locked in an intimate embrace with a strange woman, but she simply left in silence. She believed the man before her was nothing like the womanizing facade he showed the world. She saw right through him at a glan 1.4kReads8.5Score30414d adds
- 72 After the Breakup, I Picked Up a Sweet, Airheaded Girlfriend 分手后，捡到憨憨小女友 [Romantic Everyday Life] [Pure Love] [Healing] [Light Novel] [Slice of Life] What’s it like to find a girl with legs straight out of a manga? What’s it like to sweet-talk a cute airhead into becoming your girlfriend? You have to squeeze her legs before bed… Kisses when you wake up… A piggyback ride whenever you go out… A hug whenever she’s feeling down… From then on, life is nothing but sunny days. Nothing but sweetness… Diabetics, look away! The sweetness level goes from three out of ten, to fi 8.1kReads9.3Score1.1k14d adds
- 73 The Little Junior Sister Has a Space 小师妹有空间 Su Yue, the top assassin in the world of killers, was reborn as a newborn baby girl. She planned to spend this life eating and drinking, growing medicinal herbs, and playing with poisonous bugs… What a pleasant life. Unfortunately, her master kicked her out of the mountain. Her eldest senior brother was another country’s crown prince, her second senior brother was the leader of the martial arts world, and her third senior brother was a divine physician. Her fourth senior brother… well, let’s ign 23.9kReads9.2Score3.3k14d adds
- 74 To Wang Lun 赠汪伦 The magnum opus of rising hit author Su Ta, a masterpiece of tragic romance! The dashing policewoman Pei Shu vs. Qin Shen, a beautiful, tragic suspect. I love you with time I've stolen. Sooner or later, I'll have to pay it back. Don't be afraid. I'll be here, loving you. Because of my selfishness and greed, we were able to love each other for a brief time. "I'm sorry, darling. This time, I really have to let go of your hand." "Qin Shen, don't let go of my hand. I can't find my way home." In his 935Reads9.5Score18014d adds
- 75 Young Master Ye, Stop Tormenting Me. Your Wife Is Already Gone 夜少别虐了，夫人已尸骨无存 [Elite Family Tragedy | Obsessive Love | CEO’s Regretful Pursuit | Faked Death and Rebirth]“Su Yan, a wicked woman like you might as well be dead.” Su Yan had loved Ye Xiaohan for twelve years, but Ye Xiaohan despised her in every way. Su Yan thought that one day, Ye Xiaohan would realize how good she was, but he continued to hurt her without restraint. After suffering endless humiliation and abuse, and even having the child they shared taken away from her... Su Yan finally understood that Ye Xi 1.6kReads8.3Score15814d adds
- 76 I Request Permanent Account Deletion 我申请永久注销账号 There isn't much of a synopsis. This is simply the story of a life born on the wrong track, reset to zero... Shen Shi'an: "The world is so vast, yet when I look around, there's not a single person who loves me!" There are bonus chapters, so check out the author's notes in Chapter One! #The tags don't match the story. The author didn't choose them (breaks down)# My new work is here! Welcome to read my story. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell 2.8kReads8.1Score39114d adds
- 77 From the Start, I Flash-Married a Stunning CEO, and My Ex-Girlfriend Panicked 开局闪婚绝美总裁，前女友急了 [Soft-rice husband + System + sweet romance] My girlfriend found herself a guy best friend and provoked me right to my face. I got so mad, I went and found myself a stunning wife. Only after we got married did I discover that my wife was the president of a company! From then on, she earned money to support the family, while I focused on looking pretty… 20.7kReads9.0Score1.8k14d adds
- 78 He Kept Summer Hidden 他藏了夏天 That night, the young man slowly bent down, bracing his hands on his thighs so he could look her in the eye. It was as if he were declaring that they stood as equals in matters of the heart. Keeping his voice low, he asked, “Senior, I like you. Do you like me?” Ji An raised her hand to stroke Xu Linxi’s cheek and softly ordered him, “Close your eyes.” Xu Linxi trembled, then obediently lowered his lashes. Ji An’s lips curved into a smile. She placed both hands on either side of his face, rose on 8.7kReads9.1Score2.1k14d adds
- 79 Darling, Victoria Harbour 亲爱的，维多利亚港 (Print edition signed) “It feels as though we've weathered storm after storm over the years. In this little boat, you and I have drifted for half our lives. I wish every time, the rain would fall on our boat as it carries us home. I love you, so I let you go.” 11.4kReads8.5Score1.7k14d adds
- 80 He Doted on His Wife Without Limit, Yet She Jumped Off a Building 宠妻无度，她却跳楼了 He Doted on His Wife Without Limit, Yet She Jumped off a Building 132Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 I'm Dying, Can You Leave Me Alone? 我要死了，能别来打扰我吗？ (This story includes traditional mythology, mainly to set things up for the male and female leads. Let me say it again: the protagonist does not cultivate immortality! The protagonist does not cultivate immortality! The mythology doesn’t take up much of the story. For reference, see Fox Spirit Matchmaker. If you don’t like it, please don’t read.) As for why it’s listed under urban slice-of-life, the System assigned the category automatically.) [Regret + No Forgiveness + Angst] In the face of 2.1kReads9.1Score17014d adds
- 82 The Crown Princess Again 再为太子妃 Become the Crown Princess Again 128Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 I Pretended to Be Blind for Three Years, but My White Moonlight Said She Knew All Along 装瞎三年，白月光却说她早就知道了 I Pretended to Be Blind for Three Years, but My Dream Girl Said She Knew All Along 3.2kReads—Score2814d adds
- 84 After Three Years of Cold War, She Asked for a Divorce, but His Eyes Turned Red 冷战三年，她提离婚他却红了眼 [Hong Kong elite vs. fallen socialite] [Marriage first, love later + a long road to winning her back] [One-on-one romance] They’d been married for three years. He’d never cared about her, she’d had a crush on him for years, and he had someone else in his heart. Then she finally saw the light! After Li Qian watched Gu Tingchen abandon her for his first love for who knew how many times, she suddenly understood something. If someone doesn’t love you, it won’t matter how careful you are or how despe 3.9kReads8.5Score91214d adds
- 85 Perhaps There Was Once Light in the Deep Sea 也许深海曾有光 After an earthquake, young Jiang Ning began living with Song Ao, her younger brother by neither blood nor marriage, who had autism. In Song Ao’s world, Jiang Ning became his only splash of color. Years later, Jiang Ning was surprised to discover that her new boss was Shen Fang, the school heartthrob she had harbored innocent feelings for in her youth. At the same time, though, she sensed that her relationship with Song Ao was gradually changing, blurring the line between family love and romance. 534Reads9.3Score12814d adds
- 86 Where the Hills Are Green, the General Has a Heart 山有扶苏，将军有情 There Are Fusu Trees on the Mountain, and a General with a Heart 110Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 Kindling a Passion 引火撩心 [The aloof beauty falls from her pedestal + tantalizing tension + the heroine stops pursuing him halfway, driving the male lead to go mad with love, lurk in the shadows, and completely lose it] Shen Zhinian had been secretly in love with Xiao Hechuan for years, and the two had been dancing around each other for a long time. But just as she was preparing to confess, she caught him rekindling things with his ex-girlfriend. She heard him say: “I was drawn to her because she reminded me of you.” Fur 10.4kReads8.9Score99114d adds
- 88 The Ice Queen CEO’s Long Road to Winning Back Her Husband 冰山女总裁的追夫火葬场 [Winning Back Her Husband] Jiang Che says, “Honey, let’s have a baby.” All he gets in response is a cold rejection from his CEO wife. The couple grow more and more distant. Only after Jiang Che dies in an accident does Lin Yueyan realize what she has lost. Given another chance at life, the CEO wife is determined to save their love, which is on the brink of collapse. And love her husband well. 18.5kReads6.5Score73014d adds
- 89 EN After I Died, the Scumbag Went Mad 我死后，渣男疯了 I loved Fu Mingyu for ten years, but he made me lure a deranged serial killer out for the sake of his unattainable first love, determined to see me dead. In the end, I really did die at the killer's hands... But when he saw my corpse, he went mad. When I woke again, I had been reborn in the body of a strange woman, and the husband lying beside me looked exactly like the killer who had brutally murdered me... 6kReads8.8Score62914d adds
- 90 He Turned Me into a Blind Woman 他把我变成了盲女 He Turned Me into a Blind Woman 1kReads—Score—14d adds
- 91 The Royal Family Is Truly Heartless 最是皇室无情人 For generations, the Mu family had loyally served the country. In the end, their entire clan was sentenced to execution. The official presiding over the execution was her husband, the most brilliant and extraordinary of the Great Jing Kingdom's Third Princes. Then she awoke to the truth: The man she loved was a member of the royal family, the most heartless people in the world... 621Reads7.0Score11914d adds
- 92 Pagoda: The Lord Steals His Minister’s Wife 浮屠：君夺臣妻 Futu: The Lord Takes His Minister's Wife 936Reads—Score1814d adds
- 93 The Canary That Flew Away 飞走的金丝雀 The Canary That Flew Away 145Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 Simple Storm: It Started with a Peep 简单风暴：从一次偷窥开始 “You gave yourself to me just to protect that man?” A storm of fury rose in the man's eyes as he stared at the silent girl. “Do you think I'll still marry you? Get out!” On a stormy night, the coldhearted man mercilessly drove her out of the villa... 138Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 The Eunuch 阉人 Shuangjiang stood by Li Yue’s side as he went from a prince walking on thin ice to the throne, watching him marry one beautiful woman after another. Ten years ago, Shuangjiang said to the powerless Li Yue, “I’m only a eunuch. I wouldn’t dare eat this osmanthus cake.” Li Yue said, “Shuangjiang is my favorite person. From now on, I’ll bring you as much osmanthus cake as you want.” Ten years later, Shuangjiang was frail and ill, longing for a piece of osmanthus cake. Li Yue said, “You’re only a eun 2.7kReads8.4Score25314d adds
- 96 I Was His Blade, and He Shattered My Soul 我为他刃，他断我魂 I Became His Blade, and He Shattered My Soul 113Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 If Only You'd Let Me Be Young Again 假如许我再少年 Ye Qingchen’s despair: She didn’t dare tell him she loved him. Zhou Shi’s grief: He didn’t have time to tell her he loved her. The phrase “if only” describes the overwhelming regret one feels over something that has already happened, and the futile fantasy of trying to change it. [The first time they met, he was twenty-five and she was twenty. He didn’t trust her and missed his chance to save her from despair, sealing her fate. The second time they met, he was thirty and she was twenty-five. The 5.1kReads9.1Score36114d adds
- 98 An Assassin’s Love and Revenge, Beyond Romance 暗卫情仇，无关风月 A Dark Guard's Love and Grudge, Beyond Romance 136Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 You Asked to Break Up, So Why Are You Crying Now That I’m Living with Someone Else? 你提分手，我和别人同居你哭什么 (A completed, highly rated masterpiece, one of five romance novels by a veteran author rated 9+) (The author's other books have been adapted into comic dramas and have over 200,000 favorites. This book has not been adapted yet, so comic drama creators are welcome to pick it up!) [One Female Lead, Relentless Sweet Romance + Super-Sweet, Healing Everyday Love] [No System + She Chases Him After the Breakup + Regret and Tears Are Useless] In the third year after moving to his girlfriend Ye Xuan's ci 11.1kReads9.2Score88314d adds
- 100 Shatter the Inverted Qilin 碎逆麟 Shattered Reversed Scale 219Reads—Score714d adds
