Novels like The Marriage We Missed
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- 101 Urban: After I Leave, You Have to Live Well! 都市：我走后，你一定要好好的！ [Male-oriented + urban romance + heartbreak + soul-crushing drama + short story] One month before the college entrance exams. Su Yang goes to the hospital for a checkup, only to be told by the doctor that he has just three months to live. He doesn’t want to worry anyone, and doesn’t even tell his childhood friend, Liu Xue. He just wants to leave this world quietly, all alone. But Su Yang has long been part of Liu Xue’s plans for the future. When she frantically finds him... Su Yang: “Liu Xue, I’ 54Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 102 Baby, You’re So Seductive, I Want to Kiss You: The Fake Heiress Is Forced to Fall in Love! 宝宝好欲想亲，假千金被强制爱！ Fake heiress vs. possessive, unhinged brother | 1v1 forced romance | Love and hate intertwined She was the Zhou family’s fake heiress, raised by them for eighteen years, and she’d called him “Big Brother” countless times. He exposed her true identity and cast her into the abyss, then forcibly kept her by his side when she had nowhere else to turn, swearing he would lock her there for the rest of her life. Love was obsession, possession, and the stubborn resolve to never let go, even if she hat 1.1kReads—Score—14d adds
- 103 Having Died Once, I Am Reborn 死过一次，便是重生 Having died once means being reborn. 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 The Adorable Young Cop Falls for His Sister's Best Friend! 特警小奶狗爱上姐姐的闺蜜！ (Secret crush, both leads are each other's only ones, chaste, sweet romance) The male lead is a SWAT officer who has a crush on the female lead, a surgeon and the best friend of his older sister, who is three years older than him! He willingly lets her boss him around just to get close to her! She has always treated him like a younger brother, and her family has arranged a blind date for her! Drunk, he pins her against a corner of the wall. “Who do you really like?” She is terrified and doesn’t 250Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 105 Car Crash Amnesia: She Summoned My Spirit 车祸失忆：她给我喊魂 Amnesia After a Car Crash: She Calls My Soul Back 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 106 The War of the Apocalypse: Project Phoenix 末世之战·凤凰计划 Apocalypse War: Project Phoenix —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 I’ll Keep Loving You in Another World 在另一个世界继续爱你 I'll keep loving you in another world 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 Burning by Day, Reduced to Ash by Night 昼焚夜烬 Day Burns, Night Turns to Ash 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 Passion on the Pillow: A Trial of Love 枕上欢：情字劫 Do you believe the person you love most could personally send you plunging into hell? I was once the wildest girl in the mountain stronghold, until that scholar entered my life. He taught me passion and promised to marry me, but on our wedding night, he slaughtered my entire clan. “I can't bring myself to kill you,” he said, then imprisoned me deep in the palace and let his concubines torment me. That night, I faked my death and escaped, only to discover a blood-written letter in his secret pass 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 110 The Nine-Lived Cat Girl 九命猫女 I'm a nine-lived cat woman, and the people of my clan were slaughtered to the last by the Kingdom of Shuo. After being reborn several times, the King of Shuo came to cherish me above all else. But he doesn't know that our love across three lifetimes is all for the sake of settling one lifetime's score. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 Jade in Error 错玉 After transmigrating into a book for seven years, I married the second male lead, Pei Yue, and had his child. We lived in perfect harmony, and I thought my life was complete. Then I was kidnapped, and Prince Jun whispered mockingly in my ear, “Do you know it was your beloved husband who sent you to my bed?” I refused to believe him. But when I fought my way home, I found Pei Yue had married my divorced half-sister. His once-cold eyes now brimmed with tenderness, as if a dream he'd cherished for 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 Lotus Ashes: Blood on the Emperor's Pillow 芙蓉烬：帝王枕上血 That year, the flames of Longhu Stronghold lit up half the sky. He stood amid mountains of corpses and rivers of blood, clad in a dragon robe stained red. I wore my phoenix crown and bridal robes, only to become a caged bird in his palace. “Have you ever hated me?” he asked, stroking my face, his eyes filled with an obsession that would not fade. I laughed through my tears. I only hated myself. He killed my entire family, yet I couldn't bring myself to take revenge. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 113 The Ashes of Passion: A Calamity of Mortal Life 骄欢烬浮生劫 “You once picked a spring blossom for me, then pushed me into the flames with your own hands.” I was the most spoiled legitimate daughter of the Zhao family in the capital. The day we first met, he was dressed in white as pristine as snow, his sword flashing like moonlight as he rescued me from danger in the streets. At his words, “I love you,” I starved myself to resist an arranged marriage, insisting I would marry no one else. But on our wedding night, he coldly left me alone, then gripped my 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 I Gave the Demon Lord My Whole Heart, but One Tear from His White Moonlight Means More 我对魔尊掏心掏肺，不如白月光一滴眼泪 I stood by Xie Yan through the hardest time of his life. Yet he repeatedly disregarded my feelings for the sake of his first love. I endured it because I loved him. Until he cut the vine core from my little brother to save her life. Only when my little brother’s soul was utterly destroyed in my arms did I realize I had been wrong. But I couldn’t avenge him. Because I was dying. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 After Being Reborn, I Ditched My Love-Brained Self 重生后我丢掉了恋爱脑 While gathering herbs in the mountains, I saved a handsome young man who was on the brink of death. He said the only way to repay me for saving his life was to give himself to me, so he became my husband. But less than half a month after our wedding, he disappeared. Later, my village was destroyed, and I was imprisoned, tortured, and killed. When I opened my eyes again, I had returned to the moment just before I was about to leave to gather herbs. I promptly set down my basket, but I never expec 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 116 If We Meet Again as We Were, We Should Be Strangers 若如初见应不识 I am Zhu Qingzhao, the most honored empress of the Great Yin dynasty, and the most ridiculous laughingstock in all the land. My childhood sweetheart, the emperor, treated me like dirt. He personally banished me to the Cold Palace and allowed his new empress to carve out my heart and lungs. Yet the chief minister, the man I called “Elder Brother,” had hidden his feelings for me for twenty years. As I lay dying, he murmured, “Qingzhao, let me take you away.” The world calls me a wicked woman who m 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 117 The Middle Child 排行中间的孩子 The Middle Child 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 Life Is About Doing Your Best 人生啊，尽力就好 An original story, adapted from real life. Minors, please don't send tips. If something is wrong, speak up. Don't face it alone! I'll always be here! A gentle reminder: the author is a student, so updates are limited to weekends and school holidays. This book is oppressive, dark, suffocating, and realistic, and contains some tragic elements. (I guess some of you will be drawn in by the words "two male leads"...) If you can't handle it, please leave of your own accord. I'm a new author, and my wr 53Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 He Broke into My House 他闯进我家 He barged into my home —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 120 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
- 121 Love's Ashes 相思烬 On my wedding day, I poisoned the nuptial wine. The Crown Prince drained his cup with a smile, then suddenly grabbed me by the nape. “So even the Shen family's legitimate daughter resorts to such despicable tricks?” I looked at the black blood trickling from the corner of his mouth and smiled. “Your Highness is mistaken. I'm treating the poison. What you have is ‘Love's End,’ from the Western Regions.” 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 122 I Courted the Sixth Prince Nine Times, and Died Tragically Every Time 我攻略六皇子九次，九次惨死 To awaken the Seventh Prince, the one I love, I stood atop the highest watchtower in the imperial city. The Sixth Prince told me his shadow guards had secured the area, so I had nothing to worry about. But he didn’t know that moments later, the rebels would set fire to the powder magazine beneath the tower, turning this magnificent palace into a sea of flames... 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 123 Maybe I'm Not a Good Person 可能，我不是一个好人 Maybe I'm Not a Good Person 71Reads—Score—14d adds
- 124 You Thought I Was a Stand-In, but I'm the Real Deal 以为我是替身，原来我才是本尊 I Thought I Was the Stand-In, but It Turns Out I’m the Real One 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 125 In the Name of Love: I Erased His Memories 以爱之名：我删除了他的记忆 In the Name of Love: I Erased His Memories 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 There’s No Going Back Ever Again 再也回不去了】 [Heartbreaking throughout | No redemption | No getting back together after a breakup | The perpetrator’s remorse, from their perspective] There are no hysterical accusations, no shouting matches. All of Su Nian’s pain has become involuntary physical reactions. Convulsions, vomiting, screaming, fainting. This is her cruelest and most helpless accusation against Lin Xi. Lin Xi remembered the last words Su Nian said to her until the day she died. She said, “Lin Xi, go. Seeing you hurts.” 1.9kReads—Score14414d adds
- 127 Spring Grief in the Western Palace: Whose Heart Has Fate’s Splendor Left Cold? 西宫春怨：命途繁锦冷了谁人心 The sorrowful women who emerged from behind the beaded curtains wept for all they longed for but could never have, all they begged for but could never reach. Their tears smudged their makeup and aged their faces. Year after year, their silk brocades faded, until they hardened like cocoons and their hearts turned to ash… The palace walls were red, richer than the last glow of sunset. Deep courtyards could never lock away the breeze from a maiden’s round fan. Women carried so much sorrow. Beneath 35Reads—Score—14d adds
- 128 A Forced Marriage: The Warlord's Young Master Forces a Cruel Romance! 强娶豪夺，军阀少爷强制虐爱！ [Angsty romance] [Transmigration] [Coercive love] [Powerful family] [Long-planned scheme] [Marriage by force and ruthless pursuit] [Multiple couples] [Love at first sight] Just one look at the photograph in the museum display case, with its tall, upright figure, his determined gaze, and the heroic spirit in his expression, was enough to make him impossible to forget... Ye Xia didn’t know how to describe the love at first sight she felt upon seeing that photograph. If he appeared before her, she 63Reads—Score—14d adds
- 129 A Thorn Through the Heart 锁心刺骨 [One heroine and three men, coercive possession, deranged and sinister men, imprisonment, fleeing while pregnant, a substitute romance, amnesia, and revenge] Lu Tingzhou fell in love with Su Wan, the woman of his good friend Gu Yanze. On the night of Gu Yanze and Su Wan’s wedding, he took her by force. Su Wan was forced to separate from Gu Yanze. Heartbroken, Gu Yanze decided to leave the country, but he died in a car accident along the way. Su Wan had planned to follow Gu Yanze in death, but di 332Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 A Letter Eight Years Too Late 一封迟到八年的信 A Letter Eight Years Late 38Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 One Short Tragic Romance Story a Day 一天一个短篇虐文故事 A Collection of Tragic Short Stories: Every Word Bleeds, Every Line Leaves You Aching One devastatingly heartbreaking short story every day! Modern-day missed chances intertwine with sorrows from ancient times, along with bone-deep pain drawn from true stories. These tales lay bare life’s regrets, every word striking straight to the heart until it hurts to read! If you finish without being moved, I’ll call you my “ancestor.” Come take on this lingering ache! 43Reads—Score—14d adds
- 132 My Childhood Sweetheart, the Crown Prince, Was Lured Away by an Enemy Princess 青梅竹马的太子夫君，被敌国公主勾跑了 My childhood sweetheart, Crown Prince husband Rong Yu, knocked me off my horse with a spear, its sharp tip aimed at my throat. He used that familiar red-tasseled spear to warn me to stay away from the exotic beauty he had just brought back. Only then did I understand the saying from those romance stories: a beautiful beginning can end in heartbreak. But I'm no delicate young lady who'll hide in her room and cry. I'll return the favor with that spear, then go back to the frontier where I belong. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 133 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
- 134 Searching for Him Through Thirteen Lifetimes, Only to Find Nothing 十三世寻他，终究一场空 Thirteen Lifetimes Searching for Him, Only to End in Vain 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 135 Big Sis! The Heated Brick Bed! The Woodpile! 姐姐！土炕！柴禾垛！ [Rural life in a famine year | Heart-wrenching romance | The male lead grovels to win her back] During the famine of the 1960s, orphan Su Guilan meets Jiang Jiayuan by chance. With a dirt bed as their home and coarse grain to fill their stomachs, she does everything she can to raise him. To save Jiang Jiayuan from the brink of death, she sacrifices her reputation and trades her innocence for food that will keep him alive. In the end, Jiang Jiayuan despises her. As the years pass, life wears Jian 31Reads—Score—14d adds
- 136 When Spring Deepens After the Apricot Blossoms Set Fruit 杏花结子春深后 She is a lowly convict slave in the palace laundry, humble as dust. He is the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace, noble and radiant. Though their stations could hardly be further apart, they fall hopelessly in love. Only when their feelings are at their deepest does she unexpectedly learn that his father, the emperor, had her father framed so he could claim her mother for himself. Where can this ill-fated romance spanning two generations possibly lead? ----- A prince steals his minister’s wife + 1kReads—Score10514d adds
- 137 Mr. Lu, You're Overacting 陆总，戏过了 President Lu, That's Taking It Too Far 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 Sealed in Death 以死封缄 Sealed in Death 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 139 Snow Buries Yong'an, and the Rest of My Life Is Filled with Regret 雪覆永安，余生皆悔 Snow Buries Yong’an, and the Rest of My Life Is Filled with Regret 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 140 After My Sect Tore Out My Heart and Drained My Blood, I Became a Demon on the Spot 被师门掏心放血后，我原地成魔 [Angst + Strong Female Lead + Revenge + Cultivation + A Chain of Cause and Effect] The soul-nourishing jade shattered, and out came a “me” who had stolen someone else's place? Luo Li returned with half a broken jade pendant and tore away Ye Qingqing's mask. You stole my royal status and my place in the sect. You even killed the person who saved my life and harmed my loyal servant of ten thousand years! When the brand of “monster” was seared into her heart, and a contract of “until death do us pa 391Reads9.3Score—14d adds
- 141 After Being Reborn, I’m Done Pretending 重生后，我不装了 At seventeen, I married Xie Wei, just as I had always wished. But I had stolen this marriage from the woman he loved most. Then, during the palace coup, I was struck down by a rain of arrows. He rushed toward me without a thought for his own safety, as if he wanted to die with me. At last, I was certain: he loved me. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 142 The Abandoned Empress of the Cold Palace Is Done 冷宫废后不干了 I rose to the height of power, only to be tricked into the Cold Palace, suffer a miscarriage, and lose my memory? When I woke, I discovered that my rival in love was weeping and begging forgiveness, my mother-in-law was kneeling and pleading for mercy, and the scoundrel emperor was sobbing as he admitted his mistakes. I pretend to have amnesia and act fragile, watching them panic and grovel as I carefully plot my every move, all for the day I settle the score! Now that I’ve claimed the throne, w 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 143 Out of Control 脱离掌控 Breaking free from control 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 After I Transmigrated Into a Book, I Tormented My Heartless Boss Until He Became a Coal-Mining Extra 穿书后我把黑心老板虐成挖煤炮灰 After I Transmigrated Into a Book, I Tormented My Heartless Boss Until He Became a Coal-Mining Cannon Fodder 44Reads—Score—14d adds
- 145 My Childhood Friend Ascended the Throne 我的竹马登基了 [Comedy + Zhihu-style storytelling + Ridiculous antics + Strong Male and Female Leads + Childhood Sweethearts + A Little Angst] My name is Gu Xiang, and I’m a celebrated female general. Qi Yan and I have been at odds since we were children. He’s a petty man who loves to kick people when they’re down. As for why Qi Yan loves picking on me so much, it’s because he’s jealous of me. Jealous because everyone loves me and even the flowers bloom when they see me. Chapter excerpt: “Qi Yan, what do you 853Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 146 Until We Meet Again: A Thousand-Year Promise 待到重逢之千年之约 [One-on-one, two male leads, both devoted to each other; doting CEO top x wilderness rescue team captain bottom + different time and space + multiple couples + happy ending] The times, characters, and places in this story are all fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Our love runs as deep as the sea, our bond is etched in the Three Lives Stone. Fate binds us across the world, and we will never part. To find the one I love and stay together until our hair turns white. If there is 118Reads—Score1014d adds
- 147 The Duke of Zhen's Divorce Decree Made Me Empress 镇国公一纸休书，我当上了皇后 I'm a pomegranate spirit. To repay a debt of gratitude, I married a great hero. He guarded the frontier, while I spent four years as a wife in name only. I never imagined he'd send me a divorce letter for the sake of his love rival. “Help me marry her, or I'll have no choice but to divorce you.” But as soon as he said those words, the green tea schemer turned on him, leaving him disgraced and ruined on his return to the capital. With the blood from my heart in my hand, I smiled as I watched him 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 All Things Return to Dust 零落归尘 [Fantasy Romance / Tearjerker / Fate / Light Ensemble Cast] This is not a power fantasy, nor does it follow the usual tropes. There is no harem and no mindless heroine. A long-form mystery, with a light ensemble cast in the early chapters and the main plot taking center stage later. The setup takes its time, and the main story is heartbreaking, so reader discretion is advised. When sorrow congeals into an eternal night, and fate is ground to dust by the passage of time, can you still pick up th 58Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 149 He Spoiled Her for Ten Years, Then Pushed Her into Hell with His Own Hands 宠她十年，却亲手将她推进地狱 He Spoiled Her for Ten Years, Then Personally Pushed Her Into Hell 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 150 When the Dawn Sets 曙光落幕时 Dominant CEO gong × designer shou. Both have secret identities. Dual male leads. The shou switched places with someone else, changing the course of both their lives. Yet somehow, he eventually returned to his birth family and found the love that had been meant for him all along. He thought the door to happiness was finally about to open for him, but an unexpected illness brought him to a halt. As he battled his illness, the gong stayed by his side, quietly and unwaveringly. After weathering ever 22Reads—Score—14d adds
